"What we are facing is the uncertain nature of the non-material world, something that is still beyond the scope of our understanding until now. I ask you, Captain Tyros, when you look into the subspace, can you see the abnormality in the realm? Is the normal flow of the fleet? I ask you, Priest Ictinos, have you ever seen any fleet create such a huge wave that it covered the traces of another fleet? We are just relying on inexperience The conjectures are just random thoughts."
Ictinos, the former Soul Drinker Priest and now the Phantom Warrior Priest, gave Sarpedon a deep look and then said:
"In this case, we should leave the fleet as soon as all the troops are retrieved."
"agree."
"Strongly Agree."
The officers expressed their opinions one after another.
"I enjoy admiring your naive ideas."
Garmozeje looked at Ictinos and Telos with eyes like dead stardust.
"The Great Predator will never allow this to happen, and will never forgive this betrayal."
In fact, until now, Garmo Zejie has not revealed to the public his intention to switch to Abaddon, because the Phantom Warriors are not united now. If the news leaks out, it will be difficult to say.
"We do not belong to the Black Legion."
Telos shook his head.
"Abaddon is a fool. As usual, his plans are too many, too difficult and too far away from support. The various warbands he commands are still engaged in endless internal fighting among themselves. If he needs allies in the future, this will Just one of the little betrayals he had to endure."
"No, if we abandon the Black Legion's fleet, then Huron will not bear Abaddon's wrath for us."
Garmo Zejie shook his head.
"New communications."
A machine connected to the wall control panel said dryly, and then
The screen started up again, and the face that appeared this time was a warrior with his face covered in tattoos. He wore a black helmet. The black armor and golden embroidery shone under the lights of the bridge on the other side.
The fleet commander of the Black Legion, War Lord Aingra Speer.
At this moment, he was looking at Garmo Zejie and the soldiers around him with a mocking expression.
"Red Pirates, I heard that all your people have retreated. Are you now discussing how to betray?"
"Lord Aingra Speer, please don't say such hurtful words. The Black Angel has arrived. As the message I sent you, this battle is meaningless."
"Quiet, you bastard, listen to me, you know who I am, I represent the Warmaster, and what I say is the voice of the Warmaster. Lord Abaddon is bound to win his goal, and we cannot just admit defeat. "
"No."
"No? No!? So you are going to run away?"
Garmo Zejie shook his head.
"The best strategy now is to retain the remaining battleships. Only in this way will the situation on the Pavilion Star be prevented from completely collapsing. We will retreat with you."
"It's not that simple, we've invested too much in the attack."
"Leave the mortals, leave those who can't run, and let them wait for death. Who cares about those who will definitely die in the next war in the next world anyway? Try to recruit strong warriors, if we act fast enough , and perhaps reduce some losses.”
"The enemy bites us hard."
"I have a way. The fleet will turn around in half an hour, if you are willing to believe me."
Aingra Speer looked at him coldly, and then said:
"I hope you are right, otherwise you will bear the unending wrath of the Black Legion."
"I hope I'm right too."
"Half an hour later, the fleet turned around."
By the time the Chaos side decided on their next strategy, the war situation was already very unfavorable to them.
When the Thousand Sons wizards on the asteroid fragments escaped alive and dead, the portals that the demons passed through were closed one after another. The Gray Knight team began to clear out the remaining demons hidden on the ship. Within an hour, the remnants of the invasion were cleared away.
Although she was battered, the Vengeance was saved and was able to resume her key role in the Battle of Pandora.
At the same time, the Dark Angels continued to attack the Chaos Fleet. The first person to feel the vengeful fury of the Dark Angels was the Black Legion's Hellraiser. This murder-class cruiser was sandwiched between the artillery fire of the Infinite Fury and the attack aircraft group sent by the Vengeance, and soon exploded into a Group of fireworks.
Then came the Styx-class heavy cruiser Relentless Destroyer, which was the closest to the Stone Fortress. It was immediately subjected to unspeakable baptism of fire. After half an hour of inspection, the engine finally stalled and was completely captured by the gang-hopping Dark Angels. , the Black Legion members above either died or escaped.
Just as the Empire was advancing in full swing, the asteroid fragments that had been almost cleared suddenly began to behave strangely.
Many psykers and astropaths sensed the extremely high psychic burst signal, so they issued a warning, and the Terminators deployed on the asteroid immediately teleported away.
Not long after the Dark Angels left, the asteroid was completely swallowed up by a subspace rift - it turned out that Garmo Zejie had arranged a vortex torpedo on it.
The psychic impact generated at the moment when the rift erupted caused the surrounding Imperial warships to be temporarily paralyzed, which gave the Black Legion and Red Pirate fleets room to escape.
They began to turn around, breaking out and retreating into the relatively safe realm of Adamantium.
During this process, the Imperial fleet continued to pursue them. Only half of the Chaos fleet survived the battle, and these survivors were seriously damaged and required years of repairs to recover.
The Imperial Navy achieved a tragic victory in this battle. Unfortunately, Admiral Kalansworth died and did not live to see the fruits of the final victory.
In this battle, the Imperial Navy lost a total of 2 capital ships, namely the Dominator-class cruiser [Anvil] and the Moon-class cruiser [Leviathan]. It also lost 8 frigates and destroyers, and the remaining battleships Each of them also suffered certain trauma.
In terms of personnel, in addition to the death of the supreme commander, Admiral Karansvo, 10 captains, 61 navigators and astropaths, 121 mid-level and senior technical priests, 2,871 carrier-based aircraft crew members, and more than five One hundred thousand sailors.
The Astartes Chapter had basically no losses. Only the Dark Angels lost fifteen warriors when they jumped gangs.
On the Chaos side, the Black Legion fleet sank 2 capital ships, namely the Styx-class heavy cruiser [Ruthless Destroyer] and the Killing-class cruiser [Grudge], and damaged 6 small battleships. The remaining battleships were severely damaged.
The Red Corsairs lost a light cruiser and two frigates.
In terms of personnel, about 380 people were killed or missing in the Black Legion, about 60 people were killed in the Red Pirates, 5 people were killed in the Thousand Sons Wizards and 1 was missing, and there were more than 400,000 mortal servants and cultists.
But the worst thing about the situation was not just that. Another chain reaction caused by the defeat in the naval battle was that the Great Predator Abaddon and his black legion were completely isolated and besieged on Pai Mao.
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