Compared to the other three chapters, the Red Hunters Chapter is relatively calm and friendly. After approaching the Kiro System, they took the initiative to contact Malakin, who was in charge of the Fourth War Zone, saying that they came in response to the call of the Inquisition and could join the fight. The Red Pirates operate as a relatively neutral war group and are willing to join the expeditionary force's chain of command.
But the other three made Soshyan very angry, because not only did they not say hello, but they also seemed to have no intention of joining the expeditionary force. It was obvious that they came with bad intentions.
However, now that the Red Pirates are about to launch a new attack on Angstrom, he has no time to escape and can only make arrangements remotely. Arash must be on strict alert but try to communicate with the opponent to see if he can join the battle. On the one hand, the mantis warriors and the man-eating sharks were not allowed to conflict, while on the other hand, Malakin asked him to take the red hunter to the Badab battlefield and immediately arranged for Marcus to contact him.
As for the malicious warriors, their purpose is not known yet, but based on the old grudges between the two war groups, it is certain that they want to cause trouble. However, the Tianshi Chapter stationed in the Kliman Drift Zone has already joined the siege of Badab. There is no force to defend against them. It is obvious that the opponent wants to seize the opportunity to threaten the rear of the second theater.
And now there is not much power in Soshiyang's hands. After the 11th company left, there are only five companies of the battle group, one, three, four, six and ten, in total, and this kind of situation may involve friction between friendly forces. It is not easy to arrange other battle groups to carry out the task, not to mention that there may be tough battles to be fought next.
In the end, after careful consideration, he could only leave this matter to Veronica, hoping to drive the other party away from the maelstrom as much as possible without exposing too many traces of the Eldar.
Fortunately, Doral has personally led the team to the maelstrom, and Soshyan is relatively assured of his ability in warfare.
But the malicious warriors are just disgusting. The most troublesome thing is the Minotaur war group, because they came to the Maelstrom under the banner of Terra and in the name of escorting the special envoy. Soshyan really had no choice but to wait for Angus Tom's war is over and he will return to Sagan to deal with it.
The person in charge of Sagan now is Yarik, and Soshyan can only write a letter asking him to pay more attention and try not to conflict with those people.
No matter what they do, they should suppress it first and wait until they get back to deal with it.
In fact, Soshiyang knew why these four battle groups suddenly appeared. Although the High Lord asked him to serve as the supreme commander of the expedition, after all, the empire has rarely had Astartes serve as expedition commander since the Great Rebellion. For the Council of High Lords, who are always wary of the overexpansion and expansion of the Astartes, their existence makes them sleepless anyway. Their current mentality must be extremely contradictory. They neither want to see the expedition fail, nor do they want to see it fail. The expedition was a great success.
Then it is inevitable to hold back and make obstacles. There is a high probability that these four war groups were brought to the Maelstrom by the High Lords Council through overt or covert means to "monitor" him. If they have any clues, they will If caught, the high lord would probably make a big fuss.
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Although he was very, very angry at the high lord's behavior of looking for trouble, Soshiyan still tried his best to focus on the battlefield. Sure enough, soon the news came from Kosaro Khan——
The Red Pirates attack the planet Galen V.
Kosaro Khan was leading a fleet cruising between Galen V and the Sengrad system at the time. If Soshyan hadn't reminded him, he would have rushed directly to the rescue. However, after Soshyan reminded him, Kosaro Khan Luo Khan did the opposite and headed towards Galen V's channel leading to the Bloody Skeleton Galaxy. Based on the wreckage of some destroyed transport ships and civilian ships, he judged that the main force of red pirates was cruising in the surrounding waters.
Kosaro Khan, who had not performed outstandingly since the war started, was not in a hurry. Like a seasoned hunter, he sent a frigate and broadcast a distress signal through a global radio.
Sure enough, I got a response quickly.
But Corsaro has ordered the frigate to immediately cut off communications and escape once a response is received, pretending to have discovered the conspiracy and run away.
Sure enough, the responders were none other than the Red Pirates' fleet. They had been used to disguise themselves as imperial ships to carry out plunder in the past, and their communication camouflage technology was also very sophisticated. After discovering that their disguise was seen through, the Red Pirates' fleet stopped pretending. He rushed directly towards the area where the signal was sent.
Up to this point, Corsaro was still in no hurry until the opponent pursued him into a narrow area with an asteroid belt on one side and a huge dead planet with strong gravity on the other.
Then the war eagles of the grassland came out to kill.
In fact, the attack was not sudden. In the vast space with no horizon or other cover, it was very unrealistic to launch a sudden cavalry raid on the ground.
The Red Pirates discovered Corsaro's fleet as soon as they entered the area, but Corsaro's fleet did not have an overwhelming advantage over the Red Pirates. The main ships on both sides were cruisers, but the Red Pirates had a large cruiser, and their small There are more battleships.
Corsaro Khan opened up his formation and approached, but the Red Pirates did not give in and also formed a thicker double-line formation.
The two sides approached at a long distance, without firing torpedoes or gunboats. It was as if they were two walls composed of battleships, incredibly preparing to collide with each other.
The Red Corsairs are waiting for their best gang jumping and artillery range, while the Corsaro Khan is waiting for his Mangudai.
When the two sides slowly approached and were about to open fire, three frigate and destroyer formations suddenly shot out from one side of the asteroid belt - although it could not cover large and medium-sized ships, it could cover small ships, and these warships were the same ones that Sosh had launched before. The naval ships that Jan had long ago assigned to Kosaro Khan.
With their engines accelerated and modified, they rushed in at high speed from the flanks of the Red Pirate Fleet, focused their fire, and created a hole in the enemy's cordon. Their sudden burst of speed and intensive attacks caused chaos in the marching Red Pirate Fleet's position. The raider was swamped almost immediately, dissipated in a storm of plasma engine explosions and torpedoes.
The red pirates responded immediately and counterattacked these small ships. A quarter of them disappeared in the first salvo, while the others outlined a perfect arc, with one side passing through them like a scimitar. The Red Corsair "scraped" the flanks while firing torpedoes continuously.
At the same time as the Red Pirates were in chaos, Kosaro Khan's formation changed in an instant, from a standard artillery formation to an arrow raid.
The White Scars' fleet roared past the cannon fire, all targets focused on a single point and moving forward at top speed.
If you look at it from a distance, their formation is tightly integrated, long and thin, like a thrown javelin. They rushed into the center of the Red Pirates' queue, and then all the ships' cannons on both sides fired fiercely, forming a formation. Create a huge firepower network.
The entire formation of the Red Pirates was like a fragile shield that was penetrated immediately. Corsaro Khan's flagship took the lead and penetrated directly behind the Red Pirates fleet. The Red Pirates' ship was still trying to turn awkwardly during the attack. Especially their Abomination-class large cruiser [Blood Beast].
It has heavy armor and firepower that is close to that of a battlecruiser. The only flaw is that there are certain design problems in the engine, making them less fast and flexible.
If it were a head-on battle, all the warships in Corsaro's hands would be no match for it.
However, the opponent is now on its back, and it will take at least 10-20 minutes for it to turn around. In the chaos, the Red Pirate cannot even launch a gang-hopping operation, because there is no launch angle for the gang-hopping torpedoes.
If the commander of the Red Pirates is rational enough, he will rush forward at this time and order the small ships to stay behind to create time for the capital ships to turn around.
It's a pity that the commander of the Red Pirates still believes that he has the power to defeat Korsaro Khan.
But Kosaro Khan would not give the enemy time, his scimitar was already swinging.
