Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

The Revenant Redeemer and the Star Labyrinth have begun their return journey and will soon reach the edge of Lyak.

All members of the Krieg fleet have also entered a battle-ready state and are waiting for the response of the Northern Fleet in order to achieve the optimal strike effect.

The external forces for this war of annihilation around the Chaos Fleet are already in place. It can be said that everything is ready, and all they need is the east wind of Joseph, who is fighting fiercely with the Chaos Fleet.

But this is not directly entering the battlefield to provide assistance. External preparations cannot improve the danger faced by the Northern Fleet.

To put it bluntly, the Northern Fleet today is in the final darkness before dawn.

Whether they can hold on to the support of the large fleet is still in doubt.

After the first round of strikes, the Chaos Squadron was left with 6 heavy patrols.

The death of the Styx-class heavy cruiser Killer was certainly painful, but the fleet was not essentially damaged.

In a one-to-one numerical comparison, Joseph's Northern Fleet did not actually take the initiative, except for the firepower advantage of a Retribution-class battleship.

Especially the visible reinforcements from the main force of the Chaos Fleet made Joseph afraid to fight.

They can only give up the advantage of the battleship's steady attack and continue to evacuate to the outside of the galaxy.

The galaxy's Manzeville Point is gradually out of range, but the Chaos Fleet's offensive has not stopped.

Looking at the two Chaos fleets merging into one in the distance, Joseph's face was watery, and there was no expression on his face.

The previous sneak attack had obviously completely triggered the enemy's anger.

The enemy will not give up until his fleet is destroyed.

But isn't that his purpose?

The roar of heavy artillery and light spears impacting the shield could be heard faintly from outside the bridge. Maybe the shield would break through in the next second, causing a rain of blood on the bridge.

But Joseph still firmly commanded the course of the fleet, maintaining the ultimate range of combat with the enemy on the periphery of Melmoth 5, determined to contain the enemy here.

boom!

Once again, the enemy fleet's light spears concentrated fire. The void shield was instantly overloaded, and the entire bridge shook violently.

The Grand Patrol Hand of Justice was speeding forward on the flank, trying to shield the flagship from gunfire to buy time for the void shield to recover.

But this behavior was immediately stopped by Joseph.

"Command the Hand of Justice to stop its maneuvers that affect the position of the fleet formation! The course cannot be deviated!"

"Roger that!" The captain of Righteous Fury expressed his understanding on the other side of the real-time connection screen, and then with great heartache, he put the order into action.

Although the support from friendly forces is well-intentioned, once the formation of the fleet is affected, the movement of the entire fleet will be deformed.

Then the enemy carrying the Chaos Space Marines will definitely use their own advantages to nail the fleet like gangrene on the bones, and then destroy them in gang-hopping battles one after another.

boom! boom! boom!

Maybe one, maybe three, maybe more.

Countless shells were fired from the muzzles of the enemy ships, passed through the open space, and exploded on the armored belt of Joseph's flagship Retribution-class battleship that had lost its shield.

The huge shock threw the people around Joseph away, and the inside of the bridge was in a mess.

Although he himself did not fly out under the protection of the anti-gravity command seat, some flying debris still hit the old man's head and blood.

What round of shelling is this? How many more rounds can his flagship last?

Joseph didn't know and didn't care.

His entire mind was focused on the movement of the entire fleet on the screen in front of him.

As long as there is no problem with the fleet's position, they can firmly drag the opponent here.

It doesn't matter if Joseph dies here, as long as the fleet moves successfully, even if the battleship is sunk by heavy artillery in the next second.

He also believed that his colleagues within the fleet who understood his intentions would light up the Orps emblem inherited from his legacy on other warships. (An emblem that represents taking over command and confirming the location of the flagship.)

boom!

The confrontation between artillery shells and armored belts rang out again, and as another shock struck, someone on the staff seat under the command platform was injured again. He was immediately helped out of his position by his colleagues and was replaced by other crew members.

But Joseph had no intention of paying attention to this. All his attention was not drawn in the direction of the work of the astropaths.

On the right front of the fleet work seat, on the second seat to the Astropath, a girl was raising her hands high to show that there was important information that needed to be reported.

"Connect to the rostrum communication!"

Seeing that no one around her could leave the table, Joseph, who was delivering the message to her, immediately said to the adjutant.

The adjutant who heard the sound raised his head and glanced at the girl's position, then connected the corresponding channel to Joseph.

This is a shared channel for high-ranking officers of the entire fleet, and Joseph had no choice but to adapt out of desperation.

He was making a gamble that the girl wouldn't bring worse news.

By the Emperor's blessing, he won this time.

The girl's still immature voice sounded in real time on the communication platform of the entire fleet, and all the fleet generals who heard it were excited:

“Channel secret level Alpha+, from the channel temporarily authorized by the Inquisition, the content is as follows.

In the name of Lord Calvin, the high-ranking inquisitor of the Imperial Tribunal, our Krieg fleet is ordered to come to support!

The eight main warships of our fleet have arrived near the Melmoth Channel and are ready to join the battle at any time!

Please provide tactical guidance immediately!

Please provide tactical guidance immediately! "

boom!

This time the sound no longer came from the enemy's blows, but from the cheers of the entire fleet.

The soldiers of the empire are never afraid of death and sacrifice!

However, the timely arrival of friendly forces still made it difficult for these people who had no hope of rear support to control their emotions!

The Empire has not given up on them!

The Empire has not given up on Orps!

The Emperor watches over their loyalty!

All their sacrifices are meaningful!

The crowd cheered under the baptism of enemy artillery fire, as if these friendly forces arriving from afar not only brought timely rescue and help, but also recognition of their courage and determination!

"Confirm the channel confidentiality level and confirm the other party's identity."

Joseph licked his chapped lips and hoarsely made the final confirmation with his broken voice.

The adjutant received the order and began to compare the signals of the Krieg fleet in the database.

"Confirmed! It belongs to the Imperial Order of Battle, but it is not the Navy. It is...the Astartes Chapter?"

The adjutant looked in the direction of Lieutenant General Joseph in disbelief.

If all the visitors were composed of strike cruisers from the Chapter Astartes, then the situation in this battle of pursuit and resistance would be completely reversed...

"Don't worry about so much! Transmit the coordinates of the enemy and ourselves as well as the real-time situation map! They decide the rest by themselves!"

Joseph signaled to the adjutant that there was no need to worry.

At this juncture, as long as someone came, who could he care about?

And when this order was carried out and the staff bench and the astropaths began to link up and transmit valuable battlefield information to the subspace, he only reacted belatedly:

"What did you just say?"

The adjutant had just completed the lieutenant general's order. He raised his head when he heard the sound, looked at the old man's surprised eyes, and said helplessly:

"Their eight battleships are all channel representations of the Astartes Chapter..."

He had just reminded Joseph of this extremely abnormal information, because it might mean that more than a full regiment of Astartes might, had, and perhaps for a moment, been commanded by him, a mortal.

And his own chief officer was also furious at that time, and was completely unaware of the adjutant's obscure expression...

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