Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

Chapter 397 The Road to Expedition: Admiral Speyer

The blood-red Chaos Cruiser spewed flames and sailed forward. The dense artillery fire poured out from all around its entire hull. The huge firepower turned into a deafening roar roaring in the silent vacuum of the universe. Its sides were flush with each other. The macrocannon shells fired rotated and hit the imperial frigate passing by.

The frigate, which was much smaller than the cruiser, instantly broke its shield under the neat bombardment of the macro cannon. The void shield disappeared into the background of the galaxy after a flash, and the flying rotating warhead suddenly penetrated its outer armor. The shells whizzing in instantly exploded on the inside of the deck, swallowing up hundreds of sailors on this deck in the blink of an eye.

The fire swept across the hull, setting off a series of explosions inside the armor. The structural layers of the ship collapsed and exploded, and the whole battleship turned into a blazing fireball in the blink of an eye. In just one minute, thousands of Imperial Navy crew members disappeared into the universe without even having time to let out a scream.

But their deaths were not meaningless. While the Chaos Cruiser bombarded their hulls, it ignored that it was not the only strong one here, and it was bound to pay the price for this atrocity.

The shining beam that lit up instantly cut through the vacuum. The roaring beam of light instantly bombarded the shield of the Chaos Cruiser. The dazzling firelight instantly illuminated its entire back. In the dazzling light blooming, the void shield tenaciously It supported the devastating bombardment, but as the second luminous pillar came, the shield was shattered by the bombardment of its spearhead.

The shining light spear suddenly pierced the fragile curtain of the void shield, and suddenly bombarded the back of the battleship. The roaring light pillar penetrated its armor layer, and swept away quickly behind the back. In the blink of an eye, countless armors The layers burst and surged, and blazing fire burst out from underneath.

The battleship was like a traveler stabbed by a dagger, with dazzling blood and fire spurting out from its body. Raging flames spurted out from between the armor on its back that was split by flashing beams of light. Pillars of fire shot out from the armor. The rift rushes up into the curtain of the universe.

The Chaos Cruiser suddenly slowed down, and there was an explosion and flying burning debris on the back of the entire hull. The light pillar swept across the central axis of his back, and countless buildings collapsed instantly, and at the same time another luminous pillar It roared in and instantly penetrated the center of its hull from its side.

The shining beam of light penetrated all the structural layers with incomparable accuracy, and penetrated all the decks. A spear blasted into the reactor deep below. The heart of the surging battleship was pierced by a spear, and as the beam of light emerged from the other side of the hull, One side was shot out and exploded instantly. The plasma exploded and tore apart the battleship in the blink of an eye. The instantaneous explosion blew it into countless flying flaming fragments.

Raging flames burned in the universe, and the broken cult symbol floated in the vacuum of the universe. It flew on the edge of the sea of ​​fire, and suddenly a huge figure appeared in the fire cloud behind it. After all, that magnificent thing quickly... Then he rushed out of the blazing fire, and the golden eagle statue burst out of the clouds and hit the cult symbol, crushing it instantly.

The behemoth rushed out of the flames, and the shining spear turret on the tall ship was lit again. The shining beam of light instantly shot into the distance. With the flying golden light, the macro cannon array under the huge beam of light quickly fired a salvo. , accompanied by a roar that roared across the cosmic curtain, the spinning shells blew up a Chaos Destroyer passing by.

In the midst of the raging fire, the huge battleship continued to move forward, spitting flames. It rushed through the fire clouds, releasing countless dense rains of bullets from both sides of its body. The flashing artillery fire like torrential rain was accompanied by raindrops. The missiles rose into the sky and ruthlessly bombarded the surrounding enemy ships.

The battleship sailed through the sea of ​​​​fire, but on the other side of the blazing curtain, purple lightning clouds suddenly jumped in the background of the universe, and a portal torn into reality suddenly cracked on the background of the galaxy, roaring Lightning jumped out from it, and under the bombardment of the arc, a giant ship slowly sailed out from it.

The huge ship with a gray steel skull carved on the bow roared out of the portal. On its back, a roaring bombardment gun suddenly raised its muzzle and fired a shot. The roaring shells hit Reaching the accompanying ship on one side of the Imperial battleship, the Sword-class frigate instantly exploded into a rain of flying steel.

The Steel Skull Battleship slowly passed through the portal, and large areas of teleportation lightning lit up around it. Each portal was torn out from the curtain of the physical universe. In the beating storm of destruction, a A chaos warship sailed into the curtain of the physical universe.

"Admiral Speyer! The Bird's Prayer Radar detected a large jump signal! It is the support fleet of Chaos, the reinforcement fleet of the Iron Warriors!"

The first mate in the bridge shouted loudly while standing in front of the instruments that were constantly disturbed by garbled codes. The servitor beside him kept twitching his limbs and reciting unexplained data parameters in vague and crazy words. Its transformation The brain has been almost driven crazy by the impact of the instantaneous subspace jump.

No, he has gone crazy. To be precise, he exploded. The servitor connected to countless data pipes next to the computer twitched and burned his brain. The data pipes around his head all exploded. Under the broken cables flying everywhere, The servitor's head, which was emitting thick smoke, suddenly fell to the ground on its back.

The first mate turned sideways to avoid the wreckage of the servitor that fell to the ground. The first mate looked at the smoking servitor. In an instant, several skulls of servants flew down from the dome of the bridge. The mechanical arm at the end Aiming at the servitor on the ground, it sprayed fire retardant spray around it.

The first mate servitor then turned his head suddenly and looked in the direction of the throne not far behind him. Sitting on the throne under the pale light, the admiral, who was slightly old but still very resolute, raised his head. , his red mechanical eyes looked calmly at the countless lighted portals outside the window in front of him.

Speyer stood up, and the blue navy captain's coat shook as he stood up. He strode through the pale lights and walked to the edge of the captain's platform high up, looking at the strip of water above his head. The huge Chaos Space Marine warship is flying out of the portal, like a huge whale leaping out of the sea.

"Captain Bird, identify the jump signal. I want to know immediately how many enemy ships have entered the battlefield." Speyer put his hands behind his back and turned to look at the Captain Bird sitting there, who had almost completed the half-body mechanical transformation. , and quickly used his multiple mechanical arms to click on the surrounding ring-shaped platforms.

His eyes quickly scanned the terminal screen in front of him, and his fingers jumped rapidly on the surrounding screens. The mechanical keyboard made a clear echo amidst the tapping, "The Thinker engine recognized a fleet-level jump, the benevolent Emperor My Lord, there is an entire fleet of Chaos Space Marines jumping into the battlefield ahead of us!"

"Keep calm, Captain Bird, you are an officer of the Imperial Navy, not a trainee seaman." Speyer said in calm words, as if he did not notice the terrifying scene above him at all, and the big ship in front of him The deputy looked up at the teleportation star gate above his head, where the entire Chaos fleet was jumping into the battlefield.

Spier also raised his head. He stood under the flash of artillery fire and teleportation star gates, his red mechanical right eye calmly staring at the battlefield above his head, "Fleet situation report, first officer, report the current situation immediately ”

The first mate was stunned, then turned his head and glanced at the captain who was calm and composed, standing under the gunfire without even shaking his fingers. He immediately looked at the terminal beside him, and his fingers slid across the scarlet roster. .

"The Gothic Fleet has suffered heavy losses! Although we have destroyed enemies several times our own, one-third of the fleet has been lost, and almost the same number of warships have been severely damaged and will soon lose their ability to sail."

"That means I only have one-third of the fleet available, which is just right." Speyer said calmly, looking around at the explosion flames outside the window with a watery face. It was a new jump of imperial warships accompanying the surroundings. The scene of an explosion under attack from Chaos reinforcements entering the battlefield.

The raging fire impacted the shields on both sides of the bridge, and huge vibrations spread throughout the entire giant ship. Suddenly, a huge explosion roared on the dome of the bridge, and an explosion immediately occurred on the bridge of the battleship. There was such a huge shock that it was almost impossible to stand still. The first mate was shaking swaying as he pressed the terminal in front of him.

He managed to stand firm and put his hands on the terminal in front of him for consultation. The flickering screen showed a horrified look, "Admiral, the flank of the ship was hit by a salvo of Chaos warships. The void shield lost 36% of its strength, leaving only 40%. Available."

"Recharge, Gunnery Chief, adjust the ship's firepower and destroy the enemies on the side." Speyer said calmly to the fire control team on the side. He raised his hand and struck like a long sword. He slashed out, and as his arms swung, the fire control officer on the side also immediately completed the programming. With the confirmation button suddenly knocked, the weapon array image on the screen quickly rotated.

The light spear turrets on the top of the ship slowly turned around. As Speyer pointed sharply at the porthole on the side of the bridge, several light spear turrets ignited instantly, and nearly ten flashing light beams roared out towards the ship. Shooting at the Chaos warship flying by.

The Chaos cruiser that bypassed the side was hit by the light spear. Its entire side was neatly hit by the light spear. The void shield flickered and disappeared in the blooming light in the blink of an eye. Speyer gently raised it The arm then fell suddenly like a chop, "Macro cannon, volley."

Following Speyer's order, an astonishing scene happened in front of the gunnery chief. His finger was just about to press the launch button to execute the captain's order, but the button fell by itself, and the surging power of the machine soul instantly Awakening, the entire row of macro cannons roared instantly.

A whole row of cannonballs whizzed out in the direction of Speyer's arm. They flew towards the chaos cruiser and turned into a rapidly unfolding fan-shaped plane on the surface of the universe. The artillery shell suddenly hit the side of the cruiser, and a rapid explosion exploded on its body, sending up large pieces of steel debris in the rising flames.

Speyer looked at the disintegrated Chaos Cruiser in the distance. Suddenly, there was another explosion above his head. Speyer raised his head and looked at the alarm lights that lit up instantly above his head. The piercing alarm sounded instantly throughout the bridge. Spier slowly turned his head and looked at the floor-to-ceiling windows of the bridge ahead.

The first mate stood in front of the data screen and looked at the rapidly approaching red light spot. As the large light spot approached, another burst of explosions exploded around the bridge. The first mate's whole body shook violently and his eyes widened. Looking at the terminal in front of him, "Admiral, the Chaos Assault Fleet is approaching! The void shield strength is only 10% left!"

"We can no longer withstand another round of volleys! We must retreat to the open area immediately, sir!" The first mate raised his head and shouted to Speyer, but his captain stood calmly on that high position. He stared straight ahead, looking at the three fast destroyers rushing forward without even blinking.

Breathing blazing fire, they rushed over like light cavalry rushing forward to hunt down a fallen elephant. The destroyer led by it quickly fired a neat salvo of torpedoes, and the roaring flashing torpedoes hit Spei. Outside the window in front of you, the almost dim shield lit up again, saving everyone on the ship.

"Strength 5%! Sir!" the first mate shouted while looking at the screen in front of him, but his captain remained motionless. Spier raised his head slightly as he looked at the three speeding warships. He wanted to say something but stopped. Admiral Speyer just raised his head and looked above the side of the bridge window.

The first mate looked at the captain's strange behavior, and raised his head in surprise and looked in that direction. He looked at the burning fire cloud above the bridge and his eyes widened in surprise. He saw someone suddenly emerge from the fire. Three silver-gray Space Marines struck the barge, and it roared past the astrolabe, breathing blazing fire.

The terminal thrusters of the Space Marine battleship were ignited at full speed and flew sideways from above the bridge. The battle shield emblem on the bow of the ship was a shark logo. It was suddenly illuminated by a volley of macro cannons. Beside it, a whole row of lights flashed in an instant. Under the shining firelight, the macro-cannon shells roared out and fell neatly from the sky.

The dense shells shot from the air immediately hit the fast-moving assault ship. The three fast-moving destroyers suddenly exploded into a sheet of flying flames in the air. The steel wreckage jumped forward from the fire cloud, carrying billowing fire. Flames hit the shield outside the bridge.

The first mate subconsciously crouched down at the impact, and then saw three Space Marine warships roaring past in front of him. They roared past the bridge and headed towards the huge chaos that jumped into the battlefield at the front. The flagship rushed.

Spier also looked at the Space Marine battleships that were arranged in a triangle and passed side by side above the battleship bridge. He frowned slightly and several servant skulls flew over quickly, as if they knew what Spier was going to do. It seemed to project a huge holographic image outline.

The first mate stood in front of the terminal and turned around slowly, and saw a huge figure appearing from the holographic image. It was an extremely huge giant, a space warrior. No, he was taller than any space warrior, and he was also taller than any other space warrior. Bigger, even bigger than all the Space Marines the First Mate had seen who also wore Terminators.

It was a majestic giant wearing a huge Terminator armor. He stood next to the captain. His body was so huge that the holographic image beams projected by the servo skulls suspended around him could not truly display his shape. Coming out, the upper part of his tall body almost shimmered in garbled characters.

Spier raised his head and looked up at the extremely huge giant next to him, "Captain Tiberos, you and your warriors are trying to try something crazy."

"Your fleet has suffered heavy losses and can no longer stop the advancement of the Chaos traitors, Admiral, and you must preserve enough vitality for the subsequent defense battle, so we must end the war."

The chapter leader wearing a huge Terminator power armor said this in a cold voice. The words seemed to come from the cold void itself. He slowly grasped the huge lightning trap in his right fist, and placed it on the iron fist. A bright electric arc danced.

"I will lead two companies of the Shark Chapter to arrive at the Chaos Battleship for a gang-hopping attack. We will sweep away the traitors on the ship, overload the battleship's subspace engine, detonate it and create a subspace vortex. Inhale the surrounding Chaos warships into it."

The first mate was startled when he heard those words. He raised his head and looked at Admiral Speyer. The latter also stared at Chapter Leader Tiberos whose face was dancing and flashing in the garbled light with the same thoughts. "This is a suicide plan. Your battleships cannot stay aside for long. They will either be destroyed by the huge chaos fleet around them, or they will have to be forced to evacuate. No matter what the outcome, you will be trapped inside and explode along with the battleships. ”

"So be it." Chapter Leader Tiberos put down his iron fist, facing the threat of death without even a trace of hesitation in his words. His words were calm and natural, as if it was not something worth mentioning at all. .

"If Father Void bless us, we can bring in enough traitors to be buried together before we face the end. That will be enough."

Father of the Void, that is the unique name given to the Emperor by the Devouring Sharks. The First Mate knew what the Chapter Master meant, and his words could not be clearer. Admiral Spier looked up at the Chapter Master's face in silence. Nothing could be seen on the face flickering in the void. After the two looked at each other for a moment, Spier turned his head and looked at the huge chaos fleet jumping in front.

"Then I will see you off, gather the fleet, and move forward at full speed." Speyer looked ahead and said majestically. The burly giant beside him nodded slightly to him and said his final words to him with words of respect. bless.

"May Father Void guide your path, Admiral." "May the Emperor bless you, Chapter Master."

The image of the chapter leader flashed and disappeared from the bridge. Spier stood on the high platform with his hands behind his back and looked at the battlefield ahead. The first mate below him looked at the display interface in front of him. After a little hesitation, Turning to look at Speyer worriedly, "Admiral, other ships are fighting with the Chaos Fleet, and no one can spare the time to move forward with us."

"Then let us move forward alone, Captain Bird, concentrate all the energy of the void shield on the bow of the ship, and the whole ship will move forward at full speed!" Spier stood on the high platform and shouted loudly, his voice was like surging power injected into the battleship. , and in everyone here, the first mate took a deep breath and cleared away all the fear in his heart, raised his eyes and looked directly at the Chaos Fleet ahead.

"Admiral's order! Advance at full speed! Break through the traitor's defenses!" the first mate shouted loudly. Following his voice, the starlight outside the window and the floating burning wreckage began to quickly pass backwards, and the huge battleship ignited the rear side. The plasma thruster rushed towards the Chaos fleet jumping in front with blazing fire.

The huge giant ship rushed out with the simultaneous ignition of the heavy thrusters behind it and the auxiliary thrusters in the abdomen. Its speed suddenly increased. The whole body of the giant ship released dense artillery fire in all directions, quickly amidst the rain of flying bullets. He rushed past, bumped into the floating debris in front of him, and rushed out of the blazing fire.

The Chaos battleships hovering in the void in front quickly discovered them. Destroyers and cruisers quickly gathered forward. They surrounded the front of the Chaos battleships and aimed their broadsides at Spey, who was rushing forward. On the battleship, huge macro cannon muzzles popped out from behind the gun mantlet.

"Admiral! We are locked!" the gunnery commander shouted loudly sitting in front of the huge screen, but Speyer on the high platform behind him looked straight ahead with a tough gaze, "Keep the course."

The surrounding Chaos warships fired rapidly on one side, and a whole row of macro cannons lit up and roared at the same time. The roaring shells and light spears shot directly at the Imperial warships rushing forward. Countless explosions and shining lights flashed across the ships. The shield in front of the bridge lit up instantly, and the dazzling flames engulfed all corners of the bridge, erasing all shadows from here.

"The strength of the void shield has plummeted!" the first mate shouted loudly, standing at the foot of the steps where Speyer was, but the admiral behind him remained calm and composed. He looked straight ahead and frowned suddenly, "Continue to maintain the course, gunnery. Long, the extermination warhead is loaded into the launch tube."

"Yes, Admiral!" The gunnery commander directly executed the order without any hesitation, doubt or even thought. He quickly loaded the system, and the interface in front of him quickly flashed a rotating letter of Tribunal I, Gunnery Chang looked at the password bar at the bottom of the interface and turned to look at the general.

"Admiral, authorization code!" "Admiral Speyer, the commander-in-chief of the Gothic Fleet, authorizes the extermination order to be loaded, and all weapons are loaded immediately."

Speyer's eyes were still looking straight ahead. He raised his hand and stretched out his palm on the servo skull that flew down from the side. The floating servo skull projected a shining green scanning beam around Speyer. The light path came from above. The general's body quickly slid over, and the servo skull at his hand quickly flew away after scanning the lines on Speyer's palm.

The locked interface in front of the gunnery commander was unlocked. He immediately turned around and tapped his fingers quickly on the keyboard. Countless lines of parameter codes and running programs instantly appeared on the huge screen, and countless scrolling loading bars appeared one by one. Arranged down, and all loaded in a very short time.

"Weapons fully loaded! Wait for orders!"

The gunnery commander roared, and at the same time, there was another violent explosion shaking outside the bridge window in front. The entire bridge dome trembled under the huge explosion, and large amounts of dust fell from the top of the head. Amidst the falling dust, the first mate raised his eyes and looked at the interface in front of him.

"The void shield strength is 2%!" "Continue to maintain the course."

There was another burst of bombardment, "Strength 1% is about to break the shield!"

While the first mate yelled, he did not see the flames outside the window quickly slide to both sides as the battleship advanced rapidly. In the center of the dim and flickering shield, the Chaos fleet that was already close at hand was exposed. Rushed to the front of the Chaos army.

"Fire the steering thrusters at full power, make an emergency turn!" Speyer stared forward and shouted loudly. His words seemed to rang directly from the brain of the battleship, and the scenery outside the window quickly slipped to the side almost in the blink of an eye. And then, during the rotation that day, there was also a huge shaking force in the bridge.

The gunnery chief sat in his seat, holding on to the table to prevent himself from flying out of the chair, but other people in the bridge were not so lucky, and many people were thrown to the ground. He was even thrown out of the chair he was sitting on, but unlike everyone else, Spier, who was standing on the ground, remained motionless.

He stared closely at the Chaos fleet flashing past the window. He suddenly turned his head and looked at the side window, where the Chaos fleet had been thrown into the window frame, as if it was caught in the crosshairs. Pyle suddenly raised his arm and slashed to the side. He accurately calculated the gap between the Chaos Fleet's reloading after a salvo, and this moment is now!

"Chief gunnery, fire all the extermination warheads!" Speyer cut off his arm violently, roaring loudly and giving the order. The gunnery chief sitting on the chair on the side of the porthole immediately got up, raised his fist and slammed He hit the data tablet in front of him and landed on the constantly beating red exclamation mark.

The fist hit the table and made a roar, which quickly spread from the table body into the wall below, along the cables in the data pipeline and into the dark barrel below like lightning. Suddenly, the fist The knocking sound turned into a real roar, the fire light instantly lit up, and the rotating warhead roared out.

On the side of the battleship, a whole row of launch tubes sprayed out dazzling firelight. It was a whole row of cyclone torpedoes, proton missiles and virus bombs! All the Extinction Order weapons carried by the entire battleship, the warheads that could destroy the entire galaxy, were all fired instantly, flying towards the Chaos Fleet on the side at close range.

"Helmsman! Raise the main thruster 90 degrees! Ignite with full power!" Spier turned his head and looked into the battleship and shouted loudly. The incredible miracle happened again. The helmsman reached for the lever on the side, but the thing slipped off on its own. Going down, the helmsman watched in surprise as all the operating levers around him moved on their own.

The rear plasma thruster of the giant ship turned instantly with Speyer's roar. The huge plasma thruster turned sharply, and the jet mouth instantly lifted up and hit the uppermost boundary. The turbine fan blades spread out to all sides, and a huge plasma flame It spurted out and turned into a huge tongue of fire that pierced the sky.

The battleship quickly dived downwards under the rapid propulsion. It fell from the row of Chaos fighters in front of it. While it was falling rapidly, the extermination warheads above the battleship roared upwards, hitting those Chaos battleships. On the shield, dozens of extermination orders exploded against the face at the same time.

A huge explosion instantly occurred on the front side of the Chaos fleet. The powerful shock wave and fire cloud instantly shattered the shields of all the outermost Chaos battleships. Their side armor shattered and collapsed in the impact. The huge battleships were The powerful shock wave flew backwards and hit the battleship further behind.

A cloud of explosive fire rose into the sky from the universe. The shining flame cloud could be seen even from several light years away, just like a newborn sun.

A powerful shock wave also hit from above. The aftermath of the explosion bombarded the back of the battleship. The entire countless outer buildings instantly broke and collapsed in the wind. The flying debris swept across the side of the battleship, knocking out the angels standing on it. The statue broke, and the golden head hit the side of the bridge window and flew over.

Spier bent down and stood in the huge vibration and raised his head to look overhead. He saw three Space Marine strike barges roaring past overhead. They were spraying fire and roaring from both sides of the rising explosion fire cloud. Afterwards, they merged inward and pierced the huge chaos battleship like a spear.

There was no cover in front of the giant ship, and all the Chaos escort fleets were flying and dancing in the explosion of the Extinction Order. Above the fragments and hulls of the warships flying in the sky, the man-eating shark fleet roared past, as if holding a spear. The knight rushed towards the huge monster.

Spier looked at the scene above his head. He frowned and looked at the fleet of Space Marines whizzing by. "I've helped you deal with the surrounding enemy ships. Captain Tiberos, now you can retreat safely." , the next step is up to you, may the Emperor bless you."

The first mate got up from the ground under the Spier steps. He accidentally glanced at the display screen on the side. He looked away and then looked away, but just as he moved away, he looked back suddenly, " Admiral! Warp signal detected!"

"Chaotic?" Spier frowned and looked at it immediately, but the first mate who stood up and supported the screen below him shook his head in shock. He raised his eyes and looked at the space above, "No, it's ours. , Imperial Navy, but that ship. The Merciful Emperor is on board.”

Spier raised his head in surprise. He looked into the void above his head. As the three battleships of the Man-Eating Shark rushed towards the huge ship that was very close at hand, but at the moment when they were almost close to the limit of jumping gang, their A huge portal instantly appeared in front of him, and a new giant ship jumped out from the portal faster than any other battleship.

The giant ship jumped out sideways from in front of the Space Marine battleship. The captains of the chapter were shocked. The giant ship almost collided with it in a straight line. Three strike barges flew up to the side of the magnificent battleship. It almost touched the armor of the battleship, causing a dazzling spark to collide.

The majestic battleship shimmered with a void shield that was brighter than Chaos and the imperial battleship. The light spear above its head locked and fired almost in the blink of an eye, shooting the roaring beam of light towards the giant chaos ship on the side, and exploded. It happened to him instantly in the blink of an eye.

"Admiral, according to the beacon stamp, the ship is calling"

"Emperor's Dream." Speyer said as he looked up at the side of the majestic ship above and at the name of the ship on the back of the roaring lightning eagle's wings.

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