Chapter 448, Iron Horse Naval Battle

Chapter 448, Iron Horse Naval Battle

The naval battle on Xia Xing I-3 did not actually break out.

The commander of the combined fleet knows that there is no way to fight, so he will definitely not fight hard. They broke away directly from the orbit of the planet and ran away with their tails between their legs.

And the ghost-like Retribution-class battleship did not come to pursue them.

It just approached Xiaxing I-3, fired a few shots at the surface, then put down the transport spacecraft and landed on the ground.

Soon, these transport ships returned to it. Immediately afterwards, the battleship left the planet's orbit and sailed into the distance.

The shocked Alliance naval ships also came to their senses at this time.

This battleship should belong to the rebel battle group that had appeared on the ground. It appears and arrives in the orbit of the planet, probably just to pick up the battle group.

This rebel war group does not seem to want to occupy this planet.

They should be able to clearly realize that with their strength, even if they have a battleship in hand, they cannot compete head-on with the Alliance, especially if they can win on the ground.

If so, they would not dare to confront the combined fleet directly.

In the past month, there have always been some small boats following them, monitoring their movements. Whenever they wanted to turn their heads and hit someone, these small boats would take advantage of their fast running speed and flexible steering to run away; and when they turned their heads, the small boats would catch up again.

Although the battleship is powerful, the 'Retribution' has a flaw that cannot be made up for: it is slow and not flexible enough.

The relationship between this renegade war gang and the Phoenix is ​​something Gu Hang cannot ignore;

He even ordered the ship to stop at the jump point on the other side after making an astral jump, preparing to ambush the small ship that had completed the jump behind them.

Perhaps Zhong Jihua deliberately chose to take action at this time.

Behind them, there is a combined human fleet chasing them.

I'm afraid it's for the gene seeds.

This is what Gu Hang judged after receiving the information from the front line.

The leader of the 'Ash Dead', Zhong Jihua, was annoyed.

But now, there is no such formation next to the 'Spike of Dead Souls'.

After learning about the existence of this war gang from the mouths of Sidney Blevins' Phoenix deserters, Gu Hang felt that sooner or later, these guys would cause trouble for the Alliance.

They have about two to three hundred renegade space warriors who believe in the evil god. They also have a battleship. Being able to operate this battleship means that they must have at least ten or two hundred thousand people on board...

One month later, Tiema Star District, Tiedong II Galaxy.

And they did succeed.

So what is their purpose in causing trouble?
Judging from what happened before, I am afraid that he wants to lure the real Phoenix to arrive.

The matter in the Iron Horse Sector must be resolved.

And what do they want the genuine Phoenix for?

The battleship 'Revenant Spike' is heading towards the jump point to Edgehorse IV.

But, he came at the wrong time. Most of the alliance's energy is still involved in the frontline battlefield with the greenskins. If a fire suddenly breaks out in the backyard, you will definitely be in a hurry.

On the other hand, Gu Hang had to use the Phoenix to take some necessary precautions.

However, the opportunity for the necessary strike did not come. Instead, what Gu Hang had been guarding against happened first.

Since the war with the greenskins, Gu Hang has been very cautious about the use of space warriors. He did not blindly throw the most elite forces at hand into the battlefield because of the fierce fighting on the front line.

Or rather, running away.

The traitor leader named Zhong Jihua had an extraordinary pursuit of the Phoenix bloodline. It's almost inevitable that he will cause trouble.

……

There are three astral tunnels connecting this galaxy, leading to Tiedong III, Tiedong I, and Bianma IV in the Bianma star region.

It seemed that Yelicia could not come to pick him up, nor could she immediately go north to participate in the Battle of Temir.

Of course, he wouldn't go alone.

They tricked two Phoenix teams into landing on the ground and fell into their clutches.

A message was sent to Martins.

Even as for their identities, Gu Hang had already made a guess, and felt that there was a high probability that they would not be wrong: the stain of the Phoenix, the renegade war gang called the 'Ashes of the Dead'.

But Gu Hang was not unprepared at all.

On the one hand, it’s not that time yet.

Although the powerful firepower, thick armor, and void shield with a very high energy level make this main battleship with the largest number of servings in the empire enough to serve as the absolute core of offense and defense in large-scale fleet decisive battles, it also A large number of coordinated frigates are needed to escort him.

Gu Hang even had to go to Iron Horse himself.

For a frontal battle, apart from the battleship, this renegade war group is not qualified; but considering the battleships and the risk that they are likely to cooperate with the separatist forces on many planets, we should not deal with them. Gu Hang's rear area will be turned upside down.

However, this plan also failed.

At the same time, it was impossible for Gu Hang to let the renegade war gang suspected of being the 'Ashes of the Dead' wreak havoc in his rear area.

The reputation of the alliance is growing, and the news of Phoenix's recovery through the alliance is becoming more and more known.

Rather than letting elite warriors like the Phoenix be consumed on the frontal battlefield, it is better to retain their power so that they can carry out the necessary blow at the critical moment.

The small boat that had been following them did not jump at all; instead, there was another small boat on this side of the astral tunnel, staring at them from a distance.

It doesn't matter if our boat is small, as long as it is large.

If you can't catch up, hit, or get rid of it, then that's all you can do.

At first, Zhong Jihua actually just felt annoyed, not dangerous.

Just stare.

What else can you do to me?

It's nothing more than fear and monitoring him. And when he really wanted to do something, these boats couldn't do anything to him.

However, by now, he already felt that something was wrong.

Long-term surveillance was enough. The wizard on his ship had given him information many times, telling him that there were a large number of ships traveling through the astral tunnels around Tiedong II.

What do you want?

Surround me?
It seems true.

If we start a battle and fight hard, with three cruisers as the main force, a fleet with a total of hundreds of ships, and a lone Retribution-class battleship, who will win and who will lose?

It's hard to say. The latter's winning rate may be less than 20%.

Before, he felt that the so-called 'alliance' would not really fight against him. If you defeat him, what can you do? The combined fleet will have to pay the price for the loss of at least more than half of the ships, and most of the main cruisers will lose two of them.

Is it worth paying such a high price?
You are still at war with the greenskins.

Yes, Zhong Jihua certainly knows this information.

If not, he wouldn't be here yet.

It is precisely because the alliance is at war, and the war seems to be very fierce, that he is here.

What he wanted was exactly what Gu Hang had guessed: the gene seeds of the phoenix.

The Ashes of the Dead warband was born after a group of Phoenix deserters surrendered to the Evil God of Chaos. At that time, people like Zhong Jihua just felt that the Phoenix was bound to perish, and there was no point in staying. They would only die with the war group.

This is all the empire's fault. Phoenix is ​​obviously fighting for the empire, and Tie Kai is the traitor. But they were eventually betrayed by the Empire and sentenced to the Atonement Crusade, leaving them with the fate of dying during the Crusade.

So, they rebelled, they surrendered to the evil god, and took the name 'Ashes of the Dead'.

In the ashes after the phoenix burns out, the dead return from hell with the fury of revenge.

That's what the new name means.

However, who would have thought that the phoenix was not dead at all?
Not only did they not die, but over the years, with the support of the 'alliance' that appeared from nowhere, they became stronger and stronger, and even had a faint tendency to return to their former appearance.

How can people like Zhong Jihua accept this?

Was our choice back then wrong?
That is impossible!

In order to prove that they were definitely not the wrong side, Zhong Jihua took his war gang to the Eastern Universe and Dragon Eagle Star Territory.

Here is the time to expand the size of your warband. Here is their most coveted genetic seed with the same bloodline; at the same time, they are also looking for opportunities and ways to destroy this human power that spans nearly a hundred worlds.

Of course it wouldn't work with their own strength.

But aren’t there green skins?
As long as it causes enough damage in the rear, it can be done.

So, there was the incident on Xiaxing I-3.

Through the wizard, they corrupted the alliance agents captured by them, passed on false information, and sent two teams of phoenixes down.

The two teams of phoenixes, with a total of twenty people, certainly didn't end well in the end.

The Phoenix's fighting power is certainly not weak, but the Ashes Dead are all veterans. It was normal for them to use ten times the force to defeat the new phoenixes, either through mental calculations or not, so that the news couldn't even get out.

It's a pity that the so-called alliance responded very quickly.

They can only run away.

I thought I could escape easily with the help of a big boat, but it looked like that wasn't possible.

But now, Zhong Jihua still can't believe that the alliance actually dared to use their precious fleet to encircle and suppress him.

However, he was not unprepared for this.

The corresponding order was issued, and the 'Revenant Spike' was still heading towards Edge Horse IV.

If the alliance's fleet doesn't dare to go to war, then let's go boldly; but once the war starts... then let's do it.

First of all, the 'Revenant Spike' will be able to destroy almost half of the Alliance fleet;

Of course, the 'Revenant Spike' will also be destroyed.

But so what?

They are Space Marines!
In the middle of the battle, they can have the 'Revenant Spike' swoop in and get close to the cluster of Alliance fleets. If you ask what is the most powerful weapon on the Retribution-class battleship, it is probably not a spear array or a super-standard macro cannon, but the ancient 'ramming horn' installed on the bow of the ship. .

Relying on its huge size, any ship smaller than it will be smashed when the Retribution-class battleship rushes forward; but it itself, protected by the collision angle, will not suffer any damage.

Of course, this is not a conventional weapon. In a real naval battle, no one would use this thing as a decisive weapon. The biggest role played by the so-called 'collision corner' is decorative.

However, if there is a real fight later, Zhong Jihua does not intend to let the collision be purely decorative.

Heavy artillery and ramming angles can all be used.

After the ships from both sides approach, the 'Ashes of the Dead' war gang can use their greatest method: gang-hopping tactics!
Whether it is through the gang-hopping spaceship after getting close to the distance, or simply through the former think tank in the war gang and now the war gang wizard, direct subspace transmission.

After arriving at the opponent's spaceship, they can seize control of the warship, and through the war gang wizard, they can summon the power of chaos to quickly corrupt the crew.

It only took a short time for them to 'snatch' the warship.

Then you can continue playing.

They can use this method many times in a row.

How many ships does the Alliance have that can be snatched by them?
Once they are together, if the Alliance loses one ship, they will have one more. Then the frigate that the "Dead Soul Spike" lacks will come, right?

If what they shot down was the main cruiser in the combined fleet, the situation would be even worse.

All in all, for Zhong Jihua, if you want to fight, let’s do it!
And the whole situation really developed just as he thought.

When the 'Revenant Spike' approached the jump point of the astral tunnel leading to Edge Horse IV, a fleet jumped out from there.

At the same time, behind them, a group of Alliance ships also appeared from the jump point of Iron Horse I.

They belong to the same team, and the strategy of attacking from both sides was also formulated by the fleet commander, Major General Yelicia.

The two sides kept a distance, and prepared to carry out an enveloping offensive while avoiding being concentrated on one side by the 'Revenant Spike'.

Under this situation, Zhong Jihua had no other considerations at all.

He once again ordered to inform all members of the war gang:

"Get ready for battle, let's kill!"

And his brothers also gave him feedback clearly: "Roar!"

He shouted again: "Blood sacrifice to the blood god!"

The communication channel also immediately responded: "Skull Sacrifice Seat!"

Under the high morale and bloody shouts within the Ashes Dead, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer.

The 'Revenant Spike' opened fire first.

Its range is farther than any ship in the alliance.

This also caught the Alliance fleet a little off guard. There was a 'Silver Sword' class frigate that was hit.

The X-level light spear array instantly melted the energy shield outside the Silver Sword, and opened a large hole in the ship without losing much power.

The Silver Sword immediately lost power and was spinning in space; then another half minute later, a more violent explosion occurred inside the Silver Sword, turning into a fireball in the sky.

(End of this chapter)