Warhammer III

Dolores and Tai Yue exchanged a few words, and then combined with the holographic projection in the middle of the conference room, began to introduce the two defensive battles of the United Fleet.

In the first defensive battle, the Red Pirates installed a propulsion device on the wreckage left by the previous battle between the United Fleet and the Thousand Sons Fleet, and smashed it into the fleet defending the Prospero orbit.

After consuming the firepower and ammunition of the United Fleet, the Red Pirates' fleet and the United Fleet began a head-on confrontation.

The artillery fire of the warships of both sides shot at the target like raindrops, and the flashes of the exploding shells were like lights lighting up the void, and the volleys of light spears left gorgeous traces in space.

The destroyed warships emitted a dazzling white light, instantly illuminating the entire starry sky, and then fell into silence in this cold space.

During the battle, the Red Pirates launched 4 boarding battles, targeting two battleships of the Stygian Fleet of the Imperial Navy, the Mechanical Ark of the Mechanicus, and the battleship "Soul Redeemer" of the Grey Knights.

Two battleships of the Imperial Navy were occupied by the Red Pirates. The battleship where Lord Admiral Wollaston was located chose to self-destruct. Another severely damaged battleship was pulled away by the Red Pirates' battle barge, while the Mechanical Ark and the "Soul Redeemer" successfully eliminated the Chaos Space Marines who boarded the ship.

After that, the Red Pirates' fleet temporarily retreated. Captain Stern of the Third Brotherhood of the Grey Knights guessed that their goal was to seize the Empire's main battleship. After all, it was not the first time they did this.

Six hours later, the second defensive battle began. The enemy's two battle barges broke away from the Red Pirates' main fleet and rushed towards the joint fleet at high speed, trying to approach the star fortress. Multiple Imperial fleets fired lances to destroy them. In order to intercept the two battle barges, the joint fleet was basically lured to gather in the same space domain.

Dolores showed a look of fear at this time. She paused and continued to introduce:

"The Red Pirates used the Blackstone Fortress to close the warp. The void shields of the ships of both sides were forced to close. Soon after, the Blackstone Fortress activated the warp energy again and sank several Empire ships that had not yet had time to start the void shield at full power."

"The battleship "Soul Redeemer" of the Third Brotherhood and the strike cruiser "Uruk" of your Ninth Brotherhood escaped the attack because of the timely warning of the Grey Knights to the changes in the energy of the warp. Most of the fleet of the Mechanicus and three transport ships were destroyed. These transport ships had been docked in orbit after transporting the Vashtat Guard and Tykan Iron Fist. After being destroyed, they fell on the planet Prospero."

"Now the warships have been dispersed to avoid being attacked by the Black Fortress, and the Red Pirates' fleet evaded the battlefield again after the attack of the Black Fortress. They are evacuating to the Wizard Star this time!"

Dolores was also surprised by the Red Pirates' actions, but she couldn't guess their purpose. She finally showed the damage statistics of the two defensive battles:

Two strike cruisers of the Grey Knights crashed; the battleship 'Soul Redeemer' and the strike cruiser 'Uruk' survived;

The strike cruiser 'Reforged Sword' of the 4th Company of the Dark Angels survived;

The strike cruiser 'Iron Torrent' of the Space Wolves was seriously damaged and could not continue to participate in the war;

One battleship of the Styx Fleet of the Imperial Navy exploded, one battleship was occupied by the Red Pirates, and all the warships of two cruiser squadrons and two escort squadrons crashed; one cruiser squadron and two escort squadrons survived;

Two cruisers and three frigates of the Mechanicus of the Forge World of Reza crashed, leaving only the Mechanical Ark and a frigate surviving;

The Inquisition Star Fortress survived.

Tai Yue fell into deep thought after seeing these results. He looked at the dense Red Pirates fleet in the projection and couldn't help guessing that their main force came here from the Great Vortex. The Red Pirates must be planning something for this action, not just supporting the Thousand Sons Legion.

At present, only 3 cruisers and 4 battle barges of the Red Pirates have been destroyed. In addition to the Blackstone Fortress, they still have more than 10 battleships and more than 20 support ships surviving. If the Empire's support forces do not come, it will be difficult to defend the next attack of the Red Pirates with the surviving fleet alone.

After obtaining this information, Tai Yue left the Servants Battle Company, Land Raider Tanks, and Storm Crow Gunboats in the Star Fortress. The former was because the Thunder Eagle Gunboat could not fit, and the Storm Crow Gunboat could not sail in space.

He drove the Thunder Eagle Gunboat and took the Terminator brothers to the space domain where the Uruk was located.

"God Emperor, welcome back!"

Annabelle and several servants from the battleship life service group came to the hangar to welcome the returning Astartes Brothers.

After Tai Yue and others removed the Terminator armor, they went directly to the conference room. Della reported the situation of the Uruk.

While the meeting was in progress, Dolores sent two new intelligence:

First, the support fleet of the Storm Reaper Regiment and the Holy Rose Sisters had arrived in the Fuzat Galaxy.

Second, the ground forces of the Space Wolves Iron Wolf Dalian returned to the ship and left the Fuzat Galaxy. On the one hand, it was because the entire Dalian suffered heavy losses, and on the other hand, the strike cruiser "Iron Torrent" was seriously damaged and could not continue to participate in the war. Staying here would not help the next battle.

"We have a good relationship with Chagatai Khan."

Jerome's eyes lit up and said to everyone.

The Storm Reapers are composed entirely of Primaris Space Marines. Their parent chapter is the White Scars, and their gene-seed comes from Jaghatai Khan. The chapter was created by the Primarch Robouti Guilliman after the 13th Black Crusade. This founding army formed many new chapters composed of Primaris Space Marines, and was called the Extreme Founding.