"Catch up the fleet and order the Grey Knight not to pursue it."
Hearing Soshiyan's instructions, Mark nodded, but as soon as he turned around, he returned after hesitating for a moment, and whispered:
"Captain of the battle, but the man-eating shark..."
Soshiyang shook his head.
"If you don't have a chance, Huron would rather shake the front line than distance, which means he doesn't plan to give anyone a chance to get close to his flagship. The main force of the Red Pirates Fleet is still there. Even if Huron can't beat it, it's still easy to run. What's more, the fleet of the Man-Devouring Shark may be difficult to break through the intercepting firepower composed of the large Red Pirates warships... Send a message to the Man-Devouring Shark, don't chase the poor enemy, I hope they can listen."
The facts also proved Soshiyang's judgment. Although the man-eating shark was coming in full force, Huron was determined to avoid the battle, just like a real shark with brute force and sharp teeth, but he could not catch a slippery old loach at all. At this time, the Red Pirates' separate fleet gradually gathered. Due to the huge losses of the fighter planes and the pressure of continuous air strikes, the Red Pirates' main battleship immediately used ferocious artillery fire to make the man-eating shark fleet dizzy. At that time, one cruiser was destroyed and two frigates were injured.
Realizing that the raid and beheading was no longer possible, the Man-Eater Shark Fleet had to give up the rushing formation and join the Imperial Fleet's shelling.
At this time, many Red Pirates were still evacuating, and there were swaying landing crafts and gunboats, and even lifeboats everywhere in the void.
During the attack, Zhu Fu specially arranged people to occupy two escape areas that were not very critical. At this time, he played a huge role. Many Red Pirates without escape tools quickly escaped with the escape area controlled by Zhu Fu. And because it was an escape vehicle of Star Fort, it was identified as a friendly mark in the fire control system of the Imperial Warship, and it was not easy to be targeted by automatic weapons. After the war, Soshiyang learned about this, he couldn't help but sigh that there was such a commander in the Red Pirates, and the battles behind were probably not easy to fight.
Afterwards, the firefight between the two sides lasted for more than an hour. In the end, the Red Pirates quickly left the battle after they were convinced that they could no longer recover more people.
The second Battle of Angustom, which lasted for a full 14 hours, came to an end.
Both sides were doing their best in this naval battle, but the casualties were far from as disparate as the first battle.
According to post-war statistics, the Red Pirates were sunk 1 Emperor-class battleship Death Swamp, 1 battle cruiser, 3 large/heavy cruisers, 6 strike cruisers/light cruisers, and about 80 small ships, which were similar to the first naval battle in terms of ship losses.
On the Empire, the fleet led by Soshiyang alone was sunk a heavy cruiser (Astronomy Knights' Atonement), three strike cruisers (including the Astronomy Knights' Endeavour and Perseverance), four light cruisers, 30 small ships, and the Mechanical Cult battleship Alloy Truth was also broken and almost sunk, and was invaded by demons. Half of the artillery decks were destroyed, one third of the engine was destroyed, and one quarter of the crew and technicians were sacrificed. It would take about 5-10 years to repair. In addition, two large and medium-sized ships, 11 small ships, and one cruiser lost by the Man-Eatering Shark Fleet.
The Empire only took a small advantage in terms of the number of losses, but the blessing barrier was basically broken. According to conservative estimates, it would take at least two years to restore basic movement and combat capabilities. If it was to be completely repaired, it might take 10 years, which means that the back of this star castle is likely to be out of other battles. In addition, more than 10,000 fighter jets were lost, and a considerable number of them were destroyed by subspace forces and could not even be recycled.
It can be seen that the victory of the last naval battle was largely based on the defensive power of Angustom planet. Once it leaves the planet's orbit defense range, even if there are two star forts and a large number of air forces, it is still not enough to smooth out the huge gap between the two sides on the main battleships. Once the Red Pirates Fleet forcibly rushed up to close the shooting, its heavy armored cannon has a very large advantage. The defense of the star fort is omnidirectional deployment, and the firepower in a single range is actually very limited.
For example, the Red Pirate Response-class battleship, when one-third of the deck was destroyed, could still use powerful main guns to continuously sink the Endeavor and Atonement of the Star Realm Knight. When evacuation, due to overloading of the Void Shield, it actually rushed out with its strong hull and armor with its firepower of the Imperial small battleship.
It is precisely because they saw that the main ships of the heavy armored giant cannons of the Red Pirates still had combat power that Soshiyang did not intend to really fight Huron to the point of defeat. After all, the word-bearer is now a trouble for the Red Pirates, but if there is no Red Pirates, it will be a trouble for the Empire immediately. Now, their strength is Okam, but as an ancient rebellious legion, the traitors of Galmek should not be underestimated. Don't bother to lose money and then get a bargain by others. That would be ridiculous.
In addition to the fleet losses, the losses of personnel in this battle really made Soshiyang feel very heartbroken.
There were no 49 soldiers who died in the last battle, but this time in the cruel naval battle and the Star Fort defense battle, 102 people were killed in the third, fourth, sixth and tenth companies of the Star Realm Knights alone!
Among them, 19 people were killed in the third company, 28 people were killed in the fourth company, 24 people were killed in the sixth company, and 31 people were killed in the tenth company.
The situation of other battle groups is not good. 85 people were killed in the flesh-torn fighters, 134 people were killed in the ascetics, 48 ​​people were killed in the ranger, 17 people were killed in the Empire Fist, and 9 warriors were killed in the Gray Knights, a total of 395 Imperial Space Marines were killed in the battle!
You should know that there are not many interstellar warriors in the entire expeditionary force. Including the losses of a series of battles before, according to the casualties reported by various war zones and battle groups, nearly one thousand interstellar warriors have been killed since the beginning of the expedition, and the entire expeditionary force's strength has been reduced by almost one fifth.
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In addition, the sacrifices of the Mechanical Cult and the State Cult were also very great. Three sages of the commander died in the battlefield, 11 data craftsmen died in the battle, and more than 200 priests of the army sacrificed their lives for the God of Ten Thousand Machines, more than 600,000 priests and nearly 3,000 various combat robots were destroyed in the battle. More than 100,000 priests and mercenaries, including the priests and mercenaries, and 61 combat nuns died.
As for the crew sacrifices caused by the ship being sunk and jumping, it is a huge number. According to estimates, at least two million crew members and non-combatants were killed.
On the Red Pirates, the number of enemies that can be annihilated is about 3,000 Chaos Space Marines, and the actual number is as high as 5,000, which is similar to the first Angstrom naval battle, but the intensity of the war is completely incomparable. It can be seen that the first victory was also due to the poor command of the Red Pirates commander. This time, if you change to a skilled front-line commander, the effect will be different immediately.
As it turns out, the Red Pirates are not really soft persimmons that can be pinched at will, but there are many problems within them that the Chaos Space Marines cannot truly exert their fierce individual strength.
Therefore, Soshiyan could only pray that those internal problems would continue to plague the Red Pirates. It was also because of this mentality that he did not really have the intention to kill Huron, otherwise it would be possible that the guy would be taken down by a desperate attack at that time.
As for those cultists and demons, it is impossible to count at all, and there is no statistical significance.
Chapter completed!