Chapter 24 The Special Tasks of the Imperial Fleet
"We have left subspace, the entire ship is in normal condition, and all members of the fleet have arrived." In front of the operation desk, an officer of the Human Empire Navy was reporting to the fleet commander standing behind him.
After the commander of the fleet heard the report from his subordinates, he breathed a sigh of relief and issued a new order to the officers on the side: "Let the fleet make some repairs and recover and continue moving forward. We cannot stay here for a long time."
"Yes, General Speyer." The officer beside him saluted and immediately went to carry out his order.
Admiral Speyer himself turned around and looked at the tall statue of the Emperor behind him, praying devoutly to the Emperor that everything would go well on his trip.
As a general of the Imperial Navy, Admiral Speyer has made great military exploits for the Empire and has turned the tide several times to thwart the conspiracies of the Empire's enemies. He is also a rising star in the Imperial Navy.
But for the entire empire, naval officers like him are not uncommon.
After all, compared to the vast territory of the empire and as many generals as there are sands of sand in the Ganges, Admiral Speyer, although excellent, is only one of them.
However, when he was originally stationed in the Cadia sector, he suddenly received a transfer order a few months ago, ordering him to rush to the headquarters of the Mars Mechanicus as quickly as possible. While receiving a new ship, he would be working with the machine.
Together with the Cult and the Space Marine Chapter, they went on a secret mission ordered by the Emperor himself.
This was really a surprising thing for Spier, and even made him feel a little unreal.
After all, in his hundreds of years of military service, he had never encountered anything like this, especially when the person who came to convey his order was an Imperial Guard.
These are the guardians of the Holy Palace of Terra! Legend has it that they never left the palace after the Emperor sat on the Golden Throne, and they have always loyally protected the founder of the empire.
To the common people of the Imperium, and even to naval officers like himself, the Imperial Custodes had long since become legend, along with the Primarch, the Emperor himself, and the stories of the Emperor when he still walked the Imperium.
But now, such a legendary warrior has conveyed the emperor's oracle to him. How can this not make Spier feel like he is in a dream?
But even so, his absolute loyalty to the empire still allowed Speyer to execute the order immediately after receiving it.
After a month-long subspace voyage, they arrived at Holy Terra, where the capital of the empire is located. Speyer and his subordinates did not get any rest, nor did they meet the great emperor, so they received them directly at the headquarters of the Mars Mechanicus.
A battlecruiser that underwent emergency repairs and modifications was acquired, and the replacement of the ship was completed.
This is a very old Mars-class battlecruiser. The shipyards of Mars stopped producing warships of this type 1,800 years ago.
This ship was specially deployed by the Imperial Navy under the emperor's decree, and was transformed by the great sages of the Martian Mechanicum. It was replaced with more powerful weapons so that it could better carry out the instructions of the emperor.
task.
Admiral Speyer didn't know what this mission was, but he saw that he was accompanied not only by the fleet assigned to him by the Imperial Navy, but also by a fleet dispatched by the Adeptus Mechanicus, which even included a Forged Ark.
And it is said that it is equipped with a large-scale and amazingly powerful Mechanicus Skitarii and a Titan Legion.
This is also quite an astonishing force for the empire, especially the Titan Legion. As a fighting force that controls the machinery of God, their power is unimaginably powerful.
Once a complete Titan Legion is thrown into the battlefield, only destruction awaits the enemies of the Empire.
Because they are the strongest combat force the Empire can deploy on the planet's surface, an entire Titan army can even level a planet to the ground.
Not to mention, this time the famous Blood Angels battle group was acting with them, and looking at their posture, the Blood Angels deployed at least more than two-thirds of their troops.
Being able to act together with the Space Marines and the Adeptus Mechanicus made Admiral Speyer feel happy and excited. At the same time, he also felt a heavy responsibility and noticed some unusual clues.
A mission that came directly from the Emperor himself, deploying the elite fleets of the Imperial Navy, the Skitarii and Titan Legions of the Adeptus Mechanicus, and the powerful Space Marine Chapters, all of which showed to Admiral Speyer the importance of this mission.
important.
Especially as they continue to move forward, they are also joined by the Blood Angels sub-group, which makes the scale of the fleet larger and larger, and at the same time, the power in the hands of Admiral Speyer becomes more powerful.
This undoubtedly makes the responsibility on his shoulders more and more important.
Because he never knew what mission he was going to perform.
The order he received was just to go to a certain place with the fleet. As for how to go to that place, what he would encounter on the way, and what to do if a battle broke out, there were no instructions at all. Everything had to be judged by himself.
But just looking at the Space Marine Chapters who kept applying to join the mission along the way, Speyer could feel an indescribable atmosphere.
Obviously, the importance of this mission far exceeded his original expectations. This was not only a mission personally assigned by the emperor himself, but also a mission of considerable significance to the empire.
It was just the fact that he was unable to know and obtain more details that made Admiral Speyer very worried.
After all, he knew it was a very important mission, but he was unable to understand all the circumstances. This made it difficult for Admiral Speyer to judge the situation and formulate plans and tactics based on the specific situation.
But he also knows that there are some things that he cannot inquire about. He can only do everything well within his own ability and do everything possible to ensure that this mission can be completed smoothly.
Just as he was thinking this, a piercing siren suddenly sounded from the bridge.
Admiral Speyer immediately turned around, looked at the soldiers in front of the console, and asked loudly: "What's going on?"
"A Chaos fleet appears on the right side of our army, two hundred meters away!" The soldiers in front of the radar quickly reported the situation loudly.
After hearing the soldiers' report, General Speyer suddenly felt that he had been relieved. He was not afraid of the enemy attacking, but he was afraid that the enemy would not know where he was hiding.
Now that the enemies have jumped out on their own initiative, and both the enemy and ourselves are clear, all that's left is to kill these enemies.
So Admiral Speyer loudly issued an order: "The entire fleet is ready to fight! All weapons and gun ports are at full fire! Contact friendly forces and let them assist in the battle! Let us teach Chaos a lesson!"
