Chapter 2909 Escape from the Python Mouth (Part 1)
Facing the new type of Tyranid biological warships that appeared, Malakin knew that he could not forcefully accept them, so he immediately selected three biological warships, marked them with shooting runes, and then issued an order.
The two flagships fired fiercely at these incoming "missile ships". The lasers and artillery shells hit the bone armor of the biological warships, but did not cause obvious damage, or just left a deep crack, but they failed to break it.
They kill.
Suddenly, a biological battleship closest to the Mother of Tears exploded. The powerful energy burst the carapace, causing the plasma flames to roar in the universe. The dazzling light poured out from the observation window and was imprinted on Malakin's retina.
Its power is no less than those super giant plasma cannons fired by the Nova Cannon.
In an instant, the hull of the Mother of Tears shook violently.
"The output of the void shield exceeds 110% and is about to be overloaded!"
"There are cracks on the front deck! Emergency repairs are underway!"
At this moment, Malakin's heart could be said to be extremely cold. He had been preparing for a beheading operation for a long time, but was easily defused by the Hive Mothership. Although they were very close to the mothership, they could already see it.
It has an ugly shape full of holes, but this distance has become a natural chasm.
The torpedo launched here, Malakin is sure, has no possibility of hitting the opponent, because there are enough small creatures to intercept the torpedo.
With his head lowered and panting, Malakin held the command podium with both hands. He suddenly raised his fist and smashed it hard. The loud noise made everyone in the bridge fell into silence.
"Brother Malakim, change course to 190."
Suddenly, a calm voice appeared on the bridge, and Malakin immediately raised his head.
"Brother Soshyan!"
"Change course now."
Upon hearing this, Malakin did not hesitate and said loudly:
"Change course!"
Immediately, the two battle barges heading straight for the mothership changed their direction and passed by the side closer to the planet. This sudden change made the insect nest unable to react for a while.
"Launch torpedoes, regardless of whether they hit or not, launch all but the most important torpedoes."
"Understood, launch all torpedoes!"
When the two battle barges intersected with the Tyranid frigate group, they fired a string of torpedoes against intensive biological artillery fire, creating a series of destruction in the void.
After that, they sprinted along the track, passing through groups of large Tyranid biological ships that were struggling to rise. What finally appeared in front of them was another fleet with the Eternal Loyalty as the core. This fleet was responsible for clearing the orbit above the Snow Palace.
, you can also see many transport ships rising from the ground to orbit at this time.
"Our current strength cannot destroy this mothership, so let's do this for now."
Standing on the bridge of the Eternal Loyalty, Soshyan looked at Malakin's virtual image with a smile.
"Brother Malaki, don't worry. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Thanks to you this time, this strategy can be executed so perfectly. You are the number one contributor to this battle."
"I've been worried that it might be too late."
"It's not too late, it won't be too late when you get there."
"Then the command will be left to you, brother Soshyan."
When Malakin's image disappeared, Soshyan turned his attention to the huge tactical instrument. Strategically speaking, Malakin's arrangement had no problem and could even be called clever. The only problem was his last big gamble. Soshyan
Yang didn't like this kind of behavior. After all, there was no conclusion yet on how many hive carriers the Tyranids had. To rashly gamble on a chance with one's life was something that would only be done at the end of the road.
And now it is clear that we have not reached the end of the road yet.
This is also a trend among the Astartes today that he thinks is not very good. They rely too much on all-or-nothing "brave" behavior and treat the battlefield like a casino, but gamblers will definitely lose in the end.
At this time Soshyan can finally retrieve the efforts and rewards of this operation.
The two insect hive tentacles were basically annihilated. Based on the changes in the battle signs, it was roughly inferred that nearly 30,000 Tyranid void units were destroyed. Although most of them were micro-sized targets, there were also nearly a thousand large units among them. This is undoubtedly
A huge victory, and probably the best record humans have ever achieved against the Tyranids.
More importantly, cutting off two tentacles can greatly slow down the Tyranids' advancement. Soshyan has realized that the Tyranid hive consciousness can "learn", which means that it will learn this lesson.
It no longer dares to separate tentacles easily. Although this makes it more difficult to handle, it also greatly slows down the speed of harvesting biomass.
Faced with the trade-off between the two, Soshyan believed that time was more precious now. Only with enough time could he deploy strategies, gather more military power, and wait for possible reinforcements from the empire.
The price paid was that 26 battleships were sunk and 17 battleships were damaged. Most of them were legion ships. After all, other battle groups did not have many ships. Among the sunken capital ships was the Astral Knights' strike cruiser.
The Pandora, the White Templar's Dictator-class heavy cruiser Spinel, and the just-sinked Prodigal Son, the legion lost three capital ships at once, accounting for one-ninth of the entire legion's capital ships.
It hurts, but there is no other way. He can't blame Malakin for his poor command, because the other party has indeed tried his best.
Fortunately, there are still unfinished orders and ships to be handed over in each subsequent forging world, and they should be able to be replenished soon.
"How is the ground evacuation going?"
"Back to my lord, it's basically completed!"
Although Malakin's actions just now were somewhat reckless, they actually had some effect. They attracted the attention of the Hive Mind and made Soshyan's evacuation go more smoothly.
"The fleet's course is adjusted to 120, waiting for the last batch of transport ships to return."
Facing the fleet that wanted to "seize the food from the tiger's mouth", the Tyranid Hive Mind sent out a roaring ripple that spread in the subspace, and then the huge python began to tighten its body, and a large number of biological ships attacked towards the evacuation area.
Countless biological torpedoes streaked through the void. Although many of them were intercepted by lasers, the resulting shock wave was enough to shake a giant ship like the Eternal Loyalty.
The very few biological torpedoes that were not intercepted bombarded human ships with their bone heads as thick as ship armor. Some biological torpedoes disintegrated when they hit the ship's void force field, but some passed through the void shield.
And the explosion ripped open huge cracks in the hull.
Soshyan has been calmly observing the attack of the Tyranid fleet. He can feel the anger of the will. Even the huge mothership has moved, and more new biological battleships with fins can be seen emerging from the mothership.
The huge bladder fell off from the wide mouth below the ship.
Being able to build ships while fighting is really even more efficient than the Bonesingers. If the scale of such horrific creatures were larger, Soshyan really couldn't imagine how humans would fight a war of attrition against them.
"All ships, follow the areas I marked and attack with all their firepower."