The Great Predator's fleet is extremely large.
After all, it has accumulated for 10,000 years.
The thirteen dark expeditions plundered massive amounts of slaves and resources.
In addition, there are various resources provided by those lawless areas.
The Black Legion's fleet strength is also ranked among the top three in the galaxy.
Now, the Red Pirate Fleet has joined.
As well as those Chaos warbands that defected to the Black Legion after the Daemon Primarch was captured.
The current Chaos Fleet can truly be said to have assembled all of Chaos' fleet power.
Relying on their huge numbers, even though the imperial warships had stronger firepower, the fighting was fierce for a while.
The Empire has behemoths such as the Colossus of Sky Punishment and the Emperor's Wrath stationed in the void battlefield, but Chaos also has giant warships such as the Blackstone Fortress and the Planet Killer, plus the assistance of demons.
Under Huron's command, the huge Black Stone Fortress started its thrusters and headed towards the Red Earth Star.
Admiral Merida noticed something was wrong immediately.
The strange behavior of the Chaos Fleet allowed her to immediately determine the other party's intentions.
"Stop the Black Stone Fortress and don't let it get close to the Red Earth Star."
A colossus of divine punishment released a terrifying star-destroying beam of light, and its brilliant light illuminated the entire universe.
All the Chaos ships along the way were destroyed.
A cleared road appeared in the void.
In an instant, everything was destroyed.
The beam penetrated the Blackstone Fortress's defenses and hit the main structure of the Blackstone Fortress.
Then, the Blackstone Fortress is an alien creation from ancient times.
It is said that it can be traced back to tens of millions of years ago and has a long history.
It is much stronger than ordinary planets, and even if it is hit, it is difficult to tear it apart completely.
Instead, it detonated the energy pile inside.
With a silent explosion, the Blackstone Fortress disintegrated in the void and broke into countless fragments.
A large number of Chaos Cultists were thrown out and turned into ice in space.
The burning debris fell towards the Red Earth Star, breaking through the thick clouds.
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As the scale of the war continued to expand, more and more blood was shed, soaking the entire world.
Dirty witchcraft was chanted by the other side's evil believers.
The bonds that hold reality and the immaterial world together gradually weaken.
The demons descended on the battlefield with impunity.
They grew in size, their battle axes alone being as big as the Sentinels. Roaring, biting, howling, thirsting for blood, they could destroy the Empire's fortifications with one strike.
Crushing heavily armored tanks with their red hooves.
The Imperial side showed no sign of weakness, with priests holding scepters and the Emperor's hymns fighting against the strange whispers. The church became the only anchor point for the battle between illusion and reality, preventing the Imperial troops from getting lost in that strange space.
Unmanned vehicles roared through the air, and the automatic laser cannons they were equipped with easily pierced through the bodies of mutants and beastmen, reaping their lives.
The projected plasma bombs can instantly kill hundreds of soldiers, and the only area they hit is melted rock.
The roaring cannons spewed tons of explosives, wiping out entire sections of buildings and turning them into ruins.
The missiles dragged tail flames, carrying the wrath of the Emperor and fell on the enemy's heads, wiping them out in an instant.
A thick beam of light streaked across the sky, vaporizing the heavy tank in the blink of an eye.
There were wreckage and ruins everywhere, and billowing black smoke rose up, covering the entire sky.
"For the Warmaster, for the gods." A warrior roared angrily.
But the next second, a heavy shell fell beside him.
Everything within a radius of dozens of meters was vaporized and disappeared without a trace.
The warrior who shouted for the gods could not find any remains.
Hawke withdrew his gaze from the telescope.
Data flowed in his eyes.
The light screen in front of him showed him everything on the battlefield.
Tank clusters and ranger knights are attacking, crushing all the enemies they encounter, leaving debris and broken arms everywhere they pass.
The Chaos Warriors were powerful enough to sabotage some Imperial vehicles and massacre the crews.
Those mechanized infantrymen were easily knocked down like children in front of them, chopped to pieces, and the debris was scattered all over the ground.
But the Empire has countless loyal soldiers, and Chaos is doomed to fail.
The enemy is bleeding.
Like a mad bull, it charged towards the direction of the empire.
Again and again.
They don't realize that such behavior is suicide.
Hawke would not remind them, but instead issued one cruel order after another to purge those Chaos Warriors.
Every Chaos Warrior who performs well will be killed by the firepower team's concentrated fire.
There were piles of corpses on the battlefield.
The pungent smell of blood almost covered up the smell of the battlefield.
The warriors of Natal will drain Chaos of its last blood.
Accompanied by the sound of trumpets.
The Chaos forces began to retreat, leaving behind a large number of corpses.
They captured several streets and fortifications, but the cost was too great, and corpses filled the trenches and ruins.
Hawke was just about to give the order to chase for a distance.
But a communication interrupted him.
"The situation has changed. Be prepared to evacuate. The evacuation transport ship will land in thirty minutes. Please be prepared to evacuate."
The communication command is very brief.
From the biological seal of the communication, it can be seen that the order was issued by Admiral Crowder, the old general in charge of the overall defense of the Sterx Hive.
"What's going on?" Hawke asked the Stokes headquarters via communication.
"The situation has changed. The enemy has repeated the Cadia Incident." A commander responded to Hawke, "The commander-in-chief has ordered an evacuation. There is no need to leave the lives of the imperial soldiers here."
Hawke watched the retreating enemies and could only order all the troops that had escaped to come back, send the wounded, logistics personnel, and mechanical priests to the landing site first, and prepare for evacuation.
"Sir, look." The adjutant next to him pointed to the sky.
Hawke also looked up.
There was a star in the sky that was becoming brighter and brighter.
Soon, it was as bright as a second sun.
It flew towards the surface, the whole sky let out a scream, and the dark night sky was lit up.
The bright light is blinding.
The Imperial fleet attacked with all its might, but only broke it into countless pieces and failed to prevent this mutually destructive battle.
Smaller fragments hit the Earth like meteors and burn up in high orbit.
The main fragment was the size of the Moon and began burning in the stratosphere, heating the air.
Accompanied by a huge shock wave, mountains and rivers collapsed, flames rose up, and submerged the entire world.
Most of the Imperial forces were able to withdraw to their shields in time.
Everything outside the shield was destroyed by the terrifying shock wave.
Countless huge pits appeared on the surface of Red Earth Star.
The ground cracked, and violent shock waves were set off at the impact point, throwing hundreds of tons of smoke and ash into the atmosphere.
The geological plates were twisted, and volcanoes and earthquakes erupted within minutes of the impact on Red Earth.
The troops that failed to escape in time were completely wiped out.
Hawke and his troops fled from the makeshift landing zone.
A large number of imperial transport ships and stable transmission channels safely evacuated the imperial troops from the surface.
The priority for evacuation was soldiers, followed by various weapons and equipment.
The evacuation process was very orderly and no casualties were caused.
Instead, the Chaos army was shattered.
The Black Legion and the Champions of the Gods were the first to flee from the Red Planet.
Those pagans and mutants were thrown on the Red Planet to fend for themselves.
They were completely swallowed up by those violent natural disasters.
When he returned to the troop transport ship in low-Earth orbit and looked at Red Earth through the porthole, he saw the destruction of the planet.
The earth is collapsing, volcanoes are erupting, the sea is flooding back, and the end of the world has come.
Horrible gullies appeared on the surface, and the entire Red Earth Star was breaking apart.
Soon, it will disintegrate into pieces.
The barriers between reality and the immaterial are broken down.
The evil forces of the Warp began to flood the Nachmond Corridors like a broken dam.
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The battle of the Sky Realm ended, and the enemy fled the battlefield with the scarred planet killer and the remaining ships.
Hong Suo was also forced to evacuate, escaping through the warp road built by the wizards.
That was the backup plan that Cole Fallon had prepared in advance.
He had some doubts about the Battle of Red Earth, and after Samukuan and Hong Suo finished talking, he was ready to evacuate.
Unexpectedly, it became their escape route.
Without any communication with them, Huron directly crashed the Black Stone Fortress into the Red Earth Star.
In order to destroy the empire, that guy was willing to let Honso, Cole Phaeron and others be buried with him.
This practice is infuriating.
But it is in line with the characteristics of chaos.
Honso was furious at Huron's actions.
Just one step away, just one step away from completely crushing the empire.
The other party's behavior made him feel very frustrated.
It was clear that Huron could have captured the Red Earth Star, but now he destroyed it directly.
"At least, we have accomplished our mission. The Red Planet is finished, and the human empire is finished too." Kor Phaeron said: "No matter how powerful Guilliman is, he cannot save the torn empire."
Hong Suo didn't say anything. He swore that when he met Huron, he would make him give an explanation, otherwise, he would make him pay the price.
The remaining troops that attacked Red Earth fled back to their base camp in the Eye of Terror.
Abaddon, whose Spirit of Vengeance was taken away, was thrown back here by the ancient evil god.
Ask him to fulfill his promise and find that perfect container.
That vessel will carry the power of the gods and once again launch an attack on the human empire.
In this battle, the Black Legion's accumulation of tens of thousands of years was wiped out, and the capital accumulated from twelve expeditions was also destroyed on the Red Earth Star.
Even veterans like Erebus were captured by Guilliman and became part of the Chaos Prison on Terra.
It can be said that the loss was heavy.
But after learning from Hongsuo and Kor Phaeron who retreated from Red Planet that Red Planet had been destroyed, Abaddon was still ecstatic and nodded.
"Even though we have lost a lot, this is still our victory. Guilliman is very strong, but he underestimated us. The Empire only achieved a tactical victory, while we achieved a strategic victory. The Empire is not far from its final destruction. The Dark Side of the Empire will become the paradise of the gods, and it will also become our backyard. Slaves, weapons, and warriors will be replenished from there."
"We will eventually counterattack Terra and put an end to the rule of the Corpse King once and for all."
Abaddon looked at the many wounded soldiers.
His words restored confidence to the Chaos Warriors who were originally somewhat frustrated.
The Nachmond Corridor will be closed, and the empire's throat has been cut.
The corpse of the empire is only one step away from its final death.
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Calgar on the Victory Crown heard the news that the Chaos fleet smashed the Blackstone Fortress into the Red Planet, causing the Red Planet to disintegrate in the huge bombardment.
Suddenly my whole body felt numb.
After losing the Warning Star, he also lost the Red Earth Star.
The entire Nakmond Corridor was cleaned out by him.
It's all screwed up.
Even though they had taken the Vengeful Spirit, it was his father who had fought off Abaddon and Erebus.
I was almost killed by the other party.
Now, the Red Earth Star has been lost.
At one point, Calgar wondered if he should abdicate and let First Captain Agman or Second Captain Sicarius take over his position.
The Battle of the Nachmond Corridor was a disastrous defeat.
How could he have the nerve to take on the position of leader of the Extreme Legion
Just when Calgar was worried about how to face Guilliman.
A servant came in.
"Lord Calgar, the Regent wishes to see you."
Hearing this, Karga's head suddenly buzzed and went blank.
Could it be that he has already learned about the news about the Red Earth Star and wants to find me to blame?
After taking two deep breaths, Kalga walked out.
He is ready.
Even though he was not commanding the battle on Red Earth Star, the responsibility for losing Red Earth Star also lies with him.
He would have to resign to Lord Guilliman and go on a Penitent Crusade to make amends for his mistakes.