Warhammer 40: Mortal Gods

Chapter 516 More powerful weapons

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When the fleet left the edge of Tyron's Gate and then split up to go to Terra or the Five Hundred Worlds, and even when the flagship finally arrived at Terra, Ryan was still in a daze.

Horst's apprentice who followed Ryan was also in a daze.

On the way back, Horst's apprentice sat opposite Ryan.

The original body, which was nearly four meters tall, and a mortal who was one and a half meters tall, sat opposite each other and walked the entire distance.

There is only one word that can describe their current state.

stupid.

Ryan's emotions were complicated.

On his way here, he was preparing to prove that he was the most qualified commander in the empire by fighting against the insect swarm.

So although the original body was reluctant to help the Tyron sector, when he came, he would even take the initiative to help the Tyronians with suggestions and undertake the most difficult combat tasks, because he needed to prove his ability.

But the navy made a crazy decision at this time: approach the frozen hive fleet and attack at close range.

I ran over happily to join in the fun, but unfortunately the fun was over, so I left.

"Are the Tyranids not as strong as I thought?"

"What kind of fleet can annihilate an entire Hive Fleet?" Ryan asked.

Due to his identity and status, this apprentice inquisitor knows a lot about the Tyranids, even more than Ryan.

The purpose of the Inquisition personnel was very clear, they were just there to join in the fun, take a look at the capabilities of Tyron's secret weapon, the Iron Man, and then make a record so that the Inquisition would not know anything about this weapon.

Ryan completely instinctively put the Empire and Talon in opposing positions in his thinking, and then asked himself soul questions.

"But having said that, no matter what kind of strong enemy there is, after all, there are weaknesses. Whether you can defeat them does not necessarily depend on your strength, but also on whether the combat method is particularly targeted." The judge added.

"I don't know." The Inquisitor shook his head, "Anyway, I think that neither the Imperial Navy nor the Tyron Navy can directly annihilate the Hive Fleet in a void battle, because there are too many of them. Looking at the biological ships in the void, There are as many bugs up there as there are on the ground.”

The Tyranids are not good at void warfare, but this weakness is made up for by their numerical advantage. If you want to use your fleet to gain an advantage when the Hive Fleet invades, you don't have to just send warships to rush over.

"Thorax, this Chaos Lord organized a forge world that was enough to completely capture Agrippina. This unlucky guy was the first to be attacked by the celestial engine."

"I said this is a crisis for the empire." Ryan repeated.

Ryan knew what the Tyranid's weaknesses were, he had studied them when he came here.

"The Tyrones have a weapon called the Celestial Engine, but...even the Celestial Engine cannot defeat the Hive Fleet so quickly."

"Forcing Dante, the leader of the Blood Angels Chapter, to ignore the Holy Code and let each sub-chapter fight as a legion."

This process will be very long and may take two or three years.

Ryan suddenly asked Horst's apprentice.

As for Horst's Inquisitor Apprentice, he felt no guilt.

"If we want to stop a swarm invasion, we need to issue an extermination order to the worlds along their path, clear out the biomass, and then make huge sacrifices to stop them..."

"According to the records collected by the Inquisition during the Battle of Cadia and the Defense of Agrippina, the Celestial Engine is indeed invincible in power, but it cannot directly annihilate the enemy fleet in a galaxy."

Ryan even analyzed the Battle of Barr.

If you have a reliable naval fleet, you can directly gain an advantage in the first stage of the Hive Fleet invasion.

This even made Ryan feel guilty, not for Tyrone, but for everyone in the fleet.

But the truth is such a truth, but it cannot explain the current problem.

Ryan had previously thought about how to deal with the Zerg invasion of Tyrone, which was to contain and disperse them as much as possible, and then use the fleet to gain an advantage.

If it were replaced with a celestial engine, it would probably take several months.

It can only show that Baal and the naval fleet of the Hades galaxy are really rubbish.

Assume it's not the Zerg that's fighting Talon.

After saying that, the inquisitor thought for a moment and then talked about the celestial engine.

It is now certain that the Tyrones have a void warfare weapon more powerful than the Celestial Engine.

After listening to all the words of the inquisitor, Ryan nodded in agreement.

The judge said thoughtfully: "But if you look at this from a human perspective, you will feel happy from the bottom of your heart."

"The number of the Hive Fleet is at least dozens of times that of the Thorax Fleet. How could it be annihilated so quickly by the Celestial Engine?"

If there were no Tyranids, if the conflict broke out between Tyranids and the Empire...would he have died just now?

No matter how many billions of bugs there are in a biological warship, as long as the biological warship is destroyed, everyone will die.

And if the unknown and powerful void warfare weapons of the Tyrones were used against the original body...

As a result, because of this decision, the Hades Galaxy Navy was completely destroyed at the beginning of the war.

<divclass="contentadv"> As long as the Blood Angels have a fleet like the Tyron Navy, let the Hive Fleet try it, the decisive battle will definitely not be Baal, but the Hades galaxy.

Void warfare is different from ground warfare.

The Tyranids' biggest weakness is that they are not good at void combat.

Although this apprentice is still an apprentice, he is already an official judge. As Horst's apprentice, he has this privilege.

After hearing this, Ryan fell into silence, lowered his head, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn.

"Hive Fleet Leviathan nearly destroyed Baal."

In short, no matter what the purpose of the fleet heading to Tyrone, they are all scattered now. Those who should go to the Five Hundred World will go to the Five Hundred World, and those who should return to Terra will return to Terra.

Hearing this, Ryan's eyes widened in shock.

The Inquisitor answered Ryan.

During the Shield of Hades campaign, the Hive Fleet passed through asteroid fields that could freeze them, and then all froze.

"Huh?" The inquisitor apprentice raised his head and looked at Ryan.

The descendants of the angels were almost wiped out. Does this mean they are weak? of course not.

"No matter how powerful you think the Tyranids are, they are actually a hundred times more powerful than you think. They are the most terrifying predators."

"His fleet was defeated by the Celestial Engine's weapons almost instantly, but it was not completely destroyed and could escape before the next Celestial Engine fired."

Even if it is an unknown frigate, its light spear can kill a primary body in one shot, but only if it has a chance to bombard the primary body.

But now, Ryan feels like he's just joining in the fun.

"This is a crisis for the empire." Ryan suddenly sighed.

Due to the existence of this void warfare weapon that was more powerful than the Celestial Engine, the Hive Fleet was quickly wiped out.

"But now that humans have more powerful weapons, perhaps one day we will no longer have to pay such a high price to stop bugs."

"Don't you think this is the good fortune of mankind?"

Listening to the words of the inquisitor, who was not an inquisitor at all, Ryan lowered his head, suddenly feeling a little guilty.