Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 281 05.0280: ‘Expedition: Hell’s Gate’

Driven by lofty honors, generous treatment, exciting adventures and religious fanaticism, tens of millions of brave young people joined the Imperial Navy.

Among them, less than half of those who survived the voyage returned.

Among the remaining half, many people had to be forced to retire due to various injuries and mental trauma.

Their thrilling battles and adventurous lives have become an enduring and long-standing legend in the Human Empire...

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“Join His Holy Navy! Participate in the expedition! Dispel the darkness of the Land of Haze! Spread the glory of the Emperor to the vast territory of the Human Empire...”

Navy recruiters, state church priests, and naval military supervisors led their respective followers in the Vegas Zhongchao Square to distribute leaflets to the gathered crowd.

Generous salaries and clear public information, better living conditions than most Zhongchao citizens, attracted the attention of a large number of people and enthusiastic registration.

Whether this person is an ordinary citizen, a skilled Imperial Guard soldier, a veteran of the Planetary Defense Force who is just trying to get a salary, or a gang member who has dozens of lives on his hands and suddenly wants to sell his fighting skills for the Empire.

The Imperial Navy will accept them all equally.

No matter what their identities were before boarding the warship, the strict naval discipline will make them excellent soldiers and sailors, and unify the identity and beliefs of all people under the name of "Imperial Navy".

The G-4 berth at the starport.

A large number of armed sailors are lining up and entering the ship in a uniform pace.

Countless sailors are busy preparing the last batch of supplies and driving trucks to deliver them from the cargo elevator to the ship.

Lieutenant Horatio, wearing a golden shoulder plate on his right shoulder, looked at the re-repaired Indefatigable and admired the hugeness and beauty of this giant ship.

A few months ago, he hurriedly boarded the warship as a candidate officer.

But now, as a commissioned officer, he had the opportunity to carefully appreciate the elegant hull of the battlecruiser "Indefatigable" under the transparent glass layer of the starport for the first time.

Unlike the first time he boarded the ship, one side of the Indefatigable's light spear turret was damaged during the interception operation of the Sanguinius Festival.

Brigadier General Edward Perrou used his reputation and military merit points to order a batch of "Void Crusher" MK.6 new light spear cannons from Mars.

This new light spear cannon produced on Mars combines two design modes of the old light spear cannon.

Only one shooting mode is needed, which can cause scattered damage and penetrate armor.

The reason for such a big fuss is that this new type of energy-focusing light spear cannon is only equipped with part of the fleet in the Solar Star Region. There is no precedent in the Hazy Star Region, let alone production drawings, so it can only be shipped from Mars.

However, due to the influence of the subspace turbulence, the supply ship carrying the armaments was late.

Seeing the lack of armed forces, Commodore Peru came up with a bold plan: he dismantled the other half of the intact light spear turrets and gave them to other cruisers that needed to replace the light spear cannons, and installed the void shuttle apron for the Indefatigable.

This was an experimental idea that he had been thinking about after seeing the performance of the Imperial Navy.

After reporting the idea to Admiral Lord Venusca Kataria, he received a bolder reply:

The 25th Gothic Fleet will serve as the "Evolution Squadron", responsible for testing the new tactics of the Imperial Navy and Hell's Vanguard, and accumulating technical experience.

And perform the task of supporting the agricultural world Far Star, which was invaded by Chaos from the large subspace rift of the "Hell Gate", and ensure the loyalty of the worlds along the way.

Whenever the Imperial Navy wants to accumulate some technology and experiments, it will carefully use an "Evolution Squadron" as a pilot.

However, the Gothic Fleet does not have much history of air force.

Fortunately, the colleagues of the Ultramarine Navy bordering it have made great achievements in the research of air force tactics.

Because the Extreme Star Region is too large and the fleet is scarce, they need a large number of imperial naval forces to ensure control and suppression of the star region.

Under the coordination of the Hazy Star Region Navy Headquarters and the Extreme Star Region Navy Headquarters.

A cruiser squadron and several fighter transport ships from the Extreme Star Region Navy Headquarters Carl-Duniyash joined the Gothic Evolution Squadron, exchanged and learned their respective specialties with the Gothic Fleet, and handed over a trained fighter wing to their colleagues in the Gothic Fleet.

"Hey! Horatio!" Horatio felt a pat on his back, and then Archie's voice came: "Hurry up and join the team, the officers are gathering."

Horatio, who was a little absorbed in watching the void ship, reacted.

"Well, let's go."

He adjusted his bicorne hat and trotted over with Archie.

After standing still, he saluted Captain Edward Perru and the first mate Captain Lord Sterling, and quickly joined the team.

The officers boarded the captain's command bridge together. Commodore Edward Perroux stood high up and assigned tasks to new officers before sailing and made long-distance combat plans.

"Lieutenant Horatio, as you can see, there are now two rows of empty shuttle ramps on the Indefatigable.

I saw on your transcript that you scored full marks in aviation subjects at the Zhongsi Academy, so Lieutenant Sterling and I decided to transfer you to the Communications Department first, and after you join the Carl-Duniyash Evolution Squadron, you will be in charge of the aviation department of this ship."

"Yes!" Horatio saluted.

"Officers, considering that the request for support from Far Star was issued 125 years ago, the Ministry of the Interior arranged for support for the Gothic Fleet last year after the fleet had survived the subspace storm called 'Tentacle'.

No one had any hope that an isolated agricultural world could survive for 125 years without any support.

So if this support mission is more accurately called, it might be called a recovery mission.

According to the battle report, due to the concentration of two subspace storms, the Imperial Fleet had to stop cruising here.

The absence of the Imperial Navy has caused this airspace to be invaded by greenskin pirates for many years, and this star sea has become a shelter for these stinky aliens.

The enemies we are facing this time include not only the minions of Chaos, but also the greenskin pirate fleet." Brigadier General Peru said seriously, with one hand behind his back and the other on the hilt of his sword.

Captain Sterling stepped forward and explained the battle plan to the officers using the holographic star map.

"Our battle plan is to first join up with the Evolution Squadron of Karl-Duniyash, and then work together to defeat the greenskin pirates and the Chaos fleet that invaded Farr Star along the way.

Next, we will attack the fallen starport and officially open the curtain of the Farr Star war with a port attack.

After we take control of the void sea, we will block the entire Farr Star and block the reinforcement of the enemy's void forces.

At the same time, continue to test the actual effectiveness of the Hell Vanguard in the battle, and send commandos to scout the entire planet first.

And Karl-Duniyash's Evolution Squadron will turn back to complete the preparations on the forge world Pandex along the way, and provide escort for the Imperial Guard, which plans to be deployed in the Farr Star battle, with a full twelve regiments.

This is a very large expeditionary force, and they will fight on Farr Star, After retaking Farr, we will arm it to become a bridgehead to contain the expansion of the "Hell Gate".

When the Imperial Guard arrives in the planetary orbit, the Karl-Duniash Evolution Squadron will take over our responsibility for void alert.

We will dispatch fleet liaison officers to provide ground-to-air orbital support for the Imperial Guard's breakthrough forces.

Once the Imperial Guard takes over the key surface locations, our mission will be completed. Subsequent underground battles and planetary recovery will be left to the Imperial Guard. After clearing the nearby threats, our division will return to Abyss Port and wait for the second Damocles Expedition order. "

"This is the military outline of this expedition. The road ahead is extremely dangerous, and there is a lack of planets for supplies. I hope all officers will perform their duties and never waver. "

"We will not disgrace the will of the God-Emperor!" The officers saluted the captain and the first mate in unison.

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