Chapter 431: No Hope, Wait for Death
Wu Jiarong didn't believe that Frostfield IV could stop the greenskin army.
Although this seems to be the most reasonable explanation, Wu Jiarong still feels that those greenskins are holding back on their ultimate moves.
But she didn't tell anyone else.
Firstly, there is no evidence, and secondly, it is useless to say it.
Did he know that the greenskins were preparing for a big move and decided not to defend the plateau planet?
That's obviously impossible.
The star domain government and the Mingyang sect have tried their best to arm the plateau star.
The Star Army of the Dragon Eagle Legion gathered here, with 4 divisions, totaling more than 300 million troops; the Mingyang Sect's Guardian Army came with more than 200 million troops. The defense forces of many surrounding planets were drawn in large numbers, totaling more than 1 billion - it's not that more can't be mobilized, but the supply capacity and troop delivery capacity of the Upper Plateau must be considered. Otherwise, they would like to transfer more troops.
Five hundred warships could not even fit in orbit, so they were divided into two parts. One part was led by the mechanical arks with limited mobility, relying on the fortified starports, and together they formed an orbital defense system. If the greenskins came to ram them, they would definitely be beaten to a bloody pulp.
The track cannot accommodate them, and if they are forced to fit, it will be too crowded. The flagship of the Yunluo Fleet, the Dragon Eagle, will lead another part of the high-speed ships to cruise in the void, and the main strategy is to retreat when the enemy comes, and harass when the enemy retreats. If the enemy dares to attack the guarded mechanical arks and fortress starports, then the fleet cruising outside will attack the greenskin fleet; if they chase them out, the fleet composed of all high-speed ships will run away.
The main focus is pulling.
In short, all preparations have been made and pre-war mobilization has been completed. It is absolutely impossible to give up because of a guess without evidence.
What's more, if you give up, what will you do next?
Behind it is the Steel Fire Dragon Star area. After two more jumps, you will reach the Jindi Star.
Let the war break out on Jindi Star?
The defense facilities there are more solid, but once you get there, you really have no defensive flexibility and no way of retreat, and you are afraid that winning will be the same as losing - if Jindi Star is turned into a wasteland, then winning will be the same as not winning.
That's it.
Wu Jiarong could only do her best and continue to work for the war.
After all, she herself was here and had to face the greenskins. If she really lost, her life would be seriously threatened.
Even though she had undergone quite advanced body modifications, in a war of this scale, the power of an individual was minimal, and whether she could survive depended mainly on luck.
Another month and a half passed in this intense preparation.
The greenskins are finally here.
The Observatory has detected information that a large number of ships are passing through the astral tunnel from Frostfield IV to Upper Plateau.
The main force of the Iron-Tooth Orcs is gathering.
The huge fleet even made humans give up the plan to go to the jump point to cause trouble. They only placed some void mines there, which are similar to land mines and sea mines and can be deployed in space. When a ship passes through the airspace, these void mines will be triggered to explode.
Generally, they will be placed at jump points or around orbits, which are the necessary routes for ships to pass through, in order to be effective.
It's just that the universe is too big and the explosion range is too small. The range of the jump point is as large as a dozen stars added together. It is impossible to fill them all. Otherwise, how many would we have to build?
The main purpose of doing this is to do one's best and leave the rest to fate.
Without a doubt, the greenskin fleet passed through the astral tunnel without any damage and appeared in the Upper Plateau system. Titus's orc flagship was among them, rushing towards the planet in a show of force.
At this point, the clarion call of war was officially sounded.
The greenskin fleet launched a fierce attack on the plateau planet without any buffer.
Their fierce and brutal offensive made it difficult for the human fleet to withstand. From the very beginning of the battle, both sides suffered huge casualties on each other.
There is no doubt that the greenskins suffered more casualties.
The human side has made so many preparations before the war. Relying on the orbital defense system and the pillar-like existence of the mechanical ark, the entire Upper Plateau has been built into a solid fortress. Of course, a strong attack will come at a huge price.
The greenskins' behavior was a little unexpected, but also reasonable.
This is the orc style for sure.
Irrational, but fierce enough.
However, humans also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although many orbital space stations were destroyed, ground fortress rail guns were blown up, and small ships were destroyed every day, the greenskins also suffered considerable casualties.
The greenskins deployed a batch of ground troops with an 80% interception rate, but they got nothing in return for such a high price. With 1 billion defense forces, 300 million Astra Militarum and 200 million Skitarii, the ground defense capability of Upper Plateau was quite strong. The millions of greenskins that came down were useless. They barely occupied a small corner and it was estimated that they would be annihilated soon.
Even the orcs had no way to continue sending reinforcements.
An interception rate of 80% is too terrifying. Even the greenskins cannot withstand such a loss.
If the battle continues at this exchange ratio, even if the human fleet is completely destroyed, the orcs will definitely lose 90% of their combat effectiveness.
By then, even if the upper plateau was lost, the orcs would not have the strength to advance further.
When the Fury Legion and their fleet arrive, it will be time for humans to sound the clarion call for counterattack.
However, just as the human soldiers and members of the Mechanicum on the Upper Plateau were struggling to withstand Titus's fierce attack and gritting their teeth in anticipation of victory, the turning point of the war occurred at a moment no one expected.
The Dragon Eagle of the Yunluo Fleet sent out an alarm that they had observed a huge monster descending into the Upper Plateau Galaxy, and when it was discovered, it was already not far from the planetary orbit.
This is really surprising.
The stargazers didn't notice it at all!
Something this big should have been detected when passing through the astral tunnel, not to mention that after entering the void of the galaxy, it should be as bright as a star in the eyes of stargazers!
How could it appear without any warning?
What was even more frightening was the next news from the Dragonhawk: they called this unknown green-skinned creation the 'Battle Moon'.
This is an ancient term that once appeared in the historical records of the empire.
At present, throughout the Empire, the green-skinned orcs are a nasty threat, known as the "cancer of the universe". Small ones can make a planet miserable; large ones, like the Irontooth Orc Empire, can put an entire star field at risk of extinction; the largest, located in the southeastern border of the Empire, is the "Blood Axe Clan" that spans three or four star fields. It is a huge and stubborn disease that has existed for more than three hundred years, and the entire universe has been turned into a war zone, fighting against it.
However, none of these could compare to the real 'Green Tide of Beasts' six thousand years ago. Six orc kings, contrary to their nature, united together, united almost all the orcs in the universe, and launched a massive waaagh. They even fought as far as Holy Terra. It was a huge crisis that was enough to destroy the human empire.
In the end, the six orc kings were eliminated one by one, and humanity once again survived the crisis of genocide. This also left a strong mark in the history of the human empire.
These records mention the Orc Empire's ultimate weapon of war: the Battle Moon.
The name "Moon" shows how huge it is. It is really like a small planet.
It is the orcs' homeland, with a built-in efficient orc ecosystem that can continuously produce new green-skinned guys;
It is the orcs' arsenal, which can produce all the technological products and war tools that the greenskins can produce;
It is the core of the Orcs' fleet, and can store an entire greenskin space fleet. Its own industrial facilities can even build new fleets.
It is an invincible space war machine. Its ruthless offensive firepower can destroy an entire human fleet in a short period of time. In terms of defense, even a few sky-burning torpedoes or even extinction-order weapons such as the Earth-blasting Star Destroyer cannot destroy it. Its super strong structural strength and special built-in defense structure make extinction-order weapons powerless.
In addition, the Battle Moon can tear apart the planet to absorb the usable materials inside, and then use the internal industrial facilities to manufacture new weapons and fleets, and repair its own damage. Therefore, in theory, if the Battle Moon's defense limit is not overwhelmed, it will be able to fight indefinitely.
A dozen battle moons were the most powerful and desperate weapons of the orcs in the "Green Tide of Beasts" that almost destroyed the human empire.
It is conceivable how desperate the human side was when the Dragon Hawk said that a battle moon appeared in the Upper Plateau Galaxy.
Then why fight?
There's no hope. Just wait to die.
But soon, after the initial shock, people began to have doubts:
According to historical records, the green tide that swept across the entire empire lasted no more than a dozen battle moons. The Bloodaxe Clan, currently the largest Orc empire in the universe, only had one battle moon, which was enough to make the human empire helpless. More than a dozen warbands, countless Imperial Navy and Astra Militarum forces gathered there, and they could only barely force a stalemate.
In a 'small' place like the Dragon Eagle Star Region, how could the Iron Tooth Clan, which had not yet unified the star region and even had only a few star regions a year ago, come up with something like a battle moon?
This is impossible!
Did the Dragon Eagle see it wrong?
The captain of the Dragon Eagle, who was also the commander of the detachment, actually doubted what he saw.
He could understand why it had not been detected before. There were also some so-called "psychic boys" among the greenskins. The leaders of these greenskins were called shamans and prophets. They also had many magical abilities. Perhaps it was their or the orcs' special technology that created the ability to cover up the observation of stargazers and applied it.
However, he doubted the thing itself.
In fact, if you calm down and look at it, although it looks like the battle moon in the records, it is much smaller. Although it is still many times larger than an ordinary battleship, it is still different from the legendary thing that is really as big as a "moon".
Could it be a fake one?
He wanted to test the quality, but he was a little hesitant, fearing that if the quality failed, his entire fleet would be destroyed.
As hesitant and entangled, he could only keep sending back warnings, and then watched this 'battle moon' go beyond the orbit of the Upper Plateau.
The greenskin fleet followed this newly arrived big guy and once again launched a fierce attack on the human orbital defense system.
This time, the results were very different.
The human side has been very wary of the battle moon, but its naval guns not only have great power, but also have an accuracy that is completely different from ordinary green ships, and its range is also quite outrageous.
After two rounds of artillery fire, a cruiser-class battleship belonging to the Ming Yang Sect suffered a fatal blow.
The destroyed wreckage was affected by gravity and fell into the planet's atmosphere. The crash would probably cause a lot of damage on the ground. But at this moment, no one cared about this.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that once you reach Plateau Star, you’re doomed.
Indeed, this battle moon is far from being as powerful as the legend says. It is unknown whether it has the characteristics of those battle moons, as it has not yet been demonstrated, but in terms of combat power alone, it is still far from it.
But this intensity is enough.
Combined with the huge number of the greenskin fleet and the original flagship, in the next battle, human space power will be completely unable to compete with it.
As human ship after human ship was torn to pieces and space station after human station was easily destroyed over the next two hours, this view had almost become a reality.
So what should we do next?
Wu Jiarong, who was inside the mechanical ark, was at a loss.
Then she saw Chen Haixu.
The casting general of Jin Dixing was walking hurriedly with a few followers.
Wu Jiarong was about to go up and ask what to do next, but before she could say anything, Chen Haixu spoke up: "There is no time to waste, follow me."
Wu Jiarong followed Chen Haixu in a daze and boarded a small fast ship.
The ship left the mechanical ark, and amidst the bombardment of naval guns all over the space, it first escaped into the planet's atmosphere, and then orbited to the other side of the planet, where the situation was much more stable.
Then, the ship broke out of the atmosphere and rushed at full speed in the direction away from the Upper Plateau.
Wu Jiarong, who was on the boat, was stunned at first. She had thought that Chen Haixu had some brilliant plan. Only now did she realize that this casting general was going to run away.
Then, she felt a sense of fear:
She realized it late, but she was really lucky just now.
There were at least twenty or thirty ruling bishops on the Ark, but here she only saw eight. However, the three main business sages who were on board were all there.
The rest, whether in the ark or on the surface of the upper plateau, seemed to have been abandoned.
She was neither of high status nor a close confidant. If they hadn't happened to meet, Chen Haixu would have no reason to bring her along.
When the war is doomed to fail and the mechanical ark is likely to be destroyed, the difference in that moment is the difference between life and death.
She had a near-death experience.
Some time ago, she was still lamenting the changes in her life circumstances, thinking she had achieved success and fame, but now she was just about to die on the Ark.
The world changes so fast it's really scary.
Wu Jiarong, who was covered in cold sweat, came to her senses and thought of another point.
The main force of the human fleet is no longer safe and is about to be destroyed. The Upper Plateau has fallen, and the gates of the Steel Fire Dragon Star Zone are wide open. Without the protection of the main fleet, the Jindi Star will face the impact of the greenskins...
The overall situation of this orc war has undergone major changes.
She must pass the message to Gu Hang immediately.
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