Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 215 Mountain Formation Enters the Field

Countless light spears and macro cannons slammed into the Mountain Array's massive shield.

The Empire's fleet has also recovered from the raging energy tsunami.

"Broadcast this message to all Imperial warships in the vicinity, regardless of whether they are from the fleets of Cadia, Agrippina, the Gothic Sector, or other territories of the Empire. Launch a counterattack from the Mountain Array. Even if we die today, we will die on the road to attack! For the Emperor!"

The Imperial Navy halted its retreat and began to turn its ships around.

Meanwhile, inside the Mountain Formation, Company Commander Galadon never expected to suddenly appear in the very center of the battlefield.

With the help of the evil god guiding the warp storm, even the Mountain Array, with its size, could only perform approximate warp travel.

The threat identification signal on the bird divination device indicated that the area around the Mountain Array was filled with chaotic fleets, and the biggest target was the Black Rock Fortress belonging to Abaddon.

Galadon had never seen an enemy fleet of this size in his entire life of fighting.

A hint of doubt crept into his mind: Could the Mountain Array really withstand it?
The giant cannons belonging to Blackrock Fortress have begun charging, and ancient Eldar technology is channeling energy from the High Heavens.

"Company Commander! We've entered the Cardia system! We're surrounded by enemy warships! The Imperial Navy's fleet has suffered heavy losses!"

"Sergeant, report on the repair status of the weapon array and fire control system."

"The external weapon array has been fully repaired, and the machine spirit is experiencing unprecedented joy! Company Commander! The Mountain Formation is now ready for battle!"

Meanwhile, the vital control system of the Mountain Array was covered with countless pure marks, as if they were free, and the priests of the Holy Machine Order loudly praised the name of the Holy Machine.

The Holy Order sells the Purification Mark at a very high price, but the cost of producing it themselves is shockingly low, and even devout priests can draw this mark.

At this moment, all the systems inside the Mountain Array were operating at far beyond their original power.

"Sons of Dorne! For the great Primarch and the glory of Terra!"

Countless cannon shots rained down on the chaotic fleet.

The massive barrage of artillery fire instantly reduced the chaotic warship to fragments.

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

Watching the Mountain Array rampage through the void, Abaddon kept urging the black-hat geeks to finish charging Blackrock Fortress as soon as possible.

The Mountain Array was simply too large, so large that it had no way to avoid a massive barrage of artillery fire and could only rely on its heavy armor and Void Shield to defend itself.

The SCVs were already on standby throughout the Mountain Array, quickly repairing the damaged parts, their industrial pliers and drills whirring and emitting smoke.

And when the main cannon of Blackrock Fortress is fully charged.

Like a dazzling beam of light emitted by a decaying star, a massive, bright purple beam of energy, gathered from a vast amount of subspace energy, struck the Mountain Array's shield directly.

One Blackrock Fortress is enough to burn a planet to glass, two are enough to destroy a planet directly, and three can form a link to prematurely detonate a star into a supernova.

Under the onslaught of massive amounts of subspace energy, the Mountain Array's shields were overloaded at an extremely rapid pace.

The Void Shield began to deteriorate, while sparks flew from the engine deck inside the Mountain Array. The explosions and shocks caused by the overload threw the priests and mechanics inside into a panic. Only the SCVs kept repairing the energy engines and other equipment to prevent them from being completely destroyed.

SCV can repair damaged facilities, but it cannot increase the maximum power of the Void Shield out of thin air.

Even the most joyful moments have their limits.

However, the SCV can ensure that the shield charging speed of its mountain formation is not slowed down.

The Mountain Formation's shield capacity was high enough, and with the Machine Soul Dayue holding out for a while, the Mountain Formation's hull wasn't directly hit. Seeing the Mountain Formation's engines overloaded, Chaos felt their opportunity had arrived.

Light spears and macro cannons were destroying the Mountain Array's external armor.

However, the Chaos faction also discovered that the concentrated fire, which should have caused a lot of damage, did not cause too much damage.

The armor of the Yamajin is regenerating itself!
The SCVs relentlessly repaired their armor, but the continuous firepower destroyed some of the repairing SCVs.

"Commander! There's a problem with the armor on that human-made Mountain Formation!!"

Abaddon gazed through the porthole at the massive Mountain Array, where some of the cuts were actually slowly healing.

"How is this possible?! Is this a new technology from the Human Empire?!"

Upon seeing this, Abaddon immediately connected everything that had happened before. The warships that should have been damaged in the previous battles of the Cardia had also used this technology!
However, the offense of Bilak and the Iron Warriors wasn't without its losses! It was actually repaired!

The situation before him made Abaddon feel a chill. If this were to happen, and the enemy were to wage guerrilla warfare against him, his fleet might even be completely wiped out!
However, Abaddon knew he was not without a chance of winning. The fleet still had a decisive advantage in numbers, and the main guns of Blackrock Fortress could pose a sufficient threat to the enemy!

However, the enemy was unable to break through their own fleet to directly attack Blackrock Fortress.

And the other side cannot abandon Cardia and engage in a war of attrition with them.

Countless torpedoes were launched at the Mountain Formation, attempting to destroy it and seize the Empire's trump card.

However, the Chaos forces that boarded the ship realized something was wrong as soon as they did. At this time, not only was the fleet behind the mountain formation extremely fierce, but the anti-Bolshevik measures were also enough to make the landing Chaos forces' scalps tingle.

The sons of Dorne fought to the death, having already set up positions at various key points and awaiting the enemy's arrival.

Each member of the Imperial Fist Astartes of the Third Company was accompanied by a medic to ensure they could hold their ground.

The Cursed Legion, like ghosts, unleashed their pent-up vengeful fury upon the landing enemies.

The Widow Thunders carried by the two cavalry legions were already lying in ambush in various places.

Those lucky Chaos traitors on the landing deck might step on a Widow Mine, or worse, they might encounter a Thor waiting for them in the massive tunnel.

Breaking through the chaos of each corridor requires paying a heavy price.

Galadon looked at the battle report, marveling at the wonder of the SCV. With these incredible mechanical creations, the combat power of the Mountain Array far exceeded its original level.

But Galadon knew that now was far from the time to be happy.

"Sergeant report: Is the Void Shield fully charged?"

"Company Commander! The Void Shield still needs time to recharge. Although the plasma engine has not been destroyed and the machine spirit has been appeased, the Blackrock Fortress's bombardment can only be withstood if the shield is charged to more than 70%!"

The enemy's other warships also possessed formidable firepower.

The weapon systems, propulsion systems, and internal defenses also require a large energy supply. We don't have data on the Blackrock Fortress's recharging speed, so I'm not sure if we can keep up!

Upon hearing the report, Galaton also made a decision.

"Broadcast a message to the surrounding Imperial Navy, indicating that we should retreat towards Cardia using the Mountain Array as cover. We can rely on Cardia's existing ground defenses and orbital platforms to relieve pressure on the Mountain Array! We don't need to fight the enemy to the death here!"
"By ensuring our own survival, and with reinforcements on their way, we can not only protect Cardia, but even have the opportunity to annihilate their entire fleet!"

When the Mountain Array departed, Gao Yi explained his idea to Galadon: Gao Yi needed Galadon to hold off Chaos's fleet.

Even if Kadia holds, given time, Brother Dun can continue his fourteenth expedition. However, if there is an opportunity to annihilate this entire Chaos fleet here, even if Chaos can bless another of the Four Chosen Ones and create another massive fleet capable of posing a significant threat to the Empire, who knows when that will be?

(End of this chapter)