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Chapter 558, Battle of Heyang

The Mechanicus is very realistic.

When there are no benefits, they don't want to care about anything; when there are benefits, they look greedy and rush to share them.

For the Mechanicus, the biggest benefit is naturally technology.

Especially the technology of another sect.

The relationship between different sects of the Mechanicus is not necessarily very close.

Sometimes, heretics are more hateful than pagans.

However, the heretic's technology is still very attractive.

However, at this stage, the Ming Yang sect was still mainly engaged in talking.

If a fight really comes, they are still a little timid and can only say they are willing to send out a small number of troops.

After all, they have not yet recovered from the Greenskin disaster. The Titan Legion and the Skitarii may have a good combat capability, but the most important thing is the Mechanicus Fleet, which is not in good condition now. The starship production capacity of Jindi Star has been allocated to the Alliance, and they have not accumulated many ships of their own.

Moreover, they have changed their views on the Alliance and have become actively cooperative, but they are still skeptical about whether the Alliance can really defeat the Iron Armor's army and the crusaders of a powerful sect like Alfonzo.

Even though the alliance is now unstoppable, who knows what it will be like after the main players arrive?
Of course, Gu Hang also looked down on the fighting power of the Mingyang Sect.

The navy of the Ming Yang Sect is in a mess and has not yet recovered; as for the army, the Crusaders and the Titan Legion are both pretty good, but the Alliance has no shortage of land forces.

If they work hard in the rear area, it will be a great achievement. If we really have some spoils of war, we will consider leaving some for them.

……

Paulson's visit was just a minor episode and did not affect the pace of the alliance's march.

When the Fury Fleet was forced by the Blood Shark Fleet and three Alliance battlecruisers to act cautiously in a group and head towards Heyang VIII, the main fleet of the Alliance had already arrived at the Heyang VIII galaxy.

First of all, the Alliance's ships arrested the industrial vessels that were mining in several surrounding asteroid belts.

Afterwards, all of Alfonzo's ships operating outside the planet were quickly seized, and those that were fast were blocked into the orbit of the planet Heyang VIII.

Immediately afterwards, the Alliance issued an ultimatum to Heyang VIII.

The conditions are the same as those discussed before with Todd Paulson, the master of the main business.

Total surrender.

Afterwards, the Alliance can open a channel to allow the so-called knight families on the ground to take their equipment and a certain number of servants, and board a certain number of ships to leave Heyang VIII.

The alliance’s attitude is actually very clear.

The military action against Heyang VIII is not intended to attack the manpower, and the Alliance can also, as Alfonzo wishes, not regard them as enemies for the time being.

But you have to give up this planet to me.

The deadline given by the alliance is three days.

On the third day, He Yang VIII gave a reply.

They agreed to the alliance's request.

However, the Alliance hopes to allow more time.

After all, countless knights scattered across the planet need to be assembled; everyone has assets to move. When it comes to an entire planet, so many people and so much material, they all have to be transported from a few space elevators or a small number of spaceships.

It takes a very long time.

You can't just agree today and let us all go tomorrow, right? That's not realistic!

The alliance fully understands this and has agreed to give some time.

One month, is that okay?

The surface quickly responded: Not very good, can it last a little longer?

The alliance generously extended the time by two times, and considerately said that if moving was inconvenient, the alliance could still help.

For example, the Alliance could immediately deploy a large number of troops to the surface to help the various knight families move for free. The knights don't need to assemble, the Alliance can also send transport ships to enter the planet's atmosphere to help everyone transport.

In addition, the Alliance's engineers can now enter the starport of Heyang VIII to optimize the efficiency of the space elevator and help build one or two new simple space elevators that can be used temporarily.

This statement was once again rejected by the ground.

They proposed a new idea: they didn't need to help with the relocation, and they couldn't take over the Starport. They asked the Alliance to give them three months, so they could solve the problem themselves, and then hand over a clean Heyang VIII to the Alliance!
That's very nice to say.

only……

After hearing the news, Ye Lixia immediately found Gu Hang:
"They are fooling around." The admiral pointed out the problem bluntly, "They have no sincerity and are just stalling for time. Who knows, the main fleet of the Alfonzo sect may have already reached Vinci Planet."

The Vinci Star she mentioned is the planet close to Alfonzo in the star tunnel connecting the Alfonzo Star Region and the Proud Claw Star Region.

Gu Hang laughed: "I agree with you."

He looked towards the beautiful planet in the distance and said, "So, we should do something..."

……

"Sage! The Alliance attacked our starport without any warning!"

"I know. I can see it."

On the rooftop of the tower, Paulson, covered in a red and black robe, raised his head and looked at the starry sky.

His body looked like a hunched old man; however, compared with the guard who came over to report, he was as huge as a mountain.

This is his true form. Hidden beneath the red and black robe is a mechanical body that has long been transformed beyond recognition.

His scarlet eyes that were looking up at the starry sky were of course also modified. He did not need any equipment to directly observe the current battle situation in the near-Earth orbit.

The alliance's attack came too suddenly.

Just as the alliance guessed, they were indeed stalling for time. Promising to "move" was purely a trick to deceive the alliance.

Of course, they also considered the possibility that the alliance would not be fooled.

Whether it is the starports and space stations on the planet or in orbit, they are loose on the outside but tight on the inside, always prepared for the possibility of being hit directly in the face by the alliance.

However, the speed of this "slap in the face" was really too fast.

A moment ago, the Alliance's ships were still at the outermost edge, staying quietly outside the range of orbital defense firepower, just like the past few days.

The next moment, all the ships suddenly started at full speed and rushed towards the orbital system.

The orbital defense system of Heyang VIII is not bad, with a star fortress and a fortified starport. If you really want to fight hard, you will have to pay a heavy price.

However, the Star Fortress and Star Port were unable to open fire to stop the Alliance ships in the first place and were boarded.

The Phoenix used teleportation technology to jump directly to these two places.

The alliance's transmission technology really made Paulson feel outrageous.

Normally, most teleportation requires a coordinate. It may not be a problem for short distances of tens or hundreds of kilometers, but in interstellar combat, teleportation can be thousands or tens of thousands of kilometers.

Generally, to carry out such an ultra-long distance transmission, the ship needs to first fire a torpedo carrying the transmission coordinates to the target location.

Since they only need to hit the target and do not need to cause damage, teleporter torpedoes can be made very small and not easily intercepted.

But there has to be such a thing.

However, the Alliance's teleportation is shameless and does not require any of this.

A hole was torn open in the real world, and then the red-armored phoenix rushed out from it.

There are two ways to do this: either there is some advanced transmission device that can skip this step. Some rare devices unearthed by archaeologists that cannot be mass-produced can do this. It is said that the blood shark has this method.

Another method is for the psychic who presides over the transmission to have special talents and extremely strong psychic powers.

What kind of alliance is it?

Paulson was thinking carefully.

He didn't think about the battle situation, that was none of his business.

The starport and star fortress were heavily guarded. There were many elite knights of the Heyang Knights on them. With the direct support of a powerful mechanical sect like Alfonzo, the Heyang Knights were not just a bunch of small garbage sentinels.

Those who drive Sentinel mechas can only be regarded as squires, and are not worthy of the title of knight at all; above the Sentinel mechas, there are mechas like the Squire, which are much smaller than regular knight mechas, but only slightly smaller than the Space Marine's Dreadnought mecha; the Ranger Knights are the main force, and there are quite a few of them; above the Ranger, there are higher-level knights such as the Vengeance-class and Overlord-class.

These big guys are serious heavy units, but because they are humanoid, unlike heavy armored vehicles like tanks, they cannot enter many complex terrains. For the Knight Mech, unless the place is too small, they can still go even if the terrain is complex.

As for the starports and star fortresses on Heyang VIII, since they were designed to protect the home of the Knight World, they were naturally specially designed. Many key places were made larger to facilitate the movement of the Knight Mechas.

Even for the Space Marines, it would not be easy to deal with them.

Perhaps, those people from the Phoenix used the Alliance's special means of transmission to temporarily plunge the Star Fortress and Star Port into chaos.

But Paulson believed that the number of Space Marines that could be sent over was limited, right? Could Space Marines alone kill all the knights deployed above?

He doesn't think so.

Not to mention, the people on the surface have already reacted and reinforcements are on the way.

As long as the Phoenix cannot instantly kill the star fortresses and knights stationed in the starports above, a steady stream of reinforcements will come up.

Paulson continued to think about the alliance's means of transmission and how it was achieved.

And, calculate in your mind whether there are any appropriate countermeasures.

In the future, I am afraid that we will have to deal with the alliance many times.

If we don't find the right means, those Space Marines who can easily and safely, quickly and without making people react in time are really a very difficult group to deal with.

The Mechanicus also has some very powerful elite units that can fight, such as the Knights, and the Armed Priest Corps composed of many Mechanicus members above the level of Mechanicus. After all, if a Mechanicus is willing to make a big effort to modify his body, then according to his technical ability and the resources he has at his disposal, his combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

It would be best to cut off the technical source...

"Ok?"

While he was thinking, the scene before him interrupted his thoughts.

In the sky, the only star fortress of Heyang VIII exploded into a huge fireball.

The star fortress... was destroyed?
This……

It was indeed a bit beyond Paulson's expectations.

His mechanical brain began to quickly calculate and deduce the possibilities of the next war.

A nerve cord stretched out from under his robe and connected to a machine in front of him. Commands, without the need for verbal instructions, were transformed into electrical signals and transmitted to various places.

Moreover, he also directly connected to multiple ground-based rail gun arrays. With his powerful computing ability, he directly controlled at least hundreds of guns to launch attacks into the sky.

With the support of this senior master of the main profession, the artillery fire seemed to come alive in an instant, with their accuracy and coordination greatly increased.

The star fortress has been destroyed, so the remaining star port must be saved.

Thanks to his efforts, the suddenly increased ground firepower brought greater damage to the alliance. Not to mention the loss of small boats, at least three cruisers had their void shields broken in this short period of time, and even the hulls were damaged to a certain extent, so they had to leave the orbital system and withdraw from the battle.

However, according to his calculations, the star port that could hold out for more than two days under the fierce attack of the Alliance lost the protection of the void shield in the third hour.

That was obviously turned off from the inside.

Once the protection is lost, the star port will be destroyed in two hours at most.

Paulson's mechanical brain paused for a moment again - what to do?

If they can hold out for two days, then with the help of ground firepower, the price the alliance has to pay will become very significant, and they may lose two battlecruisers or a battleship here. If the alliance does not want to bear such losses, it will have to withdraw, and then the orbital defense system of Heyang VIII will be saved.

If they really wanted to fight hard, exchanging the orbital system for a battleship would be a win. Moreover, the subsequent ground battle would also drag the alliance into a quagmire.

But now there is nothing we can do.

Of course, Paulson did not interrupt the control of the ground railgun. Instead, he invested more computing power to optimize the ballistic calculations as much as possible.

It’s not time to give up yet.

However, the alliance backed off.

A few days later, the alliance made a comeback.

This time, they destroyed all the space stations in orbit; half of the ships that were unable to land on the ground in time or in orbit were destroyed, and the other half were boarded and control of the ships was seized from the inside, becoming the spoils of the Alliance.

After that, the Alliance did not deploy any more troops on the ground.

Although Heyang VIII has not been lost yet, after losing all the orbital systems and ships, the alliance can leave with a swagger. This planet no longer has any ability to take the initiative to attack.

Paulson remained silent.

He really didn't understand how his star port and star fortress were lost.

Even if the Phoenix Regiment is sent out in full force, can a thousand Space Marines break through the defenses of the Heyang Knights stationed in the star port and star fortress and shut down the void shield within a few hours?
Why?

Even if the Iron Armor Regiment came, they wouldn't be able to do it, right?
This would require at least two thousand or even three thousand Space Marines to accomplish, right?
Paulson was confused.

(End of this chapter)