With several explosions, multiple boarding torpedoes slammed into various locations of the Starport.
Although not many boarding torpedoes successfully infiltrated the Starport, this Khorne Warband still managed to invade it.
"Have the Ash Knights return to defend! Notify the Blood Angels and have them assist us in defending the Starport!" Luka was fully armed at this point, carrying his relic sword and leading a group of Battle Sisters, taking the orbital elevator to the Starport.
However, the orbital elevator's ascent required time, so Luka could only command the battle as much as possible through the communication channel.
Although theoretically, as a Planetary Governor, he didn't need to draw his blade and fight on the front lines, he wasn't one of those useless individuals who could only hide in safe fortresses; he had fought on the front lines before.
"Luka, Titus Squad and I are in position," Gutierrez's communication came through, delivering some relatively good news to Luka.
Upon receiving the Chaos invasion report, Gutierrez immediately took his Kill Team and Titus Squad aboard a Thunderhawk Transporter, preparing to head to the Starport for support.
After all, the entire Starport was like a large space city, and even if some areas were invaded by Chaos, it wouldn't all fall at once.
Furthermore, Ovilia's Adeptus Militarus and a regiment of the Defense Force were stationed at the Starport; it was uncertain who would win if a real fight broke out.
The reason Luka had the Ash Knights return to defend and called for aid from the Blood Angels was simply to reduce casualties among the mortal forces and lessen the damage these Chaos Astartes would inflict on the Starport.
Although in GW's novels, Astartes always die in various inexplicable ways, in the real world, Astartes are Astartes; their power is unquestionable.
Even an ordinary, nameless Chaos Warband with few blessings could still bring about brutal, bloody slaughter when facing mortal forces.
Even in a space boarding battle, where the Astartes' mobility advantage is completely nullified, a single Astartes can still cause brutal slaughter among mortal armies.
A 1:100 casualty ratio for mortal forces would be a dream come true, making them wake up smiling.
Normally, in a positional battle, 300 Astra Militarum grunts might result in one Astartes casualty.
This casualty ratio would be lower in a space boarding battle, but only relatively so.
Therefore, to reduce casualties and prevent his hard-earned assets from being completely wiped out, Luka felt that heroes should fight heroes, and brave men should fight brave men, meaning Astartes should deal with Space Marines.
Mephisto had already landed at the Starport, and behind him were ten Blood Angels still in Death Company livery and five Crimson Paladins in red power armor, wielding power swords and storm shields.
Although these Death Company battle-brothers had been roused from the Black Rage, they did not have time to change their livery.
Furthermore, Mephisto could feel that the Black Rage still flowed in their veins, and should they lose their sanity in battle, they would still succumb to the Black Rage.
"Brothers, although you have been roused, you still run the risk of falling into the Black Rage, and it is higher than for ordinary battle-brothers, so you must control your emotions during battle!" Mephisto reminded everyone.
At this time, Lemartes, who was leading another squad of the Death Company, was doing the same thing as Mephisto.
These battle-brothers had been roused from the Black Rage with great difficulty; they did not want to see them fall back into the Black Rage again.
Even if they could be roused again, it was the same; Sanguinius's sons should not, and cannot, succumb to Blood Thirst and Black Rage.
"Death Company, move to C-7 maintenance pipe. Crimson Paladins, prepare to welcome our guests," Mephisto's order was given, and the Blood Angels immediately began to move.
Inside their helmets, the blood tear icon representing the Blood Angels on the tactical map, a green dot, was moving rapidly.
Correspondingly, several red dots representing the enemy were rapidly approaching them.
When the Khorne Champion of this Khorne Warband chopped open a blast door with his Khorne battle-axe, he was met with a carefully designed trap.
The moment the Crimson Paladin's power sword clashed with the battle-axe, a Death Company warrior, with his jump pack ignited, descended from above, two power axes cleaving down!
Hargon remained calm in the face of danger, using his strength to parry the Crimson Paladin's power sword with his Khorne battle-axe while simultaneously sidestepping one of the power axes. At the same time, he swung his battle-axe upwards, intending to cleave the Death Company warrior coming at him from below into two halves.
This might work against a regular Space Marine, but for a Death Company warrior who had inherited some of the power and combat experience of the Gene-Seed Primarch Sanguinius from the Black Rage, it was far from enough.
The opponent merely nimbly stepped on the Crimson Paladin's shoulder plate, immediately changing the direction of his descent, dodging the Khorne battle-axe's attack while rolling sideways, and his power axe once again swung towards Hargon.
"Blood Angels? My Lord will love your heads! Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!" The Khorne Warband roared their battle cry, and more Chaos Space Marines charged towards the Blood Angels.
In space, the brutal battle between five Imperial warships and two Chaos warships was nearing its end.
The Macro cannon arrays of the four cruisers continuously spewed incandescent points of light, smashing into the two Chaos warships, unleashing wave after wave of explosions on them.
At this point, the Void Shields of the two Chaos warships were already offline. Although Donia's forge ship was only a light cruiser and could not compare to the other four cruisers in terms of firepower, the Adeptus Mechanicus's technology and brutal efficiency allowed this cruiser to play an even more crucial role.
Through the Adeptus Mechanicus's scrap code attack, the forge ship had paralyzed the Void Shield systems of these two Chaos warships, with no possibility of recovery, at least in the short term.
This instantly changed the battlefield situation. Although five warships focusing fire could also sink these two Chaos warships, in a situation where their own side had shields, firepower, and numerical superiority, concentrating fire on two Chaos warships that didn't even have shields would undoubtedly greatly accelerate the battle process, bringing victory sooner.
Just as the bombardment of Macro cannons and Lance weapons had completely reduced one of the Chaos warships to a mere hulk, and the other Chaos warship was also ablaze, the 32nd forge ship finally arrived, and her arrival signaled that this space naval battle had entered its mop-up phase.
However, the 32nd clearly wouldn't let this battle end so simply. After issuing a firing warning to friendly forces, requesting them to clear their line of fire, the 32nd fired the Nova Cannon mounted on her forge ship, completely destroying the two Chaos warships.
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