75: Chapter 75 Baal Space War

To maximize the chances of victory, Dante deployed 5,000 and 6,000 men to the two moons respectively.

He also stationed approximately 6,000 troops within the fleet.

This fleet, composed of warships brought by various capital ships and vessels of all sizes, would engage in guerrilla warfare against the Tyranids in space, doing everything in their power to eliminate the living forces of the Tyranid Swarm.

The command hall always kept the main force of over 10,000 Space Marines concentrated on the main planet of the Baal System.

The fate of the two moons of the Baal System was to lure the Tyranids, preventing them from targeting the main planet from the very beginning.

The sons of the Archangel must once again bring an end to the enemy, annihilate all invaders, and completely eradicate this tentacle of the Tyranid Swarm; this was something they had to accomplish.

Soon after, as the accompanying shadow in the Warp cut off astropathic communications and geological activity caused by hidden tunnels appeared all over the planet, the fleet of the Tyranid Swarm finally arrived at the Baal System, and this brutal battle had only just begun.

"Brothers, adjust the artillery to target the Tyranids; victory or defeat hinges on this single battle."

In space, the combined fleet formed by the Blood Angels, under the command of Fleet Commander Bellerophon, split into four battle groups to engage in intense space combat against the vast number of Tyranids.

The Space Marine chapters charged into the dense swarm of bio-ships in an attack formation, with countless artillery barrages almost shrouding the skies above the Baal System, making it look from a distance as if the planet were surrounded by a sea of fire.

"Brothers, push harder; we must do our best to intercept them."

"First Fleet, hit the target on time, repeat. Brothers, it is in your hands."

Countless torpedo-laden shells triggered a series of explosions, while constant flashes of light and red cannon fire, accompanied by the storm of shells, filled the void between the warring sides, as the sons of Sanguinius assembled a powerful space force.

This fleet consisted of 21 battle carriers, 94 strike cruisers, and hundreds of smaller vessels, and these warships swung into the dense swarm like a sharp sword.

However, much like the voids created by nuclear explosions constantly appearing within the swarm, the damage caused by human warships was quickly filled by the surrounding Tyranid bio-fleets.

"Damn it, are they perpetual motion machines?"

"As expected of bugs; they are endless, simply impossible to kill them all."

The enemy's advance never ceased due to these counterattacks, and the sustained high-intensity combat gradually dulled this sharp fleet, with fleet losses mounting ever higher.

The tentacles of the Tyranid bio-ships seized human vessels, snapping them in two, only for them to be surrounded and devoured by smaller living organisms.

"Brothers, our losses are growing greater."

"Brothers, do not panic; we are merely depleting their living forces. As long as we hold steady, we will surely win."

In this way, the Leviathan Hive Fleet, relying on its numbers far superior to its opponents, isolated and devoured the Space Marine ships one by one.

Thus, the Blood Angels successor chapters and the combined fleet were all but wiped out, with only the strength of one combined fleet remaining; even so, they had completed their mission, inflicting sufficient losses upon the Tyranids and making an indelible contribution to the victory that would follow.