After talking about the Chaos army, we also want to talk about the deployment of Imperial Fleet. Through the joint efforts of spies and witchcraft, Drau knew the status of the fleet deployed by Imperium in Cadia.
The Cadia fleet consists of 12 battleships, 12 cruiser squadrons, and 21 frigate squadrons.
Corona Fleet consists of 7 battleships, 13 cruiser squadrons, and 17 frigate squadrons.
Gothic Fleet consists of 5 battleships, 9 cruiser squadrons, and 13 frigate squadrons.
The fleet of Space Marines consists of 21 strike barges, 150 Strike Cruiser and 200 frigate squadrons.
The number of remaining Imperial Fleet is unknown, but in total the number should not be too small, but they will definitely be at a numerical disadvantage in front of the Chaos army supported by demons and Degraded Ones.
Regardless of hard power, Abaddon had a pretty good time to launch the attack. Drau was initially quite dissatisfied with Abaddon's sudden change of combat plan, and also scorned the Khorne war gang's unorganized and undisciplined behavior of leaving the team without permission.
But when he followed the large army to Eye of Terror's portal - Cadia Fortress World, he suddenly discovered that his judgment about Abaddon was very wrong.
At that time, Cadia was shrouded in pure darkness. The huge fleet Imperium gathered in this area was also flying up and down like headless flies in the energy turbulence of Blackstone Spire. It was entirely due to the captain's rich experience and the blessing of Corpse Emperor that a large-scale serial collision was avoided.
Warmaster Abaddon must have discovered that something strange was about to happen to Cadia, so he suddenly changed his battle plan and chose to launch a surprise attack on Imperial Fleet before Warp Storm could cast his witchcraft.
Although in the eyes of some idiots who believe in Khorne and have their brains replaced by muscles, Abaddon's behavior is a complete villain's behavior that takes advantage of others, but Drau does not think so.
Taking into account all the factors on the battlefield is part of the battle. Don't play if you are unhappy. Team Imperial Army should have realized that those Blackstone Spire cannot be trusted and made preparations in advance.
But Drau also thought that the Imperial Army team might be prepared. Otherwise, how could the Blackstone Spire out-of-control energy flow form an insurmountable chasm on Cadia, and the Imperial Army team that should have been defeated long ago happened to occupy all the locations that were easy to defend and difficult to attack?
The battle on the ground was at a stalemate, and the situation in the void was not as smooth as Abaddon said. Imperial Fleet did suffer a lot in Abaddon's surprise attack, but they built a strong defense line with Dark Angels's the Rock as the core.
The battle in the void was extremely cruel. Many troops who were full of fighting enthusiasm even had the opportunity to board Boarding Torpedo but were snatched away by the battleship's powerful Macro-cannon and light spear.
Drau likes to appreciate space battles, but he does not like to fight in space battles. The powerlessness of small ships when facing Gorgon is real, and the combat deployment is no different from a ball of waste paper. Drau prefers to look for opportunities in the trenches and terrain on the ground, and defeat all enemies in subtle ways, instead of sitting in a huge and glorious battleship, boringly and mechanically ordering naval guns to fire, and then watching the enemy explode into a ball of fireworks.
That's so boring.
Cannonballs, torpedoes, and light spears filled the void. Abaddon realized that Imperial Fleet was not as fragile as he expected, so he slowed down the siege of Imperial Fleet Attack, waiting for the activation of Warp Storm's witchcraft. Imperial Fleet also took advantage of this precious breathing opportunity to restore as much as possible the battleship's systems and mechanical equipment that had been affected by the inexplicable turbulence.
In the end, the witchcraft was activated, and a ball of Warp Storm was generated from the depths of Eye of Terror and rushed toward Cadia. Chaos Fleet, which has been in the Chaos field for a long time, has a very mature response to this terrifying storm, but for Imperial Fleet, which relies on Gellar Field to shuttle through Warp, this storm is enough to kill them.
The storm instilled countless blasphemous thoughts and twisted concepts into the fragile brains and bodies of mortals. While Imperial Fleet was dealing with the endless Chaos traitors in the battleship, it also needed to defend the next round of Abaddon's onslaught.
During this period, in order to reduce losses and facilitate future attacks on Terra, Abaddon destroyed all the more than thirty Degraded Void Stations that Dark Mechanicum had just produced. Dropped on the battlefield. These Degraded Void Stations have powerful firepower and are also a dock. Like Tyranids motherships, they continuously spit out twisted and unspeakable flying objects from their holes.
These Degraded Floater have no long-range attack capabilities, but they are very fast. Neither Imperium nor Chaos's void fighters can match the speed and flexibility of these floating objects.
These floating objects will ignore the fire net in front of them, and hit the outer shell of the Imperium battleship at full speed like a meteorite. Imperium's Void Shield are completely unable to stop the approach of these things, and can only rely on anti-aircraft guns and Imperium fighter aircraft groups for defense.
When more and more of these floating objects hit the outer shell of the Imperium battleship, the floating objects will join together, affecting the maneuverability of the battleship like barnacles. What is even more frightening is that when these floating objects accumulate larger and larger, they will begin to grind the outer shell of the battleship until holes are made to the inside. Then they will learn from Degraded Void Station to create a lower-level Degraded Worm.
Degraded Worm is like a lamprey made of bones. It is about the size and thickness of a mortal arm. It can crawl and levitate, but it can only stay at a height of about 50cm on a flat surface. Under the sharp teeth that can break steel is a black hole that will never be filled. Their number far exceeds that of Degraded Ones, but they are also more fragile and brainless. A laser cannon installed in a narrow corridor can stop the attack of thousands of Degraded Worm.
When a battleship is killed by Degraded Worm, these Degraded Worm that cannot find any living creatures will disintegrate in a few hours and become powder piled up in every corner of the battleship. Degraded Floater Aggregate, who has been waiting outside the battleship for a long time, also slowly pours in, assimilates this unmanned battleship into a part of his body, and then continues to look for the next battleship full of living creatures.
This powerful infection and assimilation ability frightened Drau. He had never seen this ability in Tyranids, which is known for its efficient evolution. Since these Degraded Floater can assimilate the Imperium battleship, it is not difficult to assimilate the Chaos battleship.
Naturally, Drau was not the only one with such nervousness. Many Chaos Warband leaders asked Abaddon a lot of questions after seeing Degraded Floater's abilities.
In response, Abaddon simply replied to them, "These Degraded Ones are just tools. We hold the key to start and shut them down."