62: Chapter 62 Spaceport Battle

Xia Xingchen immediately issued orders in the name of the Archon, mobilizing the entire Department of Military Affairs. From the ten newly trained divisions, he mobilized the First through Fifth Divisions, totaling seventy thousand men.

After a month of preparation, the dream star stood ready in space alongside the cobra-class destroyer that had been launched following emergency maintenance.

The original plan was for both warships to go into battle together.

However, because the cobra-class destroyer lacked a Navigator, navigating the Warp was extremely dangerous. Xia Xingchen ultimately decided to leave it behind to defend Lanshan Planet.

Xia Xingchen also looked out at the whale-class transport ship. The whale-class transport ship had already been fixed in geosynchronous orbit, where a large number of engineering ships and Servitors were expanding and modifying it.

This transport ship was expected to be completed by the end of this year. While it wouldn't reach the carrying capacity of an Imperial standard Space Elevator, it would at least be able to transport a thousand tons of cargo at once.

All preparations were complete.

Nuwa, Zheng Hai, and Xia Xingchen boarded the dream star and, following the markers on the star map, began their first space jump.

The dream star's Warp engine began to operate, and the surrounding space distorted violently. After a burst of intense spatial fluctuations, the dream star vanished into the universe like a gust of wind.

When the surrounding space stabilized again, the view before Xia Xingchen had become the endless expanse of the universe and a solitary outpost.

Xia Xingchen looked at the outpost's life detection signals. No signs of life were returned, confirming that Chen Yuan had completely left.

Xia Xingchen dispatched an infantry regiment to take over the outpost first, intending to gradually modify it later into an outpost base for the Vanad System.

Meanwhile, the main force of the fleet continued to advance toward Vanad Planet.

Xia Xingchen's fleet advanced with extreme caution, fearing discovery by the Vanad System's fleet.

As the dream star drew closer, Vanad Planet's orbital defense system and Spaceport showed no reaction.

At this point, everything on Vanad Planet had entered the dream star's attack range.

Nuwa calculated everything continuously, precisely marking every strike point. She calculated exactly how much firepower to use for each target, how much ammunition to fire, and the resulting damage with absolute clarity.

Xia Xingchen looked at the screens before him and then gave the order:

"Fire!"

As the order was given, all of the dream star's shipboard weapons simultaneously aimed at their pre-targeted points.

Hundreds of lances shot out like bolts of lightning.

The personnel on Vanad Planet's orbital defense system and Spaceport didn't even have time to react.

The bird divination device had only just sounded a violent alarm when, in the next second, the fire strike arrived, accurately bombarding every critical weapon system, defense facility, and power core of the Spaceport.

The rebels on the orbital defense platforms hadn't even recovered from the previous strike when more than twenty points of light appeared on their radar screens—transport ships approaching at high speed.

"Boarding action! Stop them immediately!"

But by the time he said those words, it was already too late.

An old cruiser and two destroyers docked at the orbit had already been disabled in the earlier bombardment. Unable to detach from the platform, they were stuck in place.

"Defense systems! Someone get the remaining defense systems to fire!"

The operator reported to the Commander helplessly:

"My Lord, all of our server systems are completely paralyzed and need to be restarted."

Hearing this, the Spaceport officer was so enraged he slammed his hand against the control panel in front of him.

While the Spaceport officer was in a state of impotent rage, the transport ships crashed into the Spaceport's docking bays.

Xia Xingchen's troops directly employed the most classic warhammer 40k landing method.

The landing ships slammed directly into the Spaceport, and as the hatches opened, fully armed soldiers marched out.

The soldiers held brand-new lasguns known as the Mad Dragon-pattern lasgun, which was a fully upgraded model based on the modified lucius lasgun.

The soldiers in the Spaceport were no pushovers either; those deployed on the Spaceport and orbital defense lines were essentially the elite troops under Governor Vanad.

A massive number of laser beams flew everywhere within the narrow Spaceport. Every explosion and every shot fired invisibly harvested lives.

Having weathered the initial chaos, Xia Xingchen's First Division quickly seized a stable position and captured one-third of the landing platforms.

However, their subsequent advance met with extremely stubborn resistance from the Spaceport rebels.

The rebels piled countless pieces of junk and scrap metal on the essential paths, blocking the advance of Xia Xingchen's army.

At the same time, the rebel officers in the Spaceport ordered the surrounding troops to quickly concentrate at the gates of the elevator platforms to stop the enemy's advance.

As soon as Xia Xingchen's troops approached, they were forced back by heavy autocannons.

A company attempted to launch a charge to forcibly seize control of the main gate, but the powerful firepower from the autocannons easily tore through the carapace armor on their bodies.

Bodies piled up continuously on the floor.

Seeing that the offensive was hopeless, the company Commander had no choice but to report the situation to the regimental Commander.

At this moment, the Commander of the First Regiment of the First Division was not panicking; their heavy weapons were about to arrive, and they would be able to change the entire situation on the battlefield.

A transport plane slowly landed via the landing platform controlled by Xia Xingchen's army.

Its hatch slowly opened, and what rolled out was not soldiers, but a tank.

The double-headed dragon heavy tank.

In the past year, the factories had produced a total of ten double-headed dragon heavy tanks, and Xia Xingchen had brought all of them this time.

Although there were some places in the Spaceport where tanks could not pass, it was enough that the tanks could blast through the enemy's defensive lines.

The soldiers' morale soared as they looked at the roaring steel beast before them and its two gun barrels that could destroy everything.

The tank's tracks ground against the steel floor, letting out a heavy rumble as it advanced step by step.

At this time, the rebels heard the massive roar coming from the elevator platform and looked on in confusion.

As the dust ahead slowly cleared, what appeared in the haze were two massive gun barrels, aimed right at the gates of the elevator platform.

"It's a tank!"

"It's a tank!"