paranoianovel Chapter 259: The picture shows the dagger
Chapter 259: The picture shows the dagger
The news that the Calixis sector was attacked by an army of Iron Warriors spread throughout the galaxy within a few months, and the first to take notice were naturally the Sons of Dorne.
When the Red Torrent did not summon them, the Executioner Chapter announced the implementation of the mutual aid agreement signed with Yifeng on the Mountain Formation during the Feast of Blades, and came to massacre... to support the Calixis sector.
This group of fanatical sons of Dorne did not restrain themselves after the Atonement Crusade. Instead, they became more determined to execute the enemies of the Empire. Lann’s ferocious fighting style has been passed down in their blood from generation to generation. Now, their warships have The Storm Star Field is speeding towards our home planet.
With this ancient warband founded by the Third Army as the core, a large number of Sons of Dorne gathered towards them, becoming a force that cannot be underestimated.
Also hearing about Red Torrent's suffering and coming to support with all their strength are our "best" friends, the Lamenters.
The Mother of Tears was tumbling and jumping in the subspace waves, and Matthew Leo's order was to reinforce the Yifeng brothers at all costs. He stood on the bridge, with more wounds on his face, and his left arm was replaced by a mechanical arm. There were more and fewer brothers around him. The bad luck did not defeat the glory of the strong Archangel, the son of Saint Les. Shining on those who mourn.
Far water can't save the near fire, Yifeng now has to deal with the more than 200 incoming enemy ships first.
The People's Light has evacuated the people on the planet for the last time. We have tried our best, but there are still 26 billion ordinary mortals on the home planet. Some are determined to defend their homeland, and some are coerced by the flow of people to join the army.
More remnants of the Empire were forced to evacuate to this world, including the Titan Order of the Mechanicus, the quality of the Astra Militarum, and the Death Watch squad stationed here.
We launched a very bloody suppression during our first contact with the opponent, killing all Imperial troops who disobeyed our command and even reducing a regiment of Sintila Fusiliers by half.
This greatly reduced defensive strength but was very effective in increasing the efficiency of troop movement.
A group of Primaris warriors wearing huge armor that they had never seen before were commanding various units. Everyone immediately abandoned the upper and middle levels of the hive and retreated into the complex underground maze.
The Iron Warriors plundered the entire Calixis sector like land, and we also forcefully seized the massive supplies they collected. Using these resources, the more than seven billion people inside the flagship continued our southern expedition. Weapons had been produced during the Northern War, and now they were put into the battlefield all at once.
Oslosa 24 galaxy, this is the place where we will fight. There are no space stations or galaxy orbital defenses that take thousands of years to build. Those ancient and unrepaired defense facilities are still floating with the previous guards. The corpse of the person.
All the power is placed on our home planet. The huge planetary void shield has two main sources, one is the ancient and huge hive city, and the other is our newly established fortress.
The underground network was dug in all directions, with observation posts, traps, and assault points everywhere.
We have stockpiled a batch of Roscoe Ground Sweepers, and we have never stopped producing them after obtaining its STC template fragments, but most of them are installed in the troops of the world.
The remnants of the Imperial Navy are trying to gather towards our home planet. They have assembled more than thirty battleships and are wandering around our galaxy, trying to find a good ambush location.
At the previous position of the subspace node, a huge enemy fleet began to leap into the subspace. It was vast and boundless. Each warship could suppress a planet, and now there were more than two hundred ships.
Before entering the subspace, they fired intensively at their rear, trying to find us. In the vastness of the universe, this amount of artillery fire could not cause the slightest ripple.
After confirming that there was no terrifying large ship behind them, they turned around and began to jump.
The People's Light appeared directly in front of them. A large part of the shield-breaking wave was absorbed by the subspace rift torn by the enemy, but it still effectively affected the enemy's shield system. However, the machine soul was damaged and could not jump in. The enemies in the subspace were greatly reduced, with only more than thirty warships remaining, while more than two hundred other warships entered the Oslosa 24 system with the help of the dark mechanical god Vashtor.
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"General, subspace fluctuations have been observed, and the enemy is coming."
The Imperial Navy is hidden in the orbital defense circle of the abandoned galaxy, surrounded by huge floating mechanical fragments and meteorites.
"Keep silent."
"General, the enemy's vanguard fleet is approaching. The bird servant shows that there are twenty ships flying towards us in a reconnaissance type II formation. The fleet behind is blurred, and the bird servant shows a continuous red block."
All of them are not facing the enemy head-on, but facing the flying enemy ships sideways.
"Prepare the side firepower. After thirty seconds, the macro cannon will fire ten times. Then the afterburner will be activated and the engine will advance at full speed."
The general commanding this time was not a fanatical believer who was swayed by the state religion. Those stupid captains had all been killed in the last battle, taking the lives of a fleet with them.
In his opinion, this group of people was simply a waste of the empire's power. Who wouldn't commit suicide? What they need is to stall for time and wait for the arrival of the main fleet instead of attacking the stone with an egg.
"The Emperor's blessing."
"The countdown started, fifteen, fourteen, thirteen... They opened fire on us, they found us!"
"Fire, the whole ship fires!"
The evil technology of the Dark Mechanicum allowed the Iron Warriors to discover the hidden Imperial Navy first, but they were not sure of the number of enemy fleets. During this exploratory bombardment, two enemy ships were destroyed, and one Imperial Navy ship was The engine was damaged and later captured by the Iron Warriors during a chase.
The Imperial Navy is galloping around the galaxy. They believe that the Iron Warriors will not capture the Chapter's home planet soon. They can use enemy ships to harass the enemy and delay the attack on the planet.
The facts were as they expected. Although the Iron Warrior fleet chasing them was divided into multiple groups and pursued from different directions, the numbers were acceptable.
"General, those Astartes warships still haven't appeared."
"Then keep running. Those Astartes don't know what they are thinking. Don't they have any brains? Don't they know that after losing air supremacy, their planet is meat on the chopping block? Why haven't they assembled a fleet to fight? "
The gray-haired old general complained that no one dared to follow suit. Slandering the Emperor's Angel was a capital offense.
"Could they just run away?"
"That's the best choice, but they won't. These people are the seeds of White Scar and Dorne. It's probably an old-fashioned plot. A fierce fight broke out between the sons of Dorne and the sons of Jaghatai Khan. Quarreling, the Sons of Dorne left behind ground defenses, while White Scar piloted the warship in the sky, maybe he has already taken action against the enemy's supply line. This is what the mixed-seed warband is like, they will not unite as one, this is why the mixed-seed warband is very For whatever reason, they would have split up over disagreements within the first few hundred years."
This time, the adjutant didn't say anything. You are going to retire and leave. We still have to serve, so don't hurt us.
"Why, you're not talking anymore? You don't hesitate to collide with an enemy warship. You are so scared to ask a few questions. Everyone obeys the order and rolls 45 degrees on the port side in 45 seconds, preparing to cross the asteroid belt."
The old general gave the order, and the entire fleet rushed into the asteroid belt despite the enemy's artillery fire. Then they found the opportunity to swing out the side and fired at the opponent for a few rounds, and then divided into several small fleets and ran deeper into the galaxy. .
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The Iron Warriors were not greatly affected. They easily braved the bombardment of planetary cannons and entered the planet's orbit. A large number of weapons began to bombard the planetary void shield, while transport ships and jump gangs braved anti-aircraft missiles and began to deliver rebellious Aspens. Tate.
This time, 20,000 Iron Warriors entered this world. There were few failures in dispatching this number of Space Warriors.
At first, Vasher hesitated to put most of the Iron Warriors on this planet, so as to ensure that he could take over the planet before his original body arrived, and dedicate the blood-washed fortress as a gift to himself. 's father.
But soon he no longer had such worries, because as soon as they arrived in this world, they received many "inspiring" words broadcast on the full frequency spectrum by the imperial forces below.
Among them: "Loyal people of the empire! Don't worry, our sons of Dorn built a strong fortress. Even if we give the traitors ten thousand years, they will not be able to break it. Oslotha 24 will become their tomb." .”
"Learn from the combat experience of Taran's ancestors. If we can defeat them once, we can defeat them a second time!"
"The Iron Warriors are not the Astartes who are the most adept at mechanics at all. Don't worry, we, the sons of Ferrus Manus, are the most adept at mechanics. We have built the most powerful cannons, which will surely blast the enemy into pieces. Debris."
"Don't worry, everyone, the leader of the enemy, Perturabo, is just a beep~~~. He has no other ability except to smash his army to pieces under our city wall."
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Such comments that stabbed the Iron Warriors with a knife in their hearts quickly angered the enemy. No matter how rational Vashel remained, the high morale of his soldiers still made them decide to release more traitorous Astartes.
After all, the Imperial Navy, who were being chased to the sky and into the earth, did not need the Astartes to join forces to resolve the battle.
Word soon arrived from the Iron Warriors' reconnaissance team, who easily infiltrated the planet's hives and found them everywhere deserted, with annihilation such as virus bombs rendering the release of weapons pointless.
The team scouting the fortress on the other side was bombarded on a mountain a hundred kilometers away from the fortress. It was unknown who exposed their position and caused the artillery fire in the fortress to cover that place.
The initial scouts were met with a tenacious attack by the Imperial forces. The troops here were quite numerous and the resistance was orderly. The scouts found nothing except the discovery of a large number of underground shelter entrances.
In this case, a cyclone torpedo is a good choice, but they need to break the planetary void shield first.
Two Void Shield super modules and hundreds of auxiliary modules are scattered across the planet, each surrounded by traps.
The Iron Warriors are not afraid of this. Vashel's order is simple and bloody, "Capture this place before my father arrives."
The planetary void shield was bombarded by massive fleets and soon allowed bomber-sized creations to enter the planet. Formations of heavy atmospheric bombers braved anti-aircraft missiles and sailed into the world. They found each of our missile silos with precision and speed. s position.
The bombing nearly turned the world upside down, we suffered very few casualties and had few troops on the ground to engage them.
After confirming safety, the Army's heavy artillery units began to land. Along with the powerful offensive of orbital attack aircraft, the enemy easily launched their offensive on the ground. So far in the battle, they still have not encountered much resistance.
A large part of our troops are still digging below. To dig out a huge underground network on the entire planet that can be used by White Scar children's vehicles to support anywhere at any time, even if we count from the time when the Blood Legion attacks, there is still not enough time. .
Soon, the first critical battle began. It was located on a small planetary void shield auxiliary module. It was originally half-buried underground. Under countless bombardments, it was "blasted out of the ground" - the surrounding land was bombed. Twenty-eight meters were shaved off.
Only the hemispherical area protected by the void shield was relatively safe.
What followed was a simple and bloody siege. The mortal troops of the Iron Warriors attacked first. Their role was only to find the weakest point of the enemy's firepower in several feint attacks.
The Iron Warriors and the Armored Regiment will work together to send the most powerful city-breaking machines to the most suitable location.
So far in the battle, the Iron Warriors' battlefield assessors still have not seen a situation that requires a Titan attack.
Lines of defense filled with anti-tank missiles, barbed wire and mines were breached one after another. This ancient defense was torn to pieces by bombing as if it was just a show.
The mixed troops walked through the charred soil and came to the very huge hemispherical creation in front of them.
Ten tyrant siege terminator teams walked in the armored vehicle cluster. As the vanguard of the formation, they all wore precious cavalry terminators. The difference was that they had carapace-type cyclone missile launchers installed on the tops of their heads.
The bombardment of artillery fire from both sides continued, and the corrupted mortals, the renegade planetary defense forces and the forcibly recruited servants were scattered with flesh and blood. There were almost no flaws in the fortress built with great devotion by the heirs of the Imperial Fist. Under the close observation of the Iron Warriors, they found a Main direction of attack.
It's not that there is a problem with the fortress, but that the combat quality of the governor's private army in charge of firing the cannon is really poor, and the cannon fire is always slow.
The feint attack of the mortals stopped, and the armored vehicle's on-board artillery released a large smoke screen. Due to the slow flight, the void shield could not stop it, and the smoke screen filled the front of the fortress.
"Captain, I can't see the enemy!"
"Fire, fire towards the bottom, the explosion shock wave of the shell can blow away the smoke screen."
Just like the messages brought by the mortal traitors with their blood, the defense forces in that direction responded very slowly. When they adjusted the muzzles to the appropriate position, the tornado missiles roared out of the smoke screen and tore apart the outside of the defensive wall. Armor, a precise missile even exploded on the muzzle, killing the mortals in the four surrounding gun groups.
The moving armored vehicle sent the bloody assault team of the Iron Warriors to the city wall. Just as they were about to plant the bomb, a gun barrel suddenly appeared under the wall.
"Melta gun! Avoid!"
This layout was borrowed from the AI city defense system in the post-Winker world. The melta gun successfully destroyed an enemy armored vehicle and burned it to ashes along with the enemy driver.
The Iron Warriors' assault team also lost one person, and the time bombs and grenades rolling down the city wall caused them a lot of casualties.
They need more covering fire that can penetrate the void shield.
More missiles flew into the battlefield and exploded in the barrage of close-in defense artillery. As time went by, the close-in defense artillery was overloaded and ammunition loading began to slow down. The success rate of missile bombardment became higher, and more and more anti-aircraft missiles were launched. The facilities and artillery were blown up, and the Iron Warriors once again organized a breakthrough.
Despite the resistance of the local defenders, the Iron Warriors successfully deployed melta bombs, blasting a large gap in one of the city walls.
The large "skitarii" of the Dark Mechanicus, a group of strange creations mixed with flesh and machinery, began to move out. The Iron Warriors were a little disgusted with this army (not created by my father) and refused to go with them. They entered first with the mortal assault troops. in this facility.
Now, the real battle has just begun.
Mortals hide behind bunkers and attack each other with fixed-point turrets. The enemy will not attack according to the designed path. They blow up the walls and tear apart the steel plates. Once the defense point is exposed, in the next few minutes, the walls on the inner flank will be destroyed. Many Iron Warriors appeared and used bolters and melta to remove this spot.
As the enemy advances, there are fewer and fewer roads to take. The deeper they went, the closer they got to the core of the void shield module, and they found that the surrounding walls were almost made of pure metal. They either spent a large amount of melta bombs to blast a way out, or they marched along the defensive channels set up by the enemy.
Hundreds of mortal warriors were killed, and the Red Torrent Chapter gave them instructions to retreat, but their commander said, "Retreating is our instinctive reaction, but moving forward is what burns my soul and my faith. Roaring, we shall die here for the Emperor."
They delayed it for ten minutes with their own lives. When the gun was extinguished, the Iron Warriors entered a hall. By passing through the hall, the void shield module could be destroyed. Here, no artillery fire, bombers, or orbital bombing by battleships would work. Only hand-to-hand combat would win. Be the king.
What greeted them were the anti-psionic warriors. The Emperor's angels had been waiting for a long time. Under the firm defense of all "fake and real", and after countless souls whimpered and dissipated, the Red Torrent's counterattack officially began.
The ones at the forefront are no longer the tyrant siege terminator team. Amidst the resistance of countless mortals, they discovered that even the Iron Cavalry Terminator could easily break through the defenses without taking action. The ones in the front were now the faster-moving Mark III power armor warriors.
A ten-man team rushed into the hall. The huge red armor made them think they had encountered the enemy's Terminator team, but upon closer inspection, their heads were blown to pieces.
The anti-psychic team has a siege power hammer in their left hand, an ion storm in their right hand, and direct-fire small missiles and heavy explosive bombs mounted on their chests and tops of their heads. Each one of them can be regarded as a small city-breaking armored vehicle.
Within a short period of time, the five Iron Warriors who rushed out of the hall first were killed. The remaining five hurriedly retreated, but this passage was straight. The red torrent warrior who appeared in the picture changed his position and walked to the front, firing fiercely at the fleeing enemy.
In the end, only two people escaped from here. They called more mortal assault troops to consume our ammunition and cause wear and tear to our armor. However, under the red nano-coating, there is an adamantine shell, which is not what a laser gun can do. penetrating.
The internal temperature control system is constantly working and dissipating heat. The soldiers can stay here for ten days and nights without eating or drinking.
The enemy's cavalry terminator began to advance, relying on its shield system to resist our bombs and ion storms, and began to shoot at us. The dense firelight made the adamantine armor look like brilliant fireworks in the sky.
The ten thousand-year-old veteran of the Iron Warriors shouted on the communication channel that explosive bombs cannot penetrate the enemy's armor, so what on earth is that?
Having never seen this type of armor, he decided to use melee weapons to resolve the battle. He waved his blade, and the enemy advanced instead of retreating, meeting him in the face.
The adamantine power sword you took slashed my armor, leaving only a few marks, and what we are equipped with is a city-breaking power hammer...
After continuously hitting the same position, the Terminator armor was penetrated. The ten thousand-year-old veteran thought that his heart was as solid as a rock in the test of countless fires, but now he felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar.
Death, he had never felt so helpless.
The flesh and blood were disappearing, the brains were scattered, and the decomposition of the power weapon easily took his life.
Subsequently, the hall was attacked by poison gas, biological missiles, continuous sprays of hot melt, and a large number of Iron Warriors. The anti-psionic warriors still stood here, tearing apart every incoming enemy.
And...there is no attrition, which is what makes the enemy most desperate.
Until the Iron Warriors used countless bombs to blast open the outside of the fortress, and used a Typhon heavy siege tank to shoot continuously inside. One of our soldiers was killed, the flesh of the other soldiers was shaken, and the Belisarius furnace was activated in an emergency. .
As Guilliman said, there is no shortage of heroic warriors in this world. While the enemy was loading shells, a heroic warrior stepped forward and stood at the front of the passage. The tank's secondary gun fired continuously, but not only did this warrior not He closed his adamantine eyelids and made no movements, always maintaining a standing posture.
Take a deep breath, the Emperor's blessing, take a deep breath!
When the huge cannonball was stuffed into the barrel, and he could clearly see the huge cannonball in the barrel that was thicker than his waist, the ion storm that had been protecting him suddenly lifted up. Die, traitor.