Chapter 431 Black and Red, the Plan in the Shadows (XVI) Give Up

"Is this the Grey Knight?" Hoffman, the leader of the Sea Wolves, was on the orbital warship, exclaiming in amazement at the planet on the holographic projector, with dots of silver light flashing against the dark red background.

He did not know much about this Astartes, and the only knowledge he had came from the description of the head wolf Ragnar.

A war group that claimed to be built against the supernatural power of the warp was more like a beautiful bedtime story in his eyes, but at this moment, he intuitively felt the battlefield value of the Grey Knights through the powerful scanning array on the strike cruiser.

Stability, this is the first impression that the Grey Knights left on the Space Wolves.

Those silver spots of light were visibly enlarged, diffused, and faded, and finally covered the land of Ballog like a thin film of light.

The orbital communication that was originally disturbed by the noise of the warp was reconnected with the ground again, and the battlefield communication that was previously chaotic in Hoffman's ears also resumed normal communication with the ground.

The demonic tides of the Warp were calmed by the psychic choirs, and then more thoroughly suppressed by the Legion's will with a huge and cold Gestalt.

The fanaticism that countless fallen people relied on was broken, and reason returned to the brains of the crowd, accompanied by the fear of death.

The huge crowds of people like tsunamis began to conflict with each other, and the endless offensive that was like an ant colony collapsed and could not be sustained.

The demons who lost the power of the Warp were like big fish that were intercepted in mid-air after jumping out of the sea. After losing the blessing of supernatural power, they were captured by the physical rules of the real universe again.

They struggled and jumped, but unlike before, they would bleed now and they could die now.

This is the first role of the Grey Knights. They used their own expulsion of supernatural power to bring the scope of war back into the familiar field of the imperial soldiers.

Sharpness is the second characteristic displayed by the Grey Knights.

The Grey Knights, who were over 2.9 meters tall, attracted the attention of all the participating Astartes the moment they appeared on the scene.

In the following battle, their targeting of demons surprised them even more.

It was not surprising that every Grey Knight was a psychic and a demonologist, just like every Black Templar was a xenographer, which was the quality of a special force like them.

But what the Rune Priests could not understand was that their psychic laws had almost no cooling time after the Legion's will was added.

The psychic lightning that was covered with protective spells and then shot at the demons like water really overturned the three views of the Rune Priests.

Forget about every Grey Knight, but every Natural Psychic above level β? This is a bit outrageous...

Guardian...

Break the Spell...

Destruction, and even extremely rare joint spellcasting.

These Grey Knights, who were either in pairs or wandering alone on the battlefield, were not only extremely strong in terms of quality, but also often able to cooperate across space in their seemingly lonely combat environment.

Although they are far apart on the battlefield, any demon cannot use numbers to gain an advantage in battle when encountering them.

They often have to be on guard against possible teleportation attacks from behind after being hit by a saturated baptism of laws head-on.

They have even seen a lone Grey Knight who, when encountering a single powerful demon, received assistance from his comrades several kilometers away, and then in the next second, several Grey Knights appeared out of thin air and besieged the demon to death...

The mobility of the battlefield is completely reversed here. Compared with them, I really don’t know who is the subspace creature...

And their weapons are also very targeted. The enemies that can only be eliminated by hitting the vital points of the chainsaw sword and bolt gun are often easily killed in groups under the attack of the azure stand weapons.

Whether it is a demon with obvious resistance to physical killing or a fallen person endowed with extraordinary vitality, they cannot withstand the fatal blow from the weapon of the Vengeance Valkyrie.

So in the eyes of the commanders, whenever these Grey Knights appear on a new battlefield, they can immediately create a scene of mowing the grass and scaring away the demons.

"This is the Grey Knight." On the bridge of the Hrafinkel, Ragnar, the head wolf, said with both sighs and lamentations.

Even though he knew about the existence of this force, when these Chaos enemies, the last legacy left by the Emperor to the Empire, composed of the best of all mankind, really appeared, he still couldn't help but sigh with relief.

"Clean up the remaining enemies and leave the front battlefield. You only have one hour, as soon as possible."

Galvin's voice sounded on the Hrafinkel through the transmission of the Unremitting Crusade. After being reminded, Ragnar, the head wolf, withdrew from his emotions and then conveyed his orders to the front-line sea wolves through the chain of command.

This was an extremely heavy decision, because he knew that there must be uncontaminated people here.

This was also the first time he took the initiative to give up a world, because the enemy's footsteps were getting closer and closer, and he no longer had time to deal with a deeply corrupted world.

He couldn't even sit back and watch their existence, because their existence and death were fertile soil for the growth of the enemy's power and the source of pollution that spread to more worlds.

The astropath had brought a warning from the capital of the Janmorro Sector:

Sporadic pollution incidents occurred near the capital, and Padilla, Hess, and the Shadow Galaxy leading to Ultramar, which were far away on the other side of the star zone, had lost contact several hours ago.

The situation was already very critical, and Calvin had to make a choice.

He could either continue to waste time on this planet that was worthless, or take precious living forces to protect more important places.

Did he have any choice? No.

So he could only condemn his incompetence in his heart, and then made up his mind to give the several planetary worlds in this galaxy the final relief.

"Don't fight anymore?" Marsh, who was holding a chainsaw sword in both hands and was pulled by his comrades behind him, asked blankly.

"Don't fight anymore, the mission has been completed, and the wolf leader is calling us." The strange comrade patted his shoulder, then raised his foot and walked down from the hill of corpses.

Looking at the quiet plain in front of him, Marsh finally relaxed.

He felt the stinging pain in his eyes belatedly, and it was the blood of the enemy dripping from his eyebrows.

He tried to put down the weapon in his hand, but his hands, which had waved thousands of times, were already stiff, and he couldn't even open his hands to throw away the weapon.

Wiping his eyebrows with the back of his hand, Marsh pulled his feet out of the pile of corpses.

The pharmacist was searching among the corpses in the trenches. In addition to taking away the bodies of his comrades, every survivor of the defense army was also on the list of rescue.

The defense forces that were not affected in the rear also received orders. They were checking everything they could take away under the leadership of their superiors, and then evacuated to the helipad on the top of the mountain, holding the nameplates of their fallen comrades.

Two wild wolves from other teams walked to the high point of the position. Behind the heavy bolter operating position, only half of the old father Helm closed his eyes and fell into a deep coma.

But fortunately, he survived, and survival means hope.

Even if his injuries could not be treated and he was left with the fate of being placed in a dreadnought mecha, this was still acceptable to Marsh.

Because if Daddy died, then this team with only Marsh left would have no meaning to exist.

Marsh, who became a "lone wolf", could only live alone from his young wolf to the time before he grew teeth before completing the "Vow of Vengeance".

That was almost equivalent to death, because looking back at the thousands of years of Fenris's history, there were only a few people who could become "lone wolves" in the Blood Claw era and complete the "Vow of Vengeance" and be accepted by the wolf pack again.

All of these people were born heroes with legendary colors, and all of them had rough fates that made people cry.

Is Marsh such a hero? He didn't know, but he knew that he didn't want to be such a hero.

The group of silver-gray knights were also resting, and in the process of resting, they still held halberds and swords in their hands, looking for any remaining threats in the trenches.

The roar of the psychic bolt gun and the killing sound of the revenge Valkyrie sounded from time to time in their direction, and many of them were the wounded who had just been rescued by the pharmacists.

Although not everyone can accept their fate, they have obviously become accustomed to and accepted the existence of the Grey Knights.

So on the battlefield full of gunpowder, everyone performed their duties in silence.

Those who need to be checked should be checked, those who need to be transported should be transported, those who need to be treated should be treated, and those who need to be executed should be executed.

There is no doubt or speculation, because when the battle begins, the coldest sword comes from the betrayal behind;

There is no sympathy or sadness, because the war still makes them know that being able to survive is the gift of the Emperor.

War is the best catalyst. A fierce war allows people here to cross the barriers and learn to trust these giants made of steel;

War is of course the best lubricant. When people here already know the meaning of the Grey Knights' existence, they naturally understand what they should do and what they can do when they appear silently next to the stretchers of their comrades.

That should not be a judgment, it is actually a kind of salvation...

Dots of flying vehicles are rising from the ground of Baerlog. They are a fleet of transport boats and storm eagles, which are recycling the troops and equipment of the Space Wolves to the warships.

Some scattered settlements that sent out distress signals were also found by Astartes from other chapters. They were placed next to the defense forces fighting alongside the Wild Wolves, and after being screened by the Grey Knights, they left on transport boats.

When the flight decks of all warships were closed and there was no more distress signal on the land of Balelog, many warships under the Inquisition had already arrived above the target equator.

Calvin stood on the bridge of the Unremitting Crusade, looking down at the land of Balelog, and with the most painful heart, he issued his final judgment to the starry sky:

"In the name of... the great human empire, in the name of... the sacred emperor!

I... Calvin, the Supreme Lord Inquisitor of the Imperial Court, hereby announce the decision to give up to the following worlds with great pain on behalf of us incompetent people..."

The huge whirlwind torpedo was released from the open deck, and was captured by the gravity of the planet the moment it left the battleship. The warhead, which meant destruction, began to adjust its posture spontaneously, and headed towards the third continent of Balelog with its mission.

Similar excommunications were also performed on the other four worlds. The extermination order for the entire Ballog system was officially executed, signed by the Supreme Lord Inquisitor Calvin himself.

In the fleet of the Human Empire, all crew members stopped what they were doing, and the original body's self-reproaching declaration was played in the corridors of all battleships.

A metal warhead weighing more than a hundred tons fell from the outside of the atmosphere, and accelerated faster and faster under the acceleration of gravity. The highly frictional atmosphere ignited red fire on the surface of the alloy metal, and the potential energy curve marked on the holographic projector increased all the way. After finally becoming a shocking number, it penetrated directly through the weakest point of the third continent's geological plate, all the way to the center of the earth...

Rumble...

The slight tremor turned violent in a short period of time. The molten flow from the center of the earth was splashing wantonly under the cracked earth. The terrifying kinetic energy was transmitted upward from the deepest part of the earth. The towering honeycomb city collapsed in the smoke and dust in the sky. , sink, and eventually disappear.

All traces of human civilization on the surface were cleared at once. The atmosphere of the entire planet was escaping outwards against the background of the failure of the gravitational field. The water vapor that was evaporated from the ocean flowed between the galaxies after cooling into spherical icebergs. The planet was red and hot. The blood was rewashed throughout the planet in the violent plate oscillations...

A planet that human civilization has managed for tens of thousands of years has fallen, and a precious world that could have nurtured life has become desolate.

Calvin watched here silently for a long time and then issued an order for the assembled Imperial fleet to move towards the Palpatine system next door.

The prelude of darkness has already sounded, so the real enemy must be about to appear.

And since the opponent has set the battlefield here, Calvin, as an invitee, needs a rear that is as solid as possible to face the next challenge.

The losses of the Space Wolves have been sorted out, and three companies of Astartes and the assault ships they were on were left behind in the starry sky forever;

The Tribunal's losses were equally heavy. In addition to the battle losses of the entire company of Emperor's Spears, a company of Dark Hunters only had more than 60 available troops.

Fortunately, there is still a large company of the wolf Ragnar. They joined the battlefield at the last moment before the subspace storm started. Although this force was hastily mobilized, it still had the size of nearly five full companies.

Originating from five battle groups including the Space Wolves, Black Templars, Exorcists, Dark Hunters, and Blood Ravens, there are nearly 3,500 Astartes warriors in total, which is the entire strength of the Empire in the Janmorro Sector. (The Space Wolves increased their troops twice. After the first increase, the entire Hoffmann Seawolf Company was dispatched, with a total of 1,500 men but losses of more than 300. The second increase came from the Fenris Champion of the Alpha Wolf Ragnar. company, but due to the rush of mobilization, most of the troops who were executing the plan were not recalled in time. Therefore, at this time, Ragnar only brought his direct subordinates and 500 of his Wolf Guards to the battlefield, not counting the Spear of the Emperor. There were indeed survivors of their warships during the post-war search, but in order to protect the recovered gene-seed, the few remaining Imperial Spear squadrons were no longer able to accept combat missions.)

This is undoubtedly a powerful force capable of sweeping the star region, but there are cracks within it that are difficult to bridge.

Calvin could not expect them to go from being blood enemies who had just met each other at swordsmanship on the last battlefield to becoming close comrades fighting side by side and guarding against foreign enemies on the next battlefield.

This is neither rational nor realistic.

He could only talk to all the commanders separately to make them understand the situation the empire was facing here, and at the same time, try to prevent both parties from appearing in the same mission at the same time.

Fortunately, the commanders did not resist Calvin. This was due to his special status and the performance of the Gray Knights on the battlefield.

They all expressed enough support for Calvin, so after a basic consensus was reached, a meeting prepared to prepare for the invasion of Chaos was finally held.

Calvin's thinking is very clear:

The enemy is in darkness and we are in the clear, and the Gian Morro sector has been confirmed to be isolated from the Empire.

Then the most important thing now is to retain the existing power and occupy key locations within the star area.

So the remaining 100 Sons of Galvan were sent out again, and they were sent into groups of two to join the small squads of these Chapters.

The remaining forces of the Inquisition in the James Sector were also mobilized. This was Lisetta's greatest cooperation with Calvin as a person to be punished.

With the help of local Inquisition officials, these 50 tactical teams, including Gray Knights (2 Gray Knights + 5 Astartes, 350 people in total), will attack Jan Morro as quickly as possible. The capital is the center and sweeps outward.

Calvin would lead his main force back to Gianmorro, sort out the personnel and administrative resources there, and wait for the enemy to appear.

renew. How many chapters are you owed? It’s been four chapters...wuwuwuwu...