Chapter 14

“Uh…”

“Although this processed picture doesn’t look bloody anymore, from the way these things are lying, I think I can easily imagine what your chess pieces did just now.”

“…Your chess pieces shouldn’t learn from the plot and go out with skins on, and adjust the sound or something?” Monthly fee (group 69493) 6135

“Unfortunately, based on the efficiency of Silence’s command of the skinners, I strongly suspect that they have already covered their skins on their bodies - Silence, how about cutting the angle? I want to see if your chess pieces really did something tricky.”

“No thanks, I don’t think this is anything to see.”

After locking onto Loserhallan’s ship and confirming that it was within range, Silence did not hesitate to send a large number of prepared skinner chess pieces into the cabin of the old ship using hyperdimensional displacement. And because of the nature of the skinners’ desire for flesh and blood, they almost semi-precisely emerged from all operators close to the ship.

"Kill all those with Chaos Stars on them, leaving no one alive."

After confirming that the crew members seen by the Skinners were wearing clothes with Chaos Stars or similar paintings, Silence issued the killing order without hesitation. The Skinners were also quite straightforward. In less than two hours, these things that should theoretically be "alien things" gave the Emperor's mercy to all the traitors - well, almost three minutes of which were wasted on hunting down Loserhallan. The new captain wet his pants as soon as he realized that there were more things on his ship, and then threw his men out to die one by one to buy time for himself. Because Silence's command of the Skinners was not very high, he actually succeeded for a while.

Unfortunately, you can't escape the fate of the first day. In the end, when Lotharran tried to escape from a room that was probably a bathroom using some smelly roads, he was blocked in the room by two ghost-like skinners. Knowing that he couldn't escape, Lotharran decisively tore off the Chaos Emblem on his body and tried to beg for mercy, but all his words were stuffed into the stomachs of the skinners.

"Okay, the most gorgeously dressed ones should be their leaders. There should be basically no traitors on this ship. Even if there are, they probably won't cause any trouble. I'll ask the skinners down there to search the large warehouses around to see what goods are in them--!!!! What are these things!"

Since he really didn't want the skinners to do too many tricks, Silence, who was standing next to the command desk, decisively switched the skinners' mission from killing to searching, and asked the skinners in the middle and lower areas of the ship to project everything they saw onto the Queen of Glory. As a result, the moment these skinners began to project three-dimensional images, the hammer guys were shocked by a large area of ​​'standing things' that filled the command desk in front of Silence.

"Chaos servitors, but so many???"

After looking up and down at these things, the egg playing with the oil man easily determined the identities of these 'people'. However, everything in front of him still made him sigh-Silence had shrunk the projection on his command desk and couldn't capture the edges of these servitors. He couldn't imagine how many of these things were stuffed in this ship!

"How many people did those Chaos bastards capture and transform? Wait, are there any elderly people and children among those transformed into servitors?"

"No need or no, there are some, I strongly suspect that they have already ransacked the hive world of this galaxy - I will immediately arrange my ribs to invade and count this ship, and try to invade the communication channel of the traitors to determine what they are going to do - Liang Feifan, get your bean sprouts moving and prepare some intelligence - Forget it, I don't need your bean sprouts. If there is any problem, I will directly call Gu to tell the Wolf Group and say that it is the information given by the bean sprouts - the news will be notified by you, Egg, to the Star Army first."

"No problem."

"It's OK here, you can call the Wolf Group brother at any time."

"Then I'll start working."

After getting the answers from the two hammer men, Silence immediately let his ghost ship approach the carrier that had been hijacked by himself for more than half, and let the high-level space undead units on board step into the ship. As the intelligence emerged, the hammer men frowned more and more.

"It's a bit of a big deal. Silence, how many ships can you still manage? It takes less than twelve hours from Balaton to Sosekhi according to the speed of this ship - maybe we still have ten hours left?"

"They set out separately, I can only chase them one by one - I will try my best to intercept as many as possible - Gu, Egg, notify the local imperial troops, Sosekhi will face a lot of cannon fodder from the sky."

Thirteen. The Sosekhi world in preparation

Sosekhi planet.

With the construction of the Imperial Fist, Iron Hand, and the Ultramarines who helped them, the fortifications on the Sosekhi world prospered at a very 'abnormal' speed. The crude fortifications that were originally just reinforced by combining the mine tunnels with the buildings built by the people who originally worked here were upgraded to various semi-permanent or permanent fortresses. The mine pits that had been mined were recycled one by one and became valuable rooms such as warehouses.

These are just one of the changes that the chess pieces have brought to Soseki's imperial troops. With the efforts of the Mechanicus chess pieces, some mining machinery and machines for primary smelting of ore have also resumed operation. Although what these devices can do is very limited, it has become possible to produce metal plates with acceptable performance and some ammunition that are not so demanding on the world of Soseki. At the same time, the Mechanicus will also recycle various types of ammunition. Parts and other parts have been used, and the vehicles of Cadia and Krieg have been overhauled. It can be said that all Soseki's combat machines are now in a state of mechanical joy, and they can't wait to put their Fury was poured out on the enemies of the Empire as the war came.

At present, the space launch center in Soseki, which is the most important in the world and where the imperial troops hope to counterattack into space in the future, has received treatment above and beyond anything else.

. All kinds of industrial machinery roared nearby, and all the best materials were allocated here first. The Mechanicus' chessmen worked around the clock to repair the transport ships placed in the hangar, transforming them into suitable ones, which can be sent to the imperial troops in the future. Something that travels to the universe. And, just in case, the most elite Astartes chessmen and the Commissar Sister's 51st Regiment have all been deployed here. Lord Mardiush personally led his most elite Cadian troops here. Patrolling here, Krieger deployed four regiments here, and Space Wolf warriors also set up sentries in hidden places nearby, day and night.

Therefore, when Gu informed all the imperial forces in the world of Soseki that there was important information that everyone needed to discuss together, within half an hour, Lord Mardiush and the Galli Wolf came to the space launch center. Although the construction has not yet been completed, it has become the hall of the general headquarters of the Imperial Allied Forces on Soseki - and at this moment, Lich, Egg, Liang Feifan, and the political commissar have all arrived first, Waiting for the arrival of the only two true Imperial people here...

"Sorry, I'm a little late."

Seeing that people with much higher status than him, including the Bishop of the Mechanicum, the Captain of the Imperial Fists, and the Captain of the Iron Hands, were already waiting here, the Lord of Mardiush first made the appropriate request. After a polite apology, I found my seat and sat down. The Gali Wolf hugged Gu, who had not yet sat down, and then sat down on his fur-covered seat.

"Is the information urgent?"

"Information from our temporary allies, the Eldar, the world of Balaton launched thirteen transport ships converted from industrial ships that transported raw ore from their orbital space station. They were filled with modified servitors. Their routes , toward Soseki.”

"Fenris swears - have they started taking action?"

"Yes, maybe our arrival has aroused their vigilance, and our temporary allies have also seen some clues on them through the waves of subspace - there are marks of blasphemy on them."

Gu pretended to put down the electronic board in his hand and looked around the room - as he expected, whether it was Lord Mardiush or the Galli Wolf, there was a hint of pure anger on their faces.

"Sure?"

"I don't think they will make fun of us in this regard - although I know that the Eldar are never trustworthy, but when it comes to those filthy things, the limit they can do is to let us help them' serve as human shields 'Rather than talk nonsense and make us feel guilty."

"Well...that's true. They really want to trick us. Not telling us this information is the best solution - how long have those ships set off?"

"Two hours and twenty-seven minutes - of course, this is a conclusion based on the intelligence of the Eldar."

"Then let's count it as four hours...The tricky thing is that we don't have the support of a high-altitude auspicious array now, and we can't even pinpoint exactly where those things will land!"

"Master Mardiush, this is actually not a problem. There are not many places worth occupying on Soseki. Our current defense force is more than enough. It would be more than enough if those aliens did not lie. That is... "Hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder will take a lot of time to kill with swords."

Galli Wolf, who had already analyzed the information in his mind, made a slight hand gesture to indicate that the matter was not that troublesome. However, the direction in which he looked out of the corner of his eye clearly hinted at this. Xiao Jiujiu in the heart of a wolf group man.

"The Adeptus Mechanicus will undertake all necessary ammunition supply and maintenance tasks until the end of the mission."

He probably understood what medicine the egg was selling in the gourd of the Space Wolf's Interstellar War. He stretched out his hand and calmly pointed out a series of data in front of him. After understanding the meaning of these data, a look appeared on the Gali Wolf's face. smiled.

"I have no doubts about preparations for war."

——————————Planet Balaton——————————————————

"The third ship."

While the imperial forces on Soseki were studying the battle plan, in the core building area of ​​the planet Balaton, the guy from the Dark Mechanicus who had become the leader of the world was sitting on his seat. With his highly modified face that could no longer recognize the original appearance of human beings, he stared at the data that kept popping up in front of him and that only he could see - about ten minutes ago, he got the third transport ship The news of the ship missing in space naturally aroused his vigilance, because according to his previous calculations, there is almost no possibility of these ships being lost in space based on what the imperial garrison on Soseki currently has on hand. But now?

They have lost three of them for no apparent reason! The kind that didn’t even send a message back!

"Those lackeys of the Corpse Emperor really have some trump cards lurking in space that we haven't noticed? If that's the case, they were already ambushing this galaxy before the subspace storm blew up?"

After repeatedly reviewing this matter, the leader of the Dark Mechanicus in the world of Balaton finally 'calculated' some of the most reliable 'possibility'. However, when deducing this possibility, he also expressed doubts about this possibility - if he wanted to intercept that

For some transport ships, the cheapest method that requires the smallest ship tonnage must be gang-hopping. However, if it is gang-hopping, the three ships should send back some information no matter what. And if there are other ways, such as macro-cannon salvos, to tear these ships into pieces in space...

There is no way a battleship of that class would not attract the attention of Balaton's orbiting auspicious array!

"...It's a difficult question."

In the end, he was really not sure whether the answer was correct. He stood up, walked to the communicator, raised his hand, and connected.

A message sent to Udal.

14. Final preparations before the war

Joy, joy.

Endless pleasure that makes people with a normal mind tremble from heart to soul and make them nauseous.

The Astartes who worshiped Slaanesh reveled, and the mortals who had succumbed to Slaanesh's power praised.

The leader of the Angel of Paradise warband, the Noise Warrior who has been fighting in the galaxy for countless hundreds of years, the gorgeous Karanshi, is lying on a seat made of human bones as a frame, human skin as a mask, and human flesh as a padding. Go up and hum a song leisurely. This space warrior who had already dedicated his body and mind to Slaanesh had his left hand around a girl who was wearing a beautiful dress, but her head had been pried open and her brain was filled with wine. He was gently playing with a girl with his right hand. The meridians of a man with one breath left made it emit a sound that could accompany his own singing. His feet were trapped in the soft corpse, and all he could see was gorgeous - supernatural, originating from the subspace. colorful.

"My lord, urgent communication from Balaton."

Just when Karanshi was addicted to various sensory stimulations and couldn't extricate himself, a voice that made him a little irritated dragged him back to the material world. Realizing that something was coming to him, the Noise Warrior impatiently pushed him The girl who used her left hand as a wine glass drank all the wine in her head, and at the same time tore off the meridians of the mortal who she used as a musical instrument. After "mercifully" giving him an extremely miserable death, Shi Shiran stood up and beat him. A big...yawn.

"Go on, wizard, I hope you can bring me some news that will entertain me."

"Three of the ships sent out by Balaton's cowards were missing - three were already missing on the way. This is the information they sent."

As a Slaanesh thing, the chief wizard of the Angel of Paradise, who had long been accustomed to the various states his leader showed when he reported, selectively ignored some of Karanshi's small movements, and used his hoarse and distorted voice to Message from Balaton delivered.

"——Give me the information——Ha! The fact that the Puppet Emperor’s dogs have at least one strike force in space is definitely true——Hehe, I’m worried that we won’t find enough prey? Isn’t that right? Are you here? Wizard, go gather the three and four teams and tell them that they have work to do - wait! I will send half of my team to them - and let them go to those guys in the universe - —Catch him! By the way! Your apprentice will follow!"

Although he had been doing some actions that seemed very blasphemous and obscene, the superhuman transformation of the Astartes and the blessing of Slaanesh were enough to make Calanz feel happy and think at the same time. Soon, he never came from Balaton Some tactical parameters were estimated from the intelligence and corresponding arrangements were made.

"Your will."

The chief wizard of the Angel of Paradise warband bowed slightly and saluted Karanshi, who was beginning to fall into confusion again. He strode out of this flesh and blood pleasure field. Now, he couldn't wait to see those who were still in space. The sight of wandering warriors falling into their hands and becoming their 'entertainment tools' - as for the possibility of their own side being defeated?

Please! Based on his understanding of the Corpse Emperor's servants, if the empire had this level of space force in the Morton Hess system, it would have to attack the space station in a small way, and attack the undefended one in a tepid manner. A transport ship that even transports very insignificant things?

Now maybe, no, he must have been suppressing Udal!

————————————Soseji Star——————————————————————

"Although it's shameful, since it is indeed impossible for us to send any of our combat units into the universe in a short period of time, at least for this battle, we can only rely on the intelligence provided by the Eldar aliens in space - "

In the war conference room, Gu was standing in front of a huge war map on the stage, holding something like a pointer and pointing at it, while the other imperial forces sitting under the stage were silent. Of course, the Hammermen were pretending to be silent, but Galli and Lord Mardiush really felt something called shame.

"Okay, everyone, there is no need to be so straight-faced and follow the emergency - you see, those Eldar aliens did not even use their customary sentences, but sent them to us in a way that is more in line with the Empire's style. Intelligence, this is enough to prove that they are still sincere. "

In fact, it was not from the Eldar at all but from two other more outrageous things - the Tyranids and the Necrons - about the trajectory and estimated arrival time of the transport ship that had not yet been destroyed. After drawing the important information of the class near the sphere representing the Soseki planet floating on the war map, Gu greeted the others and understood.

The political commissar sister immediately controlled the company commander of her Iron Hands and nodded slightly to Gu on the stage.

"According to my calculations, making good use of the intelligence provided by those aliens is enough to increase our winning rate by 32.33%, and reduce our personnel and material losses by at least 13.41%. Of course, the main premise of all this is , those aliens didn’t lie.”

"Brother Gali has analyzed it just now. There is no need or reason for those aliens to lie about this matter. At the same time, judging from the empire's records, when working with Eldar aliens, the most important time to pay attention is not during battle, but After they have achieved their goal - there is no doubt that they are still far from achieving what they want to achieve in the Morton Hess system."

The Raven Guard champion played by God's Chosen also spoke appropriately, further relaxing the atmosphere in the conference room. After seeing that the expressions of Gary and Lord Mardiush relaxed a little, Gu quickly hit the snake and followed him. On the stick.

"——The latest information sent by Liang is already here. Although this information lacks some of the accuracy common to the empire, we can roughly determine where those blasphemous things will be dropped in the world of Soseki. This pair It is very advantageous for us to arrange our defense forces-the first one to bear the brunt is our feet."

Gu pointed at the projection of the Soseki planet and enlarged the area. Seeing the familiar fortifications and terrain displayed on the war map, the Gali Wolf couldn't help but grin.

"If we have enough anti-aircraft firepower, we can even set them up like fireworks in the sky - and then what?"

"Then there is the large smelting plant currently controlled by the Mechanicus. Your Excellency, Bishop Egger, what do you mean about this area?"

Gu retracted the map, rotated it, and pulled out the second area.

"The Adeptus Mechanicus will be responsible."

Egg thought about the chess pieces in his hand, and after feeling that it was not stressful to deal with a large number of servitors, he chose to fight with a single faction first.

"Following that is the No. 3 mine that has not been fully mined yet—"

"Also, there is the medium-sized abandoned industrial town near Mine No. 1, which you previously regarded as the command center area."

"And...well, I unilaterally feel that there is no need to waste too many troops on it."

In a few clicks, after five areas with the highest probability of being attacked by profane servitors were presented to everyone in the conference room, Gu drew a line on the war map with his hand and fixed them.

"Everyone, this is all for now. Time is running out. We need to discuss an optimal combat plan as soon as possible, a plan that is enough to make all those blasphemous things burned by the emperor's anger."

After saying this, Gu walked off the stage, sat back in his seat, and began to write and draw. After almost ten seconds of silence, the Lord of Mardiush Castle One stood up and spoke.

"The Cadia Armored Regiment under my command..."

15. Transport ship, lowered

Cormac is a traitor, as much a traitor as Yumer.

However, unlike Yumer, who waited until the end and took sides, Cormac stood firmly with the traitors the moment he learned that the betrayal had begun due to a grudge against some bureaucrats at the space station he often visited. He also personally killed a loyal soldier of the Empire, and his actions earned him a gratifying reward from his new master - not only was he graciously allowed to continue to own his ship, but he also received some of his Cormac was so delighted that he knelt on the ground and licked the robe of the new master's emissary and swore a curse. Swearing that he would serve his new master until the end of his life - of course, Cormac didn't think there was anything wrong with this vow. After all, he had sworn a similar oath to the emperor a long time ago...

And now, the traitor is surprised to find that his oath seems to be coming true?

"The machine spirit is out of control! It is refusing our orders! For the sake of... our new master! Do whatever you want! Do whatever you want!!!"

Looking at the fact that his ship had been captured by Soseki's gravitational circle and was slowly falling irreversibly towards the surface of Soseki's planet, he felt that he was no longer able to control his ship. This traitor, who seemed to have seen his own end, was tall and strong, but extremely cowardly in his heart. He tried his best to fix himself on the captain's chair while howling in a voice that was so sharp that the warriors would probably hear it more than once. He yelled abuse and urged his subordinates to find a way to at least make the boat descend in a stable way to improve his chances of survival. However, his old friends could not help but tell him with trembling cries that there was nothing they could do. No good news came to him.

"It's no longer possible to control the engine manually? What about the backup engine? Where's our backup engine? Fire it up! It's an independent system, it should work!"

"——I just forced the engine room to explode. Guess what? Our spare engine has been dismantled! That place is filled with servitors! Moreover, the fuel display is false! I have confirmed it! Our Fuel is a one-way ticket!”

"Impossible! Obviously we only need

Just drop the transported things in space! impossible! There's no reason for this to happen! "

Hearing the words of the first mate telling him some horrific facts in the engine room in a voice that clearly broke his defense, Cormac's voice became increasingly miserable as he already understood the truth of certain things.

"...We are the victims, Captain, we are just to ensure that the ship can accurately reach the 'human navigator' over Soseki. When she reaches Soseki, she will no longer listen to us. The command————!”

Just as his deputy was desperately trying to tell the truth, a super strong shaking suddenly swept through the entire ship. The shaking was so powerful that it even broke the rivet between the captain's chair and the ground. Before falling to the ground like mud, Cormac heard a dull explosion from the earphones and a scream that was instantly covered up by the explosion. At the same time, he saw that the engine of his ship was normal. All green lights went out.

"No!!!!"

Wrapped up by the feeling of weightlessness, and understanding that this meant that his ship had lost all power and that his fate could not be reversed, Cormac finally let out the most piercing and emotional cry in his life as shit and urine flowed out. .

Immediately, with the sound of the transport ship crashing to the ground, Cormac's screams stopped abruptly.

————————————Dividing Line of Imperial Forces————————————————————

"Woo--Woo--"

The shrill sirens echoed across the empire's positions. Cadia's warriors held weapons in hand, crouched, and quickly walked through the trenches and ravines, heading to where they should go according to the predetermined battle plan. Behind the vertical and horizontal ravines, various artillery, missile vehicles, and vehicles with long-range firepower have been collectively prepared, with energy replenished and shells loaded - and simple high-speed vehicles are patrolling on the dangerous front line. The Cadian scouts immediately rushed to the crash area of ​​the transport ship and sent the information and pictures they captured back to the command room - thanks to the efforts of the Mechanicus' chess pieces, now the entire Sose The signal strength in key areas of the base satellite is exceptionally good.

"This fall deviation?"

Looking at the screen that crashed to the ground in an abnormal posture, and a large number of pictures of the ship that desecrated the servitors from all angles, and the coordinate spot representing the area where it is now, are pouring out, Mardi Lord Wushburg couldn't help but speak - according to the previous discussion in the combat conference room, everyone unanimously determined that when they did not have any means to control space, there was a high probability that these transport ships heading towards the world of Soseki would 'Smashing' the contents and even themselves into the area where they were to 'land' - therefore, the tactics they arranged revolved around defensive counterattacks and chaotic battles, and the Lord of Mardiush Castle He was even more prepared to realize that the soldiers under his command would suffer heavy losses. It is true that the combat effectiveness of the blasphemous servitors was just that, but once their numbers reached a large scale and entered the range of hand-to-hand combat, their threat would skyrocket.

But now?

Looking at the position of the fall, even the longest-range artillery they have can't touch it!

"The latest communication from Bishop Egger, the transport ship that crashed towards the large smelting plant crashed eighty-six kilometers outside our estimated radius. The Mechanicus has dispatched fast troops deployed nearby to conduct an early exploratory attack - Bishop Egger has confirmed that the engine part of the transport ship suffered devastating damage, which should be the source of its crash. "