Chapter 177 165 The Eve of the Battle
Chapter 177 165. On the eve of the battle
After the battle with the cultists, the two forces met. The Astra Militarum watched the bloody battle of the angels kneeling on one knee and offering their loyalty.
The marshal quickly informed the company commander of the situation below, and the deputy company commander of the Imperial Fists also conveyed the news that the entire hive had now been completely occupied. Now they must retreat immediately. After a brief rest, they must immediately return to the wilderness and look for opportunities again.
Marcus, who had been hiding behind the crowd, looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar hometown in front of him, and hurriedly searched for his father in the vast sea of people. Fortunately, Erda was taking her to the headquarters from behind. Otherwise, finding someone in this situation would be even more difficult than in heaven.
When the governor saw Erda and his daughter approaching, the excitement in his heart could hardly be described in words. And he didn't care about the reunion of the father and daughter. He just walked to the Space Marine and said in a calm and serious tone.
"Dear Imperial Fist warriors, now is not the time to rest. I am here on behalf of the Grand Inquisitor of the Order of Foreigners and the Council of High Lords."
The deputy company commander sneered insignificantly after hearing this, but still stood up and said
"Salute to you, Inquisitor, Deputy Captain of the Seventh Company of the Imperial Fists, Hassan Kadish, leading 46 brothers to report to you.
Can I ask what arrangements the High Lords Council has for this place? "
Hassan looked at the inquisitor with that annoying scrutiny that was common among all the peers of his kind. This group of mad dogs left a lot of impressions on the Astartes, because no one in the eyes of these guys was loyal. Too many brothers and truly loyal people were killed for various strange reasons. Too many Many planets have been destroyed under their ridiculous words.
However, what these heroic soldiers don't know is that the evils done by the Inquisition are all necessary evils, because under people's naked eyes and normal reason, there are still too many inhuman things existing in this world. In order to slow down and prevent the spread and contamination of this terrible emotion, the best way the Tribunal thought of was to eliminate those people from body and soul.
Sounds stupid and cruel, right? But in the dark 40th millennium, this is all necessary.
Erda didn't pay attention to the other party, and sounded a little unhappy. She looked at the giant in front of her and said
"As early as half a month of Terra, this news was released by Grand Master Zhigao of the Inquisition. Later, the High Lords Council also began to request an expeditionary force to go here. The only news that can be revealed to you is to come to support The Minotaur Chapter."
"Why are these guys..."
After hearing this, Hassan secretly slandered him. If there is any Space Marine chapter that can make all the Astartes hate it with gnashing teeth and name a dozen, it is if there is anyone who can be hated and feared. , then there is only the Minotaur.
The Minotaur Chapter is mysterious and unpredictable, but the only two things that can be known are that they possess a large amount of rare and advanced equipment, and at the same time they carry out the orders of the High Lord almost completely and unconditionally. Those Astartes had followed the High Lord's orders more than once, killing their own limbs and executing large numbers of Astartes Chapters.
But in this case, their arrival is also good news. Although these guys are not very good in character, they are capable enough.
Just after they exchanged their information, Marshal Vinard came up and said in a voice that was so calm that he had no emotion at all.
"Two adults, we must continue to move forward. According to intelligence, the enemy has set up obstacles hundreds of kilometers away from us. According to the PDF, those aliens attacked their city in order to drive them away from that place. So. We can make a bold guess that there must be something.”
"And even without those things we still have to move because, through radar, enemy troops are moving rapidly towards us."
"You need radar, I can hear it, Marshal, get ready to go!"
Erda raised his head slightly and looked at the dark enemy troops gathering in the distance. They had to evacuate now.
However, their next journey will not be as easy as before. The Necrons have begun to pay attention to this army of millions of humans. A large amount of living metal and their structures are physically transported to the battlefield. , the Kriegs were forced to fight back.
Although the soldiers were extremely brave, the lagging gap in weapons still could not be made up by the courage of the soldiers. However, the Astra Militarum legion, which was familiar with war, immediately came up with a countermeasure:
When the Necron charge, Krieg will quickly blast away with Petrification, Lizard Cannons, and Heavy Mortars. During the interval between artillery fire, infantry and armored units would immediately move out to engage the enemy. These brave soldiers would use bayonets and engineer shovels to engage the formidable enemy in front of them when the enemy was close enough to themselves. This method of warfare is a very cruel meat grinder, but it is also very effective. After all, when facing living metal, the single molecular blade is indeed better than the infrared laser in certain situations.
But this delicate balance cannot last for long. Both Marshal Vinar, Erda and the Space Marines understand that the enemy's troops are still slowly recovering, and their soldiers are limited.
Although they now know the general direction of the enemy's main force, they still don't know where the enemy's high-value targets are. They can only resist now.
The brave Astartes tried to conduct a suicide squad-style reconnaissance, but the situation did not improve, because the Necrons relied on their own technology like witchcraft to quickly and easily find the tank-like Astartes. Then the only things that greeted these warriors were Gauss rays and antimatter bombs.
But after losing more than a dozen battle brothers, just when the Astartes were about to give up, a piece of news came. On the battlefield, the bronze-painted Storm Crow slowly landed with the gusts of strong winds. The dark red and bronze-painted spaceship already represented their identity, and the angry bull head painted on the side of the ship even more clearly indicated their identity. The force to which it belongs.
The Minotaur Chapter, also known as the Tauren, came here. Otherwise, despite all his unwillingness, Captain Sangha still followed everyone to greet them.
The tauren team wearing bronze Mark 8 power armor came up from the Storm Crow. The deputy captain of the Imperial Fists just wanted to go up and say some polite words, but the other party didn't even give him a chance to speak, and looked directly at the Wei in front of him. Marshal Nar said
“We are here to deliver maps and intelligence, Mr. Marshal.
Now the situation in the space battlefield is about to change. The troops of our Chapter have entered a chaotic battlefield. The situation in outer space is not optimistic now. "
The marshal was silent for a moment after hearing this and asked
"Can you explain in detail? Sir, this will be related to my next move."
The scouts cooperated very well and told everyone about the situation. The Imperial Navy and the Necron in outer space were currently at war, and the fleet of the Minotaur Chapter also came here to prepare for the battle. At the same time, what is surprising is that an alien fleet, the Protoss Fleet, also appeared here.
But this is not bad news, because when they appeared, the Necrons suddenly turned their guns and immediately poured out all the firepower on them, and the other party immediately engaged those iron ribs, and the pressure on the Empire was temporarily reduced. .
After learning the news, the marshal immediately understood that the enemy may no longer have space support in a short period of time, and now is the best time for them to attack.
Krieger wastes no time on offense.