Chapter 210 Settling the Hive City
Seeking cover is a magic phrase, at least within the Imperial Guard. As long as this phrase appears, people will frantically hide from the things around them, but only the most experienced and seasoned soldiers can survive.
A bunker is not something that blocks your body's vision, but a real treasure that can help you survive. In the last few decades of the 40th millennium of this dark universe, this sentence appears more and more frequently among Imperial soldiers. High.
The cultists' shots can penetrate the thin Chimera armored vehicles, as can the Imperial Guard's explosive beams. After only a few moments of intense firefight, the well-trained warriors stood on the high ground, while the Letlings fired one after another in an orderly manner. Using energy clips, Catachan, Skadi, the coordinated ensemble of various weapons is reassuring.
Perhaps people living in war can only fall asleep listening to such sounds. Of course, the lead singer of such songs is still the screams and wails of the traitors.
The deflagration beam at this distance is still very lethal. The core selling point of the beam weapon is that it is far more stable than ordinary weapons, whether it is the firearm itself or the projectiles fired.
Their exchange of fire at such a distance was better than those of flintlock guns, and with the assistance of Lemanus's roaring cannon, the few garrisoned legions here were torn apart almost instantly, but after the war, the hive city The gates were destroyed and the city was bombarded by Imperial engines because it was considered a hideout for heretics.
Amidst the ruins, the citizens of the empire are crying. Children, adults, and the losses caused by the Imperial Guard are no different to those caused by the traitors. There is no essential difference.
The empire's troops did not exist for them, but for the survival of mankind. The fundamental problem led to the current tragedy. What's more, judging from the extreme character of the empire, those people were already heretics who bowed to the cultists.
If there is truly sin in this world, it is probably because they are too weak to protect their own lives. Although Alan Bayer will never like Social Darwin, in this dark universe, the strong will always survive.
It can even be said that if this was the fortress world of Valhalla, if it was the death world of Catachan, or even any other famous place, their fate would not be like this.
The evil of the empire was born from this. Tens of millions of people celebrated the New Year, and tens of billions of mortals downplayed their personal gains, losses, and tragedies to the point where they were almost forgotten.
"Go forward, continue to move forward, occupy the planetary governor's palace, the armored vehicles continue to move, Lemanus and the Baneblade move forward along the streets, don't hesitate." Alan Bair shouted as if he wanted to forget those kindnesses. , the war engines of the Empire marched on over ruins and corpses, just as they had done countless times.
The cold still exists, and the temperature inside the hive city is also minus ten degrees, but it is considered warm compared to the previous madness. With the flickering promethium lamps and the fearful residents, the Empire's fine iron used firearms to spray residential areas in order to prevent sneak attacks.
What is right and what is wrong, victory in the war is right, the streets are wet with blood, and those civilians, who could become PDFs in the empire, can now take up arms and kill people anytime and anywhere.
This is also why the Astartes have a bad attitude towards civilians. To be precise, all imperial troops despise the lives of civilians. They are there to protect human beings, not individuals.
In this tragic age of dark space, Space Marines must be wary of lunatics restraining melta bombs, not to mention the Imperial Guard.
They were not the Astartes of the Salamanders Chapter, they did not have a Primarch father and they did not have an iron will, a strong sense of discernment and a body or armor that could withstand fire.
"Continue suppressing fire, move forward, alternate, stay vigilant."
The Imperial Guard is a neat war machine, marching forward with death and killing. They are not kind people. There are quite a few scum and mortals among them, with varying levels of skill. Although the Skadi Sole Regiment and Valhalla The 597th Regiment are all solid professional soldiers, but they do not have the obligation or ability to protect civilians on strange alien planets.
When they arrived at their destination, the Imperial Guard used auspicious instruments to detect the presence of the enemy in advance. The city here was almost a road plowed by flames and gunpowder, leading directly to the place where the cultists were most protected. Alan Bair used his telescope Looking at the castle, that beautiful manor-like place is located in the best, warmest area of the hive.
The Planetary Governor certainly didn't live here, but he needed to work, and the fact that it was tightly packed with cultists confirmed that the Imperial Guard was in the wrong place.
This hive city is far from being as grand and intricate as those like Necromonad. It even has only one floor, and at most one more foundation. Compared to those cities that stretch constantly and are as big as the continent, it is not on the same level. .
But this is the political capital in the strict sense. The elites of the empire once gathered here, and now, the imperial officials and planetary nobles who are still alive must be traitors, there is no doubt.
"Strict Imperial Guard style trenches, forts, towers, sandbags and personnel. Some people surrendered. There is no doubt that there are at least two bases with three times the number of us, close to ten thousand." According to the platoon, the company Julien, an experienced Imperial Guard, was quick to analyze the size and scope of his former compatriots.
Surrounding the black governor's palace, in the area that was deliberately set aside for construction, there are standard Imperial Guard trenches, as well as individual weapons provided by the Adeptus Mechanicus, a small number of servitors and priests, and even a few parked Lemanus. .
"It's a replica of the Imperial Guard." The Letling kid said.
"It's the Imperial Guard, those traitors," Sergeant Catachan replied.
Alan Beyer said. "Interesting, the enemies here are not even fully equipped with the Mechanicus equipment. They obviously look more well-trained. In other words, the foundation of this group of people is not pure, and the Black Mechanicus does not recognize them."
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"And those disheveled cultists who blocked the door for us have a lot of Mechanicus weapons."
The chief of staff realized there was something strange about this. "That is to say, the forging world is using weapons distribution to interfere with the outside of other planets. There is even a way..."
Alan Beyer replied. "There is a feeling of being the boss. These three worlds may have had such a triangular relationship. They are the only three imperial worlds within thousands of light years in this star field."
"The corruption started in the forging world. In other words, the traitors have already existed. These three worlds probably contributed a lot to the invasion of the red pirates."
"The Cult Mechanicus is inherently prone to breeding heresies. After the forge world was called to action, the armed forces united the three main worlds in this star field and blocked the loyalists in the Pangia sub-sector who could retreat."
Catachan gripped his carbine. "Heresy..."
The Letling boy couldn't help but show a sad expression. To be honest, this incident was a bit too shocking, but judging from the abnormal situation in this world, the enemies of the empire had planned it for a long time.
Alan Beyer just said. "We are in the wrong place. If we had known this, we should have attacked the Forge World with all our strength. It would not be a problem to capture other areas."
"What should we do?" asked the Letling boy.
"If you make a mistake, go to war. Start a war with the enemies of the empire. If you want to pacify this world, go to the Forge World and support the Partorian Guards!" Alan Bair said without hesitation.
"Aim at that heretic school-level commander, boy Letling." He pointed out the officer who was smoking due to stress outside the command bunker. This was a rare opportunity to confuse the opposing defense forces.
"Okay, boss." Even though the distance was very far and there were many obstacles, the officer was sure that no one could hit him without triggering the alarm, so he was so relaxed.
The name of the Letlings is indeed popular in the empire, but everyone's concept of them is that stealing and cooking are greater than sniping, but these three abilities, sniping are the core of this group of demi-humans being accepted by the empire.
"Manticore array, aim at Lemanus and the bunker in the area, allocate the location, number of shots, ammunition status, and strive for precise strikes to destroy the enemy's strength within two rounds." The Sun Lord was like an imperial armored regiment commander. Use your own rights.
After those Imperial missile vehicles were accurately targeted, the Imperial Guard received a very high priority.
"The 597th Regiment of Valhalla, Skadi's first and only regiment, is ready to charge and win. Under covering fire, kill the enemy."
All long-distance support has been arranged, and the Imperial Guard is ready to go.
Things became easy at this moment. What kind of strict positional warfare was simply a trick for the elite of the Imperial Guard.
"Fire!"
The explosive beam smashed the officer's head, causing blood, death, despair, chaos, mainly chaos. The command point was in chaos. The school level was basically the highest level on the planet, not to mention that they couldn't face large-scale invasions every day.
The level of the expeditionary force and the garrison legion are vastly different, in terms of equipment and consciousness. Although they can definitely kill troops like PDF, they are still not enough in the eyes of the elite Imperial Guard.
In an instant, their order was disrupted, death, chaos, missiles falling in flames, the emperor's anger smashing the traitorous Lemanus machines and bunkers, and then the Skadis, Valhallans, and countless people attacked forward.
"Hurry up, for the empire!" The staff shouted with the roar of explosive bombs, and several Chimeras and Lemanus charged forward.
But there are still people who take up arms in the chaos, especially the damn traitors in the heavy equipment team. The anti-armor missiles are enough to penetrate Lemanus' armor, and the Chimera armored vehicles are even more urgent.
"The enemy is using heavy anti-armor equipment!" the chief of staff shouted, Alan Beyer picked up the weapon, bang bang, the loader and shooter fell instantly.
"Keep moving forward!" Projectiles and fragments continued to spatter. Thanks to Lemanus's resistance and cover, while the infantry cleared heavy anti-armor and vehicles covered the infantry, the advanced infantry-tank coordination tactics allowed the Skadis to There is no doubt about moving forward.
When the Emperor's Baneblade crashes into the enemy's defenses, the screams and the enemy's defeat are irreversible.
"Go to hell!" The power weapons faced each other tit for tat. The Sun Lord, Alan Bair, instantly cut open the traitor's body. After all, compared to the True Essence, the mortal body was nothing, and for him, this matter was even more familiar.
But he didn't notice that a Heretic Lemanus, which was barely surviving from the gunfire, poked its head out. The giant muzzle seemed to be able to fire, but there was just a problem with the track.
Its black muzzle was aimed at the Commander of the Imperial Guard, and unless the Emperor returned, there was no way ordinary mortals could survive the attack.
"Get away!" The sergeant yelled at this moment. He raised the melt. This ancient technology developed to cut through armor was now spraying hot energy.
It was a powerful fiery lady, instantly scorching the buzzing Imperial engine turret, and the traitor inside became a roast.
"Thank you, sergeant." Alan Bayer said with lingering fear. After all, being spotted by a tank's main gun is not a good feeling.
The sergeant nodded, and the Imperial Guard completely occupied the outside of the trench and continued to advance inside with armored vehicles, making it unstoppable.
And you can't count on the willpower or morale of those people. Soon they will collapse and run outside, and then be eliminated one by one by the Skadi soldiers.
People who have no will and don't know why they are fighting are not reliable, and fate does not seem to favor such a loser.
The entire war only took a few minutes. It was extremely fast and almost unstoppable. The Emperor's anger was nothing more than that. When the Imperial Guard entered the command point, the high-ranking traitors inside had already shot themselves to death with their own bolt pistols, and their entire heads were covered with bullets. Fried to a pulp.
"It's an advantage for them!" the boy Leitlin scolded.
"Hurry up and capture the Governor. He is also the core of the traitor. We can use him to get out the intelligence!" Alan Bair realized, but at this moment the Governor had already loaded up his floating vehicle and fled forward. He needed the star port, this The world is still his, and his last right is to order the numb civilians to sacrifice their lives for him.
That fat-bellied, stupid imperial noble may have had intelligent ancestors who worked hard for the empire, and may have been a hero of the Imperial Guard, but now he is just a maggot.
That fat, fat, messy mess of clothes and disgusting equipment, this giant worm squirming and wiping out the efforts of the Imperial Guard.
"We can't let him run away!" Alan Bayer said, but he was not sure and couldn't shoot. His intelligence was more valuable than his life.
"Go to the starport, be faster than him, block the streets, speed up!" Alan Bair got on the Chimera armored vehicle. This is the fastest engine of the Imperial Guard, but it is still difficult to say that it can catch up with one in the complicated hive city. Flying vehicle.
But he still stepped on the accelerator and tried his best, otherwise all his efforts would be ineffective.
Even though he can knock that thing down with one shot, the empire needs to clarify the situation, and this life and death race begins... (End of Chapter)