Chapter 5 Landing
“For the Emperor!”
The assembly ended with a neat oath. According to the assigned tasks, each company arrived at the lower deck and prepared to enter the landing bay.
The moment the Storm breaks through the enemy's shield, they will break away from the ship and fly towards the terrifying alien fortress, and face a bloody battle to the death.
“We’re going to beat them to the ground, right?”
In the communication channel, Axel's voice was still as loud as ever, and the tension before the war made his voice tremble slightly.
"Yes, we will kill them."
Soshiyan used a calm tone to calm the emotions of the team members. He is now the captain and needs to lead the nine team members to fight.
Perhaps this is too difficult and too glorious for a recruit, but no one in the Astral Knights has ever had an objection to this, because he is the best among the entire batch of recruits, even He is the best recruit of the entire Chapter in hundreds of years.
Calm, tough, charismatic, and big.
The former is a personal trait he has displayed in many operations, while the latter is a little weirder, because Space Marines are not dirty greenskins who can become leaders just by being big.
But Soshyan's physique is indeed different from ordinary people. He is a head taller than an ordinary Space Marine, so that his power armor must be slightly modified before he can wear it.
Some people call him "big guy", and a few people like to call him a more ridiculing name——
[Little Primarch]
But this It was an unacceptable title and was strictly prohibited by the Chapter Master.
In fact, Soshyan also hates others calling him that, because it is a word that is blessed and cursed at the same time.
The eighteen Primarchs created by the Emperor created eighteen great legions and also created the glorious Human Galactic Empire.
But it was also the Primarchs who led their respective legions to launch an unprecedented rebellion, almost destroying the entire human empire, and half of the Primarchs were responsible for the rebellion.
To this day, the poison of that rebellion still spreads in the veins of the Empire, even though ten thousand years have passed...
Sirens and whistles rang throughout the landing zone because of excessive use It looked messy and harsh, as the crew rushed through the corridors stained red by the emergency lights, with worn boots and feet wrapped in rags splashing with blood flowing from the ceiling, walls or unknown sources, serving as slaves to the Space Marines. Time wore away their fear, and they pushed each other and ran to their combat readiness posts.
The skinny servitor with the frontal lobe removed dragged his body into the engine and landing bay. The battle group servants rushed to the weapon turret with heavy steps, their strengthened arms covered with white powder ready to drag huge and heavy shells at any time.
The Storm's engine set has been pushed beyond its limit, and the surrounding bulkheads have vibrated. The ship's hull faces the approaching alien fortress amid metallic groans.
"Get ready to board the cabin."
Seeing a group of space warriors approaching, the mortal crew hurriedly made way for the giants in power armor, and the giants held hands tightly Bolter or chainsword, a burst of determination shot out from the deep black eyepiece on the helmet, and the activated armor buzzed, causing ripples in the blood accumulated on the deck.
The enemy's shelling has caused casualties, but there is no time to take care of the wounded. Everyone is busy at their respective posts.
Soshyan's company will be launched from this landing area. They will focus on attacking the core area of the world engine. In principle, they must concentrate when the tactics start.
But it was a completely unfamiliar battlefield, and the landing process was full of countless unknowns. No one was sure where they would end up, so everyone set a top-priority goal—— Kill any aliens you see.
"Soshyan, your team will use the No. 1 landing module and wait for my order before launching."
The company commander's voice suddenly inserted into the communication channel. Soshyan had not yet When Lai De asked urgently, the other party cut off the communication, and then each combat team began to enter their respective landing bays.
He felt very strange, because the landing module No. 1 was not an ordinary landing module. It was a very old Anverus-type landing module that joined the battle group with the Storm.
This kind of landing module was frequently used during the Great Expedition era. It could airdrop ten soldiers or a Dreadnought mecha at one time. It had very strong armor and could automatically lift off and recover after landing. It is now very rare. Usually only the elite veteran companies in the Chapter use it.
But Soshiyang quickly hid this doubt in his heart. Now is not the time to think about this.
Looking from the outside, the huge Tempest is gliding in the colorful void, and the twisted fragments of a frigate not far away scatter like raindrops, making her void shield flicker. The ancient battle barge cleverly maneuvered, turning sideways to dodge the incoming gauss cannon volleys from a distance, while beams of light as big as hive buildings whizzed past without causing any damage.
The appearance of the World Engine is difficult to describe in human language. Rather than talking about a spaceship, it is more like an active cemetery with a large number of towering obelisks. The main body, with its many geometric palaces and their spurned alien statues, is as big as an asteroid.
The Storm, traveling at high speed, burrowed towards the underside of the World Engine, and the firepower of light spears and kinetic weapons filled the vacuum between the two.
As the distance increased, the void shield of the battle barge began to withstand the enemy's firepower. Kaleidoscope-like light illuminated the surrounding twisted space, and layers of energy fields began to overload, surrounded by damaged weapons and armored debris. On the ship's hull, hundreds of crew members flowed into the void from the damaged deck, and turned into stiff corpses in an instant.
The Storm is still moving forward, relying on its flexible engines to successfully slide under the right side of the World Engine. She makes a perfect flip and releases clusters of shining spears of light towards the drive array of the World Engine. .
But just like what happened before, nothing could penetrate the thick layer of the stand. The world engine was still moving forward, and the power part continued to leak out a faint light green trail.
And the Storm is still flipping.
The moment it passed under the world engine with its inertia, the engine suddenly accelerated and crashed into the undefended belly of the alien fortress, locking the ship tightly.
At the moment when the void shield and the stand violently collided, the huge light spot shined in all directions like a small nova. The huge kinetic energy poured out even stopped the pace of the world engine, making it like a storm. It rocked like a small boat inside, but it remained indestructible.
The Storm began to disintegrate, its front half carrying numerous scars that penetrated the nearly invincible shield, and then sprayed out countless silver-gray fragments, like seeds sprinkled on the field.
"The combustion chamber started working."
The machine soul of the landing module confirmed the order and responded. Soshyan waited until the end to receive the order from the company commander. He was almost the last A batch of landing pods launched from the Storm.
After the unsettling tremors subsided, the teardrop-shaped landing module began to glide silently through the void, the roar of the rocket engines passing through the reinforced superstructure of the drop bay, through the personnel compartment, and through The hatch passed through the descent bracket and came to Soshyan's ears.
He is not sure what the fate of the Storm will be. This battle barge, which carries all the history of their chapter, is the most glorious, and was once their most precious possession.
"Turn on the rear camera."
His voice was so calm that he could hear the gentle echo of his own breath in his helmet, like that of his nine companions in power armor.
Once again, the machine spirit responded to him, and the rune screen installed on the front of the control bracket made a hissing sound, and then slowly opened.
Soshyan looked at everything inside, and the optical eyepieces constantly reflected certain data or uncertain estimates of speed and distance.
The extravehicular cameras were also started one after another, allowing him to see all directions Observing the twilight-like space and the situation of the enemy, as far as the eye can see, more than half of the void is occupied by the dazzling wake of the World Engine.
In the distance, the Storm was quietly disintegrating. The armor fragments were naturally peeled off from her body, exposing the internal structure to the cold void. The enemy's firepower continued to erode large holes in it.
They will probably never have a chance to recover the ship, and all the valuable equipment and personnel it carried will be lost.
"Front Camera"
Soshyan issued new instructions. Directly in front of the landing module was the World Engine - it was so huge, desolate, and flat, and the color looked like some kind of mineral.
Bang!
Suddenly, there was a loud noise outside the cabin, followed by strong shaking. It was obvious that they had been hit by something.
The picture on the screen began to become blurry, and Soshyan could vaguely see many exploding fires appearing on the desolate surface of the World Engine. It was obvious that his compatriots who had arrived before him had already started to take action. Of course, in mid-air Various green beams of light were still flying around as usual. If they were unlucky enough to be hit, they wouldn't be able to wait until they landed.
“Prepare for high-speed access and impact.”
Soshyan issued instructions to others through his helmet. He could hear the fixed frame and seat belts creaking as they were tightened. He also felt the vibration and shaking of the outside of the drop bay as it came into contact with the debris of the spacecraft.
By adjusting the camera, he could see the process of unfolding the outside of the landing module like an umbrella frame, but the operation of the bracket was not smooth. The strongest impact before had damaged some systems, which meant As a result, their landing will not be so smooth.
"Prepare for impact!"
(End of this chapter)