Chapter 1014: Attacking the City
Although Talos's idea is tempting in a sense, Soshyan cannot accept it.
“No, doing this will break the bottom line of many soldiers, not to mention that we are still fighting Chaos and there are many local garrisons and omen militia on the front line. If they know that their families are being killed by the Empire in the rear, Massacre is likely to lead to rebellion and defection, then our defense line will be in danger."
"It seems you have made a decision."
Soshiyang sighed.
"Talos, take a few people from the 11th Company to investigate over the Red Sand Mountains. If there are Chaos forces active, suppress them on the spot and promote the policy that the Empire will never cleanse them."
" Okay, I’ll arrange for Bahram to go with Sabrin.”
“Speaking of Bahram, I haven’t communicated with him about the gray marrow yet. He must be confused recently, right?” br>
"Don't worry, he is a thoughtful but very loyal person. You made the right choice."
"Ha, it's rare to see you praising someone."
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The two talked for a while, and then Soshyan summoned the commanders of the battle group, communicated with Randall, and mobilized some defense areas. In the end, he decided to lead only two companies and some combat robots to the discovered area. Hidden rally point.
Fifth day after Soshyan made his deployment and decision-
“Chapter Master, be careful.”
When he stepped out of the Thunderhawk’s open assault ramp A strong gust of wind ruffled his cloak as he stared at the rebuilt fortress.
Much of the Traitor Keep is already rubble and slag, the defenses leveled as if systematically destroyed.
Plasma warheads rained down, miniature suns blooming over the razed remains of the fortress. Despite the damage to its surface, it was likely that most of the enemy was hiding underground. The bombing destroyed the anti-aircraft guns and turrets, but as always, the attack on this Removing remains remains a difficult task.
Then he jumped off the Thunder Eagle and fell the last fifty meters.
When he landed, the glassy debris in the sand pit cracked under his feet, and the Thunderhawk also landed on the ground. The jet wake dispersed the gray fog, and Soshyan's face and hair were covered with a layer of fog. Light gray.
A breeze blows from the direction of the sea, bringing the smell of salty sea water.
The strange thing is that the smell of sea water mixed with the smell of burnt meat is unexpectedly not unpleasant.
Then he looked up and saw the clouds burned away by a furious barrage of orbiting light spears and plasma, leaving behind a sky filled with sunlight.
Under the indigo sky, he could see the silhouette of the Stormraven gunship.
Looking up, you can see all around you the airborne war machines, the plasma trails cutting through the sky, and the wake emitted by the jet engines when braking.
He chose to use noon as the moment of revenge, unlike at dawn or dusk, letting the bright sunshine illuminate the sword from the sky.
"Entrance on the left!"
Captain Maximilian of the Astral Knights, who was at the forefront, roared and gestured to his Terminator team.
“Up to the Melta!”
The forts below the fortress were well built and withstood the most ferocious orbital attacks.
However, several meters of the ground have been stripped away, revealing curved reinforced concrete tunnels and metal support structures, where the warriors gathered in one of the areas that opened to the outside.
A team of Terminators carries multi-melta, a bulky weapon with short range but devastating power.
Under the order of the company commander, they opened fire on the exposed tunnel. The combined blast of high-energy radiation turned the reinforced concrete into steam, leaving a large round hole about three meters in diameter.
Just as Maximilian was about to jump into the channel, Soshyan came wearing a Terminator.
“Captain One!”
Mark turned around as Soshyan came to him and drew his sword.
"Chapter Commander." There was a tremor in his voice, maybe out of excitement, but maybe also because he was worried that Soshyan had changed his mind.
But Soshyan's subsequent actions reassured him, and he waved the company to continue moving forward.
"Destroy the stubborn enemy."
On the other side of the battlefield, when Talos strode across a pile of rubble turned from the melted inner wall, bombs continued to erupt from him. Passing by.
Then, the heavier scream of the automatic cannon interrupted the din of explosive bombs. This fire came from a crack in a bunker a hundred meters ahead. Because it was in a groove, this bunker It had survived the shells and was just one of several fortifications protecting the fort, which itself was built over a mine shaft.
Soshyan led the first company to clear the underground passages of the main castle, while Talos led part of the eleventh and second companies to clear the remaining above-ground buildings.
So far, it's been an easy job.
But as the air fire stopped, the defensive fire became more ferocious. The shells exploded on the ground, and the roar echoed in the air.
Ustad was observing the stronghold from a corner next to a Land Raider track, the black paint of the heavy personnel carrier's frontal armor scratched and bruised by direct hits and scattered shrapnel impacts, The surrounding ground was pockmarked by mortar craters.
“How cunning.”
Ustad grunted, then grabbed the laser turret on the side of the Land Raider's body and climbed onto the roof. The Space Marine who was manipulating the heavy bolter at the top turned around in surprise.
“Don’t look at me, aim at the enemy, and fire!”
Under Ustad’s watch, three Landers fired at the nearest fortifications at the same time, but a half-formed Walls of blue light blocked the attack, laser beams and shells hitting uselessly just meters away from the defenses.
“Do you know how many people are inside?”
“According to the scan data, we can only see a few dozen at most. These people are enough to control the stronghold. If we can’t suppress the target, even more It may take days or weeks to force them out."
With his thumb, Ustad motioned for the gunner in the battery to rise from his position, descend into the Land Raider, go directly to the communications station, and switch the transmitter to the fire support channel.
"Storm Crow detachment, I need a fire corridor, one kilometer wide and two kilometers long, the coordinates have been transmitted."
"Received, Storm Crow detachment will execute immediately."
Turning off the communicator, he stepped out of the car and opened the assault ramp.
As it lowered, he walked to the ground that was repeatedly crushed by tracks and ravaged by artillery shells. The enemy's counterattack fire struck a few hundred meters to his left, where there was a line of defenses tearing apart. Before the earth-shattering explosion came, the enemy troops hiding inside and outside the fortress took the opportunity to open fire, spitting out tongues of fire.
"Hey!"
Suddenly, the ground trembled, and a Sikaran battle tank arrived next to Ustad. Its tracks were covered with gravel and mud scraped from the ground, and the exhaust The mouth is steaming like a dragon's stomach.
Then its main gun fired a ripple of fire at a nearby bunker, slicing the reinforced concrete with ruby-colored beams.
A hatch on the side of the thick armor plate opened, and Technical Sergeant Rogris came out.
“Brother, it seems you are blocked.”
"You came at the right time."
"The Chapter Master ordered a precise orbital bombardment to have your men retreat first."
"Understood."
< br>Ustad said, stepped onto the huge tank, and then began to issue orders to the soldiers.
“Everyone, retreat first!!”
(End of this chapter)