Chapter 1021 The Great Purge
After Sablin and the others officially launched an attack on the cult stronghold, those mortals died in hundreds and thousands, and every organization that tried to resist was hunted and slaughtered mercilessly.
Although they killed the cult's leadership immediately, they underestimated the number of cultists around them.
Every time one is killed, more will take its place.
Although Sabourin mobilized the few guards and security officers in the camp, their role was almost ineffective. Facing the cultists who began to riot gradually out of control, they could only block a few streets in vain.
The only order Sablin gave them was to seal off the entire area and prevent anyone from escaping.
The atmosphere in the refugee camp has become very tense, like a powder keg. He has determined to suppress this chaos sect as quickly as possible, and this task can only be carried out by five soldiers of the 11th Company. .
The speed of their actions is almost crazy. Once a group of cultists is eliminated, a new target will be determined.
And the targets are not limited to cultists. In fact, no one who drinks the contaminated water in this area will survive.
Strictly speaking, everyone in the designated area must die!
"The enemy is not our opponent at all, brothers."
Li Lin said with a smile on the communication channel:
"If there are any Imperial Guards here, then these tasks should be handed over to them. It's really overkill to deal with this group of enemies whose weapons and skills are seriously inferior."
"The regular troops are on the front line, we are the only ones here, stop talking"
Through the messy garbage pile. , small orange dots are faintly visible in the distant flames.
Sabourin sent a signal to the Space Marines under his command, and the four warriors instantly disappeared into the predawn darkness, scattering to surround their unknown enemy.
"Sablin, I still don't understand."
Li Lin was still complaining. He squatted down and was completely immersed in the shadow of the shack.
"Why did the company commander send us here? We can obviously kill stronger and more heretics on the front line, those traitors of the Black Legion."
"The situation on the front line will not change for a while. It will change, but the people behind the front have begun to dedicate themselves to the God of Darkness, which will threaten the battle ahead. This alone proves that this mission is very important."
"Okay, then why didn't Bahram come?"
"He coordinated with those mortal bureaucrats to appease matters. I am not good at this kind of thing. He can only do it. We are only responsible for killing. , but this matter cannot be solved by killing alone. The mortals here are frightened. Those who have not yet surrendered to Chaos may mistakenly think that we want to purge them because of the rumors. This is also not allowed to happen."
< "If they are really frightened, they won't have any extra thoughts. Have you forgotten what the company commander said, fear is the best weapon. I think the mortals here are not afraid enough. Maybe we should do something - ”
Sablin looked ready to answer his old friend when a series of clicks came over the communicator, telling him that the team was in position.
With his bolter in hand, he emerged from the sticky darkness and shouted:
"Right now!"
In an instant, a burst of bombs shocked the believers. Nearly five hundred believers chose to hide in a looted store, which was the strongest building nearby.
But this so-called solidity is vulnerable to real violence.
The figures in armor rushed out of the darkness, and the violent blooming of muzzle flares heralded bloody killings.
Sabrin took aim with his bolt pistol and fired shot after shot in single shot mode. Six men fell one after another, their screams infiltrating the cacophony of gunfire and death. The cry of complaint.
Everyone was screaming.
The strong beams of weapons emitted illuminated the pained faces, and other warriors also used their own weapons to fire at the madmen who had betrayed the Emperor. Many of them were ordinary farmers and citizens not long ago.
But there is no such thing as innocence in this galaxy. Li Lin laughed and fired repeatedly with his heavy bolters, destroying what he believed to be the demon's followers, though few of them were armed.
Cultists, because of the way they spread, tend to live in family units, so these Emperors are the ones who fight against renegade Space Marines, Greenskins, Tyranids and countless other horrors from across the stars. The Imperial Angels also tore women and children apart with equal force, as if they were the greatest threat the Empire had ever faced.
Ruthless, but necessary.
After about a minute, Sabourin stopped firing, his weapon hanging limply at his side.
"Ceasefire."
Except for Li Lin, none of the battle brothers heard his order clearly.
“I said ceasefire!”
After Sabourin raised his tone, the weapons of the warriors stopped in unison, hanging casually on the sides of their users.
Then Sabourin took off his helmet, disgust etched on his stern, pale face.
The hideout has been turned into a slaughterhouse, where men, women, children, entire families are slaughtered, their bodies broken like roasted meat on skewers.
The others also took off their helmets, and their faces were like Sabourin's bright mirror.
The loss of innocent life is regrettable, but often inevitable, part of any operation involving the Imperium, especially the Astartes.
The outbreak of war raises many unsettling decisions about who lives and who dies, and Space Marines will often willingly sacrifice civilians and less capable Imperial personnel if it serves a tactical purpose or gains some advantage over the enemy.
But facing the massacre caused by his own hands, Sablin was still a little——
unhappy.
"It's all solved."
Li Lin walked over and bumped Sablin's shoulder. The other party sighed softly and put on his helmet again.
"Mark this place and let people clean it up later. Their souls will be judged no matter what, but at least let their bodies have a destination."
"You are starting to be sentimental again."< br>
At this moment, Sablin's communicator suddenly rang, and unexpected news came from it.
"What? Fire?"
Sablin quickly rushed out of the store with his team, only to see that the sky about a kilometer away had been dyed blood red by the flames.
As the fires raged, strong winds blew through the dense, flammable camp, causing the fires to spread quickly, engulfing not only trees and bushes, but also the settlements within.
The panicked people trapped on the road to hell abandoned their camps in a hurry, sacrificing their homes and property to save their lives.
But what they saw was not salvation, but bullets.
The Guards faithfully carried out Sablin's orders and never allowed anyone to leave the blockade.
With the help of strong winds, one side of the huge refugee camp quickly burned into a sea of flames. Since most people did not know that the Astartes were performing tasks, many people regarded this fire as a signal. .
The news quickly spread at an alarming speed, and soon it turned out that tens of thousands of people died in the fire, and tens of thousands died from the blades and bolts of the Space Marines——
Many people were convinced that the Empire The great purge has begun!
(End of this chapter)