Chapter 1052 Steel Storm
A huge steel beast crashed out of the smoke screen and appeared in Colonel Acat's sight.
It was once active on the battlefields of the Great Crusade, crushing countless enemies.
It was also a major veteran in the Horus Heresy, playing its own role in that tragic war.
It has a very loud name——
Sparta.
The design of the Spartan Assault Tank was developed based on the famous Land Raider. The original purpose of designing the Spartan Assault Tank was to cross the Ring of Death on Mars. The standard Land Raider at the time The Raiders were unable to transport Terminators, and the Death Circle's plasma defenses were so powerful that even with the use of Spartan Assault Tanks, only a handful of Terminators could be expected to survive the battle.
The original Spartan Assault Tank was equipped with the standard Land Raider armament of two twin laser cannons, but also had a heavy bolter and heavy flamethrower mounted on the turret. This design became widespread after the Horus Heresy but disappeared after the standard Land Raider was designed to transport Terminators.
As a large ground vehicle, the Spartan can transport 25 Space Marines wearing power armor or 10 warriors wearing Terminator armor at a time. Apart from the Gorgon armored personnel carriers and Milk Teeth, the Spartan is the only The largest dedicated transport vehicle outside of a tank, and despite its increased size, it is still significantly faster than other Land Raider variants due to the mysteries inherent in its power system.
Currently Spartan Assault Tanks are mainly found in Chapters with many Terminator troops, such as the Tauren Chapter, while Chaos Space Marines still use Spartan Assault Tanks that date back to the Great Crusade, Most of these ancient vehicles belonged to the renegade Founding Group.
When the Brotherhood of Steel split from the Legion, they looted a Spartan assault tank named "Steady Will."
Now, it appears on the battlefield of Pai Mao Star.
In front of Colonel Acat's eyes, the front part of the Spartan was opened by the piston, and then he saw something moving inside, flickering dimly in the flames.
For a moment, Colonel Acat wondered if there was something wrong with the tank, but the burning figure rushed out of the Spartan.
There are ten in total, ten nightmares made of ceramite and man-made fiber. Warhammers, battleaxes and power claws emit lightning in their hands. Curved armor plates bulge on their shoulders. Like a pile of muscles made of iron plates.
At first Colonel Acat just stared at them. His eyes were locked on the flashing eyes on their metal faces. He felt that his mouth was moving silently, saying something he had heard. Words that I have been there but now realize I never really understood.
Terminator——
Suddenly, an energy beam passed through the gradually shrinking gap. Colonel Acat didn't have time to close his eyes. The outline of an armored figure appeared in his retinas. Shine on.
The turret's laser cannon fired again and again.
“I feel like I killed one.”
The gunner gasped, and Colonel Acat forced himself to open his eyes, then shook his head.
"No, I'm afraid not."
The struck Terminator just shook in place, with a few dark ablation marks on its body, and then continued to sprint.
Chimera’s firepower is indeed not good enough!
At this time, the Terminators were already forty meters away, firing as they advanced, the ground beneath their feet churning with their steps.
Colonel Acat's field of vision was filled with explosions and muzzle flashes. The infantrymen tried to stop them, but were mercilessly trampled to the ground and trampled into a puddle. Their targets were not ordinary soldiers at all. They were coming for Colonel Acate. of!
"Back off, back off!"
At the urging of Colonel Acat, the driver jerked the control stick back, and the Chimera's tracks screamed and paused for a second. It struggled and began to roll faster, leading them back.
The Terminators moved on, and now Colonel Acat could see the polished skulls on their chests and the shell casings that had fallen from their multi-barrel bolters.
The gunner fired another shot, but the beam dispersed.
When a bomb flew overhead, Colonel Acatt wisely retracted into the cabin and closed the hatch.
Suddenly, the driver braked the left track, and the Chimera slid and rotated under the drive of the right track. Then the driver pushed the joysticks on both sides, and the vehicle began to rush forward.
Back in the cabin, Colonel Acat could only use the periscope to observe the outside.
The enemy is no longer visible. In front of him is rubble and ruins. All vehicles are retreating, and explosions are heard from time to time outside. Suddenly, the gunner left his seat and scurried toward the rear viewing slit.
"Where are they?"
"I can't see them."
Colonel Acat turned in his seat and instinctively looked back.
When he turned back, he happened to see a parapet, and they were about to hit it.
The Chimera rushed away from the broken stones, slid up, and then rushed down again. Colonel Acat fell forward involuntarily.
For a moment, everything was silent except for his own breathing.
Then he realized they had stopped.
He reached for the microphone and said at the same time:
"Who can see——"
Bang!
Suddenly, a collision sound sounded inside the Chimera like a gong breaking, and then the top armor bent inward, and everyone could hear the sound of the armor rubbing against each other.
The gunner huddled into a ball behind his seat, the driver was also at a loss, and looking at the depression above, Colonel Acat thought of the lightning attached to the Terminator weapon.
He never imagined that a Terminator would jump on top of the Chimera!
With the hiss of oiled joints and servo, the iron giant stood up straight. Normally it would be difficult for a Terminator wearing such a bulky body to make a jump, but this one wearing iron armor The creature is not human - he is a Space Marine, and the armor that envelops his flesh is crafted to survive the fires of war and the coldness of the void.
With the help of a gentle slope and a sprint, he directly crossed a height and distance of several meters!
This Terminator wields a huge war hammer, the head of which glows blue in the air.
The Iron Warrior first looked down for a second, looking at the Chimera's armor plate with his electronic green eyes, and then raised his war hammer.
At the first blow, a heavy sound sounded, the whole vehicle trembled, and the outer armor broke first.
Soon, he raised the hammer again.
This time, there is a high probability that the armor will be broken open directly, and then the fragile flesh and blood wrapped inside will feel the taste of steel.
This is what the Iron Warrior thought, but before his war hammer could fall, everything was in vain.
咻————~
A plasma stream half as thick as a man suddenly struck, hitting the Terminator from the side and knocking him off the car.
He was twisting randomly as he fell. The armor maintained its original shape for a moment before dissolving. Then the fine porcelain exploded due to heat. In his armored cage, the flesh and blood of the Iron Warrior turned into smoke. with steam.
“Huh?”
Colonel Acat, who had already taken out a grenade and prepared to fight, found that there was no movement, so he boldly opened the hatch and leaned out.
He saw the Terminator that was still burning, and also saw the thing that saved them -
A Sikaran battle tank that was approaching rapidly, with the twin swords on it The emblem glowed in smoke and flames.
The Astral Knights are coming!
The largest armored battle in the Battle of Pai Ming Star is about to begin!
(End of this chapter)