Chapter 1737 The Indomitable Iron Army (Part 1)
For the Cadian 356th Regiment, their task is quite heavy. If Aining has fallen, then they must limit the enemy to the city as much as possible. If If Aining is still supporting after a period of time, reinforcements from other parts of the planet will arrive one after another.
Everyone has a consensus. Although the Red Corsairs are coming fiercely, the three million Astra Militarum cannot be easily swallowed. After all, there are one million brave and fearless Cadian people among them.
Now they must drag and hold every stronghold, waiting for reinforcements from outside the planet to arrive.
Garland Salomon has made up his mind that the 356th Regiment will fight to the last drop of blood.
Fiery explosives continued to pass through the air above the head, and the bullets hit the surrounding ground. Commissar Gregor shouted hoarsely while trying to keep his head low, doing his best to encourage the Cadians to attack from their posts. Shooting at enemies while trying to keep himself alive, though his boots would occasionally sink into the mud, hampering his movement.
The enemy has launched several assaults on the fortress. Those heretical scum who tried to imitate the Astra Militarum were met head-on outside the fortress. Heavy bombs continued to chew the dirty ground, eliminating many who tried to cross the site. Tyrant soldiers, this fortress is a standard Cadian stronghold, all firepower is well protected and there are a large number of hidden firing ports. The enemy will be shot from the side no matter which direction they move.
The mud was already covered with red corpses, and the wails of the wounded could be faintly heard amidst the sound of gunfire.
The fortress is a tenacious behemoth of concrete and metal, a square with rough edges on top, lit by the light of various large-caliber weapons and weapons dotting the battlements.
Commissar Gregor went all the way to an inconspicuous command tower high on the fortress, and saw Garland Salomon, the commander of the 356th Regiment, who was adjusting firepower via radio.
"The enemy's offensive is very fierce, and the shelling has not stopped. I'm worried that the city has fallen, but I don't know when the latest reinforcements will arrive."
After seeing the political commissar, Jia, who was as strong as a beast, Lan Salomon voiced his concerns.
"The casualty rate has now reached 20%. What's worse is that I'm worried that the ammunition reserves will not support us in fighting until tomorrow or for a long time."
Suddenly, it is more realistic Worry replaced despair about the future as a wave of energy hit the fortress.
The two walked out of the bunker and looked up, seeing several red-painted Thunderhawks passing by in the sky. They had unloaded the power armor giants in the cabin in the distance and were now attacking the fortress. Air suppression.
The gunship unleashed a hail of heavy bolter shells and missiles onto the heads of the Cadian defenders, the exploding rounds slicing through the guard's pale green carapace as if it were paper.
The Cadian immediately tried to hide under cover and fight back with the weapons they had, but the laser guns had little effect on the flying beasts, but when the hidden Hydra anti-aircraft guns suddenly opened fire, the situation was It’s different.
I saw a Thunderhawk being caught in the violent metal storm, and then began to shake violently. One wing was directly cut off, and then one of the engines exploded directly, and then it fell to the ground and turned into ashes. In response to the huge fireball, the other thunderhawks immediately fled high into the sky like a flock of frightened birds, causing the Cadian people to burst into enthusiastic cheers.
However, their voices soon fell silent, because in the distant smoke, guarded by those towering giants, some behemoths slowly drove out. They look similar to the Predator tanks used by the Imperial Space Marines, but they are completely different. Over the countless years in the Warp, they only bear a slight resemblance to their former glory, but the armor has been destroyed by countless terrible weapons. Tainted by atrocities, they became vessels for horrific monsters born of pain and torture in the ether, but their weapons were more deadly than equivalent Imperial armor - weapons that were once common among Imperial armies, but due to various The reason was forgotten by the Mechanicus Priests, but remains in the heretical Dark Seers' sources.
There were five such terrifying war machines, and they were followed by a large number of walking tanks.
The so-called walking tanks are a type of light armored unit used by the Blood Pact Army in the Sabat Expedition in the past. They look like a lightweight version of the Desecrator Demon Engine, with three pairs of piston mechanical legs similar to spider legs. The small turret is equipped with twin laser cannons or heavy explosive bombs. The entire walking tank has only one driver, and this unlucky guy is usually fixed directly in the cockpit by various wires.
Although this kind of armor is very inferior and not strong, it is still a kind of armor. It is light and fast and can enter narrow battlefields like infantry. However, conventional anti-infantry firepower cannot penetrate the segmented armor. Armor, to destroy such a tank, at least one shoulder-fired anti-tank missile is needed, which perfectly complements the missing link between infantry and heavy tanks, similar to the Sentinel Mecha of the Astra Militarum.
“Kill!”
With the roar of the Chaos Space Marines, a large number of Tyrant soldiers held rifles and shouted blasphemous slogans. They formed a queue and began to move towards the fortress under the cover of armor. Launching the most deadly charge, he was ready to take it down in one go.
"Cadians! Cadians! If this place is destined to be our tomb, then let as many heretical bastards as possible be buried with us!"
The voice of Garland Salomon passed through The trumpet was transmitted to all parts of the fort, and he himself was already on the front line of defense.
In a short period of time, dozens of tons of cannonballs hit Qadian's fortress from a distance.
Almost immediately, all the Cadian counterattack firepower was released, including the previously hidden assault gun bunker.
Hidden war weapons were activated, and physical bullets began to fire at the heretic army. The bullets bounced off the armor of the Predator tank, barely scratching the paint on it, but those tyrant soldiers seemed to be The harvested wheat generally fell in pieces, and even those walking tanks erupted with sparks when hit and collapsed to the ground.
Aware of the threatening firepower within the fortress, a Predator came to a halt, the oversized energy coils of the massive weapon on the turret hissing.
The Predator's turret quickly spun and pointed toward an assault gun bunker as the coil began to glow with supernova-like intensity.
This Chaos Predator is called the Executioner. Its turret is equipped with a terrifying plasma destroyer, which can turn the heaviest tank or bunker into a puddle of molten slag.
Suddenly, a dazzling burst of light erupted from the nozzle in front of the Plasma Destroyer, and the ball of hot gas hissed across the battlefield and hit the center of the bunker's dome.
When charged plasma collided with the bunker, the solid structure instantly disappeared in boiling flames, turning the assault guns and soldiers inside into molten smears and melting the surrounding ground into something resembling obsidian. something.
(End of this chapter)