Chapter 1785 The Longest Day (1)
Standard Terra Calendar 965.M41
Endymion Star Cluster, Sixth War Zone, Kirab Galaxy, Drad Star< br>
Four months after the launch of the attack, the Red Pirates, who had been trying to ambush the main force of the White Templar, found that the opponent was not fooled at all, so that they wasted a lot of time. Instead, they waited for reinforcements from the Empire - Former En. Demion's guardians, the Mantis Warriors Chapter, and tens of millions of mortal soldiers.
After receiving support, Arash immediately started to launch counterattacks from several directions. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Red Pirates quickly gathered their forces and abandoned many of the worlds that had been invaded. However, because another main force of the Red Pirates was besieging Salamander, in order to prevent interference from the Sixth War Zone, Huron requires the combat troops here to find ways to temporarily hold back the Sixth War Zone's troops.
After quarreling and many meetings, the Red Pirates' squadron decided to choose the battlefield on the Drad planet, which was the first to invade, because it had basically been occupied, and only a small number of imperial troops were still holding on. After a little reorganization, it was a It's a fairly solid fortress, and there are many refugees on the planet who have jumped out of the hive, making it worthy for the empire to invest a large number of troops.
In order to unify the command, with the consent of Huron, the leader of the blood snake demon Ganmartin became the commander-in-chief of this defensive operation. However, he was not easy to mobilize the surrounding red pirate forces. After all, It is one thing to have authority, but it is another thing to listen or not, or how to listen. It is undoubtedly difficult for Ganmartin, an outsider, to command these unruly warlords, but at least they still respect Ganmartin's deployment. of.
When the imperial fleet moved forward in a mighty manner, the red pirate fleet had disappeared, but Arash did not dare to be careless. It was not a good thing that the enemy fleet could not be found. This would cause the imperial fleet to not dare to Staying in orbit for a long time, after all, they have little advantage over the Red Pirates in terms of naval power. Once the naval battle is lost, it may even lead to the collapse of the entire situation. As the commander of the battle, Arash already knows that he must be cautious and cautious.
Therefore, after the transport ship dropped the troops, it quickly followed the warships out of orbit. Only a small number of warships stayed in orbit to perform limited support tasks.
The initial landing was relatively smooth, and the Red Pirates did not obstruct it too much. When the Imperial reinforcements joined the remaining forces of the planet and began to march towards the hive and key areas, the Red Pirates began to continue in small groups. The Astra Militarum launches night attacks or surprise attacks when they are marching. Taking advantage of the powerful single combat power of the Space Marines, such attacks are often difficult to prevent and must pay a huge price to repel them.
This caused many troops to lose more than half of their troops before they even got close to the attack point. In order to preserve combat power for possible decisive battles or naval battles, Arash could not easily send out limited space warriors. He could only let those mortal troops use their available resources as much as possible. Some equipment is used against Chaos Space Marines, at least the current losses are acceptable.
After paying more than half a million casualties, the imperial troops gradually gathered near several major hives on the planet Drad. At this time, more than four million troops had landed on the planet, and they immediately attacked Attack on enemy occupied cities.
But the Blood Snake Monsters are indeed an anomaly among Chaos warbands. Their discipline far exceeds that of most Chaos forces, and when the Tyrant Legion soldiers trained by Huron cooperate with them, they complement each other even more. The battle starts from the very beginning. It fell into a bitter battle. The Red Corsairs had a large number of Space Marines, reinforced fortifications, and various Chaos Sorcerers, while the Empire had more powerful firepower, more powerful troops, and limited air superiority.
But the shortcomings are also obvious. There are not many Space Marines, and the proportion of recruits among the soldiers is too high.
After a short week of bloody battles, no city was liberated, and the casualties of the landing force were close to two million, especially among the newly recruited soldiers, the casualty ratio exceeded 70%, and even a certain number of Troops suffered battlefield rout and mutiny.
However, Arash could not do much. He was determined to invest more power and use sheer numbers and firepower to overwhelm his opponents. He even issued a death order prohibiting taking a step back. If this was not possible——
"Then crush them with corpses!"
The angry words echoed on the bridge of White Temple's flagship.
Subsequently, more than three million new troops were sent up from the rear. They will be dropped on the Drad planet, and Hayes and his regiment are among this second batch of supporting troops.
In the dim cabin, there were only a few lighting balls overhead in the narrow space of hundreds of people. The air was so turbid that it was almost suffocating. Everyone was either sitting on the ground or sitting on their bags. Most of them were There was silence, only a few whispers - in order to transport soldiers to the maximum extent, these transport ships did not have literal personnel cabins, and the cabins were divided to load soldiers.
Hayes was sitting against the corner, his head shaking back and forth, a little drowsy. They were stuffed into the cabin ten hours ago, and then the officer outside locked the cabin door. There were only three people in the cabin. The small toilet always smelled bad, which made Hayes miss the ship he took before. At least there was a bed for each of them on that ship.
Another thing that is strange is that they still don’t have a company commander. It is said that their company commander has already arrived on the battlefield first. I don’t know if it is true. Suddenly, the ship shook, and everyone in the cabin noticed it. Everyone raised their heads, with uneasiness on their faces. Hayes also suddenly woke up, because he had heard many comrades around him talk about those terrible shipwrecks, the kind of falling He didn't want to experience Void's death with all his blood squeezed out.
Then the hatch opened and the officers stood outside and blew their whistles.
“Gather!!!”
Hayes immediately jumped up, picked up his luggage, and followed the team out. The entire transport ship seemed to be boiling, with whistles, footsteps, and shouts resounding through every passage.
When Hayes followed the team down the long ramp, he couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.
Through the huge observation window of the transport ship, the distant planet seemed to be right in front of us, with several battleships hanging above it and firing lasers downwards.
“Take up your gun and shoot at the heretics! The Emperor is watching you!”
“Fight to the bitter end, to the death!”
"A moment of cowardice is an eternal betrayal!"
The political commissars held loudspeakers and shouted at the top of their lungs. Hayes followed the team step by step forward, and soon he saw the stacked boxes. , and what the people around the box are doing.
Finally the gun is fired!
"Take it."
The quartermaster handed Hayes a brand new laser rifle, and then two armed belts with magazines, bayonets and grenades hung on them.
Hayes held the laser gun which was quite heavy for him, looked left and right, and then smiled, as if he had received the best birthday present.
“What are you giggling about.”
Suddenly, he was hit on the back of his head. When he turned around, he saw it was Veteran Youzi Hasek - Veteran Youzi, a word he had only recently learned.
"You will cry once in a while, but this time we are really going to see blood."
(End of this chapter)