Chapter 1841 Sartosha Counterattack
At least in Dietrich's strategic vision, although the Empire now has some advantages, as long as his armored iron fist is still there, the Imperial people will taste the worst pain of failure.
“All the crews are ready, sir.”
Vsevolod, the sergeant of the company’s No. 1 Strike Team, came to him and interrupted him to inspect his car. During the process, the warrior's voice was very excited, and Dietrich did not need to take his eyes away from the majestic shape of Tyrant's Hammer to feel his subordinates' desire for slaughter.
Vsevolod was one of the few commanders in his company to have sworn the oath of Khorne, and although he did not repaint his power armor in the Blood God's favored colors, over six In centuries of carnage, he had never cleaned the surface of the ceramic, and his armor was now covered in a thick layer of black, dried blood.
Generally speaking, Dietrich disliked the idea of unstable Khorne disciples joining his company and piloting his precious iron chariots.
But Vsevolod is an exception. Although he desires to kill, he is able to restrain himself and turn the blood god's fury into brave tactical skills.
"The machine requires further inspection before slaughtering begins."
"It is complete, Khorne demands skulls."
"Khorne always demands skulls. ”
Dietrich said calmly:
“And He will get them soon.”
He turned around and looked around. There were 6 strike teams totaling 15 heavy-duty vehicles of various types. The engines have been started, and they roar with the color of life. Most of the engines have been modified to adapt to the power of Chaos. Skulls are strung on the huge trophy racks, and living sacrifices to the dark gods are tied with chains. On the turret and hood.
Dietrich asked his servant to put on a command backpack composed of cables, data cables, uplink plugs and servo skulls, and then boarded his command vehicle.
“Everyone and every vehicle crew must strictly implement these next combat plans! I don’t want to see any self-assertion and self-righteousness!”
Soon, the combat plan was transmitted to each vehicle through data.
This is actually a counterattack plan that Dietrich and Lord Sartosha worked out for a long time. At the beginning of the attack, they will concentrate their efforts on the No. 3 giant substation in the Zhongchao and the Nyus transportation hub. After launching an attack, the troops garrisoned there learned from reconnaissance that there were only two local regiments newly recruited from the Maelstrom, with weak combat effectiveness. At the same time, the terrain in the area was relatively flat and broad, suitable for armored forces to advance.
After breaking through this area, the Red Pirates will divide into two groups. One group will be composed of mortals, mainly to attack the two large arsenals and material warehouses at the front of the attacking force. The other group will be the main force, responsible for attacking the adjacent areas. General headquarters of the Cadian Battle Group.
Although the Imperial Army broke through the Middle Nest, there are still many residents hiding in the ruins of the Middle Nest. They are transmitting information to the Red Pirates all the time, so the Red Pirates are basically relatively cautious about the deployment of the Imperial Army. Clearly, they imagined that once the command post of the Cadian Battle Group was taken away, the Cadian Legion would fall into chaos. At that time, if they attacked from the front, they would have the opportunity to severely damage this spearhead force, plus the front line. With the supply warehouse destroyed, the Empire's subsequent offensive is likely to be slowed down.
As long as time is delayed, everything will not come to an end yet. As long as Badab's Honso launches an attack, everything will be fine.
To sum up, what they mean is to try to knock off one finger of the empire's attack first, wait for the empire to loosen its hand in pain, and then find a way to knock off the other finger. For this plan, Lord Sartosa not only invited the 4th Super Heavy Armor Company, but also took out all the Daemon Engines and mixed them with 500 Chaos Space Marines and hundreds of thousands of pirate servants to form a Sartosa Counterattack Group. The attack will be launched in the direction facing the Cadian people. Nearly 1,000 Chaos Space Marines and tens of thousands of the most elite pirate gangs will use various vehicles to form an assault group to assist the 4th Super Heavy Armor Company in opening a breakthrough. .
It can be said that this operation basically used all the remaining main force of the Red Pirates in Sartosha. The rest are basically militiamen and slaves who are of little use. Of course, there are a few Chaos wizards will also assist in the battle. They will use these lives to perform various rituals, interfere with the empire's communications, create the rust storm unique to the hive, and summon a small number of demons - in fact, if they are not too low-level, The red pirate lords had already asked them to summon demons on a large scale.
In the face of the crisis of death, the red pirates became much more efficient and took action immediately after the plan was finalized.
When the attack goes smoothly, the empire is basically not prepared for the Red Pirates' counterattack. When concentrating the main force in several directions, only some second-line troops are placed at some key nodes. Take precautions.
Therefore, when the roaring super-heavy armor rushed into the Neuse transportation hub and its surrounding areas in assault formation, the two defending regiments were completely unprepared, and the weapons and few vehicles they had on hand were completely unable to threaten these coming from a group. Thousands of years ago, the ancient engine, and the suicidal anti-armor team was intercepted by the Chaos Space Marines who followed the armor. The Tyrant's Hammer destroyed fourteen Chimeras and five Leman Russ tanks in the battle.
In the end, the two garrisoned regiments were completely defeated and withdrew from the key position. At this time, it was only thirty minutes before the Red Pirate armored force launched its attack.
After stepping over the corpses and positions of the defenders, the fourth heavy armored company of the Red Pirates immediately turned west and headed straight for the headquarters of the Cadian battle group.
Almost at the same time as the breakthrough, the Red Pirates' frontal counterattack also began. A large number of twisted demon engines appeared in front of the Cadian battle line, catching the Cadian people who had just finished their attack by surprise.
However, with superb military literacy, the Cadian troops on the front line quickly stabilized their position, and at the same time, troops were gradually transferred from the rear to support the front line.
The counterattack report from the Red Pirates was quickly conveyed upwards, but the frontline troops still did not understand the scale of the Red Pirates counterattack, and still believed it was a desperate struggle. Even the commanders of the Cadian battle group still had some debates about whether to report the matter. Some generals can solve these "little troubles" by themselves.
But when the gap in the defense line was exposed and the news that the enemy's heavy armored troops were overtaking them at an extremely fast speed finally came, the Cadian generals were dumbfounded.
The Red Pirates are actually still in the super-heavy armored force!
At this time, the fourth super-heavy armored company of the Red Pirates was less than 60 kilometers away from the headquarters of the Cadian Battle Group, and even the intimidating bombardment of the Tyrant's Hammer's powerful main gun had begun at the headquarters. There was a tremor all around. In this case, the Cadian generals could only hurriedly mobilize their troops to stop and quickly transfer their headquarters.
The only one who could arrive in time to stop the enemy was the "Steel Lords" of Dean's 1652nd Armored Regiment.
However, just when the 1652nd Armored Regiment was urgently mobilized, the Kadian generals who were organizing the evacuation in a panic received another piece of good news.
A nearby Krieg 98 siege regiment happened to be in the process of moving. After receiving the battle warning, it quickly contacted the Cadian battle group and applied to go with the Cadian 1652 Armored Regiment to intercept the rampaging The fourth super-heavy armor company of the Red Corsairs and the assault group behind it.
At the same time, the Tianshi Chapter received the signal of the Red Pirates' counterattack and immediately became alert. Chapter leader Raif immediately rode the Thunder Eagle from orbit to the nest capital, intending to lead the team to the battlefield in person.
(End of this chapter)