Chapter 1846 Capture of Sartosa
Five hundred meters away, the gunner of the "Ovik's Hammer" has locked onto a shooting Chaos Terminator. From the appearance, it looks like a steel biped. A beast, with two long fangs extending forward from the helmet, and the assault cannon in its hand pointed at the Leman Russ tank.
They are armored enough to withstand direct hits from most infantry heavy weapons, making them a difficult target for infantry and Chimeras.
Even the Astartes need to be cautious against these powerful individual armors.
But the armor-piercing projectiles of Leman Russ Victorious are enough to tear through the front armor of the Dog Titan under extreme circumstances. The only problem lies in the hit.
However, Ovik was very clever and kept the victors from firing. Therefore, although the Red Pirate's terminator was trying hard to keep moving and firing, it was still unprepared for the cannon aimed at itself.
Then, the roar of the victor's cannon sounded again. Just as a terminator was about to move, the entire upper body was directly wiped out. At this time, the "Cadian Pride" also hit another terminator who had just hid behind the bunker. The Terminator, no doubt, was also destroyed along with its own bunker.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, another Terminator immediately ran back behind a pile of building ruins, and at the same time opened fire on the "Hammer of Orvik" with the automatic cannon in his hand.
The extremely accelerated shell hit the front of the turret of the Leman Russ Conqueror tank, and was then thrown to the nearby ground. Part of the armor was also hit with a sunken crater, and the instantaneous high temperature caused the edges to The metal is slightly melted, forming black marks.
“One ran away and I couldn’t see it.”
"Load high-explosive bombs."
Two high-explosive bombs hit behind the ruins of the buildings. The huge impact blew a large piece of debris into the sky, and a Chaos Terminator had to escape and return to himself. Under the cover of the team.
After figuring out the enemy's location, the Leman Russ tanks quickly maneuvered. At this time, more heat signals appeared, but the Leman Russ tank did not slow down. Instead, it fired while using its hull to provide cover for the infantry.
At this time, the armored forces had basically determined their respective shooting targets, and huge sparks and smoke erupted from the ruins. Some Chaos Space Marines even had to lie on the ground to find cover.
They might be able to fight one against a hundred, but with the coordinated cooperation of infantry and armor, they could not show their strength at all. They could only keep cursing Dietrich who abandoned them and ran away.
There were also some who tried to use the terrain to drag Cadian into close combat, but they were faced with the most elite Cadian troops. Under the command of Creed, they advanced and retreated in a controlled manner and had perfect firepower deployment. They only relied on the charge launched by a small number of brave men. The entire battlefield cannot be shaken.
And when the war situation is unfavorable, the Red Pirates, a common problem of the Chaos War Gang, began to occur. Some people wanted to resist stubbornly, but some people did not want to risk their lives here. The overall command was no longer possible. Then naturally, some people began to flee, and soon the entire warband fled. Many Chaos Space Marines who chose to fight to the end found themselves surrounded while fighting. The "comrades" around them didn't know where they were. Say goodbye without saying goodbye.
As the Destruction Cannon of the Leman Russ Destroyer projected another round of high-explosive grenades, the huge power was like a small earthquake, blowing many Chaos Space Marines behind bunkers to pieces and completely shattering them. The Red Pirate Sartusa Group succeeded in almost half of their roundabout offensive this time.
The side attack was blocked, and the frontal attack of the Red Pirate Sartusa Group also encountered serious setbacks. The Weeper raid led by Malakin beheaded the Sartusa Lord who directed the attack, and those crazy demons The engine was also destroyed by the Baneblades and Shadow Swords of Cadian and Mordis' super-heavy armored regiments.
In the end, the Red Pirates' desperate struggle only destroyed a few warehouses of the expeditionary force, but they paid for it with almost all the mobility and vitality in their hands.
In this case, the imperial army directly launched an offensive against Shangchao.
The Red Pirates, who were short of major generals, could not resist at all. Even the fourth super-heavy armored company of the Red Pirates who fled back was unable to save the day. Dietrich and his car were in the last resistance of the Governor's Mansion in the Upper Nest. , was concentrated fire by several Thunderhawks and Storm Crows, and was directly blown into ruins. The entire armored company was also wiped out. Since then, Huron has operated the Sattusa Hive for decades, so that the entire Decabulus galaxy has returned to the control of the empire.
On the day of the fall of the Sattusa Hive, it happened to be the most important and grandest Emperor’s Ascension Festival in the empire. Helbrecht, who had just arrived in the Decabulus system Immediately ordered the entire army to repair for 5 days.
At the same time, Herbrecht reorganized the chain of command in the Badab Theater, made certain adjustments to the strength of the original first, second, and fourth theaters, and merged the fleets in each theater It is the Badab strike group and has three squadrons under its jurisdiction to prepare for the subsequent siege of Badab.
However, there is another force in the war zone at this time, which is not in the chain of command of the Badab war zone, and that is the newly arrived red hunter.
Although they expressed their willingness to join the expedition, in essence they were still an armed force summoned by the Tribunal. When Marcus came to contact him, the Grand Inquisitor Torquemada who issued the summons Kirtiz also quickly arrived at the maelstrom, and a considerable conflict broke out between the two sides over the command of the Red Hunter. Although they did not take action, their relationship had been reduced to a hostile state.
The Red Hunters are also a little confused. They don’t know the complicated situation inside. Marcus declares that he is now the main head of the Tribunal of the Maelstrom. This should be no problem, but summoning them to come It's that Torquemada Ketiz again.
In terms of class and direct relationship, they should listen to the Grand Inquisitor Torquemada Cortez, but in terms of jurisdiction, it seems that they should listen to Marcus.
Actually, they had participated in the Badab War before, and they thought it would be the same this time, but they didn't expect such a commotion.
At the critical moment, a mysterious inquisitor, Claudes, met alone with the Chapter Leader of the Red Hunters for half an hour. After that, the Red Hunters announced that they would obey Marcus's orders and reject Torquemada Cortez's request. Private transfer order.
However, Helbrecht did not trust these "running dogs" of the Tribunal, so he arranged them alone in the Eschuna system to contain the Red Pirates' forces there.
The Red Hunter is used to being a loner and is willing to accept such orders. In this case, a simple encirclement network around the Badab Galaxy was formed.
Helbrecht immediately formulated a plan to attack the enemy, which was generally based on the plan used by the Red Scorpion Chapter to command the coalition forces to siege the Badab system during the First Badab War, and proposed to Sosh Young requested more naval power to drive away the Red Corsairs' possible support fleet.
The news returned to Angstrom and Soshyan agreed to Hellbrecht's plan and had Kosaro Khan's fleet assist in the siege of Badab, mainly to cut off the traffic from The route between Angstrom and Badab.
At this time, the Red Pirates are still working hard to attack Angstrom, because they also know very well that if they cannot win this galaxy, the Honso Group trapped in Badab will really be a dead fish.
However, relying on the forging world, although Soshyan's fleet and troops are not as good as the Red Pirates, they are better than the Red Pirates in terms of endurance. Even if the ships and equipment are damaged, they can be quickly repaired.
What's more, Angstrom has been continuously replenished with supplies and raw materials. After entering wartime, its production capacity has increased rapidly. Various types of skitarii and armed servitors have been producing two million per day. Numbers were produced and put into the battlefield, forcing the Red Corsairs to exchange precious Space Marine lives for cruel battle losses with the Imperial side. Many warbands were beaten down to only one or two men.
In just one week, the Red Pirates lost more than 2,000 Space Marines. Such losses have caused some of the Red Pirates' peripheral warbands to start thinking of ways to refuse to fight, and some have even escaped from the Red Pirates group. of warbands.
Under this situation, after Huron arranged for some war gangs to continue to harass the Endymion star cluster, he arrived in the Angstrom system in person, brought a large number of reinforcements to stabilize the morale of the army, and directed the advancement of the system. Combat.
So the pressure on Soshyan suddenly increased.
(End of this chapter)