Chapter 2878 The Battle between Steel and Shell (Part 2)
“Don’t underestimate Tyron, stay alert.”
While chatting with little Feiton, Hayes Observe back and forth with a telescope. Stronghold No. 7 is located in a large fortress about 4,000 meters above sea level on the southwest side of the Snow Palace. It was originally a manor of a large family. After many years of construction, it covers a large area. It is almost a castle. On weekdays, There are more than 3,000 servants of all kinds in it. After being requisitioned, it was rapidly expanded and two protective walls were built. But from Hayes's point of view, normal people cannot attack this place. There are cliffs on both sides, and the back is against the mountain. There is only a gentle slope in front to climb up.
On this kind of terrain, only a thousand people are needed to guard it. Tens of thousands of troops may not be able to do anything for a while, and the altitude is so high.
But Tyron is not a "human" after all.
So there are actually 6 divisions of about 80,000 people stationed in Stronghold 7, and Hayes's division happens to be among them. Hayes thinks this is a bit unlucky, but his boys are quite optimistic. Apparently they think the gene stealers are It's not a big deal, and then Tyron must be nothing either.
It was useless for Hayes to educate them many times. Some things could only be learned on the battlefield.
Their company is responsible for a section of the first parapet wall that is about 200 meters long. There is a machine gun tower within the range, which can deploy two machine guns. There are also some platforms extending back from the top of the wall to provide pressure. Used by artillery squads, and between the first and second protective walls stood some temporary turrets, and those hemispherical metal covers contained automatic cannons.
Considering the threat of large Tyranids, heavy plasma cannons were deployed on the wall. However, their company did not have this, but the company next to it did. In addition, a large number of mines had been scattered on the only slope that could be attacked. Prepare That's enough.
But Hayes was still a little worried. He looked up at the twisted shadows in the clouds.
The fleet left. In a sense, half of their bodies were in the enemy's mouth. He didn't know Soshyan's deployment and could only pray that the great hero would find a way.
While he was thinking, a sharp siren sounded.
"Air raid siren! Air raid siren!"
Hayes reacted immediately.
“Everyone, watch your head!”
When he looked up, he only saw a large dark cloud covering the entire Holy Crown Mountains, filled with billions of gargoyles and Tyranid flying creatures.
The Hive Mind soon discovered the strangeness of this world, and sensed the area where the most biomass was concentrated. Based on the terrain, it instinctively dispatched flying units that were more suitable for attacking mountainous areas, and the number was extremely large. After all, The anti-aircraft firepower currently displayed by humans is a limited number of Hydras.
Hydra using live ammunition weapons may be fine for fighting fighter jets, but when faced with gargoyles that have more bullets than bullets, it is somewhat powerless. The biggest disadvantage of this type of anti-aircraft weapon is the poor firepower sustainability. The most feared enemy is the one with overwhelming numerical advantage.
Soon, the roaring gargoyles rushed towards various strongholds including the Snow Palace. Their speed allowed them to pass through the void shield at will.
“Everyone, take cover!”
Hayes ran up the wall and gave orders. At this time, the entire stronghold seemed to be plunged into darkness. The flesh wings and sharp claws blocked the only sunlight. Many recruits had never seen this scene and were stunned and even trembled.
"Hurry up! Hold on to your weapons and find cover!"
There is a temporary bunker on the wall for the soldiers to avoid threats from the sky. Hayes kicked and beat them all They rushed in, but some soldiers started shooting into the sky because of nervousness.
“Are the basilisks ready?”
At the command post at Stronghold No. 7, Bahram, as the commander, stared at the group of gargoyles getting closer and closer through his telescope. I estimated their height and noticed that there were some larger things among them, which should be the so-called sky demons. Jacob next to him replied:
"Company commander, we are ready. As long as the target enters the predetermined height, we will shoot."
After a pause, Jacob whispered again:
" Company Commander, what exactly is the Basilisk? Why is it so mysterious?”
Bahram put down the telescope and looked at the other party.
"A targeted weapon temporarily developed by the technical priests based on the characteristics of the Tyrant."
"Why is the weapon so secretive?"
"Because it involves the internal affairs of the Mechanicus. A series of very complicated laws and procedures, this transformation is illegal in a sense and does not have the consent of Mars."
At this moment, the light on Bahram's hand turned on. This was a signal. He immediately walked out of the command post, where the noble manor was located, and looked towards an open area of the stronghold.
I saw four unique armored vehicles already parked there. Their chassis looked the same as the Chimera. Above them was a slightly flat turret, but there was no main gun. Instead, there were two long large Launch nests, each launch nest is filled with rockets.
Phew——
With a scream, the rocket launcher nest started shooting. The four armored vehicles shot out all the rockets in almost five seconds. These rockets spraying plasma flames flew towards the sky and They dispersed irregularly. When they saw something flying over, the gargoyles instinctively avoided it, but their speed was not comparable to the high-speed flying rockets. At the same time, the number of rockets did not seem to be many, so most of the gargoyles did not avoid it, and then.< br>
Boom, boom, boom, boom—
The dense explosions staged a grand fireworks show in the sky. When each rocket explodes, it will scatter a large number of small bombs in all directions. When these small bombs explode, they will eject a larger amount of metal fragments, turning the entire sky into a hell filled with high-temperature metal jets in almost the blink of an eye.
Tyran flying creatures often sacrifice defense in order to fly. Gargoyles are even more fragile than gunworms. When those tiny metal jets hit them, they will not only tear open their wing membranes, but even It will also break their carapace and penetrate their body.
Countless fragmented wreckage fell towards the ground and stronghold like raindrops, and hit the ground heavily.
Even those sky demons could not survive such intensive bombing. They even suffered more damage due to their size. They all spun around and fell down. Those who were not dead at the time were also smashed to death on the ground.
Looking at all this, not only Hayes opened his mouth in surprise, but Space Marines like Jacob were also surprised.
“This is the Basilisk”
Then he realized what Bahram meant.
This kind of thing is not in the empire's standard weapons arsenal at all. In other words, it is an illegally modified product. However, he is a little curious, doesn't it take a long time to make a weapon? This seems to be the first time the war group has come into contact with Tyranids. How could they create such targeted weapons in advance?
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