Chapter 203 Warlord
Another transport ship arrived inside the fortress, this time carrying a large number of servitors and engineering equipment.
The soldiers of the Fourth Legion began to build the defense line according to the defense plan issued by the Lord of Steel under the command of Dantioch.
The fortress is only the most basic and core part of the future defense plan. It will be transformed by the Fourth Army to be suitable for expansion.
Qin Xia and Angron walked on the defensive wall facing the greenskin's fiercest attack.
The Space Marines of the Twelve Legions and some Nucerian troops brought by Angron held the defensive wall together with the warriors of the Eighteenth Legion.
“Where is Kleist?” Qin Xia looked around, expecting to see Kleist commanding the conventional army, but he did not see the female general present.
"She and some people went to fight in other places in the star region." Angron said, "It's not just this planet that needs support."
Qin Xia nodded silently.
The Nucerian soldiers saluted quickly when they saw the two divine kings passing by, and then continued to focus on the battle.
Under the defensive wall are a large number of greenskins. They maintain a never-tiring offensive, and even the offensive becomes more and more fierce. This seems to be the reason why the famous greenskin butcher is in the fortress was discovered and spread.
The Space Marines of the Twelve Legions are as brave as ever. Although they are not good at defensive battles, this kind of battle is nothing more than holding on to the defensive wall and shooting, and there is no difficulty.
And the Nucerians performed as well as ever.
Mortal soldiers wear bulletproof armor and helmets and communicate on communication channels.
Battle squads are deployed to suitable places by their generals and then hold on. There are only two situations that will cause them to leave the battle.
The first situation is when the order clearly requires the soldiers to evacuate or relocate.
The second situation is to fight until the last one dies.
Some greenskins broke through the blockade of the dense fire network and tried every means to climb the defensive wall.
The soldiers immediately surrounded them. The soldiers who were responsible for handling close combat raised their shields and held sticks that could release high-voltage current, gradually forcing the greenskins to gather.
Then two soldiers ran from the side, deployed their heavy machine guns, and fired quickly.
Heavy machine guns with a caliber close to 20 mm quickly harvested the greenskins that rushed up the defensive wall.
Soldiers from the Eighteenth Legion came from other parts of the defensive wall, holding flamethrowers to burn the greenskins and burn the places where the greenskins had stepped.
After dealing with the green skins that rushed up the defensive wall, the mortal soldiers returned to their previous combat positions and continued to fire at the green skins under the defensive wall.
What Qin Xia and Angron saw was a highly formulaic fighting method.
Any green boy is much stronger than the bodybuilding champion on Nuceria, but facing such an opponent, Nucerian mortal soldiers are not afraid, and even look forward to fighting such an opponent. Combat.
Under the appearance of formulaic combat methods and seamless combat coordination, what is hidden is the pleasure of killing powerful alien enemies like green skins and the desire for battle.
"Perturabo must like them very much." Angron suddenly sighed, "Only these genetically modified people can meet that guy's high requirements."
" It would be nice if you could change your home planet when you are in the amniotic fluid chamber with him." Qin Xia nodded.
Angron thought about it and felt that it was indeed true if it matched his personality.
The Nucerians are warlike, bloodthirsty, lacking in compassion, and have a fanatical pursuit of discipline and high organization, which is what their genes bring to them.
To Perturabo, there was only one thing in Nuceria that was not beautiful, and that was the high knights who monopolized but wasted ancient relics.
“The performance of these conventional armies in battle is astonishing.” Angron recalled Brown’s survey of mortal soldiers. “Their death rate exceeds 90% before they lose combat effectiveness and are defeated.”< br>
“For the remaining ten percent, I asked at least one person in each of their combat teams to retreat after the others died and take the other people’s belongings and suicide notes back with them.”
"It's easy for them to become passionate in battle. They exchange lives and die together... But they are not like the green skins who only focus on charging. Some tactics and other things seem to exist in their genes. They know how to fight better. , as if they knew discipline was extremely important."
Speaking of this, Angron paused, and then continued: "A natural warrior, an evil man who genetically modified his employees ten thousand years ago. The company left it all behind.”
"Then how do you plan to use it?" Qin Xia asked, "About the role these conventional armies will play in future wars, their responsibilities, organization and tactical forms."
Angron is also thinking I started thinking about this question after taking the city-devouring rebels out of Nuceria.
“They should be equipped with a large number of armored vehicles and various heavy artillery.”
“As for the form of combat, it is positional warfare.”
“I think in large-scale wars The performance of these people is not even inferior to that of the Space Marine Legion.”
Angron's plans are all repeats of the same old tune. He had already planned this, but only now did he have a complete plan.
Qin Xia agreed as always.
What Angron wanted to create was the original version of the Astra Militarum.
Ten thousand years later in Qin Xia's memory, when the era of the original body ended and the Space Marine Legion was broken down into battle groups, it was the Astra Militarum that took on the heavy responsibility of guarding the empire.
The Astra Militarum is undoubtedly the main force against the enemy.
"Lord of the Twelve Legions!" Dantioch ran to the defensive wall and saluted Angron. "The defenders on this defensive wall need to advance about thirty kilometers towards the enemy's attack direction. This is the most critical expansion. Partly."
" Got it." Angron nodded.
Dantioch saluted again, turned and left.
Angron began to mobilize the Legionnaires.
Since most members of the Twelve Legions are also responsible for cleaning up the green-skinned worm vehicles, Angron does not want to dispatch too many soldiers to fight with him.
The nearby dispatch of ten companies, as well as the Blood Drinker Guards, plus the existing troops on this defensive wall, in Angron's opinion, are completely enough to complete the goal of opening up one kilometer in the Green Sea.
As the original order was gradually conveyed, the action began.
The fleet, which had been assisting the defense with orbital bombardment, began to focus on bombing the land outside the frontal defense wall of the fortress.
Angron led the guards and stood with Qin Xia in front of the main entrance under the defensive wall.
Other warriors followed behind them.
The main door slowly opened. Orbital bombardments cleared large areas, but these were then filled in by greenskins.
"Forward!" Angron raised his chainsaw.
Everyone walked out of the main entrance and engaged the greenskins who were rushing towards them.
The Blood Drinker Guards guard around Angron. The gladiators not only fulfill the duty of the guards to protect the original body, but can also carry out the attacks they are best at.
The gladiators worked closely together, fighting just like they did in the Eldar flagship. Everyone was like parts of a killing machine, pieced together.
The wails of the slaughtered enemies and the sound of weapons cutting flesh formed the roar of the killing machine.
The greenskins swept in like waves. The guards easily blocked them, and then continued to kill and advance.
The Space Marines are scattered among the mortal soldiers, forming the middle and tail of the team. While the entire team continues to move forward, a small number of people will stay to consolidate the land that has been developed.
The whole team is like a piece of dough, being gradually stretched.
Gunboats swooped down from time to time to bombard the enemy.
The red light beam representing orbital bombardment will occasionally light up at the edge of the field of vision.
In the fortress, the artillery unit of the Fourth Army provides continuous fire support.
Qin Xia stood beside Angron, occasionally releasing psychic spells to assist in the battle, but did not use ancient relics, nor did he summon the Divine Lord Titan to join the battle.
Because the situation in front of me is a little strange.
The weapons and equipment of the greenskins don't look very good, and the killer weapons such as Gok Kong and war vehicles that have been seen in the battle before have not appeared.
There are only two explanations for this situation. One is that the green-skin tribe attacking the fortress at this time is not a powerful tribe, and the other is that the green-skin commander intentionally did this.
In any case, the current situation is far from requiring ancient relics and Titans to solve it.
With everything going well in the forward line, the engineering troops began to leave the fortress and establish simple positions and firepower points where the team passed. More Nucerian soldiers poured out of the fortress and began to follow the pioneering route. Attack from both sides.
Perturabo stood on the defensive wall observing the battle, his eyes briefly attracted by those mortals who dared to fight with the green-skinned boy on the bayonet.
And further away, there is also a gaze observing.
"WAAA..."
The green-skinned boss who rushed towards Qin Xia was grabbed by the head, and after a brief struggle, his entire upper body was torn off.
Qin Xia, who was wearing power armor, threw the boss's body out and killed him to the right.
The greenskins were attracted by the butcher and followed the flow.
After Qin Xia entered a Gobi Desert, the number of greenskins besieging his butcher suddenly decreased significantly.
During the killing, Qin Xia found that the weapons and equipment of the greenskins he hacked to death gradually became more sophisticated. He became more convinced that he had done the right thing, so he hacked and killed even harder.
“Butcher!”
A roar that echoed through the Gobi reached Qin Xia’s ears.
This roar seemed to press a stop switch for the surrounding greenskins. Whether they were the young ones or the bosses, all the greenskins retreated and made way for a wide and flat area.
Qin Xia was searching for the source of the sound when her prophecy ability suddenly turned on briefly and she quickly moved back several meters in the next second.
A huge black shadow fell from the sky, and the impact of its landing caused sand and rocks to fly near the landing point.
In the sand and gravel flying around, Qin Xia saw a strong orc about five meters tall, holding two swords and staring at him eagerly.
This is a warlord.
Qin Xia realized.
The green skin in front of me is a powerful green skin raised by Gu in this super big WAAAGH star. Maybe it was once just an ordinary warrior or a boss, but it is now the master of all the green skins on the entire planet.
The most WAAAGH and most powerful greenskin.
"The orc warlord has appeared here." Qin Xia said to Angron through the communication channel.
Angron, who was fighting, looked at Qin Xia's position. They were about a kilometer apart since the two men were fighting in different directions. There were only endless green skins in the original body's field of vision, and Qin Xia could not be seen. .
“I’ll rush there right away!” Angron immediately wanted Qin Xia to open a portal.
But Qin Xia just informed him and did not want Angron to intervene, because if the battle between the green-skinned butcher and the warlord was won alone, even if it only injured the warlord, there would still be a strategy in the war against the green-skinned butcher. of value.
"Let the fleet prepare for orbital bombing in case of any unexpected events." Qin Xia closed the communication after finishing speaking.
The warlord did not immediately start to challenge the opponent he had in mind, but slowly walked in circles in the open space vacated by other greenskins.
Qin Xia also walked slowly.
One person and one beast are looking for each other's flaws.
Qin Xia quickly thought of three countermeasures: upper, middle and lower.
The best strategy is to kill the warlord in close combat.
The middle strategy is to use psychic energy to kill the warlord.
The next best thing is to retreat gracefully, and then watch the orbital bombardment come down and kill the warlord.
Making up his mind, Qin Xia stepped forward with his battle ax raised, and when the green-skinned boys took the initiative to attack the warlord amidst the wild shouts, the warlord held up two swords to fight.
The two sides intentionally tested each other, engaging in close combat one after another. With sparks flying, they almost figured out each other's capabilities, and then both quickly retreated at the same moment.
However, the warlord quickly swung his sword when retreating, and the attack angle was tricky.
The blade scratched the breastplate and left a deep mark, and the warlord's huge force when swinging the weapon knocked Qin Xia back several meters.
(End of this chapter)