Chapter 577, Blood Shark? cute!
Silently taking back the axe, Alma Ewing still couldn't help but look to the side.
Fighting alongside him, in addition to the gray-armored warriors of the blood sharks, there were also some red-helmeted and red-armored space warriors.
To be honest, this is not the first time the two parties have dealt with each other.
During the 'Bauhinia Rebellion' that year, it was the Blood Shark Chapter's return to the Empire.
That's exactly what Ewing decided.
The war group has been fighting in the outer lands for a very long time. Most of the people in the Chapter, including himself, only knew that they belonged to the Empire and fought for the Emperor from the Chapter's historical scriptures and word of mouth from some old-timers.
But what is an empire?
They only have historical records, and they only occasionally enter the territory of the empire, cooperate with some forging worlds that have limited cooperation with them, and exchange for some resources, but they will soon return to the outside world.
After such a long period of time, when Ewing had been a Blood Shark for 400 years and became a chapter leader for 80 years, he made a decision that went against his ancestors: to forcefully enter the empire and declare the blood shark's rule. return.
He does not want to subvert the chapter's way of survival since its establishment. He just wants to lead his battle brothers to take a good look at what the empire they are fighting for is like; he wants to return the chapter to the masses. Within their field of vision, people were able to re-recognize them as a group of sharks that cruised outside the empire's borders and silently fought for the empire.
Therefore, the opportunity he chose was the Redbud Rebellion one hundred and thirty years ago.
When he heard the empire's call to suppress the rebellion, he took the blood sharks to the empire's territory, responded to the empire's call, and participated in the suppression of the rebellion.
It was during this war that they recognized the Phoenix.
To be honest, Ewing and his sharks don't care whether the Phoenix and the other two war groups are really traitors. If the central government of the empire says yes, then it will be over with a fight.
But at the same time, to be honest, he didn't think the battle groups he encountered in the empire were very powerful.
Not even as good as the real rebels they occasionally encountered in the dark outer lands.
From the blood shark's point of view, these space warriors who grew up in the "greenhouse" are different from them. Whether it was the Iron Armor and Furious Flames who were on the same front as the Blood Sharks, or the Bauhinia Flower on the opposite side, although each of them looked more glamorous than them, and they paid attention to various techniques and tactics. However, if you really put it together, how can it compare with the sharp teeth of a shark?
The same goes for Phoenix.
This is their impression of the Phoenix.
But today, he had to update his impression of this group of red-armored warriors.
The blood sharks are friendly forces in the alliance's battle order. They recognized the authority of the empire, and naturally recognized the identity of Gu Hang, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Front appointed by the empire, and were willing to cooperate in the battle.
But they still stick to their status as 'friendly troops' and are not subordinates.
If there is a combat order, follow it and secretly make a note of it for future payment; if the order is unreasonable, then they will have the right to decide whether to do it or not based on their own circumstances.
Helping the alliance's three battle cruisers escape from danger and attacking the Raging Flames was what they were willing to do, so they did it.
However, they were opposed to this fleet battle.
Although their opposition was ineffective, they also joined the war, but in fact, they always stayed on the edge of the battlefield, and were ready to evacuate immediately after the Alliance died.
They also heard that the Phoenix Chapter was going to join the War Ark flagship of the Adeptus Mechanicus, which made them feel even more unrealistic.
Ewing's understanding of Phoenix is still stuck in the past. In order to save others, even the blood sharks are not sure that they can complete the orders given by Gu Hang. It is impossible for a few hundred people to jump into a gang and attack a highly elite Mechanicus core with tens of millions of crew members. flagship.
In Ewing's opinion, this was an act of suicide.
So, what even the blood shark can't do, can't the phoenix even be unable to do it?
Jumping over to help through psychic teleportation, wouldn't that mean death?
Then, the development of the battle greatly exceeded Ewing's expectations.
He didn't know what happened on the Alfonzo II, but the final result was clear: the war ark was shattered from the inside, and it had lost most of its power before it was destroyed. The ability to fight is like paralysis.
Ewing was very familiar with this state of the ship. In his past combat experience, every warship that was disintegrated from the inside after being jumped by the blood shark had this virtue.
It is precisely because of this that Ewing was surprised.
Did those phoenixes really do it?
What the blood shark can't do, what can the phoenix do?
Ewing was a little skeptical about this.
Faith lies in the fact that it is on your face, even if you tell lies with your eyes open, you cannot deny it;
The suspicion lies in the feeling that there is some other secret behind this matter? For example, those oil guys on the War Ark were themselves in civil strife?
He couldn't understand it, but he soon had a chance to verify it with his own eyes.
After the enemy fleet was defeated and shattered in all directions, the battleship that was targeted by the Alliance fleet must be captured.
Phoenix seemed to have suffered certain losses in the previous gang-hopping battle, and there were not enough manpower in this gang-hopping gang.
Therefore, Gu Hang personally called the message, hoping that the blood shark would also take action.
Ewing agreed.
He personally led two hundred blood sharks to enter the Retribution-class battleship through a special psychic transmission device a few minutes earlier than scheduled.
Then, he followed the instructions and began to seize some key target positions.
The same goes for blood sharks, including phoenixes. The main task of these space warriors is to lead the battle.
They need to build a landing site to facilitate the subsequent real landing force.
After all, it was impossible to really expect just a few hundred Space Marines to wipe out all the crew members and Skitarii troops of the Adeptus Mechanicus, at least hundreds of thousands, on the entire ship.
Let’s not mention whether it can be done. Whether it is necessary and worthwhile is the more critical question.
If there are important tasks that require a small but sophisticated combat force to complete, that is a good time to dispatch Space Marines; just because Space Marines are stronger, letting them fight against hundreds or thousands of times more enemies is a mistake.
There is absolutely no need to sacrifice a lot of Space Marines for this.
It is impossible for Ewing to take on such an irresponsible task. Their goal at this moment is mainly to ensure the security of an area, destroy a certain amount of enemy interception firepower, and even directly cut off the interception system's coordinated command capabilities to create conditions for the subsequent landing of large forces.
They did their job well.
The Blood Sharks are good at fighting this kind of assault battle. Under their rapid strikes, even though there are many elites in the Skitarii, some units are not even weaker than ordinary Space Marines. But under the bloody slaughter of the blood sharks, they were still quickly solved.
Of course, if there were only two hundred blood shark warriors, it would be difficult for the war to progress so easily. After all, their numbers are small and they have too many targets to conquer. If they are too dispersed, some areas may not be able to be taken, and the entire team may even be damaged.
However, it was different when more than 300 people from Phoenix joined.
Not only did they greatly make up for the lack of blood shark troops in terms of numbers, but they also gave Ewing, the chapter leader, a chance to take a good look at what was so special about these Phoenix space warriors.
Well... nothing special.
There are no special tactics or special weapons that people cannot understand, everything is normal.
It’s just that it’s particularly good at beating.
In the one hundred and thirty years after the Purple Flower Rebellion, Ewing's main area of activity was still in the dark outer realm, but the number and time he entered the empire were far more than in the past. During this time, he also met many different Space Marine Chapters.
From then on, he also had a relatively full understanding of the strength level of his Blood Shark Chapter: they were very strong, much stronger than most war groups.
Maybe it's a gene seed problem? Perhaps it is because they have been in the dark outer land all year round and have more and more cruel combat experiences than the battle groups guarding one side in the empire?
These are all possible reasons.
Ewing was often proud of this, and he even felt a faint sense of disdain for the war groups within the empire: They were nothing more than that!
However, the Phoenix he saw today completely subverted his understanding.
The average strength level of this group of phoenixes is very strong.
The two hundred blood sharks he selected were all elite veterans in the war group. If we look at the level of the New World Torch Group that they had beaten so violently before, it would not be a problem for these two hundred blood sharks to destroy five hundred torches.
However, even if he didn't want to admit it, the red-helmeted warriors who appeared in front of Ewing were stronger than the blood sharks.
In terms of average strength, two hundred against two hundred, his winning rate may not exceed 20% - this is the result of his mental calculation with a little weight added to his own battle group.
Not only did Ewing himself see this, but almost every one of the two hundred soldiers of the Blood Shark Chapter who participated in the battle saw it.
The blood sharks have never been used to cooperating with friendly forces, and are better at fighting alone. At the same time, because they have been wandering in the outside world all year round and have very little contact with other forces in the empire, and they have relatively strong strength, the blood sharks have gradually developed a sense of arrogance, not caring much, and not looking down on others. anyone.
However, they now have to change their minds.
If you can't beat him, then why are you arrogant?
Moreover, it wasn't just that that made them look at him.
The Alliance is strong, is it just the Phoenix?
No.
After they completed the landing site and greatly weakened the fire interception system of the Retribution-class battleship, a large number of Alliance landing ships arrived with a large number of Alliance troops.
The Battle Sisters of the Holy Mercy Lily, the Alliance Marines, the Army's airborne troops, the independent Glory Guards... a series of military forces that are more numerous and more suitable for large-scale operations. It all came.
These are all mortal troops, no doubt.
However, even these mortal troops made the blood sharks look at them with admiration.
Putting the Battle Sisters aside, after all, these female warriors blessed by divine magic are often compared to Space Marines.
But even those other serious mortal armies are still very powerful.
Especially the Glory Guards.
It doesn't matter that all members are wearing feedback power armor. It's not like Blood Shark has never seen some wealthy mortal troops.
Even if a straw bag puts on power armor, it won't change the nature of the straw bag.
But the key thing is that certain characteristics of these Honor Guards, such as psychological quality, technical and tactical level, are not much worse than ordinary space warriors. At most, he doesn't have extraordinary physique and nerve-controlling power.
There are more than a dozen of those Glory Guards, which can make a Blood Shark feel troublesome; if there are twenty or thirty, then it is hard to say whether the winner is the Blood Shark or the Glory Guards.
However, the total combat power that the Blood Shark Chapter can now produce is less than 700, and their Chapter is rarely at full strength.
At this moment, Guang Ewing saw that the number of Glory Guards who had landed on the enemy ship exceeded 15,000.
Will this be the entire strength of the Alliance's Glory Guards?
I'm afraid not.
Not to mention, the elites of the Airborne Corps and the Marine Corps of the Army, although they are not that exaggerated, the Blood Shark compares it with the Blood Shark Auxiliary Army that he selected from brutal trials and actual battles. , that is also inferior.
For troops of this level, the equipment rate of feedback power armor exceeds 20%, which is even more difficult for blood sharks to eat.
The blood sharks finished their work in silence, and then moved silently with the alliance's troops.
Silence was their style. The Alliance troops who boarded the ship, including the Phoenix, were informed of this beforehand. Moreover, the alliance's troops have also been warned to stay away from these vicious sharks. In the few battles the Blood Shark Chapter has had, they have shown that they are very sensitive to friendly forces, especially mortal friendly forces. Extreme disregard.
If there is a friendly force blocking their guns, they will shoot without any scruples; if there is a friendly force that delays their rapid advance, they will really step on it without any scruples, not caring about the lives of mortals.
The Alliance soldiers who jumped to the gang were more or less frightened and followed their superiors' instructions carefully.
But after all, we are fighting in the same place, and there will definitely be times when we fight side by side.
After the contact, the Alliance soldiers quickly became less nervous.
They feel that apart from not being talkative and liking to make scenes gory, these blood sharks seem to be... nothing special?
Looking at the dark gray helmet and the blood red on the forehead, why do you think it's still cute?
(End of chapter)