Chapter 620, Battle of the Control Tower
Eric looked at Wang Mengsong with a complicated expression.
What to do now?
Do you want to deprive Wang Mengsong of his command authority and take down this guy who has exceeded his authority?
Not to mention Wang Mengsong's previous contribution to the battle, the cost of capturing him is unacceptable.
For those old torches who followed Wang Mengsong, it was obvious that all of them were united around Wang Mengsong. If we want to take it by force, will there be conflict between the two sides?
Is there internal strife at such a critical time?
That's nonsense.
Eric had a cold face, but he was actually quite at a loss in his heart.
Since there can be no internal strife, then... should we ask Wang Mengsong how to proceed next?
It’s a bit too shameful.
In the moment of confusion, Wang Mengsong spoke up.
There was no politeness, he was straightforward and just gave the following tactical suggestions.
Then, the New Age Torches started moving.
There are still people outside. They need some troops to guard the periphery of the command tower to prevent the sage from escaping. Make sure that if they try to escape in an aircraft from the top of the control tower, they can intercept them as soon as possible.
The intercepted firepower was not only close outside the control tower, but also included several surrounding high-land platforms. Space Marines can ensure that within a short period of time, no aircraft can approach or leave the control tower.
It would actually be easier to handle if the sage left from the air.
But it is clear that he is ready to stick to it.
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Antoine Delaroche already knew of Farley's assassination.
He even received messages from all parties, hoping that he could surrender. Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to defect together, work together for a great cause, and return to the empire? There is no need to use weapons against each other and fight the battle so fiercely.
But Delaroche refused them all and cursed those people.
What's more, Delaroche felt that he was far from losing.
Although the Space Marines who attacked the star port caused huge chaos at first with their powerful individual abilities, as they reacted, the battlefield situation was brought under control.
If there hadn't been a sudden wave of accidents from the side that caused him to make a mistake in judgment, he would still be able to sit back and relax now.
But even now, it's not finished.
The command tower is a tower, but its internal scale is not small. He still has thousands of elites on hand, who have deployed defenses on more than a dozen floors with the help of the barricade transformation in the command tower.
He did not expect to be able to defeat the Space Marines with just a few thousand men. But as long as they are delayed, millions of troops in the star port will come to the rescue continuously and can repel these space warriors.
And as long as he holds on, the fence-sitters on the planet will not dare to completely fall to the Alliance.
Alliance agents are on the move, and we are a bit stunned by Operation Thunder. But as long as he takes more time and reacts, even if Farley dies, he still has enough prestige to turn the situation around.
Delaroche stood up and paced back and forth, thinking about what to do. He knew that the current situation was extremely serious, but he was not without the ability to fight. His body has been greatly modified in the direction of combat. He believes that his body is more powerful than Farai in terms of combat configuration alone.
He can hold on.
However, bad news came one after another.
Several troop carriers loaded with elite personnel, escorted by fighter planes, were preparing to enter the command tower from the air. Although Delaroche said not to evacuate, it would be good to add more troops from the air.
However, these attempts all failed.
The nearly a hundred Space Marines guarding the perimeter are not vegetarians. Not only did they have a full range of individual air defense weapons in their hands, but at the same time, they also captured several anti-aircraft firepower platforms originally belonging to the Mechanicus in the surrounding area, which also played a good role.
It was useless to be escorted by fighter planes. A spaceship capable of transporting troops on a large scale was still too fragile and could be easily shot down.
In addition, even the troops coming from the peripheral ground support have been blocked and unable to arrive.
A force of over 10,000 would often be directly blocked by a few space warriors, unable to break through. The terrain environment in the star port is very similar to the surface nest with highly dense buildings. Troops are often in a narrow environment and cannot perfectly deploy their forces. There are only a limited number of people fighting against the Space Marines at the same time. As long as they are not elite enough to form a breakthrough, it is meaningless no matter how many people are blocked behind.
Even if you use heavy firepower, it won't work. Artillery is not easy to use inside the star port. If you mobilize missiles to attack, then use heavy armored units such as tanks, and use direct fire to explode when they get close, you can indeed repel the few space warriors blocking the way, but the passage is also limited. It will be blown down, making it impossible for large troops to pass quickly, and it will take longer to take detours or clear obstacles and ruins, and in the process, they will be continuously harassed.
At some point, the soldiers of the New Age Torch felt that they could no longer hold on, and would even take the initiative to blow up the space structures of buildings and starports and block roads.
Of course, objectively speaking, these are temporary difficulties. At present, the news from all parties is that they are trying their best to rescue the control tower. The number of space warriors stationed outside is always limited, and reinforcements can always arrive.
As long as he holds on long enough.
But the question is, can it last that long?
It doesn't seem to work.
After the group of Space Marines officially started attacking the interior of the command tower, it didn't take long for Delaroche to receive news that a certain defense line on a certain floor had been conquered.
At the same time, the battle damage information of various mechanical units will also be directly transmitted to the processing center of his brain.
He seemed to be able to 'see' with his own eyes that the elite units under his command were rapidly dying in the fierce battle.
If this situation continues, getting hit in the face is inevitable.
After thinking for a moment, he made a risky decision: to take the initiative!
In order to achieve efficiency, the Space Marines did not gather all their troops together and fight upward slowly. They will divide their troops into multiple locations, test the upward defenders on the same floor to see which part is the weakest, and then take the lead in forming a single point breakthrough, followed by a comprehensive breakthrough.
Layer after layer, this is how it was knocked down.
If they continue to stand still, they will only be violently broken through by the space warriors, compressing all living space.
You must take the initiative!
Putting aside the inconvenient sage's robe, Delaroche, dressed in battle uniform, began to take action.
His modified body did not appear particularly exaggerated, not even tall, and generally looked like a human being. However, the purple-black Fangsheng skin looked a little unusual.
With the help of the Space Marines' division of troops, Delaroche conducted a surprise attack on the eleventh floor of the command tower against a New Age Torch team that had just completed a single-point breakthrough. The raid was a success.
Around him, an elite Mechanicus force gathered. Due to the need for mobility, Colossus mechas and knight mechas cannot be brought along. However, two groups of the Skitarii's top warriors, as well as more than thirty Electrolytic Seers - Engine Seers specializing in combat - operated under the cover of twice as many Tetsuo mechs. The team formed together is quite difficult for the Space Marines to fight against.
Of course, if this is just the case, then such a force can successfully hunt down a Space Marine squad once, but there will definitely be losses, even not small ones. When conducting the second operation, it may be due to lack of strength. fail.
And Delaroche could no longer form such an elite force. Those two groups of Skitarii High Rangers and those dozens of electrolytic prophets, how can they be said to be as easy as they can be put together?
The key to solving this problem is Delaroche himself.
On his back, along the spine, eight arthropod arms stretched out, which could drive his body to move with extremely exaggerated sensitivity. Under his bionic skin, purple-gray electronic tendons provide tremendous strength.
This turns him into a ruthless melee killing machine. It is difficult for long-range fire to hit him. Even if it hits, he has a miniature void shield and super high physical strength to withstand it. And he himself is often able to withstand this kind of firepower and quickly rush into the opponent's face. Then, the double knives held by his two arms, as well as the knife-like claws at the ends of the eight jointed limbs, all have terrible destructive power. Under extremely high attack frequency, a Terminator armor can often be torn into pieces in a few seconds, or at most ten seconds.
When he fought in person, the elite team accompanying him became a luxurious spectator group.
This is a bit of an exaggeration. After all, it is not really watching the game. They will also fight with all their strength, which objectively diverts a lot of attention from the Space Marines and creates a better space for Delaroche.
But it is undeniable that the most difficult battles were fought by Delaroche himself.
In this way, he won the first battle and eliminated a ten-man New World Torch tactical team with minimal losses.
Immediately afterwards, he quickly withdrew, allowing the large force of Space Marines who came to support him to escape, and took this opportunity to attack another ten-man tactical team. Unfortunately, this time, only six were killed, and the other four ran away.
Without fighting, Delaroche calmly gave up the pursuit and chose to retreat to avoid being attacked by the large army.
He understood that his appearance had greatly strengthened his own defense line with his powerful single combat power. But he was originally the ultimate target of that group of interstellar warriors. He came to the front line, which means that the warriors of the New Age Torch do not have to fight upwards layer by layer. They only need to find someone here. If you have the opportunity, just surround him and eliminate him.
He must be careful and careful.
Otherwise, his proactive strategy to solve the dilemma would have turned into delivering the goods himself.
However, he was eventually killed while attacking the third team of Space Marines.
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Two teams in a row failed and sixteen soldiers were lost in a short period of time. That was already a heavy loss.
After all, apart from the troops who stayed on the outside to block reinforcements, there were only about two hundred people who attacked the command post.
If Delaroche were to continue hunting like this and kill a few more teams, he would no longer have to take risks and stay on the front line. The offensive of the Space Marines with damaged troops would inevitably slow down. At that time, the sage can lie back and relax, watching the Space Marines spend an unknown amount of time in the next layers of defense lines.
He had to seize this opportunity and take down this thought whose combat power was a little unexpected.
This is a very good opportunity. No matter how arrogant Erich is - he is actually just a new recruit and has no arrogant power. The main reason for Wang Mengsong's bad attitude is his hatred for the history of the chapter.
But now, it's not the time to care about those things.
He took the initiative to find Wang Mengsong and asked for advice on what to do.
Wang Mengsong also gave him the answer without hesitation: the strong versus the strong.
As long as there is a small team, it seems that it can be easily hunted, but there is a strong person inside who can resist Delaroche, allowing it to succeed quickly and be able to persist until the support of the entire large force arrives, and can It would be best to entangle Delaroche so that he has no way to escape, or even kill him independently.
After hearing this, Eric felt a little embarrassed.
We, the New Age Torch... don't seem to have such awesome masters.
From the accounts of brothers who survived previous battles, we know that Delaroche is a master. Perhaps Chapter Leader Moretti can achieve the effect Wang Mengsong mentioned?
Not even necessarily.
At least, the most powerful among the torches present, Erich himself, did not have this confidence.
As a result, Wang Mengsong pointed at himself.
He is an out-and-out Chapter Leader. Even the entire New Age Torch has never been known for its individual combat effectiveness. However, as far as he is concerned, compared with the Chapter Champion of any Chapter, Definitely not weak!
But does Eric dare to trust him?
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There is nothing to be afraid of.
A team of ten, a seemingly hasty assault that would have caused heavy casualties if the Skitarii ignored it. The large force of Space Marines was clearly far away. Even if they rushed to support immediately, it would still take time on the way. ……
With these conditions in place, Delaroche was attracted as expected.
Of course it was unusual for him to come, and he had no reason to think that this was a trap.
But here, it is.
Wang Mengsong, who was just wearing ordinary tactical power armor and didn't even wear a Terminator, pestered Delaroche as soon as he appeared.
His sharp swordsmanship not only saved the first battle brother who was targeted, but also taught Delaroche a profound lesson: the two jointed limbs on his back were chopped off.
Then, fierce and continuous swordsmanship enveloped this so-called sage who specializes in fighting!
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Make up for yesterday
There will be another chapter later
(End of chapter)