Standard Terra Calendar 965.M41
Endymion Star Cluster, War Sixth War Zone, Kirab Galaxy, Drad Star
Four months after the attack was launched, the Red Pirates who had been trying to ambush the main force of the White Temple found that the other party was not fooled at all, so they wasted a lot of time. As a result, they waited for the reinforcements of the empire - the Mantis Warriors Group, the guardian of Endymion, and tens of millions of ordinary soldiers.
After receiving support, Alash immediately started to launch a counterattack from several directions. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Red Pirates quickly gathered their troops and gave up many invading worlds. However, because another main force of the Red Pirates was besieging the Salamander, in order to prevent interference from the Sixth War Zone, Huron asked the combat troops here to find ways to temporarily delay the forces of the Sixth War Zone.
After quarrels and many meetings, the Red Pirates' squadron decided to choose the battlefield to the first invasion of the Drad Star, because it had basically been occupied, and only a small number of imperial troops were still standing. After a little rectification, it became a relatively solid fortress. In addition, there are many refugees on the planet who jumped out of the nest capital. It is worth the Empire's investment in a large number of troops.
In order to unify the command, after obtaining Huron's consent, Gammartin, the leader of the Blood Snake Demon, became the commander-in-chief of this defensive operation. However, it was not easy for him to mobilize the surrounding Red Pirates. After all, it was one thing to have authority, but it was another thing to listen or not, or how to listen. It was undoubtedly difficult for Gammartin, an outsider, to command these rebellious warlords, but at least they still respected Gammartin's deployment.
When the Imperial fleet came in a mighty way, the Red Pirates' fleet was gone, but Alash did not dare to be careless. It was not a good thing that the enemy fleet could not find. This would lead to the Imperial fleet not daring to stay in orbit for a long time. After all, in terms of naval power, they have almost no advantage over the Red Pirates. Once the naval battle is lost, it may even lead to a global collapse. As the commander of the battle, Alash already knew that he must be cautious and cautious.
Therefore, after the transport ship was put into the army, it quickly followed the warships out of orbit, and only a small number of warships resided on the orbit, performing limited support tasks.
The initial landing was quite smooth, and the Red Pirates did not stop it too much. When the Imperial reinforcements gathered with the remaining forces of the planet and began to march towards the Cundu and key areas, the Red Pirates began to launch night attacks or raids during the marching of the Star Corps in a small group of troops. With the help of the strong single combat power of the Space Marines, this kind of harassment is often difficult to prevent and to repel it must be paid a huge price.
This makes many troops lose more than half of their troops before they get close to the attack point. In order to preserve combat power, Arash cannot easily send limited space wars or naval battles. He can only allow those mortal troops to use existing equipment to fight Chaos Space Marines as much as possible. At least the current losses are acceptable.
After paying more than 500,000 casualties, the imperial troops gradually gathered near several major nests of the planet. At this time, more than four million troops had landed on the planet, and they immediately launched an attack on the enemy-occupied cities.
But the Blood Snake Demon is worthy of being an alien in the Chaos War Gang. Their discipline is far beyond most of the Chaos Forces. When the soldiers of the Tyrant Legion trained by Huron cooperated with them, the battle was in a tough battle from the beginning. The Red Pirates had a large number of space warriors, reinforced strongholds and fortifications, and various Chaos Wizards. The Empire had more powerful firepower, more powerful troops, and limited air supremacy.
But the disadvantages are also obvious, there are not many space Marines, and the proportion of new recruits among soldiers is too high.
After a short week of bloody battles, no city was liberated, and the landing troops had suffered nearly two million casualties, especially those newly recruited soldiers, with the casualties exceeding 70%, and a certain number of troops even experienced battlefield collapses and mutinies.
However, Alash could not do much. He was determined to invest more force, crush his opponent with absolute quantity and firepower, and even issued a dead order to prohibit a step back. If this could not be done-
"Then crush them to death with the corpse!"
Angry words echoed on the flagship bridge of the White Temple.
Then more than three million new troops were sent from the rear, and they would be sent to the Star Drard, and Hayes and his regiment were among the second support units.
In the dim cabin, there were only a few lighting balls above the head in the narrow space of hundreds of people. The air was so turbid that it was almost suffocating. Everyone was either sitting on the ground or on the baggage. Most of them were silent and whispering. In order to transport soldiers to the maximum extent, these transport ships did not have a literal personnel cabin, and the cabins were divided to load soldiers.
Hayes sat against the corner of the wall, his head shaking constantly, feeling a little drowsy. They were stuffed into the cabin ten hours ago, and then the officer outside locked the cabin door. There were only three small toilets in the cabin, which always emitted a strange smell. This made Hayes miss the ship he had been on before, at least on that boat each of them had a bed.
Another thing is strange, that is, they have no company commander yet. It is said that their company commander has already arrived at the battlefield first, and I don’t know if it is true.
Suddenly, the ship shook for a while, and everyone in the cabin noticed it. Everyone raised their heads, their faces showed uneasiness, and Hays suddenly woke up because he had heard many of his comrades around him talk about those terrible shipwreck accidents, the way of death that he fell into the void and was squeezed out of blood.
Then the hatch opened and the officers stood outside and blew the whistle.
"gather!!!!"
Hayes immediately jumped up, carried his bags, and followed the team. The entire transport ship seemed to be boiling, with whistles, footsteps, and shouts resounding through every passage.
When Hayes followed the team down the long ramp, he couldn't help but scream in surprise.
Through the huge observation window of the transport ship, the planet in the distance seemed to be near in front of him, and several warships were hanging above it, firing laser lights downwards.
"Pick up the gun and shoot at the heresy! The Emperor is watching you!"
"The bloody battle will last until death!"
"A moment of cowardice is eternal betrayal!"
The political commissars shouted loudly at the height of the sky with loudspeakers. Hayes followed the team step by step, and soon he saw the stack of boxes and what the people around the boxes were doing.
Finally, the gun is about to be fired!
"Hold it."
The quartermaster stuffed Hayes a brand new laser rifle, followed by two armed belts with magazines, bayonets and grenades.
Hayes held the laser gun that was quite heavy for him, looked left and right, and then laughed, as if he had received the best birthday gift.
"What a foolish smile."
Suddenly, he was hit on the back of his head, and when he looked back, he saw that it was the veteran Hasek - the veteran Yuzi he had only learned recently.
Chapter completed!