As orbital space was controlled, the Black Legion not only lost space support, but also restricted its large-scale operations. Therefore, the Imperial Counterattack Force headed by the Astral Knights began to regain the lost strongholds.
The primary goal is to control the Red Sand Mountains, and the most important one is Camp Worth.
Since the terrain of Vos Camp was dangerous and large-scale troops attacked were difficult after all, Soshiyan sent the 11th Company to adopt a surprise attack mode to capture this key stronghold.
The operation was launched late at night, and the 11th Company had already reconnaissed the surrounding areas before the operation and saw no signs of the activities of the large Black Legion troops.
Even the Chaos Space Marine didn't see it.
But when they landed to the camp in a specially modified reconnaissance Thunder Eagle, they found something wrong.
The camp is mainly divided into four parts, a power station, a living area, a control center and a mining area, and the first floor of the control center has been transformed into a temporary barracks for small garrisons. This short thick wall building is an ideal defense facility, which serves as an integrated observation network, with real-time data flow covering the entire facility - all of which make it harder to understand the holocaust scenes inside the power station.
Talos stood at the only entrance to the control center, trying to figure out the wreckage scattered in the wide, low-rise rooms.
Three-quarters of the space here have been laid out with neat rows of desks and logic engines, which are for managers and senior engineers, and the rest of the room has been occupied by at least one guard squad.
But now there is no one.
The prophet could see the torn bloody bedding, piled up into piles of ration packs, and scattered boxes of spare batteries.
There are burnt marks on the ochre walls, and the desk is also scarred by the laser gun.
Talos took a deep breath and smelled the bitter smell of smoke and blood.
The other soldiers also seemed surprised, and Sabrin stood in the center of the massacre and looked at the scene coldly.
"The attacker did not come in through the front door."
Sabrin said calmly, pointing at the walls on both sides.
"Most of the burning marks indicate that the garrison opened fire at the surroundings randomly, but there were no bullet marks in the direction of the gate."
Bahram also expressed his views.
"At the same time, the attackers must have come very, very suddenly, and even these people did not try to hide behind the table."
Talos came to the conclusion after observation.
"They don't have time. When the attackers arrive, they almost instinctively fired, which means they were extremely frightened, and only the panic people reacted."
Then he nodded to a door on the other side of the room.
"There is another unit stationed in the next room, and they were not attacked at first."
Bahram pursed his lips thoughtfully and reappeared this scene in his mind.
"A squad is on duty in the main hall of the control center. The attackers first deal with them, and then approach the inside of the control center to surprise the other squad. During this period, neither of them was even alarmed."
He narrowed his eyes and glanced at the blood on the wall.
"Nothing this could happen. How could another team be completely unaware of such a big movement? And the attacker must destroy an entire force under the gaze of the observation network."
This is another sound.
"Company Commander, we found a lot of blood in the control room upstairs."
"let me see."
Talos leads the team deep inside, through the corridors of empty offices and control centers.
As they walked, Bahram felt the evil energy surrounding the field hovering around them, as if passing through the depths of the forest, with countless pairs of wild beasts staring at the shadows.
Judging from the shaking of Talos's shoulders, Bahram suspected that the other party felt the same.
Then, they took the elevator to the third floor of the control center, and Talos walked into the main control room.
The logic engine buzzed in dozens of empty workstations, and the flashing green image unit showed a scrolling data stream detailing where several monitors were located.
A warrior kneeled beside the safety station, located in a dark niche to the right of the elevator.
The warrior pushed away the chair on the workbench. The chair was built according to human specifications and was too fragile for Astat's huge body. At the same time, his right knee was kneeling in the middle of a large pool of almost dry blood.
Talos paused and carefully studied the clues on the scene.
Then he looked back at the pool of blood.
"What's the matter that suddenly approached and cut the throat on duty, it was around 3 pm."
Sablin nodded thoughtfully.
"He was the first to die, so that the surrounding patrols were eliminated, and the same characteristics were still silent, and there was no damage to the gate."
Bahram clenched his fist, and he had a concept of such an enemy.
"This is probably related to subspace."
He originally wanted to talk about the demon, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that Chaos didn't have much reason to slaughter his servants?
"Where are their traces? Hundreds of corpses will not disappear out of thin air."
"Company Commander! I found something!"
Talos quickly walked towards the warrior who made the sound.
“What is it.”
"I have been checking the image array. I saw a message about two days ago, which said something went wrong in the mining area. Hundreds of miners disappeared, so the mining area was blocked."
Talos took a deep look at the record, and the words on it revealed a sense of fear and tension.
Their mission is just to occupy this stronghold, which has been achieved in a sense. So is there any need to create extramarital problems?
But he always feels that something is planning something.
With his years of experience in dealing with Chaos forces, it is mostly related to demons or sacrifices at this time, and neither of them is often a good thing.
Maybe this matter can be left to Soshiyan to solve, but-
Talos's eyes swept over the recruits.
He realized that these new blood must face some of the more terrifying things, at least part of them.
"Bahram, assemble the team and pick ten people."
The prophet's voice showed no thoughts at all.
Bahram nodded briefly and turned around to select ten people from the team.
Sabrin and Li Lin were both selected, and the other eight people were also suitable candidates Bahram thought after all. Everyone wanted to participate in the mission, but no one had any complaints about their failure to be elected, because Bahram's choice was indeed very, very fair, and they were all recognized by the company.
Chapter completed!