"Idiots! Don't panic! Hold on! Hold on! Reinforcements are coming soon!"
Despite the fatal raid, the surviving cultists fought back with the blade and encouragement of the officers. The beam of the laser gun buzzed in the air, and the grenades exploded on both sides of the burnt building, making intermittent bursts.
"rush!"
Gomo ran to the street and headed straight for a parked armed truck.
The automatic cannon was already turning the turret, but Astart was too close and too fast for these mortals to effectively use their weapons.
The beam of the laser gun burned the air around him. Gomo took out his pistol, fired two shots quickly, and directly killed the driver and weapon.
“Cross the intersection!”
Armin commanded to arrive through the communication bead.
They ran to the middle of the parked personnel carrier, and Haomer threw two fragmented grenades into the carriages of the two cars he could, while Robin shot several soldiers a little further away while moving, and at the same time, he hit the oil barrel in the square ahead with a bomb.
The explosive bomb easily penetrates the steel plate, causing a huge explosion.
It took Haumo only a few seconds to reach the other side of the intersection, but found himself under attack from three different directions.
There were actually more than five hundred cultists near the stronghold. Although they had lost the leadership of the Chaos Space Marine, they instinctively opened fire on the charge Astarte.
A beam of laser hit Gomo's chest, but his ceramic armor withstood a fierce attack.
Robin was also hit several times.
He shot one cultist directly with his pistol at close range, and then pierced the other with his power sword.
Seeing an enemy sergeant on the left hurriedly lifting his laser gun at him, Haumor fired two shots at the man, then rushed into the middle of the remaining soldiers, wielding his weapons to kill every cultist and rebel he could hit.
Shadows scattered in the dark room, shooting at Gomo with laser guns and simple pistols.
A beam of laser hit his right leg, and two other beams hit his chest, with warning messages flashing on the armor, but the integrity of this armor is still within acceptable limits.
He rushed towards the traitors, two powerful legs driving him through the surrounding crowd, pistols clattered one after another, each hitting the vital point, killing a bastard who stood up from the cover trying to change positions to surround him.
Haumo had just climbed up to the highest pile of ruins when he saw an energy field flashing low to his left.
He dodged to the right, blocked the attack with a chainsaw sword before barely saving his legs, so that his knees were not cut off.
"The pseudo-emperor's lackey!!"
Although the first sneak attack failed, the chainsaw sword of the heretic of the Black Legion still slashed through Haumor's left calf, causing him to trip.
The enemy rushed up from all directions and pulled the trigger on Gomo. His head, shoulders and chest were hit. Although the armor was quite complete, the sensor showed that the armor status changed from amber to red.
When the Chaos Space Marine chased after him to kill him, he heard the crackling sound of the other party's chainsaw sword.
Haumo barely turned his body and blocked it with his sword. The heresy roared, trying to quickly pierce the enemy's head, but a blast shot from the side pierced his heart, and Haumo cut off the other's head with his backhand.
Another rebel took over the position of Chaos Space Marine and tried to stab Gomo's throat with a bayonet. The captain contemptuously blocked the stab with his arm, and then knocked the mortal's head away with a backhand.
The remaining cultists immediately fled in all directions.
Robin put away his gun and rushed down the slope with agility.
"Are you okay, brother?"
He reached out to hold Haumor.
"Ah, it's okay, that guy hid in the ruins and almost got humble just now."
At this moment, Armin's voice suddenly rang.
"The enemy has occupied the southern entrance, and we are going to get it back."
The Tenth Company, which had just experienced a fierce battle, immediately mobilized again. Fortunately, there are no serious injuries or casualties.
After continuing to enter two hundred meters westward, they arrived at the entrance to the core area of ​​the fortress, but Armin did not rush to attack, but asked the three captains to conduct pre-war reconnaissance first.
"I saw those people built some fortifications for the heresy."
Looking at the scene ahead, Haumo couldn't help but complain.
He and Robin and Oscar squatted in a corner of a burnt building 100 meters away from the entrance, looking at a ruin and twisted street lights.
From their location you can see a track and a high and wide gate leading to the outer area of ​​the fortress.
There is no doubt that the defenders had arranged heavy troops to guard the entrance and built two permanent fortresses on both sides, using heavy weapons to create deadly crossfire on the road leading to the gate, and digging trenches to provide cover for armored vehicles.
Buildings within 50 meters of the fortifications were razed to the ground, forming a killing place without cover or concealment.
This is a fearful point of fire to anyone, and Hauer would have been inspired by its existence if it were not for the enemy who was stationed in the fortifications now.
"It seems like there has been a fierce battle here,"
Robin whispered that although it was dusk, their eyesight could still be as carefully observed as anyone with a pair of large-caliber magnifying glasses.
"Most of the turrets have been destroyed, and each slope guard has a burnt armored vehicle."
Haumo snorted pessimistically, and they could see four turrets lined up along the berm.
"Fortunately, there are no more armored vehicles."
"They may be called to strengthen another part of the defense."
"I bet that there are likely mines buried in those lands."
Oscar took a deep breath, focused his attention, and studied the fortress again.
He could see many signs that the fortifications were attacked by fierce artillery fire, but he could not infer how the Black Legion managed to capture the fortifications, with neither body nor burnt remains in the open ground, indicating that there had been a raid.
In fact, fortifications of this level cannot stop Astat, but delaying time is enough and can pose a certain threat to recruits without power.
"If we have enough time, we can wait until night and launch a night attack. The probability of success is very high."
Robin spoke out his thoughts.
“But what we lack the most now is time.”
At this moment, they could hear the fierce gunfire coming from the fortress here.
"What do you think you should do, Oscars?"
Haumo suddenly noticed Oscar's serious look, so he asked.
"How do we seize that gate?"
Oscar studied the fortifications for a while and suddenly laughed:
"Oh, I think we should run up and ask them to let us in."
Robin glanced at Oscar in a gloomy way.
"It's not funny, brother, we're on the battlefield."
"It happens that I'm not kidding this time."
Soon, the three-person team returned to the team and said everything they saw.
Armin naturally asked if they had plans. Hawmore and Robin looked at Oscar at the same time, and a cunning smile appeared on the sergeant's face.
Chapter completed!