Endymion Star Cluster, Sixth War Zone, Kirab Galaxy, Drade Star
Four months after the attack was launched, the Red Pirates, who had been trying to ambush the main force of the White Templar, found that the opponent was not fooled at all, so that they wasted a lot of time. Instead, they waited for reinforcements from the Empire - the former guardian of Endymion.
The Mantis Warriors Chapter, and tens of millions of mortal soldiers.
After receiving support, Arash immediately started to launch counterattacks from several directions. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Red Pirates quickly gathered their forces and abandoned many of the worlds they had invaded. However, because another main force of the Red Pirates was besieging Salamander, in order to prevent the second
Due to the interference from the Sixth Theater, Huron requested that the combat troops here must find ways to temporarily hold back the troops in the Sixth Theater.
After quarreling and many meetings, the Red Pirates' squadron decided to choose the battlefield on the Drad planet, which was the first to invade, because it had basically been occupied, and only a small number of imperial troops were still holding on. After a little reorganization, it was a
It's a fairly strong fortress, and there are many refugees on the planet who have jumped out of the hive, making it worthy for the empire to invest a large number of troops.
In order to unify the command, with the consent of Huron, the leader of the blood snake demon Ganmartin became the commander-in-chief of this defensive operation. However, it was not easy for him to mobilize the surrounding red pirate forces. After all, having authority is one thing.
, then whether to listen or not, or how to listen is another matter. It is undoubtedly difficult for Ganmartin, an outsider, to command these unruly warlords, but at least they still respect Ganmartin's deployment.
When the imperial fleet came in force, the Red Pirate fleet had disappeared, but Arash did not dare to be careless. It was not a good thing that the enemy fleet could not be found. This would cause the imperial fleet to not dare 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 fails, it may even lead to the collapse of the entire situation. As the commander of the battle, Arash already knows that he must be cautious and cautious.
Therefore, after the transport ship dropped the troops, it quickly followed the warships out of orbit, leaving only a small number of warships stationed in orbit to perform limited support tasks.
The initial landing was relatively smooth, and the Red Pirates did not obstruct it too much. When the Imperial reinforcements joined the remaining forces of the planet and began to march towards the hive and key areas, the Red Pirates began to launch in small groups as the Astra Militarum marched.
Night attacks or raids take advantage of the powerful single combat power of Space Marines. Such attacks are often difficult to prevent and must pay a huge price to repel them.
This caused many troops to lose more than half of their troops before they even got close to the attack point. In order to preserve combat power for possible decisive battles or naval battles, Arash could not easily send out limited space warriors. He could only let those mortal troops use their available resources as much as possible.
Some equipment is used against Chaos Space Marines, at least the current losses are acceptable.
After paying more than half a million casualties, the imperial troops gradually gathered near several major hives on the planet Drad. At this time, more than four million troops had landed on the planet, and they immediately launched an attack on the enemy-occupied cities.
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But the Blood Snake Monsters are indeed an anomaly among the Chaos warbands. Their discipline far exceeds that of most Chaos forces. When the Tyrant Legion soldiers trained by Huron cooperated with them, the battle became a bitter battle from the beginning.
The pirates have a large number of Space Marines, reinforced fortifications, and various Chaos Sorcerers, while the Empire has more powerful firepower, more powerful troops, and limited air superiority.
But the shortcomings are also obvious. There are not many Space Marines, and the proportion of recruits among the soldiers is too high.
After a short week of bloody battles, not a single city was liberated, and the casualties of the landing force were close to two million, especially among the newly recruited soldiers, with the casualty ratio exceeding 70%. There were even a certain number of troops who fled the battlefield and fled.
A case of mutiny.
However, Arash could not do much. He was determined to invest more power and use sheer numbers and firepower to overwhelm his opponents. He even issued a death order prohibiting taking a step back. If this was not possible——
"Then crush them with corpses!"
Angry words echoed on the bridge of White Templar's flagship.
Later, more than three million new troops were sent up from the rear, and they would be dropped on the planet Drad, and Hayes and his regiment were among this second batch of supporting troops.
In the dim cabin, there were only a few lighting balls overhead 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 sitting on their bags. Most of the people were silent, except for a few.
Whispers - In order to transport soldiers to the maximum extent, these transport ships do not have literal personnel compartments, and the compartments are divided to carry soldiers.
Hayes was sitting against the corner, his head shaking back and forth, 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 people in the cabin.
The small toilet always smelled bad, which made Hayes miss the ship he was on before. At least there was a bed for each of them.
Another thing that's strange is that they don't have a company commander yet. It's said that their company commander has already arrived on the battlefield first. I don't know if that's true.
Suddenly, the ship shook, and everyone in the cabin noticed it. Everyone raised their heads, with uneasiness on their faces. Hayes also suddenly woke up, because he had heard many comrades around him talk about those terrible shipwrecks, the kind of falling
He didn't want to experience Void's death with all his blood squeezed out.
Then the hatch opened and the officers stood outside and blew their whistles.
"gather!!!!"
Hayes immediately jumped up, picked up his luggage, and followed the team out. 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 let out a cry of surprise.
Through the huge observation window of the transport ship, the distant planet seemed to be right in front of us, with several battleships hanging above it and firing lasers downwards.
"Take up your gun and shoot the heretics! The Emperor is watching you!"
"Fight bloody to the end and fight to the death!"
"A moment of cowardice is an eternal betrayal!"
The political commissars held loudspeakers and shouted at the top of their lungs. Hayes followed the team step by step forward. Soon he saw the stacked boxes and what the people around the boxes were doing.
Finally the shot is fired!
"Take it."
The quartermaster handed Hayes a brand-new laser rifle, followed by two armed belts with magazines, bayonets and grenades hanging on them.
Hayes held the laser gun which was quite heavy for him, looked left and right, and then smiled, as if he had received the best birthday present.
"What are you laughing at?"
Suddenly, he was hit on the back of the head, and when he turned around he saw it was Veteran Youzi Hasek - a word he had only recently learned.
"You'll cry once in a while, but this time I'm really going to see blood."