At least in Dietrich's strategic vision, although the Empire now has some advantages, as long as his armored iron fist is still there, the Imperial people will taste the most painful defeat.
"All crews are ready, sir."
Sergeant Vsevolod of the company's No. 1 Strike Team came to him and interrupted him from inspecting his car. The soldier's voice was very excited, and Dietrich didn't need to look away from Tyrant's Hammer.
If you move up the mighty shape, you can feel the desire of the subordinates for slaughter.
Vsevolod was one of the few commanders in his company to have sworn the oath of Khorne, and although he did not repaint his power armor in the Blood God's favored colors, over six centuries of carnage he had
The surface of the ceramic had never been cleaned, and his armor was now covered in a thick layer of black dried blood.
Generally speaking, Dietrich did not like unstable followers of Khorne joining his company and driving precious iron chariots.
But Vsevolod is an exception. Although he desires to kill, he is able to restrain himself and turn the blood god's fury into brave tactical skills.
"The machine requires further inspection before slaughtering begins."
"It's done, Khorne needs the skull."
"Khorne always demands skulls."
Dietrich said calmly:
"And she'll get them soon."
He turned around and looked around. A total of 15 heavy-duty vehicles of various types from 6 strike teams had started their engines. They roared with the color of life. Most of the engines had been modified to adapt to the power of chaos. Huge trophies.
Skulls were strung on the supports, and living sacrifices to the dark gods were tied in chains to the turret and hood.
Dietrich asked his servant to put on a command backpack composed of cables, data cables, uplink plugs and servo skulls, and then boarded his command vehicle.
"Everyone and every vehicle crew must strictly implement these next combat plans! I don't want to see any self-assertion and self-righteousness!"
Soon, the combat plan was transmitted to each vehicle through data.
This is actually a counterattack plan that Dietrich and Lord Sartosha worked out for a long time. At the beginning of the attack, they will concentrate their efforts on attacking the No. 3 giant substation and the Neuse transportation hub in Zhongchao, which is garrisoned there.
According to the investigation, the troops learned that there were only two local regiments newly recruited from the Maelstrom, with weak combat effectiveness. At the same time, the terrain in the area was relatively flat and broad, suitable for armored troops to advance.
After breaking through this area, the Red Pirates will divide into two groups. One group will be composed of mortals, mainly to attack the two large arsenals and material warehouses at the front of the attacking force. The other group will be the main force, responsible for attacking the neighboring Cadian Battle Group.
General Headquarters.
Although the imperial army broke through Zhongchao, there are still many residents hiding in the ruins of Zhongchao. They are transmitting information to the red pirates all the time. Therefore, the red pirates are basically clear about the deployment of the imperial army. They imagine that once
If the command post of the Cadian battle group is taken away, the Cadian army will fall into chaos. If we attack them from the front, we will have the opportunity to severely damage this spearhead force. In addition, the forward supply warehouse is destroyed, and the empire
Subsequent attacks are likely to be slow.
As long as time is delayed, everything will not come to an end yet. As long as Badab's Honso launches an attack, everything will be fine.
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To sum up, what they mean is to try to knock off one finger of the Empire's attack first, wait for the Empire to feel the pain and let go, and then find a way to knock off the other finger.
For this plan, Lord Sartosa not only invited the 4th Super Heavy Armor Company, but also took out all the Daemon Engines and mixed them with 500 Chaos Space Marines and hundreds of thousands of pirate servants to form a Sartosa Counterattack Group.
The attack will be launched in the direction facing the Cadian people. Nearly 1,000 Chaos Space Marines and tens of thousands of the most elite pirate gangs will use various vehicles to form an assault group to assist the 4th Super Heavy Armor Company in opening a breakthrough.
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It can be said that this operation has basically used all the remaining main forces of the Red Pirates in Sartosa. The rest are basically militiamen and slaves who are of little use. Of course, several Chaos Sorcerers will also assist in the operation. They will use
These beings perform various rituals, interfere with the empire's communications, create the rust storm unique to the hive, and summon a small number of demons - in fact, if they were not too low-level, the red pirate lords would have asked them to summon demons on a large scale.
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In the face of the crisis of death, the red pirates became much more efficient and took action immediately after the plan was finalized.
When the attack goes smoothly, the empire has little preparation for the Red Pirates' counterattack. While the main force is concentrated in several directions, only some second-line troops are placed at some key nodes for defense.
Therefore, when the roaring super-heavy armor rushed into the Neuse transportation hub and its surrounding areas in assault formation, the two defending regiments were completely unprepared, and the weapons and few vehicles they had were completely unable to threaten these coming from a group.
Thousands of years ago, the ancient engine, and the suicidal anti-armor team was intercepted by the Chaos Space Marines who followed the armor. The Tyrant's Hammer destroyed fourteen Chimeras and five Leman Russ tanks in the battle.
In the end, the two garrisoned regiments were completely defeated and withdrew from the key positions. At this time, it was only thirty minutes before the Red Pirate armored forces launched their attack.
After stepping over the corpses and positions of the defenders, the Red Pirates' fourth heavy armor company immediately turned west and headed straight for the headquarters of the Cadian battle group.
Almost at the same time as the breakthrough, the Red Pirates' frontal counterattack also began. A large number of twisted demon engines appeared in front of the Cadian battle line, catching the Cadian people who had just finished their attack by surprise.
However, with superb military literacy, the Cadian troops on the front line quickly stabilized their position, and at the same time, troops were gradually transferred from the rear to support the front line.
The counterattack report from the Red Pirates was quickly conveyed upwards, but the frontline troops still did not understand the scale of the Red Pirates' counterattack, and still believed it was a desperate struggle. Even the commanders of the Cadian battle group still had some debates about whether to report the matter.
Some generals can solve these "little troubles" by themselves.
But when the gap in the defense line was exposed and the news that the enemy's heavy armored troops were overtaking them at an extremely fast speed finally came, the Cadian generals were dumbfounded.
The Red Pirates are actually still in the super-heavy armored force!
At this time, the fourth super-heavy armored company of the Red Pirates was less than 60 kilometers away from the headquarters of the Cadian battle group. Even the intimidating bombardment of the Tyrant's Hammer's powerful main gun had begun to cause tremors around the headquarters.
Under such circumstances, the Kadian generals could only hurriedly mobilize troops to block and quickly transfer their headquarters.
The only ones who could arrive in time to stop the enemy were the "Steel Lords" of Dean's 1652nd Armored Regiment.
However, just as the 1652nd Armored Regiment was making emergency mobilization, the Kadian generals who were organizing the evacuation in a panic received another piece of good news.
A nearby Krieg 98 Siege Regiment happened to be in the process of moving. After receiving the battle warning, it quickly contacted the Cadian Battle Group and applied to join the Cadian 1652 Armor Regiment to intercept the rampaging Red Corsair Fourth Super Heavy Armor.
The company and the assault group behind it.
At the same time, the Tianshi Chapter, which received the signal of the Red Pirates' counterattack, immediately became alert. Chapter leader La Yinfu immediately rode the Thunder Eagle from orbit to the nest capital, intending to lead the team to the battlefield in person.