When the fleet of the First Legion completed its formation, the commander of the Red Corsairs had already realized that something was not right. However, relying on the "stamina" of the hulk Crucible of Savagery that could rival the Indomitable Truth, they were determined to launch a frontal attack and directly attack
By passing through the empire's frontal formation, they can avoid being surrounded. Anyway, a lot of troops have been sent to the Moon of Destruction. According to their assumptions, it is very easy to seize this immobile planet.
However, just as the Crucible of Savagery slowly approached the Indomitable Truth behind the Moon of Destruction, something unexpected happened——
The Moon of Destruction, which the Red Pirates thought would not move, slowly started to move!
As early as during the construction, Soshyan ordered the Mechanicus to install a large number of single-use ultra-high-power thrusters in the propulsion part of the Moon of Destruction. From the beginning, he had no intention of actually letting this thing attack Huron.
The real function is to surprise the Red Pirate fleet in an unexpected way when it approaches!
"This is Chapter Master Soshyan's plan."
Sappho looked at the gradually accelerating moon of destruction and opened his mouth slightly in surprise.
"It seems that he knew in advance that the Red Pirates would have such a useless ship? Otherwise, it would be impossible to arrange such a tactic by coincidence. After all, no matter how many propellers are installed on the Moon of Destruction, its speed will not be very fast. It will hit ordinary people.
Ships are very difficult, but space hulks with zero maneuverability are absolutely impossible to avoid."
Azrael smiled and said nothing, but watched as the Moon of Destruction gradually increased to its highest speed, and the red pirate ships immediately scattered like a school of frightened fish.
But the ship can run, but the Savage Crucible cannot. Even though it has incredible subspace power, it cannot avoid a slowly approaching asteroid at a distance of more than 300 kilometers -
Along with the slow to almost static scene, the distance of hundreds of kilometers passed in an instant. The Savage Crucible seemed to hit the Moon of Destruction. The huge hull fell apart in the violent impact, and many swallowed ships were thrown directly.
At the same time, large rocks were scattered in all directions, but the silent scene was extremely shocking.
Eventually, the Crucible of Savagery lost a third of its hull, and the remaining portion was embedded deeply into the Moon of Destruction's crust, like a giant tumor.
Azrael took a deep breath. The moment he had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived. After losing the Crucible of Savagery, the Red Pirates' fleet was just a lamb to be slaughtered.
"All soldiers, all brothers, attack! Destroy these heretics, for the sake of the Emperor!"
Just as the Imperial fleet began to encircle and suppress the surrounded Red Pirates, the defenders in the Moon of Destruction began to experience a real hell battle. Not only did they have to face the troops that had jumped into the planet before, they also had to face the remaining
The enemies in the Crucible of Savagery are cornered and in dire straits.
Since part of the Crucible of Savagery has entered the underground of the Moon of Destruction, a large number of enemies can directly enter the underground through this contact part. The first underground line of defense that was still struggling to hold on was immediately lost. Abubakari's 310th Infantry Regiment
Suddenly they became a frontline force, and the A-21-w-118-z-008 defense zone where they were located immediately had to face the craziest enemy.
At this time, in the defense station where the regiment headquarters was located, everyone was making final pre-war preparations, because the regiment in front of them had declared that the position had been lost twenty minutes ago, and the collision that was comparable to a super earthquake just now also caused a lot of damage.
Everyone had lingering fears, and many even thought they would be buried underground forever. To make matters worse, part of the passage collapsed due to the impact, and some halls destroyed part of their defenses due to huge rock falls.
Now there is only one passage left behind the entire regiment. Two of the three defense halls that were originally used as support are no longer usable. Behind them is a rail transit center on the second ring defense line. If this place is lost, the enemy may move toward
Flanking attack from surrounding friendly forces.
The order they received was to hold on until the order to retreat was given, or new reinforcements arrived.
However, no one knows when this order will be issued or when reinforcements will arrive——
"Your camp is doing well."
Arni went down to the army and came to see the disgraced Ouranios and the others. At this time, Hayes and the others were devouring ration bars. When they saw the regiment leader, they immediately stood up and saluted.
"You eat, you eat, you have worked hard."
Arni smiled and pressed his palms. Hayes and the others hesitated for a while, then slowly sat down.
"What about losses?"
"Eighteen people were killed and 34 injured. Because we withdrew early, otherwise we would have had to surrender at least half of them, and the place almost collapsed."
Ouranios picked up the kettle and took a sip, then wiped his mouth.
"But the equipment losses are relatively large."
"Whatever is missing, just make up for it."
He turned to Suhrab beside him and said:
"Calculate how much equipment their battalion needs."
"yes."
Then Arni called Suhrab aside and asked:
"What do you think about the next defense?"
"The enemy has many Chaos Space Marines and a large number of Daemon Engines, so heavy weapons, especially anti-vehicle weapons, must be concentrated and used, not here and there, and the three psykers in the other regiment must keep an eye on them.
, due to the existence of a large number of subspace enemies, it is easy for them to lose control when using their power. Now our defense area is compressed very small. It is recommended to move the command post behind the passage. In addition, only half of the troops are arranged on the position, and the other half is used as a reserve.
, otherwise the personnel will be too densely packed and it will be easy to be killed on a large scale by the enemy’s heavy firepower.”
Arnie nodded.
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right now."
At this time, he suddenly saw something, patted Ouranios and walked over.
It was a group of ragged wounded soldiers, each of whom was almost incomplete. The blood and soil made them look like they had just been dug out of the ground.
Arni recognized them from the numbers on some of their armors as the regiment that had previously defended the front-line position. When the second battalion withdrew, he originally thought that this unit had been wiped out, but he did not expect that there were still twenty or thirty people who had retreated.
When they came down, there was a stretcher carried among them.
"stop."
Hearing Arni's voice, the wounded soldiers stopped immediately. He looked at the stretcher, which was covered by a dirty white cloth.
"Who carried it?"
A soldier turned to salute him, and Arni noticed that there was only one finger left on his right hand, and the nose on his face had disappeared.
"Sir, this is our leader."
"How many people are left in your group?"
"The whole group is here."
Arni stepped forward, gently lifted the cloth, and his pupils shrank suddenly.
There is no human being here, just a half-charred arm, a bloody thigh without a foot, a few burnt bones and a military cap.
He gently put down the cloth, took two steps back, and saluted the silent wounded soldiers, while they continued walking towards the passage with their heads lowered.
After watching these people leave, Arni took a deep breath. The residual smell of blood and burnt smell seemed to be a warning. This might also be his ending——