Obviously, the gene stealers ambush the "elites" in the pond, waiting for the imperial army's attention to be attracted by the cannon fodder to the north, and then they suddenly climb over the wall from the south. It has to be said that the plan is quite good.
However, their lurking skills were not good enough, and they were discovered so easily. Hayes immediately mobilized his strength.
"Grenade team, are you set up?"
"Okay! Company Commander!"
"Stop the shot!"
The moment the order was given, the two automatic grenade launchers began to roar. This weapon can be regarded as a substitute for the "heavy bolter" in Vatish. It has a simpler structure than the bolter, so the weight is reduced a lot, but the range
It is much reduced, but it can be fired in a curved direction. The grenade can cause a killing radius of nearly ten meters, which is very suitable for killing light targets without protective gear.
Soon a dense rain of bullets fell on the heads of the ambushing gene stealers. The continuous firing of grenades formed a continuous wall of death. The shock wave of the explosion tore their wet clothes to pieces, and the flying shrapnel cut them open.
Their skin and blood vessels were damaged, but they were still charging, refusing to turn around.
"They are testing the limits of our firepower little by little..."
Hayes looked at the fallen Genestealers in batches and muttered to himself. Then he heard the sound of drums and immediately picked up the binoculars.
Directly along the open road, another large group of gene stealers drove in in modified tractors. Those modified tractors were inlaid with iron sheets, and the gene stealers kept hitting them with hammers made from human leg bones.
A human skin drum, symbolizing the flag of the Genestealer sect, was flying high above the head. On the most "luxurious" tractor, stood a commander holding a sickle. He held a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.
Sickle shouted:
"The day of ascension has arrived! Dedicate yourself! Return to the embrace of the Star Emperor and bid farewell to hunger, illness, and death forever!"
Hayes stared at this group of enemies. If he was right, those sharp claws and carapace that flashed between the gaps in the metal plates of the tractor were probably purebloods.
"Very smart. They know how to protect their most lethal units with armor."
Hayes has studied the horrors of purebloods many times. Whether it is written words or film and television scenes, the characteristics of these creatures are firmly remembered in his mind. He can be said to be the hardest working officer in the crash course.
That person - and he studied tirelessly not to climb up, but just to hope that he would be able to lead the people in the company home.
"If purebloods are allowed to get close, the protective wall may not be able to be defended. Their climbing and jumping abilities are too strong, and their claws will be very scary once they get close..."
Hayes immediately reached out and picked up the communication microphone from the back of the communications soldier on the side, and then quickly dialed the regiment headquarters.
"Regiment headquarters, this is the third company. We are besieged by a large number of gene stealers and need artillery support. The coordinates are..."
At the regimental artillery position 50 kilometers away from the battlefield, it was lunch time. The artillerymen had just gathered around the cauldron and had not taken a few bites when the broadcast sound of the communicator suddenly came.
The artillery officer dropped the can in his hand and jumped up immediately.
"Quick, quick! Don't fucking eat it!"
Amidst the cursing sounds of the artillerymen, the originally raised muzzles of the six basilisk-like self-propelled artillery weapons began to be neatly selected and slightly lowered in height, and the calibration was quickly completed with the help of the data sent back by the servo skull.
These basilisk self-propelled artillery are very different from the models commonly used by the Astra Militarum. Although its chassis is still a Chimera chassis, the top is a closed turret, which makes it more environmentally adaptable than an open turret.
The conventional model is better, and the turret is equipped with an air extraction device, a thermal sheath, a modular anti-recoil system and a life support system, which can maintain combat in an oxygen-free or radiation environment.
Just as the artillerymen quickly adjusted their firing angles, one after another Trojan ammunition supply vehicles also arrived at the designated position, using a mechanical arm to stuff a destructive high-explosive shell into the barrel.
The Trojan support vehicle can be said to be one of the cornerstone vehicles of the Astra Militarum. It can be used as a tractor to tow the weapons platform, or as an armored ammunition transport vehicle to transport additional ammunition to the weapons platform after the weapons platform is in place, or
They transport ammunition to frontline troops in need of supplies. Since they are a kind of logistics vehicle, it is difficult to see them on the frontline, but they can often be seen in the rear transporting supplies from rear warehouses to the frontline.
The support vehicle assigned to the artillery has been specially modified with a mechanical arm to grab heavy ammunition. With the help of this specialized ammunition supply vehicle for loading, the fastest rate of fire of this model of Basilisk can reach one round in 6 seconds.
Of course, artillerymen can also choose to manually load the vehicle with the help of auxiliary facilities, but this will take longer.
At the same time, the main gun used by this model of Basilisk is not the Empire's mainstream earth-shaking cannon, but a large-caliber impact cannon. This artillery is an upgraded version of the earth-shaking cannon. With the extended-range shells, the entire artillery range exceeds 100 kilometers.
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Because of this series of improvements, in fact these self-propelled artillery are no longer basilisks at all. After friendly negotiations with the manufacturers of Ulan Huda, Soshyan named this model the Assasi self-propelled gun.
The artillery is used to commemorate an artillery master in the old legions. This commander was also one of the few people whose names were recorded in the Avesta.
"complete!"
"Fire!"
The next moment, the roar of the God of War resounded through the sky, and six high-explosive bombs streaked across the sky, covering a distance of tens of kilometers in almost the blink of an eye.
Boom boom boom boom——
In a few breaths, violent explosions covered both sides of the road. Countless gene stealers screamed and were thrown into the sky, while those modified tractors were directly overturned or fell apart under the huge impact. The purebloods hiding inside
They were not even seen by the enemy, so they were buried in the sea of fire or crushed into flesh. Huge craters were imprinted on the ground, and because there was no shelter around them, the lethality of the shrapnel was multiplied. There was only one crater.
Countless broken limbs and mutilated and moaning bodies were scattered for a hundred meters around.
"This is the third company, the position remains unchanged, the bombardment distance is reduced by 50, and three rounds are fired rapidly."
After checking the effects of the bombardment, Hayes adjusted the coordinates.
"The shelling distance is reduced by 50!"
"aim!"
"Fill in!"
"Fire!"
The scream of artillery shells sounded again, and this time the gene stealers were frightened. Even though the Tyranid genes gave them stronger physical strength and spiritual power, it was not enough to resist the large-caliber artillery shells. When the first shell fell,
In an instant, both pure-blood and mixed-blood people ran into the woods like crazy.