Chapter 2878 The battle between steel and shell (Part 2)
"Don't underestimate Tai Lun, stay alert."
While chatting with little Feiton, Hayes used a telescope to observe back and forth. Stronghold No. 7 is located on the southwest side of the Snow Palace, a large fortress with an altitude of about 4,000 meters. It was originally the manor of a large family. After many years of construction, it occupied
It covers a large area, almost like a castle. There are usually more than 3,000 servants of various types. After being requisitioned, it was rapidly expanded and two protective walls were built. But from Hayes's perspective, this
It is impossible for normal people to attack the place. It is surrounded by cliffs on both sides, and the back is against the mountain. There is only a gentle slope in front that can be climbed up.
This kind of terrain requires only a thousand people to guard it. Tens of thousands of troops may not be able to do anything for a while, and the altitude is so high.
But Tyron is not a "human" after all.
So there are actually 6 divisions of about 80,000 people stationed in Stronghold 7, and Hayes's division happens to be among them. Hayes thinks this is a bit unlucky, but his boys are quite optimistic. Apparently they think that the gene stealers are
It's not a big deal, so Tyron must be nothing either.
Hayes taught them many times about this, but it was useless. Some things could only be learned by themselves on the battlefield.
Their company is responsible for a section of the first parapet wall that is about 200 meters long. There is a machine gun tower within the range, which can deploy two machine guns. There are also some platforms extending back from the top of the wall for the use of mortar teams.
Between the first and second protective walls stood some temporary turrets, and those hemispherical metal covers contained automatic cannons.
Taking into account the threat of large Tyranids, heavy plasma cannons were deployed on the wall. However, their company did not have this, but the company next to it did. In addition, a large number of mines had been scattered on the only slope that could be attacked, so they were well prepared.
But Hayes was still a little worried. He looked up at the twisted shadows in the clouds.
The fleet left, and in a sense, half of their bodies were in the enemy's mouth. He didn't know Soshyan's deployment, so he could only pray that this great hero would find a way.
Just as he was thinking, a sharp siren sounded.
"Air raid alert! Air raid alert!"
Hayes reacted immediately.
"Everyone, watch your head!"
When he looked up, he only saw a large dark cloud covering the entire Holy Crown Mountains, filled with billions of gargoyles and Tyranid flying creatures.
The hive consciousness soon discovered the strangeness of this world, and sensed the area where the most biomass was concentrated. Based on the terrain, it instinctively dispatched flying units that were more suitable for attacking mountainous areas, and the number was extremely large. After all, humans are currently showing
The anti-aircraft firepower is a limited number of Hydras.
A Hydra that uses live ammunition weapons may be fine for fighting fighter jets, but it is somewhat powerless when faced with gargoyles that have more bullets than bullets. The biggest shortcoming of this type of anti-aircraft weapon is its poor firepower sustainability, which is the most feared enemy.
A species with an overwhelming numerical advantage.
Soon, the roaring gargoyles rushed towards various strongholds including the Snow Palace. Their speed allowed them to pass through the void shield at will.
"Everyone, take cover!"
Hayes ran up the wall and issued orders. At this time, the entire stronghold seemed to be plunged into darkness. The flesh wings and sharp claws blocked the only sunlight. Many recruits had never seen this scene and were stunned and even trembled.
"Hurry up! Hold on to your weapons and find cover!"
There was a temporary bunker at the top of the wall for the soldiers to avoid threats from the sky. Hayes kicked and hit them one by one to drive them in, but some soldiers started shooting into the sky out of nervousness.
"Are the basilisks ready?"
At the command post of Stronghold No. 7, the commander, Bahram, used his telescope to stare at the group of gargoyles getting closer and closer, estimated their height, and noticed that there were some larger things among them, which should be
The so-called heavenly demon.
Jacob next to him replied:
"Company commander, we are ready. As long as the target reaches the predetermined height, we will shoot."
After a pause, Jacob whispered again:
"Company Commander, what exactly is a basilisk? Why is it so mysterious?"
Bahram put down the telescope and looked at the other party.
"A targeted weapon improvised by the Tech-Priests based on Tyrant characteristics."
"Why are weapons so secretive..."
"Because this involves a series of very complex laws and procedures within the Mechanicus, this transformation, in a sense... is illegal and does not have the consent of Mars."
At this moment, the light on Bahram's hand turned on. This was a signal. He immediately walked out of the command post, where the noble manor was located, and looked towards an open area of the stronghold.
I saw four unique armored vehicles parked there. Their chassis looked the same as the Chimera. Above them was a slightly flat turret, but there was no main gun. Instead, there were two long large launch nests, each firing
The nest is filled with rockets.
call out--
With a scream, the rocket launcher nest began to fire. The four armored vehicles fired all the rockets in almost five seconds. These rockets spraying plasma flames flew towards the sky and dispersed irregularly.
Gargoyles instinctively avoid things flying over them, but their speed is not comparable to high-speed flying rockets. At the same time, the number of rockets does not seem to be many, so most gargoyles do not dodge, and then...
Boom boom boom boom——
The dense explosion staged a grand fireworks show in the sky. When each rocket exploded, it would scatter a large number of small bombs in all directions, and when these small bombs exploded, they would eject a larger amount of metal fragments, almost
In the blink of an eye, the entire sky turned into a hell filled with high-temperature metal jets.
Tyranid flying creatures often sacrifice defense in order to fly, and gargoyles are even more fragile than gunworms. When those tiny metal jets hit them, they will not only tear open their wing membranes, but even shatter their wings.
The carapace penetrates their body.
Countless fragmented wreckage fell towards the ground and the stronghold like raindrops, and hit the ground heavily.
Even those sky demons could not survive such intensive bombing, and even suffered more damage due to their size. They all spun around and fell down, and those who were not dead at the time were smashed to death on the ground.
Seeing all this, not only Hayes opened his mouth in surprise, but Space Marines like Jacob were also surprised.
"This is the Basilisk..."
Then he realized what Bahram meant before.
This kind of thing is not in the empire's standard weapons arsenal at all. In other words, it is an illegally modified product. However, he is a little curious, doesn't it take a long time to make a weapon? This seems to be the first time the war group has come into contact with Tyranid.
How could such a targeted weapon be produced in advance?