After receiving Bahram's instructions, Jacob, who was already prepared, activated the deflagration dissociation gun. The focused hot melt ray penetrated the executioner's head in an instant, and then expanded into a blazing red giant. The high temperature caused the walls to collapse.
There are signs of melting.
Killing a giant beast greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers on the wall, and they all roared with excitement.
However, bad news always came one after another. Just as everyone was cheering, the sky above them suddenly began to flicker, and then the light suddenly dimmed.
This means one thing -
"Company Commander, the void shield is overloaded!"
At this moment, a roaring biochemical plasma glowing with sulfur heat accurately hit the protective wall. In an instant, a bright light exploded on the battlefield like a newborn star, and instantly tore open the middle section of the steel wall.
A large hole was created, annihilating hundreds of soldiers on and around the wall.
When the bright light gradually faded from everyone's retinas, the poisonous fog also illuminated the figure of a gigantic beast. It was larger than the average executioner, with four huge sickle-shaped arms and a slit on its lower body.
The tail is short and misshapen, the exoskeleton on the shoulders protrudes forward, the head between the shoulders seems to be fused with the body, and the mouth full of long teeth is wide open and roaring, which can be seen in the bloody mouth
The deadly projectiles wrapped in the biochemical and electrical field are gradually accumulating and taking shape, and they are also accompanied by the dim light of sulfur poisonous fire.
"Screaming Killer!!!"
Bahram immediately recognized that this was the deadliest variant of the Tyranid Executioner. It had caused huge casualties to the Ultramarines in the Battle of Macragge, and was therefore marked by the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Ordo Xenos.
This kind of screamer killer is slightly different from what the Empire encountered. They carry the distinctive characteristics of this unique insect nest, that is, the sulfurous stench of biological flames, which also makes it more deadly.
"Kill it!"
A unique crisp sound followed, and the shots from two rail sniper rifles accurately shot two dragon fire bombs into the open mouth of the Screaming Killer.
The next second, the monster's neck exploded, and a hole was blown out on the side of its head. The dragon fire bomb contained a ball of high-heat, high-pressure gas. When it exploded, it would form a flow of thermal energy, which could not only cause huge damage, but also
Can disrupt the flow of energy such as plasma.
Under everyone's gaze, the Screaming Killer tilted his neck, his whole head almost hanging on his chest at a 90-degree angle, and then slowly fell down.
However, the gap it opened still existed, and due to the overload of the void shield, the terrifying outline of the sky demon began to appear in the sky. They were in groups of hundreds, and the human air force was tired of dealing with the sky witch and the fierce beast.
At that time, he desperately dived towards the No. 7 stronghold.
Boo hoo hoo——
Airblast rockets were shot into the sky one after another. The firepower this time was very intensive, and soon pieces of Tyranid creature debris fell down.
But this kind of firepower was not sustainable at all, because the Basilisks fired all the air burst rockets at once, and then they began to move to the Ghost's cabin to wait for evacuation.
"Hold on!"
Hayes was currently controlling a set-up heavy explosive bomb, which flew down from the blasted wall. He specially asked the soldiers to check it, and found that it was still usable, so a few people carried it up.
The explosive ammunition was borrowed from a nearby company, and they couldn't finish it anyway.
"kill!!!!!"
Hayes pulled the trigger, and explosive bombs spat out, first beating a samurai bug into rotten flesh, and then blowing up a group of knife bugs. The violent shock was transmitted along the arm to Hayes's shoulder, but he had a problem.
This unprecedented sense of excitement is no wonder that soldiers particularly like heavy machine guns. The feedback brought by this kind of shooting is indeed different from that of rifles.
But suddenly, someone tapped him on the shoulder, and Hayes twisted.
"etc--"
"Hayes, it's me."
Upon hearing this sound, Hayes immediately released the trigger. This was the regiment's staff officer.
"Sir, how did you..."
"The order from above has come down, it's your turn to withdraw."
"Withdraw...do you really want to withdraw?"
"This place can't be defended anymore. Look at the poisonous smoke coming up soon."
Hayes turned his head and took a look, and found that the dim yellow poisonous smoke had indeed risen to a position less than fifty meters away from the protective wall unknowingly.
"The rest of the group..."
"You're the only ones left. Let's go. I've brought two sets of Wolf Spider Sentry Cannons, which should be able to take over for a while."
Upon receiving this reply, Hayes quickly blew the whistle.
"Gather! Gather!"
The people in the company quickly gathered together, and then he asked a dozen people to help deploy the Wolf Spider Sentry Cannon on the wall. The others received the news of the retreat in uneasiness, and many people visible to the naked eye breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon the entire company left the position they had held for nearly twenty days. When they came behind the wall, there were already running soldiers everywhere. Hayes arranged for the company to get some water and food to replenish their strength on the road, while contacting the regiment headquarters and asking.
After receiving the information and time of their ride, they evacuated in the Space Marine's Stormbird half an hour later. Even Hayes was surprised, and then a little moved. Obviously, in the mind of the commander, the status of mortal soldiers was not the same.
No lower than the Astartes.
Just as Hayes was leading people towards the landing area, the sound of fighting coming from the protective wall attracted his attention again, and his position and height were just enough to see the fighting there.
The ten companies of the Astral Knights formed a long silver-gray wall, blocking the Tyranids who were trying to pour out from the wall, and the team with Bahram as the core blocked the way and blasted away with screams and killing blows.
Through the gap, they faced a completely crazy swarm of Tyranid creatures. At the front was a group of warriors, with death breath guns and devouring guns covering their progress.
He saw with his own eyes that a space warrior on the parapet had just kicked over a warrior bug who was climbing up the wall on a ladder of corpses. A flying warrior bug rushed from the sky and ordered to cut off the warrior's sword-holding arm from the side with a bone blade.
, but even so, the soldier still responded quickly and fired back at the opponent, blasting the opponent's head with three explosive shots.
But as soon as the Space Marine turned around, he was cut off by the executioner's sharp claws, causing a fountain of blood to spill out.
"It turns out...they are the rear troops..."
Hayes murmured to himself and stared into the distance. Suddenly, a memory that had been sleeping in his mind for a long time emerged -
During training, he also longed to become a Space Marine. He once firmly believed that they were the bravest, most fearless, and most powerful of all people, but the cruel war gradually blurred the vision of the past.
But it was also during the war that he recalled all this again.
"Maybe we should fight alongside them instead of..."
A strong wind carried air currents and blew past Hayes' head. He raised his head and saw a strange, dark fighter plane passing by, with markings he didn't recognize engraved on it. Then the fighter plane rushed near the protective wall.
And began to shoot fiercely at the gap, lowering its height.