Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire.

Chapter 275 The Day of Destruction

Chapter 275 The Day of Destruction

The huge dreadnought is being awakened by the apothecary, the two tormented ancestors are thirsting for heretical blood after a short sleep, and the soldiers of the Imperial Guard stand erect in the trenches, their guns resting on the trenches, motionless.

The entire camp is in a state of war, and now they only need a confirmation from the scouts to move forward, Captain Jeske said, banging on the unpleasant metal table in the command vehicle. "It was attacked, and the enemies on Tianying Mountain were overwhelmed by a large number of zombies, although they managed to counterattack in the end, but."

"It's getting closer. Destiny is getting closer. Whether it's taking down the orbital defense system or destroying the enemy's ritual, this group of cultists is enduring the counterattack of the entire Destroyer Eagle and the Roanders. Our victory is just around the corner."

"Sergeant, great Astartes, is there any news from your troops?"

The out-of-fit Astartes shook his head. "I don't believe they will fail. The officer in that team is a veteran. He has taken me into the team. He has served for 500 years!"

"But the reality is, my old captain, the legend of the fourth company has been silent for two hours, what happened..."

They became the "blind man". The most powerful eyeliner in the past suddenly lost their sight. They couldn't search the battlefield situation and the specific information of the enemy. ?

Therefore, Captain Jeske's complexion is not good. The only way they can resist the enemy is those powerful artillery shells, troops, and war engines. He can't imagine how to maintain this huge army without the bright eyes of the scouting troops. Another cruel battlefield.

But the person who is more angry and worried than him is the Destroying Eagle, the true blood brothers of those scouts. If the situation in the command room spreads, then those angry Astartes will no longer be easy to control. May affect the battle situation.

Although most of the empire admits that the on-the-spot performance of space fighters can deal heavy blows to the enemy, the essence of this war is to preserve vitality, interfere with the enemy, and attract firepower. It is destined to be passive and defensive, and people's hearts have always been One of the considerations of the command.

Therefore, they designed a set of instructions that were realistic enough. Thanks to many investigations, they knew where the enemy's formation was, and they could also estimate that the terrain was suitable for an ambush, and planned a round of mountain shelling. Honor's HE shell burst opens Chapter 1 for the charge.

But things always changed too quickly. The hasty telegram interrupted the thinking of the commanders, and the captain turned on the communicator. "This is the general headquarters of the Loander Infantry, and the command room of the Doom Eagle Chapter. Please report."

The voice that answered them was loud but sad. "The [-]th company of the Destroyer Eagle, the fifth reconnaissance team, private, Fran reports that the enemy has launched a charge and is coming towards the position. The officers of our unit retreated to cover and died..."

Captain Jeske made the Imperial Skyhawk salute to pay tribute to the brave, but the sergeant who destroyed the eagle smashed his fist down excitedly. The huge force instantly dented the short and hurried metal table that could only hold the map.

"Too much deceit! Old captain!" He was more ruthless about the heresy than killing his father and enemies. After all, his biological father was indifferent. How many warriors have been cast for the Doom Eagle in years?

But he remained rational, because the fourth company commander was at the core of the enemy, and he needed to calm down. "How many enemies are still stationed in the opposite camp?"

The scout replied. "About 3000 people, two Lemanus, five Chimera armored vehicles, 2000 infantry in addition to artillery and armor."

"The company commander can't handle it." The sergeant replied.

"Yes, then our goal is to force the remaining [-] infantry out. Obviously, the current war is not too intense. Let's go forward and engage in a brutal field battle with the enemy to force out their support..." Captain Jeske sighed and said Pray inwardly to the Emperor for his sins, for he will send his comrades to hell.

Now the soldiers are carrying their spirits forward, dragging their tired and withered bodies forward. Although their flesh and bones are filthy, their spirits are always going to the golden throne. Faster and stronger than them are the space fighters.

Those Astartes fought in skirmish lines and squads, like needles in a fishnet of men, and the enemy was not useless.

When the soldiers climbed out of the trenches, the enemy's scouting troops, those rune warriors quickly designed a bombardment to feed back to the imperial guards. The roar continued, buzzing, buzzing, and at this moment people could understand what it meant to shake the ground.

The living dead in Keluoander are not afraid, waving the bayonets in their hands, crossing the artillery fire and the bodies of their comrades torn apart. Faith, stimulants, dopamine, external forces and internal forces you can imagine are all pushing them forward, because This is the last battle of the Loanders.

But through the artillery fire, their enemies are even more terrifying. They are young people who are ready to go, middle-aged people, full sets of weapons, and temporary sandbags as shelters. They are arranged in sequence, and there are strange Lemanus tanks on the hill. More than ten units are worth mentioning. All of them are equipped with smasher cannons, short and thick monsters, and black muzzles.

The gunpowder and metal it carries can kill many soldiers with just one shot, forcing away huge defense projects, like a giant engineering hammer.

In most cases, the Leman Russ Crusher has only one task, which is to approach the enemy's defense line against the enemy's firepower until it enters the range of the main gun, and then use its huge shells to destroy the enemy's buildings and bunkers, so that it can break through the enemy defense lines and sieges.

Therefore, if the Imperial Guard wants to maintain the front line, they must break through the thick armor of more than ten Lemanus, and at the same time face a huge army twice as large as themselves in a field battle.

But when the soldiers of the Imperial Guard saw the number and painting that had been wiped off on the metal engines, their anger suddenly came out again, and a member of the heavy infantry regiment scolded. "It's Big Brother!"

This is the pet name of Lemanus the Crusher within the Imperial Guard, and it also means that the 44th Heavy Infantry of Loander knows the giants here, because they are treasures looted by cultists from their world!

However, they are also very aware of the shortcomings of the giant. According to visual inspection, they still need to travel several kilometers to reach them, and according to the complex terrain and various obstacles of the battlefield, it will take them more than an hour to reach the front line.

The heavy turret and in order to carry more large ammunition, successfully delayed Lemanus's engine that was not powerful enough. The Crusher heavy artillery was originally prepared as a secondary battery for the Imperial Baneblade, which is a super-heavy tank. Lemanus thought Using its power requires paying a sufficient price.

Therefore, the Imperial Guard needs to protect, destroy, and create opportunities in artillery strikes and hand-to-hand combat with soldiers, and the biggest opportunity is obviously, the space marines...

When the current situation was reported to the headquarters, Captain Jesk couldn't help but wiped his sweat. As a commander, he knew very well that the terrible thing was not the transformation of more than ten Lemanus units, but Mobilization and transformation in a short time, no matter what is the way to mobilize 10 weapons for the war situation.

This is basically impossible within the empire. Even if the world has enough weapons reserves to complete, the huge legion system and the monopoly provided by various aspects, barriers, gaps between soldiers and arms, and corruption within the team will delay time.

According to the report of the survivors who came back from the reconnaissance unit, they experienced an assassination half a day ago, or the organizational system changed, and after only such a short time, the entire unit turned into an exclusive drill made for them, a buzzing machine. The roaring killing machine...

But he also reacted very quickly, and when he gave an order, the relevant units began to act according to the order. The remaining three Lemanus units relied on their mobility to circle around the flank of the Smasher Tank, and hid from its slightly worse range. , and space fighters help soldiers gain an advantage in hand-to-hand combat.

Then the Loander infantry, who are not afraid of death, fought against the rune heresy that was difficult to clear quickly. This matter changed from king to king, soldier to soldier to Tianji horse racing, using the strong to attack the weak, making the weak far-fetched.

However, there was a problem with the actual implementation on the battlefield. The frequency of the enemy's artillery fire was too high. Although the infantry did not see any losses, they were delayed by the intense bombing. Much worse.

A theory is a theory after all, but this kind of command did provide a lot of ideas for the officers on the battlefield. When the situation became anxious, a few rapid artillery bombardments hit the enemy's infantry camp. This was Lemanus' extremely accurate howitzer.

The heavy machine guns erected on the project and the plasma weapons that could threaten the space marines were instantly emptied.

And the crew commander yelled on the radio. "Tear it apart, tear it apart!" His projectile exploded violently, tearing apart the enemy's field defense, and such an opportunity was quickly seized by the space fighters. A few soaring eagles cut through the sky, jumped from their backpacks and landed , the landing of the Assault Space Marine is more deadly and terrifying than those shells.

The enemy fought back, a few heretics summoned the courage to fight back against the Emperor's Angels, and the shock troopers admired their courage, but also, only admired, and what answered them was not even a weapon, but the fist of the Space Marine.

Bang, click, the sound told the fate of that brave mortal, it was the muffled sound of flesh, and then the crackling of broken bones, just a fist, his face was completely flattened, but death did not come as promised , It's not a concussion, or a brain tissue injury, it's not, it's the biggest punishment given to him by the space fighters.

He lost his combat power and his face was almost disabled, but the space fighters did not kill him. Instead, the iron fist made his nasal cavity problematic and his tongue became twisted. After he survived, he would not be able to taste or smell in this life.

This is punishment, but also kindness, and even more a curse, and then the enemy gathers, the soldiers are unable to continue to be kind, the chainsaw sword tears flesh, and the enemy's artillery fire stops because of fear of shooting comrades in line.

A rare opportunity, the imperial guard began to move forward, victory is not far away, they must put pressure on the enemy and invaders, to get a precious victory.

Laser guns, logging guns, bombs, tactical squads and imperial guards staggered forward. Plasma guns, bombs, and lasers fired continuously. They wanted to occupy this bunker and then rely on it to counterattack the enemy.

The enemy's headquarters started to be a bit messy, but the leader of the Rune Warriors was not afraid, he tasted everything here, and war was an enjoyment for him, which was very important.

He will also be happy with the joy of the Chaos Gods, those things carved into his bones have even overshadowed his own instinct.

He watched the strategic encirclement in the report being broken through, they were losing their advantage but they were not restless, just said calmly.

"The third team is going to block, and there is also the third company."

It's very simple, take it back if the enemy snatches it, the weak eat the strong, add troops if there is emptiness here, war is never complicated, it has always been like this, it is a consumptive game between two sides, but it consumes the loyal lives of countless men and women.

So the battlefield quickly became a meat grinder, new enemies, new support, the Imperial Guard got the defense project, and the enemy also stayed away because they wanted to protect this place made up of sandbags, trenches and various weapons, and did not bomb.

The sergeant approached as part of a squad of tactical space marines, and said. "The dreadnoughts are going to clean up the Lemanus tanks on the flanks. Other space fighters will be stationed here first. We will start a war of attrition!"

The thousand-year-old veteran of Dreadnought replied. "Yes!" Then the two huge holy engines began to hum to drive its flesh and blood, and ran forward crazily. Submachine guns, that is, giant, large-caliber live-fire machine guns, fire to clear infantry.

The Crusher tank started to aim from the blind spot of the dreadnought. The giant main cannon had a range of one kilometer, but its speed was slow. Although the dreadnought looked dull, it was never slow.

The body that was strafing the enemy suddenly turned 180 degrees, the mechanical organization rattled, and the heavy melta gun in its right hand roared strongly, while the ancestor charged at the enemy.

The heretic soldier yelled that Lemanus should not be destroyed, but was strangled to death by the crazy chainsword of the assault space warrior flying next to him.

Dauntless answered from the communicator. "Thanks, brothers." Then calmly raised his wrath on behalf of the Emperor, a violent burst of bright flash spurted, and he pointed his arm at the muzzle of the Dreadnought, and the hot melt beam burned, penetrated, and melted the projectile , and then flowed into the ammunition rack following the equipment circuit in the cannon, the crew members inside the Lemanus immediately climbed out of the emergency escape holes in various parts of the car body, and then were pointed at the guns of the Imperial Guard soldiers and executed.

The entire huge Lemanus melted and exploded, and at the same time it was clear that the first song of the war had begun, and the tone was biased towards the loyal ones.

(End of this chapter)