The desolate world of Gages is located in the outer ring of the Ferron system, which is full of asteroids. A once-defeated greenskin empire is re-rising. In the greenskin's own words, a big Waaagh is gathering.
Once their power expands to its limit, it will be a huge disaster for the world around the galaxy, and even the entire star region.
To stop a great Waaagh from taking shape, it often requires the coordinated efforts of several, or even dozens, of Astartes Chapters.
However, the current Storm Star Territory does not have such conditions.
So in order to prevent the greenskins from turning the entire star field upside down, the best way is to weaken Waaagh in advance before it has formed a scale.
This has also been the Human Empire's best strategy for dealing with green-skinned aliens in the past tens of thousands of years - it is almost impossible to fundamentally eliminate them.
A month ago, under the planning of Mazar, the leader of the Ascetic Chapter and the legendary hero of the empire, the entire imperial armed forces in the Storm Star Region were mobilized to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against this alien empire from all directions.
One planet after another the greenskins were eradicated, and one fortress after another was destroyed.
But this is not enough.
The green-skin empire on the main planet of Fulun has grown to a point that cannot be ignored. Just eradicating some peripheral strongholds is not enough to change the form.
The Magyar Lords' strategy is to first wipe out the greenskin's outer strongholds and trap them in the galaxy, and then focus on attacking their strongholds where they can build starships. After uprooting those strongholds, they can then launch a general attack on Fulen Prime.
The advantage of this tactic is that it can quickly minimize the green skin's ability to wander and flee in space, preventing a large number of green skins from wandering in the void after the green skin's ground power is eliminated, and can maximize the green skin's ability to wander around in space. Minimize future damage.
The downside is that the war will inevitably be prolonged.
Gages is such a green shipyard.
The Greenskins collect the remains of spaceships here and splice them with nearby meteorite fragments of moderate size to create a "Meteor Assault Ship" unique to the Greenskins.
This kind of battleship does look crude in appearance, not much different from a meteorite, but this kind of thing can cause devastating disasters to planets without much orbital defense power.
The greenskins will ride in this giant "drop pod" and crash directly onto the surface of the planet. Then while the local residents are still shocked by the meteorite impact, they will break out and sweep the entire world.
It is difficult for any defensive force to withstand the impact of a meteorite.
Therefore, the elimination of Gage's greenskins was immediately put on the priority agenda of the expeditionary force. Since Gage has strong ground defense firepower, in addition to attacks on orbit, the expeditionary force must also have a relatively powerful ground force. Assault force.
The Expeditionary Force deployed an entire fleet and more than half a million Astra Militarum into the battle, aiming to wipe out the greenskin world that produced meteorite assault ships.
However, no one expected that Gages was an unexpectedly tenacious planet.
Any hopes of taking the planet in a quick and precise assault were dashed when the expeditionary force's detachment sailed into the system's borders and witnessed the incredible size of the ragtag fleet assembled there.
Hundreds of greenskin ships were ordered by their war chiefs to withdraw from the most stalemate war zone in order to protect its most important dockyard.
This army is filled with the remains of battleships powered by ion reactors. The greenskins used their unimaginable mechanical wizardry to weld the rusted hulls dragged back from the ruins of the battlefield into huge ancient garbage-all these things are originally... Scrap metal that was supposed to die no longer miraculously regained life.
Guarded by this fleet is a gray iron-colored planet.
The surface of this planet is a desert inlaid with pig iron veins. The rugged mountains are dotted with staggeringly large railguns and dense missile silos, as well as an astonishing ground void shield as a shield.
As the Terran fleet approached, its protective fleet charged straight into the Imperial Navy's lines like mad savages armed with clubs.
Generally speaking, it is difficult to follow the rules of the battlefield when fighting greenskins. From the moment of contact, both parties participating in the battle will fire at their opponents without reservation.
Battleships were biting each other tightly, and the space was filled with straight lines of lasers, parabolas of torpedoes, and the mess left by the explosions.
Space encounters usually start at a long distance, but because the green skin's preference for close combat also affects their space combat style, the two warring parties are often close to each other - such a close distance even makes some green skins light up. bought a crude jetpack and tried to
This is how to start a gang-hopping battle directly.
In the heat of the battle, a Chapter of the Astartes answered the call of the Crusade.
Soshyan Alexey, leading the Astral Knights Chapter, rushed to the battlefield.
Once out of the warp, the Starfire plunged directly into the storm of war.
Its broadsides unleashed an overwhelming fury, converging into a barrage too bright to see and launching rows of torpedoes.
An ancient giant junk rolled and struggled in this curtain of death and finally succumbed completely. A series of explosions occurred in the armory with little protection below the deck. Along with the lasing fragments and ion arc, the ship went from When the internal explosion occurred, countless green-skinned corpses were also thrown out. The scene was like a fungus spitting spores outward.
The Starfire maneuvered at full speed with an agility that was completely befitting its size. The battleship's superstructure groaned like a living thing. The ancient hull shuddered under the influence of thunderous effects, and the deck continued to fire from the flank cannons. The reaction force caused by it continues to vibrate.
The space area between the two fleets that were fighting fiercely was filled with debris of different sizes, vortexes of plasma disappearing, and fighting squadrons.
Generally speaking, it is difficult for a few battleships to change the situation, but it is enough to tear a small hole in the opponent's formation.
The experienced squadron commander immediately captured the fighter planes, threw all the capital ships on hand into them, quickly divided the greenskin formation, and concentrated fire on the largest ships among them.
This tactic was quite effective, just like the osprey plunging directly into a school of fish, immediately defeating the greenskins, leaving the target they were supposed to protect and fleeing to outer space.
The war is raging outside.
But on the bridge of the Starfire, everything was still in order.
"Chapter Commander, Squadron Commander Lieutenant General Yaro sent a call request."
The ring-shaped halo released by the parallel data boards and the flashing wire frame enveloped the entire bridge in an oscillating and deep light environment. Hundreds of mortal voices conveyed the orders of each position, and the chattering transmitter repeated Ammunition consumption report, used by the Mechanic-Priest
Binary code calibrates void shield readings and firepower.
"agree."
Soshyan, who was sitting high on the command throne, nodded, and the hologram immediately lit up, and the image of a tough soldier's face clearly reappeared on the bridge.
"I am Squadron Commander Yarrow Melson. Thank you very much for assisting in this operation, Chapter Master Soshyan."
"Lieutenant General Yarrow, I am just here to perform my duties, no thanks are needed."
"Then let me tell the truth. The green-skin fleet has been defeated. The next step is to land on Gages and completely wipe out all the industrial and production facilities above. The defeated green-skin fleet is likely to come back. We don't have How much time."
Soshiyang thought for a moment and knew that the other party was telling the truth.
This was a battle of defeat, not annihilation. The greenskin fleet suffered a heavy blow, but it was not a fatal blow. They still retained the ability to fight, but their organization was temporarily broken up.
If they were reinforced, it would not be impossible to regroup for a counterattack.
In fact, the possibility is very high.
Since Gages has been heavily repaired by the greenskins, the density of anti-aircraft firepower is astonishing, and key facilities are protected by huge void shields, the orbital bombing is quite difficult.
And the fleet does not have a fast extermination weapon such as cyclone torpedoes.
Then there is only one best way left.
Send in landing troops and find ways to shut down or destroy the void shield generators on the ground, and then the fleet can show off its capabilities.
There is no doubt that the most suitable force to carry out this kind of mission is the Astartes Chapter.
"In ten hours, the Astra Militarum will be deployed as a ground containment force. We will ride on the Thunderhawk and land directly at the heart of the enemy."
After careful consideration, Soshyan decided to use the Astartes' classic beheading tactic.
Generally speaking, large void arrays are mainly used to defend against high-speed kinetic and energy attacks, and are in an open door state for relatively "slow" vehicles. Therefore, facing enemy targets protected by void shields, Asta Most of them use Thunderhawks for airborne landings.
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"Agreed, the operation will be launched in ten hours, Chapter Master, we look forward to your victory, for the sake of the Emperor."
"For the Emperor."
