With the control of orbital space, the Black Legion not only lost the support of space, but also large-scale operations were hampered by the present, so the Imperial counterattack force headed by the Astral Knights began to regain the lost stronghold.
The primary goal is to control the Red Sand Mountains, the most critical of which is the Voss Camp.
Due to the dangerous terrain of Camp Vos, it would be difficult to attack with large-scale troops, so Soshyan sent the 11th Company, intending to use a surprise attack to capture this key stronghold.
The operation was launched late at night, and the 11th Company had already scouted the surrounding area before the operation and saw no signs of large-scale activities of the Black Legion.
Not even the Chaos Space Marines saw it.
But when they parachuted into the camp in a specially modified reconnaissance Thunderhawk, they discovered something was wrong.
The camp is mainly divided into four parts, the power station, living area, control center and mining area, and the first floor of the control center has been transformed into a temporary barracks for a small garrison. The squat, thick-walled building was an ideal defensive facility and served as an integrated observation network, with real-time data streams covering the entire facility - all of which made it harder to comprehend the carnage inside the power station.
Talos stood at the control center's only entrance, trying to make sense of the debris scattered across the large, low room.
Three-quarters of the space here has been arranged with neat rows of desks and logic engines for managers and senior engineers, and the rest of the room has been occupied by at least one guard squad.
But now there is no one.
The prophet could see bloody torn bedding, piles of ration packages, and boxes of spare batteries scattered around.
There were scorch marks on the ocher walls, and the desk was scarred by laser blasts.
Talos took a deep breath and smelled the bitter taste of smoke and blood.
The other warriors also looked surprised. Sablin stood at the center of the massacre, surveying the scene grimly.
"The attacker did not come in through the front door."
Sabourin said calmly, pointing to the walls on either side.
"Most of the burn marks indicate that the garrison fired randomly around, but there were no bullet marks in the direction of the gate."
Bahram also expressed his views.
"At the same time, the attacker must have come very, very suddenly, and these people did not even try to hide behind the desk."
Talos observed and came to a conclusion.
"They didn't have time, and when the attackers arrived, they fired almost instinctively, which shows that they were extremely frightened, and only panicked people have this reaction."
Then he nodded toward a door on the other side of the room.
"There is another detachment of the garrison stationed in the next room. They were not attacked at first."
Bahram pursed his lips thoughtfully, replaying the scene in his mind.
"A team was on duty in the main hall of the control center. The attackers dealt with them first, and then approached the inside of the control center to surprise the other team. During this period, the two teams were not even alerted."
He narrowed his eyes and glanced at the blood on the wall.
"None of this is possible. How could another team be completely unaware of such a huge movement, and the attackers would have to eliminate an entire unit under the watchful eye of the observation network."
This was another voice.
"Company Commander, we found a lot of blood in the control room upstairs."
"let me see."
Talos led the team deeper inside, through empty offices and corridors of the control center.
As they walked, Bahram felt the evil energy surrounding the site swirling around them, as if walking through the depths of the forest, where shadows lingered, countless pairs of beastly eyes watched.
Judging from the shaking of Talos's shoulders, Bahram suspected that the other party felt the same way.
Afterwards, they took the elevator to the third floor of the control center, and Talos walked into the main control room.
Logic engines hummed around dozens of empty workstations, flashing green image cells showing scrolling streams of data detailing the locations of several monitors.
A soldier kneels beside the security station, located in a dark alcove to the right of the elevator.
The warrior pushed away the chair on the workbench. This chair was built according to human specifications and was too fragile for the Astartes' huge body. At the same time, he knelt on a large area of almost dry ground with his right knee. In the middle of a pool of blood.
Talos paused and studied the clues at the scene carefully.
Then he looked back at the pool of blood.
"Something suddenly approached and slit the throat of the guard on duty. It was around three o'clock in the afternoon."
Sabourin nodded thoughtfully.
"He was the first to die. As a result, the surrounding patrollers were eliminated with the same characteristics, quietly, and even the gate was not destroyed."
Bahram clenched his fists. He knew this kind of enemy.
"I'm afraid this has something to do with subspace."
He originally wanted to say demon, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that Chaos didn't have much reason to massacre his own servants?
"Where are their traces? Hundreds of corpses will not disappear into thin air."
"Company Commander! I found something!"
Talos quickly walked towards the warrior who made the sound.
"What is it?"
"I've been checking the image array, and I saw a message from about two days ago that said something went wrong in the mining area. Hundreds of miners were missing, so the mining area was blocked."
Talos took a deep look at the record, and the words on it revealed a sense of fear and nervousness.
Their mission is only to occupy this stronghold. In a sense, it has been accomplished, so is there any need for extraneous matters?
But he always felt like something was planning something.
Based on his many years of experience in dealing with Chaos forces, it is most likely related to demons or sacrifices, and anything related to either of these is often not a good thing.
Maybe we can leave this matter to Soshyan, but——
Talos glanced at the new recruits.
He realized that these new blood must face something more terrifying, at least part of it.
"Bahram, gather the team and pick ten people."
The prophet's voice betrayed nothing of his thoughts.
Bahram nodded curtly and turned to pick ten people from the team.
Sabourin and Li Lin were both selected, and the other eight people were all candidates that Bahram thought were suitable. Everyone wanted to participate in the task, but no one had any complaints about their failure, because Bahram's choice was indeed Very, very fair, and they are all recognized by the company as good players.
In a sense, the impression of Bahram acting impartially is gradually getting into the hearts of everyone in the 11th Company. Although everyone has always complained about him, no one has ever attacked him in terms of personality.
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