Soshyan glanced at the auspicious device, which was crackling, and the surroundings were still filled with enemy signals, mostly servants, but at least twenty heat signatures powered by some kind of armor.
Suddenly, a Sikaran battle tank twenty meters away from him roared through the open gate and broken city wall. The huge automatic cannon sprayed out dense shells, tearing most of the reinforced concrete.
Behind the Sikaran were Predator tanks, their turrets and side weapons stations pouring out the Emperor's wrath with autocannons and lascannons, heavy bolters and plasma cannons, Land Raiders adding to the Firestorm, Lasers and muzzle flashes illuminated the gray walls with red, blue and green lights.
As the armored forces advance, more infantry and battle droids arrive at the stronghold.
They spread out, some climbing up the outer walls and firing from high above, while most pushed toward the next fortification.
With the entire defense already penetrated, the demise of the fortress defenders was inevitable, but Talos seemed a little worried.
"Don't let any filthy traitor escape!"
First Company Commander Mark barked on the communicator.
"Push forward with all your strength, fast!"
Just then, Soshyan received reports of a formation of Storm Crows flying in the sky.
"Significant energy surges detected from the Eastern Quadrant, underground, Chapter Master."
One of the reports said:
"They are approaching quickly."
"how come--"
Soshyan glanced at the thumbnail of the battlefield and found that it should be a deserted forest with nothing. The reconnaissance team had confirmed that there was no sign of the enemy.
At this time, the large force has advanced to the last remaining area of the fortress. The Terminator team equipped with melta weapons, automatic cannons and heavy flamethrowers gathered on the left wing, and the soldiers of the 11th Company climbed to the end of the barrier with jump packs. The protective wall, the gun in his hand sprayed death, and the vehicle turned the battlefield into a crematorium surrounded by flames.
"Soshyan, the situation is not right, the enemy has increased its troops."
Talos also realized that the situation was different from what they expected. The enemy did not choose to retreat or change the direction of attack, but chose to reinforce this place.
"If it's just to increase the number of troops——"
Soshyan was not worried about enemy reinforcements. The Black Legion lacked heavy weapons and air power. Even if they had an advantage in numbers, they would still be at a major disadvantage in a frontal battle.
This is not a rational choice.
Just as he was thinking about it, the Black Legion's counterattack arrived.
One kilometer away from the battlefield, the ground suddenly opened with a roar, like a worm opening its mouth, and small sharp teeth could be seen on the edge of the crack.
Soon, five Dreadnoughts emerged from the cave - war machines several times the size of Space Marines, piloted by veterans who were too injured to fight.
They were accompanied by the shrill war cries of hundreds of Chaos Space Marines, their black armor smeared with blood, followed closely by a group of untrained cultists, shouting behind their extraordinary master. With.
For the current Astral Knights, this does not pose a huge threat, but the traitors rushing towards the flanks of the attacking troops may greatly increase casualties.
"First Company Commander, continue the attack! Second Company, follow me to fight back against the new traitors!"
After giving this order, Soshyan started running, charging towards the emerging traitor. As he accelerated and sprinted with all his strength, his sword dripped with beads of blood.
The troops fighting alongside him followed closely, as if being pulled by invisible ropes.
A few seconds after the Black Legion reinforcements emerged, a fierce volley shot down from the sky and hit the heretic's armored spearhead.
A few fell, torn apart by laser cannons and missiles, while the others charged without hesitation.
One of the Contemptors was a Dreadnought, with a vague emblem of the Seventeenth Legion on its armor, swinging its body as it walked.
Its right hand is a chain saw claw with rotating saw teeth on the edge of the two-meter-long tines. Its left arm is a quadruple automatic cannon that spits death with intermittent roars.
The shell hit a second company soldier a few meters to the left of Soshyan, and he fell on his back when his silver-gray armor exploded into pieces.
Then Dauntless opened fire on Soshyan, hitting him twice but not stopping as he rolled in the flash of tracer rounds.
Then he also used plasma to fight back. The hot plasma hit the fearless shell one after another. The armor cracked and the iron coffin twisted and deformed. After throwing the body parts out, the fearless body tilted to the right and fell to the ground. on the ground.
Soshyan pressed on, the stench of old entrails assaulting him through his breathing vents as he came face to face with the Chaos Space Marines.
"Kill the rebels!"
"Death to the false emperor!"
Bolters and chainswords roared together. At the last moment before the close combat, the castle-class battle robots following the Astral Knights met the traitors with storms and lasers of radiating flames. Then the two forces were mixed together in a crazy melee. .
One of the Dauntless fell into madness, slashing and cutting with its claws, slicing through many servants.
It twisted its waist and dashed with its whirling adamantine teeth. After causing the brains of three of its own members to overflow, it bit a castle-level robot to pieces.
The sharp claws dug out the body cavity of the robot, triggering the power device. The robot suddenly exploded into a miniature lightning storm. The fearless was instantly engulfed by the violent explosion, and both sides were reduced to pieces.
Soshyan was conspicuous on the battlefield, and many heretics spotted him and opened fire on him.
But he resolutely rushed into the hail of bullets, choosing to believe in the protective power of his armor's force field.
The blinding force field engulfed him, and he emerged a second later, the explosion surrounding him, but he just dragged the purple energy ribbon with him, raising his sword and preparing to attack.
There was a fearless man in front of him. Soshyan's first heavy blow hit the side of the iron coffin. Under the action of the energy field, the ceramic shattered and the metal layer below was evaporated.
Wuwei turned around and swung his claws in confusion, but Suoshiyang dodged in time. Wuwei tried his best, but he couldn't touch the opponent at all.
The Shengyan Sword then struck again, cutting off Wuwei's hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
The huge Dreadnought suddenly tilted to the right like a ship with a hole in it, raised its chainsaw claws and made a last desperate lunge forward, but it only grazed Soshyan's backpack.
"Die again! Traitor!"
Soshyan kicked it completely to the ground, and then used his strength to smash open the driver's shell with his sword.
In an instant, blood and artificial amniotic fluid seeped out of the armored womb box, and the shriveled pilot inside was exposed to the air and twitching violently.
The pain of death made Wuwei struggle in vain, and his claws carved deep grooves on the ground.
Soshyan did not look at the downed war machine again. The three heretics of the Black Legion turned towards him, and the explosive shells hit his energy shield, but after a burst of fire, only a wisp of smoke remained.
The Chapter Master of the Astral Knights immediately launched another charge.
"heresy!"
He let out a roar that shook the sky.
"Suffer a quick death!"
The three heretics looked at each other, then roared in response, and rushed forward desperately. As a result, Soshiyang chopped them all to the ground with one strike of his sword in a matter of seconds.
Just when the battle was at its most intense, Talos pulled the sword out of a heretic's chest, and then paused for a few seconds, as if listening to something.
Soon, he yelled at Soshyan:
"Soshiyang! Something happened over there in the Red Sand Mountains. Something is wrong!"
