"Thunderhead detachment, Indomitable Force detachment, follow the command squadron."
Silas Ovik has more than once encountered high-mobility units launching attacks on the flanks of armored forces. This method is very suitable for dealing with Imperial Guard officers who have just joined the war and are accustomed to clustering tanks together to break through.
But he is different. He prefers to spread out the entire tank regiment and use cross fire to cover enemy units. It is also easier to spread out the formation to outflank the enemy from both sides.
Kill confirmations and death reports poured into the communicator one after another. Although the Red Pirates' armored forces caused trouble, their infantry were beaten so hard by the Leman Russ Punisher that they could not lift their heads.
The sky above the heads of the two warring parties was now like daylight. The sensors screamed and the field of vision dimmed at the same time. When the light turned into a bright beam, Silas Ovik opened the hatch and leaned out, and turned to look to both sides. Back then, a dozen Leman Russ tanks were launching an assault against heretical firepower. Their appearance was obscured by mist and firelight. Under the turret carrying the main gun, the sharp-edged hull slowly rolled over the torn corpses.
Silas Orvick felt his body being shaken as the victor of Leman Russ fired again, and his world seemed to freeze.
Still tongues of fire licked the broken corpses, human figures either stepped forward, fell down, or burned, tanks either stopped or moved forward, and the dust kicked up by their tracks was frozen in the moment before disappearing.
The overlapping explosion flames gradually became blurry, and the shells that tore through the air dragged the tracer, forming staggered bright red light bands, and the thick smoke mixed with the remaining traces of night.
The only good thing now is that the enemy's armor was obviously out of touch with the infantry. They arrived on the battlefield too early, and the Chaos Space Marines obviously did not catch up with their armor in the first time, which gave them a short period of encirclement and annihilation. Opportunity for enemy armor.
boom--
A shell detonated in the wreckage of the tank next to him, and the thrown metal fragments hit the armored body of the Leman Russ tank.
The next second, the shock of the battle cannon's firing suddenly covered the impact of shrapnel, and gas poured into the turret from the open breech, forming a thin layer of gray smoke.
The communication channel continued to transmit battle reports, and Silas Orwick saw Leman Russ of the Thunderhead detachment walking around a pile of debris, the turret rotating, and then its battle cannon violently fired shells into the distance.
The noise of gear bites and engine operation became noisier. A red Sikaran battle tank with traces of blasphemy rushed out of the black fog, its muzzle pointed at the "Fist of Orvik", but "Coward" The "Killer" plasma cannon has been fully charged.
Blue-white energy shot out from the narrow barrel, penetrated the turret seat of the Sikaran battle tank, and lifted it off the body in a ball of flames.
"Well done old man."
Silas Owick duly praised his old political commissar partner.
The Leman Russ Conqueror tank continued to move forward. Around it, the battle tank detachment of the Cadian 1652nd Armored Regiment was quickly outflanking the smaller number of Heretic tanks.
The target indicator has marked the shooting data in the scope, the gunner sets the crosshair on the hull of the enemy's Saber assault tank, and the rangefinder directly marks the correction position in the scope. All these data are calculated in less than 10 seconds. Completed in 1 second. Then the gunner pulled the trigger.
The artillery recoiled violently, and the anti-armor shell hit the target's body with extremely high muzzle velocity. After a flash of fire, the explosion threw a large piece of armor from the tank's body and smashed into a nearby building.
This time they were lucky. The Saber assault tank, which was modified with a rhinoceros body, was not very defensive.
At the same time, another shell was fired from the barrel of the Cruel Blade, hitting the upper part of a Leman Russ Destroyer. Then a series of flames ignited, and the armor was also engulfed in flames.
"Move the shooting position and pay attention to the enemy's counterattack."
The armored colonel continued to give orders, but the enemy retreated and fired accurately, almost ignoring most of the fire.
If he remembered correctly, the big guy had killed six tanks in the regiment so far.
This was the darkest day of the 1652nd Armored Regiment.
Suddenly, a unique signal appeared on his augur, but it was not from the enemy, but from a friendly force.
Then a huge crash came from outside the tank. Even though he had retracted into the turret and was isolated by the thick adamantine armored hull, it still made his eardrums buzz.
When he looked into the periscope, dazzling orange filled his field of vision again. An enemy Sikaran was destroyed.
Some behemoths appeared on the edge of the battlefield. They had huge main guns, towering turrets with sharp edges, and gray paint.
Silas Orwick recognized the armor immediately.
The Macharius heavy tank and the Ragnarok heavy siege tank of the Krieg Legion!
The Macharius heavy tank is a heavy armored vehicle between the Leman Russ tank and the Baneblade super-heavy tank. It is not as powerful as the Baneblade, but it should not be underestimated. The Ragnarok heavy tank is A tank mainly used by the Krieg Siege Corps, a heavy tank known for its sturdiness and firepower, and both of them have one thing in common, and that is——
slow!
Or
Very slow!
The Ragnarok heavy tank is even called a crawling bunker, which shows its speed.
But at this time, they appeared just right.
Krieger's tank regiment came from behind the heretics like a wall. The tanks' battle cannons and directional weapons fired at the same time, ejecting dazzling muzzle flashes.
Kadian's tanks slid forward in an arc from both wings, and each armored unit accelerated and rushed towards the new firing position, roaring at full speed.
The loader also removed the shell from the ammunition rack, pushed it into the breech of the gun, and closed the breech block.
"Loading complete!"
"receive."
boom! boom!
Two loud noises came from the distance, and the ground also trembled. Silas Owick looked in the corresponding direction. The viewfinder showed that a large amount of smoke and dust was filling the location where it was hit. The shell hit the ground from the sky. Yes, it directly blew up an enemy tank at the impact point.
"The Air Force is coming."
"Order? Sir."
"All units begin advancing at full speed."
The replies from each commander immediately sounded on the communicator, and at the same time, the flash of light exploding in the sky illuminated the ground white. Silas Ovik raised his hand and turned the knob to lower the brightness of the viewfinder.
Under the order of the tank regiment commander, a dozen Leman Russ tanks began to maneuver at full speed to the left side of the Red Pirates' fourth heavy armor company. At this time, the Red Pirates also realized that they were fighting enemies from two directions, brutally The Blades instead opened fire on the Krieg heavy tanks.
Although it was also able to destroy a huge Macarius heavy tank with one round of firepower, the Krieg armor continued to advance at a slow but determined pace. They launched a wide front 3 kilometers long, like a A giant net is spread over the enemy.
(End of chapter)
