"Let's try to alert the enemy."
Gallian first ordered a shot to be fired on the second floor of the Governor's Palace to expose his position, then released smoke and retreated into the huge collapsed ruins.
Sure enough, three Leman Russ appeared, along with a large group of infantry.
Due to the installation of jamming equipment, the Iron Ode was not detected by the enemy's auspicious device. Although the Cruel Blade was extremely large, it was unusually quiet when traveling at low speeds thanks to its reinforced array-type metal fiber alloy chassis.
It shifted its position to a distance of about six hundred meters behind the enemy.
At this time, the defenders of the Red Corsair were unaware of the approaching doom. The Iron Ode drove smoothly, aimed its gun barrel at the enemy's last Leman Russ, and then opened fire.
It hit the bottom of the enemy tank's turret, and the Leman Russ exploded immediately, taking away dozens of surrounding infantrymen.
The enemy fell into chaos instantly, with the infantry looking for cover and the tanks trying to turn around.
The Iron Chant fired again, destroying the second one. At the same time, the quadruple laser cannons on both sides also fired at the ruins at their highest rate of fire, suppressing the infantry.
boom--
There was a loud noise, and it was the enemy Leman Russ who opened fire.
"We were hit!"
The shell hit the front of the tank, landing just in front of the main gunner's position. Ordinary people might be knocked unconscious by the impact, but they were all Space Marines wearing power armor, which was equivalent to two layers of protection.
"Don't worry, the rebels do not have the ability to produce special ammunition. The original Leman Russ battle cannon can only fire high-explosive shells and capped armor-piercing shells."
Galian checked the situation and confirmed that there was no damage to the Iron Ode. As an infantry tank, the original model of the Leman Russ was not very suitable for armored warfare, especially against overweight armor.
This is why he dared to attack the enemy at close range so boldly.
"fix it."
After realizing that his one shot failed to shake the Cruel Blade, the Leman Russ immediately began to reverse and release smoke, preparing to escape. However, the smoke had minimal effect on the Cruel Blade's sighting equipment at close range.
"Fire!"
In the blink of an eye, with a flash of light, the Leman Russ was also destroyed.
After that, the infantry lost their courage and began to flee. Iron Ode did not pursue these pawns. It turned towards the main entrance of the Governor's Palace under the command of Gallian.
At this time, the Space Marines had begun to besiege this huge building. The Chaos Space Marines and the defenders inside were desperately resisting. They detonated the explosives at the main entrance, causing the huge stone pillars to collapse and seal the door, while they hid on the second floor facing the Fire at any target that tries to get closer.
There is a secret armory in the Governor's Palace, which contains many plasma weapons and melta weapons. They are also a threat to the Imperial Space Marines.
"Second Company Commander, do you need help?"
Seeing the Cruel Blade rumbling towards him, Ustad, who was commanding in a building with half the wall missing, smiled. They happened to be blocked by the enemy at the gate.
"Of course, there's a plasma cannon up there, and I need your help knocking it out."
"receive."
The Iron Ode did not go directly to the battlefield, but instead took a detour.
"Second Company Commander, I need you to make a tentative attack."
"no problem."
Subsequently, a tactical team from the Second Company jumped out of the bunker and advanced more than 20 meters towards the gate of the Governor's Palace.
Then quickly retreated.
A flash of light shot out from a window on the already pitted second floor of the Governor's Mansion, and then blue plasma caused a violent explosion on the ground, and the Space Marines immediately retreated to a safe position.
"Gai Yin, I marked the location of the enemy's plasma cannon. Shoot as soon as possible, otherwise they may move."
"receive!"
Three seconds later, the main cannon of the Iron Ode roared, triggering a violent explosion, and several broken corpses wearing red power armor could be seen being thrown out from the second floor.
"Iron Wolf, Bronze Ghost, focus on attacking the gate. The brothers of the second company can't wait."
"receive."
Three Brutal Blades rumbled out of the ruins of the building. A few armor-piercing rockets hit, but they could only raise a burst of harmless smoke. Then their main guns fired a salvo at the gate of the Governor's Mansion. Only those huge The ruins of the building instantly collapsed into countless smaller fragments, and the rebels hiding behind were shattered into pieces.
"Second Company! Enter!"
Under the suppression of the Brutal Blade, the firepower of the defenders at the main entrance of the Governor's Palace suddenly weakened. Ustad seized the opportunity and ordered an attack. Under the guidance of the company flag, the soldiers of the Second Company quickly rushed into the Governor's Palace.
The battle lasted for nearly an hour, and the continuous gunfire throughout the Governor's Mansion basically stopped, but gunfire could still be heard throughout the city.
Garian, who had taken off his helmet, sat on the turret of the Iron Ode, with one leg resting on the main gun, watching the warriors from the distant battle group walk out of the Governor's Mansion one after another, while the devotee battle group solemnly carried their fallen soldiers. Brother, only two people from the team that sneaked into the Governor's Mansion survived, and everyone expressed their respect for them.
Co-gunner Rams was using paint to paint a white Skyhawk mark on the side of the tank to represent the amount of enemy armor they had destroyed during the battle.
Suddenly, the roar in the sky attracted Gallian's attention. It was a Stormbird, and then he murmured:
"The Chapter Master is here."
When Soshyan came out of the Storm Bird, casualty reports and enemy kill reports had been sent to him.
By any measure, the progress and outcome of this battle was perfect. Only the Devotees lost eleven warriors, the other chapters and companies suffered only wounded, and all one hundred enemy Chaos Space Marines were wiped out. .
Considering the amount of effort invested in this battle, this result is not very surprising.
But Soshyan also had new worries. This was going too smoothly. Considering the importance of this world, Huron almost gave up the place without any resistance, and the reconnaissance force also sent a message not long ago. According to the news, they found the so-called portal, but that thing was actually a fake, which meant that Huron had no intention of letting the people on the planet evacuate.
What is the reason for all this?
With such doubts, Soshyan temporarily stopped in Tovack and ordered that the Dark Angels and their sub-groups continue to sweep the Mag star cluster and continue to search for traces of the demon prince Malbas.
While the expeditionary force headquarters stayed in Tovack, news from far away continued to gather here.
The White Templar has completely taken control of the Lamptan Galaxy, and Arash is waiting for Soshyan's new instructions.
On the Salamanders' side, the previous attack on the Crow System had not gone smoothly. Their opponents were the Blood Serpents. These highly disciplined Chaos Space Marines made it difficult for the Salamanders, but suddenly these people all evacuated and abandoned the mortals under their command. Servant, Tushan was finally able to command the army and occupy the system.
The battle on Badab's side is basically coming to an end. Under the fierce attack led by Herbrecht, Honso, who has lost all external aid, has exhausted all his trump cards, although he did cause huge losses to the expeditionary force. Casualties - Over 17 million mortal troops have died so far, and over 600 Space Marines have been killed.
The way left for Honsou now is to either hold on to Badab to the end or run away, but Herbrecht has vowed to put this bastard in a cage. The outcome will be about a month or two. The results will come out.
