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Chapter 714: The Decisive Battle of Ullanor: Landing Operation
Ullanor Galaxy, Mandeville Point.

A huge fleet is gathering outside the galaxy.

As the spacecraft arrived in the real universe one after another.

The fleet is still growing in size.

Battleships of different sizes, models, cruisers, destroyers and frigates, as well as a larger number of transport ships and casting ships surrounded by numerous warships, formed a dense celestial cloud composed of steel in the void.

Next to the transport ship and the forging ship, three peculiar fishbone-shaped spaceships attracted the attention of the surrounding naval officers and technical priests. They were all told that these were mining spaceships from the Phaeton Forging World, but they did not know why this expedition needed mining spaceships.

Around the fleet, one can see some scattered twisted wreckage of destroyed orc-manufactured objects, probably warships, space stations or deep space satellites, indicating that the naval advance fleet that arrived here first has already started a firefight with the orcs.

Battleship HMS Regent, bridge.

Fu Qinghai sat upright in the center of the captain's chair.

Looking out through the armored glass dome and portholes, whether looking left, right, forward or upward, the entire field of vision is filled with densely packed warships of various types, and the huge military power of the human empire is vividly displayed at this moment. Once mobilized, even if only a part of it is mobilized, the terrifying military force of the current galactic overlord can still make most forces in this universe tremble with fear.

Fu Qinghai took a deep breath.

For a moment, I felt a surge of emotion.

He had been in the reincarnation world for several years and had been a space marine for seven or eight years, but he had never commanded such a large army. A huge screen in the bridge was divided into dozens of small frames, and the portraits of seventeen Astartes Chapter Captains, three naval fleet Lord Admirals, twenty-one Imperial Guard Corps Commanders, and six Mechanicus Archmagos appeared on it at the same time.

During the nearly one month of mobilization, Lanson and Williot tried their best to dispatch naval fleets and guard corps from other places. Although many star regions are now suffering from or have suffered from orc invasions, if the two are given more time, they can dispatch more troops to join and assemble.

The Martian Mecha Guards also deployed their full strength this time. After Vulkan returned to Holy Terra, there was no need for Fu Qinghai to urge Kubik. The Forge Commander simply sent out the most powerful troops under his command, including the Crusader Army, the Hundred Mecha Squadron, the Firebee Legion, the Order of Restoration and several knight families.

At this moment, fifty-one avatars with different styles on the screen were all looking at Fu Qinghai quietly, waiting for his orders.

"Launch the attack as planned."

Fu Qinghai spoke calmly.

"understand!"

The Space Marines responded in unison, and the generals of the Imperial Navy and the Imperial Guard also nodded. As the avatars on the screen faded one by one, the dense and huge fleet finally moved. The two advance fleets of the Imperial Navy broke away from the fleet and accelerated forward, and began to exchange fire with the Ork warships that came to block them. The follow-up fleets moved forward at a steady speed.

Yes, Fu Qinghai had never commanded an army of such a large scale and such a complex structure. Even though he had the super processor, the Brain of M.O.D.O.K., and its information processing capabilities far exceeded those of mortals and other Space Marines, his ability to receive information was limited. His eyes and ears could not take into account so much battlefield information pouring in at the same time, and there would inevitably be omissions.

But if he let Qingming connect directly to the bridge of the Suzheng battleship and receive the data link transmitted by other fleets, with Qingming's computing power, theoretically, she could issue specific micro-control instructions to the entire fleet, such as "a certain close-in defense gun on a certain frigate should turn 30 degrees to the right."

The micro-control of a certain transport team leader has always been ridiculed, but to be honest, there is nothing wrong with micro-control. It’s just that for traditional modern warfare, the degree of informatization is not sufficient to support the issuance of specific instructions to every soldier, whether in terms of information transmission capability or information processing capability.

For a sci-fi future war like Warhammer 40K, this kind of micro-management is feasible in terms of hardware, but this is not Fu Qinghai's command style, it is Perturabo's command style. Even if the communication is not restricted by enemy interference, Fu Qinghai tends to hand over the command to the commanders on the front line.

Because Fu Qinghai believes that the core of war is people, and people are very magical creatures, sometimes weaker than mud, and sometimes stronger than steel. No matter how comprehensive the battlefield information is, it is impossible to fully reflect the true status of everyone.

Therefore, the expedition plan he formulated did not require the Imperial Guard, the Imperial Navy and the various Astartes regiments to always act in accordance with his real-time instructions - although he had the ability to give specific orders to each soldier. Instead, after setting the tactical goals of each Imperial army, he delegated the specific decision-making power to the grassroots commanders on the front line.

Fu Qinghai believes that micromanipulation is only applicable to one unit, that is, the Mechanicus's unit. In addition to the intelligently controlled mechas and armed mechas, most of the Mechanicus's soldiers are also human, but the Mechanicus's requirements for soldiers are inhumane. These soldiers have been trained to be a part of a sophisticated and complex war machine. The high-end combat forces such as the Titan Legion Knights still have a certain degree of autonomy, while the Skitarii, as the cornerstone of the Mechanicus army, have become accustomed to unconditionally obeying the micromanipulation of the sages.

At this time, in front of the coalition fleet, two Imperial Navy advance fleets deployed horizontally in the void. The ships drew a precisely calculated arc and fired continuously at the hastily approaching orc warships with superior firepower, turning these rampaging greenskin warships into clusters of fireworks in the void.

Fu Qinghai sat steadily in the captain's chair.

Judging from the hasty deployment of the greenskin warships.

The orcs of Ullanor could not be said to be on high alert.

The beasts probably had no idea that the human empire would be able to locate the orc capital in such a short time and gather a large number of troops to attack. There was no battle moon in the galaxy, and no battle moon meant that the coalition fleet lost its biggest threat.

Of course, it is also possible that the Orks have destroyed all the Battle Moons. According to historical records, the White Scars and Last Wall destroyed three Battle Moons, the Imperial Navy also destroyed one Battle Moon, plus one from the Ultramarines and one from the Blood Angels, a total of six Battle Moons have been destroyed.

Orcs don't have a battle moon anymore?

Before getting accurate information.

Fu Qinghai didn't dare to jump to conclusions.

In line with the principle of predicting the enemy's weakness, he could only assume that the orcs had other battle moons, so the human coalition had to capture Ullanor and kill the beasts in the shortest possible time. Otherwise, once the other imaginary battle moons appeared in the galaxy, it would be a disaster for the entire coalition fleet.

The core of the entire plan formulated by Fu Qinghai is to achieve success in one battle. Everyone knows the principle of "the first push is strong, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted". In the original novel, the human empire went to Ullanor three times, but by the end it had completely lost its will. When Sean went to Ullanor for the third time, it was all thanks to the threat of assassins planted by Wangorich around Lansong and Williot that he forced the Imperial Navy and the Imperial Guard to cooperate with the Space Marines to send troops.

Fu Qinghai will not make the same mistake again.

"How long will it take to reach Ullanor's orbit?"

Fu Qinghai asked.

"According to the calculations of the ship's onboard Thinker system, we will reach orbital space in ten hours, Master Qingshan."

Admiral Lord Price replied.

The Ullanor galaxy is not very large, and the galaxy's gravity field cannot provide this planet with much strategic buffer time. The distance from the Mandeville point to the Ullanor orbit is not far.

This galaxy is far away from the core control area of ​​the Human Empire and cannot be said to be rich in resources. Otherwise, the Human Empire would not have ignored it and would not even be aware that a huge orc force had risen on this planet in the past thousand years.

Because the resources here are not abundant, Fu Qinghai speculated that the beasts chose Ullanor as their capital more as a symbolic meaning. More than a thousand years ago, the Human Empire defeated the most powerful Ork Empire in history here. The Human Emperor killed the Orc warlord King Urak Urg in battle. After the victory, the Human Empire also held a grand military parade here with the participation of the eighteen Primarchs. Among the many slogans of the beasts when they launched their army to attack the Human Empire, there was the word "revenge", claiming that they wanted to avenge the former Orc Empire.

It is said that the beast actually knew what happened a thousand years ago.

Do greenskins have such a thing as "history"?
The more Fu Qinghai thought about it, the more strange it seemed to him.

Also, Ullanor is a planet that the Human Empire conquered a thousand years ago, and some basic geographical data about the planet can be found in the ancient databases of the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior. Therefore, the human coalition does not need to wait until the field survey is completed before formulating a corresponding combat plan, and can eliminate some weapon options in advance based on the data.

Ullanor has no core.

First, rule out the bipolar cyclone torpedo.

Ullanor has an atmosphere.

Atmospheric incineration torpedoes can be considered.

However, underground nuclear bunkers and ground-based void shields can block oxidation and incineration chain reactions, and the Orks also have shield technologies such as bubble shields. Using atmospheric incineration torpedoes may not necessarily produce the expected effect. Moreover, once atmospheric incineration torpedoes are deployed, the oxygen in the atmosphere is depleted, and for a period of time, troops like the Imperial Guard that are not equipped with fully enclosed power armor will not be able to land on the surface of the planet.

Fu Qinghai thought about it again and again and finally ruled out the option of atmospheric incineration torpedoes. He had the powerful weapon of the Sister of Silence, so there was no need to risk changing the plot by launching atmospheric incineration torpedoes. The core goal of the decapitation operation was to kill the beasts, not to make the orcs go underground and turn it into a protracted war. He did not need to eliminate all the orcs on Ullanor, he only needed to kill the beasts, and the remaining orcs would naturally collapse.

Of course there is one last option.

Orks are organic beings.

So the virus bomb will work.

However, Fu Qinghai had never considered the virus bomb at all. Not to mention that the Life-Eating Virus could also be isolated by the underground bunker, the key point was that this virus bomb was the only one in his hand and one of the few that could be found in the entire human empire. Its research value was far greater than its practical value. It would not be used on Ulano unless it was absolutely necessary.

The fierce space naval battle in the galaxy continues.

Faced with three Imperial naval fleets, the hastily organized Ork fleet was completely vulnerable. As time passed, the naval fleet cleared out the Ork warships in the galaxy and destroyed Ullanor's orbital defense facilities, allowing subsequent large fleets to approach the planet's orbital space.

From Fu Qinghai's perspective, the tactics of the Imperial Navy were somewhat rigid, but the overall performance was still remarkable. The three Lord Admirals were all willing to perform well in front of him. Although he was the de facto commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, he did not intervene in the command of the naval fleet. As per his principle of command, he gave the decision-making power to the grassroots commanders at the front line.

At this time, a ring-shaped space station that was broken into several pieces was floating in the orbital space of Ullanor. This was the Orc orbital defense facility that had just been destroyed by the Imperial Navy. Unlike the Gothic-style space castle-style orbital space stations of the Human Empire, the Orc space stations used hollowed-out meteorites as stations, and dozens of giant meteorites were connected by corridor bridges.

Full of the rough and practical style of the greenskins.

The human coalition fleet gradually invaded orbital space.

The detectors and auspicious instruments carried by the battleship Suzheng presented the scanned image of the current Ulanno planet on the strategic platform. Fu Qinghai stood up from the captain's chair, supported his hands on the edge of the table, and stared at the slowly rotating spherical holographic projection in front of him. As expected, the surface of the planet was covered with large and small layers of shield systems.

Based on the distribution of the surface shield array, we can actually roughly determine where the core area of ​​the orc capital is - it must be the area with the densest number of shields. In the image rendered by the detection array, the fortresses and fortresses in that area are spread out along the mountain ridges, and there are towering temples and continuous factories. The defense is truly impregnable.

"Go to Brother Garden."

Fu Qinghai looked at the projection and whispered to himself.

Based on the plot of the original novel provided by Vera.

This area is the capital of the Orcs’ capital planet.

"Analyze shield type."

Fu Qinghai turned and gave orders to his staff.

"Some are modified ship-borne void shields and ground-based void shields, while the types of other shields are unclear."

The mortal staff officer on the bridge immediately replied.

On the holographic projection of Ulanno, some cover-type shields turned red and were marked. These were the shield systems that the orcs had seized and looted from human warships or planets. The other unrecognized shields were most likely the orcs' unique bubble shields, and the principle of how the shields were produced was unknown.

Due to the characteristics of Orcish technology, there are great differences in the structures of different Orcish artifacts. From firearms to chariots to warships and shields, it is difficult to name them with a unified specification. In addition, the Orcs are full of personal interest in thinking about and modifying, which is more like forcibly piecing together various salvaged parts rather than planned construction, which further increases the differences.

"torpedo."

Fu Qinghai uttered a word lightly.

"understand!"

The officer on the bridge immediately conveyed the order.

According to the battle plan drawn up earlier, all warships with torpedo launch capabilities, whether Space Marines or the Imperial Navy, were adjusting their bows and aiming their launch tubes at the shield arrays on the ground. Torpedoes were the best choice to deal with shields, especially since ground-based shield arrays could not be evaded by maneuvers like warships, and could only stand still and passively take the blast.

In orbital space, the densely packed warships all pointed their bows at the planet's surface, like a circle of needle-like iron sand attracted by a magnet, and torpedoes slid out of the pipes one after another, dragging long flames and shooting towards the ground targets. The defensive weapon array on the surface was also not to be outdone, with lasers of varying thicknesses and missiles of all sizes also frantically firing at the human coalition fleet.

The offensive and defensive war between fleets and planets is a war with advantages and disadvantages. Planets on the defensive side often have more energy reserves and ammunition reserves, and can sustain a longer war of attrition. The only advantage of the fleet on the offensive side is that it is flexible and proactive, and can choose when, where and how to launch an attack.

Fu Qinghai did not choose to attack Gaoge Garden directly. It was obvious that the defense facilities there must be the most densely populated. It was not a wise and efficient solution to engage in a mindless bombardment and consumption competition between the fleet in space and the city on the surface. Even if the fleet used up all its torpedoes, it might not be able to blow up Gaoge Garden. Not every spaceship in the joint fleet was a warship, and they also had to prevent orcs from other places from returning to defend the capital.

He aimed at a relatively small city next to the Garden of Gogo. He planned to raze the Orc city and then build a landing site. After the Space Marines, Imperial Guards and Mechanicus landed on the surface, they would attack the Garden of Gogo from the ground. This would make the attack more three-dimensional and get the ground troops into the battlefield as soon as possible instead of waiting in the sky.

The densely packed giant torpedoes were like a doomsday divine punishment falling from the sky. The black shells rubbed against the atmosphere to produce red flames, turning into long meteors one after another, heading straight for the orc building clusters on the surface. The sky of Ullanor was suddenly filled with a shining meteor shower, and every orc on the surface could see this beautiful scene that symbolized destruction when they looked up.

Void shields cannot block torpedoes, weapons that deliberately slow down to pass through the shield, but other weapons can. Thick lasers lit up from the surface, cutting a criss-crossing network in the air, and the torpedoes falling from the sky were blown up one after another. The orcs' rapid-fire guns and anti-aircraft guns were also spewing wildly, splashing several dense chains of ammunition in the sky that swung like snakes, trying to form the last low-altitude defense line to intercept the torpedoes.

Some torpedoes exploded in mid-air, and balls of yellow flames and thick black smoke lit up the sky, like bright fireworks in a clear sky. The raging flames and huge air waves produced by the low-altitude air explosions of some torpedoes passed over the heads of the orcs on the surface, and the shock wave airflow made them stagger and fall.

Some torpedoes successfully broke through the interception of lasers and artillery shells, passed through the fuzzy light film of the shield and fell to the ground, causing fission of the earth and explosions in the sky. Mushroom clouds rose one after another, and fortresses and fortresses expanded, burst and exploded in an instant, and shock waves and rubble swept everything around.

The charge of space torpedoes far exceeds that of macro cannon shells. Even a few torpedoes that break through the interception and fall into the city can cause huge damage. However, before the orcs could recover from the explosion, almost in the next second, dozens of Sword Tail-class interceptors broke through the flames and smoke in the sky, accompanied by crazy and intensive shooting of scarlet laser beams, and the whistling sound of the airborne missile pods rotating and launching.

The interceptor fleet flew low over the buildings at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye. The twin laser cannons accurately shot and killed the green guys next to the anti-aircraft artillery fortifications and missile launchers. The onboard Thinker system automatically assigned targets, and missiles with built-in tracking scanners flew around "whoosh". A few seconds later, these anti-aircraft weapons were blown into a pile of scrap metal.

As a standard air superiority fighter, the Swordtail-class interceptor is extremely fast, but its firepower for ground bombing is seriously insufficient. However, after the Orc anti-aircraft fortifications were destroyed, the slightly slower Thunder Eagle gunboats and Flame Raptor gunboats immediately followed, armed to the teeth with a variety of airborne weapons, and began to indiscriminately suppress the ground with fire as the gunboats circled.

These gunships did not even look for an open space to slow down and land, but opened their hatches in mid-air, and Space Marines equipped with jump packs jumped down one after another in the fierce wind. Flames gushed out of the turbofans of the jump packs, and the Space Marines glided for a distance before diving towards the orcs near the commanding heights and firing points. With the impact of the flight, they raised their chainsaw swords and chopped the orc leader who was rushing towards them into two pieces with one sword, and blood and flesh were sprayed and splashed.

The Iron Pagoda's jumping soldiers landed one after another.

He swung his weapon and began to kill the orcs.

At the same time, after the previous batch of Swordtail-class interceptors had used up all their onboard ammunition, they circled in the air to slow down, and in a dazzling mechanical transformation, they turned into several light squire knight mechas and landed with a bang. The Thunderhawk gunships and Flame Raptor gunships also turned into heavy knight mechas, or super-heavy tanks such as the Scimitar, Shadow Sword, and Mastodon, to provide heavy firepower support for the Space Marine airborne troops.

Using fast airborne troops to penetrate the enemy's rear is a tried and tested tactic, and it is also the favorite tactic of the Russian army. However, since ancient times, the lack of heavy firepower in airborne troops has been an unsolvable problem. Orbital airborne is of course also a kind of airborne. Now the leader warrior switches to vehicle form to solve this problem. After the fighter gunboat deploys the space warriors, it immediately turns into a mecha tank on the spot and starts fire support.

This is the 4th Company of the Iron Pagoda Regiment.

Serves as a support point and foothold for the first landing.

It is worthy of the name "Xiandeng" in the company's number.

As soon as the 4th Company gained a foothold in the orc city and began to eliminate the large ground defense facilities that the orcs could use to launch attacks in orbital space, another meteor shower broke through the thin smoke and fell directly to the ground. But this time it was no longer a torpedo, but a Siren Assault Claw drop pod.

Giant iron claws plunged into the streets of the Orc city one after another, the support feet of the airborne capsule were deeply embedded in the cracked and broken ground and roofs, and then the storm launchers and thermal cutters carried out the routine cleaning of the landing area, and team after team of Space Marines filed out of the falling hatches.

"Never mind the laser turrets and bunker fortifications!"

Qiao Shida strode out of the airdrop capsule.

Shouting new orders on the comms channel:
"Destroy the void shield generator first!"

After receiving the order, the Space Marines did not continue to fight with the Orks pouring out of the building, but followed the mecha tanks to rush towards the towering and conspicuous void shield generators. The shield array that could cover the entire city was extremely large, and the Space Marines used heavy weapons to destroy these giant bases, and the tall pillars collapsed in the explosion of arcs.

As the shield generators were destroyed one after another.

The air smells of ozone and ionization.

The film of light covering the city shattered and disappeared.

The Space Marines were finally able to insert the wedge beacon.

The transmission began immediately.

White lights began to flash in the city, and a large group of Iron Pagoda Terminators suddenly appeared on the empty streets. The brief white glare continued to flash, and more Space Marines appeared, as did Space Marines from other chapters.

After the shield array was destroyed, the rest of the matter became simple. The Space Marines began to clear the entire city. Once they encountered a sturdy bunker with strong firepower that was difficult to conquer, they would directly call for the fleet's light spear attack, which could be solved with a single golden beam of light.

The orc city next to the Gogo Garden has basically been declared fallen. The human coalition has successfully nailed a landing site on the surface of Ullanor, and the initial strategic goal has been achieved.

For this expedition, the eighteen Astartes Chapters are the absolute main force in the human coalition, and the Iron Pagoda Chapter is the absolute main force among the eighteen Astartes Chapters.

This time, Fu Qinghai made further improvements and upgrades to his classic three-pronged tactics. After the combined fleet launched a wave of space torpedoes, the Swordtail-class interceptors of the Xiaolong Squadron flew out of the boarding deck synchronously, almost following the torpedo group into the planet's atmosphere. Before the orcs recovered from the torpedo bombing, they were immediately attacked by fighter planes, followed by the Siren Raid Claw drop pod.

It is completely different from the tactic of adding fuel to the fire. Each wave of attack is linked to the next seamlessly. The orcs have no time to organize an effective resistance from this continuous offensive and are quickly defeated. No matter whether it is three, four or five attacks, there is almost no interval between each attack. This saturation continuous attack is the key to the success of this landing tactic.

Fighters following torpedoes, this tactic seems feasible in theory, but in fact it is extremely difficult to operate. Because the explosion range of space torpedoes is very large, the explosion shock of torpedoes exploded in mid-air by ground interception firepower may even swallow up the fighters behind. Therefore, it is a great test for the operation of interceptor pilots. The Iron Pagoda Regiment developed this tactic after several simulation exercises.

As for the orbital drop, it will arrive behind the fighter gunboat, because after the battleship has fired the torpedo, it takes some time to cross the hull before the airdrop capsule launch port can be aimed at the ground.

The above is Fu Qinghai’s self-summary, but for the other commanders of the coalition forces, they only have one feeling:
Fast, too fast.

This is the consensus in the minds of the Imperial Guard, the Imperial Navy, the Adeptus Mechanicus and other Astartes Chapters at this moment.

Originally, they estimated that the battle might take several days or even weeks, but Qingshan Khan condensed it into just a few hours. The landing operation was completed within a few hours. Qingshan Khan really took the war concept of "speed is the essence of war" to the extreme, which was shocking and admirable.

And he took the city so quickly.

Without even bothering to send out the Primarch!

Qingshan Khan used an early landing operation to prove to people that even without Wokan's full support, he was a well-deserved commander of the coalition forces, and no one dared to question it anymore.

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Battleship HMS Regent, bridge.

"Is Sister Silence ready?"

Fu Qinghai confirmed again.

"All sisters are ready."

This time it was Fei who answered him.

"very good."

Fu Qinghai nodded and turned his gaze back.

After the landing operation is successfully completed, the next step is to launch an attack on Gogo Garden. This is an extremely tough nut to crack, and there may be at least five beasts in it.

The number of Sisters of Silence summoned by Fu Qinghai was not much more than the number summoned by Kurland in the original novel, but because he spent a thousand years in advance preparation, the number of Space Marine Chapters he summoned far exceeded the number of Space Marine Chapters that participated in the war in the original novel. There were more than eighty Sisters of Silence and more than 20,000 Space Marines - which meant that on average each Sister of Silence could get two Space Marine companies for protection.

The Astartes had too many troops.

Never had such a rich battle been fought.

"Notify Lord Vulkan."

Fu Qinghai stood up and left the captain's seat:
"Ask him to come with me to the surface."

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At this time, in the orbital space of Ulanno.

The three peculiarly shaped herringbone mining ships slowly began to move. They unfolded two rows of metal "ribs" on both sides of the hull. At the same time, the workers in the mining ships took the shuttle to the wreckage of the Ork orbital defense facilities that were destroyed by the Imperial Navy. The regiment servants wearing RIG protective suits floated into space, stood on the surface of the wreckage and began to arrange something. They continued to use machinery to excavate the surface of the meteorite.

After a long period of preparation.

The two rows of metal ribs of the fishbone mining ship shot out straight blue rays, connecting to the surface of the twisted wreckage of the huge Ork orbital space station and the devices left by the warband servants. Then, the giant wreckage with a diameter of more than ten kilometers or even dozens of kilometers long began to move slowly.

Fu Qinghai was standing by the porthole in the corridor of the Suzheng at this time. He was about to board the Thunder Eagle gunboat to step onto the surface of the planet. He happened to see this scene, so he stopped and watched quietly as the three planetary fission-class mining ships used gravity anchors to pull the orbital facility wreckage formed by these giant meteorites bit by bit.

"Orcs aren't the only ones who have gravity technology."

Fu Qinghai muttered to himself in a low voice.

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