Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 30 Maglev Train

The First Regiment of Vostronia followed Thierry's team and sneaked into the bottom nest from an abandoned mine.

Thierry Vieira walked up to Nimrod and made a suggestion.

"Sir, we are now nearly four thousand strong, and your stature is majestic."

"If we want to reach the Upper Nest quickly before the Mad King reacts, we must raid a train station and seize the maglev train."

"The Lukopo hive has a transportation system that no other hive has. Each maglev train is 1.6093 kilometers long and can transport people, vehicles, or supplies at high speeds."

Thierry spoke with hatred, "It is precisely this technology that allows the Mad King to maintain his rule. When I was conducting guerrilla warfare, he was the greatest threat. Puhachi can reach any area of ​​the Hive City within three standard hours from the Nest Tower."

"Fortunately, the levitating train is moving too fast. Once the carriages separate, it will take several hours, or even several working cycles, for friction to finally stop them. I will directly hijack the carriages at the fork in the passage."

"Magnetic levitation technology was discovered by the ancestors of the Piontkovsky family while excavating ruins. He obtained the sacred construction template for the maglev train. This unique technology is also the foundation of their family."

Nimrod nodded in approval of Thierry's plan. "Where's the nearest train station?"

Thierry took out the data tablet and after some operation, two routes appeared on it, bending upwards.

"Sir, the nearest station is D-404."

"Along this route, the march distance is 20.5 kilometers."

"But you need to go through a narrow ventilation shaft. You can't go through this route, so you can only take this detour, and the march distance is 31.4 kilometers."

Nimrod fell into deep thought, calculating and making plans in his mind at an astonishing speed.

After a moment, he spoke.

"Send a small team to lead the way."

He looked at the company commanders behind him who were eager to try, then looked past them and at Szczesny.

"Seventh Company, you have been given this glorious opportunity to capture this maglev train station."

"Yes, my king."

The captain of the seventh company responded loudly amid the envious gazes of the others. Thierry glanced at everyone and was secretly shocked.

[King Nimrod's men seemed to have an extraordinary reverence for him. How did he achieve this, considering he had only been a short time to rise to power?]
Thierry looked at the giant and immediately understood that Nimrod, who was like the god of war, could indeed inspire people to worship him.

Szczesny gripped the laser spear tightly in his hand, his eyes full of fighting spirit. The opportunity had come.

He noticed that Rollslev pulled the company commander aside and gave him a few instructions. The company commander, who had lost his right eye but did not replace it with a prosthetic eye like the others, turned his head and looked over.

The company commander, with the suture thread through his right eye, walked back and spoke loudly.

"set off!"

Szczesny followed the company commander and the guide all the way, walking through dirty sewage pits and crawling through narrow pipes, and stopped 404 kilometers away from the D- train station.

The man Thierry sent to lead the way whispered to the captain of the seventh company beside him.

"There are five teams at D-404 train station, including two guard teams, who rotate duties."

"Each guard team has 125 guards."

He then opened the data tablet and introduced the architectural structure of the train station to the commanders of the Seventh Company.

"Each train station in Xiachao is built using a structure called D-standard. The building structure is identical, consisting of guardhouses, platforms, entrances and exits, and other areas."

After listening to this, the captain of the seventh company nodded. His single eye looked towards the train station, then back to the screen of the data board. After a moment, he spoke.

"Fourth Platoon, you are responsible for attacking the guard room."

"Szczesny, your team will be responsible for the assault."

Under the envious gaze of everyone, Szczesny pounded his chest with his fist.

After assigning tasks one by one, the company commander said to all commanders.

"Calibrate the time and launch the attack in ten minutes."

"Now, as you did in training, lurk at your tactical attack point."

He looked at everyone, making sure they were all doing the same thing: arms extended to the sides, elbows bent, wrists raised to cheek height and clenched into fists, palms facing the person giving the order.

The captain of the seventh company whispered, "Action!"

Szczesny immediately returned to the team and led his men to follow the tactical maneuvers of covert approach, using the surrounding stone pillars and other terrain features to quickly approach the tactical attack point.

The Seventh Company launched an attack simultaneously at the scheduled time.

Szczesny's laser spear shot out a beam of light, hitting the head of the guard on the side of the guard room door, while another sharpshooter in the team took care of another one.

He took out a blinding grenade, rushed to the guard room, kicked the iron door open, threw the grenade hard, then rolled over and leaned his back against the wall.

A dazzling light flashed in the guard room, but the commandos wearing goggles were not affected. Szczesny rushed into the guard room first and pulled the trigger.

The guards raised their weapons and attacked frantically, but their struggle was in vain as they were blind.

Fourteen minutes later, the battle ended and the Seventh Company occupied the train station. Only two soldiers were unfortunately killed by stray bullets during the battle.

The large army led by Ningluo then rushed to the train station and came in front of the soldiers of the seventh company.

"Well done, mission accomplished."

Ningluo's praise made the soldiers of the Seventh Company stand up straight.

The team then arrived at the platform, and when the maglev train was not started, it was closely connected to the rails.

Its appearance does not look much different from that of an ordinary train, but its internal structure is special. The carriages are connected to the cab through couplings and are also connected to each other because a control panel is required for drive.

"Get in the car!"

Ning Lu gave the order. The maglev train was designed to transport a wide range of vehicles, so three of the carriages were higher. Ning Lu opened the carriage connected to the cab and walked into it. The height was just right for him to stand upright.

Bukayo, Rawlslev, the captain of the seventh company and Thierry also boarded this carriage, and the others boarded the subsequent carriages.

Thierry's mechanics climbed into the cab and one of them called up the control panel.

The control panel consisted of levers, wheels, and intricately carved dials, and the technician pulled the levers while chanting prayers.

The dormant machine spirit was awakened, and the magnetic levitation technology activated the grooved suspension board. The entire train slowly rose and hovered 2.54 centimeters above the track.

"Sir, please send the train."

Thierry consulted Nimrod and gave orders to the technicians.

"Start the train."

The technician pushed the lever, and the propulsion device accelerated its rotation at an astonishing speed, pushing the maglev train into action.

On the way, Ningluo listened to the briefing of the captain of the seventh company and focused on asking about Szczesny's performance.

Shangchao Station B-19.

The stationmaster was leisurely drinking water when suddenly the alarm sounded.

He frowned and picked up the walkie-talkie.

"Stationmaster, something bad has happened. There's a train that's not on the timetable and it's coming at high speed."

"Initiate emergency interception procedures."

Alarms rang throughout the station, and the garrison was dispatched urgently. They rushed to the platform and raised the barbed wire.

The high-speed train broke through the blockade in an instant.

The garrison captain naturally knew that the barbed wire could not stop the high-speed steel monster. When he saw the carjackers stop the train, he breathed a sigh of relief and shouted loudly.

"Prepare to attack!"

The next moment, he stared with wide eyes at the giant who jumped off the car.

　Canon: Maglev trains, also known as "Mag-trans" or "Mag-trans," are mile-long Imperial magnetically levitated vehicles that travel on fixed tracks. When the Machine Spirit is awakened, the trains' magnetic levitation technology causes their fluted hoverboards to levitate the vehicle an inch above the track.

　　The above translation comes from nod1, a big shot at Bilibili. Kudos to the translator Ting.

　　
　
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