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Chapter 202: The Grand Stone
The Megalith is a massive mobile fortress of the Necrons. It is similar in appearance to a Pumice Tower, but is much larger, capable of carrying multiple Pumice Towers inside and delivering them to the battlefield.

At the same time, it also has the same teleportation capabilities as the Pumice Tower.

However, unlike the portal of the Pumice Tower, which can only accommodate infantry units, the portal of the Grand Stone can transport vehicles and large units.

In addition, the Great Stone is equipped with devastating Gauss and particle weapons, capable of space travel and planetary hard landings, and usually serves as the core force and starting point for the Necrons' global attacks.

During the Conquest of Uttu Prime in the late 41st Millennium, Overlord Zahndrekh's mighty Monolith and his forces utterly destroyed three Catachan Field Regiments and three full companies of the Imperial Fists Chapter used by the Imperials in their defense.

This brutal battle made the Empire fear the magnificent monoliths. From then on, when facing this kind of war machine, the Imperial Army often chose to avoid its edge and avoid direct confrontation.

With its massive firepower and near-invincible defenses, the Stonehenge is virtually unstoppable on the battlefield.

Faced with this terrifying war machine, the imperial army often had no choice but to retreat or adopt roundabout tactics, trying to avoid direct conflict with it to reduce unnecessary sacrifices.

(The Floating Stone Tower in the 3rd edition, the Grand Stone, is probably similar in shape to this thing, but is only mentioned in the 5th edition book)
(Version 9 Pumice Tower)
(The magnificent boulder appears)
The sudden arrival of the huge boulder caught the unprepared Rostov garrison off guard.

Although the space naval battle in the sky has made people nervous, after all, they have experienced a similar battle not long ago, so everyone's emotions are relatively stable.

Under the command of the Governor's Office, most of the people quickly took refuge, and the army also assembled urgently to prepare for possible ground war.

After all, the last time the Necrons launched a ground attack alongside their space fleet battle, they inflicted heavy losses on Rostov.

However, just as the Rostov Defense Forces completed their assembly and deployed their defenses around the city, a massive, majestic monolith fell from the sky, slamming down onto the black wasteland where the Necron forces had been last subjected to orbital bombardment.

Immediately afterwards, several pumice towers were released, quickly opening portals and beginning to deliver large numbers of Necron ground forces to the surface of Rostov.

This time, the attackers are not just ordinary undead warriors, but a composite army composed of various units such as immortals, destroyers, and underworld constructs.

Their appearance immediately caused huge casualties to the front-line defense forces.

The 4th Regiment of the Rostov Defense Army was defeated before it could even hold out for ten minutes and had to abandon the first line of defense and retreat urgently.

The other six defense regiments that assembled later quickly used heavy weapons for fire support. After a fierce bombardment, they barely delayed the Necrons' offensive and temporarily stabilized the front.

However, as the Pumice Tower, the Underworld Doomsday Stalker, the Tomb Blade, the Annihilator Barge, and even the Ghost Ark and the Doomsday Ark were successively put into battle, the human position began to become precarious.

The Necrons' offensive surged like a tide. Although the Rostov Defense Forces fought desperately, their defense line gradually collapsed under the enemy's overwhelming firepower and numerical advantage.

Every second of delay meant more casualties, but the Necrons' mechanical army seemed endless, with no sign of stopping.

At the same time, the space naval battle in orbit has entered a white-hot stage.

Although the Imperial fleet commanded by Chen Xi fought hard, the mobility and firepower advantage of the Necron fleet made the battle extremely difficult.

While the starport's defenses temporarily held off the enemy ships, the appearance of the massive monolith quickly transferred the pressure from the ground battlefield to the orbital orbit. Chen Xi realized that if the crisis on the ground battlefield wasn't resolved quickly, Rostov's entire defense system would be in danger of total collapse.

Under this double pressure, the garrison and people of Rostov fell into unprecedented difficulties.

The Necrons' mechanical army not only wreaked havoc on the ground, but also continued to reinforce its troops through the pumice towers, while the Imperial fleet in orbit was also struggling to hold on.

Chen Xi had to divide his forces into two groups. On the one hand, he continued to command the fleet to deal with the Necron fleet, and on the other hand, he urgently mobilized reserve troops and combat nuns to support the ground battlefield.

However, facing the majestic monolith and the massive undead army it brought, Rostov's defenses remained precarious.

(Ghostworker Doomsday Stalker)
(Grave Blade)
(Ghost Ark)
(Doomsday Ark)
At this moment, several orbital airdrop pods fell from the sky and crashed in front of the defense force's position.

Space Marines from the Knights of Embers and the Blood Angels finally arrived in time to reinforce.

With the assistance of the Astartes, the defenders' rout was finally halted, and reinforcements arrived from the Armageddon Iron Legion and the Tallarn Desert Raiders.

With the presence of heavy troops and Astartes, the Rostov Defense Army finally managed to truly consolidate its front line.

Behind them, five regiments of new defense force recruits had assembled.

Although they have not completed their training yet, there is no time to complete it now. The battlefield is the best training ground, and actual combat is the best training.

"As long as you can survive the battlefield, or hold on for fifteen hours without dying, nothing can take your life after that!" This is how the veteran sergeants educate the recruits.

Although everyone knows that the rumor that recruits will not die later as long as they survive fifteen hours is pure fiction, this does not prevent veterans from instilling this concept in recruits so that they can hold on a little longer on the battlefield.

In fact, faced with the tragic scene, even the veterans of the defense force were almost scared to pee their pants.

If most of the veterans had not experienced the previous battle with the Necrons and had some knowledge of them, they would probably have been fleeing by now.

But no matter what, under the command of these veterans, the new recruits of the defense army were still nervous, holding their weapons tightly and squatting on the second line of defense, ready to reinforce the battlefield at any time.

Behind these new recruits of the Defense Force are the militia troops that are still assembling.

Although they are not as good as the new recruits of the defense forces, these young people are brave and want to defend their homes.

Although, if they ran into the Necrons' forces, they would only be more cannon fodder.

The dangerous situation forced Guterres, who led the killing squad to the battlefield, to send a signal for help to Chen Xi.

(End of this chapter)