The Bizarre Adventures of the Oil Man, but Starting with Warhammer 32K

As self-propelled artillery, the siege tanks relied on their mobility to maneuver behind the defenses. Their wide maneuvering range and ability to quickly relocate allowed them to fire a single salvo without fear of Ork counterattacks. The subsequent addition of Hydra anti-aircraft vehicles also curbed the Ork boys' frenzied bombardment, which even involved swooping down on the ground with their aircraft.

The penetrating shockwave cannon only needs one round of firepower coverage to defeat the orc offensive on a front line.

The orcs were not without any countermeasures.

They used the tactic of attacking in the west and making a feint to the east, causing the Astra Militarum to misjudge the direction of their attack and even sending some powerful troops in the direction of their actual attack.

They attempted to break through the Astra Militarum's defenses in one fell swoop.

The Astra Militarum was indeed in danger under this reckless attack, but the timely arrival of the Undead Army shattered the orcs' fantasies.

Today, the Undead Army has been transformed by Leonte into a mobile force rarely seen in Warhammer.

In this turn-based Warhammer game where you play with the sound of a charge, the Hellion Chariot and the improved Siege Tank are rare mobile vehicles in the entire Empire.

The Marines in CMC power armor could only move at about half the speed of an Astartes running at full speed. Therefore, Leon assigned them the task of being battlefield firefighters.

Whenever the defense line is in danger, they can always arrive at the battlefield in time to stabilize the front line.

This kind of tactical flexibility is unimaginable for conventional Astra Militarum commanders - although they also maintain reserves, their reserves often cannot arrive on the battlefield until the defense line has completely collapsed, turning the original mission of supporting the defense line into an offensive to retake the defense line.

This undead army is not yet complete. Although its overall performance is better than that of the Astra Militarum, it is not outstanding in terms of assault.

Occasionally, when the battle line was taken by the orcs and had to be recaptured, Leon, who did not want them to suffer too many casualties, would ask them to withdraw and let the Astra Militarum and the Skitarii take over the battlefield.

Leon didn't want his followers to risk their lives to complete the task of occupying key points like the Star Army did.

When the Final Wall began to gather Terminator armor for the subsequent teleportation decapitation, Leon realized that he had to find a way to equip his mortal army with similar equipment.

The Marauder from StarCraft might be a good choice, but unlike regular power armor, the heavy armor of the Terminator is nowhere to be found among the Empire's mortal forces.

There are only a few custom-made models of similar equipment in the Tribunal, and it would probably take some effort to make them.

Instead of thinking about the problem that could only be solved after leaving Terra, Leon focused his attention on the current battlefield.

The recruited Crusaders were responsible for filling the line, and the Astra Militarum would support the defense, supplemented by the Undead Army. The Black Templars and Iron Knights who were already on the battle moon were responsible for beheading the orc bosses.

The coordination between the various arms brought heavy casualties to the orcs. However, the previous victory seemed to have made the orcs realize their numbers, and they continued to attack like a tide, and the situation fell into a stalemate.

This battle situation can be maintained until the Astra Militarum's supplies are exhausted.

Li Ang made a preliminary estimate and found that the supplies they brought from Mars could sustain such consumption for about half a month.

If he could "convince" the Casting General again to give priority to supplying the restored production on Mars to the Final Wall, they could hold out longer.

Unfortunately, there is no point in fighting a war of attrition. The thing the orcs fear least is attrition.

But as long as he appears to be in no hurry, the first ones to get anxious will be the orcs who cannot figure out their strength.

In addition to not being afraid of consumption, orcs are also the most impatient race.

"Tell Christina that he can join the battlefield with the upgraded Thor."

The Titan Legion of Destiny's Gate began its attack. Three Thors, led by Warlord-class Titans, marched heavily into the battle between humans and orcs. The hunter in charge of piloting the Thors within the sarcophagus could no longer wait.

"Feel the power of Thor!"

The four 250mm cannons on his shoulders were leveled, and he began to bombard the entire battle line, suppressing the charging orcs. High-value targets such as the Gorilla were hit by the ion cannons on Thor's arms, and were also reduced to scrap metal.

The siege tanks that had been on the front line for a long time had left the orcs helpless, and after Thor joined the battlefield, they were even forced to retreat.

The orcs were charging, but their lines were falling back.

After realizing that the killing speed of humans had actually exceeded the charging speed of the green-skinned boys, the orc warlord in charge of this command became angry and embarrassed.

"Don't let our Gangat pick mushrooms in the back, let them come to me!"

The orc's biggest fear was being seen as incompetent by the other guys. Previously, he hadn't considered sending out the orc's Titan, fearing being called out by the other bosses for being unworthy. But after the other side took the initiative to escalate the situation, he no longer had to worry about that.

Five steel gats over 20 meters high appeared on the battlefield one after another.

These war machines, cobbled together from scrap metal and brute force, had once been a nightmare for the defenders on Maxim, but now, Thor stepped directly forward to confront these orc titans.

——The collision of steel began.

The upgraded void shield adapted well to the complex battlefield conditions in harsh environments. When the orcs' ion cannons fired, these high-threat attacks were all blocked by the void shield, leaving only a dazzling arc of electricity on the outside.

However, Gungat, who only had an ion shield, took the counterattack of Thor's hammer hard.

Two ion beams accurately hit Gangat, but were barely neutralized by the orc's pre-made ion generator. However, the physical shells that followed were not enough for the already loaded ion shield to withstand.

The artillery loaded with armor-piercing shells penetrated the armor of Gangat, which was piled up with scrap metal, and the green-skinned technicians inside were pierced along with Gangat's energy core.

The Gangat, which was the primary target, began to shake, then collapsed to the ground and exploded into a burning torch.

"First."

The hunter in the sarcophagus was very satisfied with his results.

The death of the non-Warlord only made the Orcs more frantic. The four remaining Gungarts showed no sign of flinching. Realizing they were at a disadvantage in long-range firefights, they pushed the joysticks to their maximum and rumbled towards the Thundergod in their Gungarts.

"I think close combat can solve the problem!"

Two Gangarts charged from the front, while the remaining two circled to the flanks. This tactic truly dispersed the Thor's firepower.

"Watch the flanks!"

Christina shouted a warning. She drove her Warlord-class Titan to face the two in front. The Titan's superior maneuverability gave her more room to engage.

But that's not the case with Thor.

"Focus on one first!"

The hunter made a decision, and the remaining two Thors followed him in pouring fire on the Gangat on the left wing, turning it into scrap metal.

They turned their guns and began to focus their fire on the remaining one, but this one, Gangat, was close enough to maintain its momentum under the bombardment. He withstood the firepower of Thor, swung his power claws, and smashed it hard into Thor's chest.

"boom--!"

Thor's armor dented under the heavy blow, and the hunter in the sarcophagus was dizzy from the shock.

Before he could adjust, the revolver on Gangat's other arm aimed at the joints of the Thor mecha and spewed out a dense storm of live ammunition.

These crude yet deadly shells pierced Thor's void shield and slammed fiercely into the armor at the joints. Metal fragments flew everywhere from the damaged armor plates, and as hydraulic fluid spurted out, the entire mech tilted slightly.

The Gangat was quickly dispatched by the other two Thors from a distance, but their desperate struggle had already inflicted enough damage on the Thors.

When all five Steelgats were destroyed, the Orc warlord could see that the armor plates of these Thors were scarred and even the broken pipes inside could be seen in the damaged areas.

The scrapping of the five Steelgates did not result in the fall of any Thor or Titan.

Even the orcs knew that this exchange ratio was not good, but the orc warlord was full of confidence:

"It doesn't matter, the advantage is mine!"

There were more than just these Gangarts on the Battle Moon, but the humans' giant cans looked battered and bruised. Even the most thoughtful kid would have shaken his head if he had come across them.

As long as he reports to the warlord and asks him to send a few more Gangat machines, not to mention winning against these giant tanks, victory in the entire war would be easy!

"Well done, boys! We'll crush those shrimps tomorrow!"

He confidently acquired a few more Gangarts, eager to humiliate these Thor-less bastards the next day. But when the scout came crawling back with his report, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

The three Thors that were destroyed yesterday now stood intact on the battlefield, with shiny barrels and not a single scratch on the armor.

"That's impossible! I saw them being dismantled by us with my own eyes!"

He roared, "This must be a trick of the shrimps!"

He urged Gangat to launch a new round of attack. The Thor's artillery fire, as sharp as yesterday, made him realize that all this was real.

A new round of Ganggat's offensive was repelled again. The orc warlord was confused and felt that he was about to grow a brain.

"What the hell! Who's the greenskin between me and them?! This is so un-Waaaagh!"

Once or twice, he could still think it was a human trick. But after three or four days of the same three thunder gods, the orcs realized something was amiss.

There were even rumors among the greenskins that they were trying to mess with Mao Shenxuan, otherwise they would have no idea how these shrimps could have endless Thor mechas.

"This is the magic of the immortality program. It uses limited forces to plunge the enemy into an endless war."

Li Ang concluded.

Although the amount of raw materials consumed is enough to rebuild several Thor mechas, the significance of being able to restore combat effectiveness immediately far outweighs the cost of rebuilding a few more.

After several rounds of trouble, even the greenskins were exhausted by him.

The Waaagh's energy, which had surged after defeating the Jihad Army, began to waver in the face of successive defeats.

Those Steelgates are not green guys that grew out of the ground. Even if the greenskins' waste is free, they can't withstand such consumption!

The orc warlord simply gave up thinking. His only thought was to call in a lot of guys and cans, and a wave of F2A would directly take down the troops at the final high wall.

"Those shrimps are different from the High Lords. We must kill them completely! Otherwise, their mechas will be longer than the Squiggle in the ground!"

His cry won the approval of the orc warlord Goruk.

The greenskin elites who served as personal guards for the warlord's palace were dispatched, and a force of more than ten Gungats, including orc heavy goblin tanks and bombers, launched a mighty general attack on the front controlled by the Astra Militarum.

This was the strongest offensive the orcs had ever mustered, and they even achieved air-ground coordination on this battlefield.

The few Valkyrie fighters were unable to stop the Orc Air Force's rapid advance. When the Orcs' Ta-Ka bombers used themselves as bombs and carried out dive bombings that they had no intention of pulling up again from the beginning, the siege tanks behind the front line had to temporarily avoid the attack and move their positions.

The pause in the artillery fire created an opportunity for the main orc force to advance, and Gangat regained the initiative.

The orcs relied on these huge guys that could not be destroyed by Thor's concentrated fire in a short time due to their large numbers, and flooded the Astra Militarum positions with cans and tanks.

Even if two knight families fought desperately, the Astra Militarum could only fight and retreat. Having already seen the landing site opened up by the final high wall, they howled with excitement. Victory was within their grasp.

"The orcs have reached the landing site, and our army has been completely divided! Where are the Undead Army? We need them to fill the battle line!"

The Astra Militarum commanders attempted to seek assistance from the battlefield fire brigade, but were overruled by Hayes.

"The elite among them have more important tasks."

"So what does the General Headquarters mean...?"

"The same old saying. Hold on firmly, and there will be a way!"

Chapter 212: Heart of the Beast.

After enjoying a few days of preferential treatment, the Astra Militarum was once again caught up in the messy battle that they were all too familiar with.

They used their lives to delay the orcs' offensive, buying Leon precious time. Meanwhile, the elite undead army they longed for had quietly returned to the Phalanx.

"Is the news accurate?"

Leon confirmed with Occam again.

"Of course, a large portion of the elite troops have been transferred to siege the landing site. However, there are enough of them, so there are still quite a few left here."

The intelligence sent back by Occam showed that there were no more orc titans like Gangat around the orc palace.

However, the clustered Death Cans and the muscle-bound Orc boys were no pushovers. A conservative estimate of the number of elite Orcs gathered there was still over 50,000.

Li Ang pondered: "We must mobilize enough elite troops to catch them off guard, and then decapitate them while they are caught off guard..."

Looking at the Undead Army and 1,500 Astartes gathered behind him, Leon felt that this should not be a problem.

He took out the soul stone in his hand, and the think tanks of various battle groups gathered around him with understanding.

The reason why only soul stones can be used as guides is that the spiritual energy in the soul stones is stable enough.

The so-called psykers in Warhammer are actually equivalent to a valve leading to the warp. The size of their psyker energy level determines how much water they can intercept from the warp.

According to Leon's hometown, these psykers were merely mediators borrowing psychic energy from the greater source of the Warp. Aside from localized networks like the Orks, the Warhammer universe lacked self-cultivated psychic energy, meaning it originated from a smaller source.

The psychic training here is just about training the methods of using psychic power, pursuing more clever and safer use of psychic power, rather than improving the overall upper limit through training like in other works.

Without the great source of the Warp, the psykers in Warhammer would be nothing special.

The advantage of this is that as long as you are lucky enough, you are born with the ability to stir up phenomena that ordinary people can hardly imagine. The disadvantage is that your safety depends entirely on the Great Source itself. When the subspace is a cesspool, this talent is not a blessing but a curse.

However, there are ways to purify psychic energy in Warhammer, and Soul Stone is one of them.

The Eldar are born psykers, their souls inextricably linked to the Warp. When their souls are targeted by Slaanesh and they are forced to rely on the psychic power of the Warp, the Soul Stone comes into being.

This item, which can block the prying eyes of Slaanesh, allows the soul inside to safely use some of its psychic energy. This is how the wraithbone, the main frame of the Eldar Ark, works.

The Eldar would respectfully call them the Souls of the Ancestors, but in Leon's hands, they were pure batteries.

Even with his body type, he can use the spiritual energy of the soul inside the soul stone with the help of the soul stone. Where does this excellent medium come from?

However, Leon did not intend to use the Eldar soul stone that was almost used up during the last escape from Lava City. He was going to use another one now.

The soul stone belonging to Sage Victor.