As long as you die, you are invincible, but in 40K

And now, the story has come to a perfect end.

Zhang Ge really won from the beginning all the way to the championship.

In the midst of the surging crowd, some of the staff who were already on the scene were quick-witted and formed a human wall around Zhang Ge in advance, creating a small open space to prevent him from being drowned.

After a while, several senior military officers squeezed out from the crowd. The leader was wearing a military uniform covered with medals.

Zhang Ge had heard of this person, or rather, most of the Star Army soldiers present should have heard of him.

He is none other than Alman, the commander-in-chief of the tens of millions of Star Army troops who are about to head to the Dead Forest Festival zone. He currently holds the rank of general.

This old man, who is over three hundred years old, is almost approaching the limit of his lifespan. His white hair and skinny face make people wonder if he can be blown down by a gust of wind.

When he entered, the original noise quickly died down, and the crowd stared quietly at the two people in the center who were looking at each other.

Alman walked forward a few steps towards Zhang Ge's gaze. His movements were firm and although he looked old, he was not hunched. He was like a dry straight tree that suddenly appeared in the desert.

After standing still again, he took off a medal from his chest with his right hand. The medal was in the shape of a simple copper five-pointed star, and its surface was no longer smooth due to wear and tear. At the same time, he spoke slowly:

"I've read about your deeds, they're quite impressive... This medal is my starting point. Of course, I don't have the authority to give it to you, but it's still acceptable as a gift and as one of the championship prizes."

As he reached out to take the medal, Zhang Ge noticed that the other party spoke at a moderate speed and with clear voice, making it hard to imagine that these words came from the mouth of a three-hundred-year-old man.

After Alman finished these actions, another senior officer following behind him came forward and handed him a golden trophy.

This thing was not among the prizes prepared by Zhang Ge. It should have been made temporarily by the top management. Otherwise, just imagine taking out several bottles of wine and a bunch of high-end canned food to reward the champion in such a large venue under the gaze of countless people. It would really destroy the atmosphere.

And when this simple process was over, the atmosphere that had been slightly suppressed for a few minutes had reached its peak. People gathered together and had their last celebration before going to the battlefield - perhaps in their entire lives.

By the evening, even Calgar heard about the incident and sent several Space Marines to conduct a secret inspection to confirm that there were no signs of corruption caused by it.

During the celebration, Zhang Ge, as the champion, was naturally the main person to be forced to drink. When he was excited, he even found a helmet and smashed the gold cup into pieces, and distributed it to the finalists who were willing to come and claim it.

Until later, he didn't know when he fell asleep in the surge of fatigue. He only felt vaguely as if someone was carrying him away, and when he woke up, he was back in his room in the base.

I touched my waist and saw Ascalon was still there, so I turned my head to look.

On the bedside cabinet, a small fragment of a gold cup reflected the dim light that seeped through the curtains.

After confirming it, Zhang Ge struggled for a moment in the daze of just waking up, got up, put on his military uniform and armor that someone had washed and folded and placed on the cabinet, and stuffed the fragment into his pocket.

When he reached the stage of organizing the various weapons, his senses had gradually returned to his body from the blur, and he noticed the mixed sounds coming from outside.

Leave the room.

Countless soldiers were entering the densely parked vehicles of various types in an orderly manner, and the infantry fighting vehicles, tanks and the like that had already set out had already formed a long queue. The 50,000 soldiers of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment alone had formed a long marching column that stretched as far as the eye could see.

The sound of footsteps, mechanical operation and the roar of engines mixed together.

And in the midst of this commotion, Amelia appeared beside Zhang Ge from nowhere.

"Are you recovered? You seem stronger. I didn't feel you approaching."

"Yes, it is a gift from the Emperor."

Turning his head, Zhang Ge glanced at Amelia, whose eyes originally only glowed, but now seemed to have a faint glow all over her body. Suddenly, an idea came to him and he said:

"Can you help me figure out what's going on?"

"Ok?"

Zhang Ge did not answer immediately, but turned around and let his fingertips lightly touch the ceramic steel wall. A gap with a diameter of tens of centimeters appeared at this point.

"Hmm...try it on me."

After hearing what Amelia said, Zhang Ge did not doubt her. He used a strength similar to that used just now to gently shake hands with the hand she extended.

Her entire palm disappeared along with the hand armor, but before Zhang Ge could get stunned, the broken end that was flashing with golden light quickly reconstructed into a new palm.

As if this matter was nothing special, Amelia didn't even mention it, and directly said:

"It's a very strong force, very subtle, but extremely fundamental. However, I don't understand what it is specifically."

But soon, she noticed Zhang Ge's slightly surprised look, and after realizing what he was looking at, she continued:

"The alien creature's second shot disintegrated a significant portion of my flesh. Therefore, in recent days, before my body was completely reconstructed, the Emperor's mighty power has been used to replace its functions, resulting in what you see now."

Does the Emperor have this function? It even comes with after-sales service, which is quite thoughtful.

Without dwelling on this for too long, Zhang Ge watched the troop's mobilization status for a while, confirmed the situation with officers at all levels through communications, and then started heading to the assembly point with Amelia.

After informing the guards who were planning to follow them to go to the assembly point on their own, the two of them boarded a Valkyrie that had been assigned to the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment.

As they exchanged information with each other, the fighter plane took off and quickly passed over the lower nest of Tianying Port, transporting the two to the designated assembly location in the suburbs.

In this environment that was originally covered with a layer of gray and white gloom, countless underground transport ships were parked quietly, and a large number of vehicles and infantry poured into it like black dots in dense movement, together with the dust and mud, forming a picture of constant movement.

Tens of millions, hundreds of millions of soldiers spread this scene across the entire land.

Chapter 178 Starship Head

When Zhang Ge left the cabin, he found that his position seemed to be far higher than that of other friendly forces.

When I looked down, I found that it was parked directly on the landship.

Moreover, the appearance of this land-based ship has been basically changed from head to toe. In addition to the church located at the bridge and the ram at the bow, there are a bunch of extremely incongruous "small cannons" on the upper deck. Although the specific caliber cannot be guessed, it is estimated to be at least 200+ mm, and the number is as high as hundreds.

Looking at the exposed firing structures, Zhang Ge guessed that these artillery pieces were probably just towed howitzers fixed directly to the deck.

At the same time, this large number of howitzers is only a part of the many weapons. There are also a large number of laser secondary guns, quadruple anti-aircraft guns, rocket launchers and the like.

In other words, the thing under Zhang Ge's feet is likely to become a giant weapon in the corps with killing effectiveness second only to the Titan. Although such a huge body makes it likely that it can only provide fire support in the rear during urban combat, hundreds of large-caliber howitzers are enough to play a huge strategic role.

Just when Zhang Ge was wondering who had changed this thing into such a completely unrecognizable state, he turned around and saw Yolanda still giving orders on the deck.

Okay, okay, the case is solved. Now I know why you have been completely out of contact these days. It turns out you were secretly trying to harm me.

On the other side, Yolanda seemed to have noticed the gaze and turned her head to the side.

After her communication request was approved, her voice sounded somewhat complacent:

"I originally wanted to add a retractable bottom plate to the bottom of the landship to avoid being exposed, but then I thought, since I've already built it, why not make use of the whole thing, so it became like this."

Zhang Ge was speechless, and replied after a while:

"Won't there be any problems with the load?"

"We've tested and calculated it, and it turns out it's not. It turns out the hull was designed to support the sandworm alone. Later, when we discovered it was actually a ship, in addition to its own load-bearing capacity, it also had the extra capacity for the sandworm itself, making it more than enough to carry these things."

"Ah, and since it has an extremely abundant energy supply, I also installed a temporary plasma shield system in the bridge building. However, that system was dismantled and reinstalled from elsewhere, so it may not be very stable during actual operation."

Okay, now I know about your great achievements. I will record them in my account.

Zhang Ge secretly took note of Yolanda and sighed slightly.

After contacting Olivia again, he confirmed the ship that would be responsible for transporting the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment.

After further inquiries, Zhang Ge learned that since the ship had to carry both landships and Titans, the troops on board the mechanized infantry regiment were all elite troops, including four Ultramar auxiliary army "PDF" regiments and three reorganized Cadian regiments, to prevent the ship from being boarded by anything else.

In addition, the battle situation in the Dead Forest Zone was likely to be more severe than Zhang Ge had imagined, because when he looked around, he saw a group of Kriegs silently landing on an iron-gray transport ship. The number of them seemed to be at least hundreds of thousands.

While sighing that he had come to the right place, Zhang Ge returned to the cabin.

Below, the entire loading process was proceeding in an orderly manner, with large numbers of soldiers and weapons and equipment being swallowed up one by one into the giant ship that was kilometers long.

After a while, the first batch of ships finally took off slowly amid the whistling sound of the propulsion nozzles. The dazzling blue wakes sprayed on the temporarily laid heat insulation boards, creating countless charred marks, carrying the soldiers inside and drilling into the sky.

For a long time in the future, this scenario will continue. Tens of millions of interstellar troops and hundreds of millions of PDFs cannot be deployed in one day or a few rounds. Only the most elite of them will enter the battlefield on the first day and go to the most critical areas to put out the fire.

Fortunately, the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment was among the first batch on that first day.

At this moment, Zhang Ge, who had boarded the ship again without staying on land for a few days, was hurrying in the corridor. He was asked to participate in a combat meeting that required the participation of several colonels and regimental commanders on the same ship.

After walking for a while and passing several layers of guards, Zhang Ge arrived at the reserved cabin.

As soon as he pushed the door open, he heard the voice of a group leader echoing in the room, which made Zhang Ge pause in interest:

"I don't know where that unnumbered regiment got all those supplies. Damn it! The regiment I manage has been wandering all the way from Cadia to here and still hasn't managed to amass a thousand Helllances."

Another voice echoed, and the two seemed to know each other:

"Haha, others are not like you, a useless thing. A mechanized infantry regiment has more tanks than my armored regiment, and they even got two poison blades. I want to go up and grab them. You? With your ability, you're lucky to be able to make some money."

After hearing this, Zhang Ge continued to move forward and saw everyone who was talking loudly.

Sure enough, the two captains of the Cadian Regiment were speaking, while the captains of the Ultramar Auxiliary Army kept silent - because they knew that many of them were provided by Calgar.

Then his eyes swept across.

In the center of the room is a giant sand table. Judging from its level of sophistication, it should not have been made in a hurry. In other parts of the room, there are a group of busy messengers and staff officers. It seems that the meeting place was not chosen elsewhere, but was directly set in the command room.

Moreover, since the several regiments were not very formalistic, the commanders were all pragmatic and dressed more simply than each other. Zhang Ge, with his captain's coat and cleaned armor, became the most conspicuous one among them. The others were either privates or simply dressed in the same style as their guards.

The expressions of the people who were just talking about Zhang Ge did not change after he came in. They just made room for him. Even the leader who had mentioned the supply issue before continued to speak:

"Damn it! You're here just as I mentioned you. If you find any channels to get things in the future, please tell me—I promise, if there's any tough bone I'll definitely bring people to chew before you."

"That's not necessary. There is no such thing as a tough guy in front of me."

"Who doesn't know how to talk nonsense?" Zhang Ge replied with a smile, and then the meeting began with a discussion. At the key points of the conflict, there was no shortage of table-slamming and quarreling. Not long after, Zhang Ge was even fortunate enough to witness a lively exchange between Cadian and Ultramar fighting techniques.

Everyone present knew that what they were discussing was not a few casual words, but the lives of tens of thousands of people who were with them day and night, and there was no room for error.

Chapter 179: Lose everything, move out!

Inside the field, the four Ultramar Regiments each consisted of 20,000 men, while the Cadian Regiment consisted of an armored regiment, an infantry regiment, and an artillery regiment, with a strength of 15,000, 10,000, and 6,000 men respectively. Combined with the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment's over 50,000 men, the current total strength was approximately 160,000 men.

The combat objective of these 160,000 people was very simple: rescue.

In the previous assault on the Orc Garbage City with the Titan formation and the Knight Family as the main force, the Knight Family advanced too recklessly and ignored the advice of the Imperial Fists, so the other troops had to advance with them to provide cover and were subsequently surrounded.

In such a dire situation, an even worse top-secret news came from the front line - the Dark Angels suddenly withdrew from the battle, causing the White Scars troops on the same front to be forced to withdraw under the suddenly increased pressure, making the already unbearable situation even worse.

It was from then on that the Empire lost contact with the troops that had penetrated deep into the orc garbage city. Although it was unclear what their final fate was, judging from the orc troops that reappeared on the outer wall, the situation was obviously not optimistic.

It would have been fine if it was just a loss of contact, but what happened next forced the Empire to respond:

With that unit lost, the Iron Warriors descended upon the battlefield in the Dead Grove sector and cut through the Ork forces surrounding the outer wall.

This means a very bad possibility: a large number of super-heavy vehicles, including a Reaver Titan, several Warhound Titans and a large number of Knight Mechs are at risk of being corrupted by Chaos.

Even if all of these things were destroyed in battle, with the Iron Warriors' mechanical technology, combined with the evil magic of the Chaos Warp, there is a great possibility that they can be repaired into blasphemous machines.

Therefore, the mission of this large group of elite troops is now very clear.

If the unit is still holding on, the mission is to rescue them and, after breaking through, strike back at the enemy forces besieging the Dead Forest. If they have been annihilated, the mission will naturally be to destroy the equipment to the point where it cannot be repaired.

To be honest, for conventional troops, this is basically equivalent to committing suicide. After all, what effect can you have by throwing hundreds of thousands of ordinary giants at the enemy who can besiege Titans and Space Marines?

But turning the impossible into the possible is what distinguishes elite cannon fodder from ordinary cannon fodder - of course, there is also a more realistic factor.

Although it is unclear where it will come from and when it will arrive, according to secret information from the command center, a War Titan will be deployed on the battlefield during the operation.

Furthermore, in order to confirm the situation of the Titan formation and avoid certain blasphemous consequences, the Mechanicus will not only provide long-range missile support, but will also mobilize approximately 20,000 Skitarii to conduct orbital airdrops.

The help provided by these two made this rescue plan possible.

Several regimental commanders considered various situations, and after dozens of minutes of planning, discussion, and communication beside the sand table, a preliminary plan was determined based on the assigned combat objectives.

To simplify the description:

The three Cadian regiments have accumulated a lot of experience in landing operations due to their long-term wandering in the starry sea. They will be responsible for the first landing to open up a landing site.

The 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment has the largest number of personnel and the best equipment, so it will enter in the second wave and serve as the main force to consolidate the landing site and subsequent operations.

Finally, there are the four Ultramar Regiments. They are trained mainly to cooperate with the Space Marines in defensive operations, so their main task is to maintain the front line when other troops launch attacks and breakthroughs, so as to avoid loopholes due to lack of troops in certain places.

After discussing these matters, Zhang Ge had no intention of staying in the command room. He quickly returned to the area where his troops were located and conveyed these plans to the deputy regiment commander.

That’s right, Zhang Ge himself did not intend to take command, and he did not even plan to land in the second batch with the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment.

As the regiment leader, he should lead by example to boost morale, right? In other words, he should at least be deployed after the first batch.

Then, thinking further, as the champion of the competition, shouldn't he be 40 to 50 percent more "ahead" than the average team leader?

Okay, finally rounding up, discarding the 40% possibility, leaving the 50% possibility around 1, Zhang Ge believes that he has reason to land in the first wave of the first batch.

Unfortunately, this idea was ultimately not fully realized. At the strong request of other officers, Zhang Ge's solo landing was transformed into an advance air raid with a small group of elite troops.

Four Valkyries, including Zhang Ge, Amelia and others, as well as half of the Zhongji Guards and the Pure Angel Battle Sister Guards.