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

Amidst the sounds of discussion and letters conveying specific orders, in the gradually spreading silence, the clock hands turned and pointed to the scheduled time.

In order to bypass the enemy's near-ground air defense, the accompanying armed ships and transport ships will use the added propulsion kit to temporarily fly to extremely high altitudes in near space, risking being discovered by enemy warships, and move further to the best position for airdrop.

After aligning themselves with the target, thousands of people will board hundreds of landing capsules and a small group of fighter planes, cross the atmosphere, and under the cover of artillery fire from armed ships, suddenly crash into the destination to establish a "beachhead."

Then, a large number of transport boats mounted on the belly of the transport ship will carry the subsequent hundreds of thousands of soldiers to the beach in batches.

Since this fragile fleet would be shattered even if it was targeted by a frigate, it had to retreat underground after staying for a short time. This resulted in an extremely narrow landing window and extremely low tolerance for error in the entire process, making it a very risky military adventure.

But there is no way, the troops can only hope that everything goes according to plan.

With all kinds of thoughts in mind, as the scene outside the porthole gradually changed into the planet beneath his feet and the boundless deep space split in half, the troops responsible for the first landing were already in place.

Crowds of people flowed silently through the corridors. Taking advantage of this final moment, the Cadian soldiers, considered the most elite, said goodbye to their families and friends before joining the ranks and entering the cylindrical landing chambers.

At the same time, Zhang Ge had already led Amelia, Dominica, Isis and several guards and pure angels into the Valkyries.

The airdrop has begun.

This place is already very close to space. In the silent silence of the thin upper atmosphere, landing capsules are separated from fighter planes and main ships, and under the action of thrusters, they turn into countless points of light falling downwards.

However, just after the first batch of landing capsules were launched, something unexpected happened.

Under the energy mobilization not displayed in the bridge control module, a group of gravity generators started automatically. Then, under the belly of the transport ship, a 600-meter-long land ship slowly separated and gradually accelerated its fall under the pull of the planet's gravity.

If it continues to accelerate at this rate, it will likely break into pieces when it touches the ground because it does not have a structure as solid as military equipment.

But those gravity generators are designed to prevent that from happening.

When it accelerates to a certain speed, a gravity that just offsets the gravity of the planet makes the speed of the falling land ship constant.

However, even at its current speed, it is fast enough that when it passes through the atmosphere, the light and heat from the friction with the air will still wrap it up into a shining red meteor.

Chapter 180: Heavy Punch

on track.

The landing force was rapidly approaching the planet below them.

In the field of vision, in addition to the endless sea of ​​sand and the dead forest area, you can also see a circle of huge and terrifying sandstorms.

The area it occupied was even equivalent to that of some small nest cities, reaching up to the atmosphere, like a vortex-shaped pupil opened in the sandy ocean, and together with the large crack behind it, it watched the team trapped in the middle.

Its scale is so large that people falling towards the surface will worry about whether they will be caught in it - even if they are hundreds of kilometers away, from orbit, they are only a few inches away.

However, as they got closer to the surface, this worry did not become a reality. The landing capsule and fighter jets were moving towards their destination along the calculated descent trajectory.

So far, there have been no other accidents.

However, not surprisingly, it is impossible to have no surprises at all.

The Valkyrie carrying Zhang Ge and his group soon brought some small surprises to the other fighters in the fleet.

After flying for a short while with the other Valkyries in the same fleet, she seemed to realize that her colleagues could no longer accelerate, so she simply left the team again.

Soon, it was another classic process of the communication request being intercepted, the vehicle trying to catch up but still unable to, and the vehicle could only stare blankly at the exhaust fumes that were gradually moving away.

Not only the fighter formation, but even a large number of landing capsules that were still accelerating were left behind by this Valkyrie.

At this time, since they had already left the scope of Tianying Port, communication interference once again filled the sound array. The soldiers in the fighter planes and various landing bays could not contact the transport ships, and they could not even contact each other if they were a little far away. The fact that a Valkyrie had fallen out of the team was only known to the planes with vision for a while.

In this information blockade, except for the loss of one fighter plane, the landing team continued to maintain the previous situation.

And now on the ground.

The layered sand dunes had long since transformed into plains and depressions that shone like glass, revealing the traces of countless weapons wreaking havoc. A closer look revealed the remains of temporary fortifications mixed with corpses scattered among the charred marks.

The hustle and bustle of not long ago was gone, and an eerie silence permeated the battlefield.

If you move your perspective a little further, you can see the reason for this silence.

A broken Titan stood in the center of the battlefield. Although its right arm had been destroyed and its surface armor was either torn or covered with craters, it still stood, scanning the surroundings with its remaining weapons, trying to capture any enemy troops that appeared in its sight.

On the horizon, countless charred debris are foreshadowing the consequences of rashly entering its range.

This is the suppressive power that a Titan can bring. Even if surrounded and isolated, this army has persisted until now with a Predator-class Titan as its support.

The Titan is the pinnacle of armor and shell confrontation for the Imperial Ground Forces. Its void shields are enough to withstand continuous artillery fire, and its armament is enough to destroy the most stubborn fortress.

Apart from opponents of the same level, it is difficult for anything to destroy these mobile destructive machines. Even in the absence of large-caliber artillery, artillery units generally will not waste shells on them, because the damage caused by the shells you can hit the void shield at the same time may not be able to keep up with the charging speed of the Titan.

Of course, she was not alone. At the feet of the damaged Titan, there were six or seven knight mechas, as well as smaller ones, which were mainly Space Marines of the Imperial Fists and the accompanying Astra Militarum.

The troops of both sides are in a brief standoff after several rounds of fighting.

They were surrounded by a large number of Orc troops before, and later by Chaos cultists led by the Iron Warriors. Although their main force was soon withdrawn due to the need to attack the Dead Forest District, the remaining ones were more than enough to crush this exhausted army.

If it weren't for the existence of Titan, all of them would have turned into corpses buried in the sea of ​​sand.

But now we are approaching the limit.

All the war hound Titans accompanying the plunderers had been lost long ago, and most of the knights had also been lost. Because the enemy's offensive was too fierce, they didn't even have time to snatch back the remains, and could only destroy as much of them as possible.

The Imperial Fists commander in charge of defense had already exhausted his last bit of imagination, doing his best to have his troops delay the enemy for a while longer, but surviving? Even the most optimistic defense plan was not formulated for this, because it was impossible.

The fortifications destroyed in the previous battle hadn't been rebuilt much... and the exhausted soldiers hadn't even had time to recover much strength when a voice from the Titan's loudspeaker reached down below:

"The enemy has attacked again."

Making sounds is a very common way for Titans to boost morale, but generally these giant creations do not use words to make sounds. Instead, they use exciting mechanical operations and muzzle flashes to demonstrate their power.

In addition to the Titan Guard, mortal friendly forces who were too close to the Titans to evacuate in time would occasionally be killed by the loud noise of the gunfire.

However, now, this Predator Titan can no longer do that. Its energy is almost exhausted, and most of its systems have stopped functioning, including the action mechanism. It can only indicate that it is still alive through the mixed neutral sound emitted by the pilot and the machine spirit.

As soon as the words fell, the remaining Gatling gun on the Titan's left arm began to fire accurately - due to the extreme shortage of ammunition, this plunderer had to use the shells in positions where they could exert the greatest effectiveness after calculation, rather than venting its anger as usual.

On the distant horizon, the dark shadows of the enemy also appeared dimly in the explosion. Their frantic pace was not hindered by the artillery shells that could accurately destroy a vehicle and surrounding infantry with each shot. At the same time, their figures appeared from a circle around them.

Tanks, tank destroyers, self-propelled artillery, rocket vehicles...

Countless counterattacks followed one after another, with projectiles such as shells, lasers, and plasma raining down on the crumbling Titan. A small number of the most threatening ones were intercepted by the void shield, but more of them created more scars on the already dilapidated adamantine armor.

Although the imperial troops at the Titan's feet were fighting back with all their might, compared to the enemies rushing towards the position, these counterattacks were like a cup of insignificant water poured into a sea of ​​fire.

Is this finally the last time? Will I finally return to the arms of the God-Emperor here?

At this moment of despair, the Imperial Fists commander here had a flash of the sacred scenes of the Phalanx and Terra in his mind. The thought that he might be able to witness these scenes every day by the throne in the future became a trace of comfort in his final battle.

But soon, a flash of light breaking through the clouds above drew his attention away from the battle.

Is it a Chaos Navy fighter?

This was the first thought that flashed through his mind.

However, Superman's vision quickly helped him deny this idea.

Although its speed was abnormally fast, judging from its appearance, it should be a friendly Valkyrie.

And then he realized that he didn't need to use superhuman vision to identify friend or foe.

Because the countless projectiles spewed from its rocket pods have created a sea of ​​fire in the chaotic lines below.

It also made him realize a somewhat surprising fact:

What happened to the Iron Warriors' air defense network? They couldn't even detect a single Valkyrie attacking from behind? Have they become this incompetent after their betrayal?

Chapter 181 How many people?

However, it wasn't that the Iron Warriors didn't spot the Valkyrie, but rather that although they had spotted it through optical sighting, after initial interception and calculations, they were certain of one thing:

The benefits of continuing to intercept this thing are too low, and it is not worth wasting anti-aircraft firepower.

It would be fine if there was only this one fighter plane, but the problem was that there were a large number of signal sources following it and a signal so huge that it made people wonder if there was an equipment failure.

It is not easy to reload the interceptor missiles and artillery shells that can hit the orbit. They are all wasted on one aircraft. Can we expect ordinary anti-aircraft guns to intercept the landing capsule that has already reached the end?

This led to the current scene.

As the Valkyrie flew over, only a few anti-aircraft ammunition chains swept into the sky from time to time. However, with that density, the purpose seemed more like expulsion rather than interception or defense.

In other words, as long as she didn't try to get close to those core targets, the Chaos side decided to let her do whatever she wanted. After all, there was only one Valkyrie, and what could the limited ammunition load do? She couldn't kill many cultists even if she wanted to.

To put it bluntly, the heads of a few cultists may not be worth as much as a rocket.

And as if confirming their guess, the Valkyrie quickly flew away from the position after delivering several rounds of fire.

Of course, they did not fly outward, but flew towards the remaining imperial troops they surrounded.

Her machine flew over the battlefield filled with laser beams, the sound of engines and nozzles swept past like waves below, and from time to time she dodged the ground fire from those who occasionally got lucky enough to hit her.

At the same time, in order to cover the fighter's unscrupulous actions, the Predator Titan also changed its target, raised the angle of the muzzle and switched to ejection.

The shells that flew out of the explosive cannon in a graceful and precise arc fell on the enemy's artillery position that had been bombarding the position. With her own strength, she temporarily stopped the enemy's bombardment and created conditions for the Valkyrie to land.

The Valkyrie was naturally not polite and set the landing point directly behind the Predator Titan.

Considering the existence of the void shield, there is no more solid cover than the Titan in this torn-to- pieces position.

So, as soon as Zhang Ge got out of the cabin, he saw a strange sight.

On one side, there was a Titan that was on the verge of collapse but never fell. Countless shells and light beams were hitting its void shield from all directions. It could be seen that many of them were trying to hit it directly... or the Valkyrie that was docked, but without exception, they were swallowed up by the ripples of the shield.

On the other side, a yellow-shelled Space Marine rushed over like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, stirring up a trail of dust.

No, what about being surrounded and besieged?

Yes, strictly speaking, it was a siege, but as soon as they landed, they were wrapped in a Titan's void shield. Isn't it a little different from the siege you imagine you would encounter in an airborne operation?

Because the situation was so different from what he had imagined, Zhang Ge was speechless for a moment. Then, after confirming that the environment was temporarily safe, he focused his attention on the Space Marine.

When he shifted his gaze, Zhang Ge discovered that the opponent's movements were extremely agile, and for a moment he couldn't even react to the fact that the Space Marine was wearing a suit of Terminator armor.

Scan carefully.

On the golden-painted Terminator armor, the double-headed sky eagle on the chest, the relief wrapped in the right shoulder armor, the regiment logo on the left shoulder armor and the golden laurel wreath on the helmet all undoubtedly reveal the responsibilities it undertakes.

This is a champion of the Imperial Fists, and quite possibly the commander here.

When Zhang Ge and the others and the guards had left the cabin, he rushed into the void shield amid the sound of counterattack grenade gunfire and the sound of the Valkyrie's engine taking off again, and came in front of everyone.

After he stood still, his massive body cast an even larger shadow, enveloping Zhang Ge. Then, amidst all the noise, a steady voice emanated from the helmet, with a faint electronic feel:

"Do you have any other support later?"

"Have."

Or, in theory, yes.

Seeing that he was the only Valkyrie around, Zhang Ge was not sure whether she was flying too fast or the other troops had been shot down.

If it is the latter, then it will be extremely difficult for the second wave of airborne troops to be deployed to the ground.

Hearing Zhang Ge's brief reply, the other party nodded without any extra words or movements, and said:

"Then, let's retreat to..."

The words had barely escaped his lips when more bright spots appeared among the thick clouds covering the sky.

It was not a landing capsule, but a ground bombing carried out by an armed ship.

According to the plan, these shells were fired after the first wave of landing troops. In this way, although the shells were extremely fast, they could hit the ground just a little bit ahead of the landing troops due to the time difference between the two launches, thus ensuring that the time for the bombed enemy to reorganize its defense was shortened as much as possible.

And these shells dropped from orbit did not disappoint the planned goal. They fell at an extremely fast speed and hit the ground from above the clouds in the blink of an eye.

Countless shock waves accompanied by rolling explosions and flames were set off, and the huge sand waves that spread outward squeezed and collided with each other, causing the metal fragments of vehicles mixed in them to collide with each other and make a terrifying sound.

Everything is just right.

The Valkyrie just put Zhang Ge and others down on the ground, and the shells that were just a little behind fell immediately.

Although the artillery carried on the armed ship is only at the level of anti-aircraft guns compared to regular warships, the units are also measured in hundreds of millimeters. This round of bombing is enough to just crush the enemy's attack and eliminate the possible threat it may cause.

Apparently, this fighter jet is not as reckless as it looks.

She even took advantage of the enemy's defense loopholes caused by the bombing. After putting down the passengers, her nimble body, which could maneuver without any scruples, accelerated and plunged into the aftermath of the explosion, heading towards an unknown place.

In front of Zhang Ge.