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

After realizing that the number of reinforcements might exceed his estimates, the Imperial Fists champion swallowed his words and immediately changed his order:

"We will launch a counterattack to cover the arrival of reinforcements. Tell me, what is your goal and scale?"

"The goal is to rescue you. The scale is nearly 200,000 people."

This number surprised the champion.

The Imperial Fists have always been conservative in the mobilization of resources... or rather, they have been subject to self- and external restrictions.

As a founding parent group, its total number of members was only the thousand stipulated in the Codex. Even its plan to recruit several thousand mortal auxiliary troops to assist the Seventh Company's Mountain Guard was hindered, and it was Guilliman who finally stepped in to settle the matter.

Nearly 200,000 people were involved in a rescue operation. The last time it was taken so seriously was when the Father of Genes was still alive, right?

Thinking of this, the champion, who felt that he and his chapter had not been abandoned by the Empire, became more determined to serve the Empire in the future.

Chapter 182 Just Call Me Xiaogang

Zhang Ge did not join the counterattack.

It’s not that he didn’t want to, but mainly because... yes, because Ascalon moved again.

The moment Zhang Ge saw this Titan, he anticipated this situation. Sure enough, although he had tried his best to divert his attention elsewhere, Ascalon still trembled as expected.

No, shit, if you were alone and just played like before, it would be fine, but the problem is now, let alone other things, just look at the Titan itself, it's moving now, and it's obvious that there is a driver. If I perform the same operation as before again, how will others view my frame?

He didn't dare to think about it.

However, even though he had no intention of moving, even though he had no intention of moving away from the Titan, under deliberate suppression, Ascalon's movements continued to intensify.

Beside him, shortly after the artillery fire from orbit fell, the order to counterattack was passed down, and a large number of surviving soldiers squeezed out their last bit of physical strength and began a counterattack.

They passed by Zhang Ge one by one, followed by a group of remaining vehicles and several knight mechas, and disappeared into the desert under the leadership of the Space Marines.

Just when the last person had left, the Imperial Fist Champion appeared beside Zhang Ge again. He looked at the Star Army officer in front of him with some confusion. He was holding the hilt of a sword in his hand, and the sword was still trembling.

The champion did not suspect that Zhang Ge was afraid of death. After all, he was considered by the support troops above to be qualified to be sent down in the first round. However, information must be exchanged during the operation. Why did he keep silent?

"what are you doing?"

He asked.

Then, as soon as this sentence was uttered, Ascalon flew out of the sheath in Zhang Ge's hand, whose attention was diverted by this sentence.

I'm so happy, Diquan, I wish you a happy new year.

Zhang Ge's eyes went dark after all his previous efforts were wasted, and he watched helplessly as Ascalon flew straight towards the huge predator Titan in front of him.

Then... went around?

I went around it, right?

Zhang Ge felt a little unbelievable for a moment.

After a dark tunnel, there is another bridge to the horizon. Will the boat sink naturally when it reaches the village?

This thing finally couldn't stand its own oppression anymore and decided to run away?

However, before he could be happy for a moment, Ascalon told him with his actual actions:

He was happy too early.

After flying on its own for a while, it had turned into an imperceptible black dot, but when it flew about a thousand meters, it stopped moving forward and began to hang in the air.

The sky also changed.

The sunlight that originally shone on the vitrified desert began to be obscured by dark clouds that appeared out of nowhere.

At the same time, the environment turned cold rapidly at a speed that the body could perceive.

The Chaos side was of course also aware of this anomaly, but despite drawing some of the front-line firepower that survived the counterattacks and bombardments, all the incoming attacks were swallowed up silently like stones sinking into the sea.

Amid the faint roar of lightning, two opposing storms appeared.

One rolled down from above, with countless dark clouds rolling in, spinning so that the tip moved down towards Ascalon.

The other direction was exactly the opposite, rising from the ground, bringing up countless fine sand and broken glass.

The moment the two opposing storms touched at Ascalon, a white light pierced through the sky and earth...

No, anyone who still looks directly at it at this time can find that it is not white light, but an extremely thick lightning, or in other words, a crack.

From the void, as lightning fell, a huge black shadow began to reveal its specific form.

That's Olivia.

She was directly delivered using a transmission method similar to that of the Terminator's power armor, which was amplified countless times. The space beacon was Ascalon, which was just suspended in the air.

There was no moment to mourn the losses suffered by the plunderers, and the one who immediately rushed to the battlefield was General Titan!

at this time.

Seeing the Iron Warriors troops on the opposite side taking out a War Titan from the air: Huh?

Next to Zhang Ge, I saw him use a sword to summon a Titan's Imperial Fist: Huh?

The knight mecha was halfway through the charge when he found himself suddenly wrapped in shadow: Huh?

When he looked up, he suddenly found himself turned into a predator-class Titan in front of the little guy: Huh?

And Zhang Ge, who was seeing this scene for the first time: No, buddy?

But Olivia didn't think too much. She simply identified the enemies based on the appearance of the cultists.

The volcano cannon was then activated.

At that moment, a pillar of fire a thousand times brighter than sunlight swept out from the muzzle. The aftermath alone turned the hills into dust, dug ditches in the plains, and countless magma wrapped in crystallized sand was spread out by the expansion caused by the heated air.

Even the shadows were dispelled, but many people were unable to witness the spectacle of all the darkness being eliminated by the ultimate light.

Because they were exactly the target of the volcano cannon.

Whether it's a vehicle, a body, a demon, a renegade Space Marine, or a gifted cultist.

At this moment, they all became equal and turned into particles scattered in the air.

The first line of defense of the enemy position in front of the counterattack force was shattered at this moment because of this blow. The bunkers that were strong enough to withstand conventional artillery attacks disappeared along with the targets they needed to cover, leaving only a terrible scar on the ground.

The magma was like blood, reflecting the scarlet light on the other soldiers who had not yet been hit.

However, such a horrific blow was just the opening act, being fired by only one of Olivia's main guns.

With the surging energy tide, the laser cannon, plasma cannon, another main gun and two shoulder-mounted laser secondary guns also began to emit dazzling light, bringing down the judgment of Om Messiah on the enemy.

In such chaos, the Valkyrie was already flying like a light ghost, almost sticking to the sand surface. After bypassing the air defense network that was already in chaos, she launched countless rockets at the enemy's field airport where the fighter planes and flying demons were trying to take off.

Chaos, fire, death.

Everything was like a curtain wall covering the Chaos side, which still had an absolute advantage in military strength.

But the Empire clearly had no intention of showing mercy to these traitors.

In the sky, the light from countless landing capsules and fighter planes broke through the clouds, and the vanguard composed of thousands of absolutely elite soldiers was smashing into the enemy positions below.

Moreover, when they were about to land, the appearance of the huge signal source finally appeared in the eyes of the Iron Warriors.

It was a huge warship wrapped in red light and heading towards the ground.

Chapter 183: The Empire Has Titans

When the meteor tore through the clouds and broke the sky with its impact, the anti-aircraft firepower originally concentrated on other landing vehicles stopped for a moment, and then simultaneously changed its target to its hull.

Thousands of Astra Militarum troops, even elite ones, would find it difficult to cause a big wave in the presence of renegade Space Marines, but if that thing were allowed to land safely, the intensity of the combat they would face would be on a completely different level.

The Iron Warrior commander who was traveling with them praised the cult leader's quick response and said calmly that after calculations, they found that the existing anti-aircraft firepower was more than enough to intercept the scary-looking ship.

After that, as long as they eliminate those tiny mortals who have landed on the ground, the Titan that is showing off its power in the distance will no longer be a threat, and they can overwhelm it with their absolute military advantage.

After leaving behind these words and a promise to help him get promoted, the Iron Warriors commander left the command room with his guards in the name of "assembling troops."

Soon, the cult leader received reports that a large number of his fellow Space Marines had been transferred.

At first he thought that the Iron Warriors were really concentrating their forces to block the landing points of those landing vehicles in the sky, but as more reports came in, even with his thinking ability he quickly realized that something was wrong.

It's one thing to deploy troops, but why do you transfer those people stationed in core areas like air defense positions? Even if you are confident in your calculations, you shouldn't be so confident, right?

However, he soon wouldn't have to worry about this problem anymore.

The large amount of data and intelligence sent back was like running naked after losing the professional cover of the Iron Warriors, like countless lines converging in one place, making this command post conspicuously exposed to the Titan's detectors, making it classified as a high-value target.

The light from the volcanic cannon easily shattered the sand dunes and bunkers that blocked its path. It was only blocked for a moment by the plasma shield generator carried by the command post, and then all the cultists who remained in it were evaporated, turning them into an insignificant group among the countless victims under the muzzle of the cannon.

And what the Iron Warriors said was not entirely false. The landing force, the crashed lander, and a War Titan, no matter which one, could be considered unsolvable if taken alone.

But the problem is that three of them came at the same time.

Yes, the current anti-aircraft firepower of the position is theoretically capable of concentrated fire to blow up the land-based ship in the sky. After all, it is a very large target, and the tank gun can hit it by finding an angle and raising the muzzle. A large number of temporary anti-aircraft firepower can be easily assembled.

But will the opposing Titan just sit there and watch you pour fire on every position without doing anything? What's more, the enemy has more than just one Titan, and a bunch of Knight Mechs are also stepping on ants in their positions.

When these three things happen together, there are countless such situations, and the impact caused is far greater than if the three things occur separately.

Therefore, after judging that continuing to fight would not cause much hindrance to the enemy, the Iron Warriors decisively decided to abandon this line of defense and concentrate their forces back to the rear.

As long as the second line of defense can be established, then everything can still be salvaged. These people are airborne, and if they cannot break through the line of defense in a short period of time, then subsequent supplies will definitely become a problem.

At the same time, although such large-scale military operations would certainly be covered by the enemy navy, in general, the Chaos side still had the upper hand in the naval power over this planet. As long as they could waste time and wait for a warship to break through the enemy's naval defense line, then under the ground bombardment, the enemy would be powerless even with Titans.

Of course, these are all visions for the future. The reality that the cultists are facing now is that those things hanging in the sky have finally fallen to the ground.

Hundreds of landing capsules were directly embedded in various parts of the enemy's positions. The several automatic logging guns carried in their capsules provided fire support comparable to that of an entire heavy machine gun team, slaughtering the surrounding cultists who lacked defensive equipment.

But this was not the worst news. The worst news was that from among those cylindrical objects, Cadian elites who had been waiting for a long time soon emerged. They were holding various weapons and efficiently clearing the trenches, dividing the already fragmented positions into countless large and small pieces.

The senior commander has lost contact, the already fragile offensive positions have been fragmented, and the heavy firepower is being gradually eroded by the bombardment of Titans and Knights...

Even the demons, the last thing the cultists wanted to rely on, could only barely hold off the raid at a few of the most critical locations. And soon, facing the remaining Space Marines who rushed up from the counterattack force, these demons were exiled one by one by the weapons filled with anger in their hands.

Although it is certainly impossible to eliminate so many cultists with just a few thousand people, it is more than enough to let these elite troops seize and control the traffic nodes of each trench, so that the huge positions are isolated from each other.

And just when the landing capsule finally landed, and the silence began to spread because both sides could no longer achieve results, a crash to the ground became the hammer that tore the truce apart.

The ramming horns of the landship began to deform the moment they touched the ground. Under the huge kinetic energy, the sharp corners made of high-grade ceramic steel were nothing but liquid.

However, the more miserable ones are naturally the enemy troops who are right in the impact path.

The flying sand was split and lifted up as the land ship collided with the ground, until countless particles flew thousands of meters and obscured the red tail caused by friction with the air. It had already turned into a sandstorm that was extending forward and swallowing everything.

Even without direct contact, the fine sand that was originally quietly piled together flew out under such an impact and turned into deadly weapons, tearing the flesh swallowed by the sand into pieces after countless grindings.

The ramming horn was shattered and the hull was twisted.

When everything finally stopped, the gradually fading sand curtain revealed the current appearance of the falling object.

The bridge, with its pitted, charred dents and cracked structure, and the scars caused by collisions and anti-aircraft fire, was clearly visible to the person watching him.

But it is wrapped in countless scars.

The pulse of the engine began to beat again.

The tracks started to work, and in the symphony of countless mechanical structures, the 600-meter-long metal giant was slowly driven from a static state, directly breaking through the ground where the bow was buried, and rolling towards the remaining enemies.

ps: I seem to have a low fever today, and my mind is not very clear when I write. If there is anything wrong in the content, please remember to mention it in the thread.

Chapter 184 High Emotional Intelligence Emperor Fist

When the landship came rolling in with rolling sand and dust, it was somewhat different from what everyone imagined. It did not directly crush the enemy like a fierce attack, but when passing through the enemy's controlled area, it skillfully used the ion shield it carried to cut off the enemies hiding in the trenches.

There is a big difference between the ion shield and the void shield. The principle of the former is to project a powerful energy field onto a narrow arc surface, thereby deflecting and intercepting enemy projectiles.

In other words, if you are close enough to the enemy and set the projection field between the enemy's bodies, then as long as the power is sufficient, you can cut the enemy's body directly.

And that's exactly what this landship does.