Those silent arcs generated out of thin air penetrated the bodies of the cultists one by one, splitting their fragile flesh in two amid the sound of barbecue. The landships were clearing one position after another in this highly efficient massacre, facing the enemy's artillery fire directed at them.
the other side.
Under the cover of Titan and the guards, Zhang Ge crossed the glass sand plain formed by the exchange of fire and came into the position.
At this time, the Cadian elite had entered the stage of cutting off the explosives, traps and the like set in the trenches, and further consolidating the positions at various key transportation points.
The battle was almost over, and due to the sudden presence of Titans and landships, the sacrifices made in entering the standoff phase were much smaller than planned.
Moreover, amidst the relentless firepower strikes, the enemy's remaining forces continued to decrease. The most intuitive manifestation of this situation was in the amount of heavy weapons they held.
Not long ago, they were still able to offer some resistance through various heavy vehicles and large-caliber artillery, but now, those things have either been taken away by the Iron Warriors or turned into scrap metal. The remaining small and medium-sized heavy weapons can only futilely create some flames around the two metal behemoths that cannot break through the defense.
It can be said that the struggle the other party is making now is only delaying the time of their death.
After realizing this, Zhang Ge no longer had the intention to go to the front line. However, he was not idle either, because after receiving the news that Zhang Ge had arrived at the position, the Emperor Fist Champion who had rushed towards the enemy after Titan appeared quickly returned here.
In the air that seemed even hotter due to the Titan's energy weapon, in a trench nearly three meters deep, Zhang Ge followed the sound of approaching dull footsteps and saw the figure of the Emperor Fist Champion. However, he had taken off his helmet, and his serious face could be seen.
Straight to the point, his first words were:
"After breaking through, have your troops further attack the traitors' rear end. This may be the battle that turns the tide of the battle."
However, as if realizing that his words were not appropriate, he continued to add:
"This is a request. While I know it will require greater sacrifice, believe me, this plan is beneficial to the Imperium... and, on my personal honor, whether it succeeds or not, you will have the friendship of the Imperial Fists Chapter."
It seems that the other party regards rescue as the main goal of their troops?
If rescue is the main goal, then after breaking through, the troops should advance deep into the sand sea, bypass most of the enemy forces, and board the transport ship at a designated hidden landing point.
However, the purpose of this elite force of nearly 200,000 people, including the Crusader Army, was not just for rescue from the very beginning. Another part of its mission was actually very important, that is, to attempt a rear attack based on the command center's judgment that blindly defending would only put it in a passive position.
In other words, what he said were what this unit was supposed to do.
So Zhang Ge naturally had no intention of taking advantage of it, and responded in the same straightforward manner:
"These are all part of our mission. There's no need to ask for anything. After the main force lands, we will open a breakthrough as soon as possible."
Hearing this reply, the Imperial Fist Champion nodded slowly and introduced himself:
"You can call me Auston. It's rare to fight alongside a man of your integrity."
Upright?
It seems that even with Emperor Quan's character as hard as a rock, he will still say something nice when he needs help from others.
"You fought just as bravely, allowing me to witness the demeanor of the Space Marines."
However, since others praised him, Zhang Ge didn't mind praising him back.
However, unexpectedly, following this sentence, the champion continued:
"Really? After the war, I can introduce you to the Chapter Master and have you transformed into one of us."
Hearing this, Zhang Ge broke out in a sweat.
No, regardless of whether I am willing or not, is it really okay to say that you want to recruit me in front of so many of my guards?
After pretending to think for only half a second, Zhang Ge gave his answer:
"No, forget it. I'd rather be with my colleagues."
"Really? Well, my promise is valid at all times. If you change your mind later, just contact me."
After saying this, the Imperial Fist Champion glanced at the soldiers wearing power armor around Zhang Ge with some confusion.
Although I couldn't see their expressions clearly through the masks, why did I feel from their subtle movements that their attitude had changed from respectful to slightly wary?
Am I doing something wrong?
He originally wanted to ask directly, but before he opened his mouth, the champion thought it was better to have less trouble than more, and in the end, this question, along with many other questions, was suppressed in his heart.
For him, the most important thing at the moment is not to satisfy his curiosity, but to get this unit to a position where it can launch an attack on the Iron Warriors as soon as possible. Every day late, or even just an hour late, will result in more brothers being sacrificed in the battle.
After saying these words, the Emperor Fist Champion put on his helmet again, said goodbye to Zhang Ge, and disappeared in the direction of the front line again.
Just as he left, Amelia came over and asked:
"Do you need to undergo body modification? If so, we can do it when we return to Skyhawk Port."
Why are you here to take another stab?
Feeling powerless, Zhang Ge did not reply immediately. Instead, he thought for a long time before finding a reason that sounded relatively reliable:
"Not for now. The recovery and adaptation period after surgery would take up too much time. Besides, my personal safety isn't urgent right now, so there's no need to waste so much time."
Amelia nodded after hearing this and stood back in silence.
At this moment, large aircraft broke through the thick clouds in the sky.
Those were a large number of transport boats used to deliver follow-up troops.
Chapter 185 A powerful music sounded, like a sacred song
Those transport boats easily circumvented the anti-aircraft firepower, which was much weaker than expected... In fact, with the auxiliary strikes and location marking by the Valkyrie fighters that took off again after dropping off their troops, there were only a handful of anti-aircraft forces that could still be used in the enemy positions.
It was said to be a detour, but in fact it was just a perfunctory maneuver.
Soon, guided by the flares burning on the ground, a number of large boats landed in their own controlled area.
Then, a round of powerful music started.
At first, Zhang Ge, like countless other soldiers, thought he had misheard, but when he looked towards the source of the sound, he found that it was a real sound spreading across the battlefield.
A large number of Titan Guard members, with the Holy Mass sounding from their mechanized bodies, rushed directly to the enemy's position with the assistance of armored forces as soon as they left the transport craft.
Although there are only a thousand people, they are well-armed and each squad has an average of one vehicle, making them a highly mechanized force capable of accompanying Titans in combat at any time. Therefore, despite their small number, they can easily penetrate deep into the enemy's defenses like a hot knife cutting butter.
That's right, after witnessing the Titan suddenly disappear from the warehouse, the Akaolan Mechanical Priest, who had witnessed the Titan's many manifestations, expressed his views amidst arguments, prayers and crying.
You said, is there a possibility that Titan is fine, but it just reached the surface of the planet in advance using some method we don't know about?
There was no other way. After a brief discussion, the mechanical priests reluctantly accepted this statement and passed the news to the guard commander who was directing the soldiers in pre-battle prayers.
The gist of it is that Titan seems to have appeared and is currently on the surface. Of course, this is just a possibility, and we haven't confirmed the specific situation yet... But, on the other hand, it seems we can't do anything about the other situations discussed. This is the only situation we can effectively respond to at the moment.
Then, after the Guards' serious request for a direct physical orbital airdrop with a gravity parachute was rejected, the Guards' commander had to change his original plan to land again in the second phase with the mechanized infantry regiment, and forcibly occupied some of the transport boats in the first round.
Confusion, worry, and a hint of sadness that comes from feeling abandoned by the Titans.
These emotions that should not have appeared were all dispelled by the Titan flying in the air and wielding its mighty power freely, as they saw the image shared by every guard soldier after the transport boat broke through the clouds and was connected to the external sensors.
In the vast database, there is no prayer that can describe the greatness of this moment. Only their own actions and the blood of the enemy can describe their devout prayers at this moment.
This created the strange scene at the moment, where thousands of guardsmen in a frenzy played sacred music and rushed into the enemy group.
Of course, the other troops after that seemed quite normal. Apart from the Titan Guard, the other troops deployed were mainly a large number of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles of the Cadian Armored Regiment.
According to the original plan, these heavy vehicles were used to eliminate the heavy firepower that was expected to suppress the vanguard troops, but now most of the enemy's heavy firepower has been lost, so the commander of this unit, after briefly understanding the situation, decisively changed the goal to annihilate the enemy as much as possible.
There was also a small number of transport boats that were slightly special. After leaving the clouds, they left the large formation and eventually landed above the landship.
This part of the transport boats carried Yolanda and the military servitors she brought with her.
The landship was completely unmanned before, which is why the artillery and other items that were not connected to its main body did not fire.
But this situation has now changed.
Hundreds of heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 200 mm were unleashed and began to fire shells at the trenches from high to low, making the land-based ship, which was already extremely destructive, equivalent to having an additional accompanying artillery regiment on its back.
The heavy blows one after another made the already shattered position even worse. Faced with the raging war machines, the remaining Chaos cultists found themselves helpless.
In desperation, they could only make a final sacrifice to the evil gods of the Warp they believed in. However, the evil creatures summoned by these sacrifices only accelerated their demise.
Originally, killing ten thousand cultists might waste a thousand heavy artillery shells, but now, killing a hundred low-level demons might only require a hundred shells.
The struggle, the prayer, and even the desperate questioning of why the evil god no longer protected him were quickly drowned out by the roar of the engine.
The second, third, and fourth batches...
When the first round of Cadian soldiers were all deployed, the ground had entered the stage of clearing the battlefield.
But what was a bit embarrassing was that apart from cleaning up the battlefield over and over again, they found that they seemed unable to do anything else.
Because the battle progressed too quickly, far beyond the most optimistic plans.
This resulted in the fact that although each batch of transport boats brought back the news that the next batch should be delivered in advance, it was still a long time before the main force of the second round of mechanized infantry regiments was delivered.
Due to communication interference, they were unable to call for reinforcements to come down in advance.
Of course, relying on the existing forces might be enough to break through the rest of the enemy's defenses, but what happens after the breakthrough?
Although the losses were not great, the three regiments originally had 31,000 people, but now only have about 25,000 left. These 20,000 people are definitely not able to hold their positions on such a long front.
There was no other way, they could only choose to do more important things, which was to consolidate the existing landing site.
This is also the main reason for the current embarrassing situation.
You can consolidate your power, but if I don't come to counter-land, how will you respond?
You can't even blame the Iron Warriors for being overly cautious in their response. After all, in their eyes, the opponent they are facing now has so many military resources that they can use teleportation titans and landships as vanguards at the same time. Who knows how many more things are following them?
Not to mention anything else, they don't even have much confidence in holding their current positions, and they have to call for reinforcements from further outside. How can they have the time to organize troops to counter the landing?
Finally, when the casualties of both sides were almost counted, the transport boats carrying the second batch of troops finally appeared in the eager eyes of the people below, and quickly landed at the landing sites that had been preliminarily concealed and consolidated.
Chapter 186: The Mechanized Infantry Regiment is Coming In
Two Baneblade super-heavy tanks, a large number of Leman Russ tanks of various models, thousands of Chimera infantry fighting vehicles, and thousands of accompanying battle sisters...
As the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment deployed, the several Cadian regiments that had already arrived on the battlefield truly witnessed its wealth.
The level of luxury is even to the extent that each company is equipped with a dedicated power armor unit, with the number of people ranging from dozens to more than a dozen, totaling hundreds of people.
Hundreds of sets of force feedback power armor, these alone are enough to buy hundreds of thousands of laser guns. Usually no one would invest these precious supplies in the Astra Militarum.
Even if some troops occasionally possessed some, they were generally used on officers and guards, or concentrated in the hands of a company of veteran elites.
So much so that when they saw the infantrymen coming out of the infantry fighting vehicles equipped with large numbers of armored vehicles and hell guns, they were not surprised at all.
Of course, I was also criticized a few times.
The colonel of the Cadian Artillery Regiment, who commanded nearly 6,000 men, took a quick look at the formation and said to the others in a somewhat teasing tone:
"The number of vehicles alone is already greater than the number of my combat personnel."
However, having said that, it was mainly just a joke to colleagues.
After all, regardless of other things, although there were so many sets of power armor, the colonel commander of this regiment only wore a simple shell armor and joined the first landing team. It is even said that he rejected the recruitment from the Space Marines. At least his attitude was worthy of these equipment.
On the other hand, this situation also intimidated the Iron Warriors to a great extent.
When the scouts at the front brought back the news, their commander was sweating profusely.
His first thought was: Is this the enemy's main attack direction?
But that's not right. If we focus on the main direction, there doesn't make sense for there to be so few people.
Could it be that after the Primarch's resurrection, the Empire restored part of the mortal auxiliary forces of the Great Crusade, and I just happened to run into them?
In either case, putting curiosity aside, the disadvantages that are right in front of your face are real.
The Iron Warriors commander realized the dilemma he now faced.
Generally speaking, due to factors such as terrain and position, the combat effectiveness of the same person on the defensive side will be higher than that on the offensive side.
However, now this advantage has been eliminated by the Titan-level firepower. Even the strongest field bunkers in their hands cannot withstand a volcanic cannon.
The enemy is a highly mechanized force, which means they have sufficient mobility to mobilize a much larger force than pure infantry to a single attack point in a short period of time...
He put aside the many complicated thoughts in his mind and summarized them.
To put it simply, the problem is one of initiative.
The defenders gave up a certain degree of initiative in exchange for various advantages in terrain and fortifications, but now this advantage has been destroyed, which means that defense has become a disadvantageous option that simply loses the initiative.
This initiative is extremely important. Even in terms of military strength alone, although the defender can focus on defense, the troops are still deployed on the entire front line, while the attacker can concentrate most of the troops to attack a certain point, which may not even be a key defensive area.
This problem is particularly prominent when the enemy is a mechanized force. It is very likely that there is no time to transfer reinforcements before the defense line is breached.
Generally speaking, faced with this situation, the correct choice is to launch a counterattack, to fully utilize the military advantage by pressing on all fronts... but this is not a good option at the moment.
It's very simple. Due to the existence of the enemy's giant weapons, the organized heavy firepower such as heavy tanks and heavy artillery may be destroyed before reaching the designated position.
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