Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 171 Space Bypass Attack
Sure enough, the next moment, the fierce firepower instantly turned those elite soldiers and armed mech servants into mincemeat.

Even the last soldier, an armed servant, controlled by the Mechanic, took advantage of the cover provided by the flesh and blood of his comrades in front of him and fired wildly with the explosive gun on his back, ignoring the recoil.

He intended to trade this for two or three of the opposing enemies, but the mechanical priest clearly misjudged the Iron Warrior's tactics.

The several explosive shells fired all hit the thick wall formed by the boarding shields, causing no damage whatsoever to the Iron Warrior hiding behind them.

"traitor!"

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"The team that went to hack the control system terminal of the cabin encountered traitors!" Malcado immediately reported that the team that went to the control terminal of the cabin had been blocked. This was expected. Those traitors always pulled this trick.

Tie Hui casually destroyed a few gene stealers; they had already passed through the death corridor. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he unleashed several magnetic energy cannons, blasting the entire corridor wall and everything behind it to smithereens.

Although they broke through the first barrier, they also faced personal resistance from the Iron Warriors. There were even some engineering soldiers mixed in among them.

Those guys' arm-mounted thermobaric cannons caused their squad a lot of trouble. By now, almost all of their elite armed mechs have been wiped out.

I might get scolded by the great sage Eurymils when I go back!

Tie Hui realized that even with the fusion of the nano-core, the enhancement only applied to their close combat and mobility capabilities, making them particularly effective in individual combat in space.

Although there are heavy weapons like the magnetic energy cannon, they consume a lot of energy.

Besides, being fellow Astartes, none of them are stupid. Just as they met the Iron Warriors opposite them, those Iron Warriors actually tried to form a shield wall and fire at them.

Then they were met with several plasma blasts, which blasted holes in their boarding shields. Immediately following this, several magnetic energy cannons unleashed a barrage!

In the blink of an eye, within just 3 or 4 seconds, the shield formation of the opposing Iron Warriors was shattered. Six Iron Warriors had their skulls and chests blown off in this head-on confrontation, putting them at a significant disadvantage.

This also shocked Klepatch, who was watching from behind, and he was even more envious of the weapons in Tie Hui and his men's hands.

This direct attack forced the Iron Warriors to abandon their original tactics and begin to engage in a firefight with Iron Radiance and his men, relying on the concealable bunkers they had designed for the mortal support troops inside the warship.

At this point, both sides were locked in a stalemate. It wasn't that neither had ignored the possibility of progress!
Several brave warriors from both sides tried to rush forward and break the deadlock through melee combat, but as soon as they showed their faces, even with their boarding shields, they were killed by concentrated fire before they could run more than ten steps.

Because among the steel warriors opposite were engineering sergeants armed with thermobaric cannons. Add to that the arrays of automatic bomb guns hidden within the intact walls behind them, and the heavy weapons they carried over, and it was a true hail of bullets.

As for Iron Glory's side, with the Magnetic Covenant Energy Cannon, unless they are wearing Terminator armor or Fearless personally charging in, they really can't get through.

In that recent clash where they attempted to charge, four Astartes on Ironbringer's side perished instantly, while more than three Iron Warriors lost their lives. Four Iron Warriors lay crippled on the ground, their fates unknown.

The number of ordinary auxiliary soldiers among them was countless; anyone who showed their face was instantly killed with a single shot.

The mortal officers on Tie Hui's side no longer dared to show their faces to attack, but instead followed orders to replenish the energy of the magnetic energy cannon.

The elite armed mechs kept their heads down, firing bursts of explosive guns on their backs while simultaneously recharging the magnetic energy cannons. The mechanical priests were even further back, hiding in the rear!

As time went on, both sides' cover was gradually destroyed. If this continued, they would eventually be forced into close combat!
But this was exactly the result that Tie Hui and his team wanted.

"Have the enemy warship's surface anti-aircraft weapons been cleared?" Tie Hui asked Tiberos. Their Shark Squad's swarm-and-bite tactics were incredibly precise. Clearing the anti-aircraft weapons from a warship under the cover of so many friendly ships shouldn't be too difficult.

"It's been cleared out, and reinforcements are now landing." Tiberos swung his gun, blowing the brain of a mortal who had just peeked out but hadn't yet fired. Then he quickly ducked to avoid several more explosive shells flying towards his forehead and shouted.

"Let them open more landing ports, and then let them take over the current battlefield inside the ship. We'll go into space from those landing ports, and then detour to enter the enemy's key node compartments." Tie Hui was furious; he hadn't expected such great resistance to attacking the interior of the Iron Warrior's warship.

Damn it, these steel warriors are like tortoises!
"This guy is a real tortoise, from now on he should be called the Iron Tortoise!" He muttered, and then the image of the Iron Warrior's twisting upper body automatically popped into his mind, along with the divine song "Zabaraka" from his previous life.

With a smirk, he put the matter out of his mind and began directing the ordinary officers in the rear to retreat to the target location first, make contact with the follow-up troops that had landed, and then replenish their own nano-core energy!
"The vanguard will cover the rear and await the handover from the subsequent support troops!" Tie Hui immediately gave the order when he received that the support troops had begun their mission and were on their way.

Are nano-cores expensive?

Very expensive!

Especially in a social system like the Warhammer universe, creating a nanocore is no easy feat.

So much so that after learning about this technology, the members of the Cult of Mechanics were admonishing the Technologists and Astartes to use it with caution, especially the mortal officers and servants equipped with nanocores.

But when it really came to the battlefield...

It's not up to them to decide. Take this battle, for example. Since the start, more than 20 nanocores have been damaged beyond repair. There are also more than 7 recoverable nanocores, but they can only be recovered after victory.

Look... just this small boarding action resulted in the loss of nearly 30 nanocores. Although seven can still be recovered, not every battle ends in victory.

These losses are equivalent to the total loss of a set of MK 5 power armor. Even though the MK 5 is the cheapest of all power armor models, losing this many in a single boarding action is still a significant amount.

This doesn't even include the nanocores consumed by the magnetic energy cannon.

Although Tie Hui has the ability to travel between worlds, he can't withstand this kind of abuse. Both sides have already completed the handover with the reinforcements.

Without hesitation, Tie Hui and the others started the engines on their backs and sped toward the breach that had been blasted into the warship.

This scene made the officers and ordinary Astartes even more envious, especially the technical sergeants and the Mechanicus members who followed.

In just over ten seconds, nearly 200 people flew out of the warship through the gap created by the blast and arrived in outer space.

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(End of this chapter)