At the same time, the missile launcher on the armored plate of the Apocalypse tank released a blazing flame. Within just one second, the ancient forest was destroyed under the firepower coverage.
Those destructive missiles with huge tail flames left numerous wakes in the air, and then, under the processing of the built-in chips, they slammed heavily onto an entire mountain.
Violent shock waves and deadly high temperatures swept across, and the entire mountain seemed to be shaking. The giant trees were instantly roasted yellow and withered, and their dead branches kept falling off.
However, the enemy's sniping showed no signs of stopping, and two more Extreme Warriors fell down neatly without even noticing that the enemy's position had changed.
Within a few seconds, three precious veterans were killed. In the previous fight against the Pandora monsters, the Space Marines were not even hurt. Only a dozen veterans of the mortal auxiliary army were unfortunately sacrificed.
Hill's pressure increased instantly. He called for more artillery support while also calling for support from the Tengu mecha hovering in the sky.
The Apocalypse tanks and the Knight mechas unleashed their firepower at full force. Large-caliber shells and destructive plasma beams were dropped on the suspected areas like a rainstorm. They had no intention of being stingy with their firepower, and they looked like they wanted to destroy the entire forest.
Although the rangers had expected the human counterattack, such fierce firepower still made them feel that this operation was difficult. Compared with the human Space Marines they had fought before, these enemies before them had a completely crushing momentum in terms of speed, defense and firepower.
Suddenly, several rangers were covered by firepower. They, along with the huge trees they were standing on, and even the rocks and mountains were razed to the ground. The horrific craters cut off all possibilities of life, and the high-temperature plasma melted the sand and stones on the surface into glass.
The extreme heat ignited the forest, and smoke filled the air.
The billowing black smoke blocked the Rangers' next sniper attack. Under the instructions of Ilic Nightspear, they quickly abandoned their base and evacuated quickly on those hidden Raptor jet bikes.
The two sides won and lost in the first round of competition, but the war had just begun. The rangers formed groups of two and began high-speed guerrilla warfare on two-person Raptor jet motorcycles.
One person acted as the rider, and the other was the main output. Those black and red painted jet motorcycles with surprisingly low noise flashed in the forest like ghosts.
Chapter 261: Phantom in the Forest
"The enemy's camouflage ability is beyond the scanning range of our auspicious instrument. We use our eyes and intuition to lock the target."
Hill immediately made a judgment that neither the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft they released into the dense forest nor the scanning equipment such as the micro auspicious instruments carried on their power armor had much effect on the Eldar.
The human empire rarely encounters this situation, which means that the enemy's stealth technology is superior to theirs.
However, considering that the enemy is the Eldar, a race with a history of tens of millions of years, this is not surprising.
The Space Marines were accustomed to using their power armor to capture the enemy's position, and this inertia of thinking caused them to encounter difficulties when facing the Ark Eldar.
The reason why the Astartes created by the Emperor are so powerful is not just because of their power armor.
Upon receiving the reminder, the Extreme Marines immediately ignored the ineffective reminders of the power armor and instead used their superhuman senses and honed war instincts to fight against the Eldar.
The sixth sense and instinct are more reliable.
The roar of grenade launchers and cross-shaped gun flames launched a counterattack, and more than six hundred Ultramarines veterans exchanged fire with the Eldar in the dense forest.
They even changed their shooting posture, using their wrist guards to block the goggles of their tactical helmets as much as possible to avoid being shot in the head by the enemy through the goggles again.
"Knight mechs and super-heavy tanks lead the way, close to those damned enemies, everyone pay attention to infantry-tank coordination."
Hill's order urged the Extreme Marines to close the distance with the enemy. A mere 1 kilometer distance only took tens of seconds for the Space Marines.
Hill, who was good at summarizing experience, found that it was a mistake to fight with the Eldar in the dense forest. They could perfectly adapt to the dense jungle and hide themselves by relying on natural cover.
Even the battle-hardened red-helmeted sergeant felt that the bushes began to speak the Eldar language, and his ears were filled with the terrified screams of the mortal auxiliary troops in the rear.
Armored vehicles and heavy machinery were destroyed by unseen enemies, and vehicles loaded with supplies and ammunition were destroyed by psychic bombs, the resulting explosions killing the mortal guards.
"They, they are coming! Emperor, they are invisible ghosts..."
The screams of terror stopped abruptly.
Hill realized that a mortal officer of the Ultramar Auxilia had been killed. The communicator carried the extremely faint noise of a jet bike and the low sound of a sharp blade piercing a human body.
The damn Eldar were waging a harassment war, bypassing the sentries, sabotaging machinery, destroying supply vehicles, and secretly assassinating key commanders. Although the mortal auxiliary forces remained on the utmost alert, they were still unable to prevent the decline of the team's cohesion and morale.
The enemies seemed to be everywhere, but they could not be found anywhere. Even Hill felt his energy being rapidly depleted by such difficult enemies.
Finally, he and his guards sensed a noise approaching. Hill instinctively rolled forward from his original position to dodge, and the next moment an almost invisible Eldar jet ski appeared beside him.
The Ark Eldar sitting at the back of the jetboat was wielding an extremely thin, curved long sword in his hand. It exuded a warm luster like the bright moon, but its destructive power was so amazing that it was even enough to leave shallow scratches on the adamantine armor.
They wanted to raid and behead the Ultramarines' commanding officer.
Hill understood the enemy's intentions and would have made the same choice if it were him. Raids and decapitations have always been the most efficient way to end a war.
Unfortunately, the enemy's attack was very sophisticated, but it still couldn't do anything to the red-helmeted hero of Kos.
Under the cover of his guards, he quickly took out his bolt pistol and fired back. The fierce bolt tore through anything that stood in his way, and the accelerated warhead could even destroy some light vehicles.
The Eldar vehicles were definitely among them. Hill saw the black and red jet ski. It was so slender and exquisite that it looked like a work of art that had been repeatedly polished.
However, works of art are always fragile, and Hill prefers weapons that are sturdy and durable, which at least have a lower chance of malfunctioning.
The Eldar wanted to keep their distance and continue to remain invisible, but dense bombs came from all directions, and the surrounding Ultramarines formed a large encirclement net, blocking all escape routes.
A bomb grazed the tail of the Eldar jet ski, and the bursting shrapnel and fierce explosion immediately disrupted its balance. The jet ski began to spin in the air with the driver, and then completely lost balance and turned over to the ground.
The extremely fast jet boat crashed into several tall trees, and cracks appeared on the body made of spirit bones. The two Ark Eldar on it swiftly seized the opportunity and flipped over to the ground.
All this happened in a flash. Hill tightly grasped his electromagnetic sword, which was a weapon given to him by the Primarch from Guilliman's collection. The activated electromagnetic field passed through the air, and Hill's superb swordsmanship blocked some strange weapons shot by the Eldar.
It seemed to be a thin piece of paper with a thickness of only a single molecule shot out from the muzzle of a gun. Its firing speed was extremely fast and it could fire repeatedly up to hundreds of times in one or two seconds. However, this dart-like weapon had poor accuracy and Hill could use his swordsmanship to deflect it.
When those dart weapons were deflected and fell onto the power armor, they had no effect other than making tinkling sounds.
"They will be extremely lethal to troops not wearing power armor, but will be generally ineffective against armored units."
Hill shouted into the communication channel, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy's weapons.
The distance continued to narrow, and the Eldar finally came into close range of attack. Hill could clearly see these tall and slender figures in cloaks trying to retreat quickly to create distance.
His sword light was like a flash of lightning piercing out from the dark abyss. The dart fragments that were bounced back made a sound of breaking through the air, but instead left deep bloody marks on the face of the Eldar. The blood flowed wantonly, and the two rangers were immediately furious. They felt ashamed for being injured by their own weapons.
The rangers tried to use their speed advantage to fight with Hill, but after a few rounds, they were horrified to find that they had almost no advantage except speed.
Hill's strength, amplified by the power armor, was completely beyond the ability of the skinny Eldar to resist. Their mesh armor had the Eldar's unique carapace plates, which were very flexible, but very poor in strength and defense.
The Eldar Ranger had to jump into the air and reverse to avoid the terrifying sword, while Hill was still getting closer, relying on the powerful defense of the power armor to engage in close combat with the Eldar Ranger.
The two rangers had to work together and use two Eldar long swords to block Hill's electromagnetic sword.
The commander of the Extreme Marines under the red helmet remained unmoved. He let go of the strangled sword in his hand and punched out with full force, hitting the two Eldar directly on the forehead.
His iron fist was so ferocious that its power was enough to blast open the alloy door, and the two Eldar rangers were undoubtedly fainted. If Hill had not stopped his hand at the critical moment, they would have seen their brains splattered on the ground.
After knocking down two Eldar rangers, Hill reached back and his electromagnetic sword fell into his hand. He tied up the Eldar rangers with chains as if they were dead dogs, and handed them over to the care of other battle brothers.
Chapter 262: Sharokin vs. Nightspear
The ambush of the Eldar Rangers did cause considerable trouble to the Ultramarines, but under Hill's overall command, the human army was regaining stability. They had learned how to better hide their weaknesses to avoid being found by the Eldar Rangers to deliver a fatal blow.
After coming to their senses, the Ultramarines quickly advanced the front line, and the Eldar rangers had to choose to retreat.
If the competition is in a fair head-on combat, the Eldar are no match for humans.
Long-range firefights and close-range hand-to-hand combat took place simultaneously in this silent primeval forest. Casualties were increasing every moment, but everyone was shouting the name of the Emperor and Guilliman, attacking the enemy with infinite fanaticism.
The Ultramarines were responsible for the frontal advance, while the Space Wolves' hunting packs lingered on the edge of the battlefield, using their keen sense of smell to search for traces of the enemy.
The sound of fighter planes whirring constantly came from the sky. Dozens of Eldar fighter planes emerged from the dense forests of Pandora. The appearance of air combat units indicated that the intensity of the war was about to escalate again, from small-scale ground combat to a full-scale war.
Captain Guntura led his White Scar Tengu Battalion to meet the enemy's flying vehicles, and heavy laser cannons and large-caliber machine guns engaged the enemy's glorious spears.
Neither side could withstand the damage caused by the other side and could only rely on the driver's maneuverability to perform extremely thrilling evasions.
It can be said that the Tengu mecha truly demonstrated its value when fighting against the Eldar fighters. Guntura saw the strength of the enemy's attack aircraft. Whether in terms of maneuverability or destructiveness, the Eldar Dark Star fighter has surpassed any flying vehicle of the same level in the Human Empire.
The existence of Tengu proved that humans also had fighter planes that could rival them. The White Scars almost increased their speed to the fastest, shuttling through the dense forest at a life-threatening pace. The slightest mistake would result in the horrific consequences of the plane being destroyed and people being killed.
In such a chaotic and complex battlefield environment, Nikona Sharokin was lurking alone in the shadows.
He devoted all his attention to sensing his surroundings, and just as the Eldar did with the humans, he also tried to find and behead the Eldar commander.
The Crow of Mourning lurked silently in the dense forest, holding the Gauss sniper rifle made for him by Roche in his hand, looking for his prey.
Compared to the Eldar who rely on their stealth technology to avoid observation, Sharokin's stealth is more metaphysical. He can squeeze himself into the narrow shadows of a bush and hide in some incredible places.
Soon, he found an Eldar ranger hiding in the tree canopy. The man was wearing an invisibility cloak and blended almost perfectly with the surrounding environment.
However, Sharokin still relied on his intuition to discover the other party. As snipers, there was a kind of tacit understanding between them that transcended race, and at this moment this tacit understanding exposed the other party.
Sharokin pulled the trigger on the Gauss sniper rifle in his hand, and a dark green ray crossed the distance and hit the opponent's head perfectly.
The body hit by the Gaussian rays disintegrated immediately, and the Eldar Ranger didn't even have time to react or warn before he was turned into countless decomposed particles and blown away by the wind.
"That's a Necron weapon!"
"damn it."
Among the Eldar rangers, someone immediately noticed something unusual, especially the legendary ranger Erik Nightspear. There was no way he would mistake the feeling of his most hateful enemies.
"I will deal with him, and you guys go and entangle the other humans. The tribe warriors will join the battle, and then you can evacuate the frontline battlefield."
The Eldar Ranger ordered the followers around him, and the others followed his orders.
"My lord, please be careful."
Nightspear waved at them, then leaped down from the high ground where he was, the invisible cloak behind him fluttering in the hurricane's force.
He is more aware of the threat posed by the Necrons than any other Eldar, a fact that neither humans nor Chaos can match.
Although the Necrons have fallen into slumber, they are never harmless. They are just lying in wait for the opportunity, just like the war in heaven in the distant past.
Erik Nightspear has been walking the hidden paths of exile, searching for ancient truths and constantly telling other Eldar the warnings of those ancient Eldar.
"I only wanted to save my Savage Eldar cousins, but if this young race of humans has some degree of relationship with the Necrons, or even if they want to cooperate with them, then I will put an end to their stupidity once and for all."
"Let me see, where are you?"
The legendary ranger was also wandering in the dense forest. His intuition told him that his opponent this time was no ordinary person. Hidden murderous intent was revealed, and the elves' keen perception warned him of the danger of this journey.
The feeling of walking on the edge of a knife made Ilik's blood burn. He hadn't felt this way for a long time.
suddenly.
Ilic suddenly rolled over a rock, his waist and torso bent in a jaw-dropping movement, and at this moment a Gaussian ray just passed through the original position of his chest, and the tassels swinging on his chest turned into floating particles under the decomposition force.
This was the feeling he had when he was hunted by the Necrons' Death Mark Assassin. No, this feeling was even more intense!
Ye Mao urged the spear in his hand without looking back, the Void Messenger let out a sharp scream, and the bullet shot towards the direction where the Gauss ray came from.
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