From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

Moreover, because some key nodes outside the fortress were abandoned, the complex layered building structure slowed down the green-skinned orcs' offensive pace, but it also caused loopholes in the coverage of the fortress's void shield generator. The orcs used long-range artillery to concentrate bombardment on one location, causing the void shield on one side of the fortress to be on the verge of overload and shutdown.

"coming."

As an Astartes was building a shelter with waste, his superhuman vision allowed him to see the warships gradually occupying the planet's low-Earth orbit.

All the blue beacons suddenly began to hum, and azure shields with the stench of ionized air spread out, forming an endless shield wall that enveloped the Astra Militarum and the Astartes.

Compared to the small beacons used for emergency delivery, this large beacon has a larger battery capacity and a larger shield generator. Although it does not have a plasma ring for clearing the field, it can create a wider and stronger force field shield, providing very effective protection for the units inside the beacon.

"Warning, orbital airstrike is imminent, please seek cover or hide within the beacon shield."

"Warning, orbital airstrike is imminent, please seek cover or hide within the beacon shield."

The beacon's built-in sound array system began broadcasting, seemingly unconcerned about whether the orcs would discover the bombing and take countermeasures in advance.

"Orbital bombardment makes such a big noise, they don't want to use cyclone torpedoes."

The castle lord felt a little uneasy.

It is a tradition of the Human Empire to use planet-destroying weapons to annihilate the enemy when it is realized that there is no way out. Even if there are still remnants of the Human Empire troops on the planet, some crazy Inquisitors will not care about their insignificant losses if they can take this opportunity to annihilate more enemies of humanity.

However, there are still a large number of Astartes around him. These elite soldiers of the empire cannot be abandoned so easily, which in turn brings a little comfort to the uneasy heart of the castle lord.

In orbit, the Orc fleet, unable to withstand the Star Empire fleet's super-range shooting, was retreating for the first time.

Under the inspiration of the cunning and ferocious Mao Ge, the Orc Fleet planned to play some tricks on Si Ye, withdrawing the fleet and reorganizing it, and charging in batches, intending to overwhelm the Star Fleet in this way.

But Si Ye didn't care about this. The orcs' cleverness was meaningless in the face of absolute power. However, the planet's orbit was given up, and the warships assigned to the ground support team immediately began to act.

The fire control computer locked onto the positions of the fire guidance beacons one by one, and the group of cruisers modified with railguns slid into the planet's low-Earth orbit.

In the dull vibration and firelight, the Star Emperor sent a cordial "greeting" to the greenskins on the ground.

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Chapter 335 220mm Ground-to-Ground Antimatter Warhead

"artillery?"

Malakin, who was venting firepower from within the shield, also saw the first round of bombing delivered from low-Earth orbit. The flames caused by live ammunition weapons made the Lamenters captain a little puzzled.

In the combat system of the Human Empire, macro-cannon bombardments, which are easily affected by deflection, are rarely used in ground bombardments.

The Imperial Navy fleet prefers to use more controllable light spears for ground sweeping. The characteristics of high-energy lasers also make light spears unaffected by any subspace evil magic in most cases, making them more stable than macro cannons and torpedoes.

Judging from the firing noise, the caliber of this round of artillery fire was not large, but Malakin only saw one round of firing, and then the warship in orbit seemed to exchange positions with the other warships.

"What the hell... What effect can a ground attack have..."

The cruiser modified with the railgun did indeed only fire one round, and it used a 220mm caliber secondary gun. Judging from the caliber alone, this is indeed a weapon that would have difficulty opening the head of a frigate, and the impact of a round of salvos is very limited.

But Si Ye specifically loaded the cruisers with antimatter ammunition that the Star Empire would use to carry out destructive bombing of galaxies. Twelve cruisers, each with eight three-barreled railguns, fired a salvo of 12 8mm antimatter warheads, accurately hitting the guidance beacon trapped in the greenskin tide.

boom!

Boom boom boom! ! !

Even though the Space Marine's helmet eyepiece system has the function of suppressing strong light and helping the Space Marine to maintain decent vision in some extreme environments, when hundreds of suns rise from the ground, everyone will see only a sea of ​​white.

The terrifying shock wave blew away the soil and the fragile ruins of the buildings. The suffocating light and heat shock directly melted the green-skinned beast tide that was pressed at the center of the explosion, and quickly spread to the surrounding areas.

The already overburdened Void Shield flickered twice and was paralyzed by overload before the light and heat shock arrived.

Fortunately, the joint shield supported by the large teleportation beacon was extremely strong. Apart from the air being a little hotter, the Astra Militarum and Astartes inside the shield were not affected at all.

When the light finally faded, the storm caused by the impact gradually subsided, and the entire fortress world's gaudy decorations and collapsed ruins had been blown away without a trace.

A large amount of rubble and dust piled up into a stone slope several meters high in front of the shield. The air was filled with a burnt smell. Malakin looked at the fortress wall beside him that was melted into a paste by the high-temperature shock wave and remained silent for a long time.

Most of the overwhelming greenskin army was wiped out in this round of ground bombing, and the rest suffered heavy losses in the subsequent high temperature and impact. The overwhelming greenskin offensive in various parts of the fortress world was thus directly and forcefully stopped temporarily.

“What a big bang, what a powerful bang!!!”

The morale of the green boys dropped for a moment, but soon these joyful creatures shook off the low morale.

The warboss who led them to start this waaagh has not fallen yet. With the support of the powerful waaagh force field and orc bosses at all levels, the green-skinned orcs are quickly recovering their organization.

"Damn it! The orcs are regrouping. We need to take advantage of this opportunity to launch a surprise attack."

Risking a Thunderhawk takeoff, the Weeper saw the Greenskin Orcs beginning to regroup in the wasteland.

Although this round of orbital bombardment melted a barrier several thousand meters wide in front of the core fortress, there were still many narrow gaps through which the green orcs could pass through and launch another attack on the fortress.

The Weepers don't want to miss this opportunity when the orcs have not yet completed regrouping. In a competition of manpower, humans will never be a match for the greenskins who can grow out of the ground, so seizing the opportunity and taking the opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the greenskin orcs is the best option.

"We can send out a Terminator squad to try to behead the armored boss who is commanding the assembled troops and create some chaos for the orcs."

Tiberus also agreed to the suggestion of taking advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack and planned to lead the elite troops to attack personally.

In order to meet tactical needs, normal Astartes Chapters often set up tactical terminator power armor teams in the first company based on the economic level of the Chapter to carry out some high-risk and difficult tasks.

But the poor and unlucky Weepers are obviously an exception. They once had a tactical Terminator team, but no matter how many Terminators there were, the Weepers' unlucky physique would be exhausted.

Now the entire Weepers regiment only has one or two sets of Relic Terminator Power Armor, which is impossible to use to form a tactical team.

Even with his helmet on, Tiberus could sense Malakin's awkwardness, and the atmosphere became awkward for a moment.

zizi

Fortunately, the unusual sound from the beacon nearby effectively diverted everyone's attention and successfully alleviated the embarrassment of the Weepers.

The joint shield, having completed its mission, gradually weakened its shield generation power, and the remaining energy in the battery was transferred to the signal transmitter, which began to induce the army to teleport in.

With the unsealing of the army equipment technology created by the Academy of Sciences in cooperation with Si Ye's memory and imagination during the Human Union period, the army, which had been in an awkward position in the Star Universe, finally received some care and gained a batch of new toys.

"What does this mean..."

Malakin also noticed the unusual movement of the beacon and subconsciously asked the man-eating shark who seemed to know more about it.

"Army transmission is about to begin, please do not enter the ground warning circle."

"Army transmission is about to begin, please do not enter the ground warning circle."

Before Tiberus could shake his head, a huge projection frame appeared in the teleportation position. Accompanied by bursts of low warning sounds, the teleportation energy field and induction coordinates had been generated.

brush!

A not-too-bright blue light flashed, and a huge super-heavy tank first appeared in the teleportation position. The tank was so tall that even a three-meter-tall Super Astartes like Tiberus wearing Terminator power armor could only just reach the armored skirt of this super-heavy tank.

The surrounding teleportation positions also kept flashing with teleportation lights, and various new vehicles were quickly deployed to the various teleportation positions in the fortress world along with the delivery of conventional marines.

"This...is this also reinforcements?"

Malakin thought that his regiment had stayed on the imperial frontier for too long and had not kept up with the development of the times, but when he saw the Astartes Astra Militarum around him also had dazed and surprised expressions on their faces, doubts automatically filled his heart.

He subconsciously turned off the power armor's external sound array and activated the Astartes' internal communication module.

The appearance and vehicle style of the surrounding reinforcements were very different from those of the Astra Militarum, no, even from those of the Human Empire.

The only thing that is somewhat similar between the two is the flag of the Human Empire on various vehicles and marines, but that is a single-headed eagle, not the double eagle of the Human Empire.

This abnormal situation made Malakin very uneasy. He urgently wanted to learn from Tiberus about the origin of this mysterious reinforcement.

"They come from the mysterious Elfendor Rogue Trader Dynasty... They're the private soldiers of the Rogue Trader Nyx... As for Rogue Traders, you should know, Chapter Master Malakin. It's normal for them to have some private goods."

Tiberus himself was also full of doubts, but he had to stand firm and cover for Si Ye, the agent of the Emperor's will.

From Tiberus' tone, Malakin believed that he was hiding something.

But they were still on the battlefield, and it was obviously not the time to ask too many questions. The Weepers were not some curious little group, so Malakin had to put his doubts aside for now.

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Chapter 336 Simple Fortress Manufacturing Module

"The battlefield communication link has been connected. I am Manstein, commander of the Elfendor Dynasty Army. I now take over the command of the entire ground battlefield, including the Astartes regiment."

After the first batch of armored troops landed, the communications between the Astra Militarum and the Astartes were connected to a unified channel. The top generals from the Star Empire will take over the battlefield command of the fortress world through non-stop reconnaissance orbital drones.

However, the human empire is limited by the backward communication technology and the ubiquitous influence of the subspace in this fucked-up world, so generally speaking, it will not rashly carry out such a unified command.

In other words, when establishing a unified command chain, the autonomous command rights of the various Astartes Chapters will not be confiscated, because the Astartes Chapter is a special combat unit that requires a large amount of on-the-spot decision-making power. The centralization of command power will cause the Astartes Chapter to become restricted and its flexibility will be seriously affected.

After hearing Manstein's notice, the Astra Militarum Castle Lord looked doubtful, but did not directly refuse. After all, although the army sent down by the Star Empire was not as large as the Astra Militarum, the marines were all wearing power armor, and they were obviously top elites, and their various armored forces were also very strong.

In this situation, the castle lord, whose Astra Militarum troops were already half-crippled, could of course accept the fact that the command had been taken over, and even felt a little relaxed.

But when it came to the Space Marines' turn, at least the Space Marines of the Lamenters Chapter began to discuss the matter, and they didn't understand why the reinforcements coming to support them did this.

Malakin subconsciously looked towards the Carcharodon Regiment, only to discover that their leader, Tiberus, had quickly relinquished his command authority and was leading members of the regiment around the front line, constantly rubbing their hands in preparation for a charge.

"The temporary building module transmission is about to begin. Please do not enter the ground indication circle."

"The temporary construction modules are about to begin transmission. The 17st and 12nd Armored Regiments are beginning to move. Clear the A-I area of ​​enemies and abandoned buildings to make room for the construction modules."

As the order was given, the army cluster began to move to clear obstacles for the landing of the building modules.

There was a few meters of dust and gravel outside the joint shield, but the super-heavy tanks of the army cluster had anti-gravity engines. They weighed hundreds of tons and drove through the area as if it were nothing. Their huge size seemed fake, and the marks left by their tracks were not even as deep as the footprints left by the Space Marines.

There were clattering sounds coming from the sky, and the green orcs who had regrouped their troops were the first to send out flying boy fighters to conduct reconnaissance and harassment.

When the Astra Militarum soldiers heard the noise, they subconsciously wanted to find shelter nearby or head to the nearest anti-aircraft weapon array for interception, but they were stopped by the Marines of the Army Cluster.

The emptied teleportation position suddenly made a loud noise, and several silver-gray metal rectangles fell to the ground with a thud. Even though they were teleported, the huge mass still caused the surrounding ground to tremble.

Under the astonished gazes of the Astra Militarum and the Astartes, the cuboid began to deform, and the silver torrent merged into the ground, then quickly swallowed up the dust and gravel, and even some ruined fortress areas, transforming them into more silver fluid.

Silver-white fortresses appeared out of thin air in front of the Astra Militarum. Anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were constructed from the squirming silver metal and could be put into battle immediately by simply docking with ammunition boxes.

"What are you standing there for? Anti-aircraft units are moving in."

Manstein was somewhat dissatisfied with the stupid behavior of the Astra Militarum. It was obvious that the military skills of these indigenous troops were quite good before, so why did they suddenly become stupid and dull?

The Astra Militarum soldiers looked at their superiors timidly. The things in front of them were beyond their understanding. They didn't know whether using these seemingly not-so-sacred things would be regarded as heresy.

In fact, the Human Empire has nanotechnology. The incense burners used by mechanical priests and some armored troops to worship production lines and armored vehicle engines are essentially a kind of nano-releaser. The smoke released is a variant of nano-coating that can repair minor damage to metal structures and form a protective film to make the engine more durable.

But how could a soldier understand this?

A Astra Militarum soldier's life is often spent making a living in a hive city or feudal world before the age of 12. After the age of 12, he is conscripted into the army. Without being able to read a single word, he relies on rote memorization to learn various combat skills within 5-10 years, and master various vehicles and the emergency repair and use of basic infantry equipment.