Chapter 433 Legion Era: One Day of Expedition

Imperial Calendar-M42.0006 - "Indomitable Crusade" Expedition Fleet - Systems around the Baal Nebula - Ivan 1

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"Marshal, the advance of the 7th Company has been blocked. Their side was attacked by enemies who were driven out from the eastern city." The crew member shouted as he ran quickly. He stood next to the holographic tactical map, and the officer took him The data pad in his hand was handed to Vito, who was wearing a golden armor next to him.

The salvo of the Emperor's Dream's powerful macro cannon shook the bridge, but Vito took the data plate very calmly. Most people here were advancing their work in an orderly manner, and countless Mechanicus cogitator systems Densely, but completely cooperating with each other in an orderly manner.

The operators were busy sitting in the arc-shaped bridge hall. Their fingers passed over the keyboards one by one. The low and soft sounds of the keyboards and the thunderous roars of the rail guns and macro guns turned into a piece of music. A battlefield symphony with high and low notes.

Vito glanced at the data pad in his hand and threw it on the table in front of him. The marshal's huge palm was on the map. The priests of the Mechanicus on the side also immediately responded. The members of the Mechanicus in red robes quickly used their mechanical fingers. Slide the spectrum, click the buttons and information nodes to lock the map correctly.

The tactical map of the huge nest city group on the planet surface quickly passed by, and arrived at the area requesting support at an extremely fast speed. Vito looked down at the dancing beacon above, and a straight red line was pressing up beside it.

Vito leaned over the huge holographic map and pointed his finger at the city area where the attacking enemy troops were located. "Order the Time Shuttle, the Ultimate Mystery and the Indomitable Will to go to the eastern theater of the hive city and orbital bombardment to destroy the enemies here." ”

"Sir, based on the signal received by the Meditator, we infer that there are still civilians and some defense forces in the hive city who have not yet had time to evacuate and are trapped in the war zone. Should the bombing continue?"

"Continue to carry out the bombing. This is war, not playing house." Vito said without hesitation, which made him look particularly cold, but this is war, a war with the Tyranid gene stealers, and there is no mercy here. significance.

Those civilians who failed to evacuate within the stipulated time and were in the wrong place at the wrong time, then their fate could only be like this. Kindness cannot lead an army. This has always been the case throughout the ages, especially in these dark 40 years. It should be so, for the enemies of mankind will show no mercy.

The officer nodded and raised his hand to signal to the crewmen on the side. The latter immediately saluted and then turned around to carry out Vito's order. The marshal's order was efficiently implemented through the battleship's communication terminal. In just two minutes The last three battleships began to turn.

Vito leaned on the map in front of him, his eyes scanning the changing situation on the tactical map. Firefights, assaults, insertions, interceptions, and ambushes were happening all the time. This was something that no one person could effectively command, even with an entire staff. It must be extremely difficult for everyone to process such a huge amount of information and respond in a timely manner that is beyond what ordinary people can do.

But he can do it. The expeditionary force is lucky. Vito Constantine is called the best strategic tactician in the entire galaxy for a reason. He can learn from the chaotic battlefield and the constant rolling intelligence feedback. Find any key clues and points and execute the orders with the most correct precision.

"What's going on with the 24th Company? Why hasn't the land port been captured yet?" Vito asked. The staff officer on the side immediately stepped forward to the map. He quickly slid his finger on the map and called up The latest data on that battlefield.

The other staff officers around him gathered around the map and pointed at it. One of the staff officers holding a data board came forward and handed the board to his commander, who quickly checked the latest information.

"According to feedback from the battlefield, they were attacked by enemies from the upper levels of the hive city. The armored units of the 24th Company were unable to enter the ruined streets. The Astartes were clearing the superstructure and their advance was blocked."

"Order the Air Force to deploy three Lightning fighter squadrons, blow up all the high-rise buildings there, and let the companies retreat. The Air Force will advance after completing the mission."

Vito said, his eyes dancing on the map in front of him. He pointed to several company beacons around him, "Assign four companies to them and tell their company commander that the star port must be captured within half an hour." I am telling all the captains that anything that flies up from the surface of the planet, no matter what it is or what is said, will be destroyed on the spot. No flying thing can leave the surface without my order. Even a piece of iron will be blown up by me. into ashes.”

"Yes, sir, convey the order." The staff officer clicked a few times on the data panel and handed it to the staff officer on the side. The latter immediately held up the thing and started working with the other command and staff groups. With the assistance of the mechanical priest , the brand new order was instantly transmitted within the expeditionary force's communication system.

The command was intuitively reflected on the map, and several surrounding beacons began to move closer. The Lightning fighter squadron that suddenly appeared on the map quickly approached from the far end and passed the star port area. In just a short period of time, Minutes later, the stopped company beacon resumed its advance.

They were like chess pieces on a chess board, picked up and arranged by an excellent chess player, who had already turned his sights elsewhere.

"All companies on the ground, step up the offensive and continue to squeeze the enemy." Vito said, patting the tightening front with his big hand. Several attack arrows around the entire city were gathering towards the center, and they were backlogged. The red battle line squeezed and deformed it like a water balloon.

The red battle line was continuously pushed inward, and the protruding and exposed part was attacked by the main arrow almost instantly. Several branch arrows that were separated were torn into pieces and disappeared from the map in the blink of an eye.

The red circle is shrinking inward, and on the shrinking battlefield, on the other side that is being attacked from all directions is a straight line of defense. According to the holographic map, it is being fiercely attacked by the retreating enemies. A large number of The enemy signal appeared there, and they rushed forward one after another.

The staff officer looked there, and his finger pulled over a message that popped up in front of him. After a quick glance, the officer raised his eyes, "There is news from the defenders of the Emperor's Square of Truth. The gene stealers who were defeated by the Astartes company are... Attack them hard and they want to break out from there."

"The garrison commander said that the Genestealers launched a group charge of the entire company and battalion continuously as if they were not afraid of death, and also used the last tank unit. The defense line suffered heavy casualties and morale was shaken. There was a risk of collapse. He requested a retreat."

"Tell the political commissar to shoot him, and supervise the team to enforce battlefield discipline and execute those who spread vacillating remarks. From now on, the political commissar takes over the command and tells him to hold the position at all costs and never let the enemy escape from the encirclement."

Vito ordered coldly and ruthlessly. He stood on the map and looked down at the map with eyes like a falcon. In front of the defense line, groups of enemy signals continued to appear and disappear, and then more would appear. They Charge and attack like crazy, fearless to death.

"The fact that they fought so hard to break through means that the patriarch must be here, ordering the guards to block the enemy at all costs. Even if the whole army is annihilated, they will be nailed to death on the position!" Vito raised his finger and pointed at the staff officer aside and said loudly, and then The reporter immediately nodded and explained to the subordinates on the side, while Vito pointed to another staff officer on the other side without stopping.

"Ordering the Ultimate Serenity to approach the battle zone, the Fists of Dorn sent four companies and a Terminator company to make an emergency air landing. They were given an Astra Militarum heavy brigade and immediately took over the defense line after landing. Those who wavered were executed on the spot. We must hold our ground." "My lord!"

The area around the tactical map table immediately became busy. The staff and communications staff of the Adeptus Mechanicus were running around the table to the surrounding control areas, where they delivered the latest orders from the marshal.

The people who stayed at the table were also whispering to each other, and their voices were as loud as the orbital bombing of the fleet outside. Vito stood among the busy and noisy headquarters crowd, his eyes continued to stare at the map in front of him, his eyes were astonishing. Like a hunter, holding a gun and looking for traces of prey in the forest.

He quickly scanned the map, and then suddenly stopped his finger on one side of the battle line, "Why did the Ninth Company stop?" "Report, they just completed the sweep mission from underground, clearing the lower levels of the hive city. Purebred Genestealer, the company has suffered casualties and is regrouping.”

"The company commander asked for support. He claimed that he only needed to get twenty soldiers before he could restart the offensive." "Give him two hundred men and tell the company commander to attack with all his strength, regardless of whether he is out of touch, and flank the enemy's front with one blow. I penetrated."

Vito's fingers swept across the map like a long knife. He swept between the red blockades, and as his orders were implemented, the place where the fingers started appeared a few minutes later. A sharp spearhead plunged into one side of the battle line, moving forward deep into the heart of the defense line.

They caused the Genestealer's battle line to bleed continuously, and the straight spearheads penetrated deep into it, driving more attack arrows from around them to pour in from the gap, and then tore the battle line apart in all directions. The entire defense line was shattered and on the verge of collapse.

Vito stood up abruptly, pointing his finger at the gap in the battle line, "Give them the final blow, mobilize the total reserves, all the strength of the four battle groups, as well as the ten regiments of the Astra Militarum and the Titan Legion on the ground, launch General attack, drive the gene stealers to the church square."

Vito's order was once again implemented quickly. Almost as soon as he finished speaking, all the orders were recorded at the same time. The officer immediately turned around and ran towards the members of the Mechanicus in red robes. He loudly issued the marshal order to them. The new order came in an extremely loud voice that seemed to be trying to drown out the noisy cannon fire outside the window.

Vito turned and walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window on the side. He escaped from the noisy headquarters and stood alone in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window with his hands behind his back, overlooking the planet below. The entire surface was filled with smoke, and the explosions of fire continued to erupt from the city. The center lights up. Those are the three warships he ordered before. They are conducting bombing in low-earth orbit.

The rising smoke almost completely enveloped the North Pole of the entire planet, like a piece of thick cream. Colors of fire continued to rise in the chaotic mediation. Vito could not see the battlefield below, but he, the God of War, could not see the battlefield below. He didn't need to see the battlefield with his own eyes, he could feel every breath there, the whistling of every bomb, and the collision and cutting of every sword.

"The Genestealers have been driven in! Tell all the troops to stop attacking immediately and retreat immediately. Notify Cole. The entire fleet will launch bombings at the encirclement network and blow the Genestealer patriarch and the city to the ground!"

Vito suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the chief of staff behind him and shouted loudly. The latter was startled and then saw the changes in the map in front of him. The gene stealers were indeed driven into the square on one side by the general offensive. There was only one person in the huge square. A magnificent church.

The staff officer standing in front of the map discovered the almost instantaneous change in the battle line, but Vito, standing in front of the window, knew it more keenly than anyone else at the table, as if the battlefield was his body. incarnation.

But the fact is that everything that is happening now, every shooting and every explosion has been predicted by Vito. The gene stealers are like actors thrown on the stage. All their actions have been designed and known by the director. , their struggles were all within Vito's expectation.

The staff officer lowered his head and looked at the church area. His eyes suddenly discovered the dense signals beating there, "Marshal, the radar scan has detected the signature of life forms in the church. The scan shows that there are estimated to be tens of thousands. We cannot identify them as gene stealers." Or civilians." "Bomb immediately, don't let the patriarch have a chance to hide underground, and blow the church to ashes!"

"As you wish, inform the fleet and execute the marshal's order!" The chief of staff immediately stood up and shouted to the correspondent on the side, who quickly tapped the mechanical keyboard in front of him, and orders appeared quickly on the screen, followed by It was transmitted after pressing the Enter key, and the signal was responded to in the blink of an eye.

In front of Vito, the fleets on both sides of the window passed quickly. The magnificent battleships aimed their bottoms at the thick atmosphere below. Almost instantly, a dazzling light beam shot from below Vito to the surface. In the blink of an eye, the light beam penetrated It shot out of the atmosphere towards the ground, and more light beams shot down intensively around it.

A fire burned instantly in the outer air mass of the entire planet. The fire light lit up from the turbid clouds, and a sea of ​​fire seemed to spread on the ground below.

The chief of staff looked at the map in front of him. The church beacon in front of him disappeared in a flash, like a torn afterimage disappearing into the red circle of the bombing mark. "Marshal, the target is to be eliminated, and the bird is on the radar." Scans show that all life signals have disappeared and the Genestealers have all turned gray."

"Order the ground troops to enter the square and clean the battlefield. Shoot twice at anything that moves to make sure that the Genestealer Patriarch is dead. Send several companies to the underground part below, pull a net to investigate, and kill anyone found. "

"Yes, Marshal."

"Also, tell Judge Lilith to bring me the idiot governor and all the officials and ministers of this damn planet."