Chapter 436: Follow the guidance

Chapter 436: Follow the guidance

Fu Qinghai looked at the unconscious Zofia.

Eyes suddenly opened wide.

"Synchronization rate decreased..."

"The synaesthesia link has been broken..."

A mechanical and electronic prompt sounded in my ears.

"Pharmacist, call the pharmacist to drop in!"

"Xiao Fei, send someone over immediately to recover Titan!"

Fu Qinghai said in a deep voice on the communication channel.

The "Broken Army Golden Armor" eliminated all the main Titans of the Kurisatai Titan Legion, and the entire right wing detachment was composed of some small Titans left over from the Untamed Lord Titan Legion. Although the Dawn Stars Titan Legion was also just a remnant formation, However, they were filled with raging flames and put on a desperate posture, quickly beating the unruly lord to the point of retreat.

At this point, the rebels' defeat was certain.

Soon, the Suzheng left the space battlefield and headed for low-Earth orbit above Hive City No. 1. It launched a drop capsule downwards. After landing and deploying, a Space Marine medical team quickly arrived at the messy Titan battlefield. superior.

Fu Qinghai had already taken off his combat uniform and left Titan. He was standing next to the "Broken Army Golden Armor" waiting for them. He handed the pink-haired girl in his arms to his pharmacist. The pharmacist made an inspection on the spot and then looked up. Chapter leader said:

"No life-threatening injuries, Khan."

"It's okay."

Fu Qinghai breathed a sigh of relief and ordered:

"The battle is not over yet. Call the Thunderhawk gunship down, deploy the advance team, and take her back to the medical deck. Let's go and deal with those black engine oil guys."

"Understood, Khan!"

the pharmacist responded.

It is the most basic military common sense to set up a reserve force when fighting a war. A qualified commander will not hesitate until the last minute. Of course, Fu Qinghai did not put all the Tiefu Tu soldiers into the gang-hopping battle. There was always a company on standby in the battle barge, which was the only armored company in the battle group - the Xianden Brigade. Anyway, armored vehicles are of no use in gang-hopping operations, so it is better to keep them as reserve troops.

The naval battle in space continues.

Fu Qinghai led the "Army-breaking Golden Armor" to land on the surface to prevent the Dark Mechanicus from escaping - he and Sid Nora guessed that the Black Mechanic Oil Man would escape, and now they need to verify this guess. However, the black machine oil guy will naturally not cooperate with the two men's investigation, so they need to physically convince them to prove that they really want to escape through some kind of psychic ritual.

Zofia, who was in a coma, was transferred to the medical deck.

Xiao Fei led people to recover and repair the "Broken Army Golden Armor".

Fu Qinghai personally led the advance team to set off.

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The Dark Mechanicum has built a landing site more than fifty kilometers outside of Hive City No. 1, where a large number of various aircraft that can take off and land in the atmosphere are parked: transport ships, landers and shuttles. Massive amounts of materials were piled up, including not only plundered industrial raw materials, but also fine gold ores, rare earth elements, refined promethium... and even several STCs snatched from other forging worlds in the Steel Ring.

At the same time, a ritual sacrifice site is also being constructed here. If you look down from the sky at this moment, the entire landing site will look like a huge eight-pointed star of chaos. The ground was flattened and hardened, and engineering machinery was used to carve out deep grooves, outlining a complex and strange pattern, surrounded by props and totems symbolizing chaos. There is an altar on each of the eight corners. The altar is empty, as if it is waiting for its sacrifice to be presented. The altar base is so huge that a Titan can even stand on it.

You can even stand on a Titan.

Fu Qinghai looked at the landing field from a distance.

The remnants of the Titan Legion of the Dawn Stars...

There are exactly eight Titans left.

Was this planned in advance by the black engine oil guy?

Or is there some divine arrangement?

Fu Qinghai doesn't know.

He only knows that no matter what the purpose of this evil ritual is, whether it is to use the ritual to open a subspace portal as he and the Grand Inquisitor speculated, it must not be allowed to succeed. Fortunately, he had destroyed this sacrifice. Fortunately, the "Army-Breaking Golden Armor" was powerful enough. One Titan destroyed two legions. No matter what evil tricks the Dark Mechanic God was planning, they would eventually return without success.

The Dark Mechanicum is also always paying attention to the Titan battlefield not far away. Immediately after the defeat of the two Titan legions, they immediately abandoned the landing site, gathered supplies again, and prepared to take the spaceship to evacuate the surface. However, the Titan Legion was defeated so quickly. No one could have expected that they would fail, and no one could have expected that they would be defeated so quickly and completely. The black engine oil guy was caught off guard.

A large amount of supplies were abandoned and piled up like mountains. There were also many technical priests directing the servitors to pack and move the supplies. The supplies that had just been transferred to the ground had to be moved back to the cabin before their buttocks were warmed.

There was no way. One Titan killed two legions. This result was so outrageous that any data prediction or logical analysis could not predict this outcome. Let alone prediction, they could not even explain this outcome. At this moment, the black engine oil guys were cursing in their hearts. In this era, the Emperor has not yet begun to show his divine power, otherwise they must guess that the "Army-breaking Golden Armor" is a Titan chosen by the Emperor - although, there will be no case of the Emperor blessing a Titan in the future.

Fu Qinghai roughly observed the enemy's strength. The two Titan legions are the main support of the Dark Mechanicum. Without the Titan legions, the black machine oil guys have very few troops left. Fu Qinghai saw many Scatlan intelligent control mechas, also commonly known as "Baymax", and Many armed servitors, the Magi's personal bodyguards, may be a match for Space Marines, but absolutely no match for armored vehicles.

Climbing the main group first is enough to defeat them.

But just to be on the safe side.

Fu Qinghai still switched the communication channel:

"The Titan Legion of the Dawn Stars and the Ulesh Grenadier Regiment. I am Chang Qingshan, the Chapter of the Iron Buddha Chapter. I ask you to accept my command immediately and go to the coordinate axis 17-263-12 to assemble and surround enemy."

"Sigh...Sir, I am Captain Fitzgerald, in charge of the Dawn Stars Titan Corps. I am leading the Dawn Stars Titan to move to the direction you specified. It is expected to be..."

Captain Titan's voice contained the joy of revenge, and he immediately expressed his compliance with the order.

"Bah...Sir, I am Colonel Bertram of the 16th Regiment of the Uresh Grenadiers. The Uresh Grenadiers have suffered serious losses in defending their nest and are not fully organized. I am sorry that I cannot..."

The guard colonel's voice was filled with great sadness. They seemed to have suffered heavy losses during the Titan bombing of the hive city, and expressed that they could not mobilize troops to support them.

Fu Qinghai had heard of the Ulesh Grenadiers, an Imperial Guard regiment modeled after the Cadian Lightning Troops, except that most of the soldiers came from hive gangs. Kadian is a model corps, and Ulesh must be no less good. The other side said that the losses were too serious and they could not mobilize troops to support them. Fu Qinghai also understood that anyone who was bombarded by the two Titan legions would suffer heavy losses. He did not question the other side's timidity and fear of the enemy, nor did he force the other side to fight. He just took the lead and landed. The team attacks.

The Titans of the Dawn Stars are on their way.

Fu Qinghai took off his combat uniform and put on a blue shell. He rode a Mastodon tank and led all the armored vehicles of the battle group to rumble on the road, climbing over hills and crushing roadblocks, heading towards the landing site built by the oil man. Speed ​​away.

The black machine oil guy tried to organize a defense.

"boom--"

Two Typhon heavy siege tanks were the first to attack, blowing up a group of Scatlan intelligent robots with two cannons.

This special Space Marine tank uses a Spartan tank as a chassis and is equipped with a Dreadhammer siege cannon. According to research, it was invented by Perturabo. Now it is used to deal with the Dark Mechanicus. It is really a stroke of fate. people.

In the first exchange of fire, the black engine oil man immediately concluded:

Can't fight, can't beat, retreat.

The Dark Mechanic God immediately gave up all supplies and industrial raw materials, leaving a group of intelligent robots and armed servitors to resist the first team. He hurriedly ran into the transport ship, shuttle and lander, desperate to get out of here.

Intelligent robots and armed servitors only have rudimentary intelligence. They have no concept of morale and are completely unafraid of death. Even though they are outcasts, they still follow the instructions of the technical priests and strive to stop the Space Marines. The armored company rushed forward quickly. Although there were not many in number, it was still a torrent of steel. The tracks rumbled and crushed a bunch of armed servitors. Land Raiders, Predator tanks and Spartan tanks are faster. After entering the enemy's position, the former opens the tail hatch to release the Space Marines, and the latter's main gun fires one after another to kill the intelligent control robots. The Mastodon tank was very slow. Sitting at the rear, the vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft weapons sprayed bullet chains indiscriminately, shooting down many shuttles.

A large lander rocked into flight.

"Jiu-boom!"

A red laser flashed and exploded in the air.

In the distance, the Dawn Star Titans also arrived.

It's hard for the black engine oil guys to escape!

The threat of death made them even more crazy. They even ignored the precious STC and rushed towards the transport ship... Finally, with the constant urging and hard work of the Dark Sage, a transport ship raised the void shield. The tail nozzle sprayed out ion flames and took off smoothly. The void shield can block the armored firepower of the advance team and the long-range attacks of the Titan Legion. This ship is crowded with many black machine oil guys. They all knew that the shuttle and lander would be shot down by anti-aircraft fire, and only by hiding in the transport ship could they leave the surface alive.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The Titan of the Dawn Stars raised its muzzle and fired continuously.

The dropship's void shield neutralized these attacks.

Seeing that these gangsters were about to flee.

"Hoar boom——"

A thick blue energy beam hit the transport ship flying in mid-air. The void shield immediately flickered, cracked and dissipated, turning into a ball of colorful sparks. The blue light beam continued to bombard the ship's hull unabated, and soon burned a large hole in the ship's hull. .

Godzilla, take action.

"BOOM!"

The transport's sublight engines were hit.

It disintegrated in the air and exploded instantly.

You can always trust Mr. Brother!

The keel of the hull lost its lift and began to fall. Countless metal fragments, countless shining fireworks and countless broken arms were flying and falling. The scene was actually a bit beautiful for a moment, like a gorgeous fireworks blooming brightly.

All the Space Marines looked up at this scene.

The black machine oil man used his own life...

I wish you all a happy new year.

"Control all supplies and raw materials."

The Chapter Leader's voice sounded in the communication channel:

"The first landing team will switch to defense mode on the spot, completely blockade the landing site, and inventory supplies. Remember, no one is allowed to enter this area without my order."

"Yes, Khan."

The armored company responded with a bang.

My oil fields, my mines. Once he succeeded, Qingshan Khan immediately ordered the battle scene to be cordoned off. No friendly forces or alliances could get involved, or I might turn my back on you.

The reason is also very good.

This is the site of the blasphemous rituals of dark technological heretics, which is very dangerous. The Iron Buddha Chapter must wait for the Demon Tribunal to come to purify it, and no one else can enter at will.

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Su Zheng, medical deck.

Fu Qinghai strode into the passage.

The battle on the ground is over.

The battle in space is only coming to an end.

The Space Marines of the Iron Buddha Chapter, without a doubt, have outstanding military exploits and achievements. Three strike cruisers were captured again. A Chaos Strike Cruiser and a Navy Light Cruiser collided and fell to the ground together. Two strike cruisers broke through the encirclement and escaped. The Chapter Fleet is working hard to pursue them, but there is little hope. The opponent only needs to escape. Once you reach the outer reaches of the galaxy, you can enter the subspace from the Mandeville Point, and it will be difficult to catch them later.

Walking in the cold and quiet passage of the medical deck.

Fu Qinghai was also reflecting on the entire battle process.

Summary of the battle review, this is one of his habits.

The Kurisatai Titan Legion and the Untamed Lord Titan Legion were completely annihilated. No one expected this result.

The War Blacksmith's question can finally be answered - why a Titan legion disappeared without explanation.

Because they encountered the Titan Killer.

Looking back now, compared with other large titans, such as the Warmaster and the Warmaster, the Khan-class Titan is not more about the difference in size and firepower, but the completely different design concepts. In fact, the Khan-class Titan's He is slightly taller than a Warmaster-class Titan, and his long-range firepower is about the same as a Warmaster-class Titan. Taking into account the difference in body layout between the two - the head of the Warhammer 40K Titan is usually located on the chest and is not included in the height. The head of the Khan-class Titan is taller than the Warmaster-class Titan. In fact, it cannot be counted. The two have the same body shape. level.

Differences in design concepts determine the outcome of the battle.

Titan Legions are designed to take down cities.

"Army-Breaking Golden Armor" is designed to kill Titans.

During the Horus Heresy, there were many civil wars that broke out among the Titan Legions. The Battle of Iron Scourge and the Battle of Beta Gammon were all battles led by the Titan Legion. However, Titans were originally designed to be siege weapons. Even the Warmaster-class Titan Wallbreaker, a special model that specializes in close combat, look at its weapons: Klyus-type siege drill, giant killing chainsword, Klyus-type gravity detonation cannon... …

Strictly speaking, they are all siege weapons.

Most of the Titan melee weapons, various types of power claws and chain swords, have relatively low attack frequency and are heavy, clumsy but powerful.

"Pojun Golden Armor" is completely different.

The Khan-class Titan can hardly be used to siege a city. The Warmaster-class Titan's Kryus-type siege drill can smash a city wall with one attack. The Khan-class Titan's plasma double-edged sword can destroy a city wall in five seconds. Poke ten holes in the city wall?

It can be said to be useless.

The key is that if the Titan Army wants to engage in long-range bombardment with urban defense facilities, it requires a large number of continuous bombardments. The "Army-breaking Golden Armor" does not meet this condition. Its body space is used to install structural devices to improve sensitivity and speed. , there is not so much space for storing ammunition. Other Titans can keep firing for several hours. The "Army-breaking Golden Armor" long-range weapon can only fire three to five times, so be sure to pursue a one-hit kill.

The plasma double-edged sword has strong penetration ability and extremely high attack frequency. Other titans are still swinging chainswords and siege drills, eating and consuming the composite armor of the enemy titan. The plasma double-edged sword has been inserted into the gap on the edge of the enemy titan's armor. , dismembering it quickly is the ultimate weapon for killing Titans.

The Khan-class Titan is the Anti-Titan.

To give an inappropriate analogy:

If a regular large Titan is like a self-propelled gun, then the Khan-class Titan is a tank destroyer.

"laugh……"

The hatch slides open automatically.

Fu Qinghai walked into the medical room and looked at the girl lying on the bed. The pink-haired girl and her mother were lying side by side on two white hospital beds, laughing and talking about something.

Zofia's face was rosy and her eyes were bright, and she seemed to be fine. Mrs. Janiko's face was still a little pale, looking weak after recovering from a serious illness.

"Qingshan!"

Zofia said softly.

Fu Qinghai nodded and looked at Mrs. Janiko.

"Lord Chapter Leader!"

Lady Janiko is not only the chief knight, but also a standard imperial noble. Although her emphasis on etiquette and honor is not as deep-rooted as that of male knights, it is equally deeply rooted in her concepts. When he saw an Astartes Chapter Master who was his savior, he quickly wanted to stand up and salute, regardless of his own injuries.

"Sit down, sit down."

Fu Qinghai quickly pressed his arms.

Indicate to the other party that there is no need to be polite.

Fu Qinghai pulled up a chair and sat down.

"Hello, madam, maybe you have already heard my name, but I would like to introduce myself formally. I am Qingshan, the current leader of the Iron Buddha Chapter, and the descendant of Chagatai Khan. You can call me For 'Khan'."

Mrs. Janiko nodded, crossed her hands on her chest, performed a standard aquila salute, and said:

"Hello, Khan. I am Janiko tan Draconis, chief knight of House Draconis of the Knights of Orestes. Mother of Zofia."

This last sentence is clearly articulated.

It shows that she values ​​this relationship very much.

Never forget to emphasize in front of anyone.

Fu Qinghai smiled when he heard this.

"Mom"

Zofia took Janico’s arm and said coquettishly:

"He is the man I was talking about, the Space Marine I knew and told you about a long time ago."

Janiko nodded, looking calm on the surface, but in her heart she was extremely shocked and stirred up a storm.

The adopted daughter told herself early on that she knew a space warrior who wore black and gold power armor. Mrs. Janiko didn't take it seriously at the time. How could Zofia, an orphan from the poor in the city, know the Space Marines? They were the Emperor's angels of death, and their status was no less than that of the Imperial Knights. Even considering that the knight family was born with them. Due to the tetrarchy attributes, Holy Terra definitely trusts the Space Marines more than the Imperial Knights.

Janikov secretly guessed that a certain Space Marine came to the Iron Ring to perform a mission, and happened to have a first-hand relationship with little Zofia. The girl worshiped the Emperor's Angel, so this "one-time relationship" Calling it "acquaintance", she wanted to use it as a talking point to show off among poor friends, nothing more. She could understand this behavior, but was unwilling to point it out.

But I didn't expect it.

Zofia actually knew a Space Marine.

Still a Chapter Leader!

This is so amazing.

Janiko thought to herself: Don't tell me, Viscount Sunderland doesn't even know the Space Marine Chapter Master. Although the status of the Knight Family Patriarch is no less than that of the Astartes Chapter Master, they really don't know him, because Not a single Astartes Chapter is stationed in the Ring of Steel. There has always been only the Titan Legion here.

"hehe."

Fu Qinghai touched Zofia’s head and said with a smile:

"Sophie and I are really good friends."

Zofia rolled her eyes without any clue.

I thought to myself: I just met a Space Marine, and my cheap mother has such a big reaction. If I say that I slept with a Space Marine, she would be scared to death on the spot.

"Mrs. Janiko."

After the polite remarks, Fu Qinghai turned to the topic:

"The battle in the industrial world is over. You have also read the confession of the Sage Nemonix. You are the only surviving knight of the Draconis family, oh and Zofia, I know you are here There are many family members in the feudal world of Orestes, including women, children, old and weak women and children. There is even a fiefdom, which is not a small fiefdom. What I want to ask you is, what are your plans for the future? "

Fu Qinghai stared at Janico with burning eyes.

The only person in this knight family who can call the shots.

Janico looked confused.

She shook her head painfully:

"To be honest, I don't know. I'm very confused. The patriarch is dead, all the knights are dead, I...I don't know what to do. The family has announced that it will break away from the Mechanicus, and it is no longer possible for us to obtain information from the Forge World. Help, unless Terra...but Terra is too far away.”

The middle-aged woman covered her face and sounded sad.

"Mom, there's me too."

Zofia quickly reassured.

Fu Qinghai first reminded:

"You are the chief knight. If the clan leader and all the knights are killed in battle, then you will be the new clan leader. This is your responsibility and your obligation. Although I don't understand the rules and customs of the knight world and the knight family, I think That’s the truth, are you right, ma’am?”

Mrs. Janiko nodded:

"You're right."

Fu Qinghai mentioned the confession of Sage Nemonix, and Janiko thought of Hieronymos, the governing sage. A surge of hatred suddenly appeared on her face, and a flame called "revenge" appeared on her face. His eyes were burning and he said:

"Yes, you are right. This is my responsibility and my obligation. As the leader of the clan, I cannot shirk it. The family hatred has not been washed away, and we have not yet avenged the shameless bastard who framed the family and the selfish traitor who betrayed the empire. Guy, Hieronymus Gant, I must kill him..."

"Hey, wait."

Fu Qinghai quickly interrupted.

Let you think about the future, not this.

"The Sage of Gant intended to murder the loyal knight family. This crime is very clear. I guarantee you, Mrs. Janiko, that the Sage of Gant will definitely get the punishment he deserves. But not now, do you understand? We must wait until the war is over. , wait until the entire steel ring is restored to order. He will definitely not end well. I cannot disclose the specific situation to you. You just need to know that I will handle this matter."

Fu Qinghai promised seriously.

Sid Nora has informed the Assassin's Court.

The Grand Inquisitor thought about it and finally decided to bypass the Foundry Commander and deal with the Sage directly. She was very worried that Zagreos Cain would protect Hieronymus Gant. Even if the ruling sage was at fault, Mars must not give others the excuse or excuse to interfere in internal affairs, especially An institution like the Tribunal. Moreover, although the actions of the ruling sages are not just, they are in the interests of the Mechanicum.

The Court of Assassins is coming.

You can't tell others this kind of thing.

Fu Qinghai could only promise Janiko:

After the war is over, there will be a result.

Just let the ruling sage die under the sword of the assassin, and finally blame it on the Dark Mechanicus. Let's say that those dark technological heretics wanted to take revenge on Mars, so they sent assassins to assassinate the ruling sage. Unfortunately, we all sacrificed our lives for it. He observed a moment of silence.

Fu Qinghai changed the subject again:

"That's it, madam. I have considered that since your family has announced its separation from the Mechanicus, the Steel Ring is everywhere in the Forge World. Even if the war is successful in the future, even if we succeed in expelling the Dark Mechanicus, the entire Steel Ring will be destroyed in the future. There is no place for the Draconis family to stand. Regarding this, I have a suggestion. See if you can consider it."

"What advice?"

Janico raised her head and asked.

"There is a forging world very far away from here, in the Hazy Star Territory, in the Marquez King Star Region, called 'Phaeton'. I wonder if you have heard of it?"

Fu Qinghai asked with a smile.

Phaeton? never heard of that.

Janiko looked confused and confused:

Isn't this still a forging world?

Fu Qinghai showed a mysterious smile:

That's my casting world.

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