Warhammer 40,000: Mortal Gods

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The front lines of the human vs. Necron war.

At the edge of the Akros Sector, Ain No. 1.

The small fleet of Necrons is fighting with the Imperial Navy, and the two sides are fighting inextricably in the void.

On the ground, the circular defense line deployed by the Astra Militarum and the Astartes around the city was facing an overwhelming invasion by the Necron warriors.

The situation is no longer optimistic. Every time the Scythe of Doom fighter planes fly rapidly over the city, several tall buildings will be blown into a pile of ruins blocking the main traffic routes amidst the screams of civilians.

Necron warriors have broken through the ring defense line and invaded the city, fighting on the city streets with Astartes and Astra Militarum soldiers who were protecting civilians.

There are even scorpion-shaped underworld structures emerging from the ground from time to time, flying into the air in front of hundreds of civilians, spinning for a while, leaving corpses on the ground and fleeing away.

Even if the Astartes Chapter Commanders and Astra Militarum generals located in the circular defense line headquarters did not receive reports from other parts of the defense line, they could hear the sounds coming from the city that the entire defense line had already It's full of leaks.

But it still has a need to exist. As long as part of it still exists, the undead warriors who are spreading to the horizon with a large number of underworld structures advancing forward will not focus on the interior of the city as their main target.

"It's time to retreat." The Astra Militarum general looked at the Astartes, who was wearing green armor and a scaled cloak. "This line of defense will not last long."

The leader of the Salamander Chapter named Tushan stood on the spot, staring at the tactics table. After thinking for half a second, he said calmly: "We have to delay for a while, so that all the remaining people of the first company can take the lead."

After the chapter leader issued the order, the people in the first company who stayed behind at the headquarters immediately rushed out to carry out the chapter leader's order.

The Salamanders have a special military structure. The first company, which is the most elite force in the chapter, does not have a company commander. This company commander's position is concurrently held by the chapter commander, so Tushan's orders do not need to go through an Astartes officer. , his own orders were those of the First Company.

After the last remaining troops on hand were dispatched, Tushan still stood on the spot, reaching out and taking off the war hammer from behind and holding it in his hand.

The generals of the Astra Militarum also took out their weapons.

A miniaturized particle blaster, this weapon is just like the weapons installed by the Tyrones. It can beat living metal into a puddle of sand.

"We can only evacuate after the navy ships have finished the void battle and dispatched transport planes." The Astra Militarum general released the weapon safety and looked at Tushan again, "Maybe we can't evacuate at all. Even if everything goes well with the Imperial Navy, these The skeleton will not watch us send all the civilians to the landing point."

"The Salamander will put every mortal on the transport plane before the last Son of the Fire Dragon is killed by a Gauss rifle." Tushan just replied coldly.

But this sentence made every mortal general present feel relieved.

Now the entire war is generally considered to be stable, but when the macroscopic battle situation is scaled to the battlefield of a microscopic world, it seems not so smooth.

The Necron dynasty in charge of the attack was judged weak by Talon and the Imperial military.

But looking at the macroscopic weakness, it is also a difficult enemy to deal with at the microscopic level.

The defense lines in the sector did not last long, resulting in worlds still inhabited by humans being invaded and turned into battlefields. This situation often happened in the past. The instructions given by the Imperial Warmaster were to retreat and shrink their troops as always, waiting for other battlefields. The dispatched reinforcements arrived and then counterattacked, and so on.

This is a strategy to minimize casualties in the theater under attack. The shrinking defense line can counterattack and gain a foothold after receiving the help of reinforcements, instead of being beaten to the verge of collapse in a life-changing battle. The entire frontline sector's defenses were completely in ruins.

But Ryan didn't pay much attention to the microscopic situation, and he didn't consider that one of his brother's descendants would choose the former without hesitation between fighting the enemy to death or giving up a certain world and evacuating.

Both Tushan and the generals of the Astra Militarum present had tacitly considered the most pessimistic situation in silence, rather than being optimistic that reinforcements would arrive.

The Lamenters of all Terminators are fighting fires everywhere on the front, but the situation in other war zones also has various more serious crises, and the Iron System may not allow the Lamenters to have time to visit.

As the sound of artillery fire got closer and closer, Salamander Chapter Commander Tushan no longer stayed in the headquarters. He walked out, and the mortals subconsciously followed him.

Standing outside the headquarters, Tushan raised his head and looked at the sky.

The Imperial Navy and the Necron Fleet were still locked in an inseparable battle. The two sides combined had only a hundred ships together, but the fight turned out to be extremely fierce. The light spears emitted by the battleships illuminated half of the sky below.

Tushan lowered his head and looked ahead again.

In the field of vision, outside the defense line, silver figures have appeared. Those undead spirits have cleared many obstacles on the way forward and arrived at this place where they can completely disintegrate the ring defense line as long as they take it.

After taking a second look, Tushan became more pessimistic.

Buzz——

A sound similar to a horn suddenly echoed in the sky.

Tushan raised his head and suddenly discovered that a Tyron naval patrol fleet entered the galaxy. It gradually became clear from a blur outside the sky, and then immediately engaged the undead ships.

And a communication also came to Tushan along the public combat channel. A tough-looking but smiling face appeared in the lower right corner of his helmet.

"Captain of the Salamanders Chapter, this is the commander of the 13th Company of the 72nd Regiment of the Thunder Warrior Legion."

"I come here with good news, but looking at your situation, you obviously need some force help."

said the Thunder Warrior Captain.

"Yes." Tushan responded with just two words. He always gave others the impression that he was not very enthusiastic, like a microcosm of the entire Salamanders Chapter.

After all, they are Astartes. They don't express much verbally, and they think more about actions.

"I propose to abandon the defensive line and use all our strength to cover the retreat of civilians." said the company commander of the Thunder Warriors.

"Okay." Tushan nodded.

Then the communication ended and both parties gave orders.

Under the cover of orbital bombardment, the Astartes and mortal soldiers abandoned the circular defense line and retreated into the city. They efficiently searched for remaining civilians in separate areas, and then gathered all the civilians and rushed to the landing point.

The Underworld structures and special Necron combat units that had previously penetrated into the city naturally swarmed in to massacre humans. The Astartes and mortal soldiers guarding the team, as well as the teleported Thunder Warriors, attacked these enemies and covered the civilians. The landing point is close.