Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

Imperial Calendar-M42.0006——"Indomitable Expedition" Expeditionary Fleet——Baal Nebula Surrounding System-Ivan 1

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"Marshal, the Seventh Company's advance is blocked, and their flanks are attacked by enemies driven out from the eastern city." The crew member who ran over shouted, he stood next to the holographic tactical map, and the officer took the data board in his hand and handed it to Vito who was wearing golden armor beside him.

The salvo of the Emperor's Dream's powerful macrocannon made the bridge vibrate, but Vito took the data board very calmly. Most people here are advancing their work in an orderly manner. Countless Mechanicus meditators have dense systems, but they cooperate with each other in an orderly manner.

The operators are busy sitting in the arc-shaped bridge hall, their fingers passing over one keyboard after another, and the low and light sound of the keyboard tapping and the thunderous roar of the railgun and macrocannon together turn into a piece of music, a battlefield symphony with high and low notes.

Vito glanced at the data board in his hand and threw it on the table in front of him. The Marshal's huge palm was on the map, and the priest of the Mechanicus beside him immediately responded. The Mechanicus members in red robes quickly slid the spectrum with mechanical fingers, clicked buttons and information nodes to correctly lock the map.

The tactical map of the huge nest city cluster on the surface of the planet quickly passed by and arrived at the area requesting support at a very fast speed. Vito looked down at the beacon jumping on it, and a straight red line was pressing up next to it.

Vito leaned over the huge holographic map, his finger pointed at the city where the attacking enemy was located, "Order the Time Traveler, the Ultimate Secret and the Indomitable Will to go to the eastern war zone of the hive city, and destroy the enemies here with orbital bombing."

"My lord, according to the signal received by the Thinker, we infer that there are still civilians and some defense forces in the hive city who have not yet evacuated and are trapped in the war zone. Should the bombing continue?"

"Continue the bombing. This is a war, not a game." Vito said almost without hesitation, which made him look particularly cold, but this is a war, a war with the Tyranid Zerg gene stealers, and mercy is meaningless here.

Those civilians failed to evacuate within the specified time and were in the wrong place at the wrong time, so their fate can only be like this. Kindness cannot command an army. This has always been the case since ancient times, especially in these 40 dark years, because the enemies of mankind will not be merciful.

The officer nodded, raised his hand to signal the crew member beside him, who immediately saluted and turned to execute Vito's order. The marshal's order was efficiently implemented through the warship's communication terminal, and the three warships began to turn in just two minutes.

Vito leaned on the map in front of him, his eyes scanning the ever-changing situation on the tactical map. Firefights, assaults, interspersed and ambushes were happening all the time. This was definitely not something that ordinary people could effectively command. Even with a whole staff, it would be extremely difficult. It was definitely not something that ordinary people could do to handle such a huge amount of information and respond in time.

But he could do it. The expeditionary force was lucky. It was not without reason that Vito Constantine was called the best strategic tactician in the entire galaxy. He could find any key clues and key points from the chaotic battlefield and the constantly rolling intelligence feedback, and give the most correct and accurate execution of orders.

"What's the situation with the 24th Company? Why haven't they taken the land port yet?" Vito asked. The staff officer next to him immediately came forward to the map. His finger quickly slid across the map and retrieved the latest data of that battlefield.

The other staff officers around him gathered around the map and pointed. One of the staff officers holding a data tablet came up and handed the tablet to his commander, who quickly checked the latest situation.

"According to battlefield feedback, they were attacked by high-level enemies in the hive. The armored units of the 24th Company could not enter the ruined streets. The Astartes were clearing the superstructures and their advance was blocked."

"Order the Air Force to dispatch three lightning fighter squadrons to blow up all the high-rise buildings there and let the company retreat. The Air Force will advance after completing the task."

Vito said, his eyes flickering on the map in front of him. He pointed to several company beacons around him, "Dispatch four companies to them and tell their company commanders that they must take down the starport within half an hour." "Tell all captains that anything that flies up from the surface of the planet, no matter what it is or what it says, will be destroyed on the spot. Without my order, any flying object cannot leave the surface, and even a piece of iron must be blown to ashes."

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

The command was directly reflected on the map. Several beacons around it began to move closer. Suddenly, a squadron of lightning fighters appeared on the map and quickly approached from a distance and passed through the starport area. A short minute later, the company beacons that had stopped began to advance again. They were like chess pieces on a chessboard, picked up and arranged by an excellent chess player, who had already cast 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, morale was shaken, and there was a risk of collapse. He requested to retreat."

"Tell the political commissar to shoot him, 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 and ordered 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 carried out, 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 fragmented 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's 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 towards 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 that 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 saw the changes in the map in front of him. The Genestealers were indeed driven into the square on one side by the general attack. There was only a magnificent church on the huge square.

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

But the fact is that everything that happened now, every shooting and every explosion change were within Vito's expectations. The Genestealers were like actors thrown onto the stage. All their actions had been designed and known by the director. Their struggles were all within Vito's expectations.

The staff officer lowered his head and looked at the church area. His eyes suddenly found the dense signals jumping there. "Marshal, the radar scan detected the characteristics of life in the church. The scan shows that there are tens of thousands of them. We can't identify whether they are gene stealers or civilians." "Bomb immediately. Don't let the patriarch have the opportunity to hide underground. Blow up the church with it!" "As you wish, notify the fleet and execute the marshal's order!" The chief of staff immediately stood up and shouted to the communicator beside him. The latter quickly tapped the mechanical keyboard in front of him. One command after another appeared on the screen quickly, and then transmitted after a carriage return. The signal was responded in the blink of an eye. In front of Vito, the fleets on both sides of the window passed quickly. The magnificent warships aimed their bottoms at the thick atmosphere below. Almost instantly, a dazzling beam of light shot from below Vito to the surface. In the blink of an eye, the beam of light penetrated the atmosphere and shot to the ground. More beams of light shot down densely around it. A raging fire instantly burned in the outer atmosphere of the entire planet. The flames lit up from the turbid clouds, and it seemed as if a sea of ​​fire spread across the land below.

The chief of staff looked at the map in front of him. The church beacon in front of him flashed and disappeared, like a torn afterimage disappearing in the spreading red circle of the bombing mark. "Marshal, the target has been eliminated. The bird radar scan shows that all life signals have disappeared, and the gene stealers have all turned to ashes."

"Order the ground troops to enter the square to clean up the battlefield. Shoot two shots at anything that moves. Make sure the gene stealer leader is dead. Send several companies to the underground part below to conduct a net search. If anyone is found, kill them without mercy."

"Yes, Marshal."

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