Emperor's Bane

Chapter 149 Fangs
"We have arrived."

Hector picked up the bolt gun in his hand and habitually knocked on his armor until he heard the familiar and reassuring sound of metal collisions before he began to check his armor. ammunition.

The magazine he was using still had seventeen bolters in it, and there were five more on the back of his armor.

enough.

In fact, in the early stage of the Great Crusade, deflagration weapons were more common and popular than the bolt guns in Hector's hands, but after several attempts by the Nova of the Second Legion, they found that they were not suitable for deflagration guns: although they were powerful Very powerful, but not that flexible, not suitable for Hector's concise fighting style.

The hunting squad, which has been temporarily expanded to six people, is hiding in a shadow where they can vaguely see their final target location. The figures of the six Astartes loomed.

They counted their weapons and prepared for the final battle that followed.

Apart from Ezio, the champion of the shadows hardly rested, and went back to his old job: blending into the shadows, being the vanguard and the first pair of eyes of everything.

Weapons, supplies, and ammunition were put together for inventory: power swords, heavy bolt guns, plasma pistols, and ordinary alloy long swords had all suffered wear and tear to a certain extent, although they were still usable, but There is a risk of breaking at any time, but the bullets are very sufficient, thanks to the newly added Eris who has enough supplies.

On the contrary, the [long sword] in Hector's hand, which exudes a faint green light, still looks unscathed.

In the vagueness of the gunpowder, the Astartes' superhuman vision allowed them to observe the situation of the target location. After a period of silent observation and preparation, they began to piece together while waiting for the shadow champion who returned to this place. plan of attack.

And at this moment, Ezio, like a ghost in the night sky, returned to his comrades, succinctly.

"There are 56 people on the ground, but most of the facilities are underground, and the situation is unknown. There is a more suitable place to launch an attack at two o'clock, overlooking most of the surface buildings, including all two heavy firepower points, one of which is suspected to be Ran Dan's overlord-level high-ranking officers are stationed, and there are three suspected psychics."

"Is there a secret whistle?"

As soon as Kairon finished speaking, the shadow champion stretched his hands to his waist and threw out five blood-stained signs.

"it's gone now."

Kairon nodded, and Hector took the opportunity to repeat the attack plan they had just discussed. This plan made the shadow champion hesitate for a while, and he spoke slowly after a while.

"Sorry... I have no previous experience of fighting side by side with combat brothers from other fleets of the legion. I only officially came into contact with these on the eve of the [split], and I cannot provide more suggestions and supplements."

This kind of words made everyone's eyes focus on Kairon, but the ancient warrior of the legion just showed a smile, a smile that was completely different from usual, a smile that made people feel at ease, and came from the elders.

"Oh, well, I admit that I haven't experimented with this tactic for a long time, but I can assure you that it is not complicated at all. In fact, it is even a bit old."

"But it's useful."

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"Listen, Hector, this is a very simple tactic, its history is almost as old as the legion, and its core is essentially only three points."

"Firepower."

"speed."

"There is also a tacit cooperation."

The shadow drifted across the dilapidated high wall and was always vigilant, jumping and flying in the countless narrowest dark places. It first stopped for a breath near the wall, and then gradually approached the outermost heavy fire point.

About five seconds later, the Ran Dan soldier manipulating the heavy fire let out a low whimper from its throat, and the secondary weapon stuffer squatting beside it suffered the same fate before he could move his eyes.

But at the moment when they fell, a tiny device hidden in the armor and connected to their heart organs suddenly started to scream the most urgently. The piercing sound penetrated the barrier between the armor and the air in the blink of an eye, Echoed over the entire base.

All the scarlet eyes gathered here in an instant, almost without the slightest hesitation, every Ran Dan soldier who was within the range of fire turned his guns, and countless flames instantly ignited the firepower of the one who was just safely behind. The positions were penetrated and shattered, and the dense rain of bullets was mixed with countless bombs until it was confirmed that there was no living thing.

But despite this, a small team still skillfully approached the ruins, and the three wizards of Randan began to wave their staffs, chanting words, and prepared spells at any time.

Compared with the panicked soldiers that Hecht's team had encountered before, these Ran Dan soldiers were obviously more elite, and they were also more indifferent and rational to the death of their comrades.

The shadow is still advancing, and countless detectors are screaming non-stop, causing all the alien soldiers to fall into a kind of short-term astonishment. They hesitated between two choices: whether to believe that the detectors appeared or not? Did you make a mistake, or do you believe that your eyes were really blinded?
This kind of hesitation did not last long, because almost in the next second, the wizard leader standing in the center of the team let out the shortest mournful cry, and its mask was ruthlessly cut open by a tiny flash of light, and suddenly broke The whispers were like broken necklaces, torn apart in the air.

Astonishment, despair, and a kind of terrifying madness appeared on the wizard's face at the same time. It didn't hesitate at all. When the first ray of cold air poured into its trachea, its last ray of psionic energy was released. He ignited his soul without hesitation, turning his entire body into a huge bomb.

The air wave swept over, shaking the sky and shaking the earth, even a real ghost could not be unscathed in such a decisive manner, the Randan overlord standing at the outermost edge looked indifferently at the final sacrifice made by his companions, and then its gaze It successfully captured the swaying air.

It roared and gave an order, and at the same time, countless tongues of flame poured into the area it pointed to, which was also mixed with the screams of the remaining two Randan wizards.

But this bleakness is not aimed at the murderer who killed his companion, but a reminder.

In the next breath, under the ominous premonition of Ran Dan's overlord, two equally loud psychic howls sounded from the north and east sides of the fortress, and the powerful power belonging to human psykers was here. A moment fell on the alien army, the storm raged, flying sand and rocks, the already crumbling high wall was completely uprooted, and the downpour turned into stones and scrap iron fell on the alien's head.

"Can you hold it there?"

Salieri, who was constantly squeezing his psychic energy, questioned Eris, who was cooperating with him, with the remaining willpower.

"Relax."

Eris's gritted teeth didn't sound easy at all, but his tone was still reassuringly indifferent.

"I can bear this consumption. I'm stronger than you think."

"Do you know what my mentors call me?"

"Dangerous person."

Countless dust rose wantonly along with this terrifying attack, briefly covering everyone's vision, while the guards were temporarily troubled for a second, the remaining three soldiers of the Second Legion took the opportunity to push up.

The combination of Ajax and Chiron came from the north, the huge Astartes warrior holding his giant bolter, pouring out his tongue of fire non-stop, his priority goal is to command from the heights Ran Dan overlord, then began to suppress all the aliens present with a kind of violent firepower.

The ancient warrior of the legion walked on both sides of the heavy firepower output. The plasma pistol in his hand, which was almost never overheated, was constantly firing at a very high frequency. Kairon was not running or rolling. Walking in the dust with such an indifferent posture, he calmly harvested every Ran Dan soldier who tried to launch a counterattack, and covered Ajax, who was the main force of the team's output.

On the east side of the fortress, Hector was the only one who launched the attack, and his target was even more conspicuous: Ran Dan's wizard.

The strongest Astartes warrior found his first target in a breath, and he flung himself at it like a hungry leopard, all that could be seen was the dust swept by the whirlwind. , and a faint green light.

Two alien wizards screamed at the same time, the one farther away activated its own spiritual power without hesitation, and formed an extremely powerful shield with the companion under attack. The green sword accompanied The most horrific force came down fiercely, but there were only a few cracks in this invisible defense.

But Hector didn't show even the slightest bit of trouble. His figure didn't stay in the slightest. Instead, he quickly dodged the shrapnel like the alien storm and dodged to the other side of Wizard Ran Dan.

The two wizards Ran Dan were humming disdainfully because of this little trick, until the wizard Ran Dan who was concentrating on helping his comrades suddenly felt that he seemed to have forgotten something.

Then, it felt a bit of cold wind penetrating its neck.

The sharp blade in the shadows stroked its life gently, and then took it away.

The effect of the psychic energy was instantly wiped out at the moment of the caster's death, leaving only a wizard who suffered from backlash to feel the pain of the sudden turn, and its power began to slacken uncontrollably, and before it could react to all this , the dark green of the long-handled greatsword flashed across its eyes without hesitation.

The two wizards fell together, and at the same moment when they fell, Ajax's bullets poured out. Just as Ran Dan's soldiers raised their heads from this depression, the two psykers greeted them again. Together, they attacked once and for all.

This time the storm swept through the ruins occupied by the overlord Ran Dan, directly destroying the crumbling building, causing the overlord's command to come to an abrupt end in the collapse.

Afterwards, the six Astartes fighters showed their blades, and what they had to face was dozens of Randan soldiers who had lost their psionic power and heavy fire cover, and they had even lost some of their personnel.

The massacre without suspense began.

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"In general, this is actually a set of three-axes tactics."

"First of all, the lurking force will be responsible for sneaking in first. Its main purpose is to detect the specific situation of the enemy, or destroy some key enemy locations as much as possible. Such an action cannot be done alone, it must cooperate with the large forces behind. offensive."

"It is often the shadows of the Fourth Fleet who are in charge of this step, or the most elite hunting squad. They don't always achieve their goals through simple assassination and lurking. In many cases, highly mobile harassment operations can even Forcing the enemy's weakness."

"Secondly, in the riots caused by the vanguard, there will be heavy firepower or other strong forces to attack the enemy synchronously from multiple directions, as a heavy hammer to open up the weak points in the enemy's organization and tear open the gap , to ensure the attack of large forces."

"When our legion is still able to unite, this is often achieved by using a large number of drone firepower, or sending out a large number of psykers, and if it is the first case, we will also dispatch Armored forces to cooperate with drone operations."

"At the same time, the latent troops still have to continue to operate, destroying local support, command, or powerful units, hindering the enemy's further cooperation and mutual assistance, breaking up the enemy's organization, so that we can cut the opponent into as much as possible Small portions form an asymmetric blow."

"During the Legion period, there were more options for this kind of cooperation, such as large-scale airborne operations or forced landings, or using real-time intelligence from the front line to suppress the enemy's actions with large-scale long-range firepower."

"Finally, when the enemy's organizational system has been traumatized by two attacks, the main force will go into battle at this time, and they will direct the attack to the most threatening enemy units based on previous intelligence. , or as a decisive force, to destroy the small groups of enemy troops that have been cut off, and to consume local vital forces in the shortest possible time."

"And if we are strongly blocked at this step, then a large number of elite infantry, secret weapons, and even destructive troops will be thrown into the battlefield as the last valve of the legion."

"To sum up, this set of tactics actually has a lot of points, whether it is real-time intelligence updates or high-frequency cooperation between various factions, it is essential, and it is also necessary to grasp the key of speed: in many cases, our Compared with the opponent, the force is too thin, so brutally beheading the enemy or quickly annihilating the enemy's large-scale active force is the essence of many of our tactics, and we cannot afford a long battle of attrition."

"So, remember these points:"

"An experienced team is responsible for sending back real-time intelligence, as well as the cooperation brought by the superb battlefield sense."

"A powerful assault force, whether it is aerial firepower, psychic power, or those powerful weapons that cannot be explained clearly, we all need a sharp enough blade to allow us to cut through the most vulnerable parts of the enemy."

"Elite, high-speed and determined motorized infantry can quickly attack or cut our opponents by means of airborne or armored vehicles, forming a small battlefield to fight more and less, and cause the most damage to the enemy in the shortest time. kill."

"Remember, don't love to fight, and don't covet any honor. Our core tactics are quick action, tacit cooperation, and avoiding all unfavorable factors on the battlefield, so that the battle situation can be carried out in the field we are good at as much as possible. and end."

"Attention to intelligence, latent destruction, adapting to the situation, attacking weaknesses, exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses, closely cooperating, aggressively attacking, advancing rapidly, dividing and outflanking, attacking with more than less, relying on the strong to bully the weak, accumulating less to make more, and finally, remember, Be humble and rational at all times, never confront the enemy head-on in areas where the enemy is good at, what you have to do is to kill them, not defeat them."

"Remember, my child, there is no shame in fighting more than less, and there is no shame in avoiding difficulties. We have shed enough blood for so-called honor. Now, we fight only to get any real In order to make the word sacrifice no longer an illusory self-movement."

"Remember, my Hector."

"We are Fangs."

"The fangs are only used for these bits of blood and flesh, every blow it strikes."

"It can only be fatal."

"After all, it's so sharp..."

"And Vulnerability."

　Toothache today, bad condition

　　
　
(End of this chapter)