Warhammer in a box

Chapter 280 Barto Reinforcements
The battle in Marienburg lasted for five days, and Nurgle was the final winner. After all, Slaanesh did not have any general-level figures such as Chaos Champions in Marienburg.

Slaanesh still maintains a lying attitude.

After dealing with Slaanesh, Nurgle's army began to move out of Marienburg and march towards the inland of the empire.

There was a roar of artillery fire on Terra's defense line, the sound of artillery fire lasted almost from dawn to sunset, and from sunset to dawn, and even the night was filled with the sound of artillery fire.

Even the gun barrels were constantly receiving prayers from the priests because of the long continuous firing.

The ground in front of the position was full of artillery pits, and the ground had been cut off by several centimeters. The spent shell casings filled the position. These shells would not be wasted, and would soon be melted down again and turned into weapons to fight Chaos.

The advance of Nurgle's army was halted, and more and more troops began to arrive at the front lines.

A series of simple tents were densely packed on the ground.

Fortunately, the elimination of the Beastmen and scattered Orcs allowed the army to focus on facing the Chaos attack without having to devote too much energy to protecting its own rear.

Ludwig, Gerhardt, Gurman, and the biological sage Sisselin have also arrived at the front line.

Sisselin plans to collect samples of Nurgle followers and the demon plague in this world to see if he can develop some solutions.

Rebecca, a religious saint, also arrived. Her subordinate combat nuns were on guard against possible cults among the refugee group, while the nuns responsible for spreading faith began to calm the emotions of the refugees who had escaped from Marienburg. The resettlement of these large numbers of refugees was also a problem.

But at the same time, this is also an excellent opportunity to spread the faith in the Divine Emperor.

Everyone in the command post was discussing that, normally, since the troops were ready, the counterattack should begin, but now the troops were staying where they were and no longer attacking.

That's because the messenger from Altdorf brought news.

Gulman held the letter of confidence from Aldorf in his hand without saying a word.

The information in the letter showed that even if Carl led the army to rescue, Hawke County had already fallen. This time the invasion of Chaos forces was more violent than imagined.

"Hokeland has fallen. Carl is leading the Imperial army and relying on the power of Middenland to fight hard against Nurgle's army." Gurman placed the letter on the table.

"It's not just Hawke's Territory. The followers of various Chaos Gods are creating chaos in all the Electoral Territories. My demon hunters send me reports and intelligence every day."

Gerhardt also had a solemn expression on his face. The witchers who had always been invincible also began to suffer losses. The cultists who had been hiding unexpectedly emerged from under the water on their own initiative. They created chaos and performed evil rituals.

These cultists who were scattered all over the place also tied up a large amount of the forces of the Order.

"Everyone, no matter what the current situation is, we should get rid of the chaotic enemies in front of us so that we have the strength to do other things." Gulman had obviously made a decision.

"The power concentration in this world is too low. I can't imagine how these people can resist the attack of Chaos without the belief in the God-Emperor." Gerhardt is extremely dissatisfied with the fact that the original political ecology of this planet is still preserved.

"Our forces are still too dispersed. We cannot place our hopes of resisting Chaos on the native soldiers here. We must allocate enough troops to build a second line of defense to block possible threats from Hawke Territory. Lord Ludwig, do we have other forces that can be mobilized?"

After the division of troops, the current strength seems a bit insufficient to face the threat of Marienburg.

Ludwig listened to Gurman's question and thought about it in his mind.

"Maybe there really is Bretonnia!" The new force Ludwig thought of was Bretonnia next door.

At this time, Bretonnia, with the help of Laun's group of Blood Knights and the Terra army, had recovered most of the duchy. With the support of various dukes, Laun could be said to have regained his throne and possessed power that was once unparalleled.

If Laun gathered an army, they could set out from Cologne and join forces with the Imperial army here to attack Marienburg from both sides.

The population of Bretonnia is large enough, and as long as the serfs are armed, they will be a force that cannot be ignored.

He did what he said. Ever since Laun believed in the God-Emperor, he established long-term contact with Terra and Ludwig.

"King Lawn." Ludwig greeted Lawn who was projected through the holographic projection in front of him.

"Count Ludwig, why did you suddenly remember to contact me?" Lawen's face was beaming. The smooth war and the increasingly stable social environment made him feel particularly good.

Now he realized how unreasonable the previous system of Bretonnia was. In the past, it might have taken a large number of serfs to truly support a knight, but after liberating the productivity of these serfs, the number of knights and troops that could be supported was countless times more than before.

And it would not cause dissatisfaction among the serfs. A major feature of an agricultural society is that the desires of the common people are very low. As long as they have enough food and drink, why would they rebel? Why should I rebel? Aren’t my current life good?

Looking at Lawen in front of him, Ludwig told Lawen what was happening in Marienburg at the moment.

After hearing the seriousness of the matter, Laun immediately stated that he would form a sufficient team to go to Marienburg and Terra's army and eliminate these enemies of the Emperor.

He would also let his Pegasus and Vulture Knights go to the battlefield first.

Upon hearing this news, the spirits of all the people in the command post were lifted. The previous experience of the Thunder Eagle had already made the people of Terra realize that this time their enemy had a considerable number of air units. The support of this flying force would effectively relieve the pressure on the troops from the air.

Terra's establishment of air forces has been in a bottleneck state.

It's not that they can't be manufactured. Even if they can't independently produce 40k-level aerial vehicles, the priests can still manufacture some relatively backward vehicles.

The most important thing is to train pilots to fly these weapons and equipment.

The sages and officers of the order once selected a group of people, but the reality was cruel. It was obviously a bit far-fetched to ask soldiers who had hardly ever ridden a car before to fly fighter planes.

It was so vomiting, and the small number of qualified people was not enough to support the formation of an aviation unit.

The training of pilots as well as the selection and training of combat pilots will consume a great deal of time and materials.

In addition, the army was already able to deal with most of the enemies and Terra needed industrial capacity everywhere, so industrial capacity and R&D capabilities continued to tilt towards the army, and the development of the air force was temporarily shelved. Zhang Heng thought the same way. In order to save the power of faith, he did not choose to invest in the air force that was not needed for the time being.

But it was not until now that Ludwig and Zhang Heng realized that I could not use it now, but I absolutely could not be without it, otherwise when I really needed it, I would be helpless.

Both of them decided in their hearts that after this matter was resolved, the air force must be put on the agenda.

After reaching an agreement with Bretonnia, the battle strategy was determined. Together with Bretonnia, we would resolve the battle of Marienburg as quickly as possible, and then turn around to resolve the crisis in Hawke's territory.

After Marion is recovered, the route between Bretonnia and the Empire will be completely connected without any obstacles.

(End of this chapter)