Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 265 Advanced Tactics

Chapter 265 Advanced Tactics
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"I originally wanted the Eighteenth Company to conquer all the worlds along the way to the Legion Fleet, and offer glory to our Gene Father, just like the more than one hundred star systems we conquered before."

"but……"

“We’re stopping here.”

"We shame the father of genes."

"..."

The Hound's Tooth.

In the dark tactical room, the only source of light was the occasional flashing green light from the tactical equipment, illuminating the flag hanging on the main wall of the tactical room - Fangs and Sharp Teeth Crushing Chains.

The green projection on the tactical table showed the Hound's Fang floating in the void and the transport vehicle approaching the Hound's Fang.

Half of Mago's body was covered by the glorious robe bestowed by Legion Commander Kiel, and half of his arms crossed in front of his chest were covered by the robe.

The flag-bearing officer of the 18th Company was standing in the most conspicuous place with his head held high and the flag in his hand. The pharmacist held one of his arms and pressed it against the gap in his shoulder, which was then glued shut with medicine.

Orenste, the champion of Mago, was covered in wounds and looked grimy.

The other company officers present were not in good condition either, and all looked like they had just suffered a defeat.

They were all looking at the transport vehicles on the tactical table that were returning to the company's battleship. They knew that they were carrying soldiers from the 18th Company. These soldiers returned to the battleship a step late and they had just experienced a defeat.

Ever since the 18th Company broke away from the Legion fleet and headed to the Nuceria galaxy to conquer one world after another around Nuceria, it has been fighting until now. In a short period of time, it has conquered hundreds of galaxies, and then stopped in this galaxy for less than half a Terra year.

"We should face up to our failure and shame!" the flag bearer said loudly, "Our real shame is not that we lost the war, but that we were too eager for quick success and believed the people on the planet below, thinking that they were truly completely submissive to the Empire and supported the Emperor's great cause from the bottom of their hearts."

"What happens is that we left this system a few months ago, and when we came back, those bastards were ready for war."

"Captain! We gave them time to prepare for war!"

The flag bearer's angry words reached everyone's ears.

Margo just thought about it in his mind and had no other reaction.

The other officers looked at each other and exchanged glances.

The atmosphere became a little subtle.

The source of this atmosphere was the two different solutions that the officers within the 18th Company had for the glorious mission of conquering the area around Nukeria.

One faction advocates that once a company arrives on a planet, it must go to war regardless of the reaction of the people on that planet.

Some rulers were cleared out through war, and the other part was cleared out by tracing back to the past and unearthing their crimes.

The other faction advocated that the Eighteenth Company should conquer one world after another as quickly as possible, because the Eighteenth Company was small in number, and the order from the Father of Genes was very clear, requiring the Eighteenth Company to conquer and fight, rather than requiring the Eighteenth Company to be rulers.

Especially after the 18th Company had learned that some Nukelli-American warriors would become professional bureaucrats.

As the company commander, Mago prefers the second option.

Then, just as the flag-bearing officer said, the 18th Company paid the price for its "carelessness". When the 18th Company turned around and tested it with a small-scale conflict, it found that even if the entire company of more than 1,000 people were gathered together, it would be impossible to handle this planet.

"The situation on this planet is special. No matter what choice we make, it is unlikely that we can take it at the lowest cost," said Margo.

The Space Marines had their own ideas, but because it was still the time for the war meeting to be postponed, the subordinates except the flag bearer did not object to Mago's permission.

The flag officer took into account that it was wartime after all, and he had already made some angry remarks to Mago. If he continued to refute the company commander, the "dispute of ideas" within the company would probably develop to a more serious level, which would be detrimental to the internal unity of the company.

So the flag-bearing officer nodded and said no more.

"Centurion." A soldier walked into the tactical room and saluted Mago. "The Anke people have been brought here by the transport ship. After seeing the situation on the planet below, they are still very eager to join the battle."

Anker people.

Mago searched the word in his mind, and then remembered that this was the first world to be conquered by the 18th Company after they set out on the road of conquest.

This world is called Anke.

Anke was well-informed and already knew about the Empire. They even took the initiative to find the 18th Company and asked to join the Human Empire.

The Ankes' advantage lies in their various war technologies.

Once the Eighteenth Company sorted out the situation of Anker and sent someone to deliver it to the Legion Fleet, the response they received was: the planet named Anker might be a military camp world in ancient times, and in ancient times all their people were soldiers.

But another possibility was added in the response: It is also possible that Ankh was a battlefield in ancient times, and the invaders brought a large number of war weapons to fight here, clearing out guerrillas or resistance organizations, and then the subspace storm hit, and both sides of the war were trapped on a planet, and eventually evolved into the current Ankh.

"I invited them here." An officer stepped forward.

Margo looked at the officer and nodded.

This officer is responsible for recruiting people who have conquered the world to form an auxiliary army, and then arranging for the auxiliary army to fight with the company. This is his duty.

However, because the combat effectiveness of the auxiliary army left a bad impression on Mago, and the mortal troops of Nu Star followed the legion fleet everywhere, Mago never counted on the mortal auxiliary army at all, let alone paid attention to them.

"Why do you think the Anke are capable of handling this war?" asked Mago.

The officer walked over to an imaging device and connected the data pad he was carrying to the device.

Then the device began to play the reasons that were enough to make Mago feel that the Anke people and the 18th Company could fight.

"The Ankes are good at beyond visual range combat. Their infantry is the weakest branch of the military, while their air force and armored forces are the strongest."

"Their troop carriers are capable of launching micro-missiles from 500 kilometers away to destroy ten armored targets simultaneously."

"Honestly, if they hadn't joined the Empire voluntarily, I think it would have cost us something to fight on Ankh."

The officer introduced.

The others present watched.

The device played military exercises conducted by the Anke people in preparation for the war.

Their infantrymen wore exoskeleton armor and moved along the ground like they were strolling.

Various fighter planes roared overhead, and missiles occasionally passed over the heads of the infantry, blowing up large fortresses far away.

The Anke people also have a flying vehicle that uses anti-gravity technology. This flying vehicle is triangular in shape, and the pilot in the picture is driving the vehicle into the planet's low-Earth orbit.

The pilot turns on the detection equipment, and the pilot, who has a direct mental link with the aircraft, instantly sees all detected targets, and then opens fire at the thought.

The aircraft's hull opened, revealing a honeycomb-like rack filled with numerous micro-missiles, which were then fired, destroying all the more than 50 targets detected in five seconds. This result was not the limit of this type of flying vehicle, but the Ankes only set up more than 50 targets. If there were thousands, as many as an army, the Ankes' fighters could still destroy them in an instant.

After watching these...

Mago lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, then gave an order: "Choose a weak target for them to try, and allocate some transportation resources for their evacuation."

……

The war resumed.

The Ankes were sent to the planet in large numbers by transport ships.

Some flying vehicles can take off directly from the transport ship hangar, and then start sub-light cruise mode to quickly enter the planet's atmosphere.

The Anke commander in charge of commanding the Ankes had a comprehensive view of the situation and, with the help of information transmitted back by frontline fighters, saw the targets assigned to them by the World Eaters.

A small city built on an isolated island.

The commander hid his dissatisfaction with the World Eaters' slight against them, and then gave the order to attack.

At the same time, Mago and the officers in the company were observing the battle near the tactical table.

"Their first wave targets all defense facilities in the city," the flag bearer said, "just like we did before."

Because of information sharing, the targets to be destroyed in the first wave of offensive planned by the Anke commander were presented on the tactical table.

Compared with the advanced vehicles of the Anke people that can fly directly from one planet to another, the equipment of the once submissive and rebellious planet below can be said to be backward and primitive.

Their soldiers have no exoskeletons and only wear cloth uniforms.

They didn't even have much armor, and the turrets placed on the city's bastion-like walls were far larger than tanks, some of which had not fired during the Space Marines' failed offensive were even the size of a medium Titan.

"The Anke people's various beyond-visual-range weapons have locked onto all the defense facilities in the city." The flag bearer was a little surprised. "If nothing else, their detection technology is indeed amazing. Perhaps we should think of a way to apply and promote their detection technology."

In the projection displayed on the tactical table, all the locked targets were framed in diamond shapes.

Whether it was the defensive facilities on the city wall, the soldiers on the city wall, or the small fixed weapons used by the soldiers...all were locked.

The Anker fleet is staying in low-Earth orbit. One of its fighters, which is not equipped with weapons, detects information for all friendly fighters and then helps them lock on.

The fleet is like a whole. Each fighter and the pilot inside it do not fight alone, but are pieced together like parts to form a more powerful weapon.

"Their detection technology is truly amazing." Margo agreed with the flag bearer's thoughts.

Everyone continued to pay attention.

The fleet opened fire.

All fighter planes launched a large number of missiles, which then flew towards the city in a trajectory that violated common sense of physics.

At the same time, the soldiers in the city didn't even know that an attack was coming towards the city, nor did they know that their faces could be clearly photographed by the Ankers' most advanced reconnaissance aircraft. Their every move was being observed like animals in a zoo, and they were "on camera" in the eyes of the Ankers and the World Eaters at the same time as everyone else.

If all went well, the fleet's first shot could destroy the city's defenses and kill all the military personnel inside, just using the few seconds it takes for the missiles to detach from the racks and fly to the target.

The soldier in the city being observed by the reconnaissance plane stood up because he heard the whistling sound.

The soldier stood up and saw countless missiles falling from the sky like raindrops.

The soldier looked on expressionlessly, putting on goggles.

A curtain of light appeared in the sky, and then all the missiles hit the curtain of light.

There was a flash of light that almost blinded the soldiers' eyes, followed by a roar from the explosion that reached the city wall, and then a piercing alarm.

Alarm cars in the city are driving on the streets with sirens blaring.

Then all the soldiers and civilians in the city gathered together and went to their assigned combat positions.

"Don't the Ankes know that the enemy has void shields?" Mago asked the officer responsible for communicating with the Ankes.

"They know about it and have taken countermeasures, which is to slow down the missile when it is about to hit the target, but it seems to have no effect." The officer replied helplessly.

"Let them evacuate," Mago ordered.

Things turned out just as Margo had expected.

The planet below has a large number of void shields and the technology to manufacture them. Even the void shields they use are more advanced.

There are only two ways to destroy a city protected by a void shield.

The first method is to use enough firepower to overload the void shield. The company tried this method and bombarded the void shield for a month, but it didn't work.

The second method: taking advantage of the fact that the void shield does not intercept non-high-speed objects, directly bring people into the void shield to destroy the core of the void shield.

The Space Marines tried the second method, but couldn't get in.

Mago believed that the Anke people's enthusiasm for participating in the war needed to be respected, so he arranged an attempt whose only cost was the missiles being launched, and then issued an order to retreat so that they could retreat with dignity.

"Yes." The officer conveyed the order to retreat.

"Ask the Legion for help." Mago looked at the flag bearer. "This planet is full of void shields. The only way to conquer them and ensure that they will not rebel again is to airdrop a sufficient number of troops into the void shields to destroy them."

The flag-bearing officer saluted and went to send a request for help.

Margo returned his gaze to the tactical table.

The Ankes were still very persistent. They were unwilling to retreat and continued to attempt attacks.

They got some amphibious vehicles from somewhere, loaded with soldiers and tanks, and approached the island city protected by the void shield on the sea.

There is only one landing point on the island, which is a beach covered with anti-tank stakes and barbed wire.

Overwhelming defensive firepower was directed toward the sea.

The Anke transport vehicles approached the beach under fire, and the infantry, who were not required to take part in the battle, began to clear anti-tank piles and barbed wire under the cover of tanks.

The soldiers in the city were standing on the city wall on the beach side, operating ancient weapons whose only advantage was reliability, and firing at the attackers who were trying to break through the beach.

Mago waved his hand, and the image on the tactical table changed to the overall situation of the planet.

The projection of the entire blue planet was marked with densely packed red marks. Each red mark represented an island floating on the sea and a city on the island protected by a void shield.

(End of this chapter)

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