Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 584 Old Antique

The fire that engulfed Sosa burned for nearly half a month.

The landing battle began after the flames were extinguished.

Heavy cruisers outside the planet's orbit dropped a large number of airdrop pods as they continued to bombard the void shield of Mount Pharos.

The airdrop pods close to the center of the fortress were destroyed by anti-aircraft positions. Dantioch carefully arranged the anti-aircraft firepower to ensure that the only thing that could penetrate the void shield would not fall in the center even if it fell on the fortress.

Sixty percent of the airdrop capsules in the first batch of airdrop operations were destroyed, but that was just a test conducted by Eidolon.

The second batch of airdrop operations began, and almost all the airdrop capsules fell towards the fortress and even the edge of the void shield's range. The fortress garrison began to fight with the Space Marines.

Up to this point, the progress of the war had not exceeded Dantioch's expectations.

But soon some military intelligence was gathered, which made Kleist extremely confused.

"The Emperor's Children are occupying the area around the fortress with armored units..."

"Are they crazy?"

Crest looked at the strategic hologram.

It has been confirmed that the attacking armored forces are operating in areas outside of Pharos Mountain. They are not heading towards the Pharos Mountain Fortress, but are circling around those areas or setting up facilities.

"They want to perform a ritual." Avida could tell the attacker's intentions at a glance. "You don't really think they want to fight to the death with the fortress defenses set up by Dantioch?"

"What is the purpose of the ceremony?" asked Dantioch.

He could understand that the rebels wanted to hold a ceremony in the area near Mount Pharos, and that their aimless wandering was essentially looking for a suitable location for the ceremony.

But Dantioch is not a psychic after all, so he doesn't know what effect the ritual will have.

"I see there aren't any powerful psykers on the attacking side, and the Emperor's Librarians are not even as good as my little finger." Arvida said, "But don't forget, someone's evil version will appear around him."

Avida looked at no one as he spoke, only at the strategic hologram.

But everyone knew he was talking about Erebus.

"Once the ritual is completed, it will summon a demon, or it will directly blow up the fortress and send Sosa into the warp. Who can say for sure?" Avida continued.

"I will kill him every time he appears. I will focus on this matter for the rest of my life." Erebas said in a deep voice.

"Mobilize the armored forces and disrupt their intentions." Dantioch immediately walked to Crest's side.

The two of them discussed and formulated a strategy to send out armored forces to obstruct the attacker's intentions.

When Avida predicted that the attackers would attack Sosa with virus bombs, Dantioch decided to station all the infantry in the fortress and the armored forces in the dungeon.

Now he can use his armored units to fight against the attacker's armored units.

The two worked together to develop a plan and released it.

Some blue or red spots marked as armored combat units appeared on the strategic image, intersecting with purple spots representing the attacking side in the area around Mount Pharos.

Armored vehicles would widen the gap in individual combat power between ordinary people and Space Marines, but the armored vehicles used by ordinary people would not be more powerful than those of Space Marines, so in less than a day, a large number of armored units were annihilated in an organized manner by the attacking side.

But the Nuceria and Ultramar people still had a strong fighting spirit, and were able to hold on to some areas with their numerical advantage, and fight against the attacking armored forces.

And this strategic information is everything that everyone in the command center can see.

"Report." The mortal officer came to Kleist again, stood at attention and saluted before reporting, "A tank commander requested to communicate with you... He is a veteran from the uprising war."

After hearing the second half of the sentence, Crest made a decision immediately, glanced at Dantioch, and turned to walk towards the communication device.

Dantioch continued to monitor the strategic situation.

……

On the eve of the Battle of Sosa.

Nukeriya.

All regular land forces ordered to Sotha by the Primarch proceeded to the assembly point to board the ships.

The 12th Armored Regiment of the Regular Army rushed to the assembly point along the transportation corridor in the agricultural area of ​​Nukeriya.

On the side of the transport channel, a huge tank lay on a small dirt road, with six crew members sitting on the gun barrel in shorts and black vests.

The crew of every armored vehicle that passed by would climb out of the cabin, take a look at the tank and its crew, salute, and then climb back into the tank.

But no matter how they reacted, there was always some regret or superiority in their eyes.

The tank lying on the small dirt road was huge.

It is 13 meters high and 20 meters long, and almost every place that can be used to stuff weapons is filled with weapons. Among the dazzling array of weapons, a cannon about 12 meters long is the most eye-catching.

Even if the tank is carefully maintained by its owners, it still has rust on it.

Only the battle flags of the City Devourers printed on the armor on both sides could announce to passers-by what a glorious future it once had.

This is an antique.

So are the old guys sitting on the barrel of the cannon.

The armored troops that were gathering at the boarding point drove quickly past the old antiques, and soon after, one of the tanks broke away from the formation and drove towards the dirt road.

This brand new tank is suspended two meters above the ground. Even though its body is not as high as the old antique tank, it is still higher than the old antique tank because it is two meters above the ground.

Not to mention its exquisite and beautiful paint and outline. This is a new main tank equipped by the rebels after they were reorganized into a regular army. Its iconic anti-gravity technology declares who created it - the Army Armored Research Department under the Nusa-1 Research Department, named "People's Wisdom".

"Former Rebel Army Armor Colonel, Sergeant Gangro."

A short-haired girl poked her head out of the new tank and saluted with a helpless and somewhat indifferent expression: "Your daughter salutes you."

"Haha!" Gangro jumped down from the gun barrel, stepped on the armor and bumped fists with his former crewmate sitting on the gun barrel, then looked at his daughter, "I said that I would drive this God-class tank to practice for you on the day you board the ship. How about this show?"

"Normally." The girl was a little embarrassed. "I told you a long time ago, don't drive this antique car to the roadside to pick up me..."

"Old antique?" A man slightly younger than Ganglo stood up from the barrel, "Don't forget that you were born in this tank."

"This was the first rebel armored unit tank."

"Many cities were liberated by it as a pioneer leading the infantry."

"Do you know how many slaves saw it and heard from us that they would be free men from this moment on?"

"This first God-level machine is the spiritual sustenance of so many people, and it is even the spiritual symbol of an era! Didn't you learn this in school?"

"..."

Others also started talking.

Finally, the girl saluted after the uncles finished speaking: "Long live the uprising! Salute to you and this legendary tank."

After saying that, she tapped the armor, signaling the driver inside to return to the team.

"Little girl." Gangro suddenly spoke.

When his daughter turned her head to look at him, he continued, "Perhaps the Lord of God will recruit old antiques like us to join the war. Perhaps we can fight side by side."

"It can't keep up with the new capital tanks."

The girl grabbed the hatch handle.

"Besides, no one talks about the God King anymore. When I was a kid, the teacher who taught me the Imperial Truth in school said that the legend of the God King of Savior was just a coincidental religious fable. Angron and Qin Xia were not reincarnations of gods. They were powerful warriors and wise leaders who could not bear to see the world suffer."

……

Battle of Sosa.

now.

Holding a photo of his daughter, Gangro waited with other armored vehicles in the tunnel at the exit of the dungeon.

The Nusatellite 1 engineering team deployed with the army is inspecting each tank.

The tanks here are all antiques.

A moment later, a communication image popped up next to the commander's seat in the turret, and Marshal Kleist's face appeared in the image.

Gangro put down the photo and saluted Kleist.

"The colonel of the first God-class tank." Kleist forced a smile on his tired face.

"It's my honor, Kleist." Gangro called the marshal by his name according to Nuceria custom, which was the highest sign of respect.

"I have high hopes for you and these retired veterans who have been re-recruited," said Kleist. "Angron has foresight as always. He recruited retired veterans at the same time as he recruited the conscripted troops to board the ship to Sosa. Otherwise, even if the FTL travel is restored now, it will take a long time for you reserve forces to reach Sosa."

Gangro just nodded after hearing this, and then expressed his thoughts: "My daughter is fighting the invaders in the Krato Plain... The news said that the situation there is critical. I hope I can be assigned to fight there."

"You are in underground city No. 2, and your combat mission is to go to the nearby pass to stop the enemy." said Crest.

"I know, I know..." Gangro was very anxious. He took a deep breath to calm himself down and continued, "My wife and I fought for the Lord in this tank for decades. She even sacrificed her life at the end of the uprising. My daughter was born in this tank."

"Then one day I received an order to retire. Even though I could do nothing but drive a tank and kill people, I still chose to retire and donated my retirement money."

"After the Lord God granted me the status of a free man, I never expected any more favors, but at this moment, I..."

When Gangro said this, Kleist raised his hand to signal him not to continue.

"Would your crew be willing to go with you?" asked Kleist.

The crew members were standing behind Captain Gangro, and they all nodded after hearing the question.

One of them stepped forward and said, "We watched his daughter being born in the tank. After her mother, who was also our comrade, died, we took turns to take care of the little girl. Of course we are willing to go."

"You can't bring the re-enlisted veterans under your command with you. This is the only condition," said Kleist.

"Thank you." Gangro saluted, "Praise Angron, praise Qin Xia."

Crest nodded and ended the communication.

Before the garrison of Underground City No. 2 was about to set out, Crest in the command center returned to Dantioch.

"That's why I find it difficult to command mortals in battle."

The man who was strong both inside and out stared at the holographic image and spoke without turning his head.

Kleist was silent.

"Family, friendship, grudges..." Dantioch continued, "These will all affect the decisions made by mortals."

"Mortals will be affected and driven by these things, and this is also the key to mobilizing us mortals." Crest said coldly, "Otherwise, screw you Sosa, screw your conscription order. Without the Primarch's genes affecting your brain, who cares about all the shitty things between the stars?"

(End of this chapter)