This is our Warhammer journey

Chapter 147: Can’t Go Back, Miss the Great Expedition
"Lord Romulus, we have arrived in Opt's low Earth orbit."

The captain stood at the command desk, his eyes fixed on the flashing data stream on the fleet's auspex.

His fingers slid lightly across the control panel, adjusting the display range of the information to ensure that no detail was missed. The light in the command cabin was dim, with only the blue light of the auspicious instrument shining on his face, making him look particularly solemn.

"The planet suffered a massive invasion by the Iron Warriors and their Titan Legion ground forces. The central fortress has fallen, but the threat has not expanded. The planet's population remains at approximately 72% of its pre-war level, with no obvious signs of contamination."

He continued to report with a hint of relief in his tone. The surface of the planet had not collapsed. This was unprecedented good news.

"The ground fortress has multiple layers of void shields built in. Orbital strikes are limited in effectiveness. We recommend a ground assault."

The captain paused, his eyes scanning the enemy force distribution displayed on the holographic projection.

"The enemy's initial combat force consists of two thousand Iron Warriors, a Chaos Titan legion, and an unknown number of cultist troops."

Romulus stood in the center of the command platform, his hands behind his back, staring intently at the planet model in the holographic projection.

The sons of Dorne, who had just boarded and killed the Iron Warriors, were ready to fight.

Obviously, the previous boarding battle was not satisfying.

On average, each Iron Warrior faces attacks from three or more Sons of Dorne.

These Iron Warriors have truly violated the laws of heaven.

"Maintain minimal orbital strikes, contact surface defense forces, and transfer control of air defense facilities."

He spoke.

The officers in the command cabin acted quickly, their fingers tapping rapidly on the control panel, conveying Romulus's orders.

Then Romulus's gaze fell on the holographic projection again, and his brows furrowed slightly.

He knew that the next battle would not be as easy as the previous boarding operation.

The Iron Warriors' fortress is as troublesome as the Imperial Fists', and even more dangerous. If the Imperial Fists' fortress is a wall made of solid stone and difficult to break through, then the Iron Warriors' fortress is a meat grinder made of steel.

A rash attack would only lead to the same mistakes as the one that happened to Commander Idris in the fortress below, who had lost the Emperor Titan, half of the main camp, and even his own limbs.

"Dan, as a tactical advisor, we need your opinion."

Romulus turned his head and looked at Dantioch who was standing beside him. Dantioch nodded without any hesitation on his face.

He quickly walked to the holographic projection, and his fingers slid quickly across the control panel, calling up a detailed data map of the fortress. Although it had been thousands of years, it still had considerable reference value.

He participated in the construction of this facility.

At that time, the Iron Warriors were marching from north to south inside the Ultima Segmentum. After they captured a planet occupied by an alien species living in the black fog, they encountered the migrating alien species called Hrud, who could manipulate time, in the following war.

What followed was a great defeat caused by the Primarch's misjudgment. Dantioch, who had aged thousands of years, scolded Perturabo and was exiled to Shaden, where he remained until the Heresy.

"The structure is complex, and there is a lot of room for tactical counterattacks."

De La Cruz saw at a glance how difficult this fortress was on the defensive end.

It is easy to attack, but it is difficult to eliminate the traitors. Even if you are familiar with the terrain, it is difficult to judge the enemy's firepower distribution. There are too many one-way passages, which can easily cause huge casualties on both sides.

"We need to destroy these load-bearing areas and compress the enemy's maneuvering space."

Ledotus frowned as he analyzed the fortress structure. The Black Templars were not reckless men who would only rush forward, but they did not need to think so much after Romulus took over the command.

They were accustomed to these elders casually pulling out artifacts from thousands of years ago. For example, many of the functions of the Eternal Expedition were restored only after the elders of the Mountain Guard returned. "We'll need heavy firepower to clear the way. We must create as many breaches as possible and advance in a straight line. This will give us ample time to evacuate after the demolition is complete."

Everyone thought of the general cannon and immediately looked at Kohl.

"The Lost Technology has multiple layers of encryption, which I'm working on deciphering."

Cawl immediately said that the encryption technology of this Grand Admiral Cannon involved the Dark Angels from ten thousand years ago, and was specifically targeted at the existing system of the Mechanicus.

The technical encryption of Warhammer technology is encrypted in the warp, and the only way to crack it is through excessive Chaos corruption or relying on professional knowledge to decrypt it.

Some members of the Dark Mechanicus lacked sufficient knowledge, so they tried to take shortcuts by using Chaos Corruption, which caused countless troubles to the Mechanicus.

Chaos corruption must never be used. Once used, all relic technologies of the same type will have problems, which will be an unprecedented loss for mankind. Therefore, physical deciphering is the only option.

Apart from finding Tieyi who set the key at that time, only Idris and his guards in the fortress below knew about it.

"By the way, this is the war record we just retrieved from the database."

Romulus gave another document. Recently, Ramses had been helping Romulus to check the combat records of the Iron Warriors so that he could run the model to target them. As a result, he drew a few Iron Warrior veterans as entries and got the tactics of Idris's operation of the General Cannon.

"Idris once conducted tactical experiments on over a hundred of the Emperor's Children guarding the palace fortress on a heavenly world, Feoros. This is the specific record of that time. The cannon used was this very gun. It can be used as a reference."

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Everyone looked a little confused.

Even the Dark Angel who was watching had a look of horror on his face.

Could it be that the Ultramarines also have an organization that monitors all legions?

Yes, Guilliman must have anticipated that he would persuade the Lions to participate in the establishment of the Second Empire.

Efka felt it necessary to remind the Lord of Knights.

While deep friendship is the strongest bond between us, we must be wary of the ambitious Ultramarines.

"Don't worry, we have plenty of time."

Romulus reminded.

The Dark Angels rescued a considerable number of mortals during the Iron Warriors' invasion and occupied more than half of the main city of the fortress, which would greatly restrict Chaos' ability to perform rituals.

"clear."

Everyone nodded and continued to discuss the details of the battle.

Under normal circumstances, if the Empire wants to conquer such a fortress, excluding the Extermination Order, it usually takes years. Even if the expeditionary fleet is powerful, according to the psychological expectations of everyone in the 40k era, it will take at least several months.

Only with the input of the elders and various ancient war machines was it possible to compress the annihilation of humanity's enemies into a few days.

At the same time, the Astartes who came from the decadent era of 40k also clearly realized through repeated battles how hard their lives were in the past.

To be honest, they are really a little uncomfortable with the current situation.

The combat mode during the Great Crusade was so cool.

(End of this chapter)