Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 452 The same rhinoceros, but I have a shield.

The Stormbird spewed out its cargo: a Gabriel-type predator.

Five Gabriel Predators on each flank deployed into a line, their twin assault guns on the main turrets roaring furiously.

Gabriel-type predators crash into the tide of the warrior caste.

Its tracks creaked and tore apart the bodies of the Gadinar warriors.

As he continued to turn to the side, leaving a trail of crimson paste in his wake, the heavy bolters on the side of the gun hurled a hail of deadly bullets in even more distant directions.

Gabriel-type predators, like millstones, grind the surging warrior castes to dust.

Oleksand turned his attention to the battlefield of tank combat, where for the first time, the Rhino was fighting against enemy tanks based on the same STC.

Thirty black Vostonia-type rhinoceroses attacked an enemy force several times their size, but the company commander had confidence in his men, whose rhinoceroses were equipped with the shield-weaving technology of the Space Dwarves.

By weaving together the energy used by the refractor and the conversion field, and interspersing it with special energies such as magnetic pulses, a multi-frequency shield is generated, which can then be folded up to form an energy cloak.

Weaving shields can be mounted not only on personal armor, but also on war engines and even large domes.

The rhinoceros circled around to the flanks of the armored forces in Gadinal, while the storm blast guns simultaneously unleashed a barrage of fire on the unsuspecting enemy.

As a dozen or so gray Rhinos burst into flames, Gardiner was shocked to discover that their scanning array had failed to register anything, allowing the enemy to maneuver around to their vulnerable flank.

The military vice-consul immediately shouted, "Turn around, face outwards, find those damned black tanks!"

The gray rhinoceros, bewildered and helpless, swerved sharply to either side.

They were then horrified to discover that they could not detect anything by sight or by sensors.

"ghost!"

A driver shouted in terror over the communications network.

"What ghost? It's just an enemy trick!" the military vice-consul shouted angrily.

"Fire!"

The gray rhinoceros blindly and fearfully unleashed a barrage of bullets in all directions, but the Shadow Order had already moved to their flanks and rear before the enemy could detect it, and launched another attack.

The gray rhinos circled around in disarray for several times before finally catching the signal that the enemy had opened fire.

The Gadinar's rhinoceros struck the Shadow of Order's rhinoceros for the first time, by which time their numbers had dwindled to twice that of their opponents.

The second wave of landing armored firepower completely destroyed the armored firepower of the Gadinars.

The military vice-consul watched in horror as the signal for his armored formation vanished rapidly on the screen, and the infantry was routed by enemy tanks and the shadow of order. He immediately shouted to the driver.

"retreat!"

"Retreat to the foot mech formation!"

Not long ago, he had an overwhelming advantage, but he never expected that the balance of power would change so quickly.

The driver quickly pulled the control lever, and the gray Rhino command vehicle rapidly reversed, retreating into the oncoming swarm of walking mechs.

Oleksand did not pursue, but ordered the cleanup to be accelerated while reviewing the report from the Voidwalker Titan Legion, who would arrive in five minutes.

Two minutes later, the first three-legged walking mech fired an energy beam at the Shadow of Order.

A beam of silver light shot onto the roaring defensive turret, splashing out incandescent sparks. The particle beam pierced through the adamantium alloy and exploded inside the concrete tower.

Within the silver light, several shadowy figures of order burned in the flames.

Oleksand immediately shouted, "Abandon the remaining two defensive turrets!"

He strode towards the Vostokian rhinoceros marked on the divination box, shouting, "Open the door!"

After entering the rhinoceros's enclosure, the shield allowed the black vehicle to quickly disappear under the cover of the energy cloak. The rhinoceros stealthily sped towards the walking mech, closing in on it.

Rumble!
Amidst a series of explosions, the walking mechs' particle weapons destroyed two more defensive turrets.

The Vostonian Rhino sped forward, approaching the walking mech like a black shadow.

"Nightmare" Oleksandr's eyes were deep, and he closed them.

The gray walking mech, as tall as the Titan Warhound but much larger, spun around amidst the creaking of hydraulics and the screeching of rubber straps, its three legs crushing the concrete road into rubble.

He was searching for black armored vehicles, but the vehicles of the Order Shadow were not exposed under the cover of the woven shield.

An eerie silence fell over the battlefield, broken only by the hissing sound of the piston grinding against the poorly lubricated metal sleeve.

Suddenly, the walking mech stopped moving.

The crew members were momentarily dazed; they seemed to see the tranquil moonlight and the peaceful, gently rippling lake.

Their eyelids grew heavy quickly, as if they could fall asleep standing up.

Inside the Vostonia-type command vehicle, "Nightmare" pulls the adjutant into a dream.

The "Midnight Poet," now in a dream, saw his company commander approaching. "Focus fire! Attack the walking mechs!"

"After destroying it, immediately move and hide!"

The dream shattered, and the adjutant returned to the real world. He immediately issued orders through the company channel.

"Fire!"

Eighty Vostonia-type Rhinoceros and thirty Gabriel-type Predator vehicles simultaneously opened fire on the gray three-legged mech.

A dense barrage of bullets rained down on the shield, causing the energy shield to crackle and pop.

With a deafening roar, the tripod mech's shield shattered, and the crew members died in their sleep.

As the "nightmare" returned to reality, it heard the adjutant shout loudly.

"Move, conceal!"

A dozen or so three-legged mechs aimed their fire at the shadow of order.

At the same moment, a cacophony of noise erupted in Oleksandr's sound array channel.

"Company commander, it seems I've arrived just in time."

The Voidwalker, as always, galloped into the battlefield.

The Titan of the Warrior class raised its arms, and the dense shells fired by the "Warrior" type volcano cannon enveloped the two three-legged walking mechs.

At the same moment that the First Company of the Third Battle Group established a firm foothold at the head of Gadinar, Maria Cornicova and the "Assassins" also began their operation in the capital.

Maria was ordered to assassinate Mattis, a high lord of the administrative caste.

He and another "witch," Dementieva, each led a team and acted separately.

Maria's party included not only her "assassins" but also five hundred Gadinal men.

Although the rebellion she and the “instigators” launched was quelled by the warrior castes dispatched by the high lords to the capital, she also selected some elites from the lower castes who were rebelling.

They are either strong or quick-witted, unlike others who are numb.

Having undergone the training of "assassins" and been tempered by previous missions, they are now very different from before.

The "assassins" cleared out the patrolling warriors of the caste, their footsteps swift as they moved through the shadows.

(End of this chapter)