Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 324 Call me Little One in the Void, I Don't Care
"Zagara and Abathur have held off the Tyranids!"

As more and more Terrans joined the battle against Isox, the Zerg had tied down nearly half of the Terran fleet in the entire Hades system.

Judging from the current battle situation, the Zerg have not yet reached their limit.

They even seem to be getting stronger the more they play.

The Zerg on Char continue to enter, bolstering Isox's power.

Asford also faced his own battle.

Compared to the Zerg's tunnel teleportation and creep sensing, the human defenses on Asford are not as comprehensive as those of the Zerg.

However, with the help of a large number of SCVs, countless bunkers and missile turrets were built by SCVs.

The air defense capabilities and the fortification of the city of Fodia have more than doubled.

Mellen never imagined that the SCV's capabilities were so extraordinary; now his soldiers' safety on the front lines would be greatly enhanced.

Those Cardia soldiers who were not assigned combat uniforms could also unleash their firepower as much as possible inside the bunker.

Fighting the Tyranids on the plains is clearly not a good idea.

Therefore, at this time, the vast majority of troops on Asford were concentrated in the city of Faldia, the most populous city in Asford, while other wastelands could only be selectively abandoned.

Time was too short; building Fodia City to its current state using SCV was already the limit.

It's impossible to take care of every piece of land.

Large numbers of civilians and gang members in Asford were also given weapons and incorporated into combat units.

Their fighting ability is negligible; instead of waiting to be eaten by insects, they might as well make their own contribution as much as possible.

However, neither Gao Yi nor Mellen expected these civilians to achieve much. Even the Cardians would be afraid when faced with these monsters that only knew how to kill, let alone the civilians.

Gao Yi walked out of the command room and looked at the distant horizon.

In those abandoned areas, Tyranid spore drop pods have already deployed troops to the ground, along with spore clouds. These Tyranid microbes have begun to transform Asford's environment and land, converting it into a state more suitable for Tyranid survival.

Capillary towers, resembling fleshy tentacles, emerge from the ruins and the radiation-filled earth, beneath which lie enormous digestive pools where all biomass is decomposed and deposited.

It is directly connected to the biological ship via capillary towers.

These digesters have begun using locally sourced biomass to produce ground troops.

Although there is relatively little biomass in the wilderness, there are still some that can be absorbed and utilized by those mutated creatures, and even in the land, rocks and rivers.

Soon, much of the land in Asford began to change.

One by one, the Tyranid creatures crawled out of the digestive pools and gathered in the wilderness, forming a massive army that marched towards the city of Fodia.

Around the walls of Fodia City, nearly 100 Thor tanks and a large number of siege tanks were on standby in key positions.

They were deployed as important long-range firepower at various positions.

Gao Yi mobilized the heavy firepower of other Ranger Legions to come here as well.

They will use endless firepower to destroy any Tyranids that attempt to attack.

"Lord Gao Yi! Let's retreat back to the command post together. The Tyranids are about to launch their attack on this place."

Mellen looked nervously at the sky.

He knew that the bio-ships above him weren't inactive; they were waiting for the Terran ground forces outside the city. Once the ground forces began their attack on Fodia City, the Hive Will would launch an airborne strike at the same time.

"Norris, Zeratul, proceed with the original plan, taking your own forces to hunt down the node creatures that have entered the city! Killing these creatures will throw the nearby Tyranid creatures into chaos."

Norris and Zeratul both nodded, then disappeared into the darkness.

Kerrigan, on the other hand, remained by Gao Yi's side.

Whether a giant node creature appears on Asford or Ixos, Kerrigan will rush there immediately, then invade the Hive Will and locate the Norn Queen.

Gao Yi also walked back into his fortress.

Meanwhile, the entire air regiment attached to the Cardia took off, with Valkyries constantly ascending to protect these anti-aircraft weapons, while the Rangers' Viking squadron also took off to protect the engineering tank positions and the Thor.

The artillery position is too large a target; it will definitely be a primary target for Tyrion's attacks.

While the Vikings on the ground are no match for chickens, in the sky, their missiles are enough to tear those ghouls apart. Numerous missile turrets and a large number of Rangers were also built around the siege tanks and Thor's armor for protection.

As the Terran army approached from the outside...

Thor and the siege tanks opened fire simultaneously.

Countless Tyranid creatures were blasted into fragments, and the already barren land seemed to have suffered a natural disaster.

This barrage of fire completely stunned the Hive's will...

"What's going on? The losses on Isox were devastating, and now Asford is proving just as tough? My warp shadows aren't working? How did they even get these things in here?"

Despite the current casualties, the Hive Will still commands the troops to advance. These small units are expendable, and they can still play a role by consuming human ammunition.

Just as the Hive Will was about to recycle these destroyed units and recreate them as Terran creatures.

Another round of incendiary bombs began to blanket the battlefield...

The Cardia Artillery Regiment directly replaced the ammunition for the ground-shaking guns with incendiary shells!
A large amount of biomass is being converted into coke.

The Hive's will is furious! This is taking away his livelihood!

Just as Gao Yi had expected, after the failed attack on the perimeter, countless airdropped spores came to all parts of Fodia City.

The countless gargoyles that came with them formed a dark cloud that blotted out the sky, and there were even a few winged tyrants among them.

Even with the Hydra anti-aircraft guns and missile turrets firing at full force, they could not wipe out such a massive number.

They risked their lives to withstand the artillery fire and directly destroyed part of the fortifications.

Their main target was the position of Thor and the siege tanks.

The rangers and Cardia soldiers couldn't help but swallow hard as they looked at the swarm of insects that resembled a dark cloud, but none of them flinched.

Even if it means death, they must hold their ground.

The rangers that Gao Yi brought had all been transformed after experiencing the war in Kadia.

However, just as these soldiers were preparing to fight to the death, the two Gorgons warped directly into Asford's near-Earth orbit, and then their engines entered the planet's atmosphere and rushed towards the wind direction where the Tyranid flying creatures were most concentrated.
The Terran bio-ship, already stalled in orbit, had no idea what had happened.

Even the Hive's will couldn't react in an instant.

"Huh? Did something just whiz by?"

It was too late when these bio-ships tried to grab the Gorgon with their tentacles.

The Gorgon Rangers cheered as they saw the Gorgon Rangers charging towards them.

The Cardians stared wide-eyed, desperately trying to figure out how these warships entered the atmosphere and how they passed the dense swarm of Terran bio-ships.

The number of flying Tyrannosaurus is large, but ultimately they are just individual flesh and blood.

Gorgon said, "I don't mind you calling me 'little guy' in the void, but inside the atmosphere, I'm your father!"
To avoid the Gorgon warships' firepower reaching the cities below, they rammed directly into these flying Tyrannosaurus.

The tyrant is strong and fast, but that's all.

The two Gorgons crashed directly into the flying Tyrannosaurus Rex, and even a mere glancing blow resulted in them exploding.

After the Gorgon sailed out of the cloud-like Tyranid fleet, the entire warship was covered in Tyranid flesh and blood.

The surviving Terran flying units attempted to use their claws and symbiotic weapons to tear through the Gorgon's vulnerable armor and enter.

However, after forcibly appeasing the machine spirit and repairing the ship via the SCV, Gorgon once again forcibly performed a tactical jump.

Holding onto Gorgon during warship warp is not a good choice...

The gargoyle that was clinging to the Gorgon armor turned into a cloud of blood mist as the Gorgon disappeared.

"By the Emperor... Brother... what just happened? What was that?"

A Cardia soldier opened his mouth wide and patted the ranger next to him.

"That was a miracle brought to us by Lord Gao Yi... Brothers of Kadia, follow us, and you're guaranteed to win!"

(End of this chapter)