Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 131 The Foundation of the Ash Claw

Their original mission was to draw the attention of all enemy forces, thus providing cover for their commander to successfully advance into the enemy's command post.

He took a stun grenade from his waist without even extending his hand, and threw it directly at the wall to his side. The grenade slammed into the wall and bounced off, heading towards the enemy's line of defense.

Upon seeing this, the soldiers conjured shields, and the stun grenades struck the side walls in front of the shields.

boom--

A violent flash projected a dazzling light, comparable to the sun, directly into the corridor. However, the nano-armor worn by the soldiers already contained countermeasures against this tactic.

At that moment, one of the combat brothers next to the Astartes who had thrown the stun grenade drew a fully charged plasma pistol that was glowing with a blue light from his waist.

He raised his plasma pistol, turning sideways to pull the trigger. But the enemy's terrifying beam of light instantly shot towards him.

This caused his pupils to shrink drastically inside the helmet. He didn't even care whether the plasma pistol had been fired or not, and jumped to the side to dodge the attack.

Meanwhile, the other companions around the corner, seeing this, also rushed towards the surroundings.

boom--

The barrage of beams struck the plasma pistol directly. A massive blue sphere flashed by, but it instantly transformed the fork in the road into a circular, red cauldron. Moments later, molten iron began to slowly flow down the red walls, eventually forming a pool of molten iron.

The Astartes who had attacked earlier turned around and stood up from the ground, looking at the horrific scene of destruction not far away with lingering fear.

The enemy was stronger than they had anticipated. Although they had received a warning from their own chapter commander, as angels of the Astartes Empire, they still maintained their pride as imperial angels until they had fully engaged the enemy.

"Support is on its way! Draw fire! Let more enemies come over!" The squad leader, who had just gotten up, shook his head; the shockwave from the explosion looked quite strong.

Seeing the signal from his brothers who came to his aid, he roared loudly, picked up his explosive gun, and used the "faith shooting" method, extending the muzzle to unleash a round of firepower.

Thanks to Astartes' extraordinary memory, the moment they saw each other before even engaging in combat, Astartes had already memorized their formations.

In addition, the brain's super information processing ability meant that in less than a second of extending the gun muzzle and making a few minor adjustments to the explosive rounds, those soldiers who were hiding behind cover and peeking out to observe the enemy situation were pulverized.

Moreover, these soldiers were all operators of heavy firepower. This attack created a huge gap in firepower within the ambush line.

However, this came at a price. The moment the gun barrels were extended, the enemy also turned their cannons, and both sides pulled the triggers simultaneously.

The bomb gun in Astartes' hand was instantly melted into molten iron, and the hand holding the bomb gun was also reduced to ashes by the beam of light that shot towards him.

Fortunately, he reacted extremely quickly and only lost one hand. After returning home, he was fitted with a prosthetic arm and was able to fight again.

Moreover, I've heard that the Great Sage Yuramirs is using the nanobiocellular cells within Asa's body to research limb regeneration technology.

Therefore, there is a great chance that his hand can grow back!

The enemy's heavy firepower was taken out, and the servo skull floated out afterward, but it was shot off by the soldiers with weapons the next second.

But it also conveyed an important message to Astartes. A molten grenade was thrown out with tremendous force, landing precisely in front of the infantry formation based on the image transmitted back by the servo skull before it was damaged.

boom--

The explosion completely engulfed the bunker, turning the heavy weapons and most of the soldiers behind it into wisps of smoke that drifted outwards.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang—a dense barrage of explosive gunfire rained down on the soldiers' faces before they could even react.

With each flash of golden light, a soldier's head was transformed into a mangled watermelon.

In the blink of an eye, seven or eight soldiers lay on the ground, bleeding profusely!

This was completely unexpected by all the Warner soldiers on the flagship. Especially when they learned that they needed to go to support immediately, they felt a sense of collapse and despair for some reason.

Similar scenes were observed in five different locations. Under Lierdan's orders, thousands of Warner soldiers and most of the mech soldiers on the flagship began rapidly moving to support the five nearest battle sites.

This tactic left Lierdan feeling utterly frustrated and desperate. Even a few dozen soldiers might not be able to take them all down with them, given their strength.

Now the enemy is employing this disgusting tactic, waging guerrilla warfare in one location. This makes it impossible for him to capture them or defend against them.

Whenever the enemy stops in one place to conduct a fixed blocking action, he always thinks he has found an opportunity and then begins to mobilize troops to encircle them.

But in the end, those despicable guys seemed to possess the ability to foresee the future. They always managed to break through the weakest point in the encirclement before he could mobilize his troops to encircle them, and then launch another guerrilla war.

So much so that now when he sees these armored men conducting fixed-position sniping, he always feels like these guys are mocking them.

Sigh! I've stopped again! Sigh! I've wandered off again! You idiot, come and catch me!

But if you ignore them, they'll keep heading towards the command center. And when you deploy your forces to guard the command center, these guys will go and sabotage other areas... like the engine power bay!

This is ridiculous!

As a result, all the soldiers have been running back and forth no less than ten times, and their morale has been greatly weakened. Moreover, the soldiers in some groups are complaining bitterly.

Meanwhile, the Hades-type Terminators, who were secretly making their way through some areas, silently watched the aliens rushing back and forth in the tunnels to provide support.

Although the Ash Claws Chapter was a betrayed chapter, you cannot deny that they still maintain their loyalty to the Emperor.

Furthermore, their entire warband could be said to have experienced the Great Crusade, the Horus Rebellion, and even the Emperor's war to unify the solar system.

After all, although the entire Chapter had been exiled by their Primarch for some reason, they were all Terrans.

Although the chapters have changed hands many times over the millennia, with new recruits constantly being added, it's possible that the true Terran veterans have already joined the Dreadnoughts.

However, the number of weapons and equipment they possessed during the 30k era was countless.

Although located in the Ghoul Starfield, resources are scarce and ammunition and new recruit supplies are severely insufficient.

But it still has a lot of inherent strengths!
For example, the current Hades-type Terminator armor still has only about 30 units remaining in their battle group.

Although they are all ancient relics from tens of thousands of years ago, they can still be pieced together into more than 30 units through disassembly and repair.

Normally, these items are kept in the sacred objects room and carefully maintained by professionals.

It's important to understand that across the entire galaxy, the number of chapters possessing Hades-type Terminator armor can be counted on one hand.

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(End of this chapter)