Warhammer: Starting with Industrial Revolution

After arranging the escort of the wounded and the transport of the bodies, Luo Ning led his troops to advance quickly.

In the Forest of Death, the signal is extremely unstable. If the tracking forces you send out are too far away, they may never return.

Admittedly, these mutants are far more troublesome than Ronning had imagined.

Back in China, I thought these mutants on marginal planets were the weakest enemies the local defense forces could use to level up, and were probably on the same level as those little fish-men who could only yell and scream.

But once he got here, he realized that nothing in this world is simple.

Even mutants have a mature combat system. Although it is not modern, it is clear that it is not far behind other armies in the Warhammer 40K world.

They made full use of their advantages, concealing themselves in the dense forest. At the same time, their strange mutated organs gave them the ability to severely infect the skulls of servants with smoke. Scanning became ineffective against them, and they even launched attacks on their own two teams.

In a short period of time, nearly four of the twenty teams that Luo Ning led to set off have been lost!

One-fifth of the fighting force was lost, and that was only in the first battle.

However, at the same time, the team responsible for scouting ahead had already sent back a report.

"Lord Luo Ning, we have tracked down their lair. Requesting instructions."

Looking at the location displayed on the data panel, it was surprisingly not that far.

"What's the enemy's situation? How many are they?" Luo Ning asked, but the squad leader hesitated slightly before replying, "I can't estimate, sir."

Impossible?

Luo Ning could hardly believe what the squad leader said, but he still immediately issued the order: "Stay put and remain concealed. The main force and I will be there soon."

With a sense of foreboding in his heart, he led his men forward without stopping, while praying in his heart that nothing else would happen.

Perhaps the prayers really worked? But Luo Ning felt more that it was just because the battle had made the enemy retreat in a panic, and they didn't have time to launch an ambush.

When Luo Ning and his group arrived at the rendezvous point, they did not encounter any major obstacles along the way.

Led by the squad leader of the advance team, Luo Ning crouched low and crawled to the edge of the forest. The sight that came into view shocked even Luo Ning.

What lay before them was not a mutant tribe, but a kingdom hidden in the forest!

The vast territory was perfectly concealed beneath those towering trees, while at the same time, thousands of mutants were gathered in a place resembling a plaza.

At the edges were countless crudely built houses, only good for sheltering from the wind and rain, but in the middle of the square, Luo Ning’s gaze was firmly drawn.

The scene there was practically indistinguishable from hell.

The center of the square became the mutants' canteen, where those they had abducted were brutally murdered and dismembered.

They were either sandwiched directly over the fire or thrown into the large cauldrons in the center.

And from the bones floating in those large pots, Luo Ning didn't even need to guess to understand what had become of the soldiers who had disappeared before.

In that instant, a strong feeling of suffocation came over him, accompanied by a strong churning sensation in his stomach. Luo Ning almost had to use all his strength to keep from vomiting on the spot.

Because this kingdom is not just like that; at the end of the square, nestled at the foot of the mountain, mutants are constantly going in and out of a huge cave.

He looked at the group of mutants; some of them still retained a semblance of human form, while the majority had become twisted monsters.

Irregular swelling appeared all over their bodies, and some people had ulcers with pus flowing down their skin, but they were unaware of it.

Another group has undergone various degrees of mutation, including the group of mutants that Ronin and his group just encountered who could release smoke.

Clearly, they were being punished for their failed hunt, as an unusually large mutant was howling at them.

The next second, he sprang up, lifted one of them up, and tore him in two.

Mutants' skin is already tougher than that of ordinary people, yet the opponent tore the mutant apart as easily as tearing a rag. Just how terrifying is this fighting power?

But Ronin had no time to marvel at the strength of these monsters; such a large-scale mutant tribe would be a very serious hidden danger.

He quickly made a plan for the next step.

The metallic substances swirling in the air here cause extremely strong interference with communication signals, making it almost impossible to communicate with the Nest City.

But Ronin thought of another way. He ordered the squads below to go back in sequence, with each squad stopping at the signal boundary of the servo skull, and then the next squad would continue. If Ronin's calculations were correct, it should be enough for him to contact the governor's mansion in the hive.

The wait was extremely long, but all Luo Ning could do was keep waiting.

He has his own guards protecting him; these are among the few elite units in the entire Nest City planetary defense force, so at least his life is safe.

All he had to do was focus on the data panel.

As expected, everything went exactly as he planned. When the twelfth squad arrived at the designated location, he had successfully made contact with the Nest City.

"Ronin? That's great, you're still alive!" Before Ronin could even contact the Planetary Defense Force headquarters, Governor Karl had already reached out to him.

Being cared for is certainly a good thing, but there are more important things to do now.

Ronin smiled at Governor Karl on the other end of the screen, then immediately disconnected. The next second, the communication was directly connected to the planetary defense force command center.

"Sir." The commander was extremely shocked to see Ronin's communication location, but he still saluted Ronin on the screen immediately.

"At ease, don't be so tense. We need support from the hive. The enemy is a bit larger than we thought."

Ronin briefly explained the situation, and the commander immediately asked, "Sir, how many reinforcements do you need?"

"Immediately mobilize all available bombers and ships to prepare for targeted bombing, especially a large number of incendiary bombs. The enemy is hiding in the dense forest, and we need to set it on fire."

Luo Ning spoke casually, saying that he was not foolish enough to mobilize his army to fight these barbarians in the dense forest. Direct firepower and incendiary bombs to clear the area would be the greatest advantage of his army's combat effectiveness.

After all, his army was not very strong, and he was not planning to waste his precious troops.