Warhammer: Empire Reboot

The outer shell of the ore exploded, causing a chain reaction of explosions in the ammunition depot inside, and the mine chain was severed by the flash.

The Luna-class cruisers followed suit with a salvo.

The Hongpao (a type of anti-tank gun) did not target the anvil, but instead targeted the gun emplacement, communication relay, and torpedo silo power supply compartment.

The Iron Warriors' position was like an iron net.

Lawson did not tear the netting.

He cut the knots in the net.

In the first salvo, more than thirty firing positions lost coordination.

In the second salvo, ten Sword-class corvettes emerged from among the rocks, their bow plasma melt jets illuminating as they skimmed past the asteroid's back, burning through the concealed gun mounts from behind.

The Anvil reacted very quickly.

The port-side gun emplacements moved inward, and the Void Shields were re-layered. Numerous point defense guns awakened, unleashing a barrage of fire upon the White Tiger.

The White Tiger did not have a hard top.

It released the first boarding torpedoes.

The point-defense guns destroyed half of it, but the rest still crashed into the outer armor of the Anvil.

The next second, the portal opened.

The White Tiger Squad stepped out from inside the ship.

They occupied the passageways, blocked the gates, and steadily opened each landing point.

The real hammer then arrived.

Xiong Wei boarded the ship.

Jorah Mormont was the first to bend down and pass through the portal, his left arm draped with a force field shield and his right hand gripping a power hammer.

The main passageway of the Anvil was too narrow for him.

So he widened the passageway.

As the warhammer fell, the first explosive gate, along with the walls on both sides, collapsed into the defensive hall.

The turret opened fire on him, and heavy explosive shells struck the turret shield, exploding into sparks. Xiong Da advanced, shield in hand, each step leaving a dent.

A steel warrior sergeant charged out from the side, wielding a power axe.

Xiong Da turned around and swept his tower shield across the room.

The sergeant was slammed into the wall, his breastplate dented, and the cables and pipes on his back burst open.

Big Bear delivered the finishing blow, smashing the wall, power armor, and gun mount into a heap.

Er Gou led the White Tiger elite troops to advance from another anchor point.

Three dogs charged in from the flank, their battle axes slicing through the waist armor of a steel warrior.

T-001 had already transmitted the internal structural diagram of the Anvil to the swarm's thinking.

The location of the load-bearing beams, the base of the firing platform, the ammunition elevator shaft, and the hydraulic lock of the demolition gate were all marked.

The first firing platform was overturned by Xiong Da.

The second intersecting corridor was breached by three bear guards ramming through the side wall, and the gun barrels were blocked by the collapsing bulkhead.

Before the third gun emplacement was even fired, the White Tiger assassins threw in molten explosives through the breach created by the Xiong Wei.

The internal defense system of the Anvil began to malfunction.

Caladis gave the following order from the bridge:

"Retreat to the core fortress. Abandon the outer sections. Detonate defense zones three through nine."

Less than a second after the command was issued, the swarm intelligence detected the abnormal current.

T-001 took over the outer layer of the circuit and cut off the blasting signals at thirty-two locations.

The remaining main detonator is hidden in the lower control room.

Xiong Da smashed through the deck, reached down, grabbed the Steel Warrior technician in charge of detonation, and pulled him up along with the control panel.

The power hammer falls.

The detonator turned into a discus.

The White Tiger Shield Wall continues its advance.

Xiong Wei was dismantling the road ahead.

The iron warriors' forte, positional warfare, was turned into a war of structural destruction.

Their firing range was blocked by the rubble of the bulkhead, the gate was torn off its frame, and the gun turret was smashed from the side.

Every defensive point that originally required the company to risk their lives to fill was pushed open by Xiong Wei's force field tower shield and then smashed with a power hammer.

In front of the core fortress, dozens of heavily armed veterans of the Iron Warriors stood in formation.

Multiple heavy explosive charges, plasma cannons, and thermal lances were all aimed at the entrance. Behind the door were also recoil piles, close-range mines, and three layers of armor plates.

Xiong Da stood outside the door and raised the tower shield.

Behind him, two bear guards held up their shields.

"push."

The three giant shields pressed forward simultaneously.

The first armor plate is bent.

The second layer of hydraulic columns burst open.

The thermal trap was activated, and a stream of white-hot fire shot out from the door crack, deflected to both sides by the force field.

The White Tiger assassins opened fire from behind their shields, prematurely detonating the nearby minefield.

Xiong Da raised his warhammer and smashed it down on the center of the door.

boom!

The core fortress gate flew into the room.

The gun mounts were removed, the bunkers were smashed flat, the gates were torn off, the load-bearing beams were bent, and the wreckage of heavy armor was mixed with the broken bulkheads.

This fortress was dismantled piece by piece into its components.

Even after the core fortress of the Anvil was dismantled, the star map on the bridge of the Avenger was still lit up.

The remnants of the Iron Warriors' signal had been suppressed to the lower decks of the ship. The White Tiger Legion was clearing the passageways, and the Bear Guards were dismantling the gun mounts. Two Dogs and Three Dogs were still inside the ship, marking all the valuable heavy armor wreckage, dreadnought parts, and siege databases as ordered by Lawson.

Lawson had just finished reviewing the list of seized items.

Another message popped up from the swarm intelligence.

Edge of the Agrippina galaxy.

A branch fleet of the Red Pirates is withdrawing.

The fleet had been hiding in the distant dust belt, waiting to see Agrippina be torn apart by the Chaos Pirates, the remnants of Khorne, and the Iron Warriors.

Their plan was simple.

It doesn't matter who wins; there will always be wreckage, slaves, ammunition, and ships to steal left on the battlefield.

The Red Pirates are good at this.

They were more like hunting dogs, approaching when they smelled meat and retreating when they heard the cannon fire was too loud.

The remnants of the Khorne army have now retreated.

The Iron Warrior's Anvil is surrounded.

The red pirate fleet immediately abandoned its attempt to scavenge for a bargain and turned toward the outer edge of the star system, preparing to jump into warp space via an old smuggling route.

Lawson looked at the few red dots on the star map.

A Killer-class cruiser.

Two Sword-class corvettes.

More than a dozen transport ships and boarding slave cabins.

Lawson raised his hand and pointed to the retreat route.

“Leave them.”

The command was transmitted to the bee colony.

White Tiger Battle Group Commander Jia Yi, Bai Zhi, is on the bridge of the White Tiger.

"Order received."

Bai Zhi looked at the communication screen on the other side.

“Red Dragon, the enemy has three warships, along with a large number of slave ships. The main ship is a Killer-class, and there are two escort ships. You are responsible for breaking the shields and burning the compartments, while White Tiger is responsible for holding down the bridge and the power core.”

Captain Jia Jiu of the Crimson Dragon Battle Group stood inside the bridge of the Crimson Dragon.

His power armor chest was painted with a red dragon pattern, and behind him was a whole row of plasma cannons and thermal torpedoes in the loading state.

"I suggest we destroy the frigate's engine first, leaving the Killer-class flagship intact. The Red Pirates are known for their feigned surrender and boarding maneuvers that involve blowing up the cabins; don't give them time to cut off the slave compartments."

Bai Zhi nodded.

“Agreed. Xiong Wei, as part of the third wave, will not enter the first round of the passage battle. Let them in after the Crimson Dragon burns open the gate.”

Jorah Mormont's communications came through.

"Commander Bai, we'll wait for the door to open."

Fenjiang glanced at the pop-up window.

"Star node?"

Starship suicide bomber's reply:

"Ahead of the target's retreat route, the subspace tides are stable. Traditional navigation has an error range of 30,000 to 90,000 kilometers, and it takes eight to twenty minutes to re-form after jumping out. Suicide navigation can reduce the fleet error to within 65 kilometers and jump out of the immediate battle line."

Bai Zhi looked at everyone on the bridge.