Warhammer 40k, but I’m really not an angelic father!

"It is indeed true, Warmaster. The Archangel challenges you directly in front of the entire line."

Chaos Warmaster Abaddon had a gloomy face at this time, silently looking at the huge Klav Bastion on the surface.

Lord Usaka-Cride was hiding in this bastion, and the remaining imperial troops on Cadia were retreating into the castle.

The two sides will engage in a final bloody battle in this castle, and the final result can only be one's victory.

"A dead Primarch, a man who should have said goodbye to the Empire, has returned in this day and age."

"Does he think he can single-handedly turn around this decadent and declining empire?"

Abaddon could feel the Draconian in his hand growing increasingly excited, and the sword was trying to devour the Primarch's full and powerful soul.

For this magic sword that can devour souls, the dazzling sea of souls in Sandales is the most coveted delicacy.

But Abaddon obviously didn't know the real inside story of Sandales. He just thought that the return of the Primarch caused the Demon Sword to be excited again.

This is a good thing for him.

The more excited the Demon Sword is, the greater his chances of winning when he faces the returned Primarch next time.

As the Chaos Warmaster blessed by the Four Gods themselves.

With the Claw of Horus, an ancient weapon that once drank the blood of gods, and the magic sword Draconian, he should be able to face any of the original primarchs.

Even Archangel Sanguinius, who once fought against his own father, was no exception.

"Since he's so determined to die, then use his life to raise the banner of this Black Crusade!"

"Notify the Blackstone Fortress to open fire. Stop the Phalanx. As for the other landing ships, deploy as many ground forces as possible to the surface of Cadia. I want to make that pathetic Primarch understand who has the upper hand now."

Abaddon silently sat back on his Warmaster's throne, waiting for the other ships of the Black Fleet with ground forces to assemble.

He doesn't care about this little time.

Since the Archangel intended to challenge him in a duel, he would let everyone on both the Empire and Chaos see that he, Abaddon, was worthy of the title of Warmaster of Chaos!

In the past, it was his father who fought against the Archangel on the Spirit of Vengeance.

And now, he will rush to the location chosen by the archangel and recreate what happened ten thousand years ago there.

The Archangel will once again fall at the hands of the Chaos Warmaster, even if the actual holder of the title has changed.

As Abaddon's order was issued, Thor Galadon, the captain of the Imperial Fists' Third Company, who was originally responsible for controlling the Phalanx to fight against the Black Fleet, keenly discovered the changes on the battle front.

Garadon was recruited into the Imperial Fists in the 41st Millennium, and subsequently honed his skills in hundreds, if not thousands, of grand battles. His image is a perfect embodiment of Dorn's admonitions and teachings, and he is the Imperium of Mankind's strongest iron wall when facing any invading enemy.

The Imperial Fists' 3rd Company, led by him, was known as the "Terra Sentinels." The defense they forged could crush any enemy to pieces.

And now, the war master has discovered the strange actions of the Black Fleet.

Originally, various types of ships in the Black Fleet were trying their best to prevent the Phalanx from pouring more firepower on the Black Stone Fortress.

However, those ships that tended to provide ground support suddenly left the battle area at this time, and the Blackstone Fortress began to approach them actively.

Such a change in the battle line is obviously abnormal.

The Black Fleet was not strong enough to resist the Phalanx's surprise attack. They almost relied on the powerful firepower of the Blackstone Fortress to fight against the Phalanx.

But now the Chaos Warmaster has withdrawn some of his ships from the front line, which means that he intends to devote more manpower and combat machinery to the attack on Cadia.

The battle situation on this fortress world was already very bad. If the Warmaster succeeded, the situation for the Cadia defenders would be even worse.

"Navigator, can we break through the Black Fleet's lines now?"

"Impossible, Captain! That Blackstone Fortress has blocked all our routes forward. The massive firepower it unleashes has already pushed the Phalanx's void shield to critical capacity."

The navigator in charge of controlling the Phalanx's activities immediately reported the current situation of the space fortress to Galadon. The combat requirements proposed by the third captain could not be achieved at the moment unless Galadon was prepared to destroy the Phalanx.

Although the Demon Prince Bilak failed to successfully capture the space fortress Phalanx, the offensive launched by him and the war blacksmith Songtu also caused serious damage to the Phalanx.

Especially the subspace infection that Songtu released on the Shanzhen processing system.

This action directly forced them to use part of the Phalanx's firepower to clear the part of its own hull that had been controlled, resulting in the Phalanx destroying nearly one-tenth of its own hull before jumping into the subspace.

It can be said that their chapter flagship was fighting the enemy in a completely wounded state.

If the enemy's blockade is forcibly broken through, the terrifying firepower projected by the Black Stone Fortress will most likely cooperate with the Black Fleet to destroy the Phalanx's void shield system.

At that time, the Black Fleet may launch a boarding attack on the Phalanx.

If they succeed, the Imperial Fists, which have already suffered heavy losses, will not be able to withstand their offensive.

There were only about 30 veterans left from the first company originally stationed on the Phalanx, and the third company, which had just been reorganized by Galadon's men, was almost wiped out.

What was even more unacceptable was that once they lost, the Black Fleet, which had been pinned down, would immediately turn its spearhead towards Cadia.

A ground offensive combined with orbital bombardment would instantly devastate the Cadian defenders, and the war would be lost.

Once the fortress world is destroyed, the Eye of Terror that spreads instantly will directly tear apart the entire territory of the human empire, splitting the human empire directly into two.

"In other words, we are unable to support the defenders on the ground now?"

"I'm afraid that's the case, Captain. Our colleagues on the ground can only rely on themselves. All we can do is to contain the enemy fleet in space as much as possible."

Galadon remained silent. He understood the difficulties raised by the navigator. In fact, he was already prepared for the Phalanx to be destroyed in this war.

But according to the navigator, even if the Phalanx broke through the blockade of the Black Fleet, it would not be able to provide direct orbital fire support to Cadia.

So he couldn't issue useless orders to storm the defense line.

"Do we have a way to destroy that Blackstone Fortress?"

Since he couldn't directly help the friendly forces on Cadia, he had to focus his main attacks on the targets within his reach.

There is no reason to sheath the sword that has already been swung; they must continue to attack the enemy!

"The Ministry of Military Affairs has a record of the navy fleet cooperating with the boarding troops to capture the Black Stone Fortress. This proves that the Black Stone Fortress is not an ironclad system."

"He must have some weakness!"

Through the battlefield observation camera on the Phalanx, Galadon kept scanning the entire battlefield for any traces and ship wreckage.

The Imperial Navy certainly put up a fight when the Black Fleet arrived, and loyal Imperial warriors would not sit idly by and wait for death.

They would either have attacked Blackstone Fortress with concentrated firepower, or they would have certainly attempted to attack it from the inside by boarding.

Judging from the current complete combat status of Blackstone Fortress, the concentrated firepower attack should not have been successful.

Then he must search the battlefield for any possible traces of boarding troops. As long as he can confirm that a boarding force has launched an attack on the Blackstone Fortress, he can wait for an opportunity to severely damage the Blackstone Fortress.

"Captain Galadon, that piece of wreckage appears to be the flagship of the Blood Howl Company of the Space Wolves Chapter."

At this moment, the Imperial Fists veteran from the 1st Company suddenly discovered a large piece of ship debris in the observation field.

The markings left on it are the symbols of the Space Wolves Chapter, and judging from other features, it can be barely determined that this ship once belonged to the Blood Howl Company.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the Fire Mane Fang.

"So that's how it is. The Space Wolves' Lord personally led the troops in launching a boarding mission..."

Galadon thought silently, such actions were indeed the combat habits of the Space Wolves.

Except for the Wolf Lord who is the best at fleet command in their regiment, other Wolf Lords basically prefer to directly bring their ships close to enemy ships and then launch boarding attacks.

This would make up for the Space Wolves' disadvantages in fleet warfare as much as possible, while maximizing their advantages in melee and close combat.

Based on the analysis of the remaining garrison troops on Cadia, the Black Templars' troops should not have participated, while the Dark Angels' 4th Company and the Space Wolves' Fire Howling Company are still fighting the Death Guard on Cadia, and the Iron Wolves' Company is still engaged in armored warfare on the Krak Plains.

From these aspects, Sven Bloodhowl, the Wolf Lord of the Bloodhowl Company, should have only led his own company and some members from other combat units to carry out the boarding operation against Blackrock Fortress relying on suicide raids.

They must still be holding on in Blackstone Fortress.

This heroic Wolf Lord made the choice that almost all Astartes would make - rather than letting them wait for death to approach on Cadia, it would be better to risk everything and fight to the death!

At least this way we can gain some uncertain opportunity and buy more time for Cardia.

As long as the Phalanx can provide indirect support, they will definitely be able to cause damage from the inside and then report to themselves some weakness of the Blackstone Fortress.

"Please hold on as long as you can, Wolf Lord."

"Allocate firepower and concentrate as many attacks as possible on Blackstone Fortress to help the boarding troops disrupt the fighting inside."

"Only in this way can we discover the fatal weakness of Blackstone Fortress!"

Galadon didn't hesitate.

He didn't know how many combat-capable men the Blood Roar Company still had in the Blackrock Fortress.

Maybe there are enough people, or maybe there are very few.

But no matter which one it is, as long as they can provide support, they can further increase the chances of success of their action.

At this moment, a considerable portion of the Phalanx's armed array began to turn towards the Blackstone Fortress, and the firepower originally used to attack other Chaos battleships and cruisers was poured onto the Blackstone Fortress's shield.

Even the Blackstone Fortress could not withstand this powerful weapon from the golden age of mankind. The large number of energy shells almost completely illuminated the entire universe.

Macro cannons of astonishing caliber and even space torpedoes with extremely destructive effects rained down on the Blackstone Fortress. The violently shaking shield was almost shattered, but it still managed to block all attacks.

On the surface, it seemed that all the attacks of the Phalanx were in vain, but in fact it was not the case.

Just as Galadon had guessed, Sven Gorehowl, who had initially led his company and some mortal troops to board the Flamemane Fang, was still fighting in Blackstone Fortress.

From the moment they stepped onto the Blackstone Fortress, Chaos fanatics as endless as grains of sand charged at them. These lunatics did not spare their lives at all and used themselves as cannon fodder to resist their attacks.

Some fanatics even strapped bombs to their bodies and rushed into the front line to detonate them.

Such suicide attacks did indeed cause great trouble to his company, and initially did reduce some of the Bloody Roar Company's manpower.

But after he gave the order not to be stingy with ammunition, the fanatics who tried to rush into the front line were killed one by one by the weapons in their hands from a distance.

The Terminator squad equipped with melta weapons and flamethrowers stood at the forefront of the line, using their weapons with a wide attack range to clear out the offensive of these fanatics in large numbers.

They braved the attacks and explored the key areas of the Black Stone Fortress bit by bit. Originally, they could only search aimlessly, wandering around in the maze-like Black Stone Fortress, repelling the enemy's attacks time and time again, and constantly wasting their limited combat power.

But the sudden violent shaking allowed their rune priests to discover a place where energy was extremely concentrated, and thus found a device similar to an energy converter.

This must be a key node in maintaining the fortress's shield, but the problem is that the enemy forces deployed here are too large.

The traitors even deployed a set-up firepower in a separate corridor. A plasma launcher powerful enough to tear through ceramic armor was deployed at the end of a straight corridor, and next to it were several large-caliber automatic cannon positions.

Such defensive firepower could not be broken through by their forced charge. A rash attack would only result in the sacrifice of the remaining soldiers around them.

"Sir, do you still have any smoke bombs?"

Just when Swain was racking his brains over how to break through this line of defense, a calm voice asked him this question.

Swain looked down at his side. It was Colonel Mueller-Kamen of the 141st Cadia Regiment who had boarded the Blackstone Fortress with the Blood Howl Company.

This is a legendary colonel who led the 141st Regiment to achieve countless monumental achievements.

Based on the other party's achievements, as long as Colonel Mueller wants, he can join the tactical think tank of the Supreme Lord of Creed.

Instead of following the Bloodroar Alliance to Blackrock Fortress to die.

When he asked the other party about the purpose of joining his team, the answer he got was very straightforward.

"I am a Cadian, and more importantly, a soldier of the Empire. A Cadian can die on a battlefield filled with smoke, can die on the road of charge, but can never die silently in a hotbed."

"As for the purpose, do the soldiers of the Empire need a purpose to protect their homeland?"

If we were not in the midst of a war, I would definitely invite this admirable mortal to join the banquet of the Blood Howl Company. He and his 141st Regiment would be qualified to feast with the descendants of Fenris!

"We still have smoke bombs, but even if we block the corridor with smoke, we won't be able to break through here. Their weapons will directly fire into the smoke without line of sight."

Sven only stuck his head out for half a second before quickly retracting it, because a blue plasma shell flew towards the other end of the corridor where his head had just been.

Then, after touching the black stone wall at the end, it suddenly exploded, instantly emitting dense plasma arcs and scorching blue light.

The ones blocking their attack route now were not fanatics, but Chaos Astartes. They accepted the chaotic power of the Warp, but did not kneel at the feet of any of the Four Gods.

Those guys were on full alert, and their reaction speed was no less than that of the Space Wolves. In such a clear corridor, they really wanted to block them here.

"Their blind-shooting zone is based on your size, but it's a bit too high for us."

"If you can throw the smoke as far as possible, then our 141st Regiment soldiers can advance low, relying on the cover of the smoke to get close to them, and finally directly destroy their defense line."

Colonel Mueller's proposal made Swain somewhat tempted. This was indeed the best way to break through this line of defense, but this meant one thing - all the soldiers of the 141st Regiment sent to destroy the line of defense would never return.

This was exactly the same suicide attack as those fanatics, except that the enemy was motivated by a mad and twisted faith, while the soldiers of the 141st Regiment were trying to protect their homes and loved ones who were still on Cadia.

"You should understand the consequences of this action. No one who goes there will come back."

Swain wanted to ask Colonel Mueller again and again what he thought. If possible, he really didn't want to sacrifice these mortal soldiers.

"When we chose to ascend this Black Stone Fortress, we never considered turning back. When the crisis approaches our home, every soldier of the 141st Regiment is mortal!"

As if to support the oath of the 141st Regiment, when Colonel Mueller said that every soldier of the 141st Regiment was mortal, the two assault teams immediately took out the thermal bombs they carried with them.