Warhammer 40 A New Hope

The alien soldiers who were originally going to support the two attacked checkpoints immediately turned around and rushed to the location of the psychic network transmission device. Once that thing went offline, the psychic network covering the city, which was unstable due to the offline of the psychic communication satellite, would be completely offline, and the robots and mutant soldiers controlled and managed by the psychic network would also be offline.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the enemy returned to defend, the two bait troops and the rebels quickly evacuated. The returning enemies found that their psychic network transmission device had only suffered a little damage.

Because of this incident, it has attracted most of the attention, and more troops will arrive here in the future.

However, the mission of the Death Gods has been completed.

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Ｓ市

Ta-ta-ta-ta!

brush!

Unlike the [Death] faction, the [Skirmisher] faction's soldiers are not good at stealth, but they can use the hooks on their arms to move quickly and raid between buildings.

Several [Scattered Soldiers] led a group of resistance members and directly raided several checkpoints located on the outskirts of the city.

call out!

boom!

The alien airship carrying reinforcements was hit directly by a rocket and fell in a spin.

"Sir! We are running low on equipment and ammunition! We can only hold out for ten minutes at most!" A rebel soldier came to a stragglers under the mutants' fire and reported. "Catfish reported not long ago that he is near the target."

"Very good! Everyone prepare to retreat!"

in the city

A skirmisher was moving through the streets with a large group of mutant soldiers and MEC robots, like a train.

“We’ve arrived!”

Snapped!

A piece of clay dynamite was attached to a wall and exploded seconds later.

boom!

squeak--!

As the wall collapsed, a white "Destroyer" mecha decorated with a blue inverted five-pointed star appeared and blocked the mutant group.

"Damn that stragglers! He disrupted our ambush!"

A third-party human organization - [Perfectionism], which is neither an alien camp nor a human resistance camp, aims to steal the elders' genetic technology and make humans "perfect".

It is said that the leader of this organization has considerable power, so much so that he was able to obtain the aliens' abandoned "Destroyer" mecha.

The scattered soldiers who got the news decided to use an alien genetic technology that did not exist to attract a large number of "Perfectionism" members to the city to share the firepower of attracting the elders.

Now, [Perfectionism] has realized that he has been fooled by [Scattered Soldiers] and the human resistance. There is no so-called "alien genetic technology" at all. This is just a conspiracy to attract them to gather here.

But now, they can only fight back.

The sudden appearance of the third-party [Destroyer] mecha undoubtedly attracted the attention of the mutant brigade, and the two sides immediately began to exchange fire.

Several of the Perfectionist's Destroyer bipedal mechas were engulfed by beams of light or exploding flames, and the stragglers who caused all this hid in the sewers.

"Mission accomplished. Repeat, [Catfish] has completed the mission! The troops ahead can retreat!"

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The rebels have been unusually active recently.

Several cities were attacked and suffered varying degrees of damage.

According to the information from the Chosen Assassin who had heard part of the plan before, Zhang Yi and his troops will attack a city with the human resistance and occupy it.

This is why many cities have declared curfews and imposed martial law.

A large number of alien soldiers and MEC robots were transferred to various cities, and UFO patrols in the air became more frequent.

The attacked cities became suspicious in the eyes of the elders, and more troops were allocated to them in an attempt to attack and occupy the targets.

This is most likely a trick by the rat-like human resistance army, but the elders cannot just ignore it. Who knows if the feint attack will turn into the main attack.

Even the elders could only allocate the insufficient military forces as reasonably as possible and reserve a troop for emergencies.

However, the military forces in some places are still insufficient.

. . . . . .

In a small town

brush!

"Ugh!"

The last mutant captain in charge of this area was killed by the purple psychic blade of the [Templar]. At the same time, the [Experts] (technical soldiers) provided by XCOM also temporarily controlled the communications in this area.

"I have temporarily controlled the signal. No more enemies will come in the short term." The soldier said. "But we won't be able to hold out for long. The next time the network self-checks, we will be exposed!"

"Evacuate the civilians here and contact our allies." The Templar soldier who looked like the leader said, "We can start preparing now!"

28. Preparation for Siege (Part )

"Does the subspace exist here too?"

[Unknown Hope] The room where the magic toad priest, Master Kwa-Kwat, is located.

"Yes." He said. "But unlike our world, the warp here is very... peaceful..."

"Although it's not to say that there is no evil aura in it, the subspace here is just like the subspace before the [War in Heaven], most areas are quiet and peaceful..."

"In addition, the barrier between this universe and the subspace is very solid, which is why I couldn't feel it (the subspace) at the beginning."

"This also explains to some extent the existence of psychic energy and the reason why various anti-psychic weapons can work but are not complete." Zhang Yi said. "What about more information?"

"It's not clear yet. I need to spend more time exploring and analyzing the subspace of this world."

"Maybe later. We have more important things to do now." Zhang Yi took out a stack of documents and interrupted Master Kua Kuat's curiosity. "I have to say, they are more radical than I thought."

"In such a short time, they have done their best to muddy the waters on this planet. I can imagine how much of a headache the elders are having." Zhang Yi said. "Almost all the resistance organizations on this planet have been mobilized. They really trust us..."

"[Employ people with confidence, and employ people with doubt]," said Master Kwa Kwat. "This is a saying among your race, and it is very suitable for the current situation."

"Are your soldiers ready, Master?"

"They're eager to try," he responded. "So am I..."

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Ａ市

This is one of the largest cities on the entire planet and one of the cities that has been developed by the elders for the longest time.

As a megacity, neither XCOM nor the other three resistance organizations seldom carry out missions in it, and if they do, they are only on the periphery.

On the one hand, the city is too big, and XCOM's small transport plane, the Red Devil, is not able to carry out the task of picking up and dropping off personnel. On the other hand, the size of the city also means that its defense force and the surrounding defense and monitoring equipment are comprehensive, which makes it difficult and unwise to complete any mission in it.

In fact, at this time when the rebels are aggressively attacking cities and mutant squads everywhere, there is almost no record of megacities like City A being invaded, infiltrated, or attacked.

Because of its importance, this city has a large number of patrol and defense forces. As a transportation hub, it has complete communication and transportation routes, allowing it to quickly report to the surrounding areas and seek help and receive assistance when it is really attacked.

Therefore, the elders determined that a megacity like City A would not be a target of attack by XCOM and unknown alien humans, and dropped some of its defenders to other cities to assist in defense.

There is nothing wrong with this judgment. After all, both humans and aliens know the principle of 'picking on the weak'. Moreover, a megacity like this one will not be easy to attack or manage after occupation. Ordinary people will not choose it as a target for attack or occupation if they do not have enough military strength.

However, for the people of the 40K world, this city should be chosen as the target.

In the Warhammer 40k world, a hive city is large enough to accommodate tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of people. Even if a company of Space Marines enters the bottom of some hive cities, they can easily be trapped without a map.

Compared with the hive world, the development and utilization rate of this planet can be said to be completely unqualified. Only megacities like City A can catch the eyes of Locke and others. The others are too small, and conquering them is completely meaningless and "not worth the loss".

In their minds, only large cities like City A need to be captured so that they can replenish their consumed ammunition resources after capture.

During this period, some abandoned or semi-abandoned villages and towns around City A have been separated from the control of the elders without the knowledge of the elders, and have been occupied and controlled by XCOM, the rebels or other friendly factions.

Carrying a small number of his own crusaders and a precious [Castle Lord-class automatic robot], Father Kadoc came to the last town controlled by the XCOM organization today. He tampered with the communication device here and made it send false signals to confuse the autonomous detection and early warning alien AI set up by the elders of City A.

“No matter how many times I watch it, I have to admit it’s a very sophisticated program.”

Several [automatic servos] surrounded Father Kadoc, modifying circuits or installing necessary equipment under his orders, while he controlled his several mechanical claws to crack the program in front of him.

"We used the same equipment before the Iron Man Rebellion in ancient times, right?" Father Kadoc inserted a disk into the terminal in front of him. A large amount of data appeared on the screen, flowing down like a waterfall. Finally, the double-headed eagle logo representing the empire appeared on the screen.

"Done, I have covered the system here and concealed the original signal." Kadoc said in his mechanical voice. "Until you launch an attack or they send people to check, this place will not be discovered."

"Thank you, Kadoc... Mechanical Priest." The leader of the resistance army expressed his gratitude to the half-mechanical monster in front of him somewhat awkwardly. For someone like Kadoc who is obviously a technician but calls himself a priest, it is normal for them to behave like this without knowing the situation and background of the world they live in.

"I have fulfilled your requests. Now it's your turn to fulfill your promise." Master Kadok said to the leader, leaning on his gear axe.

"Yes, I will have a team take you to the nearest abandoned city with the Lost Souls," the leader replied. "However, I will only take you and your men to the entrance. My people will not go deeper with you."

"Don't worry about that." Kadoc said. "I don't need the protection of your men..."

[They are not even as good as some of my mechanical slaves.] This is the second half of the sentence that Kadoc did not say.

As a Mechanic Priest of the Adeptus Mechanicus, Kadoc might be a little different from most of his compatriots, but there is something he has in common - a sense of superiority over his mechanically modified body.

It has to be said that there is a large amount of black technology in the Mechanicus, so much so that some of the things are even better than the weapons and armor of the Space Marines. After all, most of those bolters, chainswords and power armor are made by these "engineers" with all kinds of strange hobbies and interests.

This time, while modifying the aliens' communications equipment for the rebels in the area, the Mechanical Priest Kadoc made a deal with their leader without authorization.

He was going to the area where the "Lost Souls" were located to collect and study those abandoned and damaged creations, as well as those alien devices that turned humans into zombies and were dropped by the aliens before they took control of Terra.

To this end, he brought with him the Crusaders, mechanical slaves who only obeyed his orders, and a [Castle Lord-class Automatic Robot] that he had spent a lot of effort to obtain and repair.

Most of the Mechanicus are extremely selfish when it comes to some things. They can conduct extensive excavations and searches in a hive city for a possible STC (Standard Construction Template); they can also sacrifice an entire team of Space Marines for an artifact of unknown function; they can even retreat from a local battle that is crucial to the local area but has nothing to do with them immediately after getting what they want.

Kadoc is not that exaggerated, but he also has some of this problem - where do you think he got that [Castle Master-level Automatic Robot]?

In his research on these alien equipment, he hid some of his research results.

This is the norm in the Mechanicus. After all, not everyone is willing to hand over the technological items they have worked so hard to obtain to their mentor or someone else. Most of them want to keep them firmly in their hands.

Led by a group of rebel soldiers, Master Kadok led his troops to the nearest abandoned city of the Lost Souls.

These zombie-like creatures, mutated by unidentified devices dropped by aliens in the early days of the invasion, are distributed in large numbers in human cities that have been abandoned for various reasons.

The elders believed that they needed to do their best to carry out the [Incarnation Plan], so the processing of these creatures was very slow, and the resistance army did not have enough personnel, weapons and supplies to deal with these [Lost Souls].

On the outskirts of the ruined city, large craters caused by alien energy weapons can be seen on some buildings, and the ground is covered with dust, garbage, and unknown black and green vine-like substances.

"I don't know what you want to do here, but you'd better be careful." said the rebel soldier who led Father Kadoc. "I have personally seen an entire well-equipped alien army being swallowed up by countless Lost Souls."

In response to his warning, Kadoc simply waved his hand, indicating that he could leave.

The rebel soldiers immediately left the city, while Father Cadoc led his troops deeper into the city.

Soon after, they discovered the first alien device that had been dropped to the ground.

The robotic claw removes things like spider webs covering it, while another robotic claw with cutting and welding functions searches for a suitable cutting position.

squeak--!

The metal shell on the surface was cut open, revealing the internal structure. One of Kadok's mechanical claws pushed aside the blocking wire and took out one of the can-shaped objects.

The container is empty, but judging from its hollow structure, there should have been something in it in the beginning.

Kadoc began to scan the object held by the mechanical claw, trying to analyze the contents that had long since disappeared.

But the result was nothing. These devices had most likely been placed here for twenty or thirty years, and after such a long time, the materials in them had long been gone.

In response to this result, Father Cadoch stood up and prepared to look for the next device.

He needed to hurry because the wanderers in the city had already discovered his presence.

29. The war begins!

Night, City A - in front of a large propaganda screen

After a long time, City A lifted the curfew, allowing ordinary people in the city to carry out various activities outside at night.

Although the curfew has been lifted because the city has not been attacked by the resistance forces or "unknown aliens", there are still many more mutant soldiers and MEC robots patrolling the streets than normal, and almost every slightly important intersection has a certain number of patrolling soldiers or fixed turrets.

"...Those despicable invaders colluded with the stubborn rebels, trying to destroy the order that the elders had established for a long time and return mankind to the dark ages..."

"The number of mutant recruits has reached a new high. This means that the last barrier between humans and the elders is dissolving, and the peaceful, harmonious and prosperous society we jointly build is gradually..."

On the big screen, there were still those familiar human spokespersons who had received certain [Viper Monster] genes or some other genetic modifications, and they were vigorously promoting the so-called "Elder-Friendly Theory" and "Peaceful Development Theory" in front of the camera.