Warhammer 40 A New Hope

Space Marines + Astra Militarum + Mechanics

The Cult + Imperial Guard + a bunch of miscellaneous troops = 100% of the Empire's combat power

Astra Militarum + Adeptus Mechanicus = 99% of the Empire's combat power

Although it is just a meme picture, it can be seen that among the military strength of the entire human empire, the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Astra Militarum account for a very large proportion.

This also led to the extremely unsuccessful close combat operation to break through the local defense line.

For the troops of the Mechanicus, there is no such thing as morale for the vast majority of soldiers. The existence of half-machines (and full-machines) does not know what fear is. They will only follow the program orders to annihilate the enemies in front of them or garrison in a certain area until new orders come or they are destroyed.

A small number of automatic mechanized troops plus the enemy units mentioned earlier have been able to withstand several attacks from the Human Empire. Although the casualty ratios of both sides are not quite right, considering the types of troops, the Human Empire is undoubtedly the one that suffers.

After the failure of the previous attacks, the Human Empire's offensive suddenly stopped, which made the [Rule Priest] in charge of the enemy's command feel that something was wrong.

So he requested more reinforcements and strengthened the defense line to ensure that nothing could go wrong.

Then... a 'huge iron block' fell from the sky and caused his processor to crash.

His first reaction was that the enemy had deployed Titan troops, and the Human Empire was trying to use the Titans' powerful firepower to break through this line of defense.

However, when he saw clearly what the "big iron block" that fell to the ground was, he directly denied his previous thoughts - that thing was definitely not a Titan!

[Trampler], from the Ring World, is a semi-military mechanical entity used for leveling roads, opening mountains, or breaking through local fortresses.

Simply put, this thing consists of four mechanical legs and a main body. Every movement will cause noticeable vibrations in the surrounding area and change the surrounding terrain to a certain extent.

With additional armor and multiple disposable shields, this massive mountain-moving machine is used to breach enemy positions, including fortresses.

Its size, which is close to that of a Titan, makes it less vulnerable to anti-aircraft guns with ordinary firepower, and its multiple armors and energy shields also ensure its survival rate.

It has no weapons on its body, and its internal program is simple: after starting, it will rotate in a certain place. Such a simple internal program also makes it unaffected by most interference devices.

It's like a hacker can control a car's steering wheel and a series of other functions, but a car only has one accelerator, and once the accelerator is stepped on, it's a matter of inertia, which the hacker can't control.

The most important reason for choosing to use this kind of machinery to break through the enemy's solid defense is that these are spoils captured in the ring world, they are other people's stocks, and there is no regret in using them.

This huge machine came under concentrated enemy fire the moment it landed, but its multi-layer disposable energy shields and heavy armor made it impossible to be destroyed in a short period of time.

[Trampler] is activated and begins to move according to the program. Every movement it makes the ground vibrate, seriously interfering with the use of various weapons and vehicles.

It was also at this time that dozens of Imperial transport planes flew over this position and headed towards a factory-like building in the distance. The surrounding anti-aircraft guns either lost control and fired indiscriminately into the sky due to changes in the terrain, or sounded alarms and were unable to fire because the program detected violent vibrations.

The Astra Militarum troops of the Human Empire once again launched an attack on the enemy's defense line. Under the circumstances of "internal and external troubles", some of the defenders on the defense line fell into chaos.

However, this situation is happening everywhere now, and almost all the defense lines of the traitor Mechanicus have been affected.

The harvest from another world is displayed here.

653. Divine Weapon

A team of [Castle Lord-class Automatic Robots] and dozens of Mechanicus Crusaders were slowly advancing towards the defenders' positions. From time to time, red beams of light attacked them and landed on their thick armor, leaving only black marks.

Bang bang bang－－!

At this time, a fixed heavy bolter opened fire, and several heavy bombs hit one of the automatic robots. The explosion caused by the bullets directly stopped the [Castle Lord-level Automatic Robot], but then the exposed heavy firepower point was subjected to concentrated fire from several other automatic robots.

Several red beams almost completely covered an area of ​​the defenders' position. The sound of heavy bomb fire also stopped at this time, and the [Castle Lord-class Automatic Robot] that had been stopped before also stood there for a while before continuing to move forward.

Before Zhang Yi appeared, most of the Empire's weapons and equipment were manufactured by the Mechanicus, so they were very clear about the performance, advantages and disadvantages of various weapons, and also knew how to counter them with the least cost.

The Astra Militarum defenders, who had been forced to retreat time and time again, were seriously short of heavy weapons, so much so that a team of armored and laser-cannon-equipped [Castle Lord-class Automatic Robots] plus some Skitarii could pose a considerable threat to them.

Squeak--whoosh!

A ball of blue-white ions suddenly flew out from the defenders' position and hit the Castle Lord-class Automaton that had been stopped once before. The hot ion sphere melted its chest directly and completely destroyed it.

A Space Marine from the Dedicated Chapter (a descendant of the Dark Angels) appeared on the battlefield, carrying an ion cannon, followed by three other Space Marines.

The warrior appeared and opened fire with his grenade launcher.

One bomb after another accurately hit the enemy not far away. The surrounding Astra Militarum were encouraged and followed the Space Marines to continue firing at the enemy. The fixed heavy bolter fired again.

But even with the help of the Space Marines, their firepower was still insufficient when facing the attack of this small group of [Castle Lord-class Automatic Robots], and the deadly red beams once again attacked the defenders' positions.

A [Devoted] Space Marine was hit by several laser beams and knocked to the ground. A hole was burned in his power armor, through which his charred flesh could be seen.

The ion cannon fired again, and another [Castle Lord-class Automaton] was knocked down, but at this time the other two Automatons had already arrived in front of the position. Seeing this, one of the Space Marines drew the chainsaw sword at his waist and rushed towards the Automaton closest to him.

Dodging the incoming laser beams and the iron claws grabbing at him, the Space Marine successfully rushed to the target and pierced its chest with the high-speed rotating chainsaw sword, causing a large amount of sparks to splash out.

The Space Marine who was trying to thrust the chainsword further was hit by another mechanical claw of the [Castle Lord-class Automaton] and fell to the ground. The laser cannon on his right shoulder began to gather energy.

Bang bang bang－－!

Several explosive shells struck it in the chest, the impact of the explosions penetrating the cracks in the armor, causing it to pause briefly, and it was this brief pause that allowed the knocked-down Space Marine to get up again, and he hit the hilt of the rotating chainsword with all his strength.

Further, the chainsaw sword penetrated deeper and destroyed the interior of this [Castle Lord-class automatic robot]. With some electric current and sparks, it also stopped working.

Before the two of them could recover, the last [Castle Lord-class Automatic Robot] trudged towards them with heavy steps, and the laser cannons on its arms and right shoulder fired continuously.

The Space Marine providing fire support to the previous Space Marine was hit by several beams and fell to the ground, and the incoming beams turned to another Space Marine.

The Space Marine who had just suffered severe damage was unable to escape the enemy's fire range in time, and could only use the body of the [Castle Lord-class Automatic Robot] that they had stopped to avoid the incoming beam, but soon, the last [Castle Lord-class Automatic Robot] arrived nearby.

Bang bang bang－－!

At this time, the fixed heavy grenade launcher turned to the last [Castle Lord-class automatic robot]. Several bombs landed on its chest, blasting open its thick armor and causing it to be briefly unbalanced.

The [Castle Lord-class Automatic Robot] also shifted its target, and the red laser beam once again flooded the area, destroying the soldiers and fixed heavy bolters there.

And during the brief ten seconds when it changed its target, the Space Marine who had been hiding suddenly stood up, pulled out the tactical dagger at his waist, and stabbed it into the crack on the chest of the [Castle Lord-class Automatic Robot].

Electric current and sparks appeared again, and the next moment the Space Marine was pinned to the ground. The huge mechanical claws of the [Castle Lord-class Automaton] began to shrink, trying to crush him to death.

Just when he heard the sound of his power armor deforming and the wailing of his bones, a large amount of electric current burst out from his chest, and then the last [Castle Lord-class automatic robot] also stopped moving.

The only remaining [Dedicated] Space Marine led the remaining Astra Militarum in the position to annihilate the attacking traitor Crusader Army, buying them more time to survive.

Several Thunderhawk gunboats with the Dark Angels Legion logo flew over their heads at this moment.

This means that support has finally arrived.

. . . . . .

[Dark Angels] Legion Primarch Lion personally led several teams of Space Marines, broke through the traitor's anti-aircraft firepower, and landed at the location of the besieged defenders.

The defenders are in a very bad situation now. As mentioned before, several consecutive hasty retreats have forced them to abandon a large amount of heavy firepower that was difficult to carry and transport, which has led to their current predicament.

The enemy's attacks came wave after wave, leaving them no time to rest. It seemed that their defense line would be breached before more reinforcements arrived.

The mechanical priests who were also trapped here demanded to use the Thunderhawk gunship that Ryan was riding to take away the artifact they were protecting. Just as the attackers were eyeing the artifact, these still loyal mechanical men still valued technology and rare creations more than human lives.

Ryan directly rejected their request. He couldn't let these mechanical priests take the artifacts and leave on his ship. Moreover, the safe passage that was opened by the airborne [Tramplers] had now been closed. As long as the Thunder Eagle gunboat dared to appear in the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower, it would definitely be shot down by the enemy.

Another round of attack by the enemy is imminent. At this stage, the traitors are determined to obtain the artifact. The current losses and battle situation are not enough to make them give up the artifact that is so close at hand.

What Ryan had to do was to make them leave enough corpses behind before they realized that the artifact did not belong to them.

Just then, a defense line sent out a distress signal, and a new wave of enemy attack began, and this time the scale of the attack was extremely large.

Ryan, who received the call for help, immediately led the team to the defense line. Just as the message said, this was a regular

In a massive attack, a large number of Crusaders followed by various types of automatic robots launched an attack on the defense line in front of them. The traitors tried to use absolute firepower to crush the obstacles in front of them in order to obtain the precious artifact.

Seeing this, Ryan gave way to a ship on orbit and released the remaining [Trampler] machines to disrupt the opponent's formation, while trying to draw out any trump cards the opponent might have.

This trick was very effective. Although the traitors were prepared after the previous interference attack, causing half of the [Tramplers] machines to be destroyed or deviated from their landing points along the way, the ones that successfully landed still disrupted the opponent's offensive rhythm and attracted a large amount of firepower.

During this period, [Trampler] successfully lured out a Knight Titan located in the rear.

Unsurprisingly, the [Trampler], which had almost no weapons, was destroyed by the heavily modified Knight Titan. Then this huge war machine advanced towards the defenders' positions, further undermining the morale of the Empire.

It was also at this time that Ryan issued his own orders. He asked all the Space Marines, except for the team of champion swordsmen of the Dark Angels Legion who followed him, to help defend the position.

Just like he said before, Ryan wanted to make these traitors pay a sufficient price and leave enough corpses before leaving, and the Knight Titan that appeared was his target!

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Knight Titan

This statement is actually not accurate, because the Knight Titan cannot be considered a Titan in theory. At the Titan level, it is just a large armed mecha.

But none of these will prevent it from hitting the enemy's morale and boosting its own morale when it appears on the battlefield - a large mecha covered with weapons is so cool, isn't it? !

The appearance of a Knight Titan often requires a large amount of heavy firepower to destroy it, and the enemy will not watch them attack their own weapons. A large number of Titan guards will do everything they can to protect their war machines, allowing the soul of this precious machine to vent its anger at will.

Normally, the current firepower of the Human Empire's defenders is unlikely to destroy this Knight Titan under the enemy's layers of protection. It is also for this reason that the raid led by Ryan did not encounter as many obstacles as expected.

After all, according to the general analysis of the Crusaders, even the Primarch is unlikely to destroy such a magnificent divine machine by himself. Not to mention that a Titan can trample all your so-called champion swordsmen of the Space Marines to death with one kick.

How could you, who are so tiny, destroy it without carrying any obvious heavy weaponry?

This seems to be the case. When Ryan led the champion swordsman team and killed the entire enemy army with all members injured, and came to the Knight Titan with thickened armor plates and more weapons installed, the opponent's driver didn't even look at him.

But this was also what Ryan had expected. The enemy's contempt was also his weapon. Those traitors kept saying that the empire should hand over the technology they got from the other world, but they didn't know what kind of technology they got.

Looking at the Knight Titan slowly walking towards him, Ryan took out a small hilt from his waist and aimed it at the giant mechanical foot that was about to fall towards him.

Just like the medieval times when one swung a sword at a dragon, this seemed to be a useless action, but the next moment, a sharp and piercing scream resounded throughout the battlefield, and a scorching fire tornado rose from the ground, instantly engulfing the Knight Titan.

This sudden fire tornado lasted for dozens of seconds. After it dissipated, the majestic Knight Titan was left with only one leg that had not moved before.

After this scene, the entire battlefield became eerily quiet.

654. O'Neill felt a chill on his back

Name: The End of the Snake God (series equipment)

Introduction: A series of weapons and equipment made from the flesh and blood of the Heluo God, the first divine creature captured by the human empire.

The divinity, consciousness, and flesh of the god named Heluo are activated and burned in a special way, thereby stimulating energy that is completely inconsistent with its size and mass, and also has certain special functions.

Depending on its size, the stimulated energy can have a variety of effects.

The first three test products were:

An oil lamp that can dispel cold and abnormal influences in multiple senses, fueled by the flesh and blood of the river god (given to Leman Russ, the Primarch of the Space Wolves)

A sword that uses the flesh and blood of the Heluo God as fuel, and at the cost of maximizing the burning of its flesh and blood and divinity, can instantly burst out a stream of energy in the form of flames that can melt the ship's armor and part of the main structure (handed over to the Dark Angels Legion Primarch Lion El'Jonson for use)

A pair of gloves made of the scales of the Heluo Goddess, which can greatly improve heat resistance and damage to sub-space creatures (still kept in the laboratory for testing and improvement/there are side effects)

Now, the research and production of experimental products for a series of divine beings such as the Heluo God are still ongoing.

[Uncle! Uncle! I was the first one to see this thing, you can’t... — Wu Mo, who was holding Ryan’s legs and being dragged away while talking non-stop]

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In the development of human weapons

In history, the emergence of nuclear bombs, weapons of mass destruction, has changed the pattern and form of war in some ways.

Once a nuclear war breaks out, the targeted party is likely to be destroyed in an instant and will no longer be able to fight back. Therefore, once a country discovers something that looks like a nuclear strike, they must do their best to confirm whether it is a nuclear strike and decide whether to retaliate with a nuclear bomb.

We cannot live without nuclear bombs, but we cannot use them recklessly. It is also not okay to hold nuclear bombs tightly in our hands and not use them. There have been many misunderstandings in history that almost led to a nuclear war.

(When Big Brother was still around, there was a misunderstanding caused by reflection from the clouds, and a nuclear bomb was almost dropped).

You don’t know if what you see is a flying nuclear bomb, you don’t know if your hesitation will lead to the destruction of your country, and you don’t know if your decisiveness will trigger a war that is enough to destroy the entire human race.

Such a situation has led to the emergence of something very special - nuclear deterrence, the vigilance and deterrence of nuclear-armed countries against other nuclear-armed countries. As mentioned above, once a nuclear bomb falls on their own land, all defenses, troops, and cities will be destroyed in an instant. However, at the same time as launching a nuclear bomb, other nuclear-armed countries, including those that are targeted, may also launch nuclear bombs in retaliation for this situation, thus triggering a devastating war.

No one is willing to take the risk of being the first person to launch a nuclear bomb, but no one is willing to choose not to press the nuclear button in their hand after seeing a nuclear bomb being launched.

Now, when Ryan destroyed the tall and majestic Knight Titan with an unknown weapon, the "nuclear deterrence" was created.

They didn't know what weapon was in Ryan's hand, nor did they know whether he had more of this weapon. They didn't dare to be the first person to try it. They didn't know whether this weapon could destroy anything else besides a Knight Titan.

They also have a trump card in their hand, but the consequences of using this trump card are now unclear - will they achieve their goal, or will both sides be destroyed?

If this was a fight to the death, the Mechanicus would not have this concern. They only needed to send as many soldiers and equipment as possible to the front line to achieve their goal, but this is not the case.

They came for the artifact, and when their losses could no longer be compensated by obtaining the artifact, they had to consider whether to continue the war.

And on the other hand, the enemy's support troops have gradually approached here. If we pay a huge price at that time, not only will we not get the artifact, but our troops will be wiped out here. It will be even more unprofitable.

So for all these reasons, these traitorous Mechanicus chose to evacuate before suffering further losses.

Ryan naturally would not miss this opportunity. When the enemy retreated, he ordered a desperate attack on the retreating enemy. This action caused heavy losses to both sides.

The last enemy ship that was unable to retreat fell from the planet's high-altitude orbit, which meant that the war on this forging planet came to a temporary end.

But this war against traitors is far from over.

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Macragge