Warhammer 40 A New Hope

brush--!

However, the power scimitar in Fulgrim's hand was faster than it and cut off the head of the [Siliconized Rust Stalker] first, causing it to shut down directly.

The remaining [Emperor's Children] Space Marines also surrounded the [Type IV Contemptor-class Dreadnought Mech], entered the fortress, and began to clear out the remaining enemies nearby.

The capture of this fortress was largely due to luck and information asymmetry. A large number of troops were not deployed here first, and the enemies did not expect that Fugen and his men would be able to open the door in a short period of time that would be enough to make an armored unit sigh.

After all, they thought that even if Fugen's troops came to kill them, they could simply close and lock the gate, watch them fighting outside the door while waiting for reinforcements. However, the reality was obviously beyond their expectations.

Soon, the enemies near the gate were cleared out, and several Space Marines who successfully controlled the gate control room locked the gate again and destroyed the control console after confirming that everyone had come in, ensuring that the door could no longer be opened normally.

A [Regeneration Ampoule] was injected into the body of the Space Marine who had been severely injured before, pulling him back from the brink of death, and then the pharmacist rushed to treat other injured brothers.

"Primarch, three brothers have been injured to varying degrees, but they are not dead and have been treated." A Space Marine of the Emperor's Children reported to Fulgrim. "But the damage to their power armor can only be treated as an emergency measure and cannot be restored to its previous state."

"Handle these problems quickly and keep moving forward. We need to control those artillery batteries to bombard the target location and attract the enemy's attention!"

"Yes!"

671. Outbreak (VIII)

A fortress

Even though a considerable number of fortress garrison had been transferred away for various reasons, it was still a fortress, and the number of remaining garrison troops was still far greater than the number of troops led by Fugen.

As mentioned before, if they had not used the disposable [Demon Spirit] to open the indestructible metal door, Fugen's troops could only watch from outside as the defenders inside jumped to their feet, without being able to do anything.

Now, although they have successfully reached the interior of the fortress, they will still be doomed to be eliminated if they are caught by other defenders or reinforcements.

Therefore, Fugen and his team need to achieve their goal as quickly as possible.

Tall Space Marines were charging through the passage, and fresh craters, gaps and bloodstains could be seen on many of their power armors.

The moment they reached the next intersection, dozens of thick laser beams came at them like rain, and their shield generators were instantly overloaded.

But they also bought time for the two Emperor's Children Space Marines in the front to hide on the other side of the intersection and throw a flash grenade in the direction of the beam.

The team was split into two parts. The two [Emperor's Children] Space Marines who had already passed through the enemy's firepower network fired another electronic smoke bomb and continued to move forward without looking back, leaving the situation here to their brothers.

The automatic mecha equipped with a heavy beam array at the fork in the road first lost its vision ahead because of the flash bomb, and then because of the subsequent electronic smoke, it could not obtain correct information through the camera as usual.

The Crusaders around it also realized this and walked up to the automatic robot, ready to guide its subsequent shooting and block the first wave of enemy attacks for it.

It is quite ironic and sad to say that most of the low-level Mechanicus Skitarii may not be as valuable as an automatic robot. If this automatic robot is destroyed, even if they can return alive, they will most likely be killed by high-level priests.

At this moment, the motion sensor suddenly sounded an alarm, indicating that something was rushing towards here at a very fast speed.

The next second, two purple shadows rushed out of the electronic smoke. The Crusader soldiers in the front immediately opened fire to try to intercept them, but they were all dodged by the opponent flexibly.

Immediately afterwards, the two shadows rushed to the back of the automatic robot without slowing down at all, and violently inserted something into the automatic robot from the left and right.

Sizzle－－!

With a distinct sound of electric current, the automatic robot stopped in place and the roar of the chainsaw sword was heard.

The same two afterimages appeared, and before the Crusader soldiers could react, the roar of the chainsaw sword was already in front of them.

Buzz－－!

The rotating monomolecular blades cut through their bodies that were a mixture of machinery and flesh, splashing a large amount of sparks. Every time the Emperor's Children Space Marines swung their swords, they could destroy the body of a Crusader.

A few minutes later, the battle here ended, and an entire squad of Skitarii ambushed here was wiped out.

, the automatic robot was also captured by Fugen and others.

"Techmarine, take control of the machine," Fulgrim ordered. "It will buy us more time."

. . . . . .

A Thunderhawk gunship with the Chaos eight-pointed star logo stopped at the fortress's landing platform. The surrounding mechanical priests stepped forward to greet the arrival of the Chaos Space Marines.

However, to their surprise, a being much taller than an ordinary Space Marine stepped out of the Thunderhawk gunship first, looking down at the tiny mechanical priest in front of him.

"Praise you, Lord of Steel."

"Where are those warriors of the false emperor? Where are my former brothers?!"

"They somehow opened the gate of the fortress, and now they are inside the fortress." The mechanical priest replied. "We have sent troops to search for them, and they will be able to..."

The mechanical priest was pushed away by Perturabo, and then walked into the fortress with his offspring.

It was already very dangerous to send a small force deep into the enemy's planet, and now Fulgrim actually led his team into their fortress?

The tightly locked fortress gate to a certain extent gave up the subsequent pursuit actions. No matter how many people came, they needed to open the locked gate before they could carry out subsequent actions.

But a fortress cannot have only this one entrance and exit, and even if you really lock all the entrances and exits, there are still people inside the fortress. The people already inside are capable of encircling and annihilating your troops.

This is not just any fortress. It is a fortress on a forge world with three functions: solid forging, defense, and counterattack. The soldiers stationed here are also soldiers of the Mechanicus.

As the only producer and provider of weapons and equipment of the former Empire, they have a lot of good things in their hands, including weapons that can threaten the Space Marines. They also have the ability to arm their own Skitarii troops with these things on a large scale.

To sum up, it was unwise for Fugen and his men to choose to attack this fortress. As guerrillas deep behind enemy lines, they should operate in an area that is easy to move and transfer. Rushing into such an enemy would be contrary to their troop numbers and strategic objectives.

This was also what Perturabo was wondering, and the recent events had made him upset enough.

He needs to know what Fulgrim wants to do! He needs to ensure that his plan goes smoothly!

"Everyone obey my orders." Perturabo, who was carrying his own offspring, said. "I want to live!"

. . . . . .

The blown-up elevator, the passage blocked like a melted candle, and the simple traps set at the intersection.

To be honest, it's very amateurish. Compared to the Iron Warriors who are good at defense, the various gadgets set up by Fulgrim and others to slow them down are all very amateurish. The way they hide their tracks is not as good as that of the Raven Guard or the Night Lords.

But... it's very annoying...

boom--!

Another scouting robot was blown into pieces in the flames of the explosion and fell to the ground. The subsequent robot servants followed and triggered a new trap.

The strange and bizarre creations from another world let Perturabo know the reason why Fulgrim dared to "fall into the trap". They have been troubled by these things from the beginning until now!

I won't talk about the mechanical devices, but who can tell him what's going on with these bright yellow/light blue powders that fill the air and can instantly paralyze a Space Marine/make him fall asleep on the spot? ! (Paralysis Gas/Sleeping Frog Extract)

What are these slime-like substances that explode when they come into contact with air? ! (Explosive slime mold of the Dragon Smasher)

Also! Can anyone tell me what's going on with this amphibious creature that was transformed from a Space Marine right before his eyes? ! (Malicious Polymorph Scroll)

Finally! How could they possibly carry so many things?! (Monthly Space Storage Technology)

Yes, for a Space Marine squad of only a few dozen people, the amount of stuff they carry is already beyond the standard! How can they carry so much stuff while maintaining high speed? !

After this situation lasted for dozens of minutes, finally friendly forces somewhere in the fortress sent news: they had successfully surrounded a [Emperor's Children] Space Marine.

Upon receiving the news, Perturabo immediately led his team there, but before they reached the target location, a huge explosion was heard.

When Perturabo and his men arrived, they saw melted walls and corpses, just like what they had seen before, like melted candles.

Several Iron Warriors and the Emperor's Children were melted together, and only a few pieces of armor fragments or 'candle pieces' were found later to prove their existence.

Just like when Perturabo knew that Fulgrim and his men had taken the initiative to attack the fortress, the news he received now still surprised him.

He knew that the current human empire had made tremendous progress because of his new brother, but he didn't expect that they had such an outrageous thing in their hands.

Looking at the melted metal walls, power armors and corpses, Perturabo recalled the memory of Randan, the behemoth that once swallowed up tens of thousands of Space Marines and hundreds of millions of Astra Militarum.

The human empire is powerful, but that's all. The Necrons, the Eldar, and the Randan Empire that was exterminated by them

, all of which possess technological power far beyond that of the human empire at its peak.

It was possible to vaporize an entire corps of Astralis, a squad of Space Marines, or even a Titan, and now...

"What about the other enemies?"

"We haven't found it yet..."

Bang--!

The Iron Warrior Space Marine who responded was hit back by Perturabo and flew out, falling heavily to the ground.

"Find them! I order you to find them immediately!" Perturabo said angrily. "Find those intruders!"

"I need the information in their heads! I need to know the current development of the empire!"

"Only by knowing this can I destroy the empire!"

672. Outbreak (IX)

The theme of the Warhammer world's creations is big and numerous. A very obvious example is the Orcs. You can confirm this by looking at their increasingly large 'junk piles'.

The same was true for the Human Empire. Even though the fortress chosen by Fulgrim and his men was not the largest in the Empire and Chaos, it took them a lot of time to find the room in the fortress that controlled the heavy artillery fire.

During this period, even with advance preparations and a large number of new weapons, equipment and props, Fugen inevitably lost at least three three-person teams.

Even the precious [Type IV Contemptor Dreadnought] suffered considerable damage, with the external armor of the main body severely damaged.

As the subspace energy spreads, more and more anomalies appear on the planet, which also means that as time goes by, many of their methods will be affected and can no longer be used.

The only thing to be thankful for was that they found the target room, but Perturabo was about to find them.

. . . . . .

The technical sergeant did his best to lock the gates of other roads and leave only one entrance and exit, and then walked to the control console that could operate one of the turrets on the fortress.

"It would take a long time to unlock it in the normal way." The technical sergeant checked the entire array of thinkers in front of him and said, "Before we arrived, the traitors encrypted this thinker..."

“This is what we expected.”

The last disposable [Demon Spirit] in Fugen's hand was taken out. This singularity technology from the Moon World [F Company] can literally open all locked objects. He brought three of them on this mission.

As the [Demon Spirit] was placed on the Thinker and turned on, symbols began to jump out of the Thinker that had originally refused their access, and finally stopped at a string of numbers.

[Password is correct, unlocking]

Under the influence of the [Demon Spirit], the originally locked Thinker was activated, and the technical sergeant began to operate on it.

The turret located above the fortress began to rotate and aim at the construction site in the distance that was already taking shape.

【Warning! Friendly units detected...】

[Authentication in progress, identification friend or foe has been removed]

Boom boom boom--!

The triple-mounted heavy artillery roared, and huge shells flew towards the construction site. Dozens of seconds later, a huge explosion sounded.

"I am manually adjusting the trajectory. The next round will be fired at..."

Suddenly, the augury they were carrying sounded an alarm, and on it they could see a large number of red dots, symbolizing the enemy, converging towards them.

"Set to automatic fire, our objective has been achieved!" Fugen ordered. "Retreat as planned!"

More than ten minutes later, Fugen led his team to evacuate from the remaining entrance and exit as originally planned, but the speed at which the enemy's encirclement approached exceeded Fugen and others' expectations, and soon the enemy blocked their route of advance.

As a last resort, Fugen and his men had to engage in fire with the enemy again. After such a long period of action, even if they had abundant supplies, a lot of them had been consumed.

Dozens of mortal slave soldiers were driven towards Fulgrim and his men. Behind them were several Iron Warriors Space Marines and several traitor Skitarii. They followed the slaves and attacked the enemy in front of them.

Bear--!

The right arm of the [Type IV Contemptor Dreadnought], which had many scars on its body, spewed out scorching promethium flames, igniting the slave soldiers that were driven over. The [Emperor's Children] Space Marines beside him opened fire to prevent the enemy from approaching.

An Iron Warrior Space Marine suddenly grabbed two slaves in front of him and threw them towards the Dreadnought in front of him. The quick-eyed and quick-handed Emperor's Children pulled the trigger at the flying enemies, smashing them into pieces in the air. But in just this short period of time, the leading enemy Space Marine had already rushed in front of them.

The power hammer that came at full force directly overloaded the energy shield of the Dreadnought. Elder Rila stretched out his right claw and slammed the enemy in front of him to the ground, but the next moment several explosive shells hit his already scarred front armor.

DUANG－－!

The Iron Warrior Space Marine who was pinned to the ground took this opportunity to use his backhand to hammer away the arm that was grabbing him, and the power hammer in his hand once again hit the scarred front armor of the Dreadnought in front of him.

brush--!

The arm holding the weapon was cut off and fell to the ground, a power curved sword with gorgeous decorations.

The knife cut off the arm of the Iron Warrior Space Marine, and then swung towards the enemy's head.

The helmeted head was abandoned, and then a large number of red beams shot out, drowning the other enemies in front.

Hiss!

The battle ended with the popping out of a half-melted fuse. The enemy in front of him was almost melted by the laser beam released by the overload, which also caused the beam cannon on Elder Rila's left arm to overheat.

"We must continue to retreat, Primarch." The only technical sergeant in the team said as he repaired the overheated laser cannon. "Other enemies will arrive soon."

"You go first." Fugen was silent for a while, then said, "I'll follow you later."

"Primarch, you..."