Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Then what are you and your troops? Trash?!" Goodpiss did not show any weakness at all because of the huge body of Perturabo in front of him. "You have to understand! The troops fighting the main force of the enemy on the front line are my troops! My ships! How many of you are there?! What is your record?!"

"I trusted you and your troops. I put you in charge of the defense of this planet. I let you build those so-called 'defense positions' on my territory. What are you giving me in return?! One failure after another?!"

"enough!"

Perturabo, who was much bigger than Goodpis, grabbed the Mechanical Sage in front of him and lifted him up. At this moment, the arrogant Goodpis became a little panicked.

"You...you can't..."

"Can't kill you? Because we're on your planet? Because we still need you?"

"That's a good reason, but it's not a necessary reason! The contract doesn't say I can't kill you!"

"I originally wanted to turn against it after it was built, but now I have changed my mind..."

At this moment, Goodpis pointed a mechanical claw holding a promethium pistol at Perturabo in front of him, but the next moment it was grabbed by the other party and then pulled off.

The fuel in the promethium pistol leaked out and ignited, and the scorching promethium flames directly engulfed the Mechanical Magus of Goodpis. Perturabo watched the mechanical Magus in his hand burn in the flames until it became charred.

The warp energy on this planet is becoming more and more dense, and various strange phenomena caused by the warp energy are also appearing on this planet - the warp demons are also beginning to appear.

Under the gazes of the crowd, an unknown silver light entered the body of Goodpis, who was no longer moving. After dozens of seconds, he stood up again like a puppet on a string.

"I've had enough of hearing his complaints!" Perturabo said. "Let those mortals speed up the construction! Let our psykers start contacting the warp!"

"Yes, my lord!"

. . . . . .

Like several huge chimneys and a bunch of wings made of spikes, this is a symbol of Vashtor, the lesser evil god of the warp, and it is also what Perturabo has been building from the beginning.

Except for the internal personnel of [Iron Warriors], no one else knows the actual function of this building, including Goodpis, who has been occupied by an unknown demon.

He never imagined until his death that the helpers he found were actually plotting against his forging planet, and that the signed contract was taking away everything he had.

But it didn't matter anymore, because he was dead.

Possessed by an unknown electronic demon, he cannot hide his death for long, but before it is discovered, construction work can be completed, and by then nothing will be a problem.

That's right, so after Fulgrim had played a trick on Perturabo, he did not choose to continue hunting down his brother. He returned to the

On the construction site, awaiting its completion and pulling the planet into the warp.

Just like the contract he signed with Vashtor in his hand.

I thought so, but the actual situation once again changed unexpectedly.

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Using the phase travel device, Fulgrim struggled to escape from the phase space that already had the breath of subspace, and threw the phase travel device in his hand far away.

As the 'defense position' gradually took shape, the power of the subspace was spreading across the planet, affecting all space-related devices.

Afterwards, Fugen found the team that had left early and discussed the current situation.

Their sabotage operation was successful. Whether it was using the fortress's heavy artillery to carry out indiscriminate bombing of the target area, or letting another team control a ship to cause damage to orbital facilities and the ground, they had achieved quite good results.

The production of this forging world has been affected to a certain extent, but it is only affected.

According to the latest reconnaissance report, the "defense position" is still being built non-stop, with no signs of stopping.

Fulgrim's intuition and the intelligence he had gathered suggested that if he could not destroy the 'defensive position' that was being built, then everything he did would be in vain.

However, Fugen and his companions have now lost about half of their team members and most of their equipment, supplies and props. It is obvious that they do not have the ability to cause damage in that area, and going there would be tantamount to suicide.

At this time, the psychic tower ship finally got rid of the enemy's patrol and found a suitable place as a communication center. It established contact with Fugen and others and brought good news.

A support force from the Iron Hands Legion has arrived on the ground.

. . . . . .

How does it feel to charge towards an enemy that is dozens or even hundreds of times your number?

Just like a praying mantis raising its sickle to catch the approaching wheel, the phrases "a mantis trying to stop a chariot" and "an ant trying to shake a tree" are vividly demonstrated at this moment.

After receiving the confirmed news and the location of the reinforcements, Fulgrim decided to provide an attack target for the incoming Iron Hands Space Marines and to attract as many enemy troops as possible to facilitate the support troops' surprise attack.

The current situation is that they have confirmed that the reinforcements have arrived on the planet and are not far away, while the enemy should still be looking for the location of this reinforcement and mobilizing troops.

The support forces of the Iron Hands Legion were confirming the landing site and searching for the location of Fulgrim and his men.

The sound of war gunfire will be the most obvious attack signal and target. This is risky, but it will also allow the arriving reinforcements to immediately find their positions and identify the targets that need to be attacked - a target that can make Fulgrim forcibly attack despite having an absolutely inferior number of soldiers is definitely an important target!

This was an extremely dangerous person. Fugen and his men were now almost out of ammunition and food. There was a high possibility that they would be covered and engulfed by the enemy's firepower the moment of contact. But even so, everyone, including Fugen, did not hesitate and resolutely charged towards the enemy in front of them.

The mortal troops at the outermost edge, when they saw the Imperial Space Marine squad charging towards them, their first reaction was surprise. They had never expected that the enemy would openly attack them.

This brief moment of shock also resulted in Fugen taking over the outermost position in just a few dozen minutes, but the subsequent battle was not so smooth.

A wave of heavy artillery bombardment directly cut off the advance and retreat of Fugen and others, and then an armored force attacked his position with billowing smoke.

The attacking armored forces were not in a hurry to annihilate them immediately, but instead dispersed their absolute number of troops to surround the position, ensuring that Fugen and others would not have a chance to escape.

This tactic is correct. A fly that keeps making trouble in your territory is very annoying. If possible, you must kill them completely.

But then the actions of Fugen and others once again shocked these traitors - they once again took the initiative to charge at them.

Sage Rilla moved at a speed that was totally beyond the capability of a Dreadnought. The railgun on his right shoulder was activated, piercing through a Leman Rust tank with the Chaos Eight-pointed Star logo in front of him. The laser cannon on his left arm sprayed out deadly red beams.

A large number of beams and anti-armor weapons fell on it, overloading the last shield generator but failing to stop it from rushing to the front. An elder who had experienced the massacre on the planet Istvan III was releasing his anger among the enemy.

The enemy's plan to use armored forces to encircle and wipe out Fugen's squad fell into an awkward situation because of his proactive attack.

The good news is that they have a lot of troops, and even if the Space Marines want to kill them all, it will take some time.

The bad news is that their troops are numerous, and Fugen and his men rushed directly in, making it impossible for them to fire at will.

The worse news is that as the mortal auxiliary forces of the Iron Warriors, the demigod masters behind them will not care about their lives. These Space Marines are famous for their extremely high combat efficiency and casualty rate, both before and after their fall.

This is indeed the case.

When the situation was stalemate due to the close combat between Fugen and others, the artillery in the rear opened fire at their position.

The blanket artillery fire, indiscriminately targeting friend or foe, directly submerged the armored unit and also submerged Fulgrim and his men who had infiltrated it. Even the Space Marines could not stand firm under the bombardment of multiple [Petrified Lizard Cannons].

And then another unexpected thing happened. The artillery unit that was bombing here suddenly stopped the attack without completing a standard round of artillery fire.

[Zizi--! This is the [Iron Hands] Legion support force]

[We have destroyed and occupied the artillery positions that attacked you]

[Support team is about to arrive]

675. Outbreak (XII)

The sound of booming artillery fire appeared near the 'defensive position' under construction, and another accident occurred.

Now they have not figured out what kind of ship could have escaped unscathed after briefly paralyzing their communications and detection equipment; nor have they figured out how Fulgrim and others opened the locked fortress gates and shipyard gates; nor have they figured out why the Iron Hands regiment was able to break through the front line and come here.

The new technologies acquired by the Human Empire are beyond imagination. Only a small part of them is used in this war, but even this small part has changed the way of war to a certain extent.

Although the enemy has improved with the help of the Warp and the evil gods, at least for Vashtor, the progress is not that fast.

As for the others... Nurgle is looking for Aisha all over the galaxy; Khorne is having daily cold weapon fights; Slaanesh... maybe he has a few extra 'toys' for his own use?

The Tzeentch faction is the most likely to grow in power along with the human empire. The Necrons are hunting them down, and on the other side, Tzeentch's incarnation has disappeared.

The technology and creations of the alien world have greatly enhanced the combat capabilities of the human empire, but these new technologies and equipment still have to face another test - the subspace.

Soon, problems arose with the Mechanical troops that served as cannon fodder and vanguard. When they went deep into the area with dense subspace energy, unknown red and black lines appeared on their mechanical bodies. Then they malfunctioned, stopped where they were, and even attacked other Mechanical soldiers who could still move.

As mentioned before, everything in the Warhammer world is now inseparable from the Warp, and as long as you are in this world, you will inevitably be affected by it.

A huge flying dragon-shaped demon engine dropped from the sky and, under the control of the Chaos Dwarf on its back, grabbed those out-of-control or shut-down mechanicals, then disappeared into the air, and the servants of Chaos began to clean up the mess.

This situation was soon known to the Space Marines of the Iron Hands, which was also within their expectations. The mechanical troops they brought had also completed their mission.

"What are you going to do?" Fulgrim, who had successfully joined the support troops, asked an Iron Hands Space Marine. "It can be confirmed that the building under construction is something similar to a stable subspace portal. If it is built, the consequences will be disastrous."

“We already have a plan and we’re starting to implement it.”

At this moment, there was a sound of something tearing through the planet's atmosphere. Looking up, several unmanned warships that followed the Iron Hand fleet were falling towards the so-called "defense position."

. . . . . .

The "Afterglow" unmanned battleship originated from the world of "Far Planet" and is a new concept ship developed and manufactured by Tachyon Technology.

However, the development of this type of ship was eventually discontinued due to resistance from several forces including the Overlord (mainly because it was too expensive) until the First AI War.

Unable to resist the Overlord's attack through conventional forces, Tachyon Technology restarted the unmanned battleship project and sent it to the battlefield even though it still had a lot of bugs. This directly led to the beginning of the AI ​​war and the afterglow battleships and automatic space stations running around in various remote galaxies in the following time.

After the Human Empire basically conquered and controlled almost all the major local forces in this world, it began to eliminate the unmanned warships that controlled these bugs in their programs, turning them into another force in the hands of the Human Empire.

However, because these Afterglow unmanned warships were originally defective products rushed out by Tachyon Technology at the time, there were a lot of problems with their programs. They could not be used properly in their own world, let alone brought to the Warhammer world where all kinds of monsters and demons existed.

If these automatic ships were sent to the Warhammer world without any modification, Zhang Yi and the others could imagine them going crazy again.

However, it is not easy to modify a program that is already stuck in code. After spending a lot of time, the responsible Mechanicus priest determined that instead of modifying the original code, it would be faster to rewrite the code for these automatic ships.

But this brings up another problem: the manufacture and production of intelligent machines was originally completely prohibited in the Warhammer world. Although many sages or priests in the Forge World may be working on this kind of thing in secret, now you want them to write a safety program that can control and restrict the entire fleet of unmanned warships... This is a bit beyond the scope...

So don't expect these unmanned warships to shine in the Warhammer world in the short term - that's normally the case.

The Iron Hands Legion, which was originally semi-hidden and was developing intelligent machinery

After obtaining this information, he directly applied for the research rights of an Afterglow automatic space station controlled by the Human Empire, and let it produce several complete Afterglow fleets.

The people in their legion said that the fleet was prepared for future explorations of other worlds, but what was it actually for? Only they themselves knew.

This time, letting the Afterglow unmanned warships follow the Iron Hands Legion's fleet to attack was a bold attempt on their part. All the unmanned warships' low-level AI cores were subject to various restrictions, and after being started, their service life would inevitably begin to count down - they were originally sent to the battlefield as disposable suicide units.

After gaining an advantage near the orbit of the planet Conconord with the number and firepower of unmanned warships, the fleet would order the remaining unmanned ships to advance at full speed towards the target area on the surface of the planet without hesitation, in order to exert the final effect of these ships.

This was another accident that the defenders, the Iron Warriors, Chaos believers, and the demons had never expected. After these ships entered the atmosphere, their internal control systems were burned out, and they became uncontrollable, falling blocks of iron.

The anti-aircraft firepower installed in the 'defense position' fired at the falling ships with all its might, but even though these unmanned ships were not as huge as those in the Warhammer world, they could not all be destroyed by the limited anti-aircraft firepower.

Ultimately, the anti-aircraft firepower in the "defense position" can only destroy those objects that pose a direct threat to the beacon they are building, and other places can only be left to be destroyed.

This crazy operation undoubtedly broke through the Chaos defenses and plunged their command system into chaos for a period of time. The Imperial troops took this opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the beacon building under construction.

The Chaos believers, who had just been hit hard by the warships that fell from the sky, had no time to resist the overwhelming attack, while the rebellious Mechanicus priests were caught in a dilemma of whether to pick up the garbage or meet the enemy first (the daily routine of the oil man).

The only ones who remained calm and orderly were the Iron Warriors Space Marines and the demons.

The attack of Fulgrim and his men was soon blocked by them. Given their limited manpower, several Iron Warriors Space Marine squads formed a pocket formation and tried to serve as the assault force themselves, so the attack was temporarily stalled.

But soon, Fulgrim took the lead in killing an Iron Warrior Space Marine who was blocking the way ahead, and his own descendants killed two others, creating a brief gap in the encirclement and allowing the assault force to continue to advance.

The huge Minotaur Demon engine collapsed under the molten beam, and the lava that was its blood poured out. Several purple figures stepped over its fallen body and continued to approach the large chimney-like things in front.

A Space Marine can fight intensively for at least a week without food supplies, and the Primarch can fight for even longer. Even after several battles before, he can still lead the raid and reap the lives of the enemy.

The Space Marines move very quickly, and even if there are enemy obstructions, it only takes them a few dozen minutes to reach the target building, but then they will have to face the last and biggest obstacle.

"How dare you appear in front of me?!"

Perturabo and his guards

The Iron Warriors champions standing next to Perturabo were wearing even thicker and more ferocious power armor, which gave people an invisible pressure just by looking at them.

And Perturabo, the tallest and still in the process of ascending to magic, undoubtedly made the pressure more obvious.

Without much communication, Fulgrim and his men took the lead in attacking them, but they were soon suppressed by Perturabo and his descendants and their absolute firepower.

On the enemy's territory, facing the Iron Warriors Legion that is good at attacking cities and strongholds, this is obviously a bit suicidal.

The only remaining [Emperor's Children] and the subsequent supporting [Iron Hands] Space Marines suffered heavy losses. The enemy had Terminators that could only kill in the double digits and a Primarch who had ascended to Demon. Fulgrim and his men were at a disadvantage in terms of firepower and numbers.

Fulgrim was trying to contain Perturabo, who was also a Primarch, or he was being beaten unilaterally. He was a clone and his combat power was not as good as before. Moreover, he was much inferior in equipment. All he could do now was to delay his former brother as much as possible.

He chopped down with the knife in both hands, but the blade only penetrated a little bit of Perturabo's power armor that had become one with his body. The huge metal fist attacked and knocked Fulgrim away.

Seeing this, Perturabo activated the laser cannon on his shoulder without hesitation and locked onto the fallen Fulgrim.

However, the next moment, a silver figure attacked like a missile, knocking the huge Perturabo back several meters, and the red beam it shot out drew a curved groove on the ground.

[You have become much weaker, Fulgrim]

A familiar voice sounded, and Fugen looked in disbelief at the Iron Hand Terminator who had saved her, and spoke after a while.

"Ferus?"

676. Outbreak (Thirteen)

[Iron Hands] Primarch - Ferrus. The most brilliant deed of this Primarch was that when the Emperor came to find him, he fought with the Emperor without saying a word. It was said that the fight between the two directly collapsed a mountain.

This powerful and self-disciplined Primarch conquered hundreds of planets for the Emperor during the Great Crusade and was one of the few "useful tools" in his hands.