Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 140 Start of War (2) When the rain stops, the bloody battle begins

"The first round of attack is in place, and the effectiveness evaluation is in progress..."

"The recalculation of the killing radius is in progress, the data correction team is on standby..."

In the command room of the Revenant Redeemer's weapon array above the track, the calculation officer team and the sighting and targeting team are working together intensively.

In the weapon array room in the middle of the battleship ahead, the ready loaders and gunners were nervously watching the gunnery sergeant major, waiting for his instructions.

The loud sound of shelling forced them to wear sound-proof headphones to work, and they could not hear the instructions to operate through the gunnery sergeant's warrant.

The sergeant major does not have this treatment. He must maintain communication with the command room at any time, so eardrum perforation and bleeding accompanied by shelling are commonplace in his position.

At this time, his raised right hand was drawing the eyes of everyone in the gun room, and his left hand was holding the communicator receiver on the wall, waiting for the feedback from the command room.

"The data correction is complete, the second round of strikes is ready, waiting for orders..."

"Launch permitted!"

"Launch permitted! I order! 3-2-1! Let!"

Following the arrival of the order from the command room, the sergeant majors in each weapon room swung their right hands vigorously, and the gunner also slammed down the firing trigger.

With a loud roar and gunpowder smoke filling the entire cabin, the shells of the macro gun left the muzzle with huge kinetic energy, and smashed straight to the ground with their hatred.

The shell entered the planet's atmosphere after traveling through the vacuum for a short period of time, and the ceramic steel on the surface of the warhead quickly glowed red and hot under the intensely burning air.

The air was trying to prevent the passage of these foreign objects, but the sonic boom and shock wave that was penetrated proved its failure;

Tzeentch's great demon tried to lock the trajectory of these destructive forces with his eyes, but the demon-breaking inscription on the cannonball and the increasing speed negated its attempt.

None of them could prevent the coming of judgment. In just 1 minute and 40 seconds, the malice from the soul savior at an altitude of 10 meters from the surface of the earth once again fell on these demons with precision.

Boom boom boom boom!
The five rounds of macro artillery shells that had been corrected for their kill data once again went through a long-distance attack and carved deeply into the hard soil layer on the ground.

Under the impact of this powerful kinetic energy, the highly condensed silicon molecules are as soft as plasticine and can be kneaded.

A crater of more than ten meters and the same height of dust were formed at the same time. The huge shock wave and the explosion that followed changed the entire battlefield.

At this moment, the transparent air violated the laws of nature and became visible to the naked eye, and the shock wave transmitted the kinetic energy carried in it to the surroundings at an extremely fast speed.

The change spirits and Nurglings with loose structures were torn apart and evaporated by the air at this moment, leaving no stumps, and the same was true for the rare mortal cultists.

The bloodletter's copper-like body resisted this wave of shock, but before they regained their footing, the following solid shrapnel and 3000-degree high temperature broke through the defense of its body surface, sending it to the ground in the real universe. While crushing the body in it, it drove away its filthy soul.

The smoke and dust brought up by these huge waves spread around and stopped just in front of the positions of the mortal auxiliary army. The heat wave and gunpowder smoke mixed with the smell of burning blood made those with a keen sense of smell couldn't help but sneezed a few times .

The light spear was lowered again, and after the ten-meter-long laser gasified all the covered demons, the plowed land melted like glass with hot bubbles.

The strike position this time was carefully selected. After the previous correction feedback, it extended towards the direction of the demon camp, which is an effective supplement to the macro cannon's interception shooting.

The airdrop pod in the sky has landed, and under the escort of transport spaceships and fighter planes, thousands of mortal legions finally appeared at one end of the battlefield.

This battle seems to have reached a climax from the very beginning, but everyone present knows that whether it is a demon who has prepared for a long time or a human who has just appeared on the stage, the power in their hands is only the tip of the iceberg.

What they will face next is the beginning of the bloody battle.

The demons don't care about this loss. In the past year, how many of them have escaped from the seal, I'm afraid only they know.

But the ammunition storage of the Wraith Redeemer has a limit, after all, it is not a warship specially prepared for orbital strikes.

Except for most of the conventional armor-piercing and armor-piercing shells prepared for attacking similar ships, the high-explosive shells that can really be used to kill unarmored units on the ground in the ammunition arsenal of the Revenant Redeemer will not exceed 30 bases at most.

Assuming that each round of bombardment can create a little more than 1 minute of fire interception for the ground troops, then it will only take half an hour to finish the [-] bases.

But the data is not calculated in this way. The Revenant Redeemer must leave at least 5 shells in stock for emergencies to deal with emergencies.

Therefore, the time they can really provide cover for ground troops will not exceed 15 minutes.

And these 15 minutes are the precious time window for mortal troops to enter orbit with close to zero damage.

After this time, the follow-up troops will not only bear the ground attack, but also bear the losses caused by the anti-aircraft firepower of the demon army that reacted.

Light spears are not trustworthy. The natural disadvantage of this penetrating strike weapon in terms of damage range is infinitely magnified here.Unless it is to hit a single target, the killing of the light spear is meaningless in front of the demons here.But from the application on the ground to the arrival of the orbital strike, how can there be a single target that will stand in place and let it hit?
Therefore, the lance cannot be trusted.The only person they can trust is themselves.

In 15 minutes, the infantry and armored units in the first batch of troops that landed were marching toward the second-line battlefield in full swing, and put down the front shovels of the armored vehicles and shoveled out ravines for the infantry to serve as temporary trenches.

After each trench was plowed out, the soldiers of the Mortal Legion couldn't wait to pick up the engineering shovel in their hands and start repairing and preparing as soon as the forklift truck left.

One after another, huge material airdrop bins were opened, and loaded with the troop carrier, these ammunition were quickly and effectively deployed on various nodes of the position.

The follow-up large troops also began to gather in the hidden places behind the trenches under orderly distribution, preparing for subsequent support or counter-charge.

The Legion's tech sergeants, aided by servitors, make the most of the time to deploy automatic weapons platforms and other equipment.

The engineers drove the mining vehicles under their feet to full power, walked through these busy crowds towards the front line, laid down the anti-personnel mines one by one, and then rushed back to the rear of the position before the fire interception ended.

A full 3 soldiers and their weapons were deployed on this front less than 20 kilometers long in the first wave of local delivery regardless of cost by the Wraith Redeemer.

And this is also the transportation limit of the Soul Redeemer after several hours of preparation, after all, these vanguard troops are also the elite of the Mortal Legion.

It is impossible for the troops in the future to have this kind of treatment.

The orbital airdrop warehouses in stock have all been delivered, and the cruiser's deck inventory has been utilized to the limit.They will take longer to prepare, to organize again the mission requirements for launch ships and transport.

The troops on the ground need to stand firm for at least 3 hours before they can see the next batch of reinforcements arrive. During these long three hours, they have no one to rely on, and they can only find ways to survive on their own.

Wave after wave of demons died on the way to the charge, but in the camp behind, more demons appeared among them.

The servants of Khorne cheered and howled for the blood they saw. The smell of sulfur in the violent gunpowder smoke and the stench of burning blood made them uncontrollably excited. If it weren't for the natural deterrence of the Great Demon, they really wanted to be desperate rushed forward.

Either kill or die by killing, this doesn't make much difference to low-level demons.

Chaos has begun to appear in the corners of the camp, and demons that are difficult to control have begun to point their butcher knives at their camp.But under the slaughter of the big demon, these chaos are still at a barely acceptable level.

When the time was close to zero, the shells of the macro guns did not land again after an explosion, and the light spear arrays were also overloaded with heat after continuous shooting and needed to be cooled.

When the loudest main theme of the frontal battlefield came to an end, the big demons on the side of chaos knew that their time had come.

　Second watch, ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)