Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 247 The End of the Landing Port Battle
boom!
Under the leaden sky, lightning flashed through thick clouds.

The flash of light disappeared after shining through the ground for a moment, and the rain, which was dyed black by dust, changed from pattering to heavy rain, and finally formed a thick curtain in the field of vision.

This precipitation, which symbolizes the arrival of the rainy season on the continental plate of the planet, is more than a full month earlier than before;
It benefits from the gravitational tides of the ships in orbit, and is controlled by the mechanical arks in the sky that are good at manipulating the atmosphere.

Yes, this heavy rain itself is also a tactical level weapon for the empire.

After initially establishing the landing field and defeating the first wave of orcs head-on, the empire's tactical goal on this planet is to destroy as much as possible the living forces and anti-aircraft firepower here, so as to rule out the empire's offensive into the galaxy. risk.

The Psionic Titans had been recovered in time after completing the initial missions, and the next thing to support the land forces in the atmosphere was a temporary strike group composed of six Titans.

They will follow in the footsteps of the Star Forces and the Gray Knights, and wipe out the main force of the orcs on this planet.

This is enough, especially in the context of the collapse of the orc army.

Under the rough and tough appearance of this species, the reliance on psionic energy and group will has exceeded human expectations.

Whether it's the War Boss who was put together by the Silent Sisters with their own lives in the Beast War, or the green energy that was smashed head-on by Calvin here.

These gestalts representing their collective consciousness are too important to them, but without any form of protection.

This is undoubtedly a very obvious loophole and shortcoming.

Once this shortcoming is targeted by the enemy, these orcs who have lost their spiritual support can only be knocked down again, becoming a low-activity race within the scope of scientific understanding.

This low activity is based on their spore-like biological instincts:
Their basic energy conversion method is low-level photosynthesis among all carbon-based organisms.

This choice naturally has its trade-offs, and its advantages are adaptation and tolerance to the environment, as well as the terrifying reproductive ability brought about by this tolerance;

What about the downside?It's just that without the interference of external forces such as psionic energy, their energy supply system is simply impossible to support the brain energy needs of an intelligent race!
what is this?
Is it a semi-finished product made in a hurry?

After Calvin left the battlefield, he had been reflecting on this too easy victory.

He saw too much utilitarianism and purpose from the race of orcs;
Therefore, I understand why the emperor still didn't pay attention to it after experiencing the battle of Ulano:
Without him, this is already the pinnacle of their race.

Too low energy conversion threshold brings too fast expansion speed;

But the low energy conversion threshold also makes their races need tens of millions of times more people than other races when trying to advance to a truly complete form!

It's almost impossible!
The territory of a huge orc empire is just enough for them to complete the basic rational and institutional construction.

How many people are needed for soul ascension that wants to pull the entire race into the psychic stage?
How many new populations do those populations need?
You put it here to play P's/scam!
Thinking of this, Calvin himself laughed out loud, and at this moment he clearly felt the malice of those who created the orcs.

This is an artificial race that is used as a low-level tool of war, essentially no different from the combat partners deliberately cultivated by humans from wolves during the nomadic stage.

Their upper limit has long been secretly doomed, and even today when their master has long since disappeared, it is still impossible for them to break free from the shackles engraved into their genes.

Apart from being amused, Calvin was even more awed by the existence of those who once created orcs:

Psychic power is really a magical power;
Psionic technology and the ascension of the entire race are really worthy of the empire's efforts...

The battle on this planet is still going on, but from the perspective of the high command, the strategic purpose of opening up the entrance for the follow-up troops has actually been achieved.

Subsequent fleets and materials are constantly pouring in, and massive amounts of materials are supporting and consolidating the control of the portals on both sides of the battlefield.

When the strike cruisers of the Astartes here escaped from the planetary battlefield and gradually began to join the frontal galaxy naval battle, the destruction of the orc fleet inevitably entered a countdown state.

The unprecedentedly strong orcs can still bring great casualties to humans, but it is useless to the overall situation.

Just like the shackles in their bones:
Fixed battleship structure, resulting in lack of tactics;
And fixed tactics are a fatal flaw in themselves.

Once they are deliberately targeted by enemies of the same level, the only thing waiting for them is death.

In fact, the specific situation of naval warfare is also true:
The heavy armor on the bows of their warships was ignored, and the imperial fleet, which took the initiative, relied on the stability of the engine to keep a sufficient distance from them, and then turned around and slowly lashed at their fragile waists.

In addition to the large casualties in the initial stage of fighting for space, the large fleet had no major battleships that were seriously injured except for the paralysis of two large cruisers.

A large number of Astartes stationed on the ship, so that the fleet is not afraid of small orc landing ships;
And once these small ships are ignored, in the artillery battle between the large warships, the firepower comparison of the empire against the orcs will be an overwhelming advantage without any objection.

This is the foundation of the empire, and it is also the greatest confidence that the empire possesses as the dominant race in the Milky Way today.

Just like the famous saying: People and dogs are all on show, only the empire is being beaten.

Perhaps in the eyes of some people, whether it is aliens or chaos in the entire universe, they are threatening the safety of the empire all the time;
And the Empire is indeed under the threat of these enemies, often losing the protection of its citizens and control of its precious territory;
But please don't forget or ignore:
In these famous scenes, being able to play a supporting role for a long time, doesn't it mean that the Milky Way at this time is dominated by humans?

And every time the empire became serious, which of those races that threatened the empire didn't come back disappointed?

Calvin, who withdrew his thoughts from the trivial thoughts and re-watched the entire battle situation, was pleased to find:
The campaign to regain the Hassan sector in the direction of Orpheus has gone smoothly so far;
Among them, the battle for the most dangerous Prestle galaxy has also survived the most difficult landing stage.

　One more, please vote.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)