Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 250 Storm's Offensive and Defensive Battle (3)

From the macro perspective of the entire space station, the upper and lower floors of the building are composed of huge metal cross structures.

And within this narrow range of less than ten kilometers in vertical and horizontal lines, there are already dozens of Astartes squads fighting everywhere.

With the double blow from both inside and outside, most of the main body of the space station has been lost;
The main force of the orc defenders was divided into nodes, and then the subsequent landing troops led by the squad of Astartes fighters were strangled in the cold cabins and corridors at fixed points.

After completing the strike mission, a large number of Astartes began to rush towards the connecting passage between the two star castles.

The gray knights began to concentrate in the direction of Calvin, and the battle mode of large-scale jumping battles combined with frontal strikes had already shown its embryonic form with the cooperation of the two sides many times.

These Astartes from different battle groups finally began to accept the existence of this brand new Astartes who joined in the legion mode in battle after battle.

This is a more direct assault force than the Raven Guard and White Scars on the big battlefield. Their clean cutting and wide-range transfer ability amazed the onlookers;
This is also a balanced tactical group comparable to the Shadow Moon Wolf in terms of tactical diversity and equipment arrogance.

Under the background that the God's Punishment Dread Knights have not yet had an improved model for the big battlefield, the value and characteristics of the Gray Knights in this tough battle have already impressed the brother troops participating in the battle.

They have not yet had the chance to spend long periods of time with their gray brethren, but the gray knights' silent and efficient tactics alone have won the appreciation of the three foreign warbands.

"Efficient strikes, excellent tactical synchronization! Pious faith! Well, there are too many psykers..."

This is a private evaluation of these gray knights by Hobbs Horabus, the Marshal of the Black Templar Expeditionary Army with unknown number and organization.

On the way of carrying out their expedition duties normally, they learned of the great recovery war that was unfolding here on the way through Orpheus.

The recovery of the two star regions!
One is being prepared and one is almost complete!

What a great and glorious cause this is!What a precious loyalty to the Emperor!
Unsurprisingly, he followed Hobbs!

So this fully assembled Astartes warband that theoretically meets the standards of the Codex.

As a matter of course, a few days later, wearing the vest of his own mother group, he began to initiate contact with the star area of ​​Orpheus.

They loudly claim to be from the officially registered Chapter Astartes of the Empire.

And it is the son of Dorne with a long history and glory, which originated from the second founding of the army.

Well, given their reputation, Calvin already knew where they were coming from seeing their familiar crusading emblems.

He expressed a reserved welcome to these uninvited guests, and confirmed their identities procedurally.

Yes, only procedurally.

After all, the small tricks of these Astartes are well known in the upper echelons of the empire;

It is not a matter of logging in once or twice with one account and N IP addresses at the same time. The empire is in a state of semi-acquiescence to their behavior.

As for their claim that the black templars that appeared in other star regions at the same time were fake, Calvin smiled and agreed, thinking it was all farting in his heart.

The Cursers and the Angels of the Dead also spoke highly of the Gray Knights, and Calvin also expressed enough respect for these two warbands.

In terms of the time they participated in the war, these two battle groups were the first Astartes to reach Orpheus;
And judging from the fact that the angels of the dead have moved their home planet to Orpheus, they are the hosts here.

The two warbands were grateful for Calvin's assistance in the recovery of Leiak. Many of their brothers were recovered from the occupied areas one by one after the recovery of Leiak.

And Calvin was born in the Inquisition, but he did not express any obvious desire for control and suppression, which also made it easier for these wargroups who were purely loyal to the Empire.

They are a battle group that operates in full compliance with the spirit of the "Holy Code", from their perspective as pure soldiers:

Neither the Inquisition's usual desire for control nor the factionalism of fellow Chapter Astartes was a style they appreciated.

Calvin never gave them such a misunderstanding, and even to avoid suspicion, since sending the two veterans back to their respective regiments, he has never had any formal contact with them.

These two battle groups rarely participated in such large-scale battles, but they both expressed enough respect for the gray knights' tactical completion and their strong personal qualities after the start of the battle.

In fact, the three warbands already knew about the existence of the Gray Knights;
But actually fighting with these famous and mysterious forces is a new experience.

Different from their inherent impressions in the past, this special Astartes in front of them did not completely hand over the leadership of affairs to the mortal Tribunal bureaucrats as in the legend;
These gray knights obviously have enough autonomy, and even after Calvin appeared, they are leading the work of the trial court here as the leader.

"Greyhound..."

This indecent epithet, so long circulated among the Astartes, was not what they had seen;
Given the chance, the three warbands after this battle would not mind justifying the name of this silent ally.

All in all, the Gray Knights (the size of the Legion has not yet appeared in front of the friendly forces at this time) has successfully established a preliminary new image in the Astartes of the Empire by relying on their strong strength and unique charm.

In the eyes of the friendly army, this battle group may still have various shortcomings of being too silent and too mysterious;

But this is exactly what Calvin, who never wanted to show the Gray Knights publicly to the entire empire, hoped to see.

The battle for the space station has thus far been won.

The second batch of Mechanicus members who landed is already in place.

Under the deliberate cover of a large warship, the energy and shield systems of this space station are being urgently repaired and checked.

The weapon array originally pointed at the Grand Fleet on the outside of it was also out of the sight of the orcs, and slowly began to aim at Storm's other defense systems.

At this point, the landing troops on the outer side of the track finally had their first tactical-level fulcrum.

Several Astartes battle barges used void shields against the flanking anti-aircraft artillery fire, and began to rely on the firepower gap here to launch new strikes and raids towards the center of the defense system.

Swarms of macro cannons and light spears began to "baptize" the Remilas-class star fort in the center, in order to damage the opponent's short-range air defense capability as much as possible.

The armored belt on the Star Fort and the turrets within it all fell silent after being subjected to saturated firepower.

With a large flight deck on the battle barge, the fighter group is performing the last approach bombing.

When the position of the fighter plane on the deck is vacated, the corresponding torpedo shooting holes are also collectively opened:
Landing craft and landing torpedoes, loaded with large numbers of Astartes fighters, began to be released en masse from below the battle barges.

From the perspective of the big battlefield, the changes here are minimal, but to those who pay attention here, every tiny change here is like the black rain in front of them, representing countless bravery and sacrifice, loyalty and death...

Another black rain representing death, covering the star castle again;

Another bloody and tragic street battle in the interstellar era is about to start on Storm's orbital defense core.

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(End of this chapter)