Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire.

Chapter 144 Red Pirates Invade Old Enemy Again

The only second lieutenant of Skadi's regiment, a native of Skadi, has experienced several wars, but he has not experienced the Greenskin War, so he and most of the recruits were left in the garrison, as if fate was a joke, those The damned undead stalked those who had defeated him like zombies.

Although Marcato and the captain passed the test, and Alan Baier and the staff took away the green skins again, those chaotic minions still did not give up. Those who fell from the sky to tear apart the mortal homeland were greedy and rude.

But the second lieutenant still didn't know, he still seemed so immature, but at the moment when all the veterans left, he was the real veteran among the remaining 3000 people in Skadi's only regiment.

Although he is a bit taller than a dwarf, but just looking at his war experience, it is possible that the armored division left by General Marcato may not be as legendary as him.

However, this world will never treat him as tenderly as his comrades-in-arms. It’s just that the second lieutenant at the moment is chewing the boiled starchy luncheon meat in the barracks cafeteria full of exhaust gas, those soaked and boiled things, those pink weird Something, couldn't help but sigh.

"Eat this thing again?"

His complexion is not very good, but the Imperial Guard is already fully supplied by this star system. He never thought that the heretics at this moment have run out of ammunition and food, and they will even launch assault ships to invade the world under the nose of the Imperial Navy. .

This behavior seems to be okay, but it is very crazy. If they are discovered, the light spear can wipe out most of their vitality, and the densely packed assault ships are not suitable for crossing large-scale star fields. First, they are slow. Second, they Lack of landing ability and will be shot down by anti-orbital weapons.

This is also the reason why the Imperial Navy did not detect those enemies, but the second lieutenant probably never imagined in his life that those people came here for the disgusting starchy luncheon meat in his hand.

Fraxia's eldest sister hit him on the head, and the second lieutenant clutched his head in pain. "You, you still hate it. When we were surrounded by titanium, they cut off our supplies, and we could only eat soil to fill our stomachs, so several brothers died."

The captain said it lightly, but a few words revealed the cruel hardship. Even in a famine year, it can only be described in a few words, people eat each other, and starvation is everywhere.

At the end of this dark No. 40 millennium, people must be grateful for food, whether it is climbing in the hive city, or standing on the primitive world, or working in the feudal world, or even people in the agricultural world .

The population of the empire is so large that it surpasses the human civilization's understanding of human reproductive capacity. The number of men and women in the empire is almost as large as the stars in the Milky Way.

The value of food to life is what troubles the empire the most. Even for the empire, those crops are still one of the best resources to obtain, but they still have to face the terrible astronomical consumption.

The people of the empire hardly need to be preached, and being picky eaters is an extremely extravagant thing. Although the second lieutenant complained, he still swallowed those bland things. After all, no matter how bad it was, it was better than the days of eating corpse starch.

The spoon crushed those things, melted them into the soup, and drank them all in one gulp with a greasy feeling, plus energy blocks full of sugar to satisfy today's training. The food of the Imperial Guard is getting worse and worse, but the morale of the Imperial Guard It has not weakened.

In this terrible universe, there is only killing the enemy and being killed. The countless mutinies and defections in the internal struggles of humans on Terra have become a handful in the face of the empire's oppression and survival crisis.

Even eating those bland canned starch lumps, the Imperial Guard will spill their anger on the enemy's body.

But today’s day is not as quiet as usual. It’s only halfway through lunch time, and the roar is like thunder and lightning. The atmosphere of this world does not have the so-called clouds or enough water molecules. In other words, there is no thunder and lightning here.

The soldiers of the Imperial Guard were more aware of that restlessness. Lunch time ended early. They stuffed food into their mouths and put on their helmets and weapons. They carried their guns with them even when they were eating.

Because that is, war, that is the sound of gunpowder, it is also the strafing of orbital defense automatic cannons, and the scarlet airdrop pods passing through the indifferent and cloudless atmosphere also represent that the comers are not good, those angels falling very fast Wings cut through the sky like sharp blades, and the invasion weapons built by the Empire are the reason why the Space Marines are invincible.

Now those things have become weapons to attack the empire in turn. The skitarii assembled early and were orderly under the command of the data craftsman, but the airdrop pods of the heresy were extremely accurate, falling directly into the residential area, and the reverse propulsion of the flame jet at its tail Stabilized under force, smashed on the destination, destroying a piece of rubble, blood and death.

Smashing directly into the residential area, violently passing the anti-orbital equipment with speed, as long as the residents of the empire have heard of such behavior, such as the arrival of angels, but the mechanical servants of the Mechanicus are not angels this time, insisting, They are demons, to be more precise, they are red pirates, traitors!
The tower city in the residential area was smashed through, the scarlet angels of death stepped out of their bowls, and the explosive bombs and chainsaw ensemble music, using the screams of the cathars and the deaths of the civilians to create a perfect sound.

The resistance was not strong, the city was instantly occupied, the Mechanicus were more researchers than soldiers, but the Imperial Guards were professional.

Just a moment later in the stronghold of the Imperial Guard, the commanders of the major regiments also shouted, but Skadi has no regiment commander now, and even the staff of the regiment is not there. The second lieutenant walked directly in front of the crowd. He is not big and of average stature. , neither tough nor the most experienced.

However, the life-and-death experience with Alan Bayer still gave him the right to speak. Even when people realized that the war had begun but there was no commander, this "sentry knight" became the best candidate.

His voice is immature but sonorous, no one will doubt his loyalty and strength, and will run forward with him.

"Although my official position is not high, I am still the oldest veteran, and the brothers who enlisted with me come out!"

About 20% of Skadi's only group walked out.

"You are the first company today!"

"Get ready to die!"

The soldiers raised their heads and answered. "yes!"

It seems that he is still a child, but the second lieutenant has not grown up. He has seen too much along the way. He has been taught by veterans and cruel battlefields. In this damn dark universe, there are still few people with bright eyes like him. This is also true. The reason why Alan Baier has always favored him.

In this dark universe, if he has the real ability to stand up in times of crisis, then he will be a hero of the empire, no matter his age, gender, or experience. The Skadi who are still alive in this universe have no waste!
"Go to war, go to war, let those heretics see!"

At this moment, the killing intent of the imperial guards even makes people wonder whether the power of Khorne has landed here, but those hostilities are more the hatred of the red pirates and Skadi, the hatred of exterminating the family, the hatred of comrades in arms, the same is true for the red pirates, When they step on the same land, they are destined to fight forever.

The so-called grievances and loyalty are nothing more than that. Those things are burning in the land of the foundry world Pan Lan, making the already frozen air here even more suffocating.

The head of the No. 12 Regiment of Loengahui couldn't help feeling admiration for the teenagers in front of him. Their camp was next to the only regiment of Skadi, and they had more people, but they didn't have the kind of temperament that could kill the enemy.

Secondly, in the absence of Commander Alan Bayer, they cannot be mixed with the armored regiment according to the military regulations of the empire, and he cannot coordinate operations without reading the relevant manuals.

This war was fought without a commander, and it was destined to be unfair to the Imperial Guard. Therefore, he paid more attention to the cooperation with Skadi's only regiment. They are both infantry regiments, and they can fight together, and even form close battles on their own initiative. group against the enemy.

He took off his military cap and held out his hand to the second lieutenant. "The leader of the No. 12 regiment of Gray Gallon, Sakata Tsuneze, the Emperor, we need to cooperate."

The lieutenant replied. "Skadi, that's all you need to know, sir, because my command is worth nothing compared to the lieutenant colonel's."

"You don't need to belittle yourself, your will is like the jewel on the golden throne, second lieutenant." Captain Sakata could only look at the badge on the second lieutenant's shoulder to determine his only clear information, military rank.

There is no shortage of such unsung heroes in Skadi. In fact, everyone does not care about names in battle. As long as they can dedicate their loyalty and life to the emperor, they can vent bullets and die against heresy.

The 113th Regiment of Phraxia also developed a heroic feeling of sympathy with the [-]st Armored Regiment of Pangea, but this battle decided not to activate the armored battle group after their discussions.

Their enemies are not extraordinary, the Space Marines have no shortage of heavy firepower, and urban battles are full of surprises and accidents. If the rich experience of the traitor Space Marines and those damn heretical weapons destroy any one of the Imperial War Engines, it will be a considerable loss. .

The Red Pirates fell into the Hive City Area D with complex terrain. The hive worlds created by the Mechanicum are different from the standard hives. Their goal is to transport a large amount of materials like blood vessels, rather than living in them, so their area is not large. It's not big, but it extends in all directions.

If the Imperial Guard fail to stop the virus-like traitors, Chaos Space Marines will spread like disease to the world to plunder.

The imperial guards were blocked like white blood cells, but in other words, what they had to face was that they had to deploy to the main roads of the city in a very short time to block the enemy's attack, which meant that they needed to evacuate their manpower In this way, if the city is completely blocked, only 1000 people will be stationed on one main road.

Although the Skitarii in this world can help, the Mechanicus is not good at cooperation. The strength of 1000 people is not strong, and it is destined that the branch of the Imperial Guard will encounter attacks and cause a lot of losses, just to report Enemies are there.

Such actions and tactics are very bad. It seems that the emperor's currency and human life are used as consumables to fight the war, but there is really no better way in a short time.

But the second lieutenant thought, would Alan Baier agree to this stupid behavior like this here?Foolish tactics to be used by loyal men and women of the Empire as signalers or sirens in the future.

The second lieutenant has never fought a war of attrition in his life, and it is extremely abnormal in the Imperial Guard, because human beings are too weak compared to the countless ghosts and monsters in this universe.

In many cases, human beings use endless wars and logistics, death and blood to drag the enemy to death, or the powerful firepower of armored regiments and artillery regiments to directly destroy the enemy.

Many complicated actions are dispensable for the human empire. This set of military theory can deal with 90% of the enemies in the entire galaxy. Most of the aliens or native creatures in that world will be consumed by the imperial wrath or the huge productivity of the empire. die.

In contrast, most of the imperial guards are quite resistant to complex tactical planning, because the imperial guards are huge in size, it is extremely difficult to command on a large scale, and they are also prone to losses.

Unless the soldiers are of high quality and have a strong will to fight, even if the queue disperses and there is no staff, there will be no rout and despair, and they can charge the countless monsters in this dark universe, otherwise most of the tactics are useless.

And such imperial guard regiments are one of the few in the entire galaxy, all of them are the pillars and backbones of the empire, and most ordinary imperial guards will only choose the above-mentioned tactics.

Procrastinate, consume, wait.

But Skadi was not. They fought the orcs in the forest without communication, killed the enemy in the dominated hive, and even defeated the red pirates, so that the second lieutenant proposed a bold battle at this critical moment.

It can even be said to be crazy, at least in the eyes of Captain Sakata, it is absolutely crazy.

The second lieutenant said. "I refuse. Deploying soldiers to the intersection means that if the path of the edge area is approached by the enemy, our soldiers will not have time to build a bunker. They will directly contact the space fighters face to face, and in the case of a disadvantaged number."

Captain Sakata asked. "you mean?"

The lieutenant replied. "They will die. I cannot spend the Emperor's currency like this. I refuse such an action."

Captain Sakata shook his head. "If we can't stop the enemy, they will spread and the world will never be able to recover."

The second lieutenant knew that they had no time to linger, so he spoke directly.

"I'm going to do urban street fighting with those Space Marine traitors, and the Skadi will crush those things, just like before."

Sakata scolded directly. "I know about your miracle, but that was in the forest, and this is the hive capital, which is different from yours!"

The second lieutenant looked at the regiment leader without dodging. "Same, exactly the same. Skadi is a hive-capital. This time we are home. The reality is that if we can't defeat the heretics here, the defense line will be easily breached, sir!"

Sakata looked at the young man in front of him, and he looked at the beating clock. There was no choice, he had to choose a tactic, no matter what...

But he saw the straight soldiers standing behind the second lieutenant, they were all miracles of the emperor, they were all heroes, they were determined, loyal, powerful, and their equipment was outrageous.

Realizing that he couldn't stop the young man in front of him, he could only take a deep breath. "Go, try it! Skadi people!"

(End of this chapter)