Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire.

Chapter 158
"Litany Against the Mutant"

Emperor, let Your undeniable light burn on the misshapen and the twisted, so I can see them with pure sight, and purge them with righteous fire.
"Prayer Against Aliens"

Calling the emperor, please send the fire from the sky to be ruthless, and shoot at him for his abnormality and ugly heart, so that I can face up to the sight and hear, and burn all the evil to justify my name.

(Excerpt from "Introduction to Imperial Infantry Textbook")
Death and destruction are everywhere in this cruel world, but the Imperial Guard will still say goodbye to every brother who leaves, and will also let the heretics or aliens who caused such tragedies die tragically.

Provocations always come at a price. After the Imperial Guards realized the severity of this matter, Chimera, tanks, and Lemanus could not directly mount soldiers because of the heat. Imperial vehicles could adjust the temperature for multi-terrain use. The human area was completely filled at this moment, and Ms. Poison Blade Tank was used to press out roads extending in all directions from the center to the entire Mechanicus world.

Orcs want to play with cars, so have fun with them!

An imperial soldier wearing a full set of heat-resistant suits is using a two-color signal promethium stick to direct the vehicle to move forward slowly. He looks like a large black monster, but in fact it is just a void escape suit that was used on the ground. Here The environment is too harsh, the mortal body will be dehydrated after only a few minutes of exposure, the entire atmosphere is devoid of liquid, and the temperature of the sun seems to take away everything from a person.

"Forward! Forward!" He commanded the imperial engines to leave the station day by day. The black smoke from those turbid engines had already dyed the sky dark. The crew took Lemanus as the heaviest unit, the Salamander Scout tanks and Hydra anti-aircraft tanks act as fire support and maneuver forwards into the wilderness in search of the remnants of the Orcs.

One is for revenge and surrender, and the other is to maintain the supply line and prove the capabilities of the Imperial Guard to the Mechanicus.

Hundreds of tanks are patrolling around the city, galloping in the wilderness full of smoke and gravel. The density of the Mechanicum's lairs is very high, but there are also manpower problems, because the cities in this world are designed for production. It is so dense that there is nowhere to drive, but as long as you leave the core area, a large number of open spaces make people confused.

Today's empire is so sick, it is nothing more than a microcosm of human society. At the end of this dark No. 40th millennium, the empire's malaise and corruption have caused the human world that once spread across the galaxy during the Great Expedition to continue to retreat. Pulling and shrinking, although it is not that there are no great men who have re-opened the frontiers, and even generally speaking, the borders of the empire today are larger than those of the Great Crusade, but can that kind of windy and crumbling world be counted as the stars of mankind?
The hot wind blows over the car body, roasting the metal very hot. The Salamander tank car, a seemingly thick World War I style car body, is advancing very fast in the wilderness, but you don't doubt whether its body can cross the complex Under the powerful grip of the imperial tracked vehicles, its off-road capability is only stronger than the suspension vehicles of titanium and Eldar.

And next to it are two sentinel mechs, this is the structure of this scouting team, but this team has something more special than other teams.

That is, the crew members of this tank are the real commanders. When Alan Bayer, wearing a heavy cloth on his head, sticks out the observation hole of the commander's salamander command tank, he would rather endure the heat than continue to stay inside. Crowded!
There are four permanent personnel on the Salamander tank, he is the commander, the staff officer is the communicator, the two Phraxia drivers and the gunner, and four rough old men squeezed into the space less than 6 meters, just like "mother's womb" Curled forward as if, standing on the ground, at least I can stand up straight!

Alan Baier wiped the sweat from his forehead. The restless temperature was acute in the breeze. If he hadn't been tightly covered by the cloth, he might have gone into shock due to the evaporation of body fluids.

Alan Bair prefers to lie on his back

Such an environment is indeed harsh. It is hard to imagine that such a planet produces a large amount of supplies to provide other worlds, and the legendary hell should be nothing more than this.

The only upside, probably...

Alan Baier took out an egg, which should not be an egg, but a natural metabolite of oviparous organisms, that is, a palm-sized raw egg that is excreted by organisms that are similar to the principle of eggs laid by chickens on the earth.

He sprinkled some oil on the roof of the car, smashed the egg in front of him, the sizzling sound continued, and then shoveled it up with a tactical saber, and the candied poached egg was ready.

But this is not easy, he originally thought so, but the actual finished product is cracked eggs and broken slag, and the place where the iron sheet was lifted is a little burnt.

"Can't be wasted, can't be wasted." Pick up the hot fragmented eggs with your hands and stuff them into your mouth. The flavor is still unique, but strange.

Lunch came and went quickly. The high temperature made Alan Baier a little uncomfortable, but he was more willing to enjoy the greetings of nature than the crowded car.

He held a telescope and began to observe the terrain here. Those fuzzy vistas that were distorted and deformed by the high temperature were marked with things that could move or have electromagnetic signals in a state similar to night vision goggles under the powerful creation of the Emperor.

Although the bird divination instrument also has this ability, but the response speed of the telescope is better, but Alan Baier still keeps them all turned on.

The wilderness is still quieter than expected, otherwise the imperial guards would not be locked in the camp every day. As for someone and the orcs tipping off the news, there is no possibility at all. After all, on ancient Terra, a light skin can fight. What's more, the gap between humans and orcs in the galaxy of the universe, you must know that it is not my race...

As soon as Alan Baier's thoughts drifted away, not far away, the auspicious instrument issued an alarm, and violent shooting followed. Alan Baier immediately retracted into the car, and the orc's automatic gun hit the shell, rough The garbage cannon also shot out fiercely. The automatic gun was okay, but the garbage cannon was deadly. Alan Baier was dazed as he watched the terrible main gun shot passing over his head and kicking up dust in the wilderness.

"Enemy attack! What's the situation, where is the enemy coming from? Staff, have you seen it?"

The staff officer replied. "The leader seems to be near such a canyon..."

The explosion of flashes and shots caught the Salamander tank by surprise, but the tank's thick armor still withstood the attack, leaving only potholes on the hull, and then one by one dirty cars suddenly came out of the canyon When it came up in the middle, it was still covered with thick camouflage cloth.

The things spliced ​​out of waste and garbage are made of Chimera chassis, and it can be seen that the orcs here are not bad in technology, at least they are definitely not a small tribe who know nothing about technology, but have The level of a big machine master.

"Damn, cunning thing!" Alan Baier cursed.

However, the barrage formed by the shooting of several dirty car tanks forced Salamander to speed up and do evasive actions. The other two sentries also made a detour very quickly to disperse their firepower.

The staff officer yelled. "Section E, the coordinates are..." A rumbling explosion suddenly broke out, and a strong sense of explosion could be felt inside the crew.

The driver yelled. "The engine was hit! The power loss is 50%!" The empire's engines are not single, usually in couplets. The Chimera is a standard dual-fuel engine, and the body of the Salamander is based on the Chimera. Its speed More is caused by the thin and light body.

Alan Baier cursed. "Useless guy, staff officer, when will the support come?"

The staff officer replied. "About 3 minutes..."

Alan Byer yelled. "Damn it, keep running, keep running!"

He poked his head out and looked at about three dirty cars behind the car body. They may be Lemanus in their original form, and their speed was not fast. They should not have caught up with the Salamander tank, but they gradually approached due to engine problems!

On those dirty cars, there are farts cheering on this fast mess, and there are orcs leaning out of the vehicle's detection hatch to shoot with automatic guns, and there are even explosive bombs installed on the dirty cars!

"Damn it!" Alan Bayer took out his relic pistol, adjusted it to the gravity mode, and then shot at those things, violently attracting and pulling the dirty car.

Most of the broken and scrap things are Lemanus captured by orcs or scrapped Imperial Guard tanks. The engine power is not strong, and the strong suction of the gravity mode actually makes the salamanders really leave the enemy's shooting range. , You must know that the impact of individual weapons on armor has never been much, and gravitational weapons can hold space soldiers, but a tank...

It can only be said that the emperor blesses, Alan Baier silently recited those prayers in his heart, thanking the emperor for his help in this regard.

After Alan Bayer kept shooting to distance himself, he was relieved to see those cursing orc boys, but the Chaos Gods doomed him to be unstable.

Buzzing, engine roaring, buzzing, restless, on the plain on the side, a dirty car truck that had been ambushing for a long time passed the raised rock and quickly followed, Alan Bayer realized at this moment, It's not that those orc tanks can't catch up, but they deliberately drove him here, and he knows the one above.

Dressed in neat military uniform, with only one eye, holding a giant Kaka Bolt pistol, grinning his white teeth.

"One-eyed..."

Alan Baier greeted his old acquaintance, and Cyclops replied politely. "Long time no see!" Then raised his bomb to shoot, Alan Bayer immediately pulled up the cover of the observation hole, and held the bomb against it. The strong explosion made the cover dented. If it weren't for the empire, it would never cut corners on the war engine. , Alan Baier may have exploded.

"Bastard..." He adjusted to heat ray mode and fired back, which punched a hole in the dirty car, but the roar of the stump gun answered him.

Alan Bayer hid back in the car body. They couldn't keep a distance now, and he didn't know why Cyclops wanted to fight him one-on-one.

he shouted. "One-eyed, what are you planning today, you should have gone to see your alien god last time, what a mess!"

One-eyed said. "Beating you alone under the same conditions can make me grow up again. You are the demon of my boys and the best material for my growth. Single-handedly defeating you can be said to be the greatest thing I have ever done in this period of time." dream."

Alan Baier sneered. "Why, did you go crazy if you couldn't find a powerful boss?!" Then he raised one hand and shot blindly at Cyclops, but the bullets were unbiased and very accurate. If you ask me, he fired.

One Eye stretched out his side knife, a weapon imitating Catachan's long blade, and blocked the bullet, even cutting in mid-air, like an exaggerated action movie, but One Eye's level is not that exaggerated, and Melting is also It can't be cut by ordinary weapons, and the thing is showing its true appearance at this moment. The faint blue light on the hilt shows that it is a power weapon.

"Power saber? Completely newly cast?" Alan Bayer asked in surprise, because in the empire, only a few world-shaping ones can be made.

One-eyed wasn't secretive about his old friend either. "I did it, how about it, what your empire is proud of, I have already got it at my fingertips."

"You have become more dangerous." Alan Bayer said hostilely.

One-eyed also nodded. "And you'll let me go one step further."

They have always calculated and understood each other. For Alan Baier, one-eyed is a threat, and he is also one of the few enemies who has accompanied him in his combat career so far. Many guys have been sent to other worlds by him, but this one-eyed ghost is still alive. scattered.

For Cyclops, Alan Bair is the only person he knows now. The former Horde, Alliance, Iron Teeth or his empire no longer exist, only Alan Bair and the staff still tell Looking at this poor orc boss, he is still in the mortal world.

If he is not Alien/Xiami, these two people will definitely become friends, but this cruel world will not allow such a friendship, because the green skin is bloodthirsty and crazy, and human beings need revenge for thousands of years.

Two chariot engines galloped across the crazy wilderness, flames and projectiles criss-crossing each other's hulls.

"Go to hell, Alien!" Alan Bayer aimed at the head of the one-eyed, and the one-eyed also picked up the heavy bomb and spit out flames, but at this moment one sentence interrupted the battle between the two.

"Lieutenant Colonel, the canyon is ahead!"

"Boss, is there a canyon ahead?"

The two asked at the same time. "how long!"

Members of both parties answered. "About 6 meters!"

Alan Bayer and Cyclops have completely different thoughts. Alan Bayer's car body has lost an engine, and he can't jump over it, but Cyclops can, so Cyclops looks at his old enemy.

"Your emperor didn't bless you, but my fucker will always be on top!"

Ellabel turned his head to look at the not-so-large crack in the ground in the distance. At this moment, they would definitely be hit by the orcs when they turned, and then pushed into the canyon.

"No, my emperor has always been there. It's your bastard who didn't look at you, One Eye." Alan Bayer took a long breath. "Give me the drive!"

He got into the car, but One Eye yelled. "Jump over normally!"

The choice of both of them was the past. Alan Bayer held the steering wheel, but suddenly reduced the speed. The engine, which had no power, became slower, while Cyclops accelerated instantly.

The staff officer yelled. "What are you doing!"

Alan Bair yelled. "I want to surpass my old enemy!"

Cyclops didn't expect this situation at all, his car leaped out without a doubt, the vehicle was completely vacated, but Alan Baier's Salamander tank couldn't run at all, it only flew a few meters.

But at this moment, the one-eyed vehicle saw the thick chassis. Alan Bayer suddenly accelerated beside the cliff. The one-eyed vehicle lost speed because of the loss of grip, and was stuck in mid-air. Although it could pass, it would not be fast all the time. Bayer seized this opportunity, and his tank "stepped" on the orc's dirty truck, using the alien as a pedal, and flew across the impossible canyon.

"No! No! What the fuck!" One Eye yelled, but he could only see the chassis of the Empire Engine. Alan Bayer pressed the accelerator and stepped on the car. After a rumbling sound, he crossed the cliff , One-eyed fading into it.

The landed salamander drove slowly, raising smoke, and several orc tanks arrived late, so they could only watch their boss stuck in the gap in the ground from the edge of the cliff.

At this moment, the Chief of Staff held his heart and said tremblingly. "Emperor, you... don't touch the car during this time, I'm afraid..."

(End of this chapter)