Warhammer 40: Gods Of Mortals

Chapter 47 Confrontation
"What's the order?" Gray looked at the position ahead, and asked Qin Mo for the next order through the communicator.

In order to quickly analyze the data of the first large-scale transmission and improve the transmission device, Qin Mo did not show up immediately. He was in the fortress, observing the outside world through Gray's visor.

"Let the other party retreat one kilometer, and give us the position in front of the passage." Qin Mo stopped paying attention to the outside world after ordering, and calmed down to analyze the transmitted data.

Gray immediately thought it was going to war when he received the order.

Because since the opponent is staying outside the blocked passage, he must be prepared, no matter who is opening the passage, he must be blocked.

It is obviously unlikely that such a request to take over the position will be granted.

But Gray was ready to fight. He took a step forward, raised his arms and said to the general on the field: "Retreat one kilometer, this position is ours."

"But...but this position is for defense..." the general resisted as expected.

"The passage is blocked, who are you building such a large position to defend against?" Gray took another step forward, and the shoulder cannon began to charge, "Do as I say, or you will bear the consequences."

The general felt very helpless.

In fact, no one is defending this position, because the passage has been bombed and it is impossible for anyone to escape from it, at least at the time it was thought that no one would escape.

This position is only a small part of the original defensive position, most of which have been withdrawn.

But now a group of people have emerged, this position is very necessary, and it cannot be let out no matter what.

"Can we...discuss..." The general walked forward, trying to ease the situation, "I am deploying defenses here because I received news that the attack plan failed, and the collapse of the channel happened after the deployment of defenses."

"I can understand that you are very angry right now, and you feel that you have been sold."

"I don't know what you guys went through in Bottom Nest, but we all belong to the Planetary Defense Force, we are comrades-in-arms and partners."

"If you want to talk, I'm Barrett right here."

While the general named Barrett kept approaching and making mitigation attempts, Gray quietly waited for the order from Qin Mo, his shoulder cannon and shotgun laser were ready to fire.

If Qin Mo ordered to fire, then Gray would not hesitate.

"He doesn't seem to know, but it can't be ruled out that he's just bluffing us by bombing the tanks on the right side of the position." Qin Mo ordered.

Gray immediately controlled the shoulder gun to aim at the right rear of the position, and a ball of light flew out of the shoulder gun into the air, drew a perfect arc and landed on the target position.

The ball of light exploded in the air, and countless beams fell towards the tanks parked on the ground, like a rainstorm of beams.

During the "torrential rain", the armor of the tank was gradually melted, and potholes were also ablated on the metal ground.

This attack horrified Barrett and his subordinates. Although all the tanks were slowly ablated, if the people in front of them were not attacking the tanks, but shooting the soldiers present...

"You... you are not attacking the people on the ground, but the parked tanks." Barrett raised his hands, "You really want to talk, right?"

"Don't talk." Gray controlled the shoulder cannon to aim at Barrett, "Back one kilometer."

Barrett began to hesitate.

At this moment, Gray's shoulder cannon began to accumulate energy, and even though the energy hadn't been converted into a beam, Barrett could already feel the scorching heat.

Barrett looked back at his soldiers.

All the soldiers had terrified and worried expressions. On the one hand, they really didn't want to fight the army in front of them, and on the other hand, they felt wronged and questioned.

Because the news I heard when I came to deploy the defense was that the people of the First Legion had died in the bottom nest, and they did not send a distress signal to their superiors at all, so even if they wanted to send troops to carry out rescue, it was too late.

Some of the First Legion were brothers and sisters of the defenders, and it was impossible for them to open fire on someone who suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Okay." Barrett nodded, turned around and waved to his adjutant.

The two sides retreated and advanced respectively.

The situation in the lower nest and the bottom nest in the hive capital is completely different. Although the sky is also invisible, and although you can only look up and you can only see giant pipes and dark spaces with no end in sight, the lower nest has the largest population.

At this time, many civilians have been attracted to watch.

Barrett didn't feel ashamed, he just felt lucky, because at least the people who had escaped death in front of him were not overwhelmed by anger.

After Barrett and his men withdrew for one kilometer, Gray and the army behind him also stopped.

"Okay, it's time for a confrontation. Let the others set up positions and wait for the negotiation. I will be there in person after the negotiation begins." Qin Mo issued the last order, and then continued to do business.

Gray conveyed the order, the regiment leaders Duncan and Klein immediately arranged for troops to deploy defenses, and the logistics machinery helped them reinforce and expand their positions.

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When Barrett led the troops to retreat, the upper echelons of the hive capital had already been informed of the situation, and they started a meeting in the Governor's Manor on the spire.

The spire is the apex of the entire hive complex. It is far away from the heavily polluted planetary ground, and the nobles living here can enjoy the purest air and the most beautiful environment.

Every building is resplendent, and every garden is full of flora and fauna not found in the lower and bottom nests.

The nobles sat in the garden, discussing matters while admiring the plant artworks made of metal.

"Why is the governor still missing?"

"He has a weird personality, you know."

"How on earth should we deal with the mess left by the governor? He tried to make the marshal die in battle, and then he tried to deal with his family. Why can't he find a way to deal with these troops that suddenly appeared?"

"How else to deal with them, they are deserters, and they will all be executed as before."

"Are you joking?"

The nobles chattered halfway through the discussion, and then all looked at the state church staff sitting in the middle.

"Say something David, don't be silent, as if we are excluding you." A female nobleman said.

David is responsible for spreading the state religion on Tyrone's hive and handling the religious affairs of the entire hive. He plays a pivotal role. As long as he personally designates the First Legion as a heretic, hundreds of millions of believers on the planet will form a powerful armed force.

But David didn't say a word, he just stroked the strong brain cat in his arms.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the nobles continued to discuss.

"Let's fight."

"I agree with the war."

"Not only to go to war, but also to execute Barrett to make him pay for his compromise with the rebels."

"..."

"No, we can't go to war." David said slowly, then got up under the gaze of the nobles, and said sonorously: "The First Legion of the local planetary defense force is not a rebel, they are firm believers of the God-Emperor, otherwise they would not be able to survive in the bottom nest. The real rebels are those aliens in the bottom nest."

After speaking in the half-smile eyes of the nobles, David turned and left, leaving another sentence: "Let me negotiate with them."

(End of this chapter)