Chapter 180: Hive Reshuffle
In low-Earth orbit, inside the frigate Lady Luck.
The frigate started its sublight-speed engine and had just forced its way out of the spaceport. Before it had flown far, a fierce battle broke out inside.
Due to the existence of black technology such as Void Shield, boarding and counter-boarding have always been a permanent part of space naval battles in the Warhammer 40K universe, and are even regarded by many Space Marine commanders as the solution to all space naval battles.
In the narrow cabin where there is no way to deploy heavy firepower such as aircraft, cannons, and tanks, in this special environment, the role and power of super soldiers like Space Marines, who are like humanoid tanks, are magnified exponentially. This is why many people feel that Space Marines will jump on board when they are in doubt.
Using naval guns to bombard the enemy does not demonstrate the advantages of Space Marines. Only by using boarding tactics can we use our strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.
Boarding is the answer to all problems.
In every aspect, Spartan warriors can be regarded as a smaller version of Space Marines. They also have biochemical modifications, power armor, and rigorous training.
So, when Koshveto rushed into the frigate, he was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, rampaging through the cabin with an unstoppable force.
Five sailors set up an ambush at the corner of the passage. These men, whose missing arms and legs were all replaced with mechanical prosthetics, were obviously experts at boarding and seizing ships.
They listened quietly to the thump-thump of footsteps on the floor, and when Koshveto came running, the five of them appeared together and greeted the Spartan warriors with a barrage of shotgun fire.
"Bang!"
"Ding ding ding dong dong!"
The tiny projectiles bounced off the black Mjolnir assault power armor, at most scraping off a little bit of the coating. Koshvito jumped up and punched.
"Bang!"
Five sailors were knocked away.
The subsequent lasers completely pierced through the five people.
Koshvito stopped, turned around, and said to the gang members behind him:
"Buz, you separate from us. Hulda will come with you. The two of you go through the battleship pipeline and appease the crew brotherhood on the lower deck. Try to persuade them to revolt. Tell them that the Thorndike family has become a traitor and the frigate will be taken over by the Space Marine Legion. At worst, don't let the Sons of the Void participate in the siege on us."
The warships in the Warhammer 40K universe are large in size and have many crew members. It is impossible to kill all the 26,000-man Sword-class frigates with 17 people, and it is absolutely impossible to kill them all. Who will maintain the normal operation of this warship if they are killed?
If you want to convince the crew of the frigate to surrender, you can't rely on an unknown underhive gang. Let the privateer fleet of the Rogue Merchants follow your shitty Spartan gang. Is it reasonable? Koshvituo had already thought about it and used the name of the Space Marines. This name is very loud in the human empire, enough to force the wavering crew to recognize the situation.
From the half-open hatch next to it, a power sword dripping with blood floated out in midair. The light and shadow flickered blurrily, and Hulda, wearing semi-powered penetrating armor, emerged from his invisible state.
Buzz tore off the cloth cover on his head, revealing his sparsely haired, blue-white face. He slung the laser sniper rifle over his shoulder and nodded solemnly:
"Understood, sir!"
After saying that, he led Hulda, who had re-entered the invisible state, opened a hidden valve used for inspection and maintenance, and got into the pipe of the frigate.
Koshvito said,
"The rest of you, follow me, we're going to seize the bridge!"
"Yes, sir!"
The "Hell's Paratroopers" responded loudly.
…
Fu Qinghai put on the Blue Shell Power Armor again, took off the damaged helmet and threw it aside, put on his three-piece set of sword, gun, and walked out of the meeting room.
Cyril came forward to greet him.
Fu Qinghai said calmly,
"Baron Zedu launched a coup, which I have suppressed. The patriarchs of the major families are all dead. Lieutenant Colonel Cyril, you will temporarily take over as the patriarch of the Sommerfeld family and concurrently serve as the planetary governor. Is there any problem?"
The middle-aged officer was stunned for several seconds before he nodded hurriedly:
"No problem, sir."
At the meeting just now, in addition to the patriarchs of the five major families, there were also representatives of some smaller families. They all died in the crossfire, including Valentine Sommerfeld.
"No... Sir, I am not dead yet..."
A weak groan was heard from behind. The three turned their heads and saw a short and fat man slowly crawling out from under the conference table. He was covered in blood, one of his legs was missing, and his intestines were dragging all over the floor.
The patriarch of the Kronin family?
Fu Qinghai was slightly stunned. He recalled that the fat man had said before that the Kroning family was also loyal to the emperor.
Okay.
Fu Qinghai instructed Cyril:
"Save him."
…
The armed sailors on the frigate are equipped with shotguns in large numbers. Compared with laser guns for long-range precision shooting, shotguns are more popular with them, as they can quickly spread death and blood throughout the entire fan-shaped area.
But this low-speed, rifling-free, pump-fed weapon was barely enough to tickle the Spartan warriors.
Koshveto also has a wealth of experience in boarding operations. After he boarded the battleship, he no longer used high-powered weapons such as the sticky detonator gun. The explosion that caused damage to the internal structure of the battleship was a minor matter. If the hull was accidentally damaged and was sucked into space, that would be a lot of fun.
At the same time, with the route diagram provided by Buzz, the insider, the complicated internal passages of the Lady Luck were no problem for Koshveto. Following the shortest path planned in advance, Koshveto led the team straight to the bridge.
A sailor with blood all over his face ran into the bridge crying, and after tumbling a few steps, he fell down in front of the captain with a plop, shouting:
"Help! It's the Space Marines! The Space Marines are coming, we can't defeat them, surrender, Captain!"
After being docked at the spaceport for a long time, most of the crew members of the Fortune had gone down to the hive city. Only a small number of crew members on duty and the Sons of the Void who never left the ship were left on the frigate. At this moment, only a few loyal elite members of the Thorndike family were left on the bridge, holding power swords and plasma guns, protecting the captain in the middle.
The captain looked at the sailor lying at his feet and said angrily:
"Don't shake the morale of the troops here. I saw the surveillance footage. That person is not a Space Marine at all. At most... that person is a mini Space Marine at most!"
"Bang!"
The hatch was kicked open.
"Who the hell is a Mini Space Marine? Speak clearly, I am a Spartan!"
Koshveto strode into the bridge, and several plasma guns were instantly pointed at him.
A group of gang members followed behind him and pointed their laser guns at the captain and others on the control console, creating a standoff.
Crew members continued to pour in outside the cabin. The captain saw crew members in uniforms of engine operators, repairmen, gunners, and even prison guards appearing behind the black-armored warriors. He was shocked and angry, pointing at the crowd and angrily said,
"You...you actually dared to betray a Ronin merchant family. There will be no place for you in this entire star region!"
"No, you were the first to betray the Emperor. There is no place for the Thorndike family in the entire Empire."
Koshvito said calmly.
This is the rhetoric that Fu Qinghai taught him.
As soon as the words fell.
"puff!"
A sharp knife stabbed out from the captain's chest, and the blood instantly dyed the exquisite captain's uniform red. The sailor standing behind him raised his hand to wipe the blood off his face, revealing an eerie skin that was white with a hint of blue.
"Do you still remember me, Master Keshi?"
Buzz said this in a cold voice, gritting his teeth.
The excruciating pain of a broken heart spread throughout Cathy Thorndike's body, and in his final moments before death, he recognized the Son of the Void, who was dressed as a sailor.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"It's you!"
Boots turned the handle of the knife in his hand, stirring it in his enemy's chest, glaring hatefully at the captain who slowly knelt down, enjoying his unwilling look.
The family soldiers around the captain quickly turned their guns and were about to kill Buzz, but at the moment the trigger of the plasma gun was pulled, a transparent light flashed, and an invisible force kicked the side of the gun. The muzzle tilted, and the blue plasma beam shot through another private soldier.
"Biu, Biu, Biu!"
The Spartan gang members under the control console aimed and fired at the same time, and the red lasers killed the remaining private soldiers.
The only people still standing at the control console of the bridge were Buzz, who was breathing heavily, and Hulda, who had emerged from his invisible state.
Done!
Koshveto clenched his fist secretly, feeling excited, he stepped over the corpse and stepped onto the control console.
He looked around at the densely packed communications arrays, auspicious arrays, weapon control arrays, information stacks, and meditator matrices.
And there were the crew members under the control console looking at him eagerly.
The frigate is in our hands!
Koshveto breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, a rune lit up on the screen next to the console, and a beeping sound was heard on the instrument.
Hmm? What does that mean?
Koshveto looked at the device in confusion.
"My Lord, that is a communication request."
Under the control console, a crew member noticed the Spartan's confusion and boldly gave a reminder.
Communication request?
Is it the Thorndike family in the surface hive?
Koshveto narrowed his eyes slightly and raised his hand to click the button.
A holographic bust lit up on the instrument.
It was Fu Qinghai who was not wearing a helmet.
The two looked at each other in surprise.
Fu Qinghai smiled and said,
"Keshi, you really succeeded in capturing the frigate."
Koshvito also laughed and said,
"Qingshan, you really did take care of the nest."
Fu Qinghai was standing on a tall steel suspension bridge at this time. In front of him stood a mechanical servant holding instruments and equipment. Fu Qinghai was communicating with the frigate through this communication equipment.
"I'm doing some finishing touches. I've already taken care of the spire. Soon, the five major families of the Schwerin hive will become a chapter in history."
Fu Qinghai said to the communication device.
At this time, a private soldier of the Sommerfeld family ran over quickly, approached Fu Qinghai and whispered:
"Sir, only the body of the Astropath was found in the library. She committed suicide."
Suicide?
Fu Qinghai raised his head and looked at the honeycomb structure building that the steel suspension bridge led to. The ancient relic building was like a black tombstone in the hive city. Who knows how many witchcrafts and secret scrolls from the dark technological age were buried inside.
Should we destroy the great library?
Fu Qinghai frowned and thought for a while, and finally gave the order:
"Seal off the Great Library. No one may enter without my permission."
"Yes, sir."
The family's private soldiers took the order and left.
Fu Qinghai took one last look at the building, turned around, and was about to continue talking to Koshvito when suddenly, an abrupt third-party communication request appeared on both of their screens at the same time.
Hmm? What's going on?
Fu Qinghai and Koshvituo looked at each other and pressed the button at the same time.
Communications access.
The signal quality was very poor, and it seemed to come from a very far away place. The two waited patiently for a few seconds. With the hissing noise, the flickering and blurry holographic projection had not yet fully formed, and a lazy voice came in advance:
"This is the Blood Ice Storm Detachment Fleet of the Fifth Company of the Space Wolves Legion, the Schwerin Hive World, the Planetary Governor Odysseus Sommerfeld, make your position clear to us immediately."
The holographic projection gradually took shape, and a fierce man wearing power armor, with brown-red hair and a beard so thick that it was braided into a braid, appeared on the instrument.
The first time he saw Fu Qinghai, his careless eyes suddenly changed, and he stared carefully at the lightning eagle wings emblem on Fu Qinghai's chest, and said in surprise:
"What the hell, White Scar?"
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(End of this chapter)