Chapter 214 Astartes in Action

"Lock on him, don't fire, stay hidden."

Fu Qinghai gave the order.

"Hunter soldiers, spread out on both sides and expand the encirclement."

Fu Qinghai did not expect that the enemy hid their ships in a canyon area with complex terrain and dense vegetation.

If it were on an open plain, it would have been discovered by auspicious instruments long ago.

The rangers ran nimbly through the jungle and surrounded the enemy.

"What model is it?"

Fu Qinghai asked.

He looked down from the sky and saw nothing but camouflage netting.

"Scanning and checking the database."

"Features match... 76.5%."

"Tarask-class transport, Commander."

It's a cheap thing used by pirates and merchants. Fu Qinghai curled his lips. No wonder it can land in the atmosphere. It looks like a large landing craft.

Back then, the Fourth Legion was famous for its heavy gunboats. They loved adding large guns to the sides of their ships just like the White Scars loved adding engines to the rear of their ships.

Fu Qinghai really wanted to say:

Hey, Boss Pi, I haven't seen you for a few years. Are you so lame now?

"Eugene Eleanor."

Fu Qinghai called the cruiser in orbit.

"Yes! Khan, the light spear array is adjusting the shooting angle and will lock onto the target in three minutes."

Fu Qinghai thought for a moment and said:

"Wait a minute, no orbital bombardment yet."

Fu Qinghai was ready to wait until all the heavy cavalry fighter servants were in place, and the encirclement was completely formed so that not a single traitor would be let go.

"Attention, mortals are beginning to riot!"

"91.2% chance that we have been discovered, Commander."

"Weihawk-TH01 team, requesting to open fire."

"permit."

Fu Qinghai said.

"call out--"

The radium carbine kept trembling in the hunter's hand, and the bullet soaked in radiation shot through the mortal soldier's head. In the locked crosshairs, the enemy's brains and blood exploded.

The Ranger kept spinning and switching targets, firing his radium carbine again and again, confident that his aiming sensor could send the bullet where the God of All Machines wanted it.

At this moment, Ranger Alpha's auditory receptors picked up the roar of the tank engine, and he immediately ordered:

"Tighten the formation and move closer to me."

The order was transmitted along the network of neural nodes connecting the Crusaders, and they responded with action rather than words, immediately gathering their formation and pulling into a tight square.

An armored vehicle as square and solid as a steel mountain slowly drove out from the bottom of the slope.

"Confirmed model, Proteus-type Land Raider!"

"The Rangers retreat."

Fu Qinghai gave the order immediately.

The twin laser cannons on the side gun gallery of the vehicle were already raised high, ready to shoot out red beams of light once the armored vehicle was balanced. However, the heavy cavalry-class fighter servants that had already surrounded them had replaced their right arms with heavy arc guns fixed on their shoulders, and the light blue coils were lit, and they had already opened fire.

"Sizzle… snap!"

A multiple arc spiral composed of several winding and swirling shining arcs rushed through the air, crossed several rangers and tree obstacles, and hit the side gun gallery of the Land Raider.

The circuit system of the mechanical unit was instantly overloaded, and the demonic machine soul that was housed in it was instantly wiped out. Burnt white gas emerged from the gaps, and the tracks of the entire armored vehicle began to jam, and the movement speed slowly slowed down.

The arc weapon of the Mechanicus can be seen as a weakened version of the Tesla weapon of the Necrons. Like the Tesla weapon, it will bounce when hitting living things and will cause overload when hitting machines. The heavy arc gun of the Heavy Cavalry Breakthrough is more than three times more powerful than the arc rifle in the hands of the Vanguard.

Another five heavy cavalry-class fighter servants surrounded it, and thick electric arcs flashed one after another in the forest, directly paralyzing the Land Raider on the spot.

The side hatch of the Land Raider opened, and a charred and smoking Space Marine stumbled out.

"Crack! Sizzle!"

Several thin light blue arcs struck his body in succession, making him stiff and unable to move. Then several concentrated radium bullets hit his helmet and directly took the Space Marine away.

The vanguard soldiers arrived at the side door of the Land Raider, raised their guns and fired continuously into the air, killing the Iron Warriors who had not yet completely died.

The powerful Land Raider actually withdrew from the battle without even achieving any results. The reason for this was that the design of the gun gallery layout was really stupid. The shooting angle was extremely narrow, and it could not hit the enemy directly in front of it when going up a slope. No wonder it was replaced by a weapon station layout in the later period.

Fu Qinghai only took a glance in the air and took in the entire situation on the battlefield.

The Iron Warriors, Iron Hands and Salamanders, the armored vehicle configuration of these three legions far exceeds that of other legions. One Land Raider after another drove out from the bottom of the slope, accompanied by several Predator tanks.

Smoke began to fill the air and trees fell one after another.

Red lasers and shining arcs crisscrossed each other, the sounds of explosive bombs and lasers came one after another, and plasma beams sprinkled towards the bottom of the slope like raindrops.

Tie Yong's armored troops wanted to hide in the transport ship to avoid being discovered, but after being discovered, this became their most fatal weakness. Restricted by the terrain, the armored troops were unable to deploy and were suppressed by the smaller and more flexible heavy cavalry-class fighter servants.

The mortal soldiers who tried to break out of the encirclement with the cover of tanks were killed one by one by the Crusaders with accurate marksmanship.

Each bullet bathed the surrounding area in deadly radiation. Insects died and dropped, the grass turned black and withered, and the slopes gradually became as desolate as the irradiated wastelands of Mars.

Fu Qinghai resisted the temptation of assimilation points and never engaged in battle.

He had to decide the final combat goal based on the enemy's troop strength - to completely destroy it or to capture it for his own use.

"roar--"

A howl filled with the power of the warp came from the smoke, and an enchanted warrior wielding long crab claws and scarlet claws rushed out of the pungent smoke and splashing radiation, moving sideways to avoid several lasers and electric arcs, then stomped the ground heavily with its recurved goat hooves, jumped high, and fanned off the entire head of the heavy cavalry destroyer with one claw.

Here we come!

The metal wings were retracted, blazing white tail flames gushed out, and Fu Qinghai dived down with the Blue Fang.

The Crusaders are not good at close combat. Even the Vanguards who are fully armored can be easily shattered by a single blow from the Enchanted Warriors.

The enchanted warrior was slaughtering people among the crusaders when he was suddenly shrouded by a shadow. He looked up and saw the White Grim Reaper falling from the sky.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…clang!"

Fu Qinghai and the enchanted warrior collided head-on. The Blue Fang sawed off half of the enchanted warrior's shoulder and cut open the deformed armor that was integrated with the twisted flesh. The foul-smelling blood sprayed all over Fu Qinghai. He kicked the seriously injured enchanted warrior to the ground, pulled out the Wagang sword and nailed the horned head to the ground. He stood up and saw five more enchanted warriors rushing out of the ramp.

Qiao Shida, Camille, No. 56 and Sutterfarran all went forward at the same time.

"Use melee weapons!"

Fu Qinghai shouted.

After saying that, he pulled out his bolt pistol, aimed it at a charging enchanted warrior and emptied the magazine. The phase iron bolt made the enchanted warrior's exposed demonic muscles shrink and twist into a ball, and he died with a miserable howl.

Everyone: "???"

Fu Qinghai: "Except me."

Quickly removing the empty magazine and replacing it with a new one, Fu Qinghai leaned over to draw out the Wagang sword, and strode towards the next enchanted warrior.

First use the Blue Blade or Blue Fang to injure, and then use the Phase Iron Bomb or the Vargan Sword to break the heart to execute. Fu Qinghai has formed a complete set of procedures for dealing with enchanted warriors.

The traitors of today are not the traitors of later generations who have been immersed in the Eye of Terror for tens of millions of years. The dimensional blacksmiths have not yet developed a wide variety of demon engines, and can barely cope with them with just the Varsteel Swords and Phase Iron.

Until three Chaos Dreadnoughts rushed into the battlefield.

The five men had been killing for such a long time and had made some progress. Fu Qinghai, without saying a word, led the Astartes to turn around and leave, retreating back to the line of the Crusaders and armed mecha servants.

Chaos Dreadnought strode forward, siege drills rattled, plasma flew overhead, heavy bombs knocked down trees in large swaths, and the field of vision gradually widened.

"Phosphorus fire weapons!"

Fu Qingbian retreated and shouted.

The phosphorus fire snake guns and phosphorus fire blaster pistols in the hands of the vanguard soldiers fired at the same time. The hot white spheres stained the armor of the dreadnought mecha, burning like a maggot attached to its bones, and the blinding white light was shining.

"Eugene, a precise strike!"

Fu Qinghai suddenly fell down, shouting.

"Roger that, Khan."

"boom--"

A golden spear of light fell from the sky, and a laser beam several meters in diameter instantly covered the two Chaos Dreadnoughts marked with phosphorus fire weapons.

This is not the result of the light spear shooting at full power.

The dazzling golden light gradually disappeared, and there was nothing left on the ground except a large pit emitting white smoke and soil that had melted into magma.

The last Chaos Dreadnought was firmly locked by the arc claws of several Heavy Cavalry Assaulters. Fu Qinghai leaped over and stabbed the driver to death in the cabin, grabbing the kill.

finally.

Fu Qinghai led the Astartes and the Crusaders through the maze and cover and saw the Tarasque-class transport ship lying quietly in the center of the canyon.

Fu Qinghai took stock of the losses.

Eleven Skitarii were killed and five armed Servitors destroyed.

In exchange for a transport ship.

I don't know if it's worth it.

"Search for the transport ship!"

Fu Qinghai said in a deep voice.

Of course it's worth it. We used the soldiers of the Adeptus Mechanicus to exchange for the ship of the Brotherhood of Mechanicus. Even if it's just a transport ship, it's worth it.

"Remember, don't let any traitor go."

…

Warlord castle.

The deepest part of the earth.

An extremely ugly humanoid creature, tied up with iron chains and hung from the ceiling.

The dim candlelight cast a shadow on its twisted body, with sharp fingers and thorns on its bald head, and a low, shallow evil laugh coming from its mouth. It tilted its deformed head and made a grimace with its black fangs, because the changes in the skull structure made it difficult for it to make any other facial expressions.

Lionel walked up to the monster.

Staring down at the monster's face.

He had sickly blue skin that spread across his dry and wrinkled skin like a paint that could not be smudged. His upper and lower eyelids were sewn together with linen thread, a big mouth with sharp teeth grew in the area of ​​his throat, and a huge eye bulged out in the middle of his chest.

A former Astropath possessed by a Tzeentchian daemon.

The huge bloodshot eye in the middle of its chest trembled as it looked upwards. The mouth on the monster's throat opened and laughed, cackling:

"Look who's here, Lionel, oh, Lionel Jeremiah, the ignorant ant, the fool who doesn't believe in the oracle of the Lord of Change, Kukukuku..."

Lionel said nothing and let the monster laugh at him.

"Bang!"

The Iron Warrior suddenly exploded and punched the monster hard. The fist covered with sharp gauntlets caused the monster's body to spasm, and the iron chains made a "clattering" sound.

The monster was still laughing, even though blood was flowing out of its mouth.

"Tell me what to do!"

Lionel growled.

"Asshole." The monster coughed up blood and said intermittently:

"It was me who eavesdropped on the Astropath's transmission to Mars. It was me who told you that there was an STC buried underground. All the reasons why you came here were because of me, but you turned a blind eye to my advice and tied me up here. You are so foolish, Lionel... No wonder the Lord of Steel doesn't like you."

"The Lord of Steel doesn't like anyone!"

Lionel roared back.

"Stop confusing me, Irvin, and tell me how to leave this damn planet!"

"Oh, he's anxious. Little Ryan is anxious."

The monster is still acting weird.

"I'm just a poor astropath. What do you want me to do? Turn into a battleship and take you away?"

"Whatever you do, do the best you can, otherwise, I will kill you now!"

A scarlet light burst out from the Iron Warrior's goggles, and the sound was as hard as the grinding of a whetstone.

"You may not die, Irwin, but this body you inhabit will. If you don't want to roll back into the warp so soon, do something."

"Okay, okay, haha, I really can't beat you..."

The monster was not afraid of the threat and said with a smile:

"As you wish, poor Lionel."

It slowly raised its head, and a blue light bloomed between its sewn eyelids. A stream of black blood flowed from the corner of its eye, and the sharp teeth on its throat opened and closed:

"I'll notify them to come over."

......

(End of this chapter)