Chapter 428: Battle of Wisdom at Shajiabang

"Why are you so sure they will split up?"

Sid Nora asked.

"It's based on that conjecture."

Fu Qinghai said calmly:

"Plundering resources and feeding their Forge Worlds are the main purpose of the Dark Mechanicus returning to the Iron Belt, rather than occupying a certain territory or destroying the Imperial Army."

"You said it yourself, it's just a guess."

Sid Nora said.

Fu Qinghai shook his head without explaining.

For Sid Nora, this was just a guess, because at this point in time, the Eternal War had not yet begun, and the first Black Crusade had not yet arrived. The Empire had no idea how barren the Eye of Terror was - there was almost no resources except that time would not pass. So they could not figure out the true intentions of the rebels.

But for Fu Qinghai, who had read the original novel, there were many descriptions in the novel about the Traitor Legion: Chaos war gangs split into several factions and fought each other for a mouthful of uncontaminated water or a piece of intact ceramic steel armor. This was not a conjecture, but a conclusion.

"Since plundering resources is so important to the Dark Mechanicus, how can you be sure that they will not give up besieging the Hive World and turn around to deal with you?"

Sid Nora asked another question.

"There's no way they're abandoning a hive world."

Fu Qinghai explained:

"Because the Hive World has a resource that is extremely important to the Chaos forces - population. In the entire Ni-Drina sub-sector, apart from the industrial worlds and the battleship anchorages, there is only one Hive World. Chaos warbands need fresh blood, Chaos lords need slave servants, and Chaos wizards need living souls. All of these can only be achieved by plundering slaves. The industrial world has many machines and a sparse population. Only the Hive World with a population of tens of billions can meet their demand for slaves."

"I see. I understand."

Sid Nora nodded in understanding.

Even if the rebels really abandon the hive world and turn against me, the worst that can happen is that I can retreat then.

Fu Qinghai thought to himself.

If you can't win, just run away. There's nothing shameful about it.

…

It took less than two days for the No. 4 De Eredivisie to change owners.

The rebel fleet attacked immediately.

The Iron Pagoda Fleet, which had been attacking several surrounding galaxies and destroyed several transport ships of the Dark Mechanicus, immediately returned to defend Deu IV.

The rebel fleet arrived at the outer orbital space of the industrial world, and only had time to find a place to hastily release a large number of landing craft, and then turned around and fought with the regiment fleet. Five cruisers were fighting against a battleship and three cruisers. For a moment, spears of light crossed and cannons flew, and the scene became tense in an instant. It might be difficult to determine the outcome of this space naval battle in a short time.

A common sense: In the Warhammer 40K universe, warships cannot stay still during space naval battles, otherwise they will only become torpedo targets. Void shields can defend against light spears and macro cannons, but cannot defend against torpedoes, so they must attack while tactically maneuvering to avoid, which is commonly known as "running and fighting". At the same time, tactical maneuvers and avoidance are not arbitrary, and care must be taken not to get too close to certain massive celestial bodies in the galaxy to prevent the warship from being captured by the gravity of the planet and falling onto the surface of the planet.

Therefore, a battleship cannot conduct orbital bombing and orbital airdrops while engaging in naval battles at the same time.

…

Serenity, transport deck.

Qiao Shida is giving a pre-war mobilization speech.

The different styles of Qiao Shida and Fu Qinghai can also be seen from their pre-war speeches. In his previous life, Fu Qinghai received compulsory education and took the college entrance examination, so he had the most basic language skills. The gene seeds of the white scars occasionally inspired literary sentiments, so Fu Qinghai liked poetic rhetoric in his pre-war speeches.

Joe Starda is a descendant of the Old Moon Wolf, born in the Cthonia Mine Gang. He does not like long speeches. His pre-war speeches are very down-to-earth, and his words are filled with many Low Gothic swear words and Cthonia dialect curse words such as "fight or get out", "idiot traitor" and "fuck him".

But today, Old Joe felt quite emotional.

Nine companies were lined up neatly (one company was on the surface), motionless as if they were made of steel sculptures. The Iron Pagoda Terminator stood at the front of the team, tall and mighty, immovable like a mountain, like an iron tower. The first company commander walked through the square, followed by the hidden elder and the attendant.

"They have a huge fleet!"

Qiao Shida said loudly. Then he changed the subject:

"But they only sent five warships."

"They counted the number of our warships and dispatched a fleet based on the number of our warships. Not more, not less, just one more cruiser than us, haha..."

Old Joe said this, lowering his head with a sneer.

His face was buried in the shadow of the overhead light.

"They look down on us!"

"They despise the Iron Pagoda!"

The Moon Wolf veteran suddenly raised his head and roared angrily:

"They thought the space naval battle would be evenly matched. They thought it would be impossible to determine the winner in a short period of time. But what I want to say is... bullshit!"

"Looking back, I was the first Space Marine under the Khan, and the entire company was penniless. Looking back, the entire regiment only had one battleship and one cruiser, which were given by the Primarch. And now, we have a battle barge and four strike cruisers. Given by the mother regiment? No! Did we buy them? No! Built by Phaeton? No!"

He said "no" three times in a row.

The captain of the first company suddenly turned around and faced everyone:

"We snatched all of this from those damned traitors, shot and sword! We snatched all of this!"

"Where do they think the Iron Pagoda's fleet came from? They were all snatched from stupid and arrogant traitors like them! Space naval warfare is the cornerstone of our navy. Space naval warfare is the source of our development and growth. We will not fear any naval battle, and we cannot accept any bullshit equal strength. We only want an overwhelming victory!"

The first half of Qiao Shida's speech can be summed up as "recalling the bitter past and thinking of the sweet past", which is the Warhammer 40K version of "Sha Jia Bang: Battle of Wits": Back then, Khan's team had just started, with only a dozen people and seven or eight guns...

"They thought it was going to be a dogfight."

Qiao Shida looked around at everyone and said coldly:

"They are wrong!"

The Moon Wolf veteran sneered:

"This is the goods our regiment picked up from the Black Oiler's shipyard! We have to thank them for sending it from afar."

The first captain raised his arm and slowly clenched his fist.

The black gauntlets creaked as he gripped them:

"Five battleships. I want them all."

…

The orbital defense facilities of the industrial world of Deu IV had been destroyed before, and the regiment's technical sergeants temporarily repaired and reinforced the city defense facilities of Fort Yax.

On top of the city fortress, two land-based macro cannons raised their muzzles high. The short and thick, dark and deep muzzles were comparable to the armored gun mounts of bunkers. They were mighty and ferocious, and made people feel afraid at the sight of them. These were the Sky Eagle Macro Cannons, a heavy ground-based defense array.

The technical sergeant could only barely repair one of the cannons, and the other cannon could not be repaired successfully, so it became a dud. However, the technical sergeant still polished the outer shell of its barrel until it was shiny and bright, as if it was brand new, and it looked as if it had been repaired.

Because the macro-cannon system is really complicated, a macro-cannon turret also includes auxiliary devices such as gantries, cranes, power lines and energy pipelines, and requires at least hundreds of strong artillery crew members or mechanical servants to operate it. Space Marines can also do it, but even so, the loading speed of land-based macro-cannons is still slow, and it takes more than ten minutes to fire one macro-cannon.

One of the two macro cannons was successfully repaired.

Two of the ten void shield generators were successfully repaired.

The result of a whole day's hard work by the Tech Sergeant.

The two macro cannon mounts were slowly rotating to adjust the firing angles, facing the direction of the Titan's landing. The light shield of the void shield flickered and lit up, making the defense of Fort Yax look a little more realistic, rather than an undefended empty city.

Faced with the obvious threat of two land-based macrocannons, the Untamed Lord Titan Legion chose to assemble more than a hundred kilometers away from the city. Five Warlord-class Titans led seven Predator-class Titans to form a battle formation. Amid the "crying" sound unique to the highly static environment, the Titans propped up the void shields, which merged with each other to form a shield wall that was strong enough to withstand the direct attack of the macrocannons, and then set out.

The Warlord-class Titan, also known as the Warlord-class Titan, is a large Titan, while the Reaver-class Titan is a medium Titan. Except for the super Titan legion like the Martian Trident, an ordinary Titan legion usually has more than 20 large Titans. Although it is not known whether this is the full strength of the Untamed Lord Legion, the combination of five large Titans and seven medium Titans is already quite respectful to the Iron Pagoda to deal with a mere city.

The edge of the Titan Legion's shield had just appeared on the distant horizon when a deafening artillery explosion rang out.

"boom--"

Under the control of the Space Marines, the Skyhawk Macrocannon took the lead, and the cannon body fell back heavily, and the entire fortress was shaking. A burst of subspace ripples splashed on the blurred shield wall in the distance, and the macrocannon shells sank into it and disappeared.

After a large Titan army propped up the void shield wall, it could even withstand orbital bombardment for several hours. They didn't even take a mere land-based macro cannon seriously.

"It's just a Sky Eagle macro cannon. It has a very slow reload speed, and the land-based macro cannon has a limited firing angle. As long as we have our troops at the gates of the city, that macro cannon won't be a threat to us at all."

The captain of the flight crew said in a deep voice:

"Keep moving forward!"

The industrial world of De'e IV was conquered by the Untamed Lord Titan Legion themselves. They knew the situation of the city defense facilities of Yakzburg better than anyone else.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The Titan phalanx continued to advance.

"boom--"

The second macro cannon fired.

The bubble-shaped shield wall created ripples.

Still failed to overload the void shield.

Everything seems to be in vain.

"Humph, the other big cannon is a dud."

Even the fact that the other macro cannon was actually a dud was noticed by the tamers.

"An embroidered pillow, strong on the outside but weak on the inside."

Seeing through the true nature of Yakzburg, the conversations on the communication channel became increasingly arrogant. The Tamers even began to feel a little dissatisfied with being deployed to deal with such a vulnerable opponent, thinking it was a waste of fuel.

Although Fort Yakz was just a cover, the technical sergeants of the regiment still tried their best to rack their brains to strengthen the city's defenses, because Fu Qinghai believed that they must give the Untamed Lord Titan Legion a target, a target that was enough to attract their attention, so that the Tamers could focus on attacking the city instead of wandering and searching aimlessly on the surface of the planet.

Yaktsburg is that goal.

In a sense, it is also a bait.

The Titan phalanx continued to advance along the narrow coast of the peninsula, and Fort Yakz was right in sight.

"We have entered the general's firing range, requesting to open fire."

A crew member said.

"Request to open fire denied."

The captain said calmly:

"Keep moving forward and wait for the target to enter the range of the Predator-class Titans. All Titans are ready to fire at the same time. One salvo will completely paralyze their void shields."

Theoretically, a perfect void shield can throw all attacks that exceed a certain speed threshold into the subspace, but the shield production process cannot be absolutely perfect, and there will always be some energy overflow. 1% or 2% is not a big deal, but if it reaches 8% or 9%, it will cause the void shield generator to overload and extinguish, and it will take some time to recover. Therefore, to deal with the void shield, you must concentrate your firepower to overload it in one blow rather than continuous shooting.

The Titans set foot on the outskirts of the city.

"Increase the power of the auspicious instrument."

The captain continued to give orders:

"Be aware of your surroundings."

The Tamers "scanned" their surroundings vigilantly. The auspex outlined the ruins of the dilapidated suburbs. The crew members soon noticed some roadblocks and ditches and were waiting to inquire.

"Destroy them."

The captain gave the order directly.

"boom--"

A Warlord-class Titan on the left side of the square opened fire with its plasma blaster and laser blaster at the same time. The plasma beam and laser beam instantly melted and shattered the obstacles blocking the road.

"The Predator-class Titan accelerates forward."

The captain issued one instruction after another.

The smaller the Titan is, the faster it moves. If you look down from the sky at this moment, you will see that the seven Predator-class Titans quickly speed up their pace, break away from the large Titan formation, and independently prop up the void shield, spreading out in front of the large Titan and starting to search the suburban ruins. If they find any suspicious places in the field of vision of the Auspicious Instrument, they will first launch a round of artillery fire to test.

The Predator-class Titan detonated several traps that had been laid in advance, including cluster melta bombs, plasma torpedo warheads, and small tactical nuclear bombs. The explosion was violent and fierce. Balls of fire hit the transparent shield and spread along the bubble-like surface of the shield, but did not harm the Titan at all.

But these traps forced all Titans to focus their attention on the ruins on the outskirts of the city.

As we all know, the Emperor-class Titan was once surrounded and killed by a group of Warhound-class Titans of the Ember Wolf Pack Legion. However, in order to achieve this result, two conditions must be met:

First, the battlefield has special terrain - complex mountains or city lanes, which can cover the War Dog Titans to quickly approach the Emperor Titans and enter the void shield range. Otherwise, if the Emperor Titans and War Dog Titans encounter on a vast flat plain, within a minute or so, a group of War Dog Titans will be killed by an Emperor Titan.

Secondly, it was a lone Emperor-class Titan. Generally speaking, in a complete Titan phalanx, the large Titan must be protected by small Titans or tanks. The role of the Cavalry Titan and the Dog Titan in the Titan phalanx is equivalent to the infantry in the infantry-tank coordination. They are not used to participate in long-range bombardment, but to protect the large Titan from damage by the ambushing enemies around it.

For the Tamers, they would not make this mistake either. The five Warlord-class Titans were protected by seven Predator-class Titans. Moreover, the entire suburbs of the city were left with only large areas of ruins and broken streets. There was no complex terrain for concealment, and they did not have to worry about sneak attacks from the enemy.

They had been to Yakz Castle on Deu IV once and were very familiar with this area. The Untamed Lord Titan had fought against the Dawnbreak Titan here.

The Tamers still moved forward patiently.

They had arrived at the port area of ​​Yakzburg, less than twelve kilometers away from the city wall. The lonely Sky Eagle cannon had even misfired due to the firing angle, or perhaps there was a shortage of ammunition. Who knew?

The surging waves are still beating against the shore. In the ruined city, corrosive and highly toxic waste liquids are constantly flowing into the sea. A layer of oil floats on the sea surface, and colorful chemicals rise and fall with the waves.

The void shield flickered in the distance.

"Get in range of the Reaver-class Titan."

Said the crew member.

"Permission to fire!"

The captain said brazenly.

The power unleashed by a salvo of fire from a Titan army is absolutely shocking, with blue plasma and red lasers of varying thickness, roaring Vulcan super-heavy bombs, and earthquake cannons with a caliber large enough to fit a living person in them.

The sky and earth changed color.

All long-range weapons with sufficient range bombarded the void shield at the same time, and the flashing bubbles exploded.

Unsurprisingly overloaded.

But at the moment they fired.

"roar--"

A deafening roar stirred up the waves, blowing up sand and rocks, and rippling the air. On the left coast of the Titans, the sea surface suddenly bulged, and then exploded. A terrifying monster with a pitch-black body and rows of thorns on its back brazenly surfaced and opened its mouth wide towards the Titans.

At the same time, on the right coast of the Titan phalanx, the sea surface was boiling, and a huge monster also surfaced. It was a four-armed Titan with its head held high! Painted in black and gold, with a strange shape, it stepped out of the water step by step on the seabed stairs.

In the water? Why in the water!?

The Tamers were horrified.

This was a situation they had never encountered before.

Fuzzy and flickering bubbles lit up, and this four-armed Titan also held up a void shield. The different void shields of the enemy and our side had no unified harmonic code and could not be integrated into a shield wall.

As the distance was too close, the two sets of shields squeezed each other and then exploded with a bang. The ionizing radiation generated instantly caused a flash of static electricity in front of the eyes of the Titan crew members, and they temporarily lost their vision of the flow interface, causing panic to intensify.

At the moment when the void shield generator overloaded and went out, a dazzling blue light burst out from the black monster's bloody mouth, and a thick atomic breath shot straight at the Titan phalanx.

The circular concave turbine on the chest of the black and gold four-armed Titan began to rotate rapidly, the red light became brighter and brighter, and then a red energy jet rushed towards the Titan formation.

One blue, one red, one left, one right.

A round of salvos had just been completed, the plasma coil was still smoking, the multi-barrel laser was still idling, and the flow interface vision was about to be restored. The Untamed Lord Titan Legion was instantly attacked from both sides by the crossfire of atomic breath and proton scream!

"boom--"

A Warlord-class Titan on the left was hit right in the chest, and the atomic breath pierced through the Titan's body in an instant. The remaining force continued, and pierced through the heads and backs of the two Predator-class Titans on the side. The adamantium armor melted and dripped, and the plasma reactor of the Warlord-class Titan exploded, and the entire Titan was shattered into pieces. The impact of the explosion of the large Titan's core energy furnace caused several medium-sized Titans around to fall down.

A Warlord-class Titan on the right was hit in the waist, and the whole Titan broke into two pieces instantly. Its feet were still standing on the ground, but its body had rolled and fell to the ground. The Proton Scream also had residual force and pierced through the shoulder of a Warlord-class Titan next to it, and the weapons mounted on its arms vaporized and disappeared.

In order to integrate the void shield wall, the Titans stood in a very dense formation. At this time, the left leg of another Warlord-class Titan was also rubbed by the Proton Scream, and the knee joint was instantly melted. The body tilted and lost balance and fell to the ground. The Titan lay on its back on the ground, twisting its body and struggling desperately, but unfortunately it could not stand up.

One hit.

Just one hit.

Three of the five large Titans were scrapped.

Two of the seven medium-sized Titans were scrapped.

Then, the entire Titan Corps woke up from their dream and thought of counterattacking. Without a unified command, the Titan Corps' movements were somewhat chaotic. The remaining Titans twisted their bodies to the left and right, raised their weapons and prepared to counterattack. However, due to the close proximity of their positions and the fact that their shooting angles were blocked by their companions, this wave of counterattacks seemed messy and fragmented, and posed no threat at all.

"Swish!"

The "Pojun Jinjia" spread out its upper arms, and locked its lower arms tightly against its body. The thin and long plasma double-edged sword suddenly burst out a blue ion shock wave, and the four-armed Titan stepped on the water surface at the coast and rushed towards the tamers.

"roar!"

Godzilla's tail swung in the water, and he kicked his two strong hind legs hard, rushing out of the water just as fast. His slender body of more than 200 meters, running on all fours like a high-speed black train, crashed into the Titan phalanx.

The huge size was accompanied by a terrifying speed, which made the Titan phalanx, which was used to being heavy, clumsy and slow, feel very uncomfortable. On the shoulders and knees of the Titans, small-caliber close-in defense guns and rapid-fire guns fired at the same time, making the golden shell of the "Pojun Jinjia" clang and sparks fly. The chain storm of the Vulcan giant bomb poured down on Godzilla's body, but it only made a series of muffled sounds and was bounced off by the thick spines, unable to break the defense at all.

"Plasma weapons fully charged."

"Melta weapons come into range."

The mechanical servants in Titan sent prompts one after another.

"Fire! Fire! Fire now!"

The captain screamed like a madman.

It is clear that he could give orders with just a thought, but it seems that he cannot vent the fear in his heart unless he shouts it out, the great fear of facing a mysterious and unknown enemy.

A scene that he would never forget appeared.

The four-armed Titan, who had just sprinted two steps, suddenly lowered his body, bent his knees, and then jumped up, instantly jumping dozens of meters high. Time seemed to slow down at this moment. Plasma beams and molten jets brushed past his body, leaving two melted and charred dents. The renegade Titan captain opened his mouth and watched as the four-armed Titan held the sword high in both hands, flew over a distance of hundreds of meters... and then slashed down.

"Clang!!!"

The sharp sound of swords clashing.

"Pojun Jinjia" knelt on one knee.

The left and right arms of the Warrior-class Titan in front of him disconnected with a "snap" sound, and fell to the ground along with the weapons on them, turning it into a pitiful armless Titan.

A sudden and severe pain swept through the captain's body.

There was also a hint of confusion amid the pain.

Where are my hands?

Why can't I feel my hands?

Before the captain could come back to his senses from his daze and confusion, the "Pojun Golden Armor" suddenly stood up, and its two mechanical wrists turned a circle at a speed that human joints could not achieve. The plasma double-edged sword made two turns and then stabbed upwards together.

"Chu!"

The sound of metal cutting that makes your teeth ache and your heart tremble.

The two slender plasma double-edged swords crossed in an "X" shape, and the center of the "X" was the hunched forward head of the Warlord-class Titan. At this moment, all the crew members of this Titan merged into one, in a way that was similar to particles and liquid. The burning viscous oil, the flowing metal slurry, the charred and broken pipes and cables, and the rotten slag of human tissue turned into a mass of inexplicable matter, filling the Titan's head.

"clang!"

"Po Jun Jin Jia" drew his sword.

The Titan's "head" fell to the ground.

Here, "Po Jun Jin Jia" made an unexpected jump and killed a large Titan. Over there, Brother Zong also had a remarkable record, even better.

"roar!"

Planet Godzilla lunged forward and pinned a Warlord-class Titan to the ground. A beam of plasma sprayed onto his abdomen, corroding a round hole. Godzilla roared in pain, then lowered his head and bit down, his fangs closing tightly. The Titan's head was squeezed and twisted, and the crew members were sprayed out along with the engine oil. Then Godzilla shook his head hard, and the Titan's head was pulled off.

During this process, several Predator-class Titans tried to attack Brother Boss from behind, but a giant tail swept over with terrifying wind pressure. With a "snap", a Predator-class Titan broke in half. The tail continued to sweep across, knocking another Predator-class Titan away and disintegrating in the air.

Godzilla is much stronger than the "Pojun Jinjia".

Witnessed this scene with my own eyes.

Fu Qinghai was also shocked.

The last three Predator-class Titans failed to make any waves. Facing the two monsters, they even lost the courage to fight and began to turn around and flee. "Pojun Jinjia" caught up with them and killed them one by one with a sword. Brother opened his mouth and breathed out an atomic breath.

The battle was over, but the Warrior-class Titan that had lost its left leg was still twisting and struggling on the ground, trying to turn over, and then firing plasma into the sky in vain.

Fu Qinghai felt helpless when he saw this.

He controlled the "Pojun Golden Armor" and walked over.

Then one sword ended its embarrassing fate.

At this point, the mighty and domineering Titan phalanx was completely transformed into a pile of metal garbage.

The Four-Armed Titan and the Atomic Dino stood side by side.

Look around.

A long and narrow cape peninsula.

The waves continued to hit the shore.

It was as if the battle just now just happened without any result.

…

Fu Qinghai contacts the fleet in space.

"Old Joe, is the battle over?"

"Khan, the battle is over."

"How was the harvest?"

Fu Qinghai didn't even ask who won.

The fact that the First Captain could still talk to him calmly meant that the regiment's fleet definitely did not lose.

"One warship destroyed, one warship let go, a transport cruiser belonging to the Untamed Lords Legion, and three warships captured, a strike cruiser belonging to the Chaos Fleet."

The first company commander reported honestly.

"Why did they let a transport cruiser escape?"

Fu Qinghai frowned and said curiously.

"We wanted to capture the battleship. We boarded the cruiser, but... we didn't fight."

There was some frustration in Old Joe's tone.

"Why didn't you fight?"

Fu Qinghai was even more surprised when he heard this.

This shouldn't be the case. The Iron Pagoda Chapter is so strong, with all-new alien Space Marines and new weapons and armor. It would have been fine if they hadn't succeeded in boarding, but since they did succeed, how could they not have even defeated a transport cruiser?

"That cruiser has the Knight mech in it."

Old Joe said in a muffled voice:

"We didn't defeat that group of fallen knights."

Fu Qinghai: "…"

What? You guys, a bunch of single soldiers, want to defeat Titan?

So that's it, Fu Qinghai understood.

The enemy also sent a group of knight mechas to join the battle. They really thought highly of themselves. Unfortunately, the fleet of the regiment returned to defend in time, and the enemy was caught in a space battle before they even had time to deploy the knight mechas. The knight mechas were kept in the cabin. Then Old Joe led his men to board the ship and face a group of knights who were eyeing them covetously...

Come to think of it, I'm really lucky.

I can actually come back alive.

They must have taken advantage of the narrow space on the battleship, which prevented the knight mecha from chasing them, allowing them to escape.

"Although we have never fought…"

Fu Qinghai fell silent, and Qiao Shida hurriedly explained:

"But we have achieved some results! We have successfully disabled the warp engine of the transport cruiser. They can't make a warp jump. They can't get far, Khan."

Fu Qinghai nodded:

"Then chase them!"

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PS: I wish all genuine book friends a happy new year, and may everyone have 20 centimeters, I mean hair.

(End of this chapter)