Chapter 436: Patience and Instigation
Fu Qinghai patiently looked at the unconscious Zofia.
His eyes suddenly widened.
"The synchronization rate has dropped..."
"The synaesthesia link has been disconnected..."
A mechanical electronic prompt sound rang in my ears.
"Pharmacist, call for the pharmacist to airdrop!"
"Xiao Fei, send someone over to recover Titan immediately!"
Fu Qinghai said in a deep voice on the communication channel.
The "Pojun Jinjia" eliminated all the main Titans of the Kurissatai Titan Legion, and the entire remaining right-wing detachment was composed of some small Titans left over from the Untamed Lord Titan Legion. Although the Dawnbreak Stars Titan Legion was also only a remnant, they were wrapped in raging flames and showed a life-and-death posture, and soon beat the Untamed Lord back step by step.
At this point, the rebels were doomed to failure.
Soon, the Serenity left the space battlefield and headed for the low-Earth orbit above Hive City No. 1, launching an airdrop capsule downwards. After it landed and unfolded, a medical team of Space Marines quickly arrived at the devastated Titan battlefield.
Fu Qinghai had already taken off his combat uniform and left Titan, standing next to the "Pojun Jinjia" waiting for them. He handed the pink-haired girl in his arms to his pharmacist, who examined her on the spot and looked up at the chapter leader and said,
"There is no danger to her life, Khan."
"I'm glad you're okay."
Fu Qinghai breathed a sigh of relief and ordered,
"The battle is not over yet. Call the Thunderhawk gunboat down and deploy the vanguard. Take her back to the medical deck. We'll go get rid of those black oil guys."
"Understood, Khan!"
The pharmacist responded.
It is a basic military common sense to set up a reserve force in war. A qualified commander will not go all in until the last moment. Of course, Fu Qinghai did not put all the Iron Pagoda soldiers into the boarding operation. There was always a company on standby in the battle barge, which was the only armored company of the regiment - the first landing battalion. Anyway, armored vehicles were useless in boarding operations, so it was better to keep them as reserve forces.
The naval battle in space continues.
Fu Qinghai led the "Pojun Jinjia" to land on the surface to prevent the Dark Mechanic Cult from escaping - he and Sid Nora guessed that the Black Oiler would escape, and now they need to verify this guess. But the Black Oiler will naturally not cooperate with the two people's investigation, so they need to convince them physically to prove that they really want to escape through some kind of psychic ritual.
The unconscious Zofia was transferred to the medical deck.
Xiao Fei led people to recover and repair the "Pojun Golden Armor".
Fu Qinghai personally led the advance team.
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The Dark Mechanicus built a landing site more than 50 kilometers outside of Hive City No. 1, where a large number of aircraft that can take off and land in the atmosphere are parked: transport ships, landing vehicles and shuttles. A large amount of materials are piled up, not only looted industrial raw materials, fine gold ore, rare earth elements, refined promethium... There are even several STCs, which were looted from other forge worlds in the Iron Ring.
At the same time, a ritual sacrifice site is also being built here. If you look down from the sky at this moment, the entire landing site looks like a huge chaotic eight-pointed star. The hardened ground is flattened and deep grooves are pressed out using engineering machinery, outlining a complex and strange pattern, surrounded by props and totems symbolizing chaos. There is an altar at each of the eight corners, and the altar is empty, as if waiting for its sacrifice. The base of the altar is so huge that even a Titan can stand on it.
Even standing on Titan.
Fu Qinghai looked at the landing site from afar.
The remnants of the Dawnbreak Titan Legion...
There are exactly eight Titans left.
Was this planned in advance by the black oil guy?
Or is there some divine arrangement in the dark?
Fu Qinghai didn't know.
He only knew that no matter what the purpose of this evil ritual was, whether it was to use the ritual to open a subspace portal as he and the Grand Inquisitor had speculated, he must not let it succeed. Fortunately, he had already destroyed the sacrifice, and fortunately, the "Broken Army Golden Armor" was powerful enough, and one Titan wiped out two legions. No matter what evil tricks the Dark Mechanicus was planning, they would eventually return empty-handed.
The Dark Mechanicus was also keeping an eye on the Titan battlefield not far away. As soon as the two Titan Legions were defeated, they immediately abandoned the landing site, gathered supplies and prepared to evacuate the surface by spacecraft. However, the Titan Legion was defeated too quickly. No one could have expected them to fail, and no one could have expected them to fail so quickly and so thoroughly. The Black Oil Man was caught off guard.
A large amount of supplies were abandoned and piled up like mountains. Many technical priests were directing the servitors to pack and move the supplies. The supplies that had just been transferred to the ground had to be moved back into the cabin before they even had time to warm their butts.
There was no way. One Titan killed two legions. This result was too outrageous. No data prediction or logical analysis could predict this outcome. Not to mention prediction, they couldn't even explain this outcome. At this moment, the black oil guys were cursing in their hearts. In this era, the Emperor had not yet begun to show his divine power, otherwise they would have guessed that "Pojun Jinjia" was a Titan chosen by the Emperor - although, there would be no case of the Emperor blessing a Titan in the future.
Fu Qinghai roughly observed the enemy's strength. The two Titan Legions were the biggest reliance of the Dark Mechanicus. Without the Titan Legion, the Black Mechanicus's forces were already very few. Fu Qinghai saw many Scatlan intelligent robot soldiers, commonly known as "Dabai", and many armed robot servants. These were the personal bodyguards of the Sages. They might be able to match the Space Marines, but they were definitely not able to match the armored vehicles.
The vanguard is enough to defeat them.
But just to be on the safe side.
Fu Qinghai still switched the communication channel:
"Dawn Star Titan Legion, and Ulesh Grenadiers, I am Qingshan, the Chapter Master of the Iron Pagoda Regiment. I demand that you accept my command immediately and assemble at the coordinate axis 17-263-12 to surround the enemy."
"Squeak... Sir, I am Captain Fitzgerald of the Dawnbreak Titan Corps. I am leading the Dawnbreak Titans to move to the direction you specified. It is expected to..."
Captain Titan's voice contained a sense of joy at revenge, and he immediately agreed to obey the order.
"Squeak... Sir, I am Colonel Bertram of the 16th Ulesh Grenadiers Regiment. The Ulesh Grenadiers suffered heavy losses while defending the hive city and their organization is incomplete. I'm sorry I can't..."
The voice of the Guards Colonel was filled with great sorrow. They seemed to have suffered heavy losses in the Titan bombing of the Hive City and were unable to withdraw troops for support.
Fu Qinghai had heard of the Ulesh Grenadiers, an Imperial Guard regiment modeled after the Cadian Blitzkrieg, except that most of the soldiers came from the Hive Gang. Cadian was a model regiment, so the Ulesh must not be any worse. The other side said that they suffered heavy losses and could not withdraw troops for support. Fu Qinghai also understood that anyone who was bombarded by two Titan Legions would suffer heavy losses. He did not question the other side's cowardice, nor did he force the other side to fight, but just led the Vanguard Brigade to attack.
The Dawnbreaker Titans are coming.
Fu Qinghai took off his combat uniform and put on the Blue Shell. He boarded a Mastodon tank and led all the armored vehicles of the regiment to rumble on the road, climb over hills, crush roadblocks, and rush towards the landing site built by the Oil Man.
The Black Oilers tried to organize a defense.
"boom--"
Two Typhon heavy siege tanks took the lead in attacking, and with two shots they blew away a group of Scatteran intelligent mechas.
This special tank for Space Marines uses the Spartan tank as its chassis and is equipped with a Terrorhammer siege gun. It is believed to have been invented by Perturabo. However, it is now being used to deal with the Dark Mechanicus. It is really a twist of fate.
After the first exchange of fire, the black oil man immediately concluded:
there is no way to fight, we cannot win, so we have to retreat.
The Dark Mechanicus immediately abandoned all supplies and industrial raw materials, leaving behind a group of intelligent robot soldiers and armed robot servants to resist the vanguard, while they hurriedly ran into transport ships, shuttles and landers, desperate to leave here.
The intelligent robot soldiers and armed robot servants only have primary intelligence. They have no concept of morale and are completely fearless. Even as abandoned children, they still obey the orders of the technical priests and try their best to stop the Space Marines. The armored company rushed forward quickly. Although there were not many of them, they were also a torrent of steel. The tracks rumbled and crushed a bunch of armed robot servants. The Land Raiders, Predator Tanks and Spartan Tanks were fast. After entering the enemy's position, the former opened the rear hatch to release the Space Marines, and the latter opened fire with its main guns to kill the intelligent robot soldiers. The Mastodon tank was very slow and sat in the rear. The anti-aircraft weapons on the vehicle sprayed ammunition chains indiscriminately, shooting down many shuttles.
A large lander swung into flight.
"Jiu——Boom!"
A red laser flashed and blew it up in mid-air.
In the distance, the Dawnbreaker Titans also arrived.
The black oilers can't escape!
The threat of death makes them even crazier, and they even ignore the precious STCs and rush to the transport ship... Finally, under the constant urging and hard help of the dark sage, a transport ship raised the void shield, and the tail nozzle spewed out ion flames, and took off smoothly. The void shield can block the armored firepower of the first landing team and the long-range attack of the Titan Legion. There are many black oilers in this ship. They all know that the shuttle and the lander will be shot down by the anti-aircraft firepower. Only by hiding in the transport ship can they leave the surface alive.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
The Dawnbreak Titan raised its guns and fired continuously.
The transport's void shields negated the attacks.
It seemed that this group of black oil men were about to escape.
"Roar, boom—"
A thick blue energy beam hit the transport ship flying in the air. The void shield immediately flashed, cracked and dissipated, turning into a ball of colorful sparks. The blue light column continued to bombard the hull with its remaining force and soon burned a large hole in the hull.
Godzilla, take action.
"BOOM!"
The transport's sublight drives were hit.
It disintegrated in mid-air and exploded instantly.
You can always trust Brother!
The keel of the ship lost its lift and began to fall. Countless metal fragments, countless shining fireworks, and countless debris and broken arms flew down. The scene was actually somewhat beautiful for a moment, like a gorgeous firework blooming brightly.
All the Space Marines looked up at this scene.
The black oil man used his life...
Happy New Year to everyone.
"Control all supplies and raw materials."
The voice of the Chapter Master sounded in the communication channel:
"The first landing team will switch to defense mode on the spot, completely block this landing site, and count the supplies. Remember, no one is allowed to enter this area without my order."
"Yes, Khan."
The armored company responded with a roar.
My oil fields, my mines. Once he succeeded, Qingshan Khan immediately ordered to block the battle scene. Friends or allies, stay away, or I will turn my back on you.
The reasons are very good.
This is the site of a blasphemous ritual of the dark technological heretics. It is extremely dangerous. The Iron Pagoda Regiment must wait for the Demonic Inquisition to come and purify it. No outsiders are allowed to enter at will.
...
Rectification, medical deck.
Fu Qinghai strode down the corridor.
The battle on the ground is over.
The battle in space was only coming to an end.
As expected, the Space Marines of the Iron Pagoda Chapter had made outstanding achievements and gained new gains. Three more strike cruisers were captured. A Chaos strike cruiser and a Navy light cruiser collided and fell to the surface. Two strike cruisers broke through the siege and escaped. The Chapter Fleet was trying to pursue them, but there was little hope. As long as the enemy escaped to the outer reaches of the system, they could enter the warp from Mandeville Point, and it would be difficult to catch up with them afterwards.
Walking down the cold and quiet corridor of the medical deck.
Fu Qinghai was also reflecting on the entire battle process.
It is his habit to review and summarize the battles.
The Kurissatai Titan Legion and the Untamed Lord Titan Legion were completely wiped out, a result that no one had expected.
The Warsmith's question can finally be answered - why a Titan legion disappeared inexplicably.
Because they encountered the Titan Killer.
Looking back now, the Khan-class Titan is not different from other large Titans, such as the Warmaster and Warlord Titans, in terms of size and firepower, but in terms of design concept. In fact, the Khan-class Titan is slightly taller than the Warmaster Titan, and its long-range firepower is not much different from that of a Warlord Titan. Considering the difference in the layout of the two machines - the head of a Warhammer 40K Titan is usually located on the chest and is not included in the height, the Khan-class Titan's head is higher than the Warmaster Titan, but it cannot be counted. The two are of the same size.
Differences in design concepts determine the outcome of battles.
The Titan Legion is designed to storm cities.
"Pojun Golden Armor" is designed to kill Titans.
During the Horus Heresy, there were many civil wars between Titan Legions. The Battle of Iron Scourge and the Battle of Beta Gamon were all battles led by Titan Legions. However, Titans were originally designed to be siege weapons. Even the Warmaster-class Titan Breaker, a special model that specializes in close combat, has weapons: Kleus-type siege drills, giant killing chainswords, Kleus-type gravity implosion cannons...
Strictly speaking, they are all siege weapons.
Most of the Titan melee weapons, various types of power claws and chainswords, have a relatively low attack frequency and are heavy and clumsy but powerful.
"Po Jun Jin Jia" is completely different.
Khan-class Titans are almost useless for sieges. The Kleus-type siege drill of the Warmaster Titan can smash a wall with one attack. The plasma double-edged sword of the Khan-class Titan can make ten holes in the wall within five seconds?
It can be said that it is completely useless.
The key is that the Titan Legion needs to engage in long-range bombardment of the city's defense facilities, which requires a large amount of continuous artillery fire. The "Pojun Jinjia" does not have this condition. Its body space is used to house structural devices that improve sensitivity and speed, and there is not much space to store ammunition. Other Titans can continue shooting for several hours, but the "Pojun Jinjia" long-range weapons can only fire three to five times, so it is necessary to strive to kill with one shot.
The plasma double-edged sword has strong penetrating power and a very high attack frequency. While other Titans are still swinging their chainsaw swords and siege drills to eat and consume the composite armor of the enemy Titans, the plasma double-edged sword has already inserted into the gap at the edge of the enemy Titan's armor, quickly dismembering it. It is the ultimate weapon to kill Titans.
The Khan-class Titan is the anti-Titan.
To make an inappropriate analogy:
if ordinary large Titans are like self-propelled artillery, then the Khan-class Titan is a tank destroyer.
"laugh..."
The hatch slid open automatically.
Fu Qinghai walked into the medical room and looked at the girl lying on the bed. The pink-haired girl and her mother were lying side by side on two white beds, laughing and talking about something.
Zofia's face was rosy and her eyes were bright, and she seemed to be fine. Mrs. Janiko's face was still a little pale, and she looked weak after recovering from a serious illness.
"Qingshan!"
Zofia said softly.
Fu Qinghai nodded and looked at Mrs. Janiko.
"Master Chapter Master!"
Lady Janiko, as both the chief knight and a standard imperial noble, attached great importance to etiquette and honor, although not as deeply rooted in her bones as male knights, but it was also deeply rooted in her mind. Seeing an Astartes chapter leader, who was also her lifesaver, she hurriedly wanted to stand up and salute, regardless of her own injuries that had not yet healed.
"Sit down for a moment. Sit down for a moment."
Fu Qinghai quickly pressed his arm.
Indicate to the other party that there is no need to be polite.
Fu Qinghai pulled a chair and sat down.
"Hello, Madam. Perhaps you have heard my name, but I will still introduce myself formally. I am Qingshan, the current commander of the Iron Pagoda Regiment, the descendant of Chagatai Khan. You can call me 'Khan'."
Madam Janiko nodded, crossed her hands over her chest, performed a standard Sky Eagle salute, and said:
"Greetings, Khan. I am Janiko Tan Draconis, Chief Knight of House Draconis of the Knight World of Orestes. Mother of Zofia."
The last sentence is clearly pronounced.
It shows that she values this relationship very much.
Don't forget to emphasize it in front of anyone.
Fu Qinghai smiled when he heard that.
"Mom~"
Zofia pulled Janiko's arm and said coquettishly,
"He is the man I was talking about, the Space Marine I know. I mentioned him to you a long time ago."
Janiko nodded, appearing calm on the surface, but she was extremely shocked in her heart, and was filled with a storm of emotions.
The adopted daughter had told her a long time ago that she knew a Space Marine who wore black and gold power armor. Madam Janiko didn't take it seriously at the time. How could Zofia, an orphan from a poor city, know a Space Marine? That was the Emperor's Angel of Death, and its status was no less than that of the Imperial Knights. Even considering the inherent feudal nature of the Knight family, Holy Terra must trust the Space Marines more than the Imperial Knights.
Mrs. Janiko guessed in her heart: at most a Space Marine came to the Iron Belt to perform a mission, and happened to meet little Zofia once. The girl worshipped the Emperor's Angels, so she called this "meeting" "acquaintance", and wanted to use it as a capital for showing off among her poor friends, that's all. She could understand this behavior, but was unwilling to point it out.
But I didn't expect it.
Zofia really knows a Space Marine.
Still a chapter leader!
This is so fucking amazing.
Janiko thought: Don't mention me, Viscount Sunderland doesn't even know the Space Marine Chapter Master, although the status of the Knight Family Patriarch is no less than that of the Astartes Chapter Master, but they really don't know him, because there is no Astartes Chapter stationed in the Iron Ring. There has always been only the Titan Legion here.
"hehe."
Fu Qinghai touched Sofia's head and said with a smile,
"Sophie and I are indeed very good friends."
Zofia rolled her eyes imperceptibly.
I thought to myself: I just met a Space Marine and my cheap mom has such a big reaction. If I tell her that I have slept with a Space Marine, she will be scared to death on the spot.
"Mrs. Janico."
After the pleasantries, Fu Qinghai got down to business:
"The battle in the industrial world is over. You have also read the confession of Sage Nemonix. You are the only surviving knight of the Draconis family. Oh, and Zofia, I know you still have many family members in the feudal world of Orestes, including women, children, the elderly, and women and children. You even have a fiefdom, a fiefdom of considerable size. What I want to ask you is, what are your plans for the future?"
Fu Qinghai stared at Janiko with burning eyes.
The only person who can make the decision in this knight family.
Janiko looked bewildered.
She shook her head painfully:
"To be honest, I don't know. I'm confused. The patriarch is dead, all the knights are dead, I... I don't know what to do. The family has declared its separation from the Mechanicus. We can no longer get help from the Forge World, unless Terra... But Terra is too far away."
The middle-aged woman covered her face and spoke in a sad voice.
"Mom, there's me too."
Zofia quickly comforted him.
Fu Qinghai first reminded:
"You are the chief knight. If the clan leader and all the knights are killed, then you will be the new clan leader. This is your responsibility and your obligation. Although I don't understand the rules and customs of the knight world and the knight family, I think this is the truth. Don't you agree, ma'am?"
Mrs. Janiko nodded:
"You are right."
Fu Qinghai mentioned the confession of the Nemonix Sage. Janiko thought of the ruling sage Hieronymus. A huge hatred suddenly appeared on her face. A flame called "revenge" burned in her eyes. She said:
"Yes, you are right. This is my responsibility and my obligation. As the patriarch, I cannot shirk it. The family hatred has not been washed away, and we have not yet avenged the shame. That shameless bastard who framed the family, that selfish guy who betrayed the empire, Hieronymus Gant, I must kill him..."
"Hey, wait."
Fu Qinghai interrupted quickly.
I asked you to think about the future, not this.
"The Sage of Domination intends to murder the Loyal Knights. This crime is very clear. I promise you, Madam Janiko, that Sage Gant will get the punishment he deserves. But not now, do you understand? We must wait until the war is over and the entire Iron Ring is restored to order. He will definitely not have a good end. I'm sorry I can't reveal the details to you. You just need to know that I will handle this matter."
Fu Qinghai promised seriously.
Sid Nora has notified the Assassin's Court.
After much deliberation, the Grand Inquisitor decided to deal with the Magus Ruling directly, bypassing the Forge Master. She was worried that Zagreus Cain would protect Hieronymus Gant. Even if the Magus Ruling was wrong, Mars must not give others an excuse to interfere in internal affairs, especially an institution like the Inquisition. Moreover, although what the Magus Ruling did was not just, it was in the interests of the Mechanicus.
The Assassins' Court is coming.
You can't tell others about this kind of thing.
Fu Qinghai could only promise Janiko:
After the war, there will be a result.
Let the Sage Ruler die at the hands of an assassin, and then finally blame it on the Dark Mechanicus, saying that those dark technological heretics wanted to take revenge on Mars, so they sent assassins to kill him, and the Sage Ruler unfortunately died, and we all mourn for him.
Fu Qinghai changed the subject again:
"That's right, ma'am. I've considered that since your family has declared its separation from the Mechanicus, the Iron Belt is full of Forge Worlds. Even if we win the war in the future, even if we successfully expel the Dark Mechanicus, the entire Iron Belt will have no place for the Draconis family. In this regard, I have a suggestion. Do you think you can consider it?"
"What suggestions?"
Janiko asked, looking up.
"Far away from here, in the Hazy Star Region, in the Marcus King Star Region, there is a forging world called Phaeton. Have you heard of it?"
Fu Qinghai asked with a smile.
Phaeton? Never heard of it.
Janiko looked confused and bewildered:
Isn't this still the Forge World?
Fu Qinghai showed a mysterious smile:
That's my forged world.
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(End of this chapter)