Warhammer: Lord of the Endless Monster Horde [29]

As soon as these words were spoken, the Captain, the nearby Sister Battle, and the Commissar all stared at Rhodes with their mouths agape, unable to believe what they heard.

"This is unrealistic. We can't save this planet; the Swarm fleet has completely taken control here," the imperial political officer shook his head and said.

"Right now, the number of Tyranids troops is around several hundred thousand, and this number will continue to rise," the Sister Battle said.

Saving this planet? What a joke! If it were possible, they wouldn't have been crushed before.

"There are a total of four Hive Mother ships in outer space, each producing a limited number of troops daily. Their biomass is also finite. The previous Titan beast has already eliminated a large number of Tyranids troops, preventing the Tyranids from obtaining any biomass. After fighting for several days and nights, they have lost at least hundreds of thousands of troops.

Currently, the Tyranids forces are at their weakest point; this is a rare opportunity," Rhodes said.

To surround Red King, the Tyranids forces had essentially emptied their nests. Moreover, when these bugs die in battle, their biomass cannot be recovered. To hatch new bugs, the Hive Mother ships also require time and biomass, which is why the Hive fleet is avoiding combat.

Upon hearing this, the Captain was tempted. Indeed, as Rhodes said, the number of bugs on this planet had drastically decreased; the previous brute's slaughtering efficiency was extremely high.

The current Tyranid swarm is very weak! It could be said to be the weakest since they invaded this planet.

However, even with such weakness, it seemed unlikely that they could win against the Tyranids with their small numbers.

"But what can we do with so few people, Lord Rhodes?" the Captain asked Rhodes.

"There are four Hive Mother ships, meaning they can only deploy four clusters of tendrils to extract the planet's biomass. If we cut off all these tendrils, we can temporarily prevent the Hive Mothers from receiving any biomass supplies.

After cutting off the tendrils of these Hive Mothers, we can use the space combat capabilities of this giant Titan to destroy the Hive fleet's mother ships directly. Once we destroy these mother ships, the Tyranids, having lost their psychic link to the Hive Mothers and their troop supply, will start to lose their sanity and turn on each other. After that, we just need to clean up the leftovers," Rhodes explained.

The first time the Tyranids invaded with the Behemoth, they were defeated because the node creatures were killed. Ordinary Tyranids have no souls; they are merely beasts that know only slaughter. Without the commanding node, the Tyranids would fall into endless self-destruction.

"The Hive Mother ships are over 20 kilometers long. The four Hive Mother ships in outer space are all over ten kilometers. Are you sure that this Titan has enough firepower to destroy them?" the Captain asked.

Destroying these Hive Mothers is crucial; if this giant Titan truly possesses such firepower, then it is indeed feasible.

"I guarantee it can be done," Rhodes replied.

The enhanced Pedan ships and the King Joe can conduct a combined attack. When the two Pedanium main cannons fire, they can easily destroy one of the Hive fleet's mother ships.

"Then, for the Empire, for the Emperor! I am willing to take this gamble with you!" the Captain took a deep breath and said.

Ultimately, he decided to participate in this extremely crazy plan. This planet is very important for their Space Marine Chapter; it is almost like a second homeworld. If possible, he wants to save it.

"All Sister Battles and Space Marines, we will form a small team to execute a decapitation tactic. I will provide you with some brand new weapons and equipment that will greatly enhance your combat capabilities. We will carry a large number of thermite bombs. You will assist me in attacking these Tyranids tendrils and destroy them first," Rhodes said, opening the backpack in front of him and pulling out a Pedanian special rifle.

These Pedanium rifles are much more powerful than explosive rifles and are also lighter and easier to use.

There are fewer than ten Space Marines here, and only about thirty Sister Battles, so equipping each of them with a Pedanium rifle is no problem.

"Are these weapons also creations from the Golden Age?" the Captain asked as he picked up a Pedanium rifle to inspect.

The design indeed has a human style and is not some alien weapon.

"That's right! This weapon can fire a beam attack called Pedanium, which is far more powerful than an explosive rifle. You can test it out," Rhodes nodded and said.

For this battle, Rhodes also planned to use teleportation bracelets; two bracelets can teleport a small team within a certain range. Rhodes intends to take these Space Marines and Battle Sisters to execute the decapitation operation.

Using teleportation bracelets now would not expose them as they would in the future.

With his monster system, his strength and equipment upgrade speed will be very quick.

These teleportation bracelets will likely be outdated soon, and once they are, he can sell them to the Mechanicus for a good price.

Several Space Marines and Sister Battles stepped forward to pick up the Pedanium rifles for a test shot. They aimed at some large stone targets, and the beams fired from the rifles easily destroyed them.

"The recoil is almost nonexistent! The power far exceeds that of explosive rifles. This is indeed a good weapon; it should be able to take down a warrior bug with just one shot, and perhaps even those tyrants," one Space Marine nodded and said.

With such powerful capabilities and minimal recoil, if it could be mass-produced, it could easily replace laser guns and explosive rifles.

"Lord Rhodes! How do we get there? How do we install the thermite bombs on those Hive tendrils?"

"I will use a teleportation device from the Golden Age to take you for a jump attack," Rhodes said.

"Teleportation technology? Lord Rhodes, is it similar to the long-distance teleportation used by psychics?" the Captain asked.

In their regiment, some powerful psychics could use this special ability to teleport a team from a spaceship to the planet's surface for surprise attacks.

Having such teleportation capability would indeed increase their chances of success.

Rhodes nodded.

"I think you're just taking us to our deaths! But! For the Empire! For the God-Emperor! May our souls return to the Golden Throne after death," Sister Battle raised her chainsword high and declared.

"Lord Rhodes, what mission do we have with the Astra Militarum?" Commissar stepped forward to ask Rhodes with determination.

He was already prepared to sacrifice himself as cannon fodder, at least to attract some of the Tyranids.

"You all rest in place."

"...." the Commissar.