From Skaven to God of War

Chapter 444: The Brave and Expensive Fool and the Totalitarian of the Skaven Empire

The mighty armored forces collided with each other in the yellow sand. In order to adapt to the yellow sand, the tanks of both the Rat People and the Sand Rat People were specially improved. The extremely wide tracks and the main body derived like a ship were all designed to be able to rush through the yellow sand.

Before they got close, the two sides started the first round of confrontation. Amid the roar, shells were pushed out of the gun barrels one after another.

The ratmen's tanks are far more powerful than those of the gerbils. Advancement and backwardness are relative issues. Even though the ratmen are still using steam engines, this is the case.

The Ratmen's materials science and structural science are more advanced than those of the Gerbils. At the same thickness, the Ratmen's armor cast using molds is stronger than that of the Gerbils. Of course, the generation gap in materials science and structural science is not only reflected in the armor. At the same time, their armor-piercing shells are also superior to those of the Gerbils.

The tanks of the Gerbils often cannot withstand even one shell from the Ratman tanks and will explode violently, whereas the tanks of the Ratman can withstand several armor-piercing shells from the front before being completely paralyzed.

The magic power and steam hybrid engine did not give the rat tanks speed and flexibility that surpassed electricity, but materials science and structural science did become solid spears and shields in the hands of the rats.

Faced with such a situation, this huge armored formation from the war fortress did not flinch at all.

Pushing forward, one nuclear tank after another was destroyed on the sand dunes. Without the intervention of air power, their charge was particularly brutal. Of course, the Galloping Legion was not afraid.

The left and right are just colliding with each other.

Shouting, shouting wildly on the radio and firing continuously, these guys began to get excited. The ratmen's frenzy ability did not seem to be inherited by the gerbils. I wonder if Xiaochun felt that such violent behavior was a genetic defect.

But it is undeniable that such active frenzy can make the rat soldiers more courageous.

The armored behemoths of both sides collided with each other face to face, and fired at each other almost in close proximity.

This is an extremely wasteful tactic.

This is not how tanks are normally used in combat, but now, no one cares. The sharp roar with red eyes and then running wildly without restraint has always been the old tradition of the rats.

What's crazy is that these gerbils' nuclear tanks are equipped with electromagnetic rams.

Well, this is even more cruel than that of the rats. The electromagnetic horn that bursts out with faint blue light has an effect similar to that of a chainsaw. At the moment when the tanks of both sides collide with each other, the harsh friction sound is heard at the contact point of the collision.

This is so crazy.

The ratman driver was enraged, and with a sharp roar, he stuffed the high-explosive bomb into the gun barrel and detonated it close to his body without any regard for the consequences. In the horrible shock and flames, the observation and aiming equipment and external devices on the exterior of the two tanks close to him were almost all destroyed.

The electromagnetic rams were also damaged, and amid the harsh roar of the engines, these nuclear tanks were pushed back step by step.

The fighting was chaotic and terrible, so chaotic that the military instructors on the First Expeditionary Fleet would have been furious when they saw it.

The best situation now should be to retreat, wait for the electromagnetic shock in the sky to dissipate, and wait for subsequent ratman warships to break into this area, rather than just stupidly grinding meat like that.

Casualties began to soar. These guys were far from being a group of qualified fighters. These ratmen warriors grew up during interstellar voyages and on the expedition fleet.

I couldn't bear to watch the flag anymore.

A beam of dark blue light broke in from outer space and fell towards the Yellow Sand Star again. The electromagnetic interference created by the nuclear bomb was so fragile in such a terrifying energy torrent that it was instantly defeated and annihilated.

The Destroyer fired.

In an instant, the shocking dark blue light seemed to take away all the light in the world, and most of the enemy's huge army was swallowed up in an instant.

The violent shock wave created a huge storm, almost burying everything on the battlefield.

The Ratmen still won this war. The Ratmen's First Expeditionary Fleet, floating in outer space and watching everything on this planet, is the insurmountable mountain and the deepest despair for all the Gerbils on this planet.

It was just the sand rats, and the war fortress also got what it wanted. In this wave of attacks, the Galloping Legion paralyzed most of the armored forces in a very short period of time, and the casualties of the 120,000 rat army exceeded one-fifth.

Of course, they were very brave, and the gerbils did not gain any benefit at all. It often took three nuclear tanks to replace one steam tank of the rats.

The casualties of the sand rat people were ten times that of the rat people, and the casualties even exceeded 200,000.

Including the gerbil troops that were annihilated by a single shot from the Destroyer, the casualties of the gerbils are probably more than 500,000, and this does not include the follow-up. The war is not over yet.

But this kind of exchange itself is a loss-making existence.

The Ratman warships with blue tail flames streaked across the sky, and a series of explosions occurred in the distant desert. This huge armored group pulled out by the war fortress and the terrifying infantry would have a hard time escaping even one-tenth of their strength.

But this is still a losing business.

The surviving rat warriors have pushed open the hatch of the tank and started cheering. At this time, the radiation on the field is still extremely high, but it is nothing for the rats. For these guys, as long as they are not facing the center of the nuclear explosion, some subsequent pollution will at most give them an extra hand on their buttocks and an eye on their backs. This is not a big deal. They just need to lie down and have a surgical operation.

They are the fleet ratmen, and their treatment is ridiculously high. They are one of the few troops in the long history of the ratmen who were not pushed onto the battlefield against their will. They are also the real soldiers of the young masters.

The surviving guys started cheering on the chaotic battlefield. During the expedition, Qi's expression on the control console became a little twisted and unbearable.

Reports floated to his hands like snowflakes, all of them were red data, and the officers were reminding him weakly.

If the Destroyer is overused, the plate structure on this planet may undergo unimaginable changes.

Simply put, you can no longer fire at random.

If the standard is relaxed, the Destroyer can actually be considered a planet-destroying weapon, but it is not like the Soul Scream and the Dragon of Life, which can destroy the surface ecology of a planet very simply and directly. Instead, it will slowly collapse everything with one bombardment after another.

Of course, in reality, the load that this planet can withstand is actually very high, but this planet is a reserved land prepared by the rat people for themselves, and they have regarded this planet as their own back garden.

Would you burn down your house just to scald a bunch of ants?
Now, this dilemma was put in front of Qi, and all this was because of those guys. Qi looked at the cheering guys on the projection in front of him.

He had to admit that this was the most peculiar and most difficult to evaluate army he had ever led.

If they were not rescued, they would probably be eaten to pieces in this gerbil raid. If they were saved, these red data and the cautious deliberation of the ratmen officials who wanted to speak were really unpleasant.

A group of fools who have courage but are not cowardly, a group of fools who have courage but are not cowardly but are extremely expensive.

"Hey!"

Qi, an old fellow who had lived for many years, sighed deeply at this moment.

Rat sighed.

The rat people had no choice but to slow down their pace.

The process of recruiting those wastelanders had to be accelerated. At the beginning, the rats only planned to use these wastelanders as a militia to maintain public order, that is, a group of kowtowers who would kneel down obediently when they saw the rats.

All you have to pay is some food.

But now, the situation has changed a little, with the fate of the Galloping Army, the gap in manpower, and the lack of a large number of infantry.

We can't really let these expensive battleship ratmen fill the battlefield like dust, and even if we fill them into the battlefield like dust, how long can they be burned?

The air force cannot solve all the problems. Qi can easily destroy all the gerbils and even destroy the surface ecology of the planet, but as long as he wants to occupy the planet, the ground forces, those huge and cheap infantry will never be lacking.

Qi is preparing to organize a gerbil infantry legion to deal with other stubborn gerbil forces that have inherited the legacy of the Golden Age.

Of course, it's not just this. At the same time, he is also going to try to create some aliens that are easier to control.

He wouldn't trust these natives. Compared to them, perhaps some more exotic natives would be more useful.

For example, those half-bloods with rat-man blood.

Banner is not a purist. He is not as extreme as the Inquisition. Of course, in some ways he is even worse than the Inquisition.

This decision will bring a lot of trouble and pain to these hybrids, but Qi doesn't care. Qi just wants to make a batch of the most suitable tools in the shortest time.

As for the troubles of these mixed-bloods, their suffering?
Don't forget, Qi is a veteran rat warlord. The rat warlords don't even take the rats seriously. Although Qi is far from being as extreme as his former colleagues, do you think he will take these half-bloods who only have a little rat blood seriously?

In his opinion, whether it is the gerbil people or the hybrids that are about to be born, they are all heretics, natives, and tools. They are tools that can be discarded or even destroyed after use.

We have to thank Xiaochun for not spreading his power from the Shenqi Star, otherwise these guys would now have an extra label here on the flag: sacrifice.

Qi simply didn't care about them, their thoughts, their future, their pain, their possible entanglements, and their struggles, even though the source of all this originated from him.

But will arming these gerbil wastelanders cause problems? Will these guys become rebellious?

Qi is not worried about this problem, because until now, the rat people have not officially started any construction on the Yellow Sand Star, and all production capacity and industry are still limited to the flagship of the First Expeditionary Fleet.

Afterwards, these sand rat legions that were incorporated and used the weapons, equipment and supplies provided by the rats would not only have rats as commanders and important positions, but their resources would also be transferred from the flagship.

In such a situation, what can they use to rebel? As long as we control the supply of ammunition and resources, once they rebel, they will not be able to sustain it for even half a month without resources replenishment.

After Qi made the decision, a large number of rat officials began to move.

This series of decisions will be implemented by them, including the resources that need to be mobilized, the personnel to be recruited, the weapons to be distributed, whether to conduct training, the resources allowed to be used, and the personnel to be assigned. All these will be determined through the decision-making and thinking of these many officials. Soon, a plan will be sent to Qi. As long as Qi nods, everything will start to work.

With the progress of the times, the social logic of the rat people and the operating logic of various departments are becoming more and more complicated, which is not a bad thing.

These rat affairs officers were born in such changes. Obviously, no matter what to do, having a group of guys who specialize in thinking can save a lot of trouble.

Of course, this is not without its disadvantages. With the participation of these rat affairs officers, it is difficult for a strong-handed figure with a large amount of power to be born. Now, in the Rat Empire, there are very few guys who are irreplaceable.

Of course, this does not mean that these Rat Affairs Officers system prevented the birth of those powerful people who were greedy and wanted to seize more power in the Rat Empire. On the contrary, they accelerated such a process. Now, the real reason why no strong-fisted figures were born in the Rat Empire was because a more terrifying beast was born.

A true totalitarian who is about to take control of everything is already sitting on the high throne.

All these rat officials, those bureaucrats, the busy rats, they are all moving forward for one will, they are just riveted gears in a huge organic machine.

Qi is indeed a genius.

Even though it took him a very long time to do all this.

(End of this chapter)