Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"What you are going through is nothing compared to the real problems that are coming."

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Harrow Star - Inner City

"Hold on! We have contacted the angels of the Empire! They are heading here!" The commander-in-chief, holding a bolter and a chainsword, shouted loudly behind the last line of defense in front of the Governor's Palace in the inner city. "Hold on! Victory is at hand!"

Biubiubius--!

The red beams and explosive bombs from the laser rifles kept pouring towards the end of the passage, creating a large amount of smoke and dust.

Whoosh—boom!

A beam of light shot out from the end of the passage, destroying the only armored vehicle in the position.

Biubiubius--!

Then a large number of crystal-breaking bullets attacked, and several defenders were hit and fell in their positions.

roar--!

The hideous and twisted [Engine of Pain] rushed out of the thick smoke and rushed towards the human defenders.

"Don't come over!!!"

An overly frightened defense soldier retreated while shouting and firing at the giant that was attacking him. However, it was obvious that the laser rifles in his and his teammates' hands alone could not stop the advance of the machine in front of them.

Puff – tear it apart!

The sharp metal claws pierced through his armor without hindrance and lifted him up, stirring his internal organs and tying his intestines into knots.

"Don't retreat! Hold on!"

Bang bang bang!

Three explosive shells were fired and hit the metal shell of the [Pain Engine], but did not cause much damage to it, but instead attracted its attention.

The soldier's body was thrown aside like garbage, and the circular saw stained with blood and flesh on the other mechanical arm began to rotate.

"Emperor, please bless me..."

squeak--!

The [Engine of Pain] swung its circular saw at the commander of the Planetary Defense Force, but the latter managed to dodge the circular saw one after another, and seized the opportunity to saw off several mechanical tentacles of the [Engine of Pain] with the chainsaw sword in his hand.

"Here you go! You monster!" Perhaps because his attack was effective, the commander's confidence was boosted, so he dared to taunt the hideous machine in front of him that was capable of killing an entire, untargeted heavy firepower team. "If you want to get through here, you have to kill first..."

boom!

Before he could finish his words, a mechanical tentacle of the [Pain Engine] suddenly attacked him at an extremely fast speed, grabbed his neck directly, and pressed him to the ground.

At this moment, he finally realized that the other party was just playing a trick on him!

The last line of defense had collapsed, but the Dark Eldar warrior in charge of the attack was in no hurry to move on. A being whose attire was clearly different from that of the other Dark Eldars walked in front of him.

"A strong warrior, but...how long can you hold out?"

Several scalpel-like blades were shown to the commander, demonstrating the torture instruments that were about to be used on him.

"Let's go and see..."

Squeak--biobioubiu!

At that moment, massive green plasma spheres came rushing in, instantly clearing out a large area of ​​enemies, followed by several tall figures floating in the air, coming towards them.

"Stop them!"

The remaining Dark Eldar warriors immediately tried to rely on the original human fortifications to fight against the attacking Space Marines.

But just as they were setting up the heavy weapons, the speed of the unidentified Space Marines who were moving towards them at high speed using anti-gravity devices suddenly increased.

[Heavy Duty Sianwestin] Start!

Even though the Eldar had senses far superior to those of ordinary humans, and could even rival those of Space Marines, they could only see an afterimage when faced with these suddenly agile Space Marines.

The next second, fatal wounds appeared on the bodies of the Dark Eldar who were holding guns and setting up their weapons, and the other party was completely unaware of what was happening.

boom!

After that, the huge [Engine of Pain] was also crashed into the leader of the plundering team. At the same time, several [Plasma Grenades] were placed on it and exploded immediately.

"!"

The leader of the raiding team that was hit by the huge [Engine of Pain] naturally also saw the [Plasma Grenades] emitting blue light that were attached to the metal shell, but he could no longer avoid them.

Sizzle－－!

Several grenades exploded at the same time, and the hot plasma spheres melted the already limited armor and evaporated the Dark Eldar leader.

At this point, all the enemies who broke into the inner city area have been eliminated.

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"Thanks to the Emperor, I knew the Empire would not forget us." The middle-aged planetary governor looked at the tall [Pathfinder] Space Marine in front of him and said gratefully. "I think, with your help, we will soon be able to eliminate these despicable aliens who dare to attack the Empire's planet."

The Pathfinder Space Marine standing in front of him did not respond to the words of the planetary governor. Instead, after confirming that the place was safe, he established communication with the ship.

"Father... Boss, the Governor's Mansion has been confirmed to be safe. You can come over now."

Shortly after the Space Marine's report, a white light appeared among the Pathfinder Space Marines, and soon after, a portal opened.

"Is your stewed pork ribs salty enough?"

[I’m not an AI who’s good at cooking. And as the saying goes, the first time is raw, the second time is familiar~] (Nozomi AI)

Zhang Yi, dressed in the uniform of an imperial officer, walked out of the portal and appeared in front of the somewhat confused planetary governor.

"Oh, you must be one of these Space Marines..."

"We found some evidence of your dealings with the Dark Eldar." Zhang Yi interrupted the planetary governor and said, "The evidence shows that the reason you were able to replace the previous planetary governor was because of your dealings with them..."

"Is there anything you want to say?"

Zhang Yi's straightforward words completely disrupted what the planetary governor wanted to say, and he looked incredulous.

"Trading with the Dark Eldar? Could it be that the high-altitude auspiciousness instrument failed because..."

"...No, no, no, no!" The planetary governor, who had come to his senses, kept denying. "There must be something wrong. How could I..."

"Yes! They lied to me! They said they just wanted to get some supplies from here every once in a while, and occasionally kidnap a few ordinary people who are not important. They didn't say..."

"I am still useful! Yes! I am still useful! My Lord! I can make amends. Everything I have done is for the development of this planet and for the empire!"

"Look at this planet! Under my management, this remote planet is thriving. Without me, without me..."

Looking at the incoherent planetary governor in front of him, Zhang Yi found it somewhat funny. However, there were quite a few people like him in the entire human empire.

"In the name of the Primarch of the Empire, I deprive you of your position as planetary governor and sentence you to death immediately." Zhang Yi said without hesitation. "Commander-in-chief, you may proceed."

"...at your service."

"No no no! You can't..."

boom!

262. The 'Northern' Front (I)

A large number of Space Marines and Astra Militarum, carrying a large amount of supplies, landed on the planet Haro. After clearing out the Dark Eldar and traitors who attacked here, they began to build large-scale defensive fortifications.

This is part of Zhang Yi's plan - Zhang Yi will lead a large number of elite Space Marines and Astra Militarum, including his own regiment, to establish bases on remote planets that are not on the Chaos supply routes, as strongholds for subsequent guerrilla warfare.

Although these planets are relatively remote and do not have any important materials, their strategic value is very low because of this, so they will not be noticed by Chaos at the first time.

For the Four Gods' action this time, destroying humanity is just one option. What they really want to do is to cause as much destruction as possible within human territory, allowing Zhang Yi to act like a firefighter, saving lives everywhere, giving them a chance to catch him - attacking the palace is one of the options.

But precisely because of this, the targets they need to choose to attack are those that are very important to the empire. And precisely because of this, these remote team locations are relatively safe, because these planets are too remote and insignificant - if they choose to attack some planets that are too remote, maybe all the people will be killed and their skins will be dried up, and the empire will not receive any news.

Moreover, with the presence of Zhang Yi, the transportation inconvenience caused by the remoteness of the planets is no longer a problem. Moreover, these planets can later attract the Chaos Party to change their attack routes and delay more time.

The construction of fortifications for these planets was handed over to the soldiers of the Krieg Death Korps and the Imperial Fists Space Marines. After that, Zhang Yi briefly gathered the Primarchs who had returned to the Empire at this stage to discuss the current situation.

"There's no problem on Macragge yet. Although there are some scattered Tyranids from Nurgle that have broken away from the main group and appeared near our defense zone, it's not a problem." Guilliman spoke first. "The Tyranid Hive Fleets that have been attracted there should be able to delay for a while..."

"Chagatai, Vulkan, and Ryan will help us build as many defenses as possible so that we can destroy the planet as much as possible after it arrives..."

"The battle situation near the Eye of Terror is not optimistic."

Following Guilliman's words, Dorn stood up and looked at the Primarchs present.

"The greenskin fleet used to delay the Khorne army has been defeated." Dorn said. "Now, the huge Khorne fleet is continuing to sail towards the planet [Vortex Fortress]..."

"Although we have successfully returned some of the greenskins to their original spheres of influence as planned, and asked them to pass on the message to attract more greenskin fleets to the battle zone, it will take some time for them to rush over. This is still under normal circumstances..."

"Some of Khorne's vanguard forces have already engaged in a firefight with the naval fleet in our defense zone. The losses at this stage are still within controllable range."

"Evrenee has already gathered the fleet to deal with Slaanesh, so we don't need to worry for the time being." Zhang Yi thought. "Where is Tzeentch? Where is their main force?"

"Nothing has been found," Ryan said. "Although a small number of Tzeentch troops have been found in the armies of the other three evil gods, we have not found a large army of Tzeentch so far."

"OMG, here we go again." Zhang Yi said with a headache. This situation gave him a bad feeling. "DOOM can go to those four planets at any time and pin down Khorne's fleet there, as long as nothing unexpected happens..."

"Do you think there could be no accidents under such circumstances?" Dorn said.

"...Impossible." Zhang Yi covered his face.

"According to the intelligence I have obtained, the first surprise we need to face is..."

"Our former brother, Angron, is heading towards our defense zone with Khorne's vanguard fleet."

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An unknown planet

Because of Chaos' massive attack, almost all planets within the Empire were forcibly mobilized to transport all supplies and soldiers to the first few planets to be attacked.

And such a large-scale action will naturally cause trouble - people who want to make a fortune from war and national disaster are everywhere.

However, this time, they miscalculated. This war was taken seriously by the Ministry of Military Affairs and was supervised by the Ecclesiarchy, the Inquisition and the Imperial Guards. Any planetary governors or merchants who tried to fish in troubled waters, pass off inferior goods as good ones or even disobey orders would be directly executed after strict inspection, and some would even be executed along with their families.

But even so, there are still many termites - in addition to some beings bewitched by evil gods, there are also many who "just can't control" their own hands.

Okay, since you can't control your hands, I'll turn you into corpse starch.

At this moment, another material transportation is taking place on this planet. A large amount of military equipment, food and other supplies are being loaded into huge transport ships by the workers coming and going. At the same time, a large number of soldiers from all over the planet, who have only undergone simple military training or even no training at all, are boarding the corresponding transport ships.

Among them, there was a person who was obviously much taller than ordinary people and was wearing a gray cloak. He stood out from the crowd like a crane among chickens and stood near the queue of ordinary soldiers with various other tall sub-races.

Thanks to the large number of Ogryn apes on the planet and the intense war, Fulgrim (the clone) released by Trazyn was not subject to too many scrutiny at the beginning. After making a simple cover-up, he successfully mixed into the expeditionary team.

Although less than a month had passed since he returned to the Human Empire, he still understood one very important point - the Human Empire is now in the midst of another crisis that is no less serious than the great rebellion at that time.

Even though he knew that he was a traitor and a monster in the eyes of most people, or even almost everyone, he (Forgry Rhemiah) still did not hesitate and decided to fight for the empire once again.

His actions have been going smoothly, but it seems that this is the end...

Several members of the State Religion, holding high the banner of the holy relic representing the Emperor, and followed by two Guards, pushed through the long crowd and walked straight to him.

"Take off your hood, soldier," said the leading High Priest. "In the name of the Emperor, I need to examine you."

Seeing this, Fulgrim (the clone) raised his head and looked at the members of the State Religion who were alert and serious, as well as the Imperial Guards who were not supposed to appear after he stood up. He was silent for a while and lifted his hood.

"The Fallen! It's the fallen Primarch!"

But when his face appeared in front of everyone, the Anglican priest shouted loudly at the first moment, and the fanatical believers around him surrounded him at the first moment.

"You have betrayed the human empire! You have betrayed the God-Emperor! You will bring disaster to the entire empire!" the state church priest said loudly. "What kind of trick do you want to carry out by appearing here?!"

"..."

Fulgrim (the clone) did not respond to the question from the Anglican priest, but knelt down on one knee while looking at the holy flag with a double-headed eagle pattern.

"Quick! Kill him! Before he..."

Although he didn't know what had happened, the state church priest who considered himself to be extremely pious looked at the kneeling "fallen man" he called, and shouted excitedly.

However, his action was stopped by the accompanying Imperial Guards.

Therefore, at this moment, the holy flag representing the Empire and the Emperor was emitting a soft light.

"The Emperor! It's the Emperor! The Emperor has appeared!"

For most people, Holy Terra far away in the solar galaxy and the Emperor who is the common ruler of mankind are just an unattainable legend and belief, but now, the miracles of the Emperor are unfolding before their eyes.