Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Are you sure the enemy's second-in-command is in there?" Captain Duke asked others.

"We've searched all the other rooms and bodies, but nothing is found." A Skirmisher said. "We've ruled out the possibility that he's already escaped, so the only possibility is that he's in the command post."

Duke's team members also shook their heads, indicating that what he said was fine.

"Continue the attack?"

"...That's not necessary." Duke said.

Although it seemed that this assault force destroyed a large number of important alien facilities in the city with great momentum, and even broke into the alien base, which was second only to the psychic network transmission device, without any damage, in fact, everyone was injured to varying degrees, and suffered considerable physical and mental damage.

"Go to the nearest occupied area to rest. There will be a new mission soon." Duke said. "Their counterattack should be coming soon."

"The one in the command post..."

At this moment, it seemed that a beam of light fell from the sky and shone on the building whose interior condition was unknown.

Then a thick beam of light dropped from the sky and instantly engulfed the building.

Any possible ambushes, enemies or anything else were meaningless under this divine punishment from the sky and turned directly into ashes.

After doing all this, the golden giant turned around and left without saying a word, as if what had just happened had nothing to do with him.

"Luckily, they are on our side." Looking at the raging firestorm behind him, a Skirmisher said. "They are as precise as a machine."

"I don't completely trust them." said a [Death God].

"..." The [Knights Templar] followed the departing Astartes without saying a word and did not take part in the discussion.

At this point, almost all important facilities in City A have been destroyed or occupied, most of the alien forces have been annihilated, and the city has been initially controlled by the coalition forces.

And now, only 21 hours have passed.

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The main alien forces in City A have been defeated by the coalition of the Astra Militarum and the Resistance. With the psychic network transmission device destroyed, various psychic soldiers weakened or even paralyzed, and lacking heavy weapons, the coalition forces, which already had certain technological advantages, cleared out the main enemy forces in the city in less than a day.

Next, the Astra Militarum quickly dispersed and took control of most of the heavy factories, a few light factories and the central communications tower in the city.

This is undoubtedly an act of taking advantage of loopholes in the previous negotiations with the rebels. It was originally agreed that each person would have half of the control of the city, but it did not specify how it would be distributed.

The troops under Zhang Yi need these factories to replenish the various weapons and ammunition they have consumed, and they also need a certain amount of food supplies. There is no need to worry about electricity. The airdrops use the Warhammer universe's unique [Promethium] power generation device, which can produce much more than some small power stations.

The Resistance, XCOM, and the three major factions were somewhat angry about this behavior, but they could do nothing about it.

After all, the main force in the battle is the Astra Militarum, and judging from their current technological status, these factories cannot play a good role in their hands.

Therefore, they could only acquiesce to this behavior and hope that they (the Astra Militarum) could give them (the Rebels) more help.

On the other hand, although the large alien forces in City A were destroyed, there are still a small number of scattered aliens or mutant soldiers.

The task of cleaning them out was given to the rebels, while Zhang Yi and his team needed to prepare for and foresee the enemy's counterattack.

Although the elders had previously wanted to deal with these unknown enemies who suddenly appeared by means of a defensive method, since the other party had already taken the initiative to attack, occupied their city, and killed one of their most loyal [Chosen Ones], they could no longer allow the other party to act recklessly.

They have detected that the aliens have given up on the 'Calabash Brothers saving grandpa' style reinforcements and instead gathered a large number of troops in one area, preparing to retake the occupied city.

At the same time, Zhang Yi and his team also discovered the mobilization of a large number of temporary psychic node equipment, and the existence of a large number of psychic units.

Obviously, they have realized that since they are inferior to Zhang Yi and his team in technology, psychic power is the only thing they can rely on. After all, the only psychic on Zhang Yi's side is Master Kua Kuat.

This battle is not over yet...

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City Municipal Building

Some of the surrounding buildings have been cleared, and transport planes have landed here and then flown away.

In the building, various statues, images, and texts symbolizing the elders have been taken down and burned, and replaced with decorations such as the double-headed eagle symbolizing the empire.

The well-trained Astra Militarum troops quickly occupied this place and used it as a command post. Various basic defense measures were being constructed.

Several servitors and members of the Adeptus Mechanicus also came here to perform basic maintenance and repairs on the Astartes' armor, and to pray and inspect their weapons.

"Where did Kadoc go?" Zhang Yi asked. "Did he take his troops with him?"

"Yes."

"..."

Zhang Yi was not surprised by the behavior of the Mechanical Priest Kadok. After all, for someone like him who likes to study various "heretical" technologies and creations, Zhang Yi estimated that it was only a matter of time before he ran to this planet to secretly conduct research/archaeology.

But, he chose this time really cleverly...

"We don't have the extra time or manpower to look for him now..." Zhang Yi had a headache. "I hope he doesn't dig out [Necrons] or something..."

Although their number is small, the technical members under Zhang Yi have already gone to various factories to try to use the "ancient creations" there to manufacture some weapons and ammunition.

Snapped!

A glass bottle hit the glass of the municipal building, and then the crowd outside left the vicinity of the building under the threat of the rebels.

"The humans here aren't as united as I thought."

As mentioned before, most people don't care what the elders are up to or what they have done (as long as the knife doesn't fall on their heads).

All they knew was that the arrival of the Rebels and the Astra Militarum had triggered a war, caused casualties, and disrupted their originally peaceful lives.

To them, those who started the war are the 'bad guys'.

"... This is why I didn't let the Astra Militarum go to appease or suppress the people." Zhang Yi said, looking at the smashed glass. "According to the style of the Warhammer world, they will just fire a barrage of bullets at us..."

A hive city in the Warhammer world usually has a population of hundreds of billions or even more, and most Astra Militarum and Astartes Chapters do not care much about the lives of ordinary people.

After all, in that world full of monsters and demons, you never know whether the so-called ordinary people you are protecting will suddenly turn into some weird creature and attack you directly or indirectly.

Even the Astra Militarum and even the Astartes may face the fate of being purged after fighting with demons and the like. Can you ordinary people escape?

Putting these two irrelevant things out of his mind, Zhang Yi began to try to build a feasible plan based on the existing information.

Just as the emperor once said to him, you can't rely on others forever, Zhang Yi must try to do something himself.

"Dig trenches to prepare for a defensive battle? Our casualties are not optimistic..." Zhang Yi muttered to himself as he looked at the information in his hand. "It's unlikely that I can let the Imperial Guards and the [Imperial Fists] who follow me go invincible, they are not really invincible..."

The two guards, who were like statues, said nothing.

"Although the elders have been focusing on the [Avatar Project] for so many years, resulting in a global military force that is not that large, but..."

"No matter what, it's impossible for them to be less than us. Even if they have an advantage in military strength and technology, the number of troops is a big problem..."

"It's impossible even if we count the resistance..."

Zhang Yi took out the map and found the approximate location where the enemy's troops were assembled.

"There don't seem to be many cities, settlements, villages, etc. around this location..."

"How about just..."

As he spoke, Zhang Yi looked up.

"...I'd better discuss it with others..."

37. Joint Campaign (VIII)

Abandoned City

Bear--!

Biubiubiu!

[Promethium Flamethrower] sprayed out blazing flames, turning all kinds of Lost Souls running towards them into charcoal. The large laser cannons on its arms also continued to fire, annihilating the attacking Lost Souls.

At the same time, several Crusaders used the phosphorous fire weapons or arc weapons in their hands to block the attacks of the Lost Souls.

Under the attack of this series of targeted weapons, the Lost Souls were reduced to charcoal or ashes, but they still continued to rush towards the position of the Mechanicus.

【111001101001101110110100111． ． ．】 (More enemies, the crisis level continues to rise)

【111001001011110110011100111． ． ．】 (The homework is not finished yet, keep working on it)

Several Lost Souls jumped down from the building and landed directly in front of the automatic robots. Before they could get up, huge mechanical legs stepped on them, splattering corrosive blood.

【111010001000010110010000111． ． ．】 (Corrosive liquid, armor continues to be damaged)

The [Castle Lord-class Automatic Robot] began to retreat slowly. Several Crusaders also walked in front of it. Several slaves came to its side and sprayed neutralizing liquid on its leg that was stained with the corrosive blood of the Lost Soul.

A huge and severely mutated Lost Soul Tyrant roared and rushed towards the position of the Crusaders. A Crusader immediately pulled the trigger at him, and the arc weapon in his hand shot out a blue electric current, hitting the rushing Lost Soul Tyrant, but did not kill him.

Although almost the entire upper half of his body had turned black and his speed had slowed down, the Soul-Losing Tyrant was still able to move.

Biu!

A red laser beam shot out and directly hit the Lost Soul Tyrant mid-flight, and its upper body disappeared immediately.

【111010001000001110111101111． ． ．】（Energy remaining 61%）

【111001101001001010100100111． ． ．】（The evacuation route is being constructed）

Behind the Skitarii lines, the Mechanic Priest Kadoc was carefully cutting the outer metal plates of an unidentified alien device that had been placed on the planet long ago.

Hiss—!

The sparks dissipated, and a mechanical claw slapped away the unknown black and green whisker-like objects on it and removed the metal plate from the device.

"The same material that has a certain ability to block psychic energy." Master Kadoc took the metal plate in front of him and analyzed it. "This device seems to have not started properly after landing on the ground. Maybe we can get something..."

The mechanical claw reached in through the cut and groped for something.

“...Yes.”

Click!

Accompanied by the sound of metal breaking, a tubular object similar to the previous ones was taken out from it. The difference from the previous ones was that this tubular object contained a very small amount of unknown green liquid.

"...the type of energy in the subspace?"

Ouch!

Suddenly, the roar of the Lost Souls was heard nearby, and three Lost Souls with gray skin somehow bypassed the defense line of the Crusaders and rushed towards Father Kadoc.

In response, Kadok grabbed the mechanical gear axe that he had stuck in the ground and killed the nearest Lost Soul with his backhand. Then he used a mechanical hand holding a [Phosphorus Blaster Pistol] to fire at the two Lost Souls behind him.

Boom!

Bear!

The two Lost Souls who were hit immediately turned into two fireballs. Due to the inertia of running, they fell to the ground and slid a long distance, and finally turned into ashes.

After doing all this, the Mechanical Priest Kadok took out a small cylindrical black box and placed the tubular object in it.

"I always thought that such a small [Black Stone] container would not be used..." Father Kadoc said to himself. "This is not a waste..."

After doing all this, Father Cadoch signaled his troops to prepare to evacuate.

After receiving the signal, the [Castle Lord-class Automatic Robot] confirmed that there was no one in front of it, and then sprayed out blazing flames forward, building a wall of fire to intercept the endless stream of Lost Souls.

"Let's go," Father Kadoc said, looking at the returning automatons and Skitarii soldiers. "I've got what I wanted."

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City A, Municipal Building

"No! Absolutely not!"

The representative of the resistance army spoke loudly in the meeting room.

"Then you should give me a more reasonable plan." Zhang Yi said to the resistance member who stood up in front of him. "If you have a more suitable plan, I don't mind listening to you."

Although the siege was successful, it also caused heavy losses to the rebels and the Astra Militarum.

According to incomplete statistics, the Astra Militarum suffered about two to three hundred casualties in this war, while the local resistance army lost nearly fifteen hundred people. The number of civilian casualties is still uncertain.

Not to mention the small groups of alien troops still running around in the city and the ordinary people who are causing trouble and protesting.

A lot of weapons and ammunition were consumed. Although Zhang Yi and his team had an entire supply ship full of supplies, they could not be wasted.

Therefore, Zhang Yi and others who have "universe air supremacy" decided to carry out orbital bombing on the enemy's gathering places at the appropriate time to reduce unnecessary casualties.

However, although the assembly area is some distance away from big cities and large gathering places, there are still several small human villages and towns nearby. Considering that the aliens here have a certain level of energy shield technology, this means that the power and range of the orbital bombing must not be too small.

This is also the reason why the representative of the resistance army had such a big reaction. With these few shots, no matter whether you are aliens or humans, there will be no trace left.

The quartermaster of XCOM and representatives of the three major factions who also attended the meeting had different opinions on this decision.