Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Given what you did, I thought I was very restrained." Zhang Yi said, looking at the man in front of him. "Now it seems that it was a mistake not to kill you right away."

At this time, news came from Zhang Yi's communicator that Count Gaza's fleet had been completely destroyed by the Imperial High-Speed ​​Fleet, and there were no survivors.

"I should kill you right away, but since I've already let you go once, I really want to see what else you can do."

"...Why..."

"?"

"Why did you show up! Why did you destroy everything I have! Why!"

【Collapse performance: Crazy】

"I gave you a chance." Zhang Yi said, looking at the incoherent and complaining Count Gaza in front of him. "If you weren't a cannibal, you could have continued to be your local emperor here, but you refused."

"Just because you don't want someone to take care of you and live under someone else's roof, you refused and still wanted to perish together with him."

"I am the ruler of this planet! I am the master of this planet! I..."

A bright red beating heart appeared in Zhang Yi's hand, which made the earl, who was still talking nonsense, stop and slowly look at his chest - a hole appeared there.

"I don't listen to nonsense."

Count Gaza covered the hole in his chest with one hand and stretched forward with the other hand, as if trying to grab Zhang Yi in front of him, but within a few seconds, he fell to the ground and lost his life.

Zhang Yi looked at the fallen earl, then looked at the fresh heart in his hand.

"Eh~ (throwing the heart to the cursed warrior beside him), this is cool, but it's disgusting and sticky." Zhang Yi said, "I'll find a place to wash my hands."

"..." (Cursed Warrior)

509. The Expedition of the Human Empire (IX)

With the death of Count Gaza, the entire underground launch base that was pulled out has been completely controlled by Zhang Yi and his team, and the missile crisis is resolved.

Soon after, a high-speed fleet from the Empire arrived in orbit around the planet, and a large number of troops dropped from the sky and launched an attack on Bastan and its nearby cities.

The technological levels in the Ring World vary widely. Backward settlements still use primitive bows and wooden spears, while settlements with slightly more technological content use modern weapons. Some lucky people with powerful scientists or who have picked up lost technology blueprints are able to produce civilian power armor or pulse rifles.

In this area of ​​the Ring World, there is no unified regime or ruler, and there are few complete industrial facilities, which makes this area almost devoid of so-called regular army.

The Count of Gaza does have a production line for high-tech weapons and equipment, but that's all. A few soldiers wearing royal power armor, a small number of heavy armed robots, and a large number of ordinary soldiers holding modern weapons are all the armed forces of this city.

What they need to face is the Human Empire's Astra Militarum and Space Marines, which have a mature military system and a large number of them.

It is undeniable that some of the technological creations in this world are stronger than those of today's human empire, and can even be said to be comparable to some creations of the [Golden Age], but this is a barren star region. Perhaps there are such technological creations here, but the number is definitely not too many.

The Space Marine drop pods that fell from the sky landed in small settlements around the city of Bastan and destroyed all resistance forces at an extremely fast speed. The Astra Militarum forces later took control and occupied the area.

72 hours after the attack began, the entire city of Bastan was isolated and a large number of Astra Militarum troops surrounded the city.

With the death of Count Gaza, the city's military forces were in a certain state of chaos. The two generals second only to the Count had disagreements on how to respond to the enemy and the allocation of troops. As a result, they did not start to organize their defense until the interstellar army, which was the assault force, blew an entrance in the city wall and launched the assault.

The human empire's attack is for the industrial facilities and complete sets of technology on this planet, so a direct crushing method of fighting is inappropriate. They need to at least ensure the integrity of those industrial facilities.

A team of [Storm Commandos] led by [Silver Templar] Space Marines entered the city through a breach in the city wall and began to rush towards the industrial area in the city at full speed. At the same time, the Astra Militarum that surrounded the city also began a feint attack to attract the attention of the defenders.

The Stormtroopers that operate alongside the Silver Templars are mortal auxiliary forces from the Pathfinders. They carry the most advanced weapons and equipment, and their level of advancement is comparable to that of the former Sun Guard.

This allows them to more easily keep up with the fast-moving Space Marine squads, and at times provide reliable fire support for these Demigod warriors.

Soon, the assault team arrived at the industrial zone marked on the map. Due to the current situation, almost all the city’s military forces went to the breach to defend, which made the industrial zone’s defense relatively weak.

Ordinary soldiers at the entrance of the industrial zone saw several giants wearing black and gray power armor appear in their sight. The next second, the sound of grenade launchers rang out, and their upper bodies disappeared.

"Team A and Team B, hold on here. Team C and Team D, follow me and continue to go deeper. We have to make sure the facilities inside are intact!"

Under the command of the leading [Silver Templar] Space Marine, dozens of people stood at the entrance, and the two multi-barreled magnetic machine guns they carried with them were set up on the ground. Others also found shelter and guarded the surroundings, while the [Silver Templar] Space Marine led the others to continue to go deeper into the industrial area.

Some guards who had heard the noise had run out to check the situation, but once they appeared in the field of vision of the Space Marines, they would be shot dead without any surprise.

Passing through the basic factories producing various basic materials, the team came to a huge factory and saw several royal guards guarding the factory.

Bang bang bang!

The Space Marines with stronger vision and physique took the lead in firing at a long distance. Several bombs left the barrel and accurately hit one of the Royal Guards.

Ding! Ding--click!

The powerful bomb instantly overloaded his shield belt, and another Space Marine immediately fired at him, piercing his power armor and killing him.

The remaining guards reacted immediately and looked for cover to hide. At the same time, the automatic turrets on the wall of the work layer were activated.

Whoosh—boom!

At this time, two missiles flew into the air and hit the two automatic turrets on the wall, destroying them.

Bang bang bang－－!

The Space Marines fired bursts of grenade launchers in their hands, suppressing the threatening royal guards. At this time, two other royal guards walked out of the factory and fired at them with their revolver automatic machine guns.

Dense bullets formed a fire net, which in turn suppressed the Space Marines and Storm Troopers. Several other Royal Guards also leaned out of the bunkers and opened fire on the enemy.

"Throw a disposable shield bunker!"

Several spheres were thrown out. They rolled on the ground and then unfolded, and a transparent energy light curtain opened.

The dense bullets were intercepted by the unfolding light curtain. Two Storm Troopers carrying heavy railguns came out from behind the bunker. With the help of the other two soldiers, they stabilized their bodies and aimed the muzzles at the two enemies holding revolver automatic machine guns.

Squeak--whoosh!

After a brief charge of the heavy railgun in his hand, a projectile was accelerated and fired out with a flash of lightning, instantly overloading the shield belts of the two enemies and penetrating their power armor.

The two enemies providing suppressive fire fell almost at the same time. The Space Marines hiding behind the bunker rushed out of the bunker the next second, moving at high speed while pulling the trigger at the enemy.

The shield belt was overloaded and the power armor on his body was pierced almost at the same time. Unlike the destructive bolters in the hands of the Space Marines, the pulse rifles in the hands of the Royal Guards lacked accuracy and destructive power and could not play much of a role in such a fast-paced battle.

Bang--!

The Space Marine attacked at high speed and used up all the bullets in his bolter. He continued to charge towards the nearest royal guard without slowing down. His huge body lifted him up and crashed through the wall behind him, and he came into the factory.

The royal guard was almost knocked unconscious by the impact, and when he finally returned to the embrace of Mother Earth, a sharp monomolecular dagger pierced his brain through the gap in his power armor helmet.

At this time, the sound of firing outside became less frequent.

"Report, we have successfully controlled the industrial zone, and the main force can attack."

[Received, watch out for artillery fire]

Almost at the same time as he finished his report, dull sounds of gunfire were heard in the distance, and flames of explosions rose in the city.

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After the emergence of mature gunpowder and artillery, city walls became obsolete. Unless the city walls were made of metal, ordinary stone and earth walls would be difficult to withstand artillery bombardment - this was even more so with the advent of tanks.

I don't know how much time, manpower, and stone were spent to build the city wall, but it was easily penetrated by the cannon of the Leman Russ tank. The army then marched straight in and killed any resisters.

After the industrial zone was successfully occupied, the outcome of the battle was doomed. The city was unable to resist the attack of the Astra Militarum and their resistance collapsed within three hours of the start of the war. The Human Empire successfully occupied the city and obtained the valuable industrial facilities therein.

The expedition to the Ring World will start from this planet and move towards more planets and galaxies. The Human Empire will also become one of the largest forces in this star region and be known by various old forces.

And in another world - "Far Planet", the attack on the nearest old force [Demon Avionics] is about to begin.

The patrol fleet in hyperspace encountered the vanguard Imperial fleet, and a fierce firefight broke out between the two sides.

The Demon Avionics were known for their compact ship type, short-range teleportation of super-large ships, and transforming carrier-based aircraft. When the battle began, groups of Demon Avionics transforming mechas sailed out and formed a formation to meet the furious starfighter squadrons released by the Imperial ships.

The two sides started a fierce exchange of fire. As both were carrier-based aircraft, the flashy [Demon Avionics] did not gain any advantage. Their transformable mechas could not effectively fight against the carrier-based aircraft deployed by the Empire - even though they had no other features except powerful firepower and thick armor.

But sometimes, simplicity and crudeness means restraining all the frills.

The Human Empire had the upper hand in the first round of confrontation, and even several teams of Starhawk bombers broke through the interception of enemy carrier-based aircraft and dropped a round of plasma bombs on the [Whirlpool-class] battleship at the forefront of the [Demon Avionics] fleet, destroying its turrets and armor at the bow.

At this moment, the Imperial destroyer, which was several times larger than the Whirlpool-class battleship, entered its shooting range.

510. The Expedition of the Human Empire (X)

Just one round of bombing caused severe damage to the battleship leading the [Demon Avionics] fleet, and their proud mecha troops were unable to gain any advantage over the Empire.

The Empire does not have many types of carrier-based aircraft, only two or three. However, these two or three types of carrier-based aircraft clusters almost completely suppress the mecha battle groups deployed by the [Demon Avionics] fleet.

At this point, the fleets of both sides were about to come into contact, and it was too late for the commander of the Demonic Avionics fleet to retreat, so he had no choice but to move forward.

Under the command of the leading battleship [Whirlpool], several ships at the front of the [Demon Avionics] fleet with short-range flash capabilities broke away from the fleet and used their flash capabilities to appear directly near the Imperial destroyer. The next second, intensive artillery fire attacked.

The constantly flickering energy shield light curtain proved the dense firepower of the [Demon Avionics] ships. What they are best at is overloading the enemy ship shields with dense and uninterrupted firepower at a very close distance, penetrating their armor, and then completely destroying them.

However, the enemy ships they faced this time seemed to have energy shields that were stronger than any other force's ships they had ever seen. Even after dozens of seconds of continuous attacks, they were unable to overload the target ship's energy shield.

At this time, the besieged target ship opened fire. The light spear array located above the ship fired at the [Whirlpool-class]. The hot light spear beams instantly penetrated the target's energy shield, and then penetrated its armor layer, destroying the structure in the middle of the ship.

Just one strike severely damaged the battleship that the Demon Avionics was so proud of, almost rendering it incapable of fighting. But even so, other ships continued to fire at what they thought was an enemy 'battleship'.

The huge macro cannon located on the side of the ship opened fire, and a [Storm-class] armed aircraft carrier was directly hit. Its shield, which was not very strong to begin with, was directly penetrated, and the huge macro cannon shell destroyed it in the next moment.

After suffering the loss of a battleship and an armed aircraft carrier, the fleet that raided the target ship finally penetrated its energy shield, and a large number of missiles were fired towards the destroyer in front of them.

The missile hit the ship's armor layer, flames rose from the explosion, and the powerful shock wave caused the ship to tilt slightly.

At this moment, the follow-up fleet of [Demon Avionics] has arrived and began to besiege the "battleship", and the Empire's frigate fleet has also begun to engage in fierce fire with the enemy around the ship.

Destroying the largest ship in the entire fleet can often undermine enemy morale while also gaining an advantage for your own fleet.

The severely damaged Whirlpool-class battleship of the Demon Avionics side did not withdraw from the front line where the fighting was the most intense. It still dragged its broken hull and attacked the target with the only remaining guns on the hull.

The deployed [Demon Avionics] mecha troops also changed their targets. They no longer fought against the Empire's starfighters, but instead besieged the Empire's "battleships" as their ship targets.

The beams of the light spear array drew a blue line in this psychedelic hyperspace, every shot of the macro cannon brought out flames, and one missile after another fell on the ship.

Several missiles with electromagnetic interference capabilities hit the side of the huge Imperial ship. The lights on the entire ship began to flicker, and the secondary guns that had been firing continuously in the previous second all stopped at this moment.

The [Demon Avionics] offensive strategy worked. The huge ship suffered a brief system overload due to the continuous firepower output. Although this period of time would not be long, it was enough for them to destroy it.

Just as they were about to implement this plan, a blue spear of light attacked from further behind and accurately hit the already damaged [Whirlpool-class] battleship, completely destroying it.

Then, following the direction from which the spear of light came, they saw several Imperial ships of the same size as the one they were besieging, as well as... even larger ships.

At this time, they finally realized that the enemy ship they besieged and thought to be a "battleship" was just a small boat, and the enemy's battleship had just appeared (no, it was just a cruiser).

A beam of light thicker than any beam of light spear seen before came, instantly destroying the shield of an armed aircraft carrier and then completely melting it.

A large number of torpedoes were fired from the bow of the Imperial ships, forming a deadly firepower network that advanced all the way forward. Realizing the enemy's powerful [Demon Avionics] fleet commander wanted to escape, but it was too late.

A few minutes later, the Demon Avionics patrol force outside the hyperspace jump point was completely destroyed, and the Imperial fleet continued to move through the jump point and arrived at the galaxy where the Demon Avionics capital planet was located.

The war has begun.

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Four landing torpedoes loaded with Space Marines flew at full speed towards the flight deck of the Demon Avionics Station, despite the firepower of the Station.

boom! boom! boom! boom!

Four landing torpedoes hit the flight deck, preventing more enemy carrier-based aircraft from taking off. This situation also caused many fighter planes and mecha crews who were preparing to take off to stop.

The armed personnel inside the space station also dared to come over at this time, but at the same time the outer armor plate of the landing torpedo was blown away, and tall Space Marines walked out of it, and the sound of grenade launchers opened fire.

Bang bang bang－－!

The demigod warriors of the Human Empire, who were full of martial virtue, were obviously much stronger than the soldiers who were only fighting in a small area in Perseus. Those armed men in power armor were unable to fight against the sudden attack of the Space Marines.

Some pilots tried to drive the mechas on the flight deck to attack the landing Space Marines, but their actions were immediately noticed by the powerful demigod warriors, and all pilots who tried to board the mechas would be shot on the way to landing.

A [Demon Avionics] pilot finally got into the cockpit of an [Avalanche Mech]. He turned on the buttons one by one with his trembling hands, and finally pushed the lever to start the mech.

Biu!

At this moment, a hot blue plasma sphere came towards him and hit the cockpit accurately, melting the armor and internal structure and roasting the lucky pilot to nine-tenths done.

A few minutes later, all the resistance forces on the flight deck were cleared out, and the staff who were loading ammunition for the mechas and fighter planes and guiding their flight all fell to the ground with their heads in their hands, hoping to be saved by these powerful warriors.

A transport ship with the Imperial logo also passed through the sparse firepower network of the space station and landed on the landing deck. A large number of Astra Militarum troops walked down from it.

"Leave some people to watch over them." The leading [Storm Reaper] Space Marine ordered the Astra Militarum troops that followed. "The rest of you follow us."

"We're going to take over this station."

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20 hours later, in the galaxy where the Demon Avionics' capital was located, all the on-orbit fleets and patrol fleets were annihilated, and the orbital armed inter-station was occupied. Now in the entire galaxy, only on the ground and in that giant space station were the troops belonging to the Demon Avionics carrying out futile resistance.

The armed space station protecting the planet was occupied, and the complete destruction of the fleet meant that they had lost control of the universe. The resistance actions on the ground and in the space station seemed useless regardless of success or failure - even if they succeeded, they would only face another round of landing troops or a round of devastating artillery bombardment.

After 72 hours, all organized resistance in the galaxy where the Demonic Avionics capital was located was ended and the entire galaxy fell.