Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

Of course, there is a price to pay for doing this.

After all, Flax's ground-based defense firepower is not just for show.

Any fleet attempting a quick attack will be warmly greeted by the surface laser defense array.

Vraks had been invaded many times before, mostly by rebels or pirates who wanted to rob equipment, but for ten thousand years, Vraks had never fallen.

It depends on the powerful ground-based defensive firepower!

Unless someone can force a landing on the surface while under the fire of ground-based defense fire, a quick break is simply a pipe dream!

This is why Carl risked his life to give Noah advice, but he didn't understand Noah's plan at all.

Noah wouldn't explain it to him.

You can't just tell him, 'I'm down, just lie still', right?

at last.

Late in the night local time on Vraks, the Imperial fleet slowly entered the planet's orbit.

And just as Admiral Carl had expected, a large number of laser cannons fired from the ground into orbit.

Battleships are also limited in the power and number of light spear weapons they carry due to size restrictions. However, anti-aircraft firepower built on the surface of a planet does not need to worry about size restrictions at all. Just build as many as you can!

Only one salvo from these dense firepowers was enough to destroy the void shield of a cruiser. Another salvo would be enough to turn the battleship into a fireball and fall into the planet's atmosphere.

And now, everyone is waiting to see this happen.

The Imperial fleet escorted the transport ships into orbit one after another.

At the same time, the laser cannon array on the ground also began firing.

Dense lasers shot at them and were diverted into the subspace by the void shield.

This is not unexpected, as the Empire's Void Shield has such confidence.

But when the second round of laser cannons hit them, the Imperial Navy could no longer bear to watch, and many of them were secretly praying to the God-Emperor.

They seemed to have seen their own ships being torn apart and disintegrated by laser cannons because of the willful orders of the Inquisitor who refused to obey.

But they could do nothing about it, they were just soldiers and could only follow orders.

However, nothing happened.

Laser cannons fired from the ground continuously at the cruiser, and were continuously transferred to the subspace.

But the empire's fleet still stands tall in the sky, and even the transport ships are intact!

"Everyone, prepare to airdrop!"

"The fleet fires freely, provide covering fire!"

While the commander of the empire was still in a daze, Noah's calm command came through the sound array communication.

Chapter 126: That's it? That's all the Chaos Flotsam is about?

"Start airborne!"

When the order was given, the first to enter the atmosphere was not the Space Marines' Thunderhawks, nor the Astra Militarum's landing craft.

But it’s an airborne warehouse.

To be precise, it was Zaku's airborne 'warehouse'.

This is the airborne pod that Nono developed specifically for Zaku, and the STC template used is the airborne fortress of the Imperial Knights. Due to the difficulty in manufacturing and the high consumables, Noah only has two Zaku-type airborne fortresses.

But thanks to the huge size of the airborne fortress, each airborne fortress can carry 72 Zakus. There are a total of 144 Zakus in the airborne fortress, and they are the core of the first landing operation!

The reason is very simple, the void shield is still there.

Although the fleet can ignore the laser defense array's scanning fire on the ground with the support of infinite shields, it is somewhat beyond its capabilities to rely solely on the firepower of this fleet to overload the Void Shield of the Vulcan Fortress.

You have to know that even the Queen of Glory-class battleship, the Glory of Macragge, is only 26 kilometers in size.

On the ground, the diameter of any nest city is hundreds or even thousands of kilometers!

Naturally, the void shield units prepared to protect the hives are far more powerful than any warship currently in service in the Empire. Not to mention the dozen cruisers Noah has, even if they are multiplied tenfold, it is impossible to overload the void shields of the Vraks Fortress.

This is when the importance of the landing force is reflected. Although it is a pipe dream to rely on the firepower of the fleet to overload the void shield, as long as the generator set of the void shield is destroyed, the void shield of the entire fortress will collapse!

It sounds simple, and it is not difficult at all to do in practice.

As long as you ignore the fierce laser defense array's strafing inside the fortress, drive into the track directly above the fortress and drop the airdrop pod, and pray that the airdrop pod will not be destroyed by the laser defense array, and that the airborne troops can blow up the generator set while surrounded by countless enemy forces, the mission can be successfully completed.

How about it? It's very simple, right?

In addition, Flax was originally a fortress world built by the Empire, and every brick and tile of the Flax Fortress was known to the Empire, and the location of its generators was also clearly marked on the map.

Although the void shield can block most direct fire attacks, due to its ability to defend against high but not low, as long as the airborne capsule uses reverse thrust rockets to slow down to below the trigger limit of the void shield's defense before entering the void shield, it can land smoothly!

With Nono around, the speed of the airborne warehouse can also be accurately calculated.

It can be said that everything is ready, all we need is the east wind!

So naturally, the airborne landing went very smoothly.

boom!

The airborne fortress slammed heavily onto the "surface" of the Flax Fortress, completely crushing the entire building below, leaving only a mess of ruins.

Bang bang bang bang!

Before the hatch was opened, the airborne fortress's terrifying firepower began to tilt its firepower towards the surrounding enemies. Rows of explosive bombs and plasma were fired, vaporizing all the rebel infantry and armored units that tried to approach.

When the hatch opened, all the enemies around had been wiped out.

Dozens of Zakus immediately flew out from the hatches on all sides and quickly attacked in the direction of the generator set in small teams!

At the same time as the airborne fortress landed, dozens of airborne drop pods supported by various Space Marine chapters also landed in various locations in the fortress.

A large number of rebels followed the tail flames of the landing to find them, trying to kill them before the landing troops left the hatch. However, when the hatch was lowered, what appeared in front of the rebels was not the Astartes Brothers, but a rotating plasma shell!

Bang bang bang!

Countless plasmas spread out in a circular barrage like water splashing, and in the blink of an eye, everything around the airdrop chamber was cleared by plasma. Whether it was soldiers, tanks, or the buildings themselves, everything was evaporated and melted by the plasma, leaving only scorching air.

After spinning around for several times, the machine soul seemed a little dizzy.

The plasma turret stopped rotating and began to search around at a relatively slow speed to see if there were any new enemies.

Unable to move, the mission of these support drop pods is to prevent enemies from supporting each other. Anyone who appears within their field of vision will be mercilessly attacked by the plasma turrets!

There is nothing that a shot of plasma can't solve, if there is, just give it another shot!

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Wayne piloted the Zaku and flew forward with the other fifteen Zakus in the team.

Flax's fortress is a work of art. Even though they are enemies, Wayne still praises Flax's defense.

The Flax curtain wall is a strong frame structure that is six stories high, 30 meters thick at the base and has a reinforced breastwork at the top.

There are about a hundred high towers above, all equipped with powerful heavy firepower, or assisted by firepower points with good visibility on the side, which can instantly cast a net of death on the bottom.

If that wasn't enough, the entire line of defense was supported by more trenches, bunkers, and lines of defense, with mines, barbed wire, tank traps, and anti-tank trenches surrounding the entire area.

Wayne believes that any enemy will be terrified in front of this terrifying line of defense!

But all this is meaningless now.

Because they were already inside the fortress, they bypassed the curtain wall defenses from above.

Although there are a large number of heavy firepower such as bunkers, arsenals, shelters, corridors and automatic sentry guns inside the curtain wall.

But unfortunately, the rebels in the fortress were too lax.

They had never expected the Imperial Army to descend from the sky, and the defense in this area was shockingly low. There were no soldiers in the bunker, but there were a large number of soldiers defending the armory, but they seemed to have not figured out the situation yet and had not come to stop the team.

The only thing that could hinder them was the heavy firepower of the automatic sentry guns. But before the sentry guns opened fire, the sniper-type Zaku in the team would find and eliminate them first.

"Three o'clock."

Wayne heard the hoarse voice of team leader Locke coming from the team's voice chat.

Wayne realized that Locke's voice sounded hoarse, not because his throat was injured.

It's because he is Krieg. Most Zaku pilots are Kriegs, and only a few are stormtroopers, who have long been accustomed to silence.

Just like their team, all the drivers are Kriegers.

So unless it was necessary tactical terms and commands, there wouldn't be any unnecessary conversation between them.

In fact, they shouldn't even have a name.

They only had code names, which they had been given while in Krieg and which were supposed to stay with them for life.

Although they have names now, these are not actually their names, but Zaku's names.

When they were selected as pilots, each of them had to give a name to the Zaku assigned to them.

Wayne named his Zaku Wayne, and this name has no special meaning.

It was only a few years ago, when he was attacking the Tau world, that he happened to hear a stormtrooper calling out the name of his dead comrade.

This was the only name he knew, so he named Zaku Wayne as well.

This is also how Locke got his name. Wayne felt that his name must have come from the 'Shilok' starport in Macragge.

There is no doubt that Zaku is very powerful.

The neural connection operates in such a way that the Zaku can become an extra limb for them, like an arm or a finger.

The strength is so strong that it can even surpass the Space Marines——

Although it may be a bit disrespectful to the Emperor's angels to say this, Wayne really thinks so.

Others may envy the power of Zaku and look forward to becoming a Zaku pilot, but Wayne actually doesn't want to be a pilot.

It's a good thing that Zaku is powerful.

But the problem is, it's too powerful!

It’s so powerful that even Wayne is a little worried. What if he can’t die in the future?

Wouldn't that mean he would never have the chance to atone for the Emperor's sins?

Although the Stormtroopers seemed very happy, Wayne believed that the other Krieg Zaku pilots were as worried as he was.

Fortunately, this soon stopped bothering Wayne.

Although it is true that Zaku is powerful, they have to carry out the most dangerous missions, and the death rate is extremely high!

Wayne finally let go of his worries.

So he trained harder, hoping that one day he could die on the battlefield piloting a Zaku and atone for the Emperor.

Wayne's thoughts were in a tizzy as he casually fired a shot, and a burst of plasma vaporized an entire squad of rebels that came into view.

Literally.

In the darkness, the muzzle of the Zaku emitted heat.

"Too weak." Wayne was a little disappointed.

Although he did not want the mission to fail, he still found it hard to accept that the enemy was too weak.

If the rebels only have this much strength, how can he die on the battlefield?

Countless lights flashed in the sky, and lasers shot at the fleet in orbit. The fleet's light spears and macro cannons were also bombarding the void shields, which groaned and deflected them.

This has nothing to do with Wayne, but he still can't help thinking:

These laser cannons should be very powerful, right?

So can they lay flat?

If they could lay it flat, could they kill him with one shot?

"Can the laser cannon fire horizontally?" someone in the team suddenly asked.

Wayne remembered his voice, it was Xiasha.

Although it is a female name, he is actually a male.