Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

Noah pointed a baton at a pass into the city marked on the simple sand table. "Concentrate all armored forces to break through the Tau's defenses and capture Grindelwald's scientific research facilities as quickly as possible. While our mission is underway, follow-up forces must also launch an attack immediately, attacking the Tau's defense forces from both inside and outside!"

Faced with the tactics proposed by the Rogue Trader, Captain Krieg Reid and Captain Vic Watt of the Stormtroopers fell silent.

Noah asked:

"What do you think?"

Vic considered his words carefully and asked tentatively:

"My Lord, I am not questioning your decision, but isn't this a bit... risky?"

They had come across enough reports about the Tau before and had a considerable understanding of their military strength, so they would not underestimate the enemy like their colleagues in the Damocles Expedition.

But because of this, Vic really doubted how effective the Rogue Trader's... reckless tactics would be. Vic had no doubt about the Rogue Trader's ability in space. Although he didn't know the specific process, the wreckage of the destroyed alien spacecraft was the best proof.

But there are still slight differences between land warfare and space warfare.

Of course Noah also understood what he was worried about. To put it nicely, his tactics were to concentrate superior forces, fight in an interspersed manner, and break through the surface with a single point. But to put it bluntly, he didn't have any tactics at all. It was completely F2A!

If we fight well, then just as he said, we can break through the Tau people's defense at the fastest speed.

But if the battle is not fought well, the armored forces are likely to suffer heavy losses during the attack or even be completely wiped out.

It is the latter that Vic is worried about. After all, the combat uniforms of the Titans are not vegetarian.

"Don't worry, I'm fully prepared for this! You don't need to be the driver, the Skitarii will be fully responsible."

Although Noah didn't say what his foolproof preparation was, Vic didn't ask any further questions.

The main reason is that the Rogue Merchant has already said so, and it would be impolite for him to ask again.

Although Vic still felt worried, there was nothing he could do because the Rogue Trader was the commander of this battle.

If they win, it means that the traveling merchant has good command and foresight.

If you lose the battle, it means your subordinates failed to carry out the orders.

However, if they really lose the battle, they will most likely die on the battlefield and there will be no chance of being held accountable.

Noah looked at the other person and asked:

"Captain Ryder, what do you think?"

Captain Krieger thought for a long time and gave serious advice:

"We should let the artillery fire first, and while they are firing, let the infantry rush forward to consume the enemy's firepower, and then let the tanks..."

"stop."

Noah interrupted him, "The attack will begin in half an hour. Pass on the order."

The two regiment commanders saluted silently, then turned and left the command post.

Shortly after they left, a gray-haired priest wearing a red robe and holding a power axe entered the command post.

"Nono, are you done?" Noah asked.

Nono's blue eyes blinked gently:

"Of course, all tanks have received the blessing of Om Messiah!"

She didn't have any Skitarii at all, let alone Skitarii that could drive tanks, so she stuffed them with ordinary Servitors. Anyway, as long as they were given robes, the Astra Militarum couldn't tell whether they were Servitors or Skitarii.

After all, both sides are people who have been transformed by a large number of mechanical implants. The only difference is that the mechanical implants of the servitors are cruder and they do not have the ability to think independently, while the mechanical implants of the Crusaders are more sophisticated and excellent and have a certain degree of autonomy.

But other than that, there isn't much difference.

Of course, although servitors were widely used in the empire, it was somewhat unnecessary to expect them to use their superb skills to drive tanks. Advanced servitors could do it, but Noah was not so extravagant as to use them as cannon fodder.

So these servitors are just decorations, and the tanks themselves are the ones that actually drive them.

More specifically, it is the machine soul of these tanks.

Nono, the great star... the Grand Sage of the Mechanicum, can awaken the machine souls of tanks and allow them to act autonomously. Doesn't this make sense?

Although these tanks could not be identified as teammates and could not obtain the various functions of the treasure bag, under Nono's personal control, they could still perform several times more powerful than before, which was enough to break through the defense of the Tau people.

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When the first wave of the Tau offensive was annihilated by the attack from space, no one dared to leave the city's shield protection anymore. Because they already knew that once they left the protection of the dome shield, they would become living targets for humans. This was a painful lesson that hundreds of thousands of people had learned with their blood!

Their only chance of winning now is to have a decisive battle with humans under the protection of the shield dome.

This may not be enough to defeat the humans, but it can buy them enough time. As long as they delay until reinforcements arrive at the world of Berk Anjiamen and launch an attack on the human fleet in orbit, everything will be fine!

The fire warriors have such confidence, especially after they watched the combat video of Dar Is, they have the determination and belief to surround their homeland. Since Dar Is's compatriots can resist the invasion of humans, there is no reason why they can't do it!

Although countless people died in the orbital bombardment of humans for several weeks, Grindelwald still had hundreds of thousands of fire warriors alive. According to the Air Caste's detection, the human landing force was only 200,000, which actually gave them an advantage in terms of numbers.

As long as they hold on long enough, victory will eventually belong to the Tau!

Finally, as the Tau people waited anxiously, humans launched an attack on Grindelwald.

Hundreds of steel behemoths that humans called tanks drove along the wide road towards the Fire Warriors' defense line. These efficient road constructions that they were once proud of now facilitated the enemy's attack.

This is, admittedly, very ironic.

And when these human vehicles finally appeared in front of the Fire Warriors' defense line, countless Fire Warriors behind the bunkers silently raised their pulse rifles, their eyes flashing with hatred, urgently needing to vent.

Their pulse guns couldn't penetrate the armor of the enemy tanks, but there were plenty of battle suits and hammerhead gunships in the line of defense.

Although hammerhead sharks are at a huge disadvantage in terms of numbers compared to human tanks, the railguns they carry are superior to human tanks in range and armor penetration, ensuring that they will always fire one step faster than humans.

If used properly, they can even destroy human vehicles before they can even get close to their defenses!

The Hammerhead Shark's gunners were waiting for their commander's orders. Their railguns had already locked onto their targets. Now they only needed to press a button to smash the steel that dared to invade their homes into pieces of wreckage.

"Fire!"

The moment the order was given, all hammerhead sharks opened fire at the same time.

Solid shells fired from superconducting electrodes at hypersonic speeds whizzed across the sky. Thanks to the efficient calculations of the Drone's targeting system, no two shells hit the same target. Dozens of Hammerhead Shark's railguns were aimed at the same number of enemy tanks.

Without exception, all the shells hit the target.

And at the moment the tank was hit, the armored cluster was immediately shrouded in fire and smoke.

According to calculations, this would completely penetrate the frontal armor of the enemy tank, killing the crew of the vehicle. If they were lucky enough, it would also cause a secondary explosion, affecting other tanks around. With just a few rounds of salvos, they could kill more than half of the human armored forces before they themselves entered the range of the human tanks!

The hammerhead shark gunner felt extremely happy in his heart. Just watch, humans, this will be the beginning of their revenge!

But before he could reveal his cruel smile and prepare to fire a second time, his expression changed from joy to astonishment and disbelief.

As the smoke and flames dissipated, the human armored torrent continued to advance.

Even the tanks that were hit were still advancing towards the Tau's defense line. Their railguns had penetrated a large number of Leman Russ tanks as expected, and the crew members inside had absolutely no chance of survival. But why were they still moving! ?

Before he had time to think of an answer, the hammerhead shark gunner's expression gradually turned into fear because he saw the human tanks firing.

But why? Isn't it still within the range of human tanks?

Chapter 63: Give the Tau Squibs a Little Psychic Shock

BOOM!

A cannonball emitting blazing molten light, with a long tail, hit a Leman Russ armored vehicle with huge kinetic energy and devastating impact, causing a huge explosion.

As expected, its frontal armor would be penetrated directly, and even the turret would be blown away, flying into the sky, and then smashing heavily on the ground, making a dull sound as the metal bent horribly.

Suffering such heavy damage, the Leman Russ tank was finally unable to move forward. With the sound of metal creaking under the weight, it was completely destroyed by the explosion of its ammunition.

But before being destroyed, the Leman Russ tank's turret stubbornly fired an armor-piercing shell.

The armor of the Tau Hammerhead gunboats is extremely good, and it is difficult to destroy them with a single armor-piercing shell. However, relying on the large number, at least five Leman Russ tanks always focus their fire on one Hammerhead tank.

When five armor-piercing shells hit the same Hammerhead gunboat one after another, its thick armor was eventually torn apart by the armor-piercing shells. None of the crew members survived, and the engine was ignited by the explosion. The turret was torn off the vehicle body with a huge explosion, and fell onto the position in a rotation, killing several unlucky fire warriors.

This was an unequal war, but in the end it succeeded in achieving equal losses, with the exchange ratio between the two sides close to 1:1.

Each Hammerhead can use its longer range to fire at least two railgun rounds before entering the range of the Leman Russ tank. The battle suits equipped with missile launchers can also cooperate in combat and attack the enemy at a long distance, with power almost as strong as the railgun.

In theory, each railgun or missile could penetrate the armor of a Leman Russ tank and be enough to destroy it.

But in actual combat, each Leman Russ tank would be destroyed only after being hit by at least two or even three railguns and missiles. And in the interval between the three railguns, the Leman Russ was also firing.

Although they were not yet within the normal firing range of the Leman Russ, they were still firing, and every shell hit the enemy accurately.

According to the initial estimate of the Tau, they should have destroyed hundreds of enemy tanks in the process. However, in reality, they destroyed only more than 60 tanks, and lost more than 60 hammerhead sharks and battle suits!

Such a loss was hard for the Fire Warrior Commander to accept. The previous attack on the human position had caused them to lose a large number of combat uniforms, and the number of hammerhead sharks was far less than that of human tanks. If they could not achieve an exchange ratio of more than 1:5, they would lose no matter what!

When the human tanks approached their defense line, all the hammerhead sharks they had had been lost, and their long-range defensive firepower had become pitifully scarce, but the human tanks were still unstoppable like a steel torrent until they stopped on their own initiative.

Just before all of the T'au's long-range firepower was removed and the moment before it was about to break through the T'au's defense line, the steel torrent began to slow down without warning.

Several tanks drove to the front of the team from the gaps between other Leman Russ tanks. These tanks had the same hull appearance as other Leman Russ tanks, but their gun barrels were obviously shorter.

And unlike the round barrels of other tanks, their barrels are square.

That's a modified version of the Leman Russ tank, the Leman Russ Eraser!

boom!

Several Leman Russ Erasers opened fire simultaneously.

The Nova Cannons on top of them fired shells containing subatomic cores, and just one shell completely destroyed the Tau shelter at the moment of explosion, and even the Fire Warriors and Battle Suit teams hiding behind the shelter were not spared.

The Tau commander realized almost immediately that the humans knew what was hiding behind the defenses!

The commander gritted his teeth. He obviously had no time to hesitate. Countless compatriots would die every minute and every second.

He had to make a decision immediately: attack or retreat?

Finally, the commander made a choice.

attack!

With Grindelwald right behind them, they have nowhere to turn!

They have no choice but to attack!

The commander immediately gave the order to attack, and at the same time.

Hundreds of XV8 battle suits and XV88 battle suits flew out from behind the defense line, and quickly flew to the top of the human tanks with advanced engines. And unlike the XV8 battle suits that had previously attacked humans, most of the XV8 battle suit teams in the defense line were equipped with two hot melt blasters.

The battle suits equipped with missiles had been replaced one by one by Leman Russ tanks in the initial battle, and now they are the only ones left!

"Go to hell, you alien bastard!"

The driver in the combat suit roared and opened fire. The two hot melts directly melted the thick armor of a Leman Russ tank into a pool of scrap metal. The hot liquid flowed along the ground, corroding the flat ground into uneven surfaces.

What these blasters lack in range, they more than make up for in power!

The moment these battle suits opened fire, dozens of Leman Russ tanks were destroyed immediately. But before these battle suits had time to react, the following Leman Russ tanks immediately locked onto them. Although most battle suits used anti-gravity engines and jetpacks to try to dodge the fire in time, their maneuvers seemed meaningless at this time.

The armor-piercing bullets hit these combat uniforms solidly and penetrated their armor as expected!

While the Leman Russ was melted into scrap metal by the heat, dozens of battle suits were pierced by armor-piercing shells, and fell from the sky in a ball of fire in the explosion. These Leman Russ tanks were so accurate that the best mobility of the battle suits was completely meaningless in front of them.

Although dozens of Leman Russ tanks were destroyed, the battle uniforms also suffered huge losses!

Especially the XV88 battle suits, these vehicle killers have powerful firepower but poor mobility. Although they can withstand the single-shot firepower of human tanks, they can't escape when they are fired at.

For the Tau, a 1:1 exchange ratio means failure!

Seeing his offensive being so easily resolved by the enemy, the Fire Clan commander's eyes went dark, and he had to painfully issue the order to retreat. The tactic of blocking humans outside the city had already failed, and the Fire Warriors could no longer afford such high casualties.

They must now change their tactics and trade space for time!

They can also use the complex terrain of the city to engage in street fighting, they still have a chance!

But issuing such an order would mean abandoning the fire warriors who are still holding the outer defense line.