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And when the elevator got closer and closer to the ground, the sounds of crossfire and whistles could still be heard. Obviously, it was not thunder but the sound of artillery.
When the elevator stopped and Vic could see the situation outside the factory, he felt like he was in another world.
The outlines of various battleships were vaguely visible in the sky. They had just arrived in the orbit of the Forge World and were exchanging fire with various weapons used for orbital defense in the Forge World.
Vic sees further than anyone else, and his electronic eyes not only magnify the picture but also perform data analysis.
It is only a matter of time before orbital control is seized by the enemy. The devastating orbital bombing and airdrop pods seem to have already appeared in front of Vic's eyes...
Compared with these invaders, the plague zombies in the ground just now were simply ants.
No one would fail to realize their own insignificance in such a situation.
"Why did they come so fast?" Pioneer Alpha asked.
Vic didn't know how to answer the Alpha's question, and he was also surprised by the speed of the enemy's arrival.
Now that the invasion has begun, instead of analyzing the reasons here, it is better to do something serious quickly.
"We must rush back to the tower immediately." After saying this, Vic immediately led everyone forward through the gaps between the giant factories.
Chapter 166 Thorax the Oathbreaker
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Beyond the Forge World.
The battleship Conqueror is fighting against the largest orbital defense platform.
This is a void battle without any skills.
The orbital defense platform fired torpedo light spear macro cannons. The Conqueror battleship's void shield withstood these attacks, and then also fired torpedo light spear macro cannons. These attacks were also intercepted by the void shield... But the outcome of this bombardment will only be The Conqueror was blown to pieces after several rounds of attacks.
But the Conqueror is not weak alone. Behind this giant ship are more than thirty cruisers of different shapes, which can unleash full firepower on the orbital defense platform when it focuses on the Conqueror.
After two rounds of bombardment, the Conqueror and the thirty cruisers behind were ready to join forces, using various methods to send the Chaos Space Marines into the defense platform.
After entering the defense platform, the Chaos Space Marines went straight to the weapon platform or command node. They were not familiar with the internal structure of the defense platform but they always had a way to get where they wanted to go.
Soon the void shield of the defense platform was paralyzed by the Chaos Space Marines who jumped over. Although the defense platform, which was completely exposed to the firepower of the battleship, had not yet been destroyed, many of the weapons carried on it were being destroyed one by one.
The Forge World of Agrippina does not have only one defense platform, but other defense platforms face a greater number of warships, so they have either been paralyzed or are on the way to being paralyzed.
From the moment this massive fleet entered the system, the Forge World was destined to fall into passivity.
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Inside the bridge of the Conqueror.
Thorax the Oathbreaker sat on his throne, enduring the torture of the Butcher's Nails, suppressing his inner desire to participate in gang warfare.
Thorax's eyes fell on the brass blood pool in front of him.
The living people hanging from the top of the brass blood pool were wailing in pain, and their blood was slowly dripping into the blood pool. These blood drops represented battleships, aircraft, or anything else that existed on the battlefield. The situation unfolded in front of everyone on the bridge.
Thorax examined it for a while, then concluded that he must be victorious, and began to laugh.
There were not only Thorax and other members of the World Eaters warband in the bridge, but also senior leaders of the Thousand Sons, Night Lords, and other warbands under the Death Guard. They were also very satisfied with the status quo.
"This is a fight without any skill."
A woman's voice echoed in the bridge, and then a woman wearing a white navy uniform appeared next to Thorax.
Hearing this, Thorax frowned and stared at the woman, expressing his dissatisfaction with her evaluation but he couldn't kill her directly.
Because this woman is so weird, she can control many things on the Conqueror, and her authority is even higher than Thorax, the master of the Conqueror.
The Conqueror really wouldn't be able to function without her.
"I planned all of this!" Thorax said. "I united the other warbands. I made a deal with Huron. This battle should not have been so easy. I figured it out. Ways to get relaxed.”
The attack on the forge world of Agrippina had long been planned, but never executed until now.
In Thorax's plan, several war gangs will unite to fight side by side. It would be safe if they could bring in the Red Pirates.
The Red Corsairs are a warband composed of Chaos Space Marines. This warband has a large pirate fleet. Their leader is Huron.
However, Huron was a steady man, and he did not want to participate in this plan to invade the Forge World. Until Thorax wanted to give up persuasion, Huron suddenly offered to cooperate.
The conditions for cooperation are: the Red Corsairs' fleet can help contain the Imperial Navy near the Agrippina system, allowing the combined fleet composed of Thorax and other warbands to pass unimpeded, and the Red Corsairs will not ask for anything obtained from the Forge World. Any loot.
As long as Thorax can help the Red Pirates do one thing in the future: assist the Red Pirates in seizing a few battleships from an inconspicuous small force after the war.
Thorax believed that his strategizing was the key reason why this void battle was so easy.
"Oh, sooner or later you will know how stupid it is to agree to Huron's conditions." After the woman said this, she disappeared in front of Thorax.
Thorax was a little worried that the elusive woman had given up her pick. If she really didn't want to do that whole battleship, she wouldn't be able to continue fighting.
But it turned out that this worry was unnecessary. The Conqueror was still firing at the defense platform in front, and gradually blasted the defense platform in half.
"The last obstacle has been cleared." Thorax raised his hand and kneaded the skin around the Butcher's Nail, then turned to look at the blood reflector, the brass blood pool in the center of the bridge.
The blood has filled the entire blood pool, and there are still drops of blood dripping into the blood pool, but the blood will not overflow from the blood pool.
The blood pool is still showing the battle situation of the entire galaxy.
Our own warships have successively finished processing the orbital defense platform and are heading towards the location of the Conqueror.
These warships have varying degrees of variation in different forms, because they originally belong to different warbands.
Since the Great Rebellion, each war gang has different beliefs and purposes, and conflicts will break out between them. It is not uncommon for them to kill each other.
But for the moment, Thorax was satisfied that these conflicting warbands were working side by side to support Thorax's plans.
The next step is to carry out orbital bombardment and then carry out beheading tactics on various senior officials in the Forge World.
"Sarlock." Thorax looked at one of his subordinates.
Sharok, wearing crimson power armor and holding a long ax, immediately stepped forward, waiting for Thorax to give the order.
In some rumors of the Eye of Terror, Thorax has a group of four lieutenants. Each person in the lieutenant group has different specialties. Sharlock is called the Master of Beheading. He is naturally the best at fighting among the four lieutenants. .
"Be prepared. You will lead the first wave of attacks." Thorax ordered.
Sharok nodded without saying a word, turned around and walked out of the bridge.
But before the Sarlocks left the bridge, a Chaos Space Marine objected: "We will divide the spoils according to merit. Why can your people participate in the first wave of attacks?"
The opponent was a smelly guy who didn't need to introduce himself to the others, who already knew who his genetic father was and what faction his warband belonged to.
"..." Thorax looked at the Death Guard and realized that although the various warbands fought side by side in the invasion of the Forge World, this temporary unity was very fragile.
After thinking carefully, Thorax issued a more egalitarian strategy: "Select the elite warriors from each of your warbands, and everyone will have a share in the first wave of attacks."
Chapter 167 Decapitation Tactics
After a while.
On the Conqueror, slaves belonging to the Oathbreaker warband are preparing the Dreadclaw airdrop pods. Some mortal warriors who obey the warband have been forced to complete their preparations and enter rows of airdrop pods one after another.
Master of Decapitation Sharok led fifty berserker warriors in the warband to advance in the corridor. The nearby mortal slaves immediately ran away after hearing the heavy footsteps and breathing. Some were slow to react or were unfortunate enough to encounter Chaos like Sharok. The mortal Space Marine would be grabbed and pressed against the weapon, slicing the mortal's neck as if sharpening the weapon.
After using a mortal to sharpen the blade, Sharok felt that the torture caused by the Butcher's Nail was slightly relieved, and he continued to stride towards the hull of the ship where the Dreadclaw was.
"Shalok."
A familiar voice suddenly sounded in Sharok's ears. He gasped impatiently, but did not express this anger directly in words, because the person calling him was Thorax, the leader of the Oathbreaker warband.
"You are equally divided into the airdrop pods. Don't crowd together, because you will land at different points." Thorax continued to use the communicator to instruct, "Don't forget that you are executing decapitation tactics. Don't just attack those ants." Start killing."
"Huh...huh..." Sharok's breathing was very heavy, and Thorax could hear it clearly on the other side of the communicator.
But Thorax wouldn't say anything, because he knew that Sharok would definitely obey his orders, but he was just very impatient at this moment.
This is normal, the battle is about to begin, and the Butcher's Nail is torturing Sharok, making him want to start harvesting lives immediately to relieve the pain.
"I planned such a large-scale operation and agreed to Huron's inexplicable conditions, not just to invade the Forge World."
"I have bigger plans, and that is to integrate our various warbands that were originally part of the World Eaters Legion."
"..."
Sharok continued to listen to Thorax's plans...
As an adjutant, Sharlock had always felt that the Butcher's Nail had little impact on Thorax.
Even the members of the "Prodigal Sons" warband were puzzled by this matter, saying: Corsolax is more like the wise man among a group of bloodthirsty madmen. Of course, he is also very bloodthirsty and crazy, but he can't fight with these people. Compared to Nail, he is simply too rational.
"Work harder, brother." Thorax gave the final instruction and cut off the communication.
Sharok entered the first Dreadclaw drop pod he saw, and other Chaos Space Marines in the warband also entered other prepared drop pods.
The hatch slowly closed.
"Huh...huh..." Shalok breathed violently and long, sounding like a hum made with his breath.
After Sharok waited patiently for a moment, he suddenly heard a strange voice echoing in the airdrop cabin: "This is a joint operation. Should we contact other war gangs when we are ready, and then work together Airdrop it?"
The machine soul of the Dreadclaw drop pod is very special, especially the machine soul of this drop pod that Sharok often uses.
"No! We have to land before other warbands! Land now!" Sharok ordered with a roar.
The airdrop pod was immediately launched and headed straight to the southern end of the Forge World.
Although the airdrop pods thrown by the fleet were of various colors, these airdrop pods unexpectedly maintained the same level and the same speed in the early stages of their fall, and then their speeds varied.
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on the ground.
Beta Fortress.
Vic, who rushed back to his friends, was located in Beta Fortress, standing on the top of a tower filled with various anti-aircraft weapons. He did not direct the skitarii running back and forth on the scene, but looked up at the sky.
It was night at this time, and from time to time a luminous spear would fall to the ground in the sky.
Vic saw that the giant fortress he was in was regarded as a key bombing target by warships in orbit. However, the void shield protecting the fortress deflected attacks directed at the fortress into subspace, and the enemy fleet's attacks were temporarily stopped. to the effect.
Just when the Skitarii in the fortress felt that they were lucky to be protected by the Void Shield, something happened that suffocated them.
A large number of meteors were falling, and the entire night sky was illuminated red by them.
Witnessing this scene, Vic knew that it was not a meteor but an airdrop pod. Out of the rigor and curiosity of a member of the Adeptus Mechanicus, he even began to speculate that each "meteor" belonged to the known performance parameters of various airdrop pods. What type of drop pod.