mtl008 Chapter 440: Advance Advance Call Me Captain
Chapter 440: Advance Advance Call Me Captain
"Perkins...Where's Perkins? Where the hell is he?"
"Captain! I'm here, Captain."
"Have you found the information I asked you to find?"
"Found it. I got a lot of information from other legions. As you expected, many legions have also encountered the same person named Rebos. But similarly, they were all killed by the rangers of the Order or the Vindicare assassins under the Inquisitor."
Private Perkins... no, now he should be called a second lieutenant. Perkins, who could already command platoon-level soldiers, entered the barracks and stood at attention and shouted. The officer he reported to was, needless to say, the colonel Harold.
In one month, Harold led his team to fight 81 battles, big and small, and cooperated with other teams to break hundreds of kilometers. The results were gratifying, but the damage was also regrettable.
Of the 80 men he led, only Private Perkins remained after a month. Now, after making steady progress, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and became his messenger.
"Rebos..where the hell are you."
Harold's mechanical arm closed tightly, leaving obvious scratches on the metal joints. He thought that he could become the leader of this group all thanks to the modifications on his body, but now he seemed to be deceiving himself.
That means there is no chance to go back at all, and he will only die on the battlefield.
"Captain, the Corps Command Center has sent a message. We have to go to a combat meeting."
Perkins was still very afraid of the captain. Although he had saved him more than a dozen times, the continuous wars seemed to be pushing him into some kind of abyss, and his emotions seemed to be becoming more and more cruel.
"Let's go. That guy will definitely appear on the final battlefield. As long as I can live until then..."
...
The holographic image in the communication room gradually appeared, and a total of ten corps leaders showed up. Those who were familiar with them or not nodded in greeting, while those who were on good terms with them smiled and asked about the situation in their respective war zones.
Everyone lamented the difficulty of the war. With such a long front, supplies were increasingly delayed in the later stages. There was a shortage of medicines, insufficient manpower, and a lack of all weapons and equipment.
Since the Reza Galaxy was attacked by the Orks on a large scale, the number of Imperial soldiers who died is probably over 180 billion. Fortunately, they were stationed in the Hive World, which also emptied out two small Hive cities.
Everyone lamented that the 10,000 or so men under their command, excluding non-combat personnel such as logistics, the 8,000 or so people could not even stage a decent battle. Up to this stage, the smallest battles were at the corps level.
The reconnaissance troops were caught in the crossfire in the battle with a hundred or eighty people. They could not hold out for more than three to five minutes before the main force arrived and it was time to collect the bodies. Now a new combat mission has arrived. I really don't know how many of them I will recognize when I communicate again.
"The new combat mission is that there is an inland lake 365 kilometers northwest of us, and the order has emphasized that it must be cleared and occupied.
Our legion is very lucky to be the spearhead in clearing the lake area, and the other four legions will flank us and help us block the surrounding orc troops."
The news from the major general made everyone look at each other unconsciously, as if they were helpless about becoming the blade this time. But Harold didn't seem to care. He raised his head and asked the major general.
"How will the navy and the Skitarii act? Will there be any Astartes coming to help?"
The major general nodded and waved his hand to call up the action list. Various arms, organizations and tactical coordination will appear here again, but similarly, the orcs will also come here from all major clans.
"We have about 340 air combat aircraft of various types under our direct command. The five Skitarii coalition forces will also provide a large number of mechanical weapons. The Astartes will have three companies of soldiers to carry out decapitation operations after we start the battle."
Harold calculated that there were already more than 60 people involved in this battle, and the subsequent reinforcements would be a meat grinder of millions of people.
What's more, this time there is an orc industrial zone near the inland lake. The enemy's tanks, fighter planes, and mechas will definitely appear in endlessly. I wonder how many lives of the imperial soldiers will be claimed by such a battle.
"Well, I'd like to be the tip of the blade and the vanguard that tears open the gap."
Not only were the officers surprised, but even the major general was shocked. Although everyone admired Harold's courage and loyalty, there was no need for him to rush to the front in every battle.
"It's okay. Just give me more when you run out."
Everyone laughed in silence. The major general sighed and said that he would distribute the combat mission to the thinkers in each regiment. After everyone turned off the communication, he said to Harold earnestly:
"I've asked the guy named Rebos for you, but the superiors said they just pretended they didn't see him. There's no information that can be used.
The Inquisitor has officially ordered the Fire Covenant Chapter and Pope Ian of the State Religion to become rebels, and listed more than 45 pieces of evidence of crimes, big and small, for them. A manhunt has been launched for them, and you will have no chance to see them.
What's more, now let alone the Hive World, even if every ship capable of space travel in the entire Reza Galaxy is registered, the wandering merchants dare not challenge those inquisitors.
I advise you not to hold out hope. The most important thing is to survive."
Harold nodded, but in his heart he did not take the major general's advice seriously. If he really wanted to live until the final battle and wait for Rebos to appear, then he had to charge to the front line and become a higher-ranking officer as soon as possible.
"Okay, but I still have to be the one to hold the knife."
The major general had no choice but to nod in agreement. After all, few people were willing to take on such a tough job as being at the tip of a knife. It was really hard for Harold's soldiers...so much so that now more supplies were coming to the Criminal Corps.
"Oh, by the way, there is another piece of news. The joint fleet outside the planet has discovered an unusual group of meteorites. It is probably the transformation of the asteroid belt by the orcs. The orbit calculation of Riza is not complete yet, so it is hard to say whether it will fall towards the hive city.
Shit, asteroids, can you imagine shooting at an orc's head with a laser gun and a meteorite or planet falls on top of you?!"
Harold really couldn't imagine it, as he had never been on a planet and had never seen what an asteroid looked like.
"I am more concerned about why the Order wants to capture areas that are not on the main battle line. The factory area over there doesn't seem to be on the list."
"That's true, but the Order said it's time to send down more powerful weapons."
"More powerful? More powerful than the Knight Mech and the Death Strike Missile?"
"Shit, they say it's even more awesome than Titan. They say it's the most awesome unless it's a space battleship."
Harold remained silent, or so he hoped.
...
It is a clear and crisp autumn day, and the air temperature has begun to cool. On a normal day, the freight railcars in the Hive City have already set sail, crossing the barren sand dunes to connect to the surrounding settlements.
But at this moment this beautiful environment has disappeared. The rail cars that transported goods have been replaced by tanks emitting black smoke. The speeding tanks kicked up dust and formed an indestructible steel wall.
Above their heads, hundreds of fighter planes flew over them and disappeared into the sky, heading towards the lake in different formations and batches from 29 directions.
The drivers who were not far away raised their thumbs to send blessings to their teammates. After all, they were only three or five meters apart now, and it would be hard to say whether they would be separated by life and death in three or five minutes.
"Approaching the target area, the orc radar has detected us. Immediately disperse and maneuver to avoid the concentrated bombing area."
The lead reconnaissance aircraft issued a warning, and all fighters immediately began to change their flight direction according to their categories. The Valkyrie transport aircraft and others slowly descended, the Avenger attack aircraft moved to the side of the lake area, and the Marauder bomber began to climb to the center.
All three types of fighter jets began to maneuver, changing their flight direction and altitude every thirty seconds, and began to avoid the upcoming intensive explosion area in advance.
The orcs' radars started to click, and they found traces of humans.
The air defense firepower around the lake area responded immediately, with anti-aircraft guns and surface-to-air missiles flying rapidly. During the interception of lasers and projectiles, the fighter jets began to maneuver and evade, and launched decoy missiles to block the incoming missiles.
Above these Valkyrie transport planes, the strategic bomber's hatch had already been fully opened. The heavy bombs were lifted to the hatch by the hook machine, and the explosion sound in the air immediately echoed in the cabin.
The bomb launcher observed the situation below through an eyepiece. Looking at the groups of green oceans on the ground, he pressed the bomb release button while cursing under his breath.
"Eat shit, you beasts."
Four heavy bombs fell from the dark cabin into the clear sky. They fell freely in the sudden explosion of black fog and plummeted in the rain of bullets that passed by them.
Hundreds of aerial bombs rained down, the altitude dropped meter by meter, the danger approached meter by meter, and after the first loud explosion on the ground, the battle representing the lake area began.
A large number of Daka jets took off quickly, while the rest of the Yanyan bombers, Lightning Bombs and other types of aircraft tried to stay away from the airport and avoid the fighting battlefield that they were not adapted to. Their goal was to find the right time to destroy the enemy's infantry and mechanized forces.
What they lack in accuracy they make up for in quantity. The six large-capacity rifles have been firing non-stop since they took off. Even if the gun barrels are on fire, the orcs will not stop firing. Even if the bullets are empty and the missiles are all gone, the worst that can happen is that they can still use their own fuselages as bombs.
"BOOM" the rumbling mushroom cloud blew everything away, and the results achieved by the suicide attack were quite obvious.
The Empire's troops had no choice but to do the same, bombing at low altitudes and flying close to the ground. The two sides exchanged offense and defense. Even at the moment of death, they had to control their planes to crash into the anti-aircraft positions to buy a chance for their comrades to take off safely.
While the fight was going on in the air, the battle on the ground also started. A large number of armored troops rushed forward, over sand dunes and across gullies, and after selecting their opponents, they opened fire.
More and more areas became active, and more and more personnel were mobilized. The siege artillery never stopped, unless the barrel overheated or the barrel cracked.
In front, they were shot at, hacked, and crushed by cars. In the back, they were bombed, raided, and exhausted to death. Various situations emerged one after another, and various means began to be used.
The lake was several times larger than the one Harold and his companions had fallen into. The surrounding mushroom forest was also extremely large. Although tanks could crush and destroy it, the dense mushroom forest blocked the shooting angle and also facilitated close-range raids by the orc special forces.
There was no other way, the infantry squad had to separate from the armored squad and go to deal with the firepower points hidden in the mushroom forest.
"Let the Catachan jungle warriors of the Sixth Company take over. Now that they are back home, it's time for them to do something. Go!"
Harold commanded the corps to move forward, set up machine guns, and set up a firepower network. A large number of mushrooms broke with a "crackling" sound, and the fallen bushes made a "cracking" sound of death.
Among the broken orcs, more boys were leading the mutated Squig beasts to swarm in. The Squig, whose half body was covered with iron teeth and fangs, rushed forward with the cover of the big mushrooms.
Before the soldiers could hear what made the sound, they were suddenly pulled down by something the next second, and then a bloody mouth opened and bit their throat until blood splattered five steps away.
"The orcs on the left side of the 6th platoon of the 2nd Company have broken through the defense line! The bayonets are bleeding! Stop these beasts!"
"The 5th Platoon of the 4th Company is under attack from the Death Can. They are hiding in the mushroom tree and we can't see them. Damn! Give me the Melta Bomb!"
"It's Squig suicide bomber, five company..."
"The second platoon of the fifth company has taken over the position of the third platoon and has completed the construction of a blocking position to prevent the orcs from approaching."
"Three companies, three platoons destroyed two anti-aircraft guns, Rocket Boy spotted! Counterattack!"
Information from all the companies and platoons came through the communication team's intercom. A large amount of information was interacting with each other, and hundreds of people died in just one or two minutes. Without rapid combat command capabilities, only personnel would be sacrificed in vain.
“方位7-3-1-1，范围3-2-7-3，六个连队第三排搭建迫击炮阵地用高爆炸药，给我清出一片空地出来！”
"Captain, that's the rear."
"I'll make you clean up!"
"Take over the 440th Navy Flight Squadron. Conduct low-altitude strafing of the red smoke bomb area in 6 minutes and drop heavy weapons to assist the war zone. Third Platoon Leader of the First Company, the drop point has been sent to your Thinker. Drop will be completed in 3 minutes!"
"Yes! Promise to complete the mission."
"Tell the Skitarii to send siliconized infiltrators to hunt down the orc leader and the orc boss, and destroy the battle structure in the shortest possible time."
"Yes, Skitarii Beta-11 Squadron has received the order."
"All companies and platoons pretend to retreat. Retreat to the area north of the red smoke bomb within 5 minutes. The first, second, and third companies will set up positions on one side of the open space. The fourth, fifth, and sixth companies will retreat and launch a flanking attack!"