Above the sky, the Necron ships suddenly appeared from a position no one expected. Without any alarm, this strange fleet rushed straight towards the fleets of the Iron Warriors and Death Guard.
Compared to the fleet that the Iron Warriors had faced before, this fleet was obviously much larger. Surrounded by countless Jackal-class assault ships, there was also a larger mothership among them.
But what is puzzling is that this mothership seems to be a complete replica of those small assault ships. However, anyone who knows a little about ship design can see that this ship can be more "gorgeous".
Yes, in order to prevent these human ships from escaping directly, the Necrons deliberately chose this "camouflage" method.
[Delta Queue!]
The moment the Iron Warriors detected the Necron fleet, Perturabo immediately gave his orders!
Among Perturabo's 256 battlefield predictions, this situation was naturally included in his calculations.
In the eyes of Perturabo, who had no idea of the Necrons' inner thinking, the sudden attack by the Necrons on the fleet that was preparing for an airborne landing could only mean one thing -
That means they attacked the right place!
But this time the Necrons' speed broke the record again.
At this moment, the competition for air supremacy of No. 03 is still ongoing.
There's no time to drop.
Originally, in Perturabo's calculations, based on the experience of the previous attack, even if the Necron ships appeared again, they could still complete this airborne operation.
But this time, the enemy speeded up again!
There is no time, Perturabo thought, as he led the main fleet of the Iron Warriors in an attempt to engage the Necrons.
According to his calculations, the Death Guard fleet alone could not defend against the Necrons, but he also could not let a "brother" die in front of him.
As the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, this will be a lifelong shame for him.
Perturabo felt himself getting irritated again.
On the Fourth Knight, Mortarion was frowning.
"The Iron Warriors can't even provide such a brief moment of air superiority?"
The Primarch was extremely dissatisfied, but Mortarion also realized that the Necron ships were targeting this side. Knowing the horror of Necron ships, he knew there was no time to hesitate. Mortarion came out of the drop chamber and strode towards the command room.
Mortarion opened the communication.
Hades,
[Received, can be heard.]
A familiar voice penetrates the sound of electricity.
[The second airborne landing is temporarily canceled. Your first priority now is to join up with the vanguard troops on the ground to ensure that you will not be surrounded and killed.]
Without the second airdrop support, this army behind the enemy lines would have had a very difficult time.
The Necrons' ships had already arrived, and Mortarion did not think that the ground forces could destroy the target point in such a short time to help the fleet.
Therefore, the Death Guard on the ground should preserve their manpower and wait for the battle in the universe to end.
Hades was stunned, but the scythe in his hand was still tearing the snake-like figure in front of him.
[good.]
On the other hand, Dantioch also received orders from Perturabo.
[We must take the target point, Dantioch.]
[My war smiths, prove your strength to the world.]
Casualties on the ground were of little concern, but their actions would support the forces in space, and so they must destroy the Darkforges that were sending signals to the air fleet.
I'll give you one hour.
Perturabo gave the order.
Dantioch stopped digging the trench.
[good.]
One hour, which means Perturabo does not want to give them the margin to retreat and avoid air strikes.
It's like this again, every time!
Perturabo would only give them the most extreme time and tasks each time. It was obvious that if they only showed a little leniency, the difficulty of the tasks would be greatly reduced, and the blood spilled by the Iron Warriors would be reduced.
But Perturabo wouldn't do that!
The hardest steel cannot be defeated by hammering; they need to prove their hardness on the fiercest battlefield.
Dantioch cursed, then resigned himself to opening the public communication.
[All Iron Warriors, return to the front immediately. ]
[The commander of the corps has ordered that we take down the target point at all costs. ]
Hearing Dantioch's completely opposite words, a question mark slowly appeared in Hades' mind.
No way.
A bad idea slowly arose in Hades' mind. He controlled himself to continue killing the enemy, while also opening Dantioch's private communication channel.
[Brother, what instructions did you receive? ]
Dantioch, who had just crawled out of the trench, was puzzled and angry and shot an Undead warrior in the head with his gun.
He originally had some good feelings towards Hades, but why did the commander of the Death Guard ask such a stupid question? !
Although he felt angry, Dantioch still had his self-control, so he spoke in a muffled voice.
[The commander of the corps has ordered that the target point must be captured within one hour.]
Before he finished speaking, Hades over there had already begun to scream silently in his heart—
Hades suddenly didn't know how to start, but he had to start.
Brother Dantioch,
[The order I received from the Death Guard Corps Commander is to immediately join up with the advance troops to ensure the survival of the airborne troops.]
There was silence on the other side.
Hades turned his attention back to the battlefield, but he felt that things were not going well with Dantioch.
After a long silence, Dantioch's voice was heard again, but he seemed a hundred years older.
He said weakly,
[The instructions are different.]
The next sentence that Dantioch did not say was—
Who should we listen to
Originally, the overall command of the entire war was in the hands of Perturabo, but in this ground battle, it was planned that Mortarion would personally participate in the battle, and most of the participants were also Death Guard, so Mortarion was the direct commander of this battle.
According to normal procedures, they should have obeyed Mortarion's orders, but unexpectedly, Perturabo, who had been watching the whole situation, gave orders directly to Dantioch.
Dantioch knew that since the Death Guard still made up the majority, he actually had no say in the matter, as the Death Guard all listened to Hades.
Hades will most likely directly execute Mortarion's orders, and Dantioch, as his assistant, can only follow suit.
But after this battle, as Iron Warriors, they will face Perturabo.
Dantioch has started to curse. Why is it always like this
He looked at the white-and-green Death Guard and realized that in some ways, they
Damn it.
Dantioch stopped thinking.
Compared to Dantioch who was about to give up thinking, Hades was frantically thinking of countermeasures.
Just a short while ago, new news came from the main battlefield over there. All the Necrons were rushing back desperately, and even completely gave up on defense.
After all, even if they were killed, these warriors could still crawl up from the underworld structure in the rear, but there might be some losses.
The Iron Warriors and Graeae Skitarii pursued the retreating army, attempting to kill as many enemy soldiers as possible.
Above the sky, in the yellow sand, according to intermittent information from the air forces, the Iron Warriors will be able to provide air support in about thirty to forty minutes.
Even if Hades chooses to join the vanguard troops now, there is a high probability that he will encounter a large number of undead troops returning to defend.
And they certainly could not obey the orders of the legion commanders on the ships. Mortarion and Perturabo had already distracted their attention to the naval battle and could not command the war on the ground.
Hades hesitated for a moment.
In other words, the command of the ground forces fell on him and Dantioch.
Hades spoke,
[Brother Dantioch, can you command the battle on the front battlefield? ]
Dantioch was stunned. As the Trident, he did have the command authority under the Primarch.
But he suddenly realized that he might be able to use this to negotiate with Hades and launch an attack on the target point.
[have.]
Dantioch said this firmly. He was about to negotiate terms when he was interrupted by Hades.
[Okay, tell them to give up chasing the enemy soldiers now and focus their firepower on the enemy's armored forces.]
[The enemy's heavy firepower units must be held back on the front battlefield. ]
[Also, have the flying troops hold on to this airspace for another fifteen minutes, and then immediately go to support the front battlefield.]
The sonorous, powerful and fluent High Gothic language was clearly heard, and the original tone of the discussion changed, with an unquestionable oppression.
Dantioch looked at Hades who was killing the enemies on the front line. What was he going to do
Hades answered his doubts.
[Brother, let's attack the target point now.]
[Within fifteen minutes.]
Fifteen minutes later, they will be fighting the enemy in the streets in the building complex of the Underworld Construct. Even if the enemy has air superiority, they will not be able to bomb them because this will destroy their own buildings.
Among the armored forces on the opposite side, some light armored units can fight in the streets and alleys of these building complexes while minimizing damage to the buildings, so they must be delayed.
Hades knew that the sudden large-scale return of the enemy to defend demonstrated the importance of the building complex they were attacking.
It is very likely that there are constructs that send information and constructs responsible for the resurrection protocol.
Destroying them would cause unbearable damage to the enemy's ground operations and would also support naval battles in space.
Even if they failed, the town terrain brought by the Hades construct complex could allow this airborne force to hold out for a while longer against the Necrons' human wave tactics. After all, the narrow terrain would weaken their advantage.
This is the best solution Hades can think of at the moment.
But Dantioch may well have misunderstood him.
The trident also silently killed to the front line where Hades was.
[Thank you, brother.]
Dantioch's hoarse and heavy voice sounded,
It seems that Dantioch understood Hades to be carrying out Perturabo's orders.
Hades blinked and he didn't intend to explain.
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