Chapter 2916 (o▽)oThe increasing gap
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On the command deck of the Vengeful Spirit, in the office of Captain Loken, the commander of the 10th Company and a member of the Council of Four Kings, Ally was opening her beautiful black eyes in surprise and curiosity.
, and Luoken silently watched the battle video projection being played on a metal wall in the office.
According to Naluoken, it seemed to be a battle video from a certain day during the offensive and defensive battle at the Huagai Star Market decades ago. It was recorded by a concealed battlefield environment observation machine at that time. It was the sixteenth
A close battle was led and commanded by Sejanus, the fourth company commander of the Legion's Luna Wolves.
It's a pity that Captain Sejanus later went to reconnoiter the enemy's situation during negotiations with the enemy and a temporary truce. He never showed up again. He didn't even catch up with the retreat of the large army. Then the opponent followed the remnants of the planet.
Together with the troops, they disappeared together with the entire Huagai Star.
Furthermore, there is no such thing as the 'Lunar Wolves' anymore. After Horus was appointed Warmaster by the Emperor and commanded the entire Great Expedition Fleet, their Sixteenth Legion also changed its name to 'Horus' long ago.
Sons of Russ'.
Of course!
The above are all old shit from decades ago. Small things like that are not important. What is important is that now Loken has pulled out the video of that battle, and then thoughtfully asked Ali to watch it together.
As for what his intentions are, it is unknown.
Anyway!
Ali obviously didn't want to know what the other party had in mind, because she was completely attracted by the battle in the image.
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What Ali, who was staring at the screen intently at the moment, saw: In the image, a certain area in the ruins of the original market belonged to the first legion of the Huagai Star Return Market Defense Corps of the Heroes Federation of the Koprulu Sector.
There are a large number of Marines wearing CMC armor and holding spike rifles. They are using a large number of siege tanks, Hellion tanks, Hellbat heavy armor, fast-moving and concealed Widow Mines, and Thor giant mechas that provide artillery support from the rear.
With the cooperation of the Viking fighters in the sky and the Banshee fighter jets that disappeared and disappeared at that time, they attacked the Astartes Space Marines led by the 4th Company of the 16th Legion's "Lunar Wolves" and a large number of people who invaded the ruins.
The auxiliary legions launched a fierce counterattack, and even the fierce artillery fire blocked the lines of the attacking Astartes Space Marines and a large number of mortal auxiliary legions.
Likewise, the Luna Wolves, headed by the Fourth Company of the Sixteenth Legion of the Astartes Space Marines, are not to be outdone!
Wearing pale MKII power armor, they are armed with various chain saws, power weapons and various bolters. They are also equipped with various types of war machinery units, such as the Tanata-class engineering automaton and the Leviathan Dreadnought.
With the assistance and cover of mechas, walking light mechas, various types of combat automatons, and the giant Titan mechas of the Mechanicum, they stormed up to the defense line of the soldiers of the First Legion of the Nagui Market Defense Corps, allowing the artillery fire to directly hit the opponent.
The ruins where the defense line was located were enveloped in roaring flames and shock waves.
soon!
After the artillery fire, the two sides collided fiercely among the ruins of the market. A battle that seemed like an epic to Ali began to take place fiercely, especially the strength, fighting power, and will of both sides.
With seemingly similar strength and technology, a desperate hand-to-hand battle unfolded on this ruined stage.
From the perspective of a bystander, Ali could only see that on the battlefield, the camps of both sides violently collided together like two raging torrents, and then began to melt and collapse in blood and fire, and then a steady stream of
The troops were replenished again.
As the CMC armored force of the first legion of the defensive market garrison, those marines built an indestructible fire defense line with their tight formation and precise firepower, especially those incredible spikes.
Rifles fired one after another, directly forming dense barrages in the ruins, repelling any enemies who tried to break through the defense line one by one.
Siege tanks and fire chariots shuttle around the battlefield, using their powerful firepower and mobility to carry out devastating shells and fire strikes on enemy positions; the Thor giant mecha is like a Big Mac on the battlefield,
At that not too far distance, with its unparalleled power and protection, it used the terrifying cruiser-level plasma cannon to directly create scorching and terrifying molten paths across the attacker's position.
Even those as powerful as the Astartes Space Marines or those kind of fighting mechs were destroyed and melted in an instant, causing the attacker to pay a huge price!
On the other side, the Empire's 16th Legion's "Lunar Wolves" Fourth Company and the other interstellar warriors under their command showed impressive performances with their extraordinary physical fitness, agility and superb combat skills.
Amazing fighting ability.
Wearing pale MK power armor, they were like waves on the battlefield. They rushed to the front of every wave of attacks, and then rushed into the enemy's position with almost every slash of chain saw weapons and bolt guns.
The roar was accompanied by the shattering of the enemy's armor and the splatter of blood.
In the chaotic battlefield, the roar of bolters was accompanied by various explosions, fire and smoke, accurately killing and crushing one enemy after another in front of them.
At the same time, various large, medium and small war machine units that rushed into the battlefield following the Astartes Space Marines also played an important role on the battlefield!
For example, the Tanata-class engineering machine of the Mechanicus!
Although they are not as big as Titans and Knights, they are at least as tall as several Astartes Space Marines. They rush into the battlefield and wield their huge gravity rams, plasma mortars and hands.
When equipped with laser weapon batteries and other weapons, their positioning as heavy weapons platforms almost instantly became a presence that cannot be ignored on the battlefield and received heavy attention from the heavy air and ground firepower of Huagai Star.
However, the above is just a small section of the battle video and a corner of the battle area.
Ali saw that the battle between the two sides was still going on in full swing in the huge and devastated ruined battlefield, and its cruelty and intensity were beyond imagination for both sides of the war, especially for Ali.
Especially when she saw that it was a battle involving almost a huge force that she had never seen in decades. Even the Astartes Space Marines were at the forefront of the battle, but the Empire did not get the slightest benefit.
?
For example, as the battlefield environment observation machine moved and shifted the screen, Ali saw again, in an open place, like the ruins of a city square, in the open space where the two sides competed for each other, countless CMC armors
The Marines were wearing heavy armor and holding ferocious bayonet-mounted spiked rifles. They hid behind bunkers and trenches and stood at the forefront of the battlefield, preparing to face a group of Astartes who were gathering.
The attack was led by warriors and then assisted by a large number of mortal auxiliaries.
Not long after...
As bursts of long-range artillery fire like signals exploded in the defense lines of the Marines, countless strong Astartes space warriors roared and charged forward into the battlefield, seemingly preparing to take advantage of the cover of artillery fire to directly
Rush into the defenses of those Marines?
It's a pity that those explosions, fires and smoke didn't have much effect!
Following an order from a Marine commander wearing a red CMC armor suit, the Marines who were under long-range artillery fire quickly adjusted their formations and then aimed their intensive firepower at Asta, who was charging.
The special Space Marines then began to fire endless spiked bullets at their enemies.
Next second!
Although those Astartes Space Marines were wearing strong and powerful MK power armor, holding powerful bolters and firing while charging, but in the face of the thick defense of the CMC armor and the precise shooting of the spike rifle, they
His resistance and defense seemed a bit weak.
Between the fire, smoke and explosions, the Marines were seen quickly locking their targets, and then the muzzles of the bayonet rifles began to flash with deadly fire, and with a burst of intensive gunfire, rows of bullets
It poured out like a torrential rain, accurately hitting the power armor of the Space Marines.
Even though those armors had excellent protective capabilities, they were all damaged or simply penetrated under such intensive firepower.
What shocked Ali even more was that the sturdy armor and strong bodies of the Astartes Space Marines could not effectively withstand those dense spiked bullets, especially when those bullets penetrated the weak points of the powered armor, even if they were powerful
For example, the god-like body of Astartes seemed to be torn apart by some terrible invisible force, causing blood, internal organs and broken limbs to spurt out under the shooting and splash around.
The sparks and dust mixed together, and then fell down in rows...
Those Marines were like ruthless reapers, using their spiked rifles to knock down those Space Marines who were like gods compared to mortals one by one, just like harvesting ripe wheat, which was both efficient and effective.
And ruthless.
That kind of horrifying scene, that scene of efficiently shooting an Astartes Space Marine, naturally made Ali's blood boil and she was shocked at the same time.
Then, when she came back to her senses and looked at the weapons that were constantly spraying fire in the hands of the Marines wearing CMC armor suits, the urgent emotion in her eyes became even stronger.
However, no matter what Ali was thinking, the battle in the picture was still going on.
Although many warriors fell, those Astartes space warriors were not ordinary people after all. They quickly relied on their extraordinary physical strength, dexterous movements and skillful fighting skills to constantly seek counterattacks, evade and attack.
After paying heavy casualties compared to other battles, we successfully rushed into the enemy's defense line.
Then, the two sides naturally immediately started a more intense and cruel battle for the defense line, including trench warfare and hand-to-hand combat, which directly caused the soldiers on both sides to get involved with each other.
Although the Space Marines on the Empire side do have an advantage in strength and fighting skills, but what is the saying that rifles are accurate and fast within seven steps and have no martial ethics?
Therefore, although countless Marines were indeed cut down, under the close-range spike rifle fire, the casualties of the Space Marines began to soar rapidly. Then Ali saw that there were constantly tall and
The brave Astartes were knocked down by a shuttle in front of them, even though almost every one of them waved the chain saw weapon in their hands before falling down and caused heavy casualties to the marines!
In the face of defense-breaking and powerful spiked rifles, many Astartes tried to reduce hand-to-hand combat and used the powerful firepower of their bolters to fight back, trying to avoid as much as possible the unnecessary and common death.
Casualties, but unfortunately, their number is still too few compared to those of the Marines, especially when the opponent has spiked rifles?
Therefore, although they have struggled very hard, and even a large number of mortal auxiliary troops and heavy armored troops of the Mechanicum have rushed into the battle in time, they are still unable to shake the defense line of the Huagai Star.
slightest.
Seeing that the battle here was getting tense, and seeing that the two sides could not tell the winner in a short time, the battlefield environment observation machine began to shift its position again. In Ali's somewhat regretful eyes, it began to put its lens elsewhere.
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However, it is almost the same elsewhere!
The battle between the offensive and defensive sides can be said to be more intense than the last, and more tragic than the other!
On the outskirts of this huge city ruins, almost every place and every confrontation in the ruins was accompanied by deafening explosions and deafening shouts and killings. Ali even saw those CMC armored marines fighting with each other.
The Astartes Space Marines engaged in close combat, with bayonets of spiked rifles and chain saw weapons intertwined, bursting out with bursts of dazzling and bloody sparks.
As for the showdown between those siege tanks and mechas, it is even more thrilling. Each of their shellings is enough to level the surrounding buildings or crumbling them. The shock wave and fire of the explosion can kill both enemy and friendly personnel within the range.
Sweep away!
Sometimes, in certain artillery attacks, more friendly personnel were accidentally injured and killed than the enemy?
But when the two sides were fighting to such an extent, it was obvious that they no longer cared so much.
As the scene shifted, Ali saw that the huge Viking fighter planes and the invisible Banshee fighter planes in the sky began to engage in melee with the aircraft and air defense forces of the 16th Army.
They launched a fierce air battle in the air, intertwining lasers, artillery shells and missiles like a network, directly turning the sky red into a sea of ​​fire. At the same time, the tail flames and the trajectory of the weapons after firing were even more confusing, and then there were also
Many fighter planes took advantage of the opportunity to continuously pour ruthless artillery fire and bombs into the enemy's positions and crowds on the ground, causing huge fireballs to rise into the sky on the battlefield.
Just like that, as time went by, the casualties on both sides began to soar sharply. However, as both sides invested more reserve forces, the situation on the battlefield, which had no winner or loser, began to become stalemate.
stand up.
Both sides are constantly investing new troops and equipment, facing huge pressure, trying to make the other side's camp unable to bear it and collapse.
However……
Finally, when the afterglow of the setting sun filled the battlefield, this fierce street battle finally had to come to an end. After seeing that no one could do anything to help the other and that the soldiers suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted, the commanders of both sides
We had to order our troops to disengage slowly and orderly with a tacit understanding.
then!
At this point, even though there have been cuts and accelerations, the battle video that lasted for about two hours has finally come to an end.
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Then, when she saw that the screen was turned off and that the playback had finished, Ali, who had enjoyed watching and still had some unfinished thoughts, cast an expectant look at Loken, as if to say that she wanted to see more?
"No!"
However, where can I continue watching Loken for two hours?
"Let's get here first today!"
"If you want to see it, I can give you access to the images later. As long as it's not classified, you can go see it yourself when you have time."
With that said, Loken, who ignored Ali's expectant look, first closed the image and restored the light in the office, and then asked with Ali's somewhat regretful and unfinished expression:
"Did you see that?"
"That is the recording of a battle when the main offensive force led by Sejanus, the fourth company commander of our 16th Legion's 'Moon Wolves', attacked the Huagai Star Return Market."
"Fightings like that lasted for several days, and then there were some counter-infiltration..."
"The defensive force was from the First Legion of the Huagai Star's local garrison at that time. It was not the direct line of the Heads of Guard in the Koprulu Sector, nor was it some of the elite troops I had seen."
"But even then, it was almost a tie with the elite main attack troops led by Janus. This shows the advanced technology of Huagai Star and the powerful combat effectiveness of the soldiers!"
"What's even more unbelievable is that...their soldiers are almost all ordinary people?"
"You must have seen that the level of strength they have shown is indeed terrifying. This alone has to make me admire them!"
"That's a formidable group of opponents!"
"To be honest, we were originally going to attack their main base, but until the end, we couldn't even penetrate the Xingui Market. We were blocked outside the ruins and defense lines, and only occupied a few perimeters.
It’s just a line of defense.”
"If their fleet hadn't been too weak, the number of warships that appeared later didn't seem to be a few hundred in total. I'm afraid we would have been defeated by then!"
Having said this, thinking of the standard six-man tactical team he encountered when he was performing the mission, thinking that those six people almost had the same terrifying combat power as his company commander, and thinking of the heavy price paid by the attacking troops at that time, Loken
I couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Then, after sighing and remembering the 'turbulent years', Loken looked at Ali and asked:
"alright!"
"Since you have finished reading it, then..."
"What do you think about this?"
As for what exactly he wanted to do, or what specifically he wanted to ask, it was unclear.
"view?"
"What do you think?"
To be honest, what can Ali think?
Apart from recalling a lot of what she had seen and heard at the mine base just now, which made some of her memories more profound, what else could she think of it?
You know, her sister Anne knew how to take her to eat, drink and have fun every day, but if she hadn't seen the image that Loken showed her today, I'm afraid she wouldn't have known that the combat effectiveness of the Huagai Star Force would be so powerful.
Can you actually compete directly with the Astartes Space Marines?
Moreover, she had just heard that the troops that were fighting against the Astartes 4 Space Marines did not seem to be the strongest main force of the Huagai Star?
Thinking of this, Ali's originally excited heart couldn't help but speed up the pace again.
"Um……"
"That spiked rifle is awesome!"
"Since you have captured the complete CMC armor, then you must also have that kind of spike rifle, right?"
"Can you let me see it?"
Then, after thinking about it, Ali asked directly about the weapons used by the marines.
Although she saw that the other combat equipment in the Huagai Star Force was also very strong, and the empire might have captured a lot of it, but Ali knew that there must be very few of them and it was definitely not something she could intervene in!
However, the kind of spiked rifle that every soldier of the Canopy Star has in hand, the kind of electromagnetic kinetic energy weapon that can directly penetrate or even tear apart the Astartes Space Marines and MKII type power armor, she is really very powerful.
Very interested.
even……
She had already begun to think that if she could get some and equip her resistance forces, the thing where a few looters could sweep through her entire camp would definitely not happen again, right?
If there are just a few special forces of the Astartes Space Marines and a few Reavers, if there are dozens or hundreds of spiked rifles pointed at them, what kind of beautiful scene would it be?
"Don't even think about that kind of thing!"
"Although there are indeed many seized on the battlefield, and there is a lot of inventory on the Vengeful Spirit, but like those CMC armors, those things are encrypted and will be locked soon after being dropped on the battlefield.
It cannot be used directly."
"Although our mechanics have cracked and assembled some, those weapons have been taken away by elite troops in small quantities, and the ammunition is limited. How could they be given to you?"
As he said that, Loken, who probably knew what Ali was planning, gave her an annoyed look.
Then he motioned Ali to sit on the chair in the office and there was no need to continue standing, and then he continued to ask:
"After reading this, do you remember anything?"
"Back then..."
"On the Huagai Star, what other experiences or special things do you have that you can't remember?"
Yes, this is Loken's true purpose.
When he played those scenes just now, he just wanted to deepen and awaken Ali's memory so that he could fully understand all of Ali's experiences on the Canopy Star, and then see if he could find any valuable information or clues from them.
"Something special?"
"No!"
Shaking her head, Ali didn't even know what to say.
"Captain Loken!"
"How many times have you asked this?"
"If I think of it, I will definitely tell you!"
"I promise!"
She finally understood that after so many years, from the beginning when the two parties met, the other party's attitude towards her has always been very strange. He was a little overprotective and accommodating to her without telling her, and then tried hard to make insinuations and get something out of her.
Get an answer to something?
But the problem is: the other party didn't tell her specifically what it was, so even if she wanted to cooperate, there was nothing she could do!
"Still can't remember?"
"Forget it!"
"I'll think of another way..."
After saying that, seeing that Ali really couldn't remember, after pondering for a while, Loken sighed with regret again.
"..."
And Ali simply stayed silent.
Anyway, she herself is not in a hurry, and she thinks that the other party is pretty good like this. At least she will know sooner or later that she can find out the truth of something the other party wants to find out from what the other party does, and here she will
During this period, you can also learn more valuable information from the other party.
For example, today’s video of the battle that took place on the Huagai Star decades ago?
If the other party hadn't taken the initiative to show off, I'm afraid she wouldn't have known that the troops under her sister Anne, the head of state, would be so powerful, right?
Of course, the stronger one is the opponent's weapon!
Coupled with the equally powerful CMC armor, even ordinary people, with a little training and accurate marksmanship, can no longer even look down on god-like warriors like the Astartes. That is undoubtedly the case.
The most suitable weapons and equipment for her resistance soldiers!
It's a pity that she also knew from what Loken just said that if she wanted to get a large number of those captured weapons and equipment, I'm afraid it wouldn't be too easy?
"Right!"
"You may be more familiar with the ordinary troops of the Empire than I am. The kind of warrior association that has been spreading rapidly among the Astartes recently. What is the specific situation among the ordinary troops?"
"Tell me about it?"
Then, Loken suddenly thought of another thing that bothered him, so he asked directly.
"Warrior's Guild?"
"oh!"
While she was slightly surprised, Ali's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up a little, and then she waited for a while before pretending to be calm and said:
"There are some..."
"But it's not serious."
"That was just spread from your Astartes Space Marine Legion. Everyone thought it was very fresh, so it spread."
"Why do you ask? Is there any problem?"
Anyway, Ali would definitely not tell the other party: after she learned about the fact that warrior associations were popular among the Astartes, she took the opportunity to let her people fish in troubled waters, and took advantage of the popular commotion to ruthlessly attack the ordinary Imperial Army.
We have developed a large number of members and the results are indeed quite good.
"nothing……"
"I heard some bad rumors..."
"It seems that the Emperor's various actions in leaving the Great Crusade Fleet and returning to Terra are indeed a sign that the estrangement and misunderstanding between the Astartes brothers is getting wider and wider!"
"never mind!"
"Go back. I'll talk to you another day when I'm free."
After saying that, he sighed, and after failing to obtain any more valuable information from Ali, Loken waved his hand, indicating that Ali could go out.
"..."
Ali stared at the other party silently at first. Knowing that the association must be related to Horus' preparation for rebellion, she thought about it for a while, and finally decided not to say anything, but turned and walked out.
Yes!
She decided to hide it for now. As for how to do it, what to do, and whether she could plan anything, she had not yet decided.
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Chapter completed!