Chapter 2923 (?) The fight started

Chapter 2922 () The fight started

Surprisingly, the final war came faster than Ali expected!

Maybe it's because Horus and others are worried about long nights and dreams, and are worried that their conspiracy will be accidentally exposed?

Or is it some other reason?

Anyway!

The next day, when there were six elite Astartes Space Marine guards from the 10th Company sent by Loken outside the door of her cabin, watching and closely monitoring her every move, she was ordered not to step out of the cabin.

At the first step, the counter-insurgency battle on the planet Istvan III suddenly started.

It is said that the number of soldiers participating in the battle exceeded a hundred companies of Astartes Space Marines drawn from various legions, and the number was nearly a hundred thousand, and it was said that there were countless mortal assistants from the empire.

Legion to follow?

Forget about ordinary Imperial troops, but they were a hundred thousand Astartes Space Marines. Therefore, when she heard the news, Ali knew immediately that Horus Tu had met him.

You know, the entire Sixteenth Legion, the Sons of Horus, only has a few hundred thousand Astartes Space Marines, and some legions with a small number of people even only have three to fifty thousand or tens of thousands more. But now, in order to deal with

A mere ordinary person on the planet Istvan III rebelled, but Horus sent a hundred thousand Astartes. What kind of luxurious scale was that?

Comparing the strength of the two sides, it is easy to say that cannons can kill mosquitoes, let alone countless mortal auxiliary troops to assist.

Therefore, this battle revealed a strong flavor of conspiracy from the beginning.

It's a pity that some people, or it can be said that the vast majority of loyalist officers were completely unaware of this, and ignorantly led the troops to excitedly board the orbital drop pods that could not return, and then when the fleet was not there

On the premise of carrying out orbital strikes against the rebels on the ground in advance, they directly raided various rebel positions and cities on the planet Istvan III with light equipment.

In an instant, endless landing pods fell like meteors...

Facing that number of Astartes Space Marines, there were only a few million mortal rebels on the ground. Apart from the initial anti-landing anti-aircraft shelling that caused damage to the landing pod and some unlucky Astartes,

In addition to casualties, as the orbital module landed, their army of millions collapsed in just a few hours.

Yes, it was a complete rout!

The millions of defenders were defeated by a hundred thousand Astartes Space Marines, losing their combat effectiveness almost in the blink of an eye, and the accompanying Imperial mortal auxiliaries were just following the Astartes.

They were just following behind to help and clean up the battlefield and consolidate the results of the war. They had not contributed much at all from beginning to end.

Immediately afterwards, after the rebels were completely defeated, in the rebel capital of Chant City, a loyalist Astartes officer personally beheaded the traitor Pral. Then, Captain Loken and others

The Sons of Horus captured the strategic fortress of the City of Psalm, the Demon Cry Castle, without much effort.

So, the war basically ended here.

In the eyes of the loyalists Astartes and the Imperial Auxiliaries who had easily won the war, they once again used iron blood and force to declare and defend the dignity of the Empire and the integrity of the territory against the rebels, and at the same time fulfilled their obligations.

Honorable duty.

However……

At this moment, when the ground troops on the surface of Istvan III celebrated their victory and tried to call the warmaster in orbit to prepare for follow-up work, they were surprised and shocked to find:

Their calls did not receive any reply, and all communication channels were suddenly cut off... Not only did they have no way to contact the fleet and warmaster in orbit, they even had no way to contact other places on the ground. Attack forces in other cities.

Less than?

No one knows what happened, and no one has any way to change the situation.

Because they took those orbital drop pods that could not return during the raid. Once those things landed on the ground, there was no way to return to orbit. In addition, in order to prevent the rebel leader from escaping, the Istvan III planet

The aircraft and some star ports were blown to pieces by the fleet two days before the landing. Therefore, at this moment, the Astartes on the ground could not even send people to fly into orbit and inquire about the situation.

Not even there!

Anyway!

The communication between the ground and the fleet on Istvan III was completely interrupted, and the communication on the entire planet fell into silence. The Astartes could only use short-distance communication at the city level, and they couldn't do it any further.

For external contacts, we can only send people to use various vehicles and means of transportation to transmit some of the most basic information.

Those warriors obviously could not have imagined that everything was actually man-made, and the initiator was not anyone but the Warmaster Horus, whom they respected most in their hearts, and the primarchs of their respective legions!

Fortunately!

And at this critical moment, in orbit, Captain Tarvez of the loyalist 'Emperor's Children' legion, who was already puzzled by the battle plan of the landing raid, noticed that there was something going on on the planet Istvan III.

Due to the abnormal situation, he also discovered the shocking fact that he could not contact friendly forces on the ground.

You know, he had long discovered that from the very beginning of this battle, almost no one of Fulgrim's trusted soldiers participated in the battle, and the participating troops were all randomly selected from various legions and large companies, not the normal ones.

In addition, this battle used drop pods instead of the better and more suitable Thunderhawk gunships or Stormbird landing craft. Finally, there were still too many Astartes Space Marines invested this time.

More...

All of the above made Tavitz feel that something was wrong from the beginning.

In his opinion, that kind of combat plan cannot be answered by the kind of 'psychological shock' or 'thunder strike' that Warmaster Horus said. It is a complete waste of troops and chaotic command, even if any one

It's a stupid mistake that no qualified commander would make, let alone a warmaster.

Therefore, before he was about to attack, out of all the doubts and incomprehensions in his heart, and because he felt that there was no need to mobilize so many troops, he felt that one more person would not be more, and one less person would not be less, so he gave up on his own initiative.

Instead of losing the glory of the spearhead force, he stayed on the battleship and assumed the responsibility of liaison with the ground.

Similarly, Captain Garro of the Death Guard Corps, for some similar reasons, stranded his troops in the light cruiser Eisenstein in orbit.

Now, just when the fleet was ordered by Warmaster Horus to block the communications of the planet Istvan III, Captain Tarviz, as the communications liaison officer, immediately realized that the terrible thing he was most worried about

The matter was confirmed.

The arrangement of Warmaster Horus and the strange raid method were all to betray those Astartes Space Marines and let them all die on that planet, including him!

Although he didn't know why the Warmaster and the Primarchs did what they did, out of his sense of responsibility and the comradeship cultivated by spending time with those soldiers, he decisively told Captain Garro the truth about the matter.

Then, he brazenly took action to seize a Thunderhawk gunship and immediately launched a forced assault landing on the Anthem City on the planet Istvan III below.

After receiving Captain Tarvez's statement, Captain Garro, who had always felt that something was not right about the situation, was horrified and made a prompt decision to immediately lead the loyal Astartes under his command.

The Space Marines took action brazenly, directly attacking and seizing command of the Eisenstein!

Then, he quickly directed the battleship to sail towards the cover of the Thunderhawk driven by Captain Tarvitz, and tried his best to cover the opponent, shooting down all the space fighters sent to try to intercept Captain Tarvitz.

at the same time!

He also used clear text communication through the Eisenstein light cruiser to warn the entire mixed fleet of the news that Horus was plotting rebellion and preparing to destroy one hundred thousand Astartes loyalists who had landed on the planet, so that War Commander Horus could

Without realizing it, Ruth himself poked a huge hole in the opponent's plan that he originally thought was perfect.

then!

When the news spread throughout the entire fleet, and when the rebels on the Chaos side saw the opportunity and launched an early attack, chaos began to spread rapidly throughout the entire mixed fleet.

Many loyalist Astartes who stayed on the ship for various reasons, or those who wavered and did not immediately join the warrior association, were shocked and angry, and took up their weapons to confront those who wanted to see them.

And their former colleagues and comrades-in-arms who tried to attack and eliminate them launched a tragic counterattack.

It is even said that there were many internal explosions and chaos in the macro gun deck of the flagship Vengeful Spirit, the important engine deck, and even some logistics decks. Many unknown mortal auxiliary troops began to get involved in the chaos?

Anyway!

At this moment, when Horus's conspiracy was discovered, the entire mixed fleet began to be more or less chaotic inside and outside, causing many people and battleships to fight without distinction.

Among them, the frigate ‘Baby Bird’ where Ali is located is certainly not an exception!

Those who were sent by Loken to stay on the battleship to guard her were suddenly surprised by the raider rebels from Abaddon's company, which caused a short period of confusion and casualties. They soon came to their senses.

came and started fighting with those cunning first company raiders. The two sides began to fight crazily and compete for control of the battleship.

Then, of course, after learning that it was Horus and the other Primarchs who had conspired to rebel, and seeing that their colleagues and comrades were attacked by the rebel squad and the enemies were all killed, the few who were originally guarding outside Ali's gate

The elite Starters immediately left their posts and joined in the fierce battle to attack the rebels and fight for control of the battleship.

Zila——!

At this moment, just a few minutes after the chaos in the frigate "Baby Bird" began to spread, Ali walked out of her cabin wearing that majestic CMC armor, holding a spike rifle and a chain sword.

Ta! Ta! Ta!

Ta! Ta! Ta! Ta!

Then, when she saw a team of Marauders not far from her cabin fighting fiercely with the few Astartes warriors who had been guarding Loken's men before, she immediately used it like a thief.

The sneak attacks from behind crushed the rebels in the raider squads into a sieve.

Of course, because her marksmanship was not very good, it was inevitable that she would leave one or two bullet holes or bloody bullet holes on the bodies and arms of Loken's soldiers.

But at least, she successfully eliminated all the marauders, and none of Loken's men died.

"What are you looking at?"

"Why don't you hurry up and eliminate those chaotic rebels?"

"Are you waiting for them to come to you?"

Then, seeing the few Loken men who were almost injured by her accidentally standing there looking at her in a daze and confusion, Ali smiled, and then immediately glared back at them with dissatisfaction, and then said:

That commanding tone signaled them to get down to business quickly.
To be continued...