Dante didn't have too many polite words after that, he just got straight to the point.
"The situation is not optimistic. We have achieved some victories against the greenskins and compressed them to the main continent, but we cannot shake the foundation. They are still huge in number and have huge war machines. We suffer from insufficient air power and cannot completely restrict them.
green skin activities, it
They also continued to harass us from the equatorial jungle, which restrained many of our troops."
Then, Dante called up a holographic map, and Randall began to introduce it in detail.
"All the hives in the main continent have fallen, and only two hives are still holding on, Hades and Helrichs. The person in charge of Hades is political commissar Yaric, who organized the defense force here.
, it is said that he reached an agreement with many gangs in the hive city to jointly defend the hive city. What is incredible is that he really organized a ragged army. The green skin's continuous shelling and onslaught did not occupy it, but the city's
Supplies are running out and people are surviving on rats and insects."
"It's not easy. This political commissar is a talented person."
Dante sighed and gave a mortal a very high evaluation. The nearby scribe quickly recorded it. This kind of thing is rare.
"Yes, it is said that the greenskin warlord... According to intelligence, it seems to be called Bonecrusher. It once personally directed the offensive against Hades' nest. The greenskins tried all imaginable tactics, such as airborne elite assaults.
The team went to the top of the hive, mobilized super siege artillery, and even installed a ground-shaking device on the super giant Gangad. But every time, Commissar Yarrick could find a countermeasure. He asked the pipe repairman to bring hot melt
The welding gun sneaked into the ventilation ducts to ambush the greenskin commandos, and transformed all the hive's public transportation vehicles into suicide attack weapons, used to destroy the greenskin siege weapons."
"Where's Halesridge?"
"Helsreich's resistance was equally resolute. Everyone from the commander to the citizens swore to hold on to the end. They were inspired by Hades' hive and adopted enemy-baiting tactics. They abandoned the outer city and instead ambush the greenskins in the complex streets of the hive.
, the street fighting between the two sides was extremely brutal, and it was said that there were hundreds of thousands of casualties every day. The remaining super-heavy tanks in the city were turned into transport vehicles to evacuate the people to the military port. However, due to insufficient vehicles, many civilians chose to stay on the front line.
, they used homemade weapons, with explosives strapped to their bodies, to rush into the orcs' positions and then detonate them. The driver of the giant crane also welded the cockpit door shut and started a life-and-death struggle with Gangad, but it is said that the greenskins
The siege of the hive city has been stepped up and a large number of psykers have been mobilized."
"Argiddon is indeed a place of heroes. The people here are strong and determined, so we cannot hesitate."
Dante turned to his herald.
"The original plan of taking a day off was changed and everyone only had 10 hours."
"yes."
Dante walked to the map and carefully looked at the terrain of Armageddon.
"From a location perspective, Halesridge is the largest port in Armageddon. If it is defended, it will be very conducive to the mobilization of follow-up troops."
Then, he turned and looked at Randall.
"What do you think?"
"Yes, Halesridge is indeed more important, but Hades Hive also attracts a large number of greenskin troops. If we lose either of them, it may cause the situation to collapse further."
"I mentioned the issue of air supremacy before. This time we are also coming with the Ninth Task Force of the Sun Star Domain. How about we open a gap in the air first?"
"This is best. Once we regain air supremacy, we can make full use of air transport to provide support to both hives."
"Then it's decided, first suppress the greenskin's air power, and then support the two hives at the same time."
Ten hours later, the empire-led counterattack began.
The first is a large-scale orbital bombing, mainly targeting the outer positions of the green skin siege and the determined location of the green skin airport.
At the same time that Armageddon's orbit was filled with lances and orbital artillery fire, the naval pilots of the 119th Battle Group of the Imperial Navy rushed towards their fighters, and the Blood Angels' fighter formation also began to warm up.
According to the plan, in order to ensure the status of the fighter jets, they will all enter the atmosphere via transport aircraft, and the first batch of intra-atmospheric transport aircraft will pass through the war zone and enter the low outer atmosphere of Armageddon under the cover of Thunderhawks and Storm Crows.
The fighter formation will be divided into two groups and enter the battle: Predator bombers will serve as the first attack wave to bomb the Greenskin siege position at Armageddon, destroying the ground defense system and war machines there, and a squadron of Lightning fighters will provide them with
Under cover, another formation of Predator bombers will attack Halesridge and destroy the greenskin offensive under the cover of fighters.
The plan went smoothly at first. The transport ship's void shield was engulfed by fire. The plasma ejected by the ship fought against the planet's gravity, and finally they reached the planet's upper thermal ionosphere.
Then the airlocks on the ship's hull opened, revealing row after row of aircraft, launch rails and gravity supports extending into Armageddon's thin upper atmosphere, and then hundreds of Imperial fighters and bombers roared toward the world below.
Come.
The greenskins were obviously not unprepared. When the air attack came, various anti-aircraft guns and missiles poured firepower into the sky.
Some Imperial aircraft were overturned by explosions or disintegrated by ground fire, but most of the fighters still pounced on their targets under the cover of orbital fire.
Lightning fighters circled left and right at the edge of the bomber group. The pilots adopted a standard Skyhawk attack formation. Below them were three squadrons of Predator bombers, which bombed the ground at an altitude of several thousand meters above the ground.
At the same time, the green-skinned counterattacks ensued, and various strange-shaped fighter jets appeared from the hidden wasteland airport. Their red shells were particularly eye-catching in the sunlight.
A brutal air battle broke out.
While thousands of fighter planes were locked in a dogfight, the Predator bombers began their final sprint.
At the edge of the Halesridge hive, anti-aircraft guns raked the sky. Tracer bullets poured out by the greenskins from captured Hydra anti-aircraft vehicles, accompanied by the bright flash of laser cannons, and missiles smashed into the incoming bombers.
The Predators moved forward like flying tanks under fierce fire. Their shells were scarred by bombs, and the surrounding air was filled with explosions. Some were hit by missiles, others were cut in half by lasers, but most of them were cut in half by missiles.
bombers were already buzzing over the city.
Then, dozens of bomb bay doors opened in perfect synchronization, and thousands of tons of guided bombs and cluster bombs rained down on the area where the greenskins gathered.
This arid and hot port city changed instantly. The dust-covered imperial buildings and adobe neighborhoods were completely engulfed in flames. The attack lasted for a long time until the entire outer area of the city was almost turned into burning ruins.