After occupying the orbital station, Soshyan summoned all company commanders and senior members of the battle group and held an impromptu wartime meeting.
The meeting mainly had two contents. The first was to introduce the return of Roglis to everyone. Many people in the war group had almost forgotten that there was this director of the armory.
Especially Yazdan, when he saw Logris wearing a red robe and holding the Ax of the Mechanicus, he couldn't help but give him a hug.
The second content of the meeting is naturally to decide the next step of the war group.
Of course, it stands to reason that since they now occupy orbital space, they can carry out a devastating orbital bombing of the Pai Shang planet, or even directly wipe out the world with an extermination order.
But firstly, it is difficult to ensure that Abaddon has no other means of escape. Secondly, the battle group's mission of finding the flagship must be carried out.
Soshyan later expressed his thoughts.
First of all, the first point is to contact the imperial armed forces who are still resisting on the ground. The focus is to find people who are familiar with the history of the planet to get clues about the entrance to the webway.
The second step is to find a way to close the subspace rift on Pai Shang, which also requires the assistance of local people.
The third is to determine the specific location of Abaddon to facilitate subsequent direct beheading strikes.
Although the main purpose of this operation is to find the flagship, Soshyan, as the loyal leader of the Astartes Chapter of the Empire, must also do everything possible to eliminate Abaddon, the Empire's greatest enemy. The importance of these two tasks
are consistent.
Therefore, finding and saving survivors has become a top priority.
However, the scanning results of the planet are very unoptimistic. Chaotic spiritual energy has filled the planet's atmosphere. It is difficult for any detection equipment to reach the ground directly, and the signals from the ground can only be transmitted to the orbit in pieces. Most of the desperate calls are
And tragic last words.
In the more than a year since the invasion of Pai Lian, the planet has turned into a hell filled with demons. Large demons are fighting with the predatory beasts native to the planet, while smaller demons are constantly attacking various underground explorer fortresses.
.
Although the defenders of the fortress resisted heroically, this resistance was very limited. Fortresses were captured one after another, and even the entire fortress surrendered to the enemy. The survivors inside were either taken back to Attica as slaves, or became
A cultist who aids the evildoers.
After re-reading the scan report, Soshyan chose the Howling Mountains area in the southern part of the planet's main continent, where unidentified clutter signals would appear from time to time - Roglis deduced that they might be some kind of modified civilian communication device.
After that, Soshyan chose to hand over this task to the new 11th Company. In order to maximize their combat effectiveness before the war, all of them had been issued power armor, but there was not enough practice time.
But the current situation means that they can only learn in the flames of war.
In order to ensure the secrecy of this infiltration, Soshyan specially set the operation time at night, and fifty soldiers took five stealth-modified "Silent Eagles" and flew into the predetermined location in batches.
The place where they landed was an explorer fortress marked No. 341. If the area is still under the control of the empire, then the survivors in it will be moved. If it is already occupied, then it will be cleared.
A base of activity.
The mission was quickly assigned, and the soldiers of the 11th Company were ready to begin their first action after putting on power armor.
This operation was led by Talos, so he flew in the first Thunderhawk, while Bahram flew in the last one.
This arrangement made Bahram a little disappointed, but he didn't say anything more.
He has been in the 11th Company for some time, but what can I say——
Most fighters don't like him.
Bang!
The sound of the ramp landing heavily made Bahram wake up. He untied his restraints and looked at the soldiers beside him.
"This is a secret operation. Everyone must remember that it is not a last resort—"
Suddenly, the scream of a chain saw interrupted his words.
The whine from the rotating sawtooth turned into a crunching sound, and Bahram could hear them devouring flesh.
When he walked out of the Thunder Eagle, he saw the silver-gray armor with blue trim, as well as a large amount of blood and broken bodies on the ground.
The cultists with chaos symbols carved on their foreheads were either knocked to the ground or thrown into the air, and every warrior was covered in blood.
Bahram took a moment to adjust himself. This was the mental shock that the 11th Company was most likely to give people, just like this, massacring everyone.
This kind of reckless murderous enthusiasm was completely foreign to Bahram.
But he tried his best to suppress the urge to speak. The battlefield is not a place for mutual accusations. He has explained some truths to these young warriors more than once. He is not sure how much they have listened, but most of the time they only respond with boos or boos.
silence.
In order to prevent himself from thinking about these things, Bahram looked at the fortress not far away.
This can hardly be called a fortress. It is basically a ten-meter-high stone enclosure built along the gentle slope of the mountain. It has a rather primitive feel, but some technological equipment can also be seen, such as broadcasts and searchlights.
Looking along the passage at the main entrance of the castle, a pile of corpses in black robes lay at the end of the road. They were the victims of the brutal attack by the 11th Company.
Later, he also saw the figures of Talos and other warriors, who were entangled in an explosion with a group of heretics wearing black legion armor who emerged from the ruins of the collapsed observation deck.
The battle was fierce and Bahram decided to support them.
"Li Lin!"
As Bahram called his name, Li Lin was dragging a dying man from the floor and cutting the man in half with his chainsword.
This caused Bahram to frown.
"Li Lin!!"
Bahram called again and intensified his tone.
"Get back to the battle quickly, the company commander needs our support."
Li Lin looked back at Bahram.
In an instant, there was nothing but hatred and resentment on his face, and Bahram even felt that he was an enemy in his eyes.
The moment passed, and Bahram appeared in Li Lin's eyes. He shook off the pieces of meat on the chain sword, shook his head again, trying to wipe away the most terrifying blood from his mind, and then called his team to follow.
"Didn't you hear what the deputy company commander said! Everyone is gathered!"
The soldiers gathered quickly, but they all just smiled at the title of deputy company commander. The battle group did not have this title. Talos added it himself. He meant that when he was not present, Bahram had the responsibility of driving company commander.
power.
Of course, most Night Dires sneered at this, and they would not listen to anyone except Talos and the Chapter Master.
"Come to me and move forward!"
Bahram pointed his sword at the entrance of the fortress, but the soldiers passed him directly and rushed forward without saying a word.
In the end, he could only smile bitterly and spread his legs to follow his comrades.