Warhammer Inquisitor Chapter 158

  Chapter 158 Destruction Storm: An Elegy of Loyalty, the curtain is about to fall

The knocking sound of the mechanical keyboard echoed endlessly in the huge semi-circular command bridge, and the sound of the explosion outside the window was not harsh and unbearable under the effective sealing glass of the Shanzhen, but more like The thunder in the sky was vague and low.

But the battle outside is real, not a illusory dream. The flickering firelight illuminates the golden armor of Captain Galadon. He is wearing a red cloak and walking on the arc-shaped deck of the bridge. His eyes looked at the flying artillery fire outside, the explosion and the wreckage of the ship filled the air, and the explosion lit up on the void shield one by one.

But they are safe and sound, as if they are enjoying a grand show, an epic galactic war hologram, just like the favorite filming of the Imperial propaganda department, the magnificent picture, the epic of the hero, and the greatness of the Empire And invincible.

   But Galadon didn't believe those propaganda rhetoric. He knew that the war was not so easy to win. If they didn't actively respond and win with all their strength, then the war would not be absolute. He knew this very well.

The company commander walked to the fire control weapon station on the side of the command bridge. The implanted crew member with the cable socket plugged into his head was quickly operating the advanced equipment in front of him. The thinker machine servant beside him was wet. The software whispers incomprehensibly, as if calculating and running programs in binary.

"Report the situation, Second Lieutenant." Company Commander Galadon stood behind and said. The Second Lieutenant glanced at the company commander and did not stand up to salute, because Galadon had clearly requested that all redundant red tape in combat need to be temporarily put on hold to deal with the situation. abandoned.

"Reporting to the company commander, the mountain array is running well, all parts are running efficiently, the reactor temperature is stable, and the transmission system is running well." "What about the weapon array? And the ammunition situation." "Good operation, company commander, sufficient ammunition reserves, praise Emperor, we have long stockpiled enough ammunition on the hills."

Galadon nodded slightly, "Where's the void shield? Is it enough energy?" Wear a void shield."

"Very good." Galadon said, intending to turn around and leave, but was stopped by another group of people on the command position, who was standing in the sunken work area under the central trestle of the command bridge, where he He waved to the captain.

"Captain Galadon! You must look at this!" shouted the duty officer of the bird divination team. Galadon nodded slightly to the fire control officer and the surrounding operators, and then walked to the upper deck of the bird divination operation team at the edge.

  The tall giant overlooked the operators in the concave work area below, "Report the situation, Lieutenant." Galadon said coldly, and the officer on duty nodded slightly and pressed the back of one subordinate's seat.

  The company commander pointed to the screen in front of him and said, "The bird's radar of the mountain array scanned a giant object approaching. Its size is very large, almost the same as a satellite."

   "Have you identified the target?" The company commander frowned and asked, and the officer nodded affirmatively, "To identify, it is the Eternal Will of the Blackstone Fortress. According to the data, it has been taken by Chaos."

"Is the system functioning normally, lieutenant." Galadon quickly realized the seriousness of the situation. He knew that the subspace cannon of Eternal Will could tear apart planets, and even overload the sun and stars to cause supernova explosions. He had participated in the Gothic War , have witnessed its terrible power.

   "According to the scanning of the Eye of Truth bird divination carried by the mountain array, all the systems of the Blackstone Fortress have been offline, and the reactor has been completely extinguished, but it is still advancing towards Cadia under the push and traction of the Chaos Fleet behind."

"The Chaos Fleet is like dragging away a scrapped Leman Russ tank, mobilizing dozens of large battleships equipped with heavy-duty propellers to drag the Blackstone Fortress towards Cadia, and its speed has already accelerated the Blackstone Fortress It has reached 10% of the speed of light, and it is still increasing by inertia! It is expected to reach the Cadia orbit within a few hours."

   "Commander, we speculate that Chaos is going to attack." "Smash Cadia with the Blackstone Fortress, yes, Lieutenant, I have seen the green-skinned orcs use giant meteorites for this attack many times."

   Galadon said with an ugly face. He watched the officer be silent for a moment, and then calmly asked without the slightest panic, "Can we destroy Blackstone Fortress?"

"Unfortunately, without the company commander, the firepower carried by the Mountain Array cannot destroy the Blackstone Fortress. In fact, the alien shell of the Blackstone Fortress cannot be destroyed by the imperial navy currently present. At best, we can only penetrate the surface armor, but The fortress cannot be destroyed."

"And even if we can destroy it, the shattered Blackstone Fortress itself will turn into countless giant fragments, and its impact on Cadia will also destroy the entire surface of the continent." The technician who was calculating in front of the officer added, he He raised his head and looked at the company commander.

"Can't we destroy the fleet to stop the advance of Blackstone Fortress?" Galadon asked, and the technician shook his head, "It can't be done, sir, the Chaos Fleet and Blackstone Fortress are beyond our range of fire, and Blackstone Fortress is currently closed. Entering the inertial navigation stage, destroying the Chaos fleet will not help."

"We suggest giving up Cadia immediately! Organize the retreat quickly, otherwise the Blackstone Fortress will hit the planet with an impact force close to half the speed of light. The disaster will be completely uncountable, everything on Cadia will be destroyed, and we and the Imperial Navy will not be able to intercept it."

"And once the defenders on Cadia are destroyed and the orbital defense array in the bastion is destroyed, the fall of Cadia is a foregone conclusion. We will not be able to prevent Chaos from occupying the planet, let alone regain it! And there will be More Chaos follow-on forces arrive, and we and the Imperial Navy will be surrounded."

   "Order, company commander." The lieutenant looked at Galadon, and everyone looked over and waited for the order.

The company commander was silent for a moment, then raised his head and looked at the communication group with certainty, "Contact the ground immediately! Inform them that the Blackstone Fortress is about to hit Cadia, and immediately organize a retreat! Inform all Imperial Navy ships, and be ready to cover the evacuation fleet and leave Cadia." Dia Orbit!"

   "Lord of the castle!" The adjutant yelled and ran to Creed. They were in a half-destroyed bunker. Half of the roof here had been lifted, but the whole was still quite strong.

   Creed looked at the battlefield outside, and the battle situation had stabilized. With the arrival of unexpected reinforcements, the entire battlefield had gradually stabilized, and the imperial coalition forces firmly controlled the front line.

  The Battle Sisters and the Cadia Warriors, in cooperation with the Death Legion Warriors, are cleaning the flanks and protecting the rear of the Space Marines, while the Supermen are also advancing at full speed to fight Chaos back. Everything seems to be going so smoothly.

  Creed turned his head and looked at the hurried adjutant, "What's wrong? You made a fuss." "You must listen to this officer!"

The adjutant handed the communication walkie-talkie to Creed. This satellite phone is larger than ordinary communicators, but it is precisely because of this that it is equipped with powerful signal transmission equipment, which can pass through interference and directly communicate with the navy in orbit. .

Creed took the walkie-talkie, and his eyes gradually widened when he heard the broadcast inside. He looked at the adjutant and was silent for a moment, "Have you verified it?" Company Commander Dun personally made the broadcast and alarm, we must notify the Living Saint and the adults!"

  Creed cursed in a low voice, handed the walkie-talkie to the soldiers on one side, and then strode out of the bunker. The adjutant followed behind him, and they boarded an open Salamander armored personnel carrier parked beside the fort.

"Commander, do you know the location of the living saint and the space fighters?" Creed asked, the commander wearing the armored cap turned his head and took off the earphones, he nodded slightly, "Yes, Lord, their location It is updated in real time so that we can provide support and adjust the direction of attack."

"Take us there immediately, hurry up." Creed said, the captain watched the castle master sitting in the crew room and exchanged glances with the co-pilot, and then started the armored car skillfully, and the rumbling engine began to roar .

  The adjutant sat in front of Creed, nervously watching the artillery fire outside, "Master, what do you think?" "Yes, Hal."

Celestine cut down a traitor space warrior with a single sword. She stepped on the traitor's corpse and looked at the surrounding battlefield. The space warriors are pushing Chaos back together with mortal soldiers. Those warriors from the era of the Great Crusade, Is counter-advancing at full speed with the Shadow Master.

Especially the shadow master, who is as smooth as chopping melons and vegetables in the army of chaos, killing traitors and demons like entering no one's land, and lightning claws continue to cut through armor and flesh, bringing death. wild dance.

  Celestine looked at Kahn who was coming from a distance. He was covered in blood and carrying a chain saw axe. Behind Celestine, the captain of the Guards of the Imperial Army with a halberd also appeared.

  He walked past Celestine holding a halberd, he walked slowly towards Kahn, and Kahn himself walked over, the two approached each other, as if an epic battle was about to be staged.

   But the latter stopped. He tilted his head and seemed to be listening to what was said in the communicator. After cursing in a low voice, he glanced at the captain of the shield guard and turned away.

The World Eaters around him also followed the champion of Khorne and retreated to the periphery. Not only them, all the Chaos Space Marines were slowly retreating, as if retreating on their own initiative, only the demons were still attacking with all their strength, as if they were covering them.

Celestine turned his head, the little angel wiped off the blood on his armor, looked at Creed who jumped off the open-top salamander, he and his adjutant ran over, and the castle master quickly came to Celestine Sting saluted.

"My lord, Captain Galadon on the mountain formation issued a warning. Abaddon tried to hit Cadia with the Blackstone Fortress. They could not intercept and destroy it. The impact of the Blackstone Fortress would destroy Cadia. The company commander demanded an immediate evacuation. "

   Celestine frowned, but she knew that Creed was not joking, he looked at Celestine quite seriously, without any intention of joking.

The living saint was silent for a moment, then looked at the sky of war above his head, and then lowered his head to look at Creed in front of him, "Someone must stay, after the end, Abaddon must order the demon army to contain us, in order to use the Blackstone Fortress to capture us Catch them all."

  Demons don't really die anyway, they'll be resurrected in the warp, so Abaddon just withdrew all the Chaos Space Marines, leaving the demons behind.

"The people left behind will undoubtedly die. He must cover us to go to the dock and organize the evacuation." The shield captain Derantius said, looking at the surrounding battlefield, he was extremely calm. Keep calm everywhere, and the company commander learned it well.

Creed nodded slightly, and seemed to have made a decision, "I will lead the Eighth Regiment and the Cadia soldiers to stay, and you will take the civilians in the city and the young people of the White Shield Army to evacuate, and leave for Cadia. Light the fire and go to the dock, where several large starships are docked all year round."

  It is ironic to say that based on Cadia's own population size and its scale, it is almost impossible to organize a planet-level retreat, but now Cadia's population is no longer one in ten.

  And most of them are assembled in the big bastion, the evacuation ships can quickly lift off, and directly enter the empty dock of the mountain array, and place the refugees there into the huge mountain array, and then take it to jump and evacuate.

   "My troops and I will also stay and be loyal to the emperor." The commander of the death army who came silently said, wearing a gas mask, and said in a cold voice.

  He looked at the living saint and the captain of the imperial army, and nodded slightly, "We should have died for the emperor, and it is not too late to make up for it now."

   Celestine looked at the two people in front of her, nodded slightly after a moment of silence, she made a sky eagle salute to the two, and the captain of the shield guard also saluted with a spear.

The two mortal heroes immediately knelt down and bowed to the two envoys of the Emperor. Celestine helped them up and looked at them with a long sigh, "I will tell him about your sacrifice today, and he will definitely learn by heart."

   "This is our greatest honor, my lord." Creed said.

Celestine and the Captain of the Shield Guards turned and walked towards the Great Bastion. The Commander of the Shield Guards skillfully issued the order, which was transmitted to the earphones of every Space Marine and White Shield recruit through the battlefield communication. They quickly obeyed the Emperor's personal guard. They began to retreat steadily. Although the white shields of Cadia were a little confused, they still obeyed the order firmly as soldiers.

   Creed watched them leave, then turned his head to watch the demon army in front of him pull out his bolter, and Commander Krieger beside him also pulled out his power sword.

  The two stood side by side, their adjutants held up fluttering banners, and the banners of the Krieg Death Legion and the Cadia Legion fluttered on the ground, fluttering on their stalwart backs.

   That was the end of an era, the last prelude to a loyal elegy.

  (end of this chapter)

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