Warhammer Inquisitor Chapter 457

  Chapter 457 Rising from the Ashes: Redeployment

The bitter cold wind howled at the top of the arched hangar, it blew on the flying flag, and then brought it down on the concrete floor below, the flag fluctuated with the wind and finally landed on the white frost on the ground.

A pair of boots fell on the side of the flag, and the man in a green coat looked down at the flag that fell to the ground. It was crumpled into a ball like a rag, and the Chaos symbol symbolizing heresy and depravity was also folded on it. It's almost impossible to see what it looks like.

The man raised his head and looked up at the hangar above his head. Several soldiers surrounded the fallen flagpole with their guns on their backs. The top of the airport.

That is the flag of victory, which means that everything here has fallen into the control of the Kriegs. The man looked at the flag, and behind him a stormtrooper with a gun stopped a few steps away, "Ai Inquisitor Senhorn, the Grand Marshal is waiting for you, they are almost here."

Eisenhorn nodded to the soldiers. He tightened his coat on his chest, then turned and walked towards the runway of the airport. He passed through the wide open space of the airport, where many armored vehicles, tanks, and self-propelled artillery were parked. and super-heavy siege guns towed by giant tracked tractors.

The Inquisitor walked under the towering cannon. He passed straight through the Kriegs and Inquisition Stormtroopers operating on the airport. Some of them were carrying military supplies, while others were wielding shovels to clean The rubble left by the attack and the enemy's body were also thrown into the truck by the runway with the joint efforts of several people.

A hand fell out of the bed of the truck. Eisenhorn pushed the hand away and walked past the side of the truck. After stepping out from the back of a passing truck dragging a howitzer, he came to Broad on the hard airport runway.

   came to the hard concrete runway.

The generalissimo of the Krieger Legion has been waiting here for a long time. In order to welcome the coming guests, he specially changed the dirty coat on his body that was stained by many days of war. Now he looks more like A real general.

   "Generalissimo." Eisenhorn walked up to the Krieger and whispered softly, and the latter nodded slightly to him, "Inquisitor." "Where are they?" "At the airport."

  The Krieg replied simply, even a bit too simple, but there was no need to ask any more. Eisenhorn raised his head and looked up at the falling sparks in the sky above him. It was a meteor shower that rushed straight down from the sky.

They broke through the dark clouds raised by days of shelling and explosions from the sky, and flew down from the sky with long fire tails. When they flew close, Eisenhorn could see the Stormbird fighters clearly. Their bright propellers let the They hovered above the runway, and a huge air current was lifted from the ground, blowing the hair on the judge's forehead.

His eyes shed tears uncontrollably in the strong wind, he was forced to close his eyes to block the strong wind attack, but Marshal Krieger beside him did not have this trouble, he was wearing a gas mask, the lens It blocked the rushing wind for him, allowing him to watch the falling silver fighter plane.

  The shuttle, like a silver drop, descended from the sky, and slowly descended from the Stormbirds circling around. The landing gear at the end protruded from the smooth belly of the fuselage, and collided with the hard runway of the airport.

Eisenhorn heard the sound of the cabin door opening, he opened his eyes, and saw a person coming out of the cabin door under the gust of wind, he was wearing a low-key black court coat, shaking in the wind Under his coat, a bolter and a long sword with a phoenix hilt were exposed.

He stood at the door of the cabin, looking at Eisenhorn and Marshal Krieger on the runway below. The latter stood at attention and saluted him without hesitation, and the Kasherzin commandos with guns behind them also raised their guns. saluted him with his gun.

The man also saluted them, and then walked down the cabin door of the fighter plane. His coat kept shaking in the violent wind blowing overhead. Eisenhorn nodded, "Hello, Eisenhorn, long time no see."

"You too, Mr. Vito, or should I call you Marshal?" Eisenhorn smiled slightly sarcasticly, and Vito couldn't help but smile when he saw him. He waved at the storm bird above his head. Waving his hand, with the wave of his finger, the hunting group in the air immediately turned around and roared towards the distance outside the airport wall.

After seeing the other four Astartes, they got out of the silver shuttle. They stood behind Vito, like several towering peaks, silently emphasizing to everyone the low-key man in front of him. authority.

"Okay, let's skip the greetings, Grand Marshal, please introduce the situation to us." "Yes, my lord, please follow me." Marshal Krieger turned and walked to the other end of the runway. The following Stormtroopers immediately lined up on both sides, making way for Vito and the accompanying Astartes.

  Bulky giants walked on the runway. Their tall figures quickly attracted the attention of everyone on the airport. The Kriegers and Stormtroopers on both sides of the runway knelt down on one knee and bowed their heads to them.

  Astarte followed Vito across the airport runway, and soon came to the tall hangar at the end, and entered under the tall metal dome through the huge hatch opened at the door.

It seems that this place has been transformed into a temporary headquarters. In the huge dock originally designed to park starships, there are a large number of military tents, generators and pipelines extending around. Radar antennas stand on the higher corridors and on the steps.

The sound of ticking transmitters and decoding came from the tent, and under the canvas of the military tent, the Kriegers came and went, shuttling among the many tents here, passing on information and the latest orders. The tens of millions of Krieger legions have obtained all the necessary instructions and suggestions from here.

A huge tactical map table was placed in the open space between the tents. Its surface projected a holographic image of the planet, and the jumping red labels on it meant Krieger's military units. They were densely covered in On the topographic map, the long battle line stretches all the way to the horizon.

  Vito and the four Astartes came to the table, they looked at the map in front of them, Marshal Krieger immediately started his introduction.

"We have broken through all the outer lines of defense of the Chaos rebels, as well as a part of the middle direction. According to the latest news we have received, with the help of the newly arrived Astartes Legion, the 2nd Assault Army has broken through the Sero Heights, and Arrived at the foot of the walls of the Vlasov fortress."

  Vito looked at the marshal's fingers, and nodded with his hands folded on his chest, "It seems that Olaf and the others are progressing smoothly. What about other theaters? Has the Astartes arrived?"

The marshal nodded slightly, and he pulled the palm of his hand on the map table, and then showed the surrounding front with the Vlasov Fortress as the core, "In the east, the 21st Army has captured the 701 Heights with the help of the Dark Angels, and has broken through The fort's entire fire blockade in this area will be reached in the near future, and the Devon River will be reached in the near future, and an offensive will be launched across the river tomorrow."

"In the southwest direction, the 9th Armored Army, the Huitong "Meat Grinder" 6th Army, captured the city of Moz in the early hours of this morning, and with the help of the Imperial Fist, withstood the demon's counterattack. The follow-up troops are following up, the Legion It is planned to break through the Sokmum River defense line within three days."

The marshal then pointed to the south, where a large group of beating beacons were densely covered, "The legion reserve team has arrived at the line from Cologne to the Lady's Lane. The siege artillery has already cast the concrete base of the heavy artillery. According to the order of the legion, it will be launched at two o'clock in the morning today. Bombardment begins, and at dawn 20 corps of the Army of the South will begin the "Emperor's Offensive" with the aim of destroying the middle of the rebel front."

  Vito rested his chin, and looked at the long battle line on the map in front of him. He didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, but more like an old, calm and skilled chess player on the edge of the chessboard. "How are the casualties so far?"

   "7.41 million casualties, the latest battle report is still in the statistics, but the Legion believes that the casualties are still within the expected range, and the attack will continue." The marshal said calmly.

Staring at the map in front of him, Vito raised his head and tapped his fingers on the armor on his chest, "Krieger is the emperor's currency, let them use it in more important places. Now, I will adjust the deployment, staff, record .”

Vito raised his hand and said to the Krieger on the side. The latter immediately stood at attention and took out a notebook from behind his waist, but he was pressed down just as he was about to record it. Grand Marshal Krieger stood by the table He nodded slightly to Vito.

The latter raised his eyebrows slightly, and then looked at the Astartes behind him, "I will make the following adjustments. The shelling of the southern theater will start at ten o'clock tonight, and the Krieger siege artillery regiment will be increased from 3 to 8. , In addition, the 17th Regiment of Valhalla and the 28th Regiment of the eldest son of the Expeditionary Army were added to concentrate all artillery to bombard the southern front.

   "Loken, the Shadowmoon Wolf is going to strengthen the southern line. All your legions will go in and cooperate with Krieger's legion to break through the chaotic front. After breaking through, stop at 30 kilometers in front of the city wall, and don't cross the limit line."

Loken nodded in response, and Vito then turned to the east side of the map behind him, "Lancelot, you did not move when the southern offensive began. Two days later, the Southern Army Corps launched a fierce attack within six hours after reaching the limit line. My subordinate Give you three Titan legions, break through the Devon River within an hour, then hit the city wall, fight until within the range of the Titans, and then stop."

As he spoke, he raised the back of his hand to the star warrior in yellow armor, and the latter also looked over immediately, "Eisenstein, attack immediately after the end of the eastern offensive, and I will call Bell's Ultramarines to fully cooperate with you , and additionally sent 4 congregations of battle nuns, 6 brigades of Mechanicus cataracts, the 2nd Army of Cadia and all the local Krieger Legion to attack with all their strength, break through the enemy's defense line within half an hour, detour to the north, and move closer Lancelot."

"I'll give you three general cannons. Remember, you must hit the highest point of the fortress when you fire the cannons. Let the rebel bishop and the Chaos commander see the general cannons, and then let the heavy artillery move north. Afterwards, the Lancelot Legion resumes attacking. Eisenstein's army stormed the city wall with all their strength, creating signs of a feint on the southern front and a main attack on the eastern front."

Vito said that his eyes were looking to the west like an eagle, and he suddenly pointed in that direction, "The real main attack is placed in the west. Ragnar and the 8th Assault Army will not move for three days and remain silent. When the battle in the east begins Immediately attack the fortress wall, let the east and south attract the attention of Chaos, and really focus on the west."

"Immediately after breaking through the city wall, the gap was widened. The 2nd Army rushed in lightly, and began street fighting to disrupt the internal defenses of Chaos. It must be as lively as possible. The space wolf directly attacked the central area of ​​the fortress, forcing the rebel bishop to call back the outer troops to save lives, and then The troops from all the defense lines in the east, west, north and south pressed up, tore up their chaotic defense lines, and then launched a general offensive."

   "Repeat it again." Vito suddenly turned to Marshal Krieger and said, who raised his head.

   "Strengthen artillery firepower on the southern front, advance the offensive, and strengthen the offensive to create a false impression. Three days later, the southeastern front will start attacking, creating multiple false attacks to mobilize the enemy's main force, and the west will be the main attack. Take advantage of this to break into the fortress and force the enemy to come back for reinforcements before attacking across the board."

"very good."

   Vito stood up in front of the map, put one hand behind his back, and made his signature gesture, "Now that the order is clear, let's act."

  (end of this chapter)

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