The Empire's territory encompassed endless stars. In this dark and terrifying distant future, there was only endless war.
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Gu Hang, having become a Planetary Governor, became the...
Chapter 926, White Wolf
Zakaria felt very irritated.
For him, this operation must be successful and the things must be obtained.
But at the same time, he also understood that this so-called alliance was strong.
In the past, when he was collecting 'things' from all over the place, he had dealt with and fought with the Alliance.
Generally speaking, the human side has not yet fully understood the goal of the Disaster Fleet, and before the Disaster Fleet takes the initiative to attack, they don't know how to discover the so-called "thing".
This means that the Sea Disaster Fleet often has a particularly great first-mover advantage.
They arrive suddenly, attack suddenly, grab things and run away, leaving a mess behind... this is their mode of action.
And it works every time.
Without knowing exactly what the Disaster Fleet was going to do, the Alliance really had no way to respond during the Dark Side Expedition.
This is also the key factor that allows the Disaster Fleet to always succeed frequently.
Nevertheless, the few times he went deep into the heart of the Alliance and visited the worlds that were already controlled by the Alliance left him with a deep impression of the Alliance's army's combat effectiveness and will.
What is even more different is the attitude of the alliance.
In other imperial worlds, the Disaster Fleet would fire a single shot and then flee, leaving behind a mess, but the first reaction of ordinary human imperial rulers is often to be thankful.
After all, the enemy is gone. Even if the present is devastated and it will take a long time to recover, at least the enemy is gone and there is no need to worry.
The alliance is different.
Behind the strong desire for revenge lies the deep disgust towards the Disaster Fleet's behavior of destroying the results of its own construction.
If there is really no other way, then forget it. As long as there is an Alliance fleet near the disaster-stricken planet, they will definitely launch a pursuit and try to eliminate the enemy who dared to invade.
Even a small-scale Alliance fleet is no match for the Disaster Fleet. They will often choose to follow and harass it, especially when the Disaster Fleet tries to jump into the subspace to leave, they will often come up and try their best to stop it.
The purpose was to buy time for the large fleet that was on the way to support to arrive.
The Disaster Fleet, annoyed by the entanglement, had no choice but to turn around and fight.
But the small-scale human fleet that was chasing after them was as slippery as a loach, giving no chance and running around everywhere.
Although they were eventually caught, it was only done so by the Disaster Fleet, which had far more numbers and far stronger ships than the enemy.
After defeating the opponent, before the arrival of the Alliance's large fleet of ships, the Disaster Fleet completed its jump to the subspace, avoiding a confrontation with the Alliance's main force.
After several similar confrontations, it is hard not to be impressed by the alliance.
Although within the Chaos army, there is still verbal disdain for human armed forces - even for the Alliance.
However, what you say is one thing, but if you really don’t take the alliance seriously in your heart, that would be stupid.
In Papalil, when Zakaria received the task and was told that there was something here, he really didn't want to act rashly.
This place is too close to the Alliance’s main fleet.
If given a choice, he would prefer to wait quietly on the sidelines until the main players in the league leave.
After all, the humans didn't know what the so-called "thing" was, so they didn't have to worry about them getting there first.
However, the development of the situation was beyond Zakaria's control.
The Chaos corruption within the planet Papalil is too severe, and a sect of change from Tzeentch has instigated a serious rebellion on this world, to the point where it cannot be dealt with by normal means. The Alliance army has decided to carry out the extermination order.
At this point, Zakaria was at his wits' end.
He couldn't just sit there and watch the extermination order being issued, otherwise, what if that 'thing' was destroyed as well?
At this moment, he hated the Transformation Sect very much - why don't you usually work so hard? At this critical moment, you caused me so much trouble!
Although the Cult of Change that was causing trouble on Papalil was also a Chaos force, it was a Cult of Change that was completely subordinate to the Tzeentch faction and was not the same as them.
Even though they both belong to chaos, the conflict between them may be even greater than the conflict between chaos and humans!
If his Disaster Fleet had arrived earlier, he would have even wanted to send troops to turn around and help the native humans on Papalil to get rid of those Tzeentch villains from the Cult of Change!
Thinking of this, he was suddenly shocked again - could this be a conspiracy of the Tzeentch Cult? They stuck at this critical moment and pushed the situation in Papalil to the current situation, so that he had to show up in advance?
It's no wonder that he was suspicious. If it was Jianqi, it would be quite reasonable for them to do such a thing.
Many times, the followers of Tzeentch and the demons of Tzeentch come up with some conspiracies, not necessarily for their own benefit. They are a group of guys who can really create conspiracies for the sake of conspiracy. This is their nature. They enjoy creating chaos through conspiracies and even draw strength from them.
If you look at it from this perspective, the Tzeentch demon who was behind all this was indeed successful.
No matter how the situation turns out, at least, Zakaria can't expect to wait quietly for the main force of the alliance to leave and then get what he wants; the human side can't expect to complete the recovery of a planet step by step. Both sides are bound to start a war in Papalil because of the "thing" that surfaced.
Zakaria had no time to think about the possible presence of Tzeentch among them.
If he wants to do that, he will have to settle it later. Now, he must step up his efforts.
When he was forced to take action, he could only take advantage of the fact that only a part of the alliance's forces was in Papalil, seize half of the planet's orbit as quickly as possible, and then do his best to deploy troops in the shortest time, trying to capture the target by force.
The correct thing to do is to take advantage of the time difference when the main force of the alliance only has a hundred or so warships here and the other fleets have to come from other planets in this star zone to provide assistance, and directly capture the target and then leave as soon as possible.
But because of the desperate defense of the church defenders and Martins' too quick support, Zakaria's first goal failed.
Zakaria even fell into deep regret.
He regretted his arrogance. Why didn't he really put in all his effort in the first wave?
Why didn't he go down to fight in person? If he and his White Wolf Guards had joined the assault on the church at the first opportunity, they would have been able to win the battle long ago, right?
Actually, it’s not his fault.
The forces of chaos have always been of this nature.
Not only him, but other Chaos Lords and the rulers of the Disaster Fleet have always done the same thing - preserve the strength of their own people and send others to die.
From the leaders of smaller warbands to the Chaos Warmaster Archathon himself, they all do this.
After all, in the chaos factions, strength is the most important thing. If you complete the task but use up all your strength, no one will remember it. Only the next ambitious person who has preserved his strength will take the opportunity to replace you.
He just made a mistake that all Chaos Lords make.
And he has realized it and is determined to put an end to this mistake with his own hands.
He rose from his throne, already fully armed.
Beside him, the White Wolf Guards wearing Terminator power armor were ready to go behind him.
These warriors all had at least a thousand battle experiences. The most notable feature of them, apart from the gray-white paint with some black spots of the White Wolf lineage, was that they had a real white wolf skin with a head hanging on their chest, which looked like a scarf, but in fact provided them with some powerful power from the depths of the subspace.
This blessing - or curse - makes the White Wolf Guard much more powerful than normal.
And when necessary, the wolf soul hidden in the White Wolf cloak can completely replace the soul of the Space Marine himself, making them completely transformed into wolves.
The Space Marine who completely turned into a "werewolf" had his personality and memory completely destroyed, and in a sense he could even be considered dead. However, the power he gained at this cost was real.
They will be completely transformed into werewolves, and they will be werewolves wearing the most elite Terminator power armor and blessed by the warp. Their strength is close to that of a high-level demon!
There are as many as seven hundred White Wolf Guards around Zakaria.
This is his core hardcore combat force, together with more than 2,000 warriors from the White Wolf War Gang, they constitute the main force that rules the entire Disaster Fleet.
Attached to these two to three thousand core combat forces are approximately another four thousand Chaos Warriors from hundreds of different warbands, large and small, as well as a large number of recruited and enslaved Chaos servants, as well as support forces from the Dark Mechanicus sent by the Chaos Warmaster, and an army composed of Daemon Engines obtained from Bassal.
Among the thousands of Chaos Space Marines sent to fight in the front, there were only more than a hundred White Wolf Cubs from Zakaria, and the rest were all Chaos Warriors from other warbands.
As a result, there were almost no ones left.
Now that things have come to this, since he has decided to go there himself, he will not save any energy.
Even if the delivery capability is limited, he must bring all the most elite troops down as soon as possible.
This is not just about putting all your strength into carrying out the mission and ensuring that it is foolproof, but the more important point is that he has to keep all unsafe factors away from himself.
To put it bluntly, even if he died down there, he would make sure that everyone who deserved to die died with him. He would never leave someone on the ship who could take over the entire fleet if something happened to him down there.
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This church on Papalil was not very famous in the past.
This world itself is not a well-known world, and this church is not well-known in the entire world, let alone outside.
However, from today onwards, the name of 'Savniel Cathedral' will leave a very strong mark in many human history books.
A battle that will have a huge impact on the situation in the universe begins here with almost no preparation.
When Zakaria led more than six thousand Chaos Space Marines with different attire and origins, accompanied by a large number of dark mechanical creations and demon engines, formed a terrible army formation and launched an attack on the Savinir Cathedral, even Martins trembled in his heart.
The number of enemies is simply too great!
At this moment, there are only a thousand Space Marines around Martins!
Not to mention the gap in conventional forces.
This kind of large-scale frontal war can be resolved by just watching the Space Marines.
Those dark mechanical creations among the enemies, those corrupted knight mechas and corrupted titans, are all terrifying things.
How many Space Marines are needed to kill a corrupted Titan? It's hard to say!
But it can be estimated that if such a corrupted Titan is left alone, it will have no problem killing several Space Marines with one shot. No matter if you are a company champion or a great Nirvana Guard, if you are hit by a Titan's main gun, you will be shattered to death, and even the Furnace of Cawl cannot save you.
Even if you observe it in advance, it is difficult to dodge - the bombardment range of the Titan's main gun is too large.
The Knight Mech is slightly inferior, but not by much.
The same goes for those weird-looking demon engines. Whether they are in the shape of demon bulls, dragons, or other indistinguishable shapes, they are not something that ordinary Space Marines can easily fight against.
Martins took a deep breath, and the disgusting smell of the chaotic enemy drifted into his nose from afar.
When he opened his eyes again, he had made up his mind and thought of a plan.
(End of this chapter)