Chapter 279: The Phoenix's Cold Fury
Iron Fachs knew that he could not stay in the west of the continent forever, developing silently and slowly according to the past plans, and then sweeping the entire planet.
The new governor was different from the previous ones. He quickly unified the eastern part of the entire continent and reunited the "alliance" that was originally just a name into an entity.
Even further.
The name "alliance" is completely unworthy of its nature. How can its unified situation look like an "alliance"?
It is basically a centralized regime with very high administrative efficiency!
And judging by what the governor has done in the eastern part of the continent, he will soon extend his claws over there.
She was ready, but she hoped that the time would be as late as possible.
The later it is, the greater the power she can accumulate.
It was natural for intelligence to leak. Blackbird City was a solid iron barrel, but it was not a completely enclosed space after all. As long as there was material and personnel communication with the outside world, the leakage of information in the city was inevitable.
She also knew that she couldn't win.
If she only had to deal with Gu Hang and the 25 million humans gathered in the East Continent, it would be fine.
But what she has to face is the human empire.
There would be the Astra Militarum, there would be the Imperial Navy, and it would be endless.
But what if I can’t win?
In her mind, there was a very clear voice:
"Let more humans participate in the glorious evolution."
That's the goal.
The bombing of the Imperial Navy was something she was prepared for.
Some of the most important production capacities have been relocated to the central urban area protected by energy shields; another part has been excavated and stuffed into the underground part of the city.
For those that cannot be relocated, the density of production lines in outer urban areas will be reduced as much as possible to avoid making them too crowded.
This means that the destructive power caused by orbital firepower falling from the sky is relatively limited.
The orbital bombardment lasted for almost a day. The frigate Blade Tiger delivered thousands of rounds of energy, live ammunition, and missiles to the surface, almost turning the entire outer city area of Blackbird City into ruins. All that could be seen was a sea of fire.
But Iron Falchus remained calm.
Her cold eyes were flashing with lightning; her brain, which had been reorganized into a command + logic thinking mode, was coldly calculating the losses.
The production capacity of Blackbird City was lost by about 27% under the bombing on that day.
The loss was certainly not small, but not fatal.
The Blade Tiger in the sky had also stopped attacking - they had run out of ammunition.
At the same time, part of Yirong's consciousness went far beyond the scope of Blackbird City and connected to the five missile launch bases outside the city, which were scattered across the western part of the continent.
Firing also continued in those places.
The first wave of 120 intercontinental cruise missiles is just an appetizer.
Over the past long period of time, Blackbird Heavy Industries has produced a total of more than 4,000 intercontinental cruise missiles.
She planned to launch all these missiles within eight days.
You have orbital bombardment, I have intercontinental missiles;
You have air defense interception, I have energy shields and pre-planned industrial evacuation...
Hurting each other.
…
Anatole was filled with rage.
Before setting off, he and his battle brothers were in the monastery, conducting routine training and prayer.
He saw with his own eyes the whistling intercontinental missiles bombarding Weixing City and Fuxing City.
Although most of the first wave were intercepted, Blackbird Heavy Industries continued to launch missile attacks on the Alliance at a frequency of almost four waves of missiles per hour.
The main target is still the many large cities, among which Fuxing City and Weixing City are the two political and industrial cores.
The Alliance's air defense system, those anti-aircraft 'reflectors' that had never been used since they were created, had never been as busy as they were now.
The light waves flew madly into the sky, blowing up the missiles one by one, but there would always be some that slipped through the net.
He is very worried about his parents.
Although, after becoming the angel of the Emperor and the Governor, he has not yet gone back to see his parents who fled from the Qinggu area; the veterans in the regiment always warn them to cut off the emotions and concerns of the past when they were mortals. Their whole body and mind have been devoted without reservation. They have become angels of death. No matter how mortal they are, they should not have mortal emotions and thoughts.
Anato told himself the same thing.
But he soon realized that there was no need to be so extreme.
His mission is to bring destruction to the enemies of the Empire, the enemies of the Alliance, and the enemies of the Governor; to protect mankind, the Empire, and the Alliance.
Of course, his parents are also subjects of the Empire and citizens of the Alliance, and there is no conflict between the two.
The threat posed by the missiles flying from the west to his parents and family, and the damage they posed to the alliance, were not contradictory at all; in fact, they completely overlapped.
This made him extremely angry.
He longed to bring to the flames of death those enemies who dared to destroy what he was determined to protect with all his heart.
And he immediately had this opportunity.
The Alliance Air Force's Wind Falcons quickly descended upon the Phoenix Monastery, and their Chapter Leader also appeared before them.
There was no need for pre-war mobilization, no need to say a word, just a simple command, and the Space Marines boarded the speeder they were supposed to ride.
The reason why there is no need to mobilize is because there is no need to mention the veterans; the new recruits are all recruited from the Angry Owl Star Alliance. For the enemies who dared to destroy their homes, the anger in the hearts of the soldiers not only does not need to be instigated, but it needs to be slightly reduced to prevent the soldiers from acting impulsively.
All the Space Marines were divided into five teams.
The current Phoenix Regiment actually has more than 50 members in total. However, there are still a dozen of them whose superhuman organs are not mature; there are also a dozen whose organs are mature, but they do not have enough power armor to wear.
In the end, only 27 people were able to put on power armor and actually put it to use.
Chapter Captain Martins, Pastor Rizzo, and two other veterans each led a team of five people to a location. Their mission objective was to destroy the missile silo there.
There was no need to worry about a team led by a veteran. But including Martins and Rizzo, there were only four veterans in total, and there was no way to spare a fifth person to lead the team.
Therefore, the fifth team must be led by a new recruit.
Anato was the chosen temporary team leader, and his team was the largest among the five teams, with seven fighters.
Before setting off, Captain Martins and Pastor Rizzo called him out alone and had a good talk with him.
The Chief Priest was fine. Anato could clearly see that although the Chapter Master had a serious and cold expression on his face, he was actually still nervous and worried in his words.
Although Anato had not experienced the glorious period of the chapter, nor the painful Atonement Crusade, he had read the history of the chapter from the library preserved in the monastery.
The Phoenix, which had only four people at its lowest number, almost died. Even now, it has not recovered much. In such a large battle group, there are only 27 serious warriors, which is still a small number and very weak.
Therefore, the Chapter Master does not want the Chapter to suffer any losses, which is why there is tension.
The other four teams are all led by veterans and have some support, but his team, composed of brand new recruits, is the most likely to have problems.
Anato fully understood the concerns of the Chapter Master, and because of this, he also understood the heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
He forced himself to calm down from his anger - not to suppress his anger, but to keep his head in the anger. He promised the Chapter Master and the Chief Chaplain that he would complete the mission and bring every brother back safely.
He promised to do so and is about to do so.
He didn't want to disappoint the Chapter Master, and even more so, he didn't want to disappoint the Governor.
At the same time, he also realized that if this battle was successful, it would establish his position in the Chapter. In the future, the Chapter would definitely continue to expand, and the Chapter would always need new NCOs, Captains, and even Honor Guards or Chapter Champions. And he needed to win more honors for his future and lay a solid foundation for his resume.
With this mentality, he and his brothers spent more than ten hours on the Wind Falcon.
During this time, he could see through the window that there were missiles with tail flames coming towards them and passing by them.
He knew that those missiles were all aimed at his hometown. With each missile, his anger grew, but at the same time, he became calmer.
Finally, they arrived at their destination.
Three Feng Huns launched a wave of ship-borne missiles from a distance and bombed the target location; then, the speed attack boat began to slow down and lower its altitude.
After a while, when Anato could vaguely see the situation on the ground through the window, the machine guns and beam cannons carried by the Wind Falcon began to unleash their power.
But at this moment, there was also some long-range firepower on the ground, such as anti-aircraft guns, firing into the sky, but the accuracy was relatively average and the firepower density was also average.
The three Feng Falcons were hit several times, but it was not a big problem. The caliber of these anti-aircraft guns was not very fierce.
As the fire was opened, the entire aircraft began to descend rapidly.
When they were more than ten meters above the ground, the hatch opened and the Space Marines jumped down.
Anato was in mid-air, and in the seconds before landing, he quickly looked around and quickly grasped the expected landing position of each teammate.
Then, after landing on solid ground, he raised his bolter and fired at an anti-aircraft fire point about two hundred meters away, suppressing the threat posed to the slowing Wind Falcon.
At the same time, he kept talking:
"Larsen, Kuvas, the bunker at 300 meters at the 12 o'clock position is your mission! Magnussen, Chritiens, the two of you go to the 400 meters at 3 o'clock! Everyone else, follow me and advance slowly in front, and be ready to support both sides at any time!"
He gave orders in an orderly manner. The seven-man team was divided into three, with the target being the bunkers ahead.
This is the first difficulty they have to face.
Blackbird has very strict protection for its own missile silos.
Around the missile silo, the Phoenixes faced a group of bunkers.
Dozens of bunkers, half embedded in the ground and half exposed, tightly surround the core area of the missile silo.
There were at least 11 bunkers in the direction of the Phoenix warriors' attack.
These bunkers are staggered at a distance of about one or two hundred meters, and are guarded by some modified people.
These modified humans, with the help of solid fortifications, put up a tenacious resistance.
At first, their attention was mainly attracted by the falcon in the sky, and machine guns and rifles fired at the falcon quickly.
When slowing down to airdrop Space Marines, the Wind Falcon is still relatively easy to hit.
The bullets hit the armor of the Feng Falcon with a clanging sound. Although none of them were shot down, they still did not dare to stay there any longer. They had to speed up and move higher and farther.
After driving away the Wind Falcons, they turned their firepower to the Space Marines.
But at this time, the phoenixes had taken advantage of the brief window when their attention had just been diverted by the falcons and made a big advance forward!
The Space Marines' running speed was so fast that it was beyond their imagination - oh, these cyborgs no longer had the concept of "imagination". To be precise, it was beyond the combat logic model in their minds.
The two sides began shooting at each other at a distance of less than 100 meters.
Logically speaking, the Transformed People should have an absolute advantage. They are more numerous, and they hide in the bunkers, with only a shooting window exposed, while the Space Marines on the opposite side have to rush towards them in the open ground without any cover.
However, the reality is quite the opposite.
When they decided to concentrate their firepower to eliminate the three people who were the closest to them, they found that the bullets they fired were like water guns. They fired a lot of bullets, and many of them hit the target, but they could only slow down the three red-armored warriors.
But the opponent's counterattack arrived.
Anato leaned sideways, deliberately using his large shoulder armor to block the bullets on the upper part of his body; he retracted his forearms to protect his armpits and hold the gun. The bullets hit him with a clang, causing his body to tremble slightly. But he withstood the force well, took a steady step forward, aimed accurately, and pulled the trigger of the grenade launcher.
Although his body was shaking due to being shot, and because the shooting window left in the opponent's bunker was relatively small, he still accurately fired thirteen explosive shells, and half of them blasted into the bunker.
This caused the bunker to go silent.
They did not foolishly take the beating again, but moved quickly, using the misfiring bunker to block the attacks from several firing points behind, avoiding the firing range, and quickly moved forward to the emptied bunker.
At this moment, after the three of them attracted most of the attention, the two two-man teams on both sides also successfully completed the task.
The three outermost bunkers were captured in this way.
Next, all they need to do is continue to proceed in the same way as before.
Anato thought it was easy, like a drill, an armed outing.
Caution was necessary, but the defenses set up by the Blackbird were no threat in the face of the Phoenix's cold fury.
(End of this chapter)
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