Chapter 430, Battle Moon
When the Mechanicus fleet set off, Wu Jiarong herself was also in the mechanical Ark, and together with hundreds of other ruling bishops, she listened to the pre-war meeting held by Forging General Chen Haixu and seven other sages of the main profession.
There was nothing special about the words said at the meeting, such as "the lips and teeth are cold together" and "fighting together".
However, this was a high-level meeting after all, and the lowest-ranking participant was a ruling bishop. Later, some real things were said.
The Mechanicus still had this kind of grace and confidence. Even though Wu Jiarong was trained by the Alliance and showed closeness to the Alliance, they still regarded Wu Jiarong as one of their own.
There are two main pieces of real information:
First, what price did the Star Region Government pay in order to persuade the Ming Yang Sect to take the initiative to attack. And these prices will be divided among the sages of each main profession, and the ruling bishops below can participate.
Secondly, there was news of reinforcements. A regiment called "Raging Flame" responded to the distress signal from the star field and was on the way.
The Fury's battle group was usually active in the Eastern Star Region. Although they had some criticism, the Imperial Army that had fought alongside them always said that the battle group's fighting style was too bloody, cruel and violent. It was fine during the battle, but after the battle, they liked to abuse the corpses, pile up the skulls of the enemies and burn them together, and hold a prayer ceremony, saying that they were "using the skulls of the enemies to worship our emperor."
This image is a bit too much like the performance of some heresy.
But they were loyal subjects of the empire and had always regarded the enemies of the empire as their enemies, so they tolerated many things.
Anyway, no one has dared to cause trouble for them so far, including the Inquisition.
However, while their cruelty and peculiar rituals may raise questions, their fighting ability is unquestionable.
A complete battle group of a thousand people, and they have an entire naval fleet of their own.
It was a powerful fleet consisting of hundreds of ships, with nearly nine main battleships as the core.
There are no small boats in there just to make up the numbers.
The flagship of the Fury Chapter is a battle barge, a vessel that is almost exclusive to the Space Marine Chapter and is larger than the average Imperial battleship.
At the same time, they also have two strike cruisers and six moon-class cruisers. The former are comparable to the battlecruisers of the Imperial Navy, and the latter are the most common cruisers.
With their joining, together with the Yunluo Fleet and the Mechanicus Fleet, we are now strong enough to defeat the Greenskins!
And now, the Mechanicus Fleet and the Yunluo Fleet went to Shangyuan Star, not to fight a decisive battle, but just to use Shangyuan Star's orbital defense to defend the galaxy, delay the enemy, and prevent the war from spreading to Jindi Star and Yunluo Star.
As long as we can hold on for a few months and wait for the Fury Corps to arrive, victory in the war will be just around the corner!
This news excited many bishops in the Mechanicus!
The hope of victory has come, so of course we are happy.
Wu Jiarong is no exception.
However, when she heard the name of the Fury Corps, why did it sound familiar to her?
After some recollection, she remembered the situation of this battle group.
They also played a role in the original "Bauhinia Rebellion". The Ironclad also has allies, and there are three of them. One of them is the one named "Raging Flame".
Its parent regiment was once the Fifth Legion, now the Punisher Chapter.
They were supposed to stay in the Spider Web and Queen Star Regions with the Iron Armored Regiment, but about fifty years ago, they came to the Eastern Space Region.
This does not mean that their relationship with Tiekai has broken down. On the contrary, Tiekai and the multiple star regions they rule, including the Princess, are still providing them with additional resources.
As their actions in the Eastern Universe increased, their reputation grew, and they began to receive support from multiple star regions in the Eastern Universe.
With Wu Jiarong's political sensitivity, she felt that Nu Yan's actions had some special meaning.
Moreover, she also realized that this matter might be very disadvantageous to the alliance.
The Phoenix and this Raging Flame... have a grudge against each other, right?
After the meeting, Wu Jiarong thought about it and decided to pass this information to Gu Hang.
There is a psychic coordinate on her body left by Gu Hang, which can be used for short message communications.
She had reported the two pieces of news: the Mechanicus fleet had already set out for Upper Plateau to join the Yunluo fleet, and that the Fury of Flame Chapter was about to arrive.
And soon, she received a reply.
"I see."
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Snow Eagle sector, Frostfield IV, planet surface.
Titus stood on the tallest building in the capital city of the civilized world, looking down.
Titus, wrapped in heavy armor, looked even more majestic and powerful than an ordinary Space Marine wearing Terminator armor. His scarlet eyes reflected an entire city burning in the flames of war.
The original Frostfield IV was a civilized world with a population of four billion. There were vast plains and plantations, many large and well-developed metropolitan areas, good industrial capacity, and the scientific research and religious sites of the Mechanicus...
However, now it has fallen into the hands of the Iron-Tooth Orcs.
When Titus and his fleet arrived at Frostfield IV, the human fleet had already retreated and abandoned this world. While the main fleet of the orcs destroyed the orbital defense system of Frostfield IV, Titus personally led his guards corps to the surface of the world.
The quality and equipment level of the planetary defense forces integrated by Frostfield IV are relatively complete. Various types of weapons and equipment are also relatively complete. Although they cannot reach the general level of the Astra Militarum, overall, they are more reliable than most of the Imperial worlds.
Not to mention, because the invasion of the greenskins was anticipated, the entire planet had already begun full mobilization in preparation for war, so that there were 600 million defense forces out of a population of 4 billion - a mobilization rate of 15%, which was already a miracle of some magnitude given the organizational level of the Imperial world with only a few months.
Although there are only about 100 million truly reliable troops, and the remaining temporary mobilized soldiers have only a few months or even dozens of days of training, and their equipment is relatively simple, this is already the limit under realistic conditions.
At least these mobilized soldiers don't have much of a problem with morale.
To fight against the extinct alien enemies like the greenskins, the government only needs to do a little publicity and give a little effort to easily create an atmosphere of unity and joint resistance against foreign enemies around the world.
Titus also expressed respect for the resistance of these humans, and he mentioned this in a speech to his greenskin leaders.
Then, the orc bosses and orc boys under his command became more excited one by one.
The war along the way was actually quite boring.
Since they swarmed out of the Jinguan Star Region, they have swept across most of the Dragon Eagle Star Region, and countless worlds have fallen to their battle roars.
But in reality, most human worlds failed to organize a particularly effective resistance. Those so-called planetary defense forces were not very effective at fighting and were easily defeated.
Although, in fact, most of the people in those worlds were not killed, and the resistance still existed, but they were scattered and unorganized. In fact, many worlds were considered worthless, and the main fleet of the greenskins bombed them twice, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of troops and hurriedly left.
There are actually very few worlds like Frostfield IV that are fully prepared for war.
After being bored for so long along the way, we are finally able to have a good fight. That makes us so happy!
Under the leadership of the Great Chief, hundreds of millions of green-skinned orcs landed on the surface.
Amidst the roar of the great waagh, after several crucial battles, the main force of the Frostfield IV defense force was defeated.
A large number of brave human warriors died in the extremely intense battlefield. They had tried very hard, but the objective gap that existed made the results of the battle between the two sides completely disproportionate.
Although the number of green-skinned orcs is much smaller than that of human troops, they are too difficult to deal with as they can only be killed by dozens of bullets. The green-skinned orcs are also more sophisticated, with Squig war beasts, various armored vehicles, various "canned" mechas comparable to human ones, and various modified super heavy artillery, all of which are weapons and equipment that the defense army cannot resist.
Due to this gap, the human army was eventually defeated by the orc army led by Titus himself, and after several battles, a large number of main forces were annihilated in an organized manner.
When the last human troop that wanted to resist stubbornly by relying on urban street fighting was eliminated, Titus successfully stepped onto the tallest building in the city.
At this moment, the whole world seemed to be under his feet.
However, Titus did not get too excited.
The news that Duyagui had died in battle in the eastern part of the star field finally reached his ears.
This incident actually happened a while ago, but before that, Titus had been racing through the starry sea, either fighting or on his way to fight. The speed at which the news came could not even keep up with the speed at which he spread the flames of war.
And this news certainly won't make Titus happy.
At this moment, on the top of the tallest building in the city, behind Titus stood many orc generals, warlords, prophets, and great technical masters.
These "bosses" who seemed high and mighty in the eyes of ordinary orc boys were like quiet little chickens behind Titus.
Perhaps, when Titus had just become the great chief, these military leaders would not have been so respectful; but when Titus led them and launched such a massive waagh, the prestige of the great chief rapidly expanded and consolidated with the victory and the advancement of the waagh.
All this will continue at least until Titus suffers his first real defeat.
Titus' voice was like thunder, echoing in the strong wind of the tallest building: "One-toothed Ghost, an incompetent loser! His death is proof of his weakness!!"
The orc warlords around him lowered their heads, not daring to look into Titus's scarlet eyes. They knew that the chief's anger was like a storm, and any greenskin standing in front of him could become the target of his anger.
Titus turned around and glanced sharply at the orc leaders behind him: "Saru! Go to the east of the star field. I want you to take charge of the situation there. Don't let me down!"
"You should know what to do when you go there."
Saroo, a burly orc warlord, was wearing heavy armor, and his eyes were shining with ambition. He kowtowed heavily, his voice hoarse and full of power: "Yes, Great Chief! I know! I will kill all the shrimps, and I will prove that I am definitely not a waste like the One-Tooth Ghost! Saroo will not let you down!"
"No, Saru." Titus rejected his idea, "I don't ask you to kill all the shrimps. You can kill them, that would be the best, but your most important task is to prevent any shrimps from threatening our nest."
The orc warlord named Saru was stunned.
This statement is not waagh at all.
Titus's figure was still standing tall in front of him, and he said in the strongest voice: "The great Gogo has set a goal for us in this battle. We are going to destroy that shrimp world called Jindi. There are many mechanical shrimps there. As long as we take it down, we can have more, bigger and waagher big booms!"
"The great Brother Mao told me that those shrimps have already gathered together, and there are many canned shrimps on the way. We must get there before that happens, so that we can have a chance to complete our goal and make Brother Gao and Brother Mao happy. I need to mobilize all the strength I can to fight these gathered shrimps in a decisive battle."
"East, I don't want to care about it now, and you don't want to mess things up for me. It would be great if we could kill more shrimps and grab more scrap metal, but the most important thing is to prevent those shrimps from taking one more step towards our lair. Do you understand what I mean?"
Saroo was a little unhappy.
It sounds like it would be more interesting to follow the main force further forward, where there would be a more grand waaagh. Going to the east of the star field, however, would not be so waaagh.
However, the prestige that Titus had built up prevented Saroo from having the courage to refute anything.
He could only say in a muffled voice: "I understand, but what can I do with it?"
"You can bring your entire tribe, and the old nest will provide you with support. I want something, but in addition, you can mobilize all the guys and warships you want from the old nest, and I will make the split-lip ghosts guarding the old nest obey you."
"Yes! Chief! I'll leave right away!"
"Go ahead!"
After Saru left, Titus turned his gaze to the scorched earth of the city again, his scarlet eyes flickering.
After a while, Titus said: "Battle Moon! Open the Battle Moon that Brother Mao gave us from the Silver Pass. I will use it to crush all enemies!"
The Iron Teeth Chief Technique Master, Black Kidney, who was standing behind Titus, looked a little embarrassed: "Great Chief, the battle moon is not ready yet... The failure of the One-Tooth Ghost has affected our plan. He should have plundered enough scraps for us in this waaagh. However, he failed to do so. On the contrary, many of our good ships were destroyed and many, many guys died. The resources that were originally planned to be obtained from the east were not obtained at all. Our moon is not very useful now..."
Titus turned back suddenly, his eyes flashing with a dangerous light: "I know everything you said. But you should also understand what I said! I don't want the complete moon in your plan, but it must be brought over, it must be able to appear on the battlefield, and it must be able to play its role! If the battle moon cannot be used in time, I will make you die more miserably than the one-toothed ghost, and I also guarantee that the second brother will bring his wrath upon you!"
"Yes, Great Chief! I'll go and urge them right away. The Battle Moon will be ready when you need it!"
Titus nodded with satisfaction, believing that his majesty was enough to make any hesitation and hesitation disappear. He looked up at the sky again, as if he could see the ferocious and mighty faces of the great Gogo and Maogo.
He believed that the favor of the second brother Gao Mao towards him would only grow day by day. Because, as long as he, Titus, was there, there was no waagh that could not be accomplished!
…
Wu Jiarong has arrived at the Upper Plateau Star along with the mechanical ark.
From here, it was only one astral tunnel ride away from Frostfield IV.
The defense of Shangyuan Star was carried out day and night.
On the surface, human warriors reinforced the base as much as possible within the limited time, deployed more anti-orbital guns that were delivered, and inspected fortresses and fortifications.
In orbit, firepower platforms and armed space stations were being deployed one after another. The starport of Shangyuan Star was also being rapidly fortified.
This is the designated battlefield for the human side.
After Frostfield IV was conquered, they were already prepared. The main force of the greenskins could migrate to the Upper Plateau at any time, and that would be the moment when the arduous defense battle would begin.
According to prior estimates, this time will not exceed one month at most.
However, the orc fleet remained silent.
Their actions on Frostfield IV seemed very slow.
Human reconnaissance forces did not dare to get close, so they did not know what happened on Frostfield IV.
Could it be that the defense forces mobilized by Frostfield IV are really quite powerful and have held back the greenskins?
This is really possible!
Orcs are not a race that is good at strategy and waiting. Their tactics have always been straightforward, crushing everything with numbers and strength. If nothing unexpected happened, they would not wait in vain.
But this is certainly a good thing.
Delaying time is undoubtedly beneficial to humans. The human side hopes that the greenskins will continue to delay like this, preferably until the arrival of the Space Marines, and then the Yunluo Fleet, the Mechanicus Fleet, and the Fury Fleet will all gather together to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the greenskins. In that case, the chances of winning will be very high!
However, Wu Jiarong was still somewhat uneasy.
Could the greenskins, who have been advancing with unstoppable force, really be stopped by the defense forces of a single planet?
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