Chapter 91, Corpse Bomb
From Grit's sharp eyes, the Governor's soldiers who just killed the enemy were already very good. The bullets were accurately and carefully sent into the heads and chests of the armed workers, hitting each of them twice.
An enemy with almost no protection would be killed if he was hit in the vital parts by a G9 bullet.
Confirming the results of the battle was a necessary tactical move, and Grit would not interfere. In fact, her eyes were already looking elsewhere.
Although the resistance fighters who showed up at this moment were scattered, they were indeed numerous. The armed workers who survived the bombardment used the half-collapsed factory ruins as shelters and positions, and when the governor's soldiers who came to sweep the factory approached, they all showed up and launched a counterattack.
The soldiers' advance was blocked and they had to find cover to fight back.
But just like the scene that Grit just saw, in most cases, the Governor's soldiers achieved an overwhelming victory by relying on their stronger soldier quality and equipment advantages.
There were some losses, of course, but not great; on the contrary, the armed workers who showed up suffered more casualties.
And if there really is a place where there are a lot of armed workers gathered and they fight cautiously, just shooting out their guns to block the attack, then Grit will not waste time, she and her sisters will go straight in.
In her eyes, these armed workers who mixed with heretics were all hateful traitors.
However, just when she set her sights on a place that was resisting stubbornly, the place where she thought the problem had been solved and she could rest assured, suddenly changed!
In Grit's perception, a very strong storm of evil energy suddenly appeared there.
Her face changed and she immediately warned: "Danger! Get out of there!"
But it's a little late now.
The bodies of the dead armed workers exploded like corpse bombs, their flesh and blood flying everywhere, as if a compressed air bomb was buried in their bodies.
The soldiers who heard the warning but didn't understand the danger were blown several meters away by the sudden burst of compressed air. When they landed, their limbs were twisted and the strong shock wave damaged their internal organs; the sharp air knives cut through their bodies without the protection of plastic steel vests and helmets, and their faces, limbs, and throats were completely torn apart, leaving blood and flesh all over.
Grit immediately started yelling again: "Don't get close to the enemy's body! It will explode!"
This accurate information, along with the scene that just happened, was seen by other soldiers in the surrounding area and then quickly spread outward.
The governor's soldiers became much more cautious in their actions.
The tragic death of their comrades in the Corpse Storm bomb taught them a profound lesson. They changed their conventional tactical requirements and no longer went to close range to confirm the kill. Instead, they would shoot from a distance if it was convenient, and leave it alone if it was not convenient.
This way, there is no need to worry that getting close to a corpse would be as dangerous as getting close to a landmine, but the enemy soon came up with a new trick.
Next to the armed workers, some people in blue robes appeared, with the power of storm magic surging in their bodies.
In Grit's eyes, these people were not very powerful sorcerers, but there were many of them and they were timid. What they did was not to use sorcery directly to attack the governor's soldiers and the fighting nuns, but to blow the bodies of the armed workers who were shot one after another to the position of the governor's soldiers.
These corpses, like compressed air shells, caused great trouble to the soldiers.
These shells delivered by the wind are not more powerful than the 155 caliber howitzers, but the key is accuracy.
Some soldiers hid behind the slope formed by the collapsed wall and in the small grooves. As a result, a gust of wind swirled and brought a body in.
The soldiers had seen it in advance, and there was no point in opening fire to smash the body, so they could only run away quickly. The corpse bomb exploded, killing three people.
This bunker position, which seemed to be quite good, seems to be unsafe.
In fact, nowhere is safe now.
The soldiers' actions were hampered by corpse bombs.
Even with the support of the battle nuns during this period, the problem was only alleviated.
The battle sisters could kill the blue robes from a distance, but they had to show their heads. They hid behind building debris and shell craters that might be several meters thick, so that the grenade launchers could not penetrate them no matter how powerful they were.
Anyway, they just sent the bodies over with the wind, so there was no need for them to show their heads.
In this situation, Grit made up her mind.
"Sisters, for the Emperor! Charge with me!"
She jumped out, and her sister followed. The 'Holy Golden Halberd' in her hand was an extraordinary weapon blessed by divine magic; other nuns did not have such a powerful weapon, but they did not need to, either ordinary swords or grenade launchers were enough. On the contrary, the Holy Golden Halberd of the head nun had serious damage overflow.
Compared to the weapons in their hands, their defensive capabilities are equally despairing.
After they began their charge, their bodies were completely exposed and they were naturally subjected to concentrated fire from the armed workers.
However, the armed workers were not very capable, and the nuns of Holy Lily of Mercy were fast and flexible in their movements. As a result of the combined effect, the hit rate plummeted.
Even if they were hit, the power armor they were wearing would be of no use.
The Holy Lilies were unstoppable, charging forward while firing their bolters.
At the same time, the governor's soldiers behind them also increased their firepower as a cover to suppress the enemy and cause casualties.
The nuns successfully rushed into the enemy camp and began to eliminate the enemies at close range.
Their target, of course, was not those ordinary armed workers, but those blue-robed cultists who acted as "cannons" and used the armed workers' entities as cannonballs.
Their appearance brought devastating blows to the enemy. Whenever a battle sister approached a position, the cover lost its function, and the grenade launcher could wipe out a group of enemies entrenched there. Even when they were close enough, the blade in their hands would become a more efficient weapon than bullets.
However, killing those enemies has never been the biggest problem facing the nuns.
An exploding corpse is.
Even the nuns wearing power armor don't want to be hit by a sorcery bomb at close range.
The nuns have the ability to counter the spell, but firstly, they have to be relatively close to the caster; secondly, the corpse explosion does not seem to be a spellcasting process. Or rather, the spellcasting process has already been completed, and only a means of detonation is missing. It is a very weak action and is not easy to suppress.
The nuns can only counter the spells, not nullify all supernatural powers in a certain area. There is a fundamental difference between the two.
If the distance from the shock wave of the evil bomb is too close, the power armor will be damaged; if it is hit more than once, cracks may appear, resulting in a decrease in defense performance and causing casualties.
Therefore, after killing someone at close range, they would quickly distance themselves to avoid being hit by the explosion. As long as the distance was increased and the power of the shock wave weakened, the damage would be within the tolerable range.
To this end, they might even just get close and kill the blue-robed cultists, and then simply abandon the armed workers who would be used as corpse bombs, or wait until they are a little further away before dealing with them.
The mere armed workers who explode upon death aren't a problem; it's the blue-robed cultists who are.
(End of this chapter)
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