"Calling Commander Kasjia!"
The Gorgon-pattern Terminator made a clanging sound as it ran, and the crunching of his ceramite boots on the rubble echoed through the deserted ruins.
He was so stupid, really.
That Cicero had said the other side only had thermonuclear weapons, and he had really believed that the Gardinerians were nothing special, and that their weapons were barbaric and backward.
And in reality?
It wasn't that the Gardinerians only had nuclear weapons, but that the Gardinerians only needed to use nuclear weapons to deal with Cicero.
"No need to call, Santar. We can all see this thing."
A giant, four-legged machine, comparable in size to a Titan, slowly advanced from the gap in the broken city wall of the Gardinerians.
It was covered with a large number of streamlined armor plates, and its mechanical body was bionically made to look like a fierce war dog.
While giving it sharp front claws, the two black giant cannon barrels on its back were also enough to make people tremble in fear.
It was less a Titan and more like a daemon engine composed of pure machinery.
There were some similarities with the Titans of the Imperium of Man. Perhaps a branch from different creations of the Dark Age of Technology had led them down different paths.
And a casual step forward from it was enough to push down the high city wall from the gap, and to smash the wall into a cloud of thick smoke.
And it wasn't just this one.
Following behind this giant Titan-creation were two more of similar size, and countless surging Gardinerian tanks, troops, and fighters, almost at the same time, launching a surprise attack on the position they had just established.
"Amal! This is what you said was only a thermonuclear weapon attack?!"
"I... I don't know! I was just a diplomatic emissary at the time, I wasn't—"
"Enough. Stop arguing for now."
Kasjia interrupted their conversation.
Cicero's intelligence was wrong.
The technological and military level of Gardiner far exceeded any pocket empire they had expected.
Kasjia even suspected that the Gardinerians hadn't even used their full strength when they had fought him, Cicero.
The sudden appearance of these three giant, Titan-like war machines was really a bit too much for the just-established landing site to handle.
"Put aside the thought of Ferris's support for now."
"According to the previous operational arrangement, Ferris is currently leading a team to seize the Gardinerian's space elevator leading to orbit."
"Once we can control the space elevator, the transmission speed of our ground forces will be infinitely increased."
This mission was the key to the key for completing the occupation of Gardiner.
She could not pull away at this critical moment.
And after hearing Kasjia's denial, a very disappointed sigh came from the communication device of First Captain Santar.
Sigh, a mama's boy Space Marine.
"Can the surrounding Iron Hands companies provide us with support?"
Kasjia threw out a question that Santar wouldn't even dare to think of.
"It's useless, Commander. Before every battle begins, Lady Ferris will use her never-failing mind to arrange all the pre-battle preparations for us."
"Including the surrounding Iron Hands. Those are the enemy clans of our Avernii... to surpass our combat progress, they will not provide us with any support."
"Seriously, in a situation like this, I don't even know if they'll be gloating."
In the Iron Hands, the biggest competitors were the other clans.
And the biggest reward was a personal compliment from the Primarch, Lady Ferris.
And no Iron Hand would be willing to hear the one being praised be someone other than themselves.
There were no reinforcements.
They had to defeat these three Titan machines with their own strength.
"Disperse for now. The landing site can't be held temporarily."
The Gardinerians' tactic was very clever.
The timing of the attack was just right—taking advantage of the fact that the Imperium of Man had not yet completed its deployment, they launched an attack on the Imperial landing site.
In this way, with the tanks and heavy firepower that could threaten these Titan-beast machines unable to be deployed, the firepower of the Space Marines alone was almost unable to overload their shields.
And in the face of three Gardinerian creations comparable to god-machines, it was simply impossible for them to defend the landing site.
Kasjia chose to retreat for the time being.
"My Emperor's Children, carry your Iron Hands comrades onto the mobile units."
"Prepare for guerrilla warfare."
The enemy's Titan crossed the high city wall, and their giant beast heads turned towards the landing site, where some obstacles and barricades had just been set up in the ruins.
With the flashing of countless dazzling lights, the turbo-laser cannons mounted on the Titan-beast aimed at the Iron Hands' defensive line.
And with its huge body, it was naturally also bombarded by the artillery fire from the Iron Hands' position at this moment.
However, the bullets fired from the Iron Hands' position were all blocked by a faint blue barrier in front of them.
A force field.
Perhaps because the technology of the Dark Age of Technology had gone in different directions. In short, compared to the Titans of the Imperium, which were equipped with void shields, the psychic force fields equipped by Gardiner were weaker, but also, compared to the Imperial Titans, which were equipped with huge void shield generators, their Titan-beasts were more flexible.
And it was not difficult for the force field to block these bullets.
The next moment, the Titan-beast opened fire.
A sky full of laser cannon fire instantly covered the entire landing site.
But fortunately, under Kasjia's advance command, most of the Space Marines who had been guarding the position had already safely withdrawn.
Only some silent, semi-mechanical beings were turned into broken limbs under the continuous fire of the countless laser cannons, and collapsed on the ruins, becoming a new layer on this ruin.
Combat servitors.
A specialty of the Tenth Legion.
Compared to other legions, they, who had already been fully mechanized, did not have many mortal auxiliaries.
The reason was also very simple—weak flesh could not keep up with the pace of the Iron Hands.
Only these silent servitors could match the iron hands forged from refined steel.
The situation was not optimistic.
After losing control of the landing site, the area commanded by Kasjia was also cut off from the heavy fire support that would be deployed to the surface next.
As for Kasjia, after dodging the first round of the enemy Titan-beast's attack, he had boarded a common fast-attack skiff of the Third Legion.
On this beautiful, purple-and-gold, streamlined motorcycle, the Gorgon-pattern Terminator armor that had just squeezed in made the originally spacious seat a bit small.
Especially when Kasjia was also a big guy.
"Arcur, you lead your squad into the city to carry out sabotage."
The plan had changed.
"You will lead the Second Company's motorcycle units into the city and destroy the city's power supply and broadcast facilities."
"And the rest of us, a mixed force of Emperor's Children and Iron Hands, will engage the enemy's giant machines in close combat with me."
"Alright."
The other's reply was extremely brief.
With the strong sound of the wind whistling past his ears, Kasjia maneuvered the motorcycle through the battlefield, which was filled with cannon fire.
And the Gardinerian army was also no simple character.
A bolt from an enemy tank exploded behind their vehicle, and the huge shockwave almost made the motorcycle lose control and flip over.
"That was close."
After taking that hit, Santar, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, saw an opportunity and operated the auto-cannon in his hand, firing at the direction where the bolt had come from.
BOOM!
In an instant, a blooming flower of fire exploded in the dense gathering place of the enemy army.
One mobile, one firepower. The cooperation between the Emperor's Children and the Iron Hands was seamless.
It was as if a super cannon had been installed on a motorcycle. The guerrilla fire from the Emperor's Children was exploding on the Gardinerian's position from all directions.
Perhaps they had ruined the plan of the First Company of the Iron Hands to build a position.
But the trouble that the dispersed guerrilla tactics of the Emperor's Children brought to the Gardinerians was also not small.
"A head-on fight with the enemy's Titan-beast will only cause more casualties. At this time, we need to switch to a backup plan."
Seeing that the effect was good, Kasjia said with a smile.
This sentence was said for the First Captain Santar beside him to hear.
The battlefield is treacherous. Even with Ferris's calculation ability, it is impossible to be fully prepared for everything.
(Otherwise, Big Sister Fei wouldn't have been at a loss.)
"And when you encounter a change, you should try to adjust the current strategy, not rigidly follow all of Ferris's requirements."
"But... but if we don't meet the Primarch's requirements, how can we expect her to be satisfied with our performance?"
Sigh, I can't talk to you.
A typical mama's boy Iron Hand mindset.
"Then we can wait until after this is over and go back and see if Ferris will praise our temporary tactical adjustments."
Kasjia sharply pulled the motorcycle up and, with its built-in anti-gravity system, climbed up the crumbling city wall of the satellite city.
"How's the life sign reading?"
"Apart from the Titan, there are still a few dozen scattered life forms."
The guerrilla tactic had achieved its effect.
With almost no losses on their side, the Gardinerian Titan's escort army had been defeated one by one by the motorcycle units. It was now time to attack the Titan in close combat.
"Alright! Notify your men to prepare for a general assault on the Titan-beast."
Under Kasjia's command, the remaining dozens of Emperor's Children's motorcycle units quickly gathered. They were no longer circling around the Titan, but were speeding towards the foremost Titan-beast.
While charging towards the other party, Kasjia also took out his bolt pistol and fired a beam at the other's force field generator.
Although it was blocked by the shield, it was better to consume a little than nothing.
What if it was just one shot short of overloading?
Closer.
After dodging the Titan's torrential cannon fire, Kasjia gradually approached the front of the giant beast.
As a long-range fire support unit, the Titan was indeed invincible. Even a Primarch had to avoid its edge.
But as a huge, inflexible gun platform, it was naturally very afraid of close—
SHING!
Sensing the approach of the other's motorcycle units, the two claws in front of the Titan-beast suddenly lifted up, and the huge, sharp blades, shining with a metallic luster, slashed at Kasjia's motorcycle at an extremely fast speed!
Not good!
Seeing that the situation was not good, Kasjia quickly turned the front of the vehicle and barely scraped past the sharp steel claws.
And another Emperor's Children's motorcycle that was not so lucky was not so lucky.
It was unfortunately cut into several pieces by this claw, and crashed into the ruined city wall according to inertia, turning into a pile of explosive debris.
Damn it!
"Why are their Titans so flexible?! And can launch close combat attacks so quickly!"
"I don't know... if I have the opportunity in the future, I really want to study its structure."
From beside the still-shaken Kasjia came Santar's breathless voice, full of longing.
Very good machine. Love from the Iron Hands.
"Now is not the time to talk about this!"
"They have already locked onto us! The motorcycle is fast, but it's still too big at close range!"
"Then what should we do?"
"Get off the vehicle!"
Kasjia's face darkened, and he slammed his foot on the motorcycle's throttle, rushing towards the Titan-beast's right hind leg.
The Phoenix power spear in his hand, the moment he got close to the other party, plunged into the surface of the armor.
"Santar!"
"Grab my hand!"
He used this as a base point, pushed off with his feet, one hand gripping the shaft of the spear, the other hand grabbing the arm that Santar had extended, and pulled him out of the motorcycle with him.
And then, Kasjia gave a hard swing...
...a swing...
...damn it, I can't swing him at all!
Terminators are so heavy!
Kasjia swung him along with the inertia and let go of his arm.
It's alright. A Terminator's armor is invulnerable anyway. A fall like this is nothing.
But looking at his beloved motorcycle crashing into the Titan-beast and turning into an explosion, Kasjia's heart still bled a little.
CLANG, CLANG, CLANG!
Just as he had abandoned the motorcycle and was hanging on the Titan's hind leg, some bullets hit Kasjia's armor, making a few crisp ricocheting sounds.
It was the Gardinerians. They had opened fire on Kasjia.
Fortunately, he was still hanging on the Titan, and the Gardinerians were still a little hesitant to use larger-caliber weapons to shoot at him.
The retractable rod extended him very far in that instant.
And the Phoenix spear, with its high-strength resilience, was bent into an arc at this moment, and Kasjia's feet even touched the ground.
And then, with the arc-shaped lever in his hand, a fierce push!
Pole vault!
The moment he leaped into the air, Kasjia pulled out the spearhead that was stuck in the other's armor from the front of the long spear, and retracted the long power spear in his hand.
No jump pack, but he had achieved the effect of a jump pack.
Flying higher than the Titan in the air, Kasjia aimed at the Titan's shield force field generator.
SHING!
A faint blue electric light flashed from the head of the Phoenix spear.
Disruption field activated!
This is it!
After an elegant half-turn in the air, he fiercely extended the spearhead and plunged it down towards the position of the shield generator!
BOOM!
With a not-so-loud explosion, one of the several shield generators installed on the Titan was destroyed by Kasjia.
The Titan's blue shield barrier, under a fierce flash of light, suddenly became much more ethereal.
An opportunity!
Seeing that the effect was good, Kasjia was overjoyed.
Flying in the air, he once again grabbed the end of the long spear and pulled it into an arc again.
And then—
JUMP!
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