Chapter 103: Their Respective Methods
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Missiles launched continuously from the war base, forming a torrent that pierced through the clouds at high speed. A Hrud warren in the nearby forest was hit directly by more than a dozen missiles and exploded.
From the moment the first missile launched, high-speed missiles flew everywhere in the sky of Shadowtooth Star, continuously bombing one Hrud stronghold after another on the ground.
Countless missiles filled the sky like migratory birds. As soon as they detected targets on the ground, they plunged down.
Millions of missiles flew continuously over the three continents every day, and millions of bombers cruised and bombed without pause. The entire planet was filled with the sound of explosions.
Grasslands, swamps, hills, rivers, high mountains, and even islands, any detectable target was destroyed one by one.
On the vast ground of an Iron Warriors Legion war base on one continent, countless people watched the missiles in the sky and then heard distant, massive explosions.
The Iron Warriors' Space Marines, Astra Militarum generals, officers, and soldiers, Tech-Priests, Titans, and Thallax all looked on with curiosity, their faces illuminated by the firelight of missiles flying overhead.
Among the crowd, Perturabo, clad in Iron Power Armor, quietly watched the countless missiles in the sky.
A Mechanicum Magos nearby reported promptly, "My Lord, the Alpha Legion has already bombed with over a million long-range missiles, and there are millions of bombers continuously bombing across the globe. Their bombing targets are precisely the intelligence locations transmitted earlier."
"It is estimated they have prepared tens of millions of missiles. What is our next combat objective?"
Perturabo's response was swift and decisive. "There are three Hrud cities that could not be broken by orbital bombardment. Then it will be up to us, the Iron Warriors, to break them. There is no fortress we cannot breach."
With the Alpha Legion's help, the pressure was greatly reduced, but Perturabo habitually chose to tackle the most difficult problems, doing things others could not.
On the other hand, Alpharius also wanted to prove the superiority of his behind-the-lines infiltration tactics to his brother Omegon, and he also chose a Hrud city as a key attack target.
In the war base, Omegon watched the Alpha Legion's massive army depart and continued his tactical arrangements.
The remaining Albert the Wise then suggested, "My Lord, the three unbreakable Hrud cities are perfectly suited for the three Lords to choose and breach one by one. How do you plan to breach the last city?"
The Alpha Legion's tactical styles were clearly distinct due to the two Primarchs, and Albert the Wise was well aware of this. But he felt that Omegon had always performed well, and Captain Skorr and the other Company Commanders nearby also greatly supported him.
"Do we have antimatter weapons?" Seeing Captain Skorr and the others looking anxious, Omegon asked with a smile.
Albert the Wise didn't expect Omegon to use a secret weapon directly. He said with a smile, "Yes, I will immediately return to space with Captain Skorr to bring it down. How do you plan to use it, My Lord?"
Omegon gave clear instructions. "Continue orbital bombardment. Captain Skorr, you and your men should wait until the Hrud city's energy shield overloads, then drop the antimatter weapon from the sky into a weak point. After that, continue orbital bombardment to flatten that Hrud super city."
"You all pay attention to safety. Don't injure yourselves without killing the enemy."
"Primarch, please rest assured. It's absolutely impossible to injure ourselves just by dropping something!" The meticulous Company Commander Norton was amused and earnestly guaranteed.
Captain Skorr, Dilion, Orsh, and the others all clearly understood the Primarch's plan.
Albert didn't expect Omegon to come up with a solution so easily. The Hrud's unbreakable super city defense system didn't concern this Primarch at all.
He was well aware that the three Gene-Seed Primarchs currently were, in fact, subtly competing with each other.
Especially Alpharius, who wanted to prove his infiltration tactics. He still didn't expect Lord Omegon to choose direct bombardment.
The countless bombardments in the sky continued, missiles with bright tails flew everywhere, and bombers continuously bombed. The Alpha Legion's Space Marines hadn't even truly engaged yet, and the Astra Militarum had already accomplished most of the work.
A day later, just as Alpharius and Perturabo were trying to breach the Hrud's super city energy shields, hundreds of kilometers away on the battlefield they had chosen, the situation remained locked in stalemate.
In a forest on a high mountain cliff, Alpharius raised his binoculars and couldn't help but smile helplessly.
"Didn't they already bomb it before? Why are they still bombing?"
Company Commander Ingpeck, clad in blue-green Terminator Power Armor, observed and said, "Lord Omegon is accustomed to bombardment tactics. Even when facing an unbreakable defensive fortress, he still chooses to bombard it continuously."
"Actually, as long as we use the gaps in the Hrud city's comings and goings, we can silently infiltrate the city and break through from within."
"The strongest fortress is always breached from within, that's the principle!" Alpharius nodded with satisfaction. The Company Commanders behind him also strongly agreed with this concept. This was the Alpha Legion's tactical characteristic.
Alpharius raised his binoculars, observing the distant Hrud super city. He could see countless armed Hrud soldiers within the thick defensive shield. He was like a hunter, quietly waiting for his prey to reveal a weakness.
Captain Skorr stood rigid in the cockpit of a Thunderhawk Gunship high in the sky, watching the continuous descent of lance strikes from orbital altitude.
The energy shield and the lances collided violently, and the intense energy shockwaves affected the surrounding airspace. Captain Skorr's gunship and the others' gunships swayed in mid-air without any intention of retreating.
They observed the number of orbital bombardments and the state of the distant energy shield. After one hundred and forty-three orbital bombardment strikes had been counted, the energy shield of the distant Hrud super city showed obvious ripples and violent shaking.
After the orbital bombardment, the sky experienced violent oscillations.
Captain Skorr was surprised to see this and said with certainty, "Indeed, just as My Lord said, after so many orbital bombardments, the opponent's energy shield has overloaded."
"Quickly contact Albert the Wise on the space battleship. We need to act!"
"Yes!" The Space Marine next to him also said excitedly.
The Thunderhawk Gunship flew forward rapidly and also contacted the Magos in space to stop the orbital bombardment.
A large number of gunships and bombers provided cover in the surrounding sky.
The Hrud army in the super city discovered the enemy forces in the sky, but Captain Skorr and the others' aircraft were at an altitude of several thousand meters.
A large number of long-range missiles flew directly, exploding in the sky and obscuring the Hrud's vision.
Captain Skorr's Thunderhawk Gunship rapidly descended from the sky. Omegon, who had been observing the progress, was alarmed and told him not to take risks. A one-meter-sized black spherical object dropped straight down from a thousand meters near the energy shield.
Captain Skorr's Thunderhawk Gunship quickly moved away. Everyone watched the antimatter bomb fall.
Then, a powerful, strange energy fluctuation surged from beneath the city, rising swiftly into the sky and striking the black spherical object.
Visible aging appeared on the surface of the antimatter bomb.
Norton observed from a distant gunship, seeing several tall Hrud clad in priestly robes, leaning on scepters and looking up from beneath the energy shield.
They realized the operation had failed. They had calculated the weakness that would appear when the energy shield overloaded, but they hadn't expected the antimatter bomb to be directly aged by the opponent's entropy field when it was deployed.
At this moment, Omegon's voice came through, "Attack the antimatter bomb! As long as it explodes, it can successfully breach the opponent's energy shield!"
Upon hearing this, regardless of whether it would work, everyone immediately began long-range firing. A large number of missiles were launched, directly striking the rapidly falling antimatter bomb.
An unexpected event occurred. Due to the Astra Militarum's extensive long-range missile coverage, the aged antimatter bomb was struck by several missiles and exploded.
As the explosion occurred, the antimatter bomb's outer casing was breached, and the potent energy from the collision of matter and antimatter rapidly exploded, producing a dazzling light even more terrifying than orbital bombardment, instantly blinding countless Hrud in the super city below.
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