Chapter 107: Perturabo is Hit
During this time, Omegon sent a small team to drill and locate the Hrud's underground city, preparing to deploy hydrogen bombs for bombardment.
After an intense battle, Alpharius sat in a Thunderhawk Gunship, flying higher and higher, watching a small team of Space Marines deploy hydrogen bombs amidst the countless Hrud corpses on the ground battlefield, then quickly evacuate.
Boom!
Not long after, the ground rumbled with a massive explosion, directly blowing up the battlefield surface for dozens of kilometers around, sending a vast amount of debris and smoke soaring into the sky.
Looking at the powerful seismic shockwave on the ground covering hundreds of miles, Alpharius watched this method of using hydrogen bombs to blast Hrud holes again.
After the brutal situation of this battle, he remained silent.
A large number of Thunderhawk Gunships and bombers returned to the war base. The troops led by Alpharius suffered heavy losses in this war.
On the other side, the situation for the Iron Warriors was equally grim.
Because the Iron Warriors Legion, led by Perturabo, had previously fought their way through the Hrud's intercepting armies to reach the super city, expending great effort to breach it and endure a city-wide battle.
The Iron Warriors Legion suffered heavy casualties in this major battle.
After destroying the city and retreating, the Iron Warriors Legion was ambushed midway by the underground Hrud army.
If Alpharius had previously approached stealthily, infiltrating and breaching the city before the Hrud noticed, then Perturabo's frontal assault gave the underground Hrud army ample time to set up ambushes.
The ground around Perturabo's retreat route had already been hollowed out by the Hrud, just waiting for this ambush.
On the open plain, the Iron Warriors' mechanical army watched the Hrud army continuously emerge from the surrounding ground.
The Iron Warriors, possessing a large number of heavy weapons and powerful firepower, did not fear a frontal engagement.
On the battlefield, as the fierce battle raged, more Hrud soldiers surged from underground, gradually exceeding a million, surrounding the Iron Warriors Legion.
Company Commander Flierkes bravely slew Hrud, watching the Primarch Perturabo charge directly into the countless Hrud army.
But after the city battle, their ammunition was not as abundant as before, and the war base was dispatching a large number of reinforcements.
In the sky, a large number of missiles rained down, along with tens of thousands of bombers. The first wave of support came from the Alpha Legion.
Such speed was also due to the Alpha Legion's continuous bombing during this period. Countless missiles and bombers were still flying in the sky, and Omegon, leading the Data Repository, was researching and predicting the Hrud's underground cities.
As the Iron Warriors Legion battled on the ground, the bombing in the sky did not cease.
Instead, the number of bombers grew, reaching over a hundred thousand.
Warsmith Dantioch, seeing the sky-obscuring bombardment, grumbled, "How much does the Alpha Legion love to bomb? The rumored Ghost Legion used to be silent, but for over a month now, the missiles in the sky haven't decreased!"
Even with countless missiles falling from the sky and the Iron Warriors Legion's war becoming much easier, the Hrud's priest still targeted the Gene-Seed Primarch Perturabo.
In the fierce melee, Perturabo charged forward, struck by an aging beam. His movements continued, but his pace had changed.
Before this, the Alpha Legion's arrival and cooperation had indeed brought some ease to Perturabo in this war, but under the strike of this aging beam, the battle ahead became heavier.
Flierkes witnessed the beam strike the Primarch firsthand and quickly moved to eliminate that Hrud priest.
He watched Perturabo continue to fight, keeping pace alongside him.
Time slowly passed. The Alpha Legion's transport ships deployed a large number of Thallax, Titans, and a vast amount of heavy weaponry.
Norton personally led a battle group of tens of thousands for powerful support.
Not long after, the Iron Warriors Legion's reinforcements also arrived, and Perturabo gradually gained victory in the brutal battle on the open grassland.
The corpses of both sides covered the grassland on the battlefield, in some places piled hundreds of meters high, with countless smoke signals rising to the sky.
Powerful Thallax and tall Titans could be seen fallen everywhere on the battlefield.
Perturabo stood amid the carnage, his gaze fixed on the scope of devastation. Norton, standing beside him, said nothing.
The Iron Warriors' wars were always brutal.
Dantioch had initially thought that cooperation with other Legions could avoid this state, but looking at the battlefield covered with countless corpses, he realized the situation had not changed.
At an Alpha Legion war base, the Mechanicum surrounded Julius the Wise, who lay dead in the center.
Titans, Thallax, Tech-Priests, Knight Houses, and countless other members of the Mechanicum were all bidding farewell to the deceased Magos.
Albert the Wise, clad in red robes, performed a solemn ceremony for Julius the Wise, while Omegon and others watched in silence.
The death of a Mechanicum Magos was a significant event for the Mechanicum, especially since Julius the Wise held the highest position among the countless Mechanicum members in the Alpha Legion.
A Mechanicum Magos's entire body was already mechanical, with incredibly powerful computational abilities, a unique weapon system, and powerful force-field defenses.
But the Hrud priest's extreme aging ability was too terrifying. Force field defense shields could not defend against this rare temporal ability.
Julius aged several thousand years and died instantly within moments of being struck.
After the ceremony was complete, Omega once again plunged into this unending war.
The Mechanicum Legions of all thirty war bases, fueled by the death of Julius the Wise, erupted with powerful energy, launching frenzied attacks and slaughtering the Hrud on Shadowtooth Star to avenge the Magos.
Omegon could not stop the Mechanicum Legions' aggressive advance. He could only do his best to follow up in real-time and coordinate with the Imperial Navy and Space Marines.
The overall planetary war situation was very favorable for the human side.
As the Data Repository gradually got on track and provided him with a large amount of analysis, Omegon found the coordination easier. Having thousands of people help was far better than one person analyzing.
As Norton returned with his report, Omegon, who had been sitting in the command hall, looked up from the data model.
"Are you sure Perturabo was hit by the Hrud's rapid aging sonic wave?"
"Yes!" Norton, though not having witnessed it firsthand on the battlefield, knew that the Primarch Perturabo had changed. His bearing and pace on the reports differed from before.
Thinking of this, Norton turned his attention to Omegon, studying him carefully.
Seeing the Primarch full of spirit, radiating ease and a steady demeanor, he finally relaxed.
Omegon acknowledged his concern with a nod.
"Don't worry, neither I nor Alpharius were hit by the Hrud's temporal ability. You all should also be careful in your future battles!"
"I'm going to the Iron Warriors to see Perturabo. You and Company Commander Bright will help me watch the battle situation. I'll be back in three hours at most!"
Norton nodded, then saw Omegon stand and depart. Not long after, a Thunderhawk Gunship was seen flying straight into the distant sky from the base.
In the spacious hall of the war base, Company Commander Bright could be seen with his thousand subordinates and sanctioned psykers, along with many soldiers from the Astra Militarum, busy working on the Data Repository.
Pritchard Sage stood by, occasionally observing. In a corner, Company Commander Norton slowly walked in with a few assistants.
Company Commander Bright stepped forward to greet him. Norton looked him up and down, lightly patted his shoulder, and spoke.
"The Data Repository's work is very demanding. You new recruits have worked hard!"
Company Commander Bright felt the weight of the observation. This wasn't the first time he had encountered such attention. There were many Company Commanders stronger and more experienced than him, yet the Primarch had somehow formed an organization and let him, a new Company Commander, take charge.
Thinking of what Lord Omegon had said, that doing this would be looked down upon by others, Bright smiled to himself. Clearly, everyone greatly valued the Data Repository.
[End of Chapter]
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