Chapter 450: Can’t hold on for long

Chapter 450: Can’t hold on for long

Ankoni Ben looks down on the current Phoenix and calls them 'recruit eggs'. Of course, there is a reason.

Most of the members of the Ashes Dead had withdrawn from the Phoenix's Atonement Crusade. Regardless of their willpower and quality, all of them were decent century-old veterans.

The other non-phoenix members are also some other renegade space warriors that Zhong Jihua has absorbed and merged with through fire, coercion, inducement, and the favor of evil gods in the past few decades.

They are also veterans.

The revival of the Phoenix Chapter began when they ended the Atonement Crusade and cooperated with the Alliance.

This time has only passed ten years. Even the phoenixes currently appearing in this starship are the earliest batch of space warriors. Their fighting careers only last so long.

Generally speaking, it is not a problem for one veteran to fight three new recruits.

This is still the case with the same equipment.

Even when the number of both parties increases, the proportion of consumption will increase. One veteran can fight three recruits, and one hundred veterans can fight four hundred recruits.

And since we have to be serious, we naturally can't be too casual.

He won't rush in rashly.

If it's a trap, then try it out again.

After all, when facing a gang-hopping battle, the number of attacking enemies is limited, but they are usually elite. In a narrow area, elite troops can play a particularly large role. After all, it is difficult for the defender to exert its numerical advantage and its firepower advantage.

The larger the battle, the more complex and changeable the situation may be, and the experience of veterans can be used more.

of course not!

Just as he shouted a war cry and launched a menacing charge, the people actually withdrew.

That looks like a trap.

But now, they have to fight more resolutely.

Ankoni Ben only felt angry!
This is a kind of anger that cannot be eliminated without killing and destroying the phoenix!
"I will never admit that those in front are phoenixes. They are not worthy of wearing this armor! Kill them all! Kill all these lackeys of the false emperor!"

Ankoni Ben decided to go to the front line in person.

The space is relatively large.

But this makes the Terminators of the Ashes Dead feel like fists hitting cotton.

On the other hand, this kind of place is not very friendly to the attacker.

According to the usual structure of the Moon-class cruiser - the Musician-class is a variant of the Moon-class - they should now be not far from the bridge part that serves as the command center.

Inspired by Ankoni Ben, they all howled and were inspired.

However, now they can move forward a long distance again.

He finally saw with his own eyes the Phoenix blocking their front, limiting their attack for the first time.

The core assault force, the two hundred Ashes of the Dead, was always placed in the frontal assault, with auxiliary troops guarding the rear route on the sides to prevent the assault force from being interfered with.

There were only a dozen or twenty phoenixes standing in front of them, all wearing ordinary tactical power armor. Facing the impact of an entire Terminator team, it was impossible to block them, so retreating was a matter of course.

This is a little bit of a challenge!
Otherwise, there will be no value in making him take it seriously.

Is it nostalgia?

Looking at the bright red armor on their bodies and the flamboyant firebird patterns engraved on their shoulder pads, Ankeni Ben even felt a little distracted for a moment.

This type of area can be used as the main defensive space when encountering gang-hopping operations.

After thinking for a while, Ankoni Ben sent more auxiliary troops to try to capture the place directly.

Ankoni Ben was still worried, but now that the matter was over, he decided not to dwell on it any further.

It was obvious that other people in the Ashes of the Dead had similar thoughts to him.

Therefore, Ankoni Ben was only slightly nervous, and it was even more like excitement after getting emotional.

Ahead, after passing a large assembly center, we should be there.

Of course, this is actually quite sensible.

They have two hundred veterans here, and the new Phoenix, can they get eight hundred now?
According to the information they collected, it was obviously impossible to come up with.

Although Ankoni Ben was filled with anger, even though the anger and bloodthirsty killing intent were constantly tumbling in his chest, he was not yet overwhelmed by anger.

He arranged for a small group of elite auxiliary troops to enter the space first.

Their core target has never changed: the bridge of the Opera.

This kind of place with a relatively large space is relatively easy to arrange troops and it is also more convenient to place strong firepower.

However, when the Terminator team of the Ember Dead began to charge with all their strength, the Phoenix on the opposite side withdrew directly.

Wearing Terminator power armor, he led an entire Terminator squad and, as the arrow of the entire army, suddenly accelerated his advance.

The narrow passage cannot accommodate too many people fighting at the same time. What appeared in front of him was only about twenty loyal space warriors.

The assembly center is regarded as the place where the Marines on the cruiser gather to set off; it can also be used for senior officers on the ship to gather their subordinates for training and group activities.

After the elite auxiliary army entered, they found that there were indeed some defenses, but they were all marines on some starships, but there was no sign of the Phoenix.

The defense there was taken down directly by the auxiliary army.

Anyway, the distance from this assembly hall to the bridge command post is only more than three hundred meters at most.

No matter what means those lackeys of the false emperor have arranged in the assembly hall, let them arrange it. Ankoni Bendu was confident enough to lead his team and rush through the distance of more than 300 meters regardless of the situation.

With strong self-confidence, he led the team into the assembly hall.

At this moment, the sound of gunfire was heard from all the passages leading to the assembly hall.

Even the route they took when they came was included. Sure enough, this place was just as he thought, a trap. The moment they stepped in, enemies were coming from all directions.

Moreover, in every direction, the elite auxiliary troops he arranged were saying that they had found traces of the red-armored phoenix.

The strength of these auxiliary troops blessed by the power of Chaos cannot be underestimated, but after all, they are still just mortals in essence. They were able to gain a huge advantage when facing ordinary marines. However, when facing the Phoenix Space Marines, they were still like chickens and dogs and were easily destroyed.

No matter how much Ankoni Ben looks down on the current Phoenix, no matter how much he scornfully calls them 'new recruits', they are still serious Space Marines and cannot be fought by ordinary mortal troops.

but……

"So what? Shoot yourself in the foot!"

This is what he said.

He decisively ordered all the auxiliary troops stationed around him to stay where they were and hold on to the end, trying their best to hold back the besieging phoenixes. At the same time, he led all the Ashes Dead on the road to charge towards the bridge center.

The Space Marines moved very fast. When they all ran, the distance of four hundred meters passed almost instantly.

No matter how fast you break through, can you be as fast as me?
With this thought in mind, the two hundred Ashes of the Dead advanced at full speed.

But just as they stepped into the passage to the bridge, an extremely brilliant lightning shot straight from the end of the passage!

Ankoni Ben's reaction speed was very fast. He quickly lowered his head and turned sideways to avoid this shot; but a Terminator veteran behind him was not so lucky.

Ankoni turned his head and saw a hole with a diameter of half a meter in the chest of his battle brother.

The lightning directly melted through the thick frontal armor of the Terminator!

What kind of weapon is this?
I'm afraid even a plasma gun can't do this!
Could it be that the defenders on the starship placed a plasma cannon at the gate of the bridge command post and pointed it towards this side of the passage?
Aren't they afraid that the plasma cannon will blast through their own starship? !

"Be careful, it's a psyker." The warband wizard warned at this time. After saying this, the wizard added: "Not an ordinary psyker, very strong."

Ankeni Ben was about to speak, but he heard the roar of bolters coming from the other side of the passage.

Immediately afterwards, he and his Terminator team continued to hear the sound of being bombarded.

But at the same time, the veterans fought back fiercely without him giving orders.

Normal bolt guns can do some damage to Terminator power armor, but not much; on the contrary, the larger-caliber heavy bolt guns and even revolving howitzers in the hands of Terminators will do a lot of damage to those who normally wear tactical armor. For Space Marines, they have the ability to inflict fatal damage.

The two sides were not equal in terms of armor and firepower. Even if the other side pulled out a melta gun or plasma gun, the situation would not change much. Of course, such weapons would pose a greater threat to the Terminator, but they fired slowly and had a relatively limited firepower density. The Phoenix who dared to use such a thing to charge energy to attack them would surely be killed by the Terminator's firepower first.

However, the reality surprised him again!
In front of him, at the other end of the passage, a blue light film suddenly appeared, continuously blocking their firepower.

This light film looked a bit like an energy shield, but he knew it was definitely not.

If it is an energy shield, it is at most a micro shield, otherwise it cannot be placed in this position; and if it is just a micro shield, it cannot block the volley attacks of the Terminator and the many Ashes of the Dead behind it.

Then it can only be the 'powerful psyker' that the warband wizard just reminded him?
But isn't that a bit too strong?

During this process, another lightning flashed suddenly, and another Terminator veteran fell.

By this time, Ankeni Ben finally felt a little flustered.

He raised his head and saw two beings that caught his eye under the blue light.

One is a man wearing a bright red phoenix power armor and a black and white skull helmet.

Although he never showed his face, Ankoni recognized who it was at once: Priest Chief Rizzo of the Phoenix Chapter.

That was the person who provided him with great help during his career as a Space Marine.

It was as if he could feel its cold gaze through the skull helmet.

This kind of psychological pressure even made him look away and dare not look at her.

Another person who attracted his attention very much was a man wearing a general's uniform.

He didn't look tall, just a normal mortal figure.

But the bright blue light flashing in his eyes was terrifying.

The moment he looked into these eyes, Ankoni Ben felt his soul trembling.

This kind of soul trembling doesn't even just come from the intuitive feeling of power, but something deeper.

The most intuitive thing is that the power of chaotic divine grace that he could feel all the time coming from the tyrant's kingdom has faded a lot under the direct gaze of this man.

Is this the 'powerful psyker' the wizard was talking about?
And at this moment, the voice of the war gang wizard sounded in his mind again:
"Charge, kill him at close range, I can only hold on for a while..."

His voice was full of stress and pain.

Ankeni Ben couldn't remember how long it had been since he had heard his warband wizards in a similar state.

In the past, that guy was the chief think tank of the Chapter. He had powerful psychic abilities, and coupled with the powerful physique of a Space Marine, he was a person even more powerful than the so-called A-level psykers awakened among normal humans.

Not to mention, after they fell into the arms of the tyrant, they received the grace of the Chaos Divine Power and became closer to the subspace. The former chief think tank and now the chief wizard of the warband have become more powerful in spiritual energy. 's powerful.

That is to say, the tyrant does not like the power of psychic powers and wizards, and prefers blood and fire. Otherwise, if he invests in other powerful powers, the chief wizard's ability will become even more powerful.

But even so, since leaving the Phoenix, Ankoni has never seen many existences that can compare with the war gang wizards in terms of psychic power.

But now, what the warband wizard is talking about is not how long it will take him to destroy this mortal, but how long he can't last in the hands of that mortal? !

This made him feel incredible.

However, this is definitely not the time to be surprised.

He never thought that a psyker and a mortal would become the biggest obstacle in this battle that he thought would not be difficult. However, the tyranny from the evil god's grace came to his head at this moment.

He also had no intention of controlling it.

Now we just need this powerful impulse!

"Charge!" he roared and took the lead!
All the ashes of the dead charge together with him!
They even gave up shooting. Chainswords, flesh-tearing axes, skull-crushing hammers...all kinds of powerful and brutal melee weapons appeared in their hands!
Just fight hand-to-hand and have the final duel!

(End of this chapter)