Chapter 819: Civil War is the Most Painful

Chapter 819: Civil War is the Most Painful
Picking up the warhammer, Alvin looked elsewhere.

Just now, of course, it wasn't just him and Captain Nata who were fighting.

In addition to the one who was killed by the trap earlier, he had seven other battle brothers, led by the psychic warrior Gaza, who were struggling to resist the attacks of the chapter veterans who were two or three times their number.

Normally, they would be defeated. Especially since the Raiders not only outnumbered them, but also had multiple Terminators and even two Dreadnoughts to assist them. With the convenience of the raid, they could probably wipe out half of the Brotherhood members with heavy firepower in one encounter, and then just clean up the mess and the battle would be over.

But in fact, the battle is still going on at this moment.

The Brotherhood's fighters, although they can't say they can win, at least they don't seem to be showing any signs of collapse.

In fact, if we really count the casualties, the enemy has already lost six veterans of the regiment, including two Terminators. On our side, only two soldiers have lost their combat effectiveness. The remaining five, led by Shaka, are still resisting resolutely.

All members are members of a brotherhood composed of allied people, and their average quality is quite strong.

They were at least at the level of veterans, and three of them had reached the level of exemplary warriors - this level was only commonly seen in ordinary chapters, such as the flag-bearing sergeant major and the chapter commander's honor guard.

On the other hand, Shaka, in addition to being a model warrior, also possesses the strength of an A-class psychic, which is a great guarantee. Alvin himself did not dare to say that he could win in a one-on-one duel against Shaka. After all, Shaka is not like those mortal psychics. As long as his psychic power is broken, he will be like a lamb to be slaughtered when facing a Space Marine. Shaka himself is also a Space Marine. If he is attacked, he may kill the attacker with a backhanded sword. Even when facing a leader among the company champions like Alvin, he can still take two moves. Then, he can use his psychic power to launch a counterattack.

In short, the presence of Shaka is the key factor that allows them to hold on until now.

Alvin let out a long breath, threw away his helmet, and the wounds on his face had just stopped bleeding. He picked up his warhammer and was about to join the current battle.

But at this moment, two "cough cough" sounds were heard.

The voice came from Nata.

The captain of the 3rd Company of the Unforgotten Oath, whose breastplate had been deformed beyond recognition and who had suffered fatal injuries, struggled to take off his helmet, but this seemed to have consumed almost all of his strength.

Nata was vomiting blood from his mouth, and his internal organs were all shattered. Unless he was immediately sent to a special ward and his heart was reconstructed with the highest level of medical support, perhaps his life could be saved, or at least he would have a chance to be sent to the Fearless Iron Coffin.

But now, obviously there is no such condition for him.

It was difficult for him to even move, and the fact that he was still able to maintain some consciousness at this moment was purely a last-minute burst of consciousness before death.

Alvin only took one glance to determine that he no longer posed any threat.

Not going to waste any more time, his battle brothers were still waiting for his support.

However, after Nata spat out the blood foam in his mouth, he chuckled twice, looked at Alvin's back, and said a few words to himself, regardless of whether Alvin was willing to listen or not:
"Stop struggling, it's pointless."

"The entire regiment has already converted to the Lord of Change. The essence of the universe is endless change, and it will be even more so in the future!"

"You can't escape, and neither can the Alliance. The Empire, humanity, and even all living things in the universe will be in endless changes..."

As he spoke, blue and pink light appeared on Natta's body, and his broken body began to twist and change, like a piece of colorful glass that reflected various colors after being broken. Something strange was happening, so strange that Alvin, who saw this scene, felt a little dizzy.

"Boom."

A bomb shattered Captain Nata's mouth, which was still chattering even when he was about to die.

As it completely turned into a headless corpse, all the changes in its body - or rather the 'illusion' that Alvin saw - disappeared.

He turned his head again and fought side by side with his battle-brothers to eliminate all the remaining ambushers.

It was quite difficult for these people to fight against Shaka and his men, not to mention when Alvin, a master with a murderous intent, joined the battle.

Especially when he and Shaka are able to cooperate with each other, the effect is even better.

With the help of Shaka, he quickly broke through the attackers' defenses, rushed to a Dreadnought, and demolished it.

Then came the second one.

And then there was that Terminator squad.

At this point in the battle, Alvin also heard the sound of the Dragon Elephant fighter's engine in the sky.

He was nervous at first, fearing that it was enemy reinforcements.

The troops here are not all of the Third Company. There is another squadron outside, but they are nowhere to be seen.

If another thirty veterans of the chapter were to join in the siege of him and the remaining Brotherhood soldiers, it would be very difficult to withstand.

But the actual situation made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Those three Dragon Elephant fighters looked familiar—they were the vehicles that brought them here.

The fighter pilot's communication also connected with him:
"Hello, Chief Petty Officer Alvin. We have received instructions from our superiors to fully cooperate with you in the battle. Your enemy is our enemy."

The overjoyed sergeant directly issued an order, requiring three fighter planes to participate in the battle.

When these three fighters approached the battlefield, they launched direct ground-to-ground fire strikes, targeting Alvin's enemies.

The combat capability of the Dragon Elephant fighter is still very fierce. It is huge in size and can carry heavy weapons, a squad of space warriors, and even one or two tanks. In addition, the Dragon Elephant has excellent speed and flexibility... It is simply an air combat overlord!
This thing, when launched by an aircraft carrier near some starships during space combat, the weapons they carry can even cause fatal damage to the starships!
Of course, the three Dragon Elephants did not have this capability at the moment. As transport aircraft and support aircraft for the Space Marines, they had to reduce their firepower in order to carry ten fighters and sufficient supplies - at least they could not carry a few anti-ship missiles.

However, ordinary air-to-ground missiles, laser cannons, defender macro cannons...these equipments as "conventional weapons" are all available.

And if all this firepower hits the opponent's head, it would be quite painful.

Of course, if that were all, it wouldn't be enough to wipe out a squadron of Space Marines.

The Space Marines' outstanding flexibility allows them to easily dodge fire attacks from the sky; if the covering area damage fails to hit accurately, the marginal explosive lethality is not enough to cause them effective damage.

However, with Shaka, Alvin, and other models and veterans on the ground, the situation is completely different. Their firepower support can create an advantageous environment for the ground soldiers, divide the battlefield, and facilitate Alvin and Shaka to exert their strong individual strength. When the enemy lacks a numerical advantage in the local battlefield due to the division of the sky support firepower, they will be quickly eliminated by Alvin and Shaka.

This significantly reduces the difficulty of the battle.

After these powerful enemies were eliminated one by one, the difficulty of the battle suddenly decreased. When all the enemies were finally wiped out, they only lost one more person, and lost a Dragon Elephant - the pilot was saved after ejecting. At this moment, including Alvin, they still had a total of five Space Marines and two Dragon Elephants.

Thinking of this, the Third Company he was in could basically be said to be useless. His squadron was wiped out, and the squadron that Natta brought was also wiped out, plus the Dreadnought and Terminator squads were gone... What was left of the entire company?
If it were a normal dark side expedition, there would not be such losses even if ten or even dozens of worlds were conquered.

And a civil war, in just a few dozen minutes, left a company utterly destroyed...

Such is the cruelty of civil war.

But there's not much to sigh about.

He opened the coded communication and tried to confirm the latest situation with the members of his brotherhood.

There are 96 Brotherhood members on Luku Star. But since they were attacked here, what about the other brothers?
Is it possible that the entire regiment is the enemy?
This seems to be verified from Nata's performance just now.

According to the information revealed by Nata, does this mean that the entire regiment has long been dedicated to the so-called Lord of Change?

He knew what the Lord of Change was - one of the four evil gods in the Warp, and the most mysterious, unpredictable and unpredictable of the four.

Could this be the secret that the regiment has been hiding for a long time?
The whole group is Chaos traitors? They just hid it really well in the past?

Judging from Nata's behavior before his death, it does look alike.

However, Alvin still had doubts.

If that's the case, why did Nata say those words before he died?

Is it simply because he is about to die and wants to vent his anger? Is it because he has something to say that he cannot help but get out?
It's not impossible, but the possibility is too low.

If he was about to be defeated and Nata was making a victory declaration, it might be more credible: he was just pretending to be in the know.

The villains in the story are all like this.

However, in reality, he didn't think that such a thing would really happen, especially to a Space Marine Captain with hundreds of years of combat experience.

Especially since Nata didn't talk too much when he was about to win, but had to tell him a big secret right after he had already failed and before he died?

No matter how I think about it, it feels weird.

On the contrary, he was more inclined to believe that Nata's behavior before his death was just an attempt to mislead him further - since he had already lost and was doomed to die, he might as well make trouble for himself before he died.

Thinking from this perspective, things seem to go more smoothly.

Considering this, he couldn't help but ask Shaka next to him: "What do you think?"

Shaka understood what Alvin said instantly. Although he was far away, he saw everything that Nata did before his death.

"Don't believe his words. They are not credible. They are just interference factors and have no reference value. We still need to investigate the real situation ourselves."

"Where can I check?"

Shaka pointed to the sky.

There is the Luku satellite.

This satellite orbiting the planet Luku is so large that the outline of a planet can be seen in broad daylight.

According to previous intelligence, the psychic tracking that Shaka secretly performed on several high-ranking members of the regiment showed that they were heading towards the back of the satellite.

Chasing them is certainly useful.

Even a captain like Nata can reveal some information - whether it is true or false - the high-ranking members of the chapter always have more information to tell.

What is Grand Master - the Chapter Leader of the Unforgotten Oath is called Grand Master, a title inherited from their parent Chapter, the Angels of Death - Chief Priest, Think Tank Director, Chief Pharmacist and the like, all have corresponding high-level authority, and naturally are likely to possess high-level "secrets".

However, even when Alvin and Shaka led their team to fight against half a company of veterans, they still had such a hard time. The entire senior members of the Unforgotten Oath, plus the personal guards of the Grand Master, plus an unknown number of veterans, but definitely hundreds of them... How could they win with just the forces around them?
Even if all the other members of the Pure Fire Brotherhood on Ruku Star could arrive, it might not be enough.

Not to mention, it is very likely that they will not be able to arrive in full force.

Alvin's secret confirmation signal had been sent out for a while, but at this moment, only more than thirty people responded.

The rest is silent.

He didn't know if it was because of the poor signal or because it was inconvenient for his fraternity members to reply at the moment.

He hoped it was the former.

Because if it was the latter, it meant that his previous guess was very likely correct: the internal purge of the regiment was not only happening in their company, but in the entire regiment, a purge of all new blood from the alliance.

With him and Shaka here, they can prevail if they are attacked by surprise, and even kill all the attackers, but what about others?

As far as Alvin knows, he and Shaka are the most powerful in the entire brotherhood.

There is no third one with their level.

Thinking of this, he even felt a little discouraged.

He said to Shaka in frustration: "Our current strength can no longer support us to investigate the back of the satellite."

Shaka shook his head and pointed his finger to the sky on the other side.

Alvin was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed!
This is not a world where oaths must not be forgotten.

Here, the Alliance is on its ongoing dark side expedition!

(End of this chapter)