Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 451

Chapter 450: Can’t Hold On For Long

LongAnconi Ben looked down on the current Phoenixes, calling them “new recruits”, of course there was a reason.

Most of the members of the Ash Dead had withdrawn from the Phoenix’s Atonement Expedition. Regardless of their willpower, they were all serious century-old veterans.

Another part of the non-Phoenix members were also some other rebellious Space Marines that Zhong Jihua absorbed and merged through fighting, coercion, inducement, and the favor of evil gods in the past few decades.

They were also veterans.

The beginning of the Phoenix Regiment’s revival was that they ended the Atonement Expedition and cooperated with the Alliance.

This time, it has only been ten years. Even the Phoenixes that appeared in this starship were the earliest batch of Space Marines, and their combat careers were only this long at most.

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

This is still the case with the same equipment.

Even when the number of both sides increases, the proportion of this consumption will increase. One veteran can beat three new recruits, and a hundred veterans may be able to beat four hundred new recruits.

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

They have two hundred veterans here, and the new Phoenix, can they take out eight hundred now?

According to the information they collected, it is obviously not possible.

Therefore, Anconi Ben was just a little nervous, and it was even more like excitement after the emotions came up.

This is a little bit of a challenge!

Otherwise, it would not be worth it for him to be serious.

And since you have to be more serious, you naturally can’t be too casual.

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

The most core assault force, the two hundred Ash Dead, has always been placed in the frontal assault, but the auxiliary army is guarding the rear on the side to prevent the assault troops from being disturbed.

And now, they have to fight more resolutely.

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

Wearing Terminator power armor, he led a whole team of Terminators, and as the spearhead of the entire army, he suddenly accelerated his pace.

He finally saw with his own eyes the Phoenix that blocked their front and limited their attack for the first time.

The narrow passage could not accommodate too many people fighting at the same time. There were only twenty loyalist space warriors in front of him.

Looking at their bright red armor and the flamboyant firebird pattern engraved on their shoulder armor, Anconi Ben was even a little absent-minded for a moment.

Was it nostalgia?

Of course not!

Anconi Ben was only angry!

This was a kind of anger that could not be eliminated unless the Phoenix was killed and destroyed!

“I will never admit that those in front are Phoenixes. They are not worthy of wearing this armor! Kill them all! Kill all these running dogs of the false emperor!”

Obviously, the other people in the Ash Dead had similar thoughts as him.

Under Anconi Ben’s encouragement, they all howled and were inspired.

However, when the Ashes Dead Terminator Squad began to charge at full force, the Phoenixes on the opposite side retreated directly.

Of course, this was actually quite sensible.

There were only a dozen or twenty Phoenixes standing in front of them, all wearing ordinary tactical power armor. Facing the impact of a whole Terminator Squad, it was impossible for them to stop it, so retreating was natural.

But this made the Ashes Dead Terminators feel like they were punching cotton.

They just shouted the battle cry and launched a fierce charge, but the enemy actually retreated.

However, they can move forward a long distance again.

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.

In front, after passing a large assembly center, they should be there.

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

The space is relatively large.

When encountering boarding operations, this type of area can be used as the main defense space.

After all, when facing boarding operations, the number of incoming enemies is limited, but they are usually elite. In narrow areas, elite troops can play a particularly large role. After all, it is difficult for the defenders to play a numerical advantage or a firepower advantage.

This kind of relatively large space is relatively easy to deploy troops and is more convenient to place strong firepower.

On the other hand, for the attackers, this kind of place is not very friendly.

Although Ankoni Ben was full of anger, although the anger and bloodthirsty killing intent kept churning in his chest, he was not so angry that he was blinded by anger.

He would not rush in recklessly.

He arranged a small group of auxiliary army elites to enter the space first.

After the auxiliary army elite 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.

It looked like a trap.

After thinking about it, Ankoni Ben still sent more auxiliary troops to try to take the place directly.

If it is a trap, then we should give it another try.

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

Ankoni Ben was still worried, but since things had come to this point, he decided not to dwell on it any more.

Anyway, from this assembly hall to the bridge command post, the distance is only more than 300 meters at most.

No matter what means those pseudo-emperor’s lackeys have arranged in the assembly hall, let them arrange it. Ankoni Ben has enough confidence to lead his team to rush through the distance of more than 300 meters regardless of anything.

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

At this moment, all the passages leading to the assembly hall were filled with gunfire.

Even the retreat route they took when they came was included in it.

Sure enough, this place was a trap just as he thought. The moment they stepped in, enemies came from all directions.

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

These auxiliary troops blessed by the power of Chaos should not be underestimated, but they are still mortals in nature. When facing ordinary marines, they can gain a great advantage. However, when facing the Phoenix Space Marines, they are still like chickens and dogs, and are easily destroyed.

No matter how much Anconi Ben despises the current Phoenix, no matter how much he calls them “new recruits”, they are also serious Space Marines, and they are not something that ordinary mortal troops can fight against.

But…

“So what? Shooting oneself in the foot!”

This is his evaluation.

He decisively ordered all the auxiliary troops stationed in the surrounding area to stay in place and hold on to the end, and try their best to delay the steps of the besieged Phoenix. At the same time, he led all the Ash Dead and embarked on the road to charge towards the center of the bridge.

The Space Marines moved very quickly. When they all ran, the distance of 400 meters was almost fleeting. No

matter how fast you break through, can you be as fast as me!

With this idea in mind, the 200 Ash Dead advanced at full speed.

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

Anconi 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.

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

The lightning directly melted through the heavy front armor of the Terminator!

What kind of weapon is this?

I’m afraid that the 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 at this side of the passage?

Aren’t they afraid that the plasma cannon will blow through their own starship? !

“Be careful, it’s a psyker.” The warband wizard warned at this time. After saying this, the wizard added: “It’s not an ordinary psyker, it’s very strong.”

Anconi Ben just wanted to speak, but he heard the roar of the bolter from the other side of the passage.

Then, he and his Terminator team were constantly bombarded.

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

Normal bolters can cause damage to the Terminator power armor, but not much; on the contrary, the Terminator’s larger caliber heavy bolter and even the revolver howitzer have the ability to cause fatal damage to ordinary Space Marines wearing tactical armor.

The two sides are not equal in armor and firepower. Even if the other side takes out the melta gun and plasma gun, the situation will not change much. Of course, this type of weapon will pose a greater threat to the Terminator, but it is slow to fire and the firepower density is relatively limited. The Phoenix who dared to use this thing to charge energy to attack them would surely die first under the firepower of the Terminator.

However, the reality once again surprised him!

In front of him, at the other end of the passage, a blue light film suddenly appeared, constantly blocking their firepower.

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

If it was an energy shield, it would be at most a micro shield, otherwise it would not be placed in this position; and if it was just a micro shield, it would not be able to stop the volley attack of the Terminator and the many, many Ash Dead behind.

That could only be the “powerful psychic” that the war gang wizard just reminded him of?

But isn’t this a bit too strong?

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

At this time, Anconi Ben finally panicked.

He raised his head and saw two people who attracted his attention under the blue light.

One of them was a man wearing a bright red Phoenix power armor and a black and white skull helmet.

Although his face had not been revealed, Anconi immediately recognized who it was: Rizzo, the chief chaplain of the Phoenix Regiment.

He was the man who had provided him with great help in his previous career as a space warrior.

He seemed to be able to feel his cold eyes through the skull helmet.

This psychological pressure even made him turn his head away and dare not look him in the eye.

Another person who attracted his attention was a man in a general’s uniform.

He did not look tall, just a normal mortal body.

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

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

This soul trembling was not even just from the intuitive feeling of power, but something deeper.

The most intuitive thing was that the power of the Chaos God’s grace from the Tyrant’s Kingdom, which he could feel all the time, faded a lot under the direct gaze of this man.

Is this the ‘powerful psyker’ that the wizard talked about?

At this moment, the voice of the warband 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 pressure and pain.

Anconi Ben couldn’t remember how long it had been since he heard his warband wizard in a similar state.

In the past, that guy was the chief think tank of the warband. He had strong psychic power and a strong physique of a space marine. He was more powerful than the so-called A-level psykers awakened among normal humans.

Not to mention, after they threw themselves into the arms of the tyrant, they received the grace of the Chaos God and were closer to the warp. The former chief think tank and now the chief wizard of the warband has become more powerful in terms of psychic power.

In other words, the tyrant does not like the power of psychic power and wizards, and advocates blood and fire. Otherwise, if he had turned to other powerful people, the chief wizard’s ability would have become even stronger.

But even so, since he left the Phoenix, Anconi had never seen many beings who could be compared with the Warband Wizard in terms of psychic power.

But now, the Warband Wizard did not say how long it would take him to destroy this mortal, but how long he could not 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 psychic, a mortal, would become the biggest obstacle in this battle that he thought would not be difficult. However, the tyranny from the evil god Grace rushed to his head at this moment.

He had no intention of controlling it.

This powerful impulse is what is needed now!

“Charge!” He roared and took the lead!

All the ashes of the dead charged with him!

They even gave up shooting, and chainsaw swords, flesh-tearing axes, skull-crushing hammers…all kinds of powerful and brutal melee weapons appeared in their hands!

Let’s have a close combat and have the final duel!

(End of this chapter)