Chapter 103 02.0102: "Sanguinius Festival Attack" (First Order Request!)

Horatio heard gunfire in the distance, several patrols exchanging fire with the cultists.

The channel received the soldiers' screams for support, but they did not have any extra manpower to send for support.

Soon, the distress signal disappeared.

Imperial soldiers and hive marshals in patrol teams were brutally killed in the streets. The cannon fodder vanguards armed with sticks stripped off their armor, snatched their guns, and brutally dismembered and gnawed their bodies.

Behind them were the Blood Pact Army, all of whom were wearing crimson bulletproof armor and holding various smuggled military firearms, running forward.

These guys usually hide in the lower nest and the bottom nest to avoid being hunted down by the imperial troops. Although dozens of arms caches were destroyed by the Hell's Vanguards, causing heavy losses, their "Global Burning Operation" was completely thwarted.

But they had stored all their strength beneath Vegas, and now they were pouring out of the sewers like cockroaches during a flood, determined to set this corner of the planet on fire.

A vast sea of ​​scarlet people was pouring in. Horatio could not estimate their number, but it was definitely over ten thousand, but he was not sure whether it could reach a hundred thousand, because the blood tide was still pouring out from every corner, as if it would never end.

This is their trump card, the result of hundreds of years of hard work, which they are going to throw out just to make the angel bleed.

This kind of madness, regardless of cost, is the symbol of Khorne, and the defenders felt as if the earth was shaking.

[+Everyone, the cultists are approaching, keep combat alert! +]

The Imperial Guard soldier sitting behind the heavy felling rifle pulled the bolt and loaded the thick 12.7mm bullet.

The veterans looked at the invading enemy with sharp eyes, and thought about the good battle positions nearby. The hands of the new recruits holding their guns were shaking a little, and the veterans next to them snorted and kicked them on the buttocks.

The Battle Sisters and Blood Angels raised their bolters, and the Hell Soldier unlocked the safety of the Hell Guns and Hotline volley rifles.

The civilians noticed the strangeness of the imperial soldiers around them, but most of them chose to ignore it and keep calm, reciting prayers silently.

"All civilians, hurry up!" Horatio was anxious as he looked at the long queue that was slowly moving forward.

Under the urging of the surrounding soldiers, although the team moved faster, the progress was still slow. Many people deliberately slowed down their pace in order to finish chanting the prayer to St. Guillemins before entering the church.

But they cannot use bayonets to intimidate civilians to speed up, because this will shake their faith and cause them to fear the use of force, which will turn into satisfying Khorne's desire.

【Encounter the enemy! 】

The Hell's Spies, who were deployed by Horatio in the square as light infantry, engaged in a firefight with the minions of Khorne. The Spies adopted a skirmish formation, shooting while kneeling or crawling to block the enemy's advance. Once the enemy approached, they would quickly slide back and conduct mobile blocking defense.

Then the Imperial Guardsmen started firing their red lasers and lumberjack rifles. For a moment, beams of light and bullets flew everywhere, and people from both sides were shot and fell to the ground.

As fighting and stray bullets flew within sight, commotion broke out among the Imperial citizens participating in the ceremonial procession.

But most people firmly believed that Sanguinius would save them, so they continued to bow their heads and silently pray, moving forward slowly.

A truck with a front modified to look like a bulldozer rushed over. The heavy logging gun failed to stop it and went straight into the crowd.

Just before the collision, the Blood Angels opened fire with a swift burst of bullets, instantly smashing the cab into a bloody mess.

The vehicle began to lose control and rolled into the crowd.

The children who had just asked Horatio the question were standing in the path of the vehicle.

The children ran away in a hurry, but because they were too panicked, several of them fell to the ground due to pushing and jostle.

Just as the vehicle was about to run over the crowd, it stopped rolling over.

People saw a cloud of steam rising up, and a young imperial soldier wearing a void blue beret propped up the overturned modified car with just one iron hand.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Several couples pulled their children back in panic.

"Get into the church!" Horatio shouted.

Faced with the sudden threat, the crowd no longer dared to move forward slowly. Many people ran to the Church of the Goddess in panic, but there were still many people, the fanatics and penitents, who still recited scriptures silently and moved forward slowly.

Boom boom boom!
The sound of heavy running footsteps was heard, and Brother Romain Rolland, Louise, and Archie rushed over together, helping him to support the vehicle with their hands, and the four of them pushed the modified truck back together.

"We must hold our defense!" He took a breath and looked around: [Do our best to stop them! ]

It was 8:08 am Terra time. Everything happened too fast. There were exchanges of fire everywhere on the planet, whether it was the Church of the Goddess, the monastery, or other religious places in the distance.

As expected, the attacks on the upper, middle and lower nests near Vegas were the most serious, and even explosions occurred near the throne area. Explosions, gunshots, screams and wails desecrated this festival that should have been sacred and peaceful.

The crazy cultists rushed into the praying crowd and slaughtered them at will, but they were quickly shot dead by the guards.

But they kept killing one wave after another. These man-eaters with red eyes had abnormal morale and fighting will. Horatio's judgment was correct. The Cathedral of the Maiden he was guarding would be the main place for Khorne to hold the blasphemous blood sacrifice today.

A silver Rhino troop carrier belonging to the Sisters drove out from the courtyard of the Cathedral of the Goddess of Heaven, and people took shelter in it.

A battle sister operated the furious bolter on top, and the two barrels poured punishment on the cultists, smashing the cultists who blasphemed the holy day into slag.

Farida cleared out nearby snipers and other high-threat targets from her high vantage point, while some members of the labor gang also opened fire from nearby buildings.

Horatio took over the lumberjack gun of a company whose combatants were all dead, and began firing at the cultists.

Although the enemy was numerous, these mortals were still vulnerable to large-caliber machine guns.

Bullets tore the flesh and blood of traitors and cultists apart. Some lunatics could not resist the temptation of flesh and blood and began to devour their fellow believers, committing blasphemy to the extreme.

The Soul Fire readings are constantly jumping up and down.

Finally, a golden light appeared.

"Activating: Hand of Command...1%"

Under Horatio's cover, Sister Arabella rushed to rescue the injured civilians and dragged the wounded onto the troop carrier.

The three Blood Angels rushed into the enemy group and launched a bloody massacre. The imperial soldiers forced the crowd to evacuate to the church.

The square was still a sea of ​​blood and corpses. Looking around, there were at least thousands of bodies of dead imperial soldiers, cultists, Blood Pact soldiers, and imperial civilians. This was within just 15 minutes of the attack.

The heavy lumberjack, spitting flames, suppressed a group of thugs.

Suddenly, a Chimera covered with blasphemous symbols slowly drove out.

"Oh, damn it!" the machine gunner stood up and cursed.

boom!
A machine gun position was blown to pieces, and the holy white wall behind it was stained with charred black and blood.

Shuo! ——

A Valhalla fighter plane came from a distance, and 12 loyal marines dropped ropes from behind and slid down to join Horatio's command sequence.

The fighter plane turned its nose and fired rockets at the enemy vehicle to blow it up.

Whoosh! - Suddenly, a surface-to-air rocket was fired from a building diagonally to the side, so close that the pilot could not see the approach warning and perform an evasive maneuver.

The rocket hit the side and rear of the Valkyrie fighter, breaking the tail wing. The air angel lost control and sprayed flares in vain, struggling to fall to the ground. The leaked promethium fuel exploded, turning the fighter into a fireball in an instant.

[+We must shrink our defense! Return to defend the Cathedral of the Goddess+] The situation is not good, we must focus on defense, Horatio shouted into the command communication channel.

The commanders of other troops agreed with Horatio's strategy and began to gather their troops to defend the church.

『+Activate: Hand of Command+』

Horatio felt as if he had entered the operating perspective of a real-time strategy game.

Below him are 5 things similar to "soldier cards", which are the Hell Vanguard Squadron and the Tadashi Marines who came to support.

[+Sergeant Horatio, the Blood Angels are willing to accept your command. Please send us to where we are most needed+] Brother Romain Rolland said.

【+Thank you very much!+】

Horatio discovered that a Blood Angel squad suddenly appeared on the soldier card, with the number of people on the card being 3.

This seems to be the actual command authority and the soldier card generated in his mind.

It seems that it can not only command squads, but also break up and command individual soldiers.

[Let me see the effect.]
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