Chapter 321 05.0320: "The Power of the Light Spear Cleansing the Ground"

Round after round of bombs with enough power to create small mushroom clouds fell on the fortress rebels who were fleeing back to the fortress. They were planted all along the road back to the city, and the landing points kept getting closer and closer to the fortress.

All along the way to the fortress, there were rebel vehicles everywhere, emitting black smoke and on fire. Charred black mummies lay in all directions on the gray and black ground, or simply merged with the scrap metal that was still emitting blue smoke.

Hundreds of people were directly killed by rounds of close air strikes.

After the loaded bombs were dropped, there were still Skyhawk fighters and laser cannons waiting for them.

Unlike the small laser guns in the hands of soldiers, the reason why the laser cannon has the word "cannon" in its name is that the penetrating power brought by its extremely high power makes it destined to be at the top of the empire's small and medium-sized weapons.

For the very few rebels who were blown back shortly after leaving the city and managed to escape, Horatio had a big gift waiting for them.

He quickly entered the parameters into the data pad on his left arm.

Red lights flashed on the three reconnaissance CAT drones that remained in the barracks' living area.

The precise triangulated coordinates were integrated and transmitted to the data pad in Horatio's arm.

Then, as the fleet liaison officer, he sent the precise coordinates together with a rapid ground support application form to a Firestorm-class destroyer (a variant of the Sword-class frigate) that was further behind the Cobra-class destroyer and about 500 kilometers from the ground.

Brigadier General Peru allocated the Cobra class to provide airdrop support, and the task of providing fire support for bombarding the Light Spear was given to the Flamestorm class.

The battleship operations department received the coordinates and ground support application form sent by the flagship fleet liaison officer.

The Lieutenant Commander nodded and gave authorization at the console.

The output power of the plasma reactor inside the silent Flamestorm-class frigate suddenly increased, and the endless energy gathered on the bombardment light spears on the fins on both sides of the battleship and began to gather energy, emitting a dazzling red light at the end.

The Imperial Navy usually places bombardment lances at this flank position.

This type of light spear, as its name suggests, is designed for ground bombardment. Its firepower is less than that of the Imperial Navy's anti-ship light spear array, and its range is also shorter.

Fortunately, the energy output can be precisely controlled, so the navy does not use them in void warfare, but instead uses them exclusively for ground bombardment.

"Captain, the Mechanical Priest reports that the light spear has completed energy gathering at the lowest power level." The captain of the operations department turned around and reported.

"Permission to launch!"

Jiong!
The beam of light from the spear fell from the sky and pierced the ground.

Viewed from the ground, it was an extremely magnificent scene, like a ray of holy light shining upon the earth.

Without the threat of pursuit, the Hell's vanguards, who were more than ten kilometers away from the fortress, stopped their cars and relaxed to admire the victory fireworks. Louise stood up from her seat and got into the turret where Horatio was. The two of them squeezed into the small space without a care in the world and couldn't help but stop and watch into the distance.

The helmet eyepiece reduces the glare of the light, keeping it within the acceptable light sensitivity threshold of the human eye.

"It's so beautiful, just like a Seraph swinging down the sword of punishment." She stared intently at the white-red beam of light that pierced the sky and the earth and silently pierced the ground.

"Yes, it's beautiful." At this moment, Horatio was deeply moved.

If you were not an officer of the Imperial Navy, how could you have enjoyed the close support of such a large-scale and overwhelming carrier-based aircraft group, and have the opportunity to appreciate the magnificent shock brought by the precise light spear strike.

In the distance, the entire hundred-meter-high towering barracks and the surface garrison living area 5 kilometers away were wiped out by the direct bombardment of the light spears. They completely disappeared in the dark yellow dust that rose from the ground and began to turn into ashes and suddenly disintegrated.

Moreover, the interior of the fortress does not fall under the Ministry of the Interior's ban on the use of light spears and macro cannons in agricultural and urban areas.

The Imperial Navy merely pulled out a blackhead stuck in the planet's surface.

Nearly 100,000 soldiers inside were evaporated in an instant and turned into molecular-level carbon residues.

Those who were a little further away from the center of the bombardment were instantly turned into ashes by the burning winds of thousands of degrees.

Some of the people hiding inside the orbital bombardment cannon are not having an easy time either.

The high temperature lasted for dozens of seconds, and the immeasurable heat caused the surface temperature of the black cannon to suddenly reach one thousand degrees.

The people inside were like being put into an airtight oven.

They thought they had escaped with luck, but in fact, the pain of being boiled slowly at high temperature in an iron can was worse than being hit by a spear of light and dying quickly in battle, once and for all. They screamed and watched their skin and flesh turn red, blister, and finally collapse and melt.

Before the nasal cavity becomes inactive, you can still clearly smell the burnt aroma of the Maillard reaction produced by the flesh.

The traitor wailed as the inferior bullets in his hands exploded one after another. Now he had no means of escape and could only feel the increasing temperature inside the turret.

Those who were fortunate enough to hide in the deepest core area soon found that things were getting bad.

They felt as if boiling water was slowly poured on their bodies, with the water temperature slowly rising from 60 degrees to 100 degrees, and then higher.

The stinging pain brought by the 'boiling frog in warm water' made them jump and scream in the thickly armored core area.

They couldn't die, but the pain that was like having boiling water poured on their bodies made them feel like they were living a life worse than death.

The temperature is just right so as not to cause the shell bays in the underground core area to explode, but it can slowly scald people to death.

A few minutes later, the slender rays of the bombardment light spears ended after intermittent ripples. Well, this was just the lowest-power direct bombardment of the Imperial Navy warships.

The area of ​​the first wall of the heavy fortress near the military camp was not messy but surprisingly clean.

As long as the follow-up troops land, they can rebuild a new building on this vitrified ground with quick-concrete and alloy plates. The ground will be more solid than before because it is based on a giant foundation.

Horatio was very satisfied with the current condition of the fortress. He asked Fasha to take aerial photos, and the officers on the flagship were as satisfied as he was.

But the operation is not over yet, this is just the first fortress to be taken.

Horatio led the team to clear and establish a landing site, used Valkyries to pick up the wounded, and welcomed the new reinforcements that were dropped down.

This time, he had more detachments under his direct command.

He will lead them to conduct reconnaissance and infiltration sabotage operations in the surrounding areas, and scout as many attack routes as possible before the Astra Militarum arrives.

The forward reconnaissance and sabotage operations on the ground continued for several months.

During this period, Archie Cuthbert Collingwood, the best-prepared officer and grandfather who was a rear admiral, was the first to receive a letter of recommendation from Captain Peru six months after joining the ship.

Following the cruise frigate squadron that was escorting the empty supply ship, he went to Sepra-Mundi to take the naval lieutenant examination for the first half of the Terran year.

After suffering dozens of casualties on the ground of Far Star, the Chief Eagle Flag Battalion of the Hell Vanguard destroyed five heavy air defense fortresses, dozens of medium-sized fortresses, and countless light air defense towers.

Finally, one day when Horatio welcomed the dawn on the ground, the Imperial Navy arrived at the orbital safety zone of the star Far with a fleet of Cetacean-class troop transports loaded with Astra Militarum and the escorting Karl-Duniash Squadron.
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On the orbital star fortress.

Horatio and other captains on the flagship were dressed in neat uniforms and lined up in an orderly manner with medals and insignias on their shoulders. Behind them stood hundreds of naval armed forces soldiers in the same neat uniforms, forming a solemn welcoming formation.

"Stand at attention! Fire!" At Louise's command, 14 navy boarding team members raised their grenade launchers loaded with paintballs and fired a salute into the sky to welcome the visitors from the Star Fort docking station.

At the same time, the star fort's macro-cannon turret also fired shots of the same magnitude.

The navy's gun salutes are in groups of 7, with a maximum of three groups, namely 7, 14, and 21. This specification originated from the ancient naval tradition of Holy Terra, and has not changed since humans entered the starry sea.

When visiting or meeting with a general planet, the Navy will give a seven-gun salute as a courtesy.

When meeting colleagues from the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Astra Militarum, or other departments, or Rogue Merchants, the Navy will offer 14 rounds of greeting.

When addressing other battle fleets of the Imperial Navy, the Adeptus Astartes, the Adeptus Mechanicus, or Terran commissioners such as the Astronomican and the Inquisition, the Navy fires a 21-gun salute as a sign of respect.

The people who came were several officers of the Astra Militarum Army. They were wearing uniforms of different colors and styles, which represented the battalions and regiments they commanded, which came from different cultural styles of their home planets.

At a glance, Horatio saw that the more conspicuous ones were the Mordians in blue uniforms, the Cadians in green uniforms, and the Britons in red uniforms.

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