noffsinger Chapter 353: The Attack Begins 2
Chapter 353: The Attack Begins 2
The shells fired from the volcanic cannon were like the roaring god of death, carrying with them a terrifying and horrifying power, rushing towards the positions of the defense soldiers at lightning speed.
The deafening roars rose and fell:
"Boom boom boom..."
"Rumble..."
It seemed as if it was going to tear the world apart.
However, just as these shells were about to reach the defense position, less than a hundred meters away, a miracle happened - they suddenly set off ripples in the void, and then mysteriously disappeared in mid-air.
This phenomenon indicates that on the position held by the defense soldiers, there is a large void shield engine that is large enough to cover the entire defense area outside the entrance of the underground fortress.
As long as they can successfully resist the fierce offensive from the enemy's front and prevent powerful beings like the Astartes Space Marines from breaking into the underground fortress and wreaking havoc, the defending forces do not need to worry too much even if the enemy has a fierce firepower attack.
"Fight back!"
Doc watched the various artillery attacks coming like a tide, and the Astra Militarum soldiers, who were closely protected by hundreds of Chimera armored transport vehicles and were approaching the entrance of the underground fortress, and he did not hesitate to loudly give the order to counterattack through the communication channel.
"Yes!"
With a neat and loud response, the volcanic cannon in the defense position was instantly activated.
One after another, the volcanic cannons began to spew out angry tongues of fire, and the hot shells were shot towards the invading enemies with the force of thunder.
In an instant, flames shot up into the sky, smoke filled the air, and the entire battlefield fell into a sea of fire and chaos.
"Rumble"
The positions of the Imperial Army artillery were completely destroyed by the attack of the Defense Army artillery. All the artillery, missile vehicles, and artillerymen were killed in the counterattack of the Defense Army artillery.
Tim and Cam, who were watching the battle from the command post, used binoculars to peer at the distant positions of the heretics. When they saw the ripples of light in the sky as the volcanic cannon landed on the positions of the defense soldiers, Political Commissar Cam looked incredibly surprised.
"Captain Tim, I didn't expect this group of heretics to be so powerful. One of their defensive positions is actually protected by a void shield."
"Yeah, I didn't expect these heretics to possess so many Void Shield Engines, spaceports, and large Void Shields covering an entire planet. Now even a single defensive position is protected by a Void Shield. It seems this war to eliminate these heretics won't be so easy."
Tim responded with emotion.
Obviously, the two were very surprised that the defense army could have so many void shield engines.
In any sector under the Empire, it is rare to find a planet with a large void shield engine installed. Only the Forge World of the Mechanicus and the home planets of some Astartes Chapters have large void shield engines to defend the entire planet.
"Captain Tim, all the artillery units in our rear have been destroyed."
A messenger rushed into the command post and anxiously reported the current situation to Tim and Cam.
After hearing the news from the messenger, Tim turned around in shock and looked at the messenger with an incredible expression:
"What? The entire artillery unit was destroyed?"
The messenger didn't dare to hide anything in the face of Tim's questioning:
"Yes, Lord Tim, after our artillery unit launched the attack, it suffered a counterattack from those heretics. The entire artillery unit was completely destroyed under the heretics' artillery attack."
"An artillery battery was destroyed just like that?"
Cam looked at Tim in surprise. Cam did not expect that the artillery unit would be destroyed by the heretics with just one round of artillery fire to provide fire support for the attack of the Astra Militarum soldiers.
"What should we do now? Without the support of the artillery, it will be difficult for our troops to break into the defensive positions where those heretics are located."
Tim's face turned ugly. An entire regiment of artillery was completely destroyed as soon as the battle started. The subsequent battles would be difficult to fight.
"You command the infantry to continue charging." Cam glanced at Tim and said in a deep voice, "I'll contact the legion commander and hope to get artillery support from him."
"That's all we can do." Tim nodded helplessly in response.
When the Astra Militarum soldiers, who were attacking like a tide, gradually approached the position of the Defense Army soldiers, and were less than a thousand meters away, the originally silent Defense Army position suddenly seemed to have a fuse lit, and a deafening and violent explosion sounded in an instant.
"Boom boom boom——"
The sound, like thunder and the cracking of earth and mountains, resounded throughout the battlefield. Flames shot up from the defense positions, melta cannons spewed blazing flames, plasma cannons released a dazzling blue light, and multiple rocket launchers, like a swarm of angry bees, whistled and rushed towards the Chimera armored transports at the forefront of the Astra Militarum.
"Rumble--"
Violent explosions echoed one after another through the ranks of the Astra Militarum. The once majestic Chimera armored transports, now blasted with powerful artillery, were as fragile as paper toys.
One armored vehicle after another was instantly engulfed by the violent explosion, turning into huge burning fireballs.
Flames shot up, black smoke billowed, and the sky became pitch black. Parts and debris from the armored vehicle were blown everywhere, some even flying hundreds of meters away.
The Astra Militarum soldiers following closely behind the Chimera armored transport had no time to avoid this sudden disaster.
Under the powerful shock wave of the explosion and the cover of countless dense shrapnel, a large number of Astra Militarum soldiers fell in a pool of blood with screams.
Some people were hit by shrapnel, and blood splattered everywhere; some were knocked to the ground by the air wave, with their heads broken and bleeding; and some were directly engulfed by flames, struggling in pain but unable to escape.
"Ah ah ah ah ah--"
"help me……"
"Ahhh-"
Shrill cries echoed across the battlefield, like wails from hell. Wounded soldiers lay on the ground, some writhing in pain while others stared at their companions with despair, hoping for a ray of hope.
However, the battlefield was in chaos at this time and no one could care about anyone else.
Under a round of artillery fire from the defense soldiers, hundreds of attacking Chimera armored troop carriers were destroyed in an instant, and the Chimera armored troop carriers did not even play their due role.