From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

In the atmosphere;

A thousand DR-4 Viking landing craft and more than three hundred F-76 Thunder attack aircraft were sailing rapidly to the north at an altitude of about three thousand meters above the ground.

According to information provided by the federal intelligence agency, the capital town of the New Hope Colony is located in the northern desert.

And according to the data, the total population of the capital town is only more than 20. Even if all the people are soldiers, they are still less than the more than 4 mobile infantry carried by the Viking landing craft.

The most important thing is that since entering the atmosphere, they have completely lost contact with the expedition fleet.

Before entering the atmosphere, pilots can still observe the battle situation between the expeditionary fleet and the Blood Angels 1st Fleet with their naked eyes.

But now the sky is clear and the shining of the stars is quite dazzling.

It is impossible to use the naked eye to get a glimpse of the battle situation in low-Earth orbit.

Even landing craft and attack aircraft were unable to communicate in real time.

Therefore, the pilots had to follow the established plan and transport more than 40,000 mobile infantry to the capital town to eliminate the ground combat units of the Human Empire and capture high-value officials.

If the expeditionary fleet is defeated or even completely routed, the mobile infantry that successfully completes the established plan will still be qualified to discuss and negotiate with the other side.

At least they haven't really been defeated yet.

Little did they know that the detailed information obtained by the Federation Intelligence Agency, as well as the coordinates of important locations, were actually provided by the Blood Angels' intelligent AI.

And in that "capital town", there was no local person, nor was there a space gate connecting the main universe and the "One-Four" universe. Even basic living resources such as water and food were very scarce.

What they did have were more than 6,000 clone soldiers who were regarded as "expendable cannon fodder" and more than a dozen heavily armored Tyrants controlled by the pilot's consciousness.

After all, this town, which was built in a short period of time, is a bait to attract mobile infantry.

It is enough to make the appearance more realistic, there is no need to fill it with details.

In order to make the bait more realistic, Sanguinius deliberately deployed clone soldiers and heavily armored tyrants in the town, as well as a small number of armored vehicles.

In addition, the "parameters" of the clone soldiers were also actively lowered.

If they were to maintain their best combat condition, perhaps six thousand clones would be able to defeat and "crush" forty thousand mobile infantry.

As for the dozen or so heavily-armored Tyrants controlled by the drivers, their main responsibility is to kill the colonel-level and lieutenant-level officers of the mobile infantry to provide convenience for the investigators who have infiltrated them.

Anyway, there is no "real person" in the town, so even if all the baits are sacrificed, the Human Empire and the Blood Angels will not feel "heartbroken".

at this time.

The overwhelming flying formation was only twenty kilometers away from the Bait Town located in the center of the desert.

An F-76 Thunder attack aircraft suddenly accelerated and broke away from the formation. Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen Thunders broke away from the formation and rushed towards the bait town.

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The two Viking landing craft pilots who were carrying Leon, Maggie, Rico and others, saw this scene and their eyes were filled with respect.

Because contact with the fleet was lost and real-time communication between formations was impossible, communication became the most serious problem.

Their electronic equipment was also jammed, making it impossible to scan the town's specific conditions from a distance.

Therefore, the pilots of the Thunder attack aircraft who were the first to leave the formation must have wanted to "take the risk" to inform the formation whether the town has complete air defense facilities.

With the first one, there will be more "volunteers".

These dozen Thunders formed a "suicide" reconnaissance team, and before reaching the outskirts of the town, the pilots took the initiative to release a large number of jamming bombs.

Swish~——Swish——!

Then, dozens of small anti-aircraft missiles quickly leaped into the air and rushed towards the suicide reconnaissance team.

Moreover, dozens of small anti-aircraft missiles ignored the dense jamming bombs and directly locked onto each Thunder.

The most fatal point is that the missile's speed is more than twice faster than lightning.

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Seeing this, the pilots who temporarily formed a suicide reconnaissance team hurriedly chose to pull the escape rod, causing the sealed protective cover to pop open, and also causing themselves and their seats to be ejected from the cockpit one after another.

Before they could successfully eject and deploy their parachutes,

Boom. Boom————!!!

Dozens of small anti-aircraft missiles accurately hit the unmanned Thunder attack aircraft, causing a violent explosion and turning it into burning fireballs.

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The fireball produced by the explosion can be clearly seen even from more than ten kilometers away.

Realizing that the town had complete air defense facilities, and that the escorting Thunder attack aircraft were interfered with and unable to scan and lock onto enemy targets from a distance, the entire flight formation immediately chose to land first.

Prepare to release the mobile infantry and capture the "capital/bait" town of New Hope through ground combat.

In fact, the Thunder attack aircraft can also carry out bombing missions, delivering devastating blows to target areas through high-altitude bombing.

In addition, the Raiden is also equipped with tactical nuclear bombs that can be released from a long distance to achieve the purpose of destroying the target area.

But now the situation is unclear and they have lost contact with the expeditionary fleet. Even though they cannot communicate with each other in real time, all the pilots flying the Thunder understand that if they really "nuclearize" the town, they will not only be responsible for the massacre of civilians, but will also directly destroy their retreat route.

How could they negotiate with the Imperium of Man without civilian and high-ranking captives to use as bargaining chips?

Therefore, the Thunder attack aircraft responsible for escort immediately lowered their altitude and used vertical take-off and landing to choose a relatively flat area to land.

The more than a thousand DR-4 Viking landing craft are "tough and strong" and can hover and land in almost any terrain.

Soon, the entire fleet anchored one after another on the desert.

Meanwhile, inside the troop transport bay of the DR-4 Viking landing craft;

"Attention everyone! We have lost contact with the fleet and formation! According to the procedure, after the DR-4 comes to a complete stop, everyone should immediately build a defensive position around it!

After confirming that there is no threat in the landing zone, the engineers will urgently build a temporary communication base station to restore effective real-time communication between our mobile infantry's combat companies and combat platoons!

Once real-time communication is restored, we will walk to the target town and eliminate the enemy, capture the target and protect civilians according to the original plan! "

The lieutenant in charge of the entire combat platoon was using his loud voice to explain to the mobile infantrymen fixed in their seats the situation they would face.

At the end, the lieutenant raised the volume of his voice and shouted: "Did you understand everything?!"

"Sir! Yes! Sir!"

More than 40 mobile infantrymen, including Leon and Maggie, responded at the top of their lungs.

The mobile infantry had no idea about the battle between the expeditionary fleet and the imperial fleet. They only knew that there was a communication problem. They did not think much about it like the lieutenant and other colonels, lieutenants, and pilots who could witness part of the truth.

They are only responsible for landing, assaulting and killing the enemy, so they still maintain a relatively high morale.

Boom—boom—!

As everyone finished talking, the landing gear of the Viking landing craft touched the sand.

Then, the safety frame responsible for fixing them automatically popped open, allowing them to move freely again.

The lieutenant stood up first, followed by Leon, Maggie, Rico and others.

Waiting for the cabin door of the Viking landing craft to open

"Hurry up!"

The lieutenant once again took the lead and was the first to run out of the cabin and put his feet on the sand.

Lyon and others followed closely behind.

Many recruits were dazzled by the starlight and involuntarily raised their left hands to block their gaze.

After getting used to it a little and looking around, the recruits discovered that there were also many Viking landing craft and confused mobile infantrymen nearby.

Fortunately, after a period of rigorous training, the recruits were only surprised for a moment, and then they immediately built a simple defensive position centered on their respective Viking landing craft.

After confirming that there were no threats around, the lieutenant loudly ordered:

"Engineers! Signalmen! Use the Viking landing craft to build a communication base station and try to establish real-time contact with each combat company and platoon within three minutes!"

"Yes, sir!"

Upon receiving the order, the engineers and signalmen immediately returned to the troop transport compartment of the Viking landing craft, took out the corresponding tools and began to build a communication base station.

"Hey, Sergeant."

Seeing that most people were on standby and the colonels and lieutenants had to shout out the latest instructions, the ace holding the Morita machine gun approached Leon and asked in a low voice:

"What on earth are we doing now? And why is there no communication?"

"Electronic interference. No wonder you always fail your written exams."

Before Leon could reply, another recruit interrupted quietly and cleared up the confusion for the ace.

"Electronic jamming. Our warships and transport boats have all been jammed. Does that mean that the Human Empire is better than our Federation in this regard?"

Ace speaks frankly about the key points.

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And the new recruits beside Ace and Leon fell silent after hearing these words.

Indeed, the disruption of the expeditionary fleet’s communications doesn’t that mean that the Federation is inferior to the Empire?

Boom. Boom

At this moment, there were faint roars coming from the sky.

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This instantly attracted everyone's attention, and they all looked up at the clear blue cloudless sky.

A large number of "meteorites" burning with flames broke through the atmosphere and quickly fell towards the east end of where everyone was.

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The mobile infantrymen who witnessed this scene immediately became a little panicked.

Even though most of the mobile infantry were new recruits who had just joined the army and whose training lasted no more than two months, they understood that thousands or even tens of thousands of "meteorites" were ship fragments.

The fact that the Human Empire can unilaterally interfere with their communications also means that the expeditionary fleet seems to be no match for the Human Empire.

"Attention everyone! This is Colonel Honald Thompson!"

Fortunately, just as panic set in, Lyon and the others heard the latest orders from the commander-in-chief in charge of the landing operation on the helmet communication:

"Due to the enemy's electronic interference, we are unable to communicate with the fleet normally, but one thing is certain, the fleet will never be defeated so easily, so everyone stay calm!

Secondly, all of you must obey the command of your respective company commanders and platoon leaders and launch an attack on the capital town of the New Hope Colony according to the original plan. You must complete the occupation mission before sunset!"

A colonel named Honard Thompson calmed all the mobile infantry as soon as communications between the combat companies and platoons were restored to prevent the rapid spread of panic.

As soon as Honald Thompson finished speaking, the lieutenant in charge of commanding Lyon and others communicated within the team and ordered:

"Kennedy, lead the 1st and 2nd squads to set off first, and follow the main force to the target town ten kilometers away. The rest of you follow me!"

"Yes, Lieutenant!" Leon replied after receiving the instruction. He raised his left hand and waved to the north, and gave the same order:

"Frost, Ace, and Rico! Team 1, lead the way!"

"Yes!"

If you look down at the entire landing zone from the air, you can clearly see more than 35,000 mobile infantry, with squads as the most basic combat units, marching on foot towards the bait town ten kilometers to the north.

The remaining thousands of infantrymen were responsible for guarding the landing area and ensuring the safety of the Viking landing craft.

After the engineers built a small-scale communication base station and were able to communicate in real time with the colonels and lieutenants on the ground, all the Thunder attack aircraft took off again, ready to provide as much fire support as possible to the mobile infantry.

However, in the absence of precision guidance and scanning, the mobile infantry can only rely on the most traditional smoke bombs to mark the bombing area for pilots.

Next.

More than 35,000 mobile infantrymen marched on foot through the desolate desert under the scorching sun and high temperatures.

During this period, the "ship wreckage" that broke into the atmosphere also fell one after another hundreds of kilometers to the east of them.

The mobile infantry did not pay much attention to this.

After all, once the wreckage breaks through the atmosphere and falls to the surface, a professional recovery team is needed to search and find material vehicles that are worth reusing and repairing.

However, the mobile infantry responsible for guarding the landing zone, in accordance with the orders of Colonel Honard Thompson, set aside two hundred people to form a team, boarded five Viking landing craft and prepared to go to the crash site for reconnaissance after the main force engaged the enemy in the town.

Now they are an isolated army, without much material supply to support their activities, and their weapons and ammunition are only enough for them to carry out the battle to capture the town.

So naturally, everything needs to be used properly.

On the other hand, the main force consisting of 35,000 mobile infantry has already advanced to the outskirts of the town.

Because the high defensive walls blocked their vision, the officers in charge of commanding the main force only discovered the hundreds of clone soldiers stationed on the high walls with the help of reconnaissance equipment.

Of course, in the eyes of the officers, the clone soldiers were equipped with fully covered mechanical skeletons and held AWMS (modular) firearms that looked more advanced than the Morita series, and they did not realize that their appearance and looks were like "copy and paste".

Seeing this, the lieutenant, who had received instructions from his superiors, ordered Leon and others:

"Missile team, get ready to launch conventional missiles at the enemy's fortifications!"