Chapter 215: The Dark Angels, the Fallen, and the Storm
When the storm entered visual range, in order to avoid any possible enemy air defense radar as much as possible, the aircraft began to gradually decrease its altitude, and finally flew at an altitude almost贴 on the ground.
And at this height, the sandstorm seemed even more terrifying.
It completely occupied the front half of the field of vision, and was rotating and moving at high speed every moment. The vortex pattern formed by countless fine sands was also constantly changing in this rotation, like tens of thousands of huge sand-colored eyes that were twisting and reborn.
Compared with such a natural disaster, the originally huge aircraft formation seemed particularly small. The surrounding raging winds and sand waves seemed to tear these human creations to pieces in the next moment.
However, that was just an illusion after all. Military aircraft and shuttles, which are sufficient to operate in the most dangerous environments, were not grasped by the external dark environment, but quickly and firmly continued to approach the edge of the storm.
It was in such an advance that the locked alarms suddenly rang on the lead Thunderhawk Gunships... However, before the few gunships could maneuver, the alarm automatically stopped for some unknown reason after a moment, replaced by a communication with friend-or-foe identification.
The Imperial Fist and White Scar officers in charge of commanding their respective troops briefly discussed it. After drawing a preliminary guess, they connected the communication.
Unsurprisingly, a very familiar voice to the two officers came out. It was the commander of the Dark Angels. His tone was extremely stiff, as if he had just eaten two lumps of Nurgling alive:
"Your silent flight caused us to fail to identify your identity in the first place, so there was a mislock earlier. But before disarming the alert, I require you to explain your intentions, otherwise the next time it will not be just locking on."
Hearing this question, the White Scar officer replied with a passage of dissatisfied voice:
"The accounts of abandoning the battlefield and attacking friendly troops have not been settled yet. When did it become your turn to ask us this kind of question? Several brothers died in the voids caused by your departure without saying goodbye. It should be asking what your purpose is."
However, the other party seemed not to have heard it, and repeated his previous words again.
"Explain your intentions."
Now, the two officers were a little unable to hold back.
Yes, the Dark Angels did transfer more troops here. If I remember correctly, there should be as many as 300 people before the war, and there are many kinds of heavy equipment... However, the problem is that although the Imperial Fists and White Scars dispatched here only have more than 100 people in total, they are followed by as many as 8,000 elites and hundreds of fighters.
Let the infantry go first, the ground rockets and missile barrages from the fighters alone are enough for them to drink a pot of them. Could it be that the Dark Angels are so sure that they can win in this situation?
But after thinking for a moment, thinking that after all, their purpose here was not to confront the Dark Angels, and also having a slight understanding of the style of those people - they really dare to fight when they say they are going to fight - the two officers still suppressed their emotions and found a reason to respond:
"The Iron Warriors have been initially repelled. In order to restore the external supply system, we have come to investigate the cause of the storm to see if we can eliminate this sandstorm that has a huge impact on the air routes. So, what are you doing here?"
"..."
To be honest, bringing hundreds of fighters to "eliminate the storm" is too low in credibility. After all, the other party are two Founding Chapters, and the Dark Angels were indeed wrong first, so it's not good to entangle any longer, so the commander reluctantly accepted this reason, and continued after a moment of silence:
"Land in our camp. I will tell you the reason at that time."
After the communication ended, each aircraft soon received a guide to a ground facility. Then, under the order of the two officers, the aircraft changed direction to the location where the guide was generated.
As they approached the storm, the fine sands swept up by it became denser and denser, and eventually even the sunlight could hardly penetrate the layers of rotating sand barriers, making darkness completely become the main background of the environment.
After continuing to fly a short distance in such darkness, a camp spreading with a dazzling blue Ion Shield finally appeared below.
With a certain degree of vigilance, the aircraft did not land at the same time, but adopted a batch-by-batch method. One batch of aircraft would take off immediately after landing and releasing the transport - this was not only to make room for subsequent aircraft to land, but also to provide cover in the air when necessary.
Yes, although they are friendly forces, according to experience, the Dark Angels are only reliable under normal circumstances. Once they make the first unconventional move, then their subsequent actions are completely unpredictable. Even a sudden backstab in the next second is possible and they have to be defended against.
But fortunately, this most unacceptable situation did not happen.
When Zhang Ge left the Valkyrie under the protection of Amilia and his close guards, what he saw was the scene of three officers standing together and communicating.
Seeing that the three were heavily guarded around, he did not intend to join in the fun, but simply looked around.
Around, Ion Shields flickered with light, blocking the whistling wind and sand from the outside, and not far away, you could also see a large number of heavy vehicles parked quietly. Different from the general Space Marine mobile combat needs, these vehicles mostly carried heavy and powerful large-caliber weapons, as if they were going to attack a fortress.
Zhang Ge always felt that the scene in front of him was a bit familiar, like a very important event. However, after all, the detailed memory of some things is stuck with the high-dimensional information and could not be brought to this body together. So, despite being familiar with it, after searching in his mind for a while, he still couldn't recall what this matter was.
However, the doubt did not last long. After several officers finished discussing, the relevant information was quickly conveyed.
In short, the Dark Angels knew that there was a building called "Vigil Keep" in the center of the storm, but this building was stationed by a group of Chaos Space Marines of unknown origin, and the number was not small, so they couldn't find a way to get in for a while.
As for why they must take down this building? Regarding this part, the Dark Angels were vague, only using the reason that there were Chapter Relics inside.
And this is also the reason why the Dark Angels are so "polite". They want to get in, but they can't, so they have to borrow the power of the Imperial Fists, White Scars, and other mortal reinforcements who just happened to arrive.
Of course, after receiving the above information, Zhang Ge did not believe a single word of the so-called "Chapter Relics" reason.
Although I don't know which specific event it was, but combined with the previous information, this is likely to be a Dark Angels extermination action against the Fallen Angels.
It's just that they are a bit confused, not stupid. After the large-scale Primarisization, the difference between Dark Angels cans and Fallen Angels cans has become much larger, at least in appearance. Without a thorough investigation, the so-called "traitor," "pirate," or even "Chaos" Space Marines names can be completely fooled, and there is no need to engage in the "see and kill" routine.
What's more, they can't eliminate it by themselves now, so it is not difficult to understand that they borrowed the power of friendly forces.
But another doubt is... what is the cause of the storm? A giant storm that hasn't moved its location for who knows how many years, and there is a fortress inside, it is definitely impossible to say that the two are completely unrelated...
However, just as Zhang Ge was thinking further, suddenly, a huge humanoid wearing dark green Power Armor moved in front of him at some unknown time.
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