Star Survival: The Rise of the Fourth Scourge - Chapter 443

c443 Ground Battlefield

An officer leaned out half of his body from the turret of a Leman Russ tank.

He had a veil on his face and was observing the front with a telescope in his hand.

Since landing yesterday, he has led his 013th Division from the front-line base to the destination.

Although so many years have passed, he is still only a major.

But Pine is already very satisfied.

After all, he has no backing.

If he had not fought side by side with the “king”, he would not have been a major.

The Empire has not launched a war against foreign countries in recent years.

Although the Imperial Navy has fought many wars, the Astra Militarum has not fought a single war.

Without war, there is no channel to establish military merit.

Pine thought that this would be the end of his life.

But fate played a joke on him.

The Empire’s foreign war has begun.

The enemy is still the brutal Ork barbarians.

Although Pine has never encountered those terrible green-skinned orcs,

But in the old imperial era, stories about the green-skinned orcs were widely circulated in the empire.

In short, it was a very scary race.

As a soldier and a member of the Star Army, how could he be afraid of an enemy he had never encountered before?

For the upcoming battle, Pine was only excited.

He looked down at the big guy under him.

The heavy metal body and the thick gun barrel gave Pine a great sense of security.

“Colonel Pine, according to the map, we have arrived near our destination. We will arrive after crossing the sand dune in front!”

Hearing this, Pine put away his wild thoughts.

Now we are on the battlefield and cannot be distracted.

Looking up at the sky, Pine turned on the communicator.

“Stop, stop, stop moving forward!”

With Pine’s order, the marching team gradually stopped.

The roar of the vehicle also became much smaller.

Raising the telescope in his hand, Pine observed the terrain nearby.

The terrain in the desert is still relatively flat.

There was originally an endless flat sandy land nearby.

But the sand dune ahead blocked the way.

Due to the terrain, a mountain pass was formed on both sides of the sand dune.

“The self-propelled artillery regiment will immediately go to the sand dune to build an artillery position. The first and second regiments will immediately stand by at the mountain pass on the left side in front. The third and fourth regiments will immediately go to the mountain pass on the right side and stand by. Act immediately!”

With Pine’s order, the armored convoy that had just stopped moved again.

Behind the sand dune, the army was divided into three.

The petrified lizard self-propelled artillery regiment stopped advancing on the spot and began to build an artillery position.

The Leman Russ tank where Pine was located stopped under the sand dune.

Jumping off the Leman Russ tank, Pine climbed up the sand dune with a small team of Astra Militarum soldiers.

Once they reached the top of the sand dune, the view in front of them suddenly became vast.

Not far ahead, an oasis came into Pine’s eyes.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Pine observed the oasis with a telescope in hand.

It seems very close, but it is actually very far, at least more than 20 kilometers.

The oasis is very large, and you can’t see the end on either side.

Although there are few vegetations at the edge of the oasis, they are all withered and yellow, but the deeper you go into the oasis, the denser the vegetation is.

“waaaaagh!”

Just then, something strange happened.

The yellow sand in the oasis rolled, and a large number of figures rushed out of the oasis and rushed over here.

It’s the Orks…

Although it’s far away, Pine can see them clearly through the telescope.

Compared with the green-skinned orcs encountered on New Terra.

They are better equipped and wear armor.

Each of them has a machete in one hand and a rifle in the other.

There are also a large number of vehicles rushing over at a faster speed.

The first to bear the brunt is a group of motorcycle gangs.

There are nearly a thousand of them, and they rushed out of the oasis like a whirlwind and rushed in the desert.

There are some wheeled trucks behind them.

“Woo!”

The whistling sound of the shells suddenly came from far away in the sky.

“Boom!”

At the moment when it became harsh, a group of flaming mushroom clouds rose in the desert in front of the sand dunes.

The power was so strong that the sand waves stirred up a hundred meters into the sky.

Even though they were hundreds of meters apart, the oncoming air waves made Pine a little unsteady.

Pine quickly lay down and scanned the oasis with a telescope.

The flashing fire at the edge of the oasis caught Pine’s attention.

A closer look revealed the culprit of the shelling.

It was a cannon similar to the petrified lizard self-propelled artillery.

There was a long gun barrel, and a large number of small fart spirits were operating on it.

“One regiment, two regiments, three regiments, four regiments, attack on all fronts!”

This was not an offensive and defensive battle, but an encounter battle.

Pine did not hesitate at all and immediately issued an order to attack on all fronts.

As the attacking party, the Star Army had no time to establish a defense line at all.

Now they could only fight the Orks head-on.

With Payne’s order, the engines on the mountain passes on both sides of the sand dunes roared.

One Leman Russ tank after another rushed out and ran wildly on the sand.

Chimera troop carriers and Bison armored vehicles followed closely behind.

As soon as they left the mountain pass, the Leman Russ tanks slowed down, spread out their formation, and moved forward slowly.

Chimera troop carriers and Bison armored vehicles also stopped.

As the hatch opened, a large number of Astra Militarum soldiers rushed out of the vehicles.

“Bang!”

The Leman Russ tanks on the move opened fire.

The thick muzzles spewed out long tongues of fire.

The rumbling sound of the artillery suddenly resounded through the world,

The visible fire marks shot out and fell into the charging orc motorcycle gangs.

“Boom!”

There was a flash of fire, and a mushroom cloud of flames rose from the orc motorcycle gangs.

Rolling sand columns rose up, and the powerful impact swept all around.

For a moment, the orc bikers were thrown to the ground.

They were very smart. After being bombarded, they scattered.

They scattered and charged the Astra Militarum.

“Artillery positions, fire when ready!”

Although the distance between the two sides was still far, Pine seemed a little anxious.

The green-skinned orcs have strong melee capabilities.

Once close, the Orks, who have an advantage in numbers, will cause great casualties to the Astra Militarum.

“Bang!”

As soon as Pine finished speaking.

There was a roar of artillery fire behind him.

One hundred petrified lizard self-propelled artillery were lined up in five rows, with long barrels pointed at the sky.

Amid the rumbling sound of artillery fire, long tongues of fire spurted out of the muzzles.

A few seconds later, on the battlefield.

There were dense explosions behind the orc bikers.

Flame mushroom clouds rose up, raising sand columns hundreds of meters high.

The wheeled trucks following the motorcycle gang were stunned.

Dozens of wheeled trucks were destroyed and turned into parts.

“Open fire, destroy them!”

The green-skinned orcs’ counterattack was not weak.

Flame mushroom clouds rose from time to time on the front of the Astra Militarum.

Some Astra Militarum soldiers were blown away immediately.

Those who were closer were even dead.

More than a dozen Chimera transports and Bison armored vehicles had become a pile of scrap metal.

The speed of the orc motorcycle gang was very fast.

They soon approached the front of the Astra Militarum.

The secondary weapon heavy bolter of the Leman Russ tank opened fire first.