Edward First Person:

The icy cold wind swept around us, and I looked around, and the warriors marching with their heads down subconsciously shrank their heads and hid themselves under their cloaks. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But there are also those who are completely unmoved.

For example, Johnny, who I thought was the most vulnerable.

In fact, when we returned to the nezumi base and found only wreckage all over the place, I really suspected Johnny wouldn't make it through.

But he made it through, though I could now sense in him an emotion that shouldn't have belonged to Rentling.

It was the hatred of anger that burned to the extreme and then cooled.

I don't want to comment on this, it's best to have a grudge against the enemy.

As for now, I looked at him dazedly and secretly exhaled.

After two days of brief recuperation at the Space Marine base, we are back on the road.

Whatever the conspiracy of the Chaos heretics is, they must be stopped, a difficult task for us, but it must also be carried out.

Suddenly, Private Vipoli turned to the side unconsciously, and this was the third time he had wandered. Ryan called his name, then told Aikeman to look at him and tell him to be careful.

Then I couldn't help but look at the three new members.

Judge Alice looked around with a serious face, as if intending to find the enemy's traces from among the mountains, and although she frowned tightly, and still held the terrifying shotgun in her right hand, the soldiers kept stealthily glancing at her.

And that Space Marine, it's a different story. Although, according to the medics, he had just been pulled from the line of death. But now, he was carrying the huge heavy explosive gun lightly, striding through the team, full of a sense of power. And the soldier who followed him was a little cringe in comparison.

The last wanted man seemed much more decent, at least as a guide, he was very qualified.

Suddenly, Richard rushed back, after all, the two scouts in the company thought that the emperor had sacrificed his life, so he could only let Richard take on the duties of scouts, but so far it seems that he has performed well.

"Company Commander, Your Excellency the Reverend, I think you need to take a look." Richard made an Aquila salute and reported it like this.

Ryan and I looked at each other.

Walking through the fierce cold wind at the foot of Mount Kollav, Ryan and I looked at the scene before us, even though the cold wind mixed with ice ballast hit our faces, and it hurt like a knife.

But we stood on top of a steep cliff and didn't know it.

Beneath the cliff is a steep hillside. It was said to be a hillside, but now it was covered with all kinds of huge potholes, as if it had been bombarded by a fleet, and it was in tatters, densely covered with shattered rubble.

But even more striking are the black-green gravel that dots the hillside.

"Your Excellency, Company Commander, I think you should take a look at this."

Then, Richard handed over a gray-green shard.

All of us shuddered.

It was a matchbox-sized fragment, twisted to the point of not being shaped, but in the middle of the fragment there was a pattern that I would never recognize.

"The God Emperor is above." I muttered.

It was a skeleton mounted on a meteor shield, the emblem of the Datanya Imperial Defense Division.

"This is the sniper position set up by the company of the Imperial Defense Force to stop the Iron Warriors and cover the retreat of the large army and civilians, and they fought to the end."

Johnny's hoarse voice came.

"Let's go down and have a look." Ryan's voice trembled a little.

As the distance approached, the full picture of those "gravel" finally appeared in front of our eyes.

These "rubble", they were tanks, chimeras, hellhounds, protective steel plates, weapons and equipment - and Wehrmacht soldiers.

All the wreckage, no, the wreckage could still be considered destroyed, but these, they were crushed to pieces by artillery fire.

"Iron warriors, they've always been." Space Marine said.

"Company commander, you should search forward first." I said this, then lowered my shield and put away my power sword, "I need to give these warriors the last dignity. ”

Ryan nodded, "The troops disperse and sweep the battlefield." Richard, Jackson, stayed to protect the priest. ”

I nodded, watched Ryan and the others leave, and then, pulled out my holy tome.

Although I have done this countless times, whether it is a field mass or other end-of-life prayers, I have never enjoyed it.

While I was still serving in the Inquisition, I had heard the Inquisitor say this about the Imperial Guard

"As mortals, they are brave, and most of the time they do their last duty to the Emperor, but that's pretty much it. To the Empire, they were only necessary sacrifices, and to the generals who sent them, they were just meaningless numbers, and although the Empire depended on them, they would never be honored. That's how cruel it is. ”

Yes, Lord Inquisitor, their sacrifices, including those of each and every one of us, are necessary for the continuation of the Empire.

But at least I will always remember these soldiers who bravely faced a strong enemy.

"From the holy Terra to the darkness beyond the torch, you have always fought. Each and every one of you is the shield of the empire and the hammer of the emperor. Sacrifice is our fate, and victory is the God's Emperor's desire. May your souls be redeemed by the Great Emperor, who knows that you fought to the end. Rest in peace, protectors of the Empire, your duty has been fulfilled, rest and those who live will continue to fight with you. ”

Then I stood up and put away my holy scriptures.

In the name of the God-Emperor, these Chaos Heretics must be paid in blood.

"Lord Pastor, the company commander has found something, and he asked you to take a look."

I stood up and patted myself with the rubble I had just stained.

"Let's go."

Soon, we were in a mess of debris, and a white plume of smoke slowly rose into the sky, bringing with it a strong, pungent stench.

"The stench of corpses," the Space Marines said slowly, "and sweat, feces, urine, and blood and the like are mixed together, forming moisture that floats from the shooting port to the outside, and finally encounters cold air and cold." They're smart, only a fool would try to stop the Iron Warriors with surface bunkers, or at least they've built sturdy underground bunkers. ”

I looked back at the pillar of smoke, and I knew it was just a delay," and they fought to the last man. ”

"Die of starvation, thirst, sickness, suffocation, or just be shocked to death by a cannonball," the Space Marines said in one breath without mercy, and then his tone suddenly softened, "but in the end they won." ”

"Win?" Ryan asked, confused.

The Space Marines bent down and touched a handful of snow "Look at these, they are granite shattered into pieces, and the Iron Warriors have spent so long here that in the end they had to abandon the mission of chasing down the civilian army" and then the Space Marines let go of their hands, and the white debris was immediately blown away by the strong wind, "Although the Iron Warriors are not determined to catch up with the large army and civilians. ”

Then, the Space Marines got up and left.

"It's incredible." I could hear him whispering.

Ryan and I stared for a long time at the debris that littered the hillside and the thick layer of granite that had been blasted to pieces.

"Let's go, company commander"

"Hmm" Ryan nodded, then turned to look at me, "That's our fate, isn't it?" ”

"Sacrifice is the destiny of each and every one of us," and then I glanced at the relics, "the only difference is whether our sacrifice is meaningful or not." ”