Chapter 23: Departure
The next day, Zach equipped his soldiers with melee weapons and had the cathars take the lead in front of the troops. At the same time, the soldiers were told to be cautious, and to be very vigilant when encountering corners and forks in the road, and if they felt that the mine was relatively stable, it was best to use grenades to explore the way.
"Just yesterday's operation, we lost thousands of comrades! The cultists slapped us with their actions! Arrogance, we are not qualified now. ”
"I am determined to become a sharp knife in the hands of Lord Sivir, and now I have to break down even to solve the cult cult that lacks food and clothing, I can't accept it! Today, we must show our edge to those cultists! Let's go! ”
Mobilized by Zack, the soldiers once again stepped into the winding tunnels, this time no longer taking the enemy lightly. No flaws are leaked, and there is not the slightest slack. Yesterday a thousand people paid the price for their contempt and died at the hands of weak cultists, which is undoubtedly a great shame for the cathars and the Holy Presence crusade.
These shames must be washed away with the blood of cultists today!
The Cultists were able to inflict so many casualties on the Cathars and the Holy Presence Crusade yesterday because they were familiar with the path of the tunnels, and because Zach and his men took them too lightly and gave them the opportunity to sneak up.
After the soldiers got serious, it was difficult for these cultists to inflict any more casualties on them. Even if there is a surprise attack, the soldiers who have always been on guard can avoid the vital point, and then take up the weapons in their hands and fight the cultists. Cultists who have not had enough to eat for a long time are the opponents of the strong soldiers, and they are often subdued by the soldiers if they miss the blow.
The cultists were powerless to fight and could only hide everywhere. Step by step, the soldiers explored every tunnel as much as they could, forcing the cultists to hide in dangerous, abandoned, or radiated tunnels.
"Master Zach, we've found some very evil scenes that are uncomfortable." A soldier came to report to Zack.
"Take me there." Zach followed the soldier into a wide field.
Everywhere there are symbols of unknown meaning, but they seem crazy and chaotic, and the ground is littered with human corpses. It seems that several of the bodies belonged to Sarah's Sixth Corps. The corpses were full of signs of being eaten, and there were no ferocious beasts in Sarah's underground, so it was self-evident what was eating them.
Looking at the mangled corpses piled together, some bad memories flooded back into Zach's heart. Not long ago, while he was still struggling in the harbor of Philemon, the corpses of both sides were rotting and stinking, leading to an outbreak of plague among the inhabitants of the harbor, most of whom were not spared.
"Burn all these bodies with incendiary bombs. Then retreat. Zach, who was a little worried, immediately ordered.
Then the order was given to the teams in the other directions to stop today's operation, and everyone immediately returned to the dungeon, not allowed to move around at will.
After returning to the dungeon, Zach reported to Lord Sivir what he had seen and heard today, as well as his own concerns.
Sivir immediately summoned a batch of gas masks and flamethrowers to support Zack, and sent the medics of the Fire Barrier and Bone Breaker to the underground city to test the soldiers.
Thankfully, after diagnosis, no one was infected with the virus. Out of concern for Chaos, Sivir divided the two small warbands into squads to support Zach and his cleanup efforts.
After taking precautions and loading up a large amount of incendiary materials, Zach followed the previous route and cleaned up the cultists again. Uproot all heretics discovered, and throw those corrupt, potentially polluted, filth into the flames of purification.
By the end of this operation, most of those cultists had been eliminated. But Zach felt that it was not enough, and once again organized a clean-up plan.
Those abandoned and dangerous tunnels were also explored, and sure enough, a group of Chaos cultists were found in them.
After a total of four large-scale cleanups, the cultists in the underground tunnels were roughly wiped out. There may be a few fish that slip through the net, but they can't afford to make too many waves.
By purging these cultists, the cathars and the Holy Presence crusades have been put to good training. The resources of the underground city have also gradually shifted to the surface in these days. There is nothing important underground, and now that minerals can be mined on the surface by robotic laborers, these underground tunnels will be abandoned and cordoned off. Sooner or later, those cultists will starve to death in the ground.
Cultists who surrender will be used as slaves in the newly built mineral refineries on the surface to refine crude ores into the highest quality minerals, or in alloy foundries to produce those high-quality alloys.
And shortly after Zach finished his final cleanup program. Support from the Fire Barrier and the Bonebreaker Hammer finally arrived.
The Fire Barrier Warband really fought with all their strength and brought all the family resources over. Battle barges, strike cruisers, quick strike ships, and Broadsword-class frigates all brought over, and all the fighters rushed to the ground except for the necessary forces left to defend the house.
The same is true of the Bonebreaker Hammer, which can be said to be dispatched by the whole group.
Sivir ordered Kingsley to guard Sara and let Icarus mine more, and then had Zach lead the Holy Crusade aboard the fleets of these warbands.
Laurent and Spencer redrew the Space Marines from their respective warbands to form a company to redistribute the Terminator armor recovered from the sacrificial Astartes to the new company.
Sivir himself led the cathars aboard the Voyage, informing Laurent and Spencer that the target was a minted world in a nearby galaxy.
Since Sivir's departure ship was much faster than the speed of the Imperial ships, Sivir would reach its destination first. And Laurent and Spencer will arrive later.
There are many weapons and equipment in the Forge World that can improve the combat of the troops, and they must be recaptured as soon as possible, and the rebellion must not affect the production of the Forge World too much.
These forge worlds are also needed to provide weapons and ammunition for the troops and repair equipment when cleaning up the traitors in the Hylyon sector. Therefore, it is necessary to make sure that a casting world works properly in the first place.
After informing Laurent of their destination, Sivir set out first, and was completely sure of recovering the Forge World, and now Sivir was even more powerful than before.
He even thought he could destroy a strike cruiser with psionic energy. If necessary, Sivir can also use his psionic energy to tear open a temporary subspace rift, summoning some powerful mystical warriors to help in the battle.