Chapter 249: Eagle in the Sky

Explosions and kinetic impacts, such removal of the minaret will cause a large number of spores to spread over a large area.

Therefore, incineration is the best way to dispose of these Tyranid buildings.

But the Empire's armored forces and astral forces have a hard time breaking through the swarm of Tyranid creatures.

While it's easy for the Astral Army to clean up Tyranid creatures, a large part of it relies on the bonuses of numerous defenses.

If you step out of a position or fortress, soldiers who have lost the protection of the Void Shield will face bombardment from bio-warships and some Tyranid creatures.

At the same time, they must be on the lookout for sneak attacks from the underground to the rear of the Tyranid creatures, as well as the numerous gargoyles in the sky.

Without heavy artillery and anti-aircraft guns, the Astral Army will certainly not be satisfied with the battle loss ratio when facing Tyranid creatures that are several times the number of their own troops.

Therefore, it would be wiser for Imperial forces to send elite Space Marines for a small raid than a large-scale army advance.

Such a team must be highly mobile and have enough power to destroy Tyranid structures hundreds of meters high. And if you add the condition of being able to evacuate safely, I am afraid that only the air troops of the Star Marines can do it.

And the sky is the home of the second war group "Death Eagle".

"I'll blow up the spore sacs, and you'll cover me."

The captain of the squadron of fighters, Kabir, ordered in the communication channel.

As the most skilled pilot, Kabir was the key to the mission.

The fighter he flew did not have a reduced bomb load and more weapons under the wings and belly, as some fighters in the squadron did, nor did some fighters carry cluster bombs containing orc genital spores on valuable missile pylons.

Beneath the wings of Kabir's fighter planes are nightmare weapons crafted from the darkest and deadliest techniques.

One of them is the Sunfury Heavy Missile, a terrifying ultra-high temperature incendiary weapon that can instantly turn a large area into a lake of molten lava, which can turn a large area of Tyranid spores to ashes in the heat.

And in order to better clean up the creatures that carry Tylen spores, cluster bombs are also mounted under the wings of the warplanes.

This cluster bomb is not filled with orc reproductive spores, but a terrifying phosphating bomb.

Any phosphating weapon is a fearsome and destructive weapon since the age of dark technology.

The phosphating bomb was filled with phosphorus, a rare corrosive toxin and incendiary compound. When it comes into contact with air, it expands into boiling liquid droplets and burns with a terrifying white-green flame that is attracted to moving objects.

This flame ignites metal and erodes living tissue. What's even more terrifying is that no way can extinguish this flame unless it is exposed to a vacuum.

The Modalis-class atmospheric missile, the Empire's most powerful phosphating weapon, was only used when an extermination order was enforced.

Several Modalius atmospheric missiles launched from the planet's orbit will release deadly gases that envelop the entire world. The resulting green storm will devour all of the planet's carbon-based components, making it uninhabitable.

Although the cluster phosphating bomb mounted under the Blitzkrieg does not burn the entire planet, it is also a terrifying weapon that can only be used with the approval of the Space Marine Special Forces and even the original during the Great Expedition.

It's the best tool for turning an entire area into hell at once.

However, while this terrible weapon is very lethal, its use is not widespread, as phosphating bombs have an even greater impact on planetary pollution than radiation weapons or nuclear weapons.

The "phosphorus" in it can be burned without oxygen and almost no source of fuel. It can even burn underwater, set water on fire, and burn through hard rock, adamantite gold, and ceramics.

And because of its ability to be attracted to moving objects and its sub-zero combustion temperatures, "phosphorus" flames are also known as "living fire", "crawling death", and "ice and fire", and once released, the green cloud formed by the phosphating weapon expands exponentially and ignites everything it passes through.

The contamination of the remnants of the phosphating weapons is more persistent than the radiation of the nuclear fallout, and any place that has been burned by the weapons of phosphating will become uninhabitable.

But in the face of the planetary contamination of the Tyranid creatures, the Empire must strike hard.

As long as the Tyranid creatures can be defeated, with the Empire's current ecological environment transformation technology, it is simple to clean up these pollutions.

Therefore, during the Great Expedition, the phosphating weapons that could only be used in the most extreme circumstances have been thrown at the heads of the Tyranid creatures.

And they have proven to be very effective in the fight against the ground Tyranid swarm.

The Sunrage Heavy Missile, the Cluster Phosphating Bomb, both of which guarantee that 99% of the Tyranid spores will not spread due to the destruction of the spore sacs.

But what the empire wants is one hundred percent.

Since all the extremely polluting phosphating weapons have been used, it is nothing to build two radiation missiles.

The radiation missile, mounted under the wing, uses a specially made warhead that combines a high-explosive fragmentation warhead with a radioactive isotope.

The result is a highly toxic radiation weapon that erupts intensely in a short period of time and pours large amounts of highly contaminated radioactive fallout into adjacent areas, turning large areas into extremely lethal radioluminescent seas.

Radiation produces Gamma rays and streams of neutrons, invisible to the human eye, that travel in a straight line at nearly the speed of light. When the flash is generated, all Tyranid spores in the attack area are already affected by the ray.

Even the larger Tyranid creatures, regardless of their ability to recover, die.

Aiming at a large patch of spore sacs on the ground, Kabir pressed the launch button.

Six death missiles under the wings were launched in an instant.

The first to arrive was the Sunrage missile, its propulsion system giving it unparalleled speed, and the moment it came into contact with the Tyron structure on the ground, it was like the sun falling to the earth, and the terrifying heat struck the Tyrann.

Half a second later, the sun seemed to hang in the sky again.

It is the powerful light radiation produced by the explosion of a radiation bomb at a height of several thousand meters, which is the light and heat radiated by fireballs up to millions or tens of millions of degrees.

Then there is the impact, and with the creation of a huge shock wave, the radioactive materials filled with the radiation missiles are thrown far away, and they will be strongly radioactively contaminated in the area for a long time.

And higher in the sky, the cluster phosphating bomb opened, and the small phosphating bombs inside dispersed, attracted by gravity, and kept accelerating towards the ground.

Finally, it landed above the devastated ground, exploded in streaks of green smoke, and began to burn everything.

"Mission accomplished, retreat!"

After Kabir and his team after dropping the bomb, the afterburner was activated, and the thrust generated by the engine was further increased and the speed was further accelerated.

Once the mission was complete, there was no need for them to wrestle with the Tyranid creatures in the sky, and a quick evacuation was the thing they had to do.

Relying on these few fighters, it is undoubtedly whimsical to want to destroy many Tyranid creatures. With the amount of ammunition on a dozen of their fighters, it is simply impossible to destroy all the gargoyles.

After all, they fly fighter planes, not giant mechs that can use melee weapons. After the ammunition was fired, they were almost incapacitated.

So, after completing the task, they immediately activated the afterburner to provide afterburner thrust for the fighter. Quickly increase the speed of the fighter for a short period of time, and shake off the tyrannical creatures that are pestering them.

But Taryn didn't let them go so easily.

In the direction of their retreat towards the city, another group of black and oppressive clouds of Tyranid aerial units approached them.

"These goddamn aliens are everywhere."

At this time, the height of the fighter squadron can no longer climb upward, and the biological warships in the suborbit pose a greater threat to them. Behind him, on both sides, Tyron is coming.

As a result, these fighters had to dive quickly, hoping to avoid the large number of Tyrannian air units by flying at low altitudes.

And it was the right choice, most of the Tyranid creatures didn't have time to get close, and they were left behind by the Empire's warplanes in the blink of an eye.

But some of the more agile, faster, and more massive Tyranid creatures followed.

Looking at the picture displayed on the bird divination, Kabir knew that he was being targeted.

He flew into a valley with a fighter plane, maintaining an ultra-low-altitude flight altitude, and the distance to the ground was only a few meters to tens of meters.

The air flow in the valley is complicated, which has a great impact on the flight of fighters, and there are many obstacles in its flight, so if you are not careful, you will face the danger of hitting the mountain.

But Kabir has full confidence in his own technology and in the fighter he flies.

The undulating valleys and the close proximity of the mountains are also a test for the extremely fast Tyranid creatures behind them. Kabir tries to lean against this valley to get rid of the trouble behind him, and at the same time to prevent the Tyranid creatures behind him from firing biomissiles at him.

The good news is that instead of flying over the valley, the Tyranid creatures chased Kabir and flew close to the ground, right behind Kabir's butt.

The bad news is that the Tyranid creature is surprisingly nimble, and Kabir doesn't shake it off at all.

Since you can't get rid of it, you can only find a way to eliminate it.

But at this time, there were no missiles under the wings of the Kabir fighter, and the two automatic guns on both sides of the cockpit of the fighter plane could not hit the target behind him.

Will Kabir just have to wait for the Tyranid creature to kill him with his claws?

Of course not.

After rounding an S-shaped valley, Kabir immediately pulled the lever back to tilt the nose of the plane, almost standing the level-flying fighter on the surface.

The plasma ejected from the tail thrusters burned the surface plants several meters below to ashes, and the plane rapidly slowed down in this near-upright position.

Kabir's perfect control of the fighter plane, coupled with the thrust loss technology of the Blitzkrieg, made this extremely dangerous maneuver carried out smoothly without the slightest mistake.

The Tyranid creatures chasing behind them maintained their blistering speed after rounding the mountain, flying at high speed above the Kabir fighter.

It was only then that Kabir saw the pursuer behind him through the cockpit.

It was a giant celestial witch.

The creature was perfectly designed to adapt to both atmospheric and zero-gravity flights, and its flexibility was enough to unsettle the pilots of the Empire.

Although the Imperial's aircraft are somewhat aerodynamic, the powerful plasma propulsion system may explain why the Reich fighter planes are able to take to the skies.

But no one knows how a creature like the Celestial Witch was able to fly in space with a pair of fleshy wings, and at the same time be able to rival the speed of a jet fighter on the planet's surface.

This is neither scientific nor spiritual.

But how it flies, it doesn't matter to the empire, how it can't fly. Important for the Empire.

When the Celestial Witch passed Kabir at a great speed, Kabir immediately pushed the lever down and returned to its original level.

At this time, the fighter plane located behind the Heavenly Witch can use the automatic rapid-fire cannon on the fuselage to attack it.

As the sound of the automatic cannon rang out, a series of death storms took the life of the Heavenly Witch.

But when Kabir climbed to the top and was about to leave, the orniths showed more Tyranid creatures, and more Celestial Witches were coming towards Kabir.

Kabir was not afraid, having become the target of many Celestial Witches, but gripped the joystick and prepared to fight these damn aliens.

Before becoming a Space Marine, Kabir was an excellent carrier-based pilot, destroying many orc fighters. And after becoming a Space Marine, Kabir also pilots a warplane, ready to destroy any enemy of the Empire.

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Eagles were born to fight in the sky.

Several Celestial Witches approached Kabir's plane, and Kabir piloted the plane, and the Tyranid creatures engaged in close-quarters combat, trying to enter the opponent's tail area to aim and shoot.

Some of the Celestials who were coming at Kabir were ruthlessly destroyed by the shells fired by the warplanes, and the parasitic missiles they fired were also destroyed by the ammunition of the automatic rapid-fire cannons.

The acid that came out of the witch's mouth was blocked by the fighter's shield, or dodged by Kabir's difficult maneuver.

In the face of some clever Celestial Witches who avoided their own attack angles, Kabir pulled the fighter up and climbed to a certain height, and then made the thrust of the fighter to the minimum, and when it reached its peak, the speed of the plane dropped to almost zero.

At this time, the fighter enters a stall state, but the fuselage can still remain close to a horizontal state, with the tail as the center, slowly rotating and falling. It falls from the tree like a leaf, and the action is graceful and beautiful.

But Kabir is not for show, this maneuver can allow the fighter to have a high turning rate, and the turning radius of the fighter at this time is basically zero.

At this time, Kabir can adjust the thrust loss to realize the left and right rotation of the fighter, so as to achieve the nose pointing ability of 360 degrees without dead angles, and can point at the enemy in almost any direction.