"But there aren't many Rangers on this planet," Renault sighed, "and we're going to have to evacuate the people on this planet and attack the excavation bases, so we're seriously understaffed. I need support. ”

"No problem, Mr. Renault, I will send a combat composite company to support you, and our aviation unit will also seize air supremacy and provide battlefield air interdiction."

The Combat Synthesis Company is a new combat unit built by Horus, consisting of 300 Space Marines and 3,000 to 4,000 auxiliaries.

Unlike the castrated Astral Army and the Codex Space Marine Warband, the Combat Composite Company is equipped with a significant number of tanks, self-propelled guns, and other technical equipment that work in conjunction with the Space Marines. In general, this is a multi-purpose combat unit formed to deal with future "small-scale" (for the operation of tens of millions of large regiments of the empire).

Hearing that there was support of this magnitude, Renault breathed a sigh of relief, "Great, then let's attack the artifact's excavation base first." Let's go, Tykaes, let's repair your armor first, and then gather some men. ”

"No problem, let's go." Tykes' armor had a hole poked in by the Tech Sergeant when he defused the bomb, and he had to fill it.

Soon after, Renault assembled about eighty Marines attached to the Rangers and, of course, the indispensable doctor sister of the good brothers.

After assembling at the designated location, Renault saw his partner, three hundred warriors in gray power armor, scattered throughout the area, their livery was the same, but the decoration and logo on the shoulder armor were completely different, each with its own color, which was the uniform livery required by Horus to make it easier for allies to be recognized.

There were also many people who did not wear power armor, most of them were on the side of tanks and armored vehicles that he had never seen before, especially heavy self-propelled guns, which Renault felt were larger than his head.

"I am the commander of this force, Captain Mosel, and I have been ordered to support you, Commander Renault." A tall warrior with a red cloak and a sword at his waist stood in front of Renault, also wearing power armor, but this Captain Moselle was a lot taller than Renault.

Moselle stretched out his hand and shook it with Renault and said, "I hope we get along well." ”

"I hope so, Captain." Renault looked up at the commander, and he saw that the captain was a little too young.

"After we attacked the backwater base, the Imperial army has strengthened the garrison of the digging base, and according to intelligence, it seems that four more Viking fighters have been added there, how do you plan to attack there?"

"Direct attack, Commander Renault." Moselle looked around, then said, "We'll just send the warriors." ”

"Straight on? There will be no small losses in this way, so why not let the artillery fire a few rounds? Renault was clearly a little speechless about this brainless tactic of going straight to the point.

"The power of the petrified lizard artillery is too great, and a bomb crater with a diameter of fifteen meters will be a shell when it goes down, so the damage to the base is too great, which is not conducive to the next defense." Moselle shook his head, then said:

"Plus, there's nothing to lose, my Space Marines are enough to deal with the guards digging the base directly."

And that's exactly what happened.

Renault originally thought that those biomorph warriors wearing power armor and known as space marines would use exquisite coordination and powerful firepower to carry out fast, accurate and effective long-range strikes against the Imperial army, and beat the Imperial soldiers until they were completely wiped out in the chaos...... But...... The Space Marines went straight up.

When Moselle gave the order to attack, his Space Marines rushed straight up from the front, and several warriors with war dogs painted on their shoulder armor even pulled out their power axes and rushed directly at the Imperial Marines guarding the door.

The hapless Marine was split in half before he could react, and as soon as the Marine on the other side raised his gun, the War Dog's Space Marine's backhand axe cut a hole in his chest.

Before the automatic turrets on either side of the doorway could fire, several explosive shells came from behind the War Dog Sergeant, destroying the turrets.

Without waiting for the other Imperial Marines in the excavation base to react, a dozen figures dragged tail flames across the sky, it was the Primordial Pioneer, the Grim Reaper who fell from the sky.

A Harbinger in mid-air set his heavy jumping backpack on fire to adjust his stance, then approached a Viking fighter in a walking robot state, and as the jumping backpack ignited again and slowed down, the Harbinger landed directly on the Viking.

The Viking pilot was manipulating his fighter to aim at the Space Marines who were rushing in through the main entrance, but he heard a duang from his body, and when he looked up, he saw two thick muzzles aimed at him.

Bang bang, the Viking cockpit fell down with black smoke, disposing of the Viking fighter, and the Harbinger once again launched the heavy jump pack to find the next target.

Vikings are still a threat to Space Marines, and the MT50 Lanzel missiles and twin tube cannons they are equipped with can penetrate conventional power armor, although these weapons are difficult to hit directly with the Star Marine's excellent reflexes, but anything can happen on the battlefield.

Sometimes, a single Greenskin missile bursting into the heat vent can detonate an entire fortress monastery in Astarte, and sometimes a few raiders accidentally fire a shock grenade can blow up the original Star Marine.

"Damn it." Julius staggered up from the ground, and he was the one who had just eaten two stun bombs, and the sergeant belonging to the Emperor's son was beaten in the face as he was about to open a can for a raider.

Thankfully, it was a stun grenade that hit him, otherwise he would have been the first casualty to attack the excavation base, and the first wounded soldier to be named Sergeant Fowles, a war dog, was wounded by a detonated fuel canister while shooting an approaching fire bat.

The attacking Space Marines had completely stormed the excavation base, and most of the Marines surrendered when the leading Lieutenant Dogs had beheaded the Imperial commander who was in a panic.

Neither Renault nor Captain Moselle had any interest in managing these men, so they were incorporated into the colonies after taking the C-14 electromagnetic rifles, and they were well suited to maintaining law and order in the colony's new settlement.

After all, after evacuating the original gathering point, Renault was going to war with the insects, and he really didn't have the energy to manage the new gathering point.

"I'll just say, Mr. Renault, there will be nothing to lose, only two unlucky ones to be slightly injured." Moselle smirked.

Looking at the pioneers flying in the sky and the Viking fighter plane that collapsed on the ground, Renault said, "That's amazing, how did you make such heavy power armor fly?" ”

"Then you'll have to ask the technical sergeant, let's go, the artifact is in hand." Moselle patted Renault's Power Armor on the shoulder.