Chapter 890: Bendict and His Friends
"Quiet! I can't hear the whispers of the machine spirits!" As the most respected mechanic in the tank, Holva, began to roar angrily, the sound of communication in the sound array communication finally stopped.
Thank the Emperor.
Bendict breathed a sigh of relief, which saved him a lot of trouble. Then he focused his attention on the interior of the poison blade super heavy tank, scanning every detail.
The poison blade is a huge war machine, which requires ten members to maintain normal operation. There are few sophisticated and compact equipment inside the powerful behemoth, which further compresses the internal space. In comparison, only Bendict has a relatively spacious space for activities.
Behind his command chair to the right is Lieutenant Terry's communication station, which is a very important position in battle. Lieutenant Terry needs to use sensors to identify roads, traps, enemies and friends, primary and secondary targets, and ensure the communication between the tank and other imperial forces. Therefore, most people who can stay in this position are quick-witted and strong-willed.
Opposite the communication station is the secondary weapon fire control station, which is managed by the third gunner Dori and the third loader Vaski. They also control the two laser turrets and three twin heavy bomb machine guns installed on the Cadia Stone.
Mechanic Holva is on the lower level of the command deck, which can be reached by a narrow spiral staircase, one in front and one in the back.
Then there is the first gunner Wright and the first loader Nice who are responsible for the main turret Mega Cannon. These two people are very close to Bendict, and they can hear Bendict's orders as long as they shout loudly.
Finally, there is the driver Shom who is at the bottom. It is not an easy task to tame the exaggerated weight and inertia of the poison blade, so this is also a very difficult task.
"Are you ready? Then let's go."
As Bendict's order was conveyed by Lieutenant Terry, the entire armored regiment became active, and the roar of the engine and the rumble of the tracks greatly boosted the morale of the imperial army.
"Let them regret coming to Cadia!" A Cadia soldier cheered loudly to the troops leaving the defense line.
Bendict stuck his head out of the car. The most obvious thing in this desolate and silent area was the black barrier that stretched straight to the end of the sky.
These black barriers were not so dark that they could block the view. Strands of black flowed upward from the cracks in the ground. They were neither dense nor sparse. But these things that spread across the entire planet greatly changed the battle situation in Cadia.
The black barriers were distributed diagonally on the left and right, cutting this wide plain into a triangular area. The defense line of the imperial army was arranged in the narrow corner.
Except for dead things, nothing could cross these black barriers. Whether it was an air fortress equipped with ancient technology or a hideous engine that relied on the power of demons, they would die the moment they came into contact with these black barriers.
Bendict had very complicated feelings about these black barriers that emerged from the ground. On the one hand, the locations where these black barriers appeared were not just uninhabited areas. Many fortress cities became dead places under the influence of these black barriers. On the other hand, if there were no such barriers to cut Cadia into thousands of narrow areas that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, they would definitely not be able to hold out for so long against the invasion of the Chaos Legion.
For Bendict, the defense of Cadia was divided into several stages.
In the first stage, after the Iron Hands and the Mechanicus chose to support the Forge World of Agrippina. The Cadia Command found that the activity of the Eye of Terror suddenly increased by several levels, and the more filthy and blasphemous light splashed on the land of Cadia, even dyeing the ground into a red and purple color.
Bendict is willing to call this period of time a war of faith. Only warriors loyal to the Emperor can stay awake in this evil light. Every day, you can hear the sound of the political commissar shooting soldiers, and every day you can smell the smell of the Ecclesiarchy and the Inquisition burning the weak.
Before seeing the Chaos Legion, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people had died in the Inquisition. Some people may say that this cleansing behavior greatly weakened Cadia's defensive power. But Bendict felt that this great trial made Cadia's defense stronger. The troops recruited by the Cadia Command from all corners of the galaxy were purified, heroes were kept, and cowards were executed. If the Great Trial was really problematic, then why did the Krieg Corps and the Volskaya Firstborn Corps, which were famous in the Empire, have almost no cowards worth shooting?
The second stage of the Battle of Cadia was when the planet began to go crazy. Although Bendict was disappointed to say so, he couldn't think of a more appropriate word to describe his hometown.
Yes, crazy. It's crazy, this peaceful planet is crazy!
The black stone spires distributed on the planet Cadia became active at the climax of the War of Faith. These buildings of unknown origin are said to have existed when humans colonized the planet.
There are 5,810 spires distributed on the surface of Cadia, and more than 2,000 spires are buried underground on the planet. Each spire has a different design, but they all have an extremely precise height of 500 meters and a depth of 250 meters extending into the ground. Inside each spire is a slender and winding tunnel, which is also exactly 250 meters long.
When Bendict was a child, he often saw the people of the Mechanicus studying the black stone spires. It is said that until now, they have not figured out the purpose of these black stone spires.
Bendicott, like everyone else on Cadia, had thought that these spires were unique to this planet, like the overactive jungles of Catachan, but these spires did teach people who had such a wrong idea a lesson.
Without any warning, all the spires came alive, even the Blackstone Spires on other planets. Complex runes of unknown meaning flowed on the smooth surface of the black stone, and the green light with an energy level so high that all the detectors of the Mechanicus were disabled enveloped the top of the spire.
A strange sound sounded deep in everyone's soul, forcing them to look up at the blasphemous starry sky.
The evil light disappeared, and what was even more shocking was that the Eye of Terror seemed to be getting farther and farther away from them, as if it was pushed away by something.
Emergency orders were resounding around the world through radio and loudspeakers, forbidding everyone to look up at the sky and stay as far away from the Blackstone Spire as possible.
In confusion, Bendict chose to obey the order, even though they had spent two months setting up a line of defense around the spire, and he took his troops away from the Blackstone Spire as quickly as possible.