The Second Cadia "Stryker" Regiment is an Imperial Army unit known for its extreme mobility and versatility on the ground, equipped with Stryker wheeled armored vehicles.
The Regiment is renowned for its rapid response capability, excelling in various missions including reconnaissance, escort, and direct combat operations. The brand new Stryker armored vehicles provide a powerful combination of firepower and agility, allowing the Regiment to quickly adapt to changing battlefield conditions.
In front of the Vostroyan Firstborn's positions, the remaining tank and infantry units formed a defensive line, attempting to resist through traditional positional warfare and fragmented tactical coordination. However, facing the Imperial Legion with fully upgraded weaponry and tactical doctrine, such tactics were as fragile as paper.
The Stryker Regiment first dispatched reconnaissance teams equipped with long-range optical sensors, silently penetrating the Vostroyan forces' lines and rapidly marking target points.
Through an efficient tactical data link, all intelligence was transmitted in real-time to the Regiment's command center. The turrets of every Stryker armored vehicle rotated to the designated direction, awaiting orders.
This was immediately followed by precision strikes—multiple guided missiles launched from long-range missile systems, destroying the Vostroyan's front-line artillery positions one by one. Within a mere ten minutes, the enemy positions became a sea of fire.
As the first wave of strikes concluded, the Stryker Regiment swiftly launched a mobile assault. Fast assault teams composed of armored vehicles surged into the enemy lines like a steel torrent.
They did not merely charge head-on, but utilized the vehicles' high mobility to cut in from multiple directions, segmenting the Vostroyan defenses into several isolated areas.
Each Stryker armored vehicle, according to its different tactical positioning, was equipped with various highly efficient automated weapon systems, capable of independent target selection and firepower output on the battlefield.
The M1128 wheeled assault guns rapidly cleared the enemy's remaining bunkers and armored units, while the embarked Imperial Army units conducted precise infiltration using their flexible combat platforms, eliminating enemy command and communication nodes one by one.
Under the fierce assault of the Stryker Regiment, the Vostroyan Firstborn's remaining tank units were completely destroyed before they could even regroup.
Their cumbersome and large Leman Russ Tanks were helpless against the Stryker's precise firepower and high mobility, while the infantry retreated steadily under a rain of autocannon fire and rapidly projected ammunition.
The tactical exoskeletons equipped by these Guardians allowed them to move at high speed on the battlefield, and even when clearing trenches, these exoskeletons could enhance their strength, enabling them to swing power axes and directly cleave the enemy's weapons in half.
In just two hours, the battle was over. The entire battlefield was strewn with the wreckage of destroyed tanks and routed infantry, and the Vostroyan command post was completely out of contact before it could even send a distress signal.
Thus, the last remaining Vostroyan Firstborn on Cadia was completely annihilated by the Stryker Regiment in less than 2 hours.
The Cadia Soldiers who participated in the operation stood amidst the battlefield ruins, looking at the devastation. These "Vostroyan" were originally their comrades, their countrymen, brothers who had once fought side by side, but now they had become targets they had to purge.
"I didn't expect that traditional tactics could be so easily crushed by 'modern warfare'..." a Stryker Regiment Soldier murmured.
Another Soldier patted his shoulder: "Lord Li Feng said that war is not about tradition, but about tactics, equipment, and speed. This is the 'advanced warfare' Lord Li Feng has brought."
Rogal Dorn, in the rear, used a drone operation screen to overlook the real-time data stream on the battlefield, his face devoid of any emotion.
These Cadia Soldiers, who followed Li Feng, also taught their Cadia compatriots a lesson in what "modern advanced warfare" truly meant.
When the news of the Vostroyan Firstborn's annihilation reached the Eye of Terror, Abaddon could no longer sit still. He had originally thought that the Vostroyan Firstborn could hold out for at least another day, but they were completely wiped out in less than 2 hours.
"The Vostroyan Firstborn, over twenty thousand men! Collapsed in less than two hours? Even if it were twenty thousand pigs! You couldn't catch them all in three days, Rogal Dorn!"
At this moment, from within the Eye of Terror, he immediately ordered the entire Legion to advance at full speed, aiming to quickly air-drop and teleport Chaos Space Marines back to the surface of Cadia before Rogal Dorn could re-establish his defenses.
But... as an old strategy game player, Li Feng's school of thought had always been:
"Offense is the best defense!"
As Abaddon and the fleets of all the traitor Primarchs were about to exit the Eye of Terror, they discovered a terrible piece of news... a massive "war planet" was directly blocking the entrance to the Eye of Terror.
That's right! Li Feng had brought the entire Overlord, along with the expeditionary fleet, and completely blockaded the entrance to the Eye of Terror. It was a complete replication of Corax and Lorgar's situation.
At this moment, Abaddon was utterly confused. Theoretically, such a massive fleet would not dare to approach the Eye of Terror easily, because the greatest threat to units entering the Eye of Terror for a penitent crusade, where only one in ten survived, was not the disparity in forces once inside the Eye of Terror.
Rather, very few could maintain their sanity completely unaffected by the Warp within the Eye of Terror. But now, the Overlord plus a few battleships, two carriers, and dozens of cruisers were just parked at the entrance, and everyone was still working normally... This completely stumped Abaddon and the traitor Primarchs! They naturally didn't know that their "Empress Mother" and the "high-dimensional Stepfather of the reality anchor" were on that Overlord.
"What! They're not afraid of the Warp's erosion?"
Instantly, on the bridge of the Vengeful Spirit, the faces of four uncles appeared on the screen in front of Abaddon... Perturabo: "Abaddon! What do we do now! They've blocked our entrance! I've waited ten thousand years, finally for a battle with that stinky rock, if I were in command..."
Mortarion: "I think we can consider ending the operation. It's meaningless now."
Fulgrim: "Are you going to do this or not? Slaanesh sister still has a nail appointment with me, if not, I'm going back first."
Magnus: "What do you say? If not, I'm going back to read."
Abaddon's scalp beneath his topknot bulged with veins at this moment, and he once again remembered why Horus's siege of Terra had failed back then! It was because of these three "brain-dead" uncles... except for Perturabo.
"No! We must fight! We still don't know why the corpse emperor's fleet is unaffected! If we give up now! Then they will rush into the Eye of Terror... My Ezekiel Abaddon has a rotten life anyway, if I die, I die... But what if you guys are captured and taken back to Terra."
Upon hearing this, the three, excluding Perturabo, fell silent... However, Abaddon, having spoken, also fell silent... because Perturabo's fleet had already charged out, facing the "terrifying assault of the Imperial Fleet."
Perturabo shouted: "All ships! Break through quickly! No matter what, you must fly to Cadia! Even if the ship is blown up, you must crash headfirst into Rogal Dorn's positions!"
Seeing Perturabo had already charged out, Abaddon immediately shouted: "The Iron Warriors have sounded the horn of counterattack for us! If you three uncles want to go back, then go back, you don't have the spirit of our fourth uncle!"
With that, Abaddon unilaterally ended the video call. The Vengeful Spirit, with its Black Legion fleet, charged at full speed out of the Eye of Terror. As long as they could break through the enemy's fleet defense, as long as they could reach that place! His plan would truly unfold!
Seeing two fleets had already charged out, Magnus shrugged and ordered his fleet to advance as well. He was actually thinking if he could salvage some more of the "friend of the emperor's" inventions to take back and study later. He heard that the other party was the second oldest, besides his own father; Malcador was just a little kid in front of him.
Fulgrim saw Magnus charge, so he charged too... in both senses. Because he suddenly felt excited about this battle, sensing that it was about to take a very thrilling turn, and what he loved most was joining in the fun.
Suddenly, the Death Guard fleet also began to charge forward... Mortarion on the bridge was suddenly stunned.
"No! I didn't give the order! Who told you to charge without authorization!"
"It was Captain Typhus..."
...At the entrance of the Eye of Terror, the Overlord.
Li Feng and Sanguinius watched the sky full of artillery fire outside. Li Feng had completely handed over command of the fleet to the "Golden, Black, and Red Trio," because he wasn't interested in naval battles anyway; he liked tanks and planes... Warships? He wasn't familiar with them.
Actually, Li Feng was a little worried... "Wife, facing four Primarchs and Abaddon... do you think... letting them use the Overlord and these warships to fight... is it a bit too simple?"
Sanguinius paused her actions at his waist, glanced at the TV on the wall, which was broadcasting the battle in real-time. The Overlord's main gun, as massive as the glory of macragge Queen battleship, began to rotate, aiming at the Eye of Terror.
"I think so..."
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