Cadia Ground,
On the desolate wasteland of Cadia, a planet ravaged by war, the Imperial banners still stood tall on every ruin.
News had spread like wildfire that Warmaster Abaddon's flagship, the Vengeful Spirit, had been captured by the Imperium.
The Imperial Navy's great victory in space thoroughly declared that the failure of the Chaos Forces' The Thirteenth Black Crusade was only a matter of time.
Without Core combat command and Warp support, the fate of the The Thirteenth Black Crusade was sealed.
The entire The Galaxy / Milky Way would remember this day, this moment when the Imperium's counterattack completely turned the tide.
In space, the Imperial Navy's fleet had completely taken control of the area around Cadia.
As the Vengeful Spirit was occupied by the Imperium's warriors, the Chaos Fleet's morale collapsed, its command system became chaotic, and it began to scatter and flee.
The Imperial warships pursued like hounds, destroying or capturing the remaining Chaos vessels one by one. Mortarion's Plague Fleet and Abaddon's Blackstone Fortress were now making their last stand, while Abaddon was preparing... the 'Final Solution'.
On a scorched plain of Cadia, Rogal Dorn led his sons, the Imperial Fists and Black Templars, alongside the Imperial Army, against the combined Legions of three Daemon Primarchs.
Magnus's Thousand Sons, Perturabo's Iron Warriors, Mortarion's Death Guard, and countless Daemon Legions from the Warp.
Dorn, the Imperium's Master of Defense, was personally on the battlefield. He stood on a makeshift command platform, calmly directing the entire defense line.
Dorn's sons were holding a trench line, their heavy firepower fortresses and positions filled with Imperial Fists 'cans' repeatedly crushing the Chaos Legions' assaults.
However, Li Feng's Imperial Guard stole the spotlight from all the Astartes and Primarchs on the ground. Li Feng provided strategic instructions remotely, and on the ground, under the command of Chief of Staff "Golden Lion" Reinhard, they chose to leverage their firepower advantage to focus on striking the enemy's living forces.
On the wasteland of Cadia, amidst the smoke of war and the echoing horns among the ruins, the Imperium and Chaos were brewing a decisive confrontation.
Perturabo, Magnus, and Mortarion jointly planned a desperate counterattack operation, codenamed "Autumn Mist", aimed at breaking the Imperial defense line and regaining the initiative on the battlefield.
Its strategic Core was to exploit a weak point in the Imperial defense line to achieve a breakthrough, forming a "salient" to cut off the Imperial Army's supply lines and encircle the front-line troops, creating a "gap" between the Imperial rear firepower and front-line troops, thereby reversing the gradual collapse of the Chaos Forces.
Perturabo's siege tactics once again demonstrated his precise engineering talent. He ordered the Iron Warriors Space Marine Chapter to quietly construct countless secret underground tunnels and hidden positions, coupled with the plague gas fields deployed by the Death Guard, transforming the Imperial defense line in northern Cadia into a battlefield full of death traps.
At the same time, Magnus's Thousand Sons Space Marine Chapter used powerful psychic abilities to disrupt the Imperial communication network, creating large areas of psychic mist that completely isolated the front-line Imperial Army from rear support.
Under extremely adverse weather conditions, Chaos Daemons and mortal rebels launched sudden attacks on several fronts. Perturabo personally led the Iron Warriors to break through a critical weak point in the defense line, while Mortarion and the Death Guard followed closely, building temporary defensive positions in the breakthrough area.
A massive "salient" appeared in the center of the Imperial defense line, and the iron tide of Chaos surged in like a flood, attempting to cut off the retreat of the Imperial troops.
Although the Chaos surprise attack was unexpected, the new Imperial command system, especially its efficiency and decisiveness, was demonstrated at this moment. Rogal Dorn calmly analyzed the enemy's intentions, realizing that Chaos's goal was to form an encirclement through a local breakthrough, and thus decisively ordered a readjustment of defensive deployment:
The Imperial Guard's armored units were immediately moved to the southern part of the salient, forming a mobile defensive screen. The Black Templars Space Marine Chapter was dispatched to the northern defense line to intercept, delaying the advance of the Chaos Legions.
Dorn personally led the Imperial Fists Space Marine Chapter to guard the critical nodes of the salient; once the Chaos Forces' advance was blocked, they would launch a counterattack to close the enemy's salient.
At the same time, Chief of Staff "Golden Lion" Reinhard took over the dispatch of all Imperial ground forces. Relying on his strong strategic intuition, he quickly formulated a series of counterattack plans.
Although Li Feng was not personally on the battlefield, through remote communication, he provided Reinhard with key tactical advice: "Focus on striking Chaos's mobility and logistical forces, isolating the enemy troops on the front line."
The Imperial Guard, "Sanguinius Li Feng's Imperial Guard Banner" First Armored Grenadier Division, was the first to arrive on the battlefield. Their modified leopard 2 tanks and Puma armored vehicles quickly deployed, suppressing the advance of the Chaos troops with precise firepower.
"Hold the line!" a Tank Commander shouted, as the armored torrent behind him advanced on the battlefield, preventing further infiltration by the Death Guard and Iron Warriors.
On the other side, the Black Templars Space Marine Chapter was already engaged in a desperate struggle with Magnus's Thousand Sons units. Tall Astartes wielded blades, cutting down Thousand Sons warriors clad in psychic shields.
And in the center of the defense line, Dorn's Imperial Fists Space Marine Chapter was holding off the frenzied assault of Chaos. Relying on temporary fortresses and advanced weaponry, they completely suppressed the Iron Warriors' assault troops.
Dorn personally led the charge, wielding his power chain-hammer, smashing enemy armor, man and all, into scrap metal.
Meanwhile, the hairless Abaddon and Magnus summoned a massive army of Chaos Daemons that poured in from the Warp, turning the battlefield into a hell interwoven with psychic energy and blood.
The Chaos Daemons descended en masse under Magnus's psychic guidance. Khorne's Daemons frantically charged the Imperial defense line, while Tzeentch's strange Daemons quietly infiltrated through the psychic mist, attempting to disrupt the Imperial supply lines.
Toxic mists and plagues, accompanied by Nurgling, emerged from the corrupted ground, making the Soldier's battlefield environment even more severe. Under the alluring scent and atmosphere of indolence, Slaanesh's Daemonettes and Keepers of Secrets continuously harvested isolated Soldiers.
As the battle intensified, the Chaos faction gradually began to regain its footing. The Imperial counterattack forces were gathering, and the "Iron Tide" and "Imperial Fists" had successfully closed the two flanks of the "salient," encircling the Chaos front-line troops.
Perturabo roared furiously, attempting to command the Iron Warriors to reopen an escape route. However, under Dorn's precise deployment, every breakout attempt was quickly suppressed.
On the Cadia battlefield, Chaos's "Autumn Mist Operation" was heading towards collapse, but just as the Imperial Army was gradually tightening its encirclement, the battle situation suddenly underwent a drastic change.
In the depths of the Warp, Magnus used his last psychic energy to call for reinforcements from the Four Chaos Gods, and Tzeentch, Khorne, Nurgle, and Slaanesh also seemed unwilling to idly watch their power be crushed by the Imperium.
Thus, under the joint ritual of Magnus and Abaddon in the sky, Cadia's sky suddenly split open with a massive Warp rift. Psychic storms spread like a vortex, and a destructive aura emanated from the rift.
"He's here..." Magnus whispered, filled with excitement and fanaticism.
Accompanied by a deafening roar, the Primarch of the World Eaters: Angron, descended from the rift in the form of a Daemon Primarch.
The body granted to him by Khorne burned with blood and fury, and two great axes in his hands glowed with a deadly red light.
Every step made the earth tremble, and every roar made the Imperial Soldiers' souls shiver.
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