Reinforcements have finally arrived!
At this moment, even Emrys couldn't help but feel a little teary-eyed, sighing that the Emperor was finally reliable for once, and hadn't abandoned his devout subjects.
In just a few short days, Emrys had come to realize just how terrifying the Tyranids truly were.
Their unimaginable evolution speed, their despair-inducing reproduction rate, coupled with their Hive-mind collective, made them a race born for war!
"Tell the Decepticons, take control of the air at all costs, and create an opportunity for the Astra Militarum!" Emrys, suppressing his excitement, immediately ordered.
In an instant, the War Fortress Juggernaut unleashed its full firepower, continuously pouring fire into the sky, attempting to clear an area for the Astra Militarum.
However, the Hive Mind had clearly also detected the Astra Militarum legion preparing to drop from orbit; it didn't want the humans it had surrounded for so long to escape right under its nose, so it ordered its entire fleet to fire a volley, intercepting the Astra Militarum cruisers in orbit!
At the same time, artillery fire from the ground instantly covered the sky, forming a dense barrage!
the Tyranids ground army also became even more frenzied, surging forward one after another, the piles of bodies almost reaching the height of the War Fortress, showing just how tragic the fighting had been in recent days!
Optimus Prime, for instance, was practically berserk; his left hand wielded a high-molecular cutting blade, and his right a thermal fusion great-axe, like Xiang Yu reborn, he single-handedly slaughtered the Tyranids.
But human strength has its limits; no matter how fierce Optimus Prime was, he couldn't withstand the overwhelming numbers of the Tyranids!
the Tyranids's method of dealing with him was simple: if one couldn't beat him, then send two; if two still couldn't beat him, then send ten!
And so, on the entire battlefield, Optimus Prime, as the most outstanding performer, received special attention from the Tyranids, being surrounded by three Lictors and five Tyrants.
The Decepticons led by Megatron were also scattered by the Tyranids's artillery fire, nearly meeting their ancestors several times.
For a time, under the Tyranids's frenzied assault, they were on the verge of a full-scale collapse, seemingly in precarious danger!
Even Emrys couldn't help but scratch his head.
What's going on?!
What sudden madness had seized the Tyranids? He had thought the Tyranids a few days ago were crazy enough, but he hadn't expected this to be true madness!
Such fierce artillery fire—Emrys looked up at the sky, which was almost completely enveloped in plasma, and frantically racked his brain, trying to figure out how to break the Tyranids's air superiority and create a landing opportunity for the Astra Militarum.
But just then, Kevin Leslie's voice came through the communication channel.
"Lord Emrys,
This is Political Commissar Kevin Leslie of the 371st Krieg Death Korps. We are currently deploying. Repeat:
We are currently deploying."
What?!
Emrys was instantly stunned; he looked at the plasma-filled sky and the dense bombardment from the Tyranid fleet, completely unable to understand how they were supposed to land under such circumstances.
"No, please wait!" He hastily said.
"We have not yet gained air superiority; the casualties for a deployment now would be too high. Repeat: Do not deploy, please wait for us to create an opportunity!"
"No, it's enough, Lord Emrys."
The voice from the communication channel made Emrys' pupils contract slightly, and then he saw a sight that made his heart tremble!
Amidst the dense artillery fire of the Tyranid fleet, which covered the entire sky of Perdita, Valkyrie transports, marked with the Imperial insignia, soared like petrels riding the thunder in a storm, tearing through the sky under the illumination of the rain-like artillery fire!
Many Valkyrie transports also turned into insignificant 'fireworks' in the sky amidst the Tyranid fleet's frenzied bombardment.
However, even so, it still couldn't stop their advance; Valkyrie after Valkyrie risked their lives, breaking through the Tyranid fleet's blockade.
Even if only one in a hundred survived, they still pressed forward fearlessly!
After days of bitter fighting against the Tyranids, even the Transformers were exhausted, but upon seeing this scene, their hearts were filled with an indescribable shock!
Are these humans all madmen?!
It's hard to imagine such an army, carrying out a deployment without hesitation, at any cost. Do they not care about their own lives?
Do they not care about their own lives?
No, in the Krieg's belief, they are born burdened with sin, and only dying in battle for the Emperor is the fervent wish of every Krieger!
Artillery fire?
Even a hundred times denser artillery coverage would never be able to stop a Krieger soldier's charge!
"Is this Krieg?"
Although Emrys had previously learned about this silent legion through written accounts, it was only at this moment, witnessing it firsthand, that he could truly grasp the weight contained within the designation 'Krieg Death Korps'!
Fearless of sacrifice, charging in silence, dying in silence; from the moment they were born, they were the Emperor's blades!
The Krieg Death Korps officially entered the stage!
As the Political Commissar of the 371st Regiment, Kevin Leslie's only order to them was to hold the landing zone at all costs until the subsequent forces arrived, creating a safe landing area for them!
Immediately, many soldiers poured out of the newly landed Valkyrie transports; they wore their distinctive gas masks, carried a lasgun, and had a high-molecular entrenching tool at their waist. Their precise movements showed no trace of panic, as if it were an instinct etched into their bones from birth.
They relied on the nearest surviving fortifications, combining with a small number of Transformers and Holy Terra Auxiliary Army soldiers, to form a defensive line, resisting the Tyranids from all directions.
The originally precarious defensive line, with the increasing addition of Kriegers, actually became stable again!
And very quickly, everyone witnessed the terror of this force known as the "Krieg Death Korps"!
They never spoke, nor did they utter war cries; they were like emotionless machines, or rather, even colder and more efficient than machines!
Optimus Prime personally saw dozens of Krieger soldiers surround a Lictor, a high-level Tyranids unit that even he found quite troublesome.
The Lictor easily cut down dozens of people, but the moment it relaxed its guard, it didn't notice that a Krieger, cut in half at the waist, crawled out of the muddy bodies, silently approached its feet, and detonated the high-explosive grenade on his person!
After a loud explosion, the Lictor's legs were severed!
What awaited it next was several Kriegers swarming it, using bayonets and entrenching tools to hack it into a bloody mess!
Then, those gas-masked Krieger soldiers did not cheer after killing such a high-ranking unit; they simply silently reorganized their equipment and continued to charge forward.
Charge, charge, charge!
This seemed to be the only order the Krieg Death Korps would execute.
Fear? Death?
These emotions, which should be ingrained in human instinct, seemed to have been completely stripped away from the Kriegers, leaving only the purest conviction!
The Tyranids, with their absolute numerical advantage, clearly had a one-sided situation, but no matter what, they simply couldn't extinguish that dazzling spark of fire!
In fact, Emrys had tried to dissuade the Political Commissar.
However, from the other party's weary response, he keenly picked up a piece of information.
That was... he couldn't stop him!
Unlike many Astra Militarum corps, the Political Commissar of the Krieg Death Korps often had a special mission.
That was to do everything in his power to prevent the soldiers of Krieg from sacrificing themselves on unnecessary battlefields.
It's hard to imagine that the Imperium, which has always been so heartless, would make such a 'humane' decision, but this was actually because Krieg soldiers were too 'loyal', so much so that they never considered the concept of sacrifice.
As long as the mission could be completed, whether it was seizing trenches, positions, or even a useless stronghold, they would do so regardless of cost or sacrifice!
To describe the Kriegers' combat style in two simple words, it would be: fanatical and silent!
Even if fifty thousand or a hundred thousand were sacrificed, as long as the battle could be resolved, they would not hesitate in the slightest, and would even consider it worthwhile!
The Krieg combat method was infuriatingly simple.
But it was also extremely efficient.
Grenadiers threw high-explosive bombs, waited for the enemy to approach, and fired from the cover of the trenches.
Then, the Commander, also wearing a gas mask, simply made a gesture, and the Krieg soldiers lurking in the trenches would chamber their bayonets, wait for the smoke grenades to be deployed, and after three whistle blasts, they would collectively charge out of the trenches.
Lasguns, bayonets, entrenching tools, high-explosive grenades—this seemed to be all the equipment a Krieg soldier had.
Yet, it was this simple equipment that unleashed a terrifying power capable of astonishing even the Transformers.
Optimus Prime saw with his own eyes a Krieg soldier whose body was half-devoured by a Tyranid, his gas mask shattered, revealing an extremely youthful face, seemingly only nineteen, with pale skin, yet his eyes held no fear of death.
This masked Krieg youth, as the Tyranids devoured his body, pulled the pin on the high-explosive grenade at his waist.
With a loud bang, he and that Tyranid perished together.
And such a scene was happening constantly across the entire battlefield; it seemed that as long as the Kriegers were not completely killed, as long as they had a single breath left, they would do everything in their power to achieve a one-for-one, or even a ten-for-one trade!
As the ground battle progressed, the sky gradually entered a white-hot phase.
The Terra fleet's frantic bombardment still could not stop the Krieg corps' costly aerial deployment; more and more Krieg soldiers were landing on the battlefield!
It was too insane!
The Krieg Death Korps had actually broken through the Terra fleet's blockade!
Then, once the artillery deployment was complete, the Krieg soldiers finally entered their 'comfort zone'.
Under continuous artillery bombardment, they began their silent death charge; neither the artillery in the rear nor the charging soldiers in the front seemed to care whether the shells might accidentally hit friendly forces.
This... was truly too exaggerated.
As silicon-based lifeforms, the Transformers were deeply shaken by the Kriegers' unique, silent death charge.
From beginning to end, those gas-masked soldiers never exchanged a single word with each other, as if this was already an instinct etched into their bones.
They were clearly human, yet the combat power unleashed by this corps astonished even the Transformers.
The first wave of Krieg forces to successfully land on Perdita numbered only about forty to fifty thousand, yet with their efficient and fanatical morale, they stubbornly held back the almost insane onslaught of millions of Tyranids!
It was a line that seemed precarious, as if it could be broken with just a little more force.
However, under the fierce assault of hundreds of thousands of Tyranids, it still held its ground!
Even with severed limbs, as long as they could still move and had a breath left, the Krieg soldiers still tried to kill a Tyranids.
The Transformers and the Holy Terra Auxiliary Army were simply like greenhorn recruits in front of the true Astra Militarum elite!
Even setting aside the Kriegers' fanatical morale, their tactical prowess alone, demonstrated by their ability to fight against overwhelming odds and withstand the Tyranids, was an eye-opener for Emrys.
When the Decepticons and Krieg artillery coordinated to completely clear the sky, allowing the Krieg corps to catch their breath, Emrys finally met Political Commissar Kevin Leslie.
"Earl Emrys, Kevin Leslie, acting on the highest orders of the Imperial Astra Militarum, is here to reinforce Perdita!"
Colonel Kevin looked very tired, with an unshakeable sorrow etched on his brows.
"Thank you for your support, may the God-Emperor protect you, Colonel Kevin." Emrys finally let out a sigh of relief; with the Krieg Death Korps here, he could at least relax a little for the time being.
After a hasty greeting, Political Commissar Kevin immediately went to the front lines, not to command the battle, but purely to ensure fewer Krieg soldiers died, especially to avoid them dying in unnecessary places.
This was no exaggeration; if not stopped in time, Krieg soldiers would absolutely incur several, even dozens of times the casualties to contest every position!
And in war, not every position needs to be contested with such heavy casualties.
This was precisely the main job of the Krieg Corps Commissars; unlike other Astra Militarum corps, they sometimes needed to boost morale or execute fleeing soldiers.
In Krieg, there would be no fleeing soldiers, and morale collapse was extremely rare; their main job was to ensure Krieg soldiers used their lives in more appropriate ways.
When Kevin arrived at the front, he saw Optimus Prime resting; half of his body was destroyed, and he was lying in a trench, undergoing repairs by medical machinery.
"You—are their Commander?" Optimus Prime looked at this human; from his epaulets, it was easy to identify him as a high-ranking officer of this corps.
"...Yes."
Despite his great doubts about Optimus Prime's existence, Kevin, adhering to the principle of avoiding unnecessary trouble, wisely chose not to delve deeper.
After all, if the Astra Militarum had issued an order to reinforce immediately at all costs, he believed that the person behind Emrys was someone he could not afford to offend.
"Why... not retreat temporarily?"
In silence, Optimus Prime looked at the still-charging Kriegers and asked this question with a heavy tone.
He was the only Transformers leader who was relatively fond of humans, but after seeing the Kriegers' costly yet extremely efficient charge, his heart was filled with confusion and pain.
From a Commander's perspective, a temporary retreat and preserving living forces would be the most appropriate decision for the current situation, yet this 'Krieg Death Korps' gave him a completely different feeling.
They were colder, more efficient, had greater Execution, and were more like 'machines' than mechanical soldiers.
Each person was like a precise gear in a complex machine, and through their cooperation, this terrifying War Machine was able to unleash its maximum power, mercilessly crushing any enemy that dared to stand in its way!
However, Optimus Prime's only response was Kevin Leslie's complex yet simple-to-the-point-of-incomprehensibility statement:
"This is the Krieg Death Korps."
"Born in shame, die in slumber."