Fire Wheel: "Mordian Iron Guard"

Grzegorz tapped his right hand, his gauntlet lightly on the holographic projection.

He zoomed in on a strange building and said to Mikhailovsky beside him.

"It's difficult to discern the human Hive City from the Ork Fortress; the Hive Spire have been demolished and used as materials to construct the bizarre buildings of the Orks."

Unlike Gothic architecture, which is long and slender, tower-shaped buildings taper at the top, giving them an overall Spire- like shape.

The Orks construction machine was even more robust and bizarre, like a junkyard pieced together from scrap metal, gears, chimneys, and other oddities.

Mikhailovsky laughed, "They can be considered towers too."

"In the documents my father distributed, they were called Waaagh Tower."

"They act like generators, stacking Waaagh energy on the Ork, filling their bodies with power, and making the 'Dakka' and 'Shoota' turrets even more powerful."

"Although I don't fully understand all of this yet, these are the buildings that should be destroyed first once we break into the Fortress."

Grzegorz looked at his friend. "It sounds like you already have a complete offensive plan."

Mikhailovsky said confidently.

"That's right, we'll deploy our forces and launch an attack on the Orks Fortress from four directions simultaneously."

"Since Waaagh Tower can boost the Orks, let's break through from the south where they have the fewest resources."

"Once we break through, the Ork will surge south, giving us an opportunity to break through in other directions."

The Second Company Captain turned off the holographic projection and explained his strategic deployment.

"My Second Company will launch the main attack from the south, while your Third Company will launch the offensive from the north."

"Send a request to the 5th Legion, ordering them to launch attacks from the west and east respectively."

The Primarch authorized the Third Legion to lead the offensive against Planet II, and Lord Carlo of the 5th Legion deployed his forces according to Mikhailovsky's plan.

Mikhailovsky stepped out of the temporary tent and boarded his Vostonian Rhino armored command vehicle.

The Vostonian Rhino is a variant based on the Deimos-pattern Rhino. Compared to the original model, it is longer, wider, and taller, allowing the Shadow of Order it carries to be equipped with Jump Pack.

Around the Second Company Captain Commander's command vehicle, the Shadow of Order members were already waiting in armored vehicles.

After the Third Legion established itself in Mordian, the biggest change in the reorganized Chapter by Bukayo was that the entire regiment was armored.

The factories in Vostonia, manufacturing a large number of vehicles according to standard construction templates, support the Chapter's transformation.

The "Mordian Iron Guard" 1st Regiment's Malcador Defender-pattern advanced, followed by the Vostonian Rhino.

Bringing up the rear were the Siege Dreadnought of the First Company and Second Company, totaling fifty-two units.

The First Company suffered the greatest losses in the conquest of Mordian due to Samir's disobedience. Many of its experienced veterans were buried in the Dreadnought, and they accompanied Mikhailovsky to the Wheel of Fire.

The Ork Fortress had just appeared within the range of the "Mordian" 1st Regiment's Auspex when shells, trailing black smoke, began to fire towards the area of the black heavy tanks.

Boom boom boom!

Most of the shells were too far away and lacked accuracy, so they crashed into the steel torrent, kicking up clouds of dust.

Several shells luckily struck a few Malcador Defender hull.

After the loud bang, the car body was simply left completely black.

The Defender is the most unusual and effective variant of the Malcador; it is a true mobile fortress used against enemy strongholds and fortifications.

The Malcador Defender raced through the artillery fire, the "Mordian Iron Guard" unaffected by the explosions, breaking through tanks until they were truly terrifying crushers at close range.

Ork Deathskulls Clan Mekboy, Fortress the orc fortress, saw the shrimp's black Dakka lined up in a row, growing ever closer like waves.

The Mekboy with a string of teeth around his neck jumped to the highest point and shouted.

"The shrimp shells are too hard, I'll Dakka them one by one!"

The Orks yelled and turned their cannons to point in the direction he was pointing.

Dozens of cannons opened fire simultaneously.

With a loud bang, the cobbled-together Ork cannon exploded, sending black smoke billowing into the sky.

The Mekboy and a dozen Gretchin were blown away, and a gap several meters wide was blasted into the city wall.

Boom boom boom!

Several shells hit the target, penetrating the armor of the Malcador Defender, and killing four of the eight crew members instantly.

The escape hatch opened, and the other four crew members, engulfed in flames, screamed as they crawled out of the furnace-like interior.

The Mordian Iron Guard did not slow their pace; the Malcador Defender recklessly smashed through the wreckage and continued their advance.

Three Malcador Defender were destroyed in succession, but the black torrent of steel, like a cold machine, simply surged forward without wasting a single unit of firepower.

The first row of Demolisher Cannon only fired their shells when the city wall came into effective firing range.

Unlike the Ork's scattered attacks, fifty cannonballs struck within a 200-meter radius of the breach.

Rumble!

The continuous explosions tore apart the Orks wall, widening the breach until the wall, tens of meters wide, collapsed with a deafening roar.

The steadily advancing Mordian Iron Guard, like a bloodthirsty shark, lunged towards the breach.

The Orks cannons were aimed at the city walls below, unleashing a hail of bullets.

One, two, three.

The first Malcador Defender charged through the breach, and the Orks surged in like a tide.

The Malcador Defender replaces the horizontal turret, its five modified Heavy Bolter roaring to fire, covering a 360-degree radius.

The barrage of comments was overwhelming, tearing through the green flesh.

The Malcador Defender were unstoppable; Ork fell in droves as they charged savagely through the rift and into the city.

Inside the Orks Fortress, hundreds of Big Shoota spewed flames, which lashed against the black armor.

The Malcador Defender continued their advance with faltering steps.

The cramped interior of the car felt like a blazing furnace.

The Malcador Defender is equipped with five Heavy Bolter, with additional weapons mounted on both sides, forcing the commander to also act as a heavy gunner.

He loaded the shell into the breech, surrounded by Orks, and fired without aiming.

Just as he was about to reload the shell, a stray bullet suddenly pierced through the hole and entered.

The commander slammed to the ground with a thud, and the soldier on the front left side of the vehicle immediately dropped his Heavy Bolter, handing over the defense to the gunners below who were using flank weapons.

He quickly picked up the shell, loaded it into the cannon, and fired it at the enemy.

The Orks soldiers noticed that the black Dakka were firing weaker, and they charged forward shouting.

The gunner on the left fell, and the gunner on the right took his place.

The Malcador Defender charged nearly 100 meters alone before being destroyed, Mordian Iron Guard killed thousands of Orks before his death.

The second, the third, the fourth.

Four Malcador Defender were destroyed, their wreckage ablaze.

More black tanks poured in, becoming Reaping killers in close-quarters combat within the city.

After the "Mordian Iron Guard" ruthlessly pierced through the Ork's defenses, the Second Company of the Third Legion unleashed a thousand Shadow of Order from their Vostonian Rhino armored vehicles.

The Shadow of Order, trailing trails of flame, leaped onto the city walls and charged towards the young members of the Deathskulls Clan.

They worked in an orderly and focused manner, eliminating the firing points on the city wall one by one.

Three hours after the Orks walls were breached, the defensive line was already on the verge of collapse.

The Ork inside the Fortress surged wildly toward the south wall.

On the north wall, Grzegorz was directing the Vostonian Rhino, relying on its advanced and superior Machine Spirit to launch repeated attacks on the wall.

After drawing the Orks' artillery fire, retreat quickly.

After repeated charges and wearing down the Ork, Grzegorz finally discovered a weakness in the Ork Fortress's defenses.

"Attack!"

At the command of the Third Company Captain commander, armored vehicles launched a massive attack on the Orks Fortress.

The Blind Grenade Auto-launcher automatically locked onto the life signal ahead, took off, and struck the city wall.

The blinding grenade exploded, releasing a blinding burst of light.

The Orks scattered in panic, Demolisher Cannon of the 2nd Regiment and 3rd Regiment of the "Mordian Iron Guard" approached the city walls, spraying shells everywhere.

The artillery fire relentlessly pounded the walls of the Ork Fortress's north side, while a hail of bullets from the Storm Bolter lashed against the walls.

The firepower of the "Mordian Iron Guard" suppressed the Orks defenders.

Just then, the three Waaagh Tower in the city roared loudly.

A green mist rose in the minds of the Orks, and they shouted in unison.

"Waaagh!"

Countless Ork surged onto the city walls, operating turrets to attack the black tanks below.

Waaagh's shells were incredibly powerful, screaming as they tore through the steel bodies of the Malcador Defender.

Thousands upon thousands of Orks jumped off the city walls and rushed madly into the black torrent.

Their Shoota unleashed a barrage of Waaagh bullets.