After a few weeks, several Imperium units deployed near this system responded to Colonel Dofrank's call.
During this period, Colonel Dofrank commanded Yad 227th Regiment to build defense facilities around the portal to prevent the undead enemies from rushing out and causing them greater trouble.
But Colonel Dofrank discovered that the enemies on the other side of the door had no intention of launching an attack. Like the Imperium troops, they built a defense around the portal.
However, compared to the vast defense system constructed by Imperium soldiers with cement, trenches, and barbed wire, the defense built by the enemy on the other side of the door is a huge fortress, built with the endless labor of magic and skeletons.
Colonel Dofrank waited for the support of the Imperium troops. A small Adeptus Mechanicus technical recovery team led by Father Ohm and Hammer of Destruction Heavy Armored Company led by Colonel Leithris rushed to his headquarters respectively.
Father Ohm's technical recovery team has only a few members, consisting of only one hundred people. Among them, many Eighty are Skitarii who ensure the safety of the priest's work, and the remaining twenty people are apprentices and assistants of Father Ohm.
Of course, having said that, Father Ohm's apprentices are not ordinary people. One of them alone is enough to support the equipment maintenance of a reinforced company. They are called incompetent apprentices just because the technological heritage faced by Father Ohm is more complex than the weapons that Imperium can produce. It requires a long time to calculate and a little help from luck.
The troops brought by Colonel Leithris were extremely powerful. They had just retreated from the battlefield where Xenos civilization was massacred. The sturdy tank armor still had uncleaned Xenos blood spots, and pieces of crushed meat would be spit out from time to time by the running tracks.
"It's great to see you! Colonel Dofrank! If our company can get infantry cover when destroying those Xenos cities, our losses will be limited to single digits!" Leithris As soon as Colonel arrived at the headquarters, he rushed over and held hands with Colonel Dofrank tightly. His voice was as powerful as the tank he commanded, and every sound he made was as earth-shattering as if a tank gun had fired.
"I'm honored to meet you, too." Colonel Dofrank smiled. He could understand the loud voice of Colonel Leithris. He also had experience fighting in the armored force.
He once thought that fighting in a tank was an easy job, but after actually experiencing it, he realized that tank fighting was not easy either.
The first is the sweltering environment. In order to ensure that the tank can fight in any extreme environment, there is no possibility of circulation between the tank and the outside air. The internal circulation air conditioner can only ensure that the temperature does not rise to a fatal level, but cannot maintain a comfortable environment.
Then there was the noise, the sound of powerful engines running and the roar of artillery mixed together to almost overwhelm all other sounds, not to mention the constant roar of friendly forces coming from the communication device.
In such a complex environment, it is difficult to judge in an instant what are the important combat instructions. It all depends on who can grab the attention of others with a louder and louder voice.
"How many abominable Xenos have you killed this time?" Colonel Dofrank asked in a friendly manner. Colonel Leithris was also an open-minded person and directly showed him the other new medals on his chest and said proudly.
"Our company bulldozed Xenos's capital and three large cities this time. Thousands of people may have been killed by the tracks alone, and the number of people killed by body machine guns and artillery is even more indescribable."
"That's great. How long does it take for your company to rest before it can get into combat mode?"
"Give us five days, and the boys in the company will fix all the minor problems with the tanks. We have brought two the Emperor Baneblade Super-Heavy Tank, one Sword of Destruction and twelve Leman Russ tanks. You just need to point us to a target, and we can tear that thing into pieces."
"That's great." Colonel Dofrank couldn't help but clapped his hands. He looked at the silent Father Ohm. Facing the professional technicians, he maintained a very high attitude of respect. "Father Ohm, are you and your people confident that you can further expand the scale of the portal?"
"This needs to be tried. Although we have seen many similar things on the way to the expedition, I have to say that the energy fluctuations of this portal are very novel." Ohm Sage answered lightly, and the mechanical logic made him lack emotional fluctuations.
This made Colonel Dofrank and Colonel Leithris feel uncomfortable, but fortunately Father Ohm was not a talkative guy, and he fell silent again after answering.
Equipment that was mysterious to the soldiers was placed around the portal. Father Ohm led his apprentices to work day and night, and finally they discovered a theory worth testing.
"This door seems unable to expand through normal means." Ohm Sage said to the two colonels, "The opening of this door has nothing to do with the supply of energy. We have tried to seal and isolate the environment around the door, but this cannot affect the operation of the door."
"Then how do we expand this gate?" Colonel Leithris asked eagerly, "With the current scale of the gate, this thing can only squeeze one Leman Russ tanks into it. We put in very few troops, and what can we do if the enemy breaks them one by one?"
Ohm priest hesitated for a moment and then said, "Destroying each one is a necessary experience."
Leithris stared, "What did you say?"
Father Ohm spread his hands, hoping Leithris could give him more time to explain.
"The door is expanding step by step. According to your report, there should be only three Space Wolves who entered the door for the first time, and the two hundred people you sent to enter the second time. Their properties are connected with the space here, and then the door slowly expands. If we can put one thousand, two thousand, or even three thousand people in, the size of this door will be further expanded until it can accommodate a Emperor's Doomblade."
"For this possible theory of yours! Are we going to test it with the lives of thousands of people? This bullshit tactic has long been criticized in the combat meeting! You damn gear heads, your worship of Machine God makes You have lost all humanity!" Leithris pointed at Father Ohm and cursed. The priest calmly accepted his emotional loss and turned to look at Dofrank.
When Dofrank understood that he was expressing his stance, he wanted to avenge those 200 brothers and wanted to make the world controlled by Xenos fall into the hands of the Emperor, but he really could not allow the lives of thousands of people to bet on a possible theory.
Leithris saw his melancholy, so he suggested, "How about we let Leman Russ tanks fight in the front line, with the infantry following behind, and we fight tooth and nail to open up the situation?"
"Let's try this first. Let's see how the anti-armor capabilities of those Xenos are."