Was this the Imperium's combat power? The warriors I considered powerful had almost no ability to fight back against these guys.
Shadowsun stared blankly at the battlefield. She felt that joining in would only cause them trouble.
She was questioning her life now, but in truth, Shadowsun and the T'au Empire were far more formidable than she imagined. Unfortunately, in this battle, the Imperium was no longer the side passively taking hits.
Lin Fan had altered the course of the Damocles Gulf campaign. Originally, the Imperial forces would have suffered devastating losses from Shadowsun's infiltration attacks.
The Imperium's battle plan was brutal and simple: secure the surrounding star systems—destroy orbital defenses—the fleet bombarded everything—the army landed—F2A—GG amid cheers and laughter.
But reality was especially grim. The Imperial Navy and the Space Marines completed their missions. The fleet's bombardment also achieved considerable results, but it was like Stalingrad being destroyed by German artillery. The rubble and ruins in the cities blocked the advance of armored forces while creating countless places for urban ambushes.
Naval bombardment produced much the same result. Pollutants that had been compressed beneath the earth for thousands of years were churned up, and toxic smoke billowed across the cleared landing zones and the inland plains.
Not only was it immensely dangerous to all living things, it also reduced visibility.
You asked about scanners and auspexes? All I could say was that the equipment issued to the Astra Militarum was not that good. The machine spirits in those two devices were especially delicate and difficult to please.
More people still trusted their own eyes. Tank crews relied on commanders sticking their heads out of the hatches to guide their gunners' fire.
In this campaign, the Imperial forces were like the Japanese fleet trying to find the American fleet with