Warhammer 40K: I Am an Imperial Guardsman
Chapter 902

Hunting Titans

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Warhound Titan is mainly used for reconnaissance and deep attack behind enemy lines. As the eyes and ears of the Titan Legion, they will walk in front of the main battle group and act in pairs.

Although War Hounds is much smaller than other types of Titans, the weapons on both sides of their bodies are extremely deadly. As long as tactics are used carefully, even Reaver Titan will fall in the surprise attack of War Hounds.

So is Degraded Warhound comparable to the normal Warhound Titan?

Benedict doesn't know, but as the commander of Cadian Hardstone, he must solve the pale and terrifying Degraded Warhound for other Imperium troops. By observing the screen Benedict could see the left arm of Degraded Warhound, who was a few kilometers away from them, turning, and then he opened fire like Vulcan Mega-bolter, smashing people into pieces with hail after hail of bullets, or burying tanks directly.

"This is Cadian Hardstone. We will shoot to test the energy level of the enemy Titan Void Shield." Benedict said to the commanders of the other five Doomblade vehicles in the sound array channel.

As a mobile fortress, the Doomblade is the undoubted overlord of the Imperium armored force. Naturally, it can compete with Titans, and five Doomblades happen to be the standard squad for the task of hunting Titans.

When a piece of equipment reaches the Titan stage, the armor it wears is only used to defend against attacks from small and medium-sized weapons. The real leader in defense against weapons of the same level is the Void Shield system. If the Void Shield is fully charged Its shield can even directly block Volcano Cannon's direct fire, but correspondingly, if Void Shield is on the verge of collapse, Doomblade's Mega Cannon will penetrate the Titan's hard and thick armor.

Therefore, when the Titans are fighting, consuming the opponent's Void Shield at the minimum cost is an important issue that every captain needs to consider. After all, the Titan's heaven-destroying weapons do not recharge quickly. The same is true for the commander of the Doomblade. In order to consume the Void Shield, he must use all 11 weapons in the vehicle. All the firepower of the weapon is projected on the Titan, which will greatly weaken the suppression power of the Doomblade on the battlefield. Any experienced commander will observe the reaction of the Void Shield through a test shot to judge the amount of energy, thereby allowing the Doomblade 11 gun to have a more reasonable task allocation.

The sound of the Mega Cannon shells being delivered by the loading machine was so slow that Benedict shed a lot of sweat nervously. He stared at the screen and waited for Void Shield to ripple.

Cadian Hardstone opened fire, the car body trembled suddenly, and the shell passed through the air and landed on Degraded Warhound.

Boom!

A fireball rose up on Degraded Warhound's pale bone armor, which stunned Benedict for a moment.

This thing does not have Void Shield protection?

The strong wind roared, and the smoke and fire dispersed, leaving a deep crater in the area where the cannon had been hit. There were no mechanical details in it, only bones that were constantly growing and trying to heal the wound.

It would be much easier to handle without Void Shield.

Benedict's gripping heart suddenly felt relieved, but then he thought about it. Although this Degraded Warhound was not like Void Shield, it was still quite difficult to deal with the thick bones.

How to describe this feeling? It's like attacking a lobster. You pry open the outer shell and there is soft meat inside. It has no resistance at all to the attack of the fork. And this Degraded Warhound is like a lobster with only a shell. No matter how you poke it with a fork, you can never find the soft meat.

Other Doomblade also aimed at Degraded Warhound. After one round of shooting, Degraded Warhound had more huge craters. Even the weapons on the left and right sides were full of wounds, but this did not affect Degraded Warhound from exerting his strength.

While the Doomblade cannon was loading, the weapon on the other side of the Degraded Warhound fired. The weird buzzing sound unique to the Degraded Ones attack became louder and clearer. It sounded like the unwilling wail of a dead soul.

A large group of shadows broke away from Degraded Warhound's Plasma Blastgun and hit Cadian Hardstone who first attacked him.

"Estimated landing point!" Terry Second Lieutenant also saw this shadow. His somewhat feverish brain was working rapidly and he immediately calculated the landing point of the shadow.

"Stop!" Under the superb skills of driver Shom, Cadian Hardstone stopped steadily, but slid forward five or six meters under the influence of inertia.

At the same time, the shadow fell on the land before Cadian Hardstone. The shadow exploded with a bang, splattering countless Spot onto the outer shell of Cadian Hardstone.

"What is this? Plasma group? Melta group? Or chemical weapons?" Matt's rough voice sounded on the channel again.

Terry Second Lieutenant frowned. He already had an answer through the sensors on the car body, but he just didn't want to believe it. "The Emperor Bless you, it's just a ball of black water! We were attacked by a ball of water!"

When they were so nervous, everyone burst into laughter, but their movements were not slow at all.

The relaxed mood did not last long, because Benedict saw Plasma Blastgun of Degraded Warhound launching again.

Doomblade, who was hit by him this time, was not so lucky. A large ball of red light splashed on the outer shell of Doomblade. Doomblade's energy discharge device to deal with energy weapon attacks was also activated, and a large amount of gas was spit out from the rear of the tank, so that the temperature inside the body would not roast the members alive.

"Fire! Fire! Keep firing! You fools! Do you want to die here? Then let Sergeant Adeptus Mechanicus scrape you out bit by bit with a small shovel?" The commander of the Doomblade scolded his fearful and cowering subordinates.

After Degraded Warhound fired for the third time, Doomblade's Mega Cannon was finally loaded, and the second salvo directly dug deeper into the hole that had not been completely repaired.

"Md! You told me this thing is a bone? The bones should be broken like this!" Second Lieutenant Terry cursed, and then watched another blazing energy ball of different colors coming over.

The hissing sound of the energy-discharging device was almost like torture to the ears, but when they thought that this thing prevented them from being roasted into adults, their dissatisfaction also dissipated a lot.

"The discharge pressure is 59%. If our car body is directly hit by a shot, it will be over." The warning voice of the mechanic Hoval came.

"Then it depends on whether the Emperor will bless us. I hope he can give us a ball of cool water!" Matt roared while sending the cannonball into orbit. He was wet from fatigue and heat, as if he had just climbed out of the river.

Benedict was not interested in their exchanges, "Aim at the healing gap! Volley!"

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