Although the Star Space Marines had less combat experience than the Astartes Space Marines, they could still easily defeat them by relying on their numerical advantage.
This time, the Star Space Marines who boarded the Iron Wall Chapter's battle barge comprised a full company of one thousand men, while the defending Astartes Space Marines numbered only a few hundred.
Because the Iron Wall Chapter had constantly been fighting across the Imperium, its thousand-man Chapter had never reached full strength. On top of that, an entire company of Astartes had perished while piloting assault craft to hold back the Aerospace Fighter formation, leaving the Iron Wall Chapter at an even greater disadvantage.
The Star Space Marines formed five-man combat teams to hunt down the hiding Space Marines. The defending Space Marines formed squads of two to five men to ambush the Star Space Marines. In most cases, five Star Space Marines would gang up on two or three Astartes Space Marines who tried to stop them.
As the Astartes Space Marine squads continued to suffer casualties, the Iron Wall Chapter's situation grew increasingly difficult. Although the battle barge's servitors and support personnel also fought desperately against the attacking Star Space Marines, before the powerful Star Space Marines, they were merely worth one extra bullet.
The Star Space Marines' line steadily pushed forward, leaving behind the corpses of Star Space Marines and Astartes Space Marines alike. Under Kanas's leadership, the Star Space Marines gradually drew closer to the battle barge's bridge.
No matter where these Star Space Marines attacked from, their ultimate destination was the battle barge's bridge. So long as the bridge had not fallen, the Chapter still had a final hope. Only by completely taking the bridge could this war be considered won.
In the dim corridor, the Star Space