Warhammer 40K: Rise of the Second Imperium
Chapter 447

Don't Stop the Artillery

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Just as the Star Army raced toward the orbital defense platforms, Forge General Yeks Pike of Dokra Forge World swiftly saw through the Star Army's intentions with his keen strategic insight.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yeks decisively dispatched an elite reinforcement force led by high-ranking priests. This force included not only a large number of Skitarii, but also masses of battle-hardened Combat Servitors.

The objective of this operation was clear: before the Star Army reached the orbital defense platforms, they had to reinforce their defenses with everything they had.

This would not only buy Yeks precious time to mobilize troops and arrange his strategy, but would also prove crucial to the outcome of the entire battle.

At this moment, both the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Star Army were closing in on the five orbital defense platforms at astonishing speed.

Within the defensive positions outside Orbital Defense Platform One, the Skitarii who had barely survived the Knight Titans' Gallon Cannon bombardment were working against the clock under the calm command of the high-ranking priests, urgently reinforcing their defenses.

The second line of defense outside the orbital defense platform was equally hectic. Streams of Servitors and Skitarii rapidly assembled, sending large numbers of reinforcements toward the first line of defense.

These Adeptus Mechanicus personnel worked closely together, assisting those stationed on the first line in further strengthening the fortifications and building an impregnable wall of steel.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" Accompanied by piercing shrieks, shell after shell fell like rain from the sky, tearing through the air and crashing toward the orbital defense positions with boundless destructive force.

The Space Marines and Earth Dreadnoughts were still en route to the orbital defense positions, while the Apocalypse Tanks and Knight Titans following behind them had already impatiently launched a new round of attacks.

These

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