Battle of the Underhive 4

Under Iron Bull's orders, the Greenskin boys turned and ran back the way they had come. The Orks had come quickly, and they retreated just as quickly. The entire battlefield gradually fell silent.

Only a scattered few Greenskins who were not Iron Bull's subordinates continued charging toward the Defense Force positions. They had joined Iron Bull's force midway.

After their original boss died, these Greenskin boys had not joined any other Greenskin boss. Wherever there was a fight, they charged toward it.

But even the Greenskin horde had failed to break through the Defense Force soldiers' positions, let alone these scattered Orks. They were easily killed without causing the slightest ripple.

"The Greenskins have retreated. Have the reserves rotate with the frontline troops. Frontline troops, withdraw to the rear and rest."

After seeing that all the Greenskins had retreated, Anrida issued the order over the communications channel.

"Yes."

The officers who received the order directed the reserve troops and the soldiers in the frontline positions to rotate.

"Have the casualty figures been compiled?"

Anrida asked over the communications channel.

"Reporting, Commander. No deaths on the frontline. Three hundred and fifty-two lightly wounded, forty-five seriously wounded. The seriously wounded have stabilized, and they will recover to peak condition in another two hours. It will not affect the next battle."

After compiling the figures, the medics reported to Anrida.

Anrida felt deeply gratified upon hearing the news. They had killed more than a million Greenskins in this battle, while only a few dozen of his own soldiers had been seriously wounded.

With the base's powerful medical capabilities, the seriously wounded would quickly recover. In other words, after several hours of fighting, they had killed more than a million Greenskins without suffering a single casualty. It was an enormous victory.

Iron Bull led his Greenskin boys back to Totka City, more than fifty kilometers away.

With such a distance between them, only heavy howitzers could strike the other side. But in the chaotic terrain of the Underhive, even powerful weapons could not be properly used.

Iron Bull stopped outside Totka City in a rage and had Blood Axe summon the Killa Kans and Dirty Tanks.

Iron Bull looked at the thirty-odd Killa Kans and more than a hundred Dirty Tanks before him. These were all the armored units under his command.

"Not enough. These war machines ain't enough at all. They can't break through the humies' defenses. The humie cans ain't even deployed yet, but my boys already can't break their lines. I need more weapons and gear."

Iron Bull muttered as he looked at his entire heavy force.

"Blood Axe, go notify more bosses. Tell 'em to bring their boys and gather here. The more boys they bring, the better."

Iron Bull said grimly to Blood Axe beside him.

"Boss, we got so many Killa Kans and Dirty Tanks. Why do we need to call more Ork bosses over?"

Blood Axe asked in confusion after hearing Iron Bull's words.

These Killa Kans and Dirty Tanks were the wealth Iron Bull had accumulated over many years. To Blood Axe, this equipment was already incredibly powerful. Why call more bosses over to steal their fun?

Looking at his reluctant underling, Iron Bull sighed helplessly to himself. Us Orks are supposed to be cunning and cruel. Who knew my boys would only be cruel, with not a lick of cunning among 'em?

"These humies ain't easy to fight. We lost so many boys this time, and we still couldn't charge into their positions. Now we got even fewer boys.

"When we attack the humies next time, it'll be even more impossible to take their positions. We can only let more bosses join this extremely WAAAAAAHG war."

Iron Bull patiently explained to Blood Axe.

Blood Axe is my strongest Greenskin boss, after all. I need to be more patient with him, Iron Bull thought.

"We lost so many boys this time. Boss, you wanna swallow up the boys under the other bosses, right?"

Feeling that he had figured out Iron Bull's intentions, Blood Axe said smugly.

Iron Bull could not help raising a hand to his forehead after hearing Blood Axe's words. He felt there was no need to explain any further. The more he explained to Blood Axe, the more crooked Blood Axe's thinking became.

Iron Bull only wanted to defeat more opponents and become stronger and more formidable, so he would have the strength to challenge Crooked Mouth for the position of boss. Then the entire fleet would be his.

"Just go gather a bunch of bosses first."

Iron Bull said grimly to Blood Axe.

"Alright, Boss. I'll go call more bosses over right away, so we can all join this extremely WAAAAAAHG fight."

Blood Axe said happily.

Blood Axe left with his boss guard, hurrying from Totka City toward the Lower Hive.

After watching Blood Axe leave, Boss Iron Bull said to the Mekboys beside him, "Keep making more weapons. I don't care if it's Big Shootas, flamethrowers, cannons, or war vehicles. Make as many as you can. Can you do it?"

"Boss Iron Bull, making weapons ain't that fast. It takes lots of time."

The Mekboys answered awkwardly.

"If you lot can't make more powerful weapons before the next fight, I won't let you join it. I ain't taking you lot WAAAAAAHGing."

Iron Bull said viciously to the Mekboys.

The moment the Mekboys heard that they would not be brought along for the next battle, they became anxious.

"Boss Iron Bull, we can only try our best to make more powerful weapons. We don't know how many we can make."

Hearing the Mekboys change their tune, Iron Bull said with satisfaction, "Make as many as you can. Otherwise, you won't be joining the next battle."

"Alright."

The Mekboys quickly led their Gretchin helpers away from Iron Bull, heading into Totka City to search for useful materials and make more weapons and equipment so they could continue joining the next battle.

If they failed to make more weapons and equipment, Boss Iron Bull truly could leave them behind and refuse to let them join the fighting.

Although Mekboys among the Greenskins were technical specialists, for a warlike race like the Greenskins, life had no meaning if they could not join fierce battles.

Iron Bull felt that the weapons and equipment produced by the Mekboys alone would definitely not be enough, so he summoned several other Greenskin bosses and said to them.

"You lot take your boys and gather more materials. Once you've gathered enough, go help the Mekboys."

"Boss, the boys can gather materials. I ain't gonna be some Mekboy's underling."

One Greenskin boss grumbled unhappily.