More than a hundred Knight Mechs slaughtered Tyranids on the front line. Even Li Qinwu's two sons and daughters-in-law had taken to the battlefield.
Both daughters-in-law were now pregnant. Li Qinwu had not wanted to let them fight, but they were adamant.
If they wanted to become worthy matriarchs of their Knight Houses, they had to take part in every war.
The battlefield was dangerous, but it offered credentials and combat experience.
Without combat records as thick as dictionaries, no one would respect them when they became matriarchs.
So Li Qinwu relented. He fitted their mechs with ranged weapons and had them stay in the rear to snipe.
Li Dadan's and Li Zhongdan's mechs had been refitted with mechanical arms, allowing them to choose whichever weapons they wanted.
Li Qinwu did not want them risking their lives on the battlefield, so he equipped them with sniper rifles converted from small Lances.
These sniper rifles were over ten meters long and required auxiliary small Plasma Reactors to power them.
The small Plasma Reactors were mounted directly on the Knight Mechs' backs, with two energy conduits connecting them to the rifles.
Every time a sniper rifle fired a large-caliber Lance beam, its barrel overheated.
A rectangular cooling unit was therefore fitted around the barrel. After each shot, it rapidly cooled the barrel, allowing the weapon to fire again within ten seconds.
These laser weapons converted from small Lances were extremely powerful. Each shot could sustain a beam for five seconds, delivering an immense amount of energy.
A beam striking a Chimera Transport could melt it instantly. Two seconds of exposure would destroy a Leman Russ tank.
If a beam struck damp concrete and swept from left to right, the ground would explode with a series of sharp cracks along a straight line