Mech melee

(Bonus update with thanks to .Tomato>Bookkeeper. for the tip.)

Dozens of four-meter-tall Killa Kans and several six-meter-tall Ork Deff Dreads came charging down the mountain in a seething mass. They outnumbered Li Qinwu's group more than twenty to one!

"Boss, what do we do? Those Orks are charging down!"

Li Qinwu shouted, "Don't panic! Form up!"

The four mechs immediately ran together, turning their fronts—and their heaviest firepower—toward the enemy.

"Fire at will! Bolt rounds and lasers on the little cans, plasma cannons on the big ones!"

After that brief allocation of firepower, he opened fire without another word.

The four mechs unleashed a barrage on his orders, spraying lasers and bolt rounds at the charging Killa Kans as though ammunition cost nothing.

The Killa Kans were numerous but poorly made. They had four mechanical arms, usually two fitted with huge kill saws and the other two with oversized pistols or big shootas!

The Killa Kans swarmed down from ahead, their loudspeakers carrying the shrill chattering cries of their Gretchin pilots.

Their two huge kill saws spun rapidly, screeching with the sound of grinding metal.

Their two Ork firearms blazed away, spitting volleys of junk bullets.

Those junk bullets could only scratch the paint when they struck the Squire Mechs' adamantium armor.

By contrast, just two or three of the heavy bolt rounds fired by Li Qinwu's group could blow apart a Killa Kan. Sustained laser hits could even melt through their frontal armor and blast it to pieces!

The Killa Kans fell in swathes, nothing more than cannon fodder.

As for the larger, more heavily armored Ork Deff Dreads, lasers and bolt rounds posed little real threat to them—but every plasma cannon had been reserved for them!

Blue flares punched effortlessly through those big Ork cans, then exploded and