Gretchin Majek (4,000-word chapter)

Afterward, Li Qinwu asked the gentlemen about the current state of the war. Captain Dolong said:

"A high-ranking Ork leader has emerged on this planet, and the Greenskin Orks have multiplied to the point where we can no longer ignore them.

Orks grow very quickly. Killing their ordinary infantry does little good.

Only by killing their key figures, such as an Ork Warboss or a Big Mek, can we gain an advantage in the wider war.

Especially the Big Meks. Those Ork technicians churn out weapons without end."

Captain Dolong pointed at a pile of beacons in the corner.

"Before our fleet reached this planet, it used its tremendous speed to ignore the pursuing Ork fleet and bombard every visible Ork factory on the surface with Macro Cannons and Lances.

After the warships deployed us on the surface, they lured most of the Ork ships into deep space to finish them off far away.

Now the Big Meks on the planet have wised up. They've learned to hide their factories.

They conceal them in scrapyards or underground, making them difficult for us to strike.

Previously, we finally managed to find a Big Mek's factory and used a beacon to guide artillery fire onto it, destroying it.

But our assault force was trapped amid hundreds of thousands of Orks and nearly suffered casualties!"

With their demigod-like bodies, the Astartes loved nothing more than breaking into enemy lines, eliminating key units, and blowing up important facilities.

More than fifty Astartes had been deployed on this planet, scattered across its various war zones.

Their daily mission was to infiltrate Ork-controlled territory, find and assassinate an Ork Warboss, or locate a Big Mek's War Workshop and destroy it.

War Workshops were particularly important. With their Mek Boys, the Big Meks manufactured tanks, Killa Kans,