Two hundred Gargants split into two groups and charged toward the Tyranid Fleets over the eastern and western hemispheres.
Sneaky Boss's Ship did not join the attack. By sensing the Waaagh! field, Cheng Mingrui discovered that quite a few Ork forces remained on Euronia III. They were still fighting separately amid the chaos, allowing the Tyranids to wipe them out little by little.
Cheng Mingrui had no interest in joining the space battle anyway. Enemies of this caliber no longer gave him experience, so he might as well leave them to his subordinates. The ground battle, however, was something he could still take part in.
On the Ork continent of Starting Point III, the last enormous Lance fortress was about to fall. Several Tyranid Titan beasts had broken through the Orks' outer defenses, and Hormagaunts and Termagants poured into the fortress, packing every inch of standing room.
Many cowardly Boyz had fled in terror. They had heard that even Blackheart Boss, the strongest of them all, was dead. How could they possibly beat the Tyranids? Only a few relatively powerful Ork Warbosses remained inside, holding out with their followers.
As a ground stronghold, this Lance fortress had survived so long for two reasons: its sturdy construction, and its connection to a river channel, which made it the base for Blackheart Boss's fleet.
After Blackheart Boss died, the Bosses under him immediately fled, sailing their warships back here. Only the supporting fire of those great ships and their heavy guns had eased the pressure on the Lance fortress's defenses.
Now the fortress's outer defenses had fallen, and the Tyranids held the high ground. Their enormous Titan beasts carried symbiotic Acid Cannons and fired down on the Ork fleet in the inland river channel.
This fleet, which had held back disaster for