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Chapter 577, Blood Shark? Cute!

Silently retracting the axe, Alma Ewing still couldn't help but look to the side.

Fighting alongside him, in addition to the Blood Shark's gray-armored warriors, there were also some Space Marines in red helmets and red armor.

To be honest, this is not the first time the two sides have dealt with each other.

In the "Bauhinia Rebellion" that year, the Blood Shark Regiment returned to the Empire in one battle.

That’s exactly what Ewing decided.

The Chapter had been fighting in Outland for a very long time. Most of the members of the Chapter, including himself, only knew that they belonged to the Empire and fought for the Emperor from the Chapter's history books and the oral traditions of some elders.

But what is an empire?
They only have historical records, and only occasionally enter the empire's territory, cooperating with some forge worlds that have limited cooperation with them in exchange for some resources, but they will soon return to the outside world.

After such a long time, when Ewing had been a Blood Shark for four hundred years and a Chapter Master for eighty years, he made a decision that went against his ancestors: to forcefully enter the Empire and announce the return of the Blood Sharks.

He did not want to overturn the Chapter's way of survival since its establishment. He just wanted to lead his fighting brothers to take a good look at what the empire they were fighting for was like. He wanted to bring the Chapter back into the public eye and let people recognize them again as a group of sharks that roamed outside the empire and silently fought for the empire.

Therefore, the opportunity he chose was the Bauhinia Rebellion one hundred and thirty years ago.

When he heard the empire's call to suppress the rebellion, he brought the blood sharks to the empire's territory, responded to the empire's call, and participated in suppressing the rebellion.

It was also during this war that they became aware of the Phoenix.

To be honest, Ewing and his sharks didn't care whether Phoenix and the other two regiments were traitors. If the Central Empire said yes, then it was a fight.

But at the same time, to be honest, he didn't think that the war groups he encountered in the empire were that powerful.

They were not even as good as the real traitors they occasionally encountered in the dark outside world.

In the eyes of the Blood Sharks, these Space Marines who grew up in a "greenhouse" were different from them. Whether it was Iron Armor and Fury who were on the same front line with the Blood Sharks at the time, or the Redbud Flower on the opposite side, although each of them looked more glamorous than them and paid attention to various techniques and tactics. However, when it came to a real fight, how could they compare with the sharp teeth of the sharks?
The same goes for the Phoenix.

This is their impression of the phoenix.

But today, he had to update his impression of this group of red-armored warriors.

The Blood Sharks were friendly forces in the alliance's battle sequence. They recognized the authority of the empire, and naturally recognized Gu Hang's identity as the commander-in-chief of the southern line appointed by the empire, and were willing to cooperate in the battle.

But they still stick to the identity of "friendly forces" and not subordinates.

If there are combat orders, they will obey them and secretly make a note of them to receive rewards in the future; if the orders are unreasonable, then they will also have the right to decide whether to do it according to their own circumstances.

Helping the three Alliance battlecruisers escape danger and striking at the Fury Regiment at the same time was something they were happy to do, so they did it.

However, they were opposed to this fleet decisive battle.

Although their opposition was futile and they joined the war, they actually stayed on the edge of the battlefield, ready to evacuate immediately after their alliance was killed.

Hearing that the Phoenix Regiment was going to board the Mechanicus's War Ark flagship made it seem even more unrealistic to them.

Ewing's understanding of the Phoenix still remained at that time. Judging from his own experience, even Blood Shark was not sure that he could complete the order given by Gu Hang. It was impossible for a few hundred people to board and attack the core flagship of the Mechanicus with tens of millions of crew members and a very high level of elite troops.

To Ewing, this was suicide.

So, if even the blood shark can't do it, then the phoenix can't do it either?

If I board the ship via psychic teleportation, wouldn't that be courting death?
Then, the development of the battle far exceeded Ewing's expectations.

He didn't know what happened on the Alfonzo II, but the final result was clear: the war ark was destroyed from the inside, and before it was destroyed, it had lost most of its combat capabilities and was paralyzed.

Ewing was very familiar with this state of the ship. In his past combat experience, every warship that was boarded by a blood shark and disintegrated from the inside was like this.

That's why Ewing was so surprised.

Did that group of phoenixes really accomplish it?
What the blood shark can't do, can the phoenix do?
Ewing was a little skeptical about this.

Faith is that the facts are right in front of your face, and you can’t deny it even if you lie with your eyes open;
The suspicion is that there is some other hidden story behind this matter? For example, are the oil men on the War Ark already in internal strife?

He couldn't figure it out, but he soon had a chance to see it with his own eyes.

After the enemy fleet was defeated and shattered, the battleship that was targeted by the Alliance fleet must be captured.

It seemed that the Phoenix had suffered some losses in the previous boarding operation, and did not have enough manpower in this boarding operation.

So, Gu Hang called personally, hoping that Blood Shark would also take action.

Ewing agreed.

He personally led two hundred blood sharks and entered the Retribution-class battleship through a special psychic transmission device a few minutes earlier than the scheduled time.

Then, he followed the instructions and began to seize some key target positions.

The Blood Shark and the Phoenix are the same. The main task of these Space Marines is to take the lead.

They need to build a landing site to facilitate the subsequent large landing force.

After all, it was impossible to really expect that just a few hundred Space Marines could wipe out the hundreds of thousands of Mechanicus crew members and Skitarii troops on the entire ship.

Putting aside whether it can be done or not, the more critical question is whether it is necessary and worthwhile.

When there is an important mission that requires a small but cutting-edge combat force to complete, that is a good time to dispatch Space Marines; it is a mistake to send Space Marines to fight against enemies that are hundreds or thousands of times their number simply because they are stronger.

There is absolutely no need to sacrifice a large number of Space Marines for this.

Ewing would not accept such an irresponsible mission. Their main goal at the moment was to ensure the safety of an area, destroy a certain amount of enemy interception firepower, or even directly cut off the coordinated command capability of the interception system to create conditions for the subsequent large-scale landing.

They did a good job.

The blood sharks were good at this kind of assault, and under their rapid attack, even though there were many elites in the Skitarii, and some units were even not weaker than ordinary Space Marines, they were still quickly dealt with by the blood sharks' bloody axes.

Of course, if there were only two hundred Blood Shark warriors, the war would not have been so easy. After all, they were few in number and had too many targets to conquer. If they were too dispersed, some places might not be taken, or even the entire team might be lost.

However, things became different when more than 300 Phoenix people joined in.

Not only did they greatly make up for the shortage of Blood Sharks' troops in terms of numbers, but they also gave Chapter Master Ewing the opportunity to carefully observe what was so special about these Phoenix Space Marines.

Hmm... nothing special.

There are no special tactics, no special weapons that are incomprehensible, everything is normal.

He's just very good at fighting.

In the 130 years since the Purple Flower Rebellion, although Ewing's main activity area is still in the dark outer regions, the number of times and time he has entered the empire is much more than in the past. During this period, he has also seen many different Space Marine regiments.

From then on, he had a more complete understanding of the strength level of his Blood Shark Regiment: they were very strong, much stronger than most regiments.

Perhaps it was a problem with the gene seed? Perhaps it was because they had been in the dark outer regions for many years, and had experienced more and more brutal battles than those warbands guarding one side within the empire?
These could all be reasons.

Ewing was often proud of this, and even secretly felt disdain for the war groups within the empire: They were nothing special!

However, the phoenix he saw today completely overturned his cognition.

The average strength level of this group of phoenixes is very strong.

The two hundred blood sharks that he had selected were all very elite veterans in the regiment. Judging from the level of the New World Torch Regiment that had been beaten by them before, it would be no problem for these two hundred blood sharks to defeat the five hundred torches.

However, even if he didn't want to admit it, the warriors in red helmets and red armor who appeared in front of Ewing were stronger than the blood sharks.

In terms of average strength, two hundred versus two hundred, his own chance of winning would probably not exceed 20% - this was the result of his calculation after he slightly added some weight to his own regiment in his mind.

Not only did Ewing see this, but almost every one of the two hundred soldiers from the Blood Shark Regiment who participated in the battle saw it.

Blood sharks were never used to cooperating with friendly forces, and were better at fighting alone. At the same time, because they had been wandering in the outer regions for many years, they had very little contact with other forces in the empire, and they were relatively strong, so the blood sharks gradually developed a sense of arrogance, and didn't care much about or look down on anyone else.

But now they have to change their mind.

If you can't win, then why be so arrogant?
Moreover, it was not just this that caught their attention.

Is the Phoenix the only strong one in the Alliance?
no.

After they completed the construction of the landing site and significantly weakened the fire interception system of the Retribution-class battleship, a large number of Alliance landing ships arrived with a large number of Alliance troops.

The battle sisters of the Holy Lily, the Alliance Marines, the Army's airborne troops, the independent Glory Guards... a series of military forces that were more numerous and more suitable for large-scale operations had all arrived.

These are all mortal troops for sure.

However, even these mortal troops made the blood sharks take notice.

Let’s leave the Battle Sisters aside. After all, these female warriors blessed by divine power are often compared with Space Marines.

But even those other serious mortal armies are extremely powerful.

Especially the Glory Guards.

It’s not a big deal that all members are wearing feedback power armor. Blood Shark has seen some wealthy mortal troops before.

Even if a fool puts on power armor, it doesn't change his nature as a fool.

But the key point is that these Honor Guards are not much worse than ordinary Space Marines in some characteristics, such as psychological quality, technical and tactical level. At most, they don't have extraordinary physique and nerve-controlled power armor.

If there are more than ten of those Glory Guards, it would be difficult for a Blood Shark to handle them; if there are twenty or thirty of them, it would be hard to say whether the Blood Shark or the Glory Guards would be the winner.

However, the total combat power that the Blood Shark Regiment can currently muster is just under seven hundred, and their regiment is rarely at full strength.

At this moment, the number of Glory Guards that Ewing saw landing on the enemy ships exceeded fifteen thousand.

Is this the entire Glory Guard force of the Alliance?
I'm afraid not.

Not to mention, those elite airborne corps of the army and the marines of the navy, although not so exaggerated, are still inferior to the Blood Shark auxiliary troops that Blood Shark has selected from brutal trials and actual combat.

For troops of this level, the equipment rate of feedback power armor exceeds 20%, which is something that even the poor Blood Shark cannot even covet.

The blood sharks finished their work in silence, and then moved silently along with the alliance forces.

Silence was their style, and the Alliance troops that boarded the ship, including the Phoenix, were informed of this beforehand. In addition, the Alliance troops were also told to stay away from these vicious sharks. In the few battles that the Blood Shark Regiment had fought, they showed extreme indifference to friendly forces, especially mortal friendly forces.

If there are friendly forces blocking their guns, they will shoot without hesitation; if there are friendly forces delaying their rapid advance, they will really step over them without hesitation, not caring about the lives of mortals at all.

The Alliance soldiers who came over to board the ship were more or less frightened and followed their superiors' instructions carefully.

But after all, they are fighting in the same place, and there will definitely be times when they fight side by side.

After coming into contact, the alliance soldiers soon became less nervous.

They feel that, apart from being quiet and liking to make things bloody, these blood sharks seem... nothing special?
Looking at the dark grey helmet and the blood red streak on the forehead, why do I feel it's a little cute?

(End of this chapter)