Chapter 339 They Are on the Front Line, We Are Fishing

The war on the front line is extremely cruel. Hundreds of thousands of lives are lost every second, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers are thrown back into the battlefield every second.

And what about Lin Fan and his Thirty-seventh Regiment? What role did they play in this war?

Are they fighting bloody battles on the front lines? Struggling under Tau fire?

They go deep into the clan headquarters? Attacking while being blocked by drones and battlesuits?

No, they didn't even go to the front line. They were currently resting in a newly built supply center in the empire.

Because according to Lin Fan, his and Kane's characteristics will make the place where they appear become the key to the entire war zone, so Lin Fan is not very worried about whether he is on the front line or the rear. There is no need for them to look for the enemy. The enemy will naturally come for them. Their.

And this planet transformed into a supply center is indeed important. It bears the important function of receiving transport ships from the world behind and sending them to the front line. A large amount of supplies are stored here, just waiting for the arrival of the next batch of transport ships numbered by the expedition fleet.

Lin Fan sat on the sandbag, holding a pot of water in his hand. He had already finished drinking the honey wine given to him by the wild wolf. He was watching the huge construction machinery of the Mechanicus dig mountains and open up land, and could complete the construction of hundreds of square kilometers in a few minutes.

The vast cargo area was stacked with cargo boxes as high as a mountain, and Lin Fan didn't even bother to think about how much weight the bottom box was bearing.

It seems that the construction of the new cargo area has been completed, and a huge shield covers everything. The Mechanicus Priests loudly praised the power of the Machine God with loudspeakers, but they did not stop at all. They still had many cargo areas to build.

Lin Fan felt that his political commissar was standing behind him, and he sighed, "My good political commissar, why are you so weird? You panic when you are busy, and even more panic when you are idle."

As if speaking of the worries in his heart, Commissar Kane's good smile fell down, and only the deep anxiety showed from his frowning brows.

"Ah." As if he wanted to release the melancholy in his heart and the bad experiences of the past few decades, Kane took a deep breath and stood beside the sandbag, "I haven't been so leisurely in a long time, but I used to Experience tells me that once I relax, a more terrifying battlefield will be waiting for me.”

"That's right, this planet will soon fall into a doomsday-level battlefield."

"Are you serious?"

"I guessed it, but it's 100% correct."

"Ah." With an even more distressed sigh, Kane lit a cigarette and smoked it in his mouth, hoping to make himself feel more relaxed.

"Then why aren't we on the front lines? On a supply world instead."

"This." Lin Fan recalled the Tau Empire's combat style, thinking about how the Imperial army suffered heavy casualties from the Tau's long-range firepower.

"Judging from the battles we have fought on these planets recently, the Tau people are determined to resist us. Have you seen any prisoners?"

Kane shook his head. There were only dead people and aliens along the way. How could he see the captives?

"So have you ever seen the human auxiliaries surrender?"

"Shhhh! Keep your voice down!" Kane looked very nervous and told Lin Fan not to use such an uncertain description, "You should ask them to help the hateful traitors of the aliens."

"Oh. Well, the hateful traitors who helped the aliens. These troops accounted for the majority of the troops along the way. I killed many more traitors along the way than the Tau."

Kane nodded in agreement, but he still couldn't understand what Lin Fan meant by what he said.

Lin Fan jumped off the sandbag, squatted on the ground and drew pictures in the sand with his fingers, "The news coming from the front line is that the expedition fleet was violently blocked by the Tau Army at the Contract Harbor in the Talahod Port area, and the battlefield We finally have a large army of Tau."

"So they have been hiding their strength? Showing weakness to the empire?"

"The Tau Army's combat style is like this, hit and run, loose defense in the early stage to collect intelligence, focus on defense in the mid-term to hold back the Empire, and finally jump from behind to make a surprise attack. Didn't you find that they particularly like to decapitate Astra Militarum troops?"

"It's true. Both the Valhalla 5598th Regiment and the Valhalla 7789th Regiment were wiped out by the enemy."

"This is because the strength of the imperial army is too low. They can't defeat the commanders of the Space Marines. The madmen of the Mechanicum and the State Church don't even need to command. They can just catch the aliens and eat them alive. But the real main force on the battlefield is still us. We lack Other units supported by the Astra Militarum can easily die under the long-range firepower of the Tau."

Lin Fan complained about the battle situation in the past few months, and continued, "Look at the Astra Militarum, there are many good and bad. Some people can't even read a word. As long as the political commissar and non-commissioned officers are dead, they will become headless flies. If you don’t know what to do, you just keep running back.”

"There are experienced veterans who can hold on for a while, but I'm afraid even the veterans will be killed. Ask yourself what the proportion of veterans is in the army."

Kane nodded in agreement. Compared with the joint operations of the Tau Army, the Astra Militarum did have obvious shortcomings. After all, they had always followed the advancement route of large corps.

Your bullets are decreasing every minute and my soldiers are endless. What can you use to fight me?

In terms of numbers, the Empire has no one to fear except the Greenskins and Tyranids.

But that doesn’t mean Kane wants to be one of the tens of billions sacrificed.

"So this is why you chose this planet? To ensure training and learning?" Kane asked, "So that the soldiers of the 37th Regiment can maintain their combat capability even if the command team is lost?"

"No, no, no, this can only be said to be incidental." Lin Fan shook his hand, "In fact, this planet will become one of the key targets of the Tau Army. Don't you find that there are too many supplies on this planet?"

"What do you mean." Kane's forehead covered by his big hat began to sweat.

"All the planets nearby are qualified to be supply worlds, but why did the fleet choose this one? Because we want to be here and leave a surprise for the Tau Army that comes to attack."

"So this is a trap. We are in the trap."

"You finally reacted, plus one point."

Commissar Kane closed his eyes, as if he had accepted his fate. His upright body was a little slumped, and he was no longer as energetic as before.

"Colonel Soap, Political Commissar Kane, there is news from the Central Divine Calculation Tower that the main fleet of the Tau has appeared! Captain Urus is currently leading the patrol fleet to fight the Tau."

"Very good, loyal soldier, we will go to the nearest bunker."

Political Commissar Kane suddenly changed from a worried person who was worried about his fate to a confident and invincible hero of the Empire. His face changed so quickly that every time Lin Fan saw him, he felt sorry for him for not being able to work in the entertainment industry.

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