Chapter 121 The Enemy Within
The Great Crusade is the Empire's main military operation at this stage, and this time the Emperor has assembled a large number of troops and is ready to go all in.

Relying on Black Watch's logistics capabilities, the Empire's goal this time is to liberate the remaining Extreme Star Regions in order to connect with the Hazy Star Region in the north to make the territory more complete.

Therefore, this time the coalition forces could not move out as a group, but instead pushed forward in a fan-shaped manner like a mopping-up operation, with the Emperor, Ferrus, and Fulgrim as the vanguard, and Hogg as the strategic force providing support.

At the same time, the Death Guards who were already prepared also joined the feast. The strength of four legions was bound to crush all aliens and let the glory of the empire shine in every corner.

The above are all empty promises made by the Emperor to the Primarchs. Hogg just smiled and said nothing. He just focused on selling goods.

You have to know that this area is full of monsters and demons, and there are as many aliens as rice, not to mention the remnants of the dark ages who are unwilling to join the empire.

If this group of lunatics were included, who knew if they could come up with a fleet comparable to Randan's. In short, Hogg was not very optimistic about this.

In order to avoid heavy casualties, the conscientious Blackwatch shared their Flesh Reshaping Warehouses to reduce future logistical pressure.

Nowadays, Blackwatch has to transport huge amounts of supplies to the front line every day. These dwarfs are complaining about the hard work and they wish they could stuff the friendly troops who are excited about firing artillery into the macro cannon.

This situation was caused by the Emperor and other Primarchs raiding the Black Watch's warehouse, which allowed the three men, who had never fought a rich battle, to directly hold down Hogg and determine the share of supplies in front of their master.

That's why they, as the spearhead, were able to move so fast. However, as time went on, these three idiots had become separated from the rear, which made the difficulty of transportation increase exponentially.

As expected, Hogg, who fell behind, met a tough guy and engaged in a fierce firefight with a group of alien creatures that looked like large spiders.

This alien named cosmic spider may have a rustic name, but its strength is extraordinary. Like Hogg, they are involved in biotechnology, and some of them are biological giants whose individual combat power is comparable to that of Titans.

The ones fighting against them were the Black Watch transport team that stayed behind, but unfortunately the area that Hogg was assigned to was relatively remote, and the nearest friendly force was still Ferrus's Iron Hand, but even then the distance was calculated in light years.

Even more unfortunate is that the majority of Blackwatch is transporting goods, leaving less than 10,000 people here, most of whom are precious civilian personnel.

Hogg was stuck in a stalemate and could only manage a draw even with the Zerg. They were too few in number and the entire galaxy was full of enemies. The chitinous shells of these aliens were thicker than those of the Zerg, and their technological level was not low either.

On a battlefield called Corsos III, Hogg, transformed into a giant beast, was wrestling with a dozen alien Titans. Below him were the Blackwatch Space Marines who had integrated into the Zerg. Their goal was to attack the weather control base station ahead.

As long as this alien weapon remains, it will be impossible to capture this important planet, and the heavy void shield above the base station also avoids the possibility of orbital bombardment.

The communication channel received a response that Ferrus had held his position for 50 minutes, which made Hogg curse.

"I told you to slow down but you didn't listen, so I got robbed from behind. Are you blind? You can't see the aliens in this galaxy."

"This is our mistake, but our troops have already penetrated the Extreme Star Region. Just hold on a little longer and I'll be there soon."

“? You gay, come down and try to hold the line, my Zerg swarm dies faster than it is built, come and support me!”

"Ah, you damned bugs, I'm going to burn you to death, eat my atomic breath!"

A scarlet beam of light pierced through the dark sky, and several alien Titans were cut in half by the beam. Just when Hogg thought they could attack, more Titans joined the battlefield.

"Ferus, if you don't come to support me, I will spread your wedding photos all over the galaxy." After the call was hung up, Ferus felt that things were going to be bad. From Hogg's tone, if he didn't hurry up, the whole galaxy would know about his embarrassing marriage to Fogg.

For the sake of his own reputation and that of Fulgrim, Ferrus ordered the fleet to jump directly into the Warp, making a dangerous routeless advance.

"Waaaagh, Black Watch, come with me."

Before the alien could fill the gap, Hogg rushed forward waving his claws and slammed hard into the giant spider's leg. His four claws pierced its limbs, and he used it as a shield to resist the artillery fire from the sky.

"Waaaagh!!! I am the invincible Hogg, you are courting death!"

As expected, the taunting Hogg was targeted by the fire. The weather control base station, flashing with energy sparks, began to operate, and a huge lightning bolt struck the shouting Hogg from the clouds.

Seeing that the Primarch was in trouble, the Black Watch warrior transformed into the Zerg and spread the bat wings behind him, swooping down on the alien fighter flying in the sky. The Dreadnought on the ground also pulled the trigger of the muzzle when the body was on the verge of overheating, covering the attack of his teammates.

The scorching plasma and explosives shattered the alien's limbs, and then the outer shell of the dreadnought was melted by an acid cannon, but fortunately the cockpit detached in advance flew away from the explosion range.

Ace, who escaped the disaster, called his own warrior bug. As the power armor issued a cast off prompt sound, Ace, who had just taken off the armor, was grabbed by the warrior bug and pressed into his chest.

After a brief loss of vision, Ace merged into the body of the warrior worm. The huge amplification brought by the worm body made him roar, and the surging scarlet psionic energy attached to the tearing gun ejected poisonous bone spurs.

At this moment on the battlefield, more and more Space Marines removed their armor and transformed into Zerg. Looking at the increasing number of fusion signals in the mental network, the electrocuted Hogg understood that Blackwatch had already used all its means.

Perhaps the threat just now was effective, for less than 30 minutes later, Ferrus, who came to support, arrived here. Looking at the battlefield where two groups of aliens were fighting, an Iron Hand captain looked at his own Primarch.

"Father, are those friendly forces over there?"

Thanks to Hogg for showing his swarm in advance, otherwise, seeing the two groups of aliens that were indistinguishable from each other, Ferrus would definitely have covered them with firepower.

"The pink ones are friendly. Kill all those without pink fur."

After hearing the Primarch's order, the Iron Hands Space Marines began to charge into the battlefield. The fully modified Iron Hands instantly had extremely strong burst capabilities and slowly reversed the situation with their insane heavy firepower.

Hogg, who had held back half of the alien Titans, was finally able to take a breath. Now he just had to wait for them to support him after they had cleared out the soldiers. He, Hogg, had never fought such a frustrating battle before.

With the weather weapon base station destroyed by Iron Hands, the suppressed Blackwatch was finally able to support his father.

Three hours later, the last alien Titan died under Hogg's tearing claws, and this sudden battle finally ended.

But this could not dispel Hogg's anger. If it weren't for the three of them stretching the battle line too long, he wouldn't have to fight such an unequal war. Blackwatch's high mobility and group charge could not be brought into play at all.

But before Hogg could lose his temper, Ferrus' words suppressed Hogg.

"Hogg, father has found a new brother!"

(End of this chapter)