The bombardment from space, done deliberate and some not, and the furious air battles over Hexis, had severely taxed both imperial and chaos air forces. Worse for chaos, the region south of Menthoteph had suffered the crushing impact of one of Admiral Kanin’s cruisers. The destruction had been complete, with a crater over twenty miles wide now full of burning wreckage. Chaos forces near to and under the impact site had been utterly obliterated.
This event, although accidental and representing a severe loss to naval forces, nonetheless presented an opportunity to Konev’s ground forces. The Imperial Fists recognised this too, and having a fully functional battle company ready to conduct an assault, sought to take advantage of the disarray in chaos lines.
Moving forward in strength, the imperial fists took their infantry forces south, driving a wedge into the forces of the archenemy to the west of Menthoteph. A successful operation would secure the ground lost by the Sky Lords and reconnect the imperial defenders of Hexis’ second city, and the precious entrance to the underground catacombs.
Regular chaos forces were easily brushed aside, as the devastation from above had wrecked their supply lines, but the traitor army was not about to give ground so easily. On 2601.019M42 a host of daemons was summoned to throw back the invaders, and the yellow clad warriors found themselves beset by a host of horrific daemons of Slaanesh.
The daemonic horde crashed into the astartes lines but found the loyalists unyielding. Primaries marines - the emperor’s finest equipped with the latest plasma weaponry - tore the other-worldly beings apart, although some malfunctions led to unfortunate losses. Despite losing their company commander, and the appearance of a dread greater daemon of Slaanesh, the astartes withstood the onslaught. By 3001.019M42 the attack had petered out and left the imperium in control of northwestern Menthoteph.
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