The battle all along the front line on Mordecai continued into the first week of 06.020 as the Emerald Serpent continued to pile on the pressure. Kutuzov's forces were stretched thin, but the Novgorod Guard proved unyielding as the chaos forces assaulted them relentlessly. Eventually however the chaos forces managed to achieve a breakthrough in the north, as the Aether Striders, supported by a mass of khornate and nurgle daemons and the warhound titan Terminus Rex forced their way through Kutuzov's lines just south of Fort Drago. Now the imperial general had a real problem, as a breakthrough here could lead to a mass encirclement and the loss of the vital Sathugar Mines.Kutuzov reacted immediately by sending in his Novgorod reserve force, and a fierce battle erupted at the site of the chaos breakthrough. The Warhound was brought down and many of the greater daemons banished back to the warp. The casualties were heavy on both sides however, with a lance of House Stroganov and whole regiments of Guard sacrificed in order to stem the chaos advance.
The result was inconclusive, as although the breakthrough had been contained, the forces of the Emerald Serpent had not been removed from their advance positions. Reluctantly, but with no alternative, Kutuzov ordered a withdrawal to a second set of defensive positions further east. The overall result of the chaos operation was on paper a success. They had retaken ground lost to the Imperium and pushed the front lines back hundreds of miles during the course of the offensive. However they had failed to retake the Sathugar mines or break the imperial defences. Kutuzov ordered more defences built. He would grimly hold on to the ground he had taken in the name of the Emperor until the last man.
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