Mordecai Secundus: Southern attack

On the southern end of Kutuzov's front on Mordecai, imperial intelligence had indicated that nurgle worshipping Knight forces were attempting to outflank his lines. In order to head this move off, the imperial general deployed his most experienced Novgorod regiment to block the knight's progress. As the chaos war engines loomed out of the mist, the local commander gave the command for his forces to open fire.

 

The traitor knights were taken by surprise by the sudden hail of fire from a well prepared enemy. Within minutes, two of the largest Despoiler class knights had been destroyed, their void shields overwhelmed by accurate and continuous fire from the imperial lines. One was taken out by a sole tank commander, who managed to find a weak spot in one of the larger war engine's armour.

 

Although the War Dogs caused heavy casualties in the Novgorod infantry, the fusilade of the first few minutes had effectively blunted the chaos flanking advance, and the remaining knights withdrew. As Kutuzov reacted as best he could to the shifting battle now raging along the front lines, he was forced to keep an eye on his reserves of ammunition, praying to the Emperor for the continued supply of precious equipment to his theatre of war.