Hexis battles, early 07.020M42

General Konev finally recieved reinforcements in the shape of the Librian 118th Sappers regiment in early 07.020M42. The general was under no illusion that since the necron device had been taken by the Aeldari, the Imperium had lost interest in the war on Hexis. His superior, General Percival, had given him some vague instructions to look for the Nexus Arrangement, but the Mechanicum were leading the excavations and search. Konev wasn't even informed of what the Arrangement even was.

 

Konev however knew his duty, and in mid 07.020M42 launched a new offensive south into the ruins of Praxis, closing in on the centre of the city and pushing hard against the remaining stubborn Iron Warrior resistance that held the middle of the settlement. Using the sappers, the Iron Warriors were overrun, burned out of their positions by the mechanised guard regiment that specialised in flamer weaponry.

 

The Emerald Serpent meanwhile grew alarmed at the increasing pressure on their remaining holds on Hexis, and began a series of actions to protect their positions. In the east, a Thousand Sons force led an army against the tyranid hordes threatening to encircle them, breaking the Xenos army and reducing the pressure on the chaos southern flank. In the west of Praxis, a daemon host was summoned to deal with the necron threat.

 

Led by enraged Bloodthirsters, the daemon army was initially troubled by the highly mobile necron counter attack. However despite dealing with the greater daemons, the necrons had trouble removing the tzeentch components, and the unnatural warp magic took its toll on the necron unliving warriors. While the forces of tzeentch thinned out and dissipated the necron counter attack, a horde of bloodcrushers suddenly appeared in the rear of the necron lines, wiping out their elite units and even troubling their mighty monolith. After several hours of hard fighting it was clear the necrons couldn't hope to hold the tide, and the reanimated warriors phased out, yielding the southwestern districts to the chaos trespassers. At the same time, they were forced to abandon a vital tomb complex, allowing the Emerald Serpent to pick up the third of the six vital clues to the location of the Nexus Arrangement.