War on Mordecai Secundus update

 On Mordecai the long war continued into the summer of 022M42, with the forces of chaos launching a new attack  in the central sector. Led by the Thousand Sons traitor legion, the Emerald Serpent pushed forward on a broad front, overcoming the resistance from the Novgorod Guard and once again approaching the city of Festergax. This implacable advance was particularly aided by a phallanx of Scarab Occult Terminators which led the advance, seemingly impervious to imperial firepower. This assault force unhinged the imperial lines and forced the Imperium back once more to more defensible positions.

In the south however, the Imperium scored more success. Here the House of Eshar, a nurgle army loyal to the Plague Company of the same name, was engaged close to the city of Nazurgal. Both armies had significant support, including several super heavy tanks and a warhound titan, but the Novgorod Guard had the advantage in terms of heavy artillery. The imperial bombards, manticores and basilisks caused havoc and confusion in the chaos lines, crippling their ability to organise an effective defence. Despite heavy losses, the Novgorod force was able to take key objectives and moved steadily towards the chaos city on the Sarkar isthmus, now a shattered landscape of wreckage and shell craters.