Mordecai: The Battle for south east Westosa

As 025.M42 dawned, the war for Mordecai Primaris remained a brutal and attritional struggle, with the Imperial Guard working tirelessly to secure key positions in the ongoing campaign against the forces of Chaos. After weeks of consolidation, the Imperium had successfully established a critical supply corridor between Menoria and Westosa, a lifeline that allowed General Kutuzov’s forces to stabilise their southern front. However, a significant Death Guard formation still lurked on the outskirts of Westosa, posing a severe threat to the Imperial flank.

Recognising the need for decisive action, the Hammers of the Emperor—a Primaris Adeptus Astartes Chapter—launched an offensive to eradicate the entrenched Death Guard elements and ensure the security of the Imperial advance.

The Hammers of the Emperor initiated their attack with characteristic speed and aggression, deploying armoured transports to rapidly close the distance with the enemy. Understanding the dangers of prolonged engagement against the Death Guard’s infamous resilience, the Chapter sought to use shock and momentum to overwhelm the traitors before they could fully react.

Upon reaching the outer defences, however, the Loyalist Astartes quickly discovered that their foe was more entrenched than expected. The Death Guard, their corrupted power armour bloated with the blessings of Nurgle, absorbed tremendous punishment and fought with unrelenting tenacity. Even under sustained bolter fire and the devastating impact of Primaris bladework, the Plague Marines refused to yield easily.

The battle descended into gruesome, close-quarters combat, with Loyalist and Traitor Astartes clashing amid the ruins of Westosa’s outer districts. The stench of decay and corruption filled the air as the Hammers of the Emperor fought through toxic clouds unleashed by their foe, cutting down diseased monstrosities in relentless waves. Yet for every Death Guard warrior felled, another fought on, seemingly immune to pain or fatigue.

Despite the difficulty of the engagement, the Primaris Marines methodically pushed the traitors back, securing key fortifications and clearing large sections of the battlefield. However, their advance stalled when they encountered the Death Guard Terminators, led by a Chaos Lord of Nurgle. These elite warriors, heavily armoured and wreathed in foul warp energies, proved nearly impervious to conventional weaponry, shrugging off bolter fire and even sustained plasma barrages.

Realising that continuing the engagement risked unacceptable casualties, the Hammers of the Emperor consolidated their gains and withdrew to more defensible positions. The Death Guard Terminators and their Chaos Lord remained undefeated, holding onto a portion of the battlefield just south of the Harian Mesa, but the main body of the traitor force had been obliterated.

While not an overwhelming victory, the engagement successfully removed the immediate Death Guard threat from Westosa’s outskirts, securing the Imperial southern flank and allowing General Kutuzov to refocus his offensive as 025.M42 began. The war for Mordecai Primaris continued, but the Imperium had struck another blow in its long and bloody struggle to reclaim the world from Chaos.