THE WAR AGAINST THE TYRANIDS

The mechanised might of the Armoured Companies chew through the ichor and chitinous hide of the foul xenos.

ollowing the battles on Ichar IV, Imperial forces were redeployed to contest the hive world of Radnar. The area around Jourmall Hive was filled with Tyranid nests and the ability of the Tyranids to emerge anywhere in the vicinity made the region very difficult to attack. The Imperial lines surrounded the hive, a total distance of 340 miles, and a six week bombardment was commenced. Tyranid spore mines inflicted heavy losses on the besiegers, but ultimately it was the news that swarms were moving towards Jourmall from the other infested hives that prompted action. The Emperor's Shield regiment, numbering nine full-strength companies, was massed to break into the levelled hive city. They included large numbers of tanks equipped with flamers - both Hellhounds and Leman Russ Demolishers - and as they reached the outer line of nests they used these to cleanse each in turn. Faced with a choice of frying in their holes or emerging, the Tyranids swarmed to the surface. The tanks advanced in close formation leaving the smaller Gaunts nowhere to go. Their tracks were stained with the beasts' foul ichor as whole broods were crushed beneath them. Ahead of the tank line, a sea of flame rolled forward, consuming even more Tyranids before they could get to them. Every time a Carnifex or Tyranid Warrior brood emerged, it was transfixed in a lattice of lascannon fire or pummelled by numerous battle cannon. The implacable advance of the Emperor's Shield shattered the control of the hive mind, preventing any form of coherent response and, without any significant pause, continued to the far side of the hive site where the remnants of the swarm were herded to destruction against the lines of circumvallation.

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