The Battle of Ghauson-Part 2

In part two of this report, the  fight for the city of Ghauson became more fierce as the Imperial forces advanced on both flanks and the devastating attack continued.

The Black Templars advance

Turn 3

The Black Templars advanced on the left with support from an Imperial Knight. The Knight dueled with a wounded renegade knight as it advanced causing further damage. Eradicators exited a Razorback and blasted a squad of Noise Marines.  On the right the Imperial Guard of the Taros 7th unsuccessfully tried to beat back the rampaging Berzerkers with no success and were wiped out.  Silver Templars rolled up in Rhinos in attempt to aid the guardsmen but had still not arrived.  

The forces of Chaos attempted to gain momentum with little success.  On the left, the Berzerkers hacked away at another Taurox and pounced on the troops who came piling out upon the vehicle’s destruction.  A third Renegade knight advanced with support of renegade bikers against an Imperial knight.  Fighting through orbital interference a squad of Chaos Terminators teleported into a building behind the middle of the enemy line and unleashed shots against more hapless guardsmen who were holding the middle of the imperial line.  On the Chaos right flank a squad of Chosen of Slaanesh assaulted a squad of Black Templars Intercessors who were moving forward inside a building. The following melee was inconclusive.

Slaaneshi Chosen led by a greater Chosen about to roll poorly in hand to claw combat 

The Turn ended with the Imperials up 3 victory points to Chaos's 1.

Turn 4

The forces of the Imperium smashed the Chaos warbands.   On the Imperial left, the overwhelming firepower from two Knights, Black Templar Eradicators, a Razorback and a squad of Templar outriders crushed the Slaaneshi troops.   The remaining bikers, noise marines and a squad of Havocs fell to the fire. In the middle, a squad Of Imperial guard fled from the recently arrived Chaos Terminators allowing a Taurox Prime and fellow squad of Scions to kill four of the five infiltrators. On the Imperial right, the Silver Templars arrived in time to eliminate the Khorne Berzerkers to a man as a squad of Taros guardsmen slipped away.   

Not seen are the squad of Hellblasters and assault Intercessors  who joined in wiping the Berzerkers 

Things appeared bleak for the forces of Chaos.  The right flank was being blasted off the board and the Death Guard were plodding in the middle.  The one hope for momentum on the Khorne held left came to a grinding halt with the loss of the red menace.    The Chaos lord now virtually alone in the middle of the Imperial back line after the loss of most of the terminators attempted to summon help in the form of Bloodletters but Khorne laughed and the lord remained alone.   The Khornish Lord Discordant hiding in the rear of the left flank was more successful and summoned a squad of Bloodletters who successfully charged that Silver Templar Intercessors who had just shot up the Berzerkers.  

On the Chaos right, the Chosen continued to hammer away at the Black Templars in close assault and were making progress.  Nurgle’s minions were finally joining the battle and helped grab an objective in the middle of the battle.  

With the forces of Chaos on the ropes and with prospects not improving, in the middle of the battlefield a renegade Knight escorted by melta gun wielding bikers assaulted an Imperial Knight.  The Imperial Knight, already wounded from a duel with a different renegade Knight was blasted with a rapid fire battle cannon and melta guns weakening it further.   The renegade knight crashed in and with the smashing of a Thunderstrike Gauntlet-the only one carried by any of the six Knights in the battle-ripped the head off the Imperial Knight and tossed it at a nearby Eradicator.

Turn 4 ended with the Imperials holding 5 victory points to Chaos’s 4.  

Stay tuned for part 3