Battle Report – Sons Of Horus VS Astra Militarum and Space Wolves 2000pts
Hello,
Today I want to share with you the translation of a Warhammer 40k battle report written by my friend Rémi a few month ago. It was the first battle on my freshly updated jungle table and Rémi did a fantastic job at editing all the pictures to make the battle report as epic ;s possible. Here is the link to the [URL="http://salaisefigurine.blogspot.fr/2015/05/battle-report-sons-of-horus-vs-space.html"]original article in french with HD pictures[/URL]. For those who don't speak french, I decided to try to translate it in english for you to enjoy. If you prefer, you can also read the english article with HD pictures [URL="https://simpleaswar.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/battle-report-sons-of-horus-vs-astra-militarum-and-space-wolves-2000pts/"]here[/URL].
The fight was set in a jungle world with antic ruins from an extinct civilisation. An expeditionary Son of Horus force was sent on this world to exterminate a local PDF detachment helped by some mighty Space Wolves.
The Son Of Horus force was composed of one centurion with orbital bombardment, one big Legion tactical squad, one support squad with volkite culiver, one sicaran, one contemptor kheres, three thallax, one dreadnought in drop pod, one Reaver squad in rhino, one laser rapier, one land speeder typhoon and one avenger strike fighter.
My opponent was playing an Astra Militarum force led by a few Space Wolves: one command squad, two big imperial guard squads with mortar and heavy bolter, two Leman Russ punisher tanks, one armoured autocanon sentinel, two Wolf Guard leaders in terminator armor, two squads of Space Wolves terminators and one Cerastus Knight Lancer.
Let's go!
After a somehow standard deployment, facing each other on the long edges of the board, the Son Of Horus were able (thanks to their warlord trait) to redeploy their tactical squad which originally was directly facing the two Leman Russ Punisher. This highly strategic move definetly saved the squad as it would have been totally destroyed by the punisher cannons of the two Leman Russ after the first turns.
The Son of Horus centurion starts directly by ordering an orbital bombardment right in the middle of the Imperial Guards. Three big explosions dig a big hole in their ranks. That's a good start!
Next, a Son Of Horus Drop Pod lands very close to the Leman Russ tanks and delivers its content: a Dreadnought!
The Dreadnought fires at close range with its melta. Unfortunately, the targeted Leman Russ walks away unscathed.
The Contemptor and the Rhino both move forward to close within their weapon ranges.
The Legion Rapier shoots its focused laser beam toward the Knight Lancer and makes it lose three hull points! The Knight wobbles under the impact but holds on effortlessly. From the Son Of Horus ranks we can hear them shouting "Lupercal".
The Sicaran tank is unable to penetrate the Knight's shield while the Tactical squad shoots at a few Guards in limit of their weapon ranges. These few deads start to widen the gap.
The Imperial Guard Command squad is targeted by a few sporadic shoots while they move forwards in the Knight's path.
The lucky Leman Russ tanks move toward their target: the Son Of Horus support squad with their Volkite weapons. The Dreadnought shoots its heavy flamer toward the assaulting Guards, ready to sacrifice their lives to the Emperor's Will.
To be continued...
Original article and pictures by Rémi [URL="http://salaisefigurine.blogspot.fr"]from Salaise Figurines Studio[/URL].
Translation and layout by Kibo from [URL="https://simpleaswar.wordpress.com"]from #SimpleAsWar[/URL].
