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The Battle of Cygnus IV - Page 3

The Ork Dread Mob starts to move into a better position to assault the Imperial Guard.

The Imperial BaneBlades prepare to defend the village, the Rescue objective was

At the end of turn two, quite a substantial amount of units were now on the table.

End of Turn Three
Ork Morale: 46
Imperial Morale: 16

Turn Four

The final detachments appeared on the table, though in the end some were to play no part in the battle.

Just prior to the assault phase the Great Gargant had been shot at by both the BaneBlades and the Imperial Tank force.

You can see here how the Orks, supported by the Great Gargant launch their assault against the Imperial BaneBlades.

The Ork Dread Mob starts to move forward to attack the remains of the Imperial Recce Patrol. They had been attacked by a flight of Imperial Maurauder Bombers though they were intercepted by the Ork Bommerz and two of the Maurauders were shot down.

Imperial Sentinels under attack.

The Orks rush in and assault the BaneBlades, Ork Nobz mounted in Trukks lead the way.

A large tank formation of the Imperial Guard was just too far away to support the BaneBlades and had very little opportunity to swing the battle one way or the other.

The Ork Battlefortresses start to rumble out from underneath the trees...

...but in the end they didn't fire a single shot.

We see here how the battle ends, with the three Imperial BaneBlades ablaze surrounded by the victorious Ork forces.

At the end of turn four, the loss of the BaneBlades in the assault and large number of blast markers made the Imperial morale crumble away.

End of Game
Ork Morale: 43
Imperial Morale: 0

A resounding victory for the Orks who by the end of the game had lost very little, but had gained everything.

For the next game, the Imperials will regroup and defend (2000 points) whilst the Orks will reinforce their troops (3000 points) and launch an attack against the entrenched Imperial forces.

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