hh6节译：红爪轨道攻击翼

Red Talon Orbital Strike Wing

The Iron Hands host that assaulted the World Eaters fief world of Bodt was a conglomeration of units drawn from Autek Mor's own Legion, as well as elements from the Imperial Fists and smaller numbers drawn from several other Legions. With his customary uncompromising demeanour, the Iron-Father melded these elements together into a fearsomely effective force of many dififerent arms, and this is as true of the orbital strike wings as it is the ground units.

攻击吞世者封地世界Bodt的钢铁之手部队是由奥塔克从自己的军团中挑选出的单位、来自帝国之拳的部分军团战士和少量来自其他军团的成员聚合而成的。靠着他惯常的强硬行径，这位铁父将这些散兵合并为一支拥有许多不同装备的可怕高效部队，他的轨道攻击翼也确实和他的地面部队一样强悍。

Autek Mor's favoured modus operandi was to launch overwhelming planetary assaults using multiple waves of orbital strike craft, heavy orbital bombardment and massed heavy landings delivered by drop pod, landing craft and teleportation array; The orbital strike wings were the first wave of attack, relying on speed and manoeuvrability to engage key enemy installations before they detected the coming attack and raised shield domes or armed ground-to-air and ground-to-orbit defences.

奥塔克 摩尔偏好的作战方式是用数波轨道攻击飞行器、大规模轨道轰炸以及用空降仓、登陆船和传送阵列投放的大规模重兵登陆发动压倒性的行星突击；轨道攻击翼是第一波进攻，在侦查到来袭的进攻前，它们依靠着速度和机动性，在敌军升起护盾穹顶或启动地对空和地对轨道防御系统之前便与敌军关键设施交战。

The orbital strike wings were made up of a mixture of craft, the majority of them based on Autek Mor's flagship, the Red Talon. Each wing was organised around a squadron of Storm Eagle and Thunderhawk gunships, the troop bays of which had been converted to accommodate additional munitions. This bomber element was escorted by other craft, including Fire Raptor gunships to engage enemy ground units and agile Xiphon interceptors whose primary task was to protect the less manoeuvrable bombers from the attentions of enemy fighters. Of all the highly skilled crews it was said that the Iron Hands pilots were the most adept, utilising their Legion's expertise and familiarity with cybernetic interface protocols to control their craft like an extension of their own bodies.

轨道攻击翼是（各种）飞行器的混合，其中的大部分都驻留在奥塔克 摩尔的旗舰“赤红利爪”号上，每支攻击翼都是围绕一支风暴鹰和雷鹰炮艇中队建立的，这些部队的机舱经过了改造，可以容纳额外的弹药。轰炸分队由其他载具护航，火焰猛禽炮艇对付地面单位，灵活敏捷的剑尾截击机负责保护缺乏机动性的轰炸机免遭敌军战斗机的进攻。据说在所有技艺高超的飞船驾驶员中，铁手飞行员是最为专业的，他们靠着自己军团的专业知识和对于智控链接协议的熟稔操作飞行器，就像这些载具是自己身体的延伸一般。

The Red Talon orbital strike wings were used to devastating effect at Bodt, where the first waves neutralised the heavy ground defences that surrounded the World Eaters Legion's garrison installations in and around the city of Tredecimmia. They were instrumental in ensuring large numbers of drop pod- borne assault units were able to deploy to the surface, and continued to engage enemy air and ground units throughout the seven hours of the assault, returning to the Red Talon to rearm and refuel several times without rest. At the very height of the attack. every craft able to embark troops was used to evacuate ground units while those not able to do so circled overhead, maintaining such a heavy rate of fire that enemy units attempting to pursue were eviscerated.

红爪的轨道攻击翼被用于Bodt上的摧毁行动，第一波攻击无效化了环绕吞世者军团的驻军设施与Tredecimmia城的重型地面防御设施。他们协助确保大量搭乘空降舱的进攻单位能够部署到星球表面，并在七小时的整场进攻中与敌军的空中和地面单位交战，他们不休不息，（只是）回到赤红利爪号上重新武装和补充燃料。在进攻的每次高潮，所有能够装载部队的飞行器都被用于转运地面单位，那些不能转运部队的飞行器则是在敌军头上盘旋，保持着密度极高的火力进攻，以至于重创了敌军单位的追击尝试。