Deep in the venusian jungle eight silouettes moved forward in the heavy rain. The small group of five venusian rangers and three blitzers was heading for a hilly part north-east of graveton. The Bauhaus ministry wanted the area to be examined after getting a tip from an Imperial informator. It was said that this spot would be extremely rich of valuable minerals.

When the rain stopped the group halted and took a break.
"Those Blitzers sure are strange, Sergeant" said Kerner, one of the Venusian privates.
"Yes, but they were a welcome reinforcement. We wouldnt have won the fight an hour ago if they hadnt dropped down."
"Maybe so, but all I had heard about them was true. Theyre really crazy, running in front of Necromowers and fenris bikes throwing bombs, and then laugh when they explode!"
"Crazy, but brave. They took out five necs and two fenrisses with only two losses. The rest of the wolfbanes were no match with all their vehicles gone. They were sitting ducks with their pathetic swords and pistols."
The intercom cracked : "Sergeant, we better move out now". The radio operator, Vogel, had picked up a transmission from an Imperial force that was heading for the mineral area too.
"Thats bad news. This might be difficult when were so decimated."

From the beginning there had been two squads of five rangers each and five blitzers including a Captain. But after the small skirmish with a wolfbane platoon one ranger squad was killed in an ambush and two blitzers including the sergeant died when shot on the way down in their chutes.

"Kerner tell the blitzers to move out and Fabian, you and Klaus clear out all traces of us being here"
"Yes sir."
The blitzer captain walked up to Sergeant Hessler. "What are you doing? I am senior officer here, I give the orders!"
"Sorry sir but we got information about an Imperial force moving for the hills too and since im trained for jungle combat I found it good to take command Sir."
"Tell me BEFORE you take lead next time sergeant ."
"Ill do that sir. OK lets go. Im taking point, blitzers in the middle, Fabian guards the rear with the MG-80 and Fabian covers our tracks. MOVE OUT!"

After marsching hard for two hours, they reached the clearing that indicated they were near. The hills were only two klicks away now.

"No sign of the Imperials, sir" "Theyre an hour away if the radiotransmissions arent fake. And they dont know of our presence yet" stated Vogel.
"Now when theres no more jungle im passing the command to Steffan, the Blitzer captain. From now on listen to him."
"If he sais anything that is" whispered Kerner to Vogle. "They havent uttered a word since we met them".
One of the blitzers overheard him and put his face a mere ten inches away from Kerners and said with a grin: "Well, we dont speak if we dont have anything important to say, punk."
"So its not because you arent smart enough to say a whole sentence then" Kerner countered.
"What do you mean?"
"A guy that bases his life on running in front of tanks blowing them up cant be very bright in their heads"
"Watch it asshole, or youll end up in front of a tank, with me in it"
"You two, quit it. We dont have time to chit chat. Were contiuing to the hills and wait for the imperials, then you can mess with them instead."
The group went on to the hills. Well there Vogle recieved a message from HQ:
"The HQ reports a large Imperial force with at least 30 foot soldiers and ten vehicles. Might be more. We are also ordered to stay and hold ground, these hills are very important. End of transmission"
"Thanks HQ for giving us the easy jobs" Hansen, the grumpy blitzer, replied.
"Looks like were up for another though fight, whats our ammo status, Hessler?"
"We rangers have five clips each for our 'Knackers and two for our MP:s, whats the status on the MG-80, Kerner?
"Enough ammo for those Imperial hounds...........Sir"
"What about you blitzers?"
"We have plenty ammo for the AG and the Firefist. We have three explosive packs each I think, Hansen, Andi?"
"Two each that is" they answered.
"Ok. Hessler take command for your squad and i'll lead my team"

Hessler positioned his men round Kerner and his heavy machinegun. He positioned himself a bit behind them not finding his Hagelsturm to be very useful in longrange combat. He was to defend the group from all enemy troops who came too close.
The blitzers booby-trapped the road using three of their explosives. Andi with the firefist was placed in a hidden place with Hansen flanking him with his AG-17. Steffan hid behind a rockformation just at the entrance to the hills. He was to sneak up on the flank of the imperals striking them down with his beloved MG-40. He had nicked quite many Imperials with it. "No time for memories now"he whispered to himself.

After waiting for one and a half hour the imperials broke through the jungle and entered the clearing. Steffan found out that the HQ:s calculations were very wrong. He counted 32 trenchers 10 wolfbanes and 8 necros.
"Looks like theyre planning on digging themselves in. And with a five to one outnumbering its very possible they succéed in doing that" thought Hessler.

"This smells like a trap. Advance with caution men" the imperial captain spoke to his men.
4 necromowers was taking the lead with half the trenchers in the middle the wolfbanes next and then the last of the trenchers. The 4 other necros was flanking the group with two on each side.
When they passed over the bombs Steffan set them off. All three blew up right in the middle of the leading necromowers. "AMBUSH" someone shouted and the whole squad threw themselves to the ground for cover.
The Bauhaus troops just sat still in cover awaiting the Imperials next move. All four of the leading vehicles had been destroyed and three trenchers were killed. The other four necromowers started searching the area while the troops started to organize the squads. The mowers were getting awfully close to find Andi and Hansen so they started firing. Hansen hit the driver of the car in the head but it continued to move and ran over Hansens right leg when he tried to get away.
"Hansen!" Andi shouted. "How are you?"
"I think my leg is broten" he whispered. "Dont mind it now, keep firing"
Andis rockets struck down with deadly precision right in the middle of a trencher group instantly killing all eight of them. A necromower spotted him whilst firing and headed off for him. Andi didnt see him coming before it was too late. When he turned his head to see what was attacking him, all he had time to see was a sharp claymore just before it chopped his head off. Hansen saw it happen and became furious. He managed to get up despite his broken leg and started firing at Andis killer. The driver turned his vehicle towards Hansen and answered his fire with heavy charger bullets. The bauhaus armor lived up to its reputation and not one bullet came through it. When the necro was awfully close Hansen picked up his last explosive and threw it at the rushing car whilst trying to not be run over by the roaring monster. The bomb landed on the floor in the cockpit and the driver got a terrified look on his face realising his days were counted. Hansen managed to get out of the way but was hit by pieces of the exploding car and lost consiounsness.

At this time the rangers had started to spray bullets over the battlefield. The trenchers had started to answer the fire so the wolfbanes could advance. They still hadnt noticed that Steffan was hiding a mere twenty feet away. Just as he was going to sneak up on their backs he was spotted by the two remaining necros. As they screamed out his position he threw his bomb in front of them. It dissabled both vehicles but the drivers were still alive and Steffan was trapped between two pissed off wolfbanes and 29 trenchers. He started firing at the wolfbanes and killed one of them with a lucky shot hitting him in the head. The other wolfbane was raging and ran to Steffan and swinged his sword. He reacted and parried but had to use all his experience that he had gained in 8 years of battle. He managed to kick his attacker away and finished him off with a couple off bullets in the chest. When trying to take cover again he felt a great pain in his right arm and noticed a deep wound inflicted by the heavy sword he obviously parried partially with the arm. He fell down laying right in the open terrain.

The Ranger sergeant saw this and ordered the group to advance so they could draw the fire from Steffan. They were succesful in doing this but Vogel was hit in the face and his mask cracked and his jaw was shot off. He started to scream and the group was on the edge to panic but Hessler managed to calm the troops. Fabian knocked Vogel out to make him stop screaming and then lay him on the side so he wouldnt choke in his own blood. The group continued to advance feeling very uncomfortable leaving Vogle behind. They were close to the charging wolfbanes now and they changed target to try do decimate the feared opponents. They only managed to kill three of them before they started chopping theyre way through. Kerner and Klaus didnt stand a chance and were slayed right away. Hessler started pumping his Hagelsturm and downed three more wolfbanes. He stood against four adrenaline pumping Wolfbanes screaming for revenge. Hessler still didnt panick and shot once more but his rifle was kicked away and he missed. Just as one of the wolfbanes was to hack him Fabian started shooting. With the danger of hitting the sergeant he killed two more and wounded one. The last wolfer turned and swinged his punisher blade but Hessler was quicker and filled his gut with Bauhaus led. Fabian and Hessler picked up the MG-80 and took cover.

The trenchers was still firing at the Rangers when the Blitzer captain started spraying death amongst them. He was hidden in the rocks and killed the trenchers one by one. When he was sitting there he heard a noise from above and saw two Barracudas diving down from the sky. Steffan was filled with terror and turne d his gun against the new treat from above. But he was out of ammo and just tried to hide himself with the remaining trenchers shooting at him.

Hessler and Fabian was the target of the Cudas and they knew that. They were staring at them as they fired their rockets. But the rockets missed and another set of missiles was shot at the cudas instead. They regained their senses and saw that Hansen had woken up and used his last ounce of strenght to fire of the missiles from the Firefist. The two Barracudas tried to avoid them but instead they crasched into each other. One of them went into a spin and crashed to the ground. The other one had a motor malfunction and was forced to land.

He landed just next to Hansen and executed him with a shot from his Mandible. He started to move towards the trenchers to get some protection. They didnt see him coming so he didnt have any covering fire when trying to run the 20 yards to the safehouse. Fabian saw him and started firing the MG-80. He wasnt used to this weapon and only wounded the Imperial trooper and knocked himself unconscious when the kickback hit him. The trenchers thought they were being defeated from three sides and began a pullback. The remainig 18 soldiers and the wounded flier was halfway to the safe jungle when Steffan had inserted a new clip and started firing. He hit the Barracuda flier in the neck and he fell to the ground. The trencher captain was still alive and saw this happen. He stopped running and went to the fallen pilot. When he looked at him he was hit by a concentrated burst of fire from Steffans MG-40. The trenchers stopped when they saw that there was only one man who was firing at them. Steffan killed another five with his kicking gun before he was shot dead, hit by the bullets from the angry trenchers.

That was the last they ever did in their miserable lives. They were all shot down with heavy fire from behind. The Bauhaus had gotten reinforcements from the 128:th Panzer gruppe consisting of 5 Wolfclaw jungletanks and two Squads of Dragoons. The opposition was smashed by the glorious tactics and hard armor of Bauhaus and the Battle of Mineral Hill was won.