The Cleansing of Laeran is the name given to one of the most notable military campaigns of the Great Crusade.

莱兰清洗是大远征中最著名的军事战役之一。

History 历史

Scouts from the Emperor's Children Adeptus Astartes encountered a hitherto-unknown xenos race, the Laer. Analysis of captured scouts and envoys showed the Laer to be concentrated in a single star system, dubbed Laeran. Like the Emperor's Children themselves, the Laer prized perfection in all aspects of civilisation; by the use of chemical and genetic manipulation from birth, individual Laer were adapted to their roles, whether they be workers, soldiers, even artists. Observers from the Adeptus Administratum wondered if perhaps the Laer might be made a protectorate of the Imperium as conquering such an efficient race could prove to be a long and costly endeavour.

来自阿斯塔特修会帝皇之子的侦察兵遇到了一个迄今为止不为人知的异型种族，莱尔。对捕获的侦察兵和使者的分析表明，莱尔集中在一个被称为莱兰的单恒星系统中。像帝皇之子一样，莱尔珍视文明各个方面的完美；通过从出生起就使用化学和基因操纵，莱尔个体适应了他们的角色，无论是工人、士兵，还是艺术家。内务部的观察员想知道，莱尔是否可能成为帝国的受保护国，因为征服这样一个高效的种族可能是一项漫长而昂贵的努力。

Fulgrim refused any notion of co-operation. Only Humanity could be perfect, he insisted. For xenos to be comparable was basely offensive, and the Laer deserved nothing less than annihilation. He ordered his Lord Commanders to attack immediately, beginning a war that the Administratum predicted would last decades. Fulgrim heard this prediction, and shook his head. In one month's time, he said, the Eagle would rule Laeran.

福格瑞姆拒绝任何合作的想法。他坚持认为，只有人类才能完美。对异型来说，具有可比性是卑鄙的冒犯，莱尔应该被彻底消灭。他命令他的领主指挥官立即进攻，开始了一场内务部预测将持续数十年的战争。福格瑞姆听到了这个预测，摇了摇头。一个月后，他说，鹰将统治莱兰。

In every theatre of war the battle was joined. The Emperor's Children attacked the Laer amongst the stars, in their cities, beneath their oceans and over the hulls of their orbital platforms. Everywhere they faced enemies adapted to their conditions - warships connected bio-electronically to their crews minds, liquid-breathing sea warriors, scouts capable of moving as fast as a Land Speeder, gunners whose eyesight allowed them to target individual Space Marines in squads miles distant. The casualties on both sides were horrendous - it is estimated that, if not for the excellence of the Legion's Apothecaries, more than half of its warriors would have died from their wounds.

在每一个战区，战斗都在进行。帝皇之子在他们的城市、海洋之下和轨道平台的主体上袭击了群星间的莱尔。他们面对的每一个地方都有适应他们条件的敌人 — 战舰与船员的思想通过生物电方式连接，液体呼吸的海洋战士，能够像兰德速攻艇一样快速移动的侦察兵，炮手的视力使他们能够瞄准几英里外小队中的星际战士。双方的伤亡都是可怕的 — 据估计，如果不是军团的药剂师的出色表现，超过一半的战士会死于伤口。

The Laer never surrendered - their last warriors died fighting in the ruins of their capital city. One month after he had begun the attack, Fulgrim planted a standard displaying the Imperial Eagle over their corpses, leaving it the only thing standing on the worlds of the Laeran system. Over 700 of his men were dead, 6 times that number injured, but Fulgrim believed he had proven himself correct. Against some of the most finely-honed alien warriors ever encountered, humanity had proven itself more powerful.

莱尔从未投降 — 他们最后的战士在首都的废墟中战死沙场。在他开始攻击一个月后，福格瑞姆在他们的尸体上放置了一个显示帝国鹰的旗帜，使其成为莱兰星系的世界上唯一的东西。他的手下有700多人死亡，受伤人数是这个数字的6倍，但福格瑞姆相信他已经证明自己是对的。面对一些有史以来最精练的异型战士，人类已经证明自己更强大。