Chapter 71 Chimera’s Major Transformation (Ministry of Military Affairs Furious)
At the end of this dark 40th millennium, it is not that victory does not exist, but that no matter what kind of great victory it is, it will become meaningless over a long period of time.
However, many smart people still do not admit that history is nothingness, but they cannot deny that history is a spiral staircase that will repeat itself until the end. Of course, it may also be a descending ladder...
For such a world, some people rise up to resist, some people accept it, some people betray their beliefs, and some people find another way out, but everything remains unchanged. It is the darkness of this era that has led to the current situation, and it is also the cruel universe that tears people apart. , leaving only the residue of war.
The miracles on Gondvar VI will not be praised by others, and the three thousand dead Astra Militarum are just another basket of blood-stained metal dog tags engraved with dispensable names.
There is no war, no sacrifice, and no sacrifice is good. After those Chaos traitors retreated to the forest, the taste of victory was still not obvious, losing most of the Dark Age technology, a precious Chimera armored vehicle, and three thousand loyal souls. , still painful for the 4th Skadi Infantry Regiment.
But bad things will eventually come to an end. Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bayer was chatting with his staff in the command room about how to make the next move in the chess game. Now they are not chess pieces, but the emperor's agents. Although from the perspective of the vast universe, they are still They are chess pieces, but chess pieces are also divided into kings and guards.
Now the king has made a move, Alan Beyer said. "We should press the enemy's front and move forward. The enemy is not used to forest warfare, but our soldiers are experienced. If the enemy does not send out heavy armor, we can even destroy them and gain ground control."
"There are not many Space Marines. During this time, our army pressed in and captured the lost city area. A simple anti-orbital artillery array has been built in Karu City with the help of data craftsmen."
"We just need to retake the ground and wait for the empire's support..."
The staff officer pointed out a big problem with the plan. "I don't think the infamous Red Pirates don't have mechas, and the orcs can come up with canned mechas that are a headache. We can't bet on this."
"We need anti-armor forces, and we don't rely on the lives of soldiers to counter..."
Alan Bayer was lost in thought, playing with a small toy with his fingers. It was a simple promethium lighter made of bullet casings. It was almost equivalent to liquid promethium plus a fuel core and flint, and then used an air-explosion bullet casing as the outer shell. The dark metallic color was It looked particularly cold under the light of the lighting ball.
This was done by the brown-haired non-commissioned officer in his former military career. He liked that soldier very much, but the last time Alan Beyer saw her, she had regained her dress...
As Gondwa VI's diplomat to surrounding planets, she settled in her hometown, Skadi.
But Alan Bair was not thinking about women. It would be better to say that he did not have so much energy to think about women. In fact, the soldiers of the 4th Skadi Infantry Regiment are quite clever, because there are often all kinds of strange electrical equipment and garbage in the hive. .
There was a science to how to use those things, and he had seen veterans of the Third Regiment in the Greenskin Wars destroy Orks with simple promethium bombs.
"Yes!" He immediately stood up, startling the yawning staff officer.
"What's there?" The staff officer almost started to hiccup. After all, this was a battlefield. It finally calmed down, but suddenly he started to huff again. In the tense situation, the sound of explosive bombs was not much different from the previous sentence.
Alan Bayer said with interest. "If I let the whole group use their ingenuity to transform their own Chimeras, there would still be 20 companies, 13 Chimeras, and more than 20,000 people, ready to go."
"There is an old saying in my hometown, three stooges are worth one Guilliman."
"There are more than 20,000 stooges, which is a foundry world."
The staff officer thinks it makes sense, but there are still two questions. "The machine soul is not happy. Blind modification will cause big problems, and the Ministry of Military Affairs manual strictly prohibits such behavior."
"Well, and isn't your hometown Skadi? Why haven't I heard this saying?"
Alan Beyer slammed the table. "Are you a Skadi or am I?"
Everyone in the command room was born in Skadi, but the staff officer had the least say. He immediately shut up. Although no one else had heard it, how dare you interrupt when the lieutenant colonel spoke?
The lieutenant colonel continued to talk. "The problem of machine souls allows soldiers to do more maintenance, maintenance, and testing of modifications. Moreover, Chimera's machine souls are famously stable."
"As for the Ministry of Military Affairs, this is not the first time I have seen someone overload a laser gun. Open its firing chamber and turn off the cooling system. It is so powerful that it can blow up the arms of ordinary people."
"I remember that there are quite a few in the third company of your direct troops..."
The staff officer immediately covered Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bayer's mouth. "That's it, that's it..."
"I agree, but I hope to see the design drawings before making modifications. No sacred imperial engine can be manipulated at will."
Alan Bayer immediately turned on the communicator, whether he agreed or disagreed, let’s start now.
"All members of the 4th Skadi Infantry Regiment are listening to the order. In order to launch the next combat plan against the Chaos traitors, I, Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th Skadi Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bair and the 4th Skadi Infantry Regiment The senior staff approved the transformation of the imperial-standard Chimera armored personnel carrier."
"The whole group can participate and draw up designs based on your Chimera as the blueprint. The three best designs will be put into war and become the imperial blades of honor!"
After the call was completed, the stability of the electromagnetic waves made such information very clear, but there were many soldiers who were not sure whether they heard it correctly.
For most veterans, the Ministry of Military Affairs manual is just garbage. Its content cannot perfectly fit the battlefield filled with monsters and monsters, but it is a good remedy for new recruits.
Although they abide by the rules, victory cannot be permanent. Fouling is almost normal among the Astra Militarum. Compared with the rules of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Astra Militarum regiments basically only abide by the rules of their own world.
And the slightly older veterans of the 4th Skadi Infantry Regiment have modified their own rifles.
Some people will modify the sights, some like the power of overload shooting, and some will expand the battery capacity. It is not uncommon for the Astra Militarum to modify their partners.
Many of the troops born in the hive city are PDFs or low-level gangsters, and they are very good at grasping ordnance. They have definitely done a lot of outrageous things.
However, the school-level commander directly asked them to carry out transformation. This was the first time they encountered it. It must be said that they were very excited. Like a festival belonging to the Astra Militarum, they took out sketches and began to draw designs that would make the Adeptus Mechanicus angry.
When the staff realized that this was indeed not a good idea, things got out of hand. Previously, it was because there were too few personal resources that could be mobilized in the army, and those soldiers could not use their creativity to serve as welding tools in the army, or even Backup promethium generators will be approved and the madness cannot be stopped.
With the approval of school-level officers, an internal arms race began in the 4th Skadi Infantry Regiment.
The 12 Chimeras stagnant in the trenches (there is also one used jointly by Alan Bayer and Lieutenant Colonel) are not at the disposal of every company. Except for the first and second companies, the two companies started to modify them together.
However, the entire infantry regiment does not have that much material that allows the Chimera to be modified without restriction, so each company needs to submit drawings first.
The time limit is one day, and Alan Bayer also made it clear that those who are displeased with the Machine Soul will be disqualified, and those with insufficient practical ability will not be eligible. Resources will only be given to excellent designs!
"Quick, quick, move, it depends on whether you can ride in the armored vehicle of your own design!"
In the trenches, sheets of white paper originally used to write reports were spread out, with pens and ink and soldiers surrounding them.
"God Emperor, this is too crazy."
"How about the chainsaw sword forklift? I've wanted to try it for a long time!"
"Add counterweights and metal plates in the transport warehouse, such as additional promethium generators to maintain power, and install several explosive bombs and thermal melters."
"The view inside the forest is very poor, so..."
The two soldiers said in unison. "Use melee combat!"
Their thoughts are almost the thoughts of most warriors. The two most important points in the forest are how to maintain mobility. They have no sentinel mecha to assist them. Although the Chimera can barely move, it is still too big. The second point is Powerful, can kill enemies at close range.
Therefore, the design of the First Company was devised. They removed all the Chimera's heavy transport compartments and transformed them into narrow single-person vehicles, leaving almost only the Chimera's weapons. They also reduced the tracks and reduced the size from a huge 5.7 meters wide. to 3 meters, and a high-power vibrating blade is installed on the front of the vehicle, allowing it to walk on flat ground in the forest.
Although the sound is loud, it is extremely fast. If there are no problems with the design, its power and surprise can easily kill a pair of Astartes tactical squads. Because of the narrow field of vision in the forest, even Space Marines cannot react to extremely close raids. .
Therefore, the Forest Specialized Chimera of the First Company was approved.
Next is the work of the second company. This Chimera has reinforced frontal armor, a new coupled multi-channel combustion engine is installed in the compartment to meet the power requirements, and a small amount of promethium bombs are installed on the front, which can be used to break armor. At the same time, the added weight of its body can play the role of a forklift.
The price is that its startup speed is slow, and its mobility in the forest is not amazing, not even as good as an ordinary Chimera. However, when there are a lot of obstacles, such a car can easily break through the melta's defense.
Even if it takes a few hits at close range, it can be activated. As for the materials for extra armor? The ground is full of Astartes power armor, all made from local materials, including high-quality ceramite and clustered fiber. Don't leave it to those bastard traitors.
Then there is the work of the 11th Company, which is very interesting. Considering that the Chimera lacks the ability to counterattack heavy firepower, they chose to transform the heavy turret on the top into a melta gun, and the secondary weapon chose a promethium-burning heavy flamethrower. The weapon, this is not to kill the enemy, Space Marines can easily avoid those flames, but to clear the forest.
Humid tropical forests will not be burned by flamethrowers. Once the flames spread, they will be extinguished by liquid-filled trees, but the instantaneous high temperature can strengthen the ground and allow the crawlers to pass easily.
Enemies such as Traitor Space Marines can be killed by ramming and crew members using melee melta or plasma shots.
Generally speaking, it is relatively conservative, but it is the most difficult, because it involves the transformation of the main and secondary turrets. This is almost something that mechanical sages can do. Replacement by ordinary people will only cause problems for the machine soul.
Even the 1st and 2nd companies, which are good at rubbing promethium bombs, mostly modify the vehicle body to change its operating performance and then install additional accessories. Directly modifying the turret makes people feel bolder and more confident.
Alan Beyer didn't expect that such a young team would have such a list at first, until he saw the signature on it, "To my dear "Green Skin" Lieutenant Colonel.
He probably knew who it was, but he kept a clear distinction between public and private matters and secretly told his staff. "Staff officer, do you know the second lieutenant of the 11th company?"
The staff officer nodded. "I remember what most of the officers looked like, what's wrong?"
Alan Beyer said.
"I approved of his plan and asked his team to modify the Chimera used by the two of us."
The staff officer was surprised and picked up the design drawing and looked at it for a long time. "Are you sure? He is not a data craftsman, he is just a recruit?"
Alan Bair nodded. "But, before the transformation."
"Tell him to clean up the mutated corpses of the traitor Astartes. Remember to ask him to watch those things burn. I heard that there are traitor parasites, and those things may accidentally escape and affect the camp."
"Tell him to get the engineer shovel. Don't shoot when you see those bugs. Just hold the shovel and stand next to the fire and watch. After burning the Space Marine's body, remember to take back the shell. Those modified organs and reinforced bones and skin may be possible. It will be a bit troublesome, after all, they cannot be burned. ”
"Tell him to call me "Greenskin"!"
said the staff officer. "Why are you so petty? The lieutenant colonel I know is not like this."
Alan Bair sighed. "Half of the comrades I know have died at the hands of the greenskins. I hate it when people call me that, but he is indeed a talent, otherwise I will shoot him!"
The staff officer was also a little indifferent. "I will explain the ins and outs to him, and so will you. Wouldn't it be better to tell him directly?"
"He has never experienced those battles, he is just a new recruit..."
Alan Bair pouted. "I'm so small-minded and awkward. Go to work!"
The staff officer smiled. He sometimes forgets that the hero of this world is just a young man in his early twenties, a civilian who crawled out of the hive city, a poor, homeless ordinary person.
He doesn't feel that Alan Beyer's performance has disappointed him, which on the contrary shows that he is becoming more and more comfortable with his current military career.
A person who hides himself is even more untrustworthy than a person who expresses himself. At least he will never worry about being shot from behind by a lieutenant colonel one day...
The staff officer walked to the front trenches and shouted. "Sixth platoon leader of the 11th company, follow me!"
The second lieutenant climbed out of the trench excitedly, his clothes dirty. "How about it, staff officer, my design is pretty good, isn't it?"
The staff officer replied. "Your design is very good. It will be used on the Chimera used by the Lieutenant Colonel and I, and you will also ride on it."
"Also, take your engineer shovel, I have an important task for you!"
The second lieutenant looked excited. "What mission?"
said the staff officer. "Go and burn the corpses of those traitors. Remember to remove their shells. Those armors will be used for transformation."
The ensign replied blankly. "What? I want it?"
The staff officer nodded. "You want to burn the body."
The fourth regiment used their ingenuity, a ragtag group of people, and relied on their wisdom and hard work to make the Ministry of Military Affairs and the oil man angry to death.
(End of chapter)