Chapter 929: Tough Guys
"They are as fast as poisonous snakes, as sharp as pine needles, and as tenacious as wild Grox beasts. They are one of the most skilled fighters under the throne, but they are not easy to get along with." ————"Astra Militarum Manual: Political Commissar Chapter"
Looking at the slovenly beggar but inhumanly strong Catachan man in front of him, Soshyan could hardly distinguish him from the Astra Militarum. officers contacted.
Soshiyan has seen many Astra Militarum troops. Even officers from the barbaric world will have traces of tameness on their bodies.
But in this man named Stryker, Soshyan could only see the purest barbarism and cruelty, as if everything from the civilized world was rejected by him.
This is the Catachan, and it is also the first Catachan that Soshyan has seen.
Catachan is located in the Ultramarine Star Territory. Its surface is covered by dense jungles and swamps. The entire ecosystem of this planet seems to be consciously hostile to all alien creatures. Every native plant on this planet is hostile to humans. Posing a real threat, even Space Marines try to avoid this hellish place. Catachan doesn't even have its own planetary defense force, because the deadly plants on the planet are enough to prevent invaders from coming without PDF. No reply.
However, even though Catachan's ecosystem is so deadly, there are still quite a few humans living in this huge world. Due to the tempering of its cruel ecological environment, the Catachan people's physical and mental toughness It was beyond the reach of people elsewhere in the empire.
Cunning, resourceful, and uncompromising, Catachan people can only survive to adulthood if they become natural survival experts. Therefore, to Terra, the only valuable resource of Catachan is the people who live on it. people.
For the best of the dead planet, the suffering of the protracted wars in the Imperium of Man is no greater than the suffering they face every day, and so they proudly answer the Emperor's call .
Catachan provides the Astra Militarum with large numbers of Guardsmen every year, their skills honed like knives on their home world.
The factors that make the Catachans so outstanding also make them more proud, aggressive and isolated than other troops. Those individuals who prove their worth in the infantry regiment are awarded the Jungle. As a warrior, the Catachans also despise conformist life, and only a few traditions are considered sacrosanct, such as the wearing of red headbands and the blood oath that symbolizes each newly formed regiment.
Their rank and status is displayed through specific tattoos, or by earning themselves famous Catachan weapons such as the Demon Claw to show their glory, pragmatism is the face of these The creed of the livid warrior. One of their preferred tactics is to lay traps before attacking well-defended positions. Those unlucky enough not to be killed will soon fall to the lasgun and promethium flames.
Compared with the maverickness of the soldiers, the officers of Catachan are more unconventional. They disdain to use their privileges and stay on the front line to advance and retreat together with the soldiers. It is an order among Catachan officers. It is a matter of pride that many commanders can be said to have personally saved the lives of half their companies.
Rather than treating their men simply as mindless pawns, Catachan officers prefer to use vulgar and joking language to direct battles, which masks the mutual respect of the soldiers, but if deeper When you come to the Catachan people, you will realize that the integration of officers and soldiers is no joke - of course, this is limited to the Catachan people.
Although it is not certain whether this made the Catachan fighting more efficient, the only thing that is certain is that this kind of leadership made the situation of outsiders (such as political commissars) who joined the Catachan regiment difficult and dangerous. .
Therefore, rumors about the difficulty of getting along with a large number of Catachan people naturally spread.
"Colonel Stryker?"
This is the bridge of the Eternal Loyalty, a clean and sacred place, and standing opposite Soshyan is a man wearing rags. A man wearing a jacket and military trousers, with tattoos all over his chest and arms, a dirty red cloth wrapped around his head, and a pair of worn-out boots full of mud and holes.
Hearing this majestic warrior calling his name, Stryker nodded.
"Yes, sir."
"I heard that your nickname is Death, can you tell me its origin?"
Strike lowered his head and was silent for a while, then raised his head. , replied indifferently: "Every adult Catachan must perform a hunting ceremony to hunt a prey that can prove himself. A group of ten of us went to hunt a nest of Catachan demons, and in the end I was the only one. The person survived, everyone else died, the prey died, and everyone called me death."
"I see, how long have you been serving?"
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"I served in the army when I was eighteen years old. It has been nearly twenty years. I have forgotten the specific length."
Soshyan nodded, took a step forward, walked to Stryker's right hand, lowered his head Smiling:
"Colonel Stryker, then you came to see me wearing this outfit and these boots, because you forgot about it, or because you are proud of being a soldier."
Stryker's eyes wandered for a few seconds, and finally he pursed his lips slightly and responded:
"Both, my lord."
Soshyan chuckled twice and turned to look at Randall:
"You see, this Colonel Stryker is confident and arrogant, but it can be seen that he is brave, tenacious and trustworthy. "
Randall also nodded with a smile.
"Yes, it would be a huge pity if anything bad happened to such a person."
Soshiyan looked back at Stryker again.
"I hope you won't complain that we came too late."
"It's not too late, my lord, it's never too late for revenge."
"I can see that your fighting spirit is high, which is good. , This time I mainly hope to learn from you the specific situation of the Pai Ming Star. We are just here for the first time. To be honest, it is the first time for Randall and I to set foot in the Extreme Star Territory.”
As Soshyan waved, a huge three-dimensional image of the planet emerged from the floor.
Strike took a step forward and began to describe the various strange phenomena before the fall of Attica——
The two chapter leaders listened very carefully and remained silent. They would only occasionally point out questions when they encountered them, and Stryker would patiently answer them.
While they were consulting Stryker, the remaining soldiers had begun to land on the ground one after another, building a large number of fortifications as the forward base with the Resistance Army's stronghold as the center.
As for the Black Legion, no matter how slow they are, they should have understood that imperial forces are involved in the war, but they have not taken any concrete actions yet, perhaps because they are frightened by the threat of orbital bombing.
The Battle of Pai Ming Star is changing to the second stage——
(End of this chapter)