Chapter 1586 Military Parade (Part 1)
On a cloudless day with the scorching sun in the sky, a temporary military parade ground was established at a basin hidden in the mountains surrounded by Naisen No. 4. The length reaches five kilometers and the width exceeds three hundred meters. On one side, a metal structure is used to build an observation platform with a height of more than ten meters.
The most conspicuous person on the viewing platform is Soshyan, who is wearing a suit of finely crafted armor, followed by Maximilian, Ustad and other company commanders, as well as White Templar Chapter Commander Arash, and the Chapter At the command level, the mortal officers were in a relatively peripheral position, but no one said a word. Only the flags around the viewing platform were flapping in the strong wind across the valley, and the scene seemed so quiet and solemn.
At this time, an officer wearing segmented red and black armor trotted up to Soshiyang and said in a deep voice:
"Chamber leader, we are ready."
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"Okay, let's begin."
With the sound of thirteen cannons, the military band began to play the most commonly used military music in the empire, "The Immortal Throne" and "Death is the End."
Amidst the sound of military music, a deafening sound of footsteps came from far and near, causing the ground to tremble gently. Veronica, who had an independent position in an inconspicuous corner of the viewing platform, raised her eyes and looked up , but saw dense infantry phalanxes appearing at the end of the road.
Bright flags were fluttering in the wind under the sky, bright armor shone with a dazzling luster, and guns and swords of different heights were thrust into the sky, glowing with a cold light.
According to the auxiliary army reform carried out by Soshyan, the entire mortal army was divided into two parts, Vashti and Pashti. With the help of Ulanhuda's productivity and the inventory on the flagship, it has been completed in just two years One hundred thousand people are armed, including 80,000 Vashti and 20,000 Pashti. Although most of them are still fresh recruits, their training intensity and equipment level have far exceeded that of the regular Astra Militarum. standards.
The first one to come was a team from Vashti. The entire phalanx had 20 people in front and 15 rows in depth, plus 2 officer leaders and 1 flag bearer, for a total of 303 people.
They are basically selected according to the standards of the Astra Militarum. Their organization is organized into corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, platoons and squads. They wear carapace armor similar to that of the Astra Militarum. However, the coverage area is larger, as well as the abdomen, joints, neck and thighs are protected. The helmet also integrates a series of communication and visual aids, and what they hold in their hands is Ulan Huda's specialty "ash rifle" "——This is actually a type of laser rifle, but it can perform focused shooting.
The Ash Rifle is 20cm longer than the standard laser rifle. After 5-6 seconds of energy storage, it can fire a high-energy laser beam that is 3-4 times more intense than the regular mode. Not only will the range be increased, but it will also be effective against defenses. Enemies with higher strength can also work wonders.
And unlike the Hell Gun, the Ember Rifle does not require additional power, but the charged shot will consume a lot of magazines and cannot be used a second time in a short time.
The second phalanx is also Vashti, with the same number of people, but there are more heavy explosive bombs in the team, and the third phalanx is replaced by automatic cannon——
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After the 12 Vashti phalanxes passed by, they arrived at the Pashtiban phalanx. At this time, the military music also changed to the self-composed song "The Order of the Chapter Commander is Passed Down" written by the officers.
As an elite force in the mortal army, the Pashti class selection standards are better. Most of the officers among them are those who were eliminated in the selection of Space Marines. Their quality goes without saying.
On the parade ground, they all wore segmented red and black heavy armor, with pointed helmets on their heads, and their faces covered with silver masks. In one hand, they held a retractable metal rod that was two meters long. He holds a spear in one hand and a shield that can withstand small-caliber weapons in one hand. There are also silver-gleaming plasma grenades, pistols and fighting daggers hanging on his waist. Each Pashti class is over 1.8 meters tall. When they walk by, their guns are like a forest and their shields are like a wall. They are no less impressive than the marching ranks of space warriors. Each of the centurions also has an additional short gray-white cloak. , the captain of thousands is silver gray, and the captain of ten thousand is bright silver.
The spear used by these elite warriors is called the Infernal Spear, which is based on the laser spear used by the mortal troops of the Legion in the past, but Ulan Huda replaced the laser transmitter with a Taser device, this device is powered by a set of ultra-high-energy capacitors and stores incredible energy. Whenever the spear releases the huge amount of stored electrical energy through its tip, it will produce a burst of fiery energy, which can hit anything within two hundred meters. The enemy can cause huge damage. The only drawback is that it requires an additional capacitor pack. Therefore, the Pushti class needs to carry an additional capacitor backpack. For this reason, they all receive a certain degree of muscle and bone strengthening to be able to withstand the heavy armor of the whole body.
However, the shields in their hands cannot popularize the original small force field generator due to craftsmanship, production capacity and material reasons. Only shields of the Centurion level and above are equipped with force field generators, which can withstand attacks from heavy weapons.
The Pashti squad has a total of 8 phalanxes, and they have also successively displayed their squad weapons, including the squad plasma machine gun that was previously only equipped with Space Marines, and has been improved to be able to shift positions on its own. of the Tarantula Battery.
Looking at them, Soshyan was not only proud, but also a little worried, because Bangura personally told him that the 20,000 elite soldiers armed had exhausted the 4 reserve rare minerals in the forging world. If you want To continue manufacturing, you have to invest more.
At this time, in Soshyan's eyes, they were no longer soldiers, but walking gold nuggets - it was too expensive.
After the infantry queue is the armor queue.
As the tracks rolled over the ground and made a heavy rumbling sound, twelve Malcador heavy tanks rushed in with an unstoppable force, which was daunting.
Following the Malcador formation were Leman Russ heavy tanks, also twelve, followed by eighteen Sentinel mechas. They walked past the viewing platform in groups of three and six squads. , then there are Chimera infantry fighting vehicles, and variant models of Cerberus, including Hydra anti-aircraft vehicles, almost all armored forces of the Astra Militarum appeared on the parade ground one after another, and at the end of the team were Salamander reconnaissance vehicles and Buffaloes. Lightly armored units such as transport vehicles.
With the support of Forge World, in fact, equipment is no longer Soshyan’s top priority. The biggest problem at present is still the source of troops and time. To achieve the goal of more than 10 million mortal armed forces, it depends on the current situation. Some progress is obviously very difficult.
After the armored troops passed by, there was the artillery square.
First came twelve Basilisk self-propelled artillery, then twelve Manticore missile launchers, then eight Wyvern self-propelled mortar vehicles, and finally twenty Centaurs Tractors, each towing an earth-shaking cannon behind them.
After the artillery team passed by, there was the final ground phalanx - the battle robot formation. Although they did not directly belong to the combat sequence of the mortal troops, Soshyan still wanted to show the White Templar command the strength of the current legion, so the intelligent control The soldiers were also transferred to the parade ground.
First of all, the giant castle-level walked past the viewing platform with mechanical steps. Most of them can see the traces of battle on their shells. They can be said to be the contributors to the early development of the Astral Knights. , helped the Chapter win many impossible battles at its weakest stage. Some of them were even repaired more than a dozen times, or simply rebuilt from the remains of several mechs. It can be said to be a testimony of the Chapter's difficult years. who.
(End of this chapter)