Chapter 1626 The Iron-Handed Prodigal
"Good afternoon, Great Sage of Ultramok."
When an emotionless and cold voice came from the helmet, Soshiyang even almost I thought it was a servitor, because it was difficult for normal people to make that kind of metallic sound - the other party's vocal system had probably been modified.
Soshiyan still knows a little about the rumors that the warriors of the Iron Hands admire metal and will carry out a large number of mechanized transformations on themselves.
"Brother Yosip Suarez, this is the commander-in-chief of the Maelstrom Expeditionary Force and the Chapter Master of the Astral Knights Chapter, Soshyan Alexei."
When the iron-hand warrior looked at him, Soshyan could almost feel the various scanning rays sweeping over him.
"Hello, Grand Commander."
"Grand Commander Soshiyan, this Brother Yosip Suarez, as you can see, is from the Iron Hands Chapter , is a member of the Bogus clan, and is also a technical sergeant who is studying. "
The clan, if Soshyan remembers correctly, is the unique company organization of the Iron Hands.
After the second establishment of the army, the broken Iron Hands Legion partially accepted the Codex Astartes, but they did not use the Codex according to the instructions. They used a highly rational and procedural thinking mode. It absorbed the reasonable parts of the holy scriptures, and at the same time retained and improved many of the original traditions and models of the Iron Hands; and organically combined the two, ultimately creating the Iron Hands that were highly rigorous in the warband era. and organized battle group structure.
First they reorganized their personnel, and then divided them into ten clans, coordinated by an organization called the Iron Council. Perhaps the scars caused by the Horus Heresy were too great for the Legion, and the Iron Hands believed that the Chapter should not and should not be allowed to do so again. It is permanently ruled by a single person, and the solution proposed for this is that daily affairs are decided by the clan itself, and major matters are discussed and voted by the Iron Fathers elected from each clan in the Iron Council. In the event of a war, a war leader will be selected from the Father of Steel and given temporary decision-making power.
In this case, each clan not only has the power to handle affairs independently, but also has its own independent armory. Different clans will also specialize their own fighting styles and even create their own unique clan style. There are clan relics, and even some weapons may be sacred objects created in the era of Ferus. Due to the Iron Hands' preference for armored power and their close relationship with the Mechanicus, any clan's armory seems very unique. Its huge size gave each clan the ability to launch large-scale battles on its own.
On the other hand, the Iron Hands have a high degree of unity despite their seemingly decentralized organization. For example, although each clan recruits soldiers separately, after joining the group, the new recruits will first go to the Dolfok clan. Fight as a scout, and you can be promoted to your original clan only after completing a certain number of kills. Such a ten-person combat system means that the Iron Hands do not have a corresponding reserve company like the Holy Code, but this is also This allows them to often put all ten clans into battle, because each of their clans has an independent system that can self-execute all tasks from recruitment to combat, and the clan's specialization in all-out combat allows the Iron Hands to often perform beyond their specifications. combat effectiveness.
This is probably all Soshiyan knows about the Iron Hands Chapter.
“Hello, Brother Josip Suárez.”
Just after saying hello, Soshyan suddenly remembered a question.
What does an Iron Hand come to Ryza to learn? Shouldn't the training of technical sergeants be to go to Mars? Why did you come to Reza?
Seemingly knowing that Soshyan would have such a question, Ultramok explained before he could ask:
"Brother Yosip is very impressed by the teachings of Omnissiah's flaming blood. At the same time, he was tired of Mars's over-conservatism, so he gave up his studies on Mars and came to us for further study. However, he also angered the Iron Father in the clan who was friendly with Mars and was punished by being exiled for a hundred years. , he is not allowed to return to the battle group during this period. He has been here for twenty years."
This is a bit interesting. After all, the relationship between the Iron Hands and the Mechanicus is well known, especially Mars. Now. But there was such a person.
Soshyan was a little curious as to why the Iron Hand warrior was interested in Reza's teachings, but after all, this was someone else's private matter, and he didn't really ask, and the Omnissian Flame-Blooded Sect could only be said to be not mainstream. But it is not a heresy, and the character of the iron father who exiled others for this reason does not seem to be very good.
"That's it." Seeing that Soshyan didn't continue to say anything, the Great Sage Ultramok looked at the iron-hand technical sergeant.
"Brother Yosip, Chapter Master Soshiyan is about to lead an expedition against the Badab sector and the Maelstrom area. Your works and research and development will be put to use. "
After a moment of silence, Yosip said ably:
"Understood, join the expedition, yes, I will bring the wrath of the Emperor and Omnissiah to the heretics."
Soshiyang was a little puzzled, this great sage of Ultramok is mysterious Bringing yourself here just to have an Iron Hand join the expedition?
“Sochyan Chapter Leader, Brother Yosip, although he doesn’t talk much, his talents and abilities are very strong, and he will definitely be of great help to you.”
Soshyan nodded noncommittally.
“Of course, every gun and every bullet is important.”
But in fact, he really doesn't think that an Iron Hand can be of much use. No matter how good his skills are, he is nothing more than a master of forging. Maybe it is very useful in the scale of the battle group, but it doesn't make much sense in the expeditionary force. , but it’s always good to have more people. Maybe we can have some contact with Iron Hands in the future.
Now, probably we can only let him help take care of the armory first.
"Brother Yosip, let Commander Soshyan take a look at your work."
Hearing this, Yosip turned around silently and walked to the end of the workshop. Then flip a switch.
With the sound of heavy metal friction, the heavy gate slowly rose, and a huge object made Soshyan's eyes widen.
This looks like an enlarged version of a tank, with a black iron color all over, four front and rear tracks, a thick chassis and body, and a head like the bow of a battleship, with three huge twin main guns. The latter layout is distributed on the car body, and there are a large number of secondary turrets and rocket launchers around it.
The most shocking thing is that according to Soshyan’s visual inspection, the entire length of the machine is nearly three hundred meters! And the height is at least fifty meters!
This is completely a land fortress!
But a question immediately came to his mind -
Can this thing move?
Ultramok then answered his doubts.
(End of this chapter)