On a cloudless day with a scorching sun in the sky, a temporary parade ground was established at some time in a basin hidden among the mountains on Naisen No. 4. Its length reached five kilometers and its width exceeded three hundred meters.
A metal structure was used to build a viewing platform with a height of more than ten meters on the side.
The most conspicuous person on the viewing platform was Soshyan, who was wearing a suit of finely crafted armor, followed by Maximilian, Ustad and other company commanders, as well as White Templar Chapter Commander Arash, as well as the Chapter's command and mortal officers.
In the more peripheral positions, no one said a word. Only the flags around the viewing platform were rustling with the strong wind blowing through the valley. 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:
"Chapter Commander, we are ready."
"Okay, let's get started."
Along 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 saw the end of the road.
Groups of dense infantry phalanxes appeared.
Bright flags were fluttering in the wind under the sky, bright armor shone with a dazzling sheen, and guns and swords of different heights were thrust into the sky, glowing with a cold light.
According to Soshyan's reform of the auxiliary army, the entire mortal army was divided into two parts: Vashti and Pashti. With the help of Ulan Huda's productivity and the inventory on the flagship, 100,000 people have been armed in just two years.
Among them, there are 80,000 Vashti and 20,000 Pashti. Although most of them are still fresh recruits, their training intensity and equipment level have far exceeded the standards of the regular Astra Militarum.
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, but cover a larger area.
Along with the protection of the abdomen, joints, neck and thighs, the helmet also integrates a series of communication and visual aids, and what they hold in their hands is Ulanhuda's specialty "ash-end rifle" - this is actually
It is also a type of laser rifle, but can perform shaped energy shooting.
The Asher Rifle is 20cm longer than the standard laser rifle. After 5-6 seconds of charging, 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 useful against enemies with higher defenses.
It can also work wonders.
And unlike the Hell Gun, the Ashen 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 period of time.
The second square formation is also Vashti, and has the same number of people, but there are more heavy explosive bombs in the team, and the third square formation is replaced by automatic cannons——
After the 12 Vashti phalanxes passed by, they arrived at the Pashtiban phalanx. At this time, the military music also turned into a self-composed song by the officers, "The Order of the Chapter Commander is Passed Down."
As an elite force in the mortal army, the selection standards of the Pushti class are better. Most of the officers among them are those who were eliminated in the selection of Space Marines. Needless to say, their quality.
On the parade ground, they all wore segmented red and black heavy armor, pointed helmets on their heads, and their faces were covered with silver masks. They held a two-meter-long retractable metal spear in one hand, and a cannon in the other.
A shield to withstand small-caliber weapons, a silver-shining plasma grenade, a pistol and a fighting dagger hanging from 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 Purgatory Spear. Its prototype is the laser spear used by the mortal troops of the Legion in the past, but Ulanhuda replaced the laser transmitter with a Taser device, which is composed of a set of ultra-high-energy capacitors.
It supplies energy 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, causing huge damage to enemies within two hundred meters. The only disadvantage is that it requires additional
Capacitor pack, so Pushti classes need to carry an additional capacitor backpack. For this reason, they have received a certain degree of muscle and bone strengthening in order 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 materials. Only shields of the Centurion level and above are equipped with force field generators, which can withstand attacks from heavy weapons.
There are a total of 8 Pashti squad 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 the improved Wolf Spider turret that can move its position on its own.
Looking at them, Soshyan was not only proud, but also a little worried, because Bangura personally told him that the 20,000 elite soldiers had exhausted the four reserve rare minerals in the forging world. If he wanted to continue manufacturing, he had 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 formation is the armor formation.
As the tracks rolled over the ground with a heavy rumbling sound, twelve Malcador heavy tanks rushed in with an unstoppable force, which was daunting.
After the Malcador formation came the Leman Russ heavy tanks, also twelve, followed by eighteen Sentinel mechas. They walked past the viewing platform in groups of three and six squads, and then came the Chimera infantry.
Battle vehicles, as well as variant models of Cerberus, including Hydra anti-aircraft vehicles, almost all the armored forces of the Astra Militarum appeared on the parade ground one after another. At the end of the team were Salamander reconnaissance vehicles, Buffalo transport vehicles and other light armored units.
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With the support of the Forge World, equipment is actually 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 is obviously very difficult to rely on the current progress.
difficult.
After the armored troops passed by, there was the artillery square.
First came twelve Basilisks self-propelled artillery, then twelve Manticore missile launchers, then eight Wyvern self-propelled mortar vehicles, and finally twenty Centaur tractors, each behind them
Dragging an earth-shaking cannon.
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 aircraft soldiers were also transferred to the parade ground.
First, the giant-like castles walked in front of the viewing platform with mechanical steps. Most of them could see the battle traces on their shells. They can be said to be the heroes of the early development of the Astral Knights, helping the chapter to achieve the ultimate goal.
The weak stage won many unwinnable battles, and some of them were even repaired more than a dozen times, or simply rebuilt from the remains of several mechs. They can be said to be witnesses of the group's difficult years.