This uniquely interesting frontline inspection trip finally came to an end after a few hours.
Except when he boarded the returning Soul Redeemer, he had a worn-out red beret in his hand.
In the eyes of the Astra Militarum garrison commander who came to see him off, he could not see any traces of battle on Calvin.
But Bruno's words will not be false, and he does not dare to deceive him.
After all, the leader of the Astral Legion started from a raw melon egg as a recruit, and gradually grew into a qualified leader under his nose;
He may dare to fool others, but he is different.
Bruno has a very special feeling for his father-like boss, the old squad leader who dug Bruno out of the dead again and again.
Several other regiment leaders also have similar relationships, which is also the unique emotional bond of the locally recruited Astra Militarum.
This kind of emotional bond that is closely connected to the entire legion is both a blessing and a curse for the Astra Militarum, the leader of the Astra Militarum, known as "the smallest coin in the hands of the Emperor."
Its beautiful side allows these Imperial soldiers to leave their hometowns and add more cohesion to the Imperial soldiers who are fighting in various parts of the galaxy;
But its heartbreaking side also comes from this. The terrifying battle loss rate of the Imperial Astral Defense Force has led to the reorganization and merger of troops after huge casualties;
A large number of outstanding imperial soldiers will suffer incurable mental damage due to the departure of their comrades, and will never be able to take up arms again.
This is what happened to the troops deployed on the space station that Calvin inspected.
In Calvin's opinion, this Astra Militarum, which has not yet left its homeland and is still fighting in this sector, may be heroic enough;
But compared with his truly elite Great Tindaros Legion, there is still a long way to go.
Yes, today's Tindaros Legion already needs to deliberately add the word "big" before their name to accurately describe their size.
Relying on the previous accumulation of the Gray Knights Chapter, in the Chaos pollution incidents they have dealt with, a huge number of mortal legions participated in the battle and withstood the test;
There are enough desolate planets to hide and isolate them.
After the Gray Knights negotiated with the Inquisition and the Tindaros Legion was established, they finally had their own place to use.
The people on these planets have different origins and have been exiled and resettled at different times.
The populations on a few of the planets have been settled for too long, and have taken root in the local area after several generations of inheritance and reproduction.
For this kind of planet, the Gray Knights chose to bring it under the jurisdiction of the Holy Hammer Order for centralized management.
After careful observation over the next few hundred years to confirm that there are no traces of contamination, the Inquisition will allow it to return to the Empire's sight.
But most planets do not have this treatment. They have survived the 30-year test, but there is still a long way to go before the long hundred years of unblocking.
The first generation of soldiers on these planets have not yet aged. After Calvin appeared, they got rid of the fate of waiting for death in silence and became the blood source of the Tindaros Legion.
Today, there are hundreds of training bases dedicated to the Tindaros Corps in the fortress complex of Titan II in the Federman Galaxy.
Nearly ten million battlefield veterans with service experience in the Astra Militarum were unsealed from various places and rushed towards Titan II in a steady stream;
The soldiers of their age were reorganized on the spot and trained here after joining the Tindaros Legion. They were also responsible for most of the garrison work of the entire fortress group;
A small number of overage veterans have effectively enriched the strength of the defense force and the Ministry of Justice soldiers under the local government of this galaxy.
When Calvin called out to the entire Stormstar Territory on Orpheus, the first person to respond to his call was the Tindaros Legion on Titan II, which was in preparation for war.
The size of the legion is millions of people, and the equipment of various subordinate units are fully operated in accordance with the standards of Zhongji Academy.
Such a large and elite single corps can be said to be unique in today's empire. In the eyes of some people who have a deep understanding of the empire's allusions, it already has a faint flavor of the Sun Auxiliary Army that was once famous.
Now part of this huge army has arrived at the rear of Orps together with the fleet of Reza World.
When Calvin returned to the Canarian system after completing his frontline inspection, he saw their numbers from the newest legions stationed there.
As the supreme commander of the entire theater, Calvin knew that the time had come to counterattack in the direction of Hassan.
The frontline battle in the direction of Charles has ended. Judging from past battle data, the staff of the Supreme Command have drawn a grim conclusion:
This high-intensity offensive is not an all-out attack by the orcs.
In the context that the orcs have occupied dozens of habitable worlds and have been developing for decades.
This single-batch offensive without follow-up support seems too weak and far from the war potential shown by this race.
This kind of attack is not so much an invasion of Orps as it is more like the other side is consciously consuming excess troops in the process of developing military power.
This strategic level of information has not been taken seriously in the past:
After decades of hard resistance, the Southern Fleet had some illusions of counterattack, but it had never collected information about the Orcs in such a systematic way.
The enemy is more powerful than imagined. Once this judgment is made, all previous battle deductions will be invalid.
The senior generals in the staff and front-line troops who were blindly optimistic about the war suddenly lost their voices, and even the soldiers in charge of service felt the pressure on them.
Already defeated without fighting...
Once something unexpected happens in the war, it will be a devastating blow to the fragile Orps.
The shadow weighed heavily on the hearts of Calvin and others, and the entire headquarters spent several days in suffocating silence.
This low-pressure atmosphere remained until ten days later, when the Mechanical Ark fleet from Ryza Forge World arrived.
The size of these fleets from the Forge World was beyond Calvin's expectation.
There are 41 Titans in total, and the knight families and machine god guards attached to them are like a sea of steel.
Appearing on the outskirts of Canarian's star, blocking out the sky and the sun.
This is the strength of a reorganized machine department of the Titan Legion, and it is also the standard deployment unit when the large army fights;
Reza World's generosity was like a shot in the arm, boosting the morale of Orps.
The unexpected strong support also brought a smile to Calvin's gloomy face for a long time.
He even ignored his identity and came to the starport in person to greet the leader of the Mechanical Ark fleet.
In front of the red-robed deputy casting superintendent, who was more than three meters tall, he took the initiative to say hello:
"Salute to the almighty God of Machines and the generous Reza Forging World!
The arrival of you and your colleagues will have a decisive impact on the empire’s war here!
On behalf of the hundreds of millions of people in Orps, and together with all my colleagues in this work, I would like to pay tribute to the sincere friendship of Reza World!"
In response to Calvin's greetings and greetings, the mysterious deputy foundry supervisor slowly took off the hood of his burqa.
In front of everyone, a face that was both familiar and unfamiliar responded to Calvin's words with an absolutely familiar tone:
"The Almighty Ohm Messiah is above. I salute you, Your Majesty the Supreme Lord Judge Calvin."
"Constantine! Why is it you again!" Calvin exclaimed.