Chapter 591 Keha has an order, your emperor requires you to be loyal
Imperial territory Taurus.
Ice Cave Training Camp. This is the home of the Reaper Legion and the gospel of the dead.
The sky is freezing on the Taurus ice field, the cold wind is howling, the sky is thick and pale, the wind and clouds are carrying the overwhelming ice and snow, and the earth is pale.
A series of inclined granite, titanium steel plates and reinforced concrete create a vast and complex folding building complex. Its steep spire is like a white forest, and its wavy eaves are covered with white snow. Many are made of
The twin-turbo engine-driven drones are busy clearing snow from the roof, like a group of dexterous and petite frost elves.
There is a beautiful name here, the Snow-Covered Garden.
But the bastards living here have no artistic talent. They call it the Ice Cave. The name is simple but inexplicably scary.
If the Reaper recruits in the ice cave training camp are enjoying wine, caviar and roast goose on soft and comfortable sofas by the warm fireplace at the moment, they may also be holding a few masterpieces of Tarsonis literature full of nonsense.
, then he probably still has a little bit of the damn taste for reciting poems and writing poems.
But the Ice Cave, this ghostly place at the end of the world, is not much warmer outside.
Today, another group of recruits completed six months of training, and they celebrated their graduation ceremony on this day. This means that these young soldiers will soon become the best killers in the universe, the imperial gods of death who will make their enemies fearful.
Thousands of new recruits lined up on the huge training ground of the ice cave, saluted, and stood at attention, waiting for their commander to announce that they had graduated.
The recruits certainly have reason to be happy and proud, because they have survived the most difficult stage in the ice cave. The huge imperial cast-iron badge hangs high above the recruits' heads, and the words order, peace and law are shining in gold.
like luster.
The training of Reapers is famous for being extremely rigorous, and the pass rate of recruits may be higher than that of Viking pilots among the various branches of the Tyranid Empire.
Routine duties, emergency gatherings, night training, and mountain training are nothing but child's play for the Reapers. Before graduation, the recruits have no privacy and no right to control their own time. But all recruits in the empire come here this way.
, except for those resocialized soldiers who can go to heaven and earth just by soaking in a nutrition cabin. But only a fool would envy them.
War is no stranger to Tyranid humans. Many male citizens of the planets in the territory of the Tyranid Empire have received more or less short military training when they were young, especially in crisis-ridden edge worlds and resource-rich worlds.
area.
Imperial Emperor Augustus Mengsk has also mentioned on many occasions his experiences training and serving on Turasis II as a young man, and was deeply proud of his battalion and comrades.
While the recruit training of the Marines is to mold the naive high school and college students into real warriors, the training of the Reapers is to create aces in the imperial armed forces.
Reapers must also undergo pilot-like physical training to ensure that they do not faint while wearing combat suits equipped with jump packs. The latest Reaper jump packs have the ability to fly for long distances, but they are also extremely dangerous.
An expert who can skillfully use the Reaper armor can launch a surprise attack across canyons and cliffs, and use his superb speed and maneuverability to make the Marines run away, but no one knows that he has broken several bones before doing so.
They must learn to use the "Reaper of God" P-45 electromagnetic pistol or P-38 and P-55. These fire-breathing monsters with strong recoil that can knock people into the sky are as powerful as their tempers. If the recruits
If they cannot control these terrifying monsters, they are very likely to hurt themselves and their comrades around them.
If not operated properly, the D-8 explosives carried by the Reapers are so powerful that they may inadvertently injure friendly forces when blowing up an insect nest into the sky. If they accidentally injure themselves, it will save the higher-ups the trouble later.
condemn.
Almost every day, people quit the ice cave for various reasons. Either they quit voluntarily after enduring the cruel rules of the ice cave, or they had a fight with the instructor, or they died.
The recruits have reason to believe that their instructors are a bunch of sadists and lunatics, always asking them to repeat meaningless things, but in short, the ice cave will eliminate the weak ones and leave behind the true brave ones.
In the Tyranid Empire of Augustus the Great, Reapers were synonymous with elites and aces. Although Reapers and Marines always blamed each other, when they were trapped in a tight siege, any Marine would hope
The Reaper Legion appeared behind him.
The best reapers in the empire come from the ice caves, and the reapers of the Port of the Dead Legion are also famous for their cruelty and bloodshed. The reapers are famous for their fierce and determined striking capabilities and roundabout tactics that tire the enemy.
When advancing in the hail of bullets, it is like passing through thousands of flowers, not a single leaf touching the body.
The Reapers received so much honor on the battlefield that even the United States of Umoyan soon launched its own version of the Reaper.
At this moment, Kejora, the commander of the Ice Cave Training Camp, was giving a speech at the graduation ceremony, talking about the contribution that the young Reapers would make to the war to defend the Tyranid Empire.
Kohala was also a Reaper. According to him, his service dates back to the days of Korhar's Revolutionary Army, and even fought alongside Emperor Augustus Mengsk on the Aiur battlefield. He obviously
He is very proud of this. The golden piping on the straight shoulder straps of his uniform is to commemorate the troops he once served.
This man was as inhuman as cold steel, but the recruits in the ice cave never expected him to have any humanity at all.
His uniform is as neat as new, his face is handsome, and he speaks well.
Under such a glamorous appearance, there is a terrible fact hidden - this man is actually a devil.
It was Kehra who single-handedly formulated many of the terrifying training subjects in the ice cave. The Reaper recruits in this period received a gift from Kehra on the first night they joined the ice cave - they were voted out by a large number of people.
The mechanical hydralisks and Cerberus zerg chased him so hard that he almost vomited out his bile.
According to the training guidelines of the Ice Cave, the recruits' speed when wearing power suits must be faster than electromagnetic accelerated bullets in order for the instructors to be somewhat satisfied.
"Augustus Mengsk has ordered that all able-bodied citizens of the Empire need to use all their strength to defend our Empire until death." What Kohra said has been played countless times in the propaganda of the Tyranids.
all over.
"We still face terrible threats. Bloodthirsty, bloody and violent alien races are looking at us with jealous eyes, and human villains, scoundrels, and rebels are still fighting against the Empire."
"At this critical moment when the Terran Empire was in turmoil, the Emperor needed reapers, so the Ice Cave was created. His will is the command." Kehra showed a rare smile, and the recruits in the Ice Cave thought he was a
Facial paralysis.
"Now, I am proud of you prisoners, because you have passed the most brutal training camp in the Terran Empire. This is the greatest moment of your life, and I swear it will be the same for the rest of your life."
Prisoners are just what Kehra calls the recruits. In fact, the proportion of criminals in the ice cave training camp is not high. Those who have criminal records are those who have undergone resocialization but are still out of control. Although they
His memory has been wiped away, but he still has serious violent tendencies, strong aggression and various weird and morbid hobbies.
But in addition, the ice caves are all legally recruited, innocent citizens of the empire, and have been strictly screened before joining the army. Although it is different from the revolutionary army era, the Reaper Legion is no longer composed of extremely high-level citizens.
It is composed of ideologically aware revolutionary party fighters, but not just any dregs of society can join.
"After making unimaginable sacrifices and arduous training, you have become a qualified reaper." He said: "Every drop of blood and sweat you leave in the ice cave will become the enemy's nightmare.
"
"Remember the Ice Cave and the Reaper Legion, prove your worth to the Emperor, prove your worth to the Empire."
After Kehra finished speaking, there was warm applause, and the newly graduated recruits were very happy. Only one out of every three people could stay until the end, and the Reapers were also the most sought-after unit in each imperial legion.
Then they can enjoy a hearty meal as usual and say goodbye to protein paste and sweet bars for the time being. After today, they will take a spaceship to garrison in various imperial territories in Nottingham.
Considering the large-scale invasion of insects and the shortage of troops on the front line, most of the recruits graduating on this day will join the Reaper Legion on the front line as supplementary soldiers.
Maybe in the distant future, the soldiers who survived this war will recall every bit of life in the ice cave. But only one thing is accurate, the front line is far more cruel than the ice cave.
Soon, the recruits will no longer see Kehra's stinky face, and they will already start to imagine what will be in today's meal.
This is true no matter which boot camp it is, the instructors will do their best to flog the recruits so that they have little time and energy to think about things, but today is different.
But at this moment, Kehra's expression suddenly froze while he was talking. The expression was somewhere between horror and ecstasy, and gradually turned into panic. The recruits all thought that this kind warden had no idea what he was doing.
He was just a robot, but now he was really panicking like a rooster that had laid eggs, with mute clucking sounds coming from his throat from time to time.
The recruits below were silent for a while, then suddenly cheered loudly.
I saw the emperor in military uniform walking from the other side, followed by the royal guards.
Augustus Mengsk is really like a figure who stepped out of a war scroll. He has a tall and straight figure, and his cold gray eyes are as sharp as an eagle. Compared with his youth, Augustus the Great's marble-carved facial features have become even deeper.
, more like the twenty-eight-year-old Arcturus Mengsk, except that he doesn’t have a beard and his face is neat and meticulous.
Kehra looked at the other ice cave commander who was also at a loss. His expression seemed to be saying why no one told me that the emperor was coming.
But when Emperor Augustus came forward, Kehra had already adjusted the expression on his face.
Anyway, this is indeed a surprise.
There are so many recruit training camps in the Terran Empire, and it is impossible for the emperor to attend the graduation ceremony of every new recruit. In fact, even the generals of the empire cannot spare the time to attend.
After taking over Augustgrad, Emperor Augustus obviously didn't have that much time to go in and out of the military camp. Imperial soldiers a few years ago were likely to have seen the emperor, but now such opportunities are rare.
It wasn't until she shook the emperor's hand that Kehra confirmed that this was a real person and not some silly holographic decoy joke.
At this moment, there was a complete mess under the podium. If the instructors had not tried their best to maintain order, the recruits would have almost rushed forward.
It is rumored that the Emperor of the Tyranids has many clones, otherwise it is simply unimaginable how he can handle massive official duties and still appear in major social occasions. Any knowledgeable officer will not believe this rumor, but ordinary recruits
I wouldn't think so.
"Salute to you, Lieutenant Colonel Kehra, your Reaper Legion has brought countless merits to the empire." Augustus inevitably noticed the lieutenant colonel when shaking hands with Kehra.
Mechanical prosthetic arm.
This is an early robotic arm, powered by a piston and a hydraulic system. Although it is not as sharp as the Cerberus mechanical prosthesis, it is simple, crude and easy to replace.
The empire's chief engineer, Rory Swann, has designed a similar robotic arm, which is not only quite reliable but can also be used as a tool for repairing machinery. If he hadn't considered that his hands and feet were sound, he would have wanted to try one out.
"Serving you is an eternal honor for all citizens of the empire." Lieutenant Colonel Kehra did not mention the glorious years when he fought side by side with Emperor Augustus. I think he just stood back and watched this kind of thing a few times when he was in Ayr.
It's impossible to say it out loud.
Augustus nodded to Kehra, then stood in the latter's place, looking at the cheering recruits below.
I don’t know when Augustus had gained such great prestige among the people of the empire. Most of the reapers came from the families of the empire’s citizens who abide by the laws, while the unruly people who violated the laws and regulations were already registered.
were excluded from the recruitment center during the screening process.
Amid the cheers of the new recruits, Emperor Augustus continued the speech that Kehra had just given. The emperor did not mention the spirit of dedication and sacrifice, and his words only came from an impromptu speech.
"I am Augustus Mengsk, and I am the Emperor of the Tyranid Empire. I am honored to witness the great moment when you graduate from the ice cave."
"I summoned you precisely because you are the most outstanding warriors of the Tyranids." He said: "The swarms are invading in large numbers, and they are destroying everything we have built with our own hands, and the Tyranids must not give this away.
"
"The war is about to begin. It brings fame and glory, but also darkness and terror. Soldiers, freedom is calling you."
"This is the Tyron Empire. The whole world is not the royal land, and the shores of the land are not the royal ministers."