Chapter 71: Chimera's Great Transformation (Military Affairs Department Is Furious)

At the end of the dark 40th millennium, victory did exist, but no matter how great the victory was, it would become meaningless in the long run.

But many smart people still do not admit that history is nihilistic. It cannot be denied that history is a spiral ladder that will continue to repeat until the end. Of course, it can also be a descending ladder...

In such a world, some people rose up to resist, some people accepted it, some people betrayed their beliefs, and some people sought other ways out, but the essence remained the same. It was the darkness of that era that led to the current situation, and it was the cruel universe that tore people apart, leaving behind the remnants of the war.

The miracle of Gondwa VI will not be praised, and the three thousand dead star soldiers will be just another basket of blood-stained metal dog tags that have just been picked up, engraved with dispensable names.

There is no war without sacrifice, and there is no sacrifice for the good. After the Chaos traitors retreated to the forest, the taste of victory was still not obvious. Losing most of the Dark Age technology, a precious Chimera armored vehicle and three thousand loyal souls was still painful for the Skadi Fourth Infantry Regiment.

But bad things must be over. Lieutenant Colonel Alanbair was talking with the staff in the command room about how to make a move in the chess game. Now they are not chess pieces, but the Emperor's agents. Although from the perspective of the vast universe, they are still chess pieces, but chess pieces also have the difference between kings and guards.

Now the king has moved the chess, Alanbair said. "They should press the enemy's front line and move forward. The enemy is not used to forest warfare, but their soldiers are experienced. If the enemy does not deploy heavy armor, they can even wipe them out and gain control of the ground."

"There are not many Space Marines. During that time, their army pressed forward and took the lost urban area. With the help of data craftsmen, the city of Kalu has built a simple anti-orbital artillery array."

"They just need to retake the ground and wait for the support of the Empire..."

The staff pointed out a big problem with the plan. "He doesn't think that the notorious Red Pirates don't have mechas. The orcs can come up with canned bodies that are headaches. They can't bet on that."

"They need anti-armor power, and they can't rely on the lives of soldiers to fight back..."

Alan Baier fell into deep thought. He fiddled with a small toy with his fingers. It was a simple promethium lighter made of bullet shells, which was almost equivalent to liquid promethium plus a wick and a flint, and then used an air-blast shell as the shell. The dark metal color looked particularly cold in the light of the lighting ball.

That was done by the brown-haired sergeant in his military career. He liked that soldier very much, but when Alanbair saw her again, she had put on her uniform again...

She was stationed in his hometown, Skadi, as an expatriate of the planets around Gondvar VI.

But Alanbair was not thinking about women, it was better to say that he did not have so much energy to think about women. In fact, the soldiers of the 4th Infantry Regiment in Skadi were quite clever, because there were often all kinds of strange electrical equipment and garbage in the nest city.

How to use those things can be said to be a science, and he had seen the veterans of the 3rd Regiment in the Greenskin War use simple promethium bombs to destroy the orcs.

"Got it!" He immediately stood up, scaring the yawning staff officer.

"What's wrong?" The staff officer almost started to burp, after all, it was a battlefield, and it was finally quiet, and suddenly it was noisy again. In the tense situation, the sound of the bomb was not much different from a sentence of "got it".

Alanbair said with interest. "If he lets the whole regiment use their ingenuity to transform their Chimera, then there will be 20 companies, 13 Chimeras, and more than 20,000 people ready to go."

"There is an old saying in his hometown: three cobblers are better than one Guilliman."

"More than 20,000 cobblers, rounded up to a Forge World."

The staff officer thought it made sense, but he had two questions. "The machine soul is unhappy, blind transformation will cause big problems, and the military affairs department's leg manual strictly prohibits such behavior."

"Well, maybe my hometown doesn't support the Skadi people? How come he hasn't heard of that saying."

Alan Baier slammed the table. "I am a Skadi, but he is not?"

In the command room, all the staff were born in Skadi, and the staff officer had the least say. He immediately shut up. Although others hadn't heard it, but if the lieutenant colonel shut up, how dare I interrupt?

The lieutenant colonel continued to mutter. "The problem with the machine soul can allow the soldiers to do more maintenance, upkeep, and testing and modification. Besides, the Chimera's machine soul is famous for its stability."

"As for the Military Affairs Department, it is not the first time he has seen someone overload the laser gun. Open its firing chamber and turn off the cooling system. The power is so strong that it can blow off ordinary people's legs and arms."

"He remembers that there are also many in the third company of your direct troops..."

The staff officer covered Lieutenant Colonel Alan Baier's mouth. "So far, so far..."

"He agreed, but he hopes to see the design drawings before making the modification. No sacred imperial engine can be arbitrarily controlled."

Alan Baier opened the communicator. What do you agree or not? Let's start now.

"All members of the Skadi Fourth Infantry Regiment, listen up. In order to launch a battle plan to take on the Chaos traitors from the East, he, Lieutenant Colonel of the Skadi Fourth Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Alanbair and the senior staff of the Skadi Fourth Infantry Regiment have approved the transformation of the Imperial Chimera armored personnel carrier."

"The entire regiment can participate. According to your Chimera as the blueprint, the design drawings will be drawn up. The best three designs will be put into war and become the glorious Imperial blades!"

After the call, the stability of the electromagnetic wave made the information very clear, but there were many soldiers who were not sure whether they had heard it wrong.

For most veterans, the military affairs department's manual was rubbish, and its content could not perfectly fit the battlefield full of various monsters and demons, but it was a good solution for new recruits.

Although we abide by the rules, we cannot let victory stay forever. Violation is almost the norm in the Star Army. Compared with the rules of the Military Affairs Department, the various regiments of the Star Army basically abide by the rules of their own world.

And the slightly older veterans in the Skadi Fourth Infantry Regiment have modified their rifles.

Some people will modify the sights, some like to overload the shooting power, and some will increase the battery capacity. Modification of their partners is common in the Star Army.

Many troops born in the nest city are born in PDF or low-level gangs, and they are more comfortable with the control of weapons. They have done a lot of outrageous things.

But the colonel commander directly asked them to transform the legs. This was not the first time they encountered this. They were very excited. Like a star army, they took out sketches and began to draw designs that would piss off the Mechanicus.

When the staff realized that it was not a good idea, things got out of hand. Before, because there were too few personal resources available in the army, those soldiers could not use their creativity. When the welding tools and even the spare promethium generators in the army were approved, crazy things could not be stopped.

With the approval of the colonel, an external arms race was launched in the 4th Infantry Regiment of Skadi.

The 12 Chimeras (many of which were used by Alan Bair and the lieutenant colonel) in the trenches were not available to every company. Except for the first and second companies, two companies were required to transform the legs together.

But the entire infantry regiment did not have so much material to allow the Chimeras to be transformed unlimitedly, so each company needed to submit drawings first.

The time limit is one day. Ailanbaier also clearly stated that those who displease the machine soul will be disqualified, and those who are not practical or powerful will not be qualified. Resources will be given to excellent designs!

"Hurry up, hurry up, move, then I can sit in the armored vehicle I designed!"

In the trench, red papers originally used for writing reports were spread out, and pens, ink and soldiers were around.

"God Emperor, that's too crazy."

"How about the chainsaw sword shovel? He has wanted to try it for a long time!"

"Add counterweights and metal plates in the transport warehouse, such as additional promethium generators to maintain power, and it is possible to install several explosive bombs and hot melts."

"The vision in the forest is very poor, use..."

The two soldiers said in unison. "Use close combat!"

Their thoughts are almost the same as those of most soldiers. The two most important points in the forest are how to maintain mobility. They don't have the assistance of sentinel mechas. Although the size of the Chimera can barely move, it is still too big. The second point is power, which can kill the enemy at close range.

The design of the first company was designed. They dismantled all the heavy transport compartments of the Chimera, transformed it into a narrow single-person vehicle, and almost kept the weapons of the Chimera. The tracks were reduced, and the size was reduced from a huge 5.7 meters wide to 3 meters. A high-power vibrating shovel was installed on the front of the vehicle, so that it could walk on flat ground in the forest.

Although it was very loud, it was very fast. If the design was correct, its power and surprise could easily kill an Astartes tactical team, because the forest had a narrow field of vision, and even the Space Marines could not react to a very close-range raid.

Therefore, the forest-specialized Chimera of the first company was approved.

Following the work of the second company, the Chimera had its front armor reinforced, and a new coupled multi-way combustion engine was installed in the cabin to meet the power requirements. A small number of promethium bombs were installed on the front, which could be used to break armor while the increased weight of its body could act as a shovel.

The price is that its startup speed is slow, and its mobility in the forest is not amazing, even worse than that of ordinary Chimera. However, in the case of a large number of obstacles, such a car can easily break through the defense of the hot melt.

Even if it is difficult to start at close range, as for the materials of additional armor? There are Astartes power armors everywhere, so use local materials, all of which are good ceramic steel and cluster fiber, don't leave them to those bastard traitors.

Then the work of the 11th Company is very interesting. Considering that Chimera lacks the ability to counterattack with heavy firepower, they choose to transform the heavy turret on the top into a hot melt gun, and the secondary weapon is a heavy flamethrower burning promethium. This does not necessarily kill the enemy. Space Marines can easily avoid those flames, but it can clear the forest.

The humid tropical forest will not be burned by the flamethrower. After the flame spreads, it will be extinguished by the trees filled with liquid, but the high temperature generated instantly can reinforce the ground and allow the tracks to pass easily.

Enemies like the Rebellion Space Marines can be killed by ramming and crew members using melee melta or plasma fire.

Overall, it is more conservative, but the difficulty is the highest, because it involves modifying the main turret and the secondary turret, which is almost something that only mechanical sages can do. Ordinary people will cause problems with the machine soul if they replace it.

Even the first and second companies that can carry promethium bombs can modify the vehicle body to change its operation and then install additional accessories. Directly modifying the turret makes people feel bolder and more confident.

Alan Bayer didn't expect that such a young team would have such a list at first, until he saw the signature on it, which was written to his dear "green skinned" Lieutenant Colonel.

He probably knew who it was, but he kept a clear distinction between public and private affairs and secretly told the staff. "Staff officer, do you know the second lieutenant of the 11th company?"

The staff officer nodded. "He remembers what most of the officers look like, what's wrong?"

Alan Beyer said.

"He approved his plan and asked his team to modify the Chimera used by the two of them."

The staff officer was surprised and picked up the design drawing and looked at it for a long time. "I'm sure? He's not a data craftsman, he's just a recruit?"

Alan Bair nodded. "Bu Nao, before the transformation."

"Ask him to clean up the mutated corpses of the traitor Astartes. Remember to ask him to watch those things burn. I heard that there are traitor parasites. Those things may accidentally escape and affect the camp."

"Tell him to hold the engineer shovel. Don't shoot when you see those bugs. Just hold the shovel and stand next to the fire and watch. After burning the Space Marine's body, remember to take back the shell, those modified organs, reinforced bones and skin, etc. It will be a bit troublesome, after all, they can’t be burned.”

"Tell him to call him 'green'!"

said the staff officer. "Why am I so petty? The lieutenant colonel he knows is not like that."

Alan Bair sighed. "Half of the comrades he knows have died in the green leather legs. He likes them to call him that. He is really talented, otherwise he will shoot him!"

The staff officer was also a little indifferent. "He will explain the ins and outs to him, and neither will I. Wouldn't it be better to tell him directly?"

"He has never experienced those battles, he is just a new recruit..."

Alan Bair pouted. "Isn't he so small-minded and awkward? Go get to work!"

The staff officer smiled. He sometimes forgot that the heroes of that world were young people in their early twenties, civilians who crawled out of the hive, a poor, homeless ordinary person.

He doesn't feel that Alan Beyer's performance has disappointed him, which means that he has become more and more comfortable with Ruming's military career.

A person who hides himself is even more untrustworthy than a person who expresses himself. At least he will never worry about being shot in the back by a lieutenant colonel one day...

The staff officer walked to the front line trench, Han Xuan. "The sixth platoon leader of the 11th company, follow him!"

The second lieutenant climbed out of the trench excitedly, his clothes dirty. "How about it, staff officer? His design is pretty good, isn't it?"

The staff officer replied. "My design is great. It will be used in the Chimera that he and the Lieutenant Colonel use, and I will ride in it."

"Very well, take my engineering shovel, he has an important task to give me!"

The second lieutenant looked excited. "What mission?"

said the staff officer. "Go and burn the corpses of those traitors. Remember to remove their shells. Those armors will be used for transformation."

The ensign replied blankly. "What? He begged?"

The staff officer nodded. "I beg the body to be burned."

The fourth regiment used their ingenuity, a ragtag group of people, and relied on their wisdom and hard work to make the Ministry of Military Affairs and the oil man angry.