Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 238 Worse News Meets Better
This interesting front-line inspection tour finally came to an end after a few hours.

Except for the old red beret in his hand when he boarded the returning Revenant Redeemer.

In the eyes of the Garrison Commander of the Starfield Army who came to see him off, he couldn't see any traces of battle on Calvin's body.

But Bruno's words would not be false, and he did not dare to deceive him.

After all, the head of the Star Boundary Legion started from a melon egg in the recruit era, and gradually grew into a qualified head under his nose;
He may dare to fool others, but he is different.

Bruno has a very special feeling for this boss who is his father-like boss and the old squad leader who dug Bruno out of the dead again and again.

Several other regimental leaders also have similar relationships, which is also the unique emotional bond of the Star Border Army recruited by the local government.

This kind of emotional bond that is closely connected to the entire legion is not only a blessing, but also a curse to the Astra Militarum, the head soldier who is known as "the smallest coin in the emperor's hands".

Its beautiful side makes these people leave their homes and adds more cohesion to the imperial soldiers who are fighting all over the galaxy;
But its heart-wrenching side also comes from this. The terrifying battle loss rate of the Imperial Star Defense Army makes the reorganization and merger of troops after huge casualties abound;

A large number of excellent imperial soldiers will suffer incurable mental damage due to the departure of their comrades-in-arms, and will no longer be able to take up arms.

This is the case with the troops deployed on the space station that Calvin inspected.

In Calvin's opinion, this star army that has not yet left their hometown and is still fighting in this sector may be heroic enough;
But compared with the truly elite army of Grand Tyndaros under him, the middle is still far away.

Yes, today's Tindalos Legion already needs to deliberately mark the word "big" in front of their names in order to accurately describe their size.

Relying on the previous accumulation of the Gray Knights, in the chaos pollution incident they have experienced, the number of mortal legions that participated in the battle and withstood the test is huge;
There are enough barren planets to hide and isolate them.

After the Gray Knights negotiated with the Inquisition and the Tindalos Legion was established, they finally had their place to use.

People on these planets come from different backgrounds and have been exiled for different periods of time.

The population on a few of these planets has been resettled for too long, and has taken root and sprouted locally under the inheritance and reproduction of several generations.

For this kind of planet, the Gray Knight chose to bring it under the jurisdiction of the Holy Hammer Order for centralized management.

After careful observation for hundreds of years to come, and after confirming that there is no trace of contamination, the Inquisition will allow it to return to the sight of the Empire.

But most of the planets do not have this treatment. They have survived the 30-year test, and there is still a long way to go before the long century of unblocking.

The first generation of soldiers on these planets were not old yet. After the appearance of Calvin, they got rid of the fate of silently waiting for death and became the blood source of the Tindalos Legion.

In today's Feldman Galaxy—the fortress group of Titan II, there are already hundreds of training bases dedicated to the Tindalos Legion.

Nearly tens of millions of battlefield veterans with service experience in the Astral Army were unsealed from all over the world and rushed towards Titan II in a steady stream;

Soldiers of the right age among them were reorganized on the spot, trained here after joining the Tindalos Legion, and at the same time were responsible for most of the guard work of the entire fortress group;

And a small number of over-age veterans have effectively enriched the strength of the defense force and the soldiers of the Ministry of Justice under the local government of this galaxy.

When Calvin called out to the entire Tempest Starfield from Orpheus, the first to respond to his call was the Tindalos Legion on Titan II, which was in a state of preparation for war.

The size of the legion is as many as several million people, and the equipment of various arms under it is also fully operated according to the standards of the Academy of Loyalty.

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 faintly smells like the glorious Sun Auxiliary Army back then.

Now part of this huge legion has reached the rear of Orpheus together with the fleet of Reza World.

When Calvin, who returned to the Kanarian galaxy after finishing his front-line inspection, saw their numbers from the latest garrison regiment.

As the supreme commander of the entire theater, Calvin knew that the time had come to counterattack Hassan.

The frontline battle in the direction of Charles has ended. From the data of previous battles, the staff of the Supreme Command has drawn a grim conclusion:

This high-intensity offensive is not an all-out attack by the orcs.

Under the background that orcs have occupied dozens of livable worlds and have been developing for decades.

This kind of single-batch offensive without follow-up support seems too weak to follow up, and it is far from the war potential shown by this race.

This kind of attack is not so much an invasion of Orpheus, but more like the opponent is consciously consuming excess troops on the way to develop its military power.

Information at this strategic level has historically been undervalued:

After decades of difficult resistance, the Southern Fleet had some false appearances of counterattacks, but it had never collected orc information so systematically.

The enemy is stronger than imagined. Once this judgment is made, all previous battle deduction will be invalidated.

The senior generals who were blindly optimistic about the war in the staff department and the front-line troops suddenly lost their voices, and even the soldiers in charge of duty felt the pressure on them.

No battle is lost...

Once there is an accident in the war, it will be a devastating blow to Orpheus, which is now fragile.

The shadow weighed heavily on the hearts of Calvin and the others, and even the entire high command spent several days in suffocating silence.

This low-pressure atmosphere was maintained until ten days later, when the mechanical ark fleet of Reza Forge World arrived.

The size of these fleets from the Forge World was beyond Calvin's expectations.

A total of 41 Titans, together with the knight families and machine god guards attached to them, are like a sea of ​​steel.

Appeared at the outskirts of Kanarian's star in a state of eclipsing the sky.

This is the power of an integrated machine department of the Titan Legion, and it is also the standard deployment unit for the large legion in battle;

The generosity of Reza World was like a boost to the morale of Orpheus.

The unexpected strong support also brought a long-lost smile to Calvin's gloomy face.

Regardless of his identity, he personally came to the star port to meet the leader of the mechanical ark fleet.

In front of this red-robed casting deputy supervisor who is also more than three meters tall, he took the initiative to say hello to him:

"Hail to the almighty Mech-god, and to the generous Reza who forged the world!
The arrival of you and your colleagues will have a decisive impact on the war of the empire here!

On behalf of the hundreds of millions of people in Orpheus and all my colleagues in this work, I would like to pay tribute to the sincere friendship of Reza World! "

Facing Calvin's greetings and compliments, the mysterious deputy supervisor of the foundry slowly took off the cap of the burqa on his head.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, a face that was both familiar and unfamiliar responded to Calvin's words with an absolutely familiar tone:
"Almighty Om Messiah above. I salute you, Your Majesty the Supreme Lord Judge Calvin."

"Konstantin! It's you again!" Calvin exclaimed.

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(End of this chapter)