Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Chapter 90 Learning and Surprises

Calvin's detailed schedule aboard the Supreme Decree is as follows:
In addition to the routine three-hour prayers and purification ceremonies in the morning, noon and evening:

Calvin usually appears on time at 6:[-] in the morning in the staff formation below the command platform, where he will finish and review the daily work of the previous duty cycle with these officers who specifically manage the mortal combat forces of the entire fleet.

Then participate in the completion of the handover process of the entire staff team until 6:45, and start the next round of work preparation with the assistance of the newly succeeded staff until 10:45.

Calvin then had 15 minutes to go to the Gray Knights' training hall, where the Chapter's internal think tanks awaited Calvin's arrival to speak to him individually about the law.

At noon, after lunch, Calvin will choose to conduct a 2-hour law strengthening ceremony, and then join the normal training subjects of the Gray Knights around 13:[-]. The specific subjects depend on the schedule of the day.

Dinner will be held at 18:22, and then it will be training time until [-]:[-].

From 22:6 to 45:[-] the next day, free reading and rest time.

All in all, Calvin's new life aboard the battleship Supreme Decree was very full and productive.

While intensely training and studying, Calvin was also reading the materials in the library.

He reads the borrowed books at a rate of about 4-8 days per book, and then returns to the library to return the old books and borrow new ones by the way.

As a battleship dedicated to the Gray Knights, the Supreme Decree has been in service for a very long time. According to Calvin, it can even be traced back to when the Gray Knights first established their army.

It may also be due to the fact that it has been in service for a long time, and its library collections are extremely rich and comprehensive.

Calvin can not only find the battle reports and overviews of the three major courts based on their respective perspectives on the hotspots in each star area, but also a brief summary of the corresponding garrison troops and defense nodes.

This gave Calvin a basic concept and understanding of the current business situation of the Sacred Hammer Order and the other two brother units.

In addition to these external information and materials, Calvin also found a lot of daily training materials belonging to the Astartes battle group.

They are classified according to the labels of each start-up legion, and some specific details about their formation date, seed source, combat style, and the basic maintenance status of the battle group for nearly 300 years are marked on it.

And these materials also have some common characteristics, that is, in the last few pages of each data book about a specific battle group, you can usually see some specific instructions on how to restrain these Astartes from the tactical and combat levels Speculation and experimental discussion of some techniques.

This kind of content is not much, but it makes Calvin raise his brows high.

"Using the Astartes as an imaginary enemy? What a bold idea. Who? Who would dare to risk such a disgrace?"

Calvin held back his curiosity and continued to read, and then he was not surprised to see a golden coat of arms on the last page of these materials, representing the exclusive coat of arms of their relatives in the Throne Court of Terra.

Below the coat of arms is even marked the following line in the same golden ink in the unique cursive script of Gothic:

"Book number ***/**, thanks for the gift from the King's Seat Library at 900·900·M31."

"Oh, that's fine."

After all, that group of people has never trusted these Astartes warriors, and this distrust even includes their genetic father, the Primarch, who was also taken by the emperor's own army when he came to Terra Mian Sanctuary. their suspicious eyes;

After all, apart from hating themselves for not being able to do their duty and causing serious injury to the lord, what those people hate secondly is the betrayal and betrayal of these Astartes.

Ironically, the post-Great Rebellion also confirmed these mistrusts.

So after experiencing such a painful lesson, it is understandable that these guards who lost their lord naturally turned their attention to these Astartes.

Calvin continued to flip through the materials in his hands calmly, and he slowly understood and practiced the tactics and ideas of these Astartes.

These Astartes may indeed be unreliable, but this does not delay the precious value of their nearly ten thousand years of combat experience in the era of the Great Crusade.

Although the designated equipment required for many of these tactics, such as deflagration weapons, are now rare, the ideas in them can still be used for reference.

Especially with regard to their combat organization and firepower composition in the legion period before the Holy Code, it is definitely a valuable experience that the current Gray Knights need.

There are also their command methods with mortal troops, and their use of the super-heavy armored power of the Titan Legion. Calvin values ​​the wealth of knowledge very much.

After all, in the 39th millennium today, it is difficult to find such a huge and magnificent battlefield other than the distant Cartier, and it is even more difficult to find the super-organized combat experience like these legion fighters who were active in the 31K era.

Even in the current Cartier, the Astartes on the frontal battlefield are still composed of special strike groups formed one by one.

Their ability to grasp the entire battlefield is naturally inferior to that of soldiers in the legion period.

It's not that they lack courage, nor does it have anything to do with logistical equipment.It's that they don't exist to fight against equal forces from the overall structure.

Guilliman created the "Book of Astartes" out of distrust of the Legion, which is a timely move in the 31K that has just experienced rebellion and purge.

After all, the political credibility of the Astartes Legion in the entire empire at that time had been completely consumed by the losers who fled back to the Eye of Terror.

Without the emperor's endorsement, all the political forces in the entire empire would find it difficult to give trust to these armed organizations that represented the highest violence in the empire.

The body of the empire groaned in pain under the tyranny of these "angels" who originally claimed to protect her. Tens of thousands of planets were destroyed, hundreds of thousands of Astartes were killed, and tens of billions of mortal auxiliary troops Died in the flames of war, billions of civilians died in this unjust rebellion.

At this moment, the empire is not suitable to support these legions because of emotion and reason.

Before their eyes on these loyal people become more and more dangerous, it is undoubtedly a wise move to dispel the empire's doubts about them and self-disarm.

This is the embodiment of Guilliman's vision and ability as the greatest politician. Even stubborn people like Dorn and Russ had to accept this seemingly unimaginable suggestion after careful consideration.

After all, as long as the Primarchs are still there, all they need is time to firmly grasp the basis of power.

"As long as a few hundred years pass, these mortals can trust us again; as long as a few hundred years pass, time will heal the pain, and time will forget the betrayal, and short-lived mortals happen to be best at these two things."

That's probably what the Primarchs thought at the time.

But Guilliman also had his own oversights.

He never imagined that the Primarchs, including himself, would be cursed by fate.

In the following hundreds of years, due to various unexpected reasons, they left the center of the imperial power stage.

Including Guilliman himself, after suffering the fatal blow from the fallen Primarch Fulgrim,
He was thrown into the black library by the emperor when his life was in danger and he pressed no to write... Ah bah, it was to keep his consciousness and put it into the stasis field.

The last Primarch just walked away in an accident.

Under the background that the Primarchs disappeared one after another, the Custodians were still self-imprisoned in the palace for dereliction of duty, and the Astartes were ordered by their biological father to be dismantled into battle groups scattered throughout the galaxy.

Finally, there is no longer any obstacle in the path of mortals to power.

The ruling power of the central dynasty of the human empire finally completely belonged to the 32-member high lord council dominated by mortals in the 12 thousand years of the post-emperor era.

Here comes the embarrassing problem. This transfer of power happened by accident rather than in an orderly manner.

Therefore, the Astartes were originally waiting to be unshackled, so they had no chance of unlocking at all.

The high lord will not be so stupid as to unseal the knife himself, and the Astronomical Court and the Inquisition Court are also happy to see such a scene.

So a full 8 thousand years.

In the eight millennia since Guilliman left the Empire.

The huge empire really does not have a hero who dares to make a "decision against the ancestors".

The "battle group" of the Astartes can only be a "battle group".

No matter how solid your start-up group is and how stable your sub-group management is, it doesn’t matter.

After all, there is no attached star navy and mortal auxiliary army; the full support of the Titan Legion and the foundry world and the military and political integration of thousands of planets are missing.

The upper limit of a military organization composed solely of Astartes is there.

No matter how big your battle group is, it can only be a battle group.

Calvin did not have this scruple, but he did lack experience in this area.

The Gray Knights are also inexperienced.

Although they never really fell into the jurisdiction and shackles of the Holy Code.

But it is a pity that since the establishment of the army, there has been no manpower to operate and operate according to the corps model.

The veterans of the original legion have long since returned to the throne, and the Si people have passed away.

But I think they will regret that the combat experience of their legion has not been passed on in the end.

Kong has the art of controlling dragons, but he has never seen a dragon in his life.

This is the regret of the original eight veterans.

Has the potential to become an army, but has no experience in management and operation.

This is Calvin's problem.

In short, these materials can be said to be very timely.

Their arrival allowed Calvin to gain not only simple feats and honors during this long march, but also knowledge and experience that he valued more.

Calvin was full of gratitude to the original owners of these materials.

Well, it would be even better if there wasn't a hardcover autographed commemorative edition of "The Emperor's Holy Word" among these materials as a surprise.

　Ah, py wave.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)