Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire

Chapter 36 City Defense Army ([-] words)
The lower floor of Karoo City, the Blue Bay Tavern, the dark light, the smell of alcohol, and the noisy crowd all reminded Alan Bayer of the days in the hive capital. After he was released, he still remembered the expression on the female staff officer who wanted to shoot him.

Although it may be his excess ego...

John returned to the platoon, and his troops were joined by his own company. After all, people and staff were needed there, or his company was the main group protecting Karoo City. The south gate was where the Cyclops was located.

Alan Baier still doesn't know what happened to Lieutenant Colonel Catachan, maybe the Catachans have been wiped out?
He watched the staff officer skillfully take out several synthetic foods, granola bars, energy porridge, and disgusting things.

"As usual, two copies."

The bartender then brought out several steaming stews of vegetables, fruits and oddly textured meats, as well as golden-looking fried rice, or maybe it wasn't real rice.

There are also two bottles of local fruit juice, which look light blue, like blueberry juice or something.

In such a hive world, the boundaries between bars and restaurants are very blurred. After all, people who only drink can't be in the lower class, and everyone comes here to fill their stomachs.

The staff officer picked up a fork and stirred it into the stew, and soon the liquid white sauce turned into a solid shape due to the strength, and finally turned into a trace of "noodles". Alan Baier was dumbfounded, this is not like food at all .

He imitated the posture of a staff officer and rolled up a roll of "noodles" into his mouth. It was sweet, rich, and slightly salty. The real aroma and food satisfied Alan Baier, who had escaped from death, and he brought a spoonful of fried rice to accompany him. , but that's not rice, it's soft and soft when you bite it, and it becomes glutinous again. The outer skin and the inner are two things.

said the staff officer. "This is an insect egg, the egg of a big dragonfly. It is poisonous, but its eggs are not. It is said that the food of that "dragonfly" is poisonous."

he added. "Stayed in the city, you have to live smarter, look around."

Alan Baier wiped the worm eggs on his cheeks, and soon discovered that there were many Star Militia soldiers among the nearby customers, and there were also many officers with higher ranks than him.

When the officers pass by the staff officer, they will raise their hands to greet him. Obviously, in the Third Infantry Regiment, the staff officer's connections and popularity are not bad, and this is rare, extremely rare. For ordinary soldiers, the staff officer is Something to fiddle with behind the back of their heads.

The staff officer stirred those things and tasted them slowly. "The industrial level here is not bad, but the things produced will be handed over to the army, pdf, or the Star Militia."

"Otherwise it's 11 taxes, so industrially synthesized food is more expensive than it is. Just a granola bar can be exchanged for a bad wine."

"By the way, your troops will also be stationed in the city. Remember to establish a good relationship with PDF, and I will supervise the battle against you."

"Did you hear that?!" The staff officer suddenly noticed that Alan Baier was happily eating, and took a sip of juice from time to time, completely lacking his own elegance.

Alan Baier just nodded, but kept talking. Although no one snatched it, it was really unbearable to eat synthetic food for half a month.

When they were full of food and drink, they left the tavern and strolled on the street. The narrow and breathless nest made Alan Byer feel like he was at home, and there were not many people wearing the uniforms of the Star Militia Army, which also showed that The battle situation is not optimistic, at least in this world, green skins still predominate.

The staff officer rubbed his shoulders. "Do you know how many soldiers are still serving?"

Alan Baier thought for a while. "4 people?"

The staff officer shook his head.

Alan Baier frowned. "Thirty thousand?"

The staff officer replied. "Twenty-seven thousand, plus the veterans before."

Alan Baier's forehead was covered with cold sweat. "Why are there so few? Aren't we a large infantry regiment with more than 10 people?"

The staff officer said coldly. "Walking through the subspace, 3 people disappeared under the subspace. In the first battle, [-] recruits died. The follow-up continued, merged, merged, and my company has changed three batches."

"As for you, you are already a solid veteran, and you survived two battles as a platoon leader. To be honest, it would be a tragedy for the empire if a soldier like you left this world because of those pigs in the command."

Alan Baier took a deep breath... and suddenly realized that something was wrong. Why was the battle plan handed over by the staff?He asked, "By the way, where is our company commander?"

The staff officer looked at the thick walls of the hive capital on the horizon, and thought about his words. "I have seen the Emperor."

"Currently, I am in charge of the duties of our company, because there is no school-level officer to command."

"The situation has never been better. In fact, your outpost is the longest-lasting one. Most of the Star Militia's eyeliner has been pulled out by the green skins some time ago."

Alan Baier couldn't believe it. "Why don't we have any news?"

The staff officer scolded. "The magnetic field in this world is too bad. We are all fighting in the dark. Many outposts have been destroyed for a long time. We didn't know this until the green leather troops were shot by PDF's city defense artillery."

"On the other hand, in terms of greenskin infection, a large number of forests are their shelters. Every generation of planetary governors emphasizes that they have solved all the beasts, but after decades, a large number of beastmen or outer space come in a steady stream."

"And the only thing the Imperial Navy can do is to ensure that the vicinity of Mandeville Point will not be occupied by orcs. What we can do is to ensure that the starport in Karoo City still exists, otherwise it will only be a matter of time before we evacuate."

"The other nests in this world are completely out of touch. No one can tell whether they are being flooded by orcs or are struggling. Large and small orc tribes gather around the city of Karu, and fighting each other has won us a lot. time."

"The lack of heavy firepower is a serious problem, but the artillery units can't see the enemy clearly because of the forest, and the armored units will get stuck in the mud. The arrival of Catachan has stabilized the front line a lot, but they are flesh and blood after all."

The staff officer looked at Alan Baier. "Your life may be spent here, and the struggle between the orcs and Karu City will continue for an unknown number of Terran years."

Alan Baier swallowed. "Then... what if there is an old conference that can rule all the orc tribes?"

The staff officer looked at Alan Baier sternly. "You'd better pray to the God Emperor, and pray that such a situation will not happen. If there are really green skins who can rule all the tribes, the surviving cities on the entire planet will be submerged, and a large number of enemies will attack the cities like a tide. You I'll all be a poor boat in a sea of ​​green-skinned aliens."

Alan Baier hesitated in his heart. He felt that he had seen an orc with that kind of potential. He only hoped that he was thinking too much.

They moved forward along the road, and soon came to the side of the thick wall bestowed by the God Emperor. The complex orbital interception gun was fixed on the top of the hive city, and several stump guns and heavy bombers from the Astral Army were mixed on it. , the beam turrets are even more shining in the sun.

But they are not on the wall, because there is no so-called roof on the wall of the hive capital, but in platforms like "holes". The platforms have roofs and arcs. Sprinkle all on top.

Most of the people stationed here are PDFs, that is, the Planetary Guard or something. Anyway, Alan Bayer understands it this way.

But their training and supplies do not depend on the empire but on the local nobles, which also makes them have a lot of opinions on the Astral Army from other worlds.

Their equipment is not very good either. There is basically no industrial equipment on this planet. Heavy weapons are just logging guns that cannot penetrate heavy armor and beam cannons on city defense projects. The best heavy weapons in the entire PDF are only crude heavy weapons Bomb.

This is still the best thing the nobles begged for from the wandering merchants, but Elan Byer will not ignore the fighting power of PDFs. Even if their equipment is simple and their morale is low, they are still the most important defense of the empire. If they do not exist , this planet may have long been a playground for green skins.

The troops of the Star Border Army are mixed in the PDF, and they are almost commanded by the commanders in the field. If the soldiers half a month ago were not good, the current ones are absolutely fine.

And in this way, Alan Bayer's troops will have to increase a lot of low-level personnel.

When they climbed up the wall, the mechanical elevator rattled, and when they passed by, people were saluting and saluting them. Even though Alan Baier knew that this was all for the staff, he was still willing to accept such respect.

Proceeding along the high platform protruding from the inner wall, small doors form a place like a room, but this is not a hotel, but a cave.

There are many prominent defensive platforms on the city wall of Gaosong. The place to enter the platform is the "hole" that can only be seen by one or two people and the small door that Alan Bayer can see.

Passing through it is a huge metal platform, a curved ceiling, and in the narrow shooting opening, there are bunkers that hinder the enemy's shooting, and several dark beam turrets. Alan Bayer only hopes that the machine spirit of the turrets is accurate enough, and that Its barrel is good enough for shooting.

In this cave-like place is where they will be stationed next.

But it's fun to say that it is obviously the most cutting-edge technology of human beings, but it makes people look like cavemen again, and the fourth row of Alan Bayer is mixed with men and women.

Apart from beds, bedding, a few tables and dangling light bulbs, there are only basic drinking water equipment and sewer pipes for excretion to meet the physiological needs of a total of 70 people in the Astral Army Group.

But to join the military career, you have to forget your personal needs. They have hung the portrait of the emperor on the wall, and the soldiers are already patrolling and checking normally.

Guarding the city is an unexpected and comfortable thing. At least it feels safer than an outpost. There must be hundreds of "caves" where they are stationed, with a hole of [-] meters. The staff should also live in them.

When his soldiers saw the staff officer and Alan Baier coming back, they saluted immediately.

Report from the brown-haired girl sergeant. "Sir, the garrison is complete."

Kailan also gave a thumbs up, and adjusted the heavy bomb with his carefulness, and the Mechanician girl lived near the base of the wall because she was a support staff, and would only come up during regular inspections, which made Alan Bayer feel a little pity.

Seeing that the soldiers were in good spirits, the staff officer patted Alan Bayer on the shoulder. "It's up to you to defend here."

Alan Baier looked out from the shooting port that was only tens of meters away. Narrow means that it is narrow for this huge platform, and it is huge for a person.

Outside, the forest was as green and as dark as ever, and the hot and humid wind beat against Alan Byer's face, and he found himself encamped just below the gate.

"It's surprising, and it's an important place."

He muttered to himself, although such a place is dangerous, promotions come quickly, and one attack is enough for the surviving veterans to be promoted like rockets.

And there is no doubt that Alan Bayer's platoon should be the best-equipped group in this batch of infantry regiments. After all, almost all the equipment in the outpost has been brought out, and it is only natural that they receive such a heavy responsibility.

The staff officer walked to his side, the leather shoes made a clacking sound, and then said earnestly.

"Yes, you are already our elite."

"If you need manpower, you can go to the pdf. The governor of the planet agrees to order them to pay the manpower for the star army."

"Then remember, the God Emperor will always bless you."

Alan Baier had seen too many situations along the way, so he had to say something. "Consultant, thank you, you have helped me a lot."

The staff officer rubbed the tip of his nose. "In the words of my idol, those who shoot their own soldiers with explosive bombs will never live long."

Alan Baier felt familiar for some reason. "Your idol is Kane? Kane's staff officer in Valhalla!"

The staff officer nodded immediately. "I still have a limited edition of the Book of Kane, which took me a lot of work!"

"He is the honor of the empire, a true hero, and a model of staff. He is completely different from a guy like me who is idle, greedy for life and afraid of death. I really hope to see him somewhere in my lifetime."

"Kay~Kay~Farnes~Kane! ~Hero~ of the Empire~"

"Kai ~ Kai Kai ~"

Alan Baier was a little speechless, and quickly stopped his boss. "Enough is enough, I know he is great, two meters tall, a chainsaw sword can cut through power armor, traitors are ashamed to death when they see him, demons have to hide their faces and leave when they touch him, but I think people are actually flawed. "

"I don't think it's good to admire someone so much..."

John comes. "Boss, who can't fall asleep without looking at the portrait of the Emperor?"

Alan Bair pushed his own talkative soldiers away. "Except for him."

The staff officer just shook his head. "No, no one can lead that many orcs to their vitals and decapitate them while pretending they're cornered! Except Cain!"

"Kay~Kay~Kay~" the staff officer continued to hum, he was like this, and it was like this when discussing things he liked.

Alan Bayer silently picked up the binoculars that were always stored on his tactical belt and looked around. After all, it was still working hours, and it was not good to catch fish. Maybe they didn't know that the orc's rumbling thing was blowing up that day.

And Alan Baier looked around, and suddenly noticed the shallow shaking of the bushes in the distance. He became vigilant, raised his gun, and found that several wounds all over the body were drilled out of the bushes, dying Catachan soldiers .

And that familiar power fist, he is Lieutenant Colonel Avada!

"Medical soldier! Staff officer! Let's go down! The Catachans are back!"

　Kane～Farnes～Heroes of the Empire～
　　
　
(End of this chapter)