Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire

Chapter 71 Chimera's Great Transformation (Wrath of the Ministry of Military Affairs)
At the end of this dark 40th millennium, victory is not non-existent, but any great victory will become meaningless for a long time.

But many smart people still do not admit that history is nothingness, but it cannot be denied that history is a spiral ladder, which will repeat itself until the end. Of course, it may also be a descending ladder...

For such a world, some people rise up to resist, some accept it, some betray their beliefs, and some find another way out, but everything remains the same. It is the darkness of this era that leads to the current situation, and it is the cruel universe that tears people apart. , leaving only the dregs of war.

The miracles on Gundwa VI will not be praised, and the lost three thousand star fighters are just another basket of blood-stained metal dog tags, engraved with dispensable names.

There is no sacrifice without war, and no sacrifice is good. After those Chaos traitors retreated to the forest, the taste of victory is still not obvious, losing most of the dark age technology, a precious Chimera armored vehicle and three thousand loyal souls , still suffering for the Skadi [-]th Infantry Regiment.

But the bad things will eventually pass. In the command room, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bair chatted with his staff about how to move to the next chess game. Now they are not pawns, but the emperor's chess representatives. Although viewed from the vast universe, they are still It is a chess piece, but chess pieces also have kings and guards.

Now it's the king's move, said Alan Bair. "We should press the enemy's front line and move forward. The enemy is not used to forest warfare, but our soldiers have experience. If the enemy does not send out heavy armor, we can even wipe them out and gain ground control."

"The number of space fighters is not large. During this period of time, our army has pressed in and captured the lost urban areas. A simple anti-orbital bombardment array has been built in Karoo City with the help of data craftsmen."

"We just need to retake the ground and wait for the Empire's support..."

The staff pointed out a big problem with this plan. "I don't think the notorious Red Buccaneers don't have mechs, and the orcs can come up with canned mechas that are a pain in the ass, we can't bet on that."

"We need anti-armor power, and we don't rely on the lives of soldiers to counter..."

Alan Baier was deep in thought, and he played with the small toy with his fingers. It was a simple promethium lighter made of bullet casings, which was almost equivalent to liquid promethium plus a fuel core and flint, and then used an air-burst bullet casing as the outer shell. It looked extraordinarily cold under the light of the lighting ball.

It was done by the brown-haired non-commissioned officer from his military career, he liked the soldier, but the last time Alan Byer saw her, she had gone back to her dress...

As Gundwa VI's diplomat to the surrounding planets, she settled in her hometown, Skadi.

But Alan Bair didn’t think of women, it’s better to say that he didn’t have so much energy to think about women. In fact, the soldiers of the Skadi [-]th Infantry Regiment are quite ingenious, because there are often all kinds of strange electrical equipment and garbage in the nest. .

There was a science in how to use those things, and he had seen veterans of the [-]rd Regiment of the Greenskin Wars destroy orcs with simple promethium bombs.

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

"What's the matter?" The staff officer almost started to hiccup. After all, this is a battlefield, and after finally calming down, he suddenly started bluffing. Under the tense situation, the sound of the explosion bomb was not too different from a sentence.

Alan Baier said with great interest. "If I let the whole regiment use their ingenuity to transform their own Chimera, there are still 20 companies, 13 Chimeras, and more than 2 people, ready to go."

"There is an old saying in my hometown, three cobblers are worth one Guilliman."

"There are more than 2 cobblers, rounded up, it is a foundry world."

The staff thinks it makes sense, but there are still two problems. "The soul of the machine is not happy. Blindly modifying it will cause big problems, and the manual of the Ministry of Military Affairs strictly prohibits such behavior."

"Well, isn't your hometown Skadi? Why haven't I heard this common saying."

Alan Baier slammed the table. "Are you a Skadi or am I?"

All the staff in the command room were born in Skadi, and the staff officer had the least right to speak. He immediately shut up. Although no one else had heard of it, how dare you interrupt the lieutenant colonel?
The lieutenant colonel continued to mutter. "The problem with the machine soul can allow soldiers to do more maintenance, maintenance, and inspection of the transformation situation, not to mention that Chimera's machine soul is notoriously stable."

"As for the Ministry of Military Affairs, it's not the first time I've seen someone overload a laser gun, open its shooting chamber, turn off the cooling system, and it's so powerful that it can blow up the arms of ordinary people."

"I remember that there are quite a few in the third company of your direct troops..."

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

"I agree, but I hope to see the design first before making any transformations. Any sacred imperial engine cannot be at will."

Alan Baier immediately turned on the communicator, agreeing or disagreeing, let's start now.

"All members of the Skadi [-]th Infantry Regiment listened to the order. In order to start the next battle plan against the Chaos traitors, I, Lieutenant Colonel of the Skadi [-]th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Baier and the Skadi [-]th Infantry Regiment Approved by the senior staff to start the transformation of the imperial Chimera armored personnel carrier."

"The whole regiment can participate. According to your Chimera blueprint, draw up the design drawings. The best three designs will be thrown into the war and become the honorable Imperial Blade!"

After the call was over, the stability of the electromagnetic waves made the information clear, but there were many soldiers who were not sure if they had heard it wrong.

For most veterans, the Ministry of Military Affairs manual is just rubbish. Its content cannot perfectly fit the battlefield full of ghosts and monsters, but it is a good recipe for recruits.

Although abiding by the established rules, victory cannot be allowed to stay permanently. Fouls are almost the norm among the Star Militia Army. Compared with the rules of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the regiments of the Star Militia Army basically only abide by the rules of their own world.

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

Some people will modify the sights, some people like to overload the shooting power, some people will expand the battery capacity, and the transformation of their partners is not uncommon in the Star Militia.

Many of the troops born in the hive capital were born in PDF or low-level gangsters, and they are even more proficient in grasping ordnance. They have definitely done a lot of outrageous things.

But the school-level command directly asked them to start the transformation. This was the first time they encountered it. I have to say that they were very excited. Like a festival belonging to the Star Militia Army, they took out the sketches and began to draw the design of the Mechanicus.

And when the staff realized that this was really not a good way, things got out of hand. Before that, it was because there were too few personal resources in the army, and those soldiers could not use their creativity. They used welding tools in the army, or even Spare promethium generators will be approved, and the madness can't be stopped.

With the approval of the field officer, an internal arms race was launched in the [-]th Skadi Infantry Regiment.

The 12 Chimeras stagnant in the trenches (there is another one used jointly by Alan Baier and the lieutenant colonel) are not at the disposal of every company, except for the first and second companies, the two companies are jointly modified.

However, the entire infantry regiment does not have so many materials to allow the Chimera to be transformed without limit, so each company needs to submit the blueprint first.

The time limit is one day, and Alan Bayer also made it clear that those who are unhappy with the machine soul will be disqualified, and those with insufficient practical ability will not be allowed. Resources will only be given to excellent designs!
"Hurry up, hurry up, move, it depends on whether you can sit in the armored vehicle you designed!"

Sheets of white paper that were originally used to write reports were spread out in the trenches, surrounded by pens, ink, and soldiers.

"God Emperor, this is too crazy."

"How about the chainsaw sword forklift, I want to try it a long time ago!"

"Add counterweights and metal plates in the transport compartment, such as additional promethium generators to maintain power, and can also install a few explosive bombs and hot melt."

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

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

Their thoughts are almost the thoughts of most fighters. The two most important points in the forest are how to maintain mobility. They do not have the assistance of sentry mechs. Although the Chimera is barely able to move, it is still too big. The second point is Powerful, can kill enemies at close range.

Therefore, the design of the first company was designed. They dismantled the Chimera's heavy transport compartment and transformed it into a narrow single-person vehicle. Almost only the Chimera's weapons were left, and the tracks were reduced. The body size was reduced from a huge 5.7 meters wide. To 3 meters, and a high-power vibrating blade is installed in the front of the vehicle, so that it can walk on the ground in the forest.

Although the sound is loud, the speed is extremely fast. If there is no problem with the design, then its power and surprise can easily kill a pair of Astartes tactical squads. Because the forest has a narrow field of vision, even space fighters cannot respond to a very close-range surprise attack. .

Therefore, the Forest Specialized Chimera of the [-]st Company, approve.

Next is the work of the second company. This Chimera has reinforced the frontal armor, installed a new coupled multi-channel combustion engine in the cabin to meet the power requirements, and installed a small amount of promethium bombs on the front, which can be used to break armor. At the same time, the increased weight of its body can act as a forklift.

The price is that its starting speed is slow, and its ability to move in the forest is not astonishing, not even as good as an ordinary chimera. However, in the case of a large number of obstacles, such a car can easily break through the defense of the melta.

Even if you eat a few times at close range, it can still be activated. As for the material of the extra armor?Astartes power armor is all over the place, all made from local materials, all of which are high-quality ceramic steel and cluster fibers, don't leave it to those bastard traitors.

Then there is the work of the 11th company, which is very interesting. Considering that Chimera lacks the ability to counterattack against heavy firepower, they chose to transform the heavy fort on the top into a melta gun, and the secondary weapon chose a heavy flame jet that burns promethium. Weapon, this is not to kill the enemy, the space warriors can easily avoid those flames, but to clear the forest.

Wet tropical forests won't be burned out by flamethrowers, and the flames will be extinguished by liquid-filled trees after they diffuse, but the instantaneous heat can strengthen the ground and allow tracks to pass easily.

Enemies such as Traitor Space Marines can be killed by ramming and crew members can fire with melee melta or plasma.

Generally speaking, it is relatively conservative, but it is the most difficult, because it involves the transformation of the main fort and the secondary fort. This is almost something that only mechanical sages can do. The replacement of ordinary people will only cause problems for the machine soul.

Even the first company and the second company, which are good at rubbing promethium bombs, mostly modify the vehicle body to change its operating performance and add additional accessories. Directly modifying the fort makes people feel bolder and more confident.

And Alan Bayer didn't expect such a young squad to have such a list at first, until he saw the signature on it, which read, To my dear "Green Leather" Lieutenant Colonel.

He probably knew who it was, but he kept a clear distinction between public and private, and secretly told the staff. "Staff, do you know the second lieutenant of Company No. 11?"

The staff officer nodded. "I remember most of the officers, what's the matter?"

Alan Bair said.

"I approve of his plan, and ask his team to modify the Chimera used by the two of us."

The staff officer picked up the design drawing in surprise and looked at it for a long time. "Are you sure? He's not a data craftsman, he's just a recruit?"

Alan Baier nodded. "However, before the transformation."

"Tell him to clean up the mutated corpse of the traitor Astartes. Remember to tell him to watch those things burn out. I heard that there are traitor parasites. Those things may accidentally come out and affect the camp."

"Tell him to take the engineer shovel, don't shoot when he sees those bugs, just stand by the fire with the shovel and watch, remember to take back the shell after burning the body of the space soldier, those possible modified organs and reinforced bone skin and so on It will be a little troublesome, after all, they can't be burned."

"Tell him to call me "Green Skin"!"

said the staff officer. "Why are you so small-minded, the lieutenant colonel I know is not like this."

Alan Baier sighed. "Half of my comrades-in-arms have died at the hands of green skins. I hate people calling me that, but he is indeed a talent, otherwise I will shoot him!"

The staff officer was also a little indifferent. "I'll explain the ins and outs to him, and you too. Isn't it good to just say it?"

"He hasn't experienced those battles, he's just a recruit..."

Alan Baier pouted. "I'm such a small belly, awkward, go to work!"

The staff officer smiled, and sometimes he would forget that the heroes of this world are just young people in their early twenties, civilians who crawled out of the hive, a poor, homeless ordinary person.

He doesn't feel that Alan Bayer's performance has let him down, but it shows that he is getting more comfortable with his current 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 the lieutenant colonel one day...

The staff officer went to the front trenches and shouted. "The sixth platoon leader of the 11th company, follow me!"

The second lieutenant crawled out of the trench excitedly, his clothes were dirty. "How, staff, my design is very good, isn't it?"

The staff officer replied. "Your design is very good. It will be used on the Chimera that the lieutenant colonel and I use, and you will ride it."

"Also, take your engineering shovel, I have an important task for you!"

The lieutenant looked excited. "What mission?"

said the staff officer. "Go and burn those traitor corpses, remember to shell them, those armors will be used for transformation."

The second lieutenant replied blankly. "What? I want?"

The staff officer nodded. "You're going to burn the body."

　The Fourth Regiment used their ingenuity, a group of rabble, relying on wisdom and hard work to kill the Ministry of Military Affairs and the oil guys.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)