Chapter 454 Modification of the formation of the battle group

Chapter 454 Modification of the formation of the battle group

Phaeton Forge World, Titan Forge Temple.

This is the territory of Sage Xiao Fei.

The Forge Temple, modeled after the Broken Dome, adds many Gothic religious elements from the Warhammer 40K universe in addition to the traditional science fiction elements of Pacific Rim. The entire foundry world is located underground, with almost no natural light. A row of giant spotlights is cast above the head of the foundry temple, as well as light bars and light panels of different colors around the walls, making the entire production and assembly workshop brightly lit. The Forge Temple is vast, with six vaulted caverns large enough to contain Titans.

It is the Longmen Grottoes of Phaeton.

At this time, it was the center of the Forging Temple.

"Po Jun Jin Jia" is undergoing repair and maintenance.

The servitors and tech-priests crawled all over the four-armed Titan like a swarm of ants, and clusters of welding sparks lit up from time to time. Multiple giant mechanical cranes are transporting adamantine armor shells, death strike missiles and various component modules. A technical priest stood on the bridge surrounding Titan, wearing gravity gloves on his hands. He easily held up a large component, and then precisely manipulated the component to insert it into the predetermined position.

Titan long-range weapons ordered from other forging worlds have been arriving one after another, and Xiao Fei's technical priests are inspecting and accepting them. Except for the "Broken Army Golden Armor" in the middle cave that is undergoing repairs and maintenance, in the other five caves, the five Titan skeletons are slowly starting to be assembled and filled.

The "Army-breaking Golden Armor" is a four-armed Titan created by gathering all the forging power of the Phaeton Forge World.

Now five Titans are under construction at the same time, and only one department, Xiao Fei's Titan Forging Temple, is in charge.

The pressure is high and progress is slow.

But Qingshan Khan is not in a hurry. Forming a Titan Legion never happens overnight.

The appearance of the five Titans under construction is obviously different from that of the "Army-breaking Golden Armor". First, they don't have four arms, just two. Secondly, although the main structure is exactly the same, the melee weapons are different. Since Xiao Fei has obtained the manufacturing information of all the mecha hunters in the Pacific Rim universe, some special weapons are also planned.

But the name has been decided.

Phaeton Forge World Titan Legion.

Also known as: Legion of Catastrophe.

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Phaeton Forge World, Industrial Forge Temple.

Compared to Master Quinto's Biochemical Forging Temple and Master Xiao Fei's Titan Forging Temple, this is the largest and most extensive forging temple cluster in the entire Phaeton, responsible for all aspects of the forging world except biochemical technology and Titan technology. From battleship parts to an explosive bomb, the forges and workshops of Phaeton are all handled by the Industrial Forging Temple, which is responsible for the overall planning and scheduling, and the arrangement and distribution of production tasks.

Master Barker is in charge of this temple.

After visiting the first two casting temples, Fu Qinghai strolled to the Industrial Casting Temple. Unexpectedly, Master Buck gave him a huge surprise.

Fifty sets of Iron Buddha Terminators.

Neatly arranged and stacked in the warehouse.

"We completed the production tasks ahead of schedule."

Master Buck said in a buzzing voice.

The main body of this forge was huge, standing taller than a Space Marine, like a hill made of machinery. Fu Qinghai looked a bit petite standing next to him, and no one knew how many enhancement parts were hidden under that red robe.

"Very well, Master Buck."

Fu Qinghai nodded with satisfaction.

In addition to the fifty Iron Buddha Terminators originally used as Khan's bodyguard and the honor guard of the Chapter, the Chapter already has a full one hundred Iron Buddha Terminators, and can form a special company composed entirely of tactical Dreadnought Armor.

What does it mean to be wealthy?

This is called being wealthy.

Only in the Age of Legions did the Primarch have enough resources to deploy and concentrate all Terminator armor to form Terminator troops, such as the Gastalin of the Sons of Horus and the Phoenix Guard of the Emperor's Children. But in the chapter era, these armors were extremely scarce and expensive. Usually only the chapter leader himself and the captains of each company could equip this kind of tactical dreadnought armor. No one could form an army entirely composed of tactical dreadnought armor.

Of course, Fu Qinghai also knows that the scope of application of the Terminator is not that wide. The movement speed is relatively cumbersome and slow, and it needs to rely on short-distance teleportation to face the enemy. The most suitable combat scenario for the Terminator is to fight in gangs.

"In addition, Quinto and I also have some research progress regarding wormhole technology. Please follow me."

Master Buck said.

Fu Qinghai followed him several levels underground.

Arriving in front of a giant tracked armored vehicle.

Fu Qinghai recognized it at a glance.

This is a giant mining excavator.

Taking the chassis and compartment of a giant mining excavator as the main body, the excavation equipment and crushing equipment were dismantled, and then transformed into such a... wormhole generating device?

"Yes, wormhole generating device."

Master Buck nodded and said.

The master of the forge waved his hand and commanded:

"Demonstrate again!"

The Tech-Priest on the minecart immediately began operations.

The mine cart made a rumbling shudder and roar.

The front of the car body, which was originally used to house the excavation bucket, shot out a bright blue beam. The beam quickly expanded outward to form a circle with a diameter of more than a hundred meters. This bright blue circle is just like in "Pacific Rim 2: Uprising" The sea wormhole is exactly the same, with a floating light film in the middle.

"Where's the other side?"

Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Kuitun Death World."

Master Buck said.

As soon as he finished speaking, several gun-wielding space warriors walked out of the circle of light. They were the Iron Buddhas who stayed behind in the battle group's recruitment world Kuitun, followed by a few mortal servants.

"Khan!"

They knelt on one knee, beat their chests, and saluted.

Two masters created an artificial wormhole!

Fu Qinghai was a little surprised. He waved his hand to signal his men to get up, then turned around and asked:

"Duration? Energy consumption?"

"The energy consumption is very high. If a giant mining excavator is used as an artificial wormhole generator, the energy in the car can currently maintain the artificial wormhole for fifteen minutes at most. If it is used as a fixed and permanent facility, it can only maintain it for half an hour at most. After that, the wormhole will automatically collapse and decompose due to some kind of repulsion. At the same time, this circle is the current maximum diameter, and it cannot continue to expand even if the output power is increased."

Master Buck said.

"fifteen minutes……"

Fu Qinghai silently evaluated in his heart.

Evaluate the tactical value and strategic significance of artificial wormholes.

What can you do in fifteen minutes?

There's a lot that can be done in fifteen minutes.

The problem is not fifteen minutes. The problem is that the machine that maintains the existence of the wormhole is too large. It needs to rely on a giant mining excavator as the generator of the chassis and vehicle. As you can imagine, the size is huge. There are six drones in the movie. In order to create a temporary wormhole. If the artificial wormhole is only used as a means of expedited transportation, then fine. If you want to use the artificial wormhole to perform internal blooming tactics, how to transport it into the enemy's defense? More application conditions and tactical options may require further thinking.

"What's the name of this thing?"

Fu Qinghai asked.

"It's called a Wormhole Bridge Tank, Khan."

Master Buck replied.

What a simple and straightforward name.

"Excellent research results, thank you for your hard work, Master."

"I'm ashamed of myself. It's all the technology you brought, Khan."

The two of them were polite.

Fu Qinghai ordered the continued improvement of this wormhole bridging tank. Reduce energy consumption and reduce noise. If you can, add a little more movement speed. Enhance stability and reliability.

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Unconsciously, the "Phaeton Casting World Economic and Technological Development's First Seven-Year Plan Outline" originally formulated by Fu Qinghai, referred to as: Development Plan, has been successfully implemented for the fourth year, and everything is being implemented step by step.

The foundry world is booming.

The giant airport and space dock that surrounds half the planet are almost completed. The giant airport has many berths so that it can accommodate an endless stream of trading ships. The daily throughput is very large. The space dock can currently repair greater damage, can modify warships by itself, and can build standard imperial transport ships and planetary cracking mining ships, but it is not yet able to independently build warships, not even the smallest destroyer.

The technology required to build battleships was too complex.

Moreover, all these orbital facilities are synchronized with the rotation speed of the planet. They are located on the dark side of Phaeton, so there is no need to worry about facing the high temperature and exposure of stars. Note that the Phaeton galaxy is a binary galaxy with two suns in the sky. This brings nearly Inexhaustible clean energy brings some troubles to the construction of surface and orbital facilities. Radiation and temperature issues must be paid attention to.

Phaeton products are also exported to the Sun Star Territory, the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar and the neighboring Calixis Star Territory.

Civilian industrial sector: The two major products, giant mining excavators and planetary cracking mining ships, have basically met domestic demand and have begun limited exports. In addition, Phaeton Forge World's unique gravity technology is also very advanced. It has three gravity technologies from the Dead Space universe, Pacific Rim universe and Half-Life universe. Although these gravity technologies are very ineffective as weapons, they are very efficient in production. , representative products such as: Gravity Gloves (Half-Life), Gravity Lasso (Pacific Rim) and Gravity Lift Module (Dead Space)...

Civilian biochemical sector: A series of anti-radiation agents and strengthening agents from the radiation universe are all in short supply. The former mainly supplies various foundry worlds, where people often have urgent needs to prevent and treat radiation diseases. The latter mainly supplies the Penal Legion in the Imperial Army. The Penal Legion is the Criminal Legion. It is impossible to fight without stimulants and strengthening drugs. In addition to the pharmaceutical sector, Nuka-Cola, the representative product of the food sector, has also become popular in the major foundry worlds, but the profits are not very high due to the endless emergence of pirated and counterfeit products.

One-day tour, Anti-radiation, Anti-radiation, Super X... plus Nuka-Cola, many medicines and beverages, support a huge pharmaceutical and food industry group.

Finally, there is the military sector.

Currently, there is only one military product allowed to be exported in Phaeton Foundry World, which is the needle blasting rifle, also known as the feather gun. This product is sold all over the empire, especially in the hive world and the frontier sector. This kind of firearm is very powerful and does not pick bullets. Just put metal scraps into the gun bucket and it can be fired as a bullet. It is more powerful than Laser guns and automatic guns are weaker than bolt guns, and their cost is between bolt guns and laser guns. They can be used as replacements for bolt weapons. Many Imperial Guard regiments are also considering purchasing this firearm as their main weapon, but its reliability and stability still need to be verified.

The comprehensive replacement of a main light individual weapon has always been very cautious. The Imperial Guard has been using laser guns for so many years. It is unrealistic to want them to switch to needle blasting rifles all at once. The key point is that the production capacity of the Phaeton Forge World is not enough. Needle blasting rifles need to be equipped with battle group servants, armed sailors and the Imperial Guard Corps of Koshvito first. Some small batches of firearms flowing into the outside world are regarded as special weapons. Prices are very high on the black market.

Fu Qinghai saw all this.

Feel very pleased and proud.

The Marquez King Star District is not only his garrison area, but also regarded as his foundation and home. The development and construction of this remote frontier star district is to build his own power. He invested the most energy and time in the Phaeton Forge World, even more than the Chapter Recruitment World.

Because he knows very well that only the development of the Phaeton Forge World can lead to the development of other imperial worlds in the sector. There are three inhabited planets left in the sector, the Kuitun Chapter Homeworld, the Schwerin Hive World and Chesla The Tanzanian agricultural world can benefit from the development of Phaeton.

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Su Zhenghao, conference room.

Fu Qinghai summoned all the officers of the battle group to assemble.

"I am ready to change the existing organizational structure of the Chapter."

Fu Qinghai said straight to the point.

"Imitating the fourth company of the battle group, I plan to build a company all wearing tactical dreadnought armor to serve as the vanguard of gang jumping in naval battles. Since gang jumping is fought with less and more, it will inevitably fall into the enemy's siege, so , this special company is going to be called...the Entrapment Brigade."

"Except for the vanguard and attack troops that are specially used to fight against gangs, the entrapment brigade still serves as the bodyguard and honor guard of the Iron Buddha Chapter. The commander is still Qiao Shida. What do you think of this arrangement?"

Fu Qinghai looked around at the brothers.

"no comment."

Everyone shook their heads.

"The Chapter currently has a total of more than 300 jet motorcycles, and these vehicles should not be mixed. I plan to assign all these motorcycles to be driven by three companies. Then according to convention, these three companies will be named: Valiant Cavalry Brigade, What do you think of the Hussars Brigade and the Assault Cavalry Brigade?"

Fu Qinghai made another suggestion.

Everyone shook their heads:

"no comment."

"In addition, the carrier-based aircraft of the Suzheng have also arrived. According to statistics, there are a total of fifty sword-tail interceptor aircraft in good condition. According to the organization and habits of the Imperial Navy, this is a whole five groups. But I don't I plan to follow the Navy's establishment, but rather the practices of the First Assault Group and the Entrapment Group, and I will detach a fifty-man company that is not full and serve as a separate flying group to be responsible for flying this carrier-based aircraft group."

Fu Qinghai continued:

"The name is... Xiaolong Brigade!"

The previous "First Arrival" and even "Qingqi Hussar" are all derived from ancient Chinese military terms, highlighting the oriental characteristics of the battle group. But there was no flying branch in ancient times, so when it came to the carrier-based aircraft group, Fu Qinghai adopted a modern term.

Xiaolong, FC-1, is a very famous all-weather, multi-purpose, light, single-engine, foreign trade fighter aircraft. It is also more appropriate to name the air force company of the Chapter.

Naturally, everyone in the battle group had no objections.

Fu Qinghai even started to imagine:

When the anti-subspace tactics team expanded into an anti-subspace company, it was called the evil-fighting brigade. When the Su Zheng is equipped with bombers in the future, it will be called the Flying Leopard Brigade. When the battle group forms a think tank unit in the future, it will be called the Wu Zhu Brigade...

J-7 = Xiaolong, J-7 = Flying Leopard.

Very reasonable, isn't it?

It’s really nice to think about it.

The battle group specializes in the combat style of each company, which does not mean that the Space Marines in these companies are only responsible for this combat mode. On the contrary, Fu Qinghai's army building concept has always been the all-round warrior concept from the early days of the Great Expedition.

As a space warrior, you must be proficient in all military skills including but not limited to gunship driving, fighter plane driving, jet motorcycle driving, armored vehicle driving, battleship control and command, and combat wearing tactical dreadnought armor.

This is what Wokuotai asked Fu Qinghai.

Fu Qinghai also asked for Iron Buddha Tu.

For traditional space warriors, perhaps only century-old veterans with service nails embedded in their foreheads can master so many military skills. But for the brand-new alien space warriors, having the brain of M.O.D.O.K., quick understanding, and photographic memory can greatly speed up learning and growth, and it does not take a long time to master a military skill.

Of course, being proficient is one thing, being good at it is another. The First Company Commander and Chief Chaplain will screen and select among all Space Marines, and select those Space Marines who are particularly good at driving jet motorcycles or who are particularly good at joining gangs and landing operations to serve in different companies.

Fu Qinghai does not force which gene seeds to serve in which companies, but only coordinates them based on the specific military skills that each Space Marine is good at. However, the gene-seed gives them unique talents, which often causes Space Marines to start to gather in different companies - the Iron Warriors enter the first group, the White Scars like fast vehicles, and the Emperor's Children love to study close combat skills and become the Iron Buddha Terminator.

But overall.

The division of battle groups has nothing to do with gene seeds.

When an army develops to a certain level, it will inevitably undergo this organizational change, just like the three major front armies becoming the five major field armies. The evolution of the Iron Buddha Chapter's organization is neither original nor unique. In addition to the famous six-winged organization of the Dark Angels, the ten companies of the White Scars Chapter of the 42K era are also divided according to fighting styles: The first company "Spear" "Feng Hui", the reconnaissance and infiltration company "Feng Yu Hui", the aircraft company "Kuan Yuan Hui", the storm prophet company "Wrath Hui", the fire support company "Lei Ya Hui"...

This is almost the case for the nine major start-up battle groups.

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Su Zhenghao, Gnaku.

Fighters were constantly coming in and out.

The war group is selecting members of the Xiaolong Brigade.

It is also an opportunity to get familiar with and adapt to this ancient and powerful Astartes-specific fighter.

The Swordtail-class interceptor aircraft are very powerful. The Blood Angels used this fighter plane and once set a shocking record of shooting down more than 50 Greenskin fighters with three Swordtail-class interceptor aircraft. The terrifying battle loss ratio of zero for fifty, this This is an achievement that neither the Imperial Sea Air Force nor the Imperial Army Air Force's airmen have been able to achieve. This is not only due to the superhuman physique of the Astartes as a fighter pilot, but also because of the extremely powerful performance of the Swordtail-class interceptor itself.

However, the sword-tail interceptor also has many flaws.

In addition to the complex structure and difficulty in maintenance mentioned above, as a standard air superiority fighter, the word "interceptor" has already exhausted its main purpose. Compared with other multi-purpose fighters, such as the Lightning-class fighter, the Swordtail-class interceptor has a There are three engine nozzles, two large and one small, while the Lightning-class fighter only has two. However, the Lightning-class fighter can be loaded with external fuel tanks, and the fuel tank volume of the Swordtail-class interceptor is even smaller than that of the Lightning-class fighter. The speed of the former completely crushes the latter, but the cruising range is completely exceeded by the latter. As a result, many legions do not like this fighter aircraft and call the sword-tail interceptor the "mast defender", just like the MiG-29 is called the "airport defender".

However, this problem can be improved.

The Lightning-class fighter also has a Space Marine-specific version called the "Spike-class Lightning-class fighter". The Chapter's technical sergeants plan to improve the Saber-class interceptor to produce a derivative model called the "Phaeton-class Saber-class interceptor". The specific improvement principle is also very simple - use an acid-resistant alloy coating to cover the inner wall of the engine, and then use artificial monster blood instead of promethium as fuel to increase the engine output and extend the cruising range.

There have been many ace Astartes fighter pilots in history, such as Viton Tarn of the Iron Hands Legion, who piloted a Swordtail-class interceptor to break through the blockade amidst the massacre at the landing site on Istvan III. Seriously injured. Logically speaking, he should be put into a Dreadnought, but in the end they cut off his limbs and put him in the cabin of a Swordtail-class interceptor. He became a unique "flying Dreadnought" or "Swordtail Dreadnought" and continued to fly fighter planes. Participate in air combat.

With diligent practice and actual combat tempering, Fu Qinghai believes that the Tiefutu Fighter Group will also have ace pilots in the near future.

The first one is Fu Qinghai himself!

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