Graff Hautmann Solar Brine Converter.

Essentially using solar energy to split water into hydrogen, the device itself only acts as a catalyst. If the vehicle is in a world of eternal night with no sunlight at all, the device will not work.

But on the other hand, it must also be taken into account that if a planet does not even have sunlight, then the strategic value of the planet is usually not too high, and it is very likely that the Human Empire will not invest too many ground troops on this planet.

So in this way, the potential is really huge.

Phaeton casts another fist product in the world!

"Tentatively named: MK1 Phaeton Adaptive Solar Liquid Hydrogen Injection Brine Converter Reactor Engine. It can also be abbreviated: MK1 Phaeton power engine. ”

Fu Qinghai clapped his hands and said.

According to different tank models, different engine standards are provided, such as light tanks, main battle tanks, heavy tanks, and super heavy tanks, corresponding to MK1, MK2, MK3, ......

"As you wish."

Master Buck said.

Just decided on a new product.

Another bunch of things came to the door.

……

Fu Qinghai had just walked out of the laboratory.

Butler... The attendant Lin Yu greeted him.

"Khan, the joint bidding for the warbled gunboats has ended, the Tigrus Foundry World and the Annverus Nine Foundry World have finally won the bid at a lower price, and the trade representatives of the two Foundry Worlds are waiting for you outside."

"You can go and receive it for me."

Fu Qinghai waved his hand and said casually.

You don't have to come forward in person for this kind of thing.

Counting the captured genetic seeds and the recruits who are being trained, the Iron Floating Slaughter War Group currently has thirteen companies, but the entire war group only has six Thunderhawk gunboats, and the delivery force is seriously insufficient.

Gunboats are different from tanks, and under the current combat mode of the Astarte Wargroup, there are not many scenarios for tanks, but gunboats are used very frequently. Tanks can come slowly, but gunboats must not wait, which is directly related to the company's comprehensive combat capability. Moreover, the warband already has a mixed armored brigade and two tanks that are waiting to be put into production.

Fu Qinghai got the STC of the Starfighter landing craft, but unfortunately it was a gunboat used to transport armored vehicles, which could not directly carry the Starmarines, and the firepower was not enough, so it could only be handed over to the fourth company to use first.

The Astarte vehicle sequence contains a number of gunboats: Storm Bird, Storm Hawk, Storm Raven, Storm Falcon, Storm Claw, ...... But Fu Qinghai only chose the Thunderhawk gunboat and the Flame Raptor gunboat. One focuses on transportation and delivery, and the other focuses on ground support, responsible for fire licking the ground, and the Flame Raptor is a special gunboat that sacrifices carrying space to strengthen ground firepower. As for why these two gunboats were chosen, the reason is simple:

The former Thunderhawk gunboat is the most versatile, and many casting worlds can produce it, so that there are more people participating in the bidding, which is conducive to driving down the price. As for the latter, the Flame Raptor Gunship has a record of "almost killing two Fallen Primitives" in it, and although other ground attack gunboats are not bad, the Flame Raptor Gunboat is more famous, so it was finally chosen.

Fu Qinghai ordered the Tiefu Slaughter Regiment to carry out centralized procurement according to the plan of equipping a company with three Thunderhawk gunboats and one Flame Raptor gunboat. The next thirteen companies, with three cavalry companies, one tank company, and one flying company, would require a total of eighteen Thunderhawks and eight Flame Birds of Prey. The price of one gunboat is already very expensive, not to mention that this is a whole twenty-six! This is definitely a sky-high military purchase order.

After the Star Whisper message was issued, many casting worlds with gunboat production and manufacturing capabilities heard the news, including Mars, of course, but Mars's asking price was too high to win the bid, and finally the two casting worlds from the Storm Star Field lowered the unit price and successfully won the bid, winning this large military purchase order.

……

Fu Qinghai had just sent his attendants to deal with these social entertainments, when a technical priest came over again:

"Khan, the Draconis family asks to see you."

"What are these widows going to do?"

Fu Qinghai said to himself.

There are no more men in this knight family, only a group of female family members remain, and the men are basically minors, and the so-called knight family has long existed in name only. The Phaeton Casting World is willing to accept them, firstly, because of Zofia, and secondly, because they covet knight-making technology-the Draconis family is one of the few knight families who have mastered the complete knight-making technology, and this is also where they dare to break away from the Cult of the Mechanics.

There are two main sources of population in the Phaeton Casting World, one is the forced migration of the Shiweilin Nest World, and the other is the synthetic humans in the mechanical test tube of Master Quint's cloning factory, the two have now become one, and their physical characteristics have begun to adapt to the special geographical environment of Phaeton - pale skin and large pupils. This is a manifestation of a prolonged lack of UV exposure. All of this means that this is not a comfortable place to live.

Compared with the Knights of Orestes, the former territory of the Draconis family, where the sun is bright and the climate is comfortable, the Phaeton Casting World is indeed not livable, considering this, Fu Qinghai specially placed the knight family in a special urban area to live, where the crust is thinner, and several giant light wells can be built on the surface, so that the natural sunlight on the surface enters the underground world through a series of refractions and reflections to provide lighting.

Aoyama Khan is really heartwarming.

Follow the Technocratic Priest to this part of the city.

Enter a magnificent Gothic basilica.

After entering the palace, Fu Qinghai found that everyone was there. Zofia, Janico, and a group of knightly ladies, old women with sleeping babies in their arms, and younger women with ignorant children in their hands. They were all standing together at the moment, waiting for the arrival of the war leader.

Fu Qinghai cast an inquiring look at Zofia.

Zofia smiled back with a sweet smile.

Probably not a bad thing......

Fu Qinghai thought to himself.

"Khan."

The old woman bowed down for the leader.

"Hello, ma'am."

Fu Qinghai bowed slightly, and said lightly.

The chief reliquary keeper of the House of Draconis stood next to the old woman, his muscular and metal claws holding a small metal box, and several silver mechanical appendages on either side of his body slid open the box, from which a ring of jade, agate, and gold was removed.

Janikov stood aside with a smile on his face, took the crown from his mechanical tentacles, moved to the warband, knelt down on one knee and reverently raised the metal ring.

"What is this?"

Fu Qinghai looked uncertain.

"Salute!"

Janikov said loudly,

Her loud voice resounded throughout the hall.

"Kneel down to the great Aoyama Khan, the Heir of the Storm, the Tiger of the Iron Belt, the Warlord of the Iron Float, the master of the Phaeton Casting World, the protector of the Marquez King's Zone, and the Savior of the Orestes Knight World!"

"Boom la la ......"

The entire hall suddenly knelt down in a large area.

All the ladies of the knight family, whether they were holding babies or holding children, including the group of holy relics guarding the phalanx behind them, bowed their heads and knelt on one knee at this moment.

"Long live Aoyama Khan!"

The Janikovs shouted.

Then he stuffed the ring into Fu Qinghai's hand.

"I'm ......"

Fu Qinghai looked down at the crown in his hand.

I didn't know what to say for a while.

"Khan."

At this time, the old woman at the head said in a loud voice:

"Khan, please allow us to pledge allegiance to you, and from now on, the Draconis family will always be the vassal knight family of the Iron Float, and our family will be loyal to you and your successor for generations to come."

A family of knights.

Declaring allegiance to an Astarte warband?

It sounds ridiculous, but when you think about it, it seems like no problem - the knights will either be loyal to a Forge World or directly to Holy Terra, and the Draconis family can choose to be loyal to the Phaeton Forge World and the Legion of the Titan of Havoc. But after coming to Phaeton for so long, they have long understood that this casting world completely belongs to Aoyama Khan alone.

So why go the extra mile?

Simply bypass the Titan Legion and pledge direct allegiance to the Khan.

Fu Qinghai held up the crown in his palm.

Look down at this beautiful ring.

I thought to myself, or are you nobles having fun, or do you know more about the sense of ritual and atmosphere, and I think that I, Qingshan Khan, am also well-informed and have experienced strong winds and waves, but suddenly being so messed up, I actually feel a little excited in my heart?

The whole hall was so quiet that you could hear the pins falling.

Even the breathing was deliberately suppressed.

After thinking about it for a while, Fu Qinghai had already made a decision in his heart - he didn't wear the crown on his head, because it was a mortal-sized crown, and it would look a little funny on his head. Just the hand armor gently grips the edge.

Fu Qinghai raised his head and said:

"I accept your allegiance."

"Whew...... Long live the Khan! ”

The nervous crowd suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then it's time to get up, hug and cheer loudly.

Fu Qinghai smiled calmly and said:

"I solemnly promise you that it will not take long for the Dracones to step on the Throne of Machines once again and re-pilot the knight mechs and gallop across the borders of the Empire. But...... It will be in a different form. ”

"What form, Khan?"

The old woman asked.

The corners of Fu Qinghai's mouth hooked up a smile:

"Space Marine form."

……

Fu Qinghai walked on the road to the spaceport, accompanied by four Iron Float Terminators.

Constantly playing with this delicate crown in his hand is neither a psionic equipment nor a relic technology, but simply a symbolic valuable, symbolizing the supreme authority and allegiance of a loyal knight family.

Originally, the crown was supposed to belong to Gianico Tan Draconis, the new patriarch of the family. But the chief knight knew that according to the current situation: all the knight mecha were wiped out, all the adult males were killed in battle, and the female dependents of the family were under the fence. He was no longer able to lead the family to revival, so he came up with a plan - simply declare allegiance to Aoyama Khan and let him lead the knight family to revival.

It's a good idea.

But what she didn't know was.

Aoyama Khan was a Great Astartist.

In his planning, even the Titan Legion is piloted by Space Marines, not to mention the Knights? As a reward for loyalty, in the future Forge World, the noble status and transcendent treatment of the Draconis family can still be retained, just as the world of the Hive Capital also retains the noble status and transcendent treatment of the Somerfeld family, a reason.

But! In the future, there will be no more knight families in the phaeton casting world, and the knight family provides a batch of men every year, leaving heirs to participate in the interstellar warrior selection in the future, and they must first become interstellar marines, and then they can become knight pilots.

So, in the history of the Human Empire, has there ever been a precedent for Space Marines to fly knight mechs?

Not to mention, there really is.

Heavenly Punishment Dreadknight Mecha.

In the process of slaying the demons of the subspace, the Gray Knight Warband often faces an ultimate demon, the Great Demon of Chaos. Whether it's the sadistic Bloodthirsty Maniac, Tzeentch's Lord of Change, Nurgle's Great Impure, or Slaanesh's Great Keeper, their size is between a Knight Mech and a Wardog Titan, far surpassing the Dreadnought Mech. As a result, the Grey Knight Warband needed a special piece of equipment with enough height, weight, strength, and psionic amplification to rival the Chaos Archdemon.

The Heavenly Punishment Fear Knight came into being.

It is unknown whether the Heavenly Punishment Dreadknight Mecha belongs to the relic technology left over from the Dark Technology Age or the alien technology from some unknown alien race, but this case at least illustrates that a Space Marines can pilot a Knight Mecha. Your Grey Knight Wargroup has knight mechas, why can't my Iron Floating Slaughter Wargroup have knight mechas?

The Knight Mecha is one thing.

The question of aristocracy is another story.

The Somerfeld family of the Hive City and the Draconis family of the Forge World, they are both loyal to Aoyama Khan, but they are all landlords.

Based on the historical outlook and values formed since childhood, Fu Qinghai personally did not like their class position, and in his ideal society, there was no such thing as "aristocracy".

The reason why Fu Qinghai decided to retain the status and treatment of the traditional nobles of these knight worlds and the nest world was not entirely to reward their loyalty. For example, Severus Agman, the commander of the first company of the Ultramarines, Cato Sicarus, the commander of the second company, and Mikael Fabian, the commander of the third company, were all from the noble family of Otlama.

The Five Hundred Worlds have long been ruled by the Ultramarines, and a traditional belief has been formed: many nobles are proud to have their family heirs join the Ultramarines. They will start cultivating their physique, knowledge, and martial arts at a very young age, making it easier for them to pass the Ultra Warrior selection assessment than civilian children.

For Fu Qinghai, this kind of behavior is naturally pleasing to hear, the formation of a ruling class is always inevitable, what kind of regime does not have a ruling class? The key is to prevent the rapid corruption and degeneration of the ruling class. Similar to the Five Hundred Worlds of Otlama, the aristocratic families generally maintain a positive martial spirit, which is much better than the rapid corruption and degeneration of many noble families in the Nest Capital World lying on hereditary power.

Even the major families in the Neklomonda Nest Capital World know that they need to train their family children through "Lord Hunting" to prevent them from becoming a group of waste and waiting for death, instead of engaging in the boring behavior of Lord Hunting, wouldn't it be better to join the Astarte War Band? Necromunda's Hive is one of the two conscription worlds of the Imperial Fist, but unfortunately Roger Dorn's cubs are not as good as Robert Kiliman's cubs.

Think all the way, go all the way.

Fu Qinghai wandered to the spaceport.

Toss this delicate crown up and down in your hand.

But I thought to myself: tonight, I want Zofia to put on this crown and pout her ass and kneel on the ......

"Khan, the first company commander is looking for you."

The Space Marine's words interrupted his thoughts.

Fu Qinghai turned his head: "What's the matter?" ”

"About the new martial arts training content."

The Space Marine explains:

"According to your request, the daily training content of the Space Marines must be added to the training system of the Air Martial Arts Hall (KWOON), but the first company commander thinks that he does not fully understand this mecha fighting technique, so I would like you to teach it himself."

Qiao Shida is not only the commander of the first company, but also the head of the training of the Iron Floating Slaughter Regiment. Although the five Titans are still in the construction stage, Fu Qinghai has already launched the air martial arts hall training system and reserved the Titan pilot crew members in advance. It's just that there is a problem at the moment: only Fu Qinghai and Zofia have Titan driving experience in the entire battle group.

So Old Joe didn't know how to teach.

Khan-tier Titans are all about agile melee combat.

Titan fighting is not quite the same as human fighting.

What fighting moves humans are able to perform depends on the structure of the human body, and in the same way, what fighting moves the Titans are capable of also depends on the body structure of the Titans.

"Okay, I see."

Fu Qinghai took a deep breath and nodded:

"Let Xiao Fei organize a wave of screening first, arrange all the fighters in the battle group to enter the simulated Pons bridging device and the simulated spirit pulse unit, first screen out those fighters who are too violent in rejection, and then I will teach them personally."

"Okay, Khan."

…………

End the day of training.

Fu Qinghai stretched and returned to the captain's room.

As soon as the hatch slid open, he heard a burst of laughter coming from inside, Fu Qinghai walked into the captain's room and took a look: the Star Whisperer, the Navigator, and the Ronin of the Merchants, the three women were all in his captain's room, sitting in the sofa area eating fruit and chatting, covering their mouths and chuckling from time to time.

I saw Fu Qinghai come in.

Yolanda Ateira hurriedly smoothed her skirt and got up:

"Khan."

There was obviously still a little nervousness in his expression.

Star Whisperer and Navigator Shi Shiran stood up and saluted.

The demeanor is relaxed and not as restrained as the Ronin of the Wanderer.

"Uh, what's the matter?"

Fu Qinghai asked curiously.

"Ahh You ordered us to gather the crews of the six cruisers we needed, and we have been recruiting extensively in the Five Hundred Worlds and the Sun Domain. Up to now, all 190,000 contract shipwrights have arrived at the Phaeton Casting World and can enlist in the army immediately. ”

Yolanda first reported on the results of the work.

"Oh, that's good, that's good."

Fu Qinghai nodded repeatedly.

The Ronin Merchant worked very efficiently, and he was able to gather 190,000 qualified crew members in a short period of time, which is no small matter. Although the Astarte fleet did not require as many crews as the Imperial Navy, it was also difficult to recruit such a large crew. Rogue Traders generally poach people directly from the naval fleet and hire experienced seafarers with high salaries, as the Rogue Trader fleet tends to pay more, and naval crews are usually happy to join the Rogue Trader fleet.

The famous "One Week Article" has an issue that describes how the Imperial Navy warned the junior sailors, telling them that the so-called high salaries and safety of the Ronin Traders are fake, don't be deceived by them, and stay in the Navy honestly is the right way.

And actually.

Security is fake, but high pay is real.

"And what do I have to pay?"

Fu Qinghai then asked.

"No, you don't need to pay anything, you sold us four escort ships in a package, which is more than enough to offset the price of 190,000 contract shipwrights. Instead, I'll need to pay you an additional 90 million Throne Coins. ”

Ronin Masashi said.

"Oh, okay."

Fu Qinghai suddenly understood.

He occasionally subconsciously brings in the price of human resources on the earth, and in the previous life, the labor cost of all countries on the earth is rising, especially the salary of skilled talents such as seafarers. But this is the Warhammer 40K universe, where human life is notoriously worthless, and a full 190,000 experienced and qualified crew members are not enough to offset four small warships.

"Sit down, sit down."

Fu Qinghai invited Yolanda to take a seat.

The ronin is really effective.

It is worthy of being a military contractor of the Iron Float.

The three of them were seated again.

Fu Qinghai was about to open the wine cabinet:

"Taste the wine ...... of Quartis"

"We've all drunk it all."

Star Language Director Xia Hao spoke.

Although Xia Hao was blindfolded, he raised his chin and looked a little presumptuous, as if to say:

I'm just going to drink your wine, okay?

Fu Qinghai smiled:

"Okay, you can drink as much as you want."

Next to Yolanda saw this scene.

There was some surprise in his eyes that couldn't be hidden.

She didn't expect that Xia Hao would take Qingshan Khan's wine out to entertain her, and this matter was not allowed by him at all, and she didn't even tell it. But looking at their expressions and tones, the Khan seemed to be completely unimpressed - this was much more than the female captain expected, this was not like the relationship between the warband leader and the star whisperer, and the two of them were not even like superiors and subordinates.

What's going on?

What she didn't know was.

Xia Hao Flosping's affection for Aoyama Khan has long since developed into a mixture of worship, admiration, attachment and other complex emotions. I think she had just graduated from the psionic academy and served on the cruiser Blazing Horse, during which she also experienced the possession of the demon of Slaanesh, when the Khan ordered two female illegal psionics to forcibly exorcise and save her, and the apothecary chief then removed her mutated parts.

Xia Hao is not an ignorant girl, when she was studying at the Psionic Academy, she had seen poor classmates who were possessed by evil spirits because they couldn't control their own psionic energy, and the empire's treatment of these people was very simple - directly executed, safe and troublesome. Xia Hao knew very well that it was Khan who saved him, and it was he who took a great risk to give himself a new life.

As for Xia Hao, she also knows a lot of little secrets about the war group leader, such as the fact that the Khan often summons a female illegal psyker named "Zhang Yuning" in private, and the Khan's bedroom has a woman's bra, underwear, and stockings!

So the relationship between the two is not ordinary.

I could see the surprise in Yolanda's eyes.

Tracy smiled and didn't speak.

Fu Qinghai sat down and poured himself a glass of wine.

It's not wartime, and the Space Marines have to train hard to prepare for battle even in non-wartime, but the Navigator and Starwhisperer don't, so they socialize and have fun as normal, and he doesn't have any problem and doesn't intend to interfere.

"What were you talking about, smiling so happily?"

Fu Qinghai asked casually.

"We're talking about what we've seen in the Throne World, Xia Hao and I both grew up in Terra, and Yolanda went to Terra when she was a child, and we have a different impression of the Throne World."

Tracy said with a smile.

Khan was usually so busy, so busy that his feet barely touched the ground, and it was difficult to see him having the leisure to chat with him. Therefore, the navigator is very happy today, and feels that it is a rare opportunity to have a drink with the Khan and talk about the wind and the moon instead of military analysis.

Fu Qinghai thinks this is a good topic.

I was about to say something.

Suddenly, a cold voice sounded in the depths of his mind:

[Reincarnation of the main world Warhammer 40K universe, the major event of the plot line, the slave war has ended, and the plot line of the Black Legion camp has won the final victory! ] 】

【Start Counting Assimilation Points ......】

[Deduction of assimilation points...... 3012 points! 】

It's over, the slave war is over!

Fu Qinghai remained silent on the surface.

He just lifted his glass lightly and took a sip.

Because this result did not surprise him.

Samsara has not been able to change anything.

Abaddon eventually won.

It's just that... Damn, Aoyama Khan lost for the first time in his career.

It's a little bit of a bad thing.

Then the cold voice continued:

[Coming to the next reincarnation world, countdown, 10, 9, 8, 7 ......]

Fu Qinghai's face changed suddenly.

Immediately got up, picked up the helmet and said:

"I'm sorry, everyone, I'm in a hurry, so I'm missing."

After saying that, he strode quickly towards the personal arsenal.

The expressions of the three women were all stunned.

Xia Hao pursed his mouth slightly, not very happy.

Tracy thought to herself, what else was important at this point?

Yolanda couldn't help but sigh that Khan was really a good day.

……

Suzheng, the personal arsenal of the warband leader.

Fu Qinghai had just closed the white suitcase.

The countdown is over.

It suddenly went dark in front of me, and I lost consciousness instantly.

……

It was pitch black in front of me, and my consciousness was fluttering.

Confused and hazy.

Only the low sound of the cello was heard.

A magnificent piece of music full of epic sense is played.

Fu Qinghai suddenly felt a little familiar.

…………

THANKS, CHECK THE POINTS, _ CHEONG, LAZY HEAVENLY DEMON, INTERCEPTION EMPEROR TONGTIAN SECT MASTER, AO AO TRUMPET AO, KHANTIE, SEVERAL BOOK FRIENDS REWARDED.

1. It took some time to rearrange the character card and add a lot of new characters, including the self-created characters of book friends.

2. Some book friends say that this book is invincible...... This book is really not invincible. It's just that before it was put on the shelves, I found out that many online readers now have the taste of not being able to see the protagonist suffer a little loss at all, regardless of the cause and effect, regardless of the reason, as long as the protagonist suffers a loss, he immediately shouts loudly "Reduce intelligence!" Drop your mind! Forcibly reduce intelligence! Compromising and compromising, it becomes like this, giving people a feeling of invincible flow.

(End of chapter)