Chapter 223: The Evils of the Empire - Bureaucracy.
"How are you, Lord Earl?"
The uninjured Midnight Lord Astarte surrounded him and began to scramble to clear the trenches in front of him, which had completely collapsed.
The sound of explosions and violent vibrations were heard from time to time, which meant that many more people had stepped on the mines.
It's hard to imagine what kind of madman would lay so many traps in his trenches, some of which are so powerful as mines.
As one piece after another of gravel was violently pulled up and thrown behind him, the trenches that had just been completely buried and covered were cleared little by little. Originally, this was not a trench, but a square built up by heavy stone slabs, but for temporary needs, the heavy stone slabs were dug up, and then the earth underneath was excavated into this kind of large trench, which was nearly two meters high.
But this kind of trench was clearly not intended for the strong Astartes, because even the shortest Astartes were more than two meters tall.
In the face of these tower-like behemoths, this kind of trench seems to have some chicken ribs.
However, this kind of trench was originally designed to allow the mortal legions to be better able to fight.
After all, at this moment, the main force of the Chaos Demon in the entire palace was still those mortal legions that had not yet reached the height of the trenches.
The last large black stone was lifted, and the gray armor below appeared in everyone's sight.
The Midnight Lord's armor wasn't actually gray, but black, but at this moment, it looked a little faded because of the dirt it was stained with, and the blazing heat that had been burned by the bombardment not long ago.
Looking at the armor that seemed to be quite complete, the Midnight Lord Astarte around him did not have the slightest hint of joy in his heart.
At this moment, the battle armor they are wearing is still the power armor of Mark 3.
This is the standard armor worn by the vast majority of Astarte Legion, although each Astarte will make some tricks and feet on top of its own armor, and make some extremely minor changes, but the armor on most Astartes is almost the same, but this does not include those who have outstanding records or Dalian company commanders and battle group commanders who are in high positions.
As the company commander of Dalian, although he was selected as the company commander of Dalian only a few years before the start of the rebellion, his home planet is an absolutely wealthy agricultural planet.
And he is also a famous criminal on that agricultural planet, but that was only before, after he successfully passed the War of Atonement and put on Astarte's clothes, he became a nobleman of his home planet, so he received absolute support from his home planet, so his battle armor is not a traditional mark-type battle armor, but a battle armor specially designed and built by a casting world.
His armor was very strong, and he used Adamantite Gold that went beyond the prescribed level, except that this layer of Adamantite was coated with another layer of paint that was designed to hide the golden glow. ….
It's no secret, his subordinates all know that this Dalian company commander, the armor on the earl's body is much more expensive than the armor on theirs.
And it is precisely because of this that in the previous bombing, Pease was not seriously injured.
But at this moment, this priceless set of armor is not so complete.
Pease is missing a leg and a right leg, the same leg he had just stepped on a mine.
Together, there was most of the flesh and blood tissue and armor on his other leg, and even through the place where it was blasted, the bones inside the flesh that had been shattered into several pieces could be clearly seen.
A slight pale blue spurt of blood flowed rapidly outward along the wound, and the surrounding Midnight Lords Astarte took a quick step forward and began to help him deal with the wound...... If nothing else, even if he survives, the outcome that awaits him will be to be placed inside a dreadnought mech, forever
I can only stay in that tin can.
Of course, if they hadn't betrayed the Empire, they might have been able to retire after the war.
As Pease gradually regained consciousness after repeated rescues, he took off his helmet, revealing his not very old face.
Of course, the most conspicuous thing was the two blood holes on his forehead that had not yet had time to be penetrated.
There were originally a silver nail and a gold nail nailed there.
Those two nails were originally used to recognize their silent loyalty to the Empire.
But with Horos's rebellion, everything was overturned, and the two nails were pulled out by Pease.
Grinning as he looked at the apothecary, spraying the potions on his body wounds and bandaging them, a flash of fear in Pease's eyes. However, this emotion was very well hidden by him, and almost no one noticed it...... Of course, it is also possible that this emotion has been detected early, but the surrounding Ascat is wearing his own helmet, so Pease has no way to see the expressions on their faces.
「...... Go ahead and complete your mission, Kabrem, you're in charge of helping me walk, and the others will ...... at once" Pease struggled to his feet from the ground, and with the help of one of his most trusted Astartes, he jumped to the fairly flat trench floor.
In this way, he wanted to make a way for his teammates to pass by.
But at this moment, his left leg, which was still relatively intact, suddenly clicked again.
Some of them looked to the ground in despair, only to see that there was a mine buried under a piece of blasted dirt.
"Purgatory!" The moment he spat out the words, the mines on the ground exploded, and the fiery red earth that was dissolved into magma by the heat quickly flooded the trench with blazing flames.
If the tactful resting disc is a kind of anti-infantry mine specifically aimed at infantry. Then the Purgatory mine is a deep mine specially used for secondary damage. The design of the internal leads is very peculiar, and the safety must be activated only after it has undergone violent vibrations (the vibrations of violent explosions of other mines). ….
It will not be activated until it has experienced a violent tremor, but will remain quietly in the deep earth, waiting for the other mines above it to explode and inflict heavy damage on those who come to the rescue, or enemies who are preparing to pass a second time.
It's a very insidious mine, but because of its lethality and undetectable nature, his enemies call it Purgatory.
"How many mines did you plant?"
Due to the shortage of personnel, Louis Meg, the supreme commander of the Third Theater of Operations, was forced to become an internal affairs officer, and he led a large number of mortal armies to deliver batches and bundles of explosives and mines, as well as various equipment, weapons and ammunition to the front trenches.
Listening to the continuous sound of landmine explosions in the distance, Louis Meg swallowed a little speechlessly.
"I'll use as many batches as you ship." Luidor looked at the midnight lord Astarte, who was tied to the wall motionless, pursed his lips, and raised his hand to solve this gene brother with a punch, but suddenly remembered that Linda asked him to help collect gene seeds, so he suddenly stopped the palm flying forward, and took out a dagger, roughly cutting the body of the gene brother in front of him.
Looking at the empty space inside the body of this genetic brother, Luidor pursed his lips and slit his throat with the dagger in his hand.
This guy is another "light egg"...... The so-called light eggs refer to those Astartes who have had their genes removed.
It is important to know that each Astarte will only produce one gene seed inside its body. And the seeds of genes produced in each Astarte's body are equivalent to their reproductive organs.
"Looks like you're out of luck!" Louis Meg also shook her head,
"But how do I feel like these guys have all of their genes removed before they even fight?"
"It's not a feeling!" casually commanding the subordinates beside him, packing and putting away the corpse of this gene brother, Luidor wiped the blood from his hands, "The genetic whiskers inside these guys' organs have not completely shrunk, which means that they have indeed just removed the gene seed not long ago."
"What a chicken thief! Okay, I'll ship all the weapons and ammunition to you, and I'll leave the rest to you. My lord, let me tell you a word of advice, and when you encounter an invincible enemy, you will flee back in a hurry."
"Don't worry!" Luidor put on his helmet, "Do you need me to arrange for a guard to take you back?"
"There's no need for that!"
Coming out of the front-line trenches, Louis Meg and his personal guards quickly shuttled back and forth through the complex labyrinthine trenches.
If it weren't for a veteran in charge of leading the way, I'm afraid that even he, the commander-in-chief, would not have been able to successfully walk back from this labyrinthine trench without the projection map.
What's more, at this moment, the insidious guy Luydore is covered with all kinds of mines throughout the trench network. ….
These mines don't tell what is friendly and what is an enemy, and if you step on it, it's almost a dead end.
"Your name is Paul, isn't it?" Looking at the veteran who walked silently in front of him, Louis Megger's eyes showed a look of appreciation: "I have seen your resume before, you are a qualified soldier and commander, I appreciate the achievements you have created in this battle, if nothing else, I will be your recommender after you successfully survive, let you be promoted to the rank of brigadier general, and create your own legion."
Such a promise made Paul pause suddenly, and he did not expect that Louis Meg would say such words in public. Although Paul has repeatedly performed feats and killed countless enemies, and because of his long time fighting against Chaos Demons, he has more combat experience than ordinary commanders for these subspace demons.
But so far he is only a lieutenant colonel's military rank, it is still a trivial matter to reach the brigadier general by crossing two levels in one breath, and creating his own legion is a bit exaggerated, you must know that the brigadier general above Terra is also a big handful, but those who can really create their own legion and even go to garrison are all the lucky ones among the lucky ones.
You must know that being able to create your own legion means that you have the right to garrison those other planets. And at this moment, if the empire wins the final victory, Horus is defeated.
Then the empire must be a dark galaxy, and countless planets that have established order will definitely need to be reclaimed.
According to the unspoken rules formulated at the beginning of the Great Expedition, the legion commander who is responsible for reclamation, after reclaiming the corresponding galaxy, will often immediately become the governor of that galaxy, and become a big man who really controls the entire galaxy!
Such a promise made Paul, a mortal who had become a killing puppet with no feelings because of a long time of killing, couldn't help but feel hot.
Such a promise is so precious that if anyone else, even the *** of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said these words to Paul, he would not believe it.
But it was the commander of the Third Theater of Operations who uttered these words at this moment, the general on whom His Excellency the Marshal relied on the most. In the current empire, Louis Meg can represent His Excellency the Marshal, and the gold content of His Excellency's words at this moment at this moment has far exceeded some genetic prototypes.
"Thank you, Commander!" Paul said this in a slightly hoarse voice.
"Don't thank me, it's an honor you've earned yourself...... What's wrong?" Louis Meg looked at Paul, who suddenly stopped in front of her, and a hint of foreboding flashed in her heart.
"Be careful, sir!" Knocking down Louis Meg behind him, Paul threw out the high explosive at his waist with a flick of his hand
Grenade.
"Boom!" With a deafening explosion, a green figure was blasted out of the trench ahead and slammed into the wall of the trench.
Louis Meg, who had eaten a gray face, looked at the broken corpse covered with green pus all over his body and still wearing the clothes of an imperial soldier, and immediately understood that there should be an ambush on this road.
As if to confirm his suspicions, the surrounding walls suddenly began to wriggle, and green pus-filled palms quickly stretched out of the walls.
This is an important turning point in the trenches, through which you can go directly to the palace behind, and on this important turning passage, there will naturally be these Nurgle poisonous corpses ambushed, which means one thing.
"It's not good, it's been breached but not reported, these ...... Damn the Imperial Bureaucrats!"
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