At the end of this dark 40th millennium, it is not that victory does not exist, but that no matter how great it is, it will become meaningless for a long time.

But many smart people still don't admit that history is nothing, but it can't be denied that history is a spiraling ladder that repeats itself until the end, and of course, it can also be a descending ladder...

For such a world, some people rebel, some people go against the grain, some people betray their faith, some people find another way out, but everything remains the same, it is the darkness of this era that has led to the current situation, and it is the cruel universe that tears people apart, leaving only the dregs of war.

The miracles on Gondeva VI will not be celebrated, and the three thousand astral troops who have died are just another basket that has just been picked up, blood-stained metal dog tags, carved with dispensable names.

There is no sacrifice without war, no sacrifice is good, and after those Chaos traitors retreated into the forest, the taste of victory was still not obvious, and the loss of most of the Dark Ages technology and a precious Chimera armored vehicle and three thousand loyal souls was still painful for the Skadi 4th Infantry Regiment.

But the bad thing will eventually pass, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Baier chatted with the staff officer in the command room about how to take the next chess game, now they are not chess pieces, but the emperor's chess players, although from the vast universe, they are still chess pieces, but the chess pieces also have the difference between the king and the guard.

Now the king is on play, Alan Beyer said. "We should press the enemy's front, forward, the enemy is not used to forest warfare, but our soldiers have experience, and if the enemy does not send out heavy armor, we can even exterminate them and gain control of the ground."

"There are not many Space Marines, and during this time, our army has pressed in to take the lost area of the city, and Karui has built a simple anti-orbital artillery array with the help of data craftsmen."

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

The staff officer pointed out a big problem with this plan. "I don't think the notorious Red Pirates don't have mechs, and the orcs can come up with canned mechs that give headaches, and we can't bet on that."

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

Alan Bair fell into deep thought, his fingers fiddling with the small toy, which was a simple promethium lighter made of bullet casings, almost equivalent to liquid promethium plus a burning core and flint, and then using an air-burst shell as a shell, the pitch-black metallic color was unusually cold in the light of the lighting ball.

It was made by the brown-haired non-commissioned officer from his military career, and he liked the soldier, but the last time Alan Bair saw her, she had regained her gown...

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

But Alan Bair didn't think of women, it was better that he didn't have that much energy to think about women, in fact, the soldiers of the 4th Infantry Regiment of Skady were quite ingenious, because the nest was often full of strange electrical equipment and garbage.

How to use those things was a science, and he had seen the veterans of the Third Regiment in the Greenskin War destroy orcs with simple promethium bombs.

"There it is!" He immediately stepped forward and frightened the staff officer, who was yawning.

"What's up?" The staff officer almost began to hiccup, after all, this was the battlefield, and it was finally quiet, and suddenly he was babbling again, and in the case of mental tension, the sound of the bomb was not much different from a sentence.

Alan Baier said with interest. "If I let the whole regiment use its ingenuity to transform its own Chimera, there are still 20 companies, 13 Chimera, and more than 20,000 people, ready to go."

"There's an old saying in my hometown, three stooges, one Kiliman."

"There are more than 20,000 stinkers, rounded up to a casting world."

The staff officer felt that it made sense, but there were two problems. "The soul is displeased, blind transformation will cause big problems, and the manual of the Ministry of Military Affairs strictly prohibits such behavior."

"Well, isn't your hometown Skady? How come I haven't heard this saying. ”

Alan Bair slammed the table. "Are you a Skadian or am I?"

All the members in the command room were born in Skady, and the staff officer had the least right to speak, so he immediately shut up, although no one else had heard it, but the lieutenant colonel spoke, how dare you interject?

The lieutenant colonel continued to chatter. "The problem of the machine soul can make the soldiers do more maintenance, maintenance, and inspection of the transformation, not to mention that the Chimera's machine soul is notoriously stable."

"And about the Ministry of Military Affairs, it's not the first time I've seen someone overload a laser gun, open its firing compartment, turn off the cooling system, and the powerful ones can blow up the arms of ordinary people."

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

The staff officer immediately covered Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bair's mouth. "That's it, that's it..."

"I agreed, but I wanted to see the blueprints before I could make a change, and no sacred Imperial engine could be manipulated."

Alan Baier immediately turned on the communicator, what agreed or disagreed, now start to engage.

"All members of the Skady 4th Infantry Regiment have been ordered, and in order to carry out the next battle plan against the Chaos Traitors, I, Lieutenant Colonel of the Skady 4th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Eylan Bair, and the senior staff of the 4th Skaddy Infantry Regiment, have approved the transformation of the Imperial-standard Chimera armored personnel carrier."

"The whole regiment can participate, and the blueprint will be drawn up according to the blueprint of your Chimera, and the best three designs will be thrown into the war and become the imperial blade of honor!"

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

For most veterans, the Military Affairs Department manual is just garbage, and its content does not fit perfectly into the battlefield full of various ghosts, snakes, and gods, but it is a good prescription for new recruits.

Although they abide by the rules, they can't let the victory permanent, fouls are almost the norm in the Astral Army, compared to the rules of the Ministry of War, the Astral Army regiments basically only respect the rules of their own world.

And the slightly older veterans of the 4th Infantry Regiment in Skady have modified their rifles.

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

There are many people born in the army who were born in the nest capital or the bottom gangsters, and they are even more handy at the grasp of ordnance, and there will definitely be no shortage of outrageous things they have done.

But the school-level commander directly asked them to start the transformation, and it was the first time they encountered it, and I have to say that they were very excited, like a festival belonging to the Astral Army, they took out a sketch and began to draw the design of the Angry Death Mecha.

And when the staff officer realizes that this is really not a good way, the matter is already out of control, before because there are too few personal resources that can be mobilized in the army, those soldiers cannot use their creativity, when the welding tools in the army, and even the spare promethine generator will be approved, the crazy thing cannot be stopped.

With the approval of the colonel-level officers, an internal arms race was launched in the 4th Infantry Regiment of Skadi.

The 12 Chimeras that were stalled in the trenches (and one that was shared by Alan Baier and the Lieutenant Colonel) were not at the disposal of every company, except for the first and second companies, all of which were rebuilt by two companies together.

However, the entire infantry regiment did not have so many materials that could allow the Chimera to be modified indefinitely, so each company needed to submit drawings first.

The time limit is one day, and Alan Baier also made it clear that it will lead to the disqualification of the displeasure of the soul, and the lack of practical ability will not work, and the resources will only be given to excellent design!

"Hurry up, get moving, it's about whether you can sit in an armored car of your own design!"

In the trenches, sheets of white paper that had been used to write reports were spread out, surrounded by pen and ink and soldiers.

"God Emperor, this is crazy."

"How about a chainsaw sword forklift, I've wanted to try it for a long time!"

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

"The view in the forest is very poor, using..."

The two soldiers said in unison. "With melee!"

Their thoughts are almost what most warriors think, the two most important points in the forest are how to maintain mobility, they are not assisted by sentry mechs, the size of the Chimera is barely able to move but it is still too big, and the second point is power, which can kill enemies at close range.

The design of the first company was thus designed, they dismantled all the heavy transport compartments of the Chimera and converted them into cramped single-occupant vehicles, leaving almost only the Chimera's weapons, reducing the tracks from a massive 5.7 meters wide to 3 meters wide, and installing a high-power vibration blade in the front of the vehicle to make it walk on the forest as if it were on the ground.

Although loud, it is incredibly fast, and if the design is not problematic, its power and surprise can easily kill a pair of Astarte tactical squads, because the forest has a narrow vision, and even Space Marines cannot react to extremely close raids.

So, the first company of the forest specialized Chimera, approved.

Next up was the second company, the Chimera, which reinforced the frontal armor, installed a new coupled multi-combustion engine in the compartment to meet the power requirements, and installed a small number of promethine bombs on the front, which could be used to break the armor while the added weight of the body could act as a forklift.

At the cost of its slow start-up speed and ability to move around the forest is not amazing, not even as good as a normal Chimera, but with a large number of obstacles, such a car can easily break through the hot melt defenses.

Even if you eat it a few times at close range, it can be activated, and as for the materials for extra armor? Astarte's power armor is all over the place, locally sourced, all of the finest terracotta steel and cluster fiber, don't leave it to those bastard traitors.

Then there's the work of the 11th Company, which is interesting, considering that the Chimera lacks the ability to fight back against heavy fire, they chose to transform the heavy turret on the top into a hot melt gun, and the secondary weapon chose a promethium-burning heavy flamethrower, this is not to kill the enemy, the Space Marines can easily avoid those flames, but to clear the forest.

Humid tropical forests don't burn out with flamethrowers, and when the flames are filled, they are extinguished by liquid-filled trees, but the instantaneous heat reinforces the ground and allows tracks to pass through easily.

Enemies such as the Insurgent Space Marines can be killed by ramming and crewmates with melee melt or plasma fire.

Overall, it's conservative, but it's the most difficult, because it involves renovating the main and secondary turrets, which is almost something that only mechanical sages can do, and replacing them by ordinary people will only cause problems for the machine soul.

Even the first and second companies that were good at rubbing promethium bombs were more likely to change the hull, so that their operating performance changed and then added additional accessories, and directly transforming the battery made people feel more bold and confident.

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

He probably knew who it was, but he was clear about public and private, and secretly told the staff officer. "Staff officer, do you know the second lieutenant of the 11th Company?"

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

Alan Bair said.

"I approved of his plan and asked his team to transform the Chimera that the two of us used."

The staff officer was surprised to pick up the design and look at it for a long time. "Are you sure? He's not a data craftsman, he's just a rookie, huh? ”

Alan Baier nodded. "Before the transformation, though."

"Tell him to clean up the body of the traitor Astarte's mutation, remember to tell him to watch those things burn down, I heard that there are traitor parasites, and those things may accidentally run out and affect the camp."

"Tell him to take the sapper shovel, and when he sees those bugs, don't shoot, just stand by the fire with the shovel and watch, and remember to take back the shell after burning the space marine's flesh, those modified organs and reinforced bones and skin or something may be a little troublesome, after all, they can't be burned."

"Call him Greenskin! ”

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

Alan Baier sighed. "Half of my comrades-in-arms I know have died at the hands of Greenskin, and I hate it when people call 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 so are you, wouldn't it be good to just say it?"

"He hadn't been through those battles, just a recruit..."

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

The staff officer smiled, he sometimes forgot that the hero of this world was only a young man in his early twenties, a commoner who crawled out of the nest, a poor, homeless ordinary person.

He didn't think Alan Bairer's performance had disappointed him, which showed that he was getting more comfortable with his current military career.

The person who conceals himself is even less credible than the person who expresses himself, at least he will definitely not worry about being shot from behind by the lieutenant colonel one day...

The staff officer walked into the front-line trenches and shouted. "The sixth platoon commander of the 11th Company, follow me!"

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

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

"Also, grab your sapper shovel, I have an important task for you!"

The second lieutenant looked excited. "What task?"

The staff officer said. "Go burn the bodies of those traitors, remember to shell them, those armor will be used for modification."

The lieutenant replied dumbfounded. "What? I'm going to? ”

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

The 4th Regiment exerted its ingenuity, a rabble, relying on intelligence and hard work to infuriate the Ministry of Military Affairs and the oil guys.

(End of chapter)