Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 347 Randan War, Started

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"In the First Randan War, the First Legion encountered the Randan aliens, and then destroyed the Randan alien outposts at the cost of losing thousands of Space Marines."

"During the Second Randan War, the Randan aliens took the initiative to attack. It took several legions and the First Legion joining together to finally defeat the Randan alien invasion."

"So the next war will be a decisive war. Many legions will gather together to directly attack the Randan Empire. The emperor is likely to participate in the war personally."

Qin Xia recounted the several battles between the Human Empire and the Randan Alien Empire.

Two of the three Primarchs currently in Nuceria were in their offices, listening.

Angron was serious.

Curze had an indifferent look on his face, because he knew that his legion was not arranged by the Emperor to fight the Randan aliens, so this war had nothing to do with him.

Even though he wanted to join the war, he thought that the Emperor might have other plans, so he just decided to obey orders.

As for the 11th Primarch, he said that the 11th Legion had received an order to assist the 4th Legion in the battle, so it would not participate in the war, and naturally there was no need for him to come and listen.

"I don't know much about the Randan alien myself." Qin Xia said.

Then Qin Xia thought to himself, it’s more than just a few.

The various pieces of information he knew about the Randan War were vague and contradictory.

But the point is that the Randan alien is very powerful, and No. 11 said that his No. 2 brother died in the Second Randan War.

As for the specific information about the Randan alien...if the 12th Legion decides to join the war, they will obtain detailed information from the 1st Legion after arriving at the assembly point. There is no need to know the enemy's situation so clearly now.

"The question now is, were the photos and assembly points from the Emperor that Kelbohar asked the Quadrant to help forward the Emperor's intention or Kelbohar's own behavior?" Qin Xia said.

"It was the Emperor's original intention," Angron said. "Yesterday I sensed that he wanted us to participate in a certain war, but he felt that the war was dangerous and for various reasons, so he didn't say it directly. I guess he thought about it after he returned and felt that it would be better for us to participate... This is very Perturabo behavior."

"How credible do you think Kelbohar's words are?" Qin Xia said, "Personally, I think the credibility is 90%, but I don't know why he asked Quadrant to convey these words."

Coz raised his hand.

Qin Xia looked at Koz.

"The Mechanicus's thought processes are different from ours. I think we should focus on thinking about what Kelborhar thinks, which is purely a waste of mental energy," said Coze.

Qin Xia thought so too.

"So are you going or not?" Curze put his legs on the desk and swayed his body back and forth in the chair. "My personal opinion is that you should go. The Emperor only asked someone to help forward some photos instead of giving a direct order. He calculated that there is no way you won't go."

"The key point is that we don't have to go, because this is not a direct order, we can just pretend to be stupid and refuse." Qin Xia said.

Qin Xia recalled that Horus had received the order, but he did not go directly, let alone the Twelfth Legion which did not receive a direct order.

"What if we go to war and for some reason get hit hard... that's possible. What about the pressure from the Imperium and the Mechanicus?" Angron asked.

Qin Xia knew that Angron must have made a decision in his mind.

The decision was to join the war, of course; the only question was what to do after joining.

This is also in line with Qin Xia's expectations.

The Second Randan War was much more brutal than the greenskin defense war in the Onus sector. World after world was turned into deadlier worlds by the Randan aliens, and hundreds of millions of humans were killed. The Twelve Legions, which once had conflicts with the Emperor but still served as reinforcements to support the Onus sector, naturally did not want to be absent in this Randan annihilation war.

Angron has already made a decision, so Qin Xia will not easily overturn it unless there are special circumstances.

In the affairs of the Legion, Qin Xia seldom objected to Angron's decisions, but was more likely to think about what happened after Angron made a decision, just like now.

As the Primarch and Gene-Father of this Legion, Angron wants to shape the XII Legion into what he wants, so his decisions need to be supported rather than opposed.

Angron also needed to understand that he had to have absolute control over a legion like his brothers, and not rely too much on the opinions of others to avoid a situation in the future where the people he depended on were no longer in the legion and he would be unable to make and execute decisions on his own.

So Qin Xia chose to support as always, and also thought about what would happen after choosing to join the war.

"If the pressure from the empire comes later, just as Kelbo said, will you help us?" Qin Xia said to Koz.

He invited Coates to the scene just to ask this question.

"I personally will." Curze nodded, "But I don't know if my legion will. I don't plan to throw the legion affairs to Sevatar and Shen like before, but I also need time to reorganize the legion and reorganize Nostramo..."

Curze said, looking at Angron again: "Also, even if the Legion now has the final say, I cannot promise that my Legion will stand on your side. You all know what my Legion is like. The reason why I can stand on your side is that I am well-known for my management ability. Everyone knows that my attitude is often a personal attitude." "As long as you do not oppose the Emperor and his cause, I will stand on your side."

After getting Koz's reply, Qin Xia nodded.

"Perturabo will not easily get involved in internal struggles. In other words, whether he wants to get involved depends entirely on what he thinks, not on his actual interests."

"I think Perturabo would have supported you, Angron. Even though he parted ways with you for unknown reasons, you know his kind of person... maybe he regrets it now."

Qin Xia said this, thinking about the legions and primarchs who would later be very dissatisfied with the Imperial Senate having no Astartes seats.

In fact, all the legions have some tendency towards the Greater Astartes. If they knew that there was no place for the Astartes to speak in the Imperial Parliament, they would not choose to support the Empire.

Perhaps absolutely loyal Primarchs like Wolf King Leman Russ and Lion would stand on Malcador's side, but even if there were only half as many opponents, it would be enough.

If Malcador really chooses to use Nuceria to promote the Imperial Parliament to replace the War Council, and chooses to use the pure interests of the Mechanicus...

Taking advantage of the War Council's tendency to maintain its position, and the desire of those chosen by Malcador to replace it, Nuceria would be faced with an unprecedentedly cohesive Empire, and then the Council would replace the War Council...

Then find a way to give value to this matter, and turn what appears to be a conflict between the star sector and the Empire into a conflict between the Astartes and the new parliament.

It just so happened that Qin Xia felt that it was inappropriate for the Imperial Parliament to not give Astartes any power to speak, which was one of the sources of many conflicts that arose in the future.

"I estimate that Horus will stand on our side by then. The Luna Wolves and Horus are both model legion model primarchs, so they can serve as opinion leaders."

"Then there is our Twelfth Legion, the World Eaters, plus the Fourth Legion and Perturabo, plus Curze, plus Fulgrim..."

Qin Xia's voice became lower and lower as he spoke.

"No... this is a little strange..."

"Anyway, there will be a way to deal with it when the time comes. If we want to participate in the Randan War, then we can go ahead and do it."

"Even if no one is on our side, Guilliman, who signed an agreement with us before, must stand on our side."

Hearing this, Angron nodded in agreement.

Koz didn't react.

"Then..." Qin Xia took a deep breath, and his expression gradually became "serious".

Seeing this, Koz, who was rocking his chair back and forth, stopped and looked at Qin Xia nervously.

I can still vividly remember Qin Xia’s startled roar of “start” in the casting engine.

"Randan War." Qin Xia said very quietly, "Start."

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That night, when all the Space Marines gathered in the Triumph Hall of the flagship Resolute Resolve for a daily, non-serious conversation, Angron explained to his descendants about the Randan aliens and his decision to go to the assembly point to participate in the Randan War.

Then Legion Commander Kiel and the various chapter leaders and flag bearers made specific decisions.

Two months of pre-war preparations began.

A large amount of war supplies were transferred from Nuceria to the fleet, and the forging engine was planned to hold enough supplies to support the legion all the way to the northern part of the empire to participate in the war and then all the way back, without the need for any supplies in between.

The selection process for new Space Marine recruits throughout the star sector was accelerated, and the reservists from the previous wave who had not had time to be transformed were sent to the flagship for transformation.

The mortal troops in the mobilized army are no longer just the Nuceria Army, but also another army of two million composed of rigorously trained warriors from various worlds in the star sector. Thanks to the capacity of the forging engine, this army will be able to be mobilized, and all the supplies they need can be carried by the fleet.

In addition, there are some special forces.

But as the main armed force of mankind in the 30th millennium, the Space Marine Legion, which has been reorganized according to Angron's will, is still undoubtedly the main force.

When the war machine of Nuceria was put into motion, people performed their duties and materials were used in their respective roles, preparing for the impending war ordered by the Primarch at an astonishing speed.

Although this was not a war that would take place in Greater Nuceria, people learned about the complete destruction of dozens of human worlds by the Randan aliens, and tens of billions of humans died in the alien attacks, thanks to the propaganda spread across the worlds of the star region by the propaganda agency that was established during the Nuceria Uprising War, waged a propaganda war with the High Knights, and later merged with the Nu I propaganda department.

During the Nuceria Rebellion, the workers of Nu were inspired by the uprising of the Nu Devourers, who were not even on the same planet, and worked hard to swing hammers and wrenches, just to promote the destruction of the High Knights.

Now, workers in the industrial worlds of the Nuceria sector can work hard to produce for the victims in the northern part of the empire, which is not even in the same sector, but hundreds of light years away, just to promote the destruction of the Randan Alien Empire.

(End of this chapter)