Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 568: Those who rebel against the Ark

……

after the war.

The three Primarchs, Qin Xia, and Kiel were checking information in the operations room.

"We lost 20,000 men in this war." Corax clutched the data slate tightly, his voice heavy and mournful.

With the exception of naval officers, other mortals do not have the ability or qualifications to participate in the civil war of the Space Marine Legions.

The mortal marines, boarding troops, auxiliary troops... none of them participated in the battle.

Therefore, the "20,000" mentioned by Corax are Astartes.

A total of 20,000 Space Marines from the Imperial Fists, Death Guard and Raven Guard died. The World Eaters joined the battle at the last moment, and although they played a crucial role, the battle went as smoothly as autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. With the help of Nuceria's latest medical equipment, there were only wounded and no deaths.

"Twenty thousand people were killed." Mortarion was moved by the number.

Rogal Dorn still had a face as solid as a rock, only his eyebrows trembled slightly.

Kiel drew his sword, rested his hands on the blade, and observed a moment of silence for the victims using the Terran military noble etiquette.

After three minutes of silence, Qin Xia took the data tablet from Corax's hand and looked at it carefully.

To be honest, the Battle of Chemos was quite hasty.

The Imperial Fists and the World Eaters were later entrants, and their numbers were not counted.

Now is the post-war statistics stage, and the number of people in each legion has become clear.

Death Guard:

After the warp storm, many warships lost contact, but Mortarion still had 0901 Terran Death Guards. After the planetary loyalist rescue battle, Lasker led loyalist Barbarus back.

From the beginning of the rescue battle to the end of the Battle of Chemos, a total of 14,000 people died.

Raven Guard:

The number of people in this legion was originally small, only about 80,000. 20,000 were lost in the warp storm, leaving about 50,000.

By the end of the Battle of Chemos, two thousand people had died.

Imperial Fists:

Before the warp storm hit, the total number of this legion was about 100,000, and the number of people was not reduced by the storm.

By the end of the Battle of Chemos, 4,000 people had died.

World Eaters:
Joined the battle at the end of the Battle of Chemos, with a total of 150,000 people in four chapters.

In short, as of now, the total number of loyalists is about 360,000. This is just the legions that have been connected and united.

Of course, these numbers are not all integers, but the lower-level officers will round them up when they are counting. For people like the Primarch who stand at the height of the legion and look down on everything, the specific numbers will only be marked in the corner of the statistical report as auxiliary information.

So how many rebels were eliminated?
The Emperor's Children, nearly 110,000 men, were annihilated, including the loyalists sacrificed by Fulgrim.

The Eleventh Legion... Qin Xia didn't have time to investigate how many people died, so the staff could only make an estimate of the statistics.

After calculation, the number of deaths in the 11th Legion was about 100,000.

The Battle of Chemos went from land battles to void battles, from the inexplicable appearance of two Emperor's Children fleets, to the participation of the XI Legion and the Imperial Fists, to the XI Legion's defection, and finally the World Eaters joining the battle, resulting in even greater casualties on the rebel side.

The reason is that the rebels are often wiped out in entire ships.

The same goes for the Death Guard. Most of the victims were destroyed along with their ships after the XI Legion defected in the Void War.

Originally, the rebels would not have suffered so many casualties, but after the World Eaters joined the battle, the fleets of the XI Legion and the Emperor's Children Legion were basically wiped out.

"If you had come later, we would have been the ones to suffer the most casualties in the end." Mortarion said to Kiel.

"You are undoubtedly the main force." Kiel saluted, "We seem to be here to pick peaches... Your Highnesses, I am just glad that the fleet arrived in time."

Mortarion remained silent.

"When the Void War was almost over, I saw that the Emperor's Children and the 11th Legion transport ships evacuated in time. Their casualties were definitely not as high as written in the report." Dorn said.

"Anyway, the Emperor's Children are finished." Mortarion's tone was filled with displeasure. "At most, less than 10,000 men escaped. What else can they do? Their legion has been destroyed."

Dorn's face was as solid as a rock, and he made no reply.

After discussing the results of the battle, Mortarion put down the report: "The number of casualties has been reduced to about 10,000. The impact of the Astartes Civil War on the morale of the fleet is immeasurable. We need greater results to boost morale and stabilize people's hearts."

No one questioned this.

In some reports that were not put on the table, mortal sailors privately discussed the civil war in the Astartes and the people were in panic.

Plus the impact of the warp storm...

People need morale boost, even complacency.

The discussion phase is over.

The fleet’s casualties will be counted later, which will take some time.

"What's going on with the Extreme Star Domain Fleet?" Qin Xia asked Kiel.

"Nuceria and Ultramar declare a union."

Kiel explained the current situation of Nuceria and the Five Hundred Worlds.

"The two Primarchs and the top brass of the two legions will form a 'joint command'. The legions of both sides will be mobilized in unison, and the same applies to the fleets."

"Nukeria and Ultramar both belong to the Ultron Segmentum. The main fleet composed of a large number of warships provided by both sides was named the Ultron Segmentum Fleet."

Hearing this, Mortarion and Dorn looked at each other.

There are varying opinions among the Primarchs and Legions regarding the two kingdoms within Ultramanukeria.

Nuceria and Ultramar are adjacent to each other. Although there are always border conflicts and frictions at the micro level, as well as differences in values ​​and ideologies, the general direction at the macro level is deep cooperation.

The Empire cannot interfere with the two of them. If these two forces want to do something, they are enough to sweep across the entire human empire.

This is one of the different opinions.

There are also views that Nuceria and Ultramar will be the benchmarks of the Empire, and the two Primarchs will never rebel...

But whether there is a "threat" does not depend on the intentions of the suspect, but on the strength of the suspect. When it comes to the size of Nuceria and Ultramar, people in these two places who kneel down to worship the emperor every day will also be suspected of having problems.

"Six months ago, Cyjanus came back from a Terran meeting and told Horus." Mortarion took two steps back and leaned against the pillar, "He said that the Terran Council asked Horus to formulate a defense and offensive plan against Nuceria and Ultramar."

"In the end, nothing happened in these two places, but something happened on the front line."

"I guarantee that the Terran Senate is now thinking about how to please Ultramanukelia so that they will obediently go and quell the rebellion in the future."

The Death Guard Lord's words made the atmosphere heavy. Dorn broke the heavy atmosphere intentionally or unintentionally, pointing to the holographic image in the center of the war room: "We have to formulate a defense plan. The warp storm has not dissipated yet, and the rebels are not completely wiped out. We have to contact other legions and find a way to defend the existing territory before the Webway plan succeeds."

The other two Primarchs nodded in agreement.

"Use the Tuqiucha engine to help them do this." Qin Xia said to Kiel.

"Why not use the webway?" Mortarion glanced in the direction of the flagship "Glory of Nuceria". "The Tuchucha engine can only take a fleet to one place at a time, but the webway is not like that. Besides, don't we have any communication between our bases?"

"You want me to discuss it with Uslan." Qin Xia said.

"Yes." Mortarion nodded. "That old prophet had better help us to the end. We really, really need the Webway."

……

Another fleet leapt out of the webway.

Chemos was not taken away by the rebels and is now used as a fleet supply station.

Just when people thought that Chemos would have to bear another heavy burden, they discovered that the one coming was not the Human Empire Fleet, but an alien fleet.

Light and elegant.

The iconic Eldar ship.

The paint job is black with some gold stripes.

Anyone who is familiar with the Eldar can tell at a glance that this is the "Usvi Ark World" fleet.

Considering Uslan's contributions to humanity, humans not only did not attack, but also lined up to welcome the arrival of the Eldar fleet.

The Usvi Ark World Fleet also cooperated well, shutting down all defense devices, and pointing all ships and weapons towards each other, and joined the human fleet in the void.

After a brief exchange, the Craft World Fleet dispatched a group of prophetic emissaries to Chemos to conduct diplomatic activities on the planet.

The top leaders of both sides met outside the reserved webway exit of Chemos.

"What are they here for. Help?"

Mortarion muttered to himself as he watched a group of Eldar walk out of the golden light of the Webway.

Most of the Eldar are warriors at first glance, wearing black robes or armor and holding guns or swords.

The three leading elves were obviously high-ranking officials, wearing black and gold robes, and their elegant appearance was similar to that of Uslan.

"I don't think so." Qin Xia responded to Mortarion, looking at Uslan, "Actually, it's not the case."

Uslan held his helmet and looked at his compatriots with a complicated look.

The elves stopped and saluted first, and after the humans returned the salute, their eyes all fell on Uslan alone.

"Prophet Uslan, you have left your post without permission and participated in matters that you should not have been involved in. You must return to the Usvi Ark World to accept investigation and interrogation by the parliament." The leading Eldar spoke.

In order to take care of humans, they even speak in High Gothic.

really.

Qin Xia thought.

To be very objective, Uslan has a very bad reputation in the Eldar camp and in his hometown, the Usvi Ark World.

Of course, it’s not that bad now, but it has used many evil tricks and done many evil things.

The real thing that caused Uslan to become infamous had not happened yet. He had not yet rebelled against the majority of the Ark Eldar who only wanted to survive, together with the likes of Eveline, and insisted on awakening Inad, the Eldar God of Death who could only be born after the "death of the Eldar."

The Primarchs had a good impression of Uslan simply because Uslan had not yet done anything harmful to humans for his "big chess game".

"I have to go back." After thinking for a while, Uslan came to the humans and said, "I took a big risk to come out to help you."

"What punishment will he receive when he returns?" Qin Xia came to Uslan's side and faced the elves. "He is helping real creatures fight against Chaos, not acting for his own selfish interests. As people he has helped, we cannot accept him being imprisoned or even executed when he returns."

The leading Eldar stepped forward. "He is helping the outsiders use the Webway. For example, you humans helped us settle on Terra. It is just unreasonable."

"He is helping those who are fighting against Chaos to use the Webway." Qin Xia said, "Your Usvi Craft World is haunted in the Eye of Terror and is also fighting against Chaos. You are different from the vast majority of Eldar who just want to live in seclusion. You should understand what I mean."

The Eldar thought for a moment and looked at Uslan, "You just need to go back. It's that simple. The Council of Prophets will not imprison you, let alone execute you."

Uslan didn't think that he would receive any mandatory punishment at the beginning. After all, he was also a member of the Ark World Prophet Council and a prophet. He might even become the highest-ranking Supreme Prophet.

Qin Xia also knew it.

But Uslan had helped humans, and humans had to say something for him.

"I have something to say." After saying this, Uslan used his psychic power to establish contact with Qin Xia.

In the communication that lasted half a second, Uslan told Qin Xia about his experience in studying the "Holy Book of All Knowledge" in the four-fold trial, and how to complete this trial.

Qin Xia also had ideas about the trial of the Holy Scripture of All Knowledge, but it didn't require Uslan to tell him what to do.

But Qin Xia was still grateful.

What's more, Uslan said another thing.

About... Subspace knowledge, the wonderful use of the Quadruple Trial.

"Complete at least two of the four trials before you go to rescue Horus," Uslan said with psychic power, "otherwise there is no chance of winning."

"I know very well." Qin Xia nodded.

After explaining what needed to be said, the old prophet bowed and followed his compatriots out into the Webway.

After the Eldar left, the entrance to the Webway suddenly closed.

The Eldar fleet also escaped via the Webway.

Mortarion was a little angry, but he also knew that the Eldar did not have to allow humans to use the Webway, so he asked Qin Xia: "Is it possible for those colorfully dressed aliens to help us use the Webway?"

"The Harlequins live deep within the Webway. They do not have control over most of the Webway." Qin Xia replied, "The Webway itself is like a universe. It is controlled and has territorial divisions."

"After the Webway project succeeds, we will have to fight for control." Mortarion has already begun to plan for war.

Although facing chaos, real creatures should theoretically unite.

But even if real creatures can unite, chaos may not necessarily be born.

In the eyes of most elves, humans are monkeys and wild animals. They just don’t want monkeys to enter their homes, so what should they do?

You can only grab it.

"I hope we don't end up with a replica of the Webway War."

Qin Xia thought.

(End of this chapter)