Warhammer: Lord of the Endless Monsters

Chapter 342: Great Reform of the Imperial Army, the Arrival of the Death Army

The next things were much simpler. Rhodes directly communicated with Guilliman across space through psychic signals.

He told Guilliman what happened on the planet Fenris, and the Space Husky was dealt with by him in 24 hours.

"Well done, Rhodes. It's only been 24 hours and you've dealt with these Space Wolves." Guilliman gave great recognition to Rhodes' actions this time.

"Technically, it didn't take 24 hours to deal with them.

I got it done in less than an hour after I arrived. The reason they didn't send you a message until now is because I had a big drink with them." Rhodes said to Guilliman through the subspace psychic signal.

Sufficiently strong pressure, a stick that can hit you on the head and make it hurt, plus dates that are so sweet that they make your teeth fall out, can quickly make people give up their resistance.

When it is impossible to defeat the opponent and there are huge benefits in following him, any intelligent being will know what to choose.

"Next, the Space Wolves will need to send out a broadcast psychic signal to all worlds in the empire. As for what to say, just say that you paid a friendly visit to the planet Fenris!

The Space Wolves of Fenris have warmly entertained you, and the people are lining the streets to welcome you. The Space Wolves welcome the Emperor's return." Guilliman said.

Rhodes was very efficient and successfully avoided a civil war in the empire this time. If he had sent other inquisitors, high lords or the Emperor's guards, bloodshed would have been inevitable.

"I understand. I will have them do the surface work. You can rest assured.

Moreover, I have convinced the Space Wolves that when the Indomitus Crusade begins, they will send at least five more Great Companies to support me, and the number of their Great Companies will expand to more than a thousand.

I will stay here for more than ten days, teach them the transformation surgery of the Primaris Super Space Marines, and then equip them with some medical cabins." Rhodes said.

The Space Wolves now have 12 Grand Companies, but Rhodes knows that some pure werewolves from the 13th Grand Company have also returned. However, this is a secret of the Space Wolves, so the Space Wolves never told Rhodes about this matter.

Now that the Space Wolves have returned to the legion level, they will naturally expand their forces massively. The current preliminary plan is to expand all 12 major companies to the level of 12000 people, to gather chapter brothers, and then they will slowly expand.

"The recruitment requirements for the various chapters in the Empire are now too harsh. Tell that to the Space Wolves.

The current Space Marine surgical transformation has a 100% success rate, so as long as the age is right, they can be recruited into the army." Guilliman said.

An important element restricting the development of the Empire is the problem of recruiting Space Marines. The casualty rate of Space Marine recruitment is too high, and the recruitment conditions are too high. In the past, the Emperor occupied only one solar system and yet he had the strength of eighteen legions.

That's because the recruitment requirements for Space Marines at that time were not high. As long as you were almost qualified, you could be incorporated into the legion after occupying other planets.

I will temporarily recruit the ordinary mortals above into the Imperial Army, and then select Space Marines from the Imperial Army with outstanding performance.

Until the Primarchs return, they can recruit soldiers from their original planets.

Compared with the conscription now, the conscription at that time could be said to be loose, but the source of soldiers was not much different.

Because each Space Marine Chapter is currently limited to 1000 men, they all adopt the most stringent methods when recruiting soldiers, under the pretext of selecting the strongest.

But in fact, if you transform 1000 ordinary people into Space Marines, and then select an elite from among the 1000 people, these 1000 ordinary people-transformed Space Marines can kill the elite.

This is simply a stupid option, but the human empire, which almost dominates the entire galaxy, actually made such a stupid decision.

"You said so. There was a reason why I recruited so many Cadian shock troops. These elite Astra Militarum troops are the best space warriors. I recruited ordinary people and asked them to join the Imperial Army first.

They are then injected with Monster Warrior potion to give them the physical fitness level of the original Space Marines.

After one or two years of training, suitable people will be selected and transformed into new-era space warriors, giving everyone a chance to be promoted.

Let ordinary imperial troops see the hope of upgrading. They can also become the Death Angels of the God-Emperor, and they can also become Astartes at the demigod level.

In addition, if these mortal imperial soldiers have made enough military achievements, then in addition to awarding them medals, they will also receive some substantial rewards.

For example, we can allow their families to move to a more comfortable and superior place, pay them wages, and provide them with housing." Rhodes said.

Under what circumstances can soldiers fight best? Not strict training, not strict military discipline, but generous rewards.

There must be a brave man under the heavy reward!

When the benefits are sufficient, soldiers can burst out with unimaginable fighting power, so in addition to honor, military merit should also have something substantial.

Why was the Qin State able to destroy the six states during the Warring States Period? It was because Shang Yang's reforms established the Qin State's military merit system.

Why were the Mongolian troops so good at fighting? That was because after the war, they could plunder the spoils like crazy.

In this extremely chaotic galaxy, if the human army wants to unleash the most terrifying combat power, in addition to faith, they must also have sufficient interests. These things are always useful.

"You really understand humans, Rhodes, you are right! I think the same as you. I will find time to tell the Emperor about this." Guilliman nodded in agreement.

I didn't expect that this kid Rhodes actually has some talent in internal affairs. The imperial army really needs reform.

In addition to faith in the Emperor and loyalty to the Empire, sufficient benefits must be added to stimulate the soldiers' desire to fight.

"Do you really need to report these things to the Emperor? You are now the Prince Regent of the Empire. Except for some major matters, you can make your own decisions on other matters. This is a military reform, so there is no need to report." Rhodes said.

Are you kidding me? Do you have to ask your parents for everything? If you want to formulate a strategy against the Chaos God or make a decision about the fate of mankind, you can ask the Emperor for his opinion.

But do you really need to report some other things? It's the Imperial Regent!

Moreover, as the Warmaster of the Empire, Rhodes is also qualified to make some reforms to the army. For this matter, he and Guilliman can just make the arrangements.

After hearing what Rhodes said, Guilliman fell into silence. In the past, the Emperor sat on the Golden Throne and could not communicate with others, but now he can communicate, so he wanted to ask his father's opinion on everything.

He had never thought of making the decision himself, but now Rhodes' words made him suddenly realize that his father had just woken up from the Golden Throne and had very little time to communicate with him every day. He only had enough energy during the month when Magnus replaced him.

But during this month, instead of letting the emperor deal with some trivial matters of the empire, it is better to let him rest fully.

"You are right, Rhodes. You are the Warmaster of the Empire, and I am the Regent of the Empire. The two of us can make the final decision on this matter.

I will write down the specific details, and when you return to Holy Terra, I will give you the report, and then we will send out this new military reform report together." Guilliman said.

"Well! In addition to this, we have to strictly enforce one thing. Some of the current Space Marine Chapter Captains, even those at the company commander level, and some Imperial Inquisitors can issue an extermination order to completely destroy an Imperial world.

We must be restrained in various matters. Every world in the empire is an important tax collection area, which can provide a large number of soldiers, goods, and food. Don't just order extermination because of a word from an Inquisitor or a Space Marine Captain. "Rhode said.

Although it was impossible before, now with Rhodes's presence, resisting the Tyranids is no longer impossible.

At present, as long as the Tyranids reach a region, that region is basically doomed, and there are very few examples of directly repelling the Tyranid invasion.

There were only a few times when Rhodes organized the Tyranids and during the first and second Tyranid Zerg Wars that the Tyranids were successfully repelled. After the invasion of the Leviathan fleet, the Empire was defeated every time it encountered the Tyranids.

Finally, they were forced into a corner and when the Tyranids arrived at that area, they directly issued extermination orders to some Imperial worlds along the way, in order to stop the Tyranids' attack.

But the Tyranids are not a group of mindless idiots who only know how to eat.

Under the will of the Great Devourer, these Tyranids will directly attack humanity's weakest points, leaving humans no time to issue an extermination order.

There is a reason why Holy Terra was defeated by the Tyranids in the future. It was because the Empire used the Extermination Order many times, resulting in the Tyranids having no food, and decided to directly defeat the political command core of the Human Empire.

"That's fine. I also think that the extermination order should not be issued so easily. From today on, only you, me, and our deputy legion commander can sign the extermination order." Guilliman said.

During the Great Crusade, the signing of the Extermination Order was quite strict, but in today's Empire, a minor inquisitor or a captain of a regiment can issue an Extermination Order. This right must be taken back, and even Rogue Merchants must accept the Empire's orders.

The two discussed some details, and then Rhodes ended his communication with Guilliman. They agreed to set out on their return journey in half a month and arrive at Holy Terra in three and a half months.

The next day, the Space Wolves had the Psychic Speakers on Fenris send a psychic broadcast to the entire Empire, announcing that a Primarch had visited Fenris, announcing that the Space Wolves would restore the legion system, announce the acceptance of new Astartes, and announce the acceptance of the returning Primarch Magnus.

The Space Wolves' declaration caused some wavering chapters to immediately give up resistance and return to their own parent groups.

Chapters whose parent group cannot be determined are allowed to submit an application to the Legion they wish to join.

After inspection, you can go to your legion and replace the gene seed of your legion.

After this order was issued, the Space Guard Corps where Rod was located received many applications for joining from the Imperial regiments, for Rod, the new Imperial War Marshal.

Many Space Marine Chapters extended their olive branches. Rhodes was not polite to those Space Marine Chapters that pledged allegiance to him and recruited them all under his command.

He also ordered them to go to his territory on the edge of the Extreme Star Field to replace their gene seeds and officially wear the legion medals and flags. Rhodes handed all these matters over to Xiu Lun.

Rhodes also ordered his 1 Space Marines to help the Space Wolves rebuild their legion, and selected some outstanding young men from the tribes on the planet Fenris to undergo Space Marine surgery.

Rhodes himself would occasionally take time to return to the spaceship to extract subspace energy or infuse life energy with the goddess of life Aisha.

After living on Fenris for five days, an Eldar fleet drove a small Pedan mothership that Rhodes had sent to Fenris, and with them came more than a dozen Eldar warships. After these Eldar warships appeared.

The Space Wolves immediately became alert, but were told by Rhodes that they were allies, and that the Eldar had now officially formed an alliance with humans.

"Lord Rhodes, that means we have now established an alliance with the Ark Eldar, some Savage Eldar, and especially the Death Army, but the Dark Eldar have not formed an alliance with us, right?" Logan asked.

"That's right! So if you see these black bean sprouts plundering ordinary people of the empire to participate in their bloody duel games in the future, don't be polite, just beat them up." Rhodes said.

"Got it, Lord Rhodes. Then should we allow these outsiders to set foot on the planet Fenris?"

"No need. Just let them hover in outer space. We will receive them on our mothership. These Eldar won't stay for too long." Rhodes patted the leader wolf Logan on the shoulder, then activated the teleportation bracelet and returned directly to his space mothership.

"Aisha, get ready! Your Eldar warriors have arrived, and you can assign tasks to them now." Rhodes said.

"These children arrived quite quickly, so come with me to meet them! Your identity is different now." Aisha said.

Rhodes' current status has been raised to the level of a god, and he is now qualified to sit on an equal footing with the elven gods.

(End of this chapter)