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Chapter 209 Expedition and Armament

"How many reinforcements can the Empire send? Honestly, without a million or eight hundred thousand Star Army, I doubt it will be enough to fill this hole." In the meeting room of the Rostov Governor's Mansion, Guterres was asking Chen Xi with a tired face.

He had just finished dealing with the Space Marines. After all, nearly a hundred Astartes from four chapters participated in the battle, and more than 50% were killed.

Whether it is the recovery of the bodies of the dead, weapons and equipment, and genetic seeds, or the subsequent treatment of the wounded, all kinds of issues need to be dealt with by Guterres.

At this time, he was the one with the highest status among all the Astartes, and he was also needed to coordinate issues between the four different chapters.

Especially on the Blood Angels' side, although those warriors of the Death Company who were trapped in the Black Rage took the initiative to stay behind to cover their retreat, those who returned were generally mentally unstable.

Guterres had to transfer another batch of consecrated wine from Chen Xi's wine cellar to stabilize their condition.

If the Ash Knights were not Chen Xi's pawns, there would be no need to worry too much. I'm afraid that the things that Guterres needs to do will increase exponentially.

After finishing all this, he naturally looked exhausted. After all, even an Astartes couldn't handle such high-intensity work.

In response to Guterres's question, Chen Xi tossed him a copy of the latest star message he had received: "The sector capital has mobilized a fleet consisting of a battleship, ten cruisers, and several other ships, bringing with them 200,000 Astra Militarum and 800 Astartes for reinforcement."

"That sounds good. The fleet can be of great help!" When Guterres heard Chen Xi say that 200,000 interstellar troops were coming, his face looked much better.

If there were enough interstellar troops or space battleships in this battle, the outcome might have been different.

At least, they didn't have to use the Astartes to buy time for the defense forces to evacuate.

The overall quality of the Astra Militarum is much higher, and their weapons and equipment are much better, so they can have enough firepower to cover their retreat.

"You didn't hear the whole story. In addition to these, there are also the Ecclesiarchy's million-strong Crusade Army and a hundred thousand noble private armies, and these are just the vanguard." Chen Xi spread his hands and made a helpless gesture: "In fact, according to the information I received from the internal channels of the Inquisition, the Star Region Military Affairs Department is organizing an expedition, and the total number of mobilized troops is expected to be close to three million.

In addition, the state religion has been recruiting people under the banner of holy war.

According to news from Pavel, the state religion may mobilize more than 10 million crusaders.

The Star Region Military Affairs Department will also send some reinforcements to participate in this expedition. The estimated force is no less than five million, and no less than three regiments have responded to the invitation to the expedition..."

"Wait, buddy, I think I heard you mention an expedition? When did this become an expedition?" Guterres was a little confused, not knowing when the battle in Rostov became an expedition.

Chen Xi looked at Guterres' confused expression and felt helpless.

He had a similar reaction upon receiving the news, but he quickly understood the reason for the expedition. "First, Rostov is a holy land. That's a given! While it hasn't been officially canonized yet, both the Sector Ecclesiarchy and the Ecclesiarchy headquarters on Holy Terra have confirmed it. It's just that some unfinished procedures, and my attitude, have held back their progress. After all, I don't want Rostov to be transformed into a shrine world." Chen Xi briefly explained the importance of Rostov, which perfectly explained the Ecclesiarchy's reason for launching a holy war.

Guterres could certainly understand this. He rubbed his forehead with his hand and said, "Okay, defend the Holy Land! It's not surprising that the state religion launched a holy war. The nobles' private soldiers are probably related to our sub-sector development plan. They are concerned about their money not flying away.

But why is the Military Affairs Department so crazy? Especially the Star Region Military Affairs Department. You didn't send the interstellar message for help to the Star Region Military Affairs Department, did you? I remember Rostov is in the Solar Star Region. I remember the star region headquarters here is..."

Guterres's expression when looking at Chen Xi was somewhat baffling and strange, as if he suspected Chen Xi had done something outrageous.

However, Chen Xi shook his head and said with certainty, "Even if I want to seek reinforcements, I should go directly to the Arctic Hotel of the Inquisition. The Star Domain Military Affairs Department is under pressure from the state religion.

The state religion seems to be using this opportunity to launch a holy war, on the one hand to legitimately turn Rostov into a holy place, and on the other hand to use this opportunity to force me to submit and agree to build this planet into a shrine world."

"Okay, the state religion has its own agenda. I understand." Gutreston felt a headache, but he continued to ask, "Then how did the holy war turn into an expedition? And what's going on in the Ministry of Military Affairs?"

"The Ministry of Military Affairs was instigated by the Anti-Foreign Order. The Inquisition felt that an alien civilization that could beat us to the point of calling for reinforcements was a bit too strong, so it planned to launch a war to eliminate this alien civilization once and for all." Chen Xi revealed the most critical factor that turned this request for assistance into an expedition.

"Good fellow..." Guterres didn't know what to say. After a long pause, he asked, "Do they know what the Necromancer Dynasty is? Eight million Astra Militarum troops... aren't they enough to kill a Necromancer Dynasty?"

"Of course it's not enough, so I called in a Titan Legion from the Forge World of Gria to help." Chen Xi finally showed a hint of satisfaction on his face, and incidentally revealed another piece of news: "Also, Olivia has contacted Kaul, hoping to activate the things under the forge in the Forge World of Mariupol. According to her, Kaul is considering it, but there is a high probability that he will agree."

"Then there are 10,000 Primaris cans underneath? Does Caul really agree to deploy Primaris Astartes on a large scale before Regent Ki returns?" Guterres looked at Chen Xi with an expression that said, 'Are you kidding me?'

However, Chen Xi shook his head and said, "Of course, I'm not going to use all ten thousand Primaris cans. That would be too much of a fuss! I mean to borrow their equipment, like the Indomitable stroller and hovercraft, as well as those Redeemer Dreadnoughts. These can still be used."

Kohl was quite easy to talk to in this regard. He just treated it as testing new equipment for him and collecting actual combat data.

Furthermore, the MK10 series of weapons includes incendiary weapons, which are very useful to the current Imperial Chapters."

After hearing Chen Xi's explanation, Guterres finally understood what he wanted to do.

However, he also fully agreed with this. After all, in this way, his own weapons and equipment could be greatly strengthened, and he could also share some of the benefits.

Although you can exchange points for equipment, why not save some points by buying something?

(End of this chapter)