The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 291 The Birth of the Empire's Eagle Modified Warriors
Inside the mech, several artillerymen who were firing their cannons heard the communications outside, and a few black lines appeared on their foreheads.

Sir, would you like to hear what you're saying?
This is just a joke!

They wanted to blow up two speedboats moving at high speed on the river, but that's not going to be easy.
This is all about luck; if you're unlucky, you can't blame them!

Even the most skilled artillerymen couldn't accurately hit two small targets moving at such a fast speed, let alone at such a great distance.

That thing of theirs is a howitzer, not a cannon!

However, having served in the Black Hawk Empire's army for so long, the artillerymen have naturally learned a lesson—don't always try to talk back to your superiors!

So they ignored their superiors' shouts outside and continued to operate the howitzers, shelling the river.

Shells kept falling on the river, but thanks to the players' skillful maneuvering, the enemy couldn't lock onto their torpedo boats, so the explosions had almost no effect on them.

But it has to be said that being constantly bombarded by enemy artillery from a distance is quite mentally taxing.

"LVT, what's going on with you guys? Can you hurry up?"

"Stop rushing us. All you do is rush us. This piece of junk can't go very fast to begin with, and the terrain of the riverbed next to it is so steep. How can we possibly drive up there so easily?"

The player operating the LVT amphibious tank finally found a suitable landing spot and successfully drove the vehicle onto it.

Once they drove the tanks up there, the players felt they had nothing to worry about.

It's just a few cannons; they can easily wipe it out.

At the same time, the soldiers who were originally sitting on the tank also quickly jumped off the tank and ran away into the distance.

The moment a player jumped down, they selected a female horse-like creature as their unit and charged forward carrying their teammates.

"Wait a minute, turn around first, there seems to be an enemy nearby!"

Just as they were about to speed ahead and charge straight there, the player on horseback suddenly noticed a fleeting red dot on the side of the minimap.

If he hadn't just checked the minimap, he might have missed the red dot.

His teammates quickly adjusted their direction and ran towards the location he pointed out. Immediately, a red dot appeared on their minimap.

The two scouts, hiding behind the earthen slope, watched the enemy torpedo boats rapidly receding into the distance on the river while continuously relaying information to the artillery behind them via radio.

But just then, one of the scouts suddenly noticed the Maniang people rushing towards them.

"Damn it, they're Cambrian Empire's modified soldiers, watch out!"

As he spoke, he quickly picked up his submachine gun and fired, but just as he set up his submachine gun, the female player also raised a light machine gun.

Both sides opened fire simultaneously, with the player relying on their thick skin and not dodging or avoiding, relentlessly suppressing the opponent with firepower.

The unfortunate scout had only fired two or three shots before he had to drop to the ground. If he had been even slightly slower, the flying bullets would have blown his head off on the spot.

"Damn! This accuracy... is a bit too high!"

The scout lying on the ground couldn't help but curse angrily. It was the first time he had ever seen someone run while firing a light machine gun with such accuracy.

There was no time to think too much; they had to fight back quickly!
Otherwise, they'll both die here when that monster charges at them!
He seemed to be reaching for a grenade, but before he could even take it down, the player had already rushed over his head.

The female player instantly switched weapons, transforming her light machine gun into a spear for close combat, and then thrust it out fiercely.

With a soft thud, followed by a piercing scream, the scout, who hadn't even had time to pull out a grenade, was pierced through the body by a spear and then skewered like a kebab.

The ferocious scene terrified the other scout standing nearby.

He had originally intended to draw his pistol and retaliate, but faced with this scene, he hesitated to move for a moment.

However, his inaction does not mean that the players are also inactive.

Upon seeing the enemy freeze in place, the player on horseback pulled out a shotgun and fired a shot at his face, a scene that was nothing short of gruesome.

After firing the shot, the player didn't look back. Instead, he mounted his horse and did a cool gunfight, seemingly acting like a Western cowboy.

Immediately afterwards, he was struck by a spear from his teammate.

"Sit down, Duxiu! Your gun hit my head!"

The player sitting on horseback couldn't help but roll their eyes. Compared to riding warhorses, players riding female horses were at a disadvantage in this respect.

He couldn't control where his mount should go, and someone would block his view, making his vision uncomfortable. In addition, he would occasionally be backstabbed by his teammates.

Of course, according to my teammates' logic:

You're already riding on my back, what are you thinking about?

It's already quite docile that it didn't just kick you off!
"Scouts, scouts, what's going on over there?"

Hearing that the scouts on the other side had suddenly stopped moving, the communications soldier on the artillery position became anxious.

They still need frontline scouts to locate the enemy's torpedo boats, so why have these guys suddenly gone silent?
"Sir, it seems our scouts are in some trouble..."

"Then send more people to investigate. No matter what, we must keep track of these damned river pirates!"

The artillery officer spoke angrily, as if he had swallowed gunpowder; it was unclear where such anger came from.

Of course, if his soldiers knew that this unfortunate fellow had been given a severe scolding by his superior officer when he was assigned a task, they would understand why he was so irritable.

General Ron was angry with his men because the fuel supply couldn't keep up, and naturally, General Ron's men were also angry with their own men.

After all this turmoil, the pressure was passed down layer by layer, ultimately falling on the shoulders of the lower-ranking officers and soldiers.

After some commotion, two soldiers immediately boarded a motorcycle with a radio and sped off in the distance.

But before they reached the corner of the road, a sudden shell came flying, blowing the motorcycle and the soldiers on it to the ground.

"What's going on? Where did these shells come from?"

"Sir, look! What's that thing?"

One of the Black Hawk soldiers pointed with slight surprise at the tank that suddenly appeared from the side; it was the first time he had ever seen such a strangely shaped thing.

This thing looks like a tracked armored vehicle, similar to the turreted vehicles that the Cambrian Empire used on the battlefield before, but judging from its general shape, they think it looks more like a ship.

But now it's not a question of whether this thing is a car or a boat, because it's already rumbling towards them!
When the soldiers on the artillery position saw this thing running towards them, they were terrified, as they had absolutely no anti-armor capabilities!

Without any hesitation, the two Wasp cannons began to crawl away at top speed, preparing to escape as quickly as possible.

Just as they couldn't hit the two torpedo boats speeding across the river, they also couldn't accurately hit a tank heading towards them at that distance.

Although this thing has a strange shape, it is not slow. Their grenade launchers are only suitable for hitting stationary targets, not for hitting moving targets like this.

"Holy crap! This can't be right, can these kinds of artillery move that fast?"

Players driving their LVT amphibious tanks toward this side were stunned when they saw the two Wasp cannons rapidly retreating.

Before this, they hadn't really studied the mobility of this self-propelled artillery in detail, so much so that at this moment, they suddenly realized that their tanks seemed unable to keep up with this thing!
They tried firing a shot at a distance of about three thousand meters, which was far beyond their reach.

The two cannons, along with the artillery officer who was standing on them, escaped, but the remaining soldiers were in trouble.

These soldiers couldn't escape with the mobile artillery, nor could they outrun the tank, and they didn't have any anti-armor weapons on hand!
Isn't this ridiculous? What are they supposed to do next?
Several Black Hawk soldiers gritted their teeth, quickly took the grenades from their bodies, and prepared to tie them up.

During these days, they also conducted a series of special training exercises using the tanks that had just been built in the rear.

Aside from helping soldiers overcome their fear and endure the oppressive feeling of being huddled in trenches with these tanks running over them, the rest of their training focused on how to destroy these things.

Anti-armor rifles are naturally the best choice, but not all units can be equipped with them; most units simply don't have these strange gadgets.

In this situation, they would have no choice but to use cluster grenades to deal with enemy armored vehicles, which would most likely result in mutual destruction.

Unfortunately, the players had already noticed their little tricks, and there was nowhere to hide.

The hillside was relatively open, so when faced with the Black Hawk soldiers who seemed to want to make a move, the players simply stopped and began firing machine guns in short bursts.

The Black Hawk soldiers standing on the hillside were really in trouble. In this open environment, they had nowhere to hide from machine gun fire.

Two Black Hawk soldiers, in desperation, roared and tried to throw grenades, but how could they possibly run that far?

In the end, all the Black Hawk soldiers fell to the tanks' guns, while on the other side, the two cannons that had already escaped could not escape the players' pursuit.

Although the amphibious tanks couldn't keep up with the enemy's artillery, the fast-charging horse girls could still catch up.

These female horses charged faster than ordinary tanks, and of course, they were much faster than normal warhorses, much like the unusually fast speed of battlefield cavalry.

"Sir, it looks like there's a cavalryman chasing us!"

"Fool, those aren't cavalry at all, they're Cambrian Empire's modified soldiers!"

Facing the aggressive pursuit of the horse girl and the player on her back, the two wasp cannons in front, busy retreating, made the artillerymen inside and the officer sitting on top a little flustered.

"Fire! Return fire! Take them down!"

The artillery officer shouted as he stomped his boots on the steel plate beneath his feet, signaling to the artillerymen hiding inside to get to work quickly.

"Sir, this thing is just a mobile artillery piece; it doesn't have any machine guns or anything like that inside!"

An artilleryman poked his head out, his expression extremely awkward.

"What? Are you kidding me! How come such a huge mech doesn't even have a machine gun?"

The artillery officer was stunned. He really didn't know that this new type of artillery was not equipped with machine guns.

He didn't know that, according to the initial design concept of the Black Hawk Empire's designers, they thought that since this thing was to be used as a howitzer, it was unlikely to engage the enemy at close range.

Even in close combat, they felt that equipping themselves with a machine gun wouldn't be of much help, because it would mean that the enemy had already breached their lines.

So they simply didn't add any extra machine guns to this thing, resulting in the entire mech only having one grenade launcher.

This was quite awkward. The officer glanced at the small pistol in his hand and felt that this piece of junk looked unreliable no matter how he looked at it!
But he had no choice but to fire his pistol at the players who were running closer and closer. But before he could even raise his gun, the light machine gun in Ma Niang's hand fired first.

After a burst of fire, the officer, riddled with bullets, staggered off the Wasp cannon, leaving only two cannons still struggling to shake off the cavalry behind.

But then, as the player quickly switched their weapon to the carrot launcher, the two cannons met their end.

The Wasp Cannon also lacked any armor protection; it couldn't even withstand bullets from a large-caliber machine gun, let alone armor-piercing grenades.

Two grenades were fired, and the two cannons were instantly reduced to piles of scrap metal, wobbling and overturning by the roadside.

"Evacuate! Evacuate! Go back to the river! Let's steal their backsides again!"

"Speaking of which, do we have any other gunboats that we can open up? It feels like the gunboats we have now aren't very useful!"

As they retreated, the players couldn't help but complain.

Strictly speaking, neither of the two types of small boats in Battlefield 1 is suitable for ground attack; they can only be used to launch attacks on the surrounding area.

Torpedo boats and landing craft, apart from three machine guns, don't have much proper firepower output. Torpedoes can only be used in water.

As for the amphibious tanks in Battlefield 5, they can indeed attack land targets to some extent, but ultimately they don't have very strong firepower.

Honestly, it would be awesome if we could just bring out the destroyers directly.

When the time comes, we'll bombard the shore with the destroyer's guns, and no Black Hawk helicopter can withstand it.

Andrei also saw the players' feedback on the other side. After thinking about it, he felt that what the players said seemed to make sense.

If you really want to attack ground targets, those three machine guns alone are definitely not enough. Amphibious tanks are also a bit abstract and not very suitable for firepower output on rivers.

After thinking for a moment, Andrei started looking through the exchange list again, and soon he found a patrol gunboat from the Soviet Union during World War II that was considered pretty good.

During World War II, the Soviet Project 1124 patrol gunboat was a good choice. Early versions of this thing were not very interesting, just with a T26 turret on each end of the boat.

Subsequent versions replaced the T26 turret with the T28 turret, thereby acquiring a 76.2mm howitzer, and some even replaced it with the turret of the T34 tank.

Of course, Andrei wasn't interested in any of those models. What he was interested in was a rather special variant—a version equipped with Katyusha rocket launchers.

It has a total of two turret positions. The front turret is equipped with the turret of the T34 tank, while the rear turret is equipped with a Katyusha rocket launcher, which immediately gives it a good ground attack capability.

Despite the long reloading time of rocket launchers and the difficulty in resupplying ammunition, these factors have become obstacles for this type of gunboat.

However, given the characteristics of players, these things will not bother them.

Andrei quickly produced the device, which received rave reviews from players.

Compared to this patrol gunboat, their current torpedo boats and landing ships look utterly inadequate!
In other words, torpedo boats can be used to blow up bridge piers, since torpedoes have a fairly large explosive charge, although normal people wouldn't use torpedoes to blow up bridge piers.

Landing craft can be used as a player's respawn point, thus enabling a continuous supply of players behind enemy lines.

The wrecked boats on the river have already attracted the attention of the Black Hawk forces.

Under General Ron's stern roar, more and more troops were mobilized to begin intercepting the enemy's sabotage forces on the river.

Several Black Hawk Armored Gunboats sailed over. They never expected that their ordinary patrol boats would one day have to face such an enemy.

They were somewhat surprised, not knowing when the Cambrian army had deployed its forces, or how several gunboats had suddenly emerged from the river.

They had never heard of anything like this before!
"Sir, we've spotted enemy gunboats in the distance. That should be our target! It's clearly not one of our weapons!"

On a gunboat, soldiers shouted excitedly to their captain.

Although it's just a small gunboat, it's still a very famous captain!

"I saw it. I think that thing is some kind of landing craft, right?"

"What were the Cambrian army thinking, actually sending out these things?" To be honest, when the captain saw what these small gunboats looked like, he was genuinely puzzled.

With that kind of time, wouldn't it be better to just take a wooden boat, add a motor, make some minor modifications, add a machine gun, and create a simple patrol gunboat?
Landing craft are not cheap to build, and they are not as suitable for use in waterways as other small boats.

So he couldn't understand why the Cambrian army didn't have anything good, so they simply sent out their stockpiled landing craft.

Although the enemy is somewhat abstract, this does not prevent him from launching an attack on them.

Under his command, the small gunboat, equipped with only one large-caliber machine gun and two heavy machine guns, sped forward. Immediately afterward, the large-caliber machine gun located directly in front of the gunboat began to fire.

This weapon, modified from an anti-aircraft machine gun, is extremely effective; it's a nightmare for lightly armored units.

At the same time, the players quickly operated the machine guns on the bow of their ships to return fire on the attacking Black Hawk gunboats.

Both sides were constantly inflicting damage on each other. Neither side's gunboats had much armor protection, and their respective firepower could penetrate each other's defenses, making the battle extremely dangerous and bloody.

On the gunboat, one Black Hawk soldier operating the machine gun was immediately killed, but another Black Hawk soldier fearlessly took his place and continued to operate the large-caliber machine gun and fire.

Under continuous attacks, one of the player's landing craft was destroyed first.

Unfortunately, the heavy machine gun used by the player was simply too weak in terms of firepower. Compared to the enemy's 12.7mm machine gun, it was utterly ineffective.

"Damn, what kind of firepower does this piece of junk have? Let me handle it!"

One of the players, who was perched on top of another landing craft, couldn’t help but curse. He quickly lay down, skillfully mounted his AT gun, and fired a shot at the gunboat opposite him.

The AT gun truly lives up to its reputation as a god that defies all odds. A 40mm armor-piercing projectile was fired and immediately penetrated the armor and gun shield of the opposing gunboat, striking the engine at the rear with great force.

When the gunboat's engine suddenly emitted black smoke and stopped running, the gunboat, which was traveling at high speed, immediately began to shake.

Despite the Black Hawk soldiers' best efforts to steer the ship, the thing still wobbled and crashed into the shore, exploding into a huge fireball with a bang.

"Watch out! They seem to have made additional modifications to the landing ships; these landing ships are equipped with small-caliber cannons!"

"Oh no, he's aiming at me!"

The Black Hawk soldiers were taken aback by the small-caliber cannon, as they were a unit responsible for river defense and patrols and were unaware of its existence.

If it were some Black Hawk troops who had been terrified of being defeated by players, when they learned about this small-caliber artillery, they would immediately think of the small steel cannons in the hands of players.

Another Black Hawk gunship, which had already approached the player, desperately tried to dodge, but still couldn't escape the player's lock-on.

Another armor-piercing shell landed, and the unfortunate little gunboat was instantly penetrated, rendering it combat ineffective.

"See that? We need anti-tank weapons to deal with this thing. What kind of garbage is this broken machine gun?"

The player couldn't help but complain, and then showed off his AT flashlight.

I have to say, this thing gets better and better the more you use it!

But just then, they suddenly noticed that behind the Black Hawk gunboats in front of them, there seemed to be a larger gunboat approaching.

"Oh no, watch out! Something seems wrong with that thing!"

"Holy crap, is that a human? What kind of outrageous modification is this?"

When the players saw that the gunboat had an 88mm anti-aircraft gun mounted on its bow, they all couldn't help but want to curse.

Goodness, they can only equip their gunboats with machine guns, but the other side has already set up 88mm anti-aircraft guns. Isn't that a bit too exciting?

A player's torpedo boat is trying to break through quickly and then release torpedoes.

But the 88mm anti-aircraft gun, being quite far away, preemptively launched a strike.

The large-caliber armor-piercing shell accurately hit the torpedo boat, penetrating the thinly armored gunboat from bow to stern without any hindrance, instantly destroying it.

Another torpedo boat quickly circled around and tried to launch a torpedo to solve the problem, but the torpedo was blocked by a small gunboat in front of it!

The massive explosion sent water flying everywhere on the river, along with various fragments of a small gunboat.

When a small gunboat, only 10 meters long, is hit by a torpedo, the scene is nothing short of horrific.

But at the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity gained by his teammates' sacrifice, the larger gunboat behind them opened fire again and successfully destroyed the player's torpedo boat.

The Black Hawk soldiers cheered. Although their latest equipment, the "Unicorn" gunboat equipped with 88mm anti-aircraft guns, was expensive, its destructive power was formidable!

Of course, it was precisely because these things were so expensive that they didn't equip themselves with too many.

In most cases, their patrol gunboats only need to be equipped with a 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun; any more firepower would be superfluous.

Unicorn gunboats like the one in front of us can actually participate in coastal defense, and are not just used for inland river patrols.

The player looked at the enemy in the distance, and for a moment, he gritted his teeth in hatred.

That thing is absolutely despicable. It can easily hit them from 2,000 meters away. Using an 88mm anti-aircraft gun to exchange fire with their heavy machine guns is simply cheating!

But just then, one of their teammates suddenly shouted excitedly in the chat:
"Guys, good news! We've arrived with our brand-new gunboats to provide support!"

No sooner had the words been spoken than the player who had just arrived in the rocket launcher gunboat behind immediately activated the Katyusha rocket launcher behind him.

Eight rockets were launched at the same time. The huge whistling sound and the long tail flames of the rockets attracted the attention of the Black Hawk soldiers on the other side almost instantly.

At that moment, whether on the shore or in the river, the Black Hawk soldiers were all taken aback by this exaggeratedly designed weapon.

The unicorn gunboat at the front, realizing the situation was dire, quickly tried to retreat.

The ship's helmsman accelerated to maximum speed and quickly made a wide circle, attempting to evade the rocket attack.
But his luck wasn't so good; a rocket still fell from above and hit the gunboat.

With a deafening roar, the Unicorn gunboat, which had just been performing exceptionally well, was instantly reduced to a large, burning wreckage on the water.

The other Black Hawk helicopter gunboats stared blankly at the scene, then they all turned around and retreated immediately, with no one wanting to stay and fight any longer.

"...To be honest, I think if that gunboat on the other side had stayed still, it might not have been hit by the rocket."

The player who had been observing the explosion up close from beginning to end couldn't help but complain while standing on his small landing craft.

This is probably what they mean by "it's better to catch the ball than to hit it accurately."
"Keep moving forward. I remember they have a fuel depot over here. Let's just blow it up in one go!"

"It's so much more satisfying to be equipped with rocket launchers. What kind of junk is a machine gun?"

Led by the rocket launcher gunboat, the players quickly arrived at a location and then launched a fierce bombardment into the distance from the river.

Although the first salvo of the Katyusha rockets failed to hit its target, the second salvo ignited the fuel depot on the other side.

With a loud bang, a large amount of gasoline piled up here was sent flying into the air. Many Black Hawk soldiers watched this scene and couldn't help but burst into tears.

What the hell! Their fuel depot was just bombed like that. How are they going to explain this to General Ron?
In the middle of the night, General Ron, who had already gone to sleep, was suddenly awakened by the phone next to him.

He answered the phone impatiently and asked in a sullen voice:

"What's going on? Why was the call made so suddenly? I hope it's not bad news!"

On the other end of the phone, the Black Hawk officer, who was giving a report, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"...I'm sorry, General, this is probably really bad news. One of our fuel depots in the rear was attacked by enemy gunboats and has now been destroyed."

"We've lost 30% of the fuel we're transporting, so your next attack plan will probably have to be postponed..."

What kind of garbage is this?
General Ron was stunned for a moment, then instantly came to his senses.

"What happened? How did enemy gunboats get here? And where were our warehouses built? How could they have been bombed by their gunboats?"

The general was somewhat annoyed. "Don't tell him that the warehouse was built right next to the river!"

They just suffered an attack from the enemy's guerrilla forces on the water. Don't these people know to move the fuel away quickly?
"General, we don't know why the enemy's gunboats suddenly appeared. They have gunboats equipped with rocket launchers, and they're using those to launch a barrage of attacks against us!"

General Ron's hand clenched slightly; he suddenly had an urge to throw the phone away.

"My God, what am I supposed to say? Didn't I tell you to concentrate your gunboats and wipe out the enemy's surface guerrillas?"

"What's going on? Why are there more and more enemies even after we've cleared them out?"

After saying this, General Ron gave the other side no chance to reply and roared angrily.

After venting his anger, he had no choice but to hang up the phone and accept this tragic reality with a heavy heart.

"Damn it! The offensive plan has to be postponed again. How did the Empire's logistics become so bad?"

General Ron was feeling a bit frustrated. He wanted to go back to sleep, but found that he couldn't fall asleep no matter what he did.

The war is getting worse and worse. If this trend continues, do they really have any hope of winning quickly?
General Ron was having trouble sleeping, while in Moscow, the Tsar was also awakened by a sudden phone call.

Upon hearing that the research project had finally made a breakthrough, the Tsar quickly dressed and, escorted by his guards, arrived at the research institute.

As soon as he entered, he bluntly addressed the head of the research institute:

"How about this? I hope I hear good news this time, instead of another failure!"

Despite the Tsar's stern expression, Fabius, the head of the research institute, exclaimed excitedly:
"No, Your Majesty! Quite the opposite, we have made groundbreaking progress!"

"Our first project for the Imperial Eagle is nearing completion. We have just created a prototype of near-perfect quality."

"All we need to do next is conduct a series of experiments and tests to determine whether this warrior can contribute to the Empire, and I am very optimistic about it!"

Upon hearing this, the Tsar, who had been somewhat drowsy, immediately perked up.

He followed the researcher briskly, and soon they arrived at a training ground.

At this moment, a burly giant, about 2.3 meters tall, stood quietly on the side of the training field, next to a set of power armor that looked remarkably like a can.

"Good! What a robust warrior! Is this the result of the Imperial Eagle Project's modifications?"

The moment the Tsar saw this tall and imposing warrior, a look of fondness appeared on his face. Regardless of the warrior's actual combat ability, just looking at his physique, he felt a pure aesthetic of power.

"Good, Fabius. Give me a detailed account of this warrior's modifications, and let me hear which option you ultimately chose."

Fabius first bowed slightly to the Tsar, then spoke with fervent emotion:
"Your Majesty, please allow me to introduce you to the Empire's latest masterpiece of bioengineering!"

"First, we used sanctified steel nails blessed by the Cold-Blooded Lady to inject along the bones of their limbs, greatly enhancing the strength of the modified warriors' bones. At the same time, the latest Type II muscle enhancement fluid greatly increased their muscle density."

"To make a comparison, these soldiers can lift more than one and a half tons with their bare hands. If they wear power armor for assistance, they can even easily overturn an enemy's light mech!"

As he spoke, Fabius patted the warrior's strong arm.

"In addition, to prevent him from being attacked by poison gas on the battlefield, and also to enable him to adapt to harsher environments, we made additional modifications to his respiratory system."

"Through an implanted lung-filtering auxiliary organ, or a third lung, this soldier is immune to most gas attacks; mustard gas and other chemical weapons cannot harm him."

"At the same time, the extra heart can further enhance his blood supply, allowing him to maintain high-intensity combat without feeling fatigued."

If Andrei knew about the changes that had taken place here, he would surely exclaim in astonishment:
Holy crap, what's with the "two hearts and three lungs" thing? Did they somehow bring out the Astartes?

The Tsar clapped his hands repeatedly, feeling that the proposed modification sounded very powerful.

"Apart from that, are there any other modifications?"

The Tsar looked curiously at the series of fleshy pillars extending from the back of his head and asked in bewilderment:

"What exactly is this thing that looks like a braid?"

"Oh, this is a neural interface. Once this is connected to the power armor, this complex neural bundle will spread throughout the entire power armor at an astonishing speed, thus achieving the integration of the soldier and the power armor into one!"

"Using this method, he doesn't need to learn the specific operation of the power armor at all, because the power armor itself is his skin, it's part of his body!"

Immediately afterwards, Fabius had the researcher in charge of developing the power armor introduce the power armor next to him.

In short, this power armor represents a significant improvement over the power armor previously used on ordinary soldiers.

This thing is almost immune to fire from small-caliber artillery of 37 mm or less, and at the same time allows soldiers to run at speeds of over 80 kilometers per hour.

As for the soldiers' main weapons, they didn't do much extra design work.

In their view, a modified 20mm autocannon that could be lifted by hand by a soldier was a decent weapon.

As for secondary weapons used in close combat... aren't a warrior's iron fists enough?

You should know that the power armor has 50-centimeter-long triangular steel nails embedded in the gauntlets. These things are more vicious than bayonets when they stab a person!
The Tsar was increasingly pleased with what he saw, and then he had the soldier put on power armor and demonstrate its effectiveness in combat.

When he saw that the soldier could move with incredible speed after putting on power armor, almost combining the agility of an ordinary soldier with the strength of a steel giant, he could no longer contain his excitement.

However, Marshal Rachaev, who accompanied the Tsar to visit the research project, raised his own questions.

"So, are there no drawbacks to this kind of modified soldier? Don't tell me your experiment went straight to the point."

Upon hearing this question, Fabius looked slightly embarrassed.

"Well, Your Majesty, to be honest, this modified warrior does have some drawbacks."

"Because we have not yet been able to completely solve the problem of organ rejection after modification, these soldiers must take a fusion agent every three days after the modification, otherwise they will suffer from widespread organ failure."

"At the same time, these soldiers experience severe pain when moving because the extra bones installed in their bodies rub against their nerves. As a result, they have to be injected with large doses of anesthetic drugs regularly."

But then, Fabius pointed to the soldier's powered armor and said:
"However, Your Majesty, these medicines can be stored in the power armor in advance, so that soldiers can administer the injections themselves when needed."

"As long as they keep their armor on at all times, these soldiers will be the most formidable warriors in the empire, and they will live up to the title of Eagles of the Empire!"

(End of this chapter)