Many regiment commanders realized their mistake belatedly and began to regret it.
They followed Korvo and asked for the first battle.
Hopefully, the Primarch will send them to raid the Battle Moon, clearing the way for the larger Imperial forces.
"The Silver Skulls Chapter is willing to destroy the Battle Moon for the Primarch."
"The Genesis Regiment is willing to take the lead."
"The Flame Eagle is willing to share the Primarch's worries."
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Many chapter masters are vying for the qualification to fight in the first battle.
I want to add another great honor to the regiment.
In many previous battles, the battle moon against the orcs was extremely dangerous.
If one is not careful, the entire regiment may be wiped out.
But those situations occurred in the absence of the original body.
The situation is completely different now.
To solve the problems in the Charadon sector.
Guilliman deployed a total of thirty chapters.
They are all Space Marines who have completed the Primaris upgrade.
The number of Primaris Space Marines alone is over 30,000.
Such scales were common during the Great Crusade.
But since the end of the Horus Heresy and the Second Founding of the Army, Space Marines have basically operated in chapters of more than a thousand people and rarely gathered together.
In the history of tens of thousands of years, there have been only a few times when such a large number of warriors have gathered together.
In addition to the thirty chapters, new chapters continued to arrive from all over the galaxy.
This brought the number of Primaris Space Marines under the Primarch's command to more than 40,000.
This is already a devastating force.
There isn't even a handful of forces in the galaxy that can resist more than 40,000 Primaris Space Marines.
The orc warlords are certainly powerful.
But facing more than 40,000 Primaris Space Marines, it still seemed a little insufficient.
The Imperium of Man is doomed to triumph.
Whoever can defeat the orcs' battle moon will gain first merit in the final battle and add a great achievement to his own chapter.
Guilliman looked at the many Chapter Masters and naturally guessed their thoughts, but he would not choose any of them.
He already had his own arrangements for the War Moon.
Seeing everyone arguing, Guilliman smiled and reached out to stop their quarrel.
He ordered the mechanical priest beside him to release a holographic projection that covered the entire hall.
Show everyone the orcs' massive, menacing battle moon.
The surface of the battle moon is a jumble of overlapping, intertwined masses of dissolved debris and interconnected metal plates.
Looking like a giant, half-rusted clock structure or an intricate planetary toy, the bright paint on the exterior has been erased to reveal its inner workings.
Battle Moons are the pinnacle of Orcish technology.
Large enough to affect the gravity of a planet.
The kilometers long Ork ships looked like swarms of insects next to the Battle Moon.
In many battles between the Empire and the Orcs.
Once the battle moon appears in the void battlefield, it means the beginning of the defeat of the Imperial Fleet.
There are no exceptions.
During each periodic WAAAGH wave, the Empire also attaches great importance to whether the Orcs have a battle moon.
If there is, it must be paralyzed and destroyed at the first possible moment at all costs.
Otherwise, the Imperial fleet would be defeated.
"This time, there is no need for any regiment to launch a raid. We will defeat the Orcs' Battle Moon directly on the front battlefield."
Guilliman waited until everyone was quiet before speaking.
"Sir, if that happens, the Imperial Navy will pay a heavy price." Isser said, "The Imperial Fleet is almost powerless against the Battle Moon. Before they even get close, they are already affected by the gravity device on the Battle Moon. The more vulnerable warships will even be directly torn apart by the chaotic gravity storm."
"Sir, I beg you to reconsider. We are not afraid of death, but the orcs' battle moon is too terrifying. I am afraid that even if the Imperial Fleet pays heavy sacrifices, it may not be able to break through the enemy's defense head-on."
Another admiral also spoke up.
"Let the Raven Guard handle it." The Raven Guard captain, Verano, who had remained silent just now, said, "The Empire's naval power is extremely precious. It is totally not worth wasting it on the orcs."
"Indeed." Corvu agreed with the idea of not wasting the Imperial Navy's power.
"Are you all worried that the navy can't defeat the Battle Moon?" Guilliman looked around at everyone and asked with a smile.
"Yes, sir. Judging from the records of many battles of the Empire, the Empire's navy really has no way to defeat the Battle Moon. Every time, the Empire relied on the suicide attacks of various regiments to paralyze the Battle Moon."
The captain of the Macragge's Glory, Brahe, also spoke.
He also did not agree with the idea of the Primarch confronting the Battle Moon head-on.
Sicarius did not speak, noting that Guilliman did not show any anger at the people's opposition.
On the contrary, he quite enjoyed the doubts from everyone at this moment.
“Perhaps you should explain your reasons, my lord,” Sicarius said, “and share your wisdom with us. There must be a deeper meaning behind this.”
"With your strategic wisdom, you would never make such a decision of hitting a stone with an egg."
As soon as Sicarius said this, everyone woke up from their dream.
From his awakening to the present day, the reforms and technological innovations implemented by the Primarch, as well as the successive victories he achieved on the battlefield, all demonstrate that his wisdom is unmatched by ordinary people.
Now, contrary to usual practice, a naval fleet that is no match for the orcs' strength is going to confront the Battle Moon head-on.
Quite unusual.
They just thought that the Primarch didn't know much about the Ork battle moon.
After all, he had never participated in the battle against the orcs on the moon.
But now that I think about it, something seems wrong.
The Primarch had never made a mistake and there was no way he could have misjudged such information.
"Your Excellency, do you have any other means to enable the navy fleet to destroy the battle moon?"
Corvu sounded confused, he really couldn't think of what kind of thing could help the navy fleet defeat the Battle Moon on the front battlefield.
Other chapter masters, admirals, army generals, the head sister, leaders of knight families and many other heroes of the Empire all turned their eyes to Guilliman.
There was confusion in their eyes.
It was totally incomprehensible why the Primarch was so insistent on letting the navy fight that battle.
Guilliman did not answer their questions, but turned his head and looked at the astropath, Roshan, beside him.
"Can I ask how long it will take?"
Wearing a light-colored robe and with a thin figure, Luo Shan, the astropath in charge of the Macragge's Glory, rarely smiled.
"We are very close, my lord. Once we arrive, the latest news will appear in your database as soon as possible."
"What on earth is going on?"
After hearing the conversation between the Primarch and Astropath Roshan, Fikris, who had been silent all this time, also showed a confused look.
"The existing naval fleet cannot fight against the Battle Moon, but what if the navy has a ship that can destroy a planet with one shot? Can they destroy the Battle Moon?"
Guilliman gave a teasing smile and revealed a small mystery to everyone, allowing them to see a glimpse of the answer.
"Sir, this!!" Brahe was speechless for a moment.
He didn't know how to express the many emotions in his heart.
Because of the Primarch's words, confusion, curiosity, and suspicion were all mixed together.
A ship that can destroy a planet with a single shot
If such a weapon really existed, the Navy would indeed be qualified to confront the Battle Moon.
But is there really such a ship
Why had he never seen such a terrifying ship, or even heard of it
"Forge Master, does the Mechanicus have such a weapon?"
Chapter Master Korvu looked at the Forging General of the Charlton Sector, Kren, and asked.
The Empire's technology is in the hands of the Mechanicus.
All the ships were also forged by the Imperial Mechanicus.
If one wants to verify the original body, the best way is naturally to ask the Forging General of the Charadon Star Sector - Kren.
As a casting general, even if he did not master such technological skills, he would have heard of them.
A trace of confusion appeared on the mechanized face of Casting General Kren.
He searched his memory storage, trying to find technology that met the Primarch's requirements.
Among the many sages of the Mechanicus, there is indeed someone who possesses a mechanical ark capable of destroying an entire planet.
Those powerful mechanical arks are unique creations.
Some of the Mechanical Ark are semi-finished products left over from the Golden Age, and were later perfected by the Mechanicus Magi.
"Did Your Excellency obtain a mechanical ark controlled by a sage?" Kren asked.
If it is a mechanical ark of a certain mechanical sage, it may indeed have the power to fight against the Battle Moon.
Guilliman smiled and shook his head. "I'm not talking about the mechanical ark, but the navy ship that was just completed at the Macragge dockyard."
When these words came out, even Kren, the forging general who had lived for centuries, was stunned.
The newly forged naval vessel has the power to destroy a planet with a single shot.
There is no such technology in the Mechanicus that I know of.
Even if there is, it is fragmented and cannot be restored.
The vast inventory of the Mechanicum holds countless technological knowledge.
But a lot of knowledge is fragmented and unsystematic.
In order to build a ship like that, the technology involved must be systematic.
If one of these links is missing, there is no way to forge such a weapon.
The Primarch said that he had a ship in his hands that was powerful enough to destroy a planet with one shot, and it had just been built.
This means that he has mastered systematic construction technology.
Such technology is definitely not from the Mechanicus.
As the Mechanicum grew more formalistic and conservative, much of its technology was lost amidst the myriad papers.
Don't even think about creating a ship that can destroy an entire planet with one shot.
Even for many equipment from the Great Crusade, the Mechanicus had lost the manufacturing technology and was unable to produce them.
"How is it possible that there is such technology?" There was also some confusion and bewilderment in the mechanical voice of Casting General Kren.
Why does the Primarch possess technology that the Mechanicus doesn't even have? !
Seeing the appearance of the Casting General, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. It was obvious that Kren didn't know such technology either.
"Is this true?" A naval general looked confused. He couldn't believe that the empire was currently capable of producing weapons that could destroy a planet.
The others didn't say anything, but from their expressions, they thought so too.
In today's empire, the loss of technology is becoming more and more serious as time goes by.
Many things are gone once they are used up.
A lot of equipment can no longer be manufactured.
"It seems that your hearts are full of doubts." Guilliman looked at everyone and smiled. "Don't worry, you will soon be able to verify the truth of my words."
At this moment, a crisp sound was heard.
A special rune appeared on the holographic projection in front of Guilliman.
Obviously, what he had been waiting for had arrived.
"Now, I present to you the sword of the Empire - the Colossus of Retribution. It will tear through the void and become a source of terror to the enemies of the Empire."
Guilliman ordered the opening of observation windows and visual capture devices in the void.
One million kilometers away from the gathering point.
The divination detection device constantly moves the enhanced void lens to better capture the image.
It can be seen that within an area with a diameter of 50,000 kilometers, strong space-time distortion fluctuations occurred in the void.
Light is bent by the detector's ultra-wide-angle lens as if it were twisted in the grasp of a black hole.
The etheric witch fire from the highest heaven flickered and quickly extinguished, burning the barrier between reality and illusion.
The space-time structure was distorted several times in succession, and finally the barrier between reality and illusion was overwhelmed.
A crack appeared.
Intense light gushed out, quickly expanding the crack.
Real space shook violently, twisting and stretching at the same time, and then was quickly torn apart like a gaping wound.
After a while.
A ship of enormous size, beyond people's imagination, rushed out from it and appeared under the gaze of everyone.
The golden double-headed eagle logo with a diameter of hundreds of kilometers represents that this is a ship belonging to the empire.
The scale of it is so terrifying.
Larger than all the Imperial ships gathered here.
It wasn't even a ship, more like a floating continent wrapped in armor and rock.
The appearance of the ship is also completely different from many ships of the Empire.
It is spherical in shape, with a special triangular structure consisting of three giant metal pillars at the front end.
Unimaginable gun muzzles stretched from the battleship's back, and firing ports dotted its surface.
Its huge structure has even begun to squeeze the space structure and form its own gravity.
It can be said that it is the embodiment of human power among the stars.
What’s even more terrifying is that there is more than one such behemoth.
Two equally sized Colossi of God's Retribution appeared from the Warp, proving that what Guilliman said was true.
These giant ships, which are as big as a continent, were indeed forged in Macragge.
Korvo: (ΩДΩ).
Verano: (ΩДΩ).
Ise: (ΩДΩ).
Many naval generals: (ΩДΩ), (ΩДΩ), (ΩДΩ), (ΩДΩ).
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The mechanical eye of Casting General Kren was buzzing.
His eyes widened.
The data processing center inside the skull kept sending out warnings.
The others were also so shocked that they couldn't recover.
"How about it!! What do you think of the God Punishment Colossus designed by Cawl and I?"
Guilliman smiled, looked at the people who were shocked and speechless, and asked.
"I have never heard of such a project." Casting General Kren was stunned and so shocked that he could not utter a word.
He was completely dazed.
The computing module inside the skull has entered overload protection.
He frantically searched through all the information he had stored, trying to find out the information about this giant ship.
But no matter how he searched, the result was that there was no such data.
"Of course you haven't heard of it. This project was only started after I woke up." Guilliman smiled with a hint of complacency in his tone.
"How is this possible?" Casting General Kren shook his head, unable to believe this was true.
The Primarch had only been awake for a few years, how could he have built two such huge ships
The diameter of the sphere alone is estimated to be thousands of kilometers.
How is it possible? !
The others were also shocked and couldn't believe it.
It takes the Empire more than ten years to build a Moon-class cruiser.
It is incredible that such a huge ship, comparable to the size of a continent, could be built in just a few years.
"Nothing is impossible." Guilliman smiled.
Given the nature of the Mechanicus, such a thing is of course impossible.
But according to Guilliman's character, everything is possible.
His pursuit is fast and good, and everything else is put aside.
In fact, many of the main components of the Sky Punishment Colossus were not newly built.
Instead, we select and optimize the parts that are already available in the foundry world.
The empire's technological level is hard to describe.
There are still many good things in the forging world.
The Colossus of Sky Punishment was created by utilizing brand-new technology, assembling existing things and adding key technologies.
It's as if the God Punishment Colossus needs a power supply device.
This device does not need to be specially built.
You can select from existing energy supply devices, optimize them and install them in the Sky Punishment Colossus.
The same goes for other parts. If necessary, you can dismantle a few warships and fill in the gaps.
Besides, although the Sky Punishment Colossus is huge.
But many places are built with marble or other building materials, not all of them are welded steel.
There is one thing worth mentioning.
That is the question of the material composition of the starship.
Normally, a starship cannot be made entirely of metal.
When traveling in space, there are only two problems that need to be solved.
The first is how to maintain the spacecraft’s life support system, keep oxygen circulating, and ensure the supply of food and water.
Second, how to provide power to the spacecraft.
Solved both problems.
It doesn't matter what the hull of the spacecraft is made of.
As long as it can be sealed.
You can use ice cubes to create it.
Many of the Empire's ships have their hulls made of fine gold or other high-quality materials.
The rest of the space is filled with marble or other building materials.
The hull will not be welded entirely out of metal.
Heavy metal armor will only be installed if there is a need to enhance defense.
Many warships in science fiction films are made of metal.
It’s actually a lie.
Starships don't necessarily need to be built of metal.
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In short, the God Punishment Colossus is a standardized product produced for the pursuit of efficiency.
All you have to do is piece together the various things that the empire already has so that it can perform its intended functions.
It is completely different from the current Mechanicus production model.
The ships produced by the Mechanicus are all managed by different Mechanical Magos.
Each one is unique.
For some parts, the Mechanical Sage will even hand-craft them to please the Machine Spirit.
This is why the construction period of Imperial ships sometimes takes years or even decades.
After all, polishing parts is a delicate job, and you have to pray during the process.
The speed is naturally slow.
"There is a communication." The communications director stepped into the hall and reported to the Primarch.
"Take it in," said Guilliman.
"Okay, sir." The communications director said, and then instructed the assistant who followed him, "Synchronize all data to the conference hall."
After a moment, the projection in front of everyone flickered.
The image of Calgar appeared in front of everyone, facing the position of the Primarch.
"Your Excellency." Fully armed and ready for battle, Calga knelt on one knee respectfully in salute during the video call.
"Stop being so formal and report your situation," Guilliman said.
He shocked a group of imperial heroes and put him in a pretty good mood.
"According to the order conveyed by the Great Sage Cawl, I was ordered to bring the completed Sky Punishment Colossi to participate in the battle of the Charadon Sector. Currently, two Sky Punishment Colossi have been completed, and four more will be completed in half a year. In addition to participating in the battle, these two Sky Punishment Colossi also undertake testing tasks. The Great Sage Cawl will optimize the subsequent warships based on the data obtained from these two Sky Punishment Colossi."
"At present, the two Sky Punishment Giant Elephants are ready for battle and can be deployed in the war at any time. The relevant crew members have completed the charging of weapons and can lock onto hostile targets and attack at any time."
As Calgar reported, the shock in everyone's hearts grew more intense.
There are four equally huge Sky Punishment Colossi that will be completed in half a year.
Putting aside such industrial strength, the empire's naval power will expand to a terrifying level by then.
The Undeads, who claim to possess the most powerful technology in the galaxy, are probably no match for humans in terms of navy.
Casting General Kren even swallowed his saliva.
He knew that the Thirteen Primarchs must have violated many of the Mechanicus' prohibitions.
But in front of such a powerful Colossus of Sky Punishment, the opposition of the Mechanicus seemed insignificant.
Just as the Primarch said, it really has the power to destroy a planet with one shot.
Let alone the Mechanicus, even if the Empire opposed the actions of the Thirteen Primarchs, it would probably be powerless and could only condemn them verbally.
The many high-ranking Imperial officials who had just questioned Guilliman.
At this moment, everyone's face was filled with shock.
I couldn't utter a word.
The appearance of the God Punishment Colossus shocked them all.
There is no way to be calm.
In terms of scale alone, the Punishment Colossus is much smaller than the Battle Moon.
But it is so powerful that one shot can destroy a planet.
Even if there were a few more battle moons, I'm afraid they would be unable to resist the attack of the Sky Punishment Colossus.
"Let's start the war. Let the navy destroy the battle moon." Guilliman stood up and said to the crowd, "Let's eliminate this cancer for the Emperor, the Empire, and humanity."
After declaring war to many high-ranking officials of the Empire, Guilliman turned and looked at the projection of Calgar.
"Win the victory for me, Calgar. Lock onto that battle moon and destroy it to clear the way for the Imperial forces to advance."
"As you wish, my lord." Calgar saluted with his fist.
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