After staying in Chegris for five days, reinforcements from the three battle groups arrived at the parent group one after another as Wo Kuotai said.
However, the troops sent by the three chapters did not have an independent chain of command. In fact, they joined the command chain of the Third Brotherhood as soon as they arrived in Chegris. A total of 306 reinforcements made the size of the Third Brotherhood reach 395 people.
Corsaro Khan immediately made organizational adjustments to the Brotherhood and divided it into several hunting teams. Even this temporarily formed company had a new name - Falcon Sharp Claw.
In addition to more than 300 warriors, the three sub-groups also contributed a strike cruiser each. Together with the strike cruiser of the Third Brotherhood, it is equivalent to having four battleships, which is already stronger than some of the weaker groups. .
Moreover, Soshiyang found that among the reinforcements of the White Scars, the proportion of think tanks was higher than that of ordinary battle groups. The reinforcements of 300 people included 8 think tanks and 6 trainee think tanks.
A normal warband of 1,000 people may not necessarily have such a number of think tanks. The White Scars are indeed one of the three legions that contributed to the think tank system (the other two are Blood Angels and Thousand Sons), and it seems that they still retain it to this day. We have an excellent think tank training system.
Of course, Soshiyang was not idle these days while waiting for reinforcements from the White Scars, but he only did one thing -
Convince everyone to accept Mantis Warriors.
The Imperial Fists, Dark Angels, Flesh Tearers and other war groups that have not participated in the Badab War naturally have an indifferent attitude towards this. However, the most troublesome one is, as Soshyan thought, the Ranger Warriors.
When he learned that the Mantis Warriors were in Chegoris, Titus almost led his men into the Quanzhou Palace to avenge the sacrifice of his brothers.
No matter how righteous Soshyan was after that, Titus's attitude was very firm. To put it simply -
Either me or not!
Titus bluntly told Soshyan that because of the blood feud back then, it was completely impossible for the Ranger Warriors to accept fighting alongside the Mantis Warriors, and it was even more impossible for him to accept it. At that time, he watched helplessly as the former Chapter Master and The brothers fell to the Mantis Warriors' gunfire.
Although Soshyan could predict Titus's reaction, he didn't expect it to be so intense. It was simply out of control.
Speaking of excitement, Titus even slammed the table and shouted to Soshyan that if the Mantis Warriors joined the expedition, the Ranger Warriors would immediately withdraw from the expedition. If Soshyan was dissatisfied with this, he could even withdraw from the alliance!
These words are very serious, and have reached the point of severing all ties.
In fact, at this point, Soshyan was also a little annoyed. Brotherhood was important, but could we give up our responsibilities and vows for this?
Titus is a Chapter Master, he is hundreds of years old, why is he acting like a child! ?
However, he controlled his emotions very well and never got angry with Titus. He just patiently reasoned with the other party, told the facts, and even negotiated conditions, making various compromises and concessions.
But Titus still insisted on saying that. There were either only rangers or mantis warriors in the expeditionary force. The two could never coexist!
Fortunately, other members of the alliance understood Soshyan and understood that the expeditionary force now desperately needs such a force, so they joined in the persuasion. Not only Magyar, Malakin and others, but even Seth patiently and Taitu Sbarabala said a lot of truth.
Finally, Soshyan came up with a solution, which was to ask Titus to talk alone with Alhazra Redeth, the think tank director of the Mantis Warriors. He promised that if the two sides were really unable to reach the most basic understanding, Then Soshyan will think of other strategies and will not force Titus to accept the Mantis Warriors.
Titus, who had been arguing with Soshyan for several days, was also moved by his sincerity, and finally agreed to meet Alhazra Redeth in a reception hall in Quanzhou Palace.
What the two parties discussed is unknown to outsiders, but after this meeting, Titus unexpectedly changed his attitude. Although he bluntly said that he still could not forgive the Mantis Warrior, he agreed to join the expeditionary force, but he also put forward a condition, Even if the two sides cannot appear on the same battlefield, he will not be on the same ship as any Mantis Warrior.
Titus's willingness to let go already made Soshyan extremely happy, and naturally he immediately agreed to the other party's request.
At this point, all obstacles for the Mantis Warriors to join the expedition have been cleared, and the Maelstrom Expeditionary Force was finally able to leave Chegoris, but its strength has increased from 2,571 at the time of departure to 3,277.
After leaving the Yashan sector, the expedition fleet moved along the edge of the maelstrom and arrived at another transfer station after three months of sailing.
One of the most powerful forge worlds in the Empire, the forge that binds the stars, Ryza
Before approaching the planet, the first thing that appeared in the imager was a magnificent artificial satellite.
Since Reza does not have a natural satellite in its orbit, this has led to many problems, including control issues in the orbital domain.
At the same time, since the Omnissian Flame-blood Sect brought about the full rise of Reza, Reza's space infrastructure and transportation needs have also greatly increased, so the Reza people have tried to solve orbit control once and for all through machinery and technology. problems with space infrastructure, and the final result was the birth of "Ruiwei" that made Reza proud.
From a distance, it looks like a giant hive floating on orbit. It is extremely large and majestic, but it also looks very "civilian".
But Soshiyan knew that this Ruiwei was not just a large-scale maintenance and transit space station, but also existed as Ruiza's first solid line of defense. In the outer ring of its extremely large space station, there were a huge number of hidden objects. The powerful weapon array also contains an even more deadly plasma array. Its terrifying power can allow it to slowly melt down all ships in a large area if necessary.
The inner ring of Ruiwei is not inferior to the outside in any way. In its intricate and huge internal system that cannot be seen in its entirety, there are countless space ports that can handle huge amounts of goods and people at any time, even the largest in the empire. When the expedition fleet comes here, Ruiwei can easily install them all and provide them with supplies and maintenance without affecting other functions at all.
In such a huge space station, the interior mainly relies on various passages extending in all directions and the giant maglev train inside to communicate and carry out rapid cargo transfer, and its passages are not generally large. Even the most basic passages can accommodate Three fully armed imperial knights strode past with their heads held high.
It can be said that Ruiwei's grandeur, lethal firepower and comprehensive capabilities make it almost a must-control object for anyone trying to establish a position in the extreme star field.
As for why Soshyan knew this, it was because Reza was attacked by the rebels during the Great Expedition, and a large number of text files were left behind. Although we don’t care how many of them are true or false, the power of its orbital station is The record is relatively clear.
"Riza is indeed a forging world that even Mars is afraid of. Its strength is extraordinary."
Looking at the rust-colored planet and the majestic moon Ruiwei getting closer and closer, Soshiyang in the bridge not only sighed, but then the voice of the communications director suddenly sounded from the brass speaker.
"Report! A message from Kuautemok Garet, the Archsage of Ryza. On behalf of all the citizens of the Forge World, I welcome the presence of the Maelstrom Expeditionary Force and the Commander-in-Chief of Supreme Lord Soshyan Alexei, Rywei The airport is open and the fleet can enter at any time!"
