Chapter 674 07.673: “Don’t be ‘Huo Zhongtang'”

Boom boom——

The roar of the truck engine, mixed with the rumble of artillery fire in the distance, struck Horatio’s eardrums like a sledgehammer.

The road was rugged, and the shock-absorbing system of the sturdy military trucks was better than nothing. The ride was extremely bumpy. Sitting in the car, Horatio could clearly feel the truck’s wheels struggling to move forward in the mud, and the body of the truck shaking violently from time to time.

They wore gas masks and looked like they had blended in with the Krieg people.

Next to Horatio were Farida and Louise, as well as the Holy Rose Battle Sisters who had just been sent down from orbit. They were all riding in a truck.

The staff team was in the car behind.

The reason why the Holy Rose Battle Sisters were transferred down was because the casualties on the front lines seemed too heavy.

The Kriegs also have medics, but their medics are often more inclined to give relief to seriously injured people rather than treat them.

However, as Horatio came here to learn land warfare experience, he naturally could not bring Krieg’s customs to the Imperial Navy to build subsequent land combat forces.

Because according to his plan, ships of different levels should form naval infantry brigades of different sizes.

The vast majority of naval infantry units recruited and established on every warship in the Hazy Sector will not be Kriegs, because Krieg is not in the Hazy Sector.

Instead, they are ordinary citizens from many parts of the empire who join the newly formed Sea Infantry Brigade for honor or money, and have the same morale and feelings as ordinary people.

Therefore, establishing a field hospital and battlefield rescue system became the next matter he and the Holy Rose Sisters needed to explore.

“Court Officer Diana, Sister Arabella, thank you and the sisters in the order for your help this time.” Horatio said in a slightly dull voice through the gas mask.

The nuns in front of him closed their helmets one after another, and in an instant, bright red light shot out from the eyes of their visors.

To be honest, when he was on the battleship, Horatio had long been accustomed to their exposed beautiful faces. Now that the helmets full of solemn and murderous aura were closed, all that came into view were rows of cold and hard black and white helmets. This change really gave him a different feeling.

“It’s okay, Captain. This is not the first time we’ve gone down to the ground to fight.” Officer Diana responded. The extra golden holy grail on her power backpack flickered faintly in the dim compartment, highlighting her identity as an officer.

“When you participated in the expedition to Far Star, we also participated in three extremely brutal offensive and defensive battles.” Arabella said.

The round iron halo behind Sister Arabella was still eye-catching even after she closed her helmet. It was the sign that allowed Horatio to recognize her and symbolized her identity as a high-level pure angel.

“I heard that one of them was… a Tyranid invasion?”

“Yes, a small Hive Fleet raided from the back of the Gothic Sector and invaded one of the Sector’s naval storage worlds.

It took a fierce battle between us, the Astra Militarum and the naval infantry guarding the area, to destroy this small ground force dropped by the tentacle.

But… I don’t think these aliens have been completely defeated. They retreated in an organized manner in the end. According to the analysis of the Grand Sister, they will definitely not give up until their leader is destroyed.”

“Perhaps that was their vanguard force, which retreated temporarily after being severely hit by us.” The court official continued.

Horatio fell into deep thought. He remembered that during this period in the official history, a hive fleet named Jörmungandr (Ouroboros) was attempting to invade the Empire.

But it is not yet the time recorded in official history, so it seems that it is indeed possible that this is a reconnaissance tentacle as Sister Arabella said.

“The Gothic fleet will be ready for battle.”

Horatio promised, “I will also mention this matter at the Captains’ Council meeting later and remind the Sector Fleet. I will also complete the mission of forming the Marine Infantry as soon as possible to further strengthen the Imperial Fleet’s emergency response capabilities in response to such sudden crises.

After all…at the current speed of military procedures.

If the Military Affairs Department really waits for the interstellar army to be mobilized, the assets of the Divine Emperor will probably have already been poisoned and corrupted.

Even if the Marine Infantry Brigade is restricted by the Codex and is not strong enough to defeat the enemy invasion, it should at least cooperate with the fleet in orbit and hold out until the Astra Militarum or Astartes Brothers come to clean up the situation.

This is why Admiral George Anson and I recommended that the Imperial Navy should have its own rapid reaction force.

At least the fleet can face these arrogant enemies who invade the planet’s surface, instead of just standing there helplessly watching from orbit.”

“I support your idea, Captain. Although… this may go against some of the wills recorded in Guilliman’s Codex.

But rationally speaking, the success or failure of defending the Divine Emperor’s Universe should not be constrained by administrative efficiency.

If tens or hundreds of millions of people were massacred because of backward administrative efficiency and approval, I think the great Primarch Robert Guilliman would be disheartened to see it.

The bloody facts have been shown to us many times. Now we are losing the speed to respond to threats. By the time the imperial armed forces are mobilized, it may be too late.

But you can rest assured that we, the Holy Rose, will also assist the Imperial Navy’s Gothic Fleet in dealing with these threats. We are all defenders of the Empire, and we will be in this together.” The court official nodded in response. “It is great to have the understanding and support of the Holy Rose Sisters, Court Official Diana!” Horatio expressed his gratitude with eager gratitude: “This time, I hope you can help me build a field hospital and field rescue system.

At least in the battle zone that our regiment is responsible for, I will arrange for Krieg medical soldiers to assist you in rescuing the lightly wounded.”

“Although we are reluctant to admit it, objectively speaking, those alien first aid kits seized from the ship are indeed very useful. Each kit can rescue at least two seriously injured soldiers and allow them to return to the battlefield in a relatively short period of time.” Officer Diana said.

“Sister Diana, you will be in charge of the operation of the field hospital, and I will be in charge of battlefield rescue.” Sister Arabella volunteered, “I will also serve as the captain’s guard in case he encounters danger.”

“Stay safe, sister. Captain, I want to tell you about my plan.”

The court official raised his hand, adjusted the hologram on his arm, and quickly slid his fingers across it, drawing two arcs of golden light: “Regarding the field rescue system, I plan to divide it into two modules.

The first module is a rescue station located in the second trench, which is the logistics trench.

There, our sisters would provide emergency care to the wounded, and at night, transport them to a field hospital five kilometers behind the trenches.”

“I agree with this plan, but I think it can be further optimized based on the situation of the Imperial Navy.”

Horatio reached out and gestured twice on the court officer’s hologram: “We have the Averus transport boat, and I think the field hospital five kilometers behind this can be used as a battlefield sorting point.

By sorting and triaging the wounded on the battlefield, and then using the Averrus landing craft to transfer the seriously injured in need to large field hospitals near the landing site with better environment and medical conditions, the survival rate of the wounded should be significantly improved. “

The court official and Sister Arabella looked at each other through their bright red goggles, and then said, “Yes, the Imperial Navy has air transport vehicles, which is much better than the Astra Militarum. Maybe many people can survive because of this.”

Horatio knew very well that the highly mobile vehicles possessed by the Imperial Navy might be able to help him build a truly modern battlefield medical rescue system in this world to activate the maximum war potential of the land forces.

——As long as you are not dead or corrupted, you can be resurrected, then return to the battlefield and continue fighting the enemy in the hellish crucible.

Although it is visible to the naked eye, under this tactical scenario, the battlefields that the Marine Infantry Brigade will be engaged in in the future will surely be quite tragic.

Each enemy was a tough nut to crack, and one had to face an enemy a hundred times his size alone, just to hold out until the Astra Militarum and the Astartes arrived.

[But maybe this will really hold out until the Imperial Army reinforcements arrive! If we hold on firmly, there is hope! We may even be able to turn the tide of the entire war.] Horatio’s heart was filled with longing and hope for the land warfare force.

In his heart, the innovation he really wanted to make was to innovate the imperial war system from the core code, rather than simply being an imperial paperhanger, being “Huo Zhongtang”, and doing some superficial work.

That would not only fail to save the empire, but would destroy it altogether.

(PS: Don’t question whether the Imperial Navy can do it, because what you have in front of you is the most powerful space army in history! GW certified)

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The truck screeched to a halt, interrupting the brainstorm in Horatio’s mind.

Horatio looked through the curtain and saw Staff Officer Clausewitz quickly jump off the second truck and approach the driver to ask why he stopped.

After getting the answer, the staff officer looked at the road conditions, then stepped on the mud, lifted the curtain of the carriage where Horatio was and reported: “Colonel, the road ahead has been completely crushed by the towed heavy artillery, and wheeled vehicles can hardly pass. The only half-track vehicle has been requisitioned by the artillery. The last 4 kilometers left, we can only walk forward.”

“No problem, Staff Officer.”

Horatio leaned out from the rear shed and leaped down with all his might.

puff!
The moment he landed, his feet sank deeply into the mud and his body almost lost balance. It was Staff Officer Clausewitz who was quick to hold him and prevented him from falling directly into the mud pit.

“The mud is too deep! Be careful when you get off the bus.” He turned around and shouted loudly to the people in the car.

Farida, Louise, and the battle sisters jumped out of the car one after another.

“Emperor…what just happened here…” Sister Arabella, holding a bolter with the safety off, trudged through the mud that was above her calves. She walked to the side of the road and looked at the intricate and winding trenches that stretched for hundreds of kilometers ahead.

Horatio looked around and saw that the battlefield was filled with smoke and there was not even a trace of a military flag.

This made it impossible for him to judge the situation on the position at this time, and to identify which side currently controlled this position.

He took out his monocular, pulled it open, and tried to focus it on the lens of the gas mask.

On the approaching battlefield, corpses were piled up like mountains, layer upon layer, even raising the distant horizon, forming a shocking slope of flesh.

The slope of flesh overwhelmed the barbed wire, and the dead in the back fell on top of those in front. Their hands hung limply, swaying slightly in the breeze on the battlefield.

There are Kriegs inside, and even more are Tzeentch Chaos rebels.

(End of this chapter)