Chapter 294 Military Parade, Muscle Show Under Ceremony

The ground preparations on Ophelia World No. 7 are still going on, but from Calvin's point of view, after the temporary cancellation of the handover of the Sky Punishment Stand Weapon, there are actually no more important matters.

The visit of a Terra Lord to Ophelia is a rare honor and reason for celebration for the State Church and the citizens of the Empire of this world, but for Calvin and his team, it is just a normal but special diplomatic ceremony.

It is normal because of Calvin's status. In the future, such occasions will not be a daily routine, but at least a regular ceremony once every few years;

And it is special because it is the first time. The whole team needs to clarify the special identity of Calvin, the Terra Lord, and make specific adaptive adjustments based on his personal will and situation.

The identity of Allen Janus as an envoy is particularly important at this time. His special status as an adjutant and the eldest son makes him not only a link between the Grey Knights and mortals in Calvin's team, but also responsible for diplomatic communication with the State Church.

The ceremony to welcome Calvin was held on the surface as scheduled with the Cathedral of Grace as the center.

The scheduled parade and military review ceremony were also arranged with emphasis, and were carried out around the Grace Cathedral.

According to the scheduled plan, Calvin and his team will land on the square on one side of the cathedral, and then after joining the team of the state religion, they will pass through the entire church complex through a ten-kilometer crossroad until they reach the square on the other side.

The main roads along the way will be open to their team, while the auxiliary roads on both sides and the buildings next to them belong to the pilgrims and the local imperial people.

At about 10 o'clock Terra time, after intense communication and confirmation, the parade ceremony officially began.

Calvin set off from the Angel of Punishment, and with his Grey Knights and Tindaros Legion, they took a large transport court formation, descended from the sky under the escort of the Grace City Defense Force Air Force, and began the planned parade.

The orbital warships of Ophelia 7 opened the gates of the hangar one after another. The hundreds of meters long transport boats were extremely small against the background of the cruisers, but as the formation descended, it still caused exclamations in the eyes of the subjects of the empire.

The twenty-two airships carrying the Tindalos Legion in the queue descended first, and the rest of the airships separated from the queue in mid-air, and after circling for a week, they entered a fixed release rhythm in the usual low-altitude manner.

A full 30,000 Tindalos Legion soldiers in black and gold uniforms, set off by the golden eagle emblem on the black wide-brimmed hats that were the symbol of their dress uniforms, lined up in a fully armed posture and marched in a square formation of a thousand people.

The same black full-body armor was neatly worn on them, and the energy backpack and the matching heavy hell gun were held tightly in their hands against their chests.

The array composed of Leman Russ heavy tanks and Hydra defense armored vehicles moved forward with their black tide-like queue;

The heavy footsteps of the earth-shaking cannons and the Knight Titans specially given to the army by the Ryza World also shook the hearts of the crowd of spectators.

This was not a group of recruits with only equipment, nor was it a ceremonial guard exclusively for the nature of the ceremony.

The soldiers of the Tindalos Legion are all survivors of the frontline battle against Chaos. Their silent and cold military prestige and the scars on their armored vehicles are silently telling of their merits and strength.

The cheering crowd gradually quieted down, and even the leading priests of the State Church and the Cherubim in the sky were shocked.

The sculpture-like Astartes warriors on the terrace and the battle sisters farther away were activated by the murderous aura of the legion. Their eyes under the power armor helmets slowly opened, and with the help of the servo-august instrument, they looked at this unprecedented elite legion with cautious eyes.

"Stormtrooper-level equipment and organization, auxiliary army-level heavy equipment configuration. Who are they? I have never heard of the name of this legion..." The Grand Sister of the Heart of Courage stood on the high terrace and seriously evaluated the background shown by this unknown legion.

"The average age is 40-60 years old. Their honors and armbands have the second-level or higher marks, and I didn't see any ranks below sergeant..." The captain of the Ultramarines stationed here was more careful. After examining the details of the uniforms of the soldiers in the distant square, he came up with an even more shocking information.

All of them are veterans, who have experienced at least two major battles!

How is this possible? Could it be that they split the entire legion and then gathered the veterans in the parade array?

Not right!

Their weapons are matched with the emblems on the armbands! And the weapons they hold are the product of long-term maintenance, and are definitely not new guns that are temporarily installed!

That means their original organization is like this!

The captain of the Ultramarines and the captain of the Imperial Fists beside him looked at each other:

Well-equipped, fully equipped and all veterans, this level of elite can be listed as the most elite part in the sequence of the Star Army with extremely different combat effectiveness.

Even if they were to face off on the battlefield, their company-level Astartes warriors would have difficulty withstanding the frontal impact of such a legion without sufficient depth to maneuver!

A heavy hammer! Or a strong shield!

After exchanging glances, the two senior Astartes officers came to the same conclusion in their hearts.

This kind of mortal army that belongs exclusively to the Chapter is not a new concept in the eyes of the two long-established Chapters. Their Chapter Headquarters also has a similar armed sequence.

But just like the strategic value of this legion, when will an unknown "Exorcist Regiment" be able to support such a gold-eating beast?

This is not just a matter of money! The number of soldiers is still a small problem. As long as there is a dedicated recruiting world, after a hundred years of operation, such veterans can be gathered.

But what about the equipment?

Carapace, Hell Gun, Leman Russ heavy tank, or plasma modified version!

Just these exposed weapons require a high price to obtain them from the Forge World in a long-term and stable manner, not to mention the assigned maintenance personnel, who are directly under the technical priests of the Forge World! Can that be exchanged for money?

There are also earth-shattering cannons! And Knight Titans!

Needless to say, the former is the upper limit of the large equipment that the Astra Militarum can use with this super-heavy equipment, which is also the core difference between an Astra Militarum regiment and a legion.

With this kind of attachment, this legion will only be deployed as a whole to take charge of the battle in one direction when the war comes; while the Astra Militarum without this kind of attachment will only replenish the troops and will be split and replenished when the main front-line troops are damaged.

These two different placement specifications represent two completely different statuses and treatments in the eyes of the wartime military command!

In short, this is the essential difference between the first-level legion and other legions!

And such a first-level legion of 30,000 people will not exceed a thousand in the hands of the star-level military command, which is known as the billion-strong Astra Militarum, and its structure and troop quality will definitely not be as complete as the one in front of it!

What about the latter?

As the most simplified version of large-scale war machinery, the Knight Titan has no essential difference from the large Titan of the Titan Legion except for its simple structure.

The core technology and maintenance technology of this kind of weapon have always been tightly held in the hands of the Mechanicus. Even in the era when the Emperor was active in the Empire, only the Psychic Titan was completely stripped from the Mechanicus.

This is still the case when the Emperor is in power, let alone today in the post-Emperor era. At present, all Knight Titan families have signed agreements with local forge worlds and are deeply bound.

The appearance of any organized Knight Titan must mean the deep involvement of at least one forge world. (Except for free knights, but their organization is usually very small and cannot support large-scale wars alone.)

The information reflected by various details flashed through the minds of the senior officers of Ophelia No. 7. In the context that the main leader of the "Exorcist" regiment in the distance has not yet appeared, they came to such a surprising conclusion:

"This newly promoted Terra Lord is indeed worthy of the title. The background he showed today is only the personal auxiliary armed forces outside the Inquisition, not its core strength. The power possessed by this Astartes regiment leader named Calvin is probably beyond the expectations of the senior officials present and everyone behind them..."

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