The Emperor’s Angel of Death

When the report came out, the company commanders had different expressions. After all, a normal battle group would not have such an imbalance in the number of people in the company. The least number was a dozen, and the most was more than two hundred.

Solzhenitsyn didn't seem to show anything, just nodded slightly.

"What about the new recruit transformation?"

"The most recent batch of successfully transformed recruits are 300 candidates from Nason IV and 200 candidates from the Brakato star system. In the end, everyone has undergone surgical procedures. A total of 467 people have had the Black Carapace transplanted. Thanks to the new equipment provided by Ulanhuda and the enhanced drugs they produced using STC templates, compared to the previous number of 309, the surgical success rate of this transformation is close to the new recruit transformation success rate of the Great Expedition era. Among them, 67 people from the 11th company have been transferred, and 35 people from the 6th company have also been assigned to the company, and there are 365 new recruits pending." (The number counted in the previous chapter is the initial number when the battle group returned to its home star, not including this batch of new recruits)

This time, Solzhenitsyn allowed the Apothecary Association to conduct the conscription independently. Anyway, with so many previous examples and standards of conscription, there was no need to specifically stare at it, anyway, there was the Knowledge Crown.

Obviously, increasing the number of companies is imperative.

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"Now that the command structure of the 5th Company has been basically established, then transfer 97 relatively experienced warriors from the 10th Company to the 5th Company. In addition, Armin, the original commander of the 10th Company, will be reassigned as the commander of the 6th Company, and 110 warriors will be transferred from the 10th Company to reorganize the 6th Company. The original 6th Company will be renamed the Saber Company, and the personnel structure will remain unchanged. Sergeant Bahram will be the new commander of the 10th Company."

When Solzhenitsyn said a series of personnel changes, some people looked surprised, while others had calm expressions.

In fact, these decisions were not made by Solzhenitsyn on a whim. Before that, he had carefully discussed them with all parties. And the separation from the Space Marine company framework was Zarathdon's request. On the way to Terra and back to Nason IV, he had many private conversations with Solzhenitsyn, and both sides made it very clear - this is not the Crimson Sabers crossing the river and demolishing the bridge(过河拆桥: ungrateful action), but they realized that they, like the 11th Company, had difficulty truly integrating into this mysterious legion. In this case, perhaps it would be better for everyone to maintain a certain distance from each other.

Moreover, Zarathdon frankly said that the goal of the Crimson Sabers was to avenge their former fallen brothers, the Crimson Slaughterers. As for what would happen afterwards, he was also very confused, and perhaps he could only leave it to future generations to decide, but before that, he still hoped to maintain the soul and roots of the Crimson Sabers.

Solzhenitsyn also expressed his understanding of this. After all, the Crimson Sabers had made great contributions and sacrifices in the expedition, and he had no reason to accuse the other party of flying away with hardened wings.

Of course, it's not that they have separated since then. The Crimson Sabers will still operate under the banner of a Space Marine company. Their strength is still weak. Zarathdon bluntly said that at least a scale of about 400 people is possible to avenge Clanon, but now their gene-seed reserves can only support the addition of more than 100 people. The Crimson Sabers need to find their own ways to obtain their rare bloodline through transactions - the seeds of the former World Eaters Legion.

As for Armin, Solzhenitsyn knew that this company commander, whom he had brought up with his own hands, had always longed to truly lead a combat company to fight on the front lines. After asking for Bahram's personal opinion, he finally decided to fulfill Armin's long-cherished wish.

After two rounds of transfers, the 10th Company only had 36 people left, but there were still 365 new recruits to be arranged. This is also the biggest characteristic of the Space Marines in recent decades, the proportion of new recruits is very high.

In this case, maintaining a new recruit company would make the company structure very strange, so Solzhenitsyn announced the second major personnel appointment.

"Establish the 7th and 8th Companies. The commander of the 7th Company will be Sergeant Murad from the 1st Company, with 10 veterans transferred from the 4th Company to assist, with a staffing of 110 people. The commander of the 8th Company will be Sergeant Garian Kerr from the 2nd Company, with personnel transferred from the original Savage Blade Squadron to assist. The company will have a staffing of 80 people. The remaining new recruits, in addition to supplementing personnel shortages in other companies, will all enter the 10th Company."

The 7th Company is also a standard combat company, there is nothing to say about this, but the 8th Company is more special. It is Solzhenitsyn's first attempt to establish a scaled armored force. In the future, all of the battle group's super-heavy armored vehicles, especially tanks and destroyers that can threaten super-large targets, will be used by the 8th Company, because after this expedition, Solzhenitsyn found that assigning super-heavy armor to the company was not very efficient, and it was often difficult to form coordinated combat effects with airborne and rapid assault infantry. These big guys are very troublesome to transport from orbit to the ground, and it is necessary to open up a special landing field, and the combat company often goes directly to the top of the battlefield, and there is no time to wait for those big guys in their company to slowly arrive at the front line. Relatively speaking, the more flexible, faster, and more convenient strike craft, motorcycles, and even Land Raiders are better.

Therefore, these mass destruction weapons of the Legion era are better used separately - after all, there are now fifty Savage Blades alone.

"Nasin, when is the next batch of new recruits?"

"Reporting to the Chapter Master, the second batch includes 500 candidates from the Brakato star system, and they are undergoing the first step of physical enhancement on the Avista. There are also 500 candidates from Nason IV, but they are still in the final stage of physical enhancement and have not yet started surgery. This batch of new recruits is expected to mature in five years."

"Five years."

Solzhenitsyn pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"The Apothecary Association has made great contributions to the chapter's ability to return to its current state. It has created so many new blood in such a weak number. I suggest that everyone applaud our hard-working apothecaries!"

With Solzhenitsyn's first applause, everyone in the reception hall followed suit.

Everyone agreed with Solzhenitsyn's words. It should be known that six apothecaries went on the expedition with the army, which means that these transformation works were actually done by 13 apothecaries, most of whom were still apprentices. Although the tech-priests of Ulanhuda also assisted, the workload of this work, including selecting people and transforming them, was very huge. Even now, some apothecaries still have deep fatigue on their faces. Talos even joked with Solzhenitsyn that Valerius had complained to him more than once that Talos had sold him to the Iron Warriors' construction site. He had never been so tired even when he was a traitor, but now he often stays up for two or three weeks without sleep.

After the applause stopped, Solzhenitsyn immediately said to the Chief Apothecary:

"Nasin, give priority to increasing the number of apothecaries. If you think any of the current new recruits are suitable, you can apply directly, and if there are any suitable ones currently being transformed, you can transfer them directly to the Apothecary Association without applying. I will give you 30 slots, no, 40."

After a pause, he looked at Rogris and Yazdan.

"The armory and the hermitage are the same, the number of personnel should be supplemented to 30 as a priority. The front-line combat establishment must be supplemented, and functional personnel must also be supplemented."