Chapter 534, New World Torch

On the battle barge ‘Triumphal Fire’, the flagship of the Fury Corps, a Space Marine with a bronze lower body and orange upper body, under the protection of a group of guards, marched forward and headed straight for the command bridge.

There were mortal auxiliary soldiers trying to stop him, but they were all blocked by his guards.

He personally pushed open the door of the bridge roughly.

Wang Mengsong strode in with his guards.

The Fury warriors guarding the bridge had already heard the movement outside the door.

Even though it was an ally, such an impolite look made them put their hands on their weapons.

However, there would not be any further excessive actions - unless the ‘New World Torches’ on the opposite side really wanted to do something.

Wang Mengsong didn't even look at the nervousness of these Fury Space Marines.

He is the commander of the ‘New World Torch’ Corps, has three hundred years of combat experience, and can be called the first New World Torch Warrior.

In fact, their entire warband is relatively young, and the army was established only three hundred years ago.

The army establishment action three hundred years ago was called the "Faro Army Establishment".

In the "Faro Army Establishment", nine new warbands were established, with the goal of responding to the growing regional threats in the Faro Universe in the southern border of the empire. After the establishment of the army, the nine warbands were urgently sent to the Faro Universe to deal with the rebellions that came one after another, the invasion of two orc clans, and the expansion of the Chaos invasion that broke out from multiple planets at the same time.

After fighting for a hundred years, the situation in the Faro Universe gradually stabilized.

After the work is done, it is time to get rewards. In theory, these newly established warbands should be settled in the place where they struggled. Assign a planet as the warband's home planet and the world of conscription, and then the warband can guard the place here with peace of mind.

However, there are already seven warbands in the Faro Universe, and the new nine cannot be settled down.

Of course, this "cannot" does not mean that there are not so many worlds. After all, there are at least three to five thousand worlds under the jurisdiction of a universe, and at most tens of thousands. Is it difficult to find nine worlds to arrange for the war group?

It is really difficult.

It is not difficult to allocate nine worlds. Even if the imperial tax revenue of these nine worlds will be lost after the allocation, it is not unacceptable compared with the huge size of the entire universe.

Moreover, it is not necessary to allocate particularly developed and wealthy planets.

The home planets of many famous space warriors are quite desolate, and even the natural environment can be called harsh and cruel.

But it is good.

The people who have been tempered in the harsh and cruel natural environment are more able to meet the needs of the war group in terms of mental outlook, physical fitness, and traditional culture.

As for the poor planets that cannot provide enough material wealth foundation... For many war groups, this is not a problem.

The maintenance and development of the war group does consume a lot of wealth, but who says it must come from the home planet?

Moreover, under normal circumstances, a Chapter, a thousand Space Marines, plus a large number of auxiliary troops, and a Chapter Fleet, a military force of this scale, the vast majority of the Imperial worlds themselves cannot supply with the financial resources of a single planet.

Each Chapter has its own ways to meet these wealth needs.

Some work for the Mechanicus, some work for the State Church, some work for the High Lords on Holy Terra, work for the Inquisition, and work for the extremely powerful Imperial Chamber of Commerce...

This can be called the "working faction".

The so-called "working" is actually different. Some are very independent, or simply a pure cooperative relationship, with common interests; some are employment relationships, doing things for money; but there are also special dependencies, which are rare but not non-existent.

Some Chapters rely on fighting to support fighting. There are more ship-based Chapters. They do not have their own fixed territory, and mainly rely on the spoils of war to maintain or even expand their own Chapters. They often accept the call of various imperial forces, various planets, star regions, and star fields, participate in various battles, and collect their own spoils and rewards.

The most famous of this category is the Black Crusaders.

In any case, the number of these two types of chapters is still relatively small. Among the Space Marine chapters, the largest number is still the "fiefdom" group.

They take the mother planet as the core and radiate their influence to the entire surrounding star field, and even across the star field. The transcendent status and identity of the Space Marines, as well as their powerful combat effectiveness, can indeed expand their influence to this extent.

While ensuring peace in one area, every world in this star field has to give more or less to the chapter... The name is different, but the essence of the matter is tribute.

Only at the level of the star field can a complete body of a chapter be supported.

So the contradiction in the Faro star field back then was here.

The New World Torch and the other eight newly established chapters urgently need to recuperate after the war. They have already fought the first war since the formation of the regiment, and have gained some fame and achievements. The next step is to recuperate and develop the regiment.

As a result, the Faro star field has actually been divided up; the remaining territory can only accommodate one or two more regiments. If there are more, it will not be a problem of crowding, but that everyone will not have enough to eat.

Who doesn't want to recuperate and develop?

The New Age Torch did indeed obtain its own recruiting planet as a new war group through merit. But firstly, that planet is very ordinary and cannot support them. Secondly, they cannot expand their influence like a normal war group. There are two other groups crowded in the same star field.

After a fight, the New Age Torch became a loser.

At that time, although their strength reached more than 700 people, the level of the auxiliary army was very poor, and there were very few battleships, not even a battle barge. The flagship was just a strike cruiser, and it was scarred in the war.

They don’t even have money to repair the boat!

At the same time, the war group often needs to respond to calls from various places and go out to fight in various places. Most of the time, the rewards of war can offset the expenses and still make a surplus, but as long as there is a loss-making war, more soldiers die, or simply insufficient loot is captured, the fragile cycle will be broken.

In the seventy years since it took possession of its home planet, the New World Torch has been struggling. The number of members of the battle group is slowly decreasing, and the overall strength is becoming weaker and weaker.

Of course, they did not encounter a crisis that would cause the entire battle group to be destroyed in an instant, but this kind of chronic blood loss and the feeling of seeing death but being unable to do anything about it was also very uncomfortable.

Coupled with the friction and entanglement within the Star Territory with various local forces, such as the Star Territory government and several other close war groups, it is also mentally and physically exhausting.

In this case, one hundred and twenty years ago, Wang Mengsong received an invitation from Humphrey Paul.

After some confidential discussions, Wang Mengsong made a decision: move!

Relocation is not something that the war group just wants to do.

The world of conscription has been assigned to you, how can you just change it at the drop of a hat?

But Humphrey Paul, a hundred and twenty years ago, guaranteed it could. There can be a galaxy in the spider web domain that has no Space Marines stationed at all, and it can be left to them to station.

He asked Wang Mengsong to come first and promised that the replacement of the recruiting planet would be completed soon.

Wang Mengsong believed in Humphrey Paul's guarantee.

And the final result was that Paul really got it done.

When they announced that they were moving, the Imperial Central Committee initially issued a document reprimanding them; but soon, the Imperial Central Committee's attitude changed. And silently arranged a planet as a new recruiting world in the star field designated by Humphrey Paul.

From then on, the New World Torch can naturally live and work in peace and contentment.

The Redbud Rebellion happened soon after.

Wang Mengsong was quite hesitant at first.

Do you want to side with Iron Armor?

Those who take people have short hands and eat people with soft mouths. After receiving the benefits of Humphrey Paul, how can we just sit back and watch when something happens?

However, it would not be good if you get involved. The New Age Torch has just moved here and settled down. The war group has not had time to save a fortune, but they have to work for the Iron Armor Chapter first, and may also offend the central government of the empire?

Although, Wang Mengsong has no favorable impression of the Empire Central Committee.

Humphrey Paul very considerately told them not to move, just stay still.

Then, Wang Mengsong saw the Bauhinia Rebellion being easily resolved. The three war groups came to a tragic end. At the same time, the Iron Armor Chapter began a hundred years of rapid development with the Raging Flame and Rock Shield.

Wang Mengsong has always felt uneasy and envious of the situation of the three Tienu Shi families.

The uneasiness is that their approach seems... not very loyal?

But what he envied was that although he didn't know the details, he could easily see that the strength of the three war groups was becoming very powerful visible to the naked eye.

Not only did they firmly control the Queen's Star Territory, but they also continued to steal from the empire. The high income increased their strength; after becoming strong, they not only maintained the threat to the Void Zerg that kept emerging in the Queen's Star Territory, but were also able to expand their influence and even expand in many surrounding star territories. Went to the Eastern Universe in the south.

He also secretly started to do some... not quite according to the rules. For example, letting the number of war groups exceed the prescribed limit; for example, concealing the income of some surrounding planets that are seriously affected by them, controlling the sector government, and concealing tax reports...

He believes that the scale of what he has done is much lighter than that of Iron Fury Stone, and it is just a few small actions.

However, he was still discovered and received a serious warning from the Empire Central Committee.

This caused him to retract his out-of-bounds claws.

But at the same time, it also made him feel more dissatisfied, and even resented the central government of the empire.

He began to have closer contact with the Iron Fury Stone in private, hoping to become an 'Iron Fury Stone Torch'.

Humphrey Paul, an old friend, welcomed this very much, but also expressed that he hoped that the New World Torch would wait. Resource support can be put in place first, but the New Age Torch does not need to take a clear stand on the side of Iron Fury Stone immediately, and can just continue to stay quietly.

At this moment, it was time for Tienushi to officially raise his flag of rebellion.

As a local Space Marine Chapter in the Spider Web Realm, the New Age Torch naturally joined forces with the Heretic Tribunal to form a counter-rebellion army and participated in the suppression of the Iron Wrath Stone.

Then, naturally, he became the second-fifth kid, and with one backhand, killed an entire loyal regiment, tens of thousands of battle sisters of the Order of the Blood Rose, and a large number of elites from the Tribunal of Heretics, all on the battlefield of Tianyuan VI. .

After making great contributions, the New World Torch officially became a member of the Iron Fury Stone.

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This chapter makes up for yesterday.

There will be another chapter later.