Warhammer: I don't want to become a stinky can!

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"Get the new forces into complex battlefields as much as possible, and also, get them into mixed combat with multiple branches of the armed forces as much as possible. Guilliman and I want to develop a different combat system. It's time for the various forces of the Empire to unite instead of fighting in isolation."

"And you,"

Hades suddenly raised his voice and excitedly said to Mortarian,

“Old Mo! You have experience in joining forces with the Death Guard, the Mechanicus, and the mortal forces of the Underworld to storm Nurgle Gardens—so this time, it's up to you!”

Mortarian turned his head away and coughed. His expression remained calm, but Hades still noticed the slight change in his breathing behind the gas mask.

You can trust me completely.

"Death said, and he smiled."

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The cold light of psionic teleportation shone on the small drones, frost climbed their pale fuselages, and the engines flashed with a dazzling green light as the sharp, sword-like fighters flew into the sea of ​​clouds.

And in the next instant, it darted directly into the school of fish!

boom!

A spark exploded right in front of the school of fish! But this was just the beginning; the electric arc from the explosion immediately connected the barracudas closest to the blast point.

The electric arc scattered! With a bang, the dazzling light vanished, leaving a crater the size of an Oglin's fist at the point of impact.

The barracuda that was directly hit by the drone was already plummeting downwards, emitting smoke, and had separated directly from the main group.

The barracudas struck by the electric arcs veered off course and slowed down in a short time, forcing the surrounding fighter jets to adjust their course accordingly. In a short period, the once orderly fleet became chaotic.

But it's not over yet.

The appearance of the first drone was just the beginning. Before the sonic boom cloud it left behind had even been dispersed by the strong winds, a second, a third, a fourth... a dense array of small drones, flashing green light, broke through the clouds and flew out with a buzzing sound!

At first glance, the lights from countless miniature computers resembled the flashing green light bulb in the Hades' Son karaoke room!

"Scatter! Scatter!!!"

The fish immediately tried to scatter. The ion cannons and rapid-fire cannons were activated simultaneously. Some drones were shot down, but amidst the layers of exploding smoke and dust, more drones broke through the smoke and dust and rushed towards the fish!

This is—this is—the human empire imitating their machine bees!

Qi felt a chill run down his spine. The Mechs were a crucial part of the Tau Clan's warfare. These small aircraft had their own computing centers and could carry different weapons and ammunition as needed.

This was once considered by the Tau people as a symbol of progress, unlike the human empire's reckless and brutal warfare.

Before this, they had never seen the human empire use similar technology—to the point that they thought the empire simply did not possess such technology!

But this massive swarm of drones has already given the TIA the answer. Although they don't know why the Empire didn't use them before, now these small, supersonic, and even seemingly fast-moving things will pulverize them!

In contrast, at such a high altitude and in such a harsh environment, the mechanical warriors transported inside the tiger shark could not be released at all!

The human empire's drone swarm immediately scattered the Tau fighters. Although they could not inflict fatal damage on heavy aircraft like the Manta, they were enough to severely injure the Barracuda and Tiger Sharks.

But what made the Qi clan even more desperate was that what it had previously believed to be the aspect that was superior to the human empire had also been surpassed, and so thoroughly and so completely.

It was shocked, indignant, and felt a kind of furious sense of being fooled. How could these humans, with their backward and brutal fighting philosophies, possess such technology—had they copied the Tau Empire?! Absolutely—it must be!

Otherwise, why didn't they bring it up before—what a shameless race!

No! But even so, they will never be able to replicate the true core and philosophy of the Titanium Empire, which is the fundamental reason why titanium has been able to thrive and endure.

Everything, for the sake of—the highest good!

Before the Qi Clan could even roar its battle cry, two drones had already arrived at the nose and sides of its fighter jet, one after the other. The enormous inertia caused by the supersonic speed caused the fighter jet to emit a mournful sound as if metal was breaking even before the explosion began.

Then—BOOM! BOOM!

Two sparks exploded! The resulting electric arc immediately struck the other fighter jets!

………………

On the other side, beneath thick clouds, surrounded by countless modified Stormbirds and Thunderhawks, a massive fighter jet, whose prototype could be vaguely discerned as being based on the Valkyrie, was quietly parked in the airspace.

Inside the massive fighter jet, no longer were troops or supplies to be transported. Amidst countless priests and sages, the Nirvana Air Combat Support Center 0-85 was operating quietly.

Yay, it's gone!

Chapter 758 Conrad's Great Wisdom

"Your smile is as sleazy as if you've just sucked on a grime-covered pimple."

Hades froze, his smile vanishing instantly. He turned his head in confusion and saw a familiar figure in the second-level waiting area of ​​the lunar laboratory.

"Karas? What are you doing here?"

He put down the battle report in his hand. The war had been going on for more than a month, and Death had led his forces to capture Damocles Bay and the Vision Enclave (the main reason being that the Tau were constantly retreating). The progress of the war was incredibly fast.

Mortalian lived up to Hades's expectations and deployed various new types of troops.

To put it simply, because of the supreme laws of the Great Warlords, the battles fought by the major legions in Warhammer are like medieval knightly clashes, while armies like the Iron Hand and Krieg are reverting to the level of World War I and World War II.

As for titanium? Titanium has directly entered the modern information warfare era, with the coordination of mechs and central systems, mechs and long-range fire support, and highly mobile combat.

In terms of tactics and coordination among different units, the Titans completely outclassed the Empires and Chaos.

While reading various books, Hades had already summarized the reasons why the human empire had suffered setbacks—

In short, it's a war where the various human armies betray each other, with Space Marines sabotaging the Asgardians and the Gadgetmen sabotaging Space Marines. A single commander can't even fully unify the different units in a single war, and sometimes, friendly forces even conceal information from each other.

Given their size, if these troops had coordinated well, they would have swept away the enemy long ago!

Therefore, with the convergence of the various principalities, it is time to upgrade the Empire's command and information systems once again.

Previously, during the relatively stable period of the Empire, the advantages of the Nirvana system were only reflected in information aggregation, organization, and low-authority decision-making. However, on the battlefield, Nirvana will be the front line for battlefield information sharing and command issuance.

Hades also created a massive swarm of drones. As an extension of Nirvana's decision-making, the intelligent central hub is virtually invincible in manipulating and coordinating groups.

With the help of a swarm of drones equipped with counterfeit inertial engines and chain-reaction ion explosions, just blow them up!

Just blow it up. Despite the Empire's advantage of low human rights, the way of charging into the enemy with explosives strapped to their bodies seems ancient and retro in the face of Hades' disposable, engineless toy airplane.

As for the chain search... that was Hades's contingency plan against the Terran Zerg.

What pleased Hades even more was that Mortalian had gathered a lot of information and records on multi-unit coordination during this operation. The Primarch attempted to break up and reorganize the Mechanicus, Astralis, and Space Marines, and achieved good results.

These precious battlefield records will be transformed into code within the Nirvana System. As the system deduces and evolves, they will become valuable experience. Nirvana will then summarize the key winning tactics from these battles, and these summaries will be distributed to every corner that the Nirvana System can reach.

This is not just a war commanded by Mortarion alone; this war will also provide experience for commanders and generals in various places.

While the front lines are fighting, the rear can't just eat all the time, can they? They have to get some real work done—even though Hades is indeed eating all the time.

After gathering experience from the Nirvana System subsystem [Athens Academy - Forum], Hades decided to create a brand new subsystem based on the Nirvana System again – [Ranking Match].

【Ranked Match】After inputting a massive amount of war experience, the Nirvana System creates a sandbox-like simulated war battle. After connecting to an external neural interface, participants will be immersed in commanding a war. It includes various races and the reactions of human armies in various situations—mutiny, mutiny, corruption... or disputes with humans from different factions, especially the Mechanicus.

If mismanaged, participants can truly experience the pain of being betrayed and beheaded by their own subordinates.

Of course, since it's called "Ranked Match," Hades has thoughtfully set up PvP and PvE modes, as well as corresponding ranks and rewards for each rank.

Hades has also thoughtfully added friendly quick emoticons such as "pat on the head" and "smile" to the quick communication methods in PvP, so that commanders from all regions of the Human Empire can have friendly and harmonious exchanges.

If a participant wins three consecutive matches of the same skill level, the military affairs department will immediately issue a combat order to the participant, transferring him to a battlefield of the corresponding scale for practical training.

Hades’ suggestion was strongly supported by Guilliman and Finus, and Guilliman was amazed by it—he then proposed the idea of ​​setting up a separate civil service ranking competition.

The suggestion was good, but Hades declined.

He subtly advised Guilliman to discuss the matter with Macardo. The good news was that Guilliman stopped asking Hades, but the bad news was that Guilliman seemed to be taking the idea seriously.

Besides, Hades has no intention of setting up a ranking competition for simulated gladiatorial combat for the time being. Firstly, the Empire already has too many other simulated combat methods. Secondly, if a gladiatorial combat mode is set up, the Nirvana System may not be able to support so many online players.

Currently, the list of participants for the "Ranking Competition" consists of commanders at the squad leader level or above from various military units, meaning that at least a company commander is required to gain access to the system.

The Titanium Clan's central technology setup also provided Hades with a new approach to building the [Ranked Match] system.

I believe this feature will be launched soon, at which time the Empire will surely see a number of outstanding commanders emerge. While the Primarchs are still around, they can provide one-on-one guidance to these individuals.

The empire needs not only an excellent commander-in-chief, but also countless excellent branch commanders. Talent development must keep pace with logistical development.

Through the Primarch's glory, Hades will expand the Empire's high-caliber population as much as possible.

Okay, at least it refers to highly skilled individuals in war.

We can't let the Primarch just wreak havoc on the front lines; supplies and troops in the rear must keep up!

Hades's consistent logic is: max it out! Max it out completely!

That's why Hades grinned so broadly, and was subsequently targeted by Karas.

"Karas? What are you doing here?"

Hades asked in surprise that they were now in a waiting room next to the lunar gene lab, and that Guilliman was anxiously waiting in what looked like a "family observation area" not far away.

"I've come to visit my good comrade-in-arms, Calga. Is there a problem?"

Karas's voice was somber, as if it were flowing water, and he stared intently at Hades.

Yes, the one lying in the operating room now undergoing the modification experiment is Calga.

"In order to better control us and get us to work, you're even going to operate on us old bones?"

Hades coughed twice, put down the battle report in his hand, and began to mimic Karas's sarcastic tone.

"Karas, you're talking to me about seniority? For real experience, you should look to Mortalian—isn't he still out there doing the work?"

Well, Hades felt a little guilty saying that. He had already imagined Mortarion, who was exuding a comfortable aura while charging into the Tau soldiers and going on a rampage.

But Hades couldn't afford to lose in the face of Karas's taunts, otherwise Karas's mouth could spew as much vulgarity as it could. Hades had considered having a proper talk with Karas, but Karas always started by hunting down his mother.

"hehe."

Karas Typhon smiled coldly, exuding his usual savage air. He pursed his thin, sarcastic lips and walked past Hades without a word toward the Calgary operating room.

"and many more--"

Hades suddenly remembered,

"When did you become so close to Calga, Karas? Do you guys get together with your friends every day in private?!"

Hades looked at Karas, and then Karas very, very slowly turned around, staring at Hades with a smirk.

"Not only that, Hades. Guess what we call you?"

"Um?!"

"That idiot who changed everyone's fate and made everyone work overtime."

"?!!"

"Wait? What the hell?!"

Hades wanted to shout something more, but Karas turned and left with unwavering determination, leaving Hades with a weathered and stubborn back view.

"Hey! I was the one who suggested the eight-hour workday first!!!"

Hades shouted, adding that he himself hadn't had enough rest.

"Isn't eight hours of rest a week enough?!"

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What a pity.

"Koz said quietly, glancing at Corax, who was standing beside him, pursing his lips and remaining silent.

[Sai isn't here... otherwise he would definitely love what we're about to do.]

[Conrad, don't forget that you were the one who, with a grin, pushed your little brat in front of Guilliman.]

A buzzing sound of electricity rang out, mixed with Mortalian's indifferent voice. Koz spat and pouted in dissatisfaction.

In this respect, you're just as ruthless as I am, Mortalian...

[Karas did it voluntarily.]

Motalian immediately replied without any remorse.

I have no intention of engaging in such a lowly argument with you, Conrad. Now, I will give your legions one last inspection, after which you may leave me alone.

[As you wish.]

Conrad chuckled, then shut down the communication. He reached out and felt the psionic energy surging around him.

There's not much to say. Mortarion rained poison gas on planet after planet with his "tough!" Death Guards. Once in combat mode, Death quickly switched to the Death Guards' favorite mode: laying out a flat battle line, facing the enemy's attack head-on, and then slowly but steadily advancing the battle line.

No matter how much the Tau panicked or tried to outwit them, Mortarion remained like a cold-blooded insect that didn't receive any feedback from the outside world. He watched the lines on the star map advance little by little... He only occasionally sent ships to intercept the Tau who wanted to escape.