Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 323 05.0322: ‘The Spearhead Team’

"This is our Queen of Britain's cousin, Sir Arthur Wellesley. I have assigned him to be the spearhead of the southern front, Brigadier General of the 1st British Brigade."

The young lieutenant colonel took off his hat and saluted, with a confident smile on his face.

Although they are both called 'Commodore', Army Commodore and Navy Commodore are completely different things.

Commodore means 'senior commander', a military rank awarded to senior captains, which means they have the right to personally command the largest and most powerful war machine in the Imperial Navy.

In contrast, Navy Lieutenant Colonel Commander means ‘commander’, and Commodore is naturally the senior commander.

But the Astra Militarum, which follows the rank of the Army, is another matter.

Because of the Guilliman Code, the composition of the Astra Militarum regiments is relatively simple and lacks the diversity brought about by synthesis. It is a true administrative establishment.

Therefore, the Astra Militarum will not deploy an entire 'regiment' as an administrative establishment on a single front on the battlefield.

Instead, combat battalions from different regiments will be drawn out and combined together to form a 'battle group' or a larger 'brigade', or even a task force.

These three organizations are all temporary organizations established by the Astra Militarum for a battle.

Therefore, the brigadier general of the Army is called Brigadier Genera, which literally translates to 'Brigade General', that is, the brigade commander.

Just like the brigade, it is a temporary military position, appointed and elected with the establishment of the brigade, and relieved with the end of the campaign and the abolition of the brigade establishment.

Otherwise, so many lieutenant colonels on the front line would have to discuss how to coordinate tactics in the field headquarters.

Troops from the same recruitment area are okay, but once troops from multiple different planets and cultures are involved, there will often be quarrels, so appointing a commander is particularly important.

The candidates are usually chosen between colonels and lieutenant colonels.

This approach is as original as the French originator who came up with it.

It is worth mentioning that many regimental colonels of the Astra Militarum are essentially ‘military contractors’.

They are not necessarily professional military personnel who graduated from military academies. Many of them are better at running the entire regiment, from recruitment to recruitment to training and so on. They are often located at the regiment headquarters in the rear.

After all, a 'regiment' is an administrative unit, not a combat unit. Although many Astra Militarum troops directly use the 'regiment' of an administrative unit as a combat unit due to their own tactics.

Among such existences, the first to be named is the Krieg Death Legion, an astral army that treats the regiment headquarters as a battalion headquarters and is located only 10-15 kilometers behind the front line.

Therefore, among the various regiments of the Astra Militarum, many of those actually responsible for commanding battles were actually lieutenant colonels who served as battalion commanders.

Although some nobles from well-known families had purchased their military ranks by donating official posts, at least all of them had graduated from military academies, and there was no doubt about their professionalism.

The colonel may be a master of logistics, while the lieutenant colonels are combat experts.

Therefore, many brigade commanders, that is, army brigadiers, are outstanding talents selected from among the colonels.

If a brigadier general is not elected as the general person in charge of the front line, then everyone on the front line will be a lieutenant colonel, and the battle plan can only be coordinated through consultation and coordination.

"Nice to meet you, Your Excellency Wellesley." Horatio took the initiative to salute, and the other party responded with an equally solemn salute in an elegant and aristocratic manner.

"Sir Arthur Wellesley will coordinate three battalions to form the spearhead of the attack, namely his own 1st Battalion, 79th British Armored Reconnaissance Regiment, 1st Battalion, 1st British Royal Armored Regiment, and 88th British Line Infantry Regiment. Second Battalion.”

Horatio glanced at the establishment tables of the three battalions through the data pad.

That's unique to interstellar warfare. There are 'battalions' the size of the ancient Terra Blue Star cluster. In addition, there are 'regiments' the size of the division, 'companies' the size of the battalion, and 'companies' the size of the company. Row'.

So although there are three 'battalions' on the surface, on the battlefields of World War I and World War II in his previous life, this was three regiments advancing along a main line of communication, serving as the spearhead of the attack. The configuration can be called very luxurious. .

No matter how large the organization is, the combat width of this battlefield will be crowded with people.

On the contrary, combat efficiency will decrease as the number of people increases, and the losses caused by enemy shelling will become greater.

In accordance with the offensive intentions of the Astra Militarum, the brigade composed of these three battalions served as the spearhead of the Southern Front's offensive. When the snow had not yet melted and the mobility of both sides was limited, they launched a fierce and fierce offensive along the main lines of communication to penetrate the enemy. Army's line of defense.

"Sir Wellesley, please ensure that all Mr. Horatio Cochrane's preferential treatment on the ground is secure and generous, worthy of his noble status and merits."

"I will, general." The young lieutenant colonel nodded to the general.

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The meeting did not last long, and both sides began to intensively organize their next steps.

"Congratulations on passing the Navy Lieutenant Examination. You passed the first test. It's a good luck. The other candidates must be very envious. I heard that the Gothic Fleet passed a few of you this time. Welcome to the Aviation Department of the Indefatigable, Ah strange."

Horatio, Louise and the newly promoted Navy Lieutenant Collingwood stood at the docking station of the Star Fortress, watching batches of Star Army soldiers, led by their respective officers, get on and off the huge Cetacean-class troop transports of the Imperial Navy, like a well-disciplined ant colony.

"I got first place in the competition, but I passed with a low score in the interview. The person who interviewed me was one of the three people, the legendary Admiral John Jervis.

His test questions made me choke and sweat. I can only say that legends are worthy of being legends." Collingwood sighed with lingering fear.

"The person in front of me walked out dejected after the interview, and then said 'It's John Jervis', and the people waiting for the interview outside were in mourning."

"I heard that Admiral Jervis's questions are said to be answered only by senior captains. Is it too beyond the scope?"

Louise was a little worried because Commodore Peru planned to let her and some others take the Navy Lieutenant Examination in the second half of the year, and her grades in mathematics have always been hovering around the passing line.

"Don't worry, as long as everyone's interview scores are low, the tallest one among the short ones will be chosen." Collingwood shrugged. Because he was a junior captain, he had no epaulettes on his shoulders.

"Before you take the exam, I will do my best to coach you for the written test and interview." Horatio said to Louise in a reassuring tone.

The Astra Militarum troops that had finished resting on the Star Fortress then regrouped and assembled, and then boarded the Imperial Navy's 'Devourer' class landing aircraft under the leadership of the officers.

This is a landing aircraft that is larger than the Star Hawk bomber, with a double-decker structure, with people on the upper deck and carriers on the lower deck.

Although it is an asset of the Imperial Navy, the Navy itself basically does not use it, so it is basically used by the Navy to send the Astra Militarum to the ground.

Horatio watched the Lemanus tanks and Chimeras drive from the deck into the belly of the aircraft under the dispatching command of the commander of the Navy Boat Department.

A slow sound of horseshoes knocking against the deck came from the side.

Horatio turned his head and saw that it was the lieutenant colonel named Wellesley.

As the commander of the brigade, he rode on a tall white horse, with his upper body straight, one hand holding the reins, and the other hand holding the handle of the slender ceremonial saber, looking very majestic.

Next to him, marching in formation, accompanied by military drums, was a group of soldiers wearing dark green uniforms and tall hats. They were different from the common scarlet uniforms of the British regiment. Usually, the distinctive uniforms often represent that they are elite.

He saw Horatio and two accompanying officers standing on the deck, watching the troops boarding, and took the initiative to ask:

"So, Mr. Cochrane, do you need to arrange a horse for you when you go down? They are all good horses bought at a high price by the Attila people, and they can travel a thousand miles a day."

Horatio looked at the white horse under his crotch, which was likely to have the bloodline of the ancient Terra horse, and smiled:

"Good suggestion, worth a try. But this horse, should it be counted as a vehicle to enter the lower deck? Or should it enter the upper deck with the soldiers, Mr. Wellesley?"

Horatio cleverly and obscurely pointed out that the lieutenant colonel's intention might not comply with the transportation regulations of the Imperial Navy.

The lieutenant colonel smiled: "That's a good question, though. I think the 'green jackets' wouldn't mind being on the same deck with such a valuable horse.

Well, Mr. Cochrane, if you can, I hope you can call me 'Sir'.

Because, I'm the cousin of the Queen of Britain. In addition to being a lieutenant colonel in the Astra Militarum, I'm also a candidate for the Duke certified by the Imperial Ministry of the Interior."

"As you wish, Sir." Horatio smiled.

After the young Duke candidate greeted with a smile, the tall white horse under his crotch continued to walk forward with its long and smooth tail swinging.

"As long as you can graduate from the military academy, in many star legions, as long as you have money, you can get a lieutenant colonel appointment letter.

With a 'donation' fee of 2,600 throne pounds (about 8 million Gothic coins), you can get a good job with an annual salary of 310 pounds and 5 shillings (about 940,000 Gothic coins)."

Archie Cuthbert Collingwood raised his eyebrows and whispered in a contemptuous tone: "And we still have to go to the Star Domain Admiralty to take the arduous naval lieutenant examination. The oldest candidate in my batch is already 31 years old."

"The ruthless battlefield of flesh and blood will test his ability, Archie." Horatio straightened his bicorne hat and said:

"At least, he is a regular officer who graduated from a professional imperial military academy."

(The organization of the first battalion of the 79th British Armored Reconnaissance Regiment deduced and sorted out by the officials of the Document Court)

The 79th British Armored Reconnaissance Regiment is a historical regiment that participated in the Battle of Cadia during the 13th Black Crusade, not compiled by the Document Court.

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