Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Thought of the Day: There are thousands of reasons for betrayal, but none for loyalty.

Since September, the base camp led by Calvin has entered the royal city of Duke Norton.

Calvin did not rush to liquidate the local forces here, but first focused on the security war to eliminate rebels in various places and the establishment of logistics and communication systems.

The second-line reserve officer system and militia system, which were maintained at a huge cost, finally came into play. Nearly ten regiments of soldiers were mobilized in batches within half a year to go to the Principality of Norton.

During this period, the tribe's main productivity index was not affected. It must be said that this is another great victory for modern military theory.

It was under this background that the second-line troops of nearly 100,000 people were reorganized. Fifteen regiment-level units were established with 5,000 people. Then they took their uniforms and luggage and assembled while passing by on the road to the Principality of Norton. Collect their weapons at the military depot.

Most of them had received specific garrison tasks on the way to King Norton City, and then moved towards the goals assigned by the base camp. A few were lucky enough to arrive at the base camp for short-term repairs, and then headed to the province further south a few days later.

The military stations and communication systems along the way had been established by the three front armies during the previous attack. They did not have to do much, which was to add personnel and weapons to the original framework, and once again strengthen these connections between the various provinces and the royal city base camp. channels to ensure the smooth flow of materials and information.

After they stationed in the capitals of each province, they left the main force of 3,000 people to provide support in the center, and then sent the remaining cavalry in units of 500 to sweep away the resistance forces in the countryside of the provinces.

The bloodline of the middle-level nobles was imprisoned immediately, and the grassroots nobles and military nobles were also consciously surrounded and killed individually.

There are also well-prepared large-scale resistance forces, concentrated in certain castles and fortresses in advance.

But with the arrival of the capital's 3,000-man main force and the accompanying heavy artillery, their last remaining roots scattered in the Principality of Norton were uprooted and burned to the ground.

Within two months, as these second-line troops gained a foothold in the cities between the provinces, the calls for rebellion and restoration in the Principality of Norton quickly weakened. Until news of the fall of Ibáñez, the last city in the south, came and the last resistance disappeared.

In Imperial Calendar 001.021.M36, Calvin, who had been stranded in the royal city for four months, finally completed the work of taking over the various places in the Principality of Norton.

He and the staff headquarters with core command functions, protected by tens of thousands of soldiers from the Central Army Corps, set off for the Mendoza Province where the Alan Janus Front was located before the arrival of February, the coldest month of winter.

Not only the Lord of the Tribe, Calvin, but also the leaders of the other two fronts: Elvis, who was stationed in the Kendal Province, and Mars, who was stationed in the Lorraine Province, were all escorted by their own soldiers. On the way here.

Both are closer to the Mendoza province where Alan Janus is located than to the royal city.

The former's station is located in the hinterland of the principality, just between Mendoza and the royal city. The Elvis Front based here can advance or retreat at will, and can support the operations of the two fronts at the same time;

The latter is very close to the intersection of Norton, Farias, and Mullan. It is the best place for the Mars front army, which is good at defense, to contain Mullan's possible reinforcements.

The three heavy army groups were arranged in a perfect font in the direction of Fallas and Mullan, which was exactly the pocket that Calvin originally prepared for reinforcements from these two countries.

It's a pity that his opponent's timidity was beyond his expectation, so all this hard work was just a matter of taking precautions and fighting against the air.

The three armies, with nearly 100,000 powerful soldiers, have been preparing at the border for nearly a season. At this time, there were only less than two months before the beginning of spring, which was a good time for the tribes to prepare their troops and reorganize their armaments.

This was the first meeting between the tribe's top brass since the war began, and was a major adjustment to military personnel in Calvin's reservation plan.

The time agreed with Constantine is coming, and he needs to return to the northern tribe to prepare for the arrival of the other party.

The war has developed to this point. The combat effectiveness and discipline of the troops have been tested by the real war to destroy the country, and they have delivered perfect answers.

During the digestion process in the following months, the fine-tuning of the base camp and the staff made Calvin very satisfied with the maturity of the existing combat system.

In the next war between the two countries, in his eyes, there is no need to personally participate in it. The technological progress and productivity development of the tribe will be his next focus.

The agreement with Elvis - to purify the seeds of the Fire Eagle Chapter, has come to be fulfilled based on Constantine's return.

Calvin planned to hand over the command of the war completely to Allen during this meeting. Mars would serve as his deputy, and together with Allen would be in charge of more than 20 legions, including the base camp, and the remaining two groups. The war to destroy the country...

The marching speed of the Central Army was very slow, and the leaders of the three front armies waited for two full weeks after reuniting, before they arrived amidst the heavy snowfall at the end of January to the belated arrival of Calvin.

The welcoming team and ceremony were personally presided over by Alan Janus, which started from the city gate of Ibañez and extended ten kilometers away. This was not only a sign of respect for his genetic father, but also a sign of tribal rule. Here is the revelation of legal rationality.

Calvin, accompanied by three people, led the endless Steel Division into the main city gate. The long cavalry column with no end in sight lasted from noon until sunset on the horizon.

In the city square the next day, Calvin reviewed the legion soldiers under Alan Janus under the watchful eyes of legion officers and members of the base camp staff.

The elite cavalry, wearing lead-gray steel breastplates and tribal robes, formed a square formation. Their steel spears were raised with flat ends and the same shining scimitar as the target behind them. There were bursts of cold light, and bursts of cheers. Responding to Calvin's greeting.

Everyone was staring at the burly and unusual white figure on the high platform. That man's legend, like his martial prowess, was the source of courage for all tribal soldiers.

After the solemn military parade, there is the much-anticipated medal awarding ceremony. Under the eyes of the legion officers and soldiers, Calvin placed the laurel crown symbolizing rights and obligations on the head of Alan Janus.

"You are like my son. We fought side by side throughout the galaxy..." Okay, that's a different story. Let's do it again.

Ibanez, which is still in wartime, does not have such extravagant material resources, and the ceremonies it can undertake are naturally much simpler and plainer than the legendary scene.

Calvin is not the emperor, and he does not have that many sons for the time being; Alan is not bald, and his loyalty will not be spread as a joke among the Astartes warriors.

The silver hair he inherited from Calvin may not be as dazzling as the former, but when this 2.5-meter-tall giant, wearing a helmet and armor, kneels in front of Calvin like pushing a mountain of gold and a jade pillar, everyone can detect his affection for Calvin. Wen's loyalty and Confucian admiration.

Calvin, who has returned to three meters tall, is wearing a silver armor, and a cloak made of snow-white wolf skin is flying in the wind behind him. His huge and majestic body has its own power, and his natural sense of sanctity makes his every move attract the eyes of tens of thousands of soldiers in the audience.

Under the gaze of all the Northland soldiers, Lieutenant General Calvin pulled out the sword from his waist and placed one hand on Alan Janus's shoulder.

Looking down at Allen's head with the laurel wreath on it, his true first-name heir, a Gray Knight who had transcended genetic seed modification and was directly transformed from his blood, Calvin's mood was slightly complicated.

He said to Alan Janus with profound meaning:

"Time is meaningless to us. I hope you will keep your oath in the days to come and be worthy of your bloodline. I now hand over all the military power of the tribe to you. From today on, what you say is mine If you say so, they must respect you as much as they respect me. We all have more work to do, and more people are waiting for our liberation. I hope you will remember it."

As his words fell, the tens of thousands of soldiers under the high platform began to cheer. Huge sound waves spread like mountains and tsunami wave after wave to the surroundings, passing through the local invited place to represent the pale face and spreading to the snowy fields farther away...

Imperial Calendar 002.021.M36, at the end of winter in Ibanez in February, this simple and solemn but profound ceremony came to an end.

After the ceremony, Calvin did not stay any longer. Accompanied by Elvis, he met with Allen and Mars for three days.

In this meeting, Calvin explained to them in detail the tribe's strategic expectations for the next year and the overall policy changes.

When all the possible problems in the war for the next year were clearly identified, and the general policy was confirmed through communication with Allen and others, Calvin knew that his final work here had been completed, and the time was finally ripe for the return trip north.

Outside the city the next afternoon, he quietly led his guards and disappeared into the wind and snow at the end of winter.

The whole team started from the southernmost part of Norton and returned to the north across the entire principality. In the last days of early March, and after a month's work, Calvin and his entourage finally reached the tribal court in the north.

Calvin, who returned to the center of power, did not stop, but after a short break for three days, he non-stop inspected the warehouses and production workshops in various parts of the tribe.

He needs to make final preparations for Constantine's return, and basic data from various places is what he needs most at this time.

In the next month, the overall direction of the tribe's operation remained generally unchanged, but some details began to be adjusted.

The spoils of war from the Principality of Norton are being shipped back in an orderly manner, and weapons workshops and grain warehouses in various places are still delivering supplies to the front.

Everything seemed to be the same as the previous wartime situation, and even the military officers and senior bureaucrats inside could not detect any abnormalities.

But change is change. The person in charge of warehousing and logistics found in monthly statistics that the number of vehicles going north has not decreased, but although the logistics going south is still continuing, there has been no new capacity reservation in the following months.

This is a precursor to the imminent cessation of the tribe's support for the front line, and it is also a warm-up for Norton to assume responsibility for the subsequent war support after a comprehensive assessment within the territory.

Calvin, who is at the rear, and Allen, who is in charge of the front, both know very well that from now on, the overall focus of the tribe will slowly shift.

There are quite a number of officers on the front line who have won awards for meritorious service in frequent battles and have emerged as a new force in the army.

Correspondingly, the veterans who had received a long period of government affairs training quietly gave up their posts in silence.

Under the imperial edict, they returned to the rear of the tribe and became the first members of the civil service group, continuing to participate in the construction of this new country in other ways.

Encouraged by the success of the general environment, the personnel changes were smoothly handed over. The adjustment of productivity within tribal territories is also proceeding in an orderly manner.

The productivity of the Principality of Norton will be absorbed in situ and will continue to support the next war, while the local tribes, under the leadership of Calvin, will accumulate accumulation for the transition from handicrafts to first-generation industry.

This political system, which has begun to take shape as a country, is undergoing subtle changes, from a stage of full support for the expansion of external armed forces, to a state of continuous war of half farming and half war.

During this period, the status and treatment of military personnel will still only increase and not decrease, in order to ensure the bottom line of military morale.

However, the increasingly stringent military discipline and complete personnel transfer system and advanced education will effectively stifle the possibility of the emergence of a military aristocratic group.

Under Calvin's deliberate cultivation, the civil service group grew from scratch and grew from weak to strong with the help of policies that favored production and construction. While rising rapidly, they gradually made their own voices heard at the top.

This process inevitably resulted from the struggle between the old forces and the army, but it was eventually smoothed out under the tacit suppression of Calvin and Allen.

Never relaxing control of the armed forces was a lesson Calvin learned from the history of the empire.

He didn't want that tragedy to happen again on this land, so whether it was the reserve system or the new civil service group, it was the exit channel he prepared for those soldiers.

The war on the front is still going on, and the reform on the rear is also still going on. In Calvin's busy work, time came to the end of the year 021.M36.

It was still a quiet working day, and Calvin was handling official business in his mansion as usual. Just when he had finished reviewing the documents in his hand and was about to get up and move around, a low-frequency vibration in the air caused him to stop his movements.

The adjutant beside him, Little Mal, took over his father's position. In his mortal body, he could not detect the information in the air.

But the increasingly stronger vibration waves clearly let Calvin know that a huge celestial body was entering the atmosphere.

Just as he was walking outside the house to observe for himself, a guard who had been following him for a long time ran in and stopped him in horror.

"My lord! The palace descended from the sky! It's the same as last time! Bigger! More!"

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