Warhammer 40: From the League of Humans to Warhammer

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"For the glorious destiny of mankind!"

These words gave the Lion King a feeling of returning to the era of the Great Human Expedition.

Before coming to this planet, he had visited many imperial planets. The imperial armies on those planets would not say such things; they were all for the sake of the empire and the God Emperor.

He had hardly heard any more of those kinds of slogans, like those from the Great Crusade, where people shouted loudly for the Manifest Destiny of mankind.

And now he heard it again!

This is such a familiar slogan.

Influenced by this slogan, even the Lion King joined in and shouted it out.

"For the glorious destiny of mankind!"

When the Lion King shouted this phrase, the angels behind him naturally joined in.

"For the glorious destiny of mankind!"

"For the Manifest Destiny of mankind" was a phrase uttered by the Emperor during the Great Expedition. His goal was very simple: to restore the glory of mankind to the galaxy.

However, with the failure of the Great Expedition, this slogan gradually disappeared, replaced by the ignorance of the state religion.

Now they will once again reclaim human pride, for the glorious destiny of humankind.

Shouting slogans to boost morale was something that wouldn't last long. Soon, Lyle stepped forward and began guiding the Lion King to the Planetary Governor's Mansion.

After all, the Lion has now become the supreme commander of Nairrus. In order to better command the troops, he still needs to go to the governor's mansion first and familiarize himself with the army here.

While you're at it, greet the local planetary governor and planetary general, get to know them, and help them cooperate better.

Lyle led the way beside the lion, while the PDF and Space Marine forces, who had originally come to destroy the Lion King, stayed with the Angel of Pardon to ensure the lion's safety.

The Ministry of the Interior official who directly called the police and summoned troops to arrest the lion was also walking with the lion.

It is clear that this Interior Ministry official's heroic actions have earned him the favor of the lion.

Although the other party was targeting him, the lion didn't care about any of that.

The fact that this Ministry of the Interior official urgently warned the Imperial Army in a critical moment definitely caught his eye; the Empire needed officials like this.

The lion was no longer the arrogant lion he once was. He intended to promote this official from the Ministry of the Interior, believing that such an official deserved his attention and promotion.

The group set off in a grand procession toward the planetary governor's mansion, and along the way, Lion naturally wanted to learn about the current situation of the planet.

Is there something wrong with Chapter 145? Why is the Imperial Army in the lead?

For Leon, it was necessary to first understand the military strength of this world, so he began to ask the sergeant next to him about it on the way.

"Sergeant Lyle, could you please give me an update on the current situation of the Imperial Army in Narrus?"

The lion knew very well that what he needed most right now was to figure out the situation on this planet, and what the Imperial army was like. This was his top priority.

Upon hearing this, Lieutenant Lyle once again used his privileges as the warband's adjutant to access this part of the data. After reviewing it, he finally spoke.

"Reporting to the Legion Commander, Your Excellency, I must first correct you. Since I need to escort you into the Governor's Mansion, my current rank has been changed to Adjutant."

"The adjutant's rank can help me to mobilize and review the current military situation. I will now report to you on the current military situation."

Lyle informed the lions of his change of rank, and then began to introduce the planet's military forces.

"Nairrus now has one Space Marine Chapter, with a total strength of 9613 men."

"The total number of Planetary Defense Forces is 4.2 million. In addition to the Planetary Defense Forces, there are about 1.3 million police officers who can also be deployed to the war, but most of them are mainly responsible for maintaining order."

"In addition, since the mission in this world has been completed, the Grand Marshal has ordered more imperial troops to come to support us."

"Over the next 10 days, 1.08 million PDF troops and more than 108,000 Space Marines will come to support us."

"Intelligence indicates that you have been asleep for ten thousand years, so you may not know the current situation of the Empire."

"Please do not underestimate the PDF troops."

The current PDF forces, especially those in the 108th world of the Misty Starfield, are absolutely no less formidable than any renowned astral legion within the Empire.

"Based on your understanding of the Imperial Army's organization, there should currently be around 4 million Star Guardians on this planet, and soon there will be a total of 11 Space Marines."

"At the same time, a large number of Warmasters and Emperor-class Titans will join this battle to complete this apocalyptic war."

"Based on the intelligence we have at this stage, the number of Warmaster and Emperor-class Titans deployed to the battlefield will not be less than 2000."

Lieutenant Lyle truthfully reported the current situation to the Lion, who remained speechless for a long time after learning about the military forces on the planet and those about to arrive.

Aside from the lion being somewhat speechless, even the angels of forgiveness were in the same boat; upon hearing of such military power, they too felt their minds go blank.

"Lieutenant Lyle, please repeat yourself. What did you just say? You said how many Space Marines there were?"

The lion could not ask again, as it would damage his reputation, but his captain, the Angel of Forgiveness, made up for it perfectly by asking again with some disbelief.

"Of course, if you still don't understand, I can report to you again that there is currently one Space Marine Chapter in Narrus, namely our Narrus Chapter, with 9613 Space Marines."

"More Space Marines will arrive to provide support in 10 days, at which point the total number of Space Marines will reach approximately 110000."

"In addition, 1.08 million PDF troops will come to support, and the Titan Legion will also come to support."

Lieutenant Lyle repeated the number of troops that would appear on the planet next.

Both the reinforcements that would arrive in 10 days and the current number of Space Marines had left Leon somewhat dazed.

At its peak, the Dark Angels' entire legion never exceeded 30 troops, but now, almost a third of the legion's strength is about to be assembled in this imperial world.

Even during the Great Crusade, some legions did not have more than 10 Astartes.

More than 10 Space Marines are about to fight on this planet.

This put Leon under tremendous pressure.

His pressure did not come from the psychological pressure of commanding the troops, but from the pressure of what kind of war this would be.

He had already traveled throughout the human empire, and he knew that the Astartes Codex, promulgated by Guilliman, was only a thousand strong in most Codex Orders.

With the Empire now having amassed hundreds of thousands of Space Marines, the importance of this battle is self-evident.

What's more, there are so many Titan legions that have been mobilized here. Even during the siege of Terra, there probably weren't this many Titans!

Leon was feeling the pressure; he was acutely aware that the challenges ahead would be extremely difficult.

“Alright, I understand the situation of the Empire’s army. Now please tell me the size of our enemy.”

Although he didn't have high hopes for intelligence from the planet's local area, believing that the other side should be able to grasp the enemy's specific situation, all intelligence was meaningful to him, and he needed to understand it.

"Of course, as our commander, you naturally need to be clear about the enemy's military situation, so let me report to you."

"The enemy forces that have been committed to the war at this stage are the World Devourer Legion, which consists of about 15,000 people from 10 war gangs. However, we have already killed more than 3000 of them."

"They failed to build up a cult army on our planet, so their cult army is relatively small, only a few million."

"But the problem is that chaos has descended, and a steady stream of chaos demons are emerging from the warp. In the recent battle, we banished four major demons, and the number may increase further."

"In addition, we have received new intelligence that the Black Legion has sent more reinforcements, and their numbers should be around 4 to 5 hybrid Astartes."

"We haven't received any concrete intelligence from the others yet, so we can't make an accurate judgment. This is the situation for the rest of the war."

Lyle accurately shared the intelligence he had with the lion.

The Lion began to gather the intelligence he had on hand, which meant that in the next war, he would have about 5 million Astral Army troops and more than 10 Astartes Legion troops at his disposal in 10 days.

Using "warband" to describe it now is really terrible; let's just stick with "legion."

The number of enemies he would face was approximately 5 to 6 Chaos Astartes, as well as a large number of Chaos Demons and cultist troops.

After the balance of power between the two sides was compared before Leon's eyes, Leon was puzzled.

Is there something wrong? Why does it seem like the Empire has the advantage in military strength?

Chapter 146 The Lion's Doubt

"This doesn't make sense. Why does it seem like we have the numerical advantage? Is the Empire still powerful in the Misty Starfield?"

"Tell me the truth, is there some mistake? Please tell me the real troop strength, not this kind of false information!"

Leon didn't immediately think about anything else; instead, he began to doubt the accuracy of the information.

"I need you to tell me the truth: has the Empire really amassed such a large army to support this world? Can the Empire really afford to withdraw so many Astartes Legions?"

His sharp gaze was fixed on Lieutenant Lyle, trying to find any trace of deception or exaggeration in the other's expression and demeanor.

He experienced the empire's most glorious expeditions and also witnessed the empire's disintegration and long decline after the Horus Rebellion.

In his mind, it was almost a fantasy that the Empire could gather more than 100,000 Astartes on a single planet and mobilize hundreds of millions of elite Astral Army soldiers and thousands of Titans. It was more like a dream woven by someone bewitched by the whispers of Chaos.

It's simply impossible. Even during the Great Crusade, the Empire would never deploy so many troops to a single planet for defensive operations.

This place isn't Terra, so how could there be so many troops defending it?

Lieutenant Lyle showed no resentment in the face of the Primarch's questioning; instead, he spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"There is absolutely no problem with the number of troops. This is exactly the number of troops we mobilized in this operation."

"We don't need to lie about this. Of course, if you feel our troop numbers are still insufficient and we need more reinforcements..."

Then you can directly request more reinforcements. I think the Imperial army will come again.

"Of the 108 worlds in the Misty Starfield, only our planet has been attacked by the Chaos Enemy. If necessary, other worlds can still send more reinforcements."

"If you still feel it's not enough, you can even request support from the core star system, where more troops will be mobilized to provide assistance."

The core star system, which is the 28 colonies directly under Zhou Qing's control, is home to a total of 6,000 million Space Marines.

Although ordinary Space Marine soldiers could not possibly know how many troops were stationed there.

However, they have always received one explanation.

That means if you really can't hold on, it's okay to ask for help; the army will definitely come to your rescue.

Hearing Lyle's matter-of-fact words, and even his direct suggestion that if he felt the number of troops was insufficient, he could request support from the Empire, left the Lion completely dumbfounded.

Has he come to the wrong place? Could it be that he's not in the 40k era, but has returned to the 30k Great Crusade era?

The planet he was on was not one of the empires in the Misty Starfield, but rather Terra, the capital of the empire.

Otherwise, why would so many troops be providing support...?

And whose offspring are these Space Marine units?