Chapter 534: New World Torch

Chapter 534: New World Torch

On the battle barge 'Triumphal Flame', the flagship of the Fury Chapter, a Space Marine with a bronze lower body and an orange upper body, under the protection of a group of guards, strode forward and headed straight for the command bridge.

There were mortal auxiliary troops trying to stop him, but they were all pushed aside by his guards.

He took action himself and roughly pushed open the door of the bridge.

Wang Mengsong strode in with his guards.

The Fury Warriors guarding the bridge had already heard the noise outside the door.

Even though their allies had arrived, their rude attitude made them put their hands on their weapons.

However, there won't be any further excessive actions - unless the 'New World Torches' on the opposite side really want to do something.

Wang Mengsong didn't even take a second look at the nervousness of these Furious Space Marines.

He is the Chapter Master of the 'New World Torch' Chapter, has three hundred years of combat experience, and can be called the first New World Torch Warrior.

In fact, their entire regiment is relatively young, having been established only three hundred years ago.

The army-building action three hundred years ago was named "Faro Army Building".

During the Founding of the Faroese, nine new Chapters were created to deal with the growing threat in the Faroese region of the southern border of the Empire. All nine Chapters were urgently sent to the Faroese region to deal with the rebellion, the invasion of two Ork clans, and the expansion of Chaos invasions from multiple planets at the same time.

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

Now that the work is done, it's time to get the reward. Logically, these newly established warbands should be settled in the place where they fight. They should be assigned a planet as the warband's home planet and the world where they recruit soldiers, and then the warband can guard the place with peace of mind.

However, there are already seven war groups in the Faro Universe, and the nine new ones cannot be accommodated all of them.

Of course, this "no way" does not mean that there are not so many worlds. After all, the number of worlds under the jurisdiction of a universe ranges from three to five thousand to tens of thousands. Is it difficult to find nine worlds to arrange for the battle group?

It's really difficult.

The transfer of nine worlds was not difficult in itself. Even though the imperial tax revenue of these nine worlds would be lost after the transfer, it was not unacceptable compared to the huge size of the entire universe.

What's more, it is not necessary to allocate particularly developed and wealthy planets.

The home planets of many famous Space Marine chapters are quite desolate, and even the natural environment can be described as harsh and cruel.

But it has its benefits.

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

As for the poor planets that cannot provide sufficient material wealth base... for many chapters, this is not a problem.

The maintenance and development of a regiment does indeed consume a large amount of wealth, but who says it must start from the mother 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 Imperial worlds themselves cannot afford to supply with the financial resources of a single planet.

Each war group has its own ways to meet these wealth needs.

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

This group can be called the "working group".

The situations of this so-called "working part-time" are actually different. Some are very independent, or simply a pure cooperative relationship, with everyone's interests aligned; some are employment relationships, with people being paid to do work; but there are also particularly dependent relationships, which are rare but not uncommon.

Some warbands rely on fighting to support themselves. There are many warbands based on ships. They do not have their own fixed territory, and mainly rely on the spoils of war to maintain and even expand their warbands. They often accept calls from various imperial forces, various planets, star regions, and star regions, participate in various battles, and collect their own spoils and rewards.

The most famous of this kind 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" chapter.

With their home planet as the core, they radiate their influence to the entire surrounding star field, and even across star fields. The transcendent status and identity of the Space Marines, as well as their powerful combat power, can indeed expand their influence to this extent.

While ensuring peace in the area, every world in this star field has to pay tribute to the war group to a greater or lesser extent... The names are different, but the essence of the matter is tribute.

Only at the level of the star field can one afford to support a complete battle group.

So this is where the conflict in the Faro star field came from.

The New World Torch and the other eight newly established warbands were in urgent need of recuperation after the battle. They had already fought the first war since the warband was established, and had gained some fame and achievements. The next step was to recuperate and develop the warband.

As a result, the Faro star field has actually been divided up; the remaining territory can only accommodate one or two more war groups at most, and if there are more, it will not be a problem of overcrowding, but that everyone will not have enough food.

Who doesn’t want to recuperate and develop?
The New World Torch did have its own planet for recruiting soldiers due to its merits as a new chapter. But firstly, that planet was very ordinary and could not support them. Secondly, they could not expand their influence like a normal chapter, as there were two other chapters in the same star field.

After a fierce competition, Xinshi Torch became a loser.

At that time, although they had more than 700 soldiers, their auxiliary forces were of poor quality, and they had few warships, not even a battle barge. Their flagship was just a strike cruiser, which was badly damaged in the war. They didn't even have the money to repair the ship!

At the same time, the war group often needs to respond to calls from all over the world and go out to fight. Most of the time, the rewards of war can offset the expenses and there is a surplus, but as long as there is a loss-making war, more soldiers died, or simply insufficient spoils of war, the fragile cycle will be broken.

In the seventy years since they took possession of their home planet, the New World Torch has been struggling. The number of members of the chapter has slowly decreased, and the overall strength has become increasingly weak.

Of course, they did not encounter a crisis that would cause the entire regiment to be destroyed instantly, but the feeling of chronic blood loss and seeing one's own demise but being unable to do anything about it was very uncomfortable.

In addition, the friction and entanglement with various local forces within the star field, such as the star field government and several other close war groups, are also exhausting.

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

After some secret talks, Wang Mengsong made a decision: relocate!
Relocation is not something that the regiment can do just because they want to.

The conscription world has been designated for you, how can you change it just like that?
But Humphrey Paul, one hundred and twenty years ago, guaranteed that there could be a galaxy in the Spider Web Universe that had no Star Marines stationed at all, and they could be stationed there.

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

Wang Mengsong believed in Humphrey Paul's guarantee.

And the end result was that Paul really got the job done.

When they claimed to relocate, the Imperial Center initially issued a document to reprimand them; but soon, the Imperial Center's attitude changed. They quietly arranged a planet in the star field designated by Humphrey Paul as a new recruiting world.

From then on, Xinshi Torch could naturally live and work in peace and contentment.

The Bauhinia Rebellion soon followed.

Wang Mengsong was quite hesitant at first.

Do you want to stand on the side of Tiekai?

Having received benefits from Humphrey Paul, how could I just stand by and watch when something happened?

However, if they were to get involved, it would not be good. They had just moved here and settled down, and the regiment had not had time to accumulate assets, but they had to work for the Iron Armor Regiment first, and they might even offend the central government of the empire?

However, Wang Mengsong had no good feelings towards the central government of the empire.

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

Then, Wang Mengsong saw the Bauhinia Rebellion being easily resolved. The three chapters had a tragic end, while the Ironclad Chapter began a hundred years of rapid development with Fury and Stone Shield.

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

The uneasy thing is that their behavior seems... not very loyal?
But what made him envious was that, although he didn't know the details, he could easily see that the strength of those three war groups was visibly becoming increasingly powerful.

Not only did they firmly control the Princess Star Region, but they also continued to fleece the Empire. The high income strengthened their strength. After becoming strong, they not only maintained the threat to the Void Zerg that kept emerging from the Princess Star Region, but also expanded their influence in many surrounding star regions, even to the Eastern Universe in the south.

He also secretly began to do some... things that were not in line with the rules. For example, he allowed the number of the warbands to exceed the prescribed limit; for example, he concealed the income of some planets that were seriously affected by them, controlled the star region government, and concealed the tax revenue...

He believed that the scale of his actions was much smaller than that of Iron Fury Stone, and they were just some small actions.

However, he was still discovered and received a serious warning from the central government of the empire.

This made him retract his claws that had crossed the line.

But at the same time, it also made him even more dissatisfied, and he even felt resentful towards the central government of the empire.

He privately began to communicate more closely with the Iron Rage Stone, hoping to become the 'Iron Rage Stone Torch'.

Humphrey Paul, an old friend, welcomed this very much, but also expressed the hope that New World Torch would wait for a while. Resource support could be in place first, but New World Torch did not need to stand on the side of Iron Fury Stone immediately, and just continued to stay quietly.

It was during this period of time that Tie Nu Shi officially raised the banner of rebellion.

As a Space Marine chapter native to the Spiderverse, the New World Torch naturally joined forces with the Inquisition to form a rebellion army and participated in the suppression of the Iron Rage Stone.

After that, he naturally became the traitor and with a single blow, he killed an entire loyal regiment, tens of thousands of combat nuns of the Order of the Bloody Rose, and a large number of elite members of the Inquisition on the battlefield of Tianyuan VI.

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

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This chapter makes up for yesterday.

There will be another chapter later.

(End of this chapter)