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Chapter 218 Coordinated Operations
The number of imperial knights who came to participate in the expedition and holy war exceeded Chen Xi's imagination. Four knight families responded to the call of the expedition, and more than a hundred knights participated as individuals.

This made him somewhat understand that it seemed that these knight families in the Solar Star Region might really be feeling very frustrated.

Coupled with his call for support that was like a public broadcast on the world channel, the large number of knights that came was actually expected.

However, what this unexpected result brought was that the number of Imperial Knights in the expeditionary force was now close to 500, including more than 20 Command Knights and more than 3,000 Squire Knights!
This number made Chen Xi feel a little numb.

He originally thought that being able to gather one or two hundred knights was the limit, but he didn't expect that the knights of the Solar Star Region had such a strong desire for battle.

Four knight families came in pursuit of glory. They adhered to the ancient oath and came to be loyal to the Emperor.

Those knights who joined as individuals had different purposes. Some did it for honor, some for wealth, and some simply for the thrill of battle.

When did the empire have so many knights?

Five hundred Imperial Knights are not a lot, and although twenty Command Knights do seem a bit shocking, considering that this is the knight family of the entire Solar Star Region, it did not surprise Chen Xi too much.

But three thousand squire knights... Although this thing doesn't have too strict bloodline requirements for the driver, it doesn't even matter if you were a civilian before.

As long as you can sit on it and get the recognition of the machine spirit, you can become a squire knight.

But three thousand! My God, did these Imperial Knights bring all their servants with them?

Chen Xi really had nothing to say about this.

However, this is not without its benefits. At least he can seriously study how to make the Imperial Knights and the Astra Militarum cooperate and carry out coordinated infantry and tank operations.

After all, the war that broke out in Rostov had fully proved that without shields, ground troops would be no more difficult to kill than a chicken on the kitchen chopping board when facing the Necrons army.

Oh, no, there are no chickens in the empire, it should be said that there are Goro beasts.

At least the empire's army does have a certain ability to fight back, so it doesn't have to bow its head and be slaughtered.

But even so, the Imperial army without shield protection would have little chance of survival in the face of the Necrons' army.

Therefore, mixing the Imperial Knights who could deploy shields with the Astra Militarum became the first thing Chen Xi needed to do.

The Imperial Knights' shield technology is their core advantage, capable of forming a powerful defensive barrier in a short period of time to withstand enemy firepower.

The Astra Militarum, on the other hand, possesses numerical superiority and a flexible tactical system, enabling it to rapidly deploy and perform a variety of tasks on the battlefield.

Chen Xi's goal is to combine the advantages of both to form a new combat mode.

He envisioned that the Imperial Knights could act as mobile shield fortresses, providing cover for the Astra Militarum, who, under the protection of the shields, could use their firepower to deliver precise strikes on the enemy.

This infantry-tank coordinated tactic not only improves the survivability of ground forces, but also effectively suppresses the offensive rhythm of the Necrons.
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There is no doubt that the implementation of this order was not smooth, not that there was much resistance to it.

The Astra Militarum were clear-headed. After learning that the Necrons' weapons could directly blow them away along with their shelters, they undoubtedly supported the protection of the Imperial Knights.

Who doesn’t want to have a good buddy who can use a shield and provide heavy firepower support by his side when he is charging or defending?
This kind of cooperation will not only greatly improve their chances of survival, but also make their tactical execution smoother.

After all, facing the devastating firepower of the Necrons, flesh and blood and simple shelters alone are of no use.

With the Imperial Knights' shields, they could at least hold on for a few more seconds on the battlefield, and even have a chance to fight back.

As for the knights, the creed of the Imperial Knights itself requires them to protect the weak. When fighting in conjunction with the Astra Militarum, they provide them with protection through their own shields. For the knights, this is just a change in the way they fight and does not violate their creed or various codes.

Knights have been taught that "honor is responsibility" since childhood, and protecting the weak and defending justice is their mission engraved in their bones.

Although they were used to charging into battle alone, adjusting their tactics to provide cover for the Astra Militarum was not unacceptable to them.

This kind of cooperation can also enable the knights to play a greater role on the battlefield. After all, the shield can not only protect themselves, but also protect more comrades.

Therefore, the knights are still willing to change their fighting methods.

But it was this change that made things a mess.

Because neither the Imperial Knights nor the Astra Militarum had ever conducted such a coordinated operation.

Generally speaking, the Empire rarely engages in such large-scale multi-service joint operations.

Although Apocalypse-level is a term that players often talk about, from a macro perspective, the Empire is often engaged in this kind of large-scale meat-mincing.

But if we zoom in on the entire real 40k world, within the vast scope of the galaxy, there are actually not as many wars as imagined, and the intensity is not as high as imagined.

Therefore, among the 500 imperial knights and 3,000 knight squires in the expeditionary force, only a very small number of them had experience in coordinating combat with other ground forces.

The Astra Militarum simply didn't have any.

Seeing this, Chen Xi had no choice but to deploy the Star Army and Imperial Knights on the Rostov II and provide them with relevant training.

For this purpose, he specially sent out the Linguang family who had participated in the battle before and his own alien hunter veterans to teach these imperial troops relevant combat experience.

In any case, the alien hunters of the Rostov Defense Force have fought serious battles with the Necrons. Although the experience they summarized may not be completely accurate, it can at least allow hundreds of thousands of Astra Militarum and millions of Ecclesiarchy Crusaders to accumulate some experience, so that they will not encounter the Necrons on the battlefield and not know how they died.

The experience of fighting aliens taught by the Linguang family also made the Imperial Knights rush to learn. After all, the Linguang family was once a well-known family in the Solar Star Domain, and still had a certain degree of fame and connections among the Imperial Knights.

(End of this chapter)