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Chapter 55 Infantry and Cavalry Coordination
Through conversation with Ma Enna, Chen Xi learned that the Linguang family had some unique characteristics.

Just as Mai Mai told him, the Linguang family was divided into two branches, one existing as the Imperial Knights, and the other as the Mechanical Knights loyal to the Mechanicus.

"The Linguang family is not based on family lineage and bloodline, but on the preferences of family members and the selection of the mechanical throne itself." Mainna explained the special traditions of the Linguang family to Chen Xi.

Because they belong to two major factions, the mechanical throne of the Linguang family has people loyal to the Empire and the Mechanicus. Family members will join whichever faction they can gain favor from.

"That's why Maria studied the Mechanicum with the family's Relic Protector, and Margaret once achieved excellent results at the Imperial Military Academy." Mainna couldn't help but reveal a hint of pride when she mentioned her two nieces. "If nothing unexpected happened, these two sisters would become the heads of the two major branches of the Linguang family in the future. As the elder sister, Margaret would inherit the title of Longqi and become the Supreme King of the family."

However, the invasion of the Tyranids destroyed the territory of the Linguang family. If a passing Astartes regiment had not lent a helping hand, the Linguang family would have perished along with their territory.

"Governor, we are deeply grateful that you can lend a helping hand to the Linguang family at such a critical moment! The Linguang family will remember this kindness and fight for you without violating the knight's creed." Mainna did not have much objection to being loyal to a planetary governor. After all, the Linguang family did not have the power to be picky.

The honor of being knights prevents them from abandoning their subjects, while the honor of their family is also waiting for them to revive.

All of this requires a stable territory for the family to recover, so they really have no choice. There are not many places that can provide a large piece of land for them to settle their people.

In particular, Mainna did not want to turn his family's subjects into slaves of the Mechanicus.

"You can just settle down on this planet first. Once everything is settled, we can talk about other things." Chen Xi was very generous in this regard, as if everything could be discussed.

In fact, for Chen Xi, as long as the other party placed people on the Rostov II, it would mean that the entire Linguang family fell into his pocket. Of course, he did not need to rush to gain their loyalty or rush to push them onto the battlefield.

Although the Knight Family cannot compare with other military forces of the Empire in terms of numbers, the Knight Mechs are very powerful armored units on the battlefield.

After all, armored units of the same level as knights in the arsenals of the Astra Militarum and Astartes generally do not have shields, while knights do have shields.

Coupled with the knight's powerful armament and mobility, any knight that appears on the battlefield can exert combat power no less than that of the Astra Militarum's super-heavy tank.

Some powerful knight mechas can even fight against Titans.

Such powerful and valuable combat units should certainly not be wasted. Instead, they should be allowed to recover and then used as an armed force when they have spare strength.

It would be a waste to push them onto the battlefield now.

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In order to accommodate the Linguang family, Chen Xi allocated them a large piece of land, which even had valuable natural lakes and oases, which was very valuable arable land on Rostov II.

The Linguang family was naturally very grateful for this. Although the family had not yet recovered from the tragedy of genocide, Mainna still asked Margaret to drive his own Templar Rangers and bring four attendants to provide services for Chen Xi. Such a knight team would certainly not be able to play any role in the high-intensity battlefield, not even a splash.

But if it is just a small-scale armed conflict, then such a team of knights will undoubtedly play a key role in determining the outcome of the battle.

However, Chen Xi did not have any combat missions that required Margaret at the moment, so after careful consideration, he sent Margaret to the A7-012 area where the defense forces were fighting the Skinners, allowing her and her servants to participate in the battle against the Skinners.

Of course, this intensity of battle is nothing to the knight. No matter how fierce the Skinner is, it cannot scratch the armor and shield of the knight's mecha, and even the defense of the squire is not strong enough to scratch the paint.

However, the battle against the aliens can help Margaret and the servants of the Linguang family adapt to the feeling of fighting against the Necrons and prepare for possible battles with the Necrons in the future.

After all, things like spare ribs are really not effective for ordinary Astra Militarum, only the Astartes can withstand it.

As for the Knight Mech, this "behemoth" level armored unit is often more useful on the battlefield than a squad of Astartes.

It can fight and defend, and its whole body is full of firepower. It can also fight in close combat and at a distance. Just crouching there will make it a natural firepower bunker. The key is that this bunker can move by itself. Cooperating with some elite troops, Chen Xi feels that the Butan coordination he conceived might be changed to infantry-cavalry coordination for better use?
It's just that it's not easy to train knights. Although there are terrifying things like the Qianji Family, there are only a few kittens left in the Linguang Family, and all the knight mechas have been lost. It's unknown when they can recover. It's a bit too much to expect them to be able to coordinate infantry and cavalry with the defense forces.

Unless Chen Xi can now replenish the knight mechas for the Linguang family, it would take several generations to train dozens of mechas.

That way, maybe we can play some small-scale infantry and cavalry coordination.

Of course, if Chen Xi could develop the entire sub-star region, the Qianji family might not be able to support it, but the Hundred Machines Exercise could still be carried out.

The premise or foundation of all this is the small forge that has been placed in the star port.

Although it is called a forge, the forge in the 40K era is completely different from the forge in the 3K era. It is more like a 3D printer in the 3K era, which can produce various equipment based on various STC templates.

With the corresponding STC template, a forge can produce a wide variety of equipment.

Although it cannot compare with the production line of a professional foundry factory in terms of output, it has the advantage of being able to have a rich product line when producing on a small scale.

At present, Guterres and Ovelia have taken over the forge and are currently producing some Astra Militarum equipment on a trial basis to test whether the forge is operating properly.

On the other hand, whether the fire in the forge is strong or not also depends on whether there is enough ore put into it.

This job was naturally given to Mai Mai. Among the supplies he brought back from the capital of Mariupol was mining equipment, which has now been deployed in the asteroid belt of the galaxy.

(End of this chapter)