Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 88: War Damage Inventory
Although the war is over, the impact of this war is not so easy to fade away.

Although the defense forces successfully blocked the enemy outside the city, the Necrons' attack still caused considerable damage to the city of Rostov.

The outer defense system of the city in the direction of the Necrons' attack was basically destroyed, and most of the facilities needed to be rebuilt or repaired.

Although the area that was bombarded by the orbital bombardment was originally a wasteland, after the orbital bombardment, the soil in this area had been melted into lava by the high-energy rays of the light spear.

Although the volcanic landform after cooling is basically the same as that after a volcanic eruption, it is basically completely destroyed.

This area obviously has no use anymore. For the humans on Rostov, even using this land to build houses requires considering whether the ground has been affected by the orbital bombardment and whether there will be earthquakes.

Although earthquakes are no longer a big deal given the technology of the human empire, they are still a hidden danger.

Of course, the various Necromancer equipment that were shattered and melted into the lava are priceless. If we can organize people to excavate them, we can still make a lot of profit.

At least the Mechanicus would definitely be interested in this.

In addition to these visible material losses, the defense army that Chen Xi spent a lot of effort to train also suffered heavy losses in this battle. Although the ten regiments of the defense army were not wiped out, at least three regiments needed to be reorganized.

Among the remaining regiments, five regiments suffered more than one-third casualties and needed reinforcements, and only two regiments were still relatively intact, but they also suffered 10% to 20% casualties.

It can be said that the defense forces of Rostov II were seriously injured in this battle. It would be difficult to restore their combat effectiveness without spending a year or two to replenish personnel and repair.

However, those who survived can be said to have been tempered and tested by the flames of war. After all, even the regular Astra Militarum would hardly encounter such a head-on battle with the Necrons.

Those troops who survived the battle can be considered elite, and they are still by the standards of the Astra Militarum.

After these ten regiments are reorganized and supplemented with manpower and equipment, they can basically be regarded as a more elite interstellar army.

But that's all in the future. Right now, these ten defense legions are basically full of wounded soldiers. Although it is true that there will be basically no wounded soldiers surviving the battle with the Necrons.

As for the losses of the Battle Sisters and the Skitarii, they were even more heartbreaking. Of the nuns of the Holy Rose Order who participated in the war, only about a hundred survived, and the entire order suffered heavy losses.

The Ebon Grail Order was not much better off. Although they finally followed the armored forces of the First Regiment in the charge, the battle sisters' fanatical faith kept them charging in the front, causing them to suffer considerable casualties.

The order of more than one hundred people now has only about forty people left.

It can be said that the foundations of both orders have been damaged this time and it will take a long time to recover.

After all, the training of combat nuns is not comparable to the recruitment of new soldiers by the Defense Forces. The gap between the two is quite huge.

On the other hand, although the Skitarii suffered huge losses in manpower, they were actually the best reinforcement for the Mechanicus.

Skitarii who survived the battlefield were brought back for recycling, and those who died had their implants removed and their bodies salvaged for new recruits, leaving them largely unchanged. Even some Skitarii who performed exceptionally well in battle had the potential to be promoted and transformed by sages into even more powerful units.

Although these two sages do not have many people to replenish their troops, Olivia is a biological sage after all. The biological cultivation technology of the Mechanicus can provide qualified population in large quantities. This thing can basically be regarded as a clone production line.

The only difference is that it uses natural fertilized eggs for cultivation.

All fertilized eggs will grow rapidly in the culture chamber with the perfect environment and drug catalysis, and will be in perfect adult state when they leave the culture chamber.

And when they are in the incubator, as long as their brains develop to a certain extent, the necessary knowledge and common sense will be directly instilled into their brains through thinking equipment, so that these people will have the ability to take on various positions as soon as they come out.

Moreover, they were trained from the very beginning to be die-hard fans of the Mechanicus, absolutely loyal and reliable, and were excellent candidates for workers and soldiers.

As for those who show talent in knowledge, they will be selected for training and become new apprentices.

So for these two sages, replenishing soldiers may be a bit of an effort, but it is actually not too troublesome.

Compared with their gains this time, the loss of the Skitarii was nothing to mention, even though two of Olivia's Castellan mechas were destroyed.

"Compared with this time's gains, even the sinking of my forged battleship is an acceptable loss." After taking stock of her gains after the war, Tonya said this to Chen Xi.

"If we can spend enough time to transform our gains this time into academic achievements, let alone forging warships, we can even exchange one person for a forging ark." Olivia's evaluation made Chen Xi more intuitively understand the huge amount of their gains this time.

After all, it is an entire Necronomicon tomb, and it is also a laboratory for scientific researchers such as the Crypt Technicians. Some of them are advanced technological research for the Necronomicons. Although Olivia and Tonya cannot understand them yet, they can judge their value very intuitively.

Donnia even frankly said that if Chen Xi was willing to trade part of it with her teacher, the casting director, the small shipyard planned by Chen Xi would basically be settled.

If Chen Xi is willing to trade for a little more, Tonya can help him upgrade the Rostov II starport into a star fortress with stronger defense capabilities and functions, and directly place the shipyard on the star fortress.

It is probably impossible to get a Ramirez-class star fortress, but two smaller ones should not be a problem.

(Imperial Fleet and Star Fortress)

For the Rostov II, which had experienced this war, it was very necessary to have a fortress that could resist the attacks of the space fleet. After all, in this war, the Scythe-class ship finally escaped, and no one knew whether it would make a comeback.

If the enemy gathers a fleet to attack again next time, Chen Xi cannot guarantee that there will be so many ships in orbit to win a space naval battle.

You must know that this time the ship of the Ecclesiarchy was the most seriously damaged. If it were not for the timely support of the black ship of the Last Inquisition, Pavel might have perished in the starry sea with this ship.

Chen Xi suddenly found it difficult to repay such a big favor.

(End of this chapter)