Chapter 202: Ready to go

Fu Qinghai had no intention of rushing to gather his men and charge immediately.

Anyway, Chen Xinlu has been detained for more than a month, so it doesn't hurt to let them detain her for a while longer.

Fu Qinghai took out two things from his box, and instead of using the teleportation platform, he drove a Thunder Eagle gunboat to the research ship.

Arriving at Master Quinto's laboratory, Fu Qinghai discovered that the space apes had disassembled the blaster and plasma cutter into parts.

"How's the research going, Shi Lan?"

"I can copy both weapons."

The space ape held a crystal prism in his hand and put it in front of his eyes to observe it carefully. This is the core component of the blaster weapon, used to focus the particle beam.

"What about the cost?"

Fu Qinghai asked immediately.

"Um..."

Shi Lan scratched his chin and calculated for a while, then answered:

"About the same as a bolt gun."

"Too high."

Fu Qinghai shook his head.

If the power of single-soldier-sized blaster weapons were to be inserted into the armament sequence of the Human Empire in Warhammer 40K, it would be roughly like this:

plasma weapons > bolt weapons > blaster weapons > laser weapons.

Here we only compare individual weapons.

In other words, for troops of the Imperial Guard's level, blasters have the potential to replace laser guns.

But the prerequisite is that the manufacturing cost of blasters must be as low as that of laser guns.

Otherwise it would be meaningless.

Because laser guns have some advantages that blaster guns don't have, such as the straight and stable trajectory of the laser beam, low training requirements for the shooter, and low dependence on logistical supplies. In an emergency, the battery pack can be charged by throwing it into a fire.

Fu Qinghai is very aware of the power of this E-11 blaster. This is the standard firearm of the Galactic Empire Stormtroopers in Star Wars, and many Star Wars fans are very familiar with it. Fu Qinghai himself certainly does not think highly of the power of this weapon. What he sees is the huge potential behind blaster weapons. It is low-cost and powerful, and is very suitable for large-scale deployment.

In the Star Wars setting, the penetration depth of an ordinary blaster on ordinary concrete is three meters, which is much stronger than a laser gun and almost catching up with small-caliber bombs. The key is that the range is longer than that of a bolter, but the accuracy is relatively poor.

Blasters are considered dual-use weapons in the Star Wars universe, and their production costs are very low. Official military production lines can produce them, as can small civilian workshops. However, this is Slan's first imitation, so the cost of the laboratory must be higher than that of the production line.

Different positions determine different thinking patterns. As the leader of the Samsara Society and eager to establish his own power, Fu Qinghai is no longer interested in those rare and irreplaceable relic technologies. Blasters, a universal weapon that can be mass-produced, are more valuable to the human empire.

If that doesn't work, go to the Star Wars universe and get a whole blaster production line. In the words of the Mechanicus, shouldn't this be called a "trans-universe STC"? Fu Qinghai's thoughts drifted further and further, and he began to imagine his future military flagship product.

Coming back to his senses, the space ape was immersed in fiddling with the parts in his hands again.

"What about the plasma cutter?"

Fu Qinghai asked.

"It's an interesting little gadget."

Shi Lan commented.

"But its actual combat value is average."

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Fu Qinghai stood in front of the processing lathe and started his operation.

As mentioned before, many technical sergeants of the Space Marine Legions will create special bombs with their own legion characteristics.

As the White Scars' self-appointed chief technical sergeant, Fu Qinghai is now trying something new.

First, Fu Qinghai took out eleven pieces of phase iron.

It is really uncreative for the Inquisition to use this metal to make anti-psionic shackles. Fu Qinghai wants to process the phase iron into explosive warheads to make anti-psionic explosive bombs!

The Third Legion fell very early, just a little later than the Word Bearers. Fu Qinghai remembered that during the siege of Terra, Slaanesh demons such as succubus, seekers and even grand keepers had already appeared in the traitor camp. Even the demons themselves had descended, not to mention the enchanted warriors. Fu Qinghai had to find some means to restrain his psychic energy instead of just relying on the Vargan sword, a combat dagger, to stab people.

Only forty-four bombs were made from eleven pieces of phase iron, a very auspicious number, so Fu Qinghai named it "Phase Iron Bomb".

Then, Fu Qinghai took out Mrs. Viper's cocktail poison.

This is the redemption gift for Lady Viper. It consists of eight poisons in transparent test tubes. They are colorful and varied. Some are liquid, some are powder, and some are granules.

Madame Viper's ability to make poison comes from the blessing of the god of the underworld, Sithorn. Sithorn is the god of black magic, the opposite of Vishanti. In terms of status, he is very high, not much worse than the four vendors.

The only problem is that for these eight poison cocktails, even Mrs. Viper herself doesn't know the specific toxicity and pharmacological effects. Poisoning requires corresponding restraint. The poison cocktail is like opening a blind box. If you open it, you win the prize.

Eight cocktail poisons were made into eight bombs, which was also auspicious, so Fu Qinghai named them "cocktail bombs".

Also known as "character bomb".

After spending most of the day making two boxes of explosive bombs, Fu Qinghai went to check the production progress of the MK8 anti-insurgency power armor. It was mainly restricted by the manufacturing speed of living metal, and only an outline was presented at present. It seemed that Qiao Shida would not be able to wear the new power armor in time to participate in the battle.

Fu Qinghai had a discussion with the two masters, explained the current situation, and considered whether to dispatch the military force of the scientific research vessel.

Fu Qinghai first took stock of the mobile forces under his control.

On the cruiser side: two Space Marines, a medic, an alien host, a combat psyker, a warp creature, and a bunch of armed sailors.

On the research vessel side: two Castellan intelligent control robots, three Greedy Intelligent Control Robots, thirty Skitarii Vanguards, fifty Skitarii Hunters, fifteen Heavy Cavalry Breaker-type fighter servants, fifteen Heavy Cavalry Destroyer-type fighter servants, and two Termite-class Tyrant-type assault drilling vehicles.

Intelligent robot soldiers, skitarii, armed robot servants... and a Titan would make the whole thing. If it weren't for the fact that the Goliath-class forge ships have almost no onboard firepower, it would be hard to say who would escort whom if we only looked at the mobile forces. This also reflects the Mechanicus's determination to seize the feudal world of Malzan.

Although these are the military forces of the Mechanicus and strictly speaking are not under the command of Fu Qinghai, given his relationship with the two sages, it is not impossible for him to come and take command.

The key point is that the intelligent control robots are often five or six meters tall, and it is a question whether they can pass through Chen Xinlu's dimensional gate and whether they can be used in the narrow passages of the battleship.

The same goes for the heavy cavalry combat servants. These armed servants, whose lower bodies have been completely transformed into tracked tanks, are not as tall as the intelligent robot soldiers, but they are also not suitable for boarding battles.

The former are the personal bodyguards of the two masters, and the latter are used to fight head-on battles on the surface of the feudal world of Malzan.

That leaves the Skitarii.

Fu Qinghai thought about it.

First of all, the escort fleet cannot be without some mobile forces at this stage. If it relies entirely on shipborne weapons, what if there is an emergency from the inside, especially the alchemist on the lower deck...

Secondly, the weapons of the Skitarii, whether they were arc weapons, phosphorus fire weapons or radium weapons, emitted too strong radiation when in operation. Unless it was absolutely necessary, Fu Qinghai was unwilling to let the Skitarii act together with the mortal troops, and was even unwilling to let them get close to his crew.

Therefore, Fu Qinghai finally decided that the intelligent control robots and armed robot servants would stay behind on the research ship, the Skitarii would participate in the psychic boarding operation, and some of them would be left on the cruiser to serve as rear support for the Dimension Gate.

Commonly known as "protective response".

After arranging the research vessel, Fu Qinghai led thirty crusaders on the Thunder Eagle gunboat and headed for the cruiser in two batches.

Thirty Crusaders, including fifteen Rangers and fifteen Vanguards, these highly cyberized soldiers without a trace of flesh on their bodies, dressed in red robes and holding guns, silently followed Fu Qinghai down from the Thunder Eagle gunboat and stepped onto the cruiser's boarding deck in neat steps, attracting the attention of the ground crew on the deck, who didn't understand why the captain called the Crusaders from the research vessel over.

Fu Qinghai asked the Crusaders to stand by outside the captain's room and activated the battleship broadcast, requiring all combat personnel to gather in the combat conference room.

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When Qiao Shida heard the battleship broadcast asking all combat personnel to gather in the combat conference room, he almost jumped out of the training cage, quickly wiped off the sweat and ran straight to his weapons room. With the help of the mechanical servants, he quickly put on the power armor and took the weapons and equipment. By the time he arrived at the combat conference room and sat down, he was fully armed.

When Qiao Shida had already sat upright in his seat without looking around, Fu Qinghai finally arrived, having retrieved his equipment from the armory.

As a captain or company commander, you don't have to search around like you do in other reincarnation worlds. You can just pick and choose any equipment from the armory.

The Blue Fang Chainsaw Sword, the Blue Blade Power Knife, and the Inertia Hammer are three melee weapons of considerable size, so Fu Qinghai equipped himself with two long-range weapons, a bolt pistol and a plasma pistol.

Is he looking more and more like the fallen angel Cypher?

Then, Eugene, Ron, Camille, and Zhang Yuning all arrived.

Qiao Shida has always felt that there is something wrong with Qingshan and Na Yanhan's team.

The style of painting is completely different from that of a normal Space Marine company.

The female combat psychic, not only did she not wear a psychic hood or psychic amplifier on her head, she had never returned to her personal cabin and stayed in the captain's room all day long. Later, she even moved in directly.

A mortal servant with freckles all over his face, looking thin and weak, without any military temperament. The key point is that no matter where he goes, he holds an ugly and cheap plastic doll in his arms, looking like a fucking fetishist.

And this so-called medic wearing a strange white power armor, Qingshan told him that this was a pharmacist with superb medical skills, but he couldn't recycle gene seeds... Qiao Shida thought, how could a pharmacist not be able to recycle gene seeds, what kind of half-baked pharmacist is this?

Although he had ten thousand complaints in his heart, when Fu Qinghai said that he was about to blow up the traitor, Qiao Shida immediately threw these insignificant little problems behind his mind.

"This operation." Fu Qinghai said:

"Only me, Joestar, and Camille will participate. The rest of you will stay on the cruiser and wait for orders."

Ron and Zhang Yuning were both stunned.

This was a decision Fu Qinghai made after careful consideration.

Upton and Zhang Yuning's abilities are very strong and strange, but to be honest, on the front battlefield of the Warhammer 40K universe, their bodies are too fragile. If they are touched by explosive bombs or plasma, they will be shattered into ashes on the spot.

They are only suitable for fighting secret wars and underground wars in an overall peaceful society like the Marvel Comics Universe.

How can you fight a boarding battle if you don't even have power armor?

It is precisely because Fu Qinghai himself is a Space Marine and he knows too well how powerful Space Marines are, so he is even more unwilling to let his beloved woman take this risk.

Ron, it seems that his frontal combat ability is a little stronger than Zhang Yuning and Upton, but not much stronger. You know, as long as the Emperor's Son Space Marines on the opposite side take out the melta weapons, they will be blood-killing symbiotes.

As for letting the symbiote and the devil kid drill into the battleship's pipes to cause damage... come on, these two people can't even drill into their own battleship's pipes, so why bother drilling into the enemy's battleship's pipes.

Fu Qinghai had no idea what kind of enemy and environment he would face after boarding the ship. He had no idea about the enemy's troop strength, deployment, equipment... This would be an encounter battle with almost no intelligence support.

The only good news was that the enemy was unprepared for their arrival.

After Fu Qinghai explained the situation, everyone in the Samsara Society fell silent.

Only Qiao Shida was still inexplicably excited.

For the Astartes, entering an unfamiliar environment, charging into the enemy's formation, and breaking through the siege, isn't this a daily routine in boarding battles?

"So, Joestar and I will be the vanguard and be the first to break into the enemy ship, followed by Camille, and then the Skitarii troops."

Fu Qinghai knocked on the table and said,

"During my absence, Eugene was the acting captain and coordinated the affairs on the ship."

"A perfect plan, Khan!"

Qiao Shida agreed with satisfaction.

Ron couldn't help but roll his eyes. Isn't this just reckless? What's the plan?

"Any other questions?"

Fu Qinghai glanced at everyone present.

"No problem!"

Everyone agreed in unison.

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(End of this chapter)