Chapter 498: In the Name of the Battle Group
Lost four games in a row, and lost in a very humiliating way.
In the first game, I used the Terminator to fight against the regular tactical power armor, and lost; in the second game, I used the Terminator to fight against the regular tactical power armor, and lost; in the third game, I used my own tactical power armor to fight against the opponent's Terminator, and still lost.
In the fourth game, they sent out the champion of the battle group in anger, but still lost.
The shame is secondary; the most terrible thing is the actual huge loss.
The four who died in the battle were all the backbone and core of the regiment!
The captain of the first company can almost be regarded as the second or third person in the chapter. If Erso encounters an accident, the captain of the first company can almost directly take over the work of the chapter leader temporarily; the chapter champion and the company champion are all the absolute elite backbone of a chapter, and there are not many of them. Even the 48-year recruit who died the easiest and performed the worst, he still represents the future of the chapter.
If any one of these four people died in a battle, Erso would be very heartbroken.
Not to mention that four people died at that moment.
What was even more terrifying was that Erso had lost his confidence. Before the duel between the warbands began, he had thought that the duel would go smoothly, but now, he had no idea how many people would have to die to win the hundred battles.
But can it be stopped?
Not to mention that there were still 100 prisoners in the hands of the enemy, even if they stopped fighting after losing four games in a row, wouldn't that be equivalent to admitting defeat? If this got out, the Fury Corps would be so embarrassed!
Winning is the best, but losing is also okay. However, losing in this way not only makes you look incompetent and weak, but most importantly, you will definitely be labeled a coward.
No chapter could endure such humiliation.
The Space Marines can admit that they are not as skilled as others and not strong enough, and then they will be braver after knowing the shame.
But, coward? Coward? Backing off without a fight?
This will be laughed at by everyone.
In the process of being transformed by gene seeds, the Space Marines' many mundane desires were reduced to a very low level due to physiological changes. They could tolerate bad food, had little interest in sex, and had a lower desire for power and enjoyment. In contrast, their pursuit of honor, fame, and loyalty began to become particularly obsessive.
Space Marines regard honor as their life. Although each chapter and even each Space Marine has a different definition of honor and loyalty, almost no one can ignore the loss brought by the title of "coward".
This is almost the most intolerable slander for the Space Marines. They would rather die than endure such a reputation on their heads.
The same is true for Erso. Because of the warlike culture of the Fury, they can't tolerate the notoriety of fleeing a duel even more than ordinary chapters.
We must grit our teeth and continue to fight this battle.
Erso once again sent out a chapter champion, determined to win the fifth game.
This time, he finally got what he wanted.
Although the victory was not easy, the opponent seemed to be a 'new recruit' who was no more than 20 years old.
In the past, they might have complained that their victory was not beautiful enough. But now... no matter what, it was a victory.
It's good enough to win.
The Raging Flame Champion on the field seemed to hesitate for a moment, but in the end, he made a request to Erso through the communicator, saying that he could fight again.
Erso also hesitated.
The strength of this champion is beyond doubt, but he consumed a lot of energy in the last duel. Can he really win in another duel?
We really can't afford to lose another champion. There are only three warriors in the whole regiment who can bear this title.
However, Erso finally agreed.
On the one hand, the Raging Flame Champion had a strong desire, but on the other hand, he was thinking that the Phoenix should not be able to find another one that could fight against the Raging Flame Champion, right?
Earlier, Karduso certainly had this strength, but he was seriously injured when he killed Cao Boyang, and it was impossible for him to come up and fight again; the Phoenix's regiment priest Rizzo unexpectedly showed a very strong fighting power, and even killed the first Fury Champion in a duel. But he also experienced a hard battle and no longer had the strength to fight a second game.
Of course, it might be dangerous if Martins went down himself, but if that were the case, he would go down himself.
However, we lost the sixth game again.
In the Phoenix Regiment, when the second captain of the Phoenix named Reginaldo, who claimed to be a veteran of the Hundred Years of Atonement Expedition, died, Erso seemed to smell something bad.
However, he finally chose to trust his own people.
As a result, he died.
Although Reginaldo was also seriously injured and had a broken hand, at least he was alive, right?
With Erso gritting his teeth and the entire Fury as silent as a library, the duel lasted for 67 consecutive rounds.
In these 67 games, they only won 11 games.
In the winning matches, they almost sent out the strongest warriors in the regiment. In addition to the two who died in the previous battle, the third champion of the regiment also went down. This time, it was really difficult for Phoenix to bring out another warrior of the same level.
Three consecutive "new recruits" were sent out, and the first two games were won by the Raging Flame Champion. To be fair, the two Phoenixes played quite well, but there was definitely a qualitative gap between them and the Warband Champion, and they were killed relatively easily. Moreover, although the Raging Flame Champion had some injuries and losses, it was estimated that it would not be a big problem to defeat another new recruit.
The rare winning streak greatly boosted the morale of the Fury. After finally getting some cheers, he started the third game in a row.
But it capsized in the ditch.
This time, the Phoenix was killed by another "new recruit", but this person showed stronger strength than the previous recruits. More importantly, he was also a think tank and possessed powerful psychic power.
This phoenix named Henrik Larsen used the power of psychic energy to kill the last Rage Champion after two consecutive battles.
In other battles, Nuyan lost more than he won.
All they sent out were core members, and almost every company's champion went down. These company champions had a 40% chance of winning when fighting against the 'new recruits' sent by the Phoenix.
But it’s only 40%!
Before this duel began, who the hell could have imagined that the company champion of the Fury Regiment would only have a 40% chance of winning against the Phoenix's 'new recruits' who had served for a maximum of 20 years!
Who would believe it if I told them?
But this is the reality right now.
What should we do if the company has lost all its championships?
Then the company commanders have to take action as well.
The combat effectiveness of company commanders is generally at this level, usually only slightly stronger than company champions.
But what happens when all these people are killed?
How many people in the Fury of Flame could be called 'champions'?
It is also impossible to send all of them out to fight such a cruel and crucial battle with a low chance of winning.
The only options left are to send out veteran non-commissioned officers from each company.
When they played, let alone the winning rate, they only won two games in total.
It was obvious that the two Phoenixes who died in the battle mainly made fatal low-level mistakes. The strength they normally showed was actually far beyond that of their opponents.
Excluding the two wins that were won by luck, the rest of the non-commissioned officers and veterans were all defeated or killed in battle.
For the Fury Corps, only fifty-six people died. For a rebirth regiment whose actual size was much larger than what was stipulated in the Bible, this should not have been a serious problem.
But if the composition of these 56 dead in battle is the only 3 champions in the regiment, 6 of the 10 company commanders in the open, including the first company commander who is considered the second in command of the regiment; more than 20 company champions; 27 veteran non-commissioned officers who are equivalent to the backbone of grassroots officers...
This loss would be devastating.
The entire regiment's high-level combat power was wiped out, a large number of senior commanding officers were eliminated, and what was even more serious was that it became difficult to promote talents from the grassroots level.
From this perspective, there is no doubt that the Fury Chapter suffered heavy damage, which means that the entire chapter has had half of its backbone broken, which is almost comparable to the worst loss in the chapter's combat history.
"Enough!" Casimir Erso roared.
"Captain!" The chief priest beside him pulled him back, trying to dissuade him from taking the risk.
But Erso would not listen to any advice now.
His eyes were red, like a gambler who had lost a lot of money and was ready to push all his remaining chips onto the table and make a comeback with one last hand.
And the final and biggest bet is himself. He is the Chapter Master of the Fury Chapter and also the most powerful warrior of the Chapter.
And what he wanted to win by relying on this bet was naturally the Phoenix Chapter Leader.
"Come on! The rest of the battles are meaningless. Let's put all the preparations aside. Martins, let's fight to the death in the name of the captains of both sides!"
He issued a challenge.
Martins accepted the challenge.
He could have refused. He could have sent the elite warriors of the Phoenix to fight Erso. Although the Phoenix warriors were far inferior to top masters like Erso no matter how strong they were, it was not easy for Erso to win, at least he couldn't use the invincible skill.
As long as he needs to exert effort, he will accumulate some injuries and consume more energy in the battle, and after fighting a few more battles, Erso's condition will decline.
At that time, Martins can calmly choose to let his warriors slowly wear Erso down, or force him to leave the field; he can also choose to wait until Erso's condition deteriorates to a certain extent and he has a better chance of success, then go out and kill Casimir Erso himself.
This will cast a slight blemish on Phoenix's victory in this battle group duel, but it is the most stable one.
However, Martins did not choose this.
Although it is a smart thing to do, it is not very warrior-like.
He was reluctant to waste so many warriors' lives in vain, and at the same time, he had a strong sense of honor to defeat Erso in a fair duel.
Of course, the Phoenix also values honor!
Martins stepped onto the duel field.
This time, he didn't waste time talking to Esodo.
If you can't win in a verbal battle, you can only win in a fight.
The two of them didn't even carry out the long-range probing that was very common in the dozens of duels before. Neither of them was an expert at long-range fire control, so such probing was unnecessary.
The two of them came to the most open area in the center of the venue at the same time.
This place had been almost flattened in the previous duel.
As soon as they met, they rushed towards each other.
During the charge, the two swords collided and fought hard.
They were evenly matched and neither of them was able to kill on first sight.
Immediately afterwards, the power swords of both sides began to confront each other at an extremely fast and high frequency.
In this pure competition of swordsmanship and strength, Martins felt a lot of pressure.
Now, after personally fighting against him, he had to admit that Erso, as an old warrior with four or five hundred years of combat experience, was perhaps only one step away from becoming a legend. In the swordsmanship contest, although Martins had made great progress recently, he was still no match for Erso.
Erso's method was more subtle than he had imagined.
And Martins... his swordsmanship is certainly not bad either. After all, the Phoenix is a descendant of the Phoenix Legion. Although his swordsmanship is not as exquisite and gorgeous as that of the parent group, becoming simple and pragmatic does not mean that he will become weaker.
Among the things that the Fury Legion inherited from its parent group, the Punisher Legion, swordsmanship was not well-known.
But the inheritance of the characteristics of genetic seeds is only one aspect, while personal training, experience, and accumulation are issues of individual level differences.
It's not as good, but at least it's not that bad, and it's still within the range that Martins can compete with.
…
While Martins was suppressed by Erso's superb swordsmanship, Erso actually felt very bitter in his heart.
Martins' strength was so great that he could feel a strong vibration every time they fought.
It’s not that Martins himself is stronger than him, but the difference in equipment.
Both of them were wearing full sets of Terminator power armor, and both were powerful and heavy. However, the difference was that the performance of the 'Unyielding Type' and the 'Iron Cavalry Type' was very different. The Iron Cavalry Type had greater strength, more powerful output, and more powerful defense.
The advantage of the unyielding type is mainly that it is cheap and has low cost.
This is also one of the reasons why it eventually became popular, not just because many parts of the Iron Cavalry's technology were lost.
However, this advantage is meaningless in this duel.
Erso is a Chapter Master after all. He can't get the Iron Cavalry and has to use the Indomitable, but at least he can get the refined version.
The Seiko version is generally made by senior craftsmen, or even masters of the Mechanicus, and has improved performance in all aspects compared to the mass-produced version. The specific improvement depends on the level of the craftsman.
Logically speaking, this refined version should be able to narrow the gap with the Iron Cavalry type that Martins is wearing.
However, when we actually fought, it felt even further away.
Could it be that... the iron cavalry on Martins' body is also a precision-made version?
Expensive iron cavalry, plus fine workmanship... the price of this set of power armor might be twice as expensive as the one Erso is wearing!
The performance gap of the equipment was revealed at this time.
Erso is so hateful!
If I had money, I would have killed you long ago!
He was able to catch the fatal attack several times, but he failed because of the opponent's stronger strength!
The few attacks that were barely launched were blocked by the incredibly thick armor of the elite cavalry.
Erso could only calm down and look for more and better opportunities.
(End of this chapter)
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