Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 340 Remote Command
The rejuvenation surgery itself is not technically difficult, especially with the detailed operation manual and special rejuvenation medicine provided by Chen Xi. Any qualified professional physician can complete the entire process step by step.

However, considering that the patients undergoing the surgery were Chen Xi's parents, the medical team was extremely cautious.

The relevant authorities specially assembled a top-notch expert consultation team, including leading domestic minimally invasive surgery experts, endocrinologists, and professors in the field of anti-aging research.

These experts, who are usually hard to get an appointment with, are now focused on guarding the operating room and surrounding areas, ensuring the success of this special surgery.

With such a strong medical team supporting the procedure, the entire surgery went exceptionally smoothly.

Even more ingeniously, the medical team seamlessly integrated the rejuvenation surgery into the routine physical examination process.

Chen Xi's parents thought they were just undergoing a comprehensive health check-up. Apart from being slightly puzzled by a few of the "physical examination items" that required injections, they did not notice anything abnormal.

After the surgery, Chen Xi cleverly arranged subsequent anti-aging monitoring programs, citing the medical examination report showing that her parents needed conditioning.

He gently persuaded the elderly couple to stay temporarily in a beautiful nursing home for observation, while he himself returned home to prepare for the follow-up matters.

The professional medical team and comfortable environment of the nursing home made the two elderly people have no suspicions at all. On the contrary, they felt that it was a filial act by their children.
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Because of her parents, Chen Xi did not stay at 40k for long periods during their convalescence. She basically just went there every day to check on them, arrange some work, and then came back.

Others were also affected to some extent, but the problem was not serious.

After all, Chen Xi's parents both live in a nursing home, and he just needs to pay more attention to the elderly, so he doesn't have that much time to go to 40k.

As for the others, if they are willing to go, Chen Xi will naturally not stop them.

Although he didn't go to the 40k area much, Chen Xi was still very concerned about what was happening.

During this period, the overall situation in the Rostov sub-sector was relatively calm, with no major changes occurring.

With the Orc forces drawing the Necromancers' primary attention, the fighting across the subsector has remained relatively stable, with frontline reports indicating no major battles of particular concern recently.

Field Marshal Sigismund and Commander Locken successfully constructed a solid new defensive line, using Kharkov as a strategic pivot.

This defensive line, composed of multiple layers of fortifications, features powerful firing positions and a newly formed Astral Army, serving as a crucial barrier against the Necromancers of space.

Although sporadic military clashes still exist between the two sides, the overall situation has shown a clear trend of easing.

With the Imperial army maintaining restraint and refraining from launching offensive attacks, the Necromancer forces in space also correspondingly reduced their military operations.

Observation reports indicate that the Space Necromancers have not only reduced their patrol frequency, but their actual area of ​​control has also shown signs of shrinking.

However, the Imperial military was not fooled by the apparent calm.

Under Chen Xi's strict requirements, all units are carrying out combat readiness work in full swing.

Commanders Sigismund and Locken are secretly planning a new large-scale offensive, and the operational plan is in its final stages of refinement.

Meanwhile, Ventanus was also fully supporting the preparations at the front in Kherson.

In addition to continuously increasing the stockpiles of various strategic materials, he was also accelerating the training of the newly formed corps. The shouts of new recruits practicing their drills could be heard day and night on the training grounds, while the furnaces in the military factories remained red-hot, continuously producing weapons and equipment.

Chen Xi cleverly utilized a special clause in the Astartes Codex—when a chapter is on an expedition, it can temporarily expand its size without being subject to the usual limit of a thousand men.

Based on this, he ordered all Astartes regiments participating in the Rostov Expedition to immediately launch a large-scale conscription campaign.

Although the various battle groups had reservations about such orders, the fierce battles with the space necromancers had cost them a large number of elite warriors, and now that they had the opportunity to replenish their ranks, they naturally would not refuse.

However, they still had doubts.

How long does it take for newly recruited soldiers to complete genetic modification and combat training to truly become combat-ready?

More importantly, will such an expansion of the army provoke interference from the Highlords Council and the Inquisition of Terra?

After all, the Astartes Chapter has always been a target of the Highlords Council's vigilance, and the Inquisition has been constantly monitoring their movements.

Massive conscription can easily be seen as an overreach, and may even be interpreted as a signal of military centralization.

However, Chen Xi was unaware of the High Lords Council's stance, and the Tribunal did not intervene much because of his tough attitude.

Or rather, the judges did try to obstruct it, but Chen Xi directly rebuffed them.

His reasoning was simple: the expeditionary force needed sufficient manpower, and the major battle groups had suffered heavy losses, so they had to replenish their fighting strength in order to continue fighting.

While this excuse is barely plausible, it is clearly just a pretext to anyone with a discerning eye.

However, the Star District Court knew how formidable the enemy Chen Xi was facing was, so after issuing a brief warning, they did not pursue the matter further, only reminding him to "know when to stop," and then tacitly approved the action.

Chen Xi had no intention of taking the opportunity to expand the size of the battle groups indefinitely. He strictly controlled the scale of the expansion and immediately stopped the large-scale replenishment operation after each battle group participating in the expeditionary force had been replenished to 1500 people.

This figure ensures the effective recovery of the warband's combat strength without excessively provoking the Highlord Council's sensitive nerves.

Chen Xi also made proper arrangements for the remaining candidates after the rigorous screening process.

He packed all the candidates who failed to be selected for the official chapters, along with those who were eliminated in the final stage, and sent them to the Ash Knights Chapter.

As a direct force secretly cultivated by Chen Xi, the Ash Knights are not bound by the rules and regulations of the Holy Scripture.

This hidden force maintains great flexibility in terms of organizational structure, tactical deployment, and troop replenishment.

When receiving this batch of as many as three thousand candidates, Commander Shi Dongzhan was very satisfied.

It is worth mentioning that all of these transferred candidates had completed the basic Proto-Forged Space Marine modification surgery. Although they belong to the "rapidly recruited" group, after gene seed implantation and intensive training, their combat capabilities are in no way inferior to those of regularly recruited new soldiers.

Chen Xi also secretly arranged for these new recruits to go to the front line to carry out various combat missions. Under the coordination of the three commanders, they quickly accumulated rich combat experience. Given time, they will be able to grow into qualified space warriors.

(End of this chapter)