Infantry Combat Battalion

"The 37th Regiment currently numbered 125 million personnel. Kasare, the Penitent Army, Krieg, and Valhalla had become the regiment's elite training units. They accounted for one percent of the regiment's strength and were scattered across other planets, training recruits who met our requirements."

"And how much combat capability do these recruits have? Can they measure up to the Solar Auxilia of old?" Rogal Dorn and Perturabo asked. As those responsible for defending Terra and attacking Terra, they retained a profound impression of the Solar Auxilia's tenacity.

"Then why not hold an exercise? Let the 37th Regiment fight the Lamenters Chapter and see what happens," Lin Fan suggested from the side.

"A great many people will die. If we want to assess true combat capability, they must fight with the resolve to die. Any mercy or hesitation in an exercise is contempt for the fires of war to come," Rogal Dorn said slowly.

Oedmeir said that problem would be easy to solve. After all, the 37th Regiment also needed real combat to test the results of its training.

"Those Black Templars happened to fill in the gaps in my Space Marine data, so they have at least some use. Let us go to Thirteen-Spice's training grounds."

After saying that, Oedmeir rose and left at once. Her clean, decisive movements earned high praise from the primarchs.

"If Imperial officials could all be as efficient and concise as she was, that would be wonderful," Jaghatai remarked.

The entire planet moved under Oedmeir's orders. Troop transports docked in the shipyards descended toward the surface, delivering fully equipped soldiers to Thirteen-Spice's training grounds.

The Mother of Tears, the Lamenters Chapter's warship, also approached Thirteen-Spice's training grounds under Perturabo's orders.

Thirteen-Spice was a barren planet. Its atmosphere lacked sufficient density, and thus it nurtured no life.