Jining Auxilia

The auxilia forces recruited from Jining serve as the backbone of the second legion’s military operations. Having been created by Lu Yueh zhi Zi himself the Jining Auxilia are heavily focused on either supporting the second legion from range or holding positions until the second can assist. As such the Jining Auxilia make significant use of artillery and motorized infantry.

## History

The area from which most of the auxilia are recruited are the lands that once belonged to the nation of Dali. A nation that only existed because of ancient walls and weapons that defended its borders. This caused the military force that would eventually conquer the world to have a great understanding of defenses and a severe hatred for any civilization les technologically advanced team them.

After the Primarch Lu Yueh took over the nation and started his conquest of the world of Jining, the army started to expand its abilities beyond defending what they held. Being often outnumbered significantly while fighting on vast steppes the army adapted and started to mechanize a significant portion of its forces of its forces. This mechanization allowed them to quickly tame the northern and southern steppes of Jining. Slaughtering or enslaving the savages that had attempted to raid their lands for millennia. After the steppes had been taken the rest of the world swiftly followed. The remaining nations being unable to beat their technologically and industrially superior foe. Chemical warfare was significantly employed in these last few wars.

After the world was united most of the army got stationed in the newly conquered lands gaining their last new skill, rebel suppression. As separatists kept rising up until a year after the Imperium’s arrival.

After the imperium arrived Lu Yueh reorganized his army into a proper auxiliary force to support his legion. Though they would maintain much of their original capabilities. The newly named Jining Auxilia became artillery and ambush specialists. Using both their old tactics and knowledge of defense and their new tactics and knowledge of mechanized warfare.

A final strength of the Jining Auxilia is its leadership. With many if not all of the highest positions in the auxilia filled by adopted sons of Lu Yueh the Jining Auxilia are almost always lead by men raised by a Primarch.

## Off world recruitment

To increase the ranks of the auxilia, tens of millions of recruits are brought in from worlds surrounding Jining each year. These recruits are given lesser training and equipment compared to those born on Jining yet are still relatively well trained an equipped when compared to average Imperial Army forces.

After training these forces are put under the command of Jining born officers and generals and deployed to one of many expeditionary fleets where they then fill the role of line troops.

Though these non-Jining born were outnumbered in the years after Jining joined the Imperium. Those of Jining quickly found themselves outnumbered as more and more recruits were sent to fill the ranks and supply the vast amounts of manpower needed to support the legion. By the end of the Great Crusade and the onset of the Apostasy the Jining born were outnumbered by at least 10 to 1.

### Intergration and Discrimination

With many of Jining believing that different cultures could cause unwanted friction between different parts of the auxilia culture and values are pushed upon ofworlders over the course of their service. This is done from the moment training begins.

Recruits from different worlds are put into the same barracks, limiting the amount of people speaking the same languages in any places possible. Then all recruits are taught the main language of Jining,[placeholder], and such put into a position where the only language all can speak is [placeholder]. Contact with the home culture is limited, only local JIning stile food is served, no foreign art or architecture will be in sight, recruits must wear Jining stile clothing at all times and are forced to learn and conform with local customs. By the end of their training the only reminder of their homeworld should be their name.

Yet, there are still those who cling to their home culture after training, only ever conversing in their home language and with those from their homeworld. At best these individuals are simply passed over for any form of promotion and treated with minor annoyance by those around them not from their world. Of they are placed into formations filled with mostly others like them and discretely sent to die.

## Tactics

As stated before the Jining auxilia act as a supporting force to the second legion. When they are deployed they often start with the deployment of static artillery formations in landing zones cleared by the second legion. If possible the artillery formations will immediately begin opening fire on enemy positions using earth shaker rounds or munitions supplied by the second legion filled with toxins. After this mechanized formations are deployed and sent to wherever the second legion needs them. At this point these formations will enter gas clouds deployed either via artillery or second legion bombers and set up ambushes at designated locations. If necessary these formations can also be used as skirmishers or, if truly necessary, they can be deployed as standard infantry.

## Equipment

Almost all equipment of the Jining Auxilia is produced in one of the many factories on Jining. With the only exception being military planes. This is the result of the fact that most of the factories were already built and producing weapons and munitions when the imperium arrived. The only real change to the industry is that it is slowly expanding as more and more regiments of Jining auxilia leave the world to join their emperor in the great crusade. The types equipment they primarily use are,

### Auxilia las rifles

The primary weapon of almost every soldier in the Auxilia force.

### Chem throwers

A weapon granted to them by the second legion. A lucky few are given the honour of spreading the creations of their Emperor’s sons. This is a weapon that replaces option of taking a flamethrower and can only be equipped if there is a legion formation nearby capable of supplying the chemicals that serve as the weapon’s ammunition.

### Needle pistol

A pistol that shoots needles filled with deadly toxins. Though the weapon itself is not a gift from the second legion, the toxins on it are. As such it is a common secondary weapon for sergeants and other higher ranked individuals.

### A variety of swords

Due to the history of many military families on Jining it is common for soldiers to know how to wield a sword. Though the type of sword does vary depending upon the region of origin and the wealth of the family.

### Air tight full body flak and carapace armour

Given the fact that they will often operate near or inside toxic clouds and liquids all forces that would logically operate in these conditions has been granted air tight full body armour and a reserve gas mask.

### Sealed flak armour

Worn mostly by non-Jining born forces. The Jining Auxilia keep a decent supply of the cheaper flak armour as reserve armour in case stocks of carapace run out.

### [Placeholder for artillery name]

At the start of the age of strife the colonists of Jining that settled in the lands that would become the capital of Dali had modified Earthshaker Artillery Batteries. These modified versions had more effective shock absorbers than regular batteries. As a result these artillery pieces became more accurate and could fire more rounds before needing replacement parts. These so called [placeholder] artillery batteries were supplied and maintained with parts from the ancient factories within the Dali capital throughout the Age of Strife. Though only a few remained at the time Lu Yueh united the world of Jining the newly rebuilt factories on the world now produce a fair amount of these weapons of destruction for the use of the Jining Auxilia.

### Armoured support and transports

Due to the Auxilia’s mechanized nature they have a relatively large amount of armoured transports and armoured vehicles at their disposal. They do not have a particularly large quantity of medium and heavy tanks though.

During the Crusade the Auxilia made heavy use of Dracosan and Aurox heavy armoured transports.

## Loyalty

Given their upbringing of Jining almost all of the men in the auxilia still hold their religious traditions of worship through action. Many still believe Lu Yueh a child of the gods. As a result the all members of the Jining Auxilia are loyal only to the Primarch of the second and to his sons.  Gladly laying down their lives in the name of him and his legion.

## Legion recruitment

Given their nature as an auxilia that fights almost solely with the second legion and because they come from the new home world of the second legion. Those born among those in the auxilia are sometimes selected to join the ranks of the second legion. This is something left from old traditions of Jining where those of the noble warrior class would adopt children from a lower warrior caste.

As a result promising youths can sometimes find themselves training under the watchful eye of an Astartes of the second legion.

This has lead to the proportion of females among the auxilia to become relatively high among formations that have been away from Jining for longer periods of time. Given that a many male recruits find themselves either among the Astartes or die somewhere along the path to joining them.