Although such a thing happened, the exercises of the League of Suffering were not over yet, and Soshiyan did not intend to give up halfway. He could only arrange for Mazar and others to continue to preside over the exercises, and he himself had to return to the monastery of the War Clan to plan for the upcoming expedition.
In fact, Soshiyan is now clueless about how to carry out an expedition. After all, this is no better than the fact that he led the battles of the battles in the past. The Astral Army, Navy, Local Forces, and other Astartes who came to reinforce all have their own independent command and logistics systems. The knowledge he learned in the past did not teach him how to integrate these different systems.
In addition, he had to consider the larger supply system needed for a huge force. For this reason, he even read several personal biographies of Slei and the biographies of Makarius for several hours. Sledo was the war commander appointed by the Empire's most recent large-scale expedition of Sabat, while Makarius was the famous Sun Lord who led the greatest expedition after the human arrogance.
After reading a lot of classics, Soshiyan realized that the first thing he had to do was to determine a supply center.
Just as Sabat once said to young officers in his autobiography:
"Forget the heroic legends of the empire, forget the stories of bravery and sacrifice, forget the legends of the more with less, do you really think that if we rely on those stories in battle, we can defend the territory of the God Emperor? I will tell you the truth, the victory or failure of each battle has been determined long before we pick up the gun, the true glory of the army lies in a simple and ordinary thing - planning, without the reserve of ammunition, no account book of military uniforms, no channels of supplies, no list of equipment, you will be finished! I will tell you one more thing, the most powerful weapon in all the army, although you may not believe me now, but when you have seen it, you will believe it, don't laugh, listen to me, it is a transport ship and a transport vehicle."
After the second army was established, Astart's combat method changed fundamentally, from the original large-scale combat to the group-level special operations, which also led to the greatly reduced dependence of the Astart's regiment on logistics. Often, the materials carried by one or two ships or a fleet were enough to support them in a long war.
However, according to the experience of past expeditions, once a large army gathers and reaches the magnitude of 100 million, it is a fantasy to try to rely solely on the fleet to maintain logistics. Generally speaking, the expeditionary army will first establish a supply world as a key fulcrum for the expedition's logistics.
These worlds are usually covered with city-level reserve warehouses and logistics facilities. The entire world exists to manage, reserve, and send the materials and equipment stored in these worlds. The entire planet is a huge logistics center that provides important support for the expedition.
Usually, this world will reserve 100 million weapons and other astronomical supporting ammunition and equipment. A large number of supplies fleets and materials from various production centers will be concentrated here and will be continuously transported and replenished. In addition, the world will also be equipped with huge port facilities to enable various supply ships to turn over here, so that the expeditionary force can obtain the fastest and best quality supplies here.
Moreover, this supply world itself is not just a logistics transit center and storage point, but also a direct assembly point of the entire expeditionary supply system. For example, when an expeditionary force completes a war, they will return to this supply world for large-scale comprehensive supply or directly replace them with brand new equipment.
In addition, as the front line extends, the supply world will continue to extend into a sub-world or even a new supply world. For example, at the end of the Sabat Expedition, the new war coach Macaros, who succeeded the command position of the dead Slado, established three supply worlds and more than a dozen secondary supply centers in the Kabar Galaxy.
In short, the larger the war, the more and more supply the world needs.
However, Soshiyan has not found such a suitable place on the map at present. The situation in the Great Whirlpool area is very dark and unclear. What he got is the latest map, but there are still many worlds marked as "unknown" - this concept is also very funny. It is obviously under the banner of the empire, but it seems that it is not under the control of the empire.
In fact, if you look closely at the situation chart of the Great Vortex, Soshiyan also has a shocking feeling, because now it is clear that the only ones under the control of the empire are the Sagan Galaxy, the Esteron Galaxy, and the Endymion Cluster. As for the Badabu Galaxy, the homeland of the former star claw, although it was once taken back by the empire after the Badabu War, after Huron's re-emergence and under the repeated robbery and impact of the Red Pirates, this galaxy and the entire Badabu sector were almost abandoned.
But Huron did not return to his former home. He knew that this poisoned area had no value in the past, so the Badabu Galaxy became the paradise for free pirates. However, the main force of the Red Pirates did not complete the withdrawal, but built many fortresses as a channel for external plunder and a defensive zone.
As for the Marg Cluster and its surrounding areas, it has completely become the territory of the Red Pirates. The imperial forces have almost withdrawn from that place, leaving only the only outpost of the Estrang Galaxy, which is still standing upright, but its existence is more like the Black Heart King intentionally.
Soshyan can only say that the Badabu War was so hot that it was now, and the situation was so bad that it was. That war not only defeated Huron, but in a sense it completely destroyed the Empire's own order in the region. The Space Marines Group that participated in the war finally returned to their own homes and looked for their mothers, leaving behind a mess and an uncontrollable mess.
Although several participating teams remained, the actual situation refers to the Ranger Warriors. With Huron's continuous revenge, it is difficult for them to even protect themselves, let alone confrontation. For example, Ranger Warriors, who were sneak attacked by their mother planet, could only run away after being attacked by their mother planet and did not dare to continue to stay in the Great Vortex area.
The only thing Soshiyan thinks is more reliable now is the Sagan Galaxy, which was once the 11th tax hub of the Ministry of Interior of the Great Vortex Region. It is naturally a logistics center, and also has a huge spaceport and complete warehousing facilities.
The only question is how to continue to do this. After all, turning a world of extremely high value into a supply world means military control over it, and even interrupting the trade route that extends from then on.
It can be imagined that the Ministry of the Interior will most likely oppose it, but Soshiyan has the right to do so, but they will choose not to cooperate. So what should he do when facing a world that does not cooperate?
"Oh, I seem to need a professional team to handle these things..."
With a long sigh, Soshiyan, wearing a loose robe, closed the biography of Slydo in front of him. Just as he was troubled by all kinds of thoughts, a pair of slender and white jade arms wrapped around his neck from behind.
Then there was the familiar fragrance and a slightly smiling voice.
"Well, my dear Mr. Zhan Shuai is worried about what he is?"
Soshiyang sighed again, covering his forehead with his palm.
"Veronica, don't say this title, Talos was the same before, and I just said something suddenly, which made me feel nervous now."
"What's the panic?"
"You don't know what these two words represent..."
Veronica, wearing a green long dress, pointed out to the thick book in front of Soshyang. The cover was the image of Slydo holding a long sword imprinted with metal.
"Isn't he the same?"
"That's a mortal, Space Marine is different...I'm just the commander of the Supreme Lord now, so I can't use that title indiscriminately."
Chapter completed!