When he received the emergency report from the Fifth War Zone, Soshyan immediately analyzed Huron's strategy - the other party set his target on the two war zone commanders from the beginning.
In other words, Huron has realized the weakness of the Expeditionary Force, that is, the number of Space Marines is very small, and all the theater commanders are Space Marines. As long as you concentrate on attacking the Astta power of the Expeditionary Force, you can seriously shake the mobile power and command records of the Expeditionary Force, causing the Expeditionary Force to lose the ability to attack subsequent attacks.
From this point of view, Soshiyan had previously underestimated Huron's strategic vision. Huron obviously also understood that it was impossible to defeat the Expeditionary Force from the front battlefield with the existing power of the Red Pirates alone. From the recent offensive, without the large-scale ground armor power, the Titan Legion and the Chaos Knights family helped, the Red Pirates' attack ability was much worse than expected before. So if they wanted to win, the only way was to constantly eliminate the empire's vitality in naval battles, and it was not enough to just destroy the Star Army, because the number of the Empire's Star Army was not average, and the most effective combat loss was Astart, which was the only one in all the Expeditionary Force's combat sequences that could not be supplemented in a short time.
From the attack method, Alash should be mainly ambushed, with certain luck elements, while Salamander sets up a trap, waiting for the picture to take the hook, which shows that the success rate of the latter is higher, so Huron will definitely use it as the main attack direction.
And as time goes by, this possibility becomes higher and higher. On the one hand, it is the salamander's character that must be saved when it is difficult, which makes them very easy to take the bait. After all, the whereabouts of Kosaro Khan in the third war zone are erratic, the first and second war zones are surrounded by heavy troops, the fourth war zone is the most distant, and the only optional target is the fifth and sixth war zones.
The second point is the value of the map. He is the only start-up team leader in the entire expeditionary army. Samuel and Cosaro are only company commanders after all. In terms of status and prestige, Shan is undoubtedly second only to the commander-in-chief Soshyan, and the previous Salamander battle commander died at the hands of the Red Pirates. If Huron can kill the new Salamander battle commander again, this will be a huge blow to the morale of the Expeditionary Army. At that time, Soshyan will not only bear huge public pressure, but also bear a heavy debt.
This goal is very attractive, both strategic and tactical. If Soshiyan was Huron, he would definitely do all means to eliminate Tu Shan.
In other words, Huron must have a picture of "Shan" death, so Soshiyan must not let this happen.
However, this incident also reminded him of some questions he had been neglecting before, and also confirmed what Veronica had asked herself before--
Is it really appropriate to have the Astats become the commanders of the war zone?
Thinking about it now, Soshiyan felt that he might underestimate the seriousness of this problem, because Astart's commander is used to commanding operations on the front line or even on the front line. There is no problem in a battle group with a scale of thousands of people. However, on a battlefield with a force of tens of millions, this is not suitable. After all, to be blunt, if the commander of the battle group died, he could be replaced by the company commander immediately. However, if the commander of the war zone was killed, would a company commander be replaced?
In terms of command, Astart is actually competent. After all, there were not famous Astart commanders in the Great Expedition. However, the Astart Legion had this command chain that could adapt to the battlefield. This chain of commands covered the auxiliary troops of mortals and the navy. However, in the Holy Classic era, because each company often needed to move separately, the chain of command was more of a scattered state that pursued flexibility. The advantages were self-evident and the disadvantages were obvious. It was difficult for the commander to immediately choose a new replacement after the death of the battle commander.
If the current situation of Astart as the commander of the war zone is not changed, then their habit of commanding on the front line of the battlefield must also be changed, otherwise it will be too easy to become the target of the enemy's beheading - it seems a bit ironic to say that Astart, who most often adopts the beheading tactics, must now be wary of the enemy's beheading tactics.
So he immediately sent instructions or orders to all war zones, that all war zone commanders could not command on the front line, and must not escape the protection of the fleet and the war group.
After issuing this order, he has to face another new problem.
Picture 'How to save Shan?
Most of the opinions were to give up Angstrom's offensive plan first, turn all the prepared troops to the fifth zone, and first pick up Tu'shan. Everyone realized that if the leader of a startup regiment was killed, the impact would be extremely bad.
However, Soshiyan doesn't think so.
In the battle room of Eternal Loyalty, while everyone was still talking, Soshiyang on the chair coughed lightly, put down his chin-mounted hands, and everyone stopped to discuss and look at him.
"Tu'Shan Battle Commander cannot be misunderstood."
After saying this, he paused.
"But, accordingly, Huron must be all the attention there now. He expected that we would go to rescue at all costs. If we attack Angustorm with all our might at this time, the Red Pirates would definitely be caught off guard and there is no better chance than now."
As he said that, he stood up and walked back and forth twice behind the table, and finally made up his mind.
Take a gamble!
"I have sent a message to the Grey Knights. They will go to rescue the Salamander Commander. In addition, the second company of the Star Knights will also lead the Charlaton fleet to the illusion that we all turn to rescue."
"this......."
Laishande hesitated for a moment, then whispered:
"Is it enough? According to the intelligence, the Red Pirates have invested at least two main fleets in this offensive, including 3 battleships and 7 large cruisers, with a force of more than 20,000... Even if most of them are on standby in the fleet, there are conservatively estimated that more than 5,000 people will be invested in ground combat."
"It may not be enough to knock the Red Pirates back, but I think it's enough to rescue the trapped salamander."
Laishande looked at Soshiyang and immediately understood what the other party meant - as long as he could get out Tushan, that planet, and even the entire galaxy could be given up.
Although this was cruel, he believed in Soshiyan's decision. After all, Soshiyan was responsible for the victory of the entire expedition, and the responsibility he took was huge. After a few seconds of silence, the first company commander of the Empire Fist nodded.
"I understand, commander of the Supreme Lord."
Soshiyang looked at the others and said in a deep voice:
"Then follow this plan. The subsequent voyage route must be strictly confidential. Everyone outside this room, including the Space Marine, received news that we will go to support the salamander."
"yes!"
Of course, these days are not all bad news. Not long ago, Malakin, of the Fourth War Zone, heard news that with the help of the Death Watchmen, they successfully destroyed two larger green-skinned pirate groups. Now only two larger alien pirates are left around the pale star. The route conditions have been greatly improved. Some imperial merchant ships have also begun to take the pale star route, which is also a help to the logistics supply of several war zones.
In addition, Soshiyan also had a complete plan for the military tickets made by Sirlu Claremont. After reading them, Soshiyan felt that there was no problem, so he asked the other party to pilot it on a small scale in the Sagan Galaxy.
Chapter completed!