After seeing Veronica off, Soshiyan returned to his post and devoted himself to the preparation for the decisive battle.
He made a systematic response to Huron's plan.
First, it is to increase the defense power on the Moon of Destruction. This place will need to face the magical waste ship in the space that Okam said. Since there are not many weapons deployed on the planet and time is not allowed, it can only be used as a temporary airport for fighter planes. The Red Pirates will definitely launch a large-scale jump gang battle. Because the planet is large in size, it is definitely impossible to defend comprehensively. Fortunately, Soshiyan has asked the Mechanics to dig out complex channels underground in the planet, and in order to limit the combat of Chaos Space Marines, all channels are manufactured according to specifications slightly smaller than those of adults.
In other words, all the defenders here will be mortals!
Their mission is to use a complex network of tunnels to block the enemy's Chaos Space Marine's offensive with flesh and blood.
This is also the result of Soshiyan's discussion with all the commanders of the battle after thinking about it for a long time and discussing it together with all the commanders of the battle. The main reason is only one -
The Soldier, or the Astartes.
After the White Church arrived, in addition to the Red Hunter continuing to carry out patrol alert missions in the Bloody Skeleton Galaxy and the Bald Crow Galaxy, all the battle groups participating in the Great Vortex Expedition arrived at the Kara Galaxy. In addition to the Star Knights themselves, there are also Ascetics, Ranger Warriors, Rising Warriors, Empire Fist, Son of Dorn, Iron Knight, Black Church, Scarlet Fist, Sky Lion Battle, White Scar, Raiders, Destroyers, Furious Mantis Warriors, Storm Lord, Cryptogenic Blade, Blood Sword, Star Dragon, Salamander, Dark Angel, Devoteer, Caliban Disciple, Star Phantom, and Minotao Battle, a total of 27 battle groups!
In the history of the empire, since the Apostasy Rebellion, only the Curse of the Army had participated in the abyss expedition of more than twenty war groups. This time, the gathering of 27 war groups at the same time can be said to be the largest Astartes gathering in the empire in the past five thousand years.
Although most of the battles were part of the company, and a considerable number of battles suffered heavy losses in the previous battles, even so, the number of space warriors gathered in and around the Kara Galaxy still reached 6112!
Six thousand Astartes, in any previous battle, were enough to sweep the opponent, and there was very little force to block this attack.
But what they have to face is the second largest Chaos Group second only to the Black Legion, and there is also a Chaos giant who is almost forced into a desperate situation. The opponent's desperate struggle must not be underestimated.
Therefore, the power in their hands, especially the Astarte power, is extremely valuable, and it is obviously not cost-effective to devote themselves to the tug-of-war of Destruction Moon. Almost all the commanders agreed to let the mortals cooperate with the apologists to defend Destruction Moon.
To this end, Soshiyan also specially selected troops from many Astral Army participating troops that performed well since the expedition, including the legions from Kadian, the legions from Modian, and a series of legions from well-known fortress worlds such as Krieg, Katachang, and Taran. They all created brilliant records, or held on to the last moment in the hellish battlefield.
Of course, in addition to these well-known legions, Soshiyang also transferred some local recruits, and they performed very well. They even had unique infantry regiments that were created from the specifications of cannon fodder regiments, but achieved the results that many elite regiments did not achieve.
All the troops have a total of 3.5 million, and more than one million escort soldiers, armed servants and combat robots are cooperating with them. What they have to face, according to estimates, may be 3,000-5,000 Chaos Space Marines and millions of Chaos servants who follow them, the twisted demon engine.
The pressure on the defenders may be very high, but because of the tight time, the mechanical sect cannot continue to dig more underground space and cannot accommodate more troops. They can only make these troops grit their teeth, carry forward their work style, and dare to fight tough battles.
To this end, Soshiyan also specially convened the regiment-level commanders of these troops and held a mobilization meeting.
On the one hand, he explained the difficulties and difficulties of this battle to these officers, but everyone was full of fighting spirit and said that they would fight to the end with the enemy and never take a step back.
On the other hand, he also announced that all the troops involved in the defense can receive luxurious ordnance supplements. In short, in addition to large armor and heavy artillery, they can apply for any equipment they want directly. There is no limit on categories, whether it is plasma, hot melt, armor-breaking rockets, or even automatic turrets, as long as they apply, the logistics will be sent immediately. Of course, there are certain restrictions on the quantity.
Later, he also met with a group of outstanding young commanders, including Alni Morales, the son of old Morales. Originally, his troops were supposed to be carrying out repression and security operations in the Bloody Skeleton Galaxy, but they completed the combat mission ahead of schedule and were later mobilized here.
To be honest, his cannon fodder regiment is a bit eye-catching among these elite troops, but because of this, Soshiyang couldn't help but become interested in this unit.
When seeing Arni, Soshiyan also remembered another thing. He had been considering personnel appointments and land arrangements in the rehabilitation area for some time. In his plan, there were many planets and vacant lands as resettlement sites for post-war local soldiers recruited. Of course, it refers to soldiers who were unwilling to return to their hometowns, as well as new colonies of civilians who lost their homes or were poor due to war. In order to ensure that this plan can be implemented in the future, Soshiyan must arrange managers personally, which inevitably involves the issue of personnel appointments.
Logically speaking, the appointment and removal of the Governor of the Planet should not be his expedition commander, but the huge laws and rules of the empire are like a sieve, full of loopholes and loopholes.
As the leader of the war zone, Soshiyan happened to have the power to temporarily appoint planet managers. The source of this power can be traced back to the authorization agreement between the Sun Lord and the High Lords during the expedition of Makarius. Although in principle, the authorization agreement is only for the Sun Lord, the empire pays attention to a person who can be followed by the previous examples, and the latter can also be imitated. After all, in the empire's huge and bloated bureaucratic structure, the power of conventions and traditions can most of the time be overridden by plain terms.
However, how to appoint and who to appoint is another question. Those uncritical or destroyed worlds are easy to say, but some key worlds are more involved. It is not that he can sit still if he wants to come. After all, if he has no background, he will inevitably be overturned by others by various means after he leaves.
Chapter completed!