"Second, supply is difficult. Although there are stable subspace channels in the Maelstrom area, due to the rampant piracy activities, the supply routes are actually not stable. In addition, the empire's inefficient system makes it difficult to carry out the necessary tasks for such a huge battle.
Massive resources are not easy to mobilize. I think you, Captain Soshiyang, should know this better than me. This means we lost 20%."
"Third, the strength of troops is difficult. Red pirates have become a phenomenon. Huron has hundreds of thousands of troops. Even if many of them are ragtag and scattered soldiers without the determination to fight to the end for Huron, there is still no problem in fighting a smooth battle. If there is no
With enough power, he still cannot destroy his small kingdom, but it is difficult for the empire to gather such power at the moment. Even if there are many battle groups willing to respond to the call for expedition, I guess the number is no more than ten thousand at most... And if we count on mortals
To fight against those fallen people, the number of troops needs to be extremely large, which further puts great pressure on logistical supplies. In addition, it is difficult for the navy to spare any effort to fight against the huge plundering fleet of the Red Pirates, and it is also stretched. In this way, it will lose two more
become."
"Fourth, people's hearts are in trouble, smuggling is rampant in the Maelstrom area, and all aspects of the empire have entangled interests. It is not surprising that mortals do such stupid things under the influence of interests. Moreover, many worlds only belong to the empire in name, but in fact
If we sit on the wall and wait and see, if people's hearts are not aligned, it will be difficult to join forces. If we cannot join forces, it will be difficult to fight against the enemy. It may even cause a weak wall and create internal constraints, which will lead to another 10% loss."
"Fifth, the situation is difficult. Although this expedition is against Huron, it is rumored that he has reached an alliance with Abaddon. So when you attack Huron, do you have to consider the movements of the Black Legion? If the other party introduces a surprise force to join the battlefield,
Do you have a plan to deal with it? In addition, there are many alien pirates and free pirates in the Maelstrom. If they are forced to form a temporary alliance with the red pirates under the pressure of the imperial army, have you considered how to deal with it? Here,
It’s just a 10% loss.”
"The 20% chance of winning is also based on your victory over Huron and the fact that the Red Pirates are discordant."
Some of the five points Zhuba Khan mentioned were anticipated by Soshyan, and some were ignored by him, such as the last point.
He really didn't consider the possibility of the Black Legion's intervention.
After thinking for a moment, Soshyan stood up and saluted Juba Khan with fists and chest.
“I have benefited a lot from the elders’ teachings.”
When he straightened up, the conversation changed.
"I thought that there was a high probability that the Black Legion would just sit on the sidelines."
"oh?"
"Both Huron and Abaddon are giants of Chaos. The competition between them is far greater than cooperation, because the Maelstrom and the Eye of Terror are areas where it is difficult for the empire to extend its power. Even if it fails temporarily, it is impossible for the empire to send a large army to invade the realm of Chaos.
, so neither of them will really face the kind of life-and-death military pressure. Without pressure, there will be no motivation to cooperate, so I guess their cooperation is more superficial or short-term interests... Huron
Not to mention this person, but Abaddon is very ambitious. As far as I know, he has a strong desire for control and power. Rather than having a partner of comparable strength, he would rather have a vassal who will surrender. This imperial conquest
In the Badab sector, even if Abaddon wants to attack, it will only be at the last moment. If the empire loses, then he will give Huron a favor. If Huron loses, then he will beat up the lost dog and annex Huron.
The remaining forces of Lun."
Zhuba Khan pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly.
"What you said makes sense."
As he spoke, he looked at Wo Kuotai aside.
"Tsk, tsk, it's such a pity that we don't have such young talents here."
Wokuotai laughed softly twice, and then said to Soshiyang:
"Captain Soshyan, there is one more thing you need to pay attention to. Once the battle situation is unfavorable, the Chaos Heretic will definitely use the power of the Chaos Demon at all costs. Therefore, you must prepare enough think tanks to deal with the demon summoned by the opponent. If possible,
If so...it's best to summon those people."
Soshiyang didn't realize who the "those people" Ogedai was referring to at first, but he immediately thought of it.
Gray Knight!
In fact, the Eleventh Legion with gray marrow is not so worried about demons, but the scale and area of this battle are very large, and there are not many soldiers with gray marrow, there will still be places that cannot be taken care of. In those who do not have gray marrow,
At this time, Gray Knights are undoubtedly the first choice to deal with demons.
But he immediately ran into trouble again.
"I...I don't know how to contact them."
Wokuotai had already expected this, and he stroked his long beard and said with a smile:
"I can do this for you, but I need you to write a personal letter."
"no problem."
Subsequently, Juba Khan took over Ogedei's words.
"In order to support this expedition, in addition to sending the Third Brotherhood, I will also give you, Chapter Leader, a brand new star map. This is a star map that has been drawn for nearly ten years at the expense of a lot of blood and lives. It is accurate.
I can’t say it’s 100%, but I can make it more or less inseparable.”
It turns out that the White Scars, as the main monitors of the Maelstrom area, have been secretly working on drawing star maps. This is why they can easily enter and leave the Maelstrom area to hunt down heretics.
This surprised Soshyan very much. In a sense, an accurate star map can be worth thousands of troops.
"Thank you so much!!"
"In addition, I have sent invitations to the Predators, Destroyers, and Berserkers. They have agreed that each chapter will send a small force to join the expedition. In the future, they will fight under the command order of the Corsaro brothers. If
You can give them orders directly if necessary."
Although he was curious about how the White Scars got these sub-regiments to agree to send troops, Soshyan was not stupid enough to ask, and just nodded with a smile.
"Thank you so much."
Suddenly, Soshyan also remembered that there seemed to be a sub-group of the Dark Angel, the Starry Sky Phantom, operating in the Maelstrom area. He wondered if Samuel had already contacted the other party.
From his last conversation with Azrael, he roughly judged that the Dark Angels had strong control over their subgroups, which might be beneficial to the expedition.
"Also...there is one more thing."
After Zhuba Khan hesitated for a moment, he said slowly:
"There is a war group that is also willing to join the expedition, but their identity is very sensitive and requires your personal weighing."
"Which Chapter?"
"Mantis Warrior."
"this--"
As Juba Khan said, the Mantis Warrior is indeed very sensitive, because it was Huron's staunch ally during the Badab Rebellion and resisted almost to the end. Although it was forgiven by the Empire after the war, their chapter leader Ke
Ethan Nildra was deprived of all identity and honor, sentenced to life imprisonment, and the entire group was ordered to go on a one-hundred-year atonement expedition.
More importantly, the Mantis Warriors caused a lot of trouble for the loyal side during the Badab War and forged deep rifts, including the Ranger Warriors in the Alliance of Tribulation - the Mantis Warriors almost defeated all the Ranger Warriors.
The army was annihilated, and the former Chapter Master of the Ranger Warriors was killed. It was a blood feud.