"After purging the Badab Sector, Huron established full political control of the Badab system, made himself and his Space Marine Chapter mortal rulers, and established a
A home planet with strong defense capabilities and industrial capabilities, in order to get rid of dependence on the empire's logistics system, and at the same time expand the number of members of the Chapter in a way that violates the regulations of the Holy Code. The growth of Star Claw's personnel at that time was very abnormal."
"Ahem..."
After hearing Malakin's last words, Soshyan coughed twice subconsciously, touched his nose, and whispered:
"Then he is really... really ambitious."
Malakin smiled slightly and said meaningfully:
"Yes, the direction is wrong, and naturally all efforts will be in vain."
"Hmm...Isn't there any movement after that from Garmek?"
In fact, this is something Soshyan is more concerned about. The Red Pirates are already annoying enough. Although the Word Bearers have basically been operating as a warband since the Great Rebellion, it is unknown whether this expedition will prompt them to unite.
If they join forces with the Hurons in large numbers, it will be very troublesome, because the Word Bearers are the best at summoning demonic power among the traitorous legions.
"How should I put it? Even during the natural disaster battle, there seemed to be no movement in this world. They only occasionally had some war gangs going out for activities, but most of the time there was no response. Maybe they were doing something in the subspace.
Anything else, not very concerned about the real universe."
"Hopefully they will be like this this time."
Suddenly, the alarm bell sounded loudly on the bridge, and the two men turned around at the same time.
"Report! Large number of enemy readings found!!!"
Soshyan immediately walked to the tactical display, and then the information scanned by the auspicious array appeared clearly on it.
Densely packed red dots came from the nine o'clock direction of the fleet. There were at least twenty bright red dots (capital ships) alone, and the entire fleet numbered no less than a hundred ships!
"Ha, Huron finally came to welcome us. He hasn't moved in the Maelstrom area for so long. I'm still a little worried."
Soshyan could foresee that the Red Pirates would intercept the expeditionary force on its way to the Sagan system, but he did not expect it to be so late.
But now, he is not so afraid. If Huron dares to launch a decisive battle here, then the outcome of the two sides will be 60 to 40 at most. Moreover, Soshyan still has some secret methods that he can use. If Huron dares to show his face, he will definitely be able to defeat him.
He will kill immediately!
But Huron shouldn't be that stupid.
"Inform all fleets and form a battle queue. The ships are under my unified command. I also tell the friendly battle groups that a battle may break out at any time. Let them prepare for jump gangs and anti-jump gangs. At the same time, activate the teleportation array on the bridge. Company Commander
Personnel of the above level, including friendly forces, can use the teleportation sequence at will."
As early as the second day when Reza was stationed, the expeditionary force fleet had completed its temporary formation. Each battle group had its own fleet organized. In the event of a battle, they would form a complete chain of command, with the squadron commander in charge.
command, Soshyan gave direct orders to the squadron commander.
Soon, the huge expeditionary force fleet began to change its formation, from a sailing queue to a battle queue. The capital ships quickly moved to the direction of the enemy, and cruisers and other medium-sized battleships formed a three-line lineup in front of the capital ships. They were also responsible for covering the flanks and small battleships.
Then form an independent formation and begin maneuvering to the periphery of the fleet, while the transport ships move to the rear of the entire fleet.
As the top commander of the expeditionary force, Soshyan quickly got into gear and began assigning combat missions to various squadrons.
"....The third, fifth, sixth and seventh drive protection formations carry out harassing lightning strikes on designated areas of the enemy group after the battle. The first, second and fourth drive protection formations carry out fire warning missions and intercept enemy fighter aircraft and
Fish, the first and second main force formations, carry out the first round of bombardment, giving priority to cleaning up the enemy's forward fleet. The third and fourth main force formations, carry out the second round of bombardment, attack the enemy's capital ships. The auspicious instrument always pays attention to the enemy's flagship position. If it enters
The firing range will be calibrated immediately!"
Just when Soshiyang Lianxun continued to issue orders, and the entire fleet was on high alert, and even some soldiers had begun to wait outside the landing fish launch tube, the Red Pirates' fleet suddenly stopped.
At this time, the high-power camera has already captured the impact of the enemy ship and played it on the huge display.
More than twenty huge crimson capital ships floated in the void, including many behemoths such as battleships, surrounded by a large number of small battleships.
In terms of the total number of battleships, the Red Corsairs have more ships than the expeditionary force fleet, but the number of capital ships is almost the same.
The opponent happened to be parked just outside Soshyan's fire range, which made the highly nervous crew members even more nervous.
"What the hell is Huron doing?"
Just when Soshiyang was confused, the communications officer suddenly said loudly:
"The enemy sent a communication request!"
At this time, Dietrian, who was busy working on the bridge, suddenly sneered.
"The communication must contain a scrap code attack."
Soshyan looked at him immediately.
"Can you counterattack?"
"able."
"catch."
Then Soshyan stepped onto the activated holographic projection platform, and the control stations on the bridge rose up all around like the stands of an amphitheater, and light bloomed around him.
As the image on the imager disappeared, a blurrier picture appeared, and a certain figure gradually came into focus, looming.
Soshyan knew that hundreds of kilometers away, a similar system on the bridge of the Huron flagship was shaping his image with light and imprinting the holographic projection on the imager.
Soon, Huron's broken face and equally broken armor became clear, including several high-ranking Red Pirates around him.
"Ah, isn't this our respected Supreme Lord Commander Lord Soshyan?"
Huron grinned and made an eagle salute very exaggeratedly.
His flesh and armor seemed to have real density and weight, but were slightly brighter. There was no delay in his voice, and there was no imbalance between the movement of his lips and the sound of his words.
"I didn't expect that our reunion would be like this."
Huron's eyes flashed as he lowered his arms.
"If it were face to face, I could hug you and talk about our brighter future."
Soshyan sneered, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Talos, Khayon and others arriving.
"Of course, I also want to talk to you face to face now. If you want, you can directly open the transmission array on the ship. As for the future, yes, you will have a bright future - when your
When your head is wrapped in gold and placed in a trophy cabinet, you have 24/7 light."
Huron stared at Soshyan, and then slowly faded his smile.
"Soshyan, don't you understand what the high lord sent you to do?"
"Destroy you."
"Hahaha--"
Huron threw his head back and laughed, but the next second his expression suddenly turned into a stern expression.
"Stop pretending, you know it! Their group of insects want you dead! They can't tolerate an Astartes doing better than them! They can't tolerate an Astartes who knows how to rule better than them! They don't dare to come face to face
For me, I can only send you here to make us both lose!"