As the commander-in-chief, Huron knew that his actions would have an immeasurable impact on the entire fleet. If he chose to retreat in the face of Soshyan's "king versus king" challenge, a catastrophic defeat would likely occur.
However, facing Soshiyang directly is obviously not a rational choice. On the one hand, the news of the failure of the Immortal has come. Although I don’t know what means Soshiyang used, he was able to defeat the famous Lucius twice in a row.
That’s enough to explain something.
Although Huron thought he was not weak, he was not arrogant enough to think he could be stronger than Lucius.
On the other hand, it is Huron's personal fighting style, or one of his life creeds - never throw yourself into the flames of war when you are not sure.
But Soshyan has come, and like a knight who has thrown his glove on another knight's face, he must make a choice.
Huron decided to let his men fight in his place.
But who to choose is a skill. Huron knew that the people sent out could only delay time and would inevitably die, so he might be able to use this opportunity to clear up some trouble.
Moreover, the people sent have to be very proactive and fight hard. Only in this way can they last longer.
After much deliberation, Huron chose a group of Space Wolves to rebel.
The savage descendants of Russ like nothing more than to bite prey that is stronger than them. The supreme commander of the Imperial Expeditionary Force is a tempting target.
He then sent a message to the strike cruiser named Wolf of Fenris, and awarded the other party the honor of "beheading". As he expected, the other party responded to this instruction with an excited roar that was almost a bark on the communication channel.
And quickly left the fleet and headed straight for the Eternal Loyalty.
Facing such a giant ship, the Wolf of Fenris is obviously no match, but the fallen descendants of Russ have smelled blood, and they will do whatever it takes.
For Soshyan, the appearance of a battleship marked as a former Space Wolf is also surprising. On the one hand, it is because the other party is overestimating its capabilities, and on the other hand, he is also curious about whether the ship is the real Space Wolf.
, or a group of pirates who robbed the Wild Wolf battleship.
In order to be able to understand the situation, he chose to strike preemptively and launched a gang-hopping attack first.
As for Huron, Soshyan really didn't expect to be able to solve the opponent now. On the one hand, although the strength of the Red Pirate Fleet was damaged, it has not yet reached the level of overturning. On the other hand, Soshyan had other considerations.
If Huron died now, then the following situation may occur.
One scenario is that the Red Pirates fall apart and fall into civil strife. Eventually they will realize that they are unable to resist the Empire's expeditionary force, and will choose to retreat into the core of the maelstrom, or flee to lie dormant elsewhere. The Red Pirates as a whole may no longer exist, but
The Chaos Space Marines are still there, and sooner or later they will annex each other and form a huge group again. This is inevitable due to the special environment of the Maelstrom. Even if the Empire regains those worlds, it will not take long before they are still destroyed by massive
The Chaos Heretics were overwhelmed, and the expedition was in vain.
In another situation, the Red Pirates quickly elected a new leader, and this leader will be a brand new, unfamiliar enemy. He is likely to overthrow all Huron's previous strategies, and even purge all of Huron's previous cronies.
Although the probability of this happening is very low based on the actual situation of the Red Pirates, it is not impossible. Once this happens, the expedition may undergo some unpredictable changes, because from this battle, Soshyan also saw that
It is not that there are no talented people among the Red Pirates, but they are often limited by mutual suspicion, concerns about betrayal and the balance of power, so it is difficult to use them. It is difficult to guarantee that the person in charge will not be stronger, more cunning, and more unpredictable than Huron.
The last situation is that the legacy of the Red Pirates is inherited by the Word Bearers or Abaddon, and this is what Soshiyan least wants to see, because either of these two has greater war potential than the Red Pirates.
If there are many, then the expedition may really be far away, and the possibility of this result is still very high.
Therefore, it seems that Huron cannot die at the moment. Keeping him alive will give Soshyan the chance to eliminate as many Chaos Space Marines as possible and make this expedition truly come to a conclusion.
Soshyan didn't have that much time to waste in the maelstrom. He had already noticed that some changes were taking place in the gray marrow, and some premonition was urging him to quickly solve the cause.
If the day came when he had to make a choice, at least he would have to make final arrangements for Veronica and the Legion.
It may be a bit ridiculous to say it. Although Soshyan has few opponents, he has always had a vague sense of crisis. Although he doesn't know what the crisis is, he can always guess it roughly.
He doesn't resent anything.
The only thing he wanted was to live as valuable a life as possible. He never thought of betraying the oath he made when he became a Space Marine. Whether he became the Phoenix King or something else, he would always fight for humanity.
warrior.
Veronica was the only exception, but he thought that the vast galaxy might be able to tolerate his little selfishness.
Just like that, a little bit -
Following the ferocious bombardment of the Eternal Loyalty, the Wolf of Fenris, which was still preparing to join the gang, immediately trembled. Its void shield could not support this level of firepower and was quickly torn to pieces.
A large number of torpedoes and landing craft followed, and Soshyan only led one company into the enemy's warships.
There were almost no obstacles in the whole process. Perhaps the Wild Wolf traitors were also dumbfounded and did not expect that their opponents would take the initiative to join the gang.
"Are all wolves in Fenris so smelly?"
After walking out of the landing craft ramp, Soshyan, who was not wearing a helmet, immediately smelled a strange smell, a fishy smell unique to the beast's lair.
The interior of this ship is more like a tribe or a cave than a ship. Scattered bones can be seen everywhere, as well as weird totems, symbols of reverence for the evil god of subspace, and a large number of human skins and furs covering the ship.
The people running hurriedly in the passage were all mutants with hooves, sheep heads or other beastly features.
They were panicked by the sudden appearance of the intruder and hurriedly organized defense while blowing horns and beating leather drums.
However, the primitive weapons in their hands are meaningless to the Terminators. Even the Astral Knights don't bother to use bullets to destroy them when they pass by. They are only shot away or trampled to death at any time when they block the road.
Soshyan walked in front of the team, and Murad served as the flag bearer of the battle group. This time he did not use the Holy Flame Sword, but the Soul Spear that had been stored for a long time.
About ten minutes later, they finally encountered the first wave of decent resistance.
"The zombie emperor's bastard!"
Just as Soshyan was walking through a cargo aisle, some tall and agile figures suddenly broke through the ventilation duct above their heads, jumped down, and tried to attack him from all sides.