Although the Red Pirates retreated, the remaining poison he left in the Angstrom system has not been eliminated. Before Huron left, he massacred all the cultists who remained in the system, using their lives and blood to destroy those who were in the system.
The occupied planets have turned into forbidden areas where demons are rampant, and the huge fortresses have also turned into demon nests. In order to ensure that the subsequent production of the forging world is not disturbed, Soshyan can only stay for a while longer to clean up the planet.
Chaos pollution, of course, this matter is mainly led by the Gray Knights, after all, they are more professional. Wa
With the battle at Angstrom basically over, the subspace fog created by the Chaos Wizards that shrouded the galaxy gradually dissipated, and news from the outside world soon flooded into Soshyan like a tide.
Among them, there are four most important things, and each of them gives Soshyan a headache.
The first thing came from the Badab War Zone. Helbrecht led the army to spend a lot of time and effort to finally solve all the defenses of the Badab System, including the demon world, but then encountered the enemy when attacking the main star of Badab.
A huge obstacle. According to Helbrecht's personal narrative and video data submitted by the messenger, the entire Badab Prime has almost become a demonic world, and Honso may have summoned a Tzeentch demon, causing orbital bombing not only
It had no effect. Even the extermination weapons they launched, such as bipolar torpedoes, turned into some kind of weird living creatures before they entered the atmosphere. Controllers gradually appeared inside some battleships and suddenly went crazy and opened the airlock door, and there were shooting commanders.
In the event of an official or riot.
Although the Tianshi Chapter, the Lamenters, and even the Red Hunters who came to help had think tanks, together they could only barely resist the powerful malice from Badab Prime. In the end, the fleet had to leave Badab's orbit and could no longer continue.
Perform extermination and bombing missions.
Now Badab has become an unstable bomb. If it is not dealt with, it may make a big noise at any time, but if it is dealt with, it may explode into a bloody mess.
According to military common sense, the optimal solution at this time is to ignore it and throw it aside.
But the report sent by Herbrecht emphasized two points in particular.
First of all, there are a lot of red pirates defending Badab, and they are relatively elite. If they escape, it will definitely cause huge trouble or even a strategic crisis. To guard them, the navy and the Astra Militarum alone are absolutely not enough. This is also
This means that executing the siege plan requires the consumption of a large amount of precious mobile troops - Space Marines.
Secondly, the person defending this place is a Chaos Lord named Honso.
This guy Soshyan is naturally familiar, but according to Herbrecht, Honso has probably returned to the Fourth Army, because during the siege of Badab, there were also Iron Warriors warships trying to break through the edge of the galaxy and enter.
Badab, if Honso is allowed to stay here, there may be a steady stream of Iron Warriors warbands joining the fight in the future. Once it reaches a large scale, Honso will definitely try to counterattack, and I am afraid more troops will be needed.
Looking carefully, Soshyan knew that Helbleich's idea was very clear - Badab must be fought, and it must be fought quickly. The longer it is delayed, the harder it will be to fight.
In fact, he basically agrees with this idea. The main reason is that the Fourth Legion is really a huge variable, which he did not expect before. After all, it is already very difficult to deal with the Red Pirates. There will be another rebel legion, even if it is only a small part of it.
, it was enough for Soshyan to bear.
I originally thought that capturing Angstrom would trap Badab's defenders, but now I think it was too idealistic.
But the question is, how to fight? Wa
At least according to Helbrecht's description, there is no good offensive method against Badab at all. However, Soshyan is not there now. I don't know the specific situation. He and Helbrecht are the only ones who have been with him these days.
Judging from my experience after getting along with Te, this Black Templar Marshal has a very firm and even cold heart, as well as a very fanatical heart for his faith. Since the other party has this tactical intention, there should be corresponding tactical arrangements. In the end, he just gave
Here is a guideline——
Act with camera and fight with caution
In addition, Helbrecht also had a request, that is, he hoped that the Gray Knights could help in the battle, so Soshyan immediately contacted the Grand Master, and the other party expressed his willingness to carry out the task. Then the Eighth Brotherhood immediately set off for Ba
Dabu also brought a large number of Angstrom's transport ships, which were filled with weapons, equipment and military supplies produced by the Forge World.
The second thing came from Salamanders, mainly brought back by Erlian who returned from Endymion.
But in fact, the news came first from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then from the logistics organization of the expeditionary force, then from the messy hive nobles, and finally from the Salamanders.
Generally speaking, when Salamander was cleaning up the mess in Endymion and reorganizing its army to prepare for war, its logistics supplies were "deliberately delayed", and even the soldiers' rations were in short supply. However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the logistics department said that they had followed the instructions.
The indicators and data requirements provide sufficient corresponding materials, so what is the problem?
In Tu'shan's report, he angrily accused Endymion's many hive rulers and nobles of "starving all their people to death while hoarding food in private warehouses waiting to be sold at high prices", and told Sol
Shi Yang, a famine is spreading throughout the Maelstrom area. The prices of various major foods have increased ten times compared to last year. Large-scale cannibalism has already occurred in some hives. He really can't bear to see so many people being killed alive.
Starving to death, Wa had to provide a large amount of military supplies to help the hungry people.
What Tushan said was very serious and scary, but Soshyan didn't believe it. Although the Maelstrom was prone to frequent wars, due to the large amount of trade activities, it was actually a relatively prosperous area in the empire as a whole. Although the Demon Prince had destroyed it before,
We have visited many agricultural worlds, but most of the empire's residents cannot afford those foods, so synthetic foods should still be enough.
He speculated that Endymion may have accumulated a large number of troops, and military logistics and transportation occupied part of the private trade routes, causing food prices to rise and a small supply problem to occur. Salamanders were relatively
He is famous for caring about people, so he has the illusion that the situation is serious.
As for the virtues of those hive rulers and nobles, Suoshiyang naturally knows very well, but in a sense, they are the most basic managers of the empire. There are some things that even he, who is in great power, cannot do.
Change was determined by the empire's national structure, and he could also understand Tushan's anger.
But even if Tu Shan kills those people, it won't be of any use, so the key point now is not to let the conflict between the two continue to intensify.
Soshyan personally wrote a letter to Tushan. On the one hand, he sincerely comforted the other party. He did not blame Tushan for misappropriating military resources. He just hoped that he would consider combat issues first. On the other hand, he also explained the current situation.
He also told the Salamanders' chapter leader that they were Space Marines after all, and it was not their responsibility to govern the empire, and some things could only be seen out of sight.
But while doing this, Soshyan already regretted letting Tushan serve as a theater-level commander deep down in his heart. People say that Ci is not in charge of troops, so maybe it would be more appropriate to let Seth go...