Due to Talos's previous "destruction" operation, the Red Pirates' power in Korkria had been greatly weakened. Therefore, when the expeditionary force assembled in Angstrom and subsequently launched the attack, the Red Pirates were in this system.
The defense force soon collapsed.
The Red Pirates obviously did a good job in intelligence work. They already knew about the arrival of the Dark Angel and the Indomitable Truth. They did not choose to engage in a decisive battle with the main fleet. They simply resisted and gave up several key positions in the galaxy. They took them with them before leaving.
All important facilities and personnel were taken away, and those that could not be taken away were basically destroyed.
It can be said that the expeditionary force recaptured Colkeria without any bloodshed.
It's just that although the battle between galaxies ended quickly, the battle on the planet did not end quickly.
As an area that once belonged to the Empire and then actively rebelled against it, most people in Korkeria already know that they have no way to turn back. The return of the Empire means that many people must die, and more people and their descendants need to fight for
They have been slaves for generations or even dozens of generations.
Therefore, the people in this galaxy are very resistant to the expeditionary force. In addition, Huron knew that Soshyan would not execute the extermination order on the territory that he had already obtained, so he specially arranged a large number of agents and Scattered war gangs to enter the hives of various planets.
lurking and inciting, the expeditionary force immediately faced the problem of public security warfare.
In this case, Soshyan made an immediate decision.
It was unrealistic and a waste of time to kill everyone directly. Therefore, he demanded that all the indigenous people be driven out of the nest and controlled to go to the huge "temporary closed camps" built in the wild for strict surveillance.
and management, and those who choose to stay in the hive will be regarded as enemies and killed without mercy.
Afterwards, a large number of Astra Militarum troops entered the hive city to carry out the "scorched earth policy" and set up barbed wire fences and various defense facilities in various areas of the hive city to block the flow of enemies in the hive city.
While the expeditionary force was clearing Colkria, Azrael, the Supreme Master of the Dark Angels, also led his troops to attack the Red Pirate Outpost in the Mag Star Cluster. However, their main goal was still to search for traces of the demon prince, but the opponent had not been there since.
After the Sad Galaxy Incident, he never appeared again, and there were no eyewitness reports, so it was not easy to find him for a while.
The Central Strike Group of the Expeditionary Force made no further moves for the time being after taking over Colkeria. On the one hand, Huron's decisive retreat surprised Soshyan, and he was not sure what was true for a while. On the other hand, Oka
Mu has not sent any information for a while. He is not sure if something has happened to the other party, so he needs to send a reconnaissance fleet to the occupied area of the Red Pirates to investigate. It happens that Colkeria still needs to be suppressed for a while.
After all, as a galaxy that was once relatively prosperous in the Maelstrom area, Soshyan could not be so mad as to directly issue a mass extermination order. Talos's virus bombs on the capital of the galaxy had greatly damaged the vitality of the place. Although Huron took away and destroyed the galaxy,
Some industrial facilities, but so many habitable worlds are still useful as a frontline rear, at least to house wounded soldiers and provide logistics ports.
The point is that Huron's choice to give in proactively forced Soshyan to be more cautious. An opponent who knows the trade-offs is obviously much more troublesome than a fierce opponent who doesn't know how to retreat.
During this time, Soshyan also received some other news.
"Here are the contact reports from Hive Three over the past week."
Veronica came to Soshyan's side on black high heels and placed a stack of documents as thick as her thumb on the table.
Soshyan sat at his desk in the office, picked up the documents, and started reading.
It only took him about ten minutes to read this.
"It seems that the activities of the rebel gangs have been basically restricted."
As he spoke, he raised his eyes from the reading report, looked at Veronica, and said with a smile:
"Speaking of which, some interesting news came from various war zones in the past few days."
"Oh? What is it?"
Soshyan picked up a holographic data tablet and tapped it lightly, and some document pictures were reflected in mid-air.
"This is the outstanding young general I asked them to count in each theater. Look at this one."
Soshyan stretched out his hand and enlarged a document. Veronica looked at the other person's name and said with some surprise:
"Arni Morales? The son of Morales Sr.?"
"Well, it's that noble boy. I thought he was just a showman at first, but Arash spoke highly of him. Look at the regiment he led, a C-level regiment, which is the so-called cannon fodder regiment. But look at his
Achievements. Wow, not only have we taken the lead several times, but we have also achieved several results in wiping out enemy Chaos Space Marines. The most recent one was when we went deep alone and captured the enemy's key stronghold in one fell swoop. It's true that a person cannot be judged by his appearance."
"Strange, why did old Morales arrange a C-class group for his son?"
"I heard that it was Arni who requested it, but it could also be that someone put a stumbling block on old Morales. Speaking of which, I have a guess."
With that said, Soshyan pulled out another document.
"Chinedo Silva, captain of a destroyer, belonging to the Phil formation, performs the task of escorting the fifth theater transport ship. When the fifth theater attacked the Crow System three months ago, they were covering a group of
A transport fleet carrying supplies and more than three million troops headed for the war zone, but on the way it was attacked by a plundering fleet of red pirates led by cruisers and composed of more than thirty battleships. The Phil formation only had six destroyers.
and four frigates, but under the leadership of the fleet commander Rear Admiral Clifford, they decided to buy time for the transport team. They used an accidental flare activity in the asteroid belt and surrounding stars as cover and adopted a suicidal approach attack strategy.
, but the flagship of Commander Major General Clifford unfortunately sank in the first wave of firefights, and he himself died. Afterwards, Chinedu Silva took over the command, and through a series of clever tactics and the temporary formation of death squads and massacres
The servitors jumped to the enemy's flagship and disrupted the enemy's command, delaying the enemy for a full three hours and buying time for the transport team to leave. Finally, after changing flagships twice, they left the battle with the remaining three warships.
."
"Oh, it's a miraculous battle. This Chinedu is only 31 years old."
"Haha, I'm afraid there is one thing that you never thought of. He is the illegitimate son of Earl Stern Vaughan."
Veronica covered her mouth with her hands in surprise.
"Isa, actually."
"Earl Vaughan has many illegitimate children, but the one he values the most is this one. He has been sent to aristocratic schools since childhood and advanced all the way to the Naval Academy."
"Then why is he willing to let him go to such a dangerous place? Could it be that this is not his arrangement?"
Soshyan nodded with a smile.
"Most likely not. I guess it's an act of revenge after someone was tripped up."
"Oh, you are playing tricks on each other's sons. I still can't understand the way you humans fight."
"There are a lot of things in the royal court, but I just let Doral handle them. Not to mention this, there are also these other things, Colonel Creed from Cadian, Colonel Haron Tanz from Mordian, Attila's Dankizik, the son of Chanyu, etc., so many outstanding young commanders appeared in this expedition. These people are the pillars and pillars of the future of the empire. I have ordered the state religion to send a team of crosses to each person on the list. As battlefield bodyguards, although they still need to be tempered by the cruel fire of war, if one more is preserved, it will save a huge loss for the empire."
While the two were talking, the communicator suddenly sounded, and Soshyan immediately pressed the button, and Ustad's voice came from inside.
"Chapter Commander, we have captured a special prisoner. He may know some important information."