The communication with Minotao was interrupted, and when Soshiyang turned his attention back to the star map, the enemy's new tomb ship had already begun to counterattack the pursuing Empire fleet. Soshiyang immediately issued an order to keep the line of exchange of fire, do not continue to approach, and do not cease fire.
Sinking one enemy's tomb ship and severely damaging another. His goal has been achieved. Now he continues to fight until both jade and stone are burning, which does not meet his plans. Moreover, Menak suddenly plans to withdraw his troops. There must be something strange inside, maybe...
What trouble are they in?
At this time, various landing crafts and gunboats began to rush towards the tomb ship that was jumped to the gang, and with the firepower of the enemy's attack ship, they tried hard to rescue any soldiers who could be rescued from there.
Thor and others directly used teleport beacons to return to the Randall, but only fifty soldiers came back, and more than half of them remained on the ship. This was also the heaviest loss ever suffered by the three companies. When Falzade saw the collected personal weapons and helmets, he screamed in anger, and then beat his chest and stamped his feet with sadness.
Soshiyang was also very sad when he looked at the list of deaths. Many of them were recruited in the second batch of veterans. Soshiyang watched them turn from boys to soldiers, from soldiers to veterans, and from veterans to remains.
Although sacrifice is a normal state for Astarte, if you see it too much, some people will be numb, and some people will accumulate the gloom and gloom. The former is more and the latter is less, but Soshiyan also belongs to the latter, just like Dante, Malakin and others.
Logically speaking, there are ways to reduce these casualties, such as increasing the number of people implanted with grey grafts. In fact, many people can implant grey grafts, but only one-third of them are actually implanted.
But Soshiyan stopped the implantation of grey graft a long time ago, and even recruits in recent years have almost never used grey graft implantation. Although this thing is very useful, its cost and side effects are becoming more and more obvious.
Without grey, there is no essential difference between the descendants of the Eleventh Legion and other Space Marines. Death and pain will come, which is indeed a dilemma.
But in order to prevent more disasters in the future, Soshiyang can only take the least of two harms.
In addition, Thor also brought bad news to Soshyan.
Marshal Venner was still killed...
There was no heroic duel, nor a passionate fight, a beam of light from the tomb thorn pierced his heart at some point. The veteran who had fought for the empire for decades fell down, fell among his soldiers, sacrificed quietly and ordinary, as if this was the fate of the Kriegs - there were no heroes with fierce hearts, only a trace of embers burned out in the furnace of war.
Although he had known this Marshal Krieg for a short time and had no idea, the courage he showed and the unique philosophy of war and life and death of the Kriegers impressed Soshyan.
Although sacrifice is sad, in a sense, Wenner got what he wants.
But the war still has to continue.
Now that the man has withdrawn and the enemy has lost another tomb ship, Soshiyang considers whether to pursue and cause as much damage to the other party as possible.
But we have to consider that if the other party is really forced into anger, it is likely to be the result of both sides burning. He knew that if both sides really fight to the end, even if Menak is seriously injured, the human fleet will probably be basically over, and the Randall may have to be completely reimbursed.
After all, it's actually just one problem. Soshiyang does not have the ability to seize the opponent.
But the enemy is not only Minak, but there is no benefit in fighting Soshiyan. He also has other powers to attack the opponent afterwards, so he doesn't have to make a real life.
In the end, he made a decision.
"Please protect the boat."
Hearing his words, Mark and Falzade were both stunned, but Thor nodded.
"This is correct. If the fleet fights all over, Olps will become a piece of meat. It is also a wise choice to turn a miserable victory into a small victory."
Falzade said excitedly:
"Captain of the Battle Team! Did you just let these damn metal bastards run away?"
"The third company commander, of course, is not. The legion will take revenge, but it is not here. Next time we will directly destroy their nests and completely wipe them out! But now our strength is not enough, we need more ships and more warriors, don't worry, it won't be too long."
Mark, who was standing by, also put his hand on Falzade's shoulder.
"Brother, I have never missed the decision of the Legion Commander. Be patient first and then give the enemy the most tragic revenge!"
Falzad growled, clenched his fists, and said to Soshiyan:
"Legislature Commander, I ask to go to the ground to fight! Anyway, what do I want to kill..."
Soshiyang nodded.
"Go."
Then Soshiyan looked at Mark.
"Mark, you also lead the company to the ground. Although we will not pursue the enemy fleet again, we can leave as many ground troops as possible."
"yes!"
Soon the soldiers left the bridge, Soshiyang turned around and looked at the observation window, his eyes passed through the void full of wreckage, and threw themselves towards the main star of Amara.
"I don't know how Talos and the others are fighting... I can't contact you, which is worrying."
Boom boom boom boom-
Suddenly there was a rumbling sound from the top of the passage, and sand and ash fell one after another. This might be that the dilapidated nest structure was bombed again. Although it was impossible to tell which side was doing it, it was enough to pause the increasingly fierce dispute in the passage for a moment.
"The metal ribs that are so bad again, the knowledgeable Ogmek, if, I mean, can I suggest a little—"
"You can't."
The first-order Ogmek of the Van Sauer family, Arthur Brooke, was in a very good mood and was unwilling to endure the humiliation of self-explanation.
Ogmek is a middle class of the Van Sauer family, also known as the tech warrior. They are considered senior thugs of the family. Since the members of this unique family are all outstanding in their respective fields, they rarely have particularly outstanding talents in violence. They need to absorb those ruthless people who speak with fists from the outside, so they have the unique title of [Ogmek]. Their positioning is somewhat similar to grassroots officers and is also the main leadership of the Van Sauer family in commanding in "super shallow" street conflicts.
Of course, being able to work for the Van Sauer family is definitely not a fool. Most of them have certain abilities in blasting and machinery.
Brooke was an excellent blaster. He used to be a miner in the Trashill mine. Later, due to his outstanding blasting talent, he was transferred among many gangs. He eventually joined Van Sauer's disciple and became a "civilized man" - although these lives have nothing to do with civilization.