Since the beginning of the war, the 11th Company has suffered 12 casualties and 1 serious injury. The 10th Company supporting Fortress 6 has suffered 6 casualties and 2 serious injuries. The 2nd Company, which is responsible for the main defense task of Fortress 7, has suffered the most casualties, with 19 killed.
Five people were seriously injured, and two people were killed in the third company defending Fortress No. 5. Only one company had no casualties because it had not yet gone to the surface of the planet to fight.
Overall, the Astral Knights have lost 39 warriors and 10 seriously wounded. Whether any of them need to enter the Dreadnought Mecha depends on the subsequent treatment of the pharmacist, but basically they can no longer count in this battle.
For combat effectiveness, the Astral Knights lost 49 people.
The loss of half a company, which is equivalent to the loss of 10% of the strength based on the current Astral Knights' wealth, is already a heavy loss, and the chapter has not even recovered from the losses in the last battle with the Minotaur Chapter.
More importantly, among the 49 people here, 4 of them followed Soshyan out of the Obsidian Fortress. Most of them have become non-commissioned officers. After losing them, only the "old" Astral Knights remain.
There were 7 people, namely Soshyan, Ustad, Farzad, Armin, Yazdan, Balitaem, and Rogris.
This made Soshyan very sad and a little scared. He didn't know where this fear came from, but he just felt that something important was slipping away from him.
He often talked about the Renaissance Legion, but when he was alone, he also thought about it.
What about the war group?
During the thousands of years that the banner of the Astral Knights has been flying in the empire, generations of warriors have fought and sacrificed for it, and most of them are unaware of the existence of the 11th Legion.
When he realized that he was replacing the original Astral Knights with another chapter culture, Soshyan occasionally felt hesitant, and he even felt that he was destroying the Astral Knights.
When he served and became a warrior, he was only an Astral Knight, not a descendant of the 11th Legion.
When his soul returns to the throne one day, perhaps the Emperor will pity him, but what about the martyrs of the Chapter?
When they ask where the war group is going, how should they answer?
But the war group is already what it is now, and Soshyan himself can no longer change it. Once certain things are on track, it cannot be deflected by human power.
Therefore, he became particularly precious about the remaining people and things of the old Astral Knights.
"Valier, do everything you can to save the lives of these two people, no matter what method you use. If they have any questions, just say it was my order."
After reading the casualty report with sadness, Soshyan gave new orders to the pharmacist Valier, and the two people he was referring to were the two seriously injured old Astral Knight sergeants.
Valler's reply was also very quick.
"I'll try my best, but I have to be prepared to add two more Dreadnoughts to the battle group."
"You can use the fearless mechas in the armory as you wish."
After arranging for the treatment of the wounded, Soshyan turned his attention to another secret report.
The initiator of the report was Thor, and the task assigned to him by Soshyan was to find the portal to the webway that existed on the planet.
Because the planet is now full of forces from all sides, this matter must be kept extremely confidential, there cannot be too many people, and it must go deep into the area occupied by the enemy. Soshyan thought about it and finally found that there were only Thor and
Talos can do the job.
But Talos must lead the Eleventh Company, so the only candidate left is Thor.
Thor readily agreed to the matter, and did not bring anyone with him. He just asked Soshyan for temporary command authority of the cyborg YT-001.
In this way, one man and one machine used the chaos to sneak into the area occupied by the Black Legion while the battle was being launched.
It had been two months since Thor had left. During this period, communication had been silent for the sake of confidentiality. It was not until the Fortress War was launched and the planet was completely in chaos that he sent the first text message to Soshyan.
The content of the text message is also very simple, just a few sentences.
"The entrance has not yet been found, but several Eldar ruins have been discovered. However, recent observations have shown that demonic activities have intensified. This planet may undergo drastic changes, and we should take early measures."
Soshiyang was mentally prepared for the first two sentences. After all, it was not easy for one person to find such a hidden alien relic, but the following words made Soshiyang fall into thinking.
Sol's words were very vague. He didn't quite understand what the "dramatic change" meant, but since the other party said so, based on his understanding and trust in Sol, there must be a reason for it.
At this time, he remembered the report Kayon gave him.
The demon Mardel has begun to move, and seems to have found a way to deal with the gray marrow. Ustad almost suffered a loss.
"Veronica, I want to go to the surface of the planet and take command."
Finally, he made a decision.
"This way, even if there is any emergency, I can respond in time, and you can just stay on track."
When facing the huge subspace threat, Soshyan knew that he was the backbone of the battle group. As for the Gray Knights, he could not command them at all and could not put his hope in them.
"No, I'll go with you."
Veronica looked at Soshyan calmly.
"You're going to need my help."
Soshyan suddenly smiled.
"Then you have to restrain your power. I don't want others to know that I have a witch with me. Others will mistakenly think that I am imitating Abaddon. I heard from Khayon that the great predator often interacts with the white witch.
The lady was alone in a room day and night, and at first she made a lot of gossip."
"Do not worry."
As she said that, Veronica suddenly frowned.
"Where are the Gray Knights?"
"Ignore them."
"They felt sneaky to me. When we first met, I felt a psychic force spying on the entire battleship, and this happened from time to time."
Soshyan sighed, of course he knew what the Gray Knights had done.
The monitors of these heretical forces are not only monitoring this world and the mortals above, including the Astartes participating in the battle, it seems that they are also within the scope of their surveillance.
It's just that they did it very covertly, so Soshyan just pretended not to see it. He believed that the Dark Angels should also know about it.
But since we are on the same battlefield, it is not easy to quarrel with each other. As long as it is not too much, we can only tolerate each other.
When it comes to the Dark Angels, they are not restless. At least Soshyan knows that. Their interrogation priest often leaves the main force to do secret things, probably looking for the fallen angels in their imagination.
Everyone has their own secrets, so they all maintain a diplomatic boundary and try not to touch each other's bottom line. This situation has resulted in several war groups only maintaining basic contact.
However, after catching a big fish in Fortress No. 7, Soshyan believed that this situation should end.
They must fight together in a true sense to hope to withstand Abaddon's next fierce counterattack.