The second theater includes the entire Kliman Drift Zone and the Holy Point Galaxy. Chapter Master Raif of the Tianshi Chapter was appointed as the commander of the second theater, commanding three million Cadian Lightning Troopers and two million The Krieg Legion, plus 3.5 million other fragmented Astra Militarum regiments, totals 8.5 million troops.
The third war zone extends from the planet Sengrad to the Sorrow system. The commander of the war zone is Korsaro Khan. It includes 4 million Cadian Strike Forces, 2 million Krieg Legions, and 2 million fragmented Astra Militarum Legions. , a total of eight million people, and the Charadon fleet will also be sent to the third war zone. In addition, in principle, the Angstrom system also belongs to the third war zone. Soshyan has already sent a notification to the Forge World about this. , and hoped that the other party would allow imperial troops to station, but they never responded.
The fourth war zone is the Pale Star and its surrounding areas. The war zone commander is Malakin. Ranger warriors are also sent here. This war zone has two million Cadian Lightning Troops, two million Krieg Legions, and one million The fragmented Astra Militarum regiments, as well as all Catachan troops, totaling 5.5 million Astra Militarum, their main responsibility is to clear the surrounding greenskin strongholds and relieve the pressure on the first theater of operations.
The fifth theater is composed of several galaxies in the Endymion star cluster close to the Maga star cluster, including the Iblis galaxy, the Slgard galaxy, and the Endymion galaxy. The commander of this theater is Salamander Chapter Commander Tu. 'Shirt, under the jurisdiction of 6 million Astra Militarum.
The sixth war zone consists of the Plenty Galaxy, the Kirab Galaxy, the Tranquility Galaxy and the Relic Guardian Galaxy. Because this war zone is closest to the Red Pirates' lair in the center of the maelstrom, Soshyan handed it over to the Chapter Master of the White Templar. Arash also controls reinforcements from the Hammer of Dorn, the Iron Knight and the Crimson Fist. The combat zone strength is temporarily 10 million Astra Militarum, and its main task is to monitor the enemies deep in the Maelstrom.
Soshiyan made this deployment and arrangement not only for strategic considerations, such as Malakin's garrison in the Fourth Theater, but also because the Optra system in the Fourth Theater was once the home planet of the Weeper. , they obviously have a better understanding of this area, and it is easier to mobilize local forces. After all, the last Badab War was not that long ago.
In addition, Tu'shirt was arranged to go to the fifth theater because it was from this position that Salamander intervened in the Badab War and attacked the hinterland of Star Claw. They believed that they still retained the experience from that time.
In addition to the six war zones, Soshyan also established three strategic reserves. The first reserve force is stationed in the vast area between Siniax and the Serenity System, including 10 million Astra Militarum troops. A strategic reserve force is stationed between the Holy Point System and the Sengrad System, also containing 10 million Astra Militarum troops. The third strategic reserve force is stationed between the Sorrow System and the Iblis System, including 8 million Star Wars. Border Army.
After making such a deployment, the only strategic mobile forces left in Soshyan's hands were 30 million Astra Militarum and Astral Knights, Black Templars, Imperial Fists, Flesh Tearers, Ascetics, and Mantis Warriors. Waiting for more than two thousand Space Marines, as well as several forces of the Mechanicus, including the Militant Titan Legion, this kind of force is unable to engage in a strategic decisive battle with the Hurons anyway, so we still have to wait.
However, the first step of the originally planned strategic plan can now be implemented. According to Soshiyan's plan, the Tianshi Chapter will launch an attack from the Kemara System to the Decabulus System controlled by the Red Pirates after the troops are in place. attack, forcing Huron to turn his attention to his old homeland.
By then, the Red Corsairs will have to devote the limited forces on hand to endless battles with tens of millions of Astra Militarum troops. Soshyan does not seek victory, but only seeks to consume the opponent.
While weakening and consuming the Red Pirates, they are stepping up training of new recruits. When those billions of troops are fully trained, they will be able to launch a full-scale attack on the opponent.
As for how many reinforcements the empire will receive in the future, in fact, Soshiyang no longer expects these. After this period of struggle, he has clearly understood one thing - it is better to rely on others than to find a solution on his own.
After the meeting, the various troops and battle groups set off to deploy in the designated combat zones. This also made the previously crowded Sagan system finally feel a little more relaxed, but everyone was busier than before, because as the army spread out, logistics and transportation The network must also follow up quickly. In addition, Soshyan has urged the recruitment of new soldiers three times in a row. After seeing the sad ending of the Renteria family, all the nobles dared to relax and started desperately following the instructions given by the Ministry of Military Affairs. The minimum standard is to recruit strong men, and even in order to encourage those gangs to join the army, some hive city rulers openly shouted the slogan of recruiting a company to be the company commander, and recruiting a regiment to be the regiment leader.
The 300 million recruits in the first phase of the recruitment were finally in place the second month after Soshyan made the strategic deployment. At the same time, five large training camps were basically completed, and the recruits were immediately put into training grounds like small cities. Begin their transformation from gang members, hive citizens, vagrants, scavengers to soldiers.
In addition, the war against Angstrom has also been put on the agenda by Soshyan. His loyalty to this world has given up hope. There has been no news about the previously agreed meeting. It is obvious that the other party is prepared to be stubborn to the end.
However, Soshyan did not show anger. Instead, he sent letters and official documents to the other party again and again, sometimes toughening and sometimes softening his attitude, just to paralyze the Mechanicus believers and make them predict that he would not take action against them in a short time. , making them mistakenly think that they are a waver.
Soshyan has also discussed this matter with Reza. They are very supportive of Soshyan, because Angstrom has been against Reza for many years, and even if there is no order from Mars, they will do it out of their own interests. They were madly hostile to Reza. Many of Reza's exploration ships and archaeological teams were attacked by them in the Maelstrom. So when Soshyan showed the idea of taking action against Angstrom, the sages accompanying Reza even Without reporting to the headquarters, they directly stated that they were willing to contribute. The only hope was to support a new management that believed in the Omnissian Flame-Blood Sect after wiping out the old Angstrom class.
But Soshyan did not respond immediately. After all, he had good reasons to fight Angstrom, but if he accepted Reza's request, the nature of the war might change, and Soshyan would help Reza fight. Religious wars can easily cause Mars to overreact.
Soshyan never intended to fall out with Mars.
Therefore, the plan for Angstrom is still being prepared secretly. Soshyan must ensure that he succeeds in one blow. If he cannot attack for a long time, the possibility of Huron's intervention is very high, or he will definitely intervene.
Just as a series of deployments by the imperial military began to be carried out in full swing, the Red Pirates were not idle either. Soshiyang soon received a piece of bad news from afar——
The Colkeria system fell, and the local residents rioted under the influence of heretics. They cooperated with the Red Pirates and killed almost all members of the Imperial Institutions and Imperial Guardsmen. Only a few tens of thousands of soldiers and Imperial officials fled in spaceships.
The day after the Sagan Astrology Hall received the news of the fall of the Korkria system, Angstrom's representative suddenly found Soshyan and told him that the foundry director there had agreed to an agreement with Soshyan. The meeting took place a month later, at the previously selected planet Galen V.
