Everyone agreed with Soshyan's surprise attack plan, but Helbrecht expressed some of his concerns.
"What if Angstrom was not captured immediately and Huron reacted?"
Soshyan did not answer, but said something meaningful.
"Then it depends on whether the Emperor will bless us."
In fact, according to intelligence, he knew that the Huron fleet was cruising near Angstrom, but he was relatively confident in quickly taking over the Forge World. After all, nothing is guaranteed in war. If you want to be absolutely sure of everything, , that will only make you timid.
After making the decision, Soshyan immediately found Reza's sage and informed him of his decision. The other party immediately expressed unconditional support. The Militant Legion was ready, but Soshyan did not intend to attack Angostok Mu is fighting a titan war. In fact, he really needs Angstrom's death gaze army, so he wants to know from the other party whether he can keep this titan army.
Reza's sage told Soshiyan that Reza had planted hidden stakes in Angstrom a long time ago. It is not impossible to prevent the Death Gaze Legion from participating in the war, but their hidden stakes do not yet have that much authority. Before the battle starts, Soshyan needs to send a special force to help the other side "get" some key people and institutions.
Soshyan immediately understood what the other party meant, and then asked Reza if there was a way to paralyze or shut down Angstrom's defense system. Reza's sage said that this should be possible, and they would send out infiltrators first. With the help of hidden stakes, the team entered Angstrom's orbital defense center and then used the waste code to paralyze the entire planet's defenses and communications, but the whole process took a while.
Soshiyan can give time, but he needs to ensure the secrecy and safety of the process, especially not to alert the snake. Sage Reza said very confidently that their infiltrators will have no hindrance even if they enter the most heavily guarded temple on Mars, and They have been secretly collecting information about Angstrom for many years. They cannot fully understand their security system, but they are very familiar with it. There will be no problem in capturing it.
Since he asked the other party to help so much, Soshyan naturally had to pay something. He said that he could let Reza support his agent, but the premise was that he could not make his position and beliefs public during the expedition, at least until after the expedition was over.
Sage Reza happily said that he had been waiting for hundreds of years and was not in a hurry for these few years. Only then did Soshyan realize how long Reza had been planning for Angstrom.
Finally, Soshiyan raised the question of how to deal with Angstrom's fleet. As a forging world of a certain scale, Angstrom naturally has a relatively powerful fleet. According to the existing intelligence, The flagship of the Angstrom fleet is an Emperor-class battleship named "Alloy Truth", the secondary flagship is a Dictator-class heavy cruiser named "Loop Spark", and there are two Moon-class cruisers. Three Duty-class light cruisers, three Tenacity-class light cruisers, and two Cobra destroyer squadrons can be regarded as a fleet that can protect itself in the maelstrom.
But what worries Soshyan most is not its combat ships, but three Goliath-class factory ships and one Goliath-class foundry ship.
Goliath-class factory ships are huge ships used for energy transportation and production of valuables. They absorb the plasma of stars, and then use the huge production lines in the hull to produce a steady stream of physical energy and various chemical products. While producing, it sails slowly along some traditional trade routes, regularly providing important supplies and fuel to various worlds on the route. This kind of ship is very precious to any fleet, and it means that the fleet does not need to return. The port can be replenished with fuel or energy, but the Goliath-class factory ship has greatly reduced the deck thickness for production and transportation, making it extremely fragile. Once it suffers any form of damage, it may evolve into a catastrophic explosion. It is powerful enough to destroy a world's atmosphere.
The Goliath-class foundry ship is a light cruiser-sized vessel in the Adeptus Mechanicus fleet. These ships provide maintenance and repair services to capital ships, remote outposts, and merchant fleets that have traveled throughout the centuries of the Imperium. Small but equipped with a large number of servitors and repair and maintenance facilities, the Goliath-class foundry ship can quickly repair ships several times larger than itself. This kind of ship is now very rare in the Mechanicus fleet. It is very important to the fleet. The improvement in combat is also great.
Both of these ships are very useful to Soshyan, but they are also very fragile. If the fleet engages in a firefight, it is difficult to ensure that they will not be damaged. Soshyan hopes that there is a way for Reza to save it. They, or better yet, let Angstrom's fleet remain unscathed.
This problem really put Reza's sages in a difficult position. After all, they had not yet penetrated to the point where they could control the opponent's fleet, but the opponent soon came up with an idea.
Although Angstrom has closed its routes in name, its import of raw materials has not been interrupted. According to the intelligence from Reza, the famous Rogue Trader Hoyland family has been secretly trading with Angstrom. Therefore, Sage Reza suggested that before the operation was launched, he could ambush a transport fleet of the Hoyland family, fake it as a red pirate attack, deceive Angstrom's fleet out, and then launch an attack on the Forge World. , as long as the Forge World is captured, Angstrom's fleet will have to surrender.
In fact, Soshiyang also knew about this matter, but he kept it secret because of the Hoyland family's fleet and not wanting to alert the enemy. Today, Sage Reza mentioned it, and Soshiyang also felt that this was a good plan.
However, this plan seems simple, but it is quite complicated to implement. First of all, the interception point cannot be too far away, so the Angstrom fleet may choose to die in order to protect the Forge World. This is also very consistent with their style. Of course It can't be too close, otherwise the opponent will turn back as soon as the attack is launched, and the situation will change again. It must be a distance that Angstrom feels he can attack and quickly return to the forge world.
In addition, the fleet that intercepts the Hoyland family's transport fleet cannot be too small. After all, the opponent's fleet is very strong. If it is too small, it may not be able to defeat it, and it will not be able to lure out the Angstrom fleet. Of course, the effect cannot be too great, otherwise it will scare the mechanical cultists. The speed of this needs to be grasped by Soshyan himself. In addition, the transport fleet of the Hoyland family cannot recognize that it is the imperial fleet that intercepts him. .
Although it is quite complicated from a technical perspective, Soshyan still decided to implement this plan in order to completely retain this relatively powerful fleet.
After finalizing the cooperation with Reza, Soshyan publicly announced that he would personally lead the reinforcements to attack the heretics head-on. However, what he did not expect was that the state religion would also join this battle - in order to explain what happened next. Therefore, Soshyan had to secretly meet with the representative of the Sisters, Velez. She expressed her support for Soshyan's surprise attack on Angstrom, but during the conversation, she always asked Soshyan and Wei Lei in a circumstantial way. Ronika's relationship made him very embarrassed.
The bigger trouble was that after the meeting, Veronica somehow found out about it again, and kept saying that Soshyan had a "strange smell" on his body. Two hours concluded on “Personal Matters.”
Just as Soshiyang was preparing to launch a blitzkrieg against Angstrom, another situation occurred in the fifth theater where the Salamanders were stationed.
(End of chapter)
