Although the Red Pirates retreated, the remaining poison he left in the Angstrom system has not been eliminated. Before Huron left, he massacred all the cultists who remained in the system, using their lives and blood to destroy those who were in the system. The occupied planets became forbidden places where demons were rampant, and the huge fortresses became demon nests. In order to ensure that the subsequent production of the forging world was not disturbed, Soshyan could only stay for a while longer to clean up the planet. Chaos pollution, of course, this matter is mainly led by the Gray Knights, after all, they are more professional.
With the Angstrom battle basically over, the subspace fog created by the Chaos Wizards that shrouded the galaxy gradually dissipated, and news from the outside world soon poured in to Soshiyang like a tidal wave.
There are four most important things, and each of them gives Soshyan a headache.
The first thing came from the Badab War Zone. Helbricht led the army to spend a lot of time and effort to finally solve all the defenses of the Badab System, including the demon world, but then encountered the enemy when attacking the main star of Badab. A huge obstacle. According to the personal narrative and video data of Helbricht submitted by the courier, the entire Badab Prime has almost become a demonic world, and Honso may have summoned a Tzeentch demon, causing the orbital bombing to not only It had no effect. Even the extermination weapons they launched, such as bipolar torpedoes, turned into some kind of weird living creatures before they entered the atmosphere. Controllers gradually appeared inside some battleships and suddenly went crazy and opened the airlock door, as well as shooting commanders. officials or riots.
Although the Tianshi Chapter, the Lamenters, and even the Red Hunters who came to help had think tanks, together they could only barely resist the powerful malicious force from Badab Prime. In the end, the fleet had to leave Badab's orbit and could no longer Perform extermination and bombing missions.
Now Badab has become an unstable bomb. If it is not dealt with, it may make a big noise at any time, but if it is dealt with, it may blow up into a lake of flesh and blood.
According to military common sense, the optimal solution at this time is to ignore it and throw it aside.
But the report sent by Herbrecht emphasized two points in particular.
First of all, there are a lot of red pirates defending Badab, and they are relatively elite. If they escape, it will definitely cause huge trouble or even a strategic crisis. To guard them, the navy and the Astra Militarum alone are definitely not enough. This is also This means that executing the siege plan requires the consumption of a large amount of precious mobile troops - Space Marines.
Secondly, the person defending this place is a Chaos Lord named Honso.
This guy Soshyan is naturally familiar, but according to Herbrecht, Honso has probably returned to the Fourth Army, because during the siege of Badab, there were successive Iron Warrior warships trying to break through the edge of the galaxy and enter. Badab, if Hongso is allowed to stay here, there may be a steady stream of Iron Warriors warbands joining the fight in the future. Once it reaches a large scale, Hongso will definitely try to counterattack, and more troops may be needed by then.
Looking carefully, Soshyan knew that Helb's intention was very clear - Badab must fight, and the fight must be quick. The longer it is delayed, the harder it will be to fight.
In fact, he basically agrees with this idea. The main reason is that the Fourth Legion is really a huge variable, which he did not expect before. After all, it is already very difficult to deal with the Red Pirates. There will be another rebel legion, even if it is only a small part of it. , it’s enough for Soshyan to bear.
I originally thought that capturing Angstrom would trap Badab's defenders, but now I think it was too idealistic.
But the question is, how to fight?
At least based on Helbrecht's description, there is no good offensive method against Badab at all. However, Soshyan is not there now. I don't know the specific situation. He has been fighting with Helbrecht these days. Judging from my experience after getting along with him, this Black Templar Marshal has a very firm and even cold heart, as well as a very fanatical heart for his faith. Since the other party has this tactical intention, there should be corresponding tactical arrangements. In the end, he just gave Here is a guideline——
Act with camera and fight with caution
In addition, Helbricht had another request, that is, he hoped that the Gray Knights could help in the battle, so Soshyan immediately contacted the Grand Master, and the other party expressed his willingness to carry out the task, and then the Eighth Brotherhood immediately set off for Ba Dabu also brought a large number of Angstrom's transport ships, which were filled with weapons, equipment and military supplies produced by the Forge World.
The second thing came from Salamanders, mainly brought back by Erlian who returned from Endymion.
But in fact, the news came first from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then from the logistics organization of the expeditionary force, then from the messy hive nobles, and finally from the Salamanders.
Generally speaking, when Salamander was cleaning up the mess in Endymion and reorganizing its army to prepare for war, its logistics supplies were "deliberately delayed", and even the soldiers' rations were in short supply. However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the logistics department said that they had followed the instructions. The indicators and data requirements provide sufficient corresponding materials, so what is the problem?
In Tushan's report, he angrily accused Endymion's many hive rulers and nobles of "starving all their people to death while hoarding food in private warehouses waiting to be sold at high prices", and told Sosh Yang, a famine is spreading throughout the Maelstrom area. The prices of various major foods have increased ten times compared to last year. Large-scale cannibalism has already occurred in some hives. He really can't bear to see so many people being starved to death. After his death, he had to provide a large amount of military supplies to help the hungry people.
What Tushan said was very serious and scary, but Soshyan didn't believe it. Although the Maelstrom was prone to frequent wars, due to the large amount of trade activities, it was actually a relatively prosperous area in the empire as a whole. Although the Demon Prince had destroyed it before There are many agricultural worlds, but most of the residents of the empire cannot eat those things, so synthetic food should still be enough.
He speculated that Endymion may have accumulated a large number of troops, and military logistics and transportation occupied part of the private trade routes, which caused food prices to rise and a small supply problem to occur. Salamanders were relatively He is famous for caring about people, so he has the illusion that the situation is serious.
As for the virtues of those hive rulers and nobles, Suoshiyang naturally knows very well, but how to put it, in a sense, they are the lowest level managers of the empire. There are some things that even he, who is in great power, cannot do. Change was determined by the empire's national structure, and he could also understand Tushan's anger.
But even if Tu Shan kills those people, it won't be of any use, so the focus now is not to let the conflict between the two continue to intensify.
Soshiyang personally wrote a letter to Tushan. On the one hand, he sincerely comforted the other party. He did not blame Tushan for misappropriating military resources. He just hoped that he would consider combat issues first. On the other hand, he also explained the current situation and told him The Chapter Masters of the Salamanders, they are space warriors after all. It is not their responsibility to govern the empire, and some things can only be seen out of sight.
But while doing this, Soshiyang already regretted letting Tushan serve as a theater-level commander deep down in his heart. People say that Ci is not in charge of troops, so maybe it would be more appropriate to let Seth go...
