Chapter 525: Deduction data on the Indomitable
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*Because readers who have never read it will be interspersed with a general background explanation, this chapter still contains a lot of content about pre-war preparations and battlefield forces. If you don’t want to read it, you can skip and wait for subsequent chapters.
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Details of the situation and strategy in Cadia became confusing on the first day of the landings of Abaddon's Black Legion.
Although later described by those who survived the battle that led to the division of the empire, they all said that it was a battle in which the human empire and the Black Legion devoted all their strength, but in fact, if someone with a heart can take it, If you carefully study enough recorded materials, you will find that from the beginning, the resources invested by the empire in this battle had a strange trend.
"I would call it 'shrinking defense'." Old God Honso commented on the spot while taking a sip of hot Leka coffee - you see, Vannas himself couldn't figure out where he got the Leka coffee from. The stuck coffee seems to be triggered in a very unreasonable way by just gathering specific keywords such as "office", "original body", "meeting" or "overtime". To be honest, this is what Guilliman believed in him. One of the reasons for the nonsense is that this skill is simply too out of place and too "Destined Steel".
And recently, under the oppression of Honso, poor Vannes also found himself serving others "Coffee with Gasteig Milk Reca", "Coffee with Hazelnut Syrup Reca" or "Coffee with Vanilla Sandwich Chocolate" "Biscuit's Reka Coffee" and other variations. The master of pharmacy secretly felt that if he gradually put more pressure on his Raven adjutants, maybe Vanus could finally complete the snack menu with coffee. Then It might just be a delicious meal...a beautiful thing!
"It's better to call it passive resistance and fueling tactics. Even if they have their own reasons." Guilliman didn't have the euphemism of the Potion Master. There was no one else here anyway. "Those insects on Terra still have some problems no matter how you look at them." It's great to be able to block Abaddon's Thirteenth Black Crusade with Cadia's existing manpower, but don't expect us to invest more."
"Hmm, in your opinion, sir, why do they do this?"
"I am a human, not a god. Who knows what they think. The end of the first twelve expeditions and the survival of each empire may have given this group of mortal bureaucrats the illusion that Abaddon is just here every once in a while. They come to harass, but they can always be driven back... As long as they chase and intercept the survivors and shoot a few more extermination orders afterwards, it's okay for them anyway. There are more than millions of worlds in the country, and they can afford to lose them. They only need to ensure the absolute safety of Terra -" At this point, Guilliman showed a self-deprecating and sarcastic look on his face, "When I heard When you said that my father's golden guards have not left his palace for ten thousand years, I really thought it was because you were not well-informed."
"Oh, what about now, my lord."
"...The fact that this empire can survive to the 40th millennium is an impossible miracle in itself. For this, I must pay tribute to the efforts of heroes and unknown heroes among mortals."
"I couldn't agree more, my lord."
"Humph... Having said that, although I really don't like Alpha's sneaky actions, when they are on our side... Abaddon's spy master does a good job."
Cleverly hiding their figures behind the Eternal Will, Robert "Mercurius" Guilliman and Honso were watching the latest battlefield situation map on their own holographic sandbox on the Indomitable Star Fortress. There is a list of the latest multiple forces here sent back by the spies of the Black Legion.
"Not only did you do a good job..." The deep "Chuan" pattern appeared on the face of the thirteenth gene source, which showed devil's horns and curse tattoos but was still handsome if you looked closely. These additional decorations It just changed his handsomeness from elegant and divine to evil and divine, which is in line with other people's stereotypes of his current appearance. "We're even starting to see their high command meeting lists now... What is this, a seating chart?"
"Hmph... The danger of Alpha is that no one realizes their danger." Honso came over with coffee in an interesting tone, "Aside from the local defenders of Cardia, who else will we encounter here?"
Guilliman casually touched the side of the holographic sand table with his scroll-wrapped gauntlets, and a seating map with the names and identities of the participants appeared in front of them. The document also had the letterhead of the Ministry of the Interior, like Got it from an officer's data pad.
"Let's see... the Space Wolves and the Dark Angels? Oh, no wonder there's a ceremonial seating chart." Honso made a sound that was close to mocking. "They were placed far apart, wise arrangement."
"Looking at the names, Owen Gaogan and Sven Bloodhowler are the wolf masters of the Iron Wolf and Firehowler companies respectively. There are many sons of Russ here."
"With all due respect, sir, the number of soldiers in the Dalian Company now is not as large as your time. I don't think you can count them as a full Dalian Company. They might only have more than a hundred people."
"...Well, that's bad news for the defenders. Here, Dark Angels, Fourth Company, Captain Kraher, his strike cruiser is the Sword of Defiance."
"I remember that this ship was in the military situation table of both sides, but it crashed on the surface due to unknown reasons when it arrived." The war blacksmith began to enter new chess piece data.
"That's true, but judging from Hestian's scan results just now, the Dark Angels obviously did not evacuate it, and even planned to use it as their stronghold for defense."
"...I bet there was a problem on their ship, and this crash is probably related to the problem."
"Whatever their problems are, that's no reason for them to waste an entire company of Astartes troops and firepower in a place with little strategic value!"
Honso was convinced that he heard the sound of the Thirteenth Primarch's back molars clicking together - ever since Guilliman accepted walking among the crowd in his current appearance, he seemed to be less and less conscious of hiding some of his little emotions. .
The Potion Master thought this was harmless, even good, and he would rather talk to an emotionally defective demon than to an emotionless statue.
The original body of the Ultramarines pointed with a hint of annoyance at the far side of the western wall of the Clough War Zone, the Delvian Canyon that he was now zooming in on, "There are only three thousand men of the Cardiian Guards Regiment that have just begun to be stationed here. Infantry! Defend the 30,000 men of the Voskani heavy armored regiment with vehicle artillery! In my opinion, placing this company of Dark Angels here can more effectively cause damage and consolidate the defensive posture. Besides them, the western city wall. All the troops are gathered on the wall, and these fools are diverting all the air force to the decoy landing site set by Abaddon! I can't believe that anyone is fooled!"
"At this point, this group of infantry and the bait at the landing site are abandoned by both parties in exchange for time and supplies." Hongsuo commented calmly, "Without additional support, probably the only role of this infantry is to hold down Wo The Skani Heavy Armored Corps has been fighting for some time. Their commander-in-chief is very decisive and believes in them. If the troops are not morale or determined enough, they will collapse or flee early just in the face of this situation."
"Yes. Let's look at this again. Is this name the Sisters of Our Lady of Martyrs? Mother Eleanor? What is this? Is this the new organizational form of the Sisters of Silence?"
"Well... this is... the only armed force affiliated with the state religion. It is entirely composed of women. They are still called the 'Emperor's Daughters'. We have not encountered them yet, and they are also in contact with the Indomitable Very few, so you don’t know the information about them yet.”
"...Now? Since it is an armed force of the state religion, why do you only select women?"
"...During the Age of Apostasy, they were once called the 'Emperor's Bride' (the original body's face instantly turned so dark that water dripped from it)... They were all women (Women) because they ended the chaos of the Age of Apostasy. In order to prevent the recurrence of what happened to High Lord Vandil, Pope Sebastian issued the "Edict of Taming", which does not allow the state religion to have "Armed Men"."
"Absurd! Ridiculous blind faith! There are worms everywhere who play word games to exploit loopholes! These people should be punished and executed directly after a quick trial!" "Well, you are right, but that was thousands of years ago. It's over. Why don't we see who else is attending next? Ah, this is Thalia, the chief investigator of the Gate of Cadia, the Rebellion Order of the Tribunal. ·Dalvina, not surprisingly, there will definitely be a resident inquisitor here in Cadia. Oh, and this, Sage Coran of the Mechanicus. If I guessed correctly, a sage of his level should have a group of guardians of his own. The teaching army will not be recorded on the surface. We can add this part of him to the opposite force, but the Tribunal estimates that there are not many frontal troops.”
"The Rebellion Order, if I remember correctly, the work of these so-called judges is aimed at heretics."
"That's right, Abaddon is the biggest heretic leader in their eyes. After all, my lord, you and I are also heretics now. And here is the knight mecha belonging to the family of Baron Raven, who was not present but named. It's really good. I finally saw it. To some slightly bigger guys, but obviously that's all." Hongsuo also included these military forces in the latest deduction data.
"Wait a minute, doesn't Cadia have a corresponding forging world? They are the only fortress world stationed in the Eye of Terror! I can't believe it! The understanding of war in the minds of those insects is the most corrupt situation I can think of. Even worse! Where are the Titan Legions in the Cadia Forge World? Are they fighting against the Blackstone Fortress and the Expedition Fleet? They don’t have any other large combat machines to call upon?
"If I am not mistaken, sir," Honso introduced a report from another smaller thinker, "their forge world Agrippina may not have enough time to take care of itself. And the original Titan Legion here is on another part of the planet. On the mainland, there was no time to get here. I think their commander has tried his best, because I also saw a name that would never obey the orders of a mortal commander except for the Dark Angels and Sisters. ”
"I have a very deep understanding of Dorne's determination." A complex sentiment appeared on the face of the Thirteenth Primarch at this moment, "The same is true for his descendants. But as far as I know, they are not stubborn yet. Not to that extent, they have been fighting well with their auxiliary troops, and they have been very heroic in cooperating with mortals in the battle reports on Terra and the Solar System.”
"Well, after all these years, you see, this is the Black Templar after all, and the situation is much worse."
"What do you say? I looked at the genetic genealogy chart you gave me. The Black Templars are still the descendants of Dorne, right?"
"Yes, Sigismund is their first grand marshal, the son of Dorne who insists on guarding the Eye of Terror."
"Why is that bad?"
"...The Black Templars have a very close relationship with the Ecclesiarchy. In fact," Honso observed the face of the Thirteenth Primarch, "all members of the Black Templars believe in fanaticism, I mean, true religious fanaticism. Your father is God.”
"..." Guilliman closed his eyes and opened them again, "I don't intend to comment too much on my brother's sons. So, what does this have to do with them not obeying the commander's orders?"
"This means that they will refuse the commander's orders because of their religious fanaticism towards your father's 'God-Emperor'...especially strategic maneuvers, retreats, or retreats."
"...This is a siege! It's impossible for them not to move at all. It's meaningless to just defend!"
"But there is a greater chance that they will fight all of themselves in a chosen place, and sincerely believe that this is the supreme and glorious sacrifice and dedication. Your father will be because of the blood and heads of their enemies that they offer , and their own souls.”
"I seem to be listening to a story about the Blood God Lord under Abaddon! How ridiculous!" The palm of the original body slammed onto the holographic sand table, and all the images trembled. Hestian among the angels He hurriedly flew over and started inspecting the equipment.
"No more?"
"There is also a brotherhood composed of the Raven Guard and the remnants and wounded of other different chapters, but I don't think they can provide fast and heavy fire support beyond the defense of the city wall. So now there are more than six independent forces on Cadia... ..." Honso checked Abaddon's troops again, "All the forces have been input, and now it is assumed that their main command can withstand this shooting of the Eternal Will."
"Do you think they can survive this?"
"I don't know, my lord, but I have a feeling they can."
"Okay." The Thirteenth Primarch pushed away two chairs, "Now, before the main cannon is fired, let us make good use of the last period of time and start the military chess game. The Cadian defenders gathered to face Abaddon. Fleet.”
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This ultra-fast game of chess deduction is finally over.
After Hongsuo threw himself completely against the steel seat, the power armor collided with the back of the seat, making a dull sound. Glittery beads of sweat now covered his entire skull.
His head was burning from running calculations too fast and being forced to keep up with the speed of the Thirteenth Primarch, giving him a splitting headache and boiling like a broken reactor.
But he did, and he assisted Guilliman in his calculations.
Yu Gong, as his father's representative here, he could not just let Robert Guilliman's airdrop pod land alone in front of the southern fortress of the Clough War Zone. Although he did not agree with the empire's rule, after the assistance just now He also benefited a lot from the Thirteenth Primarch in his calculations and studies. He knew that if he let Guilliman fall here at this moment, it would be a big blow to himself, especially his father's future, from any angle. The plan was very harmful; and privately, he didn't want to know what happened if he stole Guilliman and lied to him, then deceived the Emperor's loyal heir, and even deceived him into using such a poor disguise - - Well - considering that the sub-groups of the Ultramarines account for the proportion of the current Astartes Chapters in the galaxy - he still wants to be a peaceful research pharmacist. Fighting and killing is really a waste of time.
Next.
He turned his attention to the name of the force they were assigned to "consume each other."
A very, very, very pleasant smile appeared on the corner of the Potion Master's mouth.
Next, when the Eternal Will is fully charged, the battle will enter his favorite part. This time with the help of the extremely angry Thirteenth Primarch, the results are really exciting.
(End of chapter)