Chapter 3346 Turning a tragic victory into a small victory
The communication with the Minotaur was interrupted, and when Soshyan turned his attention back to the star map, the enemy's new tomb ship had already begun to counterattack the pursuing Imperial fleet. Soshyan immediately issued an order to all ships. The ship maintains the line of fire and does not continue to approach, but does not cease fire.
He had already achieved his goal by sinking one of the enemy's tomb ships and severely damaging another. Now, continuing to fight until they are both destroyed is not in line with his plan. Moreover, Menak suddenly plans to withdraw his troops. There must be something fishy in it, maybe.
What trouble are they in?
At this time, various landing craft and gunboats began to rush towards the jumped tomb ship, resisting the firepower of the enemy attack ship, and tried to rescue any soldiers who could be rescued from there.
Thor and others used the teleportation beacon directly to return to the Randall, but only fifty soldiers came back, and more than half of them stayed on the ship. This was also the heaviest loss the Third Company had ever suffered. , when Farzad saw the collected personal weapons and helmets, he howled with anger, and then beat his chest in sadness.
Soshiyang looked at the list of dead, and felt very sad in his heart. Many of them were veterans recruited in the second batch. Soshiyang watched them change from boys to soldiers, from soldiers to veterans, and from veterans to veterans. the remains.
Although sacrifice is a normal thing for Astartes, after seeing it too much, some people will become numb, and some people will accumulate the gloom and gloom. There are more of the former and less of the latter, but Soshyan also belongs to The latter is like Dante, Malaki and others.
It stands to reason that there are ways to reduce these casualties, such as increasing the number of people with gray marrow implants. In fact, many people in the Third Company can have gray marrow implants, but only one-third are actually implanted.
But Soshyan stopped the transplantation of gray marrow a long time ago, so that almost no recruits in recent years have had gray marrow implantation. Although this thing is very useful, its cost and side effects are also becoming more and more serious. It's obvious.
In the absence of Gray Marrow, there is no essential difference between the descendants of the Eleventh Legion and other Space Marines. Death and pain will come. This is indeed a dilemma.
But in order to prevent more disasters in the future, Soshiyang could only choose the lesser of the two evils.
In addition, Sol also brought bad news to Soshyan.
Marshal Wenner was still killed.
There was no heroic duel, no bloody fight. A beam of light from the tomb stinging insect pierced his heart at some point. This veteran who had fought for the empire for decades just fell down. Among the soldiers, the sacrifice was silent and ordinary, as if this was the fate of the Kriegs - there were no heroic heroes, only embers burned out in the furnace of war.
Although he had known Marshal Krieg for a short time and didn't know much about him, Soshyan was deeply impressed by the courage shown by him and the unique war philosophy and view of life and death of the Krieg people.
Although the sacrifice is sad, in a sense Wenner got what he wanted.
But the war must continue.
Now that the people had withdrawn and the enemy had lost another tomb ship, Soshyan considered whether to pursue them and cause as much damage to the opponent as possible.
But he also had to consider that if the opponent was really pushed into a hurry, it would probably be the result of mutual destruction. He knew that if the two sides really fought to the end, then even if Menak's vitality was seriously injured, the human fleet would probably be basically destroyed. Maybe Randall The number must be completely reimbursed.
After all, there is actually only one problem: Soshiyang does not have the strength to take advantage of the opponent.
But the enemy is not only Menak, there is no benefit to Soshiyan if he fights to the end, and he has other powers that can attack the opponent afterwards, so he can't risk his life.
Finally, he made a decision.
"Save the ship."
Hearing his words, Mark and Farzad were both stunned, but Saul nodded.
"That's right. Once the fleet is gone, Orps will really become a piece of meat. Let it be slaughtered and turn a miserable victory into a small victory. It is also a wise choice."
Farzad said excitedly: "Chapter Commander! Are you just going to let these damn metal bastards run away!"
"Third Company Commander, of course not. The legion will take revenge, but not here. Next time we will directly destroy their nest and completely eradicate them! But now our strength is not enough. We need more ships, more Warrior, don’t worry, it won’t be long.”
Mark on the side also put his hand on Farzad's shoulder.
"Brother, the legion commander's decision-making is never wrong. Be patient first, and then give the enemy the most brutal revenge!"
Farzad growled, clenched his fists, and then said to Soshyan:
"Legion Commander, I request to go to the ground to fight! No matter what, I want to kill something."
Soshyan nodded.
"Go ahead."
Then Soshyan looked at Mark.
"Mark, you also lead the company to the ground. Although we will no longer pursue the enemy fleet, we can leave as many of their ground troops as possible."
"Yes!"
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Soon the soldiers left the bridge, and Soshyan turned to look at the observation window, looking through the void full of wreckage to the main star of Amara.
"I don't know how Talos and the others are doing. They can't be contacted all the time, which is worrying."
Boom boom boom——
There was a sudden rumbling sound from the top of the passage, and gravel and ashes fell one after another. This may be that the dilapidated hive structure was bombed again. Although it was impossible to tell which party was responsible, this was enough to pause the intensifying dispute in the passage for a moment.
"The damned metal rib thing has become a monster again, learned Ogmek, if, I mean if, can I make a small suggestion——"
"You can't."
Arthur Brooke, the first-order Ogemek of the Fansauer family, was in an extremely good mood and was not willing to endure the humiliation of self-explanation.
Ogmek is a middle class member of the Fansauer family, also known as technological warriors. They are considered the family's senior thugs. Since the members of this unique family are the best in their respective fields in every detail, they rarely appear. Talents who are particularly outstanding in violence need to absorb ruthless people who speak with their fists from the outside, so they have the unique title of [Ogmek]. Their positioning is somewhat similar to grassroots officers, and it is also the "superficial" role of the Fansauer family. The main leaders who took command in street conflicts.
Of course, one must not be a fool to work for the Fansauer family. Most of them have certain abilities in demolition and machinery.
Brooke is an excellent blaster. He used to be a miner in the Trahill Mine. Later, due to his outstanding blasting talent, he was circulated among many gangs, and finally joined Fan Sauer and became a "civilized man" - although These activities have nothing to do with civilization.