Chapter 1617 The Five Difficulties of the Expedition
“Second, supply difficulties. Although there are stable subspace channels in the Maelstrom area, due to rampant piracy activities, the supply routes are actually not stable. In addition, the empire’s inefficient system , it is not easy to mobilize the massive resources required to carry out such a huge battle. I think you, Captain Soshiyang, should know this better than me. This is a 20% loss.”
"Third, the strength of troops is difficult. Red pirates have become a phenomenon. Huron has tens of thousands of troops under his command. Even if many of them are ragtag and scattered soldiers without the determination to fight to the end for Huron, there is still no problem in fighting a smooth battle. If there is no With enough power, he still cannot destroy his small kingdom, but it is difficult for the empire to gather such power at the moment. Even if there are many battle groups willing to respond to the call for expedition, I guess the number is no more than ten thousand. And if we expect mortal troops to fight against those fallen The number of people needs to be extremely large, which further puts great pressure on logistical supplies. In addition, the navy has difficulty in fighting against the huge plundering fleet of the red pirates, and is also stretched. In this way, it will lose another 20%. "< br>
“Fourth, people’s hearts are in trouble, smuggling is rampant in the Maelstrom area, and there are entangled interests in all aspects of the empire. It is not surprising that mortals do such stupid things under the influence of interests, and many worlds are only in name. Belonging to the empire, it is actually sitting on the fence and watching. If the people are not united, it will be difficult to join forces. If there is no joint force, it will be difficult to fight against the enemy. It may even cause a weak wall and create internal constraints, which will result in another 10% loss."
"Fifth, The situation is difficult. Although this expedition is against Huron, it is rumored that he has reached an alliance with Abaddon. So when you attack Huron, do you have to consider the movements of the Black Legion? If the other party introduces a surprise force to the battlefield, will you respond? What about the plan? In addition, there are many alien pirates and free pirates in the Maelstrom. If they are forced to form a temporary alliance with the red pirates under the pressure of the imperial army, have you considered how to deal with this? 10%.”
"The 20% chance of winning is also based on your victory over Huron and the disunity of the Red Pirates."
Part of these five points mentioned by Juba Khan was Soshyan He had expected it, but there were some parts that he ignored, such as the last point.
He indeed did not consider the possibility of the Black Legion's intervention.
After thinking for a moment, Soshiyan stood up and saluted Juba Khan with a fist to the chest.
“I have benefited a lot from the elders’ teachings.”
When he straightened up, the conversation changed.
“I thought that there was a high probability that the Black Legion would just sit back and watch.”
“Oh?”
“Huron and Abaddon are both giants of Chaos. The competitive relationship between them is far greater than cooperation, because the Maelstrom and the Eye of Terror are both areas where the empire's power cannot extend. Even if it fails temporarily, the empire cannot send a large army to invade the Chaos Realm, so neither of them will really face that kind of life-and-death situation. Military pressure. Without pressure, there is no motivation to cooperate, so I guess their cooperation is more superficial, or for short-term interests. Not to mention Huron, but Abaddon is very ambitious, and as far as I know, this Huron is in control. He has a strong desire for power and desires. Instead of having a partner of equal strength, he would rather have a vassal who will bow to him. This time the empire conquers the Badab sector, even if Abadon wants to take action, it will only be at the last moment. , If the empire loses, then give Huron a favor. If Huron loses, then he will beat up the lost dog and annex the remaining forces of Huron."
Juba Khan pondered for a moment, and then. Nod slightly.
"What you said makes sense."
As he said that, he looked at Wo Kuotai aside.
“Tsk, tsk, what a pity, we don’t have such young talents here.”
Wo Kuotai laughed softly twice, and then said to Soshiyang:
"Captain Soshiyang, there is one more thing to note. Once the battle situation is unfavorable, the Chaos Heretics will use the power of Chaos Demons at all costs. Therefore, we must prepare enough think tanks to deal with the demons summoned by the opponent. , if possible. It is best to summon those people.”
Soshiyang didn't realize who the "those people" Ogedai was referring to at first, but he immediately thought of it.
Gray Knight!
In fact, the Eleventh Legion with gray marrow is not that worried about demons, but the scale and area of this battle are very large, and there are not many soldiers with gray marrow, so there are still areas that cannot be taken care of. , when there is no gray marrow, gray knights are undoubtedly the first choice to deal with demons.
But he immediately ran into trouble again.
“I don’t know how to contact them.”
Wokuotai had already expected this, and he stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "I can do this for you, but I need you to write a personal letter."
"No problem. ”
Subsequently, Juba Khan took over Ogodei’s words.
“In order to support this expedition, in addition to sending the Third Brotherhood, I will also give you, Chapter Master, a brand new star map, which was drawn by nearly ten years at the expense of a lot of blood and lives. The accuracy of the star map cannot be said to be 100%, but it can be accurate.”
It turns out that the White Scars, as the main monitors of the Maelstrom area, have been secretly working on drawing star maps. This is why they can easily enter and exit the Maelstrom area to hunt down heretics.
This surprised Soshyan. In a sense, an accurate star map can be worth thousands of troops.
"Thank you so much!!"
"Besides that, I have sent out invitations to the Marauders, Destroyers, and Berserkers, and they have agreed to send each Chapter A small force joins the expedition. In the future, they will fight under the command of the Corsaro brothers. If you need to, you can give orders directly to them."
Although it is unclear how the White Scars can get these sub-regiments to agree to send troops. He was curious, but Soshyan was not stupid enough to ask. He just nodded with a smile.
"Thank you very much."
Suddenly, Soshyan also remembered that there seemed to be a sub-group of the Dark Angel, Starry Sky Phantom, active in the Maelstrom area. I wonder if Samuel had already contacted the other party.
From the last conversation with Azrael, he roughly judged that the Dark Angels have strong control over their sub-groups, which may be beneficial to the expedition.
“There is one more thing.”
After hesitating for a moment, Juba Khan said slowly:
"There is a war group that is also willing to join the expedition, but their identity is very sensitive and requires your personal weighing."
"Which war group?"
"Mantis Warriors."
< br>"This——"
As Juba Khan said, the Mantis Warrior is indeed very sensitive, because it was Huron's staunch ally during the Badab Rebellion and resisted almost to the end. Although after the war Pardoned by the Imperium, their Chapter Master Khoisan Nildra was stripped of all status and glory, sentenced to life imprisonment and the entire Chapter was ordered to undergo a hundred years of atonement.
More importantly, the Mantis Warriors caused a lot of trouble for the loyal side during the Badab War and formed deep rifts, including the Ranger Warriors in the Suffering Alliance - the Mantis Warriors almost defeated all the Ranger Warriors. The army was wiped out, and the former Chapter Master of the Ranger Warriors was killed. It was a blood feud.
(End of this chapter)