Chapter 1642 Huron's Preparations
Although the Blood Pact is a Chaos mortal force that worships Khorne, it is extremely organized. Unlike other cultist warbands, the Blood Pact's training and organizational structure Similar to the Astra Militarum, they will also use a large number of looted tanks and armored vehicles or armored vehicles produced on occupied forge worlds as support. Their training level is generally equivalent to that of the common Astra Militarum infantry regiments in the Empire, and the Blood Pact has A more stable chain of command means they can deploy accurately against precise targets with ease.
Even a few Blood Pact soldiers are trained in intelligence and infiltration, and can act independently if necessary for the benefit of the Blood Pact. This is where their danger lies: the Blood Pact is not a mindless Chaos fanatic. , but professional soldiers who swore allegiance to the Chaos Gods.
“Huron is indeed not a person to be taken lightly. If you give him some time, he might be able to get his own Astra Militarum out... Sure enough, the preparation time cannot be delayed for too long. If you give him a master of operations, The more time passes, the greater the changes will become.”
“In addition to training mortal troops, Huron also built a large number of fortresses, defense facilities, and detection outposts in the areas he controlled.”
As he spoke, Occam lightly pressed a certain area on the desktop, and a rotating large whirlpool star map appeared in Soshyan's sight. This star map combined the data Soshyan had previously obtained from Baiscar. Therefore the accuracy is extremely high.
Then Occam drew a line on the star map with his finger and circled several places.
“Firstly, extending from the Crow System to the Magg Star Cluster, Huron deployed an unknown number of outposts along the way and built several on the planets 2, 3, 5, and 8. A fortress carrying a large void shield generator, and the Magg star cluster circle is mainly the Magg galaxy, the Bloody Skeleton galaxy, and the Kara galaxy are the core areas of Huron. After all, New Badab is a hell, except for lunatics. There is no production either. There are two marine worlds and one agricultural world in the Mago system, which can be said to be the main breadbasket of the Red Pirates. There are many hives in the Kara system. Although they still belong to the empire in principle, everyone knows that they have always been After providing soldiers to the Red Pirates, Huron received a promise that he would not plunder. Although the Bloody Skeleton Galaxy has a small population, it is extremely rich in minerals. Huron has been developing the system over the years, and most of what he plundered Slaves have invested here. According to the information I have detected, the current annual production of palladium and various rare metals is about 90 billion tons. These minerals"
As he spoke, Occam pointed to a place. , Soshyan looked over, it was a symbol of the Mechanicus.
“Basically all went to the forging world Angstrom.”
There are a total of three forge worlds in the Maelstrom area, namely Aristides located in the Kirab galaxy of the Endymion star cluster, Palmyra located in the García galaxy of the Kliman Drift Belt, and Angus, which occupies a separate galaxy. Thom.
The first two forging worlds are relatively small, with limited production capacity, and no protection from the Titan Legion. They only have knight families. Angstrom is the largest forging world in the Maelstrom area, although it cannot compete with the First Line Forging. Compared with the world, it can also produce most heavy weapons, and there is also a medium-sized Titan factory that can produce Titans below the Warlord level on its own, and the planet is stationed with a small Titan army called Death Gaze.
As far as Soshyan knows, Angstrom remained neutral during the Badab War and made a fortune from the war, selling weapons and supplies to both sides of the war at high prices. In the later stages of the war, in order to kill In order to cut off the source of Huron's weapons, the loyalist coalition launched a surprise attack on Angstrom's transport port and destroyed the transport fleet sent by Huron. However, the loyal side was also attacked by the Forge World, and Angstrom destroyed both sides. He was driven out of his own system and declared that Space Marines would never be allowed to set foot again.
Soshiyang thought for a moment, and then whispered:
“Don’t they know who they are dealing with?”
Occam grinned.
“Do you think they won’t know?”
“If we deliver evidence of Angstrom’s dealings with the Red Pirates to Mars, can we force them to interrupt this behavior? ”
Occam shook his head. "I don't have any definite evidence at first. Those guys are very cunning. All transactions are completed through several middlemen. At most, they can only find that Angstrom sold the weapons to smugglers of unknown origin, but It is difficult for Mars to issue a strict judgment on this kind of behavior. Secondly, all the weapons and equipment sold by Angstrom have their serial numbers erased, making it impossible to detect them in the maelstrom of smuggling. Furthermore, Mars may not necessarily be so helpful to you. , especially since you are so close to Reza publicly.”
Occam said this, Soshyan found that this black-and-white forging world is really a bit tricky. If they want to block Huron, they must stop this behavior, but they will listen to themselves, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force. An order?
It’s hard to think about it. They didn’t care when the Badab war was going on like that.
"Occam said."
After thinking about it for a long time, Soshiyang expressed his thoughts very implicitly.
“Can we use force to force them to change.”
Occam smiled knowingly.
“Unless you are sure of taking over this forge world in a short time, Huron will definitely take the opportunity to intervene, and it is very likely that Angstrom will be completely forced to the Huron side. At the same time, you will have to carry the The last one had a bad reputation for attacking the Forge World. After all, they didn't rebel. From the perspective of Mars, you are taking the opportunity to cause trouble, and Terra will definitely interfere in this."
"Yes, that's right. , it seems that I have to talk to the director of the forging world in person to see if it can be solved in other ways."
Occam then continued to introduce Huron's defense situation.
“The Colkeria system is the focus of Huron’s defense because it is the bridgehead connecting the Badab system, but the empire also has a certain force stationed there. Huron now only controls the edge of the system. Several small worlds, I predict that he will soon launch a full-scale war of conquest on the galaxy and completely open up the route to Badab.”
As he spoke, he pointed his finger towards the Badab sector.
“As Huron’s former home base, although it was driven away, thanks to the garbage-like dominance of the empire, the Badab sector became a The paradise of pirates, Huron's power has also returned to the Badab galaxy and built several giant ground fortresses. The surrounding Eschuna galaxy, Decabulus galaxy, and Hattusa planet are all within the radiation range of his power. Within, the rulers of those worlds have basically become Huron's shadow children. Now the only support point of the empire in the Badab sector is the Archaea Galaxy, because the Star Phantom Chapter is stationed there, but they are just Barely support it, ensuring that the Isin galaxy and the Piero galaxy are still under the control of the Empire. The Empire also has about 2 million Astra Militarum troops stationed in those two systems, but self-protection is still difficult, so you can't expect to mobilize them."
Occam then drew a small circle in the direction of the Isin galaxy close to the pale stars.
“In addition, it is worth noting here that several worlds in the range are already overgrown with greenskins. They frequently plunder the surroundings. It is already very difficult for the defenders of the Isin and Piero systems to deal with them. "
I originally prepared a map but due to special reasons the starting point is not displayed, so everyone has to wait
(End of this chapter)