Chapter 1662: Abandonment and Defense
In the final stage of the Badab War, the Star Phantom Chapter deployed 7 companies under its command, including 17 Dreadnought Mechas, to attack the main planet of Badab. During the battle at the Huron lair in the Palace of Thorns, the remaining troops assisted other chapters in attacking secondary targets in the Badab system.
The Starry Phantom Forces that attacked the Palace of Thorns lost 200 battle monks during the landing stage, and a bloody battle broke out with the rebel forces outside the Palace of Thorns. In the end, only the ninth company commander Zhirucal Androkle was left. A commando led by Si broke into the Palace of Thorns and encountered Huron and his bodyguards. Although the commando was eventually outnumbered and annihilated, Androcles still used his compound melta before his death. The gun severely wounded the Tyrant of Badab, forcing the surviving Star Claws to flee for their lives with their severely wounded Chapter Master.
The current commander of the ninth company, Varnai, is one of the surviving commandos.
During the battle for the outer area of the Palace of Thorns, veteran sergeant Varnai led a combat team to defend the ruins of the destroyed administrative fortress for 3 hours under the fierce counterattack of the Star Claw Chapter and the Tyrant Legion. , until reinforcements rescued them, all surviving members of Varnai's team were awarded the Iron Skull Medal by the theater's highest command, and Varnai, as the only veteran noncommissioned officer of the ninth company, also took over the command of the company commander.
After the Badab War, less than 400 Star Phantom Battle Monks survived. As a reward for them, they were allowed to take over the glorious Badab sector and choose a devastated planet as their ’s new home world.
This reward is no different from a blank check, because Huron is not dead, Starclaw has also transformed into a red pirate, and may come back at any time, but the Star Phantom Chapter chose to accept this reward and put the Archaea The ice world of Garg in the galaxy became their new home. The scarred battle flagship "Symbol of Death", which had witnessed the changes of the Chapter, sank to the surface of Garg's ice-covered planet and continued its journey as the Chapter's monastery. service.
In fact, Soshyan knows that the reason why Star Phantom is willing to be this thankless "Watcher of Badab" has a lot of atonement mentality in it, because in the final stage of the siege of the Palace of Thorns, Although the seriously injured Huron was rescued, the orbit of the planet had been blocked, and it was theoretically impossible to escape. However, at the critical moment, the fleet of Starry Sky Phantom stabbed Lou Zi.
After realizing that the situation was over, the master forger of Star Claw activated the destruction machine inside the Palace of Thorns. The phased destruction of the reactor buried deep under the Badab Hive caused a chain reaction, and the earth's crust structure The incidence of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions increased exponentially, and the holes left on the surface after the entire hive area collapsed were occupied by the lava sea. The purification and occupation of Badab quickly turned into an unorganized battle. Withdrawing, both loyalists and rebels desperately tried to escape Badab using whatever type of ship they could find.
In this chaotic situation, the starry phantom fleet in orbit could not identify ourselves and the enemy for a while, so after accidentally damaging our own side with hasty bombardment, they completely stopped the blockade bombardment, and finally let the warship carrying Huron take responsibility from them. area slipped away, leaving this huge disaster to the empire.
"Captain Varnai, I am aware of the situation in the Badab sector. I will send the Ravenwing Company led by Teacher Samuel to support you. At the same time, I have informed Reza and asked them to build a path to the Archaea Galaxy. supply route.”
“Thank you very much.”
“Actually, I have a different idea.”
At this time, Lysander suddenly spoke and stood up. He raised his hand and drew a line on the star map, from the Kliman Drift Belt to the Archaea Galaxy, to the Senglad Galaxy, and then to the Grief Galaxy and the Sagan Galaxy.
“According to this arrangement, our army’s posture is arranged in a U shape like this line, which is very disadvantageous. Our own number is far less than that of the Red Pirates. If we spread our troops like this, and create Once the enemy concentrates its forces to attack one point, we will be unable to reach it from head to tail, especially the several prominent isolated strongholds in Badab sector, which are too far away from other areas and difficult to rescue.”
Lysander's words made Samuel and Varnai frown, but others were talking about it, and many agreed.
Soshiyang thought for a moment, and then asked:
"What is your opinion, Captain Lysander?"
"My personal suggestion is to abandon the secondary areas. Concentrate the main force in the area from the Senglad Galaxy to the Endymion Galaxy, and rely on the dense planets and the original strong strongholds above for offensive defense. This can ensure the smooth supply lines and defend the Sagan Galaxy. It is also convenient to mobilize powerful mobile forces to threaten the Mago star cluster where the red pirates are entrenched, and wait for a decisive battle." After Lysander finished speaking his opinion, he sat down, and there was a burst of discussion around him.
However, most people agree with this strategy, including Kosaro Khan, because it means that he does not need to put out fires for Badab's Star Phantom later.
"Captain Lysander, do you mean to abandon the Badab sector that countless soldiers shed their blood to recapture!"
Varnay slammed the table, looking very angry. .
"Our duty is to protect the emperor's territory, not to be deserters!"
Lysander glanced sideways at the other party without saying a word, Soshyan stretched out his hand with a smile.
"Don't get excited, Captain Varnay, it's just a discussion now."
Suddenly, Seth, who had not spoken much, suddenly spoke. He leaned back in his chair and said in a very rare mocking tone:
"Anyone can just talk. Guard, what kind of guard? Can the Badab sector be called the emperor's territory in its current state? That place is now a dead place. Huron has no real intention to touch them. That’s all, if I want to touch you, those hundreds of you have already finished playing, so wake up.”
“You——”
“According to me, you are just shouting to protect Ba. It's too late for Dabu. If Huron was dead, he could still say this. He now has hundreds of thousands of traitors. Unless you can kill him again, it will be a matter of time before the Badab sector is lost. The plan for now is to wait for the Astra Militarum and the navy from various places to be in place, plus the billions of cannon fodder temporarily recruited, and finally we, more than 5,000 people, will rely on the emperor's blessing to fight against Huron. "< br>
After hearing this, Samuel, who was crossing his arms, sneered and said sarcastically:
"Is this the style of the heirs of Sanguinius? You figure out how to escape before the fight is over."
Seth was not one to swallow his anger and immediately spoke back.
"Samuel, are you qualified to say this? How many times has the Dark Angel left the battlefield without saying goodbye? No need for me to say more. To put it nicely, it means leaving without saying goodbye, but to say it badly means to run away. , who knows what you have been doing? How many of the group leaders here don’t know your reputation?”
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