Chapter 1726 Strategic Adjustment
Realizing that the strategy needed to be revised, Soshyan stretched out his hand and drew a few dotted lines and arrows on the star map.
“Then the strategy can be modified as follows. On the one hand, we continue to test Badab and create the illusion that we must occupy it. On the other hand, we secretly gather forces and prepare to attack Angostow. Mu conducted a blitz operation and occupied the forge world, using it as a support point to fight the Red Pirates around the galaxy, attracting the main force of the Red Pirates here, and investing a large number of Astra Militarum forces to consume the enemy's main force. At the same time, other theaters also launched the second phase of the attack. The plan is to wait for the enemy to weaken before launching a full-scale occupation of Badab."
After hearing Soshyan's plan, the others nodded in agreement after thinking for a while.
“It works.”
"Yes, if this plan is achieved, then Badab's rebels will be dead fish on the chopping block. It is impossible for Huron not to save such a large number of enemies."
"The key point of this expedition It’s here, we must give them a little empire shock.”
Soshyan stepped forward and pressed a button, and then dense lines appeared on the star map, with different colors. Representatives, some were the logistics transportation lines of the expeditionary force, some were trade transportation lines, and some were transportation lines for raw materials provided to the forging world. Soshyan pressed another button, and immediately only the red line of logistics transportation was left.
“...Last week I received reports from the first, second, third and fourth theaters. They were all asking for increased logistics and reinforcements, especially personnel supplements, but in the past two months, , the Ministry of Military Affairs only provided another 20 million scattered troops, most of which were new soldiers, including more than 4 million Cadian White Shields. The personnel losses in each theater greatly exceeded previous expectations. "
After hearing this, Lysander sighed softly and said:
"In fact, it's not just the losses of mortal troops. According to the latest statistics of the battle damage table, the space warriors of various battle groups also suffered considerable losses. The total number of battle brothers in several battle zones has been lost. 121 battle brothers have been lost. The Tianshi Chapter alone accounted for A quarter.”
“I also read those battle reports”
Helbrecht picked up the data pad beside him and after a few clicks, lines of text appeared. On the star chart.
“Some regiment and company-level commanders have no experience in large-scale wars and fortifications, and they blindly attack and charge at the enemy’s solid fortifications, resulting in many unnecessary sacrifices, and they are unable to do anything in the use of firepower. Without effective coordination, the situation of wasting ammunition, especially large-caliber artillery shells and rockets, is very serious, but it cannot achieve good results."
After listening to the words of the two staff advisers, Soshyan looked serious. Nod.
"These things must be sorted out to provide some guidance to those Astartes sergeants who have no war experience or attack experience. However, logistics capacity should indeed be improved."
As he said that, he threw out the previous question A good plan was made with Reza.
"I have already communicated with Reza. They will build a stable transportation line from the outside of the maelstrom, but they need to requisition some unmanned worlds and satellites."
Sosh Yang looked at Marcus.
“Judge Marcus, is there no problem with this?”
Marcus was stunned for a moment, then nodded:
"There is no problem, everything should be serving the expedition now."
"That's good." Nodding, Sosh Young made the final decision.
“The first batch of recruited soldiers is about to be trained. At that time, they will be replenished to the four theaters together with the new recruits provided by the Ministry of Military Affairs. Among them, the first and second theaters Prioritize the district and inform the commanders of each theater of this decision.”
At this time he took out a special report from Malarkin.
“The Fourth War Zone also reported some special things. When they were encircling and suppressing the green-skinned pirates, they found that the aliens were equipped with a lot of imperial standard weapons. The number was extremely abnormal. In addition, they uncharacteristically united to fight. The Empire has made progress in the fourth theater very unsatisfactory. The Malakin brothers speculated that the Red Pirates may have provided support for the alien weapons and equipment, and even intelligence support."
Everyone used their weapons. The datapad scanned Malakin's report. It contained not only instructions, but also a large amount of video and picture evidence.
Helbrecht was the first to express his opinion after reading it.
“The equipment of these alien pirates is indeed abnormal. If I were Huron, I would also consider joining forces with the aliens to contain the imperial forces.”
Lysander nodded immediately.
“If the Red Pirates really give support to the aliens, then it may not be easy to complete the set tasks with the existing troops in the Fourth Theater alone. Although the Pale Star itself has two million Astra Militarum troops, But the defense pressure is also very high, and there are not many troops that can be mobilized to clean up the aliens. It seems that we need to strengthen that aspect."
"The archaeological fleet of Griffin 4 is operating nearby, and I have already done so. Call them and ask them to assist the Malakin brothers in exterminating the green-skinned pirates. In addition, a company of the Death Watch arrived in the Maelstrom two weeks ago. After communicating with Captain Gonzaro, I sent them to the Pale Star to assist The Malakin brothers eliminate the alien threat there and prevent it from adversely affecting the key first battle zone."
Helbrecht nodded after hearing this, and a company of the Death Watch was basically killed by four units. The composition of the team. Since the number of kill teams is uncertain, the number of people in each Death Watch company is usually no more than 50. Although it is not as large as a Codex company, considering that they are all elites who are proficient in fighting against aliens, their role can often be More than one company.
“There should be no problem.”
Afterwards, several people discussed other matters, the more important one being the logistics personnel of the expeditionary force.
In addition to hundreds of millions of soldiers, the expeditionary force actually also includes almost the same number of non-combatants. After all, Soshyan established a separate logistics system for efficiency, namely the Expeditionary Force Station Directorate. Naturally, higher labor costs have to be paid. Although some staff were transferred from the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the vast majority were recruited directly from each hive. After all, these two departments themselves also need to operate.
Since they are separated from the imperial bureaucracy, the Ministry of Internal Affairs cannot be responsible for the "salary" of these people. Even the minister repeatedly emphasized to Soshyan that they did not have the authority to expropriate more resources to pay In addition to the salaries of the redundant staff, this burden would directly overwhelm the expeditionary force, or Director Bornhard Morales.
At first, Soshyan planned to transfer all this burden to the hive nobles. However, he found that it was difficult to actually implement this matter. After all, he could not really forcefully collect "war taxes" one by one. ", and if it is just an order, the nobles have many ways to evade it. Of course, they are still willing to bear part of it. After all, although Soshyan has no reason to confiscate their homes, he has the ability to drag them onto the battlefield.
However, the regular expenses of hundreds of millions of employees are quite high. After all, they are different from soldiers. According to the general treatment in the empire, the salary of mid-level employees is basically enough to support a family of five or six people, and it is more troublesome. What's more, the rewards paid in different galaxies and even different planets are different. Some are rations, some are local currencies, and some are certain currencies. This makes the non-combatants of the expeditionary force also consume a lot of logistical capacity.
(End of this chapter)