Chapter 1743 Want them all!
Everyone agreed with Soshyan's surprise attack plan, but Helbrecht expressed some of his concerns.
"What if Angstrom is not captured immediately and Huron reacts?"
Soshyan did not answer, but said something meaningful.
"Then it depends on whether the Emperor will bless us."
In fact, according to intelligence, he knew that the Huron fleet was cruising near Angstrom, but he was relatively confident in quickly taking over the Forge World. After all, nothing is guaranteed in war. If you want to be absolutely sure of everything, , that will only make you timid.
After making the decision, Soshyan immediately found Reza's sage and informed him of his decision. The other party immediately expressed unconditional support. The Militant Legion was ready, but Soshyan did not He planned to fight a Titan war in Angstrom. In fact, he really needed Angstrom's Death Gaze Legion, so he wanted to know from the other party whether he could keep this Titan Legion.
Reza’s sage told Soshiyan that Reza had planted hidden stakes in Angstrom a long time ago. It is not impossible to prevent the Death Gaze Legion from participating in the war, but their hidden stakes are currently They don't have that much authority yet, so Soshyan needs to send a special force to help the other side "get" some key people and institutions before the battle starts.
Soshiyan immediately understood what the other party meant, and then he asked Reza if there was a way to paralyze or shut down Angstrom's defense system. Reza's sage said that this should be possible. They will first send a team of infiltrators to enter Angstrom's orbital defense center with the assistance of hidden stakes, and then use useless codes to paralyze the entire planet's defenses and communications, but the whole process will take a while.
Time can be given to Soshiyan, but he needs to ensure the secrecy and safety of the process, especially not to alert the snake. Sage Reza said very confidently that their infiltrators can even enter the most heavily guarded temple on Mars. There is no obstacle to them, and they have been secretly collecting information about Angstrom for many years. They cannot fully understand their security system, but they are very familiar with it, so there is no problem in capturing it.
Since he asked the other party to help so much, Soshyan naturally had to pay something. He said that he could let Reza support his agent, but the premise was that he could not make his position and beliefs public during the expedition, at least until after the expedition was over.
Sage Reza happily said that he had been waiting for hundreds of years and was not in a hurry for these few years. Only then did Soshyan realize how long Reza had been planning for Angstrom.
Finally, Soshyan raised the issue of how to deal with Angstrom's fleet. As a forging world of a certain scale, Angstrom naturally has a relatively powerful fleet. According to Existing information shows that the flagship of the Angstrom fleet is an Emperor-class battleship named "Alloy Truth", and the deputy flagship is a Dictator-class heavy cruiser named "Loop Spark". There are also Two Moon-class cruisers, three Dutiful-class light cruisers, three Endurance-class light cruisers, and two Cobra destroyer squadrons can be regarded as a fleet that can protect itself in the maelstrom.
But what worries Soshyan the most is not its combat ships, but three Goliath-class factory ships and one Goliath-class foundry ship.
The Goliath-class factory ship is a huge ship used for energy transportation and production of valuable ships. They will absorb the plasma of stars, and then use the huge production lines in the hull to produce a continuous flow of physical energy and energy. They produce various chemical products while sailing slowly along certain traditional trade routes, regularly providing important materials and fuel to various worlds on the route. This kind of ship is very precious to any fleet. This means that the fleet can obtain fuel or energy replenishment without returning to port, but the Goliath-class factory ship has greatly reduced the deck thickness for production and transportation, making it extremely fragile. Once it suffers any form of damage, it may evolve into a A catastrophic explosion powerful enough to destroy a world's atmosphere. The Goliath-class foundry ship is a light cruiser-sized vessel in the Adeptus Mechanicus fleet. These ships provide maintenance and repair services to capital ships, remote outposts, and merchant fleets that have traveled throughout the centuries of the Imperium. Small but equipped with a large number of servitors and repair and maintenance facilities, the Goliath-class foundry ship can quickly repair ships several times larger than itself. This kind of ship is now very rare in the Mechanicum fleet. It is very important to the fleet. The improvement in combat is also great.
Both of these ships are very useful to Soshyan, but they are also very fragile. If the fleet engages in a firefight, it is difficult to ensure that they will not be damaged. Soshyan hopes that Reza will Is there any way to protect them, or it would be best to prevent Angstrom's fleet from being damaged.
This problem really put Reza's sages into trouble. After all, they had not yet penetrated to the point where they could control the opponent's fleet, but the opponent soon came up with an idea.
Although Angstrom has closed its shipping route in name, its import of raw materials has not been interrupted. According to the intelligence from Reza, the famous Rogue Trader Hoyland family has been secretly working with Angstrom. Angstrom made a deal, so Reza Sage suggested that before the operation was launched, he could ambush a transport fleet of the Hoyland family, fake it as a red pirate attack, and deceive Angstrom's fleet out, and then Launching an attack on the Forge World, as long as the Forge World is captured, Angstrom's fleet will have to surrender.
In fact, Soshiyang also knows about this matter, but he has been hiding it because of the fleet of the Hoylander family and not wanting to alert the snake. Today, Sage Reza mentioned it, and Soshiyang also thought it was a good idea. plan.
However, this plan seems simple, but it is quite complicated to implement. First of all, the interception point cannot be too far away, so the Angstrom fleet may choose to die in order to protect the Forge World. This is also very consistent with their style. Of course It can't be too close, otherwise the opponent will turn back as soon as the attack is launched, and the situation will change again. It must be a distance that Angstrom feels he can attack and quickly return to the forge world.
In addition, the size of the fleet that intercepts the Hoylander family's transport fleet should not be too small. After all, the opponent's fleet is very strong. If the size is too small, it may not be able to defeat it, and it will not be able to lure An. Of course, the effect of the Gerstrom fleet cannot be too great, otherwise it will scare the mechanical cultists. The speed of this needs to be grasped by Soshyan himself. In addition, it cannot be recognized by the transport fleet of the Hoyland family. What intercepted him was the Imperial fleet.
Although it is quite complicated from a technical perspective, in order to completely retain this relatively powerful fleet, Soshyan still decided to implement this plan.
After finalizing the cooperation with Reza, Soshyan publicly announced that he would personally lead the reinforcements to attack the heretics head-on. However, what he did not expect was that the state religion would also join this battle. ——In order to explain the next strategy, Soshyan had to secretly meet with Velez, a representative of the Sisters. She expressed support for Soshyan's plan to surprise Angstrom, but she always made circumstantial remarks during the conversation. Asking Soshyan about his relationship with Veronica made him very embarrassed.
The bigger trouble was that after the meeting, Veronica somehow found out about it again, and kept saying that Soshiyang had a "foul smell" on her body, so she checked it very hard, and finally could only It ended with Soshyan spending two more hours on "personal matters."
Just as Soshiyang was preparing to launch a blitzkrieg against Angstrom, another situation occurred in the fifth theater where the Salamanders were stationed.
(End of this chapter)