Chapter 1742: A Feint Shot
“.The Red Pirates’ attack on the Sixth War Zone involved two galaxies and nine worlds. At least 20,000 to 30,000 heretical space warriors were dispatched, as well as a fleet containing several ships. The huge fleet of capital ships. Judging from their previous movements in the Plenty System, the enemy has been planning for a long time. The previous garrison in the Kirab System plus subsequent additional troops currently have about 6 million Astra Militarum troops stationed, scattered. On the four planets and nine satellites, there should be 300-500 million PDF and irregular troops in the local area. From the latest information transmitted there, it can be concluded that the Red Pirates launched an attack on all worlds almost at the same time. Attack, trying to swallow up the entire galaxy in one go, but this also caused their forces to be too spread out."
Lysander said, a picture of a galaxy appeared in mid-air, and important marks and marks were marked. route.
“...At present, although most of the planetary capitals have fallen, no world has been completely occupied. The Red Pirates overestimated their ability to attack fortresses and underestimated the resistance capabilities of the Astra Militarum and local soldiers and civilians. The heretics probably did not expect that the logistics department would replenish the front-line troops with a large number of plasma and melt weapons from Reza. This must have caused a lot of trouble for the Red Pirates. However, the situation in the Kirab galaxy is still not optimistic. According to the existing According to the intelligence, the heretics have begun to drive demons to attack the imperial army. If they are given more time, they will probably cause more trouble."
Beside the huge imaging device, everyone was listening to Lysander. ’s introduction, while watching the unfolding images of the Sixth War Zone.
"Speaking of the devil"
Inquisitor Marcus took out a piece of data.
“Most of the demons summoned by the Red Pirates so far have been on a small scale, and they are all temporary summons. There is no such large-scale, continuous summoning ceremony, which is very questionable.”< br>
Soshyan answered this question.
"They don't dare. When it comes to summoning demons, who can be as professional as the traitors like the Word Bearers? If they really want to summon demons on a large scale, there will definitely be a lot of noise. If the Word Bearers cause harm, I'm afraid demons will appear. The army turned around and gave the red pirate a bite first. Huron was probably worried about this. ”
Then he looked at the Chief of Naval Staff.
"What is the status of the navy's concentration now?"
"The Gogotan Wasteland Patrol Fleet and a squadron of the Armageddon Strike Fleet have begun to gather towards the Tranquility System, which is also There are three million Astra Militarum troops stationed, but considering the requirements of galaxy defense, it may not be possible to mobilize them directly. In addition, the enemy's invasion of the Kirab Galaxy also poses a threat to the Sacred Relic Guardian Galaxy. We must pay attention to possible raids by the Red Pirates. In fact, the enemy's movements don't stop there. There are still small enemy forces in the Plenty Galaxy to carry out infiltration attacks. The Endymion Galaxy has been continuously harassed by the enemy's plundering fleet since last month. Enemy ground troops also landed on Endymion 2. The planet destroyed a transit center and killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians. "
"It seems that the existing troops in the Sixth Theater may not be enough to drive away the enemy."
Mazar. The lord expressed his opinion.
"We are going to send support troops to them."
Yarrick looked at the star map. Among the space warriors, he seemed quite short, but his momentum was not weak.
“Are the heretics planning to fight us there?”
Helbrecht, who was staring at the star map, shook his head when he heard Yaric’s words.
“I don’t see it.”
Then he stretched out his hand and drew a circle around the Kirab Galaxy.
“The location of the Kirab Galaxy seems to be very critical, but it must also face pressure from all directions. Unless Huron loses his head, he will never choose such a place to fight us.”< br>
"Then what is the purpose of the heresy?" Alex thought for a moment, and then the mechanical prosthesis gently tapped on the guardrail.
"Badab."
Helbrecht nodded.
“Yes, Badab, and we can make this judgment. If we divert the troops prepared to provide to the first and second theaters to the sixth theater, then the main force of the Red Pirates will withdraw immediately. Go, this is their advantage. With the Space Marines as the main force, whether it is fighting or leaving, it is much easier than the Astra Militarum which needs to be deployed on a large scale. And after withdrawing, they will wait for an opportunity to attack another of our defensive weaknesses. Make breakthroughs to continuously mobilize our mobile power."
"There is another point worth noting."
Mazar pointed to the location of the White Temple.
“Although the Sixth War Zone is relatively well-strength, there is only one battle group stationed there. The Red Pirates are likely to concentrate their efforts on attacking the White Temple first. As Marshal Helbrecht said, Huron By mobilizing our mobile forces and using naval warfare and ambush warfare, which they are good at and familiar with, to attack our mobile forces, especially the Astartes, we will consume our most precious forces and ultimately achieve the goal of weakening the entire expeditionary force."
"But the situation in the Sixth War Zone cannot be ignored. After all, it is the closest to the center of the Maelstrom Rift, and the Red Pirates are likely to cause other troubles."
In fact, at this point, things are already very clear, so The decision was placed in front of Soshyan.
Should we continue to increase support for the first and second theaters according to the original plan, or should we temporarily abandon the offensive plan in Badab and shift our forces to the sixth theater to alleviate the urgent needs first.
Soshiyang looked at the star map and after thinking for a long time, he made his decision.
"The 15 million troops supporting the fourth theater and the 10 million troops reinforcing the third theater remain unchanged. The support troops of the first theater are reduced from 85 million to 405 million. , the second theater was reduced from 65 million to 35 million.”
The first batch of trained recruits totaled 300 million, plus the subsequent 30 million recruits supported by the Ministry of Military Affairs, for a total of 330 million recruits.
The original plan is that the first and second theaters will receive a total of 150 million recruits, and the other theaters will allocate another 100 million each, leaving 50 million as strategic reserves. Now Soshyan is equivalent to Removing half of the reinforcements from the first and second theaters is actually equivalent to temporarily giving up the offensive plan in the Badab sector.
"The troops drawn away will be combined with the troops scheduled to go to the Sixth War Zone, a total of 100 million, plus the Jihadi Army of the State Church, to drive away the invading Red Pirates. In addition, the Mantis Warriors Chapter will also go into battle, and return Command of the Sixth War Zone."
As he spoke, he looked at everyone.
“Huron wants to fight there, okay, I will fight with him, but when he thinks he is complacent about taking our power away from Badab, he will find that he has lost the most important thing. .”
Then Soshyan stretched out his hand, pointed at Angstrom, and said in a serious tone:
"This is an opportunity right now. The Red Pirates are focusing on the sixth theater and Badab, especially when we After the reinforcements appeared, it was easier for them to ignore this place, so I decided to advance the occupation plan of Angstrom. Next, I would publicly announce that I would personally lead the troops to support the sixth theater, but the fleet would secretly turn around in the Grief Galaxy. The Third War Zone will assist this operation. In order to ensure that the occupation of Ogstrom is completed as quickly as possible, this operation will mainly focus on Space Marines, Astral Knights, Black Templars, and Imperial Fists. , ascetics, flesh-tearers, and ranger warriors will all go into battle, and Ryza's Skitarii and fleet will also participate in the battle, but their focus is to break Angstrom's defense system."
< br>(End of this chapter)