Chapter 1848 The Dilemma of the Red Pirates
Faced with the praises and cheers coming at him, Huron just walked past with a confident smile, and did not even let the guards set up a cordon. He seemed not to be afraid at all. Any assassin.
Another goal of him personally passing through the fortress is to stabilize the morale of the army. After all, the long-term attack cannot be defeated, and the morale of the Angstrom battle group has been quite low, and he is very much needed to personally cheer him up. People's hearts.
Even if you are just the lowest level cannon fodder, you must have some initiative to be more useful.
Although this is a fortress, there is also basic commerce. Huron even saw a human trading market. Most of them were slaves, and some were plundered from other parts of the empire. Some were used for work, and some were They are used for sacrifices, and some are used as slave girls to vent their desires for cult leaders or some extremely depraved Space Marines, and some will suffer even more tragic fates.
After passing the outer area of the fortress, we entered a simple manufacturing area of the fortress, where a movable steel factory spewed out billowing smoke and steam through dozens of copper chimneys, and layers of ash slowly fell on those along the fortress. On the unlucky guy who set up camp on the noisy route.
It was a black mobile metal fortress, the inside of which was illuminated by the glow of the stove. It rattled and left huge indentations on the ground as it was dragged forward.
A dozen twisted and grotesque heavy weapon servitors surround this mobile building, guarding it as it moves forward slowly.
This is the property of a certain technological heretic. It is not a member of the Red Pirates. It was just attracted by the war and came here to sell the weapons it produced in exchange for the supplies, slaves, and even the weapons it needed. soul.
Of course Huron doesn’t know the name of this weapons dealer, nor where he comes from, but he will never interfere with such a person, because there is a high probability that it is a sage from the Dark Mechanicum. His subordinates are even apprentices, and this kind of person is the last person Huron wants to offend.
Once provoked, nothing good will come of it. Instead, it will only cause trouble.
But the other party obviously noticed him. A Mechanicus man in black robes walked out of the mobile factory. His face was covered by a swirl-like metal mask, and then he bowed slightly to Huron to show respect. .
Huron also nodded very politely.
Neither of them spoke, because Huron knew that if the other party wanted something from him or wanted to trade with him, he would come to him himself.
Then Huron moved forward through the hot smoke that glowed slightly with fire and the smell of sulfur lava, and came to the gate of the core area of the fortress.
The majestic horn sounded, and the Red Pirate Space Marines in front of the gate scrambled to make way like slaves. The steel gate in the core area of the fortress was made of thousands of curved steel sheets. When it slowly opened, a large amount of hot water was released. Flames shot out from above and on both sides of the gate.
Huron's soldiers stood in groups on the high spiked walls flanking the city gate, looking fiercely and silently at those who tried to watch. The Black-Hearted King walked into the shadow of the fortress tower. Its vast scale was enough to make the eyes of any normal-brained human being hurt. The city walls made of steel, rock and bones seemed to be alive and breathing like fire. The defenses on both sides The fortification is composed of towering steel and stone pillars, engraved with wild sculptures and ancient oaths of allegiance, and huge turrets slowly rotate on the stone pillars.
Entering the gate, a more disciplined and serious world emerged, with braziers burning above the sentries, barracks, religious rooms and armories, large silk banners, cloth and countless Banners woven from creature skins fluttered in the hellish sky.
The Chaos Space Marines holding weapons remained silent at their respective posts. Occasionally, patrolling squads of red pirate mortal soldiers walked past in neat steps.
There are eight ring-shaped fortifications at the core of the Banestar Fortress, each of which is equipped with a high-power void shield generator and is managed by Huron's most trusted men. After all, this is the Red Pirate's capital in Angostor. Mu's most important offensive fulcrum is related to the entire Angstrom's offensive affairs. No matter how careful you are, you can't be too careful.
After entering the core area of the fortress, they first passed through a large casting area, which was in charge of the forging master of the Red Pirates and the priests of the Dark Mechanicum he hired. Strange flashes of light could be seen on the walls of the foundry. A sinister effigy made of metal, a string of dozens of large and small chimneys emitting various alchemical smokes, some thick with ash and black smoke, others emitting sparkling, Colorful mist - various subspace raw materials extracted from demonic creations.
Not only can various blasphemous weapons be manufactured here, but also demon engines can be manufactured in small quantities. However, it is temporary after all, and the overall output is not high. The main source of equipment and materials for the Angstrom Battle Group still has to come from the rear. Shipping and ordering goods from distant fallen forge worlds.
In fact, since Angstrom fell into the hands of Soshyan, Huron has increasingly felt the shortage of ordnance. The battle between the two sides has been going on for more than a year. Although the Red Pirates used troops everywhere, they also fought It had little effect, and the empire's expedition did not advance, but the consumption of supplies and ordnance had caused most of his warehouses to bottom out.
Although buying from those heretical forging worlds can alleviate the problem, on the one hand they also need time, and on the other hand, the prices of those stupid mechanical heretics are constantly increasing. It is obvious that Huron has taken advantage of the lack of self-made products. Create ability.
During the war, Huron also sent some plundering fleets to various parts of the empire to fight the autumn wind to supplement the needs of the war, but Soshyan deployed the containment strategy very early, the White Scars and a series of sub-groups, as well as the Dark Angels A series of sub-groups operating near the Maelstrom, including some sub-groups of the Imperial Fists, are all on guard against the Red Pirates' plundering fleet.
In order to deal with the Imperial Expeditionary Force, Huron could not send a fleet that was too powerful. Therefore, those small plundering fleets did not achieve very good results. They only plundered some agricultural worlds. The Hive World was very concerned about this war. It's not helpful at all. Population is not a very valuable commodity, not to mention that it costs a lot of money. They can't move the valuable world.
Obviously, under the tremendous pressure of the expedition, the Red Pirates began to gradually lose their hematopoietic ability.
Therefore, Huron wanted to occupy Angstrom so urgently, not only to understand Badab's urgency, but also to persevere in this long-term battle, otherwise even the empire would still be Without more progress, the Red Corsair will suffocate under the tremendous pressure, and even eventually fall apart.
In fact, as far as Huron knows so far, more than a thousand Chaos Space Marines and warbands have separated from the Red Corsairs during the expedition. If the war situation does not improve, this number will only get bigger and bigger!
(End of this chapter)