Chapter 1993 The Strength of the First Legion
“Conspiracy.”
After thinking for a moment, Soshiyang said:
“With the strength of your regiment, this demon will definitely not It dares to fight you head-on, so all it can plan is to frame you in public, or to draw the judge's attention to you. Maybe Torquemada itself is a trap. If you attack him, It may be playing into the enemy's hands, but we may also be able to turn the enemy around. Since it uses Torquemada as a trap, it means that some of its attention will definitely be focused on the Grand Inquisitor, and it may even arrange spies around the opponent, so that we can It is convenient to adjust our plans at any time, and we can use this to turn the trap into a bait."
After hearing this, Azrael pondered for a moment and nodded.
Then he looked at Azmodai.
“Interrogating the Priest, what do you think of the opinions of Chapter Master Soshyan?”
Although Azmodai is fanatical, he is not stupid, and he immediately borrowed a donkey and went down the ramp. :
“If the big traitor can be found, a short period of patience is acceptable, but in the end——”
Azrael raised his hand.
"That is for the future."
Then he explained to the other two chapter leaders:
"All our next actions must be coordinated and supported by the Soshyan brothers. , stating this matter clearly in advance will avoid a lot of trouble."
The two men nodded in understanding. Maybe they didn't really understand, but at least they were complying with Azriel's approach.
"Capturing the traitors is only one of our missions here. As Space Marines, we also shoulder another mission."
Azrael looked at Soshyan.
"We will fully support you in this expedition, Commander-in-Chief Soshyan Alexey."
"Thank you very much for your helping hand."
Soshyan then adjusted the imager to the star map mode and began to briefly introduce the changes in the battle situation since the expedition and a series of his strategic deployments. Although it was as simple as possible, it still took a while to explain the several years of battle clearly. Shi Yang lasted nearly an hour.
After listening, Azrael couldn’t help stroking his palms and sighing:
"It's amazing, it's amazing. If it were me, I would never be able to achieve such results with this kind of troops. Especially the two naval battles of Angstrom were great battles that could be recorded in the history of the empire. Brothers Soshiyan, You surprise me every time.”
Holy Mentor Sappho also sighed:
“It seems that Terra has chosen Chapter Commander Soshiyan as the commander-in-chief of the expedition. You're right. The strategy you specified completely exploited the Red Corsair's weaknesses, and you have to fight against the Empire's decadent bureaucracy at the same time. This is too difficult. No Space Marine I know can do it. Do it.”
Even Azmodai adopted a more respectful tone.
"It must be admitted that you are a master of war. You have killed more traitors than the Chapter has killed in the past thousand years."
"Everyone deserves the award. I feel ashamed. It is only possible because of the support of all the battle brothers and friendly battle groups."
Soshiyang smiled and waved his hand, and then looked at Azrael.
"Can you tell me about your troop strength this time?"
"Of course, in addition to the flagship, this battle group also has 11 strike cruisers, 2 combat barges, and 17 fast ships. Strike ship, 21 hunter-class destroyers.”
The fast strike ship Azrael mentioned is a small ship between a frigate and a destroyer. The scale of this fleet surprised Soshyan. , and even this fleet size is definitely only a part of the Dark Angels fleet, maybe even less than half. After all, they still have huge rocks to protect. You can imagine how huge the Dark Angels' complete fleet is. This ancient war group is really diverse. Everything is surprising and mysterious. "The Devotees Chapter has 1 battle barge, 3 strike cruisers, and 14 small ships of various types. The Caliban Disciples Chapter has 2 battle barges, 1 large cruiser, 4 strike cruisers, and small battleships. 37 ships.”
As a ship-based battle group, it is understandable that the Disciples of Caliban has a strong fleet, but it is too powerful. However, Azrael actually has some reservations, such as the flagship of the Disciples of Caliban. The Kazel Prison is actually a modified ancient Scourge-class battleship, which is far more powerful than an ordinary battle barge.
In terms of the number of battle brothers, Azrael was relatively vague and only mentioned the approximate scale. The Dark Angels came this time with more than 300 people, the Devotees Chapter came with more than 200 people, and Cali The whole group of disciples arrived, totaling more than 800 people. As for the composition and equipment of the personnel, Azrael did not elaborate, and Soshyan naturally did not ask.
In fact, based on his many years of experience as a chapter leader and his understanding of the Dark Angels, he always feels that the Dark Angels are by no means a chapter that abides by the Holy Code. Their actual number should be far more than 1,000. I am afraid only the members of the inner circle know how many warriors are hidden in the boulder. There are probably more than 300 warriors coming this time.
But in any case, with the arrival of the Dark Angel and the two sub-groups, Soshiyang's strength has exceeded that at the beginning of the expedition, especially with the powerful Queen of Glory joining, and he also has a close relationship with Xiu The confidence for the decisive battle between Lun and Lun.
He expressed this idea without hesitation.
“We have always been afraid of Huron’s battleships in naval battles before, and we had no better way to deal with them. Now that we have the Indomitable Truth, the next naval battle will be much easier to handle.”
< br>Sosh raised his finger and pointed in the direction of Badab.
“As long as Badab is solved, we can squeeze towards the core area of the Red Pirates from two directions, first advancing to the Colkria Galaxy, and then turning to the Bloody Skeleton Galaxy, and finally the army will be in The Mag Star Cluster has a final decisive battle with the enemy.”
Azrael looked at the star map, pondered for a moment, and nodded:
"A reasonable plan is that Huron will either give up all the worlds he has occupied, or he will have to fight to the death with us. And if he escapes without a fight, then the Red Pirates will basically collapse, and Huron probably won't have many choices."
Suddenly, Soshyan thought of something and smiled:
“By the way, the Minotaur battle group is here too.”
“Them?”
After hearing about the Minotaur Chapter, everyone cast curious glances. Then Soshyan explained the matter, including his treatment of the leader of the Minotaur Chapter. Of course, the words about the Terran envoy were definitely omitted. Just say that the other party is begging.
"Hahaha——"
After hearing this, Azriel laughed, and then patted Soshyan on the shoulder.
"It's a pity that I wasn't there at the time to see the ugly behavior of that high lord's lackey bastard! Brother Soshyan, you did a great job! Those people simply disgraced the Astartes! ”
Not only him, but everyone else also laughed. Even Azmodai, who is known for his serious smile, also let out a deep laugh. This surprised Soshyan. Originally, he I thought that his "not very honorable" methods would at best make them not reject him.
Obviously, he has not yet figured out the culture of the Dark Angels.
"Those cowards and lackeys really need to be taught a lesson."
Azmodai said while turning the rosary in his hand:
"We only need to be responsible to the emperor, and loyalty is the reward. , but they are willing to be slaves to power, wandering around the galaxy like supervisors."
"Ha, at least they have to fight for the Emperor now."
Soshyan chuckled, then looked at Azrael.
"I am about to make final adjustments and deployments to the expeditionary force's final stage of attack plan. If it is convenient for Chapter Commander Azrael, you can accompany me to the command center."
Azrael Diandian head.
“Of course.”
(End of this chapter)