Chapter 2093 The first battle is the decisive battle, and the outcome will be decided in one battle
"What does the wolf represent in your culture?"
Hearing Soshiyang asked, Veronica shook her head.
“In fact, canine creatures are not common in Ada culture, and there are not many cultural symbols corresponding to them, but they still have some similarities, such as hunting, living in groups, toughness, and ferocity. I can’t understand it. It's a wolf with a spear, and the spear also has a complex meaning. It may represent a noble, or it may refer to the army, or a god, or even an offensive action."
"The wolf with a spear? A giant white wolf?”
"White has many meanings, leader, leader, peace, and hope for too many possibilities. This omen is really weird. Unfortunately, the mentor cannot be contacted now. I can only discuss it with other prophets later."
< br>As she said that, she kissed Soshyan gently on the cheek.
"I'm going to take a shower and change clothes, you go ahead and do your work first."
After Veronica walked into the bathroom, Soshyan returned to the table filled with reports and data pads , during this period, he was busy scheduling, conveying instructions, and coordinating various units almost all the time. It was only today that he rarely found time to be tender with Veronica.
At this time, part of the Moon of Destruction project was still unfinished. The Red Pirates' harassment was not completely ineffective. Several raids successfully broke through the defense of the navy's small fleet, causing damage to the asteroid under construction. It will definitely be a blow, but Soshyan actually doesn't expect this thing to really have any effect, because according to the sages of the Mechanicus, if those engines are installed now, even if they are really pushed, their speed will be so slow that it is difficult to Bear.
But Huron could not know this. He only thought that once the thing moved, the power in his hands would be difficult to resist.
The fleets and air fleets of both sides fought more than sixty times in three months around the Moon of Destruction. The losses were basically equal. Although the empire had a slight advantage, it still surprised Soshyan. You know The Red Pirate had not shown too much aviation power before, which made him even more wary of the one who assisted Huron, and Occam still could not investigate the identity of that being. This was a very dangerous foreshadowing. , forcing Soshyan to have reservations and considerations when making strategic deployments.
After successfully delaying the construction of the Moon of Destruction, Huron felt that the time had come for a decisive battle.
There are several main reasons why he made this judgment.
First of all, the empire currently has a large number of mortal troops scattered in the Bloody Skeleton and Crow systems, as well as in newly occupied areas such as the Maga star cluster. Those concentrated in the Kara system are mainly the core force of the expeditionary force, that is, The actual force the Astartes Chapter faced was smaller than the previous two battles of Angstrom.
The second is that Zhufu of Kara Galaxy has already carried out devastating damage before withdrawing. There will be no defense facilities there. If the two sides fight, the attacker will not have much hindrance, unlike Angstrom. As on both occasions, the Forge World's planetary defenses, armed to the teeth, must be considered.
The third is that Huron believes that the Kara system has been basically destroyed. The empire has accumulated a large number of troops here. Once it fails, it will fall into a situation with no way to escape and no danger to defend. It is easy to A defeat turned into a total rout.
The fourth, of course, is the report from the rear. His dimensional blacksmith has basically mastered the method of driving the Blackstone Fortress. Now this behemoth has become Huron’s trump card to crush the imperial army. Even with this support, Huron's appetite grew. Zhu Fu and some war lords once persuaded him to launch an attack in advance to destroy the Moon of Destruction before the empire gathered more troops and fleets, but Huron Lun felt that if the Moon of Destruction was destroyed in advance, Soshiyang might be alert and even give up the decisive battle.
What he wants is not procrastinating trials and detours, but a decisive battle in the first battle, a battle that will determine the outcome!
One victory and regain all that was lost!
So Huron's strategic goal is obvious, which is to completely eliminate the main force of the expeditionary force in the Kara system, especially those Astartes battle groups, especially Soshyan!
So he deliberately waited for the Moon of Destruction to be roughly completed, but there was no time to completely complete it, so that Soshiyang could concentrate the power at hand.
Of course, some preparations need to be made before the decisive battle. Huron sent a large number of mortal subordinates to the worlds recovered by the expeditionary force. Their purpose was to encourage the people in the recovered areas to riot or resist. These people will not play a role. What effect, but it can somewhat distract Soshyan's attention and some of his troops.
The other is to formulate a detailed tactical plan. Summarizing the experience of previous failures, Huron believes that an important reason is that everyone goes their own way. There is no plan or idea. There is only one goal and he can hit wherever he thinks. Therefore, he almost Within a month, more than a dozen meetings were held, and all senior personnel and lords in the organization were called to formulate a detailed combat plan.
Huron's plan generally has the same idea: attack in the east and attack in the west.
To be specific, the force is divided into three parts. One part consists of two of the four masts under his command, and uses the space hulk Savage Crucible to attack the Moon of Destruction. The other part is led by Zhu Fu, mainly Some peripheral personnel and most of the hired non-Maelstrom war gangs will gather in the direction of the Kara system close to the Bloody Skeleton system to create the illusion that they are about to attack the planet, while Huron will lead his own team to attack from another direction. Kara galaxy, but he concealed the key factor that he could use the Blackstone Fortress.
Zhu Fu does not agree with this plan. He believes that the empire will definitely deploy large-scale subspace probes around the Kara system. It is completely impossible to approach silently, and this place will create a subspace storm. There was no preparation, and the area itself was very large. It was not a small place like Angstrom, and the difficulty was too high. Therefore, there was almost no confidentiality in the entire raid plan.
Huron actually knew this. He wanted Soshyan to "see through" him. After his many speculations about the opponent's deployment and his understanding of Soshyan's personal strategic style, he believed that Soshyan Once Shiyan is sure that he will personally lead the raid, he will definitely lead the team to design an ambush and try to "behead" him. Huron is going to take a little risk this time and use himself as a bait to kill Soshiyang in a flawless way. Fish it out!
When Soshyan thinks he has been caught and is about to win, Blackstone Fortress will crush the opponent's delusions and all honor and reputation!
As long as Soshiyang's troops can be defeated, even if the other side escapes, Huron can take advantage of the situation to take the Kara system, and then join forces with the Savage Crucible to annihilate Soshiyang's troops deployed on the Moon of Destruction, and then turn to Zhu Fu On the other hand, the other main force sent by Soshiyang to block was eaten up.
If this plan succeeds, not to mention all of it, at least 70% to 80% of the main force of the expeditionary force will be wiped out. By then, the Huron counterattack will be easy. He will not give Soshyan a chance to rest and breathe, but They will set off from the bloody skeleton galaxy and rush straight to Sagan, taking away the logistics center of the empire in one fell swoop, completely ending the expeditionary force's hope of counterattack!
It has to be said that Huron has also been the guardian of the Maelstrom, and he does have some abilities in grand strategy——
If this information did not get into Soshyan's hands.
Thanks to the Third Emperor Guilliman and book friend 20230515174245948 for the Silver Alliance! !
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