Chapter 2166 Return of the Tiger
Looking at Occam’s appearance of knowing his pearls of wisdom, Soshyan suddenly developed a mentality that was close to arrogance for no reason, and sneered and said:
"You have a perfect plan, but I can still send a signal to Khan Corsaro, asking him to turn around and hold Huron at all costs, and I will pursue him from behind."
Oka. There was no expression on Mu's face, he just spoke softly.
"Yes, but the price is that Corsaro will die. Chapter leader, are you willing to accept such a price."
Soshiyang clenched his fists instantly. He really wanted to punch the opponent, but he held back in the end.
“This is just a possibility.”
“No, this is inevitable. The Corsaro fleet is the weakest of all fleets, although Zhufu’s fleet does not look strong either. But Zhufu has his own trump card. He has signed a contract with Angras, the greatest demon of Khorne. He can summon this terrible helper. It will be very troublesome for Corsaro to deal with this. If Huron is included, he will die. No doubt."
Sosh gritted his teeth in anger, but had to admit that Occam was right. If he asked Corsaro to hold Huron back, it would be equivalent to asking this brave man to hold back Huron. The hunting master went to die, because Corsaro would attack Huron at all costs.
“…If, if people like Helbrecht, Lysander, Magyar, or even Seth were to make the decision, they would undoubtedly choose to sacrifice Corsaro to achieve great things. Because in the empire, the so-called sacrifice is just a placebo worthless, let alone the sacrifice of others, but only you, Chapter Commander Soshyan..."
Wu Shizhao suddenly showed a meaningful smile.
"It is precisely because of this that I will appear in front of you, and that is why I will come back to face you."
Occam was right, he could not accept such a price , after all, the White Scars were one of the founding groups that supported him the most at the beginning of the expedition. If something happened to Khan Kosaro, how could he have the face to meet the Chapter Commander of Juba?
The enemy who knows you best is the most terrifying enemy.
At a certain moment, he had a real murderous intention towards Occam for the first time.
"Is this a compliment or a ridicule? Occam, you really think I am reluctant to kill you!"
"I am right here. It is up to you how to deal with it."
Sosh Yang stared at the other party. In addition to being annoyed, another sober thought reminded him that if it weren't for Occam, this expedition would probably still be dragging on. With the empire's unique "efficiency", there would be very little. Ten years will not bring any results at all. From this point of view, Occam is undoubtedly the first contributor to the expedition.
For the first time, he realized the meaning of the four words "love and hate", and he also truly realized that the human heart is really much more complicated than he thought.
Finally, Soshyan glanced around helplessly, then pointed at the other party and said in a low tone:
"You win, Occam. For the sake of past achievements and affection, I will not kill you, but you will reflect on your actions in the prison of the Chapter's monastery until you are willing to tell your true intentions. ! I will not let Huron go, New Badab is his burial place! I will prove that your so-called wisdom is just being smart!"
Occam didn't express anything about this, but smiled.
"Congratulations on this great victory, Chapter Master Soshyan."
Soshyan shook his head, turned away, and opened a private communication with Talos.
"Talos, take people to the bridge and take Occam away."
"Ah? Occam? What happened?" "Ask him yourself."
When Soshyan walked out of the bridge door, everyone looked at him with confusion. Looking at him, because even though there was a door, no one heard the sound of fighting.
Under the gaze of everyone, Soshyan's mood worsened, and Yazdan then asked cautiously:
"Chapter Commander, Huron."
Although he felt extremely humiliated, Soshyan could only bite the bullet and said:
"I, I, have been fooled. There is only one substitute for Huron here, and he has already run away."
" This-"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, because they were all used to Soshiyang's judgment and command that almost never made mistakes in the past, and no one reacted this time.
Although Soshiyang's expression is strong now, it is also very ugly, because this is equivalent to him planning the entire expedition without leaving a trace, but capsized in the end, and this judgment He also said it in front of everyone. In other words, the responsibility for Huron's escape was entirely due to his personal error in judgment, which was an extremely huge blow to his reputation.
And what's worse is that he also ordered the Mantis Warriors and Flesh Tearers not to pursue them too deeply, otherwise there might be some room for redemption. But now they must have turned around, how should he explain it then?
Under the gaze of everyone, he was so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in, but he had no choice. This was his responsibility. After all, trusting Occam was also his choice.
He can only bear the blame.
But there is no use regretting it now. All we can do is to clean up the situation as beautifully as possible. Occam at least explained Huron's subsequent actions, so Soshyan can still respond.
"Mark, send a message to the Eternal Loyalty and ask them to immediately notify Korsaro Khan and ask him to leave the battlefield. The reason is that an unknown number of enemy troops have been detected approaching him and let him wait for the time being. Wait, the follow-up troops will arrive soon.”
In fact, these are just to trick Corsaro Khan out of the battle, but there is no way, Huron will definitely not be able to catch it, and he cannot lose another high-ranking commander.
"Yes."
After that, Soshyan returned to the flagship without saying a word, and commanded the fleet to clear out the remaining enemy forces.
The battle was very clear at this point. After six hours of fierce fighting, two-thirds of the Huron fleet was annihilated on the battlefield, and the remaining third fled. Then the fleet turned to the Kara system, but The red pirate fleet attacking here has also received the news in advance and retreated, while the Corsaro fleet in the distance has launched two gang-hopping and concentrated attacks on Zhu Fu's flagship, and once approached Zhu Fu's bridge, but due to its powerful The existence of the Khorne demon Angras was repelled. When the news of Soshiyan came, Corsaro was still a little reluctant. He waited until a fleet actually appeared before he withdrew the fleet, but he did not. Thinking that this turned out to be Huron's fleet, by the time the other party reunited with Zhu Fu and left, it was already too late.
On the other side of the Savage Crucible, without any support, the Dark Angels and the Unforgiven defeated the space hulk Savage Crucible on their own, and surrounded and annihilated most of the Red Pirates' ships. Only One-tenth of the ships escaped, and floating red figures could be seen everywhere around the battlefield.
Rough statistics after the war show that on several battlefields, the empire lost a total of 29 main ships, 234 small and medium-sized ships, 34 transport ships, more than 8 million crew members were killed, 1,789 fighter planes of various types were lost, and five fighter pilots were killed. More than a thousand people, the Space Marines lost 891 people in the battles of the Jump Gang and the Anti-Bounce Gang. In addition, the Mechanicus also lost more than 20,000 technical priests of various types and more than 1.6 million Skitarii.
It is worth mentioning that the Astra Militarum troops on the Moon of Destruction, with a total of 3.5 million defenders, and more than 2.7 million casualties after the war, can be said to have withstood the greatest pressure in the entire decisive battle. , using mortal bodies to fight against the demons and heretics pouring out of the savage crucible. It was precisely because of their sacrifices that Azrael was able to eliminate the red pirates as a viable force at a relatively small cost. The cost was that many groups fought almost to the point of defeat. All members were sacrificed, such as the 310th Infantry Regiment of Abu Bakari, which Soshyan paid special attention to. When the frontline troops collapsed, the regiment withstood the enemy's attacks from three directions and held its position for 5 hours. , the regiment leader Arni fought hard on the front line until he was seriously injured and fell into coma. If he hadn't been wearing the mysterious Hunter armor, he would have been killed long ago. In the end, the entire regiment of 8,133 people, except for a few wounded who were transferred to the rear, only had the regiment headquarters and Arni's guards. More than a hundred people from the company withdrew from the battlefield with the unconscious Arni. All the remaining battalion-level and company-level officers were killed in the battle. All the soldiers of the combat company and even the logistics soldiers were also killed in the battle. It can be said that the entire organization was completely destroyed.
(End of this chapter)