Chapter 2851 Lure the hand and attack the foot
Compared to the situation in the general imperial administrative region, where the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the State Church, the Tribunal, the Mechanicus and other forces are fighting every day, the Archdiocese It's slightly different. First of all, the forces here are very, very single. There are almost no imperial administrative and law enforcement agencies. There are only the state religion and a very small number of Mechanicus strongholds. There are many fewer "eyes", and the priests are not Soshiyan. To belittle them, these people are far less sensitive than bureaucrats, and certain things will not arouse particularly strong reactions. Another advantage is that they are located in a remote location. This time it is another Tyranid invasion, and the Inquisitors will definitely not go here. , after all, they are all busy people, from birth to death, it seems that time is very precious, and the alien judges are very "focused" on their own business, even if he severely offended this group of people not long ago, due to their lack of With a sensitive political sense, the focus of the investigation will only be on alien-related matters, and will not focus on the administrative bills promulgated by Soshyan.
As for other chapters, it can only be said that the Astartes usually only have two choices when it comes to mortal matters: being irritable or irritable. The further away they can be, the better. They will not care about what happens in the mortal world at all. No matter what changes, as long as there is no war, in the eyes of most Astartes, nothing happens.
As for the local forces in the archdiocese going to find a place to "complain", Soshyan is even less worried. There are only a few ships in the entire area that can sail in subspace. As long as he doesn't speak, no ship can. Leaving the Archdiocese, even the Astropaths were completely under his control.
It is under this special background that Soshiyang dares to be so "dramatic". To be specific, no one can control it, no one dares to control it.
If Velez hadn't believed that this area had great "development potential," his actions might have been bigger and more violent.
After simply handling the internal affairs issues, Soshyan convened various regiment commanders and company commanders for a military meeting to discuss the next military operations.
According to recent reconnaissance information, after swallowing the Sondheim system, the Tyranid Hive fleet seems to have expanded even more. Just as Soshyan expected, it did not gather in one group anymore, but Scattered into several strands, like a big hand reaching into the hinterland of the archdiocese, facing the direct threat are the Winoshi galaxy, the San Trigo galaxy, and the Longo Bardi galaxy. Among them, the Winoshi galaxy is the most prosperous, containing There is a garden world, an agricultural world, and a feudal world, with a total population of about 8 billion. The other two galaxies only have one habitable planet each, and are still in the colonial development stage, with a small population of only one billion.
According to the characteristics of Tyranids taking biomass as their direction of action, the number of tentacle fleets attacking the Winoshi system must be the largest.
“My idea is this. If we follow the Tyranids and divide them into three groups, we will not be able to slow down and attack them at all. First, we must clarify our combat mission at this stage. ”
In the magnificent hall of the Wisdom Palace, the makeshift star chart emitted ripples under the baton's tapping. The faint light it emitted shone on the surrounding power armor of different colors, making the colors here richer.
“At this stage, I call it the blocking stage. As the name suggests, our main goal is to slow down the Tyranid invasion and weaken its power as much as possible to reduce its ability to survive. Material channel, and at the same time, it is necessary to prevent it from turning to other locations in the Storm Star Territory until reinforcements sent by Terra arrive in the war zone and accumulate enough strength to repel and destroy Tyranid head-on, which is also the ultimate goal of this war. "
Years of experience in battles and commanding large corps have allowed Soshyan to form a strong personal style in his war thinking. Simply put, tactics must be flexible, but strategies must be regular. For him, any war , the first thing to figure out is not the strength of the enemy and ourselves, but the goal. What is the goal of the war and why is it fought.
If you understand the goal clearly, you can dismantle the war process and then refine it, so that all war processes can be directed towards the ultimate goal.
Then the picture on the imager began to change, the star map began to enlarge, and tentacle-like shadows extended from the edge of the picture like arrows. "Our current military strength is far less than that of the enemy, so our strength must be concentrated and used. My idea is this. You see, the distance between the three galaxies is actually relatively far. If we use subspace jumping The method is fine, but one of the weaknesses of the Tyranids is that once they enter the gravitational circle of the galaxy, their speed will immediately slow down to the point where they cannot carry out long-distance space navigation. They will establish a temporary fortress area in the Winocchi galaxy. Like a magnet, it firmly attracts the main force of Tyran's tentacles, letting Tyran know that there are more things to 'eat' here."
Malakin points to two other galaxies.
"What about this side."
"There are not many residents here. I have sent a fleet to evacuate. The planet itself will be left alone for the time being and let Tyranids digest it first."
"Why? Doesn't this increase their power?"
Soshiyan said with a smile:
“I once heard Juba Khan talk about the civilian life in that world in Chegris. Herders often gather together in the form of tribes, but they don’t know how to farm. , just drive the huge herds to places with abundant water and grass, and use the resources there to expand the herds. If the year is good, a tribe will gradually become larger, with more people, the herds will also become larger. Originally, The pastures that can raise livestock can no longer accommodate so many herds, and the bloated population is often difficult to manage. At this time, wars will break out to compete for wider territories, but even if they win, the tribe will still be divided. , some people will take their herds to new pastures. Tyranid swarms have a similar ecology. Their biological instinct does not tend to gather, but to devour and grow more efficiently, which makes them reach a certain level. It will disperse after reaching a certain scale.”
Hearing this, Malakin seemed to understand something and nodded.
"I understand, your target is these scattered sub-fleets!"
Soshiyang clapped his hands gently.
"Exactly, when we establish a fortress area in the Winoshi system to absorb the main force of the Tyranid fleet and transfer the war to ground combat, the fleet will leave the system. This is one of our advantages. Human ships move across the system. It is much more convenient than the Tyranids. This strategic advantage will be the key to the entire strategy. Taking advantage of this time difference, the fleet will focus on attacking the Tyranid fleet in the nearest Longobardi system first, and annihilate the Tyranids here as quickly as possible. The fleet then quickly goes to the Saint Trigo System, annihilates the Tyranid fleet there, and then returns to the Winoshi system to withdraw the troops in the system and execute the extermination order. This is called seducing the enemy and attacking them."
After listening, most people fell into thinking and deduced the steps and feasibility of this plan in their minds, but it was Malakin who was the first to ask the question——