Chapter 3002 A Crucial Burden
Hearing that it was a communication from the Tribunal, Bahram sighed lightly, walked quickly to the communication station, and then picked up the communication microphone.
Within a few seconds, his brows wrinkled, and his expression became more and more serious. It wasn't until half a minute later that he said anything.
"I said, it's not time to do anything."
After saying that, he hung up the communication and walked back to the tactical instrument. Talos looked at him.
"Those guys are going to say an extermination order again?"
"Yes."
Bahram nodded helplessly.
From the moment the Tyranid fleet appeared, the alien inquisitor stationed in the Westeros system immediately believed that the existing forces and fleet were completely unstoppable, and the imperial forces must "turn in" immediately Preserve your strength. After all, the archdiocese's combatable troops are basically here. If the entire army is wiped out, the archdiocese will be finished.
As for the planets in the system and the population that cannot be evacuated in a short period of time, the inquisitor was as cold as ever. He signed the order of extermination in front of Bahram and did not allow any plant or tree in the empire. A trace of flesh and blood "supports" the alien.
But how could Bahram allow this to happen? He immediately rejected the judge's request and bluntly stated that the situation had not deteriorated to this point.
During the period when the troops and fleets were stationed, the people here could be said to have handed over everything they could to the empire. Everyone endured extremely low food rations and worked hard to make the most of the limited food. Supplied to the military to reduce pressure on the logistics line and allow more refugees to be evacuated.
In this case, Bahram could not abandon them both emotionally and rationally.
“Do you really want to fight Tyron here?”
Oscar suddenly whispered, Mark and Lothar immediately glanced at him, but nothing could be seen on their expressions.
But sometimes no attitude is attitude.
The Inquisitor’s idea is not to have his own way. Many space warriors also believe that the chance of winning this battle is too low, the number of enemies is too large, and they are completely unprepared, and the galaxy has no defense facilities. The planet It was even more unobstructed and unobstructed, completely unlike the fully prepared posture for the previous battle.
Including Metellus, Andal and other chapter leaders, they all said that this is not a suitable battlefield. If you force a fight here, even if you can barely block it, you will suffer heavy losses and lose your subsequent combat capabilities. Fighting a war of attrition with Tyranids is probably not a good choice.
There are objections from outside the war group, and naturally there are also voices from within. Among the top leaders of the legion, Arash does not approve of fighting Tyranx here. Within the war group, several company commanders do not very much agree with bringing the legion here. Fight with limited power.
In other words, they actually don’t trust Bahram’s ability.
If Soshyan is here, they will definitely support this decision without reservation, and Bahram himself knows this very well. After a moment, Lothar said something pointedly.
“Right now, the Tyranids’ shadow has not completely blocked the subspace nodes, but if the interference continues to increase in the future, the traffic in the galaxy may be cut off.”
It stands to reason. Lothar of the Chapter is the master of the fleet. He should be more qualified to be the fleet commander than Bahram, but he is embarrassingly not in the Archon Council. When Talos proposed this motion, he could only comply with it.
Therefore, there was a hint of "complaint" in his tone, or it could be said that this sentence was actually addressed to Talos, not Bahram.
Faced with this situation, Bahram glanced at Talos and found that the other party was still observing the tactical instrument and showed no sign at all.
At this moment, the pressure in his heart is also extremely huge. This is not a company, this is a legion that the chapter leader has worked hard to build. There are several war groups, millions of troops, and billions of people. , he felt as if his hands and feet were filled with lead, and it was extremely difficult to even move a finger.
However, thinking of the refugee camps he had visited and the civilians in the church who prayed day and night, hoping that angels would protect their homes and relatives, Bahram forced himself to muster up courage.
"We are here to fight for them. Right here, here, everyone deserves our protection, and I believe the chapter leader will choose so."
Then Bahram looked at Westeros 4. This planet was the closest to the insect nest and had obviously become a target. A fleet of tentacles stretched towards it from a very prominent position. At this time, the empire's fleet was divided into three parts. For the previous series of battles, the total number of battleships is currently less than 200. Among them, the core fleet is still the main fleet of the Astral Knights, the left fleet is composed of the Lamenters and Flesh Tearers, and the right fleet is the White Templar. It consists of Mantis Warriors, Tiger Claws and part of the galaxy defense fleet. Of course, these ships are basically old gunboats and can basically be ignored.
To be honest, this fleet power is a drop in the ocean compared to the Tyranids. Even Malakin, who had annihilated the Tyranid tentacle fleet not long ago, was shocked by the size of the enemy and even asked Bahram if he wanted to tactically move - Ma It was not that Larkin wanted to escape, but as a fleet commander, he also believed that the chance of victory was too slim.
"Our only goal is to delay until the reinforcements arrive. The astrological signal has been sent out. The cardinal world is not far away from here, as long as the chapter leader arrives."
Although Bahram tried to sound confident, but his words lacked much force.
"Considering the distance, the enemy will definitely attack Planet 4 first. We need to delay the enemy on this battlefield to slow down the enemy's pace."
Speaking, Bahram Gradually stabilize his mind and outline his plan on the tactical instrument.
"Let part of the Hive Fleet approach the planet first. Their biological ships are very magical, but they also have weaknesses. They are very susceptible to interference from the gravitational field. Once they enter the planet's gravitational field, it will be difficult to escape quickly. At this time, the left and right wing fleets will immediately attack The front besieged the Tyranid biological ships that entered the orbit of the planet, while the central fleet circled behind the Hive Fleet that invaded the planet and cut off their reinforcements. Once the Tyranid fleet in orbit was destroyed, all fleets quickly detached and waited for the second batch. The Hive Fleet is approaching, and this is the way to go."
Looking at the plan drawn up by Bahram, Talos nodded, but quickly pointed out a problem.
"Once the Tyranids enter orbit, they will release a large number of biological weapons to the ground. Can the ground troops stop it? This world is not developed, and there is not even a nest."
"I believe it Yes, there are already two million regular troops, eleven Space Marine companies, more than four hundred thousand Mechanicus troops, and nearly ten million local militia and defense forces gathered on Westeros IV. We should be able to withstand it. We ordered everyone to move to the city very early and stepped up the construction of city fortifications. We were somewhat prepared.”