Chapter 3116: Instructions
Hearing Soshyan mention the knight family, Ustad asked curiously.
"Chapter Commander, how did the Dupont Delin family perform this time?"
"Well, it's quite satisfactory, basically meeting my requirements. That son of Mathias is pretty good, with fighting skills. He has excellent fighting will and strong self-restraint. Many young knights have had trysts with local noble girls, but he has never had a tryst. Even if he threw himself into his arms, he refused. Instead, he likes to deal with space warriors. Both Farzad and Mark admire him very much.”
“What about that person?”
Soshyan thought for a while and knew who Ustad was referring to, and replied:
"It's not bad, and the performance is also very outstanding. I watched the battle videos, and there is indeed Olga in her past." His son was useless, but he had a good grandson. If he had lived longer, wouldn't it be——"
But Soshiyang stopped the topic, shook his head, and said nothing more .
"Ustad, there are several tasks that you need to focus on in the future."
"Chamber Commander, you said."
"First of all, we must pay attention to the food issue. The food supply of the archdiocese is already at a very dangerous level. I believe you also know this. Just this year, some agricultural worlds have carried out three rounds of surplus grain collection. This kind of small-scale riots has not stopped since the beginning of the war. Some are caused by gene stealers, and some are dissatisfied with high grain taxes and surplus grain collection. However, in the future, they will expand the army, build new colonies, and even develop local industries. All of these require huge agricultural resources as the basis. Although there is support from the state religion, I actually don’t know how long it can support it. Moreover, it is difficult to put out the fire that is near. People will not be able to stand even if they are hungry for two days. The state religion has recently been It is conservatively estimated that a group of merchant fleets will not arrive until a year later, or even longer. Although Zhao Akada will help solve some of the problems, they cannot support so many. Besides, you also know that the Adeptus Mechanicus is not interested in life and death for mortals. If they don't care, they won't waste a lot of production capacity on synthetic food."
Hearing what Soshyan said, Ustad sighed and nodded.
“Yes, the supply of tens of millions of soldiers on the front line is really a huge number, and not only the soldiers need to eat, but also the logistics operation personnel and non-combatants must consume a lot of food. Let’s not hide it from the war. The leader said that not to mention the peasants who couldn't bear it, religious riots even broke out in some worlds. Some poor priests led the people in riots with the slogan "Darkness, Emperor Saves the World". They wore yellow belts on their heads and held up yellow sky eagles. Flag, using wooden sticks and farm tools to attack local management institutions, once swept the three worlds, I had no choice but to send Robin and the others to suppress, millions of people died before and after, even after the leading priests were caught They were cut to pieces without repentance. They firmly believed that their actions were right. It was corruption at the top that caused the famine. Alas, most of them were actually good priests with firm beliefs and poor lives. The process of collecting food in various places There is indeed a lot of corruption in the country. I originally planned to forgive some of the rioting priests, but Ms. Velez said that this cannot be done, otherwise the people can start a riot if they are even slightly dissatisfied, and the archdiocese will never have peace."
"Veletz is right, because the war state in the Archdiocese will continue for a long time, and the situation at the lower level cannot be improved in a short time. We can only survive this painful period and develop new colonies. , let the industry be established, and the overall food production of the archdiocese gradually increase, and eventually reach a higher level. This is the only way to cure the problem."
"I understand."
"Several families on the Rogue Trader side have already expressed their willingness to transport food to the archdiocese, but their food needs to be exchanged for local minerals and other commodities. You have to make preparations. The food they transport should be able to alleviate some of this. , but the core still lies in how you dispatch. ""Yes."
"Then there is the problem of gene stealers, although most of the gene stealer sects within the archdiocese have been eliminated. , but there are still remnants, and the Tyranids have penetrated deep into the heart of the archdiocese, and new infiltrators will definitely be sent out. According to the statistics of the Adeptus Mechanicus, more than 70% of the gene stealer infiltrations were ultimately traced to various passenger ships and transportation. Ships, so the control and inspection of ships in the area must be in place. A special inspection department can be set up to strictly search and detect ships. In addition, civilian management capabilities must also be strengthened. The system implemented in the war zone before is good, and you can spread it , although this will further expand the size of the bureaucratic group, but it is worth it."
"I made a note of it, Chapter Commander."
"The last thing is the fleet, considering the pressure on the defense here. It is still relatively large. I plan to leave 12 capital ships and half of the small ships for you, but the Triumph and the Soul Messenger are being repaired in Zhao-Akada, so you may only have 10 capital ships available in the near future, but With the main force of the Silent Fleet here, it shouldn’t be a big problem. As for the Silent Fleet, this fleet is secretly saved by the State Church. It is a shady thing, so I have already negotiated with the deacon and they will all replace it. The symbol of the Astral Knights, and nominally under your command."
An unpredictable smile appeared on Soshyan's face.
“This Silent Fleet is just like the Banshee. It is very powerful but useless at all. Instead of letting it continue to gather dust in the hands of the National Church, it is better to let it really work. But you don’t need to worry too much about this. There will naturally be someone in charge of the regiment."
Ustad nodded, but then asked curiously:
"Leader, I heard from some battle brothers that the Silent Knights. The people in the previous battles were very strange. They wore special armor and entered the depths of the battlefield in small groups. Every time they returned, they would bring the heads of the hunted Tyranid beasts, although few of them could form a whole group. They have returned, but their performance is incredible compared to mortals. There are even rumors that they are Astartes illegally transformed by the state religion?"
Soshiyan shook his head.
"The State Church is not so bold yet, although with their ability they can indeed transform their own Astartes, these people"
As for the "knights" of the Silent Knights, Soshyan also sent people to secretly After investigation, according to intelligence analysis from the other side and leaks from some insiders who were infiltrated by the Holy Flame Order, they were indeed reformers, but the direction of the reform was slightly different from that of the Astartes. The specific process is still a mystery, but They do not yet reach the strength of the Astartes, but when they act collectively, they will erupt with some kind of "faith power" similar to psychic energy, so they can effectively resist the mental oppression from the Hive Mind.
".You only need to know that those people are not as powerful as the Astartes, and you don't need to care about the others."
(End of this chapter)