Chapter 1604 The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first
Although this happened, the exercises of the Suffering Alliance are not over yet, and Soshyan does not intend to give up halfway. He can only arrange for Magyar and others to continue to host the exercises, while he himself must return to the Chapter Monastery to prepare for the upcoming expedition.
Planning has been carried out.
In fact, Soshyan has no idea how to conduct an expedition. After all, this is no different than when he led a battle group in the past. The Astra Militarum, the Navy, local troops, and other Astartes who came to reinforce them all have their own independence.
The command system and logistics system, the knowledge he learned in the past did not teach him how to integrate these different systems.
"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"
In addition, he also had to consider the larger supply system required by the huge army. For this reason, he even read for several hours the personal biography of Sledo and the biography of Macarius - Sledo was the empire's latest large-scale expedition to Salvador.
The appointed Warmaster of the Barth Crusade, Macarius was the famous Sun Lord who led humanity's greatest crusade since the Heresy.
After reading a lot of classics, Soshyan realized that the first thing he had to do was to identify a supply center.
As Sabat once said to the young officers in his autobiography:
"Forget the heroic legends of the Empire, forget the stories of bravery and sacrifice, forget the legends of victory with less than the many, do you really think we can hold the territory of the God-Emperor if we rely on those stories in battle? I will
To tell you the truth, the victory or defeat of every battle has been decided long before picking up a gun. The true glory of the army lies in a simple and ordinary thing - planning. If there is no reserve of ammunition, no military uniforms and quilts
Account books, no supply channels, no equipment lists, you are doomed! I will also tell you one thing, the most powerful weapon in all armies, although you may not believe me now, but after you have seen it,
You will believe it, stop laughing, listen to me, it is a transport ship and a transport vehicle."
After the Second Founding of the Army, the Astartes' combat methods underwent fundamental changes, from the original large-corps operations to chapter-level special operations. This also led to the Astartes Chapter's reliance on logistics.
Greatly reduced, often the supplies of one or two ships or a fleet are enough to support them in a long war.
However, according to the experience of past expeditions, once the army gathers and reaches the order of 100 million, it is impossible to rely solely on the fleet to maintain logistics. Generally speaking, the expedition force will first establish a supply world as the key logistics fulcrum for the expedition.
These worlds are usually filled with city-level storage warehouses and logistics facilities. The entire world exists to manage, reserve, and send the materials and equipment stored in these worlds. The entire planet is a huge logistics that provides important support for expeditions.
center.
Usually, this kind of world will have hundreds of millions of weapons and other astronomical amounts of supporting ammunition and equipment in reserve. A large number of supply fleets and materials from various production centers will be concentrated here, and they will be constantly transported and replenished. In addition,
The world will also be equipped with huge port facilities to allow various pairs of supply ships to circulate here, so that the expeditionary force can obtain the fastest and best quality supplies here.
And this supply world itself is not only a logistics transfer center and storage point, but also the direct assembly point of the entire expedition supply system. For example, when an expeditionary force completes a major battle, they will return to this supply world for large-scale operations.
Comprehensive supply of large-scale equipment or direct replacement with new equipment.
In addition, as the battle line extends, the supply world will continue to extend into a sub-world or even a new supply world. For example, at the end of the Sabat expedition, the new war commander Macaros, who succeeded the fallen Slaido in command, was in the Kabal system.
Build three supply worlds and more than a dozen secondary supply centers.
All in all, the larger the scale of the war, the more supply worlds are needed and the more intensive they are.
However, Soshyan has not found such a suitable place on the map so far, mainly because the situation in the Maelstrom area is very unclear. The map he got is already the latest, but there are still many worlds marked as "unknown" - this
The concept is also very funny. It is clearly under the banner of the empire, but it does not seem to be under the official control of the empire.
In fact, looking carefully at the situation map of the Maelstrom, Soshyan also has a shocking feeling, because now it is clear that the only ones left under the control of the empire are the Sagan galaxy, the Esteran galaxy, and the Endymion star cluster. As for the past
Star Claw's homeland of the Badab System was once taken back by the Empire after the Badab War. However, after the re-emergence of the Hurons, the system, along with the entire Badab sector, was plundered and attacked by the Red Pirates.
Almost abandoned.
But Huron did not return to his former home. He knew that this poisoned area had no value in the past, so the Badab system became a paradise for free pirates. However, the main force of the Red Pirates did not complete the withdrawal from here.
Instead, many fortresses were built and used as channels for external plunder and defense zones.
As for the Magg Star Cluster and its surrounding areas, it has completely become the territory of the Red Pirates. The imperial forces have almost completely withdrawn from that place. Only the only outpost of the Estrang Galaxy is still standing, but its existence is more like
It was the Black Heart King who did it intentionally.
Soshiyan can only say that the Badab War was fought in a fierce way back then, and how bad the situation is now. That war not only defeated the Hurons, but in a sense also completely destroyed the empire's own order in the region.
And the Space Marine Chapters that participated in the war ended up going back to their respective homes, each looking for their own mother, leaving behind a pile of chicken feathers and an unmanageable mess.
Although there are several participating battle groups left, the actual situation refers to the Ranger Warriors. Under Huron's continued revenge, it is difficult for them to even defend themselves, let alone fight. For example, the Ranger Warriors can only survive after being attacked on their home planet.
If you can escape, you won't dare to stay in the maelstrom area.
Now the only place that Soshyan thinks is more reliable is the Sagan galaxy, which was once the tithe hub of the Ministry of the Interior in the Maelstrom area. It is naturally a logistics center, and it also has a huge spaceport and complete warehousing facilities.
The only question is how to proceed with this matter. After all, turning a highly valuable trade hub world into a supply world means imposing military controls on it and even interrupting the trade routes that extend from there.
It is conceivable that the Ministry of Interior will most likely object, but Soshyan has the power to do so, but they will also choose not to cooperate. So what should he do in the face of an uncooperative world?
"Sigh, I seem to need a professional team to handle these things..."
With a long sigh, Soshyan, who was wearing a loose robe, closed the biography of Slaido in front of him. Just when he was troubled by various thoughts, a pair of slender white jade arms hugged his neck from behind.
Then came the familiar fragrance and the sweet voice with a slight smile.
"Well, dear Lord Warmaster, what are you worried about?"
Soshyan sighed again and covered his forehead with his palms.
"Veronica, please don't use this title anymore. Talos also said it out of the blue before, which makes me still flustered."
"Why are you panicking?"
"It's not like you don't know what these two words mean..."
Veronica, who was wearing a long green dress, pointed at the thick book in front of Soshyan. The cover showed the image of Slaido holding a sword printed on metal.
"Isn't he the same?"
"That's a mortal, Space Marines are different...I'm just the Supreme Lord Commander now, I can't use that title indiscriminately."
Soshyan tried to explain to Veronica, but the language seemed a little weak.