Hearing Soshyan's answer, the great sage's eyes flashed for a moment, and then he said warmly:
"It can be seen that the Red Pirates' huge force and fleet put a lot of pressure on you, but I don't think your biggest trouble is the Red Pirates."
"Oh? What should I say?"
"Huron seems to have tens of thousands of Chaos Space Marines, but why is he still huddled deep in the maelstrom after so many years? Even a lair like the Badab Star Fan only controls it indirectly."
Soshyan thought for a moment and said:
"At present, he is still unable to fight against the huge military force of the empire, and his traitors are not really determined to fight to the end for him, at least most of them are not."
"Actually, in my opinion, although Huron has plundered countless wealth over the years and even worked hard to build his small kingdom, his domain still does not have the ability to maintain a legion. Why is the Black Legion so scary? Because there is something in the Eye of Fear
More than a dozen technological heretical worlds serve him. The continuous equipment and materials provided by those worlds can support a true legion. Even if the big plunderer does not plunder, he can still launch his war plan, but Huron
No, he seems to be very rich and powerful now, which is based on constant plunder. Once this process is forced to be interrupted, or is strictly guarded, his warehouse will soon be exhausted... Maybe he
His reserves can supply him with a hundred battles, or even a thousand battles, but what about ten thousand battles? Once there is no sufficient supplies, the warband under his command will fall apart and leave him. The Chaos Heretic has never been patient.
For one thing, they will not serve a lord on an empty stomach."
Soshiyang did feel a bit enlightened when it came to Ultramok. He had been staring at the red pirates' huge force and fleet before, and he had indeed ignored the red pirates' fragile self-sustainability.
Huron maintains so many people and fleets, and must consume a huge amount of supplies every day. In a non-war state, he can replenish them through frequent plunder, but once it enters a full-scale war state and all fleets are engaged in battle, he will only rely on his existing supplies.
It is impossible for the territory to sustain the consumption of such a huge army.
And this, as Ultramok said, is the biggest Achilles heel of the Red Pirates - they actually cannot fight a protracted war and a war of attrition!
If the battlefield between the two sides changes from a competition of guns and blades to a competition of logistics, then Huron will undoubtedly lose. This is why he has not made any big moves for so many years, and he himself should be very aware of this.
Without those wealth and supplies, his allies, mercenaries and even his subordinates would leave. After all, everyone rebelled against the empire, but not to the point of risking their lives to rebel for free.
Soshyan smiled slightly and praised:
"I didn't expect that you, Great Sage, are also a master of war. I even want to ask you to be my staff."
"Everyone in Riza must be a master of war, because we have too little time for peace, and the invasions of various aliens and heretics have never stopped for ten thousand years."
"Then what do you think is my biggest trouble?"
"So in my opinion, Commander Soshyan, the focus of your war is not how to attack, but how to defend, how to drag Huron's fleet on the battle line, how to make his plunder futile, how to let him
Valuable resources are invested in continuous and meaningless battles. If we can do this, even if the expeditionary force does not have any decisive victory, I believe that in a few years, the Red Pirates will naturally disappear... This is why I said
Your biggest trouble is not the red pirates, because to do this, you will definitely need the cooperation of all local institutions and forces, because the wealth plundered by the red pirates will not be turned into logistics and equipment out of thin air, and their routes for selling stolen goods are basically the same as those rampant in the Maelstrom area.
Smuggling routes overlap, and if we want to block the Red Pirates, the first step is to cut off smuggling, which will affect the interests of many, many people."
After listening to this, Soshiyang was silent for a long time. Only his fingers tapped lightly on the railing to make a sound.
When the outline of Endeavor City appeared on the horizon, he suddenly said in a deep voice:
"I didn't expect that even though you are not in the Maelstrom area, you still know it very well... I have heard a little bit about such evil things. It seems that some hive ruling families and trade lords are involved in it. Those people don't know how to deal with heretics.
Is smuggling a capital offense?"
"With enough profit, they will even sell ropes to hang themselves. Their backgrounds are far less simple than you think. For example, some families have actually been serving the Tribunal, and the people behind some organizations are from Terra.
There are some powerful families, and some people are simply the white gloves of certain departments.”
"Many things in the empire are ruined by these silverfish. They really deserve to be killed!"
Just when Soshyan was filled with anger because of the intricate situation of the maelstrom, they were gradually approaching Endeavor City.
Viewed from a high altitude, Endeavor City is a towering and extremely dense hive-like building complex with a radius of hundreds of kilometers, and has a large number of metal "tentacles" extending in all directions, covering a wider area.
The essence of these "tentacles" is the tracks and related facilities of super-giant trains, which pass through various cities and production complexes across the entire continent, connecting the entire continent of Boshi together. In this network, the farthest node is
The forge group located in the westernmost part of the mainland is home to hundreds of large and small foundries, all of which are high-quality forges that produce various types of war machines. There are even dozens of them that specialize in producing the famous Storm.
Manufacturer of the Blade.
As the core of the Boshi Continent, Endeavor City is also the core of Reza's manufacturing industry. It continues to produce huge amounts of war machines every day, from the internal key equipment for assembling imperial warships to various heavy tanks, and these are from the casting of God
The equipment and machines produced in the temple are loaded onto super-giant trains at large stations, and then transported to the east of the northern continent via the Isthmus of Atonement, which is the transfer station Omega 9.
In addition to the complex and magnificent ground facilities, the underground of Endeavor City is also grand. It has established the largest data crypt in Ryza. Its size and completeness cover all the knowledge known to Ryza, and the more information in the crypt
Deep down, in an even more unknown place, Ryza's underground war facility was built, and legend has it that various technologies and items banned by the Emperor were sealed.
But the full picture of the Reza Crypt and even what it contains was not known until after the Horus Heresy. The only information that can be said to be known is probably the secret of the subsequent blockbuster Knights of Reza, the Star Flash Family - they
It was unknown until it appeared, and had been engaged in endless simulated battles underground. It was not until Ryza was invaded by the rebels that they were summoned, and people learned of its existence.
"It is certainly a very simple and straightforward solution to just wave a butcher knife, but the reality is that many things can be solved not just by killing. The Great Rebellion has already illustrated this."
"It sounds like, Great Sage, you are not optimistic about this expedition?"
"If you use data to simulate the situation of your expedition, my logical processor comes to the conclusion that your probability of victory is only 13.4%."
As the airship slowly descended, the towering alloy walls of the magnificent Endeavor City were getting closer and closer.