Chapter 2851: Seducing the hand and striking the foot
Compared with the general imperial administrative regions, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the State Church, the Inquisition, the Mechanicus and other forces that are fighting every day, the Archdiocese is slightly different. First of all, the forces here are very, very single.
There are almost no imperial administrative and law enforcement agencies, only the state religion and a very small number of Adeptus Mechanicus strongholds, with a lot fewer "eyes", and the priests are not what Soshyan belittles them. These people are far less sensitive than the bureaucrats.
Certain things will not arouse particularly strong reactions. Another advantage is that it is located in a remote location. This time it is a Tyranid invasion. The Inquisitors will definitely not go here. After all, they are all busy people. They are busy from birth to death.
It seems that time is precious, and the alien inquisitors are very "focused" on their own business. Even if he severely offended this group of people not long ago, due to their lack of sensitive political sense, the focus of their investigation will only be on alien-related matters.
In terms of affairs, we will not focus on the administrative bills promulgated by Soshyan.
As for other war groups, 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 any changes in the mortal world as long as there is no outbreak.
In the eyes of most Astartes, war is nothing.
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 leave the archdiocese, even if it is
The Astropath is also completely under his control.
That is to say, under this special background, Soshyan dared to take such "dramatic measures". Specifically speaking, no one could control it, no one dared 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 seemed to have expanded even more. Just as Soshyan expected, it no longer gathered in one group, but dispersed into several groups.
Like a big hand reaching into the hinterland of the archdiocese, facing direct threats are the Winoshi galaxy, the San Trigo galaxy, and the Longobardi galaxy. Among them, the Winoshi galaxy is the most prosperous, containing a garden world and a
The agricultural world is a feudal world with a total population of about 8 billion. The other two galaxies only have one habitable planet each, are still in the colonial development stage, and have a small population of only one billion.
According to the characteristics of the 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 Tyranid forces and divide them into three groups, then we will not be able to slow down and attack them at all. First, we must clarify our combat missions at this stage."
In the magnificent hall of the Wisdom Palace, the makeshift star mapper 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, weaken its power as much as possible, reduce its channels for obtaining biomass, and at the same time also
We must prevent it from turning to other locations in the Storm Star Territory until reinforcements sent by Terra arrive at the battle zone and accumulate enough strength to repel and destroy the Tyranids head-on, which is also the ultimate goal of this war."
Years of experience in battles and commanding large corps have formed a strong personal style in Soshyan's war thinking. Simply put, tactics must be flexible, but strategy must be regular. For him, in any war, he must first understand
It is not the strength of the enemy or ourselves, but the goal. What is the goal of the war and why is it fought?
Once the goal is clear, the war process can be broken down and refined, so that all war processes can be directed towards the ultimate goal.
Immediately afterwards, the picture on the imager began to change, the star map began to enlarge, and a tentacle-like shadow extended from the edge of the picture like an arrow.
"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 to jump,
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 Winoshi 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 way?"
"There are not many residents here. I have sent a fleet to evacuate. I will leave the planet alone for the time being and let Tyranids digest it first."
"Why? Doesn't this... enhance their power?"
Soshyan smiled and said:
"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 cultivate. They just drive huge herds to places with abundant water and grass.
Use the resources there to expand the herd. If the year is good, a tribe will gradually become larger. As the number of people increases, the herd will also become larger. The pastures that could originally be used to raise livestock can no longer accommodate so many people.
The herds have grown, 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 split, and some people will take their herds to new places.
The pasture and Tyranid swarms have a similar ecology. Their biological instinct does not tend to gather, but to devour and grow more efficiently, which causes them to disperse after reaching a certain size."
Hearing this, Malakin seemed to understand something and nodded.
"I understand, your target is these scattered sub-fleets!"
Soshyan clapped his hands gently.
"Exactly, when we build 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, and 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 Tyranids fleet in the nearest Longobardi system first, and annihilate the Tyranids here as quickly as possible.
Fleet, then quickly go to the Saint Trigo galaxy, annihilate the Tyranid fleet there, and then return to the Winoshi galaxy to withdraw the troops in the system and execute the extermination order. This is called luring the hand and striking the foot."
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——