Hearing that it was the trial court's communication, Bahram sighed lightly, walked quickly to the communication station, and then picked up the communication microphone.
Within a few seconds, his brows furrowed and his expression became more and more serious. It wasn't until half a minute later that he said anything.
"As I said, it's not yet time to run out of options."
After saying that, he hung up the communication and walked back to the tactical instrument. Talos looked at him.
"Are those guys going to issue an extermination order again?"
"Um."
Bahram nodded helplessly.
From the moment the Tyranid fleet appeared, the alien inquisitor stationed in the Westeros galaxy immediately believed that the existing troops and fleet were completely unstoppable, and the imperial forces must immediately "turn in" to preserve their strength. After all, the Archdiocese
Basically all of the war-ready troops are here. If the entire army is wiped out, the archdiocese will be doomed.
As for the planets in the system and the population that cannot be evacuated in a short period of time, the Inquisitor was as ruthless as ever. He signed the extermination order in front of Bahram and did not allow any plant, tree, or flesh of the empire to "subsidize" the aliens.
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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 supply the limited food to the army.
Reduce the pressure on logistics lines and allow more refugees to be evacuated.
Under such circumstances, Bahram could not abandon them both emotionally and rationally.
"Do you really want to fight Tyron here?"
Oscar suddenly whispered something, and Mark and Lothar immediately glanced at him, but nothing could be seen on their expressions.
But sometimes no attitude is just 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 huge, and they are completely unprepared. There are no defense facilities in the galaxy, and there is no cover on the planet.
Stop, it's not at all a fully prepared posture for the previous battle.
Chapter leaders including Metellus, Andal, etc. have all said that this is not a suitable battlefield. If they are forced to fight here, even if they are barely blocked, they will suffer heavy losses and lose their subsequent combat capabilities. They will fight a war of attrition with Tyranids.
, I’m afraid it’s not a good choice.
There are objections from outside the war group, and naturally there are also internal ones. Among the top leaders of the legion, Arash is not in favor of confronting Tyranids here. Within the war group, several company commanders are not very in favor of using up the limited strength of the legion here.
In other words, they actually don't trust Bahram's ability.
If Soshyan were here, they would definitely support this decision without reservation, and Bahram himself knew this very well.
After a while, 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 that 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 proposal, he could only comply with it.
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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 was also extremely huge. This was not a company. This was a legion that the Chapter Commander had worked hard to build. There were several Chapters, millions of troops, and billions of people. He felt that his hands and feet
It's like it's filled with lead, and it's 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 is worthy of our protection. I believe the chapter leader will choose so."
Then Bahram looked at Westeros 4. This planet was 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 current total number of battleships is less than 200, among which the core fleet is still the main fleet of the Astral Knights, the left wing fleet is composed of the Lamenters and Flesh Tearers, and the right wing fleet is the White Templar.
, Mantis Warrior, Tiger Claw 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 strength 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 star language 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, his words did not have much power.
"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."
As he spoke, Bahram gradually stabilized his mind and outlined 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 stepped forward to besiege the Tyranid biological ships that entered the orbit of the planet, while the central fleet circled behind the Hive Fleet that invaded the planet, cutting off their reinforcements. When the Tyranid fleet in orbit was destroyed, all fleets quickly left and waited for the next one.
The second batch of Hive Fleet is approaching, so we go back and forth..."
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 it doesn't even have a hive."
"I believe it can. Westeros IV has already gathered two million regular troops, eleven Space Marine companies, more than 400,000 Mechanicus troops, and nearly ten million local militia and defense troops. It should be able to withstand it.
Come on, I ordered everyone to move to the city a long time ago and stepped up the construction of city fortifications. I am still somewhat prepared."