On the bridge of the Eternal Loyalty, Soshyan was reviewing the battlefield intelligence sent by Talos and several company commanders, as well as the combat status of other chapters.
However, even though the situation had changed, the Chaos army continued to attack various underground explorer fortresses. Azrael resolutely carried out the plan to save the residents, but the enemy was very elusive. After one attack was repelled, another
An attack has begun again.
Abaddon changed his tactics, no longer relying on an overwhelming and orderly attack on the fortress, but instead attacking the weakest point of the defender.
No matter how perfect Azrael was in responding to such attacks, he could not rescue him in time every time. Many smaller and smaller outlying strongholds were breached, and even Chaos Space Marines rushed directly into the fortress and looted the residents.
Case.
This kind of thing also happened in the area defended by the Astral Knights and the White Templar. It seemed that the Black Legion was planning to have a tug of war with them.
Obviously, as discussed in advance, this situation is beneficial to the Black Legion, because the empire, as the real attacker, is forced to switch to frequent defense, while the Black Legion, which is supposed to be the defender, is able to fully mobilize,
and delay time.
Astropaths have reported several obvious subspace fluctuations. It is obvious that the defeated Chaos fleet is regrouping. No one knows what the size of the opponent will be next time it comes again.
After all, everyone knows that the last naval battle did not really damage the Black Legion fleet. Many big killers such as the legendary Spirit of Vengeance and Planet Killer have not yet appeared. If these terrible warships participate in the battle, the existing naval power will not
What are the chances of winning.
Not to mention the possibility that other chaotic forces may intervene, such as Xiulun, an old acquaintance whom Soshyan has always been very wary of.
Although according to intelligence, Huulun is still attacking several trading planets and industrial worlds, no one can tell whether he will suddenly join the war.
Compared to the Chaos side, the Imperial side's mobilization is always much slower. The second batch of supporting navy is still on the way and seems to have to wait for a while. Some war groups have responded to the call of the battlefield, but when will they arrive?
No one can tell for sure.
Therefore, the longer the war drags on, the more detrimental it will be to the empire.
At the same time, as time goes by, the possibility of Abaddon's escape is gradually increasing. Although the fleet is constantly patrolling around the planet, if the enemy is determined to abandon those cultists and only withdraw the Chaos Space Marines, then it only takes one
A fleet raid is very likely to achieve this goal. After all, thousands of Chaos Space Marines can be taken away by only a few transport ships, and during a fleet melee, this task is not unfeasible.
The best time is to end the war when the imperial fleet has an overwhelming advantage.
In order to achieve this goal, his "fishing" plan is crucial.
Fortunately, after waiting long enough, he finally caught the fish he wanted - an impatient Chaos Lord and thousands of Chaos Space Marines under his command.
"...Fortress No. 7 has caught a big fish. It must be at least a heavyweight warlord next to Abaddon. It may even be one chosen by Abaddon himself."
Soshyan smiled slightly and put down the data pad.
At this time, Veronica beside him suddenly leaned over and whispered:
"What if the opponent desperately breaks out?"
"It's not just in case, but it will definitely be done."
As he spoke, Soshyan turned on the tactical display, and the battlefield situation and terrain hundreds of kilometers around Fortress 7 quickly spread out in front of him.
"After reconnaissance, we are roughly convinced that the enemy's attack location is in a large cave twelve kilometers away from the west of Fortress No. 7. There is a wide underground passage connected there, which can accommodate the passage of tens of thousands of troops and equipment, and the enemy's concentration
The location, the Eleventh Company, has been explored. It is a town about 190 kilometers away to the west of the fortress, and multiple large caves have been discovered within 50 kilometers of the town."
Soshyan then connected several markers for the fortress, attack point, and assembly point to form a line, and then linked the remaining caves that were discovered.
As a result, a tree-like curve appears on the map.
"What does this mean? It means that the enemy initially dispersed, attacking from more distant caves, and finally converged in the town, and then advanced from the hidden underground main road to the attack point. This also means that from the fortress to their departure point
There is only one main road in our location. Now I have ordered Talos and the others to use melta bombs to completely cut off this passage. If the other party wants to break out, they must travel through at least 250 kilometers of ground and return to their original starting point.
, can we turn to the underground march."
Veronica raised her eyebrows and said with a smile:
"You have absolute air superiority, I'm afraid they won't dare."
"Yes, unless their commander is crazy, they will never put large troops on the ground waiting for our army to carry out aerial bombing."
"What if there is a tunnel in the fortress?"
"Before the Second Company withdrew, I had them blow up all possible tunnels. Several other Cadian regiments and Krieger regiments were deployed to surround the fortress. I'm afraid it won't be that easy for them to escape."
Just as he was talking, the communications officer in the distance suddenly said loudly:
"A new text message! From planet Earth!"
"Send it over."
Soon, the communication content appeared in front of Soshyan.
"Look, some people can't wait."
It turned out that the person who sent the communication was Ustad, the second company commander. After learning that Soshyan had deployed heavy troops to surround the enemy in the fortress, he immediately petitioned to join the annihilation operation against the enemy.
"Ustad, he doesn't know your battle plan yet."
Veronica was quite impressed with the second company commander, because sometimes she would also do some file sorting work, and the second company commander's reports were always the most rigorous among the several company commanders.
Soshyan nodded. Currently, there are only a few people in the war group who clearly know the battle plan.
On the one hand, it was due to confidentiality considerations, and on the other hand, he was worried that the soldiers would have a psychological burden on abandoning the civilians they protected. Although he left a way out for the besieged residents, to be honest, this was only
The road to death is just better.
Thinking about this, Soshyan wrote a few words on the data pad.
"Surround but not attack"
He directly sent a few words to Ustad, and then he sent the situation at Fortress No. 7 to various battle groups and Gray Knights, and attached his own opinions and plans.
"...After seizing this large group of enemies, the initiative comes to our army. On the one hand, Abaddon can no longer launch attacks at will, and must concentrate all his efforts to save this army. On the other hand, Abaddon can no longer launch attacks at will.
He can't just walk away anymore, and we can draw Abaddon's troops out, at least eating them bit by bit outside the enemy's lair."
"But what if Abaddon doesn't take the bait?"
"Then we will evacuate all the residents first, and then launch an attack on the besieged enemies. We will eliminate these more than a thousand stubborn enemies. At least we can cut off one of Abaddon's right and left arms, and we will make decisions on the rest."
After saying this, Soshyan picked up another data tablet, but the content on it made his heart feel heavy.