On the bridge of the Eternal Loyalty, Soshiyan was examining the battlefield intelligence sent by Talos and several company commanders, as well as the combat situation of other battle groups.
However, although the situation has changed, the Chaos Army continues to attack various underground explorer fortresses. Azriel firmly implemented the plan to save the residents, but the enemy is very elusive. After one attack was repelled, another attack had begun.
Abaddon changed his tactics and instead relied on overwhelming orderly attacking the fortress, he changed to the weakest point of the offensive defender.
No matter how perfect Azriel responded to this attack, he could not rescue him in time every time. Many smaller and smaller outer strongholds were breached, and even Chaos Space Marines rushed directly into the fortress to plunder the residents.
This kind of thing also happened in the area of the defense of the Astral Knights and the White Church, and 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 attacking side, was forced to move into frequent defenses, while the Black Legion, which should have been the defensive side, could fully mobilize and delay time.
The Star Speech has reported several obvious subspace fluctuations. Obviously, the defeated Chaos Fleet is gathering again. No one knows what the scale will be when the other party comes again next time.
After all, everyone knows that the last naval battle did not really hurt the Black Legion fleet, and many other big killers such as the legendary soul of revenge and planetary killers have not yet appeared. If these terrifying warships participate in the battle, the existing naval forces do not have much chance of winning.
Not to mention that there is a possibility of other chaos forces intervening, such as Xiulun, an old acquaintance who has always been very alert to.
Although according to intelligence, Xiulun is still attacking several trading planets and industrial worlds, no one can tell whether he will suddenly join the war.
Compared with Chaos Square, the Imperial Side is always much slower to mobilize. The second batch of naval supporters is still on the way and seems to have to wait for a while. Some battle groups responded to the call of the battlefield, but no one can tell when they will arrive.
Therefore, the longer the war drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for 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 the cultists and only withdraw the Chaos Space Marines, then it is possible to achieve this goal with just one fleet raid. After all, thousands of Chaos Space Marines only need a few transport ships to take them away. This task is not impossible when the fleet is fighting.
The best time is to end the war when the Imperial fleet has an overwhelming advantage.
To achieve this, his "fishing" plan is of great importance.
Fortunately, after waiting for a long enough time, he finally caught the fish he wanted - a Chaos Lord who could not hold back and thousands of Chaos Space Marines under his command.
"...................., it must be at least a heavyweight warlord beside Abaddon, and it may even be one of Abaddon's personal choices."
Soshiyang smiled slightly and put down the data board.
At this moment, Veronica beside him suddenly touched her body and said softly:
"What if the other party breaks through the siege?"
"It's not in case, I will definitely do this."
As he said that, Soshiyan turned on the tactical imager, and the battlefield situation and terrain of hundreds of kilometers around Fortress No. 7 quickly spread in front of him.
"After reconnaissance, we were probably sure that the enemy was attacking in a large cave twelve kilometers west of Fortress No. 7, which was connected to a wide underground passage that could accommodate tens of thousands of troops and equipment. The 11th Company, the gathering site of the enemy, had already touched it. It was a town about 190 kilometers west of the fortress, and within a 50 kilometers surrounding the town, many large caves were also found."
Then Soshiyan connected several marks of the fortress, attack points and assembly points to form a line, and then linked the remaining caves that were discovered.
These, a tree-like curve appears on the map.
"What does this mean? It means that the enemy initially marched in dispersed ways, attacked from the more distant caves, and finally joined the town, and then advanced from the hidden underground main road to the attack point. This means that there is only such a main road from the fortress to their departure. Now I have ordered Talos and the others to completely separate the passage with hot melt bombs. If the other party wants to break through, they must cross at least 250 kilometers of ground and return to their original starting point before they can turn into the underground march."
Veronica raised her eyebrows and said with a smile:
"You have an absolute air control advantage, so they are afraid."
"Yes, unless their commanders are crazy, they will never put the large troops on the ground waiting for our army to carry out air bombing."
"What if there are authenticity in the fortress?"
"Before the 2nd Company withdrawal, I asked them to blow up all possible tunnels. Several other Cadian regiments and Krieg regiments were transferred to surround the fortress. It is probably not so easy for them to run away."
As he was speaking, the communication officer in the distance suddenly shouted:
"A new text message! From the planetary ground!"
"Send it here."
Soon, the communication content appeared in front of Soshyang.
"Look, someone can't wait."
It turned out that the second company commander Ustad sent the message. After learning that Soshyan had dispatched heavy troops to surround the enemy in the fortress, he immediately petitioned to join the annihilation of the enemy.
"Ustad, he doesn't know your combat plan yet."
Veronica had a bit of an impression of the second company commander, because sometimes she would do some archive sorting work, and the second company commander's report has always been the most rigorous of the company commanders.
Soshiyang nodded, there were only a few people in the battle group who clearly knew the combat plan.
On the one hand, it was for confidentiality, and on the other hand, he was worried that the soldiers would have a psychological burden on the civilians who gave up their protection - although he left a way out for the besieged residents, to be honest, this was just a little better than a dead end.
Thinking of this, Soshiyan wrote a few words on the data board.
"Siege without hitting"
He sent a few words directly to Ustad, and then he sent the situation in Fortress No. 7 to various battle groups and the Grey Knights, and attached his own opinions and plans.
"...... After seizing this large piece of enemy, the initiative came to our army. On the one hand, Abaddon could no longer launch an attack at will. He had to concentrate all his efforts to save this force. On the other hand, he was not able to leave again. We could attract Abaddon's troops and eat it a little bit outside the enemy's nest."
"But what if Abaddon didn't take the bait?"
"Then we will first withdraw all the residents, then launch an attack on the besieged enemies, destroy these more than a thousand stubborn enemies, and at least we can cut off one of Abaddon's right-hand arm, and make a decision for the rest."
After saying this, Soshiyan picked up another data board, but the content on it made his heart heavier.