Warhammer, from Gothic Fleet to Azur Lane

The fact that messengers are faster and more accurate than astropathic communication in intergalactic communication also makes the rule of the Empire rely on the almost independent autonomy of each sector. As long as they pay taxes, don't surrender to the enemy, and don't surrender to aliens, the sector can do whatever it wants. Terra is too lazy to control it and can't control it, just like the holy war started by Salmin.

Can you imagine a prefecture-level city in China independently deploying more than two military districts, then privately penetrated the first island chain, destroyed three American battle groups, and occupied Japan? This is exactly what Salmin wanted to do. The Empire's control over the local areas was really low, but this also happened to be convenient for Salmin.

After temporarily misappropriating the tithe and executing most of the nobles, the Armageddon sector, as an important trade node in the Solar Sector, squeezed out extremely astonishing wealth and materials. Coupled with the Empire's long-standing militarism and Armageddon's complete military-industrial system, in more than a month, the strength of the holy war has expanded to a terrifying level.

Of the thirty million Astra Militarum troops, two thousand were standard infantry regiments of ten thousand men, composed of militias and gangs recruited after the war, who were mainly filler troops. The rest were standard army groups formed by Salmin based on the Sun Auxiliary Army and modern organization, each of which had thirteen combined brigades of about six thousand men.

These 125 army groups, totaling million elite former Star Army/Storm Troopers, are the main force of Salmin. The army groups are composed of two heavy combined brigades, two medium combined brigades, two light combined brigades, one special operations brigade, two naval aviation brigades, two artillery brigades, and one engineering brigade.

The additional naval aviation brigade and artillery brigade were to make use of his advantages in fighter planes and the Empire's heavy artillery. As for the special operations brigade, it was not very responsible for special operations. These tough guys with all armored hell guns were the real elite used for frontal breakthroughs. Only they were capable of the heavy burden of field battles with demons or Chaos Astartes.

In the face of the monsters in the 13th Black Crusade, it was a blessing that the line fillers did not collapse the moment they engaged in battle. Only these elites with a large number of heavy weapons were qualified to help Astartes share his worries. For this reason, he even lowered his face and asked each regiment to send Astartes to temper these mortal soldiers.

The more important thing is the Titan Legion. Although he does not have the ability to manufacture or supply any Titan Legion, this does not prevent him from cooperating with them. As mentioned before, with the Iron Man in his hand, he has absolute control over the Machine Soul.

As it happens, the opinions of the Titan Machine Spirits are extremely important in any Titan Legion. After giving the Flesh Tearer the Emperor-class Titan he found, the entire Legion Metalica originally stationed in Armageddon temporarily pledged allegiance to him for fifty years, which also meant that the expeditionary force would receive the support of an entire Titan Legion.

As for where the Emperor Titan came from, remember that female Inquisitor? This is the gold she dropped. Salmin only felt that this plot was familiar, but when Flesh Tearers Chapter Leader Seth came to see him, he remembered who this little jerk was - the stupid Inquisitor in "Blood of the Machine".

"Blood of the Machine" is about a stupid Inquisitor who tried to induce the Black Rage of the Flesh Tearers and report them so that they would be listed as a traitorous chapter. For this, two Emperor-class Titans, an entire Hive City, and countless Astra Militarum were involved. In the end, Seth launched a Death Company torpedo at the Inquisitor who was hiding in a refugee ship in order to protect the Black Rage's little secret.

But even if Salmin didn't intervene deliberately, the influence he brought was enough to change the direction of such a small incident. After obtaining the Son of Sanguinius, the combat power of the Flesh Tearer has made a qualitative leap. The Inquisitor still wanted to use psychic power to make it fall into Black Rage. Isn't it a bit disrespectful to the Astartes ship girl?

The so-called quasi-untouchables of KanColle are actually more convenient to operate. The passive auras are replaced by a form that can freely switch and adjust the size of the auras, which is more convenient for daily life and combat deployment. Its anti-psychic and anti-subspace nature has not changed.

Yes, the Untouchables are not invincible, but how could a mere Inquisitor possess that kind of power? The moment she tore her face, a black light flashed among the Flesh Tearers, who should have all fallen into black rage, and the preset psychic shields and all means could not even respond.

All plans were so pale and powerless in the face of absolute power. The finely crafted armor with defense comparable to that of power armor was always like a piece of paper when it was needed, breaking with a single poke, along with her fragile flesh and blood.

The physical strength of this female Inquisitor who looked like the Chief Daemon of Khorne was far inferior to that of Angras. Under the power of the ship girl, she was just a rag doll. Not only her limbs, but also large pieces of flesh and bones of her torso were torn off.

The intense pain of losing half of his body weight in an instant and the twisted fear of his soul being devoured finally made this evil beast in human skin look a little more human. It turns out that the bloodless and tearless judge can also shed tears. I thought it was just like the stupid things they did. Even if they died billions of times in an instant, they could calmly think that it was just a necessary sacrifice.

In short, when Seth and others recovered from the momentary psychic shock, after a short gap of one or two seconds, only the Astartes were still standing on the field. The dozen or so followers brought by the Inquisitor had become part of the carpet, and the Inquisitor himself, who was a streamlined version of a human pig, naturally lost the ability to stand forever.

Although it was a bit cruel, it was undoubtedly a happy ending. Two precious Emperor-class Titans and hundreds of thousands of civilians should not be wasted in the power struggle of the Inquisitors. "Life is the currency of the Emperor, use it well." It's a pity that most Zerg only paid attention to the first sentence.

In Seth's report, Thalmin, who was the Inquisitor of the Precious Object, naturally favored the Flesh Tearers. Warp Trek was a good excuse, wasn't it? The Flesh Tearers got the honor of recovering the Emperor-class Titan, and Thalmin got the assistance of a Titan Legion, the "Iron Skulls".

A win-win situation, a win-win situation.

And now, he will go to welcome the last guest before the Holy War, the Grand Sage of the Mechanicus, Mita Farr.

Chapter 18: Salmin Impert

The safe return of the trade fleet was undoubtedly great news, and the last piece of the holy war puzzle was ready. The value of a battleship in the empire's unique barter economic system was even higher than that of most worlds. This precious treasure was converted into countless war materials, enough to feed the entire holy war army.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Crusades are short of basic and cheap materials. Moreover, the main business direction of the Forge World of Voss Prime is shipbuilding. What Salmin sells is also the forging license. Voss Prime has the right to copy and sell. In this way, it is not just a matter of one battleship.

But the only two battleship casting templates in the empire today might become three in his hands hundreds of years later, and no one could refuse this honor. And all he had to pay was the materials and production lines that were of no use to him.

Seventy-four transport ships of various levels entered one after another. The largest and most conspicuous one among them was almost the same size as a battleship - a space-class transport ship, with a total length of twelve kilometers and a capacity of five hundred thousand people. However, if it was carrying soldiers instead of people, the capacity could be increased to more than 140 million.

Most of these are Galleon-class transport ships or Tarasque-class transport ships. These large transport ships are two to three thousand meters long and are loaded with enough supplies to even equal ten years' worth of the entire Armageddon star region's tithes!

Millions of Carapace Armor, Hell Guns, thousands of Malcador heavy tanks, and hundreds of Poison Blade super-heavy tanks were enough to fill the last gap in the army's weapons. The real bulk of this batch of supplies was the navy. In addition to the billion-ton macro-cannon shells and coolant, the real goodies of the Mechanicus were also brought to the trading table.

Two Goliath-class factory ships! These ships can only consume the plasma of stars to replenish fuel and power the production technology equipment inside to satisfy the greedy hunger of the entire expeditionary force, whether it is promethium fuel or various consumables in war.

For example, in the future, in addition to the "Soylens Willy Deans" supply packs, the Crusades will also have oatmeal bread sticks, ration sticks, grilled starch burgers, artificial eggs, grilled Grox steaks, synthetic jerky, margarine bread, salted Grox meat sandwiches, and even luxury goods such as Reka coffee, Amasek wine, and Laho sticks.

It is no exaggeration to say that the actual value of these two Goliath-class factory ships with fully loaded production lines is no less than that of battleships. If Thalmin had used the Doomsday-class or even Emperor-class battleships that existed in the Warhammer universe, he might not have been able to exchange for two of them.

But in the eyes of the oil man, the more unique the knowledge, the more valuable it is. It is not a loss to exchange raw materials and production lines for unique knowledge. This is the confidence of the monopoly academia. These two Goliath-class factory ships fully loaded with production lines were cheap for Salmin.

In addition, there are four Goliath-class forge ships. Although the damage suffered by the ship girl can be quickly restored by consuming supplies, other warships do not have this ability. This light cruiser-sized ship will provide maintenance and repair services for damaged capital ships, and can also take on some of the responsibilities of repairing army vehicles.

Because of the importance of the trade fleet, Salmin sent the Vichy battle fleet to escort it and also sent the war marshal Kronstadt to prevent any danger. Now, after this huge fleet safely entered the port, Salmin finally saw the three people and the great sage Farr who had not seen him for more than a month.

Considering the size of the Great Sage, the vehicle was not the traditional Skyhawk shuttle, but the more traditional and noble Stormbird. When the three Stormbirds slowly landed, Salmin could sense that the Great Sage was obviously stunned.

"Please," Salmin naturally boarded the plane with his wife, and the Primarch's guards in white robes boarded the second plane. Seeing them so calm, the Archsage's artificial eyes flashed, and he also boarded the Stormbird with a small guard. At this point, he could no longer say that he had prepared a modified Avirus barge.

(Averus barge, a conventional Imperial transport, nicknamed "Hog", "Little Pig" and "Onager", obviously not a good thing)

What era is it still necessary to use conventional methods to show off your power and give him a little bit of a rich guy shock. We are all here to do business, so it is enough to show our strength. Fighting and killing is not good. Just deliver the goods normally, and it is good for you and me.

As for the basics of military strength, he has already demonstrated it quietly, hasn't he? The Great Sage no longer paid attention to this precious sacred relic, the Storm Bird. Although he was just passing by just now, the machine soul he came into contact with in that instant was enough for him to recognize the true identity of those white-robed guards who looked like enhanced mechanical servants, the Iron Cavalry Terminators.

A guard of sixteen Iron Terminators is a bit too heavy. Add to that the eighty-two identical white-robed guards lined up on both sides of the road, and it's truly terrifying. The affairs of the Astartes and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have nothing to do with the Mechanicus, and even the most heretical sages would not dare to use so many Astartes for personal use! (Probably~)

He wanted to get some benefits. The Great Sage decided not to have anything to do with this weird governor. He came here to get more benefits. Now he saw that he was still negotiating the price. The original price is fine. I will get some benefits after signing the contract. Ha, don't splatter my blood.

He finally relaxed when he looked down at the planet from the brand new battleship. It was a pity that the author had spent so much time and effort on this, how could he let him get away so easily? He let you go now only because the time was not right. How much more could you, a great sage from the Armageddon star zone, get? The next time we meet, it won't be a trading relationship.

Salmin gently put down the last scroll of documents. All preparations for the holy war were completed. "Keep your feet on the ground and look up at the stars." He looked up at the sky, where his hard work was. The fleet that covered the sky and the sun leaked a little from the clouds. This huge fleet visible to the naked eye was everything to him.

From the moment he understood what kind of world he had come to, he knew that he had to do something. If he was poor, he would take care of himself. If he was rich, he would help the world. 998.M41! Since it was this time, it was self-evident what his mission was. After the initial confusion, everything he did was to work hard for this.

Three months, just three months!

He recalled the three months of blood and fire, from the initial collapse, madness, confusion to the increasing madness and arrogance in the end. From the first murder to the unhesitating decision to blow up the entire nest along with himself, was he still the college student who would say sorry when he bumped into someone, wearing a mask from the beginning?

Can you count the blood on his hands so far? This awful universe has tainted him, and now, he finally has enough power to make everything right!

He knew, he knew clearly that whether it was the Four Gods, the Emperor, or even other gods, they observed everything in the physical universe through the warp, as if watching a stage play, and when their believers decided to perform for their masters, he could go on stage to fight back, or make small moves off the stage.

But, but he must not flip the table! Otherwise, the Four Gods will flip him. The victory of the 13th Black Crusade is undoubtedly a certainty like the siege of Terra. If he does not do something, the eternal reinforcements will be his final fate. Now, I am going to flip the table, are you ready?

Since he traveled through time, he never dared to be angry or desperate... and now he took off his mask for the first time and declared his will to the sky! When he was determined to abandon all his escape routes, there was nothing in this world that could stop him!

Salmin drew out the spear at his side, and as the thunder roared, he threw away all his burdens. He looked around at the empty surroundings and said, "Everyone is listening, right? The outcome of the 13th Black Crusade is decided by me—"

He dared to make such a declaration because he had his own reasons. When a red light passed through a corner of the High Heaven, in the depths of the hidden temple and the crystal labyrinth, the most powerful demon under Tzeentch watched the vibration and fluctuation of the thread of fate. The future was changing because of Salmin's declaration, but no matter what, the opening of the Great Rift was a foregone conclusion!

The demon scoffed at the nonsense of humans, but suddenly saw an unknown blood light. Is this... the future? What about now? The demon heard the strange cry of Saint Tzeentch and the roar of the Blood God - what happened? He hurriedly looked back. Was it a red light? But why didn't I see it in the past?

No, he recognized what it was, it was the true spirit of the Blood God! The true god's soul exploded in the crystal maze, and the god's furious roar resounded like thunder through the dying worlds. The storm caused by the violent tremors in the warp was fierce enough to penetrate the barrier of reality, as if the Skull Lord was personally wielding the sword of destruction to slaughter the stars.

The entire Crystal Labyrinth is collapsing! The horrific power created by the disintegration of the True God's soul in the Warp was so great that even Saint Tzeentch could not reverse it. The turbulent Warp storm not only destroyed one-eighth of Tzeentch's Sanctuary, but also destroyed the already arranged ending along with the Crystal Labyrinth.

The demon was speechless as he watched Tzeentch, who was still screaming "change, endless change" and letting the crystal maze collapse. The true nature of the true God could not be predicted, but was it worth it to use such a treasure to destroy the crystal maze in exchange for a possibility?

"——The future that is set is not the future I want. Try to snatch victory from me with your sword, demon. My name is Salmin Impat, the one who ends the Great Rift!"

His name is Salmin Impat, right? Carlos thought, maybe he should go and take a look...

The Thirteenth Black Crusade

Chapter 1: Half a Step Ahead

This Zhenlong can be broken in just one step. Today I am half a step ahead of heaven. I am like a dragon flying into the sea. All places in the world can be visited!

The Warp, in many ways, is a reflection of reality. The great changes in the Warp will also be reflected in the entire real universe. For a moment, it seems that the Warp storms in the entire galaxy have stopped for a moment.

This was just the calm before the storm. The next moment, an unimaginable screaming impact was like a heavy punch in the center of the sea of ​​nothingness. As the waves spread outward, their momentum became more and more fierce, and finally turned into a surging tsunami. But this tsunami was a bloody wave!

The Blood God's true spirit permanently polluted the land of Tzeentch's sanctuary, which was unexpected by all beings - after all, before Thalmin, no one had tried to see what would happen if one true god's soul was shattered in another true god's sanctuary.

Now we know - one eighth of the Holy Land has been usurped, and the Crystal Labyrinth along with hundreds of great demons have been permanently wiped out by the explosion that shook the sky. Now that the true gods are no longer involved, the outcome of the great game will inevitably shift to the Blood God.

But logically speaking, Khorne, without a soul, was not strong enough to swallow such a victory. As a result, the undecided great game was intensified again by a nuclear strike from Thalmin. After the fragile balance of the four gods was broken, there was only one result - the four parties invested more troops in the eternal battlefield of the warp.

Hundreds of billions of demons, led by tens of thousands of great demons, shouted the names of their gods and fought in the endless warp. This noisy war will continue until the end of the world! Countless energies are involved. The base of the four gods is still the warp, and the biggest enemy is themselves.

88 bloodthirsty demon armies of Khorne are marching towards the Crystal Ruins. At the edge of the eroded territory, this endless army encounters the arriving Guardians of Tzeentch head-on. The latter swarm in from all directions like insects guarding a nest, and the two forces then tear each other apart fiercely.

Of course, there were more than just those who took advantage of the situation. At almost the same time, the Furious Knights under Slaanesh invaded the Garden of Nurgle. The timing of this raid was just right: Nurgle's Inert Fiends had just made a large-scale attack on Khorne's recently emptied Ironfire Fortress.

As for where the intelligence of both parties came from? The evil laughter echoing in the subspace proved that its master was unexpectedly happy, as if it was not Him who had just suffered the greatest loss. He simply called Carlos, "Take nine demon armies to see her quality. I want to give her the name Hu Ji (Fu Jin), and also make her my eternal god choice."

At this time, the war between the Chaos Gods broke out in full swing. The war in the physical universe was just a spice in their eyes. Even in the eyes of the Four Gods, if Abaddon could open the Great Rift, he would open it. If he couldn't, then forget it. It had been tens of millions of years since the Necrons stitched up the Great Rift. They had lived well before.

In particular, once the Great Rift is opened, not only will they benefit, but that piece of old bacon will be the biggest beneficiary. For them, it is just more convenient to influence reality. The formation of the Dark Lord is not in their interests. So as to whether the Great Rift can be opened, they are actually just watching the show.

But watching a play is watching a play, and a one-sided farce is not what they want to see, especially a disobedient child like Valkyrie, who must be properly disciplined! Let her know that all mortals are just playthings of the gods, and any self-righteous resistance is just a seasoning of evil and a foreplay to please the gods.

If you become complacent just because you killed an ascended primarch, we will give you deep despair!

Nurgle's ascended primarch Mortarion, the Lord of Death, and Chaos' ascended primarch Lorgar, the Word Bearer, have returned from their silence. Khorne's chief daemon Angras the Unbound and Tzeentch's chief daemon Carlos the Fateweaver will also emerge from the Eye of Terror.

The two ascended demons, the two chief demons of the primarch and their legions will greet her on behalf of the four gods. And present this transgressor to their master, absolutely safe!

Infallible? The god on the brass throne sneered. Why do you think I chose her as the eternal god? Why didn't he send his hawk Angron? The one who was defeated was not Angron, the god sent by the three gods, but a strand of his spirit. The soul gem was not a reward, but a trophy!

(After Angron's death, Khorne blocked the view of the Warp to Armageddon because of Tzeentch's ridicule. The three gods only knew the result that Angron was killed, but did not see the process. Khorne did not say that he was killed by a mortal after burning his soul, but only said that he enjoyed the chopping.)

Khorne just sneered. The four gods had no friendly relationship at all. They were just waiting for their companions to suffer, and it would be best if their primarchs were also sacrificed. "Angras, my right hand, go and offer me 88 worlds, prove your loyalty with killing and blood, and wash away the shame of Armageddon!"

On the surface of the Plague Star, a large number of Death Guards are ready to go and line up here. Nurgle's words are absolute orders to the Death Guards and Mortarion. Anyone who dares to insult the kind father Nurgle will surely incur the eternal revenge of the Death Guards!

The thoughts of the benevolent father Nurgle rolled and turned into a cold and deadly poisonous storm, but thoughts alone were powerless to set off a storm in the real universe. Therefore, thousands of severely mutated warships gathered in the orbit of the Plague Star. They will bring an equal end to all those who dare to stand in the way of the wrath of the benevolent father Nurgle!

Magnus was not ordered by Tzeentch, but the loss of the Crystal Maze and his endless treasures drove him crazy, as if his worst nightmare was reenacted. He would do his best to turn the words that burst from his lips into crystallized insects, fluttering their wings to summon the Thousand Sons Legion, which was once the pride of the Primarch, but has now become a slave warband.

The mighty power from the gods blew away the crows in the black fog, and in return, this neutral person who did not belong to any of them would temporarily lead the coalition forces and be responsible for arranging the ritual to drag the demon army into reality. A warship even larger than the Queen of Glory was floating in the waves of the warp, another fleet covering the sky and the earth.

And all of this once again had a common goal, just like ten thousand years ago. Only this time their opponents were no longer their fathers or their brothers. But similarly, the magnificent fleets and millions of Astartes troops that besieged Terra in the past were like passing clouds, and only a fraction of the glory of ten thousand years ago remained.

The forces loyal to the Chaos Gods are gathering, but there is one exception -

When the whispers of the demon servants reached his ears, Fulgrim, who was lazily leaning on the velvet throne and enjoying an endless feast of souls, directly slashed the poor demon's head and poured blood wine on it. The Daemon Primarch of the Emperor's Children seemed not to hear the message, "Keep playing, keep dancing!"

Chapter 2 Prologue

Salmin knew nothing about the chaos in the warp, just like Chaos was unaware of his situation. It was a miracle that he could get rid of the enemy's full map cheat. He could only estimate the number of enemies as accurately as possible, but his advantage was that his goal was clear.

Defending Cadia is victory, and the side quest is to save Guilliman, that's it. More than half of the Empire's failures in the official history are due to poor intelligence. The Empire didn't know that the Great Rift would tear the galaxy apart until Cadia exploded and tore the galaxy apart.

From the perspective of victory conditions, it is a point-occupying game. If you don't occupy or defend a point, a group of people will go shopping (gai). What the hell! The Empire deserves to lose, but from a realistic point of view, it is impossible for a group of people to defend Cadia. Chaos, Leviathan Hive, Pirates, Black Bean Sprouts, Orcs, Spare Ribs, White Bean Sprouts, how many people will die if you ignore this series of enemies.

However, with his reinforcements, the pressure on the local imperial troops would be greatly reduced, and many fewer people would die, really many fewer people! This was his only consolation.

Not counting the Chaos Fleet, he brought the flagship Emperor's Dream, 3 Glorious Queen-class battleships, 16 super battleships, 4 battle flagships, 15 battleships, 80 Overlord-class battlecruisers, 36 strike cruisers, 80 cruiser squadrons, and 130 frigate squadrons.

These even far exceeded the original defenders' 9 battleship flagships, 25 battleships, 54 strike cruisers, 35 cruiser squadrons, and 137 frigate squadrons. In addition, the Empire has always been supported by all parties when it is in trouble. As long as he can hold the enemy tightly in the Shield of Terror, victory will belong to him sooner or later.

It's a pity that such a large fleet can't jump from Armageddon to the solar system through the Boros Gate and go directly to Agrippina. They can only take a detour through Scarus and take the route of Scarus-Scelus-Chinchare-Agrippinaa-Cathia.

The reason why it took so long in the later period was mainly because there were a large number of light ships such as transport ships and escort ships in the expeditionary force. In the Terrorshield sector when the Eye of Terror was active, these fragile ships in the Geller position could only pass through stable subspace routes. It was impossible to jump directly to Cadia unless the troops were divided.

Although it is closer to go through the solar system, they are a main fleet of the star domain after all. Who dares to let you enter the capital system? If you shout "Respect the emperor and punish the traitors, return the power!" Who will bear the consequences? But in this case, it will take three months just to jump to Darskarus in the subspace.

This was unacceptable to Salmin. He could not tolerate the slow pace of the Empire. In order to wait for supplies from the Mechanicus, it was already the end of August, and he was forced to carry out nine military constructions. The military strength far exceeded the three military constructions he had initially expected, and a lot of time was wasted.

In another three months, that is, at the end of 998.M41, we will reach Skarrus. If we cross four more sectors, it will probably take until the middle of 999.M41, when Abaddon will be besieging Cadia. It is cool for a hero to save the situation at the last moment, but we are at war, brother. If you have no room for error, you are a complete idiot.

Just as he had said before - he had to get to Cadia and organize its defense before 999.M41. Only the Emperor's Vision could protect Cadia from the Blackstone Fortress and the Planet Killer, and the large number of Astartes he brought with him was enough to turn the entire war into a high-quality meat grinder like the Siege of Terra.

As he and Ron folded up the ships, the eight cruiser squadrons and eight escort ship squadrons of the 8th Battle Group of the Sunlight Fleet were temporarily incorporated into the main escort fleet - the driving skills of the Imperial Navy were actually not as good as those of groups like merchants, rogues and pirates, and only the main battleships could safely sail through the extremely long journey to the Eye of Terror.

Therefore, the 36 escort squadrons of the White Eagle Battle Fleet and the Sakura Empire Battle Fleet that followed him had to temporarily separate to escort the transport fleet. The more powerful Iris Battle Fleet and Vichy Battle Fleet were with the Astartes Fleet. The transport fleet had to cross four star regions during the Black Crusade and needed a stronger force to escort it.

There was another problem: the Empire could not afford the logistics of such a large expeditionary fleet. Armageddon was already one of the richest star regions in the Solar Segmentum, and it had to rely on embezzling tithes, confiscating property, and exchanging battleships for supplies to gather enough supplies for the expeditionary force to consume for two years.

Therefore, Salmin had to take the lead and rely on the Imperial Guards and assassins to control important star regions of the Empire that could support the supply of the large army before Abaddon and the main force of the Crusade arrived. And for such a star region, he first had to have a forging world and at least two agricultural worlds.

Agrippina is indeed a good choice, but the entire sector is built around the forge world of Agrippina. The Mechanicus has too deep a foundation here, and outsiders simply cannot seize power. On the contrary, it is not suitable for his efficient method of seizing power. The two forge worlds of Cadia are barely able to supply Cadia.

The logistics of the expeditionary army with thousands of warships and hundreds of millions of troops were beyond imagination. Only the most prosperous nearby Skarus could afford to support such a large force. It was still unknown whether Skarus could still be prosperous after several years of war. But to support such a large force... he could not help but feel ashamed and sad for his subsequent atrocities.

To be honest, the two forge worlds and six hive worlds in the Skarrus sector are really suitable for rear development. The most important thing is that the only garden world of the Dread Shield, Tantras, is located in the Thracian Crown system in the Skarrus sector. This extremely precious former Eldar virgin world is beautiful and dazzling.

Time waits for no one. Now is the only and best opportunity. If there are no messy ships holding back, it will only take more than a month for the two fleets to reach the Crown of Thracian. It will take at least a month and a half to occupy the star region and integrate resources with the efficiency of the empire's transportation. It will only take five or six days to jump to Cadia in one step, which is just right.

"The advance fleet - the White Eagle Battle Fleet and the Sakura Empire Battle Fleet raise the Geller's stance and prepare to jump into the subspace. Target - the Thracian Crown!"

The next moment after he completed the deployment, it seemed as if the entire sky was torn apart. The eight super battleships, four Agamemnon-class ships, and eighteen Overlord-class battlecruisers neatly arranged in the gorgeous purple-red vortex were like a steel mountain range in the void, turning into streams of light and falling into the purple eyes.

At the same time, the prelude to the 13th Black Crusade had already begun. A Sword-class frigate belonging to the Agrippina Fleet sent the final astropathic communication: "Zizi - Typhus Zizi - Plague Zizi - Three battleships Zizi - Agrizi Zizi - Sur -"

The appearance of the infamous Plague Fleet, which included three battleships, in the important city of Agrippina brought worse news to the system that was suffering from the "Plague of the Faithless". Admiral Quaren was forced to concentrate his forces to fight against it despite the serious shortage of fleet strength.

The result is that large tracts of the empire's territory have been temporarily handed over to others. The shadow of chaos has shrouded the entire star region, but this misfortune has particularly affected Ursul, which is still an ordinary agricultural world, but will be transformed into a dead planet under the brutality of Typhus.

Chapter 3 Admiral Quaren, Reinforcements

The Ursul system is located in the Agrippina sector. There is only one planet in the entire system where humans mainly live - the agricultural world Ursul. However, it has extremely high strategic value, connecting the two major industrial centers in the Agrippina sector, the Forge World Agrippina and the Forge World Fenlais.

Although the Usul Galaxy, which serves as an important material transfer center and industrial granary in the Agrippina Star Sector, has low actual value, its geographical location determines that it is the weakest point in the Agrippina Star Sector's defense.

It was precisely because his previous position was too safe that the Ursul system had only two escort ship squadrons and 34 shallow-water heavy gunboats (intra-system defense warships that could not perform subspace jumps or long-distance travel), and was completely unable to resist Typhus's plague fleet.