Warhammer, from Gothic Fleet to Azur Lane

But if they want to open the Great Rift, why do they have to do this? The Living Saint led five companies of battle sisters out of the distorted ritual of the Emperor's fall. No one would believe it if it wasn't a miracle of the Emperor. However, what does the Emperor think have to do with me? Humanity has only one chance to revive. If you don't seize it, let me complete it!

Let the war begin! "Pre-charge the light spear--" From the sky of Cadia to the depths of the Eye of Terror, let the sea of ​​stars boil and let the stars fall! Even if I shed my last drop of blood, I want to see that the galaxy is liberated again! "Port side, cover the artillery fire."

When the Living Saint once again raised his blazing sword to boost morale, the noble platinum bodies of the two Queen of Glory-class battleships that had already entered the low-Earth orbit bombing point were suddenly lit up, and a torrent of blue-white plasma macro-cannons the size of Titans covered the sky. With just one round of broadside salvos, millions of rebel legions were reduced to part of the scorched earth.

The power of the battleship is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. The super-heavy plasma macrocannon array, which has been outputting at the minimum power, purified all the rebels except those entangled with the loyalists in a thousandth of a second. Tanks, Astartes and mortals, even Titans, are all the same and equally vulnerable under the bombardment of the battleship.

There was no suspense in the battle. The Chaos army that was delayed by a mere mortal soldier and failed to escape before the Salmin was finished would have no other outcome except death. With complete control of the universe, low-orbit bombing can eliminate 99% of the enemies.

How could the Chaos army, which did not even have a void shield, defy the fleet of warships that covered the sky in the wilderness? In the shining meteors, all blasphemy and all plans became a passing cloud. In the eyes of Salmin, this was just the prelude to Abaddon's 13th Black Crusade. The real disaster had not yet begun.

Fortunately, before the end of the 41st millennium, Salmin still had some time to firmly grasp the strategic deployment of the Cadian Gate War Zone. Even for him, this Chaos test attack was a good thing, not only giving him an excuse to lead the army to forcibly integrate the Cadian Gate War Zone.

He also thoughtfully helped him eliminate dissidents, so that he could control the army that was originally the most difficult to control. If he had not yet activated the Alpha Legion of the Black Legion, he would have thought that this was his own conspiracy. "Kronstadt, you take some mortal troops to clean up the mess, and I will send you two more guards to capture the commander below."

Don't blame Salmin for being ruthless. He would never feel at ease unless he got the important position of the High Lord of Cadia, which can command the entire army of the Cadian Gate War Zone. Salmin wants to be foolproof. Besides, he doesn't even know who is in charge. "If it's Creed, don't kill him yet. By the way, ask Saint Celestine to come over. I have something to ask her."

Living saints are not spiritual totems or summons, they are more like E demon princes, each with his own thoughts and cognition. If there is anyone who can bring him valuable intelligence after he temporarily commanded the Alpha Legion, perhaps it is only Saint Celestine who came with the will of the Emperor.

"Comrade Commander, we will ensure that the mission is accomplished." Kronstadt's concise and firm voice reassured Salmin. This Northern Alliance war commander was also one of the few ship girls under his command who could act independently. Currently, while commanding the Crusade Army, she also assisted him in intelligence work.

Besides, she called me comrade. Although he never treated any ship girl differently because of their nationality, who could refuse this special title?

Salmin smiled and nodded to her, indicating that it was better to be restrained during wartime. Besides, Kronstadt was not on his flagship Richelieu. After dealing with the army's affairs, Salmin turned to the other screen and said, "My Lord, you said that the commander of the Cadia garrison fleet wanted to see me?"

Interestingly, the name of the monarch class battleships, Monarch, has a sense of avoiding the emperor in Warhammer 40K. A slight change would translate to the well-known Emperor. Although monarch is a bit outrageous, it does not violate the taboo.

The monarch understood what her dear commander meant. At this busy time, not everyone was qualified to meet with Salmin, who needed to plan the entire campaign. "Commander, the commander of the Cadia garrison fleet is the Dark Angels, Captain Corashir of the 4th Company of the Dark Angels."

She stretched out her hand, and the astringent silk gloves that only covered her fingers attracted Salmin's attention, but this smooth little hand made a throat-cutting motion in the next second. The commander was everything to her, and anyone who might affect the commander's safety should be eliminated directly.

The Dark Angels will stop at nothing to cover up their little secret. If Salmin still deploys a large number of Dark Angels in the battle, it is hard to predict what the crazy Dark Angels will do. They were able to blow up Caliban back then, so it is not too much to blow up Cadia today.

Even if this probability is small, it is definitely not zero, at least much greater than the probability of Chaos conquering Cadia. Although Salmin wanted to say that she was a little too extreme, considering the reputation of the Dark Angels, it seemed that this suggestion was quite normal.

But no matter what, it would be too much to sentence an entire company to death because of one person. He jokingly called his command quality as that of a principal, but he didn't really want to be a principal. In that case, what's the difference between him and the Dark Angels? Salmin thought for a while, "Why not transfer them to Agrippina?"

Agrippina, the Astartes Chapter he didn't trust were all heading there now, and the Dark Angels didn't need a company, so it was just right to transfer the Space Wolves there. Not to mention there was a guy there whom the Dark Angels could never refuse - Cypher.

He remembered that Cypher had set up a cult in the Agrippina Sector called "Voice of the Emperor". He believed that this intelligence was enough to transfer the Dark Angels there, but how could the Dark Angels obtain this information reasonably and believe that the information was true in the first place?

Chapter 33: Cypher

Cypher, Lord Cypher is not a person's name, but an ancient position of the Dark Angels, evolved from the knight tradition of Caliban, and exists as a high-level position in the First Legion.

The older generation of Lord Cypher is also quite explosive among the Dark Angels with ulterior motives. He is disloyal to the Emperor, the Empire, the Lion, Chaos, and Ouroboros. What he wants to restore is Caliban, which is able to suppress the Chaos beast and possesses a strong independent force. He is a Caliban separatist among the Chaos coexistence faction, and a member of the Caliban de-urbanization faction.

When the debuff is fully stacked, it belongs to yes.

Until the Battle of Caliban, the traitorous old Cypher was killed by Zahariel, who was loyal to the Emperor. Zahariel took over the position of the former Lord Cypher and became the new Lord Cypher. Then Zahariel was killed by Corswayn. A new Lord Cypher was born, and no one knew his true identity.

All we know is that he carries a "Lion Sword" on his back, which was the one that was recast after the Lion King was broken by Guilliman. In this way, Lord Cypher ran around the galaxy with two guns, looking for things to do for the Dark Angels. There is a poem that goes: "Carrying the Primarch's sword, he uses two guns to distinguish between loyalty and treachery. He has been petitioning for thousands of years, and he sacrificed his life to overturn the case. The Regent often pays attention to him, and the Lion King sees him in his dreams. Who is brave enough in front of the Emperor? He is famous in the world!"

This man is the dream lover of the Dark Angels, and is absolutely forbidden to him. Once there is news about him, the Dark Angels will chase him like a group of yanderes and cut everything related to him into pieces, and then try to lock him up in the basement to train and torture him. But it is obvious that Cypher is not a Taiman Ninja, and generally speaking, the Dark Angels can only complete the first half.

What Salmin had to do now was to kick them out without exposing his own situation. But in the eyes of the honor-conscious people of Warhammer, being transferred from the front line was nothing short of an insult. In this situation, don't say anything that is not conducive to unity. How to let them go on their own? The answer is the Fallen Angels.

For others, faking the trace of a fallen angel is a bit too difficult, but every skill has its own specialty, and for Salmin it is just right. He only needs to go out and turn left, find a dark angel with a two-handed sword, put on a hooded robe and take a photo from a distance, and a brand new intelligence on Cypher is ready.

Salmin looked around. The photo was blurry, but it might be very abstract to others. However, the Dark Angel could definitely accurately identify the smell of the fallen angel from this poor image quality - this is love.

Let's put it off for now. Everything will be fine when the Lion King wakes up. Salmin pasted the photo to the Lorisa galaxy in the Agrippina star zone in the strategic star map. "Please ask the dark angels to come over. Of course, they are not allowed to run around." After all, it's not good to see something you shouldn't see.

Captain Corasier of the 4th Company of the Dark Angels and two guards walked in the empty corridor, led by four Black Templar battle brothers and the Black Templar Hermit Grimaldus. This treatment made Corasier feel highly respected, but he had a strange feeling, as if - the fallen angel was right next to him!

Kolashir looked around. He thought to himself... maybe he was a little too neurotic. In his three hundred years of fighting career, he had only seen two hateful traitors. It seemed too outrageous to have a group of fallen angels around him. Maybe the Black Templars' paint job brought back his memories.

Having said that, his good combat skills and strong vigilance still made him carefully scan and even analyze the armor and paint of the Black Templar fighting brothers next to him. It was not until Grimaldus turned around and looked at him puzzledly that Corahir apologized and narrowed his eyes and stopped examining these cousins.

"No problem, maybe it's really my neurasthenia caused by not resting for a week. It seems that I need to sleep for five hours to get enough energy when I go back." With this thought in mind, Corahill walked into the meeting room. The Crusades sounded like a ragtag organization, but the owner of such a shocking fleet obviously needed respect and could not be treated as a mortal general.

Why do I say that? Except for the Inquisition, the various departments of the Empire, such as the Imperial Navy, the Imperial Guard, and the Astartes, are actually three independent armed departments. When they fight together, they actually have no command over each other. But generally speaking, the Emperor's Angel of Death will automatically occupy a higher command position.

The reason is simple. To make people of the same level obey your orders, you naturally need to use strength, ability, and reputation to determine who is superior. If Salmin, as a commander, can make the Grand Marshal of the Black Templar obey his command, it means that he definitely has superhuman talents.

You have to know that the Crusades are a subordinate unit of the State Religion, and are even more of a ragtag army, more like the PDF. Generally speaking, the commander-in-chief of the Crusades is usually an army general or navy admiral, and there may be several squads or companies of Astartes to assist in the battle.

However, the local militia in front of him, which called itself the Crusade of the End, was so powerful that it was hard to imagine. When he rode on the Thunder Eagle from the strike cruiser to see the huge fleet docked in the orbit of Cardia, he knew what it meant to block out the sun.

It is no exaggeration to say that he had never seen such a huge battle array. He was the leader of the Dark Angels' fleet, and the Dark Angels were one of the few warbands in the 41st millennium that retained the Glorious Queen-class battleships. Their fleet consisting of the Indomitable Truth, seven battle barges, and sixteen strike cruisers was now dwarfed by it.

The ships stretched for thousands of miles, and the flags covered the sky. Even if they were parked in a dense formation on the Cartier orbit, the shadow they cast covered an entire continent. When any enemy of the empire saw this scene, they would never have the slightest thought of resisting. Three legendary Queen of Glory-class battleships, as if they had sailed out of history, were parked in the center of the array.

Corasil had already learned from the Black Templars' Hermit, Grimaldus, that this beautiful white-gold Queen of Glory-class battleship was named Richelieu. So when he walked into the conference room and exchanged the Sky Eagle Salute with Salmin, his first words almost made Salmin collapse. "Respected Lord Richelieu, the Dark Angels express their sincere gratitude for your assistance."

Salmin: Huh?

Salmin was stunned for a moment before he understood what he meant. It was not good to directly call a stranger's name. Corahill referred to himself by the name of his flagship. It was indeed a very impressive thing to be the owner of this Glorious Queen-class battleship. But is there a possibility that Richelieu is standing behind me?

Salmin showed an awkward but polite smile and warmly welcomed him in. "It would be a blessing for Cadia if we could get the help of a true knight, the famous Dark Angel. The Great Plunderer would cherish his life when doing great things, and would forget his principles when seeing small gains. With the Dark Angel here, he will definitely not dare to attack!"

Now it was Corahir's turn to freeze. God had mercy on them. The Dark Angels only had one strike cruiser and one company. Just now, an advance fleet had beaten them to a halt. But the atmosphere was so tense that it was impossible to say that the Dark Angels could only play a supporting role. Corahir was about to laugh it off when he caught a picture out of the corner of his eye.

——Sefer!

Chapter 34 The Eve of the Storm

When Corahill's peripheral vision caught sight of the photo casually posted on a corner of the star map, he almost subconsciously wanted to draw his sword. Fortunately, as an Inner Circle Knight, his strong self-control allowed him to wake up in time. He suppressed his anger and ecstasy in an instant and turned the topic to the photo as nonchalantly as possible.

Maybe? Well, he really couldn't suppress his desire for this information. He quietly memorized the location of the planet - the capital of the Lorisa system in the Agrippina sector, Lorisa. He couldn't wait to leave at this time. The chivalry of the Dark Angels only existed when they didn't see the Fallen Angels.

It was not until Salmin announced that the heresy in the Agrippina sector was rampant and the people suffered greatly that Corahil finally woke up from his dream. He took the initiative to express his willingness to give up the glory here and rush to support Agrippina. But at the same time, he also hoped that Salmin could provide some intelligence and supply assistance.

He asked openly about the photo of Lorisa - the Dark Angel was very sure that Salmin had no idea who was in the photo. This was the confidence given to him by the absolute confidentiality of the terrifying Inner Circle.

Just as he expected, Salmin didn't know anything at all. He could only say that the person in the photo was the founder of the cult "Voice of the Emperor", a great heretic who should be burned at the stake, and that was it. He didn't know any other information. But this already made him very satisfied. He didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain.

After he walked out, Salmin breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Corahill was very confident in keeping the secret. If he really dug deeper, someone might die. Of course, it was definitely not sent by him.

However, this is only part of the complicated affairs of Cadia. It is better to say that dealing with these not very shrewd and clear-cut Astartes is a rare break. Salmin is qualified to educate every Imperial who resists the 13th Black Crusade. He has less to do with this campaign than anyone else, but he has contributed more than anyone else.

He was really 007, starting from arriving at the Cadian Gate War Zone and taking over Scarus. Behind the huge efficiency improvement brought by the superman politics was that he really processed an astronomical amount of data that was enough to fill up a dozen processors and make the Thirteenth Prince vomit blood.

And now, he was going to build the Cadia sector into the strongest fortress to block the Chaos army, including multiple ascended Primarchs, from Cadia.

The current situation generally speaking... has a lot of room for improvement. The agricultural world Fremas, the punishment world Volgatok, and the agricultural world Helotas, all three galaxies located in the lower left corner of the Cadia galaxy, including the capital, were all lost. The first result was that the connection with Cadia's arsenal, the forging world Kanzan, was cut off, which was a huge problem.

On Cadia alone, the Empire has stationed 8.5 million soldiers and civilians (less than three million were evacuated after the th Black Crusade). Together with the surrounding fortress worlds, there are more than billion troops in the Cadia galaxy that are fully dedicated elite troops. The consumption after the war is enough to drain the industrial output of an entire star zone.

Although the Empire has sufficient military reserves in Cadia, the planet Vraks, which was actually used for the reserves, was destroyed in the rebellion launched by Archbishop Savan decades ago. According to rough statistics, it is only enough to meet four months of use, and taking into account the Empire's statistics and corruption...it would be good if it can last for two months.

Retaking the Fremas system and opening up the supply line of Kanzan-Cadia is an urgent matter. Moreover, Kanzan has a hidden stable subspace route directly to the Eye of Terror, Eidolon. Although the traitors who defected to Chaos do not need to take this route, this stable route is essential if the Imperial Fleet wants to counterattack the Eye of Terror.

Of course, there is more than one piece of bad news - this is the empire, there is no worst, only worse, and winning is the end.

From Cadia to the lower left, along the line of the lost agricultural world Fremas - the punishment world Volgatok - the agricultural world Helotas - the agricultural world Electra substar, is the stable subspace route to Agrippina. This is the only route that can be considered safe for transport ships around the turbulent Eye of Terror.

This road had to be extended further to reach Nemesistsera, but as luck would have it, the Nemesistsera sector had already been completely lost, leaving Salmin speechless. Although only three star systems were lost, Cadia, whose transportation routes were cut off at this time, could only rely on the dual world Demos to barely survive.

Fortunately, the Salmin fleet is now mainly composed of battleships. A fleet composed of pure battleships has the ability to avoid the turbulent waves of the Warp and does not have to take a stable Warp route. As long as it seizes control of the universe in a fleet battle, Salmin, which has the Empire's most elite Cadian Blitzkrieg Force, has plenty of time to wipe out those minions of Chaos.

There was no need to use his fleet. The main fleet of the Cadia Sector plus some Astartes were enough to wipe out the enemies occupying the three star systems. Of course, Salmin would not fight with the least force like the Empire did. He also included the four Agamemnon-class and 4 Hegemon-class battlecruisers of the Vichy Fleet to ensure that nothing could go wrong.

His main focus was on dealing with the defense of the Cadia system. Although there was no Dorn to help him set up the defense, the advice of Alpharius, who led the breakthrough of the solar system in the past, was also very valuable and useful, and he was even better in anti-infiltration.

He readjusted the defense of the Kaleisus-Sun Mariatus line, because this time, the fortress world of Cadia, the shield that was once the empire's strongest and most proud, has now become a fragile and expensive antique, a strategic core that cannot be lost.

Furthermore, next to Kaleisus was the Webway City, the Webway hub that connected to the rear area of ​​Skarus. It could be said that once Salmin lost the Kaleisus-Sun Mariatus defense line, the situation of the war could be reversed, and he had to stop the Chaos offensive here.

The two fortress planets, Kaserpatox and Horn Fortress, guarded the two wings of Cadia. But this was only a battle on the ecliptic. In order to prevent Chaos from attacking from an angle beyond imagination, Salmin deployed the Armageddon Iris battle fleet in Cadia's orbit. This would be Cadia's last line of defense.

Salmin sincerely hoped that he would never have to use this backup plan. The Vichy Battle Fleet and Flesh Tearers Fleet were deployed on the front line of Kalesus-Solar Mariatus, including Salmin himself and his guards. The Eternal Expedition Fleet and part of the Cadia Battle Fleet were scattered across the various fortress worlds of Cadia.

In addition to the fortress world, the main mining and energy source in the Cadia system, Chloris planet, the Loyal Academy and Vigilantum, where the shipyard is located, are also heavily guarded. After the Space Wolves' troops are deployed to Agrippina, the actual number of troops that Salmin can mobilize has increased greatly.

With just a little more time, Cadia will truly transform into an iron hedgehog capable of competing with the solar system. At this moment, an urgent telegram from Alpharius arrived, and Abaddon took the bait.

Chapter 35: Abaddon's Braid

What hook did Abaddon take?

They were the seven rapid-reaction fleets that defended the routes and major planets of Skarus-Skerus-Cinchar Sector-Agrippina-Cadia - 14 Agamemnon-class high-speed battleships, 14 escort squadrons, and their full loads of 7000 Alpha Legion soldiers.

Each decoy fleet had two battleships and a thousand Astartes accompanying them. Each part of these forces was more than enough to counter the Chaos advance fleet centered around a battleship. None of the Chaos forces, including the Black Legion and the Red Corsairs, could capture even one decoy fleet without any damage.

This also led to the Chaos fleet being forced to gather together and plan an encirclement and suppression plan after several strategic shifts. Of course, it is hard to say how much contribution the Alpha Legion, which was still on the Chaos side on the surface, and its buried spies made.

The meeting led by the Oathbreakers of the Alpha Legion set the tone for the Chaos joint encirclement and suppression - in the eyes of these people, although Chaos is rotten, there will never be traitors. Do you still want to surrender to the emperor after entering this cesspool? Since Alpha has obtained complete intelligence, it is not impossible to fight this wave.

When the Chaos forces, which were actually a group of scattered sands, were forced to unite, they had to pull in Brother Abaddon. Even though they were all high-level cannon fodder who were used as bait because they were not convinced by Abaddon, the only one who could actually unite them was our beloved, strongest, most domineering, coolest, and most powerful Abaddon!

I have to say that this is indeed a very embarrassing thing, but at the moment when the Primarch has not appeared, Chaos Warmaster Abaddon is indeed one of the few Chaos Astartes leaders who can command the support of the people.

Of course, if you look at it from another angle, even the encirclement and suppression of some fast-reaction fleets requires the Chaos Warmaster to lead the charge, which shows how disorganized their organization is.

This chaos also provides great convenience to Salmin and Alpharius. The main source of intelligence for the Chaos Faction is still the Alpha Legion, most of which have fallen. This is even more outrageous than MI6 during the Cold War, and is in the same vein as GW.

Absolute intelligence control is more terrifying than unilateral intelligence transparency. And how many people are actually Alpharius? Can you still tell them apart now? Chaos warbands are not picky about gene seeds. Alpha Chaos's infiltration of Chaos is definitely more thorough than that of the Empire. Ten thousand years of accumulation has turned into a bone-eating poison in one day. What the hell can resist it!

True and false information interweave into a giant web that cannot be solved. If the Chaos forces can be integrated into one, and if they are willing to pay a high price, then it can be solved. However, even the Return of Horus cannot unite these Chaos factions that are more fragmented than the left and right.

The various legions in the Warp have been broken into warbands, and the blood feuds between these warbands are no less than the conflicts between Chaos and the Imperium.

Only the Black Legion, the Red Corsairs, the Word Bearers and the Death Guard, the few forces that still maintain the size of the Astartes Legion, have some execution power within them. Only with them or the Primarchs who have jumped out as the core can they engage in a large-scale frontal battle with a corner of the Empire.

These forces were the big fish that Salmin was planning. The Black Legion and the Red Sea Bandits were a mixed bag. The Alpha Legion didn't need to infiltrate them carefully. They could just claim to be a warband and join. It could be said that they were firmly trapped and the net could be closed. However, before the Alpha Legion officially defected, he still needed intelligence on the primarchs who might intervene.

Salmin's intelligence at this time was that Angron had been taken away by the Emperor and might reappear in the Legion of the Damned; the Word Bearers were gathering an unimaginably large army in the Warp; Magnus had summoned or was manipulating his only remaining descendants to perform a secret ritual; and Fulgrim was still playing.

What's interesting is the Death Guard. Typhus seemed to have died once, but was rescued by Nurgle. Now he has become a demon prince and is trying to separate from the Great Moth. Thanks to him, the Death Guard has no energy to intervene for the time being.

The Primarch of the Iron Warriors was probably still hiding, and he hadn't mobilized his scions or shown up, but Honsou had accepted Abaddon's invitation to join the expedition. Many warbands that had never thought of fighting Abaddon before were tempted after hearing that multiple Ascended Primarchs would join the war. These people were not a small number, and it would be no problem to gather 70,000 or 80,000 Astartes.

Salmin must force Chaos to engage in a decisive battle with Abaddon before he gathers enough troops. At least the core of Abaddon's Black Legion must be hurt and crippled, so that the majority of people who were watching will continue to watch.

The strategic goal of the Empire is to hold, and the branch line is to attack. In other words, as long as Salmin holds, their strength will become stronger and stronger as time goes by. At the beginning of M42, after Guilliman wakes up and has Martian soldiers, they can declare victory.

Most of the Chaos forces wanted to make a fortune, and revenge was just a side quest. How cool would it be to take this opportunity to escape the Eye of Terror and plunder the weaker parts of the Empire? Wouldn't it be a hundred times better than the Eye of Terror where you can't even drink clean water? These people didn't join the expedition at the beginning because they didn't trust Abaddon, or at least they were afraid of death.

Therefore, as long as the Salmin can break the filter that Abaddon has brought because of the Primarch's joining the expedition, those who did not join the expedition before will still not dare to join, they will just continue to wait and see, and the gap in strength between the two sides will only grow. When Chaos loses, they will not join the battle, and at most they will say "I said Abaddon is not good enough".

So far, it was still the same as Chief of Staff Showa. But what made Salmin different was that he could really manipulate the intelligence obtained by Chaos and the opinions of some spies to indirectly control when, where, and how Chaos would fall into his trap.

When Alpharius's secret letter reached Salmin, the main force of Chaos had already assembled towards the Xinchar sector under the command of Abaddon, and the specific estimated force strength was also attached. The actual force strength would be announced in a few days, and everything was being carried out according to the original plan. Abaddon had no doubts - who could have thought that a rebellious legion with a good pedigree would rebel again?

Moreover, you can always trust the integrity of the Alpha Legion. The intelligence they provide is correct and the process of obtaining it is complete. The four battleships and four escort ship formations are indeed trapped in a jar. The value of capturing them is enough for the Black Legion to feed itself, but it does not mean that this is not a trap.

The time given by the Oathbreakers was also very suitable. January 24th was when the solar storm in the Jubal system was severe. The auspicious instrument could not detect the enemy in the distance at all, which was very suitable for the main force of the Chaos Fleet to ambush here. It was also very suitable for the Imperial Fleet to quietly assemble here.

Salmin, who had been struggling with complicated government affairs, finally smiled. He finally caught Abaddon's trick. You are called Abaddon, right? Chaos Warmaster, right? The era of the Primarch is over, right? Don't sleep too much. You need to work hard. "Sister Li, assemble the Iris battle fleet. The war... is about to begin."

Chapter 36: The Beast is Here

Such a large-scale fleet movement could not avoid being exposed, but if he took the webway, he only needed one day to get from Cadia to the Jubal Galaxy in the Xinchar sector. This was not only faster than Chaos, even Star Language could not reach this speed.

Let's put it this way, when Abaddon learned that the main fleet of the Empire was missing, Salmin was probably already standing in front of him. I wonder if Abaddon would have the courage to shout "The era of the Primarch is over!" if he really faced a Primarch-level fighter.

The troops that Salmin expected to participate in the battle were the Iris Battle Fleet, the Sakura Battle Fleet, the main force of the Chaos Fleet, and the fourth and fifth fast anti-fleet fleets as bait. Almost one-third of the main fleets were mobilized. I believe that such a fleet will definitely bring endless surprises to Brother Dun!

If mobilization capability is the most significant difference between a modern country and a feudal country in terms of war policy, then the speed of military deployment is one of the important indicators to measure a country or faction's war capability. How many troops can a modern country send to the front line in the first week?

Why did the Soviet Union's strategic airlift shock so many countries? Why did Israel's claim of mobilizing 30 troops turn out to be a joke? Three people shared one gun, which made the IDF's propaganda a joke from the beginning. Judging from the situation, how many troops can be sent to the front line in the first week and to what extent basically determines the outcome of the first battle.

The Eldar can often gain an advantage in local battlefields with such a small number of troops. Isn't it because of the fast and safe Webway? When the Webway is used by the wealthy human empire, this advantage will only be greater. It is completely a fantasy that two main fleets can reach their destination within a day without loss, but the Webway has made it a reality.

Why did Old Man Huang want to build his own webway? It’s because this thing is really useful. It’s a pity that what the Salmin borrowed was just a borrowing after all. After all, it is very easy for the Eldar to close the webway gate. It’s okay to use it for a short period of time, but it will be a bottleneck in the long run.

But the future is a matter for the future, and it does not affect the Salmin's use of the high mobility of the Webway. Everything is proceeding slowly in secret, as if the Empire is not aware of the information leak. However, if Chaos really has a macroscopic vision, it will find that some of the fleets originally scattered throughout the Cadia star sector have been withdrawn and merged into the Cadia system.

These fleets will temporarily serve as a replacement force to take on the security work of Cadia. Even if the Iris battle fleet is transferred away, it does not mean that Cadia will not be defended. These minor transfers were not even noticed by anyone within the empire, let alone the Chaos forces whose attention has been completely attracted by the competition for the three star systems of Cadia.

Under the absolute intelligence suppression of the Alpha Legion, there was an absurd feeling of peace and tranquility on the eve of the first decisive battle of the 13th Black Crusade, especially in the Cadia galaxy itself. This hell that had been tempered over and over again in endless wars actually showed an eerily harmonious scene in the most dangerous year.

Salmin has turned the entire galaxy into a huge construction site, and everyone is here to do the work of plastering. But every planet and orbit does have a kind of beauty of mass production and construction. The hymns to the God of All Machines can even overshadow the hymns of the state religion, and the fortresses made of steel and sacred inscriptions are clearly visible from orbit.

Kaleisus, this ice planet is definitely the one that has changed the most. The previous small outpost has been completely demolished, and replaced by a magnificent fortress nestled between the mountains and in the snowstorm.

Salmin directly sank the Black Mechanicus's mechanical ark and four cruisers on this previously uninhabited planet, and melted the hulls of the five battleships and the construction materials they were loaded with into the most powerful fortress group with air defense and anti-Titan capabilities in the history of the empire at the fastest speed.

The so-called strongest is not just the densely packed ship-borne artillery. After breaking through the fortress's void shield, there are five independently powered void shields that block all artillery fire. The protection of the mountains means that if you want to capture it by land, you must pay dozens of times the casualties of mountaineering. The glacier frozen soil and hard rocks that have been watered with blessed molten iron are as strong as plastic steel.

This Unbreakable Fortress is a front-line command post carefully arranged by Salmin. The thin atmosphere makes it possible to use ship-borne light spears within the star, and the remaining atmosphere is just right for the anti-infantry capabilities of those ship-borne light spears. The fortress community built among the mountains makes armored assaults a joke. The power of the navy is the key to victory in ground battles.