Hammer 40k: Far East Storm

"An unusual agricultural world?" Li said: "Okay, tell me, what is unusual about this agricultural world? ()"

"After receiving the distress signal from the agricultural world, I quickly received a message from the Senate of the Far East Space Marines. The Senate set a very high merit reward for the Golden Field Mark. At the same time, the theater headquarters of the Far East E3 theater also All Star Wars groups in this area have announced part of their strategic arrangements."

"It's just that an agricultural world was attacked by the Eldar, but it actually attracted the joint attention of the Senate of the Far Eastern Space Marines and the theater headquarters of the war zone." Li asked: "Is it a strategic point?"

"It is a support point in the war zone."

Li nodded, the only way to explain it was that it made sense.

The agricultural world itself does not have much value. It does not have prosperous cities, dense populations, high-value large-scale mineral deposits, and no important military industry. The biggest feature of the agricultural planet is that it is a planet. There are fertile lands, large-scale plains, suitable light and climate, which are very suitable for the growth of crops. Simply put, the agricultural world is a good place for farming. Even if the enemy burns all the fields, the loss will only be a year's harvest. Such losses are nothing to the empire, not to mention that the enemy will not be bored enough to attack an agricultural planet just to burn farmland. .

Typically, when a world is raided by an enemy, the Empire's response is to mobilize its armies, prepare itself, and then strike back with thunderous force.

As for rescue, if there is no special existence on this planet and no special value to the empire, then there is no need to count on rescue.

This is not because the empire is cold-blooded and disregards the life and death of its own people, but the war itself is so cruel. The cruel war forces the commanders to make correct and ruthless decisions.

Every general who has participated in a war understands that the refueling tactic is one of the more classic among the "stupidest tactics". Excellent commanders can always use various strategies when confronting the weak against the strong. Divide the enemy's army, thereby gaining a strength advantage in local battle situations, and forcing the enemy's military strength to invest intermittently on the battlefield from another angle.

Naturally, the commanders of the empire would not make such a stupid mistake. They would rush to summon their legions to support them and hand over the initiative of the war to the enemy. This would most likely fail to save the defense forces on the planet. , but put himself in it. Therefore, the empire's official standard tactical manual does not support the army's rapid response to support the area being attacked. Except for those important areas, the empire rarely advocates defense. Most of the time, the empire prefers to counterattack.

This is how the Empire treats most of the more valuable planets. Now, several high-level organizations in the empire are uncharacteristically trying to mobilize the Star Wars to rescue an agricultural planet that lacks value. Then the agricultural planet itself has no value, and the valuable role of the agricultural planet in the war should naturally be function.

"It turns out to be a theater support point? Far East E3 theater?"

"Yes." Yabuge nodded in reply, while using his spiritual energy to outline a simple galaxy diagram in the void in front of Li, "This is the galaxy where the golden field is located, and these three are trapped in the Three worlds in the war." Jacob lit up a star in the void and said: "The war first started here, Eden. The Eldar people suddenly claimed that this planet belonged to them. It is of course impossible to ask us to return this planet to the Eldar. The empire cannot bow to any alien race. No diplomat dares to nod to such a request. At this time, as long as the relevant personnel show a trace of indifference. Weak, his next stop is the stake, not to mention that the Far East authorities have been conducting immigration there for fifteen years, and the long-term planning is already a hundred years in the future, and there are already nearly three hundred thousand people in Eden. Immigration, the early investment of imperial coins is even more difficult to calculate, so whether it is for profit, the face of the empire, or as the military suspects, the Eldar people want to compete with the empire for dominance in the Far East, no matter what the reason is. , all of which made the empire unable to retreat from this issue. In this case, it was certainly impossible for the authorities to abandon this planet just because of a word from the Eldar people, and the war started in Eden."

Li nodded and replied: "I vaguely remember that the war seemed to have started more than ten years ago."

"Yes, the war has been going on intermittently. Both sides are very patient. Large-scale conflicts only broke out a few times, and then there was a long-term confrontation. The human commander above Eden is an old-fashioned guy. His every move Every move he made seemed to be copied from a defense army textbook, so although he didn't have too many flashes in the battle with the Eldar, he also didn't make any mistakes. The Eldar couldn't find any good ones from the frontal battlefield. If they have the opportunity to defeat our army, a frontal attack will cause a lot of losses to them. Of course, the Spirit Tribe will not do it. In this case, the Spirit Tribe can only expand their horizons and naturally expand the war. "

"The first thing that was involved in the war was a large forge world, the 'Planet Iron Felt Six'. This planet continuously provided arms and supplies to the front line. The Eldar then increased their troops to attack the 'Planet Iron Felt Six'. Launched the attack, their idea was very good. If the Forge World was destroyed, then our army's military supplies in the Far East would naturally be in short supply. At this time, the frontal battlefield above Eden was short of arms. They could retreat. But the Forge World had long been prepared, and a large number of armored troops blocked the Eldar attack, so the second battlefield was also in a stalemate. The "Land of Eternal Winter" was finally involved in the war. There is a very precious ice crystal ore produced on that planet. This ore is smelted into the armor and can greatly improve the toughness of the armor. If processed into energy, it can improve the power system of the engine and is also the core of making circuits. An indispensable mineral for the device. In short, the Eldar deployed troops in three worlds at the same time and launched attacks on three human worlds at the same time, and the defense forces had to spread their precious troops among the three worlds. garrison, and at the same time, the surrounding Star Wars had to devote their forces to the battlefield to prevent the entire production process of munitions from being cut off. The war in the three worlds continued like this, and neither side found it. Chance."

"Until now?"

"Yes, until now."

Any war, or a large-scale campaign, will require a strategic support point. On Earth, why could an aircraft carrier with almost no attack capability become a symbol of national independence and a substantial deterrent? It is because the role of aircraft carriers in battles is as strategic support points.

Archimedes once said, Give me a fulcrum and I can tilt the earth.

Yes, even if wisdom is like Archimedes and wants to crazily lift the earth, he will first need a fulcrum. Without a fulcrum as a support, the war will not be able to last for a long time.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Yuan Shao was defeated in Guandu. One of the decisive factors was the burning of Wuchao. Wuchao's role in the battle was the support point of the entire battle. Once Wuchao was attacked, Yuan Shao's entire army would be destroyed. If it is difficult to maintain, it will naturally fail.

Now, the Defense Force has set its support point on an inconspicuous agricultural planet, and the golden field has naturally become the key point of the Defense Force.

***

Just when Li looked at the simple star map and fell into thinking, a fierce quarrel was also going on in the lord's mansion in the golden field.

"We must evacuate, immediately. If we move quickly, we can still take away the army. If we move slowly, then we will lose more than just our own lives. No, our lives are nothing at all," The voice of the old general Andreevich Vlasov was as cold as the north wind blowing from his hometown. At this moment, everyone in the room felt the chill that froze their bones, but the old general did not show any signs of it. Careful about the feelings of others, he stroked his white beard and continued: "In the end, the empire's initiative in the entire Far East depends on it. We have already lost most of it, but if we respond in time, we can still recover the losses."

"I firmly oppose your opinion." Alexandrina Victoria, who was only nineteen years old, sat in the center of the room, expressing her opinion calmly as if she did not feel the pressure from the old general at all. In many places, she could only be regarded as a girl, but now she has the same administrative level as the old general Andreevich Vlasov. In this room, only this girl is qualified. Against the words of the old general, the nineteen-year-old Alexandrina Victoria is not only a proud daughter from a high-ranking aristocratic family in the Victoria Empire, but she is also a consul on the golden field.

At this time, the girl said calmly: "We must not withdraw our troops, the empire will not allow failure!"

"But we have failed!" the old general roared: "From the time the first Spirit Tribe touched the golden field, we have failed. The Spirit Tribe's dagger has pierced into our hearts. The battle is over, we have failed!"

"But Andreevich Vlasov," the girl's beautiful face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, she asked seriously: "I can't help but want to ask you, do you know that once we retreat, What does it mean?"