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Kaudela Galaxy, Mandeville Point.

"You are not just a regiment commander, Qingshan, you are now the commander-in-chief of the Empire, you have to consider the overall situation."

Poseidon said seriously in the projection:

"The Inquisition only made a guess, what if Volkan is not in Kaudela? Is it worth investing so many resources in a mining world? Since you have already formulated an expedition plan against Ullanor, should we save our military forces for the final battle against the orcs?"

"Volkan is on Kaudela."

Fu Qinghai said firmly:

"I have my sources, and there is no need to discuss this. Even if there is no Volkan, any battle moon we encounter should be destroyed, and it cannot be allowed to wreak havoc in the Empire. The orcs have this unpredictable and difficult to guard against mobile force, which is not good for the entire war situation."

Poseidon did not make any more comments.

"Every battle moon should be destroyed, but I'm not sure if we have enough troops to accomplish this feat. I checked the data and found that the permanent population of Cordra is only 30 million. If Vulkan is really here, we might consider taking the Primarch away through an airborne raid. There is no need to waste too much time here."

Quesadra of the Crimson Fist suggested.

"The population of the mining world is indeed not comparable to that of the hive world, but mineral resources are also a very important strategic resource. It is the ultimate source of tanks, guns and bullets. The war potential that a mining world can provide to the Orks is no less than that of tens of millions of human slaves."

Fu Qinghai shook his head and said:

"Besides, based on my understanding of the Primarch, if we don't destroy this battle moon and rescue the human residents on the surface, we will never be able to take him away."

As a battle-hardened military general, Fu Qinghai would not say childish nonsense such as "life is priceless" and "everyone's life is precious." Whether in the Warhammer 40K universe or not, for any war in any universe, human life is a resource that can be measured, calculated and traded off, and there is no essential difference from a bomb or a pack of batteries, and in many cases, this resource is often not as reliable as a bomb or a pack of batteries.

The essence of war can sometimes be seen as a competition for resource consumption and utilization. Human life in war is a resource. Philosophers need to think about the trolley problem. This problem does not exist for a general at all. The 30 million people of Caldera can certainly be abandoned, but the problem is that the Primarch is a more overwhelming resource, enough to pay a huge price for it. The significance of Vulcan's return to Fu Qinghai is not only military, but also political.

Fu Qinghai stood behind the strategic platform of the bridge and looked around at the half-body holographic projections of all the warband leaders in front of him. No one raised any objections, so he issued an order:

"Although the reason is not clear, the battle moon is now launching continuous gravity storm attacks on the surface of the Cauldra star. Time is of the essence. We will not wait for the follow-up fleet. All the main battleships will immediately launch the attack after they are assembled."

"Understood!"

The warband leaders answered in unison.

"In addition, I will test a new type of weapon in this battle. Theoretically, this weapon will not cause damage to other creatures except orcs. I will inform everyone of this situation in advance. Don't be too nervous about it."

Fu Qinghai added a few more words after he finished speaking.

In the end, the warband leaders of the high wall were a little confused.

The warband leaders of the white scars looked at the pulse bolters and fat man launchers held by their space warriors, thinking to themselves: Qingshan Khan actually has new weapons that he hasn't taken out? No, it should be said that Qingshan Khan really has new weapons that he hasn't taken out! It seems that this is in line with the evaluation of the Primarch on him - the man who forged the divine machine.

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Battleship Rectification, bridge.

After the holographic projections in front of him went out one by one, Fu Qinghai sat back in his wide chair. The mortal crew members under the steps were busy shuttling back and forth, implementing the orders he had just issued.

In the dark void, some frigates and destroyers were arriving one after another, but the tail nozzles of all cruisers and battleships were lit up with blazing white light, turning around and gathering formations to gradually accelerate towards the battle moon in the galaxy, and the cluster composed of main battleships was sprinting at full speed.

Fu Qinghai tapped the armrest of the seat with his fingers.

He narrowed his eyes and began to think about some problems.

The reason why Fu Qinghai was so sure that Vulcan would not leave unless the Space Marines destroyed the battle moon and rescued the Cordela was because this was the plot that Vera told him.

In the original novel, the High Wall Space Marines suffered heavy losses after destroying the battle moon over Terra. Facing the battle moon over Cauldra, they originally planned to carry out an airborne raid to take away Vulkan, and had to give up on the other imperial residents on the surface.

But when they found Vulkan, they were rejected. The Primarch said that the people of the mining world were as important as the people of the throne world, and he wanted to stay here to help the local people defeat the orcs - although he didn't know how he was going to kill the battle moon in orbit. So Kurland had to obey Vulkan's request. After paying a heavy price, the human coalition destroyed another battle moon. Of course, he also won Vulkan's respect, which laid the groundwork for him to become the commander of the coalition forces later.

Fu Qinghai was puzzled by this:

Because he is a qualified and mature military general, he can weigh the lives of the 30 million people on Cordra with a relatively rational and cold attitude. Although Vulkan Vokan is known for his kindness to mortals, he is also an outstanding and mature military general. Doesn't he understand the trade-offs that must be faced in those wars?

Is there anything special about Cordela?

Fu Qinghai thought about it and opened the star map information.

"Caudra Mining World, tax level: Ю level, resident population: more than 33 million, main output..."

Fu Qinghai glanced at this general information.

"Previously used numbers: Savage World No. 14-55."

This was the number during the Great Expedition. At that time, there was no time to name each newly conquered planet, so the model of the expedition fleet plus the order of discovery was adopted to simply mark it. The 55th planet discovered and conquered by the 14th Expedition Fleet.

"975.M30, extermination order was executed..."

Fu Qinghai read this sentence softly.

This is a little strange. Although judging from the vegetation restored on the Cordra star, the orbital bombing mode should have been adopted at the beginning. Compared with extreme methods such as virus bombs, bipolar cyclone torpedoes, or atmospheric incineration torpedoes, it is not so "eliminating", but one What kind of enemies can be found on the wild planet that need to be eliminated using the Extermination Order?

This part of the information is very vague. There is no explanation of why the extermination order was executed, nor who came to execute the extermination order. There is only a short sentence: An extermination order was executed during the Great Crusade. The current population on Cordra planet migrated here one after another after the rebellion ended, and they re-established colonial strongholds.

"Generally speaking, the extermination orders executed during the Great Expedition were executed by the expedition fleet that was first discovered. Expedition Fleet No. 14, let me look it up..."

Fu Qinghai thought to himself while scrolling through the information.

"Legion 18, Salamanders?"

Fu Qinghai was surprised by the answer he found.

It happened to be the legion led by Wokan.

"Salamander also executed an extermination order?"

This is inconsistent with Fu Qinghai's impression of salamanders.

"Wait a minute, could it be..."

Fu Qinghai suddenly thought of a possibility.

Although Fu Qinghai has not watched "Beast Wars", he has read several articles in "The Biography of the Primarch". Vulkan Vulkan and the Salamander Legion have always been known for their sympathy for mortals and their protection of mortals, but it is precisely because of their consistent good-guy setting that the few times they use thunder are particularly eye-catching and special. People are deeply impressed after seeing it.

During the Great Expedition, Vulkan discovered a strange wild planet. The primitive tribesmen here did not welcome the expedition fleet. On the contrary, they worshiped a group of wild Eldar as gods. After in-depth investigation, it was discovered that these humans were actually the descendants of humans from Vulcan's home star Nocturne.

There used to be many Webway nodes and Webway gates on Nocturne. Therefore, it has been harassed by the Dark Eldar for a long time and has become a fixed slave-grabbing land. The Dark Eldar come here every few years to capture slaves, and the local humans also Unable to resist - until the young Primarch arrived and drove the Dark Eldar away.

After a group of humans were robbed, they were lucky enough not to be taken to Commorragh. Instead, they were rescued by a group of Wild Eldar in a Webway node. The Wild Eldar drove away the Dark Eldar and took these humans away. The slaves were placed on their own planet to recuperate, so these human slaves and their descendants worshiped and sacrificed their saviors as gods.

Vokkan repeatedly tried to persuade him to no avail, and the local humans still rejected him. Realizing that these humans would only accept the guidance of the wild Eldar instead of the human empire, Vokkan finally issued an extermination order, destroying all humans on the planet who accepted the aliens. evidence and traces of leadership and harmonious coexistence.

"The planet on which the extermination order was executed..."

Fu Qinghai fell into thinking:

"Could it be the current planet Cordra?"

The Human Empire has more than two million worlds, why did Vulkan choose this planet to live in seclusion? Why does Vulcan have to live and die with the human residents of Cordra? Perhaps it is precisely because he once issued an extermination order for this planet. Even though the humans on the planet are no longer the same group as before, he still has some special feelings for this planet...

"It's not impossible."

Fu Qinghai leaned back on the chair, picked his chin and said to himself:

"Remorse? Self-blame? Or some other reason?"

The humans on that wild planet are innocent. Strictly speaking, they just chose to accept the leadership of the Eldar instead of the leadership of the Empire. They have not committed any crime. In terms of quality of life and happiness index, it may be better to accept the leadership of the Eldar. It's better, and they are still the descendants of humans from Vokkan's home planet. To execute an extermination order on such a group of innocent people, one can imagine the pain and struggle in Vokkan's heart at that time...

"Khan!"

The voice of the attendant interrupted his thoughts:

"The fleet has arrived at the scheduled attack position."

Fu Qinghai raised his head and looked at the screen in front of him.

As before, the two legion fleets were divided into several groups and spread out along the edge of the battle moon's gravity weapon range, like two open hands slowly grabbing the sphere in front of them.

The first time is new, the second time is familiar. After the moon landing operation over Terra, the high wall now faces the orcs and the battle moon. The fleets of the two different legions even began to have some tacit cooperation.

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Fu Qinghai squinted his eyes and looked at the screen.

According to the images sent back by the sensors and the auspicious instrument of the Rectification, the battle moon has stopped using gravity storm weapons to continuously "whip" the surface of the Kodra star. However, a large number of crustal fragments and rocky soil layers are still peeled off the surface under the action of some powerful gravity and fly into the sky. They are sucked into the battle moon, and even a giant rock tornado tail visible to the naked eye is formed on the surface of the planet.

The earth fissioned and shattered and flew into the sky.

This shocking scene can be seen in space.

It is conceivable how terrifying the surface is at this time.

Most of the surface of Kodra star has been missing, forming a large pit visible to the naked eye. The whole planet is like an orange with a small piece of skin peeled off. After being bombarded and stripped by the gravity storm, these crustal fragments floated around the battle moon, forming a ring of irregularly shaped and unevenly dense rocks. This rock ring also blocked the Space Marines from attacking the battle moon to a certain extent, but Fu Qinghai did not think that this was its main purpose. The main purpose was to strip the planet's crust.

"Is it making a... new battle moon?"

Fu Qinghai had some guesses in his mind.

In any case, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The gravity weapon of the battle moon was not aimed at him.

"The weapon array firing range is blocked, Qingshan."

Bosimonde's holographic projection flashed.

"Should we destroy these rocks that are blocking us?"

Manduratu's holographic projection also emerged.

"Go through these crustal fragments."

Fu Qinghai said quickly with some excitement:

"Then directly launch a boarding!"

The captains of the regiments were stunned for a second at the same time.

They have destroyed two battle moons. According to the normal process in the past, they should use light spear macro cannons and torpedoes to cover the surface of the battle moon with one or even several rounds of firepower, destroy the surface defense weapon array, temporarily paralyze the gravity storm weapon, and then launch a boarding on the battle moon.

But now, these crustal fragments stripped from the Cordela star float around the battle moon, blocking both the joint fleet from attacking the battle moon and the battle moon from attacking the joint fleet. Faced with this special situation, a bold plan instantly emerged in Fu Qinghai's mind:

All warships disperse through the crustal fragments in space, and directly launch a boarding after entering the boarding distance!

This is a dangerous action with both advantages and disadvantages.

These crustal fragments are large and small, with large ones being hundreds of kilometers and small ones being one or two kilometers. They are moving and colliding slowly and irregularly, and the space that can be passed through by warships is also large and small and changing all the time-this puts extremely high demands on the steering level of the warships, and they must be flexible enough to pass through.

Because of the slow relative speed, the void shield is useless in the face of these crustal fragments. Even if the relative speed is increased, the shield will be instantly overloaded and fail. Once these crustal fragments are hit, small fragments can be knocked away by the solid hull or crushed by the weapon array. The giant crustal fragments hundreds of kilometers wide cannot be handled by the battleship of the Suzheng.

"This is very dangerous and crazy, Qingshan."

Kurland frowned and said.

As an Imperial Fist, Kurland is more inclined to use a more feasible and safe tactical plan that has been proven in practice, rather than a radical and adventurous plan that comes from a sudden inspiration on the battlefield. However, Fu Qinghai is the highest commander of the coalition forces, and he can only make suggestions.

"Either face the impact of crustal fragments or face the weapon array of the battle moon, you choose."

Fu Qinghai said to the war group leaders.

"I agree with Qingshan's tactical plan."

Mandulatu Khan spoke first.

"I agree."

Talgujin Khan turned his head with a sly smile:

"Does the son of Dorne have no confidence in his sailing skills?"

"Provocation will not work on us, Targujin."

Quesadra shook his head and said:

"The Crimson Fist chose to bypass this circle of crustal debris."

"Okay."

Fu Qinghai nodded and said.

He delegated the right to choose to each chapter leader.

The Seventh Legion had also fought a great battle like the Battle of Fal a thousand years ago, where the few defeated the many and the weak defeated the strong, so the sailing skills of the sons of Dorne must be no problem. Choosing to bypass this circle of crustal debris instead of passing through it may be more based on personality or habit. With the advantage of military strength, Fu Qinghai does not mind having a few more tactical options, and perhaps he can also reap some miraculous effects.

The White Scar is a wild horse that jumps out.

The Fist of the Empire is a solid rock.

"Then now, launch the attack."

Fu Qinghai stood up from his seat.

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