The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 3346 Turning a Pyrrhic Victory into a Minor Victory

After ending the communication with the Minotaur, Soshjan turned his attention back to the star chart. The enemy's newly arrived tomb ship had begun to counterattack the pursuing Imperial fleet. Soshjan immediately issued instructions for all ships to maintain the line of fire, not to continue to approach, but also not to cease fire.

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Having sunk one enemy tomb ship and severely damaged another, his goal had been achieved. Continuing to fight to the point of mutual destruction was not in his plan. Moreover, the sudden decision of the Menak to withdraw its troops must have been suspicious, maybe...

What trouble did they encounter?

At this time, various landing craft and gunboats began to busily head towards the tomb ship that had been boarded, braving the fire from the enemy's assault ships, and trying to rescue any soldiers that could be saved from there.

Sol and others directly used teleportation beacons to return to the Randaal, but only fifty warriors returned. More than half of the people were left on that ship. This was also the most devastating loss the Third Company had ever suffered. When Falzad saw the collected personal weapons and helmets, he howled in anger, followed by beating his chest in grief.

Soshjan looked at the list of fallen, his heart also very hurt. Many of them were veterans recruited in the second batch. Soshjan watched them turn from boys into warriors, from warriors into veterans, and from veterans into remains.

Although sacrifice is a common occurrence for Astartes, some become numb after seeing too much, while others accumulate the dimness and gloom. The former are more numerous, while the latter are fewer, but Soshjan also belongs to the latter, just like Dante and Malakin.

Logically speaking, these casualties could also be reduced, such as by increasing the number of people implanted with the Grey髓(灰髓: grey marrow). In fact, many people in the Third Company could be implanted with the Grey髓(灰髓: grey marrow), but only one-third were actually implanted.

However, Soshjan called a halt to the Grey髓(灰髓: grey marrow) implantation surgery a long time ago, and even the new recruits in recent years have hardly used the Grey髓(灰髓: grey marrow). Although this thing is very useful, its cost and side effects have become increasingly obvious.

Without the Grey髓(灰髓: grey marrow), the descendants of the Eleventh Legion are no different from other Space Marines. Death and pain will still come, which is indeed a dilemma.

But in order to prevent more disasters in the future, Soshjan can only choose the lesser of two evils.

In addition, Sol also brought Soshjan some bad news.

Marshal Venner has fallen after all...

There was no heroic duel, no passionate fight. A beam from a tomb spine-burster pierced his heart at some unknown time. This veteran who had fought for the Empire for decades fell just like that, fell among his soldiers, sacrificed silently and unremarkable, as if this was the fate of the Krieg - no heroes with lofty sentiments, only a trace of embers burned out in the furnace of war.

Although he had only known this Krieg marshal for a short time and didn't know much about him, the courage he showed and the unique war philosophy and view of life and death of the Krieg impressed Soshjan deeply.

Sacrifice is certainly sad, but in a sense, Venner can be considered to have gotten what he wanted.

But the war still has to continue.

Now that people have been withdrawn, and the enemy has lost a tomb ship, Soshjan is considering whether to pursue the attack relentlessly and inflict as much damage as possible on the opponent.

But he also has to consider that if he really pushes the opponent too hard, it may be a result of mutual destruction. He knows that if the two sides really fight to the end, then even if the Menak is badly hurt, the human fleet will probably be finished, and even the Randaal may be completely scrapped.

In the end, it's actually just one problem, Soshjan doesn't have the strength to steadily defeat the opponent.

But the enemy not only has the Menak, if he really fights to the end, Soshjan has no benefits, and he has other forces that can strike the opponent afterwards, there is no need to really risk his life.

In the end, he still made a decision.

"Save the ships."

Hearing his words, Mark and Falzad were both stunned, but Sol nodded.

"That's right, if the fleet is wiped out, Orpheus will really become a piece of meat, at the mercy of others. Turning a pyrrhic victory into a minor victory is also a wise choice."

Falzad said excitedly:

"Chapter Master! Are we just letting these damn metal bastards run away!"

"Third Company Commander, of course not, the Legion will have its revenge, but not here. Next time we will directly destroy their nests and completely eradicate them! But now our strength is not enough, we need more ships, more warriors, don't worry, it won't be too long."

Mark also put his hand on Falzad's shoulder.

"Brother, the Chapter Master's decisions have never been wrong, be patient, and then give the enemy the most tragic revenge!"

Falzad roared, clenched his fist, and then said to Soshjan:

"Chapter Master, I request to go to the ground to fight! In any case, I want to kill something..."

Soshjan nodded.

"Go."

Then Soshjan looked at Mark.

"Mark, you also lead the company to the ground. Although we will no longer pursue the enemy's fleet, we can leave as many of their ground forces as possible."

"Yes!"

Check it one by one and there are no mistakes!

Soon the warriors left the bridge. Soshjan turned to look at the observation window, his eyes passed through the void full of wreckage and looked towards the main star of Amara.

"I wonder how Talos and the others are doing... I can't always get in touch, it's worrying."

Rumble rumble -

A rumbling sound suddenly came from the top of the passage, and gravel and ashes fell. This may be the dilapidated hive structure being bombed again. Although it is impossible to judge which side did it, this is enough to pause the escalating dispute in the passage for a moment.

"That damned metal skeleton is doing things again, the learned Ogmek, if, I mean if, can I make a small suggestion—"

"You can't."

Arthur Brook, a first-tier Ogmek of the Van Schauer family, was in a very good mood and was unwilling to endure the humiliation of self-explanation.

Ogmek is an intermediate class of the Van Schauer family, also known as tech-warriors. They are considered the family's high-level thugs. Because the members of this unique family are experts in their respective fields in every detail, it is rare to see talents who are particularly outstanding in violence. It is necessary to absorb those who speak with their fists from the outside, and then there is the unique title of [Ogmek]. Their positioning is a bit similar to grassroots officers, and they are also the main leaders of the Van Schauer family in "superficial" street conflicts.

Of course, being able to work for the Van Schauer family certainly cannot be a fool. Most of them have certain abilities in blasting and machinery.

Brook is an excellent blaster, formerly a miner in the Thrashier Great Mine, and later flowed through many gangs due to his outstanding blasting talent, and finally joined Van Schauer and became a "civilized man" - although these activities have nothing to do with civilization.