Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 235 Charging the Crossbow of War
There are countless preparations for the war, and Calvin, as the supreme person in charge, is naturally duty-bound.

The troops and resources in the entire star area are advancing as planned to the Kanarian galaxy, the center of the southern defense line of the star area.

And among them, how far each unit above the regiment level will travel in the specified schedule, and which batch of transport ships will be taken on the way;

Who is in charge of the transshipment planet or space station responsible for the reception, and whether the prepared materials are complete;
All of these are Calvin's work.

The huge subordinate staff working group has already dispatched capable personnel from various departments in the star area to take charge;
However, the torrent of information composed of millions of troops and materials hundreds of times larger than that ultimately required Calvin himself to make direction and stage judgments.

Orpheus did not yet have such a level of combat experience. Calvin searched all over the generals in the star area, but he couldn't find a reliable general who could assume the command of the former enemy.

Then you can only do it yourself. Calvin didn't complain, and he didn't have time to complain.

The huge staff headquarters was established under his order, and the personnel in it were also transferred from other positions, and at the same time they had already started to work.

According to what plan and which military depot will complete the handover of those materials and troops;
Whether the ships that these troops will take forward in the next step can arrive on schedule after starting from the rear.

After summarizing these matters, only Calvin can fully digest and understand the battlefield trends at the grand strategic level.

Calvin's multi-threaded brain is given unprecedented consideration here.

Massive documents and data were processed in Calvin's mansion with the help of tens of thousands of staff from the General Staff Headquarters, and then sent forward after being marked with a clear plan for the next stage.

What is war?
Calvin did not believe in the superstition of famous generals and the obvious personality cult color under the exaggerated pen and ink in epic poems.

In his eyes, war is a fierce and unreserved collision between two systems;

Only by clearly establishing the operating mechanism within the system before the war, and giving enough margin and redundancy, can we lay a sufficient foundation for victory after the war really begins!
The information on the battlefield and the combat effectiveness of soldiers are placed from an overall perspective, and their upper and lower limits have already been clearly judged.

Not much will change unless a miracle happens.

Who has how many troops under his command, and where are the combat limits of these troops? Calvin, as the commander, requires himself to be well aware!
He would never give an army a task beyond their limits, let alone make a fearless sacrifice in the name of the Emperor!
The cold data represent countless warriors who are shedding blood for the empire!
He can accept cruel exchanges in order to achieve certain tactical intentions, but he must not accept that those fighters die fearlessly in despair because of his own incompetence!
War, where is there any talk of famous generals;
In war, the comparison is who makes fewer mistakes!

Calvin stood on the top terrace of Hive City, the capital of the Kanarian galaxy, his body even more burly under the pale artificial moonlight.

Chief Adjutant Allen stood quietly ten meters behind him. He couldn't bear to disturb the occasional rest of the father of genes after several days of heavy work.

hum!
The berths on the distant star track lit up, and the huge man-made island-like mechanical arms spread out to both sides;

The new fleet has not yet entered the real universe, and the Starport personnel who received the message are already preparing for their connection.

"Is that the fleet of the Dark Templar? Calculate the time, they should be here."

Calvin looked at the distant space shrouded in darkness, the silhouette of the fleet that was still the size of a star after breaking through the subspace barrier, and asked the people behind him.

"It's just a precursor." Allen responded in a low voice.

"The marshal of the fleet is still behind, and only their castle master is in charge of this squadron at this time."

"Well, it's not a good reception..."

Calvin said meaningfully, and Alan behind him also had a strange expression.

The origin of this Astartes fleet is really too special, Calvin is also mixed in his heart for their ability to respond to the call to help the battle, and he is not simply optimistic.

Although they were from the Seventh Legion wearing black armor, in Calvin's eyes there was no essential difference between them and the bronze armored guards cruising on Terra;

Even thinking about it to the extreme, Calvin believed that they were more in line with the spiritual core of the Seventh Legion than those Astartes standing on the Mountain Array.

Their aversion to psykers is exactly the same as their genetic father;
And the fanaticism and belief in the emperor, on the contrary, could not be understood by Calvin.

"Believe in the theory of the apotheosis of the emperor, but oppose the existence of all psychic beings, how can this be explained?
Or, Mountain Formation or Eternal Crusade, which one is Dorne's favorite? "

The disrespectful words came from Calvin's mouth, and Alan couldn't help but feel grateful for the silence on the terrace while sweating.

Although Calvin seemed to be asking Alan behind him.

But just from the bitter expression on the latter's face and the way the former talked to himself, it can be known that Calvin did not want to get the answer to this question from Allen.

This is not the first time that such an Astartes battle group has come unexpectedly. In the month after the conscription to the star field was launched, three Astartes battle groups have appeared in the sky above Orpheus.

The death watch's killing squad was called, and it was within Calvin's expectation;
After all, the war against aliens was the original mission of this special force, and the Storm Starfield, as the starfield most heavily invaded by aliens, was also the base camp of the Death Watchers.

Calvin also understood the arrival of the Orphic consul.

It can be known from their names that the home planet of the battle group is in Orpheus. Once they escape from the imperial recruitment mission, they will naturally return to their home planet to participate in the war here.

But the Black Temple...

Calvin had anticipated the reason for their arrival, but could not understand it.

This battle group, which has a high degree of close contact with the state religion because of its belief, is the most special of all non-startup battle groups.

Their reputation for independence and mystery is not surprising in the eyes of Calvin, who knows that the state religion is his ally and helps cover it up in the high lord council;
But the opponent's hatred of psykers has a long history, a tradition left by Dawn himself since the Legion era.

Even with the halo bonus of the Judgment Chamber, in Calvin's heart, the two sides respect each other at best and stay away from each other, resulting in a refreshment that is invisible to the eye.

He really couldn't understand why they would travel thousands of miles to come to Orpheus to help him.

There are monsters in things, and he, who has a heavy responsibility, cannot tolerate accidents.

"Let's take precautions. After all, the responsibility is heavy. Maybe I will be a villain once..."

Calvin shook his head, smiled wryly and ended his thinking about these uninvited guests.

The defense system of the entire southern theater is composed of four galaxies. Except for the core Canarian, the remaining three galaxies do not border each other and present two vertical 90-degree directions.

From a distant perspective, this huge line of defense stretching across the edge of the Hassan star sector looks like a huge "D".

Except for the Charles Galaxy, which faces the Hassan Star District far away from the front, the remaining two galaxies—the Osfer Galaxy and the Ferraris Galaxy are like the two wings of the word "D", firmly guarding Karna Ryan's sides.

The Osfer galaxy on the left is also one of the main attack directions of the orc fleet, and the pressure it bears is as huge and heavy as Charles.

Most of the casualties in successive years have been caused by these two star areas, and they are also nicknamed "the two corners of death" by the soldiers here.

The situation in Ferraris is much better, its scale is actually smaller, and the construction of defensive fortresses is simpler.

But none of these disadvantages could hold it back. A subspace storm that had erupted thousands of years ago was like a wall of sighs, firmly blocking the direction of the Hassan sector.

There are only few signs of orc attacks here, and even apart from the first three years of the war, there has never been a single alarm of enemy attack.

But now the star area has begun to prepare for war, under the order of Calvin and the efforts of the entire star area.Except for the Charles frontier that has not changed for strategic deception, these second-tier or third-tier node planets are already full of large and small star realm legions and Astartes battle groups.

The battle rhythm outside the southern defense line is still as usual, but all the soldiers of the empire know behind the scenes:
A defense line composed of three galaxies is like a huge crossbow, which is slowly bending and accumulating power under Calvin's order, accumulating potential energy that will destroy the world;
Although it is not known when the specific offensive will be launched, more and more barracks on the planet and warships that have already occupied berths in orbit are silently telling them:

The pace of war is approaching, maybe tomorrow.

In the eyes of Calvin, the commander, the day of the war is like a start-up experiment after the completion of a systematic project, which has long been marked in the plan and repeatedly discussed and determined.

He discussed for a long time with the few people who had the right to know the war plan, and they all agreed:
The day when the trigger of this crossbow was knocked out was the time when he planned the arrival of the Titan Legion.

　Second watch, please vote.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)