Chapter 894, The Saint's Savior
Another orbital defense platform of a Vigilant Planet was melted into molten iron in the evil flames of the Warp.
Raymond Weiss stared through the porthole at the orbital defenses, which were collapsing in the chaos.
What else can he say?
There was only a long sigh.
"Get ready, we are going to break out." He gave the order.
The reactions from different parties were different.
Some people couldn't believe it, and some asked:
"Are we going to give up on Vigilance Star?!"
This is not an easy decision to accept.
From a macro perspective, the defense of the Alert Star has been going on for decades; from a current perspective, the invasion frenzy caused by Chaos has lasted for seven months. Although the battle was very difficult, to be honest, the strength of the enemy was only at a medium level compared to the many crises that the Alert Star had encountered in the past.
So many dangers have passed, and this one is not serious. What is there to be afraid of?
The reason why the defenders of Alert Star chose to ask for help was mainly because their combat resources were stretched to the limit, and their troops had become increasingly insufficient after seven months of fighting.
However, they firmly believed that as long as the supply was normalized, they would have no problem repelling this Chaos invasion of not very high intensity.
Everything went as the defenders expected.
Reinforcements did arrive, and they were the main force of the chapter led by Raymond Weiss, the Saint Chapter Leader known as the 'Lord of the Rift', who led the people to defend the corridor area.
In that case, what's the problem if they win the war?
Therefore, when Raymond Weiss issued the order to break out, which was almost equivalent to abandoning the alert planet, they found it so unacceptable.
But in fact, more people agreed with Raymond Weiss's orders.
Because I really can't fight anymore.
This time, it’s because the invading enemy is not much stronger than before. With the support of Raymond Weiss, we may be able to win, but what about next time?
With the power of just one star field, Mercifat, gathered here, being able to withstand thirty years of time is already the limit.
Indeed, the enemy has not become stronger, but our side has become weaker, which is an irreversible trend. Lack of soldiers, generals and supplies will become the norm in the future.
Gone are the days when supplies could be delivered whenever needed and missing troops could be quickly replenished, as they were in the past.
But the situation on the alert planet is getting worse and worse.
Not only did they have to resist wave after wave of Chaos forces from the Scarlet Scar, but within the planet, this world, which originally had a population of over two billion, was also suffering from numerous endogenous disasters.
This place is too close to the Scarlet Scar, and all kinds of chaos corruption emerge one after another. This not only leads to many cult and rebel problems, but also large-scale supernatural plagues that always spread.
The Nurgle plague turns people into zombies and spreads them further; the Khorne plague makes people lose their minds and become crazy and bloodthirsty. Both types are terrible.
As for a hedonistic and scheming sect, it is likely that it was also influenced by the other two powerful beings of the Warp.
These problems were quite serious. In fact, they involved half of the defense forces and seriously damaged the economic production capacity of the Alert Star itself.
In addition to the Chaos threat, there is also the alien threat. The Vigilant Planet has tried to eradicate the greenskins for thirty years, but has never been able to eradicate them; there are parasitic infection groups that have killed the so-called No. 1 Infector and the Chieftain many times, but they always come back to life...
The population before the war was 2 billion, but now, 30 years later, only 600 million remain.
Economic production has been severely damaged to the point that even the needs of the army cannot be met. Instead, food must be allocated from the outside world to maintain the livelihood of the planet.
Vigilance Star is undoubtedly a huge burden.
In fact, it's not just the Alert Star, all seven worlds in the "Corridor" are the same.
However, the pressure on the Alert Star is the greatest.
Not only is the problem here the most serious, it is also the farthest from the Saints' base camp, Meshiphat.
Before the Age of Cataclysm, the distance of seven star tunnel traversals was not a big deal, and the journey could be completed in more than half a month or a month. After the Age of Cataclysm, many risks suddenly increased, but for the Saints Corps that could quickly unite an entire star field, it was still within an acceptable range and not a big problem.
But the key point is that this is the 'corridor', crossing the scarlet scar, and the difficulty of navigation is ten times higher than usual.
One can imagine how difficult it is to transport reinforcements from Mersifat to Alert Star.
It's not like they haven't tried before. On the dark side of the empire, on the side of Alert Star, they have tried to recover some human worlds and provide support to Alert Star from this side.
However, it is still equivalent to crossing the 'corridor' and undertaking an expedition.
The difficulty is equally high.
After opening up a few worlds, I found that they were difficult to maintain and eventually lost them. The entire operation not only did not reduce stress or bring benefits, but it also caused more losses.
As the Mercifat star field became increasingly unbearable after being exploited more and more, and even some non-chaotic influences and rebellions caused purely by excessive exploitation had appeared, Raymond Weiss had to make such a difficult decision.
His goal of personally leading the main force to the Warning Star was not simply to provide support or rescue, but also to personally lead people to recover as much as possible of the various investments made in the past thirty years from the Warning Star.
The military and important military supplies must be taken away; some production factories and some people who have been identified as not having major problems should also be taken away as much as possible.
Of course, what can be taken away in the end is only a small part.
Most of the population will eventually be abandoned along with the abandoned alert planet.
But what can we do?
All the dissenting voices were suppressed by Raymond Weiss's prestige and the tacit understanding of many people after they breathed a sigh of relief.
Preparations for the breakout operation began.
There are still fifteen days left.
During these fifteen days, the goods that need to be loaded must be loaded onto the ship, and this is the final deadline for evacuation.
At that point, the entire army would abandon all existing defense lines and the fleet would break out.
Just on the eighth day of preparations for the breakout, humans' astropaths observed a lot of movement at the star tunnel jump point on the Alert Planet.
Raymond Weiss thought it was another new Chaos fleet.
When the astropathic signal was received, converted into a visual signal, forming a holographic image, showing the entire fleet, Raymond Weiss's hands trembled a little.
Those silver and blue painted ships looked well maintained and brand new. The human eagle emblem on the bow made everyone present cheer for joy. It was the first time in thirty years that they saw a new warship that was not made of flesh and blood and looked like broken copper and rotten iron like the Chaos Demons!
In addition to the Sky Eagle emblem that symbolizes the human empire, they could also observe another emblem clenched in both hands. This emblem was a little unfamiliar to them, after all, they had never dealt with it before. However, after a little recollection, they could recognize what it was - it was the Alliance.
The communication signal quickly passed through the waves of the subspace. It was unstable and carried electronic noise, but it sounded quite reassuring.
"This is the Fourth Advance Fleet of the Alliance's Western Expeditionary Force. I am the leader of the fleet, Admiral Yemel. On behalf of Marshal Yan Fangxu and High Lord Gu Hang, the savior of the dark side of the empire, I salute all those who have held on. We are on our way to the battlefield and are expected to launch an attack on the Chaos Fleet around the orbit in sixteen hours. Please provide support as appropriate."
After thinking for fifteen minutes, Raymond Weiss made a decision.
He responded to the astropathic signal, identified himself, and promised to cooperate in the attack.
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In the ensuing war, the Saints witnessed the strength of the Alliance Fleet.
The Chaos Fleet besieging Vigilant was not a weak force in their eyes. They could hold on and repel the enemy, but it would cost them a lot.
However, they quickly collapsed under the attack of the Alliance fleet.
The Alliance's naval warfare tactics seemed very mature. It was obvious that this was a war-torn fleet, and those mature experiences were accumulated from war after war. And from their appearance, they were quite familiar with how to fight against the Chaos fleet.
This navy is definitely not composed of rookies.
But from the outside, you can't tell at all.
Their ships are too 'new'.
I'm afraid that before it went into battle, it had undergone quite adequate care and maintenance.
Not to mention after the Cataclysm, even before the Cataclysm, many imperial navies found it difficult to have such perfect ship maintenance conditions.
It would not even be an exaggeration for him to say that these were all new ships.
The reason why the Alliance Fleet can demonstrate such powerful combat effectiveness, in addition to the high quality and rich experience of the crew, the bigger reason is that their ships are really strong!
Equipment is useful if it is well maintained.
Not to mention, those battleships and aircraft carriers were ready to go, along with a complete fleet configuration of more than two hundred cruisers, destroyers, etc.... that was a solid force.
With superior numbers and quality, the Chaos Fleet was completely unable to resist.
Raymond Weiss looked at this brand new fleet and couldn't help but reveal envy in his eyes.
Now, even if all the fleets that the entire Saints Corps can mobilize are assembled together, it is probably only of this scale - except for the Saints' Glorious Queen who has been passed down for thousands of years.
However, according to Admiral Yemel, they were just a detachment of the Alliance's Western Expeditionary Force. There were probably many such detachments, and there was also a main fleet that was definitely much larger, to form the so-called Western Expeditionary Force. The Alliance had four expeditionary fronts of this size, divided into east, west, south, and north.
How can one not be envious of this?
What is even more enviable, and even a little terrifying, is the background hidden behind this military force.
Raymond Weiss couldn't help but compare it to Holy Terra.
After thirty years of asking for help, he hadn't received any support except for some repetitive nonsense. In addition, from the little information he inferred, the current situation of Holy Terra was probably a mess and the country was in a state of disarray.
Compare it to the Alliance, the Dark Side Expedition has fought all the way here from the Spider Web Universe and the Eastern Universe, which can be regarded as the most frontier areas of the empire...
The difference is obvious.
…
The naval battle was over, and the human side had won an undoubted victory. The Chaos fleet suffered a devastating blow, and only a small number of ships escaped.
On the orbital defense platform, the two sides met in victory.
Raymond Weiss met Admiral Yemel.
It's a bit surprising, this is a rather young mortal general.
Beside him were the Chapter Masters from the two Chapters.
After a brief communication, he learned that these were two fully-strength regiments, established during the 'Fourth Dark Founding'.
One of the chapters, called 'Light Satin', is also a Saints' chapter.
Zhao Farong, the commander of the Guangduan regiment, shook hands with him and saluted him with great anticipation. His expression was no different from that of other members of the Saints' sub-regiments when they saw their mother group.
However, no matter how Raymond Weiss thought about it, he felt something was a little strange.
What is the Dark Side Army? Why haven't I heard of it? Is this the fourth time?
The Light Satin Regiment? Why didn't I know that we Saints have such a sub-regiment?
It is true that Gu Hang is a high lord, but does he have the right to establish a new Space Marine chapter?
Although the establishment of a new group, even if it uses the seeds of saints, theoretically has nothing to do with the parent group. It is a decision made by Holy Terra and Mars, and the most they do is inform the start-up group.
Let’s just regard this as a special measure for a special period… but where did the Alliance get the gene-seed of the Saints, enough to even establish an entire fully-strength regiment?
Can we also replenish our staff quickly and at any time?
Too exaggerated...
But no matter how many questions he had in his mind, he had to admit that the savior had arrived.
It was not his original intention to give up the alert star, and he was very painful in his heart when he made this decision.
Now, no more pain.
The advance fleet not only has a strong naval force, it also has two fully-strength regiments, a powerful marine corps, and a large number of allied land forces.
With their participation, the threats on the ground of Alert Planet will be quickly quelled.
Everything seemed like a dream.
Raymond Weiss waited for thirty years for support from Holy Terra, but got nothing.
Just when you are desperate and about to give up, the alliance comes.
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(End of this chapter)
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