Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 588: Twin Gate Defense Line

"The Twin Gates are undoubtedly a loophole in the solar system's defense. We are on the defensive right now, and the existence of these two star gates is of no help to us."

Admiral Sukashan said quickly, speaking first on behalf of the largest number of mortal troops.

"Now that the enemy is on the offensive, in order to maximize their troop advantage, they will inevitably focus on this area. So why don't we eliminate this weak spot first and destroy it before the enemy takes over."

Sukashan quickly demonstrated her plan through the intelligent computer. With the support of powerful computing power, she even calculated in three seconds how to completely destroy the star gate with the highest efficiency and the shortest time.

Although humans can no longer replicate these relics of the dark technological age, they can still destroy them.

But as soon as these words were spoken, the representatives of the Mechanicus were obviously unhappy.

A mechanical priest immediately stood up to refute Sukasan's suggestion.

"Admiral, are we going to be so scared that we destroy our own man-made megastructures before the rebels arrive? This would be a huge blow to our morale."

These guys were smart enough not to mention the rarity and technological content of the Star Gate, but instead refuted from a more practical morale perspective.

They are just stubborn, not stupid. Now that the solar system is about to be surrounded by Horus's rebels, they are still foolishly shouting about the scientific value of the ancient star gates. That is purely to flatter the Primarchs.

The Mechanicus has realized that times have changed. Not only have the best and most outstanding among them been attracted to the advanced technology community, but their own strength has also been extremely weakened.

The Battle of Betagarmon had already caused the loss of most of the Titan Legion of the Mechanicum, and among those who had managed to escape, some claimed to have witnessed the miracle of Om Messiah himself on the battlefield where the Titan died.

When the giant metal dragon that fell from the sky was locked up and the Titans that should have been destroyed were reborn, everyone knew that Om Messiah had seen them and brought down his gospel.

However, after Om Messiah appeared again, he did not get in touch with the Mechanicus, which is very intriguing.

Doesn't this mean that Om Messiah doesn't care about the Mechanicus?

Or maybe the Mechanicus is not the orthodoxy recognized by Ohm Messiah?
"The Twin Gates must be destroyed, but it should not be destroyed in vain." Dorn spoke up after remaining silent.

Strictly speaking, the defense of the Solar System was originally in the hands of the Primarch of the Imperial Fists, but now most of his power has fallen into the hands of Lion's Jonson.

If it were someone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't be completely willing to give up power.

But this is Rogal Dorn. For this Terran Guard, the only thing in his mind is to defend Terra and protect the Emperor.

Power meant absolutely nothing to him. If this stubborn man of the Empire had any selfishness at all, he would not have given the Golden Age fortress battleship Phalanx, which was drifting in the orbit of the mother planet, to the Emperor as soon as he was found by him.

"We can use the Twin Gates as bait and deploy a siege and attack tactics."

Dorn continued to refine and upgrade Sukasan's plan and proposed a trap plan with greater strategic significance.

After hearing Dorn's plan, all the Primarchs nodded in approval.

They need the rebels to bleed continuously here to weaken the pressure from the Allies in other locations.

"The best scenario is that we can delay until Guilliman arrives. I still prefer to attack from both inside and outside, and annihilate Horus's rebels with the method of internal and external cooperation."

"I have a different opinion." said Chogoris Warhawk.

"Based on my understanding of Horus, he would not use the conventional thinking method that everyone understands. What he likes to use most is the surprise attack, which is beyond everyone's expectations, just like what we encountered in Betagarmon."

"When all of us are betting on the Twin Gates, we need to be more careful about him going the other way again."

"Our thoughts are not difficult to predict, are they?" The Khan's opinion was undoubtedly more cautious. They had suffered enough from Horus. This guy was able to send away most of the troops in Betagarmon, and then destroy the divination needle and use the warp ritual to directly lock in the victory. Is there anything he can't do?
To deal with Horus, one must be more imaginative, crazy and unrestrained than him, otherwise one will always be in a passive position.

Dorn and the Khan had different ideas, but both of them had their own reasons, which immediately made everyone fall into deeper thinking.

If I were Horus, what would I do?

"My Lords, I would like to state a premise."

Sevatar, who had been silent in the corner, suddenly spoke, attracting the attention of the primarchs.

The Prince of Crows remained unafraid and calmly expressed his views.

"I think the enemy commander we are facing may not be Horus."

"I know about the news that the Warmaster fell into a coma in Ullanor. Although I don't know what happened next, no matter what, something went wrong with Horus."

"If he has completely become a slave to the warp, then it is hard to imagine whether such a Horus can carry out the mission of the Warmaster, because his mind is completely abnormal. We cannot think with the normal Horus."

Ryan also lowered his head and pondered. Indeed, if they considered for a long time and even made a wrong choice of the target commander, then it would just be a waste of time.

"Then if it's not Horus, who could it be?" said the Admiral.

"If we rule out Horus... it won't be Lorgar. He doesn't have the ability. The Shadow Crusade initiated by this rubbish had the first-mover advantage, but was beaten to a pulp by Guilliman." Chagatai began to analyze.

"It won't be the gas canister of Barbarus from Mortarion. He and his legion blindly advocate heavy infantry tactics. They are not good at space naval warfare."

In fact, many of the primarchs in the rebel army have already died off. As long as they are eliminated one by one, the most likely target can be locked on.

"It won't be Angron and Fulgrim either. These two Primarchs have already become Daemon Princes of the Warp Gods. They don't have enough sense to command the Legion."

"Curze has defected, Alpharius has been killed, and Magnus is still struggling on the Golden Throne. The only one left is... Perturabo!"

Dorn slammed his fist on the table. He hated this Iron Brother. They were competitors in the past, but now they were standing on opposite sides.

Dorn was very disappointed with Perturabo, who was not worthy of competing with him.

"In that case, let's focus our forces on the Twin Gates. The probability of the rebels using multi-line infiltration operations is not high, and this is not Perturabo's tactical style."

"What this guy advocates most is relying on firepower coverage and then launching a large-scale assault, using the lives of his offspring to forge victory." Chagatai mocked. He couldn't stand this style of fighting that wasted the lives of soldiers.

Everyone voted in favor and will use this as a guiding plan for deployment.

"Then leave the deployment of the Twin Gates' defenses and traps to me and Dorn. You will each lead your troops to garrison various strategic locations."

Ryan said directly, and the primarch brothers immediately nodded in agreement.

The Twin Gates must demonstrate a level of resistance that matches theirs, otherwise it would be telling the enemy that there is a trap here.

Only if a trap disguises itself can it attract the enemy.

In the hands of the Imperial Fists, the Twin Gates would inevitably become an extremely tough nut to crack, and as long as the word got out that the Imperial Fists were defending this area, would they still be worried that the Iron Warriors wouldn't take the bait?
As long as it's something the Imperial Fists are guarding, even if it's a pile of dog shit, the Iron Warriors will rush over and fight to the death.

(End of this chapter)