Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 314 This is the true High Lord!

Justus gritted his teeth as he watched Gao Yi walk away from him.

Gao Yi's words were tantamount to denying his abilities and all his battle plans.

It was as if it were mocking his incompetence.

"General, what should we do? Should we really return to the fortress as they demand?"

The officer beside him couldn't help but ask Justus.

"Go, withdraw the lord's ring as he requested..."

Justus wanted to refute and refuse, but Gao Yi was a high lord. Even though he was a naval admiral, there was still a huge difference in status. Even if Gao Yi didn't do anything to him openly, he couldn't bear the small troubles Gao Yi would cause him after the war.

He didn't want his fleet to be cut off from supplies by the Empire.
This fleet, which bypassed the Diamond Shield directly, caused Justus's original plan to waver.

Nothing is more convincing than the facts.

Gao Yi didn't care what Justus was thinking at the moment. Time was too tight, and he had to make all the preparations before Tyrion actually began his invasion.

One by one, combat suits were unloaded from the giant transport ship. Mellen already knew from Cardia's battle reports how these combat suits had performed in actual combat.

Even his own personal guard and some elite troops originally included some soldiers in combat uniforms.

Because, even within the same hazy star field, the combat suits spread much faster than Gao Yi had imagined.

The dynasty's caravans have already traveled to various parts of the Misty Star Sector with these goods, and have also sold a large number of combat suits as commodities, although the quantity is not enough to make them appear in other regions in an organized manner.

As agreed, the dynasty provided Guilliman with a large number of combat suits, which he used to arm his Altramar auxiliary army.

The large number of Altrama auxiliary troops consumed a significant portion of the dynasty's combat uniform inventory.

This led to a decrease in the number of combat suits in circulation, causing the price of suits in the Misty Starfield to rise accordingly.

Now, what lay before Mellen was not just a few pieces, but nearly three million sets. He knew very well the price of these combat suits, and at this moment, his gaze toward Gao Yi changed again.

Gratitude mingled with admiration and even worship.

This is a true High Lord! He doesn't exploit the Empire's resources, but instead uses his own wealth to protect the Empire's planet. Those inhuman High Lords of the past are no match for Gao Yi.
Although it is still far from meeting the needs of his 30 million-strong army, the effect that such a large number of combat suits can bring will definitely exceed his imagination.

Along with them came a large number of various interstellar vehicles.

When the priest of the dynasty explained the effects of these weapons to him, he immediately had new ideas about his existing strategic arrangements.

Melen's idea was to use the narrow streets of the hive to limit the number of Tyranids, turning every corner, every building, and every street into a Tyranid graveyard. With the addition of these equipment, the plan's power would be greatly enhanced, and the accompanying weapons and ammunition would also solve the urgent problem of ammunition shortage.

Military camps and heavy factories were unloaded from transport ships and placed in the relatively safe core area, where they began to operate continuously using the planet's existing resources.

"Perhaps with these things we really have a chance to protect the Hades Galaxy?"

Mellen thought to himself.

Mellen accompanied Gao Yi into his command post, where he also introduced his defensive deployment on a holographic map.

The city was marked with a dense array of defensive fortifications and firing positions, turning it into a massive fortified position.

Looking at Mellen's arrangements, Gao Yi couldn't help but admire his leadership skills. How could someone who could lead a full thirty million Cadia soldiers be an ordinary person?

Gao Yi was well aware of his command abilities in this kind of battle.

“Merren, you can also take command of the Rangers I brought, and you will also have Gabriel, the Grand Master, assist you with the nearly two thousand Astartes under the Blood Raven’s command.”

"You're going to hand over command of these troops to me?" "Don't be so surprised. At least I think these forces can play a greater role in your hands. No one knows the defenses you've set up better than you."

"Thank you for your trust! I will lead the warriors of the Empire to defend this planet."

"I also believe in you, Mellen. More support will continue to arrive. According to your observations, how long until Tyron arrives in the Hades system?"

Time is Gao Yi's biggest concern right now.

"Three days, at most four days. Those creatures have slowed down after approaching the star system."

"Three or four days should be enough."

Gao Yi then pointed to the holographic map representing all the planets in the galaxy.

"Is this Isox? Is the Vostonia Firstborn Regiment currently stationed up here?"

"You knew that too?"

"Merren, send them a signal to the Firstborn of Vostoria to evacuate all of humanity from this planet and join the defense of Asford."

"But if we do that, wouldn't we be handing the entire planet over to those aliens?! If we leave the Volstonia Firstborn on it, we can at least draw away some of the Zerg fleet from Asford and alleviate the pressure on them."

"No, they can't hold out for long. I have better people to defend this planet."

The candidate Gao Yi mentioned was the Zerg led by Kerrigan and Abathur.

Of the five major planets in the Hades system, this one is the most suitable for the Zerg to develop.

Isox is home to numerous isotope refining plants, and the pollution from these plants has made the entire planet highly radioactive and uninhabitable for humans.

However, for the Zerg, this radiation and the substances refined in the isotope refinery are the energy needed to produce Zerg. As long as a large amount of fungal carpet is laid out quickly, this energy, along with the larvae already carried and the tunnel bugs, is enough to gather a sufficient number of Zerg troops.

The sheer number of Zerg would also give Tyrion enough biomass to relieve the pressure on Asford.

Otherwise, the Volstronian Firstborn Legion would only have so many members that it wouldn't be able to attract enough Terran fleets.

When Gao Yi mentioned the Zerg that had also appeared on the Cardia, Mellen suddenly realized that the battle reports sent by the Cardia to various units could not possibly have missed the existence of the Zerg.

“I understand. I will immediately send a message to Commander Demeting and instruct them to take the workers back to Asford!”

"Merren, where is the planetary governor now?"

"The governor? This insect has retreated into its underground palace. It looks like it wants to stay there and wait for the war to end."

Do you know where the entrance to his dungeon is?

"I do know that. Even if you go to his governor's palace, he will definitely refuse you in various ways. He will not bring his troops into the battle."

"Join the fight? I never expected this guy to be of any help to our war; he'd only be a hindrance. But I have to capture him; this useless governor still has his uses."

"Capture him? What do you need him for?!"

"To fight external enemies, we must first secure internal stability. Since Tyranny is heading directly towards the Hades system, it means that the gene stealers have reached a sufficient number, and the most likely place for them to parasitize is in those underground cities."

If we ignore these gene stealers, they will inevitably cause us a lot of trouble once the war begins. These guys know a lot about secret passages and important locations, and I'm worried they might lead Tyrion to bypass the defenses you've built.

The best way to deal with the gene thieves is to kill their chieftain, and capturing the governor would be a suitable bait.

(End of this chapter)