A subtle atmosphere permeated the strategy room.
Although he needed to follow Perturabo's orders, Mortarion was not as sad as he had imagined.
Because he was standing here now, standing at the strategic command table, Perturabo told the Death Guard that they needed to log in at a location in Mine Area 03 and cooperate with the Iron Warriors there and the Graeae Skitarii to launch a targeted attack on a ground building of the Necrons.
Haha, that's the area Mortarion pointed out earlier.
Mortarion stared at Perturabo, waiting for his next words—
"The Iron Warriors will provide the Death Guard with air superiority here."
Yes, that's it!
Mortarion's grunting breathing came from under the gas mask, and Hades was sure that the big brother was laughing.
Don't laugh out loud at this time! Brother!
Hades had finally "persuaded" the two to return to the same strategic room. He did not want the personalities of the two primarchs to lead to a lack of information exchange between the two legions, thus causing unnecessary losses.
What made Hades feel relieved was that compared to Mortarion, Perturabo seemed to have an iron mask on his face, as if he did not hear Mortarion's voice, and continued to speak to himself, or give orders.
For some unknown reason, the local troops are now far smaller than before. Although there are still Undead troops pouring in from Mining Area 03, these rigid soldiers are only delaying the Empire's pace and preventing them from entering Area 03.
Compared with enemies on the ground, the threat from space is real and is always strangling the fleet.
The Iron Warriors' ships are now in a dispersed defensive posture, ready to launch at full power at any time.
Perturabo needed more energy to deal with the threats from space, so he decided to let the Death Guard be responsible for clearing out some of the Undead forces on the ground.
The number of Death Guard ships that Mortarion currently leads is indeed small, so there is no need for a naval battle.
A huge amount of data flowed through Perturabo's nerve fibers. According to the data collected by the Iron Warriors, the Necrons were likely to have a fleet reappearing in Sector 53 of 106.
The analysis report on the fragments of the Necron ships has also been released. What shocked Perturabo is that everything on these ships has no autonomy, from the Necron warriors to the command systems of the ships. They are completely dependent on the command radio waves from the ground.
This coincides with the information about these alien races that the Iron Warriors had collected before.
It is a highly autocratic system, and the soldiers at the lower levels do not have the right to think and make decisions on their own.
That is, they could try to cut off the ground's connection to the Necron ships.
Compared with their astonishing space combat capabilities, the combat capabilities of these alien races on the ground can only be described as mediocre, nothing new, and not much of a threat.
Perturabo needed to gather his forces in space, not on the ground.
After decoding and analyzing the information flow, Perturabo was surprised to find that the source of the information flow was near the area that Mortarion had pointed out, in Mine Area 03, behind the enemy.
If they wanted to capture that area in a short period of time, they would need to send more troops. The Iron Warriors' troops stationed at No. 106 were not enough to capture that area in a time that Perturabo was satisfied with.
Then let the Death Guard go.
Perturabo thought dryly that while the Iron Warriors could throw their weight around in that area, he would rather focus his efforts on a naval engagement.
Then let these Death Guards who have been watching the Iron Warriors indifferently come.
Next to the two primarchs who seemed to have conflicting auras, Hades was concentrating on thinking about Perturabo's plan.
Judging from the opponent's previous performance, it is very likely that only a part of the Necrons on this planet have been awakened. Not only are only the smallest ships deployed, but the largest component of the ground army is still the Necron warriors. It can be seen that this branch of the Necrons is not large.
The other party's response to us is simply "expel".
And to be honest, in front of the Necrons' ships, the ground might be safer, provided that the opponent does not have ground-clearing weapons.
But now the air supremacy of Planet 106 is still firmly in the hands of the Iron Warriors. Even for the Necrons, it will take a considerable amount of time to fight for air supremacy and deploy weapons.
Based on the information provided by Perturabo, Hades guessed that there might be underworld structures in that area that were connected to the shallow undead.
The undead troops there may be more elite.
But the biggest threat now is not on the ground, but in the sky.
The deployment of troops to this area is also to cooperate with naval battles.
Hades thought for a moment, and he once again estimated the strength of a wave of Necrons deployed in Area 03, as well as the corresponding layout of the Iron Guard.
But the prerequisite is that the Iron Warriors outside Area 03 must actively cooperate with the Death Guard's attack, delay the returning troops, and provide fire support.
Hades quietly opened Mortarion's communication channel.
"We need to have some of the Iron Warriors land with the Death Guard."
"Numbers are not the key. The Iron Warriors who follow the Death Guard must be elite."
“.”
Mortarion was silent for a moment in dissatisfaction. Why should the Iron Warriors fight alongside the Death Guard
What is Hades questioning
But the Primarch understood Hades' meaning in an instant.
The Iron Warriors may not come to support the Death Guard, but the Iron Warriors will definitely come to support the Iron Warriors.
(Except Perturabo, of course.)
This group of Iron Warriors is meant to make those Iron Warriors on the periphery fight to the death.
Mortarion blinked slowly.
Although the Emperor once told him that the cooperation between the legions was indestructible, and although the Emperor once told him that the honor and discipline within the legions were eternal topics.
In the emperor's mouth, his brothers and their descendants were just like the demigods in heaven in the mouths of the historians.
But now Mortarion stared at Perturabo and realized that it was all bullshit.
So a portion of Iron Warriors seems necessary.
The good news is that since Perturabo "admitted" Mortarion's previous plan, Mortarion is in a good mood to support him to talk to Perturabo for a few more words.
"brother,"
After closing the channel with Hades, Mortarion spat out the word like spitting, he said it unclearly and reluctantly.
"I think that regarding the raid in this area, the Death Guard may need some Iron Warriors to lead the way and help us get familiar with it."
Perturabo almost allowed a look of doubt to appear on his solemn and cold face, but he controlled himself well.
Perturabo turned his head and stared at Mortarion.
He was still trying to see something from this "brother" who was trying to ridicule him.
But the yellow-green poison gas on Mortarion's body completely obscured the only part of his exposed face. Even with the Primarch's vision, Mortarion's expression could not be seen.
As Perturabo focused his attention on Mortarion, the familiar smell of Mortarion's poison became more pronounced in his senses.
Perturabo suddenly realized that Mortarion had done it on purpose, that he had deliberately used poison gas to disgust his brothers, that the damned country bumpkin enjoyed using his stinking smell to fumigate normal people like them and taking pleasure in their reactions.
Such a person is incapable of speaking kind words.
Perhaps these kind words could come from the mouths of brothers like Vulkan or Horus, but this is definitely not what Mortarion would say.
Does Mortarion want to see the Iron Warriors who are inferior to the Death Guard on the same battlefield
Does this desolate "brother" hope to take the video of the scene and ridicule him in public
Did Mortarion think he would be so cowardly as not to send an army and prove his weakness
Perturabo's voice was tinged with anger, and he simply turned away again, not wanting to look at Mortarion's disgusting figure.
"Dantioch, step out!"
"You will be in charge of the ground landing battle with the Death Guard."
"By all means, show the toughness of an Iron Warrior."
Under the shroud of poisonous gas, Mortarion glanced proudly at the top of Perturabo's head (he was the tallest among them).
He knew, of course, that Perturabo would interpret his words as a provocation, and that guy was not so kind.
Maybe next time he should just drop the word "brother," a greeting that made him want to vomit.
Then Mortarion opened Hades's channel and said triumphantly,
"alright."
Now Mortarion thought he could focus on killing those xenos.
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