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The young officer's face was full of respect and joy; he didn't want to disappoint Zhou Qing's expectations.
多斯·桑托斯
The young naval officer who came to report to Zhou Qing was named as such. He was an outstanding graduate of the Naval Officer Academy and was being mentored by Zhou Qing.
Although the Human Empire has a large number of naval veterans at its disposal, it is far too difficult for the Human Empire's navy to command the Human Federation's navy.
Therefore, Zhou Qing had no choice but to start his own naval officer training program.
Dos Santos was the top graduate of his naval training program the previous year, and the graduate he had high hopes for who would become the commander of the patrol fleet.
Chapter 122 Nairrus will never fall into the hands of the great enemy of Chaos.
After obtaining Zhou Qing's permission, Dos Santos boldly began to issue his own orders, marking the first time he had issued such orders himself without Zhou Qing's prior authorization.
"Order the fleet to proceed at full speed toward the direction where the Devourer has appeared, maintaining a distance of 400 light-years. The fleet activates its cloaking field to prevent being detected by the Devourer."
Let's see what they're up to. Their movements are in search of the Black Legion.
The reason for seeking the Devourer is not merely to eliminate this small force of the Black Legion.
Zhou Qing's purpose in coming out this time was to completely eliminate Abaddon, so launching a direct attack on the World Devourer was meaningless.
It's more important to first observe what the enemy is trying to do, and then analyze where they came from by examining their subspace travel.
Under his command, the fleet began to slowly advance towards the location of the World Eater, while the cloaking field was activated.
The patrol fleet under Zhou Qing's command was mobilized due to the appearance of the Devourer, but the Devourer was completely unaware of this at the time.
They had no idea what was happening; they were now forced to offer slaughter and battle to their Blood God.
The Blood God doesn't care whose head it is; he only cares whether it was obtained through a valiant battle.
In the hazy star field, no planet on this side of the Great Rift is more glorious than the 108 worlds under Zhou Qing's command.
Even the world with the fewest population among the 108 worlds has a population of 1,600 billion.
The surrounding imperial world is well aware of this.
Khorne's World Eater warband was naturally aware of this; if they wanted to perform a blood sacrifice to the Blood God, they would naturally seek out a place with a large enough number of people to attack.
When Abaddon's Devourers left the Devourers, they had gathered forces equivalent to more than 10 warbands.
Each war guild has a strength ranging from 500 to 3000 men.
The combined strength of these ten warbands' interstellar warriors exceeds 15,000!
They also possess a portion of war machines.
Some warbands may possess demon engines (such as the Forge Demon and the Skull Cannon) and Chaos Titans (such as the Khornehound Titan), but in smaller numbers (each warband may only have a few).
Each warband enslaves a large number of human slaves, mutants, and Chaos cultists as cannon fodder, possibly 5–10 times the number of Space Marines.
The Devourer army comprises a total of 35 cannon fodder units, including cultists and enslaved mutants, and this number will continue to increase as war breaks out.
During battle, these World Eaters can also summon their demonic allies to aid them, which further increases the strength of their forces.
Even in the early stages of the war, the Devourer can summon hundreds of thousands or even millions of demons from Khorne.
每个战帮都可能拥有 1–2艘 主力舰（如屠杀级巡洋舰、掠夺者级战列舰），10个战帮的吞噬者加起来足足拥有16艘主力舰，仅仅是战列舰的数量就高达10艘。
Each warband may have 5–10 small warships (such as Sword-class frigates and Hellblade-class raiders), totaling 87 ships.
Besides these combat naval warships, the World Eaters rely on boarding maneuvers.
Therefore, there will be a large number of assault boats, landing craft, and raiding ships, possibly up to six hundred, but with low combat effectiveness.
If it weren't for Zhou Qing's sudden emergence, this fleet would definitely be considered a powerful force.
They could easily launch an attack on any of the Empire's worlds, and most of the planets, except for core planets like Terra, would not be able to withstand their offensive.
With over 1 Space Marines, plus a large number of auxiliary troops and war machines, this Devourer force had enough audacity to set its sights on Zhou Qing's 108 Worlds.
With hundreds of billions of people in the empire, if all of them were sacrificed to Khorne, they couldn't even imagine what kind of blessing they would receive.
Therefore, the Devourers' fleet had a very clear objective; their fleets almost all headed towards one of Zhou Qing's worlds.
The Misty Starfield 108 World Industrial World Nairrus.
This is an industrial world within the 108 worlds.
It has over 1800 billion imperial subjects, and its industrial sector is extremely powerful.
With Zhou Qing's support, this world is now capable of producing all heavy tanks, including the Poison Blade, and they also have their own starports that can produce warships.
Because the human empire's warships were too inadequate, Zhou Qing designed a new frigate for them, the Sentinel-class frigate.
This frigate is designed by combining the technology of the Human Empire and the technology of the Stars, and it is 896 meters long.
Bow main gun (L slot) railgun, side weapons (S slot x4) 2 x pulse laser cannons 4 x automatic cannons, point defense system (P slot x2) "Firefly" point defense matrix.
This frigate is a multi-purpose frigate, and it is also the first general-purpose frigate designed by Zhou Qing for the Human Empire.
It will be able to greatly satisfy the defense work of the planet's surface, and this industrial world is responsible for producing this frigate.
This frigate will not be directly included in the Federation fleet's patrols; it is merely a frigate that can be built on the local planet and is intended for use by the local planet's governor.
This would allow local planets to have some self-defense capabilities when facing space warfare, so that they are not left to passively take hits and rely on orbital defense facilities.
The industrial world of Narrus, with its own planetary production capacity, can produce a frigate of this class in just four months.
Although such manufacturing speed and production capacity are far behind the construction time of Zhou Qing's Sky-Piercing Fortress, it is still quite formidable for an imperial world.
During the time Zhou Qing brought them under his command, they had acquired three frigates of this class.
Therefore, they discovered the fleet as soon as the Devourer Squadron's warships entered their star system.
Alarms were quickly sounded on the planet, and Governor Ignatius Dorn immediately began preparations for war mobilization.
Ignatius Dorne. As the governor of the planet, it's clear from his name that he's a devoted admirer of Dorne.
Because he is a worshipper of Dorne, he wants to emulate the Imperial Fist and defend his planet to the death.
Ignatius Dorn: "Have the planetary general come to see me now, and also inform our local Space Marine forces; I need to discuss the enemy with them."
"Nairus will never fall into the hands of the great enemy of Chaos!"
Chapter 123 I need to figure out the situation at the bottom nest.
Why did Narrus have the courage to stay here and protect his planet?
On one hand, he is the planetary governor, a planetary governor trained by Zhou Qing's Ministry of the Interior, and he has responsibilities that he should bear.
On the other hand, there's the Space Marine force on his own planet, a full 1 Space Marines stationed on his planet.
Protecting his imperial world, the demigods of the empire guarded the entire world.
The sheer number of Imperial demigods was a massive force that this ordinary planetary governor had never imagined, and it was precisely because of this force that he possessed considerable courage.
Ten thousand Space Marines never dared to imagine that they could fight such a rich war.
Ten minutes later, the local Space Marine Planetary Defense Force members, Space Marine Chapter Commander Deus Krieg, and the planetary general of the local planet arrived at the planetary governor's palace.
With the Grand Master of the Space Marines present, the Planetary General naturally had no right to make any comments.
The army is naturally commanded by the chapter commanders of the Space Marines, so the planetary generals of the Planetary Defense Force do not have any right to be named.
"Commander Deus Krieg, it is an honor to have you in my governor's palace. I will not waste any more words with you. Now I will report to you the problems we are facing."
As expected of the Imperial Governor trained by Zhou Qing, Ignatius Dorn did not have the chaotic idea of doing other things first, unlike other governors.
Instead, they got straight to the point first.
“We, Narrus, have a total of three escort ships that can protect our orbit. Such combat power is clearly no match for the enemy.”
"The enemy fleet is extremely large and will arrive in just two standard Terras from our orbit."
"The administration has contacted the patrol fleet, and the patrol fleet's response is that we must hold our ground and we will not receive any reinforcements in the short term."
"This fleet belongs to the Black Legion. The Grand Marshal needs it to draw out the main force of the Black Legion and strike the enemy."
"So our current situation is that our navy is no match for the enemy, and support from the Grand Marshal will not arrive in the short term. At least until the Black Legion's location is discovered by our navy, the Grand Marshal will not send troops to support us."
Now we need to rely on ourselves.
Ignatius Dorn explained the current situation to the Chapter exhibition hall in front of him, and then expressed his attitude.
"My stance is clear: your forces are Space Marines."
Therefore, all our armies will cooperate with you in combat, and all planetary defense forces will be under your command. I, as the planetary governor, will not interfere with your command.
"If you have any logistical needs, please feel free to ask me as long as it's within my capabilities."
I will do everything in my power to ensure that any supplies you need arrive at the time you need them.
Ignatius Dorn demonstrated his attitude.
His attitude was rare; it was uncommon for a planetary governor to make such a statement.
Planetary governors in the conventional sense of the human empire are very abstract; planetary governors who directly express their willingness to support their planets at all costs are extremely rare.
Deus Krieg's superhuman brain quickly processed this information, conducted some analysis, and finally concluded.
"In other words, our navy is no match for the enemy at present, and we will not receive support from the navy. We need to do everything we can to defend and delay, and try to drag the Black Legion out."
"Without a doubt, this is a very serious problem. I have seen the data you sent me. The enemy's fleet is extremely large. If they enter the orbital bombardment phase, our army will be powerless to resist."
"Therefore, if we want to protect this world and reveal the existence of the Black Legion, then the orbital cannons on Narrus and the planetary generation shields will be of paramount importance."
"I will send two companies to protect the locations of the planetary shield generator and the orbital cannon. I also request that you deploy at least 10 regiments of the planetary defense forces to these two locations."
"We must wait for the right moment to move our remaining forces, get our planetary defense fleet off orbit and onto the planet's surface, and try to avoid engaging the enemy in space."
"As you said, we only have three escort ships, while the enemy's main warships far outnumber ours, so we need to use every bit of our strength carefully."
With his superhuman intellect, Deus Krieg first proposed several ideas, and after explaining all of these plans, he raised another question.
“Governor Ignatius Dorn, now that you have stated that the Grand Marshal cannot send troops to support us in the short term, I need to know the size of the military forces on the entire planet.”
"The number of enemies far exceeds our imagination. We need to defend the entire planet, so the number of PDFs must be sufficient."
"Another thing is that I have never fought against the Chaos Enemy, and I don't know what methods these Chaos Enemies have. According to our combat guidelines, I can only tell you that the Chaos Enemy usually corrupts the people of the Underhive in their battles."
“I need you to tell me honestly how many people are still in the bottom nest on our planet and whether they have been properly settled.”