Chapter 129 121. Mortarion, in
the single medical room of the Endurance, two pharmacists are busy working in front of the medical table.
In the originally dark room, dazzling white light illuminated the operating table. Surrounding the operating table, infusion tubes were staggered and hanging from the shelves. Different instruments surrounded the operating table, making calm and regular ticking sounds.
The tall figure of the original body sat silently on the chair in front of the operating table. Due to the pharmacist's request, Mortarion took off his poison gas incense burner. The body without the poison gas was obviously thinner.
A servitor belonging to the Primarch stood beside Mortarion.
"Okay, sir."
A pharmacist walked up to Mortarion and signaled to Mortarion that Hades would wake up in a moment.
Pharmacist Leo stared at Hades in silence. According to the pharmacist's calculations, the effect of the anesthetic was about to fade -
Hades's eyelids moved, and then he opened his eyes.
Leo gave Hades a "kind" smile.
Yo, boy, you're awake.
Yes, he was the pharmacist who was thrown from his back.
Leo still feels a dull pain in his back. This kid's hands are really strong.
At that time, he went to chase Hades to let Hades go back to rest. Unexpectedly, the guy came up and threw him on his back, and then ran away.
Ha ha.
Now you're lying here again, aren't you?
Of course, in order to speed up Hades' recovery, he deliberately injected less analgesic drugs, and during the suturing process, he touched a few insignificant nerves for the purpose of muscle recovery.
What he saw when he opened his eyes was Leopi's smiling smile. Hades took a breath and prepared to accept the bloody storm.
However, Leo just stared at him as if he wanted to kill someone, and then stepped aside again.
Seeing that Hades' condition was stable, the two pharmacists retreated to the equipment area separated by white cloth, leaving room for the conversation between the legion commander and Hades.
Hades knew why Leo didn't have a knife for him anymore.
Hades sat up, and sure enough, he stared at Mortarion speechlessly.
Mortarion also lowered his head and said nothing. The original body placed his huge scythe flat on his sitting knees, and the huge chain blade touched the ground lightly, making a soft sound.
When the silence between the two people made the pharmacist next door feel uneasy, Hades spoke.
"Let me take a look at the data for this battle of the Death Guard first. I have been looking at the data about Garaspa before, and I haven't paid much attention to the battle itself."
Mortarion snorted and raised his hand. Asking the servitor next to him to pass the datapad.
Hades took the board and began to browse various data, prepare for the war, and the number of participating ships...
well... it was quite satisfactory.
Hades crossed the page -
his eyes went dark, this number, this number, you told me it was a TM battle loss ratio? !
Hades fell back and almost died.
The shrill alarm of the instrument sounded, startling Mortarion. He stood up, his chair making a sharp sound on the ground.
The two pharmacists in the cubicle rushed out quickly and started a new wave of rescue operations.
After a while, Hades finally recovered.
"Don't get excited, your blood pressure was too high just now."
Leo warned, glared at Hades, then packed up the equipment and left.
"Okay"
Hades responded weakly.
Then he looked back at Mortarion.
"I'm fine, sit down."
However, Mortarion was still standing. After a long silence, the original body asked dully,
"So we actually failed?"
Hades took a deep breath,
"No, this battle was a victory for the Death Guard."
But it was a tragic victory.
If the damage that was exaggerated to the point of explosion is excluded, the battle of Galaspa can be called a classic battle - in terms of the early-stage defense tactics of breaking through the galaxy.
A small force hits a large number, and one step too late will lead to death.
When a galaxy is full of defensive weapons, in addition to the conventional encirclement and suppression bit by bit, a quick victory is another option to take an eccentric approach.
The advantage is to concentrate one's own forces, directly pry open the gap on the opposite side, and take the opponent's head directly.
If successful, the damage will be reduced compared to the regular fight.
But the disadvantage is that if you miss one move, you will lose the whole game.
As long as there is a moment of hesitation in the middle, or if the enemy successfully blocks it for a moment, then the endless defensive fleet on the opposite side, flooding the star sea, will surround the assaulting Death Guard, slowly and unstoppably devouring everything.
Mortarion's tactic is a typical one of giving up the backup plan and fighting with the last resort.
More than half of the Death Guard Legion's ships participated in this battle, as well as a quarter of the entire Legion's strength.
As the commander-in-chief, Mortarion was even at the vanguard of the assault.
Hades almost lost his temper with this style of play.
If it was a battle involving the life and death of the entire legion, Hades would of course say that the fight was good and that it was a good fight. When there was only one legion of troops, Mortarion's combat method was the best solution.
But it's not!
Mortarion could even choose not to attack the system!
Originally, the Imperial Army Department's profiling and judgment of this civilization was correct, that is, this kind of galaxy was not suitable for a single army attack at all.
The safest way to fight is to encircle the three legions, slowly wearing them down and encircling them.
There is no doubt that this type of fighting will be a bloody battle, and the casualties will definitely increase greatly. However, because multiple legions share the casualties, one legion will not bear too many casualties.
Mortarion's style of play was equivalent to using "lesser" casualties (but still unbearable for one legion) and betting that his legion would not be annihilated in this battle.
Obviously, his bet paid off and the Death Guard won the battle.
But if you look at this battle from a more macro perspective, you will find that it is a loss-making transaction.
The purpose of war is to strive for greater interests of one's own side.
Putting the cart before the horse, even if you win, it will be boring.
Hades looked at Mortarion complicatedly, and he suddenly remembered that when he was on Barbarus, it seemed that Mortarion had never considered economic and livelihood issues such as post-war recovery.
It's just that the Death Guard was liberated quickly enough, and without the oppression of the alien lords, the productivity and fertility of the Barbarians were greatly liberated. Therefore, during the rule of Mortarion, the population and civilization of Barbarus faced a decline. There came a period of prosperity.
And Mortarion desperately wanted to pay attention to the number of people trained by the army. On Barbarus, people came from other places to join the army every day.
On Barbarus, Mortarion led the army for the simple reason of liberating humanity from the rule of a tyrant.
Obviously, the original body thinks and does the same thing now.
Hence the Battle of Galaspa.
But after all, the Legion does not rely purely on belief. It is a complex and huge interest group.
Faith and means are indispensable.
In the early stage, niche organizations, such as the rebels on Barbarus, could use rapid increases to cover up their original tactical flaws, but when they reach the level of a large army, they must be careful with their calculations.
After all, increasing the number of Space Marines and replenishing the fleet is far more troublesome than adding a new population.
Besides Robert Guilliman, as well as Horus and Faenus, it seems that the other Primarchs also have a semi-ignorant attitude towards this aspect of the Legion's management?
Hades felt a deep sense of powerlessness enveloped him, and he decided to educate the young and ignorant Primarch,
"Death, why did you choose to attack Galaspar?"
Mortarion blinked,
"The people here are under the rule of tyrants, just like we were in Barbarus, so I promised their liberation." "
But I later found out that was not the case."
Mortarion continued slowly, dragging Pass the chair, sit down and continue talking.
After meeting his two brothers, the original body also thought a lot,
"Hades, do you know what the emperor said to me when I first met him?" "
?"
Hades really didn't know.
"He said that I would be his scythe to liberate the tyranny of the entire galaxy." "
He told me that there are countless human civilizations that are oppressed under the feet of tyrants, and I am the liberator he shaped." "
That's why I chose to accept him To my Legion."
Hades was silent, and he suddenly realized one thing -
not all the Primarchs were willing to work for the Emperor's Great Crusade at first.
Leaving aside those Primarchs who were initially impressed by the Emperor's charisma, for others the Emperor made a promise.
Some primarchs desire glory, and the Emperor promises glory; some primarchs desire favoritism, and the Emperor promises favoritism; some primarchs desire peace, and the Emperor promises peace;
and for Mortarion, the Emperor What was promised was liberation.
But it was obvious that the things the Emperor promised were too vague, or were only temporary promises.
Once the Primarch actually took over the Legion and was strapped to the Imperial chariot, there was no turning back.
The Primarchs could certainly use the Legion to try to realize their own ideas and original promises, and in fact, every Primarch now does so.
As long as the empire's plan is completed and the red line is not touched, the emperor naturally does not care about this.
So in a sense, for example, Robert Guilliman's infrastructure construction is just because some of his beliefs are related to it, and it happens to be in line with the direction of building a legion.
Hmm.
Hades suddenly realized, so Mortarion actually knew what he wanted to say, but now he was threatening him with dropping his burden? !
Mortarion had noticed that the Emperor's words at that time were different from what the Empire asked him to do now.
In the final analysis, the key point is the different angles in which you stand.
Hades naturally hopes to develop the Death Guard to cope with the bloody storm that will follow.
Mortarion, on the other hand, hopes to fulfill his original promise and overthrow all tyranny, and his priority is higher than legion building.
Hades thought for a while, then he spoke cautiously,
"Death, now that the Legion has completed its mission of liberation and the tyranny of Galaspar has been overthrown, what do you want to do next?"
Mortarion was silent. .
It never occurred to him.
When he first saw Garaspa, he saw the decapitation of the tyrant before his eyes. He saw the tyrant's order crumbling under the attack of the Death Guard.
But he never imagined how a new order would be formed after the killing and destruction.
In Barbarus, people just followed him and order established itself.
Hades was also speechless. Although he kept claiming to be liberated, Mortarion really didn't want anything else.
"I thought the empire would send someone to take over the subsequent construction."
Hades said,
"Obviously with the current size of the empire and the chaos of frontline management, they can only choose to break their promise."
Mortarion nodded. nodded.
"Except for the tax department."
He added in a low voice,
"Death, then why do you hope to overthrow the tyranny?"
Hades continued to be seductive, while the Primarch opposite him fell into a new round of silence.
"Oppression is wrong. The oppressed do not have their own freedom and life."
This was the first thing Mortarion learned under the oppression of Naklay.
"But in addition to oppression, in a chaotic world, people generally cannot obtain true freedom and their own lives."
Haddish said.
"So we can't just overthrow the tyranny. In order to achieve the goal in your heart, we also need to rebuild." "
And rebuilding requires more manpower and more death guards."
"We cannot lose so many people in one battle. More warriors, because we still need to liberate other civilizations."
"."
"You're right."
Mortarion muttered listlessly,
"I may be too obsessed with liberation itself."
You can't Replacing one tyranny with another, Vulkan's words echoed in Mortarion's ears.
"Liberation itself is not a bad thing."
Hades smiled, he finally got the original body back!
Hurry up and strike
while the iron is hot - "It's time to add Garaspa to the Death Guard's recruitment planet. I checked the official documents before and found out the recruitment planet and post-war conditions just meet the empire's tax exemption conditions. I'll submit the tax exemption application first. Then we will discuss the construction in detail."
Mortarion slowly opened the communication channel,
"Garro, give Galaspar's tax exemption application to the Empire."
Without giving the other person a chance to speak, Mortarion quickly said Turn off the channel.
Opposite him, Hades was screaming silently. This kind of leadership attitude in assigning tasks almost inspired the overtime dog's PTSD.
You can't treat your subordinates like this!
"Okay, I did as you asked."
Mortarion said, and the original body who had already sorted out his thoughts instantly returned to his usual state.
"Galaspar will be the next recruitment site for the Death Guard." "
Now, let's talk about why you missed the Battle of Galaspar."
"Although your Mechanicus assistant has said it again, I don't mind Listen again."
? !
"So. That's it."
Hades carefully recounted the events on that planet while facing the death gaze of the God of Death.
"Eldar."
Mortarion chewed on the blasphemous word. Well, he remembered them.
Since Mortarion still had a lot to do, Hades briefly talked about his construction plan for Galaspar.
Then Hades suddenly remembered, and he asked about the Death Guard recruitment.
However, what Hades didn't know was that in a sense, this mouth saved the entire Death Guard.
"Oh, I sent Calastiphon back to recruit troops. He also asked for it."
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ! !
Forget about Galaspar, Barbarus is going to be robbed! ! !
Is this a Luthor script? !
"Go back to Barbarus."
Hades said weakly,
"Immediately, now, immediately."
After Mortarion left,
the two pharmacists behind the white cloth looked at each other in silence, understanding each other's eyes. The unfinished words in it.
In the conversation just now,
why do they think Hades is the one making decisions?
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