Traveling through time, I'm making pancakes in Warhammer

Chapter 315 War Deployment

The communication was interrupted, and Esrick let out a long sigh of relief without concealing it.

His shirt was already soaked with cold sweat, and beads of sweat were oozing from his forehead.

"Thank you," Esrick said, but he was thanking May, not Molly.

In addition to providing communications for the speech, the remaining prophet Charandi, in compliance with the Sisters of Silence's anti-psychic stance, also created a soundproof barrier at the edge to prevent the sound of his speech and the soldiers' responses from being discovered by the orcs.

After Esrick finished his speech, Jasmine tactfully let go of the hand of this distinguished young man.

"Mechanical Sage, can the Crimson Sword be put into battle immediately?" Howard asked this key question.

"No," the Mechanical Sage replied, "The Governor has revived the power system, but the weapons system was dismantled during the evacuation. Reinstalling these systems will take time."

"Furthermore, the spacecraft cannot rely solely on slave labor to operate. We need to retrain the navy and repair damaged parts. If we want the Crimson Sword to be restored to a combat-ready state, it will take at least six months."

"Tell me your solution!" Howard said.

Half a year, not to mention that the Space Marines will arrive in a week, if they wait a few days longer, those trapped soldiers may be killed by the Orcs.

Howard knew that this was definitely not the result the Mechanical Sage wanted to see, and since he had already agreed to and led the awakening of the Crimson Sword, it meant that he had his own solution.

"We don't need to fully restore the Crimson Sword's weapons. The macro cannons and the cannons on both sides can be discarded. Then the only weapons we can use are lances and torpedoes. In this way, the Crimson Sword's space combat capability can only be restored to less than 5%, but its ability to strike the planet's surface can be restored to 60%." The Mechanical Sage replied.

"That's enough." Howard made his judgment.

The orcs on this planet have not yet fully developed. Although they currently control two-thirds of the land, their largest gathering area is still in the Blackwater Section. Therefore, a cruiser that has restored half of its ground attack capability is enough.

However, if it drags on for another few decades, by the time the orcs here are fully developed and even start to build spaceships by hand, an old Moon-class cruiser may not be enough.

"What about the Navy?" Howard continued, "Are you planning to start a naval training course now?"

"Replace the low-level seamen with merchant ship crews, and my servitors will provide command and assistance." The Mechanical Sage said, "You can ignore the survival module and the circulation module. Just ensure the normal operation of the weapon system and the power system."

"How many days do you need under all these conditions?" Howard asked.

Mechanical Sage: "Three days."

Howard estimated three days in his mind, and this time was almost the limit of his expectations.

Four hours later

Governor's Palace Meeting Room

The Supreme Council of Karenya was convened again, but this time the participants were no longer the former nobles.

The bell was sent to the Crimson Sword. The Governor originally planned to have Jasmine notify the nobles to attend the meeting, but Howard asked a soul-searching question:

Now that you control the Crimson Sword, the highest violence on this planet, and have the support of the Eldar, why do you still need to seek the consent of those nobles to engage in a war of words with them?

After a moment's thought, Esrick agreed with Howard.

So Jasmine's duty changed from inviting those great nobles to attend the meeting to counting the military strength of these great nobles and conveying the governor's conscription order at the "appropriate" time. Nakhimov also followed Jasmine to do the work.

If someone wanted to resist, Esrik wouldn't mind if the first glowing spear of the awakened Crimson Sword attacked the mansions of these nobles instead of the orcs.

However, due to the "friendship" between them and Esrick's father, Esrick did not want this to happen.

A three-dimensional map was projected onto the empty space in the center of the circular table. This was a map sent by the human defenders trapped in the Black Water Section and was drawn by them during the days they were trapped.

Although the map received was very rough and sloppy, the Mechanical Sage still made it three-dimensional based on the markings and proportions above, and filled it in according to the original design drawings of the Black Water Section.

After all, no matter how the orcs transform this former human mining area, some basic things will not change, such as the huge drilling well in the center of the Blackwater Section that penetrates into the Eye of Karenya and the cooling tower above it. Not only were they not destroyed by the orcs, but they became their largest nest.

However, this map is not perfect after all, so apart from a few main roads and landmark buildings, there are still large areas of space left in the rest of the map.

But for humans, these are enough. The place where humans in the Black Water Section are trapped is right between the cooling tower and the Black Water Fortress, so this is the area they explored most carefully.

If humans want to launch another attack on the orcs, their current military strength is only enough to attack from the front again, which is just enough for them to use this part of the map.

At this time, on this incomplete map, a light spot was marked at the bottom of the cooling tower and on the west side of the map.

The light spot to the west is the location of the trapped soldiers, and the light spot on the cooling tower is the location of the energy source.

Three days ago, Mei obtained two things from the dead mechanical monks in the Alien Sanctuary. One was a chip that recorded their actions, and the other was a key.

Later, the Mechanical Sage Viclor used the key to open a safe stored in the laboratory and took out a locator from it.

This locator shows the location of the energy source container.

Vicklore also has its own locator, and the two locators are used to simultaneously position and reduce errors, thereby determining the position of the storage.

The light spot specially marked on the map is the location of the energy source container.

"First, we need to clarify the objectives of this operation," Esrick said. "There are two objectives for this operation: the first is to recapture the energy source, and the second is to rescue the trapped soldiers."

"But judging by the fighting spirit they've displayed, perhaps we shouldn't use the word 'trapped' to describe them now." Howard interrupted the Governor. "They're more like a sharp knife, laid in advance at the heart of the orcs. They're not weaklings in need of unilateral rescue; they're a fighting force that can be utilized."

No one objected to this statement.

"My plan is simple." Esrick flattened the map of the entire Blackwater District, showing it from above. "Three days from now, Blackwater Fortress will deploy a quarter of its remaining forces to attack the eastern side of the orc stronghold. This force will use a decoy tactic to draw in the orcs, and then..."

At this point, Ace immediately turned the view of the Blackwater Section aerial map. "Once most of the orcs are drawn away, the Crimson Sword will use laser weapons to strike the ground. Then, a second force, made up of half the troops, will attack from the west. Simultaneously, a signal will be sent for the ambushed troops to break out from within the orc territory and reunite with the second force."

"At this point, the orc forces within the Blackwater Festival area will be severely dispersed to the east and west, and the central gate will be weakly defended. The third team will attack. This team is the smallest but also the most elite. They, along with the Crimson Sword's aerial firepower, will provide cover and escort Miss Gloria, Miss May, and Mr. Howard to the bottom floor of the cooling tower. If nothing unexpected happens, you will face the orc leader, Harden, there."

At this, Esrik looked at the Eldar and said, "Ms. Mei, you said you had a way to deal with this orc."

Mei nodded.

"I believe you," Esrick said. Then he continued, "That's the general plan of the operation. Do you have any questions?"