The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Volistad has two continents, distributed in the eastern and western hemispheres. The western continent is called Doskoia, and the eastern continent is called Kenkat. The western continent is much larger than the eastern continent, and it is the center of economy and population, as well as the location of the planetary capital. Setis City, which Sochoyan had visited before, is located in Kenkat on the eastern continent, where development is relatively lagging behind.

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This time, the Ork invasion was of Doskoia on the western continent. Dramatically, when the Ork spacecraft crash-landed on the Libashka Peninsula in the southeastern corner of Doskoia, it triggered large-scale earthquakes and volcanic activity, catching the Pechinka family, the ruling family on Volistad, completely off guard. At that time, almost all members of the family were holding a grand family celebration on Mosinius Island near the Libashka Peninsula, but the tsunami caused by the earthquake wiped out all life on the island.

The only surviving member of the Pechinka family is a 19-year-old young man named Yuri Olifov Pechinka, who is the nephew of the former governor. Yuri was able to survive because he had been sick in bed for several years and did not go to Mosinius Island with the rest of his family. Therefore, he inherited the position of governor as soon as the disaster occurred.

However, due to his physical condition, the planet's military affairs are mainly managed by his most trusted servant, Mikhail Kolostoy, who at only 21 years old was even appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Volistad Guard, commanding the entire planet's defense operations.

And how is he doing?

It can only be said that he is barely satisfactory.

Although he mobilized all the armed forces on the planet as soon as possible, it was very difficult to pass on orders, let alone execute them, because he personally had almost no qualifications in the military. Therefore, the mobilization efficiency was very poor, but at least he made deployments. The military forces directly under the governor were sent to key areas, and he seemed to know that it would be difficult to stop the Ork tide with the existing forces alone. Therefore, he organized the evacuation of the people as soon as possible, and destroyed bridges and roads along the way to delay the enemy's advance, destroying all facilities, materials, and factories that could not be taken away to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Orks and becoming weapons.

During this period, he also tried to organize three large-scale blocking battles, trying to block the enemy in key positions, but these missions ended in failure due to the planet's weak armed forces and his less-than-excellent command ability, and a large number of "elite forces" directly under the governor were lost.

In six months, almost the entire southern part of the Doskoia continent was occupied. The Orks' iron hooves galloped across the vast Doskoia continent, and various outposts and camps of different sizes were established wherever they went. Although the further away from their base camp, the weaker the troops, the subsequent troops poured in at an alarming rate.

In addition, the evacuation of the people was not very smooth. Only 100 million people were evacuated to safe areas, and nearly 2 billion people could not be evacuated in time and were ravaged by the Orks' iron hooves. Various shocking massacres were everywhere. In order to protect themselves, the people of these southern continents also took up weapons and formed various resistance organizations and groups, forming various resistance fortresses in places where the number of Orks was not too large, but they were isolated and helpless. As the number of Orks increased exponentially, it was only a matter of time before they were submerged.

As for the Orks, they quickly plundered local resources to arm themselves after landing. Although the landed spacecraft became ruins and lay in a deep pit, it still stood tall. It has become a steel Ork nest, and the surface is covered with various buildings built by the Orks for war. Conveyor belts and tracks extend upwards along the scarred slope, all the way to the edge, with many workshops, workshops and cranes distributed in between, like a giant spider lying on the ground. It can be seen that the Ork war boss leading this Waaagh is a guy who "understands development". Such Orks are the most dangerous, and Sochoyan is very glad that he encountered this incident.

Now armored forces of a certain scale have begun to appear in the Ork army. If given time, it can develop into a destructive torrent sweeping the star area.

Of course, there is a lot of bad news, but there is also good news. It is these news that have prevented the situation from deteriorating to the extreme.

For example, Volistad's ecology makes its weather very unusual. Its vast ocean often experiences very extreme large-scale storms, which makes it almost impossible to carry out safe transportation on the planet's high seas, which prevents the war on the western continent from spreading to the eastern continent.

Also, there is a mountain range in the middle of the Doskoia continent that cuts diagonally across the entire continent, called the Koporov Mountains. It is formed by many inactive tectonic fault lines and has a very dangerous terrain. Therefore, the continent is divided into two different geographical and cultural regions, simply referred to as the North Mountain Territory and the South Mountain Territory. The North Mountain Territory is mainly composed of hot desert wastelands and sparse undulating plains, rocky valleys and grassland farmlands, while the South Mountain Territory is more livable, with fertile farmlands, river valleys and high mountains, as well as open-pit mining areas and the planet's main industrial cities.

After the Ork invasion, the commander-in-chief of the Volistad Guard immediately ordered the fortification of various fortresses and strongholds in the Koporov Mountains, and built many new outposts and small fortresses in dangerous places, using the dangerous terrain of the mountains to form a "Guardian Wall". Not only were all the planetary defense forces and the governor's private troops put into the defense line, but also a large number of militia recruited into the army were put into the long defense line, with a total number of more than eight million. Although they were demoralized and poorly armed, at least they could stay in the defense line instead of being frightened and running away when facing the Orks directly. Relying on the natural barrier, the vanguard of the Orks was finally stopped in the South Mountain Territory, and did not continue to spread northward, which played a vital role in the planet's resistance.

Because the planet's capital, Polonia, is located on the Koporov Prairie in the North Mountain Territory, but due to a meteorite impact many years ago that caused serious damage to the city, the governor usually works in Borodny, the largest city in the North Mountain Territory. It is located in the largest basin in the North Mountain Territory, surrounded by a large number of rich farms and pastures, with a population of more than six million. There is also a large starport that can provide docking and support services for large void ships, and it is also the only starport on the planet that can accommodate a large number of large void ships.

If the Orks were to invade the North Mountain Territory, the planet's entire defense command system might completely collapse.

But this is only a matter of time, because the Orks have already begun a large-scale attack on the Koporov Mountains defense line, and Sochoyan can see at a glance the loopholes in the clumsy commander-in-chief's deployment. Although his deployment method can indeed block the infiltration of small groups of Orks, this kind of defense everywhere mode is very prone to the situation of insufficient support once the enemy concentrates its forces to launch a fierce attack on a certain area due to the lack of mobile support forces - the steep mountains are an obstacle to the Orks, and they are also an obstacle to humans. It is possible for the defenders of one fortress and another to see each other with the naked eye, but if they really want to support each other, it will take two or three days just to climb over the mountains.