After stopping the Ultramarines taking a foothold behind the Ork lines on Black Reach, the Ultramarines had to deploy fully in the Imperial held sector of the planet.
This gave Ferotous and his generals time to prepare their next assault.
The township of Hulthunsar was proving to be a thorn in the Ork invasion. This was a heavily defended town. It had a huge logistical importance to the area. A huge imperial shield generator was stuck in-between the no-mans land between the Ork hordes and the kill zone created by the Ultramarine defence. The important part was the power supply for this generator was still held by the Ultramarines - allowing the shield to function.
The Blood axe boss Komminzar Un'Trogg, leader of the Kommando's on Black Reach had a bold plan. It was tactically sound, even the great Calgar could have seen the level of strategy involved.
The plan had 2 parts. Un'Trogg would let a trusted Nob lead a unit of Kommandos, whilst Admiral Grabba (who was in charge of the air forces and stormboyz) would support the unit by using a mobile force of Deffkoptas, planes and stormboyz. Between the Kommandos and the air support they would destroy the Power generator.
Ferotous thought the plan was far too simple. He decided he would use his resources preparing a huge number of Boyz rather than the specialist troops the Blood Axe bosses suggested. He decided to spearhead a Horde of Boyz and Nobs through the killzone and a small number of Deffkoptas and Kommandos to do the sneaky bits. If the Blood Axes failed, he would just use brute force and crush the Blue Beakies with Orky strength!
Whilst Un'Trogg and Grabba protested saying that more Kommandos and air support would be more useful than throwing ork boyz into the meat grinder, Ferotous would not relent. They knew not to press the issue too far. Afterall the Horde of orks boyz coming from the front would prove a useful distraction to allow them to get the job done.
Ferotous and his generals prepared for battle.
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Calgar was irate at the utter failure of the planetfall mission. He decided he needed to ensure that the next major battle and bolstered the defences outside Hulthunsar. Whilst he did not have the numbers to risk advancing to the Shield generator, he order the defences to be strengthened. Even the huge numbers of the ork horde would struggle to get through the gun line.
As long as the shield remained, he could count on its protection it gave the local area against the Orks long range missiles.
Telion informed Calgar that the Orks were near and preparing a huge assault on the position. Calgar prepared his Gauntlets and made way to battle. Apparently the Ork Warlord himself was to lead the battle. He had a personal mission to end the enemy warlord and halt the WAAAGH! in its tracks.
His forces were ready.
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