Chapter 535, Give Me an Explanation

After the New World Torch stood on the side of Iron Fury Stone, their attitude was still very positive.

In the battle of Tianyuan VI, they turned traitors.

This is not a glorious thing after all. Not only did the Empire scold them for being despicable and shameless and having no sense of honor, but even within their own camp, there were probably many people who complained about it and secretly laughed at it.

No one likes traitors, even those who defected from the opposite side to their side.

Interests are interests, and moral stains are moral stains. The two do not conflict.

Even within the New World Torch Corps, there are some voices. Some soldiers, even unable to bear the mental torture, defected in small groups and wanted to return to the Empire.

The fate of these people... is quite miserable.

Some were intercepted by Wang Mengsong himself and secretly executed on the spot; some successfully escaped to the Empire, but were also arrested, detained, and tried by the Inquisition.

The atmosphere within the entire Corps became very bad.

In this case, Wang Mengsong would not and dared not let the Corps stop.

He began to actively participate in the various warriors of Iron Fury Stone in the Spider Web Universe. He led his regiment to rush to one battlefield after another at a very high frequency.

The fatigue of the war made the warriors in the regiment have no time to think about anything; the indisputable results of the war suppressed many rumors in their own camp.

Victory can cover up many problems.

The premise is that the momentum of victory cannot be interrupted.

But there is actually nothing to worry about.

In the past four years, the big family of Iron Fury Stone has been winning. The small setbacks in the middle cannot change the overall trend of victory.

Even if there is Phoenix in the west and Black Crusaders with Bat Regiment and Infinite Regiment in the north, what does it matter?

If it should be blocked firmly, it will be blocked; if it should be pushed back, it will be pushed back.

In Wang Mengsong's opinion, the situation in the south is the same.

Even if the previous Fury Flame Regiment suffered a great loss in the Dragon Eagle Star Region in the south. But Wang Mengsong believed that it was mainly because the Fury Flame Regiment did not have enough intelligence on the Phoenix Regiment, and stepped into the trap rashly.

He admitted that it was unexpected that the Phoenix Regiment could have so many masters. However, the overall strength of the Phoenix is ​​here, with a total of 1,000 people. They are a loyal regiment and have no special permission to allow them to exceed the upper limit. They don't even have a regiment fleet until now. The naval force needs to rely on the so-called alliance, and the army also relies on the army of the alliance.

Although the intelligence also mentioned that the alliance's army level is quite high. But even if it is regarded as the same level as the Royal Princess Legion, that's it.

In terms of size, the two sides are very different.

Today, Iron Fury Stone's business has spread throughout the entire Spider Web Universe. The power of an entire universe can be used by me. The alliance in the south is just a star field as a foundation. What is there to be afraid of?

With this idea in mind, when he received the transfer order, saying that he would join the Fury Flame Regiment and go south to deal with the alliance, he was very confident.

Almost all of the Fury came out. Although they suffered huge losses in the Dragon Eagle Star Region four years ago, including many high-level, elite, and backbone personnel. But the overall strength is still there. Nearly 3,000 Space Marines and the Fury Fleet are a force that cannot be underestimated.

In addition, their New World Torch also has 1,500 people, and they also have their own fleet and auxiliary forces.

After they joined forces to go south, it should be relatively smooth, if not unstoppable.

But reality gave Wang Mengsong a blow.

In the north of the Menghe Star Region, the vanguard troops of the Alliance were stationed here, and the planets surrounding this area were fortified, which made their attack encounter great obstacles.

The Alliance managed this place very well, and the strategy was also very wise and resilient.

The strategy they were best at, which was to fight a key battle and quickly force the enemies of an entire star region to lose their will to resist, failed here.

The soldiers of the Alliance, like nails, took root in those heavily guarded worlds.

If they want to move forward, they can only gnaw one by one.

Even though the Alliance fleet had been driven away in some galaxies, and the remaining army had completely lost orbital control and external supplies, they were still able to resist on the surface, and their morale was terribly stubborn.

Why?

We are not aliens or Chaos cultists, so what's the problem with surrendering?

But despite this, Wang Mengsong didn't think the situation would change much.

They have absolute strength. Even if the enemy's will to resist is much more stubborn than expected, as long as they are willing to invest and dare to invest, they will definitely win in the end.

Therefore, Wang Mengsong has always advocated that the warriors of Fury and New World Torch should be clustered and intensively invested in the front-line battles. Those hard bones must be firmly gnawed one by one to ensure that the overall battle situation can be quickly advanced.

However, the commander-in-chief of this southward campaign was not him.

The commander of the Fury Corps, Adler Paulitos, was.

In terms of the command structure, he must obey the orders of Adler Paulitos.

However, following orders is one thing, but it does not mean that Wang Mengsong, as a regiment commander, cannot even make suggestions.

He and Adler Paulitus had many arguments over specific tactics and strategies.

However, he failed to shake Paulitus's decision.

Iron Fury Stone also reformed the military structure under his rule. The original model of the empire, where each force was very independent, did not work in the Spider Web Universe. Humphrey Paul established a complete and unified military structure with a combination of hard and soft means.

No matter how dissatisfied Wang Mengsong was, he could only hold it in.

Then, he watched his own legion killing time on these fortress worlds in the north of the Menghe Star Region.

Indeed, as the most core and precious force, the Space Marines did not invest much, so naturally they did not lose much. Relying on the Princess Legion and even the ordinary defense forces recruited, they all played quite well.

They clearly suppressed the momentum of the Alliance Vanguard Army and were pulling out those nails one by one.

Although the speed was slow, the momentum was very stable.

If the situation continued like this, Wang Mengsong would have to endure it.

However, when he and Paulitos, with two battleships, drove away the enemy's newly reinforced battlecruiser at Yuehe VII and regained control of the planet's orbit, Paulitos actually ordered the troops to withdraw from Yuehe VII!

More importantly, Paulitos did not even discuss such an important decision with him!

This is absolutely intolerable!

It is for this reason that he rushed to the flagship of the Fury Corps, the 'Triumphal Fire' battle barge.

He needs an explanation.

"Why do we have to withdraw?"

Wang Mengsong strode into the bridge and started with a barrage of questions: "We have paid so much on Yuehe VII, with tens of millions of casualties in the past few months, and the loss of the navy. We have invested so much, why do we just give up?"

After saying that, he continued to emphasize: "At least fifteen people died in your Fury, and I also lost five soldiers!"

Adler Paulitos's eyes withdrew from the star map and looked at Wang Mengsong:

"Just execute the decision."

Wang Mengsong also calmed down.

"Are you telling me this as the commander-in-chief of the South?"

"Yes."

"Ha." Wang Mengsong sneered.

The two then fell silent.

Wang Mengsong spoke again: "You are the commander-in-chief, you have the final say, but this is definitely not a reason for you to make mistakes at will! You should not make such a decision without discussing with me!"

"Discuss? What's the point of discussing with you?" Paulitus asked back, "I have explained my meaning to you countless times, but every time I get a quarrel."

"That's because you are cowardly!" Wang Mengsong raised his voice: "Your Fury Flame Corps had its spine broken in the Dragon Eagle Star Region four years ago, right? Now it's as soft as a puddle of mud! If you had listened to me earlier, we would have been able to flatten this quagmire!"

Being poked at the most painful scene in the history of the Corps, Adler Paulitus's eyes immediately turned cold.

"And then sacrifice countless soldiers in this area that is not critical at all, right? I'm not like you, who wants to use the sacrifice of your own people to wash away the guilt of backstabbing friendly forces."

This sentence broke Wang Mengsong's defense.

The two people, each taking the things that the other least wants to look back on, and pulling each other's lungs.

It's not just the two of them who are on edge, but also the soldiers on both sides.

The Honor Guards of the two warlords have already taken out their weapons.

Judging from the posture of both sides, if there is a disagreement, it seems that there will be an internal fight on their own ships.

But fortunately, the leaders of both sides are still rational.

Although he didn't apologize, Adler Paulitos still gave Wang Mengsong an explanation:

"Our troops are not enough to fight against the main force of the alliance. The strategy of seizing the northern defense line of Menghe has failed, and we must shrink the defense line now."

"The failure to seize the northern defense line of Menghe is all because of your cowardly strategy before!"

"If we sacrifice too much strength in Menghebei, when the main force of the alliance arrives, we will have to spit back what we have eaten. Even if we want to retreat to Aozhua, we can't defend it!"

"If we take it down earlier, we can use the defense line of Menghebei to resist the main force of the alliance!"

"We are all on the defensive, why sacrifice so many living forces to defend the broken defense line? If we retreat to Aozhua and use the defense line we have built for several years to defend, we will have more troops!"

"Then how long will we defend it?"

"Until the Regent sends reinforcements."

The two spoke very quickly, and the atmosphere was still not peaceful. They were still arguing with each other.

But at least they tacitly did not mention their own black history again, but talked about things.

At this point, Paulitus finally didn't want to continue to tangle with Wang Mengsong.

He didn't wait for the commander of the New World Torch to speak again, and ended the topic forcefully: "That's it, commander Wang Mengsong, I don't want to explain these strategies that have been explained too many times to you. I am the general person in charge of the southern front. I have decided on this matter. Please follow the order. Even if you have any opinions, keep them to yourself."

"I will raise objections to the regent, just wait for your commander-in-chief to be removed!"

"We'll talk about it when you can do it."

The ‘regent’ they mentioned was Humphrey Paul. Two years ago, the commander of the Ironclad Chapter gave himself this title, claiming that he was the one who was ordered by the emperor to fight against the disobedients on Holy Terra.

This incident also set off a bigger wave throughout the empire.

This will obviously bring greater external pressure to their uprising group. But since they have already revolted, it doesn’t matter if there is such a statement.

At the same time, after having this title internally, they will be able to integrate forces better. In the subsequent war, they will also be able to force some planets and groups that lost in the war to join their side.

Humphrey Paul’s prestige among the rebel forces in the Spider Web Universe has once again risen to a higher level.

For the differences between the two Space Marine Chapter Captains on the southern front, only this ‘regent’ has the ability to completely resolve them.

But now, since Adler Paulitos is the general manager of the southern front, the situation on this battlefield will still be determined by his will.

After the two parted unhappily, Yuehe VII, and even the entire front, on more than a dozen planets that were in conflict, were all carrying out large-scale evacuations in accordance with Paulitos's requirements.

...

"They ran away."

A month later, Gu Hang, who led the main fleet of the alliance and arrived at the north of Menghe River, sighed.

"The governor's reputation is well known to everyone. As soon as you arrived, those traitors ran away like dogs with their tails between their legs!" Perbov laughed, unlike his usual attitude towards his subordinates. "

Yan Fangxu coughed lightly at the side and reported the situation directly: "We also tried to pursue, but the effect was not very good. The other side's two battleship-level ships escorted the evacuated ships very tightly. To be on the safe side, we did not risk launching a particularly strong pursuit. "

"A safe choice." Gu Hang said with approval.

Yan Fangxu continued to add: "Our troops have set off, and the goal is to recover the entire northern part of the Menghe star field. The enemy has completely evacuated from this area, and the remaining resistance force is very scarce. However, according to detection, the enemy has one last stronghold in the Menghe Star Region that has not been abandoned. "

"That is Shangdong Star. This planet is the key to guarding the Menghe Star Region and the Aozhua Star Region. One jump from here will allow you to reach the Aozhua Star Region-Guangtai Star Region-Guangfeng Star."

"They have set up a very strong defense system in Shangdong Star and Guangfeng Star."

Gu Hang asked: "Now, it's our turn to gnaw at the opponent's defense line?"

Yan Fangxu looked solemn: "I'm afraid so."