Chapter 544, the Direction with the Most Achievements

Wu Jiarong on the Angry Owl Star was pleasantly surprised to receive the message from General Gu. While preparing to build the Retribution-class battleship, the Alliance's military operations also began to advance to the next stage.

The two star regions in the south of the Proud Claw Star Region that were captured by the Alliance have not been completely digested.

In fact, it is not so easy. After all, the time is still short, the place is still on the front line of the war, and it was once the enemy's territory. The acceptance of the Alliance's rule in these two star regions cannot be very high.

Those local forces will not easily accept the full alliance.

This is different from the Alliance's homeland.

In the Alliance's homeland, the local forces of each planet have no conditions to resist. The Alliance has many ways to deal with them through various mild or tough means.

But here, many mild and political means have been greatly reduced in usefulness.

These local forces may have had deep interests with Iron Fury Stone in the past; even if they temporarily succumbed to military pressure, they could not help but think that your alliance would be driven out one day, and they were "enduring humiliation".

Under such external environment and internal contradictions, the alliance could not complete internal integration in a few months.

But... it was enough.

A certain amount of industrial power could be tapped for the alliance;

Several planets in key transportation locations had completed preliminary fortification construction;

Most planets, relying on soldiers recruited from the local planets, plus a part of the "Allied Forces" troops from the local area, could complete the internal suppression of the planet and blockade of the opposition forces.

That was enough.

The main army of the alliance attacked and continued to fight northward.

The target of this stage was still two star regions, a total of 29 worlds.

The Fury Fleet was still elusive, and they harassed the main forces of the alliance a little, but always avoided a head-on decisive battle.

This allowed the alliance to take over 29 worlds again relatively smoothly.

The Alliance once again adopted the same steady and cautious attitude as before, stopped the offensive and began to digest it on the spot.

But this time, the Fury Flame Corps did not sit still.

They were not anxious, but when the Alliance controlled four star regions in the Proud Claw Star Region, a total of fifty worlds, they began to have more paths to harass the Alliance's occupied areas.

After all, within the star region, the star regions are not like the two star regions between Menghe and Proud Claw, which are only connected by two worlds and a star tunnel.

There are at least a dozen roads that can enter these four star regions, and the Alliance cannot divide up troops to guard them all.

This led to several battles in succession that made the Alliance suffer.

The Fury Flame Fleet raided the planetary orbit with a shipyard that was previously occupied by the Alliance, destroying several warships that were being repaired;

They attacked a transport fleet, not only destroying the escort ships, but also destroying half of the transport ships, causing the deaths of tens of millions of Alliance soldiers waiting for transportation, and also ran away before the angry Alliance fleet arrived.

They even reinforced Guangfeng Star and tried to send a squadron to enter the orbital defense line of Guangfeng Star. On the one hand, it can increase the defense of Guangfeng Star and provide the ability to take the initiative to attack. On the other hand, it can also convey some information and intelligence to ensure that this besieged planet can continue to hold on and avoid the situation of Shangdong Star.

Fortunately, they failed to succeed in this regard and were forced back by the fleet of the Alliance besieging Guangfeng.

But despite this, the impact is still very bad.

The space battles that occurred in this star system can be observed by the observatory on Guangfeng Star. Even if the ships of Fury failed to successfully enter the orbit of the planet and join the local defenders, even the attempt to obtain communication was intercepted by the Alliance. However, their appearance in the galaxy itself can bring a huge morale boost to the local defenders of Guangfeng Star.

The most direct manifestation is that the local defenders, whose attitudes were originally a little loose and who were not so firm in refusing to send diplomatic officials from the Alliance to communicate, suddenly became closed and did not contact or communicate with the Alliance at all. Even from outer space, it was possible to observe that a city on the surface was still holding some kind of celebration, which made the Alliance Navy so angry that it fired a cannon at it - the result was of course intercepted, and by the way, it helped to set off fireworks in the night sky to cheer them up.

The Alliance also thought of ways to deal with the Fury Fleet.

But many ambushes and inducements ultimately did not have much effect.

In one of the ambush battles, the Alliance Fleet took a very risky action. After the ambush failed, the six assembled giant ships launched a pursuit of the Fury Fleet.

In the Fury Fleet, the Retribution-class battleship was not moving fast, but there was also a Retribution-class battleship on the Alliance side that was "dragging its feet".

Between the pursuit and the escape, the two sides ran away several star systems.

At this point, the Alliance Fleet's formation was somewhat stretched. The Fire Nova fell behind and struggled to rush forward; the Hippogriff could barely keep up, but it didn't fight with you, so there was little chance to join the battle; the four battlecruisers could catch up, but they couldn't beat them.

If this kind of pursuit continues, there should be gains. The battle patrols that can catch up do not need to use all their strength, they only need to cut their flesh with blunt knives, hit the small boats in the fleet, and occasionally overtake and hunt and delay them.

Highlight a strategy of retreating the enemy and disturbing us.

And once the main ship on the opposite side goes crazy and wants to come up to fight, the battle cruiser can also choose to retreat, so that the opponent cannot catch up.

Even if they don't want to retreat, if they pull and fight for a while, the relatively faster Hippogriff will soon arrive at the battlefield; if they hold on a little longer, the Yuhuo Nova will also arrive.

As long as we chase a little longer, this will definitely happen.

However, in the end, the commander-in-chief of the alliance's main fleet, Admiral Yelicia, gave the order to stop the pursuit.

It has been chased too far, and it is no longer within the alliance's control area and has chased out several galaxies.

In these strange galaxies, every interstellar jump is a huge adventure.

Even if there are astropaths, they can investigate the situation on the other side before crossing the astral realm, but there are also ways to deceive the investigation.

Risks are definitely there.

Who knows whether the next jump will be a hearty pursuit or whether eight battleships will be ambushed opposite the jump point?

The navy's main fleet cannot afford to gamble.

If the army suffers heavy losses, it can still recruit more people from the rear. Even if the training level cannot be improved, firing a gun can eventually hold back the size of the army, but the casualties will be even worse.

But warships are so precious. The construction cycle can take several years. It also takes time to lay dumplings. If they are destroyed, they will be useless at the moment.

At this stage, the alliance's main fleet still withdrew conservatively.

From these situations, many senior generals in the alliance smelled danger.

The stalls are getting bigger and bigger, going deeper and deeper into the enemy camp, and the risks are getting higher and higher.

Now to put it bluntly, the Raging Flame Fleet is still not strong enough, but their strategy of trading space for time and space for opportunity has indeed worked.

In this case, the alliance held several military meetings.

In the end, it was Gu Hang who made the decision.

"At present, we cannot say that the second phase of the war is over. Although we have gained control of twenty-nine worlds in two sectors as expected, once again consolidating our position in the Proud Talon Star Territory Influence. However, the expanded scale of the battle has also exposed our slightly fragile belly. This second phase of the battle requires you to continue to work hard until we can definitely win."

"In view of this situation, we need to change our thinking. From the past comprehensive control and comprehensive defense, to the control of key areas. For many planets, just leave them under ground control. Will Paulitos come and take back these planets? Then It’s meaningless, it will only be taken back by us, and there is a risk of being caught by us during the operation.”

"He wouldn't do such a thing. If he was really stupid, that would be a good thing."

"On the contrary, some key worlds, such as key transportation arteries, such as the worlds we have captured with relatively large industrial output and even shipbuilding capabilities, adopt focused defense and strengthen the fortressization of these worlds. Ensure that these worlds are not attacked. When the time comes, we will not fall immediately, and we can wait until the reinforcements of our cruising fleet are in place; our fleet will also escort our key transport teams through the star regions after reducing the number of key worlds that need to be built and defended. There is no need to take so many risks to go to different places, and it is also convenient for the main fleet to escort when patrolling. "

After talking about the defense layout, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The Alliance currently occupies nearly fifty worlds in the Proud Talon Star Territory. According to Zhao Hang, they will abandon about thirty of them and focus on defending less than twenty.

Although giving up does not mean that they will be taken back by the angry flames, it is essentially giving up the thirty worlds. Even though this is a quite correct decision, since Mr. Gu is here in person, only Governor Gu has the authority to make this decision. , no one else is worthy.

However, how to defend is a matter of now, but it is not really critical.

The alliance is always the party with the advantage, and it can definitely defend itself.

The most critical issue is the next third phase of the war.

The Alliance must continue to fight forward, otherwise it would gather such a large wave of troops just to conquer fifty worlds in the Proud Claw Star Territory?

Obviously not.

As the alliance's war progress slowed down and its retreat was steady, the political pressure that had gradually subsided due to the alliance's dispatch of troops has returned again.

It's not as severe as before, but it's gradually getting stronger.

Under such circumstances, the alliance's pace of war cannot be stopped.

But the bigger the deal, the higher the risk. This is an indisputable fact.

What to do next?

Do you want to continue fighting like this?

It’s already been done steadily enough, what else is there to do? But the more we fight, the war situation becomes more and more dangerous.

This still requires Gu Hang, the commander-in-chief, to make a decision.

Gu Hang obviously also thought about this:

"First, we must win the second phase steadily and consolidate the defense and fortification of key worlds. In the third phase, we will change our thinking. After two phases of offensive, we have established a firm foothold in the Aozhua Star Region. We have a stable position and room for maneuver. We can take some risks next."

"We don't have to pursue the control of entire star regions as before, but take a focused offensive approach. The General Staff has set the next three key targets in the entire Aozhua Star Region, Heyang VIII, Mentus II, and Aoya Star."

Everyone was a little surprised.

There is no problem with the next two worlds, but Heyang VIII will become one of the three major targets?

It's a bit strange.

Aoya is the capital world of Aozhua Star Region, and it is reasonable to be the key target of attack;

Mentus II is located in the center of Aozhua Star Region, a key hub world of Mentus Star Region. It not only has a large star port, but most importantly, it has eleven very rare star tunnels connected to other worlds, which makes its position in the star map very important, and it is of great significance to capture it.

As for Heyang VIII... it's a bit strange.

This is a feudal world, and it is under the deep control of Alfonzo Mechanic Sect. There are hundreds of small feudal principalities and counties distributed on it, and the whole planet is quite non-uniform. These small countries are controlled by small knight families. They almost all have various types of knight mechas and are ready to obey the call of the church at any time.

When they gather together, they are the 'Third Knights of Alfonzo'.

The natural conditions of the star are excellent, and there are quite good agricultural planting conditions. The serfs under the feudal system not only support the knight families on it, but also have spare capacity for a large amount of grain trade.

The main trading partner, or tribute object, is the Alfonzo sect.

In addition, there are good mineral resources on the planet, and there are even three adamantium veins. Protected by the Knights, the Crusaders directly dispatched by the Mechanicus are stationed in these three mining areas for a long time.

Such a resource world that integrates the "Knight World", "Mineral World" and "Agricultural World" is the core interest of the Alfonzo sect.

The Alfonzo sect has always claimed that they are on the side of the Empire. No matter how ambiguous their attitude is, at least they have not raised the flag openly.

In theory, Heyang VIII, as the core interest of Alfonzo, can be left alone.

Take this place as one of the three major offensive targets?

Governor Gu's trip is a little meaningful.

Gu Hang did not explain the reason for this, but continued: "We do not seek to control every planet on the attack route, as long as the planet does not have the conditions for enemy ships to hide. We will directly skip these worlds and attack the three key targets we have planned. Once we complete the conquest, we can immediately declare that we have conquered the Proud Claw Star Region. From this perspective, we are the direction with the most results among the three war zones of the south, west, and north!"