Chapter 548, Breaking the Window Paper
On many worlds that changed their flags, there were obviously still some rebel princesses stationed on their native planets.
Moreover, the governors of these planets that surrendered were not necessarily determined to follow the Alliance.
The main reason was that the Fury Corps made repeated concessions in the Proud Claw Star Region, which made the governors and leaders in the star region very dissatisfied.
You have your grand strategy, but we are the ones who suffer!
They have to withdraw resources and troops, and they retreated as soon as the Alliance came. Instead, they asked us to fight to the end with the Planetary Defense Force... Why?
The lives of the defense forces are also lives!
When there are dozens of worlds in front of them as living examples, people can't help but be shaken.
But what is the Alliance?
They did not show mercy in cleaning up the local forces in the areas they occupied, which was frightening; but fortunately, if they were more cooperative, they would not be treated particularly harshly.
They would also compress their defense lines and abandon the outer worlds under the harassment and attacks of the Fury. When the time comes, how will Nuyan treat these surrendered governors?
Both sides are in a dilemma.
Then whoever comes, I will side with.
But even if I have a tendency and surrender to whoever comes, I can't be the kind of die-hard who follows me blindly.
The general attitude is that you can come as you please, I will provide you with any resources you want, and I will pretend to obey you if you want me to fight for my life...
The most direct manifestation is that these planets that changed their flags and joined the alliance did not even suppress or eliminate the small number of direct lineage of the Royal Princess Legion rebels originally stationed on the planet.
The top leaders of the alliance also have a basic understanding of this situation.
In this regard, the alliance did not force these places too much.
Since the alliance has formulated its own strategy, it must be implemented with considerable determination.
For those wavering fence-sitters, the alliance only sent envoys to force them to announce the change of flag, gathered a wave of supplies and troops, and issued orders that were unlikely to be particularly obeyed to clear the rebels and defend the homeland, and then ignored them.
The main force of the alliance is nestling on Mentus II. Most of the troops are resting. The army is stationed, resting, taking holidays, replenishing supplies and holding some internal activities. In short, it is to improve morale.
The fleet is docked near the wreckage of the starport that was repaired, repairing ships. Of course, some ships that need major repairs have to be sent to the shipyard for repair. Fortunately, there is a shipyard in the area of Ao Claw Starfield controlled by the Alliance that can undertake this part of the work.
The technical level of that shipyard is not very good, it is a small field. But there is no way. If it is not used, it must be sent back to the Alliance mainland. The nearest one has to go to the Granya Shipyard in the Menghe Starfield.
In addition to the resting troops, only a small part of the army cooperated with some small ships to clear out the remaining rebel forces on the planet, but that was no longer the theme of Mentus II.
The rest lasted for one and a half months, and the main force of the alliance set off again.
This time, they took two worlds as their footholds on the way, built them up a little, and then rushed to Aoya Star.
As the capital of the star field, Aoya Star's defense level is also not bad, at least on the same level as Mentus II.
However, under the condition that the Fury Fleet completely abandoned the defense, the fate of Aoya Star would not be much different from that of Mentus II.
This is indeed the case.
Four months later, Aoya Star was recovered.
This result further shocked the entire Aozhua Star Field.
Presumably, when the alliance goes to recover other worlds in the Aozhua Star Field in the future, it will be twice the result with half the effort.
Just like they can issue a proclamation to the surrounding areas after taking down Mentus II.
Although it is not a determined surrender, Gu Hang himself will not have too many expectations for the world he has recovered. Don't make trouble. If you can provide some supplies, it will definitely be much better than normal.
So far, two of the three major worlds mentioned by the Alliance in the previous military council have been conquered.
With Mentus II and Aoya Star, almost the entire Aozhua Star Region can be covered.
The last remaining target is Heyang VIII.
This world is relatively isolated. In addition to its rich resources, it does not have much strategic value. Unlike Mentus II and Aoya Star, after conquering, it can stimulate the mentality of a large number of surrounding planets to waver and surrender.
Attacking Heyang VIII does not have such an effect.
The rich resources of the planet are only relative. If the Alliance only wants resources, the hundreds of worlds in the Aozhua Star Region will be left to the Alliance to take as they please, and it is not necessary to find trouble with Heyang VIII.
The purpose of the Alliance to find trouble with this planet is actually very clear: to stimulate the Alfonzo sect behind it and see what their attitude is.
The generals of the Alliance military have actually raised objections.
We fought the Fury Fleet and chased them all the way. There was a big gap in strength, but weren't we always on guard? Wasn't the main force of Iron Fury Stone heading south?
Didn't we agree that time was on our side and that we would temporarily do so after taking over the Proud Claw Star Region?
Then why did we have to go looking for trouble with Heyang VIII?
It was important to test and determine the attitude of the Alfonzo sect. We used various diplomatic means, but were always pushed back by those oily guys with various statements. Like this, directly touching the core of the other party's interests would have a more obvious effect.
But what if the Alfonzo sect is really forced to the Iron Fury Stone side? What if they are forced to go down?
Gu Hang criticized these statements in the parliament.
"Don't have this fluke mentality."
"Will the Alfonzo sect be neutral? Will they stand on the side of the Empire?"
"This is impossible. The bond between them and the Iron Fury Stone is so deep and so firm. Without their strong support, how could the Iron Fury Stone have been able to grow and become stronger over the years? With the Iron Armored Corps clearly turning the tables, no matter how many excuses and statements the Alfonzo sect has, their actions will show it. Not only did they not stop supplying arms to the Iron Armored Corps, they even increased the supply."
"This is a typical enemy. They are not clearly raising the flag at this moment, that's just because the pressure is not enough. We must realize that Alfonzo will never be a goal to fight for from beginning to end, but a real enemy."
Someone else proposed an idea: Since the other party has not clearly raised the flag and the pressure is not enough, why should we put pressure on them and break this window paper?
Gu Hang then asked back:
"If we don't stab, won't they stab us?"
"If we let Heyang VIII be like this, the planet with abundant resources will continue to provide blood transfusions to the Alfonzo sect, and there is also a powerful Titan Legion on standby, and there is also the mechanical fleet of the Alfonzo sect. How many troops should we send to defend Heyang VIII? If we ignore this planet, then when we fight with Fury and even the main force sent by Iron Armor to the south, they come out from the side, what should we do?"
"When a certain enemy appears on our flank and may cause trouble to us, we must not ignore it."
At this point, no one said anything.
Gu Hang's authority was implemented.
However, when the main force of the alliance was about to arrive at Heyang VIII, something went wrong in the rear.
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There is more, but it is probably a bit late.