Chapter 593, Surrender Group

After the call with Gallardo, Gu Hang basically confirmed the next policy.

If Tiekai wants to continue the attack, let them attack.

No matter where he goes, as long as he doesn't come to the south, Gu Hang has made up his mind to hold back for another year and a half and wait for the ship to be built.

Oh, even if he goes south, the strategy of the alliance is the same, still delaying and waiting for the ship.

Of course, there are risks here.

As time goes by, I will become stronger, won't Tiekai?

The Alfonzo sect only lost a main fleet, but it didn't die. As a branch of the Mechanicus, their strongest point will never be combat capability, but manufacturing capability.

After waiting for a year and a half, the alliance will certainly be able to add six giant ships, and Tiekai or Alfonzo will also likely become stronger with new ships.

However, after thinking about it, Gu Hang decided to do so.

He didn't believe that the speed at which the Tiekai-Alfonzo combination would become stronger was as fast as himself.

The shipbuilding cycle of the Alliance's shipbuilding industry can be so tight. In addition to the various shipbuilding-related raw materials that Gu Hang specifically requested with the military assistance of the Empire, there is also a core element, which is the black box system.

Not only can the black box directly pull out some core components with long construction cycles and high technical difficulty, but also the Alliance's shipyards, which are all mother machine black boxes with relevant technology, produce some key equipment for the production of ship components.

Whether it is the direct output of the black box or the production line of the black box output, it represents fast, high quality and stable output.

These points are not available in the worlds directly controlled by the Alfonzo Sect and the Iron Armored War Group.

Under the same objective conditions, the ships built by Iron Armored-Alfonzo will only be slower than those of the Alliance.

What's more, it is not the same conditions now. The Alliance's territory is not as large as Iron Armored-Alfonzo, but it is not like Iron Armored to fight on three sides, and a large number of territories are threatened by war.

Moreover, Iron Armor-Alfonzo's war potential is really just based on his own health bar, relying on the family foundation accumulated over the past years to rebel. The Alliance not only has its own base, but also has a strong blood transfusion from the Empire.

These conditions are beyond Iron Armor-Alfonzo's reach.

In terms of war potential, they can't be greater than the Alliance.

In other words, their war potential has been almost tapped, and the Alliance still has a lot of room for realization.

There is another point that cannot be ignored, that is, Iron Armor's war front is not only the southern front.

The northern front was entangled by the Zerg, but that was also the Black Crusaders plus the two founding groups of Infinity and Bats, plus the top combat power of the Silver Watch that gathered veterans from various regiments. Iron Armor could not fail to guard against it;

The Western Front collapsed, but the Empire obviously could not ignore it. The fleet that was originally going to be sent out to reinforce Phoenix must have accelerated further after Gallardo made a fuss and got an Ojuren. The fleet commander was quickly selected, led by a marshal of the navy; some local defense forces from various cosmic domains in the central territory were mobilized to form an expeditionary force.

It is worth mentioning that a full-strength regiment joined the expeditionary force, the most famous of which is the Ortopis Regiment.

This is the direct regiment of the high lords of Holy Terra, which can be said to be the private soldiers of the high lords. They completely obey the orders of the lords of the Supreme Council, or to be more precise, they obey the orders of Prime Minister Zibodu. Even decades ago, when the Sun King was in his prime, Ortopis only listened to the Prime Minister and was one of the core forces that Zibodu could finally turn the tables.

All information about this regiment is kept confidential, from what gene seeds are used, where the soldiers come from, where the weapons and equipment are supplied, to the deployment of the regiment... all are highly confidential, even the Ministry of Military Affairs does not know.

They will not be used easily, this is the darling of Prime Minister Zibodu's line. When they were all called out, it was clear that the masters on Holy Terra were really anxious.

In addition to Ortopis, there were 8 other regiments that sent out some soldiers.

Among them, the Phoenix's daughter regiment was the main one.

We must rescue the mother regiment!

Plus revenge

The Phoenix lineage and the Iron Armor have a bigger and bigger feud.

Counting the remnants after the collapse of the Western Front, it is not a problem for the Space Marines to gather 2,500 people.

This number is less than the peak of the Western Front. Not only the Space Marines, but also the other main force of the battlefield, the Inquisition, was seriously injured after the collapse of the Western Front. They have lost 30,000 combat sisters, and the Blood Rose Convent is almost drained!

Of course, these troops are not all lost. There are many more scattered on some planets in the east of Magre and the west of the Spider Web Universe. They are all troops who fled to the surface of various planets to resist after the collapse of the battle line.

If the subsequent battles go relatively smoothly, these troops can be regrouped.

Now, this army with ships, soldiers and elites is gathering in the Tianwang Universe. Give them more time and they will be able to regroup.

Whether the Iron Armor wants to fight in the Tianwang Universe or wait for the troops to gather and then take the initiative to attack, the Iron Armor Corps will have to deal with it well.

In general, the Alliance never needs to face the Iron Armor alone.

And if the forces invested in the three fronts and the entire empire are taken into account, the Iron Armor is even more powerful.

The Empire is just slow, but the pressure of using troops in various places is great, not really weak.

If it really drags on, the sluggish nerves of the Empire will be aroused, and the Empire will pay enough attention to it, regardless of the threats from other places, and will also draw troops from various places to solve them. Then Iron Armor will have to compete with the Empire in terms of war potential.

Size can kill people.

An eager attack only satisfies part of the political interests. But from a military perspective, delaying and waiting for one's own strength to become stronger and stronger, so that a more indisputable victory can be achieved, is the most critical.

The real political interests still have to be achieved by winning battles, and everything else is useless.

It is precisely because of the consideration of many factors that Gu Hang is never in a hurry.

Not only is he not in a hurry, but he also has to solve some small problems in his own territory first.

On Fantasy Moon Star, the Alliance's work to eliminate the remnants of the two war groups, Fury Flame and New World Torch, has produced results.

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Since arriving at Fantasy Moon Star and starting to eliminate Fury Flame and New World Torch, Grit rarely smiles.

As the head nun of the Holy Mercy Lily, she has now become the highest commander of the entire Holy Mercy Lily Sisters in the war.

It is undeniable that a very important factor is the support of Gu Hang. After all, she and Gu Hang are old acquaintances. When Gu Hang started from humble beginnings, she provided help. After the Alliance became the big moneymaker of the Holy Mercy Lily and the Holy Mercy Lily actually became a part of the Alliance, her status naturally rose.

It is inevitable and natural for the Holy Mercy Lily to become a part of the Alliance.

They are just a very small branch of the Sisters, and they only have their own organization in Korojia. After experiencing the plague war and almost losing their homes and being saved by Gu Hang, Korojia, the star zone, the star field... The power of the Alliance has expanded countless times in just a few decades.

At the beginning, the relationship between the Holy Mercy Lily and the Alliance was just cooperation, but later, there was less and less room for bargaining.

There is no need to bargain.

What is there to say? The Alliance first respected the state religion, and secondly, the faith of the Sisters. Then, more importantly, the Alliance made a large financial allocation to support the development of the Sisters. In the combat nuns, it provided people and equipment, and in other Sisters, such as faith, missionary work, medical care, etc., it gave strong support in all aspects.

The entire Sisters quickly fell.

A large number of new nuns even studied at the Alliance's Loyalty Academy.

This is not surprising. In many Sisters, girls who graduated from the Loyalty Academy have always been a very good place to recruit soldiers.

It's just that the Alliance's Loyalty Academy is a little different from the most common Loyalty Academy in the Empire, which is not a big deal.

Today, the entire scale of the Holy Mercy Lily has expanded to more than 500,000 people. Most of them are civilian nuns, but the combat nuns also exceed 3,000.

This time, there are as many as 1,000 combat sisters fighting in Huanyue; in addition, there are 6,000 Glory Guards, who are also under her command. At the same time, the Alliance's army in Huanyue has two army groups and 40 million people, plus the local defense forces that have been incorporated and newly built, with a total force of nearly 200 million. In the sky, there is also a squadron led by a Moon-class ship, consisting of multiple destroyers and frigates, to cooperate with ground operations.

Of course, the fleet has a major general commander of the fleet, and the Alliance Army is also in charge of a lieutenant general, who is not directly commanded by her.

But on the entire Huanyue Star, the most important task is to wipe out the remnants of the Fury and the New World Torch.

This group of space warriors who hid in the mountains, city ruins, secret bunkers and other places with some stubborn rebels are very difficult to deal with.

The main difficulty is that it is difficult to find them, and it is difficult to fight them once they are found. It is necessary to gather heavy troops to surround them.

Orbital bombing can't help much. People will break through. If they want to bomb down from the space orbit after passing the ground mark, the space warriors on the opposite side have already moved, and the bombing effect is very poor.

After several ineffective attempts, the rear admiral politely and implicitly expressed his meaning: Don't do it, bombing a round costs a lot of money, bombing the air is really not enough, the Navy Audit will find trouble with me...

Grit was a little embarrassed and annoyed.

She was not annoyed with the Navy, she understood the Navy's intention, and she also knew that her calls were a waste. In fact, if she could trap and accurately mark the enemy, she actually didn't need to call for orbital bombing; the times she called were actually when the intelligence was uncertain and the enemy could not be trapped, she wanted to try her luck through coverage bombing.

The "suppression of bandits" has been going on for more than half a year, but there are few results.

The rebel organizations led by the two regiments are still constantly attacking various parts of Fantasy Moon Star to obstruct the ongoing alliance construction.

The probability of their success is still quite high.

Many of the rebels are former members of the Planetary Defense Force, or soldiers of the Royal Princess Legion stationed locally. They are more familiar with the local situation and can reasonably select targets.

With the addition of Space Marines, the success rate of the operation is naturally quite high.

Moreover, they come and go like the wind, and once they succeed, they will immediately flee far away.

If the Battle Sisters or Glory Guards who rushed over in a hurry are few in number, they will suffer a great loss if they rashly pursue them; when the number of assembled is large, the enemy will have already run away.

There are times when Grit and others take the initiative to obtain intelligence and then attack.

But the reliability of intelligence is very problematic. It is easy to miss; if they are caught, they are also easy to be broken through; if they are really annihilated, the combat power of the Space Marines has also left a deep impression on them, and the price to be paid to eliminate them is also very high.

For more than half a year, Grit has counted that they have fought thousands of battles in different places and at different times around the world, and eliminated 217 Fury and New World Torches. Among them, she personally killed five people.

Ordinary combat sisters are certainly not the opponents of Space Marines, and there is even a huge gap. But she is different. She is a blessed nun with extraordinary strength. Grit, wearing the "Valkyrie" Terminator, has no problem killing ordinary Terminator veterans.

However, although there are more than 200 people in the battle, the price paid is not small.

After all, Grit is unable to split herself. She wishes she could fly to every battlefield to participate in the battle at any time, but it is obviously impossible.

Almost 50,000 local defense forces and 20,000 alliance army troops died on battlefields everywhere. In addition, there are more than 200 combat sisters and 500 honor guards lost.

On the Fantasy Moon Star, it is conservatively estimated that there are still 1,000 space warriors active.

At this efficiency, they will have to fight for at least three years to completely wipe out the bandits. At the same time, it is estimated that 400,000 to 500,000 people will die.

Let alone the losses of the defense army and the alliance army, they can still afford it.

But the losses of the sisters and the honor guards are a bit difficult to bear.

At that time, the number of sisters who died will start at 1,000, and the number of honor guards who died will be 3,000...

Grit felt that if this situation really happened, she would not have the face to face Governor Gu and report to him that this was a victory.

There is a large number of army support, aerospace support, and an entire world that has been occupied to support... With comprehensive advantages, it is really ugly to fight like this.

Some changes must be made.

And the opportunity for this change came soon.

Someone brought a message saying that he represented the New World Torch Corps and hoped to talk to the alliance.

After the matter was classified as highly confidential, Grit confirmed whether it was true and whether it was a trap, and also reported the news.

Then, she was authorized and an alliance diplomat came to be responsible for the specific negotiations.

In a secret place, she met the war leader of the New World Torch - Wang Mengsong.

"If you agree to my conditions, then the New World Torch is willing to surrender."