Chapter 600, Conjecture
Humphrey Paul led his troops to expand to the Magre Universe instead of Holy Terra, which made Gu Hang a little confused.
It didn't make sense.
Humphrey Paul might have to consider that after defeating Phoenix, his troops were also seriously damaged. Not to mention the replenishment of troops, even the ammunition and logistics consumption after a war also need to be replenished one by one, and it takes time to rest and recover the combat effectiveness.
It would be really difficult to hit the more heavily guarded central territory with a spent force.
From this perspective, if Paul chooses to stop and recuperate, or turn to deal with the threats from the north and the south, it is within the scope of Gu Hang's understanding.
It is a bit incredible to attack the entire Magre Universe.
What is there to fight in the Magre Universe?
There is almost no threat in this universe, and the main military forces have been almost wiped out before.
It is easy to fight, but it is not to the point of being defenseless anyway. After all, the local defense forces of each planet still exist. Armed merchant ships recruited from the Imperial Chamber of Commerce are not at the same level as the regular navy, but they can still resist.
If Paul wants to fight, he will definitely win, but as the masters on Holy Terra thought, that will only slow down the progress of the Iron Armored Corps. There are thousands of worlds in the entire universe. Even if ten are taken down a day, it will take a whole year or more. The troops will be very scattered, which perfectly meets the Holy Terra's hope of exchanging space for time.
A larger, wider and deeper front will drag the Iron Armored Corps into the quagmire.
And what are the benefits? To digest an entire universe, turn the resources of these places into war potential, and even realize them into actual combat power, how can it be done overnight?
Thousands of worlds need to be pacified, rebuilt, and an administrative system needs to be established to gather resources and restart the industry... This is a huge project, and it tests administrative ability.
Humphrey Paul certainly did a good job in this regard, but to compare, the Alliance is now exercising rule and implementing policies in the newly occupied Proud Claw Star Region, and the production capacity recovery and resource supply quotas in various places are actually just so-so.
The Alliance can only digest the newly occupied areas to this extent, and Gu Hang does not believe that Tiekai is stronger than himself.
Even if the estimate is high, when Tiekai's level is the same as the Alliance, it will still take a very long time for them to digest the Magre Universe, and they cannot turn it into their own strength in a short time.
On the contrary, these places will become continuous bleeding points. The rebellions on the planets, the entanglements of various political groups and interest groups, will seriously slow down efficiency. Not only can they not make money in a short time, but they will even have to spend more to suppress them.
Humphrey Paul should not be unaware of this.
According to Gu Hang's understanding of the leader of Tiekai, he is by no means a fool and will not make such a decision.
Is there anything I have overlooked? Gu Hang couldn't help asking himself.
He began to think.
There is no evidence that the Zerg army that suddenly appeared on the north line was controlled by Iron Armor. They were even observed to attack Iron Armor's occupied areas and troops, but the timing of their appearance was too coincidental, helping Iron Armor to resist the army on the north line;
When fighting against Alfonzo's fleet on the south line, the biggest trouble came from the head Zerg tyrant they controlled;
There is news on the west line that the straw that finally broke the camel's back for the Phoenix Legion came from a group of troops that seemed to be mortals but were not human...
Thinking about this information together, and then thinking about Iron Armor's full-scale invasion of the Magre universe, if it is to increase the war potential, then perhaps, the way they increase the potential is not what Gu Hang originally thought.
However, this conjecture made Gu Hang feel creepy!
Iron Armor surrendered to the Zerg?
Once this conjecture is established, it will be a big deal.
Their invasion of Magre is like fire. In essence, they don't want Magre's manpower and material resources at all? Just want to turn thousands of planets in the entire universe into huge Zerg hatcheries? Thousands of worlds, possibly trillions of people, and the ecosystems on these planets... If all of them become nutrients for the Zerg, how huge a Zerg army can be raised?
It's chilling to think about it.
Even Gu Hang instinctively didn't want to believe his own guess.
Although there are various clues now, these clues are not conclusive and cannot explain this matter with certainty.
Because there are many unsolved mysteries.
How did the Space Marines become corrupted? There was no record of such a precedent in the Empire before.
If the Iron Armor was corrupted, then why did the Fury War Corps, who are so close to them, show no signs of corruption?
Corruption is not overnight, but if even the Iron Armor is corrupted, how can the Zerg, whose instinct to devour and reproduce is stronger than anything else, bear it and keep acting with the Iron Armor in the Princess Star Domain? Shouldn't they have swallowed up the entire Princess Star Domain long ago and left nothing behind? How can they bear it?
Gu Hang rarely fell into hesitation.
After thinking for a long time and still not being able to figure it out, he decided to let it go.
The existing information was still too confusing and unclear. In this case, it was still too difficult to make an accurate judgment or a definite guess.
However, it is better to be lenient with the enemy. It is always right to prepare for the worst possible scenario.
He quickly issued several instructions:
1. Ask the intelligence department of the alliance to step up the intelligence collection on the current situation on the Western Front, and analyze and verify the hypothesis that "Iron Armor may be corrupted by aliens" as a premise.
2. Invite the Flash Tribunal to join the intelligence department of the alliance to thoroughly investigate whether there is a problem of alien corruption in various parts of the Proud Claw Star Region.
3. Send a warning to the Central Empire to remind the existence of this possibility.
4. Communicate with Gallardo and urge the joint fleet that the Central Empire is building to stop hiding in the Tianwang Space Region and to open up contact with the Magre Space Region as soon as possible to control the situation in the Magre Space Region.
5. The Alliance is fully prepared for war. But this one is actually not very meaningful. The Alliance has never relaxed. He just expressed his determination to the inside again.
After doing all this, Gu Hang still felt uneasy.
But for the Western Front battlefield and the current situation of the Magre Space Region, he was really out of reach.
Gallardo replied to his message.
He still attaches great importance to what Gu Hang said, and the Empire is not without speculation in this regard. He said that he would urge the Imperial Legion to take action.
However, he also said tactfully that the speed of forming a coalition was still slow, and the star tunnel on the Magre-Tianwang line was controlled by Iron Armor, so it was not easy to bite the hard bone.
Gu Hang had no choice. Now he could only rely on the Imperial Coalition.
Unless he was willing to send troops to the Jingjie Star Region now, then whether to attack the Iron Armor's nest in the Huangnu Star Region or to open up the road to the Magre Star Region to the west, it was an option.
But that would put himself in great danger.
Just for an unconfirmed speculation, do you have to do this?
It's hard to make a decision.
However, on the Wenqi-Wuqi line, a new thing happened that pushed Gu Hang to make a decision.
There, the Alliance rescued a Mechanicus ship from the Alfonzo Star Region.