Chapter 668, Recorded in War History
It was several weeks later that Gu Hang received the battle report of Wanzhou Star.
There was no other way. Information communication was so troublesome inside the Princess Star Region, which was completely shrouded by the shadow of the huge subspace.
After reading the content, he was still quite emotional about the battle of Wanzhou Star.
According to statistics afterwards, there were more than 10,000 Space Marines on both sides.
The Empire had 700 Ortopis, 900 Phoenix, 600 Blood Sharks, and 600 Dragon King Spears, which was 2,800.
The remaining warriors were distributed in other battlefields and not all came.
In addition, there were hundreds of Space Marines who were left behind by the original Western Front Legion led by Phoenix. When the new Western Front Legion was formed, seven regiments sent more than 1,000 people.
In this battle, these "miscellaneous regiments" also gathered 800 people.
A total of at least 3,600 Space Marines from the Empire appeared on this single battlefield.
On the Iron Armor side, there were more people. Not only were there 6,000 Iron Armor warriors assembled, but there were also 2,000 Stone Shield warriors.
As the ‘Stone’ of ‘Iron Fury Stone’, their relationship with Iron Armor was even stronger than that of Fury Flame. After the Iron Armor Rebellion broke out, they had been fighting beside Iron Armor. Naturally, their entire regiment did not escape the fate of deep infection. Their regiment leader was actually on this battlefield, but he did not participate in the battle between Salilius and Humphrey Paul.
If Humphrey Paul knew that he was under a fatal threat, he would definitely call for the Rock Captain. Although that guy’s strength level may be weaker than Martins, he is a great help after all.
However, Humphrey Paul may have thought that he had already won against Salilius, so he kept the Rock Captain to eliminate the Knights and Titans of the Alliance; when Martins suddenly came to support, he immediately called the Rock Captain and even several other regiment champion-level warriors to come, but it was too late. As soon as Martins arrived, the situation changed too quickly, and Humphrey Paul died before he could wait for support.
Once Paul died, no matter how many masters were left, no matter how strong they were, it was meaningless.
The epic battle came to an abrupt end when Humphrey Paul died, as if the story was suddenly interrupted at the climax.
But in any case, it cannot be denied that this battle, with more than 10,000 Space Marines and hundreds of Titans on both sides, totaling nearly 1,000, will probably leave a heavy mark in the war history of the entire empire.
Moreover, the separatism of Space Marines, the most serious war in the last 10,000 years, the infection of the Space Marine leader by insect pests, which led to the rebellion of the war group, and the technology of trying to cultivate and control the queen of insects... These factors will probably remain in the historical records of the empire and will have a very far-reaching impact on many things in the empire in the future.
For example, what Gu Hang was most worried about was the rebellion of Tiekai, which aroused the vigilance of the central government of the empire against local forces with separatist tendencies.
To put it bluntly, it was himself.
However, in any case, that was something that needed to be considered in the future.
At present, we still have to fight well.
Following Gu Hang into the Princess Star Region, the troops that went straight into the shadow of the subspace, in terms of space warriors, are not as many as those on the Western Front.
On the Western Front, the Empire has more than 3,000 people under Salilius, plus the 3,000 brought by Martins, which is 6,000.
Without this force, it would be difficult to fight the Iron Armor for so long.
And Gu Hang has less than 3,000 people around him.
New Fury Flame, New New World Torch, plus a Shadow War Corps.
The full complement should be 3,000 people, but many were sacrificed in the previous battle with the Alfonzo Sect. Even if Gu Hang immediately selected people to fill in, and the acceleration options and training options that should be exchanged were all used, it would take time to grow after all, and they were not all filled.
The war is urgent, and there is no time for him to wait.
At this stage, Gu Hang clearly realized that the Western Front was the main battlefield, and his side was secondary. The core task was to attract the attention of the Zerg, so that the Zerg would not send more forces to harass during the decisive battle on the Western Front, causing the Western Empire to divide too many troops to defend.
Gu Hang completed the task quite well.
In order to ensure the safety of his own troops, his legion almost completely stopped advancing, but used a planet selected as one of the forward bases as an anchor point to attract a large number of Zerg forces to attack.
Taking a defensive stance is ultimately more labor-saving.
Moreover, this defensive stance will last longer.
Although the decisive battle on the Western Front has been declared a victory, the main force on the Western Front must stockpile resources and rest before it can gather again to launch an attack. They must also defeat the enemies rushing westward from the Queen Star Region to the White Curtain Star Region before they can enter the Queen Star Region to join their forces.
Before that, Gu Hang didn't think much about doing anything big on his own.
There was no need, the risk was too high.
After confirming that the entire Princess Star Region, and even the two star regions of Lefo and Jianmen in the north, were beyond saving, Gu Hang was no longer in a hurry. Just treat it as a powerful enemy that has taken over three star regions and nearly two thousand worlds.
On this basis, Gu Hang even considered giving up some of the forward base worlds that had already been captured and giving them to the Zerg. As long as the Zerg has invested a lot of troops on the planet and their retreat is relatively smooth, they will drop a "burning sky torpedo".
Although the reserves are running low, they still need to be used at critical moments, as long as the killing efficiency can meet the standard.
In addition, Gu Hang did not forget that he had a secondary goal - to find the traces of the North Front Legion.
Gu Hang felt that it would not be so easy for them to die. That was a force that was no less than the West Front Legion. Even if they were in the most desperate situation, they would not be wiped out in less than a year.
Even if it was the worst situation, at least some traces could be left, right?
You should die with a clear mind.
For this reason, Gu Hang also sent a detachment to explore, search and scan areas outside the battlefield in small fast shuttles.
There was really a result.
Four star systems away from the world where he was currently attracting the Zerg attack, an alliance exploration team discovered an abnormal gathering of the Zerg. There was a battle on the planet, and there were signals from human warships.
It failed to connect successfully, but it was exciting information.
Gu Hang quickly conveyed a new order to them: make another trip to confirm whether it was the remnants of the Northern Front Legion, try to get in touch with the other side, and tell them to hold on, as the alliance has arrived.