Chapter 167: Victory and the Fruits of Victory Are Not Always the Same
As Wang Jiarong was on the spaceship to the Quintet, she still felt like she had survived a disaster.
When the green-skinned orc fleet emerged from the jump point, she really felt that everything was over and the probability of escape was less than one percent.
The appearance of the 'Quinet' was truly a life saver.
If you think about it calmly, this is definitely not a coincidence.
The universe is so big, if it was purely a coincidence, the Quintet was about to jump through the Star Tunnel to leave the Wrathful Owl Galaxy and head for Korojia, and then just happened to run into their beautiful girl caravan leaving the Star Tunnel and being caught up by the greenskins... How low is the probability of this?
It must be that the Quintet received some intelligence and waited here on purpose. They had known about the appearance of the green-skinned orc fleet, which could explain why the Quintet was in a silent state, and then used a surprise attack when the battle started, bombarding with all its might, instantly destroying an enemy destroyer.
She didn't mean to blame the Imperial Navy.
When in the Astral Tunnel, communication becomes very difficult, which is normal.
When Wang Jiarong boarded the ship and met Brigadier General Ye Licia, she quickly stepped forward and hugged the female captain.
“Sister Ye Lixia, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, I would be finished this time.”
This thank you is sincere and heartfelt.
There was a reason why she called him sister. They knew each other. When they were younger, they were both members of the upper class of the star region's capital, Wing Star, so they had some interactions.
When they grew up, they each had their own life experiences. Ye Lishia followed the life trajectory of most of the children of the Fofana family and entered the Naval Academy. Relying on her family background as a direct descendant and her outstanding grades, she became a representative of the younger generation and the youngest captain.
Wang Jiarong did not have a particularly powerful family, but she had a very powerful aunt who married into the Gu family.
The Tianma Gu family is a family that has taken root in the Tianma star region and whose reputation has spread to many surrounding star regions in recent years. The main reason for this is that they are an important member of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, owning many large-scale interstellar caravans and dozens of small caravans, and are financially strong.
With the help of her aunt's relationship and her family's investment as shares, she formed her own small caravan under the banner of the Gu's caravan, and has been doing very well in recent years.
Come to think of it, since everyone has grown up and had their own experiences, the two have not seen each other or contacted each other for many years.
Unexpectedly, by chance, they met here today, and their identities matched: the Imperial caravan was robbed by alien pirates, and the Imperial Navy acted quickly to save the caravan from danger.
After a brief hug and a call of "sister" to try to get closer, Wang Jiarong waved back. The attendants who came here with her brought up three boxes.
"It's just a small gift, not a token of respect." Wang Jiarong said with a faint smile, "When we return to Feiyi Star, I will give you a rich gift as a token of my gratitude."
She knows how to behave.
Although fighting pirates and aliens is what the Imperial Navy should do, they were rescued after all, so they had to do what they should do.
This is also a way to build closer relationships.
"This is what we soldiers should do." Ye Licia said this, but she was not polite at all when asking people to accept the gift.
Of course, she didn't open the box to see what was inside.
There's no need for that, it seems too stingy.
She also believed that Wang Jiarong would not be so ignorant.
After the two chatted for a few sentences, Wang Jiarong's gaze naturally turned to Gu Hang who was standing beside her.
"cousin."
"Yeah." Gu Hang just nodded.
There was a little coldness between the two of them.
This shouldn't actually happen.
Gu Hang's memory includes the image of this cousin.
Her aunt who married into the Gu family is Gu Hang's biological mother.
When he was younger, Gu Hang's father died early, so he rarely played with people of the same generation in the Gu family. Instead, he spent more time with his uncle's daughter, Wang Jiarong, and the two had a very good relationship.
Wang Jiarong's original business route did not include the Angry Owl Star. The reason she came here was because Gu Hang contacted her through the Quintet's communication system. She brought a batch of goods that Gu Hang specifically requested, as well as some normal bulk commodities, and prepared to make a trip to the remote Angry Owl Star System.
She had already prepared herself for this trip, even though she might not earn anything, and was simply considering it as a favor to her cousin.
If the relationship is not good enough and there is also the aunt/biological mother relationship, who would do this?
But I didn’t expect that, not only was it not making any money, it was now suffering a huge loss.
After losing two frigates, the remaining two, including the Belle Maid, were all seriously damaged, and repairing them would cost a fortune.
This loss is not comparable to that of making a wasted trip to do a small business.
If she wants to earn back the money, she will probably have to run around for many years.
Because of this, Gu Hang could understand why Wang Jiarong was not very friendly to him.
Although they have a good relationship, she has lost too much during this trip to the Angry Owl Galaxy.
Gu Hang felt guilty.
But not much.
Thinking about it carefully, he couldn't be blamed for this. He didn't mean to trick his cousin, and he didn't know that the greenskin fleet was approaching when he sent the invitation.
It's like asking a taxi driver to give me a lift, and then I get into an accident. I can't blame the passengers for wanting to ride, right? And I did my best to save the people in the car.
I'm not a prophet, so how could I know? I just called a caravan, but ended up being targeted by a greenskin fleet in the astral tunnel?
If it was just an ordinary pirate, it would be fine. For ordinary pirates, a few broken ships would be enough. Her caravan had three frigates, plus the firepower of the Beautiful Girl, so it was easy to deal with the little pirates.
However, by pirate standards, the greenskin fleet that appeared was huge. You had to be extremely unlucky to encounter such trouble.
Moreover, after Gu Hang got the information, he immediately thought of a solution. Of course, it was to save his own planet, but also to save his cousin's caravan.
You can't blame me for what happened. I tried hard to find a solution when it happened, and I did save you.
Thinking from this perspective, Gu Hang felt much less guilty.
However, it is only reasonable to compensate my cousin for her losses appropriately.
When Wang Jiarong boarded the ship, Ye Lisia and Gu Hang came to greet her. After an initial contact and conversation, they moved to a reception room to continue their in-depth conversation and discuss the aftermath.
There was a table in the reception room, with three people sitting around three chairs.
There was no deliberate distinction between high and low seats.
The first to speak was Gu Hang: "The war is over, but what happens after the war is equally important. Victory cannot erase the losses. We must strive for the dividends of victory, rather than letting victory become a scar."
He made an opening speech.
The two people next to him both thought what he said made sense.
Victory is one thing, the fruits of victory are another.
Don’t think you can eat the fruit if you win. There are many examples where winning is more of a loss than losing.
Especially this battle.
There was no option to capture warships when fighting the greenskins. All twelve greenskin warships became space junk, and the spoils were basically zero. In terms of their own losses, the Beautiful Girls Caravan lost two ships, and the repair of the Quintet was also a huge expense. Even Gu Hang, who suffered the least losses, had more than 4,000 casualties and at least 40 Walker tanks - this was the output of Gu Hang's military factory for almost a month.
If we can't find another place to reap the fruits of victory, then we'll lose a lot even if we win.
Moreover, there is another implicit meaning here: on the one hand, the fruits of victory must be fought for, and on the other hand, it also depends on how they divide them.
Wang Jiarong agreed with what Gu Hang said.
However, she found it a bit strange that her cousin seemed to be the one in charge and presiding over the meeting.
More importantly, Ye Licia didn't seem to have any aversion to this and listened very seriously.
"This incident was not an accident." Gu Hang continued, "This was a premeditated and planned invasion of the Pegasus Star Region by the Iron Tooth Clan. This included the release of spores to the Angry Owl Star, attempting to green and infect the entire planet, and use it as a springboard for attacking and invading the Pegasus Star Region. I thwarted their actions on the surface of the planet, and with the help of the navy, destroyed the Pioneer Clan that the Iron Tooth Clan cultivated on the Angry Owl Star during the last governor's term..."
"The Irontooth Clan was unwilling to accept defeat, and sent out its main fleet, four destroyers and twelve frigates, including a large number of land forces, to try to forcibly attack the Wrathful Owl Star. I intercepted intelligence, and the Quintet contacted the nearby beautiful girl caravan. With the power granted by the War Act, it temporarily requisitioned the caravan ships, lured the green-skinned alien fleet into the predetermined ambush position, and fought a beautiful annihilation battle near the No. 1 tunnel jump point of the Wrathful Owl Star System. The green-skinned fleet was completely wiped out, and the orc warlord was beheaded."
Gu Hang is telling a story.
Meanwhile, the two ladies at the side listened more and more seriously.
Now, what they are discussing is the information that will be reported to the star region government and the Imperial Military Affairs Department.
You can't lie. You can't make up facts, exaggerate the results, conceal losses... You can't lie about these factual issues. You can bet that the star district government doesn't care, you can bet that the Imperial Military Affairs Department can't investigate, but if you bet, you have to admit defeat. If you lose, you will have nothing.
But Gu Hang said that he was not afraid of investigation.
In concrete facts, there is no fiction. There is indeed a crisis of greenskin proliferation on the Wrathful Owl Star. There are already quite a few greenskin clans in the tens of thousands, and their technological level has reached the level of having killing cans and fear cans, and greenskin warriors have appeared.
Who can say that such an army of greenskins are wild primitive greenskins?
Even if it is taken for genetic sequencing, there is no problem with the Iron Tooth Clan.
The Iron Tooth Clan was a large space orc clan that was well-known in the star sea. Its main activity range was in the Eastern Universe. The most famous thing they had done was destroying more than fifty imperial worlds in three star regions. To this day, they were still entrenched there and had not been eliminated. The war between humans and them had been going on.
Then, the size of the 4+8 greenskin fleet was completely real. The Quintet also really brought along the beautiful girl caravan and completely annihilated the fleet around the jump point of the Wrathful Owl Galaxy.
The general results are not a problem, they are completely true. But this statement, by comparison, sounds much better than the truth.
The discovery of greenskin proliferation on the Wrathful Owl Planet was the result of biological research before the destruction of the planet. The local greenskins sent a message to space, which was received by the greenskin fleet. The looting fleet came here alone. The beautiful girl caravan happened to be involved and was accidentally attacked, and then rescued by the Quintet...
What does this mean?
According to Gu Hang, it benefits everyone.
The whole incident was magnified into a major attack by the Irontooth Clan on the Pegasus Star Region, and the vanguard was thwarted. This was a great military achievement, much greater than the extermination of a group of green-skinned pirates.
The person who was particularly satisfied with this statement was Wang Jiarong.
Her caravan suddenly changed its status and was no longer just a victim or a person to be rescued. Instead, it became a caravan that was recruited to cooperate with the Imperial Navy's operations.
According to relevant laws, she can report the losses to the Imperial Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Military Affairs and receive certain compensation.
It's not like they could directly replace the two destroyed frigates for her, but at least they would have a considerable amount of money, as well as higher-level ship-purchasing qualifications, ship-purchasing discounts, tax reductions and compensations...
Especially the ship-purchasing qualification. You can't just buy a large starship if you want to, the imperial government has strict restrictions on this. If you operate well, you can get a destroyer or even a cruiser-sized ship. Even if you don't use this qualification yourself, you can sell it and earn a huge income.
Taking all these into account, you might not only be able to recover all your losses, but you might even make a fortune!
At the same time, Ye Licia will get the largest share of the profits.
In other words, she and her "Quinet" were the absolute main force in this battle, and no matter how the fruits of victory were divided, she would inevitably get the biggest bite.
The Iron Tooth Clan invaded the Pegasus Star Region with a vanguard fleet of twelve regular naval ships, but she and a small caravan destroyed them all. She was the supreme commander and the absolute main force in the battle. Her decisive judgment, excellent strategy, and amazing record were all obvious.
She successfully thwarted the orc attack and dealt a devastating blow to the orc naval force.
The Quintet was damaged? What? The Military Affairs Department would pay for it to be repaired. This was not her responsibility at all, but a meritorious service.
With the influence of the Fofana family in the Imperial Navy, she will be transformed into a rising star.
With only her military school and exercise performance, she could become a brigadier general and a captain. Now, with her amazing military achievements, it was a foregone conclusion that she would quickly rise to a real general. This would even pave the way for her to make further progress in the future.
He was promoted to major general in one year, and with a few more years and experience, he would have hope of becoming the fleet commander of the Tianma Fleet.
Gu Hang can also gain considerable benefits by relying on his three merits: destroying the surface vanguard, providing important intelligence, and participating in the star war to eliminate the orc warlord.
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When I was writing today, I was surprised to find that my cousin's name sounded so familiar to me. It turns out that she is very similar to the female mechanic under Gu Hang...
Just consider it a wonderful coincidence!
(End of this chapter)
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