Chapter 414, Total War
Gu Hang accepted the invitation to join the war, and was willing to personally lead the alliance's army to the Eagle Horse star region to participate in the war. Of course, the factor of Ye Licia was there, but it was not the key.
The main reason is that the enemy has already reached the doorstep and this battle has to be fought.
In the past, Gu Hang had reservations about the Dragon Eagle Star Region government's war strategy against the Iron Tooth Clan. He felt that things here had not been sorted out for decades, and if it had been delayed until now, it would only be a matter of time before the storm came to an end.
However, the suddenness of the incident was a bit too fast, catching people off guard.
After all, not long ago, the Star Region Government had just announced that they had won the war and achieved considerable results. But now, everything was on the verge of collapse.
Relatively speaking, the current strength of the alliance is still insufficient to deal with such a disaster that may endanger the entire star field.
He doesn't have the ability to provide a guarantee for the entire Dragon Eagle Star Region yet.
Gu Hang had to admit that he was indeed worried about the current situation in the star field.
But this did not prevent him from making the right decision.
However, although the decision to join the war has been made, it does not mean that troops will be sent immediately.
The situation in the Eagle Horse Star Region was difficult, but no matter how difficult it was, if Gu Hang left in such a hurry now, there would be no good results. By then, not only would he not be able to ease the situation, but he would also be at risk, which would be an even more devastating thing.
Gu Hang realized that when fighting the green-skinned orcs, he couldn't add fuel to the fire, because that would only make the fire burn more and more fiercely. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough power to pacify the iron-toothed orcs in one fell swoop.
But it is precisely because of this that the alliance must gather as much strength as possible. Only by clenching the fist can it accumulate the strength to change the situation.
The alliance's war machine had already started turning when Gu Hang first received Ye Licia's report on the situation.
The Pegasus Fleet's branch force in the star sector had originally received an order from Lieutenant General Tillemans, requiring Du Shiliang to lead all ships and immediately head to the Eagle Horse star sector.
However, the man was stopped by Gu Hang.
Gu Hang requested that Du Shiliang and the two cruisers currently under his command, as well as several other ships, should act together with the alliance's forces.
With the Northern Fleet destroyed, the Yunluo Fleet fleeing, and the main force of the Tianma Fleet trembling in fear, can Du Shiliang, with his two cruisers, change the situation of the war?
Obviously not.
It would be better to follow the alliance army instead of rushing there on your own.
If something happens on the way, it will be too late to regret.
Du Shiliang was a little hesitant about this.
In the past few years, his cooperation with the alliance was relatively comfortable. He was also used to following Gu Hang's "suggestions". But at this moment, he felt that Gu Hang's suggestions made sense, but they were obviously contrary to the instructions of his superiors.
At the critical moment, it was Gu Hang who asked General Fofana to do ideological work on Du Shiliang; on the other hand, after learning of Gu Hang's opinion, Ye Licia also gave Gu Hang full trust.
Ye Lisia chose to believe that Gu Hang was not using various excuses to save strength and avoid fighting, but that he really had some ideas.
So she personally found Lieutenant General Tillemans and persuaded him to withdraw his previous order.
In addition, the Alliance Navy is also actively preparing for war.
The existing fleet has completed its assembly and is taking action together with Du Shiliang. The two major shipyards on the Angry Owl Star and the Flying Wing Star are also quickly taking stock of the progress of all the dock construction work on hand.
First of all, all employees will cancel their vacations and work overtime in factories. The corresponding welfare of workers will be improved, and "overtime allowances" must be given in full. At the same time, political and ideological work will be intensified, and the propaganda department of the alliance will do its best to create an atmosphere of the coming war, publicize the importance of the navy, and publicize that this is a critical moment that will determine the fate of everyone. All alliance personnel should grit their teeth and get through the difficulties.
For this reason, the alliance still felt that it was not enough. More factory technicians were mobilized to the shipyard. All problems that could be solved with more manpower and material resources were solved as much as possible.
On multiple planets, all industries related to shipbuilding have also adopted corresponding strategies.
The work of building naval ships is not something that can be done overnight. The Feiyixing Shipyard builds one cruiser every four years, with two docks. The previous ship delivery cycle has just passed, and the new cruiser project has just started construction. Even if various means are taken to speed up the construction cycle, it will take three and a half years, at least three years, to deliver the next two ships.
However, some small ships, such as destroyers and frigates, are already at the end of their construction cycle.
These are the key targets that need to be conquered.
The resources within the shipyard are also allocated in this way. Priority is given to putting all efforts on those ships that are about to be completed or nearly completed. Try to add more ships to be available in the shortest possible time.
According to estimates, within a month, three more destroyers and five frigates will be available, not to mention the other small patrol ships.
In addition, there is another strategy that Gu Hang is working hard to promote with his mother.
The Alliance has no ships, and the Pegasus Fleet has no ships either. This is the limit of the potential that can be tapped.
However, within the Tianma star region, there is another company with many ships: Gu’s Trading Company.
Although most of the ships of Gu's Trading Company are civilian ships, transport ships and merchant ships, those Feitun-class, Whale-class, and even Giant Belly-class ships do not have any combat capabilities.
However, in the early days, there were many armed merchant ships in the trading company.
The combat capability of these armed merchant ships is definitely far inferior to that of regular naval fleets of the same specifications, but their large number is also an advantage.
The Alliance's naval department, in conjunction with the two major shipyards, quickly assessed the situation and issued a plan to further strengthen the armed merchant ships to meet the needs of the next fight against the green-skinned orcs.
Actually, it's nothing: the basic characteristics of the armed merchant ship, such as structure, energy, and power, cannot be changed too much. However, if there is room, it is possible to install a larger shield or find a way to cram in more guns.
Strengthening protection and firepower is the most basic way to increase combat effectiveness.
Although the cost is not low, and under normal circumstances, it is quite wasteful, but in this war period, it is obviously not the time to consider cost performance. Under the premise of extremely limited time, the alliance must create the most powerful force possible.
According to the latest estimates, including those requisitioned armed merchant ships, the branch fleet of the Pegasus Fleet, the strength of the Alliance Navy itself, and the ships that can be completed quickly... adding them all together, in a month and a half, the Alliance will mobilize a space force with 200 ships of various levels.
Although the quality is a bit poor, there are only two musician-class cruisers and about thirty destroyers as the mainstay, but there are two hundred ships, at least they are here. If used properly, the effect they can achieve will not be too bad.
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As for the army, the alliance cannot send out all its troops. They have to leave people on each planet.
The Dragon Eagle III Corps and the Angry Bear Corps, with a total of 30 million troops, will definitely be mobilized; a large number of combat forces will be drawn from various planets, especially Koroja. The Alliance Army will take out 80 million combat troops, including a large number of top-ranked teams within the Alliance Army, to participate in the war.
In addition to the preparation of military forces, Gu Hang also took out a sum of grace points.
There is little point in temporarily pulling out more troops. After all, if more troops are really needed, it is not a problem of the number of troops themselves, but a limited ability to deploy them.
But in comparison, Gu Hang can improve the combat capability of the deployment troops.
If a large proportion of the warriors' levels are raised to T4 level, Gu Hang will not have enough grace points.
For T4 level soldiers, 1 point of gift can only train ten people.
In the foreseeable super-large-scale battlefield, the role that this amount of manpower can play is relatively limited.
However, Gu Hang has another trick.
Under the training function of his soldier cards, there is another ability that was rarely used before: granting soldiers who have completed T5-level soldier training the 'Beast Slayer' trait.
This is a trait that has a special attack effect against green-skinned orcs. Soldiers with this trait will have a better understanding of the weaknesses of enemies like green-skinned orcs and master the various skills needed to deal with such enemies.
Although their various strength levels are still at T5 level, after possessing the corresponding characteristics, they will be significantly enhanced when fighting against the green-skinned orcs. If they cannot reach T4 level, they can at least be considered at T4.5 level.
The key is that the price is much cheaper.
100 people/point, which is the same price as training T5 soldiers, and ten times cheaper than T4 soldiers.
Gu Hang had a gift of 100,000 in his hand, plus the money he had just received this month, a total of 140,000. He spent 100,000 and directly created 10 million soldiers with this characteristic among the soldiers who were about to go to the battlefield.
Compared to the Alliance's newly launched navy, the Alliance's army is a more reliable force. After all, the Alliance started with the army.
However, no matter how strong the army is, the deployment of hundreds of millions of troops who are about to join the war is a big problem.
You can cross the sea in a bathtub, but you can't cross the sea of stars.
Fortunately, the Alliance has managed to gather more than 200 warships. Each of these ships is stuffed with some Alliance Army soldiers. It is not about how many people can be loaded on the warships, but the key is that those greenskins like to engage in boarding operations during naval battles. The conventional Marine Corps, not to mention its combat capability, is also worrying in terms of its number. If someone breaks through and smashes in some landing capsules and landing spacecraft during the battle, and those greenskins start a big fuss in the ship, even if there are only a few hundred or a few thousand of them, it will be a headache.
Having the army in charge can make people feel much more at ease.
In fact, who says humans can't board ships?
However, if a naval battle problem can be solved with strong ships and powerful guns, then try to use strong ships and powerful guns to solve it. For human troops, boarding is always a very late option.
The exception is the Space Marine Chapters.
On the navy's main battleship, five hundred Phoenixes are ready to go. They may be the key force at some critical moments.
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These are the military-related preparations.
During this period, Gu Hang held one pre-war military meeting after another to discuss the general direction of various matters.
He couldn't handle the specific details himself. The mobilization of hundreds of interstellar warships and hundreds of millions of troops was not something he could handle on his own. At this time, he could only fully believe that the alliance system he had built could withstand the test of this sudden outbreak of a full-scale war.
However, Gu Hang never forgot one thing: war is fought about politics, but even more so about economics.
If we went to the Hippogriff region and failed, or even got defeated or even completely wiped out, and then that group of green-skinned orcs really made it all the way and entered the Pegasus region, then there would be nothing to say.
At that point, everything would be over. Gu Hang would have to think about how to run away, and then see if he could find a place to make a comeback, and also find a way to wash away the stain on himself.
However, as long as it is not that kind of situation, the war will become a stalemate to a certain extent. Regardless of whether it is an advantage, disadvantage or balance, it will ultimately require a steady supply of all war supplies from the rear.
War is not just a matter for soldiers, but also a matter for administrative officials, workers, peasants, and even all 61 billion people in the Union.
This is the meaning of so-called total war and total warfare: to wage war by comprehensively utilizing all the forces of the political entity!
This is not just about World War I. The military is only a partial role in a total war, although it is very important, but maintaining the wartime economy and continuous supply in the rear are even more important.
Can the alliance destroy 100 million troops and then immediately get another 100 million? Can it destroy 200 ships and then produce dozens or hundreds of dumplings in these years?
If possible, then there will always be a dawn of victory in the war.
Apart from other things, the tolerance rate is much greater, and the military has much more room to adopt military strategies.
This is the request that Gu Hang put forward to the Prime Minister of the Union, Ossena, and the entire Union government.
As for earlier demands for the coalition government to achieve an annual GDP growth rate of more than 10%, that has been shelved indefinitely.
We'll talk about it when the war is over.
To this end, all administrative forces established by the alliance on the nine planets in the entire Tianma star region were mobilized to serve this purpose.
Gu Hang has signed the relevant documents, announcing that the alliance has entered a wartime system. The third-level mobilization order has been issued, and the second-level mobilization order is on the way. A large number of civilian factories have been converted to military use, and a large number of people who cannot join the army must at least enter all industries related to war.
The atmosphere of war fell upon everyone.
(End of this chapter)
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