Chapter 433: War is a waste of money
"What's the meaning?"
"Shangyuan Star is gone, the Mingyang Sect's mechanical ark is no longer safe, the forging general Chen Haixu led a small number of people to break through and escape to Jindi Star, and the 1.5 billion human troops have been defeated..."
"Don't talk nonsense here!" Tan Jiuyi didn't believe it at all.
But Gu Hang no longer had the heart to argue with him about the truth of the matter.
"Listen, Chief Tan, I won't joke with you about this matter. I have no intention of deceiving you, and I don't need to get anything else from you. I just want to know, in this situation, what should I do to help the situation in the star field?"
"Wait a minute..."
Tan Jiuyi was completely confused.
He would rather think that Gu Hang had a conspiracy than believe it was true.
How could he believe this? If the news was true, it would be like the sky falling.
"Don't have any more illusions. The sky is falling." Gu Hang said, "I know you won't believe it completely without verification, but I'm telling you this information in advance so that you can prepare as much as possible in advance. You can try every possible way to verify whether it is true, but please treat it as true and prepare for the worst."
Tan Jiuyi tried hard to maintain his dignity as the head of the star field, but he was actually in a state of panic inside.
"Okay, I get it, that's it."
He hung up the call on his own initiative without even giving any further instructions.
The virtual portrait disappeared and Gu Hang sighed.
He originally had no hope in the Star Region Government, but thought that since they were his teammates after all, he might as well contact them to ask about their plans. However, he did not expect that the quality of this teammate was even worse than he expected.
You still have to rely on yourself.
I can only rely on myself.
Do your best and leave the rest to fate.
Gu Hang quickly figured out what he was going to do next.
There are only three aspects.
Internally, he called Ossena and gave clear instructions.
Next, the Alliance's productivity will be heavily tilted towards shipbuilding. We will squeeze as much production capacity as possible, and reduce the time-consuming processes of subsequent ships. This will affect the life and performance of the ships, but even if it means producing a bunch of disposable products, it is worth it.
Anyway, give me the number first.
For this reason, the technical director of Feiyixing Shipyard, the Commanding Bishop - Wang Zhaoran, has to work overtime.
In the past, it was not realistic to command a ruling bishop to work overtime, and one could not force him because he had a special status and great political power behind him. The governors of the Winged Star over the years not only could not command him, but had to flatter and lick him.
But at special moments, we can't take care of it.
In fact, there is no need to force it.
As long as Wang Zhaoran is told the news from the front line, he will know what to do if he is not stupid.
The premise is that this guy doesn't have the intention of running away.
The alliance has just unearthed a group of special agent talents, so we must keep a close eye on this matter.
Externally, it is also divided into two aspects.
First, it is against the greenskins.
The alliance needs to be more proactive.
If Gu Hang was a little worried before, what would happen if he fought too fiercely and attracted the main force of the greenskins?
But don't worry about that now.
Although he was reluctant, Gu Hang found that he really needed to attract and involve some of the greenskins' forces as much as possible, and it would be best to let the other side allocate some ships and troops to return to defend their nest.
Gu Hang was not sure if this would work, but he had to do something, otherwise it would be like leaving his fate to the Great Chief Titus. After killing the Star Domain Government and the Mingyang Sect, he would not let him go - obviously not.
Gu Hang planned to have the combined fleet take the initiative to attack and enter the Jinguan Star Region to find the main force of the greenskin fleet that had been scattered before and try to destroy it. The Alliance Army would also enter the ground combat of many worlds in the Jinguan Star Region to recapture the Jinguan Star Region.
This will slow down the greenskins' plundering of resources and prevent their strength from expanding further. At the same time, it is also possible to attract some greenskin troops from the main battlefield to come back for support.
Will Titus's main force come back? Gu Hang judged that they would not. Now, the two most beautiful achievements of the battle, Jindi Star and Yunluo Star, were lying naked in front of the iron-toothed chief. If Titus did not take down these two places, he would not come back.
And if he gets it, he will come back no matter what Gu Hang does.
No difference.
On the contrary, he can take on more pressure on the front battlefield here, and maybe the main battlefield can hold out longer, which will delay Titus' return.
This would not only buy the Alliance more time for development, the ultimate goal was to prevent Titus from coming back: the Fury of Flame was coming, and even if the Fury of Flame could not defeat Titus, at least it was a strong army that could hold out for a longer period of time. Perhaps when the Empire realized that the problem in the Dragonhawk Starfield had grown bigger and even the Mechanicus and the Chapter could not handle it, it would send more powerful reinforcements.
Gu Hang needs this balance.
The second thing to do externally is that the expansion of the Qima Agreement can no longer wait, and Gu Hang must integrate as much human and material resources as possible in Qima.
There really isn’t anything particularly amazing in the other six of the seven mahjongs, but that doesn’t mean their output isn’t important.
Among those six horses, there are seventy-eight human worlds, with a total population of up to 100 billion.
Even if their productivity is so poor and we cannot count on them to manufacture starships, Titans, or high-level equipment for the Alliance, they can always complete the production tasks of laying some artillery shells and logistical supplies; with such a large population, it is also a good place to draw troops.
The former is especially important. The amount of materials consumed in a war is simply astronomical.
In a battle on Steel Wing Star, the cost of various shells is simply outrageous. Take Ye Lishia's cruiser Quintet as an example. When it fires at full power, it uses hundreds of surgical knife missiles, twenty hot hammer macro cannons, and two wrath macro cannons. The total cost of the shells alone is 210,000 tax coins.
Other cruisers are about the same price.
After the Battle of Steel Wing Star, the shells, lances, and missiles fired by the seven cruisers alone amounted to more than 20 million tax coins; the cost of the other ships combined would probably be 30 to 40 million.
This does not include ground forces. If an army group fires 10,000 artillery shells at once, and fires rapidly for two minutes, after ten rounds, 100,000 shells will be used up, which will cost tens of thousands of tax coins.
There are fifty army groups participating in the ground battle on Steel Wing Star!
In fact, the current Alliance's not-so-intense operations in the Mist and Eagle Horse sectors cost 600 million to 700 million yuan a month for logistics supplies, including food, medicine, equipment loss, and ammunition replenishment. If you add in the arming of the planetary defense forces in those places, the number will rise.
This is still a low-intensity scenario, and is only logistical supply, not counting the cost of replenishing war units such as tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, and infantry after they are destroyed.
Once the intensity of the war increases significantly, the cost of the war will increase dramatically, and there will be no upper limit.
Take the Battle of Steel Wing Star as an example. Taking into account the logistical costs, the loss of ships and ground units, the Alliance lost 5 billion tax coins in one battle!
War means wasting money, which makes people anxious.
Fortunately, now that communications with the Star Domain government have been cut off, we don’t have to bear the imperial taxes, otherwise the alliance would not be able to bear such a expenditure.
How can we fight this war if we don’t integrate all the seven territories and take their imperial taxes into our own hands?
Not to mention that Gu Hang also wanted to take the initiative to attack and share the pressure on the main battlefield. If the alliance did not charge extra money, it could only maintain the current intensity of the war.
If we fight a few more Steel Wing Star battles, the Alliance's own economy will collapse, and it will definitely not be able to sustain at least the third level mobilization order. It will have to be at least the second level, or even the first level.
The other planets are watching from behind and shouting "Come on!", but how can that be possible?
Everyone must get on the chariot!
Even if it is really a poor and backward world like Saturn, providing some agricultural products, doing some preliminary food processing, textile industry or providing some minerals, and transporting them to several core worlds in the Pegasus region, so that the Alliance can reduce the pressure on daily necessities and raw materials, and put more workers and productivity into expanding the docks and producing more military equipment, that is also a kind of help.
Moreover, it not only needs to be integrated, but also needs to be fast.
Previously, Gu Hang thought that after winning the battle on Steel Wing Star, he still had time to use gentler means and slowly plot his plan.
But now the overall war situation has undergone major changes, and Gu Hang no longer has time to procrastinate.
For this reason, some special measures that were originally supposed to be used with caution must now be used.
After thinking about it, Gu Hang sent an instruction to Ossena, Lambert and Thadius respectively.
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Wing Star, the official residence of Chief Justice Lambert.
This is not only Lambert Hodgson's residence, but also the Alliance's legal center, with offices located on Wing Star.
At this moment, Chief Justice Lambert, who had just received instructions from Governor Gu, was having a headache.
The man sitting in front of him with a stern face was the current director of the Alliance Legal Center-Central Bureau of Investigation, named Gustav Isaacson.
"Arno Chenko, you should know who he is, right? Although his confidentiality level is high, he can be seen."
"Yes. In fact, you don't need to look at the information, his last name is also very sensitive."
"Since you knew who he was, why did you send him to Baishuo Star?"
“You said.
"What?"
"You asked me to send my best agent to the Zima sector to take charge of special operations, so I sent Arno."
"You...ah, do you really have no one else in your hands?"
“Yes, but none of them are as good as him.”
"You are quite capable." Lambert was somewhat speechless. "Well, now the Governor wants us to launch special operations in advance. The first place we need to start is Baishuo Star, the capital of Zima. Things are going to change there."
"Arno will complete his mission. I believe in him."
"Then you have never thought about failure. What if something happens to him?"
"That is our responsibility. I am willing to bear all the consequences for not being able to complete the mission entrusted to us by the Governor and the people. As for Arno, if something really happens, we will lose a reliable and loyal comrade. I will be very sad about this, but this is our duty."
"Then Ossena will skin you alive!"
"No, I believe in Prime Minister Ossena's awareness."
"You are talking about me with sarcasm, right? Don't you believe in my awareness?"
"I didn't say that."
"You, you..." Lambert really had no way to deal with Isaacson in front of him.
This guy has a bad temper and is tough, but he is indeed a rare and outstanding talent under his command, with both loyalty and ability, otherwise he would not have been promoted to the position of head of the Investigation Bureau.
However, this overly upright and indifferent character can really cause trouble.
Arno Chenko, this is Ossena's younger brother.
Back then on the Angry Owl Star, when Ossena came to Governor Gu's camp as a refugee, she did not come alone, but brought her younger brother with her.
When the two were fleeing from the disasters brought by the abscess monster and famine in their hometown, Ossena suffered untold hardships along the way and only then did she save Arno Chenko's life.
Fourteen years have passed since then.
The little boy who was only eleven years old at the time has now grown into a fine young man.
After Ossena assumed a high position, the young man’s living conditions not only became very good, but he also received the best education in the league.
He is also very competitive and his grades have been very good all the time.
He graduated two years ago.
Based on his achievements, he already had a bright future; plus as Ossena's younger brother, it would be easy for him to hold a high position.
However, on the one hand, Ossena herself would be a little worried about this. As the prime minister, she is walking on thin ice and is under great pressure every day. If she arranges for her younger brother to come in, it may cause criticism. On the other hand, Arnault himself has no interest in going into politics as a civil servant.
He once wanted to join the army, but in the end, Ossena asked him to come to Lambert.
Although some connections were still used, Lambert's legal center was an institution parallel to the federal government.
Then, the young man forced his way into the most unsafe of Lambert's many agencies: the Central Bureau of Investigation.
This is one of the three major foreign intelligence agencies of the Alliance.
He had performed well during the two years of training; especially recently, he had suddenly shown signs of enlightenment and became one of the best newcomers in the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Of course, Lambert only knew this after Director Isaacson reported it to him.
Lambert himself was too busy to personally check on a young agent's training performance.
To be honest, he felt a little unconvinced at first.
Maybe that guy from Arnault did perform well, but to call him the "best" is probably an exaggeration because of his status.
But he still told Ossena the news to make his sister happy.
At that time, he was still thinking that Isaacson had made "progress", he knew how to say something pleasing to others, and knew how to slightly exaggerate the performance of someone with a special status like Arnault.
I don’t know whether to be happy or worried.
But now it seems that this may not be the case.
Isaacson is still the same Isaacson, and Arno is probably indeed the best agent, so much so that he has to be sent on such an important mission.
Moreover, Isaacson really didn't consider the identity issue at all. He just believed that the most suitable person should go to the most suitable place.
Lambert knew it was right, and it should be so.
but……
Could it be that I have forgotten my original intention?
Is it really as Isaacson said, that my awareness is beginning to have problems?
He couldn't help but start reflecting on himself.
During this process, Isaacson always sat upright in front of him.
"Okay, go back now. Focus on this mission. It has nothing to do with the identity of that kid. This is an important mission for the alliance and we must not make any mistakes!"
"Yes!" Isaacson stood up. He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "What about Prime Minister Ossena?"
"I'll go and tell them."
"yes!"
After watching Isaacson leave, Lambert called Ossena and told her the situation.
Ossena didn't respond for a long time.
Just when Lambert was a little nervous, worried that the Prime Minister of the Union was very angry and about to lose his temper, Ossena's voice came over:
"I see."
…
Zima star region, Baishuo star.
This is the capital planet of the Zima Star Region. It is a civilized world with a population of 9 billion and a development level of 2.
Although there are no outstanding specialties, as a civilized world, the overall productivity is not too bad, and the people here live a pretty good life. The small shipyard in the star port can even build some civilian ships.
The entire Zima Star Region has a population of 38 billion and 17 worlds. Excluding the capital, Baishuo Star, many other worlds are also pretty good, nothing is particularly bad, and there are even multiple places with a level 2 development degree.
Apart from the Tianma star region, Zima is the best developed among the seven horse areas.
The leader of the Purple Horse, Lady Esquiel Zelos, has a fairly good control over the entire sector and has the support of the governors within the sector.
She has high support and good strength. Among the surrounding star regions, she is the one with the toughest attitude towards the Seven Horses Alliance.
From her point of view, supporting the Alliance in the Greenskin War was a natural thing to do, but signing the Seven Horsemen's Pact was unnecessary.
The former is the responsibility of being the head of an imperial sector, but the latter has changed its nature.
Doesn't that mean that the Zima Star Region is brought under the control of the Alliance?
It is not a formal joining of the alliance, but it is just a matter of changing all officials and the political systems of all planets to the form of the alliance.
As for the rest, all human and material resources must be deployed at the request of others and have to do whatever they are told. Where is the administrative, military and economic independence?
This point was also supported by many governors in the Zima Star Region.
They heard that the planetary governors of the Pegasus star region were all honorary positions, and were either concurrently held by the famous Governor Gu, or were remotely held by high-ranking officials of the alliance with no real power.
And they are the real governors and the local emperors of their respective planets.
Although they are not joining the alliance, but only entering the framework of the Seven Horse Agreement, many conditions in that framework will still impose significant restrictions on them.
Besides, who knows what will happen in the future?
The bottom line is broken step by step.
However, when the Iron-Tooth Orcs spread the flames of war to Beiyuan Star, the governors of Wuma sent letters for help and signed the Seven Horses Agreement, waiting for the Alliance's heavenly soldiers to arrive and save the world, the governors of Zima underwent some subtle changes in their mentality.
On the one hand, they rejected the requests for help from the governors of Wu Ma, saying that they were also in a poor and rotten place and could not spare any troops to help; even if they had the willingness, they lacked the ability to deploy troops and could not help at all.
On the other hand, they felt sympathetic when they saw the Wuma people being caught up in the war and suffering.
Beiyuan Star is the world closest to Zima in the Wuma Star Region. The war burning there can be felt by Zima's governors, especially those of Dongyuan I, II, and III.
They would also grumble in their hearts.
What should we do if the greenskins really come to attack us?
Just like they don't want to save and can't save Beiyuan Star, the other worlds in the Zima Star Region probably have the same attitude towards them.
It's a matter of life and death.
Under this pressure, the Seven Horses Agreement seems to have become a very attractive thing.
This mentality reached its peak after the Alliance won the Battle of Steel Wing Star and then quickly pulled the Mist Horse Star Region out of the war.
The reason why it was the peak was, of course, because their mentality changed soon.
The alliance is so powerful, there is definitely no need for us to do anything, right?
In the area bordering Purple Horse, Pegasus is the Alliance's headquarters, and Mist Horse has joined the Pact and is protected by the Alliance. Doesn't that mean the Alliance will definitely be at the front to block the greenskins?
So whether I sign the alliance or not, won’t they have to stand in front of me?
As for the Alliance's implicit message of "The greenskins can't beat you, but I can beat you", they understood it but pretended not to hear it.
There is some deterrent effect, but overall, they still don't quite believe it.
We are all part of the empire. How dare you attack me openly?
It was with this mentality that they began to become coy again and united around leader Zelos.
They also did not dare to offend the diplomats of the alliance too much.
The alliance has demonstrated their terrifying strength.
But besides falling out, they still have many options.
For example, push it onto Zelos.
"It's not that we don't want to sign, it's that we can't. In our Purple Horse sector, Leader Zelos has always had the final say. She has a lot of influence. We can't bypass her and sign the agreement on our own. If we do that, I won't be able to explain to the sector government."
This is the common excuse used by the governors of Zima.
Officials from the Union Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of course, know that these are just excuses, but they insist on this statement, which makes it difficult to deal with.
However, since your excuse is the sector leader, then go find him.
Hardliner?
very good.
On Baishuo, the capital planet of the Zima Star Region, a storm is about to come.
Arno Chenko, dressed in the traditional local costume of Baishuo Star, walked into a tavern in the lower city of Shuoguo City, the capital of the planet.
He saw the sign on the tavern door and saw that the security sign was still there, confirming that there was no problem here.
He lowered his hat and went to the lowest level of the tavern.
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