Chapter 476: Let’s get past Gu first
The atmosphere between Erso and Gu Hang suddenly became silent because of this sentence.
After a few seconds, or maybe a few minutes, Erso spoke:
"What did you say?"
After he said that, he felt that he was not competent enough.
No one would joke about this kind of thing or say it's fake news.
Moreover, the possibility was very high. The main force of the Alliance was already stirring up trouble in the Greenskins' lair. It was easy to understand why Titus was blocked by the Alliance when he ran to the Iron Teeth's lair.
But he couldn't help but make sure.
At the same time, he also felt a huge sense of absurdity in his heart.
Titus died at the hands of the Alliance, so what was the benefit of the Rage's hard work over the past few years?
Before, no matter how big a commotion the Alliance made on the Eastern Front, it was only a side battlefield. The main battlefield was still here, and the leader of the orcs, the great chieftain Titus, was right in front of him.
According to the history of the Empire's tens of thousands of years of fighting with the greenskins, everyone understands that the orc leader is the most critical thing in a war against the orcs.
Only by destroying the orcs' supreme leader can a war be declared a victory.
As long as Fury killed Titus, they would undoubtedly be the biggest contributors to the Iron Teeth War. No matter how great the contributions made by others were, they were at most just a foil, providing help to the main battlefield, and could not take the lead.
But now, this greatest achievement has been taken by the alliance.
The statement will immediately be different.
The alliance is no longer a foil or a supporting role.
In general, the Fury of Flames held back the main force of the Greenskins at the front, while the Alliance attacked from the side, greatly destroying the war potential of the Irontooth Clan, forcing Titus to retreat and causing civil strife among the Greenskins. In the process of encirclement, they annihilated a part of the main force of the Greenskins, killed the Orc Chieftain Titus, and won the war.
In this version of the story, the Alliance is not a supporting role. Instead, the Fury is the supporting role.
They attracted the greenskins' attention head-on, creating an opportunity for the real heroes and protagonists to attack the enemy directly and kill the greenskin chieftain.
Well, golden supporting role, gold medal supporting actor.
However, this is totally unacceptable to Erso!
The Fury of Flame is no ordinary chapter.
For a normal Space Marine regiment, the logic of fighting is actually very simple.
They own their home planet, and all the output of the home planet belongs to them. In return, the Space Marines will accept the Empire's conscription.
But direct orders from the Empire are relatively rare, and Space Marines can even refuse to act - but they usually don't do that - more often than not, the Chapter receives a distress signal from a planet and then sends out a company, or sometimes even less than a company, to rescue, depending on what kind of trouble the planet has encountered.
They can also ignore these distress signals.
From these perspectives, the Space Marines have a very strong right to independence.
Of course, most Space Marines would not ignore calls for help or refuse orders from the Imperium. This is their honor.
The Fury Corps followed the same process when they came to the Dragon Eagle Star Region to fight this battle.
But the difference is that most war groups are satisfied after receiving honors.
From this perspective, the supporting role is just a supporting role. Although it is a bit regrettable, the average battle group does not really have to fight for this.
But the Fury Corps is not like that. They value the actual meaning behind the glory more.
It would be fine if they were just supporting roles, but the point is that they paid such a huge price just to spread their reputation and win the war, thereby indirectly exerting influence on the Dragon Eagle Star Region, and developing this star region into a part of the outer influence circle of the 'Iron Fury Stone'.
Now, after they have paid a heavy price, the profits they wanted were taken away by Gu Hang.
Even for a chapter leader like Erso, who has hundreds of years of life experience, it is still difficult to remain calm.
He tried to take a deep breath, but still couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.
"Good, very good, Governor Gu did a great job."
"However, the war is not over yet. Our Fury Flame Regiment will still stay in the Dragon Eagle Star Region for a while. There is still a long way to go."
Having said this, Erso hung up the communication.
…
Erso's last words were obviously a threat.
However, Gu Hang didn't care.
In fact, he did not actively seek to kill Titus.
However, he also realized that Titus must not be allowed to escape back to the greenskins' lair alive, otherwise the subsequent eradication operation would become very difficult.
The appeal of an orc chieftain is too strong. If he comes back alive, it means that when the Alliance is clearing out the four major star regions of the greenskins, they will not be facing a fragmented and loose greenskin world, but will unite and act together.
By then, even if the alliance is able to complete the cleanup operation, the cost will be completely different.
Therefore, after learning about the greenskin civil strife, Gu Hang then judged that the intention of Chief Irontooth was to return to the Jiangmeiyu star zone. He led the main force of the fleet to the star zone in advance and blocked Titus's returning fleet.
The returning Titus, with one third of the greenskin main force, was still a considerable force. However, in the sudden attack, Gu Hang spared all other fleets, except for the greenskin flagship that Titus himself was on.
When Titus realized that he could not escape the pursuit and had no way to win the star war, he wanted to land on the surface of the nearest planet and make a final resistance.
But this plan was also discovered by Gu Hang.
The psychic power captured his warship, tearing the void shield, and the Fire Nova led several human cruisers to fire together. Titus's vehicle was no longer the greenskin battleship that was blown up by the Fury of Flame, nor was it the Battle Moon, which was destroyed in the Greenskin Civil War. What he was riding now was just an ordinary greenskin cruiser, which could not withstand such a blow.
After his warship was destroyed, in order to ensure his death, Gu Hang sent people to climb onto the several large pieces of the ship that were blown up to look for his body.
This was quite a matter of luck. Even with a strong physique like the orc chieftain, it was impossible for him to survive after the ship was destroyed. Whether there was an intact body or not depended on the specific situation.
But Gu Hang was lucky. Among the many ruins of ships floating in space, the phoenixes who went there actually found his body.
He was seriously injured because a steel column that broke during the explosion pierced his chest. There were signs at the scene that he had broken and pulled out the steel column in a difficult struggle to survive. Even his chest, which had been pierced, showed signs of repair due to his strong physique.
However, due to the destruction of his life support facilities, the extremely cold environment meant that his destroyed armor was unable to provide him with life support.
But even with the serious injuries and direct exposure to space, he still survived for at least thirty-nine hours. When the Phoenixes found him, he was still alive and able to move.
This was an extremely dangerous individual. After consulting Gu Hang, in order to prevent future troubles, they no longer considered detaining him after capturing him. Instead, they executed him directly and brought the body back.
With the assistance of the Chapter's Apothecary, Titus's body was stuffed.
Then, there was the interstellar phone call between Gu Hang and Erso.
In fact, at the beginning, Gu Hang considered whether he should completely break up with Erso and the Fury Legion, and even considered whether he could use Titus's body to exchange for some benefits.
However, Erso's attitude at the beginning was a bit too much.
Gu Hang has a mature mentality, but when it comes to taking revenge, he will not shrink back.
What's more, would selling Titus' body really ease the relationship between the two sides?
After carefully analyzing the overall situation, Gu Hang thought it was impossible.
The relief is only temporary; there are fundamental and irreconcilable contradictions between the two sides.
After the Iron Teeth War ends, will Gu Hang retreat to the Pegasus star region with all his honors, be content with the current nine planetary plates of the alliance, and abandon and abolish the political framework brought about by the Seven Horses Agreement?
Obviously not.
The alliance has already demonstrated its strength, and from now on, it will be impossible for him to make money quietly.
He must expand the alliance's base, from the Tianma star region to the Qima land at least. At the same time, he must use political alliances, joint defense, economic alliances and other means to include all the star systems that are currently in the alliance circle, so as to live up to this opportunity.
To take over so many places, many conditions are required. Military and economic capabilities are the most basic. Gu Hang must be able to pacify these planets and restore the economic conditions of these planets.
But at the same time, the huge prestige and political legitimacy cannot be ignored.
The so-called "interstellar political entity", that is, the license of the alliance, certainly cannot support such a large area. Although, his alliance license actually does not limit the number of governors who can join. But if hundreds of worlds are really added at once, it will definitely cause an uproar.
The impact of this incident is not just at the regional level, but will directly attract the attention of the central political arena of the empire.
Gallardo couldn't hold it.
Gu Hang must obtain this legitimacy from other aspects.
The most direct route is to seek the position of head of the Dragon Eagle Star Region.
With the identity of the first leader of the star domain government, the strength of the alliance can be transformed into real political influence, making his position more stable than anyone else; at the same time, the identity of the head of the star domain will in turn provide shelter for the alliance, allowing the alliance to develop with confidence within the entire star domain.
The next level plan is that if you can't become the head of the star field, you have to make the head of the star field become your own person. That can also achieve a similar effect, but there will be some hidden dangers and problems.
Even worse, if the star domain leader stood on the opposite side of Gu Hang, then he could only resort to conventional means such as interstellar trade, military exchanges, and political alliances. It's not impossible, no one has stipulated that several planets cannot help each other. But if the scale is large and there is no proper political name, it is very easy for people to trip him up and cause trouble.
Gu Hang didn't want to fall into the third situation, so he could only try to get one and two.
This is an absolutely irreconcilable contradiction with the Fury Legion.
The so-called "Iron Rage Stone" refers to a huge political entity headed by the Iron Armor Regiment, with two staunch allies, the Fury of Flame and the Stone Shield, centered on the Princess Star Domain and radiating to multiple surrounding star domains.
They can almost be regarded as a separatist force within the empire, which is much more excessive than Gu Hang's alliance.
Although the three chapters have all made some concealment, anyone with a discerning eye can see that their numbers and chapter specifications far exceed the regulations of the Space Marine Code.
Generally speaking, it is normal for a normal war group to go a little beyond the rules, or to act differently from the rules. After all, they have special identities and their cultural histories are different. As long as they are loyal to the empire, the empire will usually turn a blind eye.
But if you multiply your size by ten or twenty times, what kind of warband are you? You might as well just return to the Legion era.
Moreover, it is not just the Space Marines who violate the rules. The Imperial Tax in the Princess Star Region is now almost as much as they want to pay.
Giving some imperial taxes is giving you face; if I don't give you face, the Void Zerg have been invading fiercely recently, and I have to spend too much, so the Empire will have to pay me.
No? Then the neighboring star regions sympathize with us and make donations. Please ask the Empire to exempt their imperial taxes.
no?
Let me see who will take it.
This is the current attitude of Li Guoshi, the 'husband of the princess', the 'tyrant of the spider web', the 'shield of the eye of the void', the captain of the Iron Armor Regiment.
It was much more excessive than the Alliance, which had never defaulted on paying the Imperial Tax. Every account of the Imperial Tax collected recently, including how much money was collected, where it was used, and what the results were, were all clearly stated. In the future, when the war was over, Gu Hang had no intention of refusing to pay the Imperial Tax. At best... ahem, he would just pay it more flexibly.
In Gu Hang's opinion - and not just Gu Hang's, in the opinion of many high-ranking officials in the central government of the empire, the 'Iron Rage Stone' has become a de facto separatist regime, and is acting with impunity.
Gallardo once talked about this with Gu Hang.
From this perspective, the Fury Regiment came to the Dragon Eagle Star Region with the mission of expanding territory.
What should Gu Hang do?
Bow your head, submit and admit defeat, and from now on become a dog of the "Iron Fury Stone" like many imperial forces in the Princess Star Domain and several star domains surrounding the Princess?
That's obviously impossible.
Political conflict is inevitable.
Gu Hang gave up the idea of appeasement.
Relying on this military achievement, the strength of the alliance, and the relationships with higher-ups, Gu Hang has a chance to get what he wants.
In addition, Gu Hang also plans to find common interests with some high-ranking officials in the empire’s central government to support the alliance.
If 'Iron Fury Stone' wants to get the Dragon Eagle Star Region, he must first get past me, Gu.
(End of this chapter)
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