Chapter 477: Land Encirclement
After this brief conversation between Gu Hang and Erso, these two forces, each of which was considered the largest military and political force in the Dragon Eagle Star Region, did not have any further high-level communication.
This is a very dangerous thing.
With such an obvious situation, anyone who was slightly more informed in the Dragon Eagle Star Region could smell something unusual, causing countless people to be worried and even trembling with fear.
The Iron Tooth Clan had just been defeated as a whole, and countless worlds were still at war, and the war had not yet ended. As a result, the two greatest war heroes over there were about to turn against each other and start fighting?
How can this not make people tremble.
However, although the Alliance and the Fury of Flame had irreconcilable core conflicts and bad relations, in fact, the two sides really had no intention of directly starting a fight - at least not in the short term.
No matter what, the two families were both part of the empire. No matter how much they hated each other and wished each other dead, they used unbridled means behind the scenes and attacked each other verbally without mercy, but they could not really fight on the battlefield.
When it comes to that, there is a very clear term:
civil war.
Once a civil war breaks out, its nature will immediately become extremely bad. The central government of the empire will absolutely not tolerate such a situation. It will be a cross-line move.
The possibility of a direct war between the two sides is actually not that high.
Gu Hang didn't even plan to fire the first shot.
The high political risk forced him to act with caution.
Erso on the opposite side had roughly the same idea.
However, no one can completely rely on accidents not happening.
The most crucial thing is that the probability of the two sides' armies meeting each other now is still quite high.
Titus was killed, and the main force of the greenskins was almost completely wiped out. In the latest report provided to Gu Hang by the Alliance Intelligence Department, it was mentioned that they believed that in the entire Dragon Eagle Star Region, except for the four star regions completely occupied by the greenskins, there might be a total of 20 billion greenskins in other places.
This is an estimated data, and no one knows the specific details now. However, the Alliance Intelligence Department believes that this data should be relatively credible and will not deviate from the actual situation by an order of magnitude.
These greenskins are scattered across the star field, with more in some places and fewer in others. But most of the worlds that have been invaded by the greenskins have not yet completely gotten rid of their influence.
On some poor planets, the human population may be only a few hundred million, and productivity is underdeveloped, let alone rich and powerful. On such planets, even if there are millions of greenskins, they cannot solve the problem on their own.
Some stronger worlds would also have a headache when facing hundreds of millions or even billions of greenskins.
These planets can hardly resist the crisis brought by these greenskins relying solely on their own strength.
At this time, external help is needed.
In the entire star field, there are only three companies that can do this.
The Alliance, the Fury of Flame, and the Mechanicus's Sun Sect.
The Mingyang Sect can be put aside for now. Among the three sects, the Mingyang Sect is the weakest. Their core territory was damaged in the war, and they also suffered heavy losses during the war.
Moreover, the Mechanicus never really likes to get involved in such things, nor are they keen on expanding their territory. This group of oil men guards the small piece of land of the Forge World, doing scientific research, faith, and production. The manpower and resources needed can always be obtained from the outside world through trade, and no one will dislike or reject a Forge World as their partner.
They participated in the killing of the greenskins purely because the greenskins threatened their survival and it was also out of hatred.
In actual operations, the Ming Yang Sect was basically just clearing out the Steel Fire Dragon Star District where the Jin Di Star was located, as well as the Dragon Tamer Star District and the Longguan Star District where there were many important resource bases for the Ming Yang Sect.
They have neither the strength nor the interest to compete in other places.
Of course, no one would bother them.
The Guardians of the Ming Yang Sect were once part of the coalition forces for a short time, under the command of Erso, the leader of the Fury. But after the war, the sages of the Ming Yang Sect took back the military command and went about their own business.
For Erso, although he wanted to tie the Ming Yang Sect to his chariot, which was also a very important part of his plan, when the Alliance emerged and became his strong enemy, he did not dare to use any means against the Ming Yang Sect.
The Ming Yang Sect is not like the several forge worlds they had in the past, they have another option now, that is, the Alliance. If he pushed the Mechanicus's forge world to the Alliance side, he would have done something that would backfire.
Gu Hang's alliance would not have any ideas about the Mechanicus. The three star regions they controlled, Steel Fire Dragon, Dragon Tamer, and Dragon Pass, were all at the westernmost part of the entire star field and had nothing to do with the alliance's current sphere of influence.
Excluding the more Buddhist Mechanicus, the competition between the Alliance and the Wrath of Fury becomes more intense.
They were all sending troops to various worlds in the name of "helping various planets and solving the greenskin crisis". The fleets of both sides were also wandering in the space of various star regions.
This is of course an external war. In fact, there are 20 billion greenskins on various planets, scattered into dozens of battlefields. It is a great pressure for either side to send troops to fight separately. With so many troops, it is not necessarily a sure thing to win on a single planet. During the fighting, the greenskins attacked and suffered relatively large losses. This has also happened in the actions of both sides.
However, in general, they have almost lost the ability to travel between the universe, and those greenskins scattered on various planets and separated from each other are not a big problem after all.
The Alliance and the Fury are each other's biggest problem.
The current behavior of the two families seems to be somewhat like a post-war land grabbing operation.
And in this process, the two sides will inevitably encounter each other.
Ships from both sides appeared in a star system at the same time, and both sides simultaneously deployed troops to a certain world...
This situation is still very common.
Under the hostile and tense attitude, there is direct competition between the two sides, and accidental shooting is not impossible.
Gu Hang didn't want to fire the first shot, and even less did he want to start a civil war with Nu Yan.
It’s not that he can’t win, but the key is that once the fight starts, his actions will become the biggest news in the entire empire.
Gu Hang didn't want to get to that point.
He estimated that the Fury Corps was in a similar situation.
Doesn't 'Iron Fury Stone' know that the separatist regime they are creating in the Princess Star Region is a thorn in the side of the central empire?
Unless they have made some plans that are difficult to talk about, they probably don't want to make big news in the Dragon Eagle Star Region.
However, Gu Hang never relies on the rationality of others for his own safety.
What if Erso goes crazy? What if the troops below go alone?
He always kept a mobile force on hand so that if the worst situation really happened, he would be able to react quickly and not disperse too many troops due to land grabbing, resulting in being unable to gather strength and being defeated one by one.
However, the good thing is that the accidental discharge of a gun did not actually happen.
Normally, when a team from the Alliance or the Fury Legion enters a certain galaxy and discovers that the other side is already doing quite well there, they will make an assessment and then retreat.
If you can't hit the other person, there's no need to make things easier for him.
And if the other side is not doing well, the other side will come over immediately and send ground troops to beat up the greenskins on the ground and try to get the local planetary government to stand on their side.
From this perspective, it seems like a friendly competition.
But in reality, there is no shortage of backstabbing.
If we can't be hostile directly, it's always possible to stab him in the back, right?
It wouldn't be a case of 'accidental bombing', otherwise someone would bomb us by mistake, and then we would be in real danger of death.
This is a slippery slope, don't fall into it.
But you can't say anything bad about me by using the green skins, right?
It is good to stay still when friendly forces are in trouble. You can lure the greenskin army to chase you, and then suddenly escape; suddenly give up the flank battlefield to create opportunities for the greenskins to attack the opponent...
Similar things happen all the time.
In this way, the two sides engaged in countless intrigues in multiple star regions and many worlds.
In this matter, both sides actually have their own advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage of the Fury Corps is that they control the star domain government.
This is the biggest source of political legitimacy. The star district government listens to the star field government, and the planetary government listens to the star district government. Isn't this natural?
But the disadvantage also lies here.
The Fury's control over the star domain government is not so absolute.
For Tan Jiuyi and his group of people from the Dragon Eagle Star Region government, being controlled by the Fury Corps was something they were unwilling but helpless about.
What they hoped most, of course, was that the Fury Chapter could come to help fight like the other Space Marine Chapters, and leave with honor after the battle. In this case, the local government would generally not be stingy in giving honor to these helping Emperor Angels. They would give them medals for free, and would also spare no effort to brag to the Empire.
Even if they want some practical benefits, that's fine. If you help us fight the war, want to recruit soldiers within the star field, want supplies, and want all kinds of materials, we can try our best to meet your needs.
But the Fury Corps looked like they were not going to leave, which made people feel unhappy.
Moreover, they also directly intervened in the affairs within the star field.
Can the Dragon Eagle government be happy?
Obviously not.
But they had no choice.
All the military forces are in the Wrath of Flame Regiment. They have their own command system and cannot get involved at all. They can only be logistics officers and be supervised by the Wrath of Flame Regiment. If they do not do their job well, they will be punished. Even many high-ranking officials in the star field have been killed as a warning to others.
Another point is that the actions of the alliance also make the star domain government very worried.
From this perspective, introducing the Fury Legion is something that has to be done.
What would happen if the Fury Legion really withdrew now?
Compared with the star domain government that has already exhausted all its forces, the current alliance... who has the final say in the Dragon Eagle Star Domain in the future?
Of course, on this matter, the Dragon Eagle government was actually divided into two factions.
Some people believe that things in the star field should be solved in the star field, and the Fury Corps and their "Iron Fury Stone" are not good things.
Some people also think that no matter what, the Space Marines like the Fury of Flame, whose roots are not in the Dragonhawk, will leave sooner or later. But the Alliance will not leave, they are here, and there is no one to check and balance them, so they must rely on the power of the Fury of Flame.
There are voices from both sides, and they are not small.
As the head of the Star Domain Government, Tan Jiuyi currently seems to be inclined towards the latter.
Casimir Erso had visited him more than once, and perhaps they had reached some secret agreement in private.
It is also because of this that, now generally, the Star Domain Government is cooperating with the actions of the Raging Flame Legion, so that many things done by the Raging Flame Legion have this layer of legitimacy, and many difficulties are easily resolved.
However, those who are dragging their feet within the government are also making it difficult for the Fury Corps to get things done smoothly.
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On the alliance side, the situation is roughly the opposite.
The alliance's military operations are faster.
There were Space Marines on both sides, but the Alliance's mortal forces were clearly more skilled and combat-savvy than those under the control of the Rage.
After all, the number of Space Marines is limited, and many frontal battlefields still have to rely on mortal troops. In terms of military performance, the Fury Chapter is indeed not as good as the Alliance.
The Alliance is more efficient in beating up the greenskins than Fury.
Moreover, the Alliance could always come up with attractive economic cooperation plans, which was something that the Fury Corps could never compare to.
The Star Domain Government had been almost completely drained of its financial resources in the war and could no longer afford this kind of support; Jindi Star, which had originally been relied upon by the Star Domain Government, was also licking its wounds, and the oilmen did not want to get involved, so they remained neutral and provided very little support.
They can't afford the price the league is paying.
If the rulers of many planets were not suspicious of the alliance's system and worried about the infringement of their own rights, there would probably be more planets turning to the alliance.
But the alliance has also made some changes in this regard.
Is it so easy to join the alliance? You may not even have the chance to join even if you want to!
At best, these planets are developed into peripheral forces, and economic assistance also requires exchange of something.
Ports, resources, manpower, orders, markets...
It’s not free.
This is a mutually beneficial process and the alliance does not seek to dominate.
The doubts of some planets were dispelled, and coupled with the military strength of the Alliance and the influence of Fury being driven out, they finally chose to stand on the side of the Alliance.
Overall, both sides gained and lost in their territorial grabbing.
A series of battles of wits and courage are still going on.
In addition to paying attention to these overall issues, Gu Hang was also worried about one thing.
He now has tens of millions of grace points on hand. How should he spend them?
(End of this chapter)
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