Chapter 518, Is It Adou?
Gu Hang no longer cared about what would happen to Wan Mengxing.
Just leave it to Martini. As a senior judge, his status is not low in the sequence of the court of justice. He is a backbone. Gu Hang believes that he can do a good job.
This is indeed a test.
Since you have ambition, you naturally need to have the ability to match your ambition.
Cooperation? Of course. Gu Hang was still very interested in supporting a faction of the Tribunal that listened to him. Whether this faction was the Flash Tribunal or Martini pulled together a new one, it would be a good thing.
For many forces, the Inquisition is a legal white glove that can do many things.
However, support is support, and Gu Hang does not want to support a fool. This time, he can fully mobilize resources to do one thing to see if it is worth supporting.
And in the end, Gu Hang was not very satisfied with Martini’s performance.
The matter was not resolved perfectly.
As the capital of the Universe, although Wanmeng Star does not have any core high-end industries, its 30 billion population and decent productivity level make this world rank among the best in the entire Menghe Star Region.
A considerable portion of the main forces of the Menghe Star Region - half of the Menghe Fleet and most of the mobile star forces - are deployed on Wanmeng Star and one or two surrounding star regions.
When Martini took Zhai Guangshan to Wanmeng Star, trying to force the place that had lost its leader to surrender and obey his arrangements, a big problem occurred.
When Martini arrived, Wanmeng Star and several surrounding star regions raised the flag of rebellion.
At the same time, something happened in the northern part of the star field: Tie Kai took action.
A fleet from the Qunlu Star Region, which borders the Menghe Star Region, suddenly headed south.
This time, a response was formed.
When he heard the news, Gu Hang was not too surprised.
It's basically within expectations.
After Zhai Guangshan was arrested, he revealed a lot of information while being dejected.
The reason why he went against the alliance, Gu Hang, and even the universe and the central government of the empire was not simply because he considered the independence and interests of the star domain government itself.
He did have quite in-depth communication and exchanges with Humphrey Paul in the north.
Although he has not yet clearly taken sides, Gu Hang felt very uneasy when he extended his tentacles into Menghe.
Return to the arms of the empire?
There have been quite a lot of traces left in the past, and even many open contacts with the Iron Fury Stone. Will they become evidence of crimes in the future?
Are the conditions offered by the Empire, or the Alliance, as attractive as the Iron Rage Stone?
Not even close.
Tiekai promised him a lot of benefits, and the Alliance was so arrogant that it wanted to be the master of Menghe, so of course he chose Tiekai.
However, many things are not ready yet. He did not bring a large army to Granya this time. In addition to trying to save the shipping group, his more obscure but more important purpose was to paralyze Gu Hang through communication and exchange, slow down the alliance's actions and buy time.
Of course he knew that this was a very risky thing to do, but Zhai Guangshan was greatly encouraged by the examples of Humphrey Paul single-handedly persuading Admiral Melandelli to defect, and Gu Hang's recent single-handed approach to persuading the Shipbuilding Group.
If others can do it with just their mouths, even if I can't do it, I can at least achieve 30% of the results, right?
What he wants is not to convince the alliance to join his side, he just hopes to achieve the effect of paralysis and delay, which is much easier.
And the risks are actually relatively controllable.
He is a star field head recognized by the Empire and a senior official. Without clear evidence, the Alliance should not attack him directly, right?
That's too shameless and too much!
He even had an idea of how he was going to perform.
Unfortunately, Gu Hang didn't give him any room to perform. Without saying a word, he cleared out all his guards and took him down as well.
In order to save his life, he showed his willingness to cooperate and help the alliance to control the power of Wanmeng Star and the surrounding star regions.
Martini is hopeful, even optimistic.
But in fact, Gu Hang is not that optimistic.
In the Menghe Star Region government, was Zhai Guangshan the only one who chose Iron Fury Stone between the Empire and Iron Fury Stone?
Gu Hang doesn’t think so.
It is very likely that a large number of interest groups and the ruling class have already made the decision.
After learning that Zhai Guangshan had been arrested and even brought in by a senior judge to persuade him to surrender, these interest groups did not care about Zhai Guangshan's life or death. They directly killed the Chief of Law and the Chief of Taxation who had been circumventing and disagreed to completely turn to Iron Fury Stone, and then pushed the Chief of Government Affairs to take the lead, declaring that the Alliance's actions in the Menghe Star Region were illegal, and that the Alliance's use of force to hold Zhai Guangshan hostage was also illegal. They then declared the Alliance a traitor and claimed that they had received help from the Iron Armored Legion.
They also copied the Ironclad's description and declaration, saying that the Ironclads were the true loyal subjects of the Empire.
This is a clear sign of raising the banner of resistance.
At the same time, the rebels who moved south from the Qunlu star region and entered the northern part of Menghe were also responding to their actions.
The situation in the Menghe star field became tense in an instant.
Gu Hang had to guard against one thing:
Will the war come sooner than he expected?
Was the Alliance's entry into the Menghe Star Region a much stronger stimulus to Tie Nu Shi than he had initially expected?
Will the progress of the war suddenly accelerate due to the escalation of the uncontrolled situation in the Menghe star field?
These situations are definitely not what Gu Hang wants to see.
But he did not regret his decision to enter Menghe at all.
So, do we have to wait until the entire Menghe River has joined Tienushi before we can fight a war?
Are we waiting for others to use the Dragon Eagle Star Region, the alliance’s headquarters, as a battlefield?
How to alleviate the political pressure from the empire?
Entering the Menghe star field in advance is the alliance’s only option.
Moreover, as of now, the situation is not as bad as it could be.
Because Martini subsequently showed some abilities that finally satisfied Gu Hang.
This senior judge was indeed a little careless and unprepared at the beginning, and made a wrong judgment, which led to his disgrace in the Wanmeng Sector. His vehicle, a black ship from the Flash Tribunal, which was equivalent to a fast cruiser, was almost destroyed in Wanmeng.
After escaping, he contacted Gu Hang and swore to ask Gu Hang to give him another chance.
Gu Hang has no objection either.
Anyway, the Wanmeng Star Region must be taken. He has already made the decision to send reinforcements from the mainland to Menghe. At the same time, the vanguard of the alliance that is already in the Menghe Star Region has also completed its assembly and is heading towards the Wanmeng Star Region.
Just give this martini another chance.
But at the same time, Gu Hang also made it clear to the leader of the vanguard, Lieutenant General Perbov of the Alliance, that the Alliance troops were only cooperating with Martini, not in a superior-subordinate relationship. Perbov had to weigh Martini's action request, and if it was reliable, he would do it, and if it was unreliable, he would refuse it.
Perbov's mission is to take over the entire Wanmeng star zone, whether he does it with Martini or on his own, as long as he completes the final mission.
Then, Martini finally showed his ability as an inquisitor.
It is not simply limited to combat and war.
If the problem in the Wanmeng Star Region is finally solved purely by force, Gu Hang can certainly accept it, but he will be very disappointed with Martini.
If it's just a war, Pobov is enough, why do we need your Martini?
What Martini did was to persuade and advise the local forces of several planets to return to the alliance through the military support provided by Perbov behind him; to assassinate and overthrow several military leaders through the infiltration of the team; to accurately judge that the opponent was not a monolithic entity, and to analyze some of the opponent's forces that were not so determined to be traitors, and to persuade them with emotion and reason, and finally changed sides in the battle...
These practices are certainly valuable.
According to Perbov's report, if we look at it purely from a military perspective, the Alliance's vanguard forces are somewhat insufficient, and it will take more than two months to capture the entire Wanmeng Star Region. In addition, there will be a lot of losses, especially in the navy. Half of the Menghe Fleet is quite difficult to deal with. If there is a major failure, it may take two months to deal with it, and we have to wait for reinforcements from the mainland to arrive.
With Martini's operation, the time was reduced from two months to forty days; at the same time, the losses and costs were far less than initially expected. Not only did they solve the problem in the Wanmeng Star Region without more reinforcements, but the advance fleet even had time to go north to meet the rebels heading south.
At this point, Martini has basically passed the test for Gu Hang.
He has made some mistakes as well as some merits. Overall, he is not the best or the most outstanding, but he should not be a hopeless person either.
Gu Hang decided that in the future he could support the Flashing Tribunal, or support the new Tribunal faction created by Martini.
Of course, that’s a story for later.
Currently in the Menghe star field, the alliance must always pay attention to the rebel army heading south.
Speaking of them, it's actually quite interesting.
The initial goal of this rebel force was to move south from Qunlu and head straight for the core area of the Menghe star field, which is the Wanmeng star field.
The original journey took about one and a half months.
In fact, it should be considered that they were just in time to rescue Wan Meng's rebels.
However, they encountered some 'trouble' along the way.
This is why Zhai Guangshan and others have never rebelled in the past, and their current rebellion is more passive than active.
They were not prepared enough.
The northern part of Menghe should be the area that has been infiltrated more severely, but here, there are still quite a few places that are loyal to the empire.
When the rebels marched south, some people did surrender, but there were also these loyal officials of the empire who directly fought against them.
Although the rebels were eager to rescue people, they ignored the surface conditions along the way. However, some caravans or sector-level ships harassed them.
They were all small, rotten boats, not only of poor quality, but not even in sufficient quantity.
However, these annoying harassments still slowed down their journey to a certain extent.
It was precisely because they saw that the reinforcements were delayed that many of the Menghe rebel forces, who might have been able to hold on, became more shaken, and more of them turned against their own side at the last minute.
When Martini and Perbov worked together to wipe out the Wanmeng star zone, the rebel army was still at least twenty days away from Wanmeng Star.
After learning that Wanmeng Star could not be saved, they immediately stopped their steps and no longer headed towards Wanmeng Star. Instead, they divided their forces into different locations to expand their control area.
Judging from the situation, Gu Hang judged that the second phase mission of this rebel army was not to wage war with the alliance, but to seize the territory of the Menghe star field.
This is a move to prepare for future wars.
They obviously had similar ideas to the Alliance: no one wanted to see a brutal war at home. Naturally, they would also try to bring the war to Menghe, a star region that nominally still belonged to the Empire.
This rebel force was about the same size as the Alliance's vanguard, and the two sides started to grab territory throughout the Menghe star field as if they had started a competition.
In about two months, the two sides basically divided up the Menghe star field.
The alliance occupies about 80% of the territory, which is the central and southern parts of Menghe. In addition, the two main essences of Menghe Star Region, Granya Star with its precious shipbuilding industry, and Wanmeng Star, the capital of the star region, are in the hands of the alliance.
The Princess's rebels occupy 20% of the territory, concentrated in the northern part of the star field.
The two sides engaged in a military standoff across the border area.
There are some military frictions between the two sides, but they are not intense. They basically occur when they are performing military reconnaissance missions and are discovered by the other side. Then the small patrol ships chase and fight each other for a while; or they secretly take a small spaceship like the Traveler and sneak over to hide on the back of the planet and deploy special forces to lurk on the planet controlled by the other side.
But both sides tacitly agreed not to start a large-scale war.
On the contrary, what both sides are working harder and more diligently on is building a large number of defense facilities along the border areas.
That is to say, turn the planet into a fortress.
Rail guns were set up one after another, armed space stations were built on the ground and launched into space...
The minor frictions that are not intense at the moment are more like the calm before the storm.
Once both sides have accumulated enough strength, the scale of the war that breaks out here will probably be unprecedented.
At this time, Gu Hang, with the people from Granya Shipping Group, returned to the Tianma Star Region.
The people from these shipping groups could be handled by the corresponding personnel of the alliance, while Gu Hang immersed himself in his work.
(End of this chapter)
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