Chapter 601: Alfonzo's Civil War
Saving one of Alfonzo's Mechanicus ships is a bit odd.
Alfonzo is not an enemy? Why should we save him?
Speaking of which, we have to mention the alliance's intelligence organization.
The person who made the contribution was someone Gu Hang had an impression of - Arno Chenko, who was Ossena's younger brother.
As a senior agent of the Central Bureau of Investigation, Arnault was ordered to enter the Alfonzo star field to conduct intelligence gathering operations.
In contrast, the progress of intelligence gathering on the Western Front was quite slow due to the chaotic situation and armored troops everywhere. However, the intelligence network established by Arno after entering the Alfonzo star field was progressing much better.
According to the intelligence Arno had reported previously, after the destruction of the fleet led by Sage Dubo, the entire Alfonzo sect experienced great turmoil.
The overall strength of the Alfonzo sect is very strong. They use the name of the star field as a reference and have a very strong influence on the entire star field. In comparison, the Mingyang sect in the Dragon Eagle star field is simply not on the same level as them.
Alfonzo has three forge worlds, each of which is no weaker than Jindi Star; the entire star field is their sphere of influence, and the six hundred worlds either provide raw materials, food, manpower, markets, or low-end technology transfer and processing sites...
It can be said that almost all of the hundreds of worlds in the Alfonzo star field revolve around the three forge worlds. And the essence of the entire sect's power is also reflected in these three forge worlds.
They are not a monolithic group.
Before the war, there were "doves" among Alfonzo. This was a combination of "empire faction" and "centrists". The former never agreed with the sect betraying the empire and following Iron Armor; the latter, it was not necessary to follow the empire, and it was also possible to continue doing business with Iron Armor. They emphasized that the sect should withdraw from the outside, doing business and selling equipment on the one hand, but personally participating in the war was absolutely not allowed.
In the early years, the centrists were the majority; but on the eve of Alfonzo's entry into the war, they had already banded together with the "Imperialists" to become doves, and were then completely suppressed by the hawks.
The so-called hawks are naturally the group of people who will lead the entire sect to follow Iron Armor.
When Alfonzo's fleet attacked the Proud Claw star field, the Hawks' reputation was at its peak.
At that time, no one thought that such a powerful fleet would encounter any obstacles when it entered the Proud Claw Star Region. Any obstacles that stood in the way of Alfonzo's fleet would be ruthlessly crushed.
In its glorious victory, the Alfonzo sect will step on the corpses of the Alliance, prove its own strength to Iron Armor, and establish its identity as the Double-Headed Eagle in this independent organization!
This is what the hawks claimed, and it was crushed when news of the subsequent defeat came.
The hawks' reputation was immediately damaged, and the doves' voices began to resurface.
Both the imperialists and the centrists were angry at the actions of the hawks, accusing them of rash actions that destroyed the sect's precious wealth. The act of starting a war also pushed the entire sect into a very bad abyss.
Are the hawks losing ground?
They had lost many of their high-ranking men, especially the Magus Dubo; they had lost their military might; they had lost their reputation because of their defeat.
The doves tried to seize power, and there were many conflicts between the two sides, including some armed conflicts.
However, at this critical moment, someone spoke up: the Great Sage Martin Varük.
In the past struggles between the hawks and doves, this great sage never publicly expressed his opinion, but rather acted as a balancer between the two sides. At this moment, he suddenly spoke up, representing the voice of the hawks.
He expressed his attitude in a speech and personally led a suppression operation to capture one of the three casting generals.
The voices within Alfonzo's sect were calmed.
However, Arno, who was in the Alfonzo star field, was able to realize that the waves had not completely subsided.
In fact, Arnault was present in the previous doves' massive counterattack against the hawks. On behalf of the alliance, he contacted many doves, especially the imperialists among the doves, and supported their actions.
Of course, the alliance is far away, and it is not convenient for them to take direct military action to avoid external pressure that would glue the Alfonzo sect, which is about to split, back together; it is also not easy for the alliance to transport in some substantial material help, and the oil men don't actually need it.
However, they are quite interested in many of the political promises made by the alliance.
The Imperial faction was originally reluctant to oppose the Empire as a whole, partly because of loyalty, and partly because they believed that the two sides were not on the same level in terms of size. No matter how well they fought in the early stages of the war and how many victories they achieved, with the huge size of the Empire, they would not be able to win in the end. They were also afraid that they would be liquidated after the defeat.
The political commitments made by the alliance are basically concentrated on these two aspects.
As for the loyalists, rewarding their loyalty will prove to Mars and Holy Terra that they have always been loyal subjects of the Empire, have never betrayed the God of All Machines, and have fought for the Empire within the Alfonzo Cult in the most difficult times;
For the latter, it was a promise that it would help them avoid liquidation after the war.
Through these imperialists, Arnault even contacted many centrists.
His work was going very well.
Not to mention directly relying on internal changes to overthrow the Alfonzo sect, at least a reliable network of relationships can be established. When the alliance army enters the Alfonzo star field in the future, these relationship networks will pave the way for the army's advance. Many places that originally required the sacrifice of countless people and the expenditure of countless military funds to conquer may be taken down with just a few words.
However, the great sage Varuk personally intervened and disrupted Arno's plan.
He himself was nearly exposed.
On the one hand, he wondered why the great sage Varuk, who was supposed to be a centrist or not express his attitude at all, suddenly became so tough; on the other hand, he was also quite active in trying to gain some benefits in this situation.
He hid his network, which had suffered a severe blow, underground, and all intelligence officers, liaison officers, and agents fell silent, waiting for the opportunity.
At the same time, he also planned a big thing: to save Sebastian Moreau.
This person was none other than the forging general who was captured by Varuk.
Varuk was not so cruel as to kill the casting general outright, so he just imprisoned him.
This gave Arnault his opportunity.
(End of this chapter)
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