Chapter 612: Picking up a regiment for free
Amanda is naturally good at speaking.
However, in persuading the Dragon King's Spear to surrender, it was not her eloquence that played a key role, but the many preparations Amanda had made before, as well as her accurate grasp of the Dragon King's Spear's thoughts.
Having done all this, the next thing is to simply express what the Dragon Spears are thinking but are unable to say out loud, or even what they haven't figured out, in a straightforward manner.
The historian did not express his opinion.
Then, Amanda talked about some of the conditions that the alliance could offer.
Although the Dragon King's Spear was not the primary core of the rebellion like the three families of Iron Fury Stone, nor was it like the New World Torch, which had the bad record of backstabbing its allies and causing heavy losses to the Empire, they still rebelled, which was an indisputable fact and it was impossible for them to do nothing about it.
But Amanda conveyed Gu Hang's opinion to the Spear of the Dragon King: an expedition of atonement is necessary, and so is the confiscation of the mother planet.
But we guarantee: 1. The time of the atonement expedition will be within fifteen years;
2. The process of the Atonement Expedition can be carried out within the alliance and under the command of the alliance;
3. During the Atonement Crusade, the Alliance guarantees to provide continuous support to the Spear of the Dragon King, from weapons and equipment, to coordination with the mortal legions, to fleet support, and even to new recruits, all of which can be provided by the Alliance.
With these three reasons, the Spear of the Dragon King's Atonement Crusade is completely different from other warbands that are generally sentenced to this punishment.
Apart from the confiscation of the mother planet, there is almost nothing else to worry about.
Moreover, the Space Marines needed a home planet, which was the birthplace of the chapter, its home base, its place of recuperation, and an important place to provide resources for the development of the chapter. As for resources, the Alliance had them all covered, so there was no need to worry.
As for defending their home planet...to be honest, if they don't surrender, can they really protect their home planet?
On the contrary, if they surrender, they will still have the opportunity to fight back to their home planet with the alliance.
After listening to these conditions silently, Taishichen still did not make a clear statement.
However, Amanda knew that the Chapter Master of Dragonspear must have been tempted.
Thinking calmly, this is almost the best treatment the Spear of the Dragon King could receive.
The reason why Amanda knew that Tai Shichen was moved was that after hearing the conditions, he asked Ricardo Lazio to take him away and lock him up.
In fact, the attitude is very obvious.
They said they would execute her, but in the end they didn’t, and they let Amanda finish her words; after she finished, they didn’t mention execution, but only imprisonment, and let Ricardo, who was obviously a traitor and leaning towards the alliance, be responsible for imprisoning Amanda...
What else is there to say?
It’s just that Taishichen still needs some time to convince himself.
Ricardo was relieved.
He nodded, 'escorted' Amanda out of Taishichen's office, and accompanied her to meet many people in the chapter.
After waiting for two days, there was still no movement from Taishichen.
He did not make a clear statement, but he did not care about the fact that Amanda, who should have been imprisoned and restricted in her movements, had been secretly colluding and lobbying with Ricardo with the company commanders, sergeants, priests, technical sergeants and the like of the regiment.
Then Amanda thought she could be bolder.
She simply contacted Martins and informed him of the situation here, hoping that Martins could quickly dispatch a force to occupy the planet where the Spear of the Dragon King was currently stationed.
When Martins received the news, he was a little confused.
He was originally on high alert, thinking about how to deal with the attack of this rebellious regiment coming to the Thorn Star Region.
As he expected, it would be a fierce battle. Although he had more troops than the enemy, they were too heavily involved. A large number of land forces were scattered in more than 200 worlds in the Nepeta star field that the Alliance had occupied to fight and suppress the local situation; a large number of ships needed to be assigned to these planets to provide ground support for the army. Space Marines also had to disperse their troops and station them in the worlds with the most critical situations. Even if there were only one or two squads stationed on a planet, they would only guard the places where the situation was critical and there were problems that mortal troops could not solve, which would occupy more than 1,500 Space Marines.
There are only two thousand blood sharks and phoenixes in total.
This left Martins with a limited number of troops available to deal with the rebel attacks.
He was a little reluctant to give up suppressing the many worlds in the Jingjie Star Region, especially those worlds in crisis. Once the power was withdrawn, the cost invested previously would be wasted.
For example, he personally led the team to fight and killed the planetary node creature Tingzhen IV. The situation has indeed improved greatly, but if one or two of the several army groups left there are withdrawn, and the fifty Phoenixes left behind are withdrawn, the remaining forces may not be able to suppress the Zerg and the cult. After a while, the Zerg may quietly give birth to a node creature that dominates the world, and the previous work will be in vain.
Martins' original plan was to set up checkpoints layer by layer, with a small number of troops, in a desperate defense, to delay and prolong the battle line as much as possible, looking for opportunities. Once the enemy really came in and revealed a flaw in the long battle line, he would make up his mind to suddenly draw troops from various planets to launch a quick and decisive assault, trying to cause devastating damage to the enemy in one blow; even if he couldn't, the next best thing was to hurt them, scare them, and make them lose their ability to attack.
But no matter what, the action must be quick. The troops that have been mobilized must return to the original battlefield as soon as possible to fulfill their unfinished duties.
In this plan, the delay in the front and the quick assault in the back are both places where it is expected that a tough battle will occur.
I don’t know how many lives will be sacrificed, how much price will be paid, and how many worlds occupied by the enemy in the protracted war will be worsened by the Zerg disaster due to lack of suppression.
As a result, if we tell him now that he doesn’t have to worry about all these things, and he surrenders before the battle even starts?
Can I take it just by going there?
The Spear of the Dragon King won’t resist?
That Alliance agent named Amanda... is she so powerful?
One man is worth a thousand soldiers, right?
If this is true, it is certainly worth celebrating.
But as the commander-in-chief of the Jingjie Star Domain and the general entrusted by Gu Hang, Martins did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
What if Amanda was deceived?
What if Amanda was turned against him?
What if the Spear of the Dragon King changes his mind?
…
There are many possible situations.
Martins didn't dare to take a big gamble.
But he would not miss the opportunity because of his excessive caution.
He formulated a detailed 'occupation plan'.
First, the mobile main force was assembled, 500 Space Marines, and the flagships of the Phoenix and Blood Shark regiments had all arrived. They would drive all the way to the target system, but not too fast, but would check the status of each system along the way, and even leave observation stations and cruise fleets to ensure safety along the way and avoid enemy ambushes.
The main force of the entire fleet will act in a concentrated manner to avoid being defeated one by one.
Before entering the target system, Martins put the blood sharks behind. These killer gods are not very good at communication, and politics and diplomacy have little to do with blood sharks. Two hundred blood sharks and the blood sharks' flagship "Ghost Shark" will stay outside a system under the leadership of Captain Ewing.
If nothing happens, they will just do what they should do; if something happens, they will take advantage of the Blood Shark Fleet's speed to quickly rush into the battlefield and support Martins.
Martins himself will contact the Dragon King's Spear as the commander of the front, the commander of the regiment, and the representative of Gu Hang. He will occupy the target system and disarm the Dragon King's Spear. The rest will depend on the further orders of Governor General Gu.
In the process of occupying and taking over the planet, Martins was also quite cautious.
The Burning Feather approached the periphery of the planet cautiously. They observed that none of the Dragon King's Spear fleet escaped, including their flagship, a battle barge, all of which were parked in the star port.
An Alliance destroyer leaned forward and approached the starport cautiously.
Was not attacked.
Fifty Phoenixes and more than a thousand Marines boarded the boarding spacecraft and entered the star port.
There were no interceptions.
They encountered the Space Marines of the Dragon King's Spear, but did not attack them or even raise their weapons.
This was the first time for the Phoenixes to face such a situation, and they were quite friendly - in fact, they were surrounded by Dragon Spear Warriors who had a complete advantage in numbers. Just because they didn't attack didn't mean they couldn't win.
Amanda came forward at this time. She and several Dragon Spear captains came forward together and asked the Dragon Spears to lay down their weapons, stay safely in various areas, and do nothing. The Phoenix and the Marines went to control the starport's firepower system and the ships docked at the starport respectively.
At the same time, they immediately requested reinforcements from Martins.
To control those strategic points, it is definitely not enough to rely on just this amount of troops.
Martins was also decisive.
At this point, the possibility of a trap was very small. He was more cautious and only deployed a hundred more Space Marines. However, the elite Marines and the large army forces were deployed more.
Not only did they send in 10,000 elite marines, but they also sent in more than 200,000 ground forces. The first batch boarded the landing spacecraft and entered the starport. There were also second and third batches to follow...
To ensure control of all important locations in the star port and several starships, the more troops deployed, the better.
And it is also less likely to be overturned.
By the end, the entire star port was basically under control, and nine hundred warriors of the Spear of the Dragon King were counted, and they were inside the star port, and they had been completely disarmed.
As a sign of respect, they were not allowed to take off their armor.
After a risk investigation, it was found that there were no self-destructive explosives or anything like that in the star port, eliminating the relevant risks.
Martins then personally led the remaining Space Marines to station there. The first thing he did was to have an unusually cordial meeting with the captains of the Dragon King's Spear. But before that, he met Amanda first.
Amanda led him to meet the person, and on the way, she quickly explained some situations to him.
By the time they met, Martins probably knew what to say.
He did not mention surrender or betrayal, which might have irritated the Dragon King's Spear, but only emphasized their loyalty to the Empire and loyalty to the Emperor. Their actions indirectly saved countless people. The entire Nepeta star region, with perhaps hundreds of billions of people, would indirectly benefit from this.
These words made the warriors of the Dragon King's Spear feel much more comfortable.
No matter how many reasons they had before, they could not cover up the fact that they surrendered without a fight. This was a shame for the Space Marines, who always valued honor. Shameless people like the old New World Torch were a minority.
Emphasizing that their loyalty to the Empire and to humanity is a greater honor will effectively alleviate their resentment.
After pacifying these Dragon Spear warriors, Martins learned that the Dragon Spear's war captain, Tai Shichen, was still on the surface of the planet, and there were two hundred Dragon Spears around him.
The total number of members of the Spear of the Dragon King is only about 1,100.
Their total number at their peak before the war was actually 1,400. They did not think they had violated the rules of the Imperial Code, because 400 of them were reserve recruits, which was normal behavior in order to replenish the losses of the battle group at any time.
And during all these years of the war, they had lost three hundred fighters, and now only had eleven hundred.
When Martins landed on the ground and found Taishichen on the surface of the planet, they were fighting.
That was a pretty nice raid on a pest cult.
The problem of insect infestation and corruption on this planet is not too serious. We have not seen large-scale swarms of insects yet. The main problems are the parasite-infected people in the downtown area.
Tai Shichen led a team to suddenly attack the leader of the local forces who were colluding with the cult, eliminated the infected ruler, and then quickly destroyed the cult headquarters, rescuing a large number of people.
Martins thought for a moment and then led his team into the battle.
Although the Dragonspears did not need help, Martins saw it as a good move to bring the two sides closer together.
Following Amanda's advice, Martins generally regarded the Spear of the Dragon King as friendly forces rather than surrendering enemies.
In fact, if it was just surrender, then Martins would only have solved an external threat that the Nepeta star field might encounter.
Moreover, these 1,100 prisoners were a full complement of Space Marines! Even if their weapons and power armor were removed, they would still be a huge destabilizing factor, and many people would have to be assigned to watch over them.
And if they can be smoothly treated as friendly forces, even if they are unwilling to turn around and become the enemy of Iron Armor and become a defector or a backstabber, just in the Nepeta star field, dealing with the insect pest crisis on various planets, it will be a great help, and can directly free up the manpower of the Phoenix and Blood Shark regiments.
Martins is working in this direction.
And Taishichen's actions to combat parasitic corruption on the planet are, in a sense, also a statement.
…
When Gu Hang, who was two star regions away, received the news, he could not hide his joy.
Another battle group was gained, and it was for free!
(End of this chapter)
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