Chapter 614, Forging the World
The main force of the alliance entering the Alfonzo star field was led by Gu Hang himself.
In terms of the fleet, it is much stronger than the one left in Martins' hands. There are also two open regiments, a shadow regiment, and a large number of alliance armies.
Such strength is intended to quickly and easily resolve the problems in the Alfonzo star field.
Especially if we can take over those three forging worlds, they represent a huge fortune.
There are two main reasons why we need to invest the greatest possible strength in the Alfonzo Star Region:
On the one hand, he could use Sebastian Moreau's influence to quickly win over the doves and make them switch to his side.
War is the most intense politics. If you want to achieve a goal, you have to rely on war as the only means, it will take too much effort.
Not even sure of success.
Even if I succeed, I don’t know how much it will cost or how long it will take.
Of course, it would be best if you could use political means to win over forces that do not belong to you or are even hostile to you and use them for your own benefit.
However, the so-called doves, even if they oppose the hawkish behavior represented by Varuk, even if they are persecuted by the hawks, do not necessarily have to follow the alliance.
As a prestigious leader of Alfonzo's dove faction, Moro can play a good role in bonding and coordinating the entire Alfonzo dove faction. However, in addition to having such a leader, this leader must also be very powerful.
Morrow himself certainly didn't have it. He fled to the Alliance alone, so how could he have any strength?
His strength is only that of the alliance.
Only when the alliance is strong enough to support him can others see that there is a future in following him and better play his integrating role.
In addition, Gu Hang also has a "special attack weapon" against the Mechanicus: the black box.
Of course, at the beginning, it was definitely not the time to use the black box. Gu Hang would only take it out when it was extremely necessary.
There is no need to worry about what will happen after the black box is sent out.
The black boxes that Gu Hang would take out as gifts were all technologies that the alliance had already mastered long ago, and the role of the black boxes was almost zero.
He now sends out a few black boxes, which are not very eye-catching. It is no longer the time to be cautious. What if the various mechanical sects know that Gu Hang has a black box? Except for the Martian sect, Gu Hang really has to be afraid of it, but he doesn't have to worry about other small and medium-sized sects.
Even if it was Mars, which was far away, Gu Hang didn't need to be afraid. He certainly wouldn't be troubled by someone just for a few black boxes.
Unless Gu Hang told others that he had hundreds of black boxes, some of which even contained a lot of cutting-edge technologies, that would be another matter.
The Mechanicus are crazy about the black box. In addition to the technology it represents, the black box itself is very important. It is a super-technological product of the golden age of mankind. For the Mechanicus, studying the black box is like studying a sacred product that contains great truth. It is attractive enough both in terms of scientific research and religious significance.
It is for this reason that, even if it is a black box made of plastic steel, they are not interested in plastic steel, but they are extremely obsessed with the plastic steel black box itself.
In fact, the black box has indeed played a great role.
At the end of November, the main fleet of the Alliance entered Alfonzo. Along the way, the doves surrendered and the hawks retreated. Many of these Alfonzo worlds also showed signs of corruption, but they were much better than the Nepeta star field, and only slightly worse than the Pride Claw star field, which was completely within the acceptable range.
By the end of December, more than sixty worlds had been captured by the Alliance.
Even now, behind the alliance, a Mechanicus Skitarii Corps has gathered. It not only has elite Skitarii and automatic robots, but also a Knight Order!
They haven't conquered a single forge world yet, but just the combined forces of those stationed in the ordinary worlds controlled by the Alfonzo sect already have such strength.
And the hawks in these sixty worlds were either expelled, eliminated, or... turned into doves.
In fact, the distinction between the so-called doves and hawks is not that clear. They are all one family, but they have different political views. When the order of the great sage Varuk came, the centrists followed suit and persecuted the hardcore doves; now that the alliance army has arrived and the sage Moreau has stepped forward to lead, the centrists quickly turned around.
It's normal.
It was also because of this that Gu Hang was able to draw out such a force of the Mechanicus from these sixty worlds to assist in the battle.
Gu Hang also didn't plan to leave them to fight the powerful enemy he was going to face, as he didn't know for sure if they would fall for him again.
However, it is possible to throw them into different worlds and quell the pests.
The Mechanicus's forces were originally drawn from the local area. Some worlds were in good condition, and the Alliance could solve the problem by itself with just a little help or even no help at all, as long as the top leaders of the planet were unified, and they could even have spare forces to draw out for the Alliance to use.
Gu Hang sent these withdrawn Mechanicus troops to worlds with relatively bigger problems.
This also saves Gu Hang from having to leave occupying forces in each world and disperse his own forces.
In early January, his main force arrived at the first important target of Alfonzo's journey: Aramita.
This is one of Alfonzo's three major forging worlds, and it is also where Moreau once served as the forging general.
Gu Hang was still very cautious.
Even though they occupied sixty worlds without encountering much resistance along the way, first of all, the Alfonzo Star Region is a very large place, larger than the Dragon Eagle Star Region, with seven hundred worlds, and the Alliance occupied less than one-tenth of them.
Secondly, the Alfonzo sect is pretty fierce.
Even though the team led by Sage Dubo suffered a big defeat, they still retained tremendous strength.
In terms of ships, they have at least two mechanical arks, Alfonzo I and Alfonzo III.
There are at least two more battleships.
Of course, this strength is much weaker than when they expedition to the Aozhua Star Region.
But on the ground, the military force is quite sufficient.
If the Alliance wants to take over a Forge World, and the other side is determined to resist, the force that the Alliance will bring to the ground will be massive.
Even orbital support is difficult.
The Alliance is not a greenskin, they can develop by picking up garbage after bombing. If they bomb a forge world, what is the point of Gu Hang going there to fight a ground war?
What he wants is the productivity of the forged world!
But we still have to fight when we have to.
The first move was to persuade people to surrender, but the effect was not good.
The entire outer defense of Aramita and the orbital cannons on the planet's surface are on high alert and ready for war.
Even though there was an insect infestation inside, as a dignified forging world, it was unwilling to surrender so easily without a fight.
Gu Hang also showed patience in this regard. He did not rush to launch a military attack, but simply sent a large army to the border to continue to exert pressure.
Typing slowly won't work.
From Gu Hang's perspective, he never had the idea of deploying troops and using the entire planet as a battlefield to fight a major battle on Aramita.
However, he must show this intention, and even further, show this ability, in order to avoid fighting a war of attrition.
It doesn’t matter that the first wave of persuasion to surrender was fruitless. The hundreds of agents of the Alliance who infiltrated first have become very active.
And their situation also made Gu Hang feel much more at ease.
They are all about to go public.
Logically speaking, since the enemy troops are approaching in large numbers, shouldn't we eliminate the secret agents that the enemy has planted within our territory?
If they hide too well, there is nothing we can do; in this case, they are active in public, but the result is that they are not caught, or cannot be caught, which in itself explains a lot of problems.
There are bad people among the masses.
It is impossible that no one is covering up and protecting these Alliance agents.
It's not just one or two people, nor is it just the middle and lower classes. Otherwise, the Alliance agents would not be able to conduct political collusion activities relatively openly without being arrested.
Beneath the tough image of Aramita Forge World that resists to the end, undercurrents are surging.
It is always easiest to break into a solid fortress from the inside.
The Alliance Intelligence Center, right under Gu Hang's nose, was carrying out intensive work. They constantly received instructions from agents on the ground, compiled them into books, and formed professional opinions under the work of analysts.
For example, which people can be focused on, who can provide shelter for the agents, who can help the agents get in touch with higher-level figures, who has a wavering attitude...
These instructions can, in turn, guide the agents' actions.
Among them, the oil men who originally belonged to Alfonzo's sect provided great help.
Otherwise, no matter how strong the alliance's intelligence capabilities are, it would not be possible to know so many secrets on Aramita and understand so many people in such a short period of time.
But isn't Moreau there?
He used to be the forging general of Aramita and knew a lot of things.
And it's not just him.
Many of the people the Alliance gathered along the way were the former oil men in Aramita. From the mechanical priests to the ruling bishops, there were people of all levels.
Most of them have one characteristic: they are labeled as Moro's direct descendants.
After being captured and imprisoned by the Great Sage Moro, these people were naturally bound to be liquidated.
As a casting general, Moro naturally had many loyal fans, and it was not possible to clear them all out after a round of liquidation.
Later, Arnault mobilized a group of his die-hard fans to rescue him, but he ran away. A considerable number of Moro's die-hard fans were still in Aramita and could not escape, so they naturally had to suffer another round of liquidation.
Moreover, this time it is particularly important.
Many were executed and quite a few were imprisoned, but at the same time there was also a considerable number of people who it was unclear whether they were direct descendants of Moro, but who might have some connection with him, and so they were exiled.
Among the sixty Alfonzo worlds captured by the Alliance, a large number of exiles were also gathered.
They may not have been Moreau's die-hard fans in the past - if they were, they would either be dead or in jail.
But now, they are.
Anyway, they have already been turned into Moro factions by Alfonzo, so what is there to worry about?
Before, it was a disaster;
Right now, that is an opportunity!
And these people who have lived on Aramita for countless years can naturally provide a lot of advice to the alliance's intelligence department and let them do their work.
But unfortunately, according to current analysis, it is unlikely to directly force Aramita to surrender peacefully.
It was the two previous rounds of purges from the Hawks and the will of the Great Sage Varuk that greatly weakened the political and military power that was originally subordinate to Moro on Aramita.
Afterwards, Varuk sent many of his own people to take over various important positions on the planet. It was very difficult to persuade them to rebel.
Even though Aramita seemed to have been abandoned, Alfonzo's fleet did not deploy many mobile forces here.
But it was said that a fleet was already being assembled from Bostan, one of the three Forge Worlds of the Cult of Alfonzo and the largest.
At the same time, the sect has also asked for help from the Princess Star Region, and Humphrey Paul promised to send reinforcements.
As long as they hold on to Aramita longer, support will come from all sides.
Therefore, they have both the will and the value of resistance. Those hawkish oil men are unwilling to surrender and intend to resist to the end.
However, along with this analysis, another action proposal was also sent to Gu Hang's desk.
After reading the action proposal, Gu Hang sent a copy to Moro, the two regiment commanders, and the chief honor guard officer, asking them to read it and come to the meeting to give their opinions.
Half an hour later, the meeting began; an hour later, the resolution was issued:
Fuck him!
The person in charge of the action was Leo Moretti, the leader of the New World Torch Regiment, who strongly volunteered to participate in the battle in person.
Gu Hang considered it and agreed to his request, but at the same time he also sent the Chief of the Glory Guards, Eero Lacroxia, whom he trusted very much, to assist in the operation.
Lacroxia plays a supporting role, but in fact, he is responsible for supervising Moretti's work on behalf of Gu Hang.
To put it bluntly, although Moretti is called the Chapter Master, he has very little experience. He has only been a Space Marine for about half a year. Although he is already the oldest warrior among the New World Torch, and although he has a veteran warrior like Wang Mengsong as his advisor, and although he is a genius, he can train to the level of a company champion with the garbage seeds of the New World Torch, and can also enlighten and enlighten him to the level of a chapter champion...
However, it couldn't cover up his lack of experience. Wang Mengsong was experienced enough, but Gu Hang didn't trust him at all.
But there must always be opportunities for growth, and Gu Hang is willing to give them.
Of course, it’s not a blind gift, Lacroxia is the one who provides the backup.
Although he is just a mortal, his strength level is no weaker than some of the best Space Marines.
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Here it comes.
There is one more chapter in the early morning.
My wife is playing tricks on me and it really makes me feel itchy...
(End of this chapter)
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