Chapter 841, Battle of the Steel Furnace
When Taishi Chen returned to the Wangyue Star Region, the first battle he fought was not a military one.
He did not immediately confront the advance of the green-skinned orcs, but instead went to deal with big shots like the Forge General, the Archbishop of the Ecclesiarchy, the Star Domain Head, the Mercenary Queen, and dozens of star sector heads and planetary governors were also arrested.
Objectively speaking, the historian had long anticipated that these people would be indecisive and each had their own ulterior motives.
It's not just the Wangyue Star Region that is like this. The other five star regions surrounding the Ohm and Lia Star Region that form an unbreakable line of defense are actually the same.
Going back, the Alliance's Dark Side Expedition was like this. Any place that has not been transformed by the Alliance and where the original ruling class of the planet still holds most of the world's power is like this.
That's human nature, it's normal. Before those rulers give up their power, especially when they can passively or actively realize that their power will disappear due to the Dark Side Expedition, they will naturally use the "final madness" to do something.
Only after the alliance transformation, when the world's main production and violence are in the hands of the alliance, can the situation be calmed down.
The original rulers had different endings. Some were content to be rich, while others actively integrated into the alliance system, fought for the alliance, and strived for new interests and new hopes under the new environment and system.
These are all pretty good.
But there are also some who, either because their actions before joining the alliance were too bad, or because they continued to make small moves after joining the alliance, were eventually liquidated and ended up miserably.
Once upon a time, Tai Shichen hoped that the Wangyue Star Region, and even the many star regions and worlds around the Unbreakable Defense Line, could have a good outcome.
Everyone worked together to face the alien enemy that threatened everyone's safety, and after an arduous battle, they won the victory. In this process, the alliance provided strong support and gradually transformed these worlds. The ruling class and dignitaries on the planet and even in the star field actively integrated into the alliance system... Isn't this the best?
Unfortunately, there are always people trying to cause trouble.
When he first arrived at the vicinity of the Ohmgeria star field, Tai Shichen did not take a firm attitude to deal with these local forces. In addition to wanting to deal with them gently at the beginning, another main reason was that he did not have enough troops on hand when he first arrived. The alien threat from the Ohmgeria star field was quite fierce and needed to be dealt with urgently.
Uniting and mobilizing local forces in various places to solve local problems has always been the established strategy of the Alliance's dark expedition. After all, although the Alliance has a large number of troops, it has more problems to solve. It is more efficient to save a little and then use the Alliance's most important strength as good steel on the blade.
After the troops at Taishichen's disposal were continuously replenished by the Western Expeditionary Force Headquarters and became sufficient, the previous strategy of compromise changed.
In the five star regions surrounding Omgeria, the alliance transformation and the absorption and digestion of local forces have actually begun.
But unfortunately, before that, something happened in the Wangyue Star Region.
This lesson must be learned.
Tai Shichen has issued an order, requiring the other four star regions to strengthen their support for the exit blockade defense planets. The planned manpower, defense construction, and weapon equipment supply must be implemented without any delay, otherwise I will bring you to a military court.
I'm not kidding. After what happened in the Moon Star Region, the dignitaries in other star regions naturally felt the same way. In the past few months, the Alliance has at least made a start in the alliance transformation of the four star regions. Some roles such as "special envoys", "economic experts", and "military advisors" have a certain degree of control over the planets. Once a world or a force fails to meet the requirements for the construction of an unbreakable defense line, the Alliance's agents will sneak in and take the person away; or the Alliance troops who stay behind will directly press on and demand that the person be handed over. In short, there are many actual examples where people have been dealt with.
The actual processing records are in front of us. After killing the chickens, the remaining monkeys have to behave themselves.
After they became obedient, not only did the support for the unbroken defense line become smooth and unimpeded, but the actions of the alliance's special envoys to carry out alliance reforms on these local forces and planets became smoother.
As it stands, the situation in those four star fields is relatively stable. At least after evaluation, Tai Shichen believes that even if an invasion of the same intensity comes again at Exit 7 of the Wangyue Star Field, they should be able to withstand it, at least until reinforcements arrive.
The only big problem left now lies in the Wangyue Star Region itself.
Here, Tai Shichen actually allowed the orcs to act as they pleased.
The main reason was that he had to find out the location of the orc army's main force through their actions, especially the orc warrior named "Uru", where he was at the moment.
The secondary reason is… If the local forces of the Moon Star Region do not get beaten and receive a heavy punishment, how can they honestly accept the tough transformation of the Alliance? How can they form a deterrent warning to other star regions?
Of course, Tai Shichen absolutely does not want the entire Wangyue Star Region to be destroyed.
According to the original plan, what was needed for the offensive against Ohmgeria was to establish a complete and unbreakable defense line to ensure that the enemy was blocked within the star field; outside the star field, the five star fields such as Wangyue would serve as base camps to directly provide sufficient war resources to support the future expedition against Ohmgeria. At the same time, the main force of the alliance would arrive and lead the vassal army or auxiliary army recruited from the five star fields into the star field, and finally eliminate all the green-skinned orcs and Zerg armies in the star field.
Under this plan, the Moon-Watching Star Region cannot be destroyed, otherwise a key link will be missing in the future expedition to Omgeria in this direction.
The most important thing is the forging world of Steel Flame Furnace.
Although it must hurt Moon, the Steel Flame Furnace must not be destroyed by the greenskins. If it is destroyed, the Alliance will be the ones who suffer.
Moreover, if a greenskin army occupied an entire Forge World... Tai Shichen could not imagine how terrible the consequences would be. After those aliens had defiled such a large-scale human mechanical technology center, to what extent would their own weapons and equipment be strengthened.
Except for the Steel Flame Furnace, other places can be left alone for a while.
However, after humans made such a war strategy, the strategies of the greenskins on the opposite side were quite similar.
General Uru was obviously very clear that if he could conquer a forging world, he would get the real appreciation of the Bonebreaker King.
He was so determined to do so that he himself appeared on the battlefield.
As for the Steel Flame Furnace, the morale of the planet's defenders was very low due to the escape of the Forge General. At the same time, because the Mechanical Ark was taken away, the most elite group of the Skitarii were also taken away, resulting in a serious shortage of defense forces.
In the ground battle, the Mechanicus's troops were defeated.
Even after Wang Kerong was put on trial and Pilias, with the will of the Alliance, led the Mechanical Ark and the elite of the Mechanicus back to the Furnace of Steel Flame and re-entered the battle, they were unable to reverse the situation of the war.
For this battlefield, we must increase the stakes.
Especially after Ulu showed up, there was no need for Taishichen to hold back.
He led the most important forces in his hands and decisively joined the battle in the Steel Flame Furnace.
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The Chapter Master removed his helmet, and through the crimson filter of the orbital scanner, he could clearly see Uru's war machines - a mobile fortress composed of thirty battle fortresses that was devouring the entire foundry area, mushroom spore culture tanks spreading outward from the furnace core like cancerous tissue, and greenskin technicians using rusty hydraulic pliers to weld the Crusader's mechanical arms to the chassis of the killing tank.
The battle flag representing Uru himself is in that mobile fortress.
Uru has gone all out.
At this moment, it was the second month since Taishi Chen led the main force to arrive.
The Alliance Vanguard he led was strong enough. His fleet worked in conjunction with the Mechanical Ark to drive out almost all of the Greenskins' space forces.
At this point, Uru should have realized that his attack on the Steel Flame Furnace had failed.
But the orc warrior obviously refused to acknowledge this result.
The result was that his ground forces, which had been able to maintain the offensive, were contained after the Alliance Vanguard landed on the ground; now, they had to face an even more fierce space attack, which was even more difficult.
Defeat is inevitable...?
Uru still doesn't think so.
The orc warrior was gambling, putting all his strength and himself on the table.
The greenskin war fortress is not far from the core forge city of the forge world.
His charge did cause considerable trouble to the human defense line, and at one point caused the entire human army to be shaken.
But at Taishichen's request, the human defense line was deliberately relaxed, allowing the terrible monster to approach freely.
Come, come, this is the place of death I have prepared for you.
In a position where the target can be seen with one's own eyes, the white-green armor of the Chapter Leader glowed coldly in the dim bridge. Tai Shichen's voice made the metal dust in the air tremble slightly: "Two companies will attack from the south. I need you to paralyze 80% of the greenskins' armor production capacity within 24 hours."
"What about you?" someone asked.
"I will lead the remaining troops, under orbital cover, and personally meet that abominable beast."
As he turned, his cape swept across Ricardo's genetic code on the datapad.
The hydraulic gates of the underground pipeline slowly opened in the acidic steam, and the elite troops of the Spear of the Dragon King filed out.
The psychic sword of the think tank director, Modler Lazio, illuminated the relief of the God of Machines on the wall that had been altered by the greenskins. The originally solemn holy emblem of the Mechanicus was changed into a grinning orc face, and a fluorescent green viscous liquid oozed out between the gears.
He just exerted a little force, and all the blasphemous images were wiped out.
This man with the same surname as Ricardo is indeed related to Ricardo - Modler is Ricardo's uncle.
He is proud of his nephew.
Even if Ricardo died, he died as a warrior, and there is nothing to say.
And now, it is his turn as a warrior to avenge his nephew.
More than five hundred elite Space Marines from various chapters - but most of them were the Spear of the Dragon King, more than fifteen Titans of various types, more than fifty knight mechas, and countless armored troops, swarmed out from the underground pipes that had been cleared long ago in the core fortress.
Even the Crusaders native to the Iron Furnace brought out their most elite troops - in other attack directions, they deployed hundreds of Titans, which were the last and largest capital of the entire Forge World.
Following Taishichen in the charge were countless dragoons and fighter soldiers. These units charged towards the greenskins' war fortress without caring about their own lives.
Tai Shichen raised his hand and fired two hot melt bombs. The killing canister lurking in the steam cloud turned into molten iron before it sounded the alarm. The modified greenskin traps followed one after another: the rusted conveyor belt suddenly accelerated and threw the fart skeleton towards the Space Marines, the hanging cables burst out with lightning that was enough to melt ceramic steel, and the entire passage turned over without warning, pouring everyone into the boiling slag pool.
The orcs' resistance remained stubborn.
However, these are undoubtedly meaningless.
The elites that continued to emerge from the human race were too numerous and too powerful. Even though countless greenskins resisted fearlessly amidst the roars, they were still inevitably forced to retreat.
Not to mention, there was still fierce firepower falling from orbit. Even though most of it was intercepted, especially those that were directly aimed at the war fortress, or blocked by the war fortress's void shield, there was always firepower that could fall on the battlefield around the fortress's feet, blowing the greenskins on the outer defense line to pieces.
When humans launched a counterattack, their advantage was obvious!
(End of this chapter)
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