Chapter 945, Strategic Direction
What Robert said and what Gu Hang said, they could understand each other, and they both realized that what the other said was correct and valuable.
The importance of both Comoros and Holy Terra is unquestionable.
However, the two of them soon came up with some new ideas.
Holy Terra and Comoros, these two strategic directions are not mutually exclusive.
The core still lies in what Admiral Xiong Lei said to Robert before: the alliance has contributed less than one percent of its troops.
This sentence means everything.
In fact, is it necessary to have the Terra Expeditionary Force under Robert to conquer the entire Comoros?
No need.
How strong is the Terra Expeditionary Force?
How big is the scale of two thousand warships compared with the Alliance?
The five major fronts of the Alliance, taking the smallest Northern Front as an example, have more than 5,000 warships, distributed in the "Iron Wall" south of the Scarlet Scar for defense.
The 2,000 warships of the Terra Expeditionary Force, when placed on the largest Southern Front Expeditionary Force, might be equivalent to the size of the main fleet - or even slightly smaller. On the Southern Front Front, although the main fleet is the largest, in fact, for the sake of expedition efficiency, there are at least ten detachments, each with a minimum of 50 to 60, and a maximum of 500 to 600 warships. The total number of the Southern Front Front fleet might exceed 10,000 warships.
The total number of warships in the alliance may reach more than 40,000.
Moreover, this number is still growing rapidly. Maybe in a few years or ten years, a fleet of the size of the Terran Expeditionary Force will appear again.
A naval fleet that takes time to build one ship at a time is already able to reach this scale, not to mention the army that can be built up relatively quickly.
The biggest limitation restricting the alliance from sending troops to Comoros is the deployment capability.
If the Alliance cannot conquer Comoros, or it takes a very long time, then the presence or absence of Robert's Terra Expeditionary Force will not affect the result too much.
"However..." Gu Hang also said, "The Terra Expeditionary Force will still have to hold on here for a while."
Robert knew what Gu Hang meant.
The alliance's troops must be sent to Comoros little by little.
Even after the latest large curtain spirit gate is built and the delivery capacity is doubled, it will still take a relatively long time.
Before that, humans must at least maintain control of the Rose Queen Port.
If the Terra Expeditionary Force left now, the Alliance forces would be the only ones left, and they might not be able to hold out against the counterattack of the Dark Eldar.
Robert could accept that.
He could lead his troops to fight for a while longer in Comoros, for the sake of humanity.
What's more, he couldn't leave even if he wanted to.
This brings us to the second topic - the attack in the direction of Holy Terra.
The veil spirit door can be opened to any place in the real universe, which is theoretically correct.
However, there is a prerequisite - there must be a door at the location in the real universe.
For example, the seven gates that are currently open in the Queen Rose Port correspond to the locations in the real universe. They are all Dark Eldar strongholds in the Alliance-controlled area, which were captured by the human army. The large spiritual gate that is about to be built will also be used after the materials are transported to the real universe through the veil spiritual gate, and then a convenient landing site is selected to build a new spiritual gate.
For the Dark Eldar, if they want to set foot in an unfamiliar star field, they have to drive a ship, pass through the nearest Veil Spirit Gate, and then use conventional navigation methods, whether it is through astral tunnels or subspace navigation, to reach the target area, and then find a place to build a spirit gate so that they can travel conveniently in the future.
To put it bluntly, even if you can teleport at will, there must be a teleportation point.
If the Terran Expeditionary Force is to be sent to Holy Terra quickly, a Veil Gate must be built in Holy Terra. That means at least a few ships must arrive at Holy Terra with the materials for building the Veil Gate.
Or, you just need to have a ready-made curtain spirit door, that's also fine.
Regarding how the expeditionary force could reach Terra, Gu Hang and Robert discussed these two directions at the same time and decided to take a two-pronged approach.
For the former, they need to conquer and grab some construction equipment and materials for the Curtain Spirit Gate - Kohl has already led the team to conquer the relevant technology, but it is not known how long it will take for them to complete the technical conquest and reach the point where they can produce it on their own.
After getting the things, they must be sent to the real universe, and then delivered to the Western Front Expeditionary Force as quickly as possible.
The Western Expeditionary Force would organize a vanguard fleet, carry the equipment, and venture across the distance between the two cosmic domains - the places in between were all unconquered, which meant that there was no protection from the Thunder Torch Tower. They could only rely on themselves to bring the equipment of the Curtain Spirit Gate as close to Holy Terra as possible, and then complete the construction of the Curtain Spirit Gate.
However, the difficulty may not be that high - if they can't hold on when they are halfway, then they can just find a place to build a spiritual gate and get supplies directly from Comoros, not only logistics, but also the replenishment of troops and ships.
After the supplies are completed, dismantle the curtain spirit door and set off again.
The feasibility is still good, but there is only one problem: it will take a long time.
I don’t know when I can get a new set of Curtain Spirit Gate equipment, this is a problem.
After this problem is solved, it will take more than a year to deliver the things from the Veil Gate, which is now controlled by the Alliance, to the hands of the Western Front Army.
The Western Front organized a vanguard fleet to head to Holy Terra, putting aside the danger first. The time alone was completely unpredictable. Before the Cataclysm, this voyage might have taken more than half a year. But now, with the fighting in the middle and the repeated jumps without the protection of the Thunder Torch Tower, there was a possibility of getting lost. Even if they didn't get completely lost, a single mistake might cause the entire fleet to wander in the astral tunnel for half a year before getting out...
These are all uncontrollable risks.
Only the Emperor knows exactly when we will be able to reach Holy Terra and how long it will take.
The entire process may take at least two to three years, and at most an unknown number of years, before the Terra Expeditionary Force can set out again.
This was obviously something Robert was not willing to accept.
But at least, this is a road that can be controlled independently, and everything is in the hands of humans.
With this road, we have the initiative.
Relatively speaking, when it comes to finding a ready-made veiled spirit door, the initiative is no longer in humans' hands.
This is one of the peace terms proposed by the Dark Eldar.
(End of this chapter)
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