Chapter 964, Comoros Special Administrative Region
The surrender of the Eldar was a bit abrupt for the Alliance's frontline troops.
A moment ago, the Dark Eldar's resistance was quite tenacious.
The Darkskin army is a formidable foe not only for ordinary human troops, but also for the Space Marines.
In other words, the Dark Eldar's slave cannon fodder army is slightly easier to defeat.
If the Dark Eldar's own regular forces showed up, or even some of the elite races within the alien mercenaries—the Minotaur, the Serpent-men, and the like—then the situation would be quite troublesome. Human forces often needed several times more troops to withstand them. Even Space Marines could easily be annihilated if they were caught off guard and faced an enemy with superior forces in a disadvantageous position.
Compared to the previous wars in the Alliance's history, the intensity was almost as intense as the Battle of Ankachi. That war against the most elite greenskin army in the universe, led by King Bonebreaker, was nothing more than this.
In fact, the Battle of Comoros was even more brutal than that.
After all, compared with the two wars, humans deployed more troops in Comoros, the war situation was more complicated, and the area affected was also larger.
The types of warfare were also very different. The great battle against the Orks on Ankachi was primarily a head-on confrontation between large armies, a clash of armored vehicles in the open field, artillery exchanges, and brutal battles for position.
But in the Comoros, it's more like urban street fighting. Both sides repeatedly battle for one or two houses or buildings in each city and neighborhood. Even when buildings are demolished, the wreckage remains a focal point for both sides.
Although the overall strategy showed that humanity's advance seemed unstoppable, and the Dark Eldar were being beaten back in their own homeland, if one looked at it from a microscopic perspective, every inch of land was paved with blood, and every place was paved with the corpses of the Alliance Army's soldiers.
Moreover, the captured areas often harbored large numbers of black-skinned guerrillas, as well as countless unexplored tunnels that could be exploited by the ratmen. These would inflict a terrible blow to the human rear.
It wasn't that the human occupation forces didn't want to eliminate the remaining guerrillas and destroy the tunnels. On the contrary, the Allied Army preferred to advance more slowly, but to wipe out the enemy completely. However, doing so inherently carried enormous risks. Almost half of the losses were incurred in eliminating the guerrillas and destroying the tunnels.
In the eyes of frontline combatants, the Dark Eldar are a formidable foe. While the warriors maintain high morale, confident that victory will ultimately be theirs, they also recognize that complete victory may come at a significant cost, requiring them to pay incrementally.
However, they did not expect that suddenly, the order from the superiors was that victory had been achieved and the Eldar had surrendered.
No, the elves who were fighting desperately just a moment ago, surrendered at this moment?
A little dreamy, a little confusing.
But no matter what, for the frontline fighters, winning the war is a good thing.
There is no need to fight anymore, and you can get all the merits you deserve.
The next task for the front-line troops is to receive their results of battle in accordance with the instructions of their superiors.
Eldar troops laid down their weapons in formation, surrendering in droves. Their positions were communicated by their superiors, and by the time the fully armed human troops arrived at their locations, the Dark Eldar troops, or even mercenaries, had already laid down their weapons and lined up obediently, being captured en masse.
Prisoner-of-war camps were built early on, and these Dark Eldar would be temporarily imprisoned there, waiting for the subsequent Alliance government to take over.
This is the case in most cases.
Of course, there are also those who are unwilling to surrender.
After all, even if Mensha had the order, and the old woman persuaded many consuls after returning and made a resolution, there would definitely be those who were unwilling to surrender.
Quite a few.
Some of them decided to fight to the death in the complex terrain of Comoros; others took advantage of the window period when human forces had not yet taken over all the key locations, fled Comoros on spacecraft, and found a place to stay in the real universe.
The total number of these people may account for more than one-third of all Dark Eldar.
The former will probably cause the alliance to suffer attacks from the resistance for a long time in the future when it controls Comoros.
The latter would likely exacerbate pirate infestations across the universe. With worlds conquered and pirate ports secretly established, coupled with the combined influence of human rebels, alien forces, and Chaos factions, combined with the Dark Eldar's technology and manpower, the consequences could be severe.
In short, it's all trouble.
Even if the Dark Eldar were destroyed, surrendered, and their remnants were shattered to pieces, there would still be a huge impact, which shows the last bit of strength left by this former overlord that existed for countless tens of thousands of years.
However, these situations can be handled.
The Dark Eldar resistance in Comoros could be dealt with by the Dark Eldar themselves. They have numerous connections, and perhaps some sympathizers could act as traitors on the human side. But overall, there are undoubtedly genuine surrenderers, providing intelligence and betraying the resistance. Furthermore, these surrendered Dark Eldar could form a mopping-up force, turning on themselves.
The same principle applies to future piracy risks.
None of these are as important as the fact that the Alliance has now definitely acquired the entire Comoros.
After the complete surrender of Comoros, the Union's Central Front was stationed here.
On the one hand, they can suppress Comoros, wipe out the resistance forces, and deter the surrenderists from having any extra thoughts.
On the other hand, the Central Front's presence in Comoros was inherently advantageous. Using Comoros' numerous ports and veiled portals, they could quickly travel to various locations throughout the universe, supporting battles in all directions and truly fulfilling the Central Army's original duty of 'guarding the center and supporting all directions.'
The Alliance government also established the Comoros Special Administrative Region here. Its administrative standards are quite high, equivalent to the level of a Alliance space government. In the future, the main responsibilities of this special administrative region will be to manage the Eldar, utilize Eldar technology to develop the special administrative region, maintain all Veil ports, and support the Alliance's use of the special administrative region ports for military and commercial operations.
(End of this chapter)
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