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Chapter 326, He is not dead

Perbov met the returning Martins.

Although under the appointment of the Governor, he is the commander-in-chief of the entire military operations on the Black Arrow, the Space Marines are always the most different.

He is still very respectful to Martins.

"Your Excellency, Chapter Master."

"Huh..." Martins let out a sigh of relief.

Nor did he appear cold or unkind to mortals.He just said calmly: "Our actions failed to meet expectations. After the raid on the palace of the Kingdom of Pampos, the leader of the rebels was not there. Through interrogation, we learned that the leader of the rebels was not there after the incident in the Kingdom of Stefano. , we have strengthened prevention in this regard, and the political and military centers have been dispersed and relocated."

Martin paused and continued: "If we need to carry out similar operations, we need more reliable intelligence support. We need to find out exactly where the enemy chief is."

"Understood." Purbov responded seriously, as if he was a subordinate.

Martins nodded slightly, turned and left.

After watching the Chapter Master walk away, Perbeuf didn't relax until he was out of sight.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

There is still a sense of nervousness when facing Space Marines.

After all, the Space Marine's identity is too special. Regardless of theory or practice, Martins can deprive him of his command at any time.

Although this is actually unlikely, Martins is not the person to do such a thing, and there is also the Governor above.

However, to be honest, he has been a little anxious recently.

Earlier, when the offensive against Stefano was launched, he also led the battle.

That battle was fairly well fought.

But as the main force entered Pampos, the battle situation began to have some problems.

The offensive of the Alliance army is still so overwhelming. Once the armored cluster is dispatched, the enemy's front will collapse.The ordinary infantry of the coalition forces of various countries are very weak no matter from any point of view.Even compared to the Stefanos, the equipment may be similar, but the training, tactics, discipline, morale of the soldiers... there are differences in these.

To be honest, none of the so-called 'knights' and sentinel mechas among the coalition forces of various countries can fight against them.Many of them even risked their lives on the battlefield.

It is very simple to think this way. The status of ordinary soldiers in the coalition forces of various countries is too low. Coupled with the social structure of feudal rule, those aristocratic grandfathers really do not take the lives of the lower class cannon fodder as their fate.

The Stefanos are much better in this regard. In addition to being officers and commanders, their knights are also upright and know how to take the lead and fight bloody battles.It is precisely because of this that they were able to establish their status as the most famous military power on the Black Arrow Star.

Even they had been crushed by the alliance armies time and time again in previous wars, let alone the alliance armies of these countries whose standards were far inferior.

However, the opponent is not without advantages.

First of all, there is a huge difference in military strength.The Kingdom of Pampos, which has a population of over 200 million, can raise an army of only 50 million people.The total number of reinforcements provided by other countries has exceeded [-].

Volume itself is a huge advantage.

If the Stefano people's army of one million people had really assembled and fought hard on the vast plain battlefield, there would have been problems.

Secondly, they largely learned from the experience and lessons of the Stefano people being overthrown. With an army of more than 200 million people, they opened a long and multi-layered front with a very three-dimensional system.

This makes the league's blitz less effective.

If the armored group wants to break through, it can indeed break through at will, and the enemy can indeed collapse at the first touch.But they are adopting the strategic policy of changing space time. When the arrow troops pass by, the troops on the surrounding fronts will soon try to penetrate to the rear of the arrow. The forces of both sides will fight in a stalemate here.

Even if the penetration is easily defeated, they will immediately mobilize other troops from further away to try to penetrate...

Anyway, there are many of them.

Under constant entanglement, the two sides showed the widest stretch, stretching almost more than 400 kilometers between their teeth.

In this case, the alliance's forces were spread very thinly, which was very unfavorable for clenching into fists and fighting forward.

For safety reasons, Purbov even had to temporarily retreat his troops, regroup, shrink the front line, and avoid being surrounded by cutting off their retreat.

Although, at this stage, the battle loss ratio between the two sides is still the alliance's absolute advantage.

After more than a month of fighting, the alliance army lost a total of about [-] people, while the enemy suffered more than [-] battle losses.

A battle loss ratio of about 1:12 is already an exaggeration.

However, even so, Perbov is not able to accept this status quo.

If the battle continues according to this battle loss ratio, the alliance's army will be wiped out, and it will only be able to recover at most 400 million enemy losses.

But the problem is that after the alliance defeats more than 30 people, they will be gone unless the Raging Owls launch a mobilization order in the mainland and fight to the death.But countries may be able to recruit another 400 million troops.

The war cannot be fought like this.

So Purbov wanted to copy the previous tactics in the Kingdom of Stefano, and asked the Storm Mage Group and the Phoenix Chapter to implement decapitation tactics on the enemy.

The psykers and Space Marines did not disappoint. They once again successfully entered the enemy's palace and caused great chaos.

However, knowing that the Stefanos suffered great losses under this tactic, and that he really had no way to deal with the beheading of the Space Marines, how could King Pampos just stay in his palace? Waiting to be beheaded?

He ran away long ago.

Not only did he run away, but the entire kingdom's military and political governments were dispersed to ensure that even if there were problems such as intelligence leaks and they were caught once, they would not be destroyed.

The beheading operation of the enemy leader failed, and Purbov's army could not quickly break through a distance of thousands of kilometers, break through the three-dimensional defense line composed of more than 200 million troops, and enter the capital, so there was no way to replicate the Battle of Stefano. Brilliant.

Purbov even heard that the king of Pampos had already appointed fifteen heirs in perfect order.

This means that you have already made up your mind that you will be finished.

From this perspective, although the Alliance army was not defeated, its offensive was actually hindered.

Although he found it a bit difficult to accept and even a little embarrassed mentally, Perbov still tried his best to think of the next solution.

It seems unrealistic to expect quick victory every day.

He began to change his thinking.

If you can't win quickly, then let's follow the normal thinking of conventional warfare.

He is preparing to make a change in strategic goals.

The previous strategy can actually be summarized as 'quickly eliminating the enemy's command system and occupying key locations such as the capital to create a terrible political disturbance and force the enemy to surrender. '

Next, he planned to change the strategic goal to 'use the mobility capabilities of the armored forces and the excellent military quality of the alliance army to carry out various pincer offensives with the goal of wiping out the enemy's effective forces as much as possible to form an organized and successful army. Annihilate enemy forces on a massive scale. 'Final victory will be achieved, if not by capturing your king and making you surrender, then by draining your pool of manpower.

He has prepared a war plan, but it requires the support of Governor Gu Hang.

In this plan, the power of the New Kingdom Council needs to be used.

He also needs a large number of local levies from Black Arrow Star.

For example, 50 royal troops have been assembled in the rear; if necessary, he hopes to increase this number to 100 million.

In this way, after having enough line-filling troops, Purbov does not need to place his elite men in various parts of the defense line to guard separately, but can actually clenched his fists and smash forward.

He will use the armored forces as arrows to launch a single-point breakthrough from two different positions to form a pincer offensive.Then, before the enemy in the middle runs out, close the 'pliers' and surround all the enemies in the middle.When supplies are cut off, hold the encirclement until the enemy inside collapses and surrenders.

In previous battles, the enemy army was defeated. As long as it was not eliminated on the spot, even if it temporarily lost its combat capability, it could often be reorganized and reorganized quickly and put into battle again; and if it was surrounded , then there is nowhere to escape.Without supplies and under complete siege, based on the morale of the coalition forces, it is estimated that they will have to run out of ammunition and food in two or three days before fully surrendering.

Of course, in this process, the alliance's army will definitely still have to face the onslaught of enemy reinforcements, and will also encounter the pressure of a desperate breakout from the surrounded enemy forces.

But as long as you win once, it is often a huge gain.

Moreover, many tasks that require the number of troops can be handed over to the servant army supplemented from the rear.

It can also be left to the Space Marines.

A battle with their participation will greatly reduce one's own losses.

After all, this group of superhuman warriors can quickly eliminate the enemy's most threatening targets in battle.Whether it is raiding artillery positions, killing Sentinel mechas, or even confronting the enemy after dispatching Knight Titans, the Phoenix can complete the task very well.

With a feeling of apprehension, Purbov boarded the Wind Falcon fighter plane heading to Pinser, the capital of the Luman Kingdom.

He wants to report in person.

...

When Gu Hang saw Perbov, he had just finished another meeting.

Originally, he had another plan next.

He had to pay attention to a person he had always been curious about and who was changing all the time.

But when Perbov came, he still had the patience to meet his general.

After listening to Purbov's report, Gu Hang was a little dissatisfied.

This was not quite in line with his expectations.

He also expected to be able to replicate the glory of the Battle of Stefano again, conduct another beautiful raid and blitz, and eliminate Pampos, the number one power on the Black Arrow Star, within two or three months, and reduce the territory and population of this kingdom. , is also included in the new king's council.

In this way, the situation of the entire Black Arrow Star can be considered settled, and the main focus of the subsequent work can be changed from military operations to economics and politics.

However, Purbov actually brought him bad news.

But even though he was dissatisfied, he could also understand.

Nothing will be smooth sailing, and nothing can be done quickly.

A war in which the combined number of combatants from both sides exceeded the 300 million mark cannot be considered small-scale by any means.A quick win is a surprise and cannot be expected to become the norm.

Gu Hang quickly adjusted his mentality and agreed to Perbov's strategic plan.

But he also made his own demands.

"You want 100 million servants, but I can't give you 70 at most, and it's impossible to give them all to you in a short period of time. It's estimated that 20 will be available in half a month, 50 in three months, and 80 to [-] in half a year. Ten thousand."

"Yes, I understand." Purbov nodded seriously.

He actually expected this situation.

He is a general who only needs to think about how to fight the war and what he needs to win the war.

But the Governor is the ruler, and he has many things to consider.

The new King's Parliament has just been established. Although there are two large countries, Luman and Stefano, plus nine small countries, with a total population of nearly [-] million, the new King's Parliament is still under construction. It is very fragile, and its dominance over other countries is currently only based on military deterrence.

At this time, it is unrealistic to draw millions of people from all countries to participate in the war.

If you want to draw manpower to participate in the war, you must wait for the new King's Council to gradually deepen its control over various countries as the ruling body of the alliance.

Moreover, he could go further and think that he would not be able to defeat the battle after the follow-up manpower caught up.

If it keeps winning, help from various countries will continue to flow; once it loses, the new King's Council, which is built on military deterrence, will immediately be at risk of collapse.

Gu Hang also mentioned this: "If I give you people, the battle must be fought beautifully. I need beautiful victories one after another. The number of casualties and the proportion of casualties must be controlled, and the results must be brilliant enough, you understand ?"

"Yes! Lord Governor! Promise to complete the mission!"

"Go."

...

After watching Purbov leave, Gu Hang sat in the office and thought for a while, and didn't dwell on it anymore.

Now that the decision has been made, I believe that the generals under my command can get things done.

His thoughts returned to what he was thinking about before.

That's about a person.

Apostle of War, Borgia Gallardo.

The man who caused countless turmoils in the Pegasus Star Region was currently in Gu Hang's Kingdom of Storm God, with his eyes tightly closed.

He's not dead, but he's dying.

But now, what Gu Hang is thinking about is what to do.

Letting him die was the easiest, but Gu Hang had some new ideas.

(End of this chapter)