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Chapter 384, no choice

"...I understand everything you said, Mr. Leader."

"But what I don't understand is, what does any of this have to do with me?"

"I am the Governor of the Alliance. I only have four worlds under my jurisdiction. Falches Samsung is not within my jurisdiction. What does the rebellion that happened there have to do with the Alliance? I cannot exceed my authority."

"Indeed, there are two Astra Militarum armies under my command, but whether it is the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion or the Raging Bear Legion, they are currently under the Koroga War Zone. It is true that I am the commander of the war zone, but the scope of my war zone is only divided into In Koroga, how do I have the authority to dispatch troops under the jurisdiction of the war zone to leave the war zone and fight in another star system?"

"Space Marine Chapter? You have to ask the Phoenix Chapter Commander. What's the use of asking me?"

"Can't get in touch? I'm sorry, Mr. Leader, but I haven't been able to get in touch with Chapter Master Martins recently. The Alliance has no authority to govern a Space Marine Chapter. We only have a good cooperative relationship. Have they responded to the call? I can't decide at all."

"I know your concerns, please believe that I feel the same as you. The traitorous behavior of the Fachus family is outrageous. I have never dared to imagine that someone would have such courage to do such disloyalty. They have stepped on the bottom line. Their rebellion is an indisputable fact and a sin that must be washed away! The alliance also seriously condemned this. I also publicly shouted to Minnick, asking him to surrender unconditionally and accept his due. Judgment!"

"I'm even willing to personally donate one million tax coins to the sector as my indignation over this!"

"I have tried my best, Mr. Leader, and I hope you can resolve the matter as soon as possible and wash away the shame!"

After listening to what Gu Hang said, Martinelli looked solemn.

He was thinking about his words and how to draw Gu Hang to this front.

However, little Peddes beside him couldn't hold himself back at this moment.

"Gu Hang, Governor Gu, Commander Gu, just tell me, what do you want before you are willing to come and put down the rebellion?"

"I made it so clear, don't you understand? It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't. It doesn't comply with the law or regulations."

"You should stop making these hypocritical remarks here!" Little Peddes said eagerly: "Just tell me what you want? Each of us will take half of the three-star Fachus. You take one, and we take..."

"That's enough!" Gu Hang scolded, "What kind of arrogant words are these? How come the territory of the empire is like private property in your mouth and can be distributed at will? Clerk, please record clearly what Little Pedes has said. Come down, there is not a single word difference allowed."

Little Peddes was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he became furious. He opened his mouth to curse, but before the words came out, he was stopped by Martinelli.

"Sorry, Governor Gu, please wait a moment."

After saying this, Martinelli temporarily muted the communication, then turned around and glared at Little Peddes: "Do you know how much trouble what you just said will cause us?"

Little Peddes said disdainfully: "What trouble could there be?"

Martinelli really had a headache. The situation is already so difficult and troublesome, and in the end, I have to take a pig teammate with me. Everyone said that the Peddes brothers in the Pegasus sector complemented each other well. After personal experience, Martinelli realized that Peddes had at least three times the skill to offset the negative influence of little Peddes!

He really regretted that he should not have come to the muddy waters of Tianma Star District.

But after all the trips, what else can I do?

He took a deep breath and said, "You, get out."

"what?"

"Get out of here! From now on, when I talk about business, you are not allowed to say anything!" Martinelli no longer wanted to tolerate it.

"Why do you talk to me like that!?"

"Just because of your stupidity!"

"You came up with the plan to oppress Faches. Now something goes wrong. What do you mean by getting angry at me?"

"Yes, it is, so now I'm trying to remedy it. Please, if you can't help me, at least don't cause trouble, okay?"

"...Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore. I'll just listen here. Is that okay?"

"..."

In the end, Martinelli did not aggravate the conflict further and tolerated little Pedro to continue to stay here with only an ear.

After the communication was reconnected, he first apologized and then continued to negotiate with Gu Hang.

Gu Hang laughed teasingly and asked little Peddes if he had been kicked out, which made the Governor of the Winged Star sitting next to him clenched his fists.

But at any rate, this guy still remembered the agreement he had just made with Martinelli and kept his mouth shut.

Martinelli is still very proficient in political negotiation, but he couldn't help but met Gu Hang, who was inexperienced.

Between words, no matter what Martinelli said, whether it was providing convenience or providing political support to relieve Gu Hang's worries, Gu Hang kept repeating these two things: the theater was not covered and the alliance was not covered.

Of course Martinelli understands what this means.

In fact, what little Peddes said was not wrong at all. Gu Hang's desire to have three stars in Farches has been clearly laid out on the table. Either find a way to get the Koroja War Zone to include the Falches Three Stars, or let the Falches Three Stars plan to join the alliance.

In fact, there is no difference in the final result of these two conditions. Even if it is the former, it is just a war zone, but after Gu Hang actually controls the Faches Three Stars through military force, it will be sooner or later for them to join the alliance.

However, he knew that he could not promise these two conditions so easily.

Fachus gave Gu Hang three stars, so what did he do in the past two years?

It doesn't do any good at all, and it makes me feel embarrassed.

But apart from that, he doesn't have many chips left in his hand.

Otherwise, let Fei Yixing go out?

After hanging up the communication, Martinelli drank all the wine in his hand in one breath, and then sat down with a frown on his face.

"Can I talk now?"

"Of course." Martinelli hesitated for a moment, feeling that he still needed to ease the relationship with Little Peddes. "I'm sorry just now. I was just a little anxious. I hope you don't take it personally."

Little Peter's face still looked unhappy, but he still controlled his temper.

He said seriously: "I think I can give it to him."

"what?"

"If he wants Farches, give it all to him."

Martinelli stared at little Peddes, instinctively feeling that this guy was talking nonsense again.

But little Peter was very serious and added: "We have no choice, right?"

"You can't give him all three. If you give them all to him, what's the point?"

"I heard it all. He must have all three, and he can't lose even one."

"Then if that's the case, why don't I talk to the Fachus people? The final result will be..."

"You know that's impossible."

Martinelli fell silent, he did know.

Little Peddes continued: "Moreover, it's not like there's no chance. It's not that easy to get the three stars given to him by Faches. The Faches family has been running their home for countless generations, with a population of tens of billions and a strong level of development. The industrial base allows them to mobilize hundreds of millions of troops at the extreme moment; the construction around the three planets includes anti-orbital strike systems, star fortresses, and planetary active defense mechanisms..."

Martinelli mused.

And what little Peddes said next made him feel that his evaluation of this guy just now was a bit too harsh:

"It won't be easy for Gu Hang to capture Faches, and there will definitely be bloodshed. Our chance is to let them collide, and when they collide, corpses will litter the field, and both sides will be injured!"

...

"Rivers of blood? Corpses everywhere? Who do you want to kill both sides of?"

Gu Hang looked at his military chief adviser, Major General Yan Fangxu, with an expression of disbelief.

Yan Fangxu was also a little confused.

Just now, he reported to the Governor the war plan made by the Alliance General Staff.

This strategy, in general, is based on the fact that the Pegasus fleet still remains in the sector to participate in this war.

But despite this, they still cannot control the orbit of any planet, but if they concentrate all their power around a planet, they can probably suppress it. If you ask to destroy all the orbital power of a planet, you may have to pay the price of a cruiser and multiple destroyers, and the Pegasus Fleet will definitely not agree.

However, the Pegasus fleet can completely blockade a single planet. Although the Fachus have some troop transport ships, it is obviously impossible to break through the naval blockade, and thus cannot provide support between planets.

On this basis, Yan Fangxu will focus on attacking individual planets. The primary target is Faches 1, the most important planet. With the navy suppressing the star fort and ground anti-orbital firepower, the alliance's elite forces will forcefully conduct a landing operation in the Arctic Circle of the planet with the weakest orbital defenses on Faches 1.

The goal of the first phase is to destroy the surrounding orbital defense facilities, establish a safe landing site and defend it, and strive to attract as many enemies as possible.

The goal of the second stage is to follow the same pattern, open a second landing site behind enemy lines, stand still, and strive to fight a two-sided, encircling annihilation war to eliminate as many of the Faqesi's effective forces as possible.

After the success of the first and second stages, the best result is that they have eliminated enough enemies and temporarily destroyed the effective strength of the Faqis people in the northern continent. Under the premise that the enemies cannot gather temporarily, the entire army marched south and directly Capture the planetary capital of Falches 1 and strive for the complete surrender of Falches 1.

Of course, the strategy submitted by Yan Fangxu is not simply methods and goals, but also includes many details such as troops, materials, tactical plans, etc. that need to be invested at each stage.

Every step in this plan is full of difficulties, but there is hope that it can be achieved. Yan Fangxu's overall goal is to capture Faches quickly and steadily, instead of falling into a long-term tug-of-war and stalemate. In that case, they would be sitting on the mainland with the backing of 4 billion people on the planet, but the alliance's supplies and reinforcements would all have to be transported by sea and transported across two astral tunnels to the Falches system, and the cost would be higher than that of the other party. Much higher. But no matter what, no matter what kind of plan they made, Yan Fangxu and the staff officers he led all came to the same conclusion: this would be a bloody battle.

Although what they have to face is not a dangerous demon, just the Planetary Defense Force. However, the number of enemies will be a very big problem, and the cruelty that landing operations will bring to the attackers is another big problem.

No matter how this battle is fought, losses are inevitable and will be extremely huge.

Because of this, when Yan Fangxu reported to the governor, he couldn't help but use words like rivers of blood and corpses everywhere.

But obviously, this caused Governor Gu's dissatisfaction.

"Obviously, if this battle goes to this level, it will prove that we have failed."

"Sacrificing tens of millions of warriors, spending countless money, and harvesting three worlds that need post-war reconstruction... I can't even imagine that scene. Lao Yan, do you dare to think about it?"

"..."

Yan Fangxu didn't know how to answer this question.

"We need a smarter approach and I'm ready for that."

"Then...Mr. Governor, do you want to give up this plan?"

"No need. If it really comes to this, there will always be a record. However, the next job for you and your staff is to come up with a strategy for taking over the three planets of Faches."

"Take over?" Yan Fangxu carefully confirmed the words he heard.

"Yes, take over."

With that said, Gu Hang stood up and looked into the distance.

"As mentioned in your plan, Fachus is three well-defended civilized worlds. But what is the best way to conquer a strong fortress? Of course, it is to break it from the inside. As it happens, we have prepared for this It's been a year and the Fachs are not as united as they claim to be. This is our chance."

"Now, we just have to wait and see if our beloved head of the sector can figure it out. And I have no doubt about this."

Gu Hang said this with confidence because he had seen through Martinelli's current predicament.

Under the current situation, Martinelli has four main requirements to resolve the Faches rebellion, in order of importance.

Don't let the Star Territory take action = ensure the imperial tax of the Faches galaxy > destroy the Faches family and severely punish the rebellion > fines.

The first two items are of equal importance, this is the inside. The Star Territory is not incapable of solving the problem, but if the Star Territory government is to take action to solve the problem, it will have to mobilize fleets and the Astra Militarum from the front lines of the Iron Teeth War. Not to mention that this will cost a lot of money, lead to defense holes on the front line, and be defeated by green skins in several worlds, which will result in even greater losses.

The same goes for imperial taxes. The three stars of Fachus add up to 6 billion tax coins a year, and they cannot be lost.

These two aspects must be preserved. If possible, Martinelli will wait to be buried with Faches - maybe he will die earlier than Faches.

Destroying the Faches family and severely punishing the rebels is a matter of honor. The dignity of the empire must be guaranteed, and the rebels who dare to trample on the bottom line must be eliminated.

It won't work if you just keep the inner lining. The chaos was caused by Martinelli. He only calmed down the chaos, but Farches was still at large and even continued to control the planet. This would be a huge loss to the star government. When the time comes, Martinelli's death will not be inevitable, but his future will be ruined.

Penalty is an additional benefit. If he can save his dignity and face, Martinelli can probably keep his position. If he can't get a fine, then forget it.

On this basis, Martinelli had no basis for negotiating with the Fachers family.

The Fachers family wouldn't talk to Martinelli either. They are also aware of the priority issue above. The goal they want to achieve is to save face for the empire, and let Martinelli bear the responsibility for losing face. At that time, the statement issued by Minnick will not be fart, but the truth. Martinelli will be the traitor who forced the loyal ministers of the empire to make up for the empire's face.

On this basis, Gu Hang has no doubt that Martinelli will eventually compromise with him and obediently use his own connections, relationships, and methods to gain dominance over the Three Stars of Faches for the alliance.

The star district leader has no other choice.

...

Even though he was sure of it, everything still happened faster than Gu Hang imagined.

Just eight days later, Gu Hang, who was at the Governor's Mansion No. 3 in Koruga, met Martinelli.

The head of the sector came to Koluojia in person, met with Gu Hang, and announced the latest order from the higher-level government.

The Koroga War Zone has since been expanded into the 'Pegasus War Zone'.

Commander Gu Hang can mobilize the military forces in the sector, including the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion - but this actually does not increase the scale much. In essence, he is still mobilizing the power in Gu Hang's hands. The remaining part of the Pegasus fleet was added to the fleet, and they were once again under the command of the theater commander.

But in fact, Gu Hang never expected any additional military help.

The Tianma Star District can no longer produce anything extra.

But what Gu Hang values ​​most is actually already obtained.

After the battlefield transformation included the three stars of Faches, Gu Hang has had full power to deal with the three stars of Faches.

This is clearly reflected in the document Martinelli brought.

After saying this and handing the appointment document signed by the star region government and the star region government into Gu Hang's hands, Martinelli left without any intention of communicating with Gu Hang anymore.

Gu Hang didn't keep him either.

For Gu Hang, he had already obtained what he wanted.

From this moment on, the alliance's war machine started to move blatantly.

The first one to be mobilized was Gu's Trading Company.

They received a large number of war orders - the money was paid by the Imperial Military Affairs Department - and multiple merchant fleets were mobilized. These merchant ships and transport ships will be responsible for transporting the alliance's troops and strategic supplies.

The Pegasus fleet has also been dispatched and rushed to the Falches sector. After the navy passes through the astral tunnel leading from the Flying Wing Star to the Faches Galaxy, it will block the Faches Star. They will not rashly attack planets with complete defense facilities, but they will surround three planets from a distance and completely isolate them.

The small sampans of the Falches family can only stay in the star port, with no way to get out again.

And half a month later, the alliance's war preparations were completed.

As the main force, almost all members of the Dragon Eagle 3 Corps have boarded the ship.

After eight years away from home, they are about to return to their hometown.

Many of them have mixed emotions.

Eight years!

Although, from the moment they became the Astra Militarum, they were told that their future journey would be to the stars and the sea. However, almost all of them, especially the recruits who have just joined the army a few years ago, have never left their home planet at all.

When they came to Koroga to fight, they thought it was just a war that would not last long, but who would have thought that they would stay there for eight years.

There are not many people who have died. Among those who are still alive, many have gone from youth to middle age, got married and had children.

Getting married and having children may seem a bit strange to the warriors who were recruited to join the Astra Militarum, but it is indeed what happened to them.

This stems from one of Gu Hang's strategies.

After discussing with Hans, he allowed the Astra Militarum soldiers of the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion to take a certain degree of rest while Koroja was under martial law.

During the rotation, it was allowed for soldiers to get to know local women, develop relationships, or engage in monetary transactions. When the Astra Militarum is deployed abroad, there must always be some way for the soldiers to relieve stress, especially since most of the Astra Militarum have to be soldiers for a lifetime.

Discipline is discipline, but human nature cannot be erased. Alcohol, cigarettes, sex... are inevitable. The first two can be classified as normal military supplies. As for the third one, the soldiers come by themselves, but the premise is that it is legal. The army has discipline.

However, this is a routine situation. What Gu Hang did was just to go one step further on this basis and give those Farches Astral Forces who had left their hometowns a more stable environment - a family.

Having a wedding that is not too luxurious but full of ceremony; having children of your own; being able to spend time with your family during your vacation...

Although the Dragon Eagle Legion does not belong to the Alliance army, under Gu Hang's instructions, their partners and children can still enjoy the treatment of Alliance military dependents. It means there are extra allowances, it means that you can join the alliance system as soon as possible and obtain a rating, and it is a higher rating than ordinary people.

This also makes soldiers an ideal partner for local women in Koroga.

Now, these soldiers of the Dragon Eagle Legion are indeed Faches, but their families, wives, and children are all in Koroja, which accounts for 30% of the entire army; within the legion, 15 newly added % of the soldiers are simply Korogans themselves.

They are the Astra Militarum, fighting against rebellion in the name of the Empire, even if this rebellion is their homeland.

With several factors added together, how could these Fache people not feel complicated?

They couldn't help but complain, why did the damn Faches family rebel?

They really deserve to die.

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This chapter is 6k

To make up for yesterday, I will add an update by the way.

It's still there today, but in the middle of the night...

Still owe 11k

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