Chapter 675: Chapter 383, No Choice_2
However, despite knowing this, he couldn’t easily promise those two conditions.
If he gave away Fatchess Tri-Star to Gu Hang, what then had he been striving for these past two years?
Not a single benefit, and instead just a whole lot of trouble.
But besides that, he didn’t have many bargaining chips left in his hand.
Maybe give away Flying Wing Star?
After hanging up the communication, Martin Nelli downed the wine in his hands in one go, then sat with a face full of worry.
…
“Can I speak now?”
“Of course,” Martin Nelli hesitated for a moment but felt that he still needed to soften the relationship with Pei Desi, “I’m really sorry for earlier; I was just a bit anxious. I hope you won’t take it to heart.”
Pei Desi’s expression was still not pleased, but he managed to restrain his temper.
He spoke earnestly, “I think we can give it to him.”
“What?”
“If he wants Fatches, we should just give it all to him.”
Martin Nelli stared at Pei Desi, instinctively feeling that the guy was talking nonsense again.
But Pei Desi was serious and added another sentence, “We have no choice, right?”
“We can’t give him all three; if we do, what’s the point?”
“I heard it clearly, he insists on having all three, not one less.”
“So if that’s the case, why don’t I just negotiate with the Fatches people? The result would be the same anyway…”
“You know that’s impossible.”
Martin Nelli fell silent, he indeed knew.
Pei Desi continued, “Besides, it’s not like there’s no chance. Giving him Fatchess Tri-Star won’t be easy for him to take. The Fatches Family has managed their stronghold for countless generations, a population of tens of billions, a formidable industrial base, allowing them to mobilize hundreds of millions of troops at the limit; they’ve constructed around the three planets a defense system that includes anti-orbital strike systems, Star Fortress fortifications, and planetary active defense mechanisms…”
Martin Nelli was thoughtful.
And the next words from Pei Desi made him feel like he might have been too harsh in his assessment of him:
“For Gu Hang to take over Fatches won’t be easy; it will inevitably lead to blood flowing like rivers. Our opportunity lies in letting them clash, creating a scene strewn with corpses, until they are both severely wounded!”
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“Blood flowing like rivers? Bodies strewn everywhere? Who do you intend to mutually destroy?”
Gu Hang looked incredulously at his military adviser, Major General Yan Fangxu.
Yan Fangxu was also a bit stunned.
Just now, he had reported the war plan made by the Alliance General Staff Department to the Governor.
This strategy, overall, was based on the Tianma Fleet still stationed within the star sector, participating in this war.
Yet even so, they still couldn’t control the orbit of any planet, but if they concentrated all forces around a planet, they could achieve suppression. To destroy a planet’s entire orbital capabilities, they might need to sacrifice a cruiser, several destroyers, something the Tianma Fleet would definitely not agree to.
However, the Tianma Fleet could completely blockade a single planet. Although the Fatches people still had some troop transports, they clearly couldn’t break through the navy’s blockade and thus couldn’t support between planets.
Based on this, Yan Fangxu would focus on breaking through a single planet. The primary target would be Fatches No.1, the main planet. With naval suppression of the Star Fortress and ground anti-orbital firepower, the Alliance’s elite forces would force a landing operation around the weakest orbital defense at the northern polar circle of Fatches No.1.
The first-phase goal was to destroy the nearby orbital defense structures, establish a secure landing field and hold it, attracting as many enemies as possible.
The second-phase goal was to duplicate the process, open a second landing field behind enemy lines, stand firm, and aim to fight a pincer movement, an encirclement battle of annihilation, to eliminate as much of Fatches’s living forces as possible.
If the first and second phases were both successful, the best outcome would be that they had eliminated enough enemies and temporarily destroyed Fatches’s living forces on the northern continent. Under the condition that the enemy couldn’t regroup, the entire army would head south swiftly and directly capture the planetary capital of Fatches No.1, hoping to secure a complete surrender of the planet.
Of course, the strategy submitted by Yan Fangxu wasn’t simply about methods and goals, but also included many detailed aspects like the forces to be deployed at each stage, materials, tactical plans, and so on.
Every step in this plan was filled with difficulties, but each held the hope of being accomplished. Yan Fangxu’s overall goal was to take down Fatches quickly and securely, rather than getting stuck in a prolonged tug-of-war, a standoff. Otherwise, while the enemy could rely on a home planet with four billion people as a backdrop, the Alliance’s supplies, reinforcements, and everything else had to be shipped over, passing through two Star Realm Tunnels to the Fatches Star System, at a much higher cost than for the opposition.
Regardless of the plan, regardless of what strategies were made, Yan Fangxu and the officers of the staff under his command all agreed on one conclusion: this would be a bloody battle.
Despite facing only the Planetary Defense Army and not some dangerous demons, the sheer number of enemies presented a large problem, and the cruelty that landing operations brought to the attackers was another big issue.
This battle, no matter how it was fought, was sure to incur losses, and they would be incredibly huge.