Chapter 747: Chapter 417, All Forces Attack!_2 Chapter 747: Chapter 417, All Forces Attack!_2 Hearing this veiled refusal, Gu Hang’s expression remained unchanged.
He said softly, “I regret this, but, Mr.
Tan, as well as General Lois and General Xu, please realize one thing: this is not a request but an announcement.
If it comes to the point where we cannot achieve victory without doing this, I will still do it.
I cannot stand by impassively when everything I have is on the verge of being destroyed.
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Not a single governor in the Eastern Star Domain, nor any imperial official or even the imperial citizens, will sit back and wait for death.”
After a pause, Gu Hang continued, “I also believe that, after the war is over, the Empire will judge my actions fairly and decide their true nature.”
“Gu Hang!
You are being too presumptuous!”
Lois responded furiously.
Tan Jiuyi gestured for Lois to refrain from speaking further, and then said, “Do whatever you want to do; the Star Domain Government will not hinder your actions, but it will not acknowledge or agree with them either.
That is all, personally, I still hope you can hold up half the sky in the Eastern Star Domain.”
“Thank you, Mr.
Chairman.”
The call ended there.
Gu Hang’s message had already vanished from the Star Language channel.
Meanwhile, the various high-ranking officials of the Dragonhawk Star Domain were still in the channel.
They were silent for quite a while, even Lois, who had been the most emotional before, was now silent.
They all needed time to digest a fact:
The actual person in charge of the Eastern Star Domain, for the time being, was Gu Hang.
Clearly, when it came to affairs in the Eastern Star Domain, the Star Domain Government no longer had a say; they couldn’t stop Gu Hang from doing anything.
Even thinking about settling scores after the autumn, that would have to wait until autumn comes.
And, could they really settle the score with Gu Hang after the autumn?
That was far from certain.
Chances are, he might become a war hero again.
But Lois was still in a rather foul mood.
In the past, she saw Gu Hang as one of her own, someone she had supported, a trusted confidant who provided strong support in the local government.
But now, it seemed that Gu Hang had his own thoughts.
A confidant?
Forget about it.
She had the feeling that Gu Hang was out of control.
She found this hard to accept.
She couldn’t help but say to Xu Dechen, “Do you realize what you just said?
You’re fuelling Gu Hang’s ambition!”
Lois was referring to the moment when Gu Hang first started expressing his outrageous ideas, she opposed them, yet Xu Dechen had said some supportive words.
However, Xu Dechen remained unfazed, “General Lois, do you remember who was the one who strongly supported Gu Hang’s rise to power at the beginning?
It was you.
If you now think the Alliance is a problem, then perhaps the root of this problem should start with you.”
For a moment, Lois was at a loss for words.
Even in her mind, a rather unsettling thought arose: Was Xu Dechen setting a trap for her?
Gu Hang carried her mark indelibly, and was Xu Dechen trying to push him in the direction of rampant ambition and then drag her down as well?
Tan Jiuyi remained silent all the while.
What he hoped most, of course, was that Gu Hang would lead his forces to the Western Front and let go of the East.
But he knew that was impossible.
So, as a next best, Gu Hang drawing the Green Skins’ attention in the East as much as possible wasn’t a bad thing either.
Under this goal, the bigger a commotion he made, the better.
As for the Seven Horse Treaty, the collection of Imperial Tax, or even if Gu Hang really used the Seven Horse Treaty to annex multiple star sectors into his so-called alliance, those were not his responsibility.
The person Lois had promoted was Gu Hang, the alliance was established with the impetus of Galaraldo, and there were also signatures from Zuo Zhaofeng and Wang Suan, the two current and former Cosmos Domain presidents — none of it could be blamed on me, Tan Jiuyi, right?
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As for the thoughts of the Star Domain bureaucrats, Lois, Xu Dechen, and Tan Jiuyi, Gu Hang could more or less grasp them.
But to be honest, he didn’t care.
Just as he had said before, no matter what those star domain bureaucrats thought, the things he needed to do, would always be carried out.
Those people, their minds were too complex, thinking too much.
For Gu Hang, winning the war came before everything else.
If he won, he had many ways to make all his actions, right or wrong, eventually seem right; if he lost, even if he adhered to all the rules, in the end, all the blame would fall on him.
Now that he had received the Star Domain Government’s ‘permission’, Gu Hang began even more brazenly to peddle his Seven Horse Covenant.
Negotiations with the other five horses continued, and as for the Eagle Horse Star Sector, which had already agreed and even signed, Gu Hang provided clear feedback.
The time agreed with the Tilermungs was also nearly upon them.
The Alliance Army, having completed its war preparations as planned, finally reached the moment of departure.
Over two hundred warships, an equal number of transport ships, 110 million from the Star Realm Army, the Alliance Army, along with an astronomically high number of war supplies, the Alliance’s forces set out.
For the Alliance, assembling such a military force undoubtedly meant going all-in with their entire stake.
Under Gu Hang’s leadership, the Alliance’s ability to regenerate was quite formidable.
Even if this army was completely wiped out, without a single survivor, the Alliance could amass a force no less than the current one—possibly a slightly smaller navy and fewer transport ships, but still sufficient and roughly of the same caliber—if given about four years.
But the issue was, if this all-in gamble failed, whether the Iron Tooth Orcs would give Gu Hang four years to rebuild, which was a big question.
As for the future, that was to be discussed later.
At least, Gu Hang’s current priority was to fight the battle at hand well.
Total war, although the support from the rear was most crucial, did not mean that the military aspect was unimportant.
If the commander was incompetent, then no matter how strong the support from the rear, it could not make up for the troops being senselessly squandered day after day.
The first action of the embarking Alliance Legion was to fight an annihilative battle at the jump point in the Fatches Star System.
Today, the Alliance’s Storm Mage Corps had grown to over five hundred in size, even having three or four B-grade Spiritual Energy users.
At the outset of the war, the Alliance set up its most advanced stargazing equipment within the Fetches II.
Two days prior, they had detected a Green Skin Fleet moving through the Star Realm Tunnel from Eagle Horse III to Fatches.
The number was unknown, but since the battle at Steel Wing Star was still ongoing, the number couldn’t be too great.
Thus, the Alliance Navy took the initiative to strike first.
The intruding Green-skin Plundering Fleet of six ships was immediately met with an attack by at least a hundred human warships.
The outcome was predetermined.
Some Green Skin Ships tried to flee, but the ‘Blackfish-class’ patrol ships of the Alliance Navy were experts at the chase.
They formed groups of three or four and clung to the fleeing Green Skin Ships, reducing their shield strength until the ‘Silver Sword’ arrived.
Then, the specialized fast torpedo escort ships, the ‘Silver Sword’, equipped with M-size ‘Sky Cleaver’ missiles, often ended the battle with a single strike.
A zero-loss naval battle victory served as a good omen for the start.
Although the six downed Green Skin vessels were the lowest grade of junk ships, a victory was still a victory.
There were still a few days left before the scheduled departure time, but since the forces were already at the jump point, the vanguard of the Alliance Navy, after consulting with the central command, simply crossed the jump point into Eagle Horse III.
Were there any Green Skin Fleets roaming in Eagle Horse III?
Unknown, but in any case, they dared not show themselves anymore.
Even the most battle-loving Green Skins wouldn’t rush to certain death when completely outmatched.
Immediately following, the navy quickly deployed to the orbit of Eagle Horse III.
‘Scalpel’, ‘Sky Cleaver’ missiles; ‘Heat Hammer’ cannon; ‘Meltdown’ light spear, began unleashing violently on the surface, over the Green Skins’ strongholds.
The Native Defense Forces on the surface of planet Eagle Horse III were greatly invigorated!
They had endured orbital bombardment from the Green Skins and suffered terribly from the onslaught of millions of Green Skin troops.
Now that the Alliance had arrived, it was time to breathe a sigh of relief and fight back!
Taking advantage of the support from orbital bombardment, they launched a counterattack and achieved certain victories.
On the other hand, the Green Skins had to start shrinking back.
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