Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 999: Chapter 539, Fortifying the Camp and Fighting a Protracted War

As the scope of the Alliance’s offensive expands and the territories occupied grow larger, the risks previously buried become increasingly hard to ignore.

Resistance and non-cooperation on various planets; logistical difficulties after stretching the supply lines; the two tumors of Shangdong and Guangfeng growing at the throat; the ever-watchful Fury Fleet…

Even without considering these, Gu Hang must acknowledge one thing: the Alliance’s current overall strength is still far inferior to the Iron Rage Stone, which controls an entire Cosmos Domain.

The main forces of Humphrey Paolo are still entangled in multiple battlefield directions.

But this does not mean their strength is gone.

It is possible to redeploy troops from the main battlefield or draw reinforcements from the original defensive forces in multiple Star Domains to provide support.

Even the naval fleet, with its long build cycle, could potentially be supplemented by the enemy at any moment.

Within the Spiderweb Domain, there are three Founding Worlds, all belonging to the Alfonso Sect. None of these Founding Worlds are smaller than Jindi Star.

In theory, since Iron Rage Stone has been labeled as an Imperial traitor, the Sect of Mechanics should be joining the Imperial forces to beat them up.

However, this has not happened.

The attitude of the Alfonso Sect is extremely ambiguous. They have issued several condemnations against Humphrey Paolo, but the wording is impotent, mostly due to various pressures to make a statement.

Moreover, they claim to have ceased all cooperation with Iron Rage Stone, but… now the entire Spiderweb Domain falls under the control of Humphrey Paolo. Communication is obstructed, so who can say for sure if the Alfonso Sect has truly severed ties as they claimed?

No, actually most analysts believe that they are merely paying lip service.

The Alfonso Sect established a rather intimate relationship with Humphrey Paolo long ago. Their cooperation has a history of several hundred years.

Their close cooperation persisted right up until Iron Rage Stone formally initiated its rebellion.

This indeed makes their attitude seem very untrustworthy.

Just consider this: if there was a true rupture, would Iron Rage Stone ignore the powerful industrial capabilities of the three Founding Worlds?

But in reality, the Alfonso Sect remained unharmed, and Humphrey Paolo seemingly has no intention of targeting them. Iron Rage Stone’s sweeping military actions in the Spiderweb Domain entirely bypassed the influence sphere of the Alfonso Sect.

Moreover, on every battlefront, Imperial forces frequently encounter new types of equipment appearing on the battlefield. The combat power of the forces under Iron Rage Stone, bolstered by this equipment, does not seem at all like a place cut off by the Sect of Mechanics.

Indeed, the Iron Armor Battle Group’s fleet sees a constant inflow of various new space warships!

At this point, it is basically confirmed. The Alfonso Sect not only failed to sever ties with Iron Rage Stone as it claimed, but is actively providing assistance to these traitors.

Focusing this situation on the southern front currently opened by the Alliance, Humphrey Paolo does not even need to redeploy forces from the main battlefield; as long as the next batch of warships from Alfonso’s three Founding Worlds is sent southward, the combat power imbalance where the Fury Fleet is far inferior to the Alliance Fleet could change drastically.

Gu Hang believes that the new Battle Group Leader of the Fury Flame Battle Group is waiting for this.

At that time, as the Alliance’s lines stretch and the opposition’s forces are augmented enough to engage effectively, this current situation could very well become an opportunity for a significant offensive maneuver.

The Alliance must remain vigilant.

Consequently, after capturing two Star Sectors, the Alliance essentially halted its large-scale offensive.

But in reality, the objectives the Alliance sought in this war have already been achieved.

This war has taken on the nature of a political battle.

Now that the war has officially begun, the multitude of issues troubling the Alliance have all been resolved. Chairman Zuo Zhaofeng has ceased his reprimands, inquiries and orders from Holy Terra have stopped, and pressure from the Phoenix Warband of the Immortal Phoenix Matrigel on the western front has been alleviated.

Moreover, the Eastern Cosmic Realm Government, which had halted war funding for over two years, has resumed it.

There were 5 billion tax-funded resources on the way when the Alliance dispatched troops.

This amount is not substantial, but it is signal. Zuo Zhaofeng also mentioned there would be more to come.

After the Alliance marched into the Proudclaw Cosmos, 50 billion more in war supplies were loaded onto ships en route to the Alliance.

Compliments from Holy Terra were also received.

Galaraldo remarked to Gu Hang that since the Alliance deployed its forces, his life has also become somewhat easier.

Additionally, there were messages from other Central Empire departments lauding Gu Hang’s efforts, hoping the Alliance can persevere and continue to advance bravely.

All perspectives expressed delight and encouragement for the Alliance’s significant impact on the southern front within months.

They hope the Alliance can maintain this momentum.

Conquering two Star Sectors in four months is not fast enough. Based on this speed, drawing a line on the starmap, it would take capturing six more Star Sectors to penetrate the Proudclaw Cosmos.

And beyond Proudclaw to the northwest lies the Thistle Muster Star Field. Advancing through nine more Star Sectors from the Thistle and Mustard leads to the Princess Star Domain.

That is the true stronghold of Iron Rage Stone.

If the higher-ups had their way, they would wish for an even fiercer Alliance offensive.

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