Chapter 167, Victory and the fruits of victory are not always the same thing
On the way to the Quintet in the spaceship, Wang Jiarong still had the feeling of surviving the disaster lingering in her heart.
When the green-skinned orc fleet emerged from the jump point, she really felt that everything was doomed, and the probability of escape was less than one percent.
The appearance of the ‘Quintet’ was a real life saver.
Calm down and think, this is definitely not a coincidence.
The universe is so big. If it were a pure coincidence, the Quintet happened to be jumping from the Star Boundary Tunnel to leave the Raging Owl Galaxy and go to Koroga, and then happened to run into their caravan of beautiful girls leaving the Star Boundary Tunnel and being caught up by the green skins... this probability How low does it have to be?
It must be that the Quintet received some information and waited here specially. They had long known the information that the green-skinned orc fleet would appear, which could also explain why the Quintet would be in a silent state, and then use sneak attacks and shelling with all its strength when the war started, destroying an enemy's main destroyer in an instant.
She didn't mean to blame the Imperial Navy.
When in the astral tunnel, communication will become very difficult, this is normal.
When they boarded the ship and met Commodore Yelicia, Wang Jiarong quickly stepped forward and hugged the female captain.
"Sister Yelicia, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I would be finished this time."
This thank you is sincere.
There is a reason why she is called sister. The two of them knew each other. When they were younger, they were the younger generation who hung out in the upper-class circles of Wing Star, the capital of the star region, so they had some interactions.
After growing up, the two of them had their own experiences in life. Following the life trajectory of most children of the Fofana family, Yelicia entered the Naval Academy, and relied on her direct family background and outstanding achievements to become a representative of the younger generation and the youngest captain.
As for Wang Jiarong, she did not have a particularly powerful family, but she had a very powerful aunt who married into the Gu family.
The Pegasus Gu family is a family that has taken root in the Pegasus star region and has become famous in many surrounding star regions in recent years. Their main relationship is that they are important members of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce and own many large-scale interstellar caravans, as well as A dozen small caravans with strong financial resources.
With the help of her aunt's relationship and a sum of money provided by her family as shares, she formed a small caravan of her own under the banner of Gu's Caravan, and she has been prospering in recent years.
Speaking of which, since everyone has grown up and had their own experiences, the two of them have indeed not seen or contacted each other for many years.
Unexpectedly, they meet here today, and their identities match up: the imperial caravan was robbed by alien pirates, and the imperial navy quickly took action to save the caravan.
After a brief hug and a call of "sister" to try to close the relationship, Wang Jiarong waved back. The attendants who followed her here brought up three boxes.
"A small gift is not enough to show respect." Wang Jiarong said with a smile, "When I return to Wing Star, I will give you a generous gift to express my gratitude."
She knows how to behave.
Although fighting against pirates and aliens is what the Imperial Navy should do, after all, they have been rescued, and they have to do what they need to do.
This is also a way to get closer.
"This is what our soldiers should do." Yelicia said this, but her gesture of accepting the gift was not polite at all.
Of course, she didn't open the box on the spot to see what was inside.
It's not necessary, it seems too stingy.
She also believed that Wang Jiarong would not be so ignorant.
After the two chatted for a few words, Wang Jiarong's eyes naturally turned to Gu Hang, who was standing aside.
"Cousin."
"Yeah." Gu Hang just nodded.
There was a slight indifference between the two of them.
This shouldn't be the case.
There was this cousin in Gu Hang's memory.
Her aunt who married into the Gu family was Gu Hang's biological mother.
When he was younger, Gu Hang's father died early, and he played less with his peers in the Gu family. Instead, he spent more time hanging out with his uncle's daughter, Wang Jiarong, and the two had a fairly close relationship. Not bad.
Wang Jiarong's original business route did not include the Raging Star. The reason why she came here was because Gu Hang contacted her through the Quintet's communication system, and she brought a batch of goods that Gu Hang specifically requested, as well as some normal bulk commodities. Prepare to take a trip to the remote Raging Owl Galaxy.
She had already prepared that she would not earn anything from this trip, and she just regarded it as doing her cousin a favor.
If the relationship wasn't good enough and there was an aunt/mother relationship, who would do this?
But I didn't expect that, let alone not making money, it was now a big loss.
Two frigates were thrown away, and the remaining two, including the Beautiful Maiden, were all seriously damaged. Repairing the ships would cost a lot of money.
This loss cannot be compared to running a small business in vain.
If she wants to earn this money back, she may have to run for many years.
Because of this, Gu Hang could understand why Wang Jiarong didn't have a good attitude towards him.
The two of them had a good relationship, but she suffered too much when this wave of attacks came to the Raging Owl Galaxy.
Gu Hang felt guilty in his heart.
But not much.
If you think about it carefully, you can't blame him for this. He didn't mean to trick his cousin, and he didn't know that the greenskin fleet was approaching when he sent out the invitation.
This is like asking a friend who drives a taxi to give him a favor, but an accident occurs. It can't be entirely due to the passengers wanting to take the taxi, right? And I tried my best to save the people in the car.
He's not a prophet. Who would know that he could just call a caravan and end up being targeted by a green-skinned fleet in the astral tunnel?
Forget it if he is an ordinary pirate. For ordinary pirates, they only have a few broken ships. There are three frigates in her caravan, plus the beautiful girl's own firepower equipment, it is easy to deal with small pirates.
However, by pirate standards, the greenskin fleet that appeared was huge. It takes extreme bad luck to run into this kind of trouble.
Moreover, after Gu Hang learned the information, he immediately thought of a solution. Although it was to save his own planet, it was also to save his cousin's caravan.
You can't rely on me. I worked hard to find a solution when something went wrong, and I did save you. Thinking about it at this level, most of the guilt in Gu Hang's heart disappeared.
However, it is reasonable to make up for the loss of the cousin appropriately.
When Wang Jiarong boarded the ship, Ye Lixia and Gu Hang came to greet them. After the initial contact and conversation, they moved to a living room to continue an in-depth conversation and discuss the aftermath.
In the living room, a table was set up, with three people and three chairs sitting around the table.
In terms of seating, there is no special distinction between high and low.
The first person to speak was Gu Hang: "The war is over, but what happens after the war is equally important. Victory cannot erase losses. We must strive for the dividends of victory instead of letting victory turn into a scar."
He made an opening speech.
The two people next to me heard what they said made sense.
Victory is one thing, but the fruits of victory are another.
Don't think that you can get some benefits if you win. There are many examples of winning being more costly than losing.
Especially this battle.
When fighting greenskins, there is no option to capture battleships. The twelve greenskin battleships are all turned into space junk, and the loot is basically zero. In terms of losses to his own family, the Beautiful Girl Caravan lost two ships, and the Quintet's ship repairs cost a lot of money. Even Gu Hang, who suffered the least losses, lost more than 4,000 soldiers and at least 40 Ramblers. Chariots - this is the current output of Gu Hang's military factory for almost a month.
If you can't find another place to harvest the fruits of victory, you will win but lose blood.
Moreover, there is another hidden meaning here: on the one hand, the fruits of victory must be won, and on the other hand, it also depends on how they divide it.
Gu Hang was right, and Wang Jiarong agreed.
However, what is a little strange to her is why does her cousin act like he is calling the shots and presiding over the meeting?
What's more important is that Ye Lixia didn't seem to have any objection to this, and listened attentively.
"This incident is not an accident." Gu Hang continued, "This is a premeditated and planned invasion of the Pegasus region by the Iron Teeth Clan. This included dropping spores on the Raging Owl Star in an attempt to Greenery infects the entire planet and I used this as a springboard to invade the Pegasus sector. I thwarted their actions on the surface of the planet, and with the help of the navy, I destroyed the Pioneer Clan that the Iron Teeth Clan had cultivated during the previous governorship of the Raging Owl Star..."
"The Iron Teeth Clan was not reconciled to failure and sent out its main fleet, four destroyers and twelve frigates, including a large number of land forces, in an attempt to forcibly attack the Raging Star. I intercepted the information, and the Quintet contacted the nearest The beautiful girl caravan, with the power granted by the war act, temporarily recruited caravan ships, lured the fleet of green-skinned aliens into the predetermined ambush position, and fought near the No. 1 tunnel jump point in the Raging Owl galaxy. A beautiful battle of annihilation. The greenskin fleet was completely destroyed, and the orc warlord was crowned.”
Gu Hang is telling a story.
Next to him, the two ladies looked more serious as they listened.
Now, the content of their discussion is the information that will be reported to the sector government and the Imperial Military Department.
It is not okay to lie, to fabricate facts, to exaggerate the results of battles, to conceal losses... On these factual issues, you cannot lie. You can bet that the sector government will not care about it, or that the Imperial Military Affairs Department will not come out with it, but if you bet, you have to admit defeat. If you lose, you will have nothing.
But Gu Hang's statement is not afraid of investigation.
In concrete fact, there is no fiction. There is indeed a green-skin proliferation crisis on Raging Owl. There are already a lot of green-skin clans in the tens of thousands, and the level of technology has reached the level of possessing murder cans and fear iron cans, and green-skin warriors have appeared.
Who can say that such an army of greenskins is wild primitive greenskin?
Even if it were to be genetically sequenced, it would be fine for the Iron Teeth Clan.
The Iron Teeth Clan is a large space orc clan with a certain reputation in the Star Sea. Its main scope of activities is in the Eastern Space Region. The most famous thing it has done is the destruction of more than fifty imperial worlds in three star regions. To this day, they are still entrenched there and have not been eliminated, and the war between humans and them continues.
Then, the size of the greenskin fleet in a 4+8 configuration is completely real. The 'Quintet' indeed brought the beautiful girl's caravan together and completely annihilated this fleet around the transition point of the Raging Owl Galaxy.
There is no problem with the general record facts, it is completely true. But this statement, in comparison, is much more pleasant than the fact.
The discovery of green-skin proliferation on Raging Owl came from biological research before the destruction of Raging Owl; the local green-skin sent a message to space, which was received by the green-skin fleet, and the plundering fleet came here alone; the caravan of beautiful girls It just so happens that he will be involved, accidentally attacked, and then rescued by the 'Quintet'...
What's the point?
According to Caihang, everyone benefits.
The whole thing was amplified into a major attack by the Iron Teeth Clan on the Pegasus Star District, and the vanguard was defeated. This is a great military achievement, much greater than wiping out a group of green-skinned pirates.
The person who is particularly satisfied with this statement is Wang Jiarong.
Her caravan, with a wave of flags, was not only a mere victim or rescued, but also a caravan recruited to cooperate with the Imperial Navy's operations.
According to relevant laws, she can report her losses to the Imperial Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Military Affairs and receive certain compensation.
It's not that she can directly replace the two destroyed frigates, but at least there will be a considerable amount of funds, and there will also be similar higher-level ship-purchasing qualifications, ship-purchase discounts, and tax exemptions and compensations...
Especially the qualifications to buy a boat. Large starships are not something you can buy if you want. The imperial government has strict restrictions on this. If it works well, you can buy a destroyer or even a cruiser-sized ship. Even if you don't use it yourself, if you sell it, it will be a huge income.
If you calculate all of this, you may not only be able to get back all your losses, but you may also make a huge profit!
At the same time, Yelicia will get the most profit.
Or in other words, she and her 'quintet' were the main force in this battle. No matter how the fruits of victory were divided, she would have to take the biggest bite.
The Iron Teeth clan's vanguard fleet that invaded the Pegasus region consisted of twelve regular navy ships, but she and a small caravan destroyed them all. She is the supreme commander and the absolute main force in the battle. Her decisive judgment, excellent strategy, and amazing achievements are all on the surface.
She effectively thwarted the orc attack and dealt a devastating blow to the orc naval power.
Quintet damaged? What is this? The Ministry of Military Affairs will pay for the repairs. This cannot be considered her responsibility at all, but rather a meritorious service.
With the Fofana family's influence within the Imperial Navy, she will be transformed into a rising star.
She can become a brigadier general or a captain with only her military school results and drill results. Now, her astonishing military exploits are shown here, and her rapid promotion to the rank of a real general is a sure thing. This will even pave the way for her to take further steps in the future.
After being promoted to rear admiral in one year, and with a few more years and more seniority, there is hope for him to strive for the position of fleet commander of the Pegasus fleet.
Gu Hang, on the other hand, can also gain considerable benefits by virtue of his three meritorious deeds of annihilating surface vanguards, providing important intelligence, and participating in Star Wars to eliminate the Orc Warlord.
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I was surprised when I was writing today that my cousin’s name seemed so familiar to me. It turned out to be very similar to Gu Hang’s female mechanic...
Just think of it as a beautiful coincidence!
(End of chapter)