Chapter 528, Political Pressure
The Void Zerg that emerged on the northern battlefield of the Spider Web Realm are absolutely inseparable from the Iron Armor Chapter.
Otherwise, how could time be grasped so cleverly?
Just as the Zerg appeared on the northern front, Iron Armor could deploy a huge offensive on the western front in an instant?
Combined with the fact that Iron Armor made its fortune by resisting the Void Zerg from the Princess Star Territory, they used this explanation to ask for money from the empire in the past hundred years. Moreover, often if you give money, the Void Zerg can be suppressed; if you don’t give money, the situation in the Queen’s Star Territory and its surroundings will soon ‘corrode’. As soon as the money is given, the iron armor can immediately stand up and fight back the Void Zerg.
It was as if the Void Zerg were raised by them.
Of course, this is impossible.
At least that's what people used to think.
That's the Void Zerg! It is a powerful alien that has destroyed countless worlds and sacrificed countless soldiers since humans discovered this alien! They devour everything, they have no possibility of negotiation, they are tireless and have no regard for life or death.
A single void insect beast does not have self-awareness, but it has intelligence-like instincts. Under the command of the so-called Mother of the Hive, and under the unified deployment of creatures at each node, they can completely ignore the life, death and interests of a single individual or even a large number of groups. Their combat execution ability is even more perfect, without the entire army. Problems such as crashes and poor execution. Morale, discipline, and organization, these issues that must be considered and troubled by the human army, do not exist at all.
They can either fight to the death in one place without retreating, or they can retreat decisively without hesitation, turning in like the wind.
These characteristics are simply a nightmare for all opponents in war.
In the past, people just thought Humphrey Paul took advantage of the bugs. When the empire failed to meet his demands and conditions, he deliberately released these bugs and then fought them back after the conditions were met.
But now it seems that things may not be that simple.
Some conjectures that were previously considered nonsense have been put on the table:
Could Iron Armor really be a means to collude with the Void Zerg?
But how is this possible!
Those bugs can't communicate!
But if that's not the case, why is Iron Armor's campaign design so in sync with the Void Zerg, and why does it work so well with them?
No way I can explain it.
Because of this, the second of the three major tribunals was also attracted by this strange phenomenon that interested them very much.
That's the Foreign Tribunal.
Unlike the Heretic Tribunal, the Foreign Tribunal generally does not care about the internal affairs of the empire. They focus on fighting all kinds of alien enemies, especially against the infiltration of alien enemies into human society.
The Iron Armor Chapter may have some degree of communication or even conspiracy with the Void Zerg, which has aroused great interest in the Tribunal of Foreign Affairs.
They are also considered professional counterparts.
Not only did a large number of elite Inquisitors arrive with a fleet and a group of troops, they also brought with them a group of Space Marines who cooperated most closely with them: the Silver Watch Chapter.
The Argent Watch are said to be a Chapter, but in fact their structure is completely different from that of a normal Space Marine Chapter. This is a group that specializes in targeting various types of alien enemies. Its members are not trained by themselves, but are drawn from various battle groups and have special experience against certain types of aliens and veterans with outstanding results. the whole group.
They will temporarily erase their former chapter identity and work for a period of time for the Tribunal of the Outsiders under the name Silver Watch. They may leave Silver Watch after performing missions for a few years and bring the experience and technology they learned here back to their own battle group; they may also continue to work in Silver Watch; of course, a considerable number of them will die in the confrontation. Alien's most dangerous battlefield.
But in any case, Silver Watch is not only an elite drawn from various battle groups, but also an expert in fighting various aliens in the empire.
As soon as the inquisitors of the Silver Watch and the Foreign Order arrived, they carried out several very targeted operations according to local conditions, attacking and eliminating node creatures on several planets, causing a fundamental change in the war situation on these planets. Change.
In this way, the situation on the northern front battlefield has eased.
It's just relief.
In several worlds that have been fully invaded by the Void Zerg, large areas have been covered by insect nests with digestion tanks, incubation towers, and multiplication meat carpets. The population of a hive city and almost all the materials that can be utilized by the Void Zerg were invested in these things and hatched into groups of Zerg war beasts.
It is not easy to completely eliminate the Zerg invasion in these worlds.
What's more, the Hive Fleet in space is still increasing its troops, and the number soon reaches a level that the human fleet cannot suppress.
It is not easy to break through the blocking line formed by these Void Zerg on the northern front.
The situation on the Western Front was even worse.
Tens of thousands of armored Space Marines drove the Phoenix Legion back step by step during the battle. The land that was captured in the previous offensive phase was regained step by step by the Iron Armored Group, and even two key hub worlds were captured.
The Phoenix Chapter has urgently mobilized more troops from other battlefields, and there is a strong tendency for the entire army to assemble. In addition, there are several Phoenix sub-regiments that have responded to the call of the parent regiment and are on their way. At the same time, Su Lie also asked the empire for more reinforcements.
However, before these supports arrive, even with the presence of Phoenix Lord Su Lie, the battlefield situation will inevitably enter an increasingly chaotic situation.
That period was also when the alliance was under the greatest political pressure.
The voice of the Empire asking the Alliance to take the initiative to attack has become louder than ever before, so much so that Gallardo can no longer stand it. According to what he said, a deputy minister below had already proposed an impeachment proposal against him.
Although, this proposal was suppressed by him, and the deputy chief who came forward was also suppressed by him. But this is a trend, and it is even a warning given to him by certain political factions in the central government, so that he cannot continue to 'cover' the alliance.
In addition to the pressure from the central empire and the Eternal Territory government to send troops, there is an additional pressure on the battle group.
The Phoenix Chapter issued a call to many Phoenix sub-groups, and one of the call messages would naturally be sent to the Phoenix Chapter currently in the alliance.
If it is called a call, it is a call, not a strong command.
However, in the message, Phoenix Lord Su Lie was actually quite confused.
In the Great Redbud Rebellion, the Phoenix Chapter was a 'participant'. Of the three Chapters found guilty, only one Phoenix survived.
The three regiments are all Phoenix sub-regiments, and because of this, after the Bauhinia Rebellion, the relationship between the Phoenix Division and Tie Kai was very bad. However, the verdict of the Imperial Central Committee had already been issued at that time. Even though Su Lie had strongly raised objections, there was still no way to change the final result.
And... to be honest, the influence of the Phoenix Chapter and its sub-groups is actually not that great.
It's definitely still big. No matter what, this is a start-up war group with a history of ten thousand years. However, the Phoenix Legion's 'fertility'... is not very good.
Space Marines have two gene-seeds in their lives. This is true for every Chapter. There is no difference in this point. However, the suitability and characteristics of the gene seeds of each battle group are quite different.
For example, the gene seeds of Infinite Legion are typically very adaptable. In the legion era ten thousand years ago, the Infinite Legion was the largest Space Marine legion at that time; then, when it was split into war groups, naturally the war groups separated from the Infinite Legion were the largest; and in the next ten thousand years, , due to the large number of people, good adaptability, and high success rate of gene seed implantation surgery, the number of infinite warriors has further increased, which has brought more of their gene seeds... In this way, a positive relationship has been formed Cycled. Today, the number of battle groups originating from the Infinite Series is the largest in the entire universe.
Secondly, the descendants of the Punisher Legion and the Golden Knight Legion are also very adaptable.
There is strength in numbers, an eternal truth.
As for the Phoenix Legion's gene seeds, their adaptability is not at the bottom, but at best it can only be regarded as a middle-to-lower level.
The descendants of the Phoenix pursue perfection, are polite, and have very high-level swordsmanship abilities. Whether it is combat skills or tactical strategies, they are all gorgeous and even fancy.
This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Sometimes, they can achieve jaw-dropping victories, but often their efficiency is hindered by overly complicated strategies and techniques.
In short, if Phoenix does not have enough heirs and people, its influence will naturally be relatively insufficient.
With some larger battle groups, the turmoil back then might have been even bigger.
The failure to settle things back then was the hatred in the hearts of Phoenix and a series of sub-groups.
If not for this, Su Lie wouldn't have responded so quickly when he had the opportunity to come and fight the iron armor, and would even have led the team himself.
And as the victim and person involved, shouldn't Phoenix be more indignant and direct?
Su Lie was really curious and disappointed as to why the Phoenix remained silent.
Faced with the questioning from the parent regiment, Chapter Captain Martins was also quite anxious.
Even the Phoenix Regiment was so brooding about the Bauhinia Incident that year. How could the Phoenix not hate the group when it was almost wiped out?
I hate it so much that I can gnash my teeth!
If Martins had made the decision, he would have participated in the Iron Armor War immediately.
However, he had to consider Gu Hang's opinion.
He has not forgotten that the current Phoenix Chapter is part of the alliance. Their actions must be carried out within the framework of the entire alliance.
However, the pressure from the parent group, as well as the chapter leaders, priests and other characters of multiple Phoenix sub-groups, also sent him messages asking about this matter. We, the Phoenix family, all went together to avenge the injustice you suffered a hundred years ago. Why do you, the person involved, keep shrinking behind?
Martins felt really sorry.
When major problems arose in the war situation on the western and northern fronts, Su Lie once again contacted Martins, hoping that Phoenix could go north to join the war as soon as possible.
He even had a conversation with Gu Hang as the commander-in-chief of the Western Front Theater.
Gu Hang also has the identity of Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Front Theater.
Although the southern line did not start fighting at all.
Gu Hang fooled Su Lie, but it was a little harder to fool his own people.
On the premise of following the overall strategy of the alliance as a whole, Martins also asked Gu Hang to fight many times.
Under multi-level, multi-faceted, internal and external pressures, Gu Hang had to take some actions while adhering to his strategic focus.
The strength of the alliance's advance troops has been increased.
At the same time, Gu Hang also announced that the southern theater would launch an offensive against the Iron Armor Chapter.
General Purbov, as the commander-in-chief of the advance corps, led the entire army and began to launch the attack.
But...this kind of offensive carried out under pressure is actually not violent.
The war continued, and the alliance invested more troops, but it still failed to reach the scale of a separate war zone.
The Iron Armor Chapter is deployed on the southern front, and the defense alliance's troops are actually very sparse. When they are fully engaged in dealing with the northern and southern fronts, it is indeed difficult to prepare a particularly large amount of force on the southern front.
In this way, the league's not strong enough offense actually produced some results.
The war lasted for two years, and the battlefield basically remained in the Menghe Star Region.
Although there was little rain on the battlefield, in terms of publicity, the alliance still achieved great success.
The scale of the battles on each planet may not be very high, but in the records reported by the alliance, they are often said to be like apocalyptic wars, and the battles were quite brutal.
The Phoenix Chapter and the Sisters of Holy Mercy Lily, who are with the Alliance, have also been involved in front-line operations - at least this is what the Alliance claims to the outside world.
Of course, this is actually true.
However, the Phoenix only sent out two companies; the Sisters of Holy Mercy Lily only sent out five or six hundred people.
Such a tepid but aggressive battle situation did scare some people at the beginning and reduced the political pressure on the alliance a lot.
But soon, this kind of thing was exposed.
Various parties began to make some claims that the alliance did not use its full strength at all.
There is no need for any special whole game. Just look at the most important weapon in the alliance's hands, the alliance's flagship "Fire Nova", which has never been sent to the front line, and you will know whether the alliance is using its strength.
What's more, no matter how fierce you brag, the battle line will never lie.
The Alliance was advancing at a snail's pace on the southern front.
If Iron Fury Stone had deployed heavy troops in the south, it would be fine if you couldn't push them away, but it didn't happen at all.
The political pressure, which had eased somewhat, soon came back gradually.
(End of chapter)