Chapter 535, give me an explanation
After the New Age Torch sided with Iron Fury Stone, its attitude was still very positive.
During the battle of Tianyuan VI, they became the rebels.
This is not a glorious thing after all. Not only did the empire angrily accuse them of being despicable and without a sense of honor, but even within their own camp, there were probably many who complained about this and secretly laughed at them.
No one likes a traitor, even one who betrays oneself from the opposite side.
Interests belong to interests, and moral stains belong to moral stains. There is no conflict between the two.
There are even some voices within the New Age Torch Chapter. Some soldiers could not even bear the torture of their mentality and defected in small groups, hoping to return to the empire.
The fate of these people... was quite miserable.
Some were intercepted by Wang Mengsong himself and executed secretly on the spot; some successfully escaped to the empire, but were also arrested, imprisoned, and tried by the Heretic Tribunal.
The atmosphere within the entire battle group became very bad.
In this case, Wang Mengsong would not and did not dare to let the battle group stop.
He began to actively participate in the various warriors of Iron Fury Stone in the spider web domain. He led his battle group to one battlefield after another with extremely high frequency.
The exhaustion of the war left the soldiers in the battle group with no time to think about trivial matters; the undisputed results suppressed many rumors within their own camp.
Victory can cover up many problems.
The premise is that the momentum of victory cannot be interrupted.
But there's really not much to worry about.
In the past four years, the big Tienushi family has been winning, winning, winning. Small setbacks in the middle cannot change the overall winning trend at all.
Even if there is Phoenix in the west, so what if there are Black Crusaders with Bat Chapter and Infinity Chapter in the north?
When it should be blocked firmly, it will be blocked; when it should be pushed back, it will be pushed back.
Wang Mengsong thought about it, and the battle situation in the south was the same.
Even though the Raging Flames Chapter in front suffered heavy losses in the Dragon Eagle Star Region to the south. But Wang Mengsong believed that it was mainly because the Raging Flames Chapter did not do enough to obtain intelligence about the Phoenix Chapter, and they rashly stepped into the trap.
He admitted that it was unexpected to have so many masters in the Phoenix Chapter. However, the overall strength of the Phoenix is here, with a total of one thousand people. They are a loyal war group, and there is no special permission to allow them to exceed the upper limit. Even now, they don't even have a chapter fleet. The navy relies on the so-called alliance, and the army also relies on the army of that alliance.
Although the intelligence also mentioned that the alliance's army level is quite high. But even if we regard it as the same level as the Queen's Legion, that's it.
In terms of size, there is a big difference between the two sides.
Nowadays, Iron Fury Stone's business has spread throughout the spider web realm. The power of an entire universe can be used by me. The alliance in the south is just a star domain as its foundation. What is there to be afraid of?
With this idea in mind, when he received the order to join forces with the Raging Flames and go south to deal with the Alliance, he was very confident.
The Furious Flames almost came out in full force, although four years ago, they suffered huge losses in the Dragon Eagle Star Territory, and a lot of senior management, elites, and backbones were lost. But the overall strength is still there. The nearly three thousand space warriors and the Furious Flame Fleet are a force that cannot be underestimated.
In addition to their New Age Torch, there are also 1,500 people, and they also have their own fleet and auxiliary army.
After they joined forces to go south, not to mention overwhelming, at least it should be relatively smooth.
But reality gave Wang Mengsong a blow.
In the northern part of the Meng River Star Region, the alliance's vanguard troops were stationed here, turning the planets surrounding this area into fortresses, which caused great obstacles to their attack.
The Alliance has run this place very well, and the strategy is very smart and very resilient.
Their best strategy of fighting a key battle and quickly forcing the enemies in an entire sector to become frightened and lose their will to resist failed here.
The soldiers of the Alliance are like nails, rooted in those heavily defended worlds.
If you want to move forward, you can only eat them one by one.
Even in some galaxies, the Alliance fleet has long been driven away, and the remaining army units have completely lost orbital control and completely lost external supplies, but they are still able to resist stubbornly on the surface, and their morale is terrifyingly stubborn.
Why bother?
We are not aliens or Chaos cultists, so what’s the problem with surrendering?
But despite this, Wang Mengsong actually doesn't think the situation will change much.
They possess absolute strength. Even if the enemy's will to resist is much more stubborn than imagined, as long as they are willing to invest and dare to invest, they will be the ones who win in the end.
Therefore, what Wang Mengsong has always advocated is that the warriors of Raging Flame and New Age Torch should be engaged in front-line battles in groups and intensively. Those hard-to-gnaw bones must be gnawed down one by one to ensure that the overall battle situation can advance quickly.
However, he was not the commander-in-chief of this southward campaign.
The leader of the Wrathful Flames Chapter is Adler Paulitos.
In terms of command structure, he must obey the orders of Adler Paulitos.
However, obeying orders does not mean that Wang Mengsong, as a dignified chapter leader, cannot even put forward opinions.
He had many quarrels with Adler Paulitos over specific tactical strategies.
However, he was unable to sway Paulitos from his decision.
Tienushi also made reforms to the military structure under his rule. The original model of the empire, in which all forces are independent, cannot work in the spider web domain. Humphrey Paul used a combination of strength and softness to establish a complete and unified military structure.
No matter how dissatisfied Wang Mengsong was, he could only hold it in.
Then, he watched his own legions killing time on these fortress worlds in the northern part of the Meng River Star Region.
Indeed, as the core and most valuable force, the Space Marines do not invest much and naturally suffer few losses. Relying on the Queen's Legion and even the ordinary defense forces recruited, they have achieved quite good results.
They have clearly suppressed the momentum of the Alliance Vanguard Army, and are pulling out those nails one by one.
Although the speed is slow, the momentum is very stable.
If the situation continues like this, then Wang Mengsong will bear it.
However, when he and Paulitos, with two battleships, drove away the enemy's newly reinforced battlecruiser in Cross River VII and regained control of the planet's orbit, Paulitos actually ordered that the troops Withdraw troops from Cross River VII!
More importantly, Paulitos didn't even discuss such an important decision with him!
This is something he absolutely cannot tolerate!
It was precisely because of this that he rushed aboard the Raging Flames' flagship, the 'Fire of Triumph' battle barge.
He needs an explanation.
"Why should we withdraw?" Wang Mengsong strode into the bridge area, and the first sentence was a direct question: "We have paid so much on Cross River VII, tens of millions of casualties in the past few months, and the losses of the navy. We have invested so much Duo, why do you give up when you say give up? ”
After finishing speaking, he continued to emphasize: "At least fifteen people died in your angry flames, and I also lost five soldiers!"
Adler Paulitos took his eyes away from the star map and looked at Wang Mengsong:
"Just implement the decision."
Wang Mengsong also calmed down.
"Are you talking to me as the commander-in-chief of the South?"
"Yes."
"Ha." Wang Mengsong sneered.
The two fell into silence.
Wang Mengsong spoke again: "You are the commander-in-chief and you have the final say, but this is absolutely no reason for you to make mistakes at will! You should not make such a decision without consulting me!"
"Discuss? What's the point of discussing with you?" Paulitos asked, "I have explained my meaning to you countless times, but every time it resulted in quarrels."
"That's because you are cowardly!" Wang Mengsong raised his voice: "Your Raging Flame Legion had your backbone broken in the Dragon Eagle Star Territory four years ago, right? Now it's as soft as a puddle of mud! You should have listened to me earlier. We have long been able to level this quagmire!”
After being exposed to the most painful scene in the history of the Chapter, Adler Paulitos' eyes immediately turned cold.
"Then sacrifice countless soldiers in this area that is not critical at all, right? I'm not like you, who want to use the sacrifice of my own people to wash away the guilt of backstabbing friendly forces."
This sentence also broke Wang Mengsong's defense.
Two people, each other talks about the things that the other party least wants to look back on, and pulls each other's lungs.
It was not just the two of them who were at war with each other, but also the soldiers on both sides.
The two Chapter Masters' respective Honor Guards had already drawn out their weapons.
Judging from the posture of the two sides, it seems that if there is a disagreement, there will be an internal fight on their own ships.
But fortunately, the leaders of both sides still have reason.
There was no apology, but Adler Paulitos still gave Wang Mengsong an explanation:
"Our strength is not enough to fight against the main force of the alliance. The strategy of capturing the northern defense line of Meng River has failed, and we must now shrink the defense line."
"The failure to seize the northern defense line of Meng River was all due to your cowardly strategy!"
"If we sacrifice too much strength in Menghebei, when the main force of the alliance arrives, we will vomit back what we have eaten, and even if we want to retreat to Proud Claw, we will not be able to hold on!"
"If we defeat it early, we can use Meng Hebei's defense to carry the main force of the alliance!"
"We are all on the defensive. Why do we have to sacrifice so many effective forces to defend the broken defense line? If we return to Proud Claw and defend it with the defense line we have built for several years, we will have more troops!"
"How long will it last?"
"Hold until the regent sends reinforcements."
Both of them spoke very quickly, and the atmosphere was still not peaceful, and they were still quarreling with each other.
But at least they had a tacit understanding not to mention their respective dark histories, but to talk about something.
At this point, Paulitos finally no longer wanted to quarrel with Wang Mengsong anymore.
He did not wait for the leader of the New Age Torch to speak again, and ended the topic forcefully: "That's it, Chapter Leader Wang Mengsong, I don't want to explain to you these strategies that have been explained too many times. The Southern Front, I I am the person in charge. I have decided on this matter. Please carry out the order. If you have any objections, please take them back.”
"I will raise objections to the regent, just wait until your commander-in-chief is removed!"
"Let's talk if you can do it."
The ‘Regent’ they were referring to was Humphrey Paul. The year before last, the Chapter Master of the Iron Armor Chapter had given himself this title, claiming that he was the one who obeyed the Emperor's orders to crusade the disobedient on Holy Terra.
This incident also caused even greater waves throughout the empire.
This will obviously bring greater external pressure to their uprising group. But there has been an uprising anyway, so that’s not bad.
At the same time, with this reputation internally, we will be better able to integrate our forces. In the subsequent war, it was also able to force some planets and groups that lost in the war to join their side.
Humphrey Paul's prestige among the rebel forces in the spider web domain has once again risen to a higher level.
For the differences between the two Space Marine Chapter Masters on the southern front to be completely resolved, only this 'Regent' has the ability.
But now, since Adler Paulitos is the general person in charge of the southern front, the situation on this battlefield will still be according to his will.
After the two broke up on bad terms, Cross River VII, and even on this entire front, more than a dozen planets where fighting was taking place, were carrying out large-scale evacuations in accordance with Paulitos's request.
……
"Run away."
A month later, Gu Hang, who led the alliance's main fleet and arrived in Menghebei, sighed.
"Everyone knows the reputation of the Governor. As soon as you arrived, those traitors ran away like dogs with their tails between their legs!" Purbeuf laughed playfully, unlike how he usually treated his subordinates. ”
Yan Fangxu coughed lightly next to him and reported the situation directly: "We also tried to pursue, but the effect was not very good. The two battleship-level ships on the other side escorted the evacuated ships very closely. To be on the safe side, we There was no risk of launching a particularly aggressive pursuit.”
"A safe choice." Gu Hang said in approval.
Yan Fangxu continued to add: "Our troops have already set off, with the goal of recovering the entire northern part of the Menghe star region. The enemy has completely withdrawn from this area, and there are very few resistance forces left. However, according to detection, the enemy is in Menghe There is still one last stronghold in the River Star Region that has not been given up.”
"That's the Upper East Star. This planet is the main road guarding the Menghe Star Region and the Proud Claw Star Region. One jump from here can reach the Proud Claw Star Region-Guangtai Star Region-Guangfeng Star."< br>
"They have set up very strong defense systems on Upper East Star and Guangfeng Star."
Gu Hang asked: "Then now, it's up to us to attack the opponent's defense?"
Yan Fangxu looked solemn: "I'm afraid so."
(End of chapter)