Chapter 545: Whose side is time?
Of course Gu Hang wasn't talking nonsense.
If, as he said, the Alliance really defeated the Proud Claw Star Territory, and even went further to push the troops to the Nepeta Star Territory, then not to mention the results of the battle, after all, reports can be deceptive.
But the battle lines don’t lie.
They are the force that pushes the battle line closest to the Queen's Star Territory.
There are Black Crusaders, Infinity Soldiers, and Bats on the northern battlefield. They are all famous battle groups, and they are even the first battle groups. In addition, there is also the newly added Tribunal of Anti-Foreigners and a special battle group such as Silver Watch.
On the Western Front there is the Phoenix, the elite of the Ordo Hereticus and a large number of Battle Sisters, and the famous Astra Militarum unit - the Legion of Death.
There are so many famous generals on these two fronts and countless famous legions. What will be the final result?
They are all still blocked in a few star fields on the edge of the spider web space, and not a single one can come in. In fact, the Western Front is still being pushed back and is no longer tenable in the Spider Web Domain. It has been pushed to the west into the Maigret Universe Domain.
Regardless of whether the southern front is the main battlefield, just ask whether the front is closest to the enemy's core area?
As long as it reaches this level, the alliance can straighten its back and respond to all political criticisms of itself.
Talk about me?
Let’s first see what kind of virtue the other big guys have achieved!
As for conquering three key worlds, does it count as conquering the Proud Claw Starfield...
Even if the Proud Claw Star Territory is conquered, will the Alliance still have the energy to fight back...
Let’s talk about it then.
You can't really expect that the alliance will settle the matter just by relying on me, right?
If there were no major changes in the battle situation on the northern and western fronts, Gu Hang would not advance again after he captured the three key worlds and announced that he had conquered Proud Claw.
He was also afraid of irritating Tie Nu Shi's mentality too much.
At that time, if they really get anxious and ignore the opponents on the western and northern fronts, concentrate their forces southward, and concentrate on dealing with themselves, it will be a big mess.
In fact, that is the reason why Gu Hang must capture at least one of the two planets, Shangdong and Guangfeng.
When that happened, Gu Hang had no choice but to give up all the results and retreat to the upper east with his main fleet.
With the help of the perfect orbital defense system in the Upper East - the destroyed Star Fortress, the Alliance is already dragging in new ones to make up for it - coupled with the Alliance's eight main battleships, as long as the Iron Wrath Stone really comes out in full force If you beat him, he will be able to hold on after all.
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The second phase of the alliance's war lasted for several more months.
This stage will be considered over only after the twenty important worlds selected from the four star sectors in the occupied area have been solidly built into an impregnable one.
During this period, the Raging Flame Fleet still tried to harass them many times.
But after the alliance had shrunk to this level, they finally couldn't take any advantage.
Recently, they have also stopped.
The Raging Flames Chapter has stopped, but the Alliance has no intention of stopping.
The third phase of the war planned by Gu Hang has officially begun.
The alliance's main fleet is a combination of 1+1+3.
One battleship, one aircraft carrier, and three battle cruisers.
There are also three battle cruisers that have to guard the back road. If Wrath Flame makes a desperate attempt to attack the alliance-controlled area in reverse, with the cosmic defense line constructed by the cooperation of three battle cruisers, there will be no problem in protecting itself, and it can even be pulled with its maneuverability.
And the main force of the attack has the strength to crush the angry flames head-on.
They pounced directly on the key hub world of Mentus II.
As a core hub world, Mentus II's defense conditions are quite superior.
It is not as good as Guangfeng Star. After all, it does not have a void shield that covers the entire planet; but it is not much worse than Upper East Star. It has a complete defense system combining ground artillery groups and orbital star forts. It is simple, but solid and useful.
Logically speaking, the Raging Flame Fleet can use Mentus II's complete defense conditions here to engage in a powerful confrontation with the Alliance's main fleet.
However, they still abandoned Mentus II and resolutely implemented the strategy of not engaging in a decisive battle with the Alliance. They even abandoned the more complete defensive planets like Guangfeng Star, let alone Mentus II, which was actually a little worse. Paulitos was still not pushed to the point where he had to fight.
In fact, in the current high-level military discussions in the alliance, it is gradually understood that, let alone the gains and losses of one city and one place, even if the entire Proud Talon Star Territory is lost, I am afraid that it will not be able to inspire the Raging Flames to fight against them. duel.
That person Adler Paulitos can be said to be a coward. It can be said that his backbone was broken after the bloody battle that year. However, I have to admit that his inconsistent and sticky pulling style is really annoying.
As for the more realistic threat, Gu Hang felt that time was on his side. After the battleship technology is extracted, and the production capacity of the original Holy Grail class and Zhuge class is gradually expanded, plus the purchase of Dragon and Snake class battle cruisers from the Mingyang Sect... the alliance will become stronger and stronger.
After all, although the war has begun, the alliance's homeland has never stopped developing. War happening outside may have a certain inhibitory effect on local economic development, especially the living standards of the people, which will inevitably lead to a decline due to war and material rationing.
However, if military production capacity is also included, there is no doubt that war can strongly stimulate production in this area.
The alliance is working hard to expand military production capacity and will become stronger and stronger.
But the point is, Paulitos didn’t know, or didn’t know that clearly.
Just as many of the league's top generals believe that time is on the alliance's side, Paulitos may think so too.
While he was trading space for time, preferring to lose more territory and bear greater risks when the Alliance marched, he was also buying time for himself, waiting for Humphrey Paul to allocate more warships to him.
Regardless of whether this warship is allocated from the battlefields of the Western Front and Northern Front, or whether it is a newly produced ship from the shipbuilding industry in the core area of Iron Fury Stone, his fleet will become more powerful in the future. powerful.
In comparison, it is hard to say whose understanding is correct, nor can we be sure whose side time is on.
Perhaps, take sides.
After all, the alliance's next batch of battle cruisers, aircraft carriers, and battleships will generally take six to eight years to build. By that time, the number of alliance's main ships can almost double.
But can the war last until then?
The possibility is quite high. After all, it is not unusual for such a war involving multiple universes and the participation of many major forces to last for more than ten years or even decades.
However, no one can say what the war situation will look like in six to eight years.
Perhaps the alliance will have suffered a major defeat by then? Or maybe the war situation has gone so smoothly that there is no need to increase the number of ships?
And for Paulitos, maybe a few months later? In a year or two? His fleet might be strengthened.
Maybe Paulitos will consider finding a good location to have a good fight with the league at that time.
But obviously now, he will never do this.
For the Alliance fleet, Mentus II is a world that will no longer be skipped.
The Alliance did not put the world aside like it did with Guangfeng and Shangdong, but launched a strong attack on Mentus II.
Aiming at the star fortress surrounding Mentus II, the "Fire Nova", as the main force, launched a very tough attack. Under the cover of the frigate and on top of its own strong defensive performance, it withstood the attack of orbital firepower and ground firepower, and also poured its own firepower ferociously onto those star forts. At the same time, it is also providing solid cover for the three battle cruisers behind him, as well as the 'Hiphorse'.
The important role of battleships is undoubtedly revealed at this moment: they are the hardest and most reliable space fortress, and are the core of offense and defense.
In the first battle, the alliance's result was the destruction of four space stations, causing some damage to the Star Fortress.
The price was that we lost a small ship, but at the same time, the shields of many frigates turned red and they had to hide behind them. The most important thing was that the shields on the Yuhuo Nova also turned red and were on the verge of being overloaded.
At this point, the Alliance fleet withdrew.
Of course, the Alliance will not exchange losses with the opponent's cheap space stations and star forts.
That's not a good deal.
The hardness and firepower of a star fort are similar to those of a battleship, or slightly worse at most; but the cost may be less than one-twentieth of that of a battleship.
Whoever makes this exchange is stupid.
The battleship can move, which means it has the initiative whether to fight or not.
If my shield is red, I will retreat.
You are blocked, and the planet's production capacity alone will definitely not be able to make up for the damage.
And when my shield is ready, recharged, and the overload state is restored, I will continue to fight!
(End of chapter)