Chapter 556, Alliance version of ‘blood tax’ and ‘grey tax’
Gu Hang fell in love with the blood shark.
Although he knew that it was unrealistic to make the blood shark look like a phoenix.
The situation of the Phoenix back then was no different from the group being wiped out, so of course it was easy to deal with.
Now, the Blood Sharks are poor, but in some ways, because of their long-term operations in the dark outer lands, they have obtained many precious lost technologies. From this perspective, they are very rich, but they are reluctant to sell many things.
What's more, they are fully staffed, with six to seven hundred people always available, and their individual combat capabilities are very strong. They can almost be regarded as the most outstanding part of the conventional battle group.
It is impossible for them to become almost part of the alliance like the Phoenix.
However, just like many Space Marine Chapters with the support of various forces behind them, the Alliance can also become supporters of the Blood Sharks.
This relationship is also hierarchical.
Generally speaking, it is just a transaction relationship; if it is a little closer, it can be promoted to an employment relationship; if it is a little closer, it may be a stable partner...
Among these relationships, no matter which level they reach, Gu Hang is acceptable.
Even if it was just a transaction, it would be nice to be able to buy the good things that the blood shark got from those alien and lost worlds in the dark outer realm.
There are two main concerns here.
One is the relationship between the blood shark and the phoenix.
But after just thinking about it for a moment, Gu Hang didn't care too much.
First of all, the past feud between these two regiments was not as big as imagined. There must be people with phoenixes who have died at the hands of blood sharks. But the role of Blood Shark is just a mercenary, just a knife, and the real enemy is still armor.
I definitely still hate the knife, but not as much.
What's more, how can the Phoenix of today be the same as the Phoenix of the past?
Not to mention that the group of people has completely changed, and they are now deeply integrated with the alliance. In this case, even if they are unhappy, Gu Hang is fully confident that he can calm them down.
As for the fact that there will still be some disagreements with each other in the future, that is normal. Just have less contact and less cooperation.
On the contrary, the second consideration is more troublesome.
The blood shark’s ‘blood tax’ and ‘grey tax’ traditions.
If they stick to the tradition of the past, let alone cooperate in the future, they may cause trouble now.
But the communication between Gu Hang and Alma Ewing was still considered normal.
He is just a little bit taciturn.
Later I checked and found out, oh, they have changed the group leader. A hundred years ago, during the Redbud Rebellion, their chapter leader was named 'Salinas'.
The reason for changing chapter leaders is that in most cases the previous chapter leader died in battle.
The Blood Shark's activities in the outer realm are full of dangers, so it is not surprising that the chapter leader changes within a hundred years.
It’s not necessarily just one that has been replaced.
There are changes in the top leadership. While maintaining the overall style and the culture of the entire war group, some details are different from before, which is quite normal.
One hundred and thirty years ago, they also suffered a loss in this regard. They were obviously friendly forces fighting side by side at the beginning, but in the end they became enemies with Tiejai because of the "blood tax" and "gray tax". Although there may not be any change in terms of hatred, but maybe in the past hundred years, people have thought carefully about their original actions. Wasn't it a little thoughtless and should they take lessons from it in the future?
In short, no matter what the reason is, the current blood shark, 'blood tax' and 'grey tax' can already be discussed. That's good.
Gu Hang believes that both parties have very good conditions for cooperation.
In terms of the so-called gray tax, which is regular supplies, the Alliance has no doubts. With two star regions, thousands of worlds, and many powerful local industrial manufacturing capabilities, it is possible to supplement the blood shark with all the resources it needs.
Whether they want various types of armor, weapons, conventional supplies, or various vehicles, the Alliance can produce them all.
Some are surplus.
Even if they want a starship, the Battle Barge Alliance may not be able to build it yet, but there is no problem in building a strike cruiser. This thing is very expensive, so let's see if the blood shark can hunt down enough to exchange for these things.
As for the blood tax, it's even simpler.
Don’t you need people? The Alliance can directly provide manpower, even trained mortal troops, to join the Blood Shark and become the Blood Shark's mortal auxiliary army.
As long as the blood shark wants it, Gu Hang will happily give it to him.
All the political commissars will be provided for you.
On the other hand, the greater significance of blood tax is to select new recruits for the war group.
This is even within the scope of Gu Hang’s expertise!
The Phoenix inherited the bloodline of the Phoenix Chapter, which is a gene seed type with relatively high fitness requirements. The number of Phoenix sub-groups has always been small, unlike the Infinite Chapter, the Punisher Chapter, and the Golden Knight Chapter. In that way, the population will flourish.
But even so, since Gu Hang was able to select the best candidates through the military card system like cheating, the success rate of implantation was also increased a lot.
The lineage of the Blood Shark Chapter is unknown. It is said that they are a sub-group from the Bat Legion, but they are also not prosperous. But precisely because of this, we must be more careful in selecting candidates, otherwise we will waste a seed if we fail once.
Gene seeds are no longer valuable to Gu Hang. On the contrary, the 'quota' for Space Marines was his biggest headache.
But for any normal war group, gene seeds are still precious things related to the survival of the war group.
If Gu Hang can steadily provide the best candidates, and given the high success rate of implant surgery, it will be difficult for the Blood Sharks to resist the temptation to quickly increase the number of their own battle groups, even if they have many other considerations.
As for these candidates, they grew up under the alliance's system, received education from the alliance, and even attended some Zhongji Academy... So what? It is nothing more than the first ten years of life. For the infinite lifespan of a Space Marine, the memory of the mortal stage will always be compressed to an infinitesimal size and eventually replaced by the chapter culture.
If Gu Hang were asked to comment on this, he would say:
"Yes, that's it!"
Calculating it this way, Gu Hang does have a series of methods that can be effective in the long term or short term. In short, he can win the blood shark on board.
However, the plan for the blood shark is a matter of slow progress. There is no need to be too anxious now. Anyway, they have now accepted Gu Hang's identity as the 'Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Theater Command' and agree with the fact that fighting in this area requires them to obey Gu Hang's command to a certain extent.
From this perspective, Blood Shark is quite loyal to the empire and is willing to obey the imperial system.
Now, they are also following the requirements of the charter, hunting down the Raging Flame Fleet, and constantly driving them towards Heyang VIII.
The main fleet led by Gu Hang is waiting for them here.
By the way, I am also waiting for the reaction of the Alfonzo sect.
(End of chapter)