Chapter 592: Everyone has a bright future
Gallardo became one of the high lords and entered the highest decision-making level of the empire. This was of course something that made Gu Hang very happy.
Although, the last time he went to Holy Terra in person, Gu Hang felt that the psychic seeds he had planted in this 'best friend' had disappeared. But he prefers to believe that it was digested naturally. The seeds that were originally very subtle and only exerted some influence have completely become a part of Gallardo's personality.
There are pros and cons.
The disadvantage is that the coercive force formed by psychic power is gone. If the relationship is not maintained carefully, then both parties may fall out.
The benefit lies in the complete elimination of future troubles. If no one has discovered it until now, then no one can tell in the future that Gallardo was once controlled by Gu Hang.
Gu Hang prefers the current situation.
He wasn't worried about falling out with Gallardo either.
At least not in the short term.
On the contrary, their relationship is getting closer now. Putting aside their personal friendships, what is more important is the extremely close political alliance between them.
When one is prosperous, both are prosperous; when one is lost, both are harmed.
Gallardo's rise to power was of great help to Gu Hang, especially when coupled with his status as Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
What does the Ministry of Military Affairs do? Arms logistics, army construction, military plan formulation and execution... In addition to directly commanding troops in combat, their work includes almost all military work in the empire.
Of course, with great authority, there are also many checks and balances.
Because there are also quite independent Astra Militarum and Navy, as well as more independent Chapters, they are actually very limited in mobilizing troops and issuing orders;
Because of the existence of the tax department, financial allocations and uses also require money from others and must be approved;
But despite so many restrictions, they are still a powerful force with real power. By approving more quotas for the Astra Militarum and the Imperial Navy to the Alliance, a lot of military expenses can be deducted from the imperial tax; and these troops upgraded to the Astra Militarum and the Imperial Navy can not only be used for local defense, but can also be used to attack everywhere. It is legal to take care of Hang's wishes and interfere with the military situation in the surrounding star regions and space regions, as long as Gu Hang can find a way to obtain transfer orders from the Ministry of Military Affairs.
In addition, there is a very important point. As a high lord, Gallardo's political role in Holy Terra is a strong endorsement of the legitimacy of Gu Hang's alliance regime.
Without a strong political spokesperson in the central government, a local political body like the Alliance that spans multiple star regions and even space regions in the future cannot exist. It will definitely be vigilant and eliminated by the central government of the empire.
Refer to the Iron Fury Stone after the fall of former Military Prime Minister Norberto.
And Gu Hang is also very important to Gallardo.
His support for the southern battlefield finally paid off.
Gallardo has been under pressure since he first came to power. For a time, his position was precarious and he even had conflicts with Ou Curen due to the issue of the alliance's offensive time.
When the Alliance was making rapid progress in the Proud Talon Star Territory, it had greatly eased the political pressure he faced.
Although no key battle victory was achieved, the front continued to advance, which was very exciting in itself and helped Gallardo win over people within the Ministry of Military Affairs.
If not, he wouldn't be able to keep his position let alone a high lord, and the internal turmoil would overturn him, let alone embrace the Prime Minister's lap.
Is that something you can hug if you want?
When the battle report of the destruction of Alfonzo's fleet came and was confirmed, his prestige rose to its peak.
He no longer needed to hug Qi Bodu's thigh, but Qi Bodu wanted to win over him.
This also made him fully realize that the alliance's victory was his victory, and the prestige the alliance exerted was his prestige.
The two parties now have such a strong interest-binding relationship, which is much more reliable than mental control through spiritual energy.
After all, strong mind control is easy to detect, and weak one is easy to break free from. Once any of the above happens, it will be a completely hostile and unrelenting enemy. It can even be said to have committed a political taboo, and will be despised and hostile by the entire empire.
A close alliance does not have these problems. Although there is a possibility that the alliance will break down due to interests, the consequences are significantly less severe than those caused by mind control.
Gu Hang is very satisfied with the current relationship between them.
Then, the two discussed the frontline war.
When this topic comes up, the laughter can't last.
Of course, the collapse of the Western Front battlefield allowed Gallardo to seize the opportunity and overthrow Ocurén in one fell swoop. Not only did he eliminate a political enemy, but he also secured himself a position as a high lord.
But no matter what, this is just taking advantage of the chaos. The collapse of the war itself will not change.
From the perspective of the entire empire, moving to the southern front and the alliance, the impact of this matter will also be great.
Gu Hang said that he would also send people to the Western Front to see if they could figure out what happened and what the current situation was.
At the same time, the league must also be prepared to face huge challenges.
It is now February 10328. A full eight years have passed since the princess's rebellion broke out; two and a half years have passed since the alliance officially entered the war.
Gu Hang originally planned to wait for about another year and a half before continuing the attack.
The reason for this time is taking into account the shipbuilding cycle.
The ships acquired from Alfonzo's fleet have generally been repaired, and the relevant sailors were quickly put in place under Gu Hang's attention. The combat effectiveness of the Alliance Navy has reached a new level.
But it's not enough.
In another year and a half, a new shipbuilding cycle for the alliance will pass. At that time, the alliance will be able to directly obtain 4 more battlecruisers, 1 Zhuge class, and 1 Retribution class.
With the addition of these six giant ships, the alliance fleet will become even more powerful!
By then, with a total of sixteen giant ships, this will be a force that cannot be ignored. Coupled with Gu Hang's psychic power bonus, the alliance may be able to compete with the iron-armored main warships.
Under this situation, Gu Hang was really not willing to start a war too early.
He had originally planned to use the Proud Claw Star Territory as the battlefield. If Iron Armor wanted the main force to go south, he would drag it here. Wait for a year and a half, wait until the fleet is further formed, and then go all out.
However, things didn't go as expected.
Gu Hang had to accept the sudden change in the strategic situation.
But this matter is not really so bad.
Will Tie Jia really go south with all his strength?
That's not necessarily the case. However, Gallardo also asked, can the alliance take the initiative?
After all, compared to the threat of the main force of the Iron Armor going south, what the central empire is most worried about is that they continue to advance westward regardless.
The empire has almost no strong enough defensive force in the Maigret Domain. If Tiejai's current military strength is still relatively strong and the losses in the previous bloody battle with Phoenix were not so great, then they will most likely be able to The Maigret Star Territory replicates the results achieved in the Spider Web Space Territory in the early stages of their war.
That kind of blitzkrieg, that kind of aggressive attitude is terrifying.
You know, when Tiejai launched a rebellion, it only took them ten months to penetrate the Spider Web Universe!
Even, according to the star map, they can directly enter the nine cosmic domains in the central territory of the empire!
This is a matter of star chart differentiation. The two worlds drawn together by the stars must be connected by an astral tunnel. Based on this, the star regions were divided, and based on the star regions, the star regions were divided. The reason why a star field becomes a star field is that apart from the fact that similar star fields can come together, the most important thing is that hundreds of worlds in this area are often a group, and there are very few connections between star fields. Often there are only 1 to 3 channel connections.
This also means that each star field is a relatively isolated star cluster.
So far it is relatively intuitive.
Although there is no concept of southeast, northwest and northwest in the universe, there is on the star map. It evolved layer by layer with Holy Terra as the center and the four astral tunnels outside the solar system dividing it into southeast, northwest and northwest.
From these four directions, they are continuously divided according to this rule to form the four major cosmic regions closest to the solar cosmic region. Together with the neighboring universes of these four universes and the solar universe itself, nine major universes in the central territory are formed.
These nine cosmic territories, also known as the central territory, are the core ruling areas of the empire.
Except for the nine central cosmic regions, the other cosmic regions are called "border cosmic regions".
The rules for dividing border areas no longer follow the principle of similarity. In addition to ensuring that the star domains within a universe can be connected to each other, it also ensures that those that can be connected between universes are placed together; at the same time, each universe has at least one planet that can be directly contacted. To one of the nine cosmic regions in the central territory.
The original intention of such a division is to ensure that starting from Holy Terra to any space realm will not exceed the scope of crossing four space realms, and to control the journey within two years to strengthen the control of the empire's borders by the central empire as much as possible. force.
It did work.
But then again, from every space region on the border of the empire, you can directly hit the central space region.
The 13 universes on the eastern frontier of the empire, and the universes connected to the central territory, are all the ‘Tianwang universe’.
The reason why the Western Front battlefield is the main battlefield is not only because the Maigret Universe that the Phoenix Lord backs is to the west of the Spider Web Universe, but also because they control the Shocking Stone Star, which is connected to the Embroidered Stone Star in the Tianwang Universe. .
What the gentlemen on Holy Terra are most afraid of right now is that Iron Armor will take away the Earthquake Star and break into the Tianwang Universe.
That was extremely shocking.
Is Holy Terra now afraid of Iron Armor going south?
No, they were afraid that Iron Armor would not go south.
At this moment, the temptation was to get Gu Hang to take the initiative, that is, he wanted Gu Hang to show his presence more, show his knife, and tell Humphrey Paul that if you dare to enter the central territory, be careful of your butt blossoming.
But Gu Hang thought about it for a while and decided to pass it by.
Of course, this is not a perfunctory response to Gallardo.
He was very candid and honest with this good friend.
"Iron Armor has the ability to break into the Tianwang universe, but is it capable of breaking into the Sun universe? Is it capable of breaking into Holy Terra?"
Gallardo was stunned for a moment and shook his head hesitantly.
It's really not realistic.
Do you really dare to push the Empire Central Committee into trouble?
Things in the frontier space are always limited to the frontier space. If we really attack the Tianwang Universe Territory, the forces directly threatened will not be so easy to talk to.
On the one hand, the defense facilities along the way are complete, and if you want to attack them, you will have to be tough; on the other hand, the impatient central government of the empire asks for "King Qin", and if there is enough strength, they will gather together.
The empire says that wars are fought everywhere, troops are used everywhere, and the military strength in every place is very tense. However, after all, with such a large body, no matter how hard it is to mobilize, it will definitely be able to squeeze out troops.
"That's fine, there's no need to worry so much." Gu Hang said, "Attracting Humphrey Paul's attention will do us no good at all. If we can't win, it won't bring us any benefits."
"On the contrary, if Iron Armor enters the Tianwang Universe, so what? They can't really affect Holy Terra, and they can't shake the rule of the central empire, but they can give a huge blow to the central men and make them feel better. Fear and anxiety. The more this happens, the more precious our victory will be.”
"The person responsible for the collapse of the Western Front already exists. There is no need to worry that the responsibility for this matter will fall on us."
"The reason why the Alliance cannot take the initiative is also very realistic. What would happen if we rushed out without enough strength and were annihilated?"
When Gu Hang said this, Gallardo really thought about what he said.
At that time, around the entire spider web space, when the Northern Front Group is entangled by the Zerg and unable to escape, there will no longer be a military force that can check and balance the main force of the Iron Armor.
The trouble will be even greater.
For him, a high lord who has secured his position and even reached a higher level by relying on the alliance's military exploits, this is the real end.
Becoming a high lord is no longer a matter of peace and quiet.
After thinking about it for a while, he responded: "You are right, we really cannot act rashly."
Then, the two talked about the support and supplies that should be received on the southern front battlefield.
In this regard, Gallardo patted his chest and gave assurance.
In the next two years, the Alliance will not only continue to be exempt from imperial taxes in the areas it controls, but will also receive a total of 500 billion in military aid.
This includes the army, arms and equipment, ships, energy, materials... almost all categories.
Some of the money will come from Holy Terra, and some will come from other star regions in the Eastern Universe. Even the Yadan Universe next door is unlucky and has to make some blood at the request of the Empire Central Committee.
Gu Hang was basically satisfied with this number.
The annual aid of 250 billion is higher than the alliance’s annual financial revenue.
And Gallardo will also receive stronger support from the alliance.
Those who make money make money, those who seize power seize power, and those who develop develop... Everyone has a bright future!
(End of chapter)