Chapter 601, Civil strife in Alfonzo
Saving one of Alfonzo's Mechanicus ships is a bit strange.
Alfonzo is not the enemy? Why save?
To talk about it, we have to mention the alliance’s intelligence organization.
The person who made the meritorious service was someone whom Gu Hang had an impression of - Arno Chenco, who was Ossenna's younger brother.
As a senior agent of the Central Bureau of Investigation, Arnault was ordered to enter the Alfonzo star field to conduct intelligence collection operations.
Compared with the Western Front, where the battle situation was too chaotic and there were armored troops everywhere, the progress of intelligence collection was quite slow. The progress of the intelligence network established by Arno after entering the Alfonzo Star Territory was relatively much better.
According to the information previously reported by Arno, huge turmoil occurred within the Alfonzo sect after the fleet led by Sage Dubo was destroyed.
The overall strength of the Alfonzo Sect is very powerful. They take the name of the Star Territory and have a very strong influence on the entire Star Territory. In comparison, the Mingyang Sect in the Dragon Eagle Star Region is simply not on the same level as them.
Alfonzo has three forging worlds, each of which is no weaker than Jindi; the entire star field is their sphere of influence, six hundred worlds, or providing raw materials, food, manpower, markets, and low-end technology transfer Processing place...
It can be said that almost all of the hundreds of worlds in the Alfonzo Star Territory revolve around three forging worlds. The essence of the entire sect's power is also reflected in these three casting worlds.
Nor are they monolithic.
Before entering the war, there were ‘doves’ among Alfonzo. This is a combination of the 'imperialists' and the 'centrists'. The former always disapprove of the sect's betrayal of the empire and following Tiekai; the latter do not have to follow the empire and can continue to do business with Tiekai. They emphasize that What is important is that the sect should stay away from the outside world. Doing business and selling equipment is on the one hand, but it is absolutely impossible to participate in the war in person.
In the early years, the centrists were the most numerous; but by the time Alfonzo entered the war, they had already joined forces with the "imperialists" to form the doves, and were then completely suppressed by the hawks.
The so-called hawks are naturally the group of people who will lead the entire sect to follow Iron Armor.
When Alfonzo's fleet attacked the Proud Claw Star Territory, it was the time when the Hawks' reputation was at its peak.
At that time, no one thought that such a powerful fleet would encounter any obstacles when it went south and entered the Proud Claw Star Territory. Any obstacle in front of Alfonzo's fleet will be ruthlessly crushed.
In a glorious victory, the Alfonzo Sect will step on the corpse of the Alliance, prove its strength to Iron Armor, and establish its identity as a double-headed eagle in this independent organization!
This was what the hawks claimed, and it was severely crushed when the news of their subsequent defeat came.
The reputation of the hawks was suddenly greatly damaged, and the voices of the doves were raised again.
Both the imperialists and the centrists are angry at the actions of the hawks, accusing them of rash actions that have ruined the sect's precious wealth. The act of starting a war also pushed the entire sect into a very bad abyss.
Have the hawks lost ground?
It stands to reason that this should be the case. They lost a large number of high-ranking figures, especially Sage Du Bo; they lost their military power; they lost their reputation due to defeat.
The doves tried to seize power, and there were many conflicts between the two sides, including some armed conflicts.
However, at this critical moment, someone spoke up: the Great Sage Martin Varuk.
In the past battles between hawks and doves, this great sage has never publicly expressed his opinions, and is more of a balance hand between the two sides. At this moment, he suddenly spoke out, but he represented the voice of the hawks. He expressed his attitude with a speech; he personally led a suppressive operation and captured one of the three foundry generals.
The voices within the Alfonzo sect applauded.
However, Arno, who was in the Alfonzo Star Territory, could realize that the waves had not completely calmed down.
In fact, Arnault's shadow can be seen in the previous massive counterattacks between doves and hawks. On behalf of the alliance, he contacted many doves, especially the imperialists among the doves, and supported their actions.
Of course, the Alliance is far away, and it is inconvenient to take direct military action to avoid external pressure and glue the Alfonzo sect that is about to split back together; it is also difficult for the Alliance to bring in some substantial material help, and Motor oil guys actually don’t need it either.
However, many of the political commitments made by the alliance are of great interest to them.
The Imperial Faction was originally reluctant to confront the Empire as a whole sect, partly because of their loyalty, but also because they believed that the two sides were not on the same level in terms of size. No matter how well they fought in the early stages of the war and how many victories they achieved, But given the huge size of the empire, the final victory cannot be on our own side. What they fear is that they will be liquidated after defeat.
The political commitments given by the alliance are basically focused on these two aspects.
For loyalists, praising their loyalty will prove to Mars and Holy Terra that they have always been loyal subjects of the empire and have never betrayed the God of All Machines. In the most difficult moment, it was also in Alfang Those who fight for the empire within the Zodiac sect;
For the latter, it was a promise that would help them avoid liquidation after the war.
Through these imperialists, Arnault even contacted many centrists.
His work was originally done successfully.
Not to mention directly relying on internal changes to subvert the Alfonzo sect, at least it can establish a reliable relationship network. When the alliance army enters the Alfonzo star field in the future, these relationship networks can pave the way for the army to move forward. Many places that would have required sacrifices of countless people and an unknown amount of military expenditures to conquer may have been captured with just words.
However, the great sage Varuk personally came to the scene, disrupting Arno's plan.
He himself was almost exposed.
On the one hand, he wondered why the great sage Varuk, who was supposed to be a centrist or did not express his attitude at all, suddenly became so tough; on the other hand, he was also quite active in wanting to be in this situation. Can gain some benefits.
He hid the severely damaged relationship network underground, and all his intelligence agents, liaison officers, and agents fell silent, waiting for the opportunity.
At the same time, he also planned a big thing: saving Sebastian Moreau.
This person is the foundry general who was captured by Varuk.
Varuk was not so mad as to directly kill the foundry general, he was just imprisoned.
This gave Arnault a chance.
(End of chapter)