Chapter 672, Saving the Northern Front
It is very meaningful to save the remnants of the Northern Front Army.
Although I took some risks, first of all, the risk was not too great, and secondly, the benefits were not small.
Let’s not talk about the risks. Anyway, we have arrived safely, received people safely, and returned safely. Those who died were also members of the Tribunal, not the Alliance. The league has done its best and has a clear conscience in this regard.
As for benefits, there are three main aspects.
One is the combat power of the force itself.
Although there are only tens of thousands of people, in fact, it is not easy to be able to hold on for several months under the siege of a planet's insect swarm and the orbital threat of biological ships in the sky.
In fact, although the number is small, the subordinates of the warship are the real bulk. Forget about the Marine Corps soldiers inside, they can be considered elites in a general sense. But there are still many sailors from previous warships, and even logistics. These personnel only had guns and a layer of carapace, and had no combat effectiveness at all.
But other than that, the rest are just elites.
Qin Zhiping only had fifteen thousand stormtroopers allotted to him by the Tribunal. All of them are exoskeletons, and one-tenth of them are equipped with feedback power armor, so their strength is not weak. Although they are all mortals, think about it, the Alliance's Glory Guards are also mortals. As long as their training and equipment levels keep up, even if they are mortals, their strength level will not be bad.
These stormtroopers can be regarded as 'small guards of glory'.
Oh, or the Glory Guards can be large-sized loyal stormtroopers. The essence is the same, that is, the equipment and training level of the Glory Guards are better than those of the loyal stormtroopers, which are the strongest in the mortal army. .
The other team consisted of less than a thousand bounty hunters.
This is a rather special group. They are not official members of the empire, but a group of people in certain worlds who make a living by accepting various bounty missions from the Imperial Ministry of Justice and hunting down all kinds of 'criminals' with bounties on them. people. The official government of the Empire will not be responsible for them, and will not provide them with any help other than intelligence. They have to buy their own equipment, earn their own profits, and get no pension even if they die.
Most of their sources are civilians in the hive city who can no longer survive by taking the normal path and have no choice but to work for their lives; even many gang members and criminals do not mind killing their opponents and taking advantage of others. By the way, you can become a bounty hunter yourself, or find a hunter you know well to be a white glove, and send those who kill them to the legal department in exchange for some money to spend.
Even people who are full-time bounty hunters don't mind changing their identities at some point and doing something illegal but making quick money.
You can't always count on how loyal they are or how high their moral standards are.
It is precisely because of these factors that the level of training and equipment of bounty hunters can be described as uneven. Most of them are bad, and the official empire looks down upon them.
However, a very small number of them survived the missions one after another and successfully completed the missions. Moreover, they are not like most of their peers who spend the money they earn on drinking and getting drunk the next. Instead, they use it to improve themselves and enhance their equipment level. As this cycle continues, they grow into well-known figures and even attract the attention of the Inquisition.
The Tribunal will usually examine whether these people are clean behind their backs. If they pass the review, the Tribunal will try to assign these people some more dangerous but more rewarding tasks, and will also open up to them higher levels of knowledge, equipment, technology, and even human body modification.
Those who can become well-known hunters are already one in ten thousand, but not every well-known hunter can be favored by the Tribunal; those who are favored by the Tribunal must also go through highly dangerous tasks issued by the Tribunal again and again. Only by surviving once can you continue to improve yourself.
And once someone reaches this level and wins the favor of the Tribunal, each Tribunal faction will try to absorb these people into their own system and become followers of official inquisitors like Qin Zhiping.
Don't underestimate just being a 'follower'. It sounds like you are being a dog, but actually...oh, in fact you are actually being a dog. But even if you are a dog, you are still a well-organized dog. With the establishment, not only do you no longer have to go on missions as frequently as before, but your life safety is greatly increased. At the same time, you don't have to spend money to maintain, update, and strengthen equipment. At the same time, your income will not be low, and your life will be much easier.
More importantly, it is easy for future generations to join the establishment, and there is room for advancement. If you do well in the entourage, you will have the opportunity to become a torturer or agent. And after you get through positions such as assistant to the judge, you will become a serious judge.
Even the most humble inquisitor is still a top figure in the empire. In theory, he can issue an order of annihilation to a world. Although that is not realistic, no matter which world you go to, as long as it is not a place like Holy Terra where throwing a stone can hit a high-ranking official, no matter how low-level the judge is, he is still a big shot.
Let's not talk about things that far away, but even this group of followers, with nearly a thousand people here, can be regarded as the top level of combat power among mortals.
Not to mention, some of them have reached the level of torturers, agents, and assistant judges.
Three or five people like this can even kill a Space Marine if they think of a way.
Speaking of Space Marines, Qin Zhiping also has the number 100 Silver Watch Space Marines in his hands.
The Silver Watch Chapter is not an ordinary Chapter. They are an organization established by Holy Terra and representatives of many Space Marine Chapters through discussions, and this Chapter is handed over to the leadership of the Alien Tribunal.
What makes them special is the composition of their personnel. They never recruit new soldiers or plant seeds for cultivation. They recruit warriors who have performed well in fighting aliens from various battle groups and serve in the Silver Watch.
Of course, sometimes some Space Marines who have made mistakes but are really powerful are recruited to enter the Silver Watch to 'atone for their sins'.
But no matter what the standard is, one thing is destined: every Silver Watch is close to the company championship, and has even reached the level of company championship.
After all, they are selected from the best among thousands of battle groups, so it is not surprising to have such a level.
These one hundred Silver Watch warriors are also the best among the best.
Such a force with tens of thousands of people is actually just in trouble, the situation is too bad. As long as you give them time to rest and recover, and then use them properly during the battle, and cooperate with the alliance's land forces, they can play a key role in many scenes.
It can be used as a key force in key battles such as naval battles to seize ships or land battles...
No one has too many elite troops.
As for the second benefit of rescuing this group of foreign monastery judges, it lies in intelligence.
There are such benefits from gathering such a small remnant army. What if there are more troops in the Northern Front Army that can be rescued and united?
However, in this regard, Gu Hang was a little disappointed. Qin Zhiping provided a lot of information, such as the entire process of the defeat of the Northern Front Army, and gave a clear statement: the Northern Front Army was indeed finished.
However, the situation that Gu Hang expected, that the Northern Front Army had many remaining troops, did not appear.
Of course, it doesn't mean that there are none, but Qin Zhiping doesn't know how many people survived and where the survivors are.
The only thing that can be determined is that the largest part of the Northern Front Army's ground troops is on Rhea Douches. At that time, at least two thousand Space Marines and tens of millions of Astra Militarum troops were engaged in ground operations. There are many loyal stormtroopers in the Astra Militarum, and half of them are even from the famous Firstborn Legion of the Astra Militarum. Their strength level is quite strong, and even the Alliance Army may not have them to fight.
The two main disadvantages of such a huge ground force come from: first, it loses orbital protection; second, it is in an enemy situation with difficult supplies.
There is no doubt that they will suffer very heavy losses.
But was the whole army wiped out?
Gu Hang expressed cautious optimism about this.
After experiencing tragic casualties and a sharp reduction in troop strength, the remaining supplies may be able to support the survivors for a while longer; without orbital cover, they can spread out to fight guerrillas... In short, the battle since the defeat of the Northern Front Army has , calculated in about nine months, they should be able to survive a lot of people, and they are elites.
As for the other units of the Northern Front Legion scattered around, although Qin Zhiping does not know the exact location, which is bad news, there is also good news. While they were running away, they saw the flight directions of some other running ships, from which they could try to deduce the positions and targets of these ships.
Moreover, I am afraid that Qin Zhiping is not the only smart person. He knows that it is almost impossible to run north and cross the areas occupied by insect swarms in several star fields to return to the Star-Eating Universe. Then, running east to find the Alliance is the best choice. If there are survivors, they may be located not far from the surrounding area.
Another bit of good news is that when Qin Zhiping and the others separated from their ship, they removed the ship's star language communication device. At that time, his idea was probably to keep this thing, at least to keep the thought of asking for help - facts proved that they were indeed saved in the end.
And this thing can continue to use its remaining heat now.
After being transformed by Gu Hang's psychic blessing, its communication capabilities can be greatly enhanced even in the shadow of subspace that envelopes the entire Queen's Star Territory. And it is part of the communication system within the entire Northern Front Legion. In other words, the Alliance can use it to contact survivors from one or two star fields away.
With this thing, it is much more convenient than before when the alliance sent out exploration teams one after another to venture close to one planet after another to try to make contact.
What's more, maybe some survivors of the Northern Front Legion still have ships. They may not choose to fall to the ground, but hide in an asteroid belt in the galaxy or in an uninhabited desert. Places such as the back side of worlds and gaseous planets to avoid being hunted by the Hive Fleet.
In the past, if the alliance's exploration team wanted to find these units, it might be harder than finding a needle in a haystack - the sea is not as big as the sea of stars!
It's much easier to do now.
As for the third benefit of saving Qin Zhiping and others, it lies in politics.
In addition to being the commander-in-chief, Gu Hang is also the leader of the alliance. He needs to consider not only military issues, but also political issues.
He believes that after the war, the alliance will inevitably face a huge political storm. That may be the most critical time for the alliance's profits from this war, the distribution of the fruits of victory, and even the existence of the alliance.
Any little bit of political help will be of great help when the crisis comes.
Gu Hang would not ignore this.
Qin Zhiping is a senior member of the Tribunal of Foreign Affairs, with the rank of [Presiding Judge]. Above him, there are only a few chief judges left. By rescuing him, you can not only gain his friendship, but also the friendship of the entire Foreign Tribunal.
As one of the three largest factions in the Tribunal, his subordinates directly control an entire top-level Tribunal faction such as Silver Watch. The Anti-foreign Order has a considerable voice and can directly influence the opinions of the Tribunal representative in the Supreme Council.
These three benefits were enough to make Gu Hang feel that the benefits of saving this unit were very great.
In addition to the last political benefit, the other two profit points were continuously verified in the following three months.
With the help of the astral language equipment, the alliance successfully contacted seven scattered troops.
After resting, the Tribunal troops followed the Alliance ships and attacked everywhere in the past three months. They personally participated in the rescue of four of the troops; the remaining three were also rescued by other Alliance troops. Come back.
All rescued troops totaled more than 20 million people, half of whom were sailors and crew members of various types. The other half are the troops carried on the ships of each survivor fleet, or like Qin Zhiping, who crash-landed to the surface of the planet and have persisted until now.
In addition, a total of 70 warships of all levels were rescued.
The largest one even had an aircraft carrier, two battle cruisers, and a total of thirty-seven warships.
As predicted before, they were indeed hiding in an asteroid belt on the edge of a star system, sailing dangerously and avoiding the hunting of the Hive Fleet.
These seventy fleets with aircraft carriers, battleships, and battle cruisers are no small force. They are also a very sufficient complement to the half of the alliance fleet that Gu Hang personally led into the Queen's Star Territory. .
And at this time, a piece of news that symbolized the situation began to change clearly came:
The Western Front Army and the Alliance forces, under the leadership of Salius and Martins, destroyed most of the swarms of insects pouring out to the west, and successfully entered the Queen's Star Territory.
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This chapter is 4k!
Still owe 98k
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