Chapter 501, Alliance 400 World

Chapter 501, Alliance 400 World
The alliance government did better than Gu Hang imagined.

The bloody battle between the Phoenix and the Raging Flame was an invitation initiated by Martins. Before he proposed this statement to the Raging Flames, he reported it to Gu Hang and got Gu Hang's agreement.

Otherwise, how could he dare to casually regard the lives of a hundred phoenixes as bets on the table?
The reason why Gu Hang agreed was of course because he was actually more confident than Martins.

After approving Martins's opinion, he also gave a list of one hundred people, and asked Martins to choose from this list when arranging the duel.

He raised the training level of these one hundred people to the level of company champion.

It's a pity that the conventional training level that the system can perform is at most this level and cannot be any higher.

However, Gu Hang had other methods.

The enlightenment in the [Heroes] interface can of course also be used for space warriors, but the price of enlightenment is a bit more expensive.

But for this duel, Gu Hang would definitely be willing to spend money.

In fact, the work of enlightenment begins before training them to be company champions. After all, Gu Hang couldn't completely guarantee what the hero template would be after enlightenment. In fact, for some people, their talent is not entirely in combat, but may be in battlefield command, hidden assassination and other things. There was even one Space Marine with the gift of being a civil affairs officer!

What's more, Gu Hang also had to consider the moral issues within the entire empire. It is a bit taboo to let the Space Marines rule. Except for the Infinite Marines who have such privileges in their Infinite Sector, no Space Marines would do this now.

It is not easy to do this under normal circumstances.

It is even possible that the looting during the retreat became more brutal and violent due to the losses in the arena. Maybe, what will be left for Gu Hang then is a tattered Yunluoxing, and the loss will be huge.

They quickly took over almost the entire western part of the star field, and in the following eight months, not only stabilized the local situation on each planet, but also implanted the alliance's system on these planets, and it has even become effective. It's now in operation.

Gu Hang expected that Fury Yan would definitely be involved in the duel, so he sent out quite a few elites from the battle group, which was the perfect opportunity to eliminate them!

If the ending is that Erso kills Martins, although the final loss of the Raging Flames is still huge, killing Martins saves some face, and Erso himself is fine, then the morale of the Raging Flames will not matter It's a depression, but it's not like I'm completely beaten to the point of complete collapse. Under such circumstances, the Raging Flames would not be so hasty when evacuating, nor would they completely give up on the looting operation.

Even Erso himself died here.

Moreover, after listening to the report about the duel, he was a little scared. In the battle between Erso and Martins, who lives and who dies is really just a matter of seconds. The result of the fight again may be completely different.

After they have been genetically modified, most of their mundane desires have been eliminated, and they are not easily corrupted by various low-level desires; they are energetic and can rest all year round. Mortals 996 can't stop complaining, but Space Marines can really do 007, no joke, at least in a short time.

However, in the duel field, he was alone.

Of course, the subsequent achievements of the coalition government cannot be ignored.

To train a Space Marine Civil Affairs Officer, the cost is infinitely higher than that of a mortal, and the improvement effect is far less than the improvement of a Space Marine compared to a mortal soldier on the battlefield.

For example, how difficult is it for Erso, the chapter leader, to behead him on the battlefield? He had to break through countless layers of obstacles, and when he faced him again, he was still a top-notch extraordinary warrior.

This is a great opportunity to weaken the Wrathfire Chapter.

The same goes for other senior leaders of the Raging Flames.

But this is just a thought.

As a digression, letting space warriors be managers is really feasible to a certain extent!

Although the victory of the bloody battle is not a war, the things won back are more than a war!
From this perspective, Phoenix has made a great contribution.

Of course, although this was indeed Gu Hang's plan, he couldn't have imagined beforehand that the final effect would be so good.

How could he have imagined that Erso would be so confused that he would end up dead?

But no matter what, the gift points spent on the Space Marines are always valuable, bringing a large number of elite warriors to upgrade. In addition, through this bloody death battle, a large number of Fury's elites can be killed.

Gu Hang was very satisfied with this.

The government system that he had built with his own hands, and in which he had poured countless gifts into it over a long period of time, to cultivate talents and loyalty, finally produced the results he expected.

At this point, the entire Dragon Eagle Star Territory is completely under his control.

Oh no.

Speaking of which, there are still some places that have not been fully brought under the direct rule of the alliance.

That is the Steel Fire Dragon Sector.

The Mingyang Sect almost completely controlled the Steel Fire Dragon sector, and at the end of the Iron Teeth War, when they were sweeping away the greenskins everywhere, they also attacked and destroyed the other two sectors to the north, namely Dragon Tamer and Dragon Pass. A star region is also under control.

However, one should be a little more cautious about the actions of the Mechanicus.

These oil guys are not easy to deal with.

But usually, they are rarely a threat.

These two star areas, plus the Steel Fire Dragon star area directly controlled by the Mingyang Sect, should be ignored for the time being. Later, Gu Hang already had a trip plan to go to Jindi Star in person to have a good chat with the Mingyang Sect.

By then, all remaining issues should be resolved.

After all, among the top leaders of the Mingyang Sect, there is an 'old acquaintance' of Gu Hang: Wu Jiarong.

Many things become easier when there are people inside. Gu Hang actually didn't expect that what he did unintentionally at the time would actually turn out to be a success.

Regarding the matter of the Mechanicus, we will not discuss it for the time being. Within the Dragon Eagle Star Region, the remaining 34 star regions are all in Gu Hang's hands.

The total adds up, no more, no less, exactly 400 worlds.

The total population has reached 8200 billion.

Gu Hang's family fortune suddenly became much richer!
Moreover, unlike the various territories that Gu Hang gained in previous wars, the entire western part of the Dragon Eagle Star Territory is actually more prosperous than the eastern part.

Previously, the area occupied by Gu Hang had a total population of only 3400 billion; in the west, the total population was even greater, reaching 4800 billion.

Moreover, leaving aside the capital of the star field such as Yunluo Star, which is more developed than Feiyi Star, in the entire Yunluo Star District, headed by Yunluo Star, it radiates to many worlds and powerfully drives the development of these worlds. Economic development, unlike the original Flying Wing Star, which was beautiful alone, other worlds in the Tianma Star District were as poor as ghosts.

At the same time, in the Fire Eagle Sector, the Heroic Soul Sector, and the Ancient Totem Sector, these three sectors had not been attacked by war before. There were a total of more than 40 worlds in total. Due to the war, they became the planets at that time. Strong reliance on regional governments.

A large number of resources collected from the space domain and other places in the star domain are hoarded here. Some production bases have also been built here as much as possible to provide resources for the front line.

At the same time, there are also a large number of people transferred from worlds on the front line that are at war.
The war objectively provided good development opportunities for more than forty worlds in these three star regions.

These three star regions, together with the Yunluo Star Region, have become a relatively developed economic engine in the western part of the Dragon Eagle Star Region.

At present, the Dragon Eagle Star Territory has roughly formed an overall situation of "three cores and large areas of ruins".

One of the so-called three cores refers to the southwest core with Yunluo Star as the core and the three major star regions of Ancient Totem, Heroic Soul, and Fire Eagle as affiliates. It is also the largest part of the revenue that the alliance has received this time.

These four places alone have a population of 2500 billion and a total output value of 6300 billion. The annual imperial tax paid reaches 670 billion, but even so, the financial balance left to the alliance after paying the tax has reached 1000 billion.

Such a large financial balance means that there are still two battle cruisers left every year!

Rich land!

The other core is naturally the Qima Di, headed by Gu Hang's home base, the Tianma Sector, and combined with the six surrounding star sectors. This area has a population of 1700 billion and a total output value of 3600 billion.

To be honest, it's a bit worse than 'Yunluo Center'. After all, the 'Qi Ma Di Center' is a late-developing area that has only begun to develop in the past eight years after being incorporated into Gu Hang's rule, and the main place that has developed well is the Tianma Star District. The Tianma Star District has already given full play to its economic radiation and driving role for the other six horses, but the time is still short and its development is relatively limited.

Moreover, the total population is not large enough. Reaching 1700 billion, it was only in recent years that the population grew to this level due to the policy of encouraging childbirth, plus the migration from several other star regions that were in a state of war.

But in general, the development potential is still great, and it is indeed on the fast track of rapid development under the leadership of the alliance.

There is also a third core area, the Steel Fire Dragon Center, which is a joint industrial collective developed based on Jindi Star, the foundry world of the Mechanicum, but it is not completely under the control of the alliance at present, so I won’t mention it further.

In addition to these three cores, the other 23 star regions add up to a total of 258 worlds, but the total population is only 3880 billion. In terms of output value, it is even worse, with a total output value of only 3000 billion. After paying the annual imperial tax and deducting the consumption of local residents, we still owe 110 billion.

This means that the Alliance loses money by acquiring these worlds.

Just losing 110 billion a year is nothing, the alliance can afford the loss. For the alliance that has mastered the entire star field, this is a small hole that can be easily filled.

But the key point is that this loss only accounts for household consumption and imperial taxes.

If the costs of maintaining rule are included, the losses will be further expanded; moreover, many of these worlds were devastated by wars during the previous green wave, and had to undergo post-war reconstruction and increase investment. Carry out humanitarian rescue, otherwise the situation will not only take a long time to improve, but may even worsen in the short term.

Establishing a government, building up the military, deepening the rule...all the various investments are added up, and the alliance estimates that it will have a financial deficit of about 600 billion every year!

This is not a small amount!

At this number, a comparison can be made. The theoretical imperial tax for the Dragon Eagle Star Territory is only a little over 1200 billion per year!
The huge economic burden imposed by these worlds has made it difficult for the Alliance to bear it.

The alliance has fifty army groups and an army of one billion, and the annual maintenance cost is less than 150 billion!
This figure of 600 billion per year is really an exaggeration.

In fact, after Gu Hang returned to the Dragon Eagle Star Territory and met many people in Yunluo Star, he held the first government meeting within the alliance to solve this problem: for those 258 'loss-making worlds', How to deal with it?

Currently, officials within the league are discussing in roughly three directions.

First, it is to continue to maintain a high degree of core governance. The investment of 700 billion a year is not even enough, and we have to continue to smash it to 800 billion or even billion. This is not a long-term loss. The high initial investment is in exchange for the future development of these worlds. After one to two years of such investment, the cost of investment should be reduced by more than half; at the same time, the output of these worlds will also be fully recovered under the stimulation of large-scale investment.

It is estimated that in four to five years, losses will turn into profits.

But the other group is quite opposed to this plan.

It's too exaggerated. Even if everything goes according to their estimates, the total investment in five years may need to reach more than 2500 billion. But what they have achieved is just to stop losing money and losing blood; it will take them who knows how many years to develop to the point where they can build blood for the alliance and even earn back the 2500 billion they invested.

Now, the war is indeed over for the time being. However, the alliance still faces huge external threats. The 'Evil Neighbors' next door, the Iron Armor Chapter, will attack who knows when; after the Raging Flame Chapter returns and licks their wounds, will they forget the humiliation and pain the Alliance has given them?

It is impossible for the alliance to transfer all its power to economic construction.

Spending so much money on the recovery of these 'losing worlds' will be a serious drag on the Alliance's military buildup.

If the enemy invades, I'm afraid the house will be smashed to pieces before the construction results are realized.

As for the third faction, they don’t have any high opinions. They are nothing more than the middle faction between the two.

(End of this chapter)