Chapter 604, Parasitic Infection
Chapter 604, Parasitic Infection
The reason why Gu Hang had to wait for a shipbuilding cycle was that the war potential of the Alliance was greater than that of Iron Armor, and this fact could not be changed. Gu Hang was confident under the general trend. No matter what changes happened outside, I would remain unmoved and ensure strategic determination.
However, strategic determination does not mean having a real plan and insisting on it regardless of any changes in the situation.
The issue of war potential must be re-evaluated due to the arrival of new intelligence.
Taking the Zerg into account, who dares to say that the Iron Armor that is expanding everywhere in the Magre star field is not good enough?
After receiving Gu Hang's warning, the Empire was also a little flustered. On the one hand, they sent people to confirm the accuracy of the information to prevent Gu Hang from making up nonsense. There were people from both the Martian and Holy Terra governments rushing over to meet Sebastian Moreau.
But to be honest, sending an envoy is not important. The journey is long and it will take a year to arrive. If we wait until the confirmation is completed before doing anything, I am afraid that the opportunity will be lost.
This information confirmation will only be important if it is confirmed that Gu Hang is talking nonsense. Now, all parties in the empire must act on the premise that the information provided by Gu Hang is accurate.
The most obvious thing was that the northern front was going to be strengthened. The Inquisition, which had originally only joined in the fun and was just helping out, was now very interested. They sent out more Silver Watch soldiers and took out a lot of their treasured techniques to deal with the Zerg. Under the escort of a large number of Inquisitors and Stormtroopers, they reinforced the front battlefield.
The main focus is on strengthening the northern offensive, hoping to help Marshal Mathieu Le Roy resolve the Zerg on the northern front as soon as possible and officially launch an attack on the core area of the Iron Legion.
At the same time, a large number of their personnel also came to the Magre Space Domain to investigate and even prevent the Iron Armor Legion from releasing swarms of insects in the Magre Space Domain and devouring worlds as Gu Hang had guessed.
The Solar Fleet, which had been gathering, finally set off. Some ships had not yet arrived, and some Astra Militarum Corps had not yet been fully staffed, but the situation had come to this point, and there was no longer any reason to wait.
They stopped the assembly and hurriedly set off for the Tianwang Universe, continuing to defend the connection between the Tianwang and Spider Universes while also launching an attack on the Magre Universe. The follow-up troops were still on their way, so they could only add more troops to the team later.
To be honest, this is a risky decision.
But fortunately, nothing bad happened.
The leader of the Ortopis Legion, Lu Salilius, personally led the team to open up the astral tunnel from the Tianwang Space to the Magre Space. The Iron Armor Legion did capture this place first, but the troops they left here were not sufficient, and even the two worlds connecting the two sides of the tunnel had not been completely pacified by the Iron Armor. Under the powerful attack of the Ortopis Legion, they were quickly repelled.
Chapter Captain Salilius then dispersed his troops further, controlling a dozen worlds around the astral tunnel connecting to Tianwang, striving to establish a strategic buffer so that the entire army would have a relatively stable territory.
At the same time, they also sent ground troops into these worlds. The inquisitors of the Anti-foreign Order were particularly important. They needed to assess whether the surfaces of these planets had been invaded by the Zerg.
Turns out there is.
They found signs of Zerg corruption on almost every world.
This was very bad information. Even though Gu Hang was mentally prepared when he knew it, he was still depressed.
Have even the worlds in the Magre universe close to the Tianwang universe been infected? The Iron Armored Corps has only just arrived in these worlds! Their actions are too fast.
What's even more worrying is that even these marginal areas are like this, what about those worlds that Iron Armor has already conquered? Or even the base camp like the Princess Star Region?
Of course, people can't just think of the worst. Among these bad news, there are relatively good ones, that is, the corruption of these worlds is not too serious. Generally, there are only some evil cults supported by Iron Armor, or organizations that use the Empire's state religion as a cover to spread the corruption of the Zerg in private. When the eggs parasitize on people, the symbiotic worms will be cultivated, which will change the physical form of people and then change their thoughts.
People who are infected are basically hopeless, and they will spread the virus further and infect more people.
But fortunately, the number of infections was not large and could be handled. The most serious worlds were nothing more than flowers everywhere, plus a few void Zerg digestion pools and hatching pools supporting systems, hidden in the bottom of the nest city, hidden in the mountains and jungles, raising some Zerg troops.
But even in the worst-case worlds, at least the local political institutions are still functioning. After Iron Armor was driven away and the Empire nominally reconquered these worlds, the local forces, with the support of the Empire, especially under the preaching of the Inquisition, understood what the so-called sects that Iron Armor had suppressed and not allowed to deal with were, and after they became afraid of the fate they were about to face in the future, they also had to take self-help actions.
Local forces were assembled, with the Imperial troops as the guide and cutting-edge force, the local defense force as the backbone, and the entire population fighting against the Zerg infection as the main goal, and a vigorous global operation was launched.
After getting this information, Gu Hang felt slightly relieved.
Captain Lu Salilius of the Ortopis Regiment is a very reliable and sober person.
Gu Hang was afraid that if he had these top Space Marines as the commander-in-chief, they would go crazy. Many Space Marines felt that they were above mortals and didn't care about mortals. They only wanted to wipe out the enemies of the Empire. As a result, when they really got down to work, they were impatient and confused, making a mess of the situation.
But fortunately, Salilius is not like that.
His approach coincided with Gu Hang's idea.
To resolve the corruption of the Zerg, whether strong or weak, and to prevent the swarm from eventually devouring the entire world, we cannot rely solely on the power of the Imperial Central Army.
If that were the case, with thousands of worlds in a universe, no matter how many troops there were, if they were dispersed, it would be like a drop in the bucket and would not be able to solve the problem.
We need to mobilize these local forces in the world, let the local residents know that they are in a life-and-death crisis, and inspire them to fight on their own. Only then will there be a chance of victory.
The first thing the Central Army had to do was to drive out the Iron Armor forces, end their occupation, and prevent the Iron Armor from suppressing the local forces' self-help efforts;
Secondly, it is to crack down on stubborn elements and make local resistance smoother.
At the same time, a large amount of supplies must be provided to support the local forces in each world and strengthen their ability to fight.
Gu Hang felt relieved when he saw that Salilius did a good job in these aspects.
In fact, he was prepared to do so.
The Alliance's army has entered the Thorn Star Field and the Alfonzo Star Field.
At this point, Gu Hang finally ended the strategic determination he had been maintaining.
Even though the shipbuilding cycle in the rear was almost completed, he couldn't wait any longer.
Now, every time we take over a world earlier, we may have to face fewer Zerg swarms in the future.
(End of this chapter)
