Chapter 804, Battle of the Alliance Star

Chapter 804, Battle of the Alliance Star
When the brain wave memories carrying the intelligence of the Chaos Demon Army were analyzed, the Defense Commander of the Liaoguang Star Domain, Admiral Rawl Deliu, was drinking his thirteenth cup of espresso.

This was already his fifty-fourth hour of overtime, and he hadn't closed a wink in the middle. Coffee alone wasn't enough, and strengthening nutrient solution and medicine were even more crucial.

Deliu was already a veteran with a lot of experience. During the Angry Owl Star Unification War, he was an officer who followed Gu Hang to fight, and at the end of the Unification War, he was promoted to a senior officer.

He participated in many subsequent wars and survived many close calls. When he was old, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and was eligible for rejuvenation surgery, which extended his life by several decades.

By now, he is already quite old, over 90 years old, but he does not look as young and strong as many people who have undergone rejuvenation surgery. Instead, he looks like an old man.

He had the surgery too late, so the rejuvenation surgery could not completely reverse his condition. He will spend the next few decades of his life as an old woman. Even if he has the opportunity to have a second or third surgery, his appearance will not change much.

But he actually didn't mind.

He is already satisfied to have more time to play for the league.

In today's era, he has already left the ranks of the army and transformed into the commander-in-chief of global defense, sitting in charge of one side.

He was responsible for half of the alliance's northern defense line, and the other half was in the Gucheng Star Region.

At this moment, Deliu stared at the analyzed content of the information, constantly thinking about his own plan.

"Connect me to Mr. Gu's hotline." Deliu tore open his collarbone button, revealing a hideous mechanical interface at the collarbone, which was still emitting a little smoke. His intense thinking made him feel a little hot.

After the signal was connected, Gu Hang in the holographic image was reviewing documents.

The leader of the alliance asked without even looking up: "What do you want?"

Deliu didn't say a word of politeness and made his request directly.

From starships to the army, from Honor Guards to Space Marines...to put it bluntly, he wants everything.

This was the war plan he had his staff at the headquarters come up with.

After making his request, he added:
"I assure you that the war will be controlled outside the borders of the Alliance. The Oath Star is the last line of defense. If this Chaos Demon Army breaks through the Oath Star, I will take full responsibility!"

The veteran who issued the military order was risking everything.

Gu Hang thought about it.

It was not his plan to let Deliu take charge of the overall defense of the northern front.

The current commander-in-chief of the Dark Side Expedition is Marshal Yan Fangxu. He can almost be regarded as the earliest person to follow Gu Hang, even before the establishment of the alliance. In terms of ability, he may not be the most powerful or strongest in the alliance military, but whether it is loyalty or qualifications, there is nothing to say.

Moreover, people also grow up. When he was enlightening in the [Hero] interface, Gu Hang never forgot him. Not only did he enlighten him early on, but he also upgraded him whenever he saw that he could upgrade. So far, he is also a level 8 hero.

Although due to its low rarity, it has only been upgraded to the SR level now - Gu Hang has now obtained quite a few SS and SSS levels, and they are all seed players in the military.

However, Gu Hang would not be superstitious about this thing.

What's more, a commander like Yan Fangxu is not needed to command and be responsible for specific frontline battles. He is responsible for the overall direction of the Dark Side Expedition. Formulate the expedition goals and routes, formulate supply plans for each expedition fleet, and propose campaign goals...

This is of course a very, very important task, but it is not something that he needs to do alone. He has an entire command center under his command, including various high-level military officers, a staff team led by the chief of staff, senior political commissars of the military and political department, senior quartermaster officers of the logistics and equipment department... There are a lot of people in the military alone who are responsible for this matter together.

Moreover, there are many Space Marine Chapters serving in the Dark Side Crusade. Their officers and even Chapter Masters will also participate in the military meetings. The Protestant sect of the Alliance is centered around the Holy Lily of Mercy, and a large number of Sisters of Battle will also participate in the war. Several Bishops ruling over the Forge Worlds...

These various branches united under the banner of the alliance will also contribute their strength.

In general, this is a collective task. As the commander-in-chief, what you need to do is to make decisions. As long as it is roughly correct, there will be no big problem.

Even if something really goes wrong, the commander-in-chief has a lot of people under him, and there will always be someone who can see it and make suggestions.

Another thing the commander-in-chief has to do is to ensure a balance among all parties and avoid internal quarrels. This in turn requires the commander to have enough prestige and qualifications to be able to keep the situation under control.

From this concept, it is reasonable for Yan Fangxu to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Dark Expedition.

Based on this logic, Gu Hang originally planned to select one of the existing senior generals in the Dark Expedition to be the commander-in-chief.

People like Perbov and Li Koshi are all important military generals who can be entrusted with important tasks.

In addition, Gu Hang has several experienced Space Marine Chapter Captains whom he can trust.

In comparison, Rawl Delio was not his first choice.

However, on second thought, Deliu had another advantage of being close to the front line. He was indeed quite familiar with the defense situation in the northern border.

At the same time, the veteran's resolute appearance was indeed one of the factors that touched him.

It’s not a bad idea to give it to him.

Thinking of this, Gu Hang finally looked up: "After seventy-two hours, you will get a list of reinforcements. It includes two Zhuge-class aircraft carriers, five battleships, one of which is Emperor-class, and twelve Holy Grail-class battlecruisers. In addition, the number of light aircraft carriers and cruisers is more than one hundred, plus supporting strike groups."

"This batch of troops was originally intended to be provided to the third expeditionary force of the Dark Side Crusade. Now they are all provided to you. Remember, I want the Devouring Star Three-Star Region to become a monument of honor, not a hotbed for Chaos evildoers to attack the Alliance."

"I will follow your orders."

……

47 standard Terran days later, the Alliance.

Deliu stood on the observation deck of the battleship Liaoguang, gazing out the window at the 3,000-kilometer-long array of arrows. This task force of 1,470 warships was carving an attack route in the void with its engine tail flames.

The timing of their arrival was pretty good.

The Alliance Star was not lost.

According to intelligence, the enemy's main force is still outside the three star regions.

The problem that the Alliance Star is facing now is that due to the strong power of chaos, a large-scale internal rebellion has broken out.

If it is not properly resolved, then when the great enemy of Chaos arrives, it will become a big trouble with the combination of internal and external forces.

But now, those enemies are no longer a problem.

The Alliance has completely taken control of the orbital system of the Oath Alliance Star, and the main fleet has arrived. With so many fleets in orbit to support, plus the first batch of landing troops, the problem of this planet will surely be solved quickly. This is a must.

For Deliu, since he had already signed a military order in front of Gu Hang, the Oath Alliance Star was his last line of defense. He was determined to make this the location of his headquarters and live and die with this planet.

Of course, what he has to defend is not just the Oath Star.

His fleet carried a large number of Thunder Torch Towers.

They had not intended to retake this area so quickly, but now they had no choice. They had to quickly establish a solid defense line here to keep the enemy out.

The staff officer held the data board and reported the content. The rescue was about this. In the several star systems north of the Oath Alliance, the problem was much bigger than that of the Oath Alliance, and heavy troops were needed:
"...The first batch of landing troops has been loaded, including 300,000 Storm Troopers, 700 Titans and Knight Mechs..."

"Add the City Burners," Deliu interrupted, "bring enough hot melt fuel and virus bombs."

The staff officer's pupils contracted - the City Burners were an extermination force specifically designed to deal with heavily polluted planets.

But when he saw the front-line reconnaissance footage that Deliu had called up: a hive world with a population of over 10 billion before a disaster was mutating into a mother nest of flesh and blood, and what was pouring out of the pipes was no longer sewage, but sticky and smelly plasma.

"Tell the boys," Deliu said softly, stroking the bridge railing, "There's no need to think about post-war reconstruction this time."

……

The recovery of the Oath Alliance and its surrounding areas was relatively smooth. Before the arrival of the Chaos Army, this line of defense consisting of more than thirty worlds had been established.

Although there were only more than 30 days, it was impossible to solve all the problems on the planet's surface. But it didn't matter, as long as we could initially build a defense line and fight the enemy.

Since the first day of the Chaos Army's arrival, battle reports have been pouring in like snowflakes to Roel Deliu's headquarters on the Oath Star:

In the battle of the Emperor Demon Star Region, a swarm of fighters released by a Zhuge-class aircraft carrier successfully led the Chaos Fleet into the minefield despite a loss rate of 89%. Two thousand space mines filled with holy water were detonated at the same time, purifying an area with a diameter of light seconds.

Although the aircraft carrier was eventually destroyed by countless beams of corruption that pierced through its hull, the price paid was still acceptable compared to the enemy's losses.

……

On the planet Emperor Yaoqi VII, the 3rd Regiment of the City Burners, while defending a fortress, used melta-cannons to melt through the earth, and perished together with Chaos traitors who outnumbered themselves a hundred times.

……

In a raid in a cave corridor, a raiding group of the Alliance's Glory Guards landed at a Chaos supply station and found that the so-called "ammunition" was actually infant embryos soaked in pus. Before a lieutenant Lin Mo split the main console with a chainsaw sword, he injected an overload agent into his artery - this was the only way to resist mental pollution. In the last picture he sent back, the embryos were humming a disgusting evil song.

Deliu chewed a neuroleptic pill and wrote: "Award Lin Mo the Double Eagle Medal posthumously, and send his genetic sample to the research center."

……

"Commander! The Oasis Galaxy's defense line has collapsed!"

The scream of the communications officer made Deliu frown. On the holographic sand table, the red tide representing the Chaos Fleet was engulfing the last three green blocks. That was the last pure land in the Emperor Demon Star Region.

"Let the Fourth Fleet take over."

"But that is the last reserve force to protect the homeland!"

“Now that’s homeland.”

Deliu had already activated his backup electronic brain, and the pain caused sparks to appear in the back of his head.

As forty-eight frigates rushed towards the red tide, he thought of his son, an army commander who was currently fighting on Oasis Star.

In the early morning of the next day, he received a video from an encrypted channel: Oasis had completely fallen and had been turned into a throne of flesh and blood. The Chaos Enemy seemed to know the identity of his son, who was nailed to the wall by proliferating tentacles, and the Chaos Egg that emerged from his chest was shouting "Dad" with his vocal cords.

Deliu silently backed up this data and sent it to the General Staff, marking it as "Operation Reference Material No. 177".

Then he took out another battle plan and wrote the word "approval" at the bottom.

Twenty-four hours later, the ambush fleet that had been prepared suddenly rushed out of the star tunnel and quickly attacked Oasis Star.

Caught off guard, the Chaos fleet on the periphery was defeated. Half of them were annihilated in the battle, and the other half fled in panic.

The human ship did not choose to pursue, but quickly launched three extinction weapons onto the surface of Oasis Star.

The Burning Sky Torpedoes quickly set the entire planet on fire.

Oasis was not a bait, but it was definitely the most difficult planet to defend. It would be best if we didn't lose it, but if we did, we had a backup plan.

That's the backup plan.

Countless Chaos traitors and demons burned along with the planet.

……

The brutal war lasted for six months.

Six months later, when Gu Hang's holographic image stepped into the headquarters with stardust, Deliu was injecting the 1370th nutrient solution.

Six months of intense war left his body covered with all kinds of scars, like an old military uniform full of patches.

"Battle damage statistics."

Deliu knew this clearly: "The fleet lost 63%, the ground forces were reduced by 82%, and the Burning City was completely destroyed."

"What did you get in return?" Gu Hang asked again.

A smile appeared on Deliu's old face.

He did not speak in words, but instead unfolded a star map to Gu Hang.

The scarlet scars of the Devouring Star Triple Region were fading, replaced by a defensive network woven with blue-silver veins. Where those lights intersected, hundreds of broken worlds were casting monuments with the wreckage of Chaos ships—the names of the fallen were engraved on the bases.

(End of this chapter)