Chapter 955, Proactive Offensive

Chapter 955, Proactive Offensive

Robert and his expeditionary force leaving was something that had been agreed upon long ago, and Gu Hang didn't mind their departure.

After all, a truce has been reached in Comoros. Although a major war will inevitably break out again in the future, that will no longer be relevant to the Terra Expeditionary Force.

Robert and his army have their own challenges to face, and they are estimated to be no less difficult than the battle in the Comoros.

However, objectively speaking, the departure of the Terran expeditionary force resulted in a loss of human military strength in the Comoros.

It wasn't just the expeditionary force itself that went. To ensure Robert's mission to suppress Holy Terra went more smoothly, the Alliance provided Robert's expeditionary force with full support.

Robert had originally hoped for sufficient logistical supplies and assistance in replenishing the personnel losses of his troops. However, Gu Hang simply waved his hand and directly transferred entire units to his command.

It wasn't a matter of handing the troops over to Robert. These Allied forces maintained their own organization, their own overall command structure, and their own Commander-in-Chief—an Allied Admiral. Hundreds of millions of Allied land troops, three hundred Allied warships, and two fully-staffed battle groups were all under his command.

He, in turn, would be under Robert's command.

Of course, this is in theory. In reality, Robert could also directly issue orders to any unit within the expeditionary force—using the Alliance's command system.

However, he could only command operations, not disband, change, or disrupt the alliance's own system.

Overall, this force appears to be an Allied force under Robert's command.

Robert didn't seem bothered at all. As long as the troops could follow orders, act as if they were extensions of their own limbs, and were capable of fighting, that was good enough.

He had no intention of turning any unit into his private army, so the allied forces could simply follow orders, and he wouldn't change the nature of the units if he didn't want to.

Those were originally the army of the alliance.

The departure of the expeditionary force resulted in losses not only for the Alliance forces themselves, but also not only because the Alliance crammed in hundreds of millions of troops and three hundred warships to replenish their ranks.

More importantly, they controlled the valuable shipping capacity of the two ports in Comoros that were completely under human control.

Transporting troops from the Veil Spirit Gate into the Comoros requires ships to continuously queue up and sail through the Veil Spirit Gate.

Some large ships, such as battleships or larger vessels, or massive transport ships, can take more than one or even two hours to pass through a medium-sized spirit gate; even with a large spirit gate, it takes at least fifteen minutes.

Even if the entire Queen Rose Port and Pursat Port were to operate at full capacity, it would still take approximately six days to transport the Terra Expeditionary Force from Comoros to Taiwei V.

This means that humanity's current troop strength in the Comoros will be reduced by one-third, and will not be able to be replenished for six days.

It will take another six days to make up for these shortfalls; and it will take even longer to send more troops.

Of course, the Alliance's forces were not unlimited. When almost half of the Central Army was deployed to the Comoros, it would be roughly five times the size of Robert's Terra Expeditionary Force.

That would take approximately three to six months in total—mainly because the logistical requirements would be higher with a larger troop size. The Alliance would need to stockpile enough supplies to support a large-scale campaign. Large transport ships, carrying personnel and supplies, would also need time to leave the Comoros.

This is why Gu Hang continues to be greedy for Comoros; the throughput is simply not enough.

Even when a certain audacious staff officer in the Alliance's General Staff proposed a crazy battle plan, despite the opposition from many and the perception that it was extremely risky, it was still delivered to Gu Hang's desk with the support of some equally crazy individuals.

And Gu Hang actually approved it right away!

The entire plan is somewhat complex in its execution. It requires mobilizing a large number of troops and making extensive preparations in advance. But in essence, the core objective is just one thing—to launch a surprise attack when the Dark Eldar's defenses are at their weakest and most unexpected.

Humans and dark-skinned people alike know that peace is an illusion and that war is inevitable. Furthermore, those dark-skinned people certainly won't just stand by and watch humans continuously increase their military strength.

They don't have much time left; it's estimated that the war might resume in as little as two or three months, or as long as six months.

The specific timing will depend on how well those dark-skinned individuals prepare.

Ideally, they would naturally want to choose a critical point before the gap between the two sides widens.

That is, when the human forces have not yet arrived in large numbers, and our own preparations are largely complete.

For the alliance, the best course of action would actually be to postpone the war for as many years as possible. This would not only be to wait until their own forces had arrived in sufficient numbers, but also until their stockpiled weapons, ammunition, energy, food, and other war reserves were sufficiently abundant before they could launch an attack.

What accounts for the largest portion of the transport volume of an artillery unit? It's not personnel or artillery pieces, but rather those enormous shells!

Other units, even light infantry, were the same. A 90-kilogram elite soldier, including weapons, ammunition, personal rations, and a set of terracotta armor, already weighed 50 kilograms in total.

This is just for one mission, bringing a basic set of equipment and supplies.

If they had to go out on multiple missions, or hold a fixed position for several days, they would have to rely on logistical support to deliver a steady stream of bullets and food to the front lines in order to maintain their combat effectiveness. The total weight of these supplies could easily exceed the size of the soldiers themselves.

Everything has to be transported to Comoros.

But it's obvious to anyone with eyes that the Dark Eldar wouldn't be so foolish as to just watch humans do this.

So, are the humans just going to wait for the enemy to be ready, then choose the most suitable opportunity for the dark-skinned people to launch an attack, while they simply hold their defensive line and wait for the enemy to attack?
That unit was on the defensive. Relying on its extensive but leaky defenses, it could easily be breached from all sides and its lines shattered.

Since war is bound to break out eventually, we might as well take the initiative into our own hands.

The dark-skinned people would never have imagined that, just as the Terran expeditionary force had left and the number of human troops in the Comoros was at its lowest for the foreseeable future, the humans would dare to launch a full-scale offensive at this very moment!

(End of this chapter)