Chapter 412, dramatic changes in Jinguan
Hippogriff Sector, Hippogriff II Galaxy, the main force of the Pegasus fleet is sailing here.
Yelicia looked at the planet outside the bridge with a look of impatience on her face.
It has been more than six years since he left the Tianma Star Region and participated in the war against the Iron Teeth Clan. This was a much longer time than she expected, and the years of fighting also left some traces on her body.
Although, like many dignitaries in the empire, she had undergone youth surgery. This surgery can significantly reduce the rate of aging and prevent rapid aging and death until the end of life. Coupled with life-extending surgery, the empire's dignitaries can still enjoy a long and high-quality life.
A package of youth surgery and life extension surgery can extend a person's normal life span from seventy to eighty years to about one hundred and fifty years, and two times can make a person live over two hundred years old. Some people's physical condition can even support doing it three or four times. However, the further to the back, the more difficult the two surgeries are and the lower the success rate. Currently, the highest recorded mortal has undergone six life-extending surgeries and lived to 450 years old.
Compared with the real immortals and the Space Marines who have never aged to death as long as they don't die in battle, there is still a big gap, but this is still an amazing technology.
Although it can only be applied to a very small number of people.
But even so, surgery can only keep her body as young as possible, but cannot make her energetic.
Several years of war and long-term tremendous pressure had made her skin dull and she could not hide her fatigue.
Although Yelicia was irritable and unhappy, and although she couldn't wait to go home, she was still able to work hard and do what she should do.
The local star district government was assigned the task of distributing these supplies to the frontline battlefields.
This can be regarded as the base camp of this military operation. A large amount of materials were allocated from various parts of the star field through imperial taxes or other methods, and were distributed outwards starting from the Hippogriff Sector.
It is of course necessary to have a good relationship with them.
On the other hand, the war is not completely over yet. It has just completed the first phase of the goal, and there will be more fighting later. The Pegasus fleet will definitely come by then, and it is important to continue to maintain good relations.
When sailing to the Hippogriff sector, the fleet began to slow down. When I asked, it was said that the head of the Eagle Horse Sector and many dignitaries in the sector had kindly invited the Pegasus fleet with outstanding achievements to stop at the capital of the Sector, which is Hippogriff II, to attend this banquet.
On the one hand, in the past six years of war, they have helped a lot and even prioritized the distribution of some supplies needed by the fleet. Now I need to express my gratitude.
Although this was the decision of Fleet Commander General Tilemance, in fact, if Yelicia was in the same position, he would have to make the same decision.
This is what bothers Yelicia the most.
But it doesn't work.
During interstellar navigation, if the fleet can really fly continuously without stopping in the middle, the speed will become faster and faster. In fact, the time spent during the high-speed flight in the middle will not be particularly special; the time to jump in the astral tunnel is It won't cost much either. But the process of accelerating and decelerating the fleet is time-consuming.
Yelicia was a little unhappy.
For these two reasons, it was really hard not to come if they took the initiative to invite me in the name of rewarding the loyal warriors of the empire.
Even if it means delaying the trip, there is nothing we can do.
The time was almost up. She changed into clothes, neatly dressed in the rear admiral uniform and various medals. She got on the spaceship and headed to the star port of the planet in front of her to attend the dinner.
She not only enjoyed the praise from local officials, but also responded humbly that this was what she should do and it would not be possible without the support of local officials.
But she knew it was inevitable.
During the dinner, she put on a smiling mask and communicated with the local sector officials in a decent, elegant but enthusiastic manner.
Now, she just wants to return home early so she can relax and have a good rest.
The place where they fought was first in the Jinguan Star District, and then they entered the Yinguan Star District. Behind these two star sectors, the closest place that is not caught in the flames of war is the Hippogriff.
During this short stay, it would take a week or two at night to return to the Tianma Star District.
No matter how much hypocrisy there is, at least it seems that the atmosphere of the entire dinner is very harmonious, and it can be said that the guests and the host are enjoying themselves.
The dinner party soon reached its climax.
Vice Admiral Tielemans, in his capacity as fleet commander, was invited to the front desk to deliver a speech.
The general also fits well into the current environment. Several humorous little jokes came easily, and the guests in the audience also laughed in cooperation.
The people listened as he recounted the exploits of the fleet and the previous victory. At the same time, I listened to him looking forward to the future, claiming that the Pegasus Fleet was not only the defense force of the Star Sea in the Pegasus Sector, but the actions of the Pegasus Fleet would also maintain the security of the surrounding sectors, especially the Eagle Horse Sector.
Just when everything was in a good atmosphere, a naval adjutant, regardless of the fact that the general was still speaking, hurriedly came on stage and whispered a word in Lieutenant General Tilemance's ear.
Of course this is very rude. Even if there is something very important, can't we wait until he finishes speaking and leaves the stage?
But thinking about it, I would rather do this than waste another twenty minutes, which also proves how important this matter is.
Yelicia could see that Lieutenant General Tilemance's face had a very dramatic change on the stage. From the high-spiritedness just now, in an instant, the effort became as livid as death.
In the end what happened?
Yelicia's doubts did not last long.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her own adjutant, also rushing over.
The adjutant came to her and said in her ear: "General, something big has happened! Among the iron-toothed greenskins, a new chief seems to have appeared. From the depths of the occupied area, the greenskin fleet suddenly swarmed out, and the number was greater than that of the warchief. The number we previously assessed was much higher! Water Mist Star and Yinguan II have been lost. After the Northern Fleet was defeated, it regrouped at Yinguan III and is now under siege. The Star Territory Naval Command ordered us to return immediately , go to the Jinguan star area to set up defenses and connect with the Yunluo fleet. The Yunluo fleet has already been one step ahead of us and went to rescue the Northern Fleet."
Yelicia's face also darkened.
The main results achieved by the coalition forces of all parties in the Dragon Eagle Star Region are actually two: First, they pacified the Golden Pass as a conflict star area. Second, in the Yinguan star area, which was an occupied area, four star systems were captured, namely Water Mist Star, White Mist Star, Yinguan II, and Yinguan III.
It took six years to achieve such results, but in the blink of an eye, two of the four planets were lost.
However, the most worrying thing is not the loss of victory, but the emergence of a 'big chief' in the Tiejia clan, allowing the Tiejia clan to once again have a unified leader after decades.
After experiencing wars with orcs for many years, Yelicia fully understands that whether orcs as a race have a strong leader or not, there are two completely different manifestations of war.
However, this also depends on the level of the so-called 'big chief'. The last Iron Teeth Warchief set off a huge waaagh, which led to the fall of three or four star regions, establishing the power of the Iron Teeth Empire today. The troops were directed towards the hinterland of the Dragon Eagle Star Region, until an accident occurred during the war. His death ended the expansion of the Iron Teeth Clan;
The last war chief was relatively average. He could only barely restrain the fragmented Iron Teeth clan, and his prestige was far behind. But even so, he also ended humanity's ability to recapture the four fallen star regions, and led to the chaos surrounding the The six star districts surrounding the occupied area have been caught in the flames of war for many years.
A few years ago, the Dragon Eagle Star Territory started a war to retake the fallen areas. It was also because the Iron-toothed Chief was challenged and killed in the cruel internal struggle of the green-skinned orcs. However, the challenge The leader also lacked prestige and died soon after. Then the Iron Teeth clan, which could barely maintain unity, once again fell into civil strife.
Isn't this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
But I didn't expect that the green-skinned orcs would decide on a new warchief so quickly. Yelicia even suspected that the war operations in the Dragon Eagle Star Region had a catalyst effect on this.
As for the current situation, we can only hope that the new Iron-Tooth Chief will be just like his predecessor, a reluctant leader who cannot truly receive the honest submission of all the big and small military leaders of the Iron-Tooth Clan.
But in any case, Yelicia and others' plan to return for repairs has come to nothing.
Even the entire fleet was not in good condition. Many ships had been damaged in previous wars and needed to be repaired. But now there was no choice but to drag the injuries, turn around and head back to the frontline battlefield again.
A banquet that had a good atmosphere ended just like that.
The Pegasus fleet went in the same direction as it hurried back and forth.
On the way, Ye Lixia seized the time and used the Star Language Tower on the ship to make contact with Gu Hang. She told Gu Hang the latest situation on the front line and reminded Gu Hang to pay attention to this matter.
Gu Hang asked: "Will they attack the Tianma star area?"
Yelicia smiled: "That shouldn't happen either."
Gu Hang understood what she meant. After all, there were two star regions in between. From Yinguan in the occupied area to Tianmailai, there is the Jinguan Star District and the Eagle Horse Star District in the middle.
However, you can think of the best, but you should be prepared for the worst.
"I know, I will make some preparations."
"Yes. Although the probability of hitting the Tianma Star District is not high, the war in the Star Territory is tense. We may ask the leaders and governors of various places to discuss what to do. There may be apportionment and borrowing. You really have to advance Be prepared."
Gu Hang frowned instinctively.
Apportionment, borrowing... are not good things to hear.
However, if the war really gets that bad, it seems inevitable.
What else to do? Watching the situation in the two star sectors next door deteriorate?
impossible.
The lips are dead and the teeth are cold.
There is almost no possibility for the green-skinned orcs to negotiate. If the situation really deteriorates, there is no reason to let the Pegasus sector go without attacking.
However, compared to allocating the wealth saved by the alliance to the star region government or even handing over troops, Gu Hang was still unwilling to accept it. If it really comes to that point and the situation becomes inevitable, then he would rather lead the alliance to directly participate in the war.
At any rate, the command power and autonomy of action are in his hands.
Gu Hang instinctively distrusted all other commanders from outside.
When he was free, he read some of the empire's battle cases, information, and reports. He always felt that whether the empire's generals or judges, they all spared no effort in fighting. As long as they could achieve their goals, it seemed that no matter how many people died, it didn't matter. It's an acceptable price.
Objectively speaking, this may be true.
There are millions of people in the empire world, and the empire's population is immeasurable. No matter what the shortage is, there is no shortage of people anyway.
Every one of your green-skinned orcs dies, and my 50-dollar good brothers are endless.
However, Gu Hang himself really didn't like that.
Human resources have always been the most important resource in his heart. The wealth that a living person can generate in his lifetime is far higher than if they were sent to the battlefield to die easily.
Of course he also understands that many times, sacrifices, even large-scale sacrifices, are inevitable. But precisely for this reason, this sacrifice must be respected.
When it is time to be cold and hard-hearted, regardless of the cost of casualties, then of course you have to do it; but when it is not necessary, you are not happy even if one more person dies.
Because of this, Gu Hang didn't like to hand over his subordinates to the command of other imperial forces. People don't have his mentality, and they won't feel sorry for his soldiers.
"I understand. Maybe next, we may meet on the battlefield against the Iron Teeth Clan."
Yelicia smiled and said seriously: "Then I really don't want this. You'd better wish me to win the battle and return in triumph..."
Gu Hang followed the words and said, "Come back in triumph and marry me as your wife?"
"...Shit." Yelicia turned her face away for a moment, then turned back, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be best?"
"Indeed. But... you still have to be careful and take care of yourself."
"I will."
...
She had a conversation with her fiancé. Although she didn't talk about much, Yelicia's mood improved a lot.
She felt that she had the strength again to face the ups and downs in the future.
But at this time, she did not realize the seriousness of the problem.
The order they received was to set up defenses in the Jinguan Star Area to coordinate with the Yunluo Fleet and the Northern Fleet.
The latter were blocked in Silver Pass III, while the former was trying to rescue them, which required a supporting force.
Also just in case.
Once the war ahead changes, and all the results of the battle in the Yinguan Star Zone are to be spit out, then the defense line established by their Pegasus fleet will pull the green-skinned orc fleet to the Jinguan Star Zone. The situation on both sides is likely to return to what it was before the war started six years ago.
This is almost the worst case scenario.
However, when they entered the Jinguan Star Area, they found that the situation was even worse than that.
(End of this chapter)