Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 327

327. Chapter 326, He is not dead

. Perbov met the returning Martins.

Although he was the commander-in-chief of the entire military operation on the Black Arrow Star under the appointment of the Governor, the Space Marines were always the most different.

He was still very respectful to Martins.

“Your Excellency, the Chapter Master.”

“Huh…” Martins breathed a sigh of relief.

He did not act indifferent or unkind in front of mortals. He just said calmly: “Our actions did not meet expectations. After the raid on the palace of the Kingdom of Panbos, the leader of the rebels was not there. Through interrogation, we learned that the leader of the rebels strengthened precautions in this regard after the incident in the Kingdom of Stefano, and the political and military centers were dispersed and transferred.”

Martins paused and continued: “If we still need to carry out similar operations, we need more reliable intelligence support. We must find out exactly where the enemy chief is.”

“Understood.” Perbov replied seriously, as if he was a subordinate.

Martins nodded slightly and turned to leave.

Watching the Chapter Master walk away, Perbov relaxed until he could no longer see him.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

When facing the Space Marines, there was still a sense of tension.

After all, the identity of the Space Marines was too special. Whether in theory or in practice, Martins could deprive him of his command at any time.

Although this was actually unlikely, Martins was not the kind of person who would do such a thing, and there was also the Governor above him.

But, to be honest, he was indeed a little anxious and angry recently.

Earlier, when the offensive against Stefano was launched, it was also the battle he led.

That battle was still fought beautifully.

But as the main force entered Panpos, the situation began to have some problems.

The offensive of the alliance army was still so unstoppable. Once the armored cluster was deployed, the enemy’s line would be defeated. The ordinary infantry of the coalition forces of various countries were very weak from any perspective. Even compared with the Stefanos, the equipment might be similar, but the soldiers’ training, tactics, discipline, morale… these were all gaps.

To be honest, the so-called “knights” and sentinel mechas in the coalition forces of various countries are not as good as the Stefano people. Many of them even cherish their lives on the battlefield.

It is very simple to think so. The status of ordinary soldiers in the coalition forces of various countries is too low. In addition, the social structure of feudal rule makes those noble grandfathers really not take the lives of the bottom cannon fodder seriously.

The Stefano people are much better in this regard. Their knights, in addition to being officers and commanders, are also serious about leading by example and fighting bloody battles. It is precisely because of this that they can establish the status of the most famous military power on the Black Arrow Star.

Even they were crushed again and again by the coalition army in the previous war, not to mention the coalition forces of various countries whose standards are far behind.

However, the other side is not without advantages.

First of all, there is a big difference in military strength. The Kingdom of Panbos, with a population of over 100 million, can gather an army of only 2 million people. The total number of reinforcements from other countries has exceeded 500,000.

The number itself is a huge advantage.

If the Stefano army of one million people had really completed the assembly, and they had set up their positions to fight hard on the vast plain battlefield, there would be problems.

Secondly, they learned a lot from the experience of the Stefano people being rushed through. The army of more than two million people opened up a very long and three-dimensional multi-layered front.

This made the alliance’s blitzkrieg not very effective.

The armored cluster can break through at will, and the enemy will indeed collapse at the first touch. But they just adopted the strategic policy of space-for-zone time. After the arrowhead troops passed, the troops on the surrounding fronts would soon try to penetrate to the back of the arrowhead, and the forces of both sides would fight more stalemate here.

Even if the penetration was easily defeated, they would immediately mobilize other troops from farther away to try to penetrate…

Anyway, they had more people.

Under the constant entanglement, when the two sides showed the widest stretch, the jagged teeth stretched out almost more than 400 kilometers.

In this case, the alliance’s forces were spread very thin, which was not conducive to clenching fists and fighting forward.

For safety reasons, Perbov even had to temporarily withdraw his troops, regroup, shrink the front line, and avoid being surrounded by a retreat.

Although, at this stage, the battle loss ratio between the two sides was still absolutely superior to the Alliance.

After more than a month of fighting, the Alliance army lost a total of about 5,000 people, while the enemy suffered more than 60,000 casualties.

The battle loss ratio of about 1:12 is already exaggerated.

However, even so, Perbov could not accept this situation.

According to this battle loss ratio, the Alliance army will die, and at most it can only exchange for 4 million enemy losses.

But the problem is that the Alliance will be gone after fighting these more than 300,000 people, unless the mainland of the Wrathful Owl Star issues a mobilization order and fights to the death. But the countries may be able to recruit another 4 million troops.

The war cannot be fought like this.

So Perbov wanted to copy the tactics he had used in the Kingdom of Stefano before, and asked the Storm Mage Corps and the Phoenix Corps to implement a decapitation tactic against the enemy.

The psykers and the Space Marines did not disappoint. They once again successfully broke into the enemy’s palace and turned the world upside down.

However, knowing that the Stefano people suffered a great loss under this tactic, and that he really had no way to deal with the Space Marines’ decapitation operation, how could King Panpos stay in his palace and wait to be beheaded?

He ran away a long time ago.

Not only did he run away, but the entire kingdom’s military and political governments were dispersed to ensure that even if there were problems such as intelligence leaks, they would not be wiped out if they were caught once. The

decapitation operation on the enemy leader failed, and Perbov’s army could not quickly break through the distance of thousands of kilometers and the three-dimensional defense line formed by more than two million troops to break into the capital, so there was no way to replicate the glory of the Stefano battle.

Perbov even heard that the king of Panpos had already designated fifteen heirs in one breath, and the order was arranged in a good order.

This was the determination that he would be finished.

From this perspective, although the alliance army was not defeated, its offensive was also really blocked.

Although he found it difficult to accept and even embarrassing, Perbov still tried his best to think of the next solution.

It seemed unrealistic to expect a quick victory every day.

He began to change his thinking.

If we can’t win quickly, then we should follow the normal thinking of conventional warfare.

He was going to make a change in his strategic goals.

The previous strategy could be roughly summarized as “quickly destroy the enemy’s command system, occupy key positions such as the capital, to create a terrible political turmoil, and thus force the enemy to surrender.”

Next, he planned to change the strategic goal to “through the mobility of the armored forces and the excellent military quality of the allied forces, to carry out various pincer attacks with the goal of destroying the enemy’s living forces as much as possible, and to annihilate the enemy in an organized and large-scale manner.”

If we can’t capture your king and make you surrender, then we will achieve the final victory by draining your manpower pool.

He has prepared a war plan, but it needs the support of Governor Gu Hang.

In this plan, the power of the New Kingdom Parliament needs to be mobilized.

He also needs a large number of Black Arrow Star native conscripts.

For example, 500,000 kingdom troops have been assembled in the rear; when necessary, he hopes to increase this number to one million.

In this way, with enough filling-line troops, Perbov does not need to force his elite men to be separated and guarded in various parts of the defense line, but can really make a fist and smash forward.

He will use the armored forces as the arrowhead, launch a single-point breakthrough from two different positions, and form a pincer offensive. Then, before the enemy in the middle runs out, close the “pincers” and surround all the enemies in the middle. In the case of cutting off supplies, hold the encirclement until the enemy inside collapses and surrenders.

In the previous battles, the enemy was defeated. As long as they were not destroyed on the spot, even if they lost their combat capability for a while, they could often be reorganized and put into battle again soon; if they were surrounded, they would have nowhere to escape. Without supplies and surrounded, with the morale level of the coalition forces, it is estimated that they would have to surrender completely after running out of ammunition and food in two or three days.

Of course, in this process, the alliance’s army will definitely face the fierce attack of the enemy’s reinforcements, and will also encounter the pressure of the surrounded enemy’s desperate breakout.

But as long as you win once, it is often a huge gain.

Moreover, many tasks that require the number of troops can be handed over to the servants who are supplemented in the rear.

It can also be handed over to the Space Marines.

The battles in which they participate will greatly reduce their own losses.

After all, this group of superhuman warriors can quickly eliminate the most threatening targets of the enemy in battle. Whether it is raiding artillery positions, killing sentry mechas, or even confronting the enemy after sending out Knight Titans, the Phoenixes can complete the task very well.

With a nervous mood, Perbov boarded the Wind Falcon fighter to Pinser, the capital of the Luman Kingdom.

He was going to report in person.

…

When Gu Hang met Perbov, he had just finished another meeting.

Originally, he had another plan next.

He had to pay attention to a person he had always been curious about and who had been changing.

But when Perbov came, he still patiently met his general.

After listening to Perbov’s report, Gu Hang was a little dissatisfied.

This was not quite in line with his expectations.

He also hoped to replicate the glory of the Stefano Battle again, and have another beautiful raid and blitzkrieg, to eliminate Panpos, the number one power on the Black Arrow Star within two or three months, and to include the territory and population of this kingdom into the new King’s Council.

In this way, the situation of the entire Black Arrow Star can be considered to be established, and the main focus of work in the future can be changed from military operations to economy and politics.

However, Perbov really brought him a bad news.

But he could understand it while he was dissatisfied.

Not everything will go smoothly and can be quickly solved.

A war with a total of more than three million participants on both sides cannot be considered small-scale in any case. A quick victory is a surprise, and cannot be expected to become the norm.

Gu Hang quickly adjusted his mentality and agreed to Perbov’s strategic plan.

But he also put forward his own requirements.

“You want one million vassal troops, but I can’t give them to you. At most, there are only 700,000, and it is impossible to give them all in the short term. It is estimated that 200,000 can be in place in half a month, 500,000 can be in place in three months, and 700,000 to 800,000 can be in place in half a year.”

“Well, I understand.” Perbov nodded with a serious face.

He actually expected this situation.

He was a general, and he only had to consider how to fight and what he needed to win the war.

But the Governor is a ruler, and he has a lot to consider.

The new King’s Council has just been established. Although there are two big countries, Luman and Stefano, plus nine small countries, with a total population of nearly 150 million, the new King’s Council is still very fragile under its construction, and its ruling power over various countries is currently only based on military deterrence. At

this time, it is unrealistic to want to draw millions of people from various countries to participate in the war.

If you want to draw manpower to participate in the war, you must wait for the new King’s Council to gradually deepen its control over various countries as the ruling body of the alliance.

Moreover, he can go further and think that after the subsequent manpower catches up, he cannot lose the war.

If you keep winning, then the help from various countries will continue; once you lose a game, the new King’s Council based on military deterrence will immediately be at risk of collapse.

Gu Hang also mentioned this point: “I’ve given you people, so the battles must be fought beautifully. I need one beautiful victory after another. The number of casualties and the ratio of casualties must be under control, and the results must be brilliant enough, do you understand?”

“Yes! Governor! Make sure to complete the mission!”

“Go.”

…

After watching Perbov leave, Gu Hang sat in the office and thought for a while, and didn’t dwell on it too much.

Now that the decision has been made, let’s believe that the generals under his command can get things done.

His thoughts returned to something he was thinking about before.

That was about a person.

The Apostle of War, Boggio Gallardo.

The man who caused countless disturbances in the Pegasus star region is now in Gu Hang’s Kingdom of Storms with his eyes closed.

He is not dead, but he will be dead soon.

And now, what Gu Hang is considering is what to do.

Letting him die is the easiest, but Gu Hang has some new ideas.

(End of this chapter)