Chapter 592, Everyone Has a Bright Future

Galardo became one of the high lords and entered the highest decision-making level of the empire. Of course, that made Gu Hang very happy.

Although, the last time he went to Holy Terra in person, Gu Hang felt that the psychic seeds he planted in this "best friend" had disappeared. But he was more inclined to think that it was naturally digested. The seeds that were originally very subtle and only played a role had completely become a part of Gallardo's personality.

There are pros and cons.

The con is that the coercive force formed by the psychic power is gone. If the relationship is not maintained carefully, then the two sides may fall out.

The pro is that there is no future trouble. If no one has discovered it until now, then no one can say in the future that Gallardo was once controlled by Gu Hang.

Gu Hang prefers the current situation.

He is not worried about falling out with Gallardo.

At least not in the short term.

On the contrary, their relationship is getting closer and closer now. Personal friendship is still put aside, and more importantly, the extremely close political alliance between them.

When one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer.

Gallardo's promotion to power is a huge help to Gu Hang, especially with his status as the Prime Minister of the Military Affairs Department.

What does the Military Affairs Department do? Armaments and logistics, army construction, military planning and execution... In addition to directly commanding troops to fight, their work covers almost all military work in the empire.

Of course, with so much authority, many places will also be subject to checks and balances.

Because there are also quite independent Star Army and Navy, as well as more independent war groups, they are actually very limited in mobilizing troops and issuing orders;

Because of the existence of the Taxation Department, financial appropriations and expenditures also require money from others, and they must be approved;

But despite so many restrictions, they are still a powerful and powerful department. If the Alliance is given more quotas for the Star Army and the Imperial Navy, a lot of military expenses can be deducted from the Imperial tax; and these troops upgraded to the Star Army and the Navy can not only be used for local defense, but also attack everywhere, according to Gu Hang's wishes, to interfere with the military situation in the surrounding star fields and the universe. As long as Gu Hang can find a way to get the transfer order from the Ministry of Military Affairs, it is legal.

In addition, there is another very important point. As a high lord, Gallardo's political role in Holy Terra is a strong endorsement of the legitimacy of Gu Hang's Alliance regime.

Without a powerful political spokesperson in the central government, a local political entity like the Alliance that spans multiple star fields and even the universe in the future cannot exist, and will definitely be vigilant and eliminated by the Imperial Central Government.

Refer to the Iron Fury Stone after the fall of the former Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs Norberto.

And Gu Hang is also very important to Gallardo.

His support for the southern battlefield has finally paid off.

Gallardo has been under pressure since he came to power. His position was once precarious and he even had a conflict with Ou Juren because of the timing of the alliance's attack.

When the alliance was advancing rapidly in the Proud Claw Star Region, the political pressure he faced was greatly relieved.

Although there were no key battles, the continuous advancement of the front line was very inspiring and helped Gallardo win the hearts of the people in the Ministry of Military Affairs.

If not, he would not be able to keep his position, let alone the high lord, and the internal turmoil could overthrow him, let alone hug the prime minister's thigh.

Is that something he can hug whenever he wants?

When the battle report of the destruction of Alfonzo's fleet came and was confirmed, his prestige also rose to the peak.

He no longer needed to hug Zibodu's thigh, but Zibodu came to win him over.

This also made him fully realize that the victory of the alliance was his victory, and the prestige of the alliance was his prestige.

The two sides are now so strongly bound by interests that it is much more reliable than mental control through psychic power.

After all, strong mental control is easy to be discovered, and weak mental control is easy to break free. Once any of the above situations occurs, it means that the enemies are completely turned against each other and will never stop fighting. It can even be said to be a taboo in the political arena, and they will be despised and hostile by the entire empire.

However, a close alliance relationship does not have these problems. Although there is also the possibility of the alliance breaking up due to interests, the consequences are significantly less than mental control.

Gu Hang is very satisfied with the current relationship between them.

Then, the two discussed the war on the front line again.

When it comes to this topic, the laughter can't continue.

Of course, the collapse of the Western Front gave Gallardo the opportunity to overthrow Ou Juren in one fell swoop. Not only did he solve a political enemy, but he also secured a seat as a high lord for himself.

But no matter what, this is just taking advantage of the chaos. The collapse of the war itself will not change.

From the perspective of the entire empire, turning to the southern front and the alliance, the impact of this incident will also be great.

Gu Hang said that he would also send people to the western front to try to find out what happened and what the current situation is.

At the same time, the alliance must also be prepared to face huge challenges.

It is now February 10328, and it has been a full 8 years since the outbreak of the Princess Rebellion; it has been two and a half years since the alliance officially joined the war.

Gu Hang originally planned to wait for about another year and a half before continuing the attack.

The reason for this time is to take into account the shipbuilding cycle.

The ships obtained from Alfonzo's fleet have generally been repaired, and the relevant seafarers have also been in place quickly under Gu Hang's attention. The combat effectiveness of the Alliance Navy has reached a higher level.

But it is not enough.

In another year and a half, a new shipbuilding cycle of the Alliance will be over. At that time, the Alliance will be able to directly obtain 4 more battlecruisers, 1 Zhuge-class, and 1 Retribution-class.

With the addition of these six giant ships, the strength of the Alliance Fleet will become even stronger!

At that time, adding up to 16 giant ships, this is a force that cannot be ignored. With the addition of Gu Hang's psychic power, the Alliance may be able to fight with the main battleships of Iron Armor.

In this case, Gu Hang is really reluctant to start a war too early.

He originally planned to use the Aozhua Star Region as the battlefield. If Iron Armor wants to move its main force south, he will drag it here. Delay for a year and a half, and wait until the fleet is further formed, and then fight hard.

However, things are not what people want.

Gu Hang had to accept the sudden change in the strategic situation.

But this matter is not so bad.

Will Tiekai really go south with all his strength?

That may not be the case.

However, Gallardo also asked, can the alliance take the initiative to attack?

After all, compared with the threat of Tiekai's main force going south, the central government of the empire is actually most worried about them continuing to move west regardless of anything.

The empire has almost no strong enough defense in the Magre Star Domain. If Tiekai's current military strength is still relatively strong and the losses in the previous bloody battle with Phoenix are not so great, then they will most likely replicate the results of their war in the Spider Web Star Domain at the beginning of the war in the Magre Star Domain.

That kind of blitzkrieg and aggressive attitude are frightening.

You know, when Tiekai launched the rebellion, they only took ten months to break through the Spider Web Star Domain!

Even according to the star map, they can directly enter the nine cosmic domains in the central territory of the empire!

This is a problem of star map differentiation. The two worlds drawn together by the star map must be connected by a star tunnel. Based on this, star regions are divided, and based on star regions, star fields are divided. The reason why a star field becomes a star field is that in addition to the fact that similar star regions can be gathered together, the most important thing is that there are often hundreds of worlds in this area, and the connection between star fields is very rare, often only 1 to 3 channels connecting them.

This means that each star field is a relatively isolated star cluster.

It is still relatively intuitive up to here.

Although there is no concept of east, south, west and north in the universe, there are star maps. It is centered on Holy Terra and is divided into east, south, west and north by four star tunnels from the solar system.

And from these four directions, according to this rule, the four cosmic fields closest to the solar cosmic field are formed. Together with the adjacent cosmic fields of these four cosmic fields and the solar cosmic field itself, the nine cosmic fields of the central territory are formed.

These nine cosmic fields, that is, the central territory, are the core ruling areas of the empire.

Except for the nine central cosmic domains, the other cosmic domains are called ‘border cosmic domains’.

The division rules of border cosmic domains are no longer based on the principle of proximity. In addition to ensuring that the star domains within a cosmic domain can be connected to each other, it also ensures that the cosmic domains that can be connected are placed in one piece; at the same time, each cosmic domain has at least one planet that can directly connect to one of the nine cosmic domains in the central territory.

The original intention of such division is to ensure that starting from Holy Terra, it will not exceed the scope of crossing four cosmic domains to any cosmic domain, and to control the journey within two years, so as to strengthen the control of the empire’s central government over the empire’s borders as much as possible.

It really worked.

But then again, from every cosmic domain on the empire’s border, you can directly attack the central cosmic domain.

The 13 cosmic domains in the eastern border of the empire, connected to the cosmic domains in the central territory, are all ‘Tianwang cosmic domains’.

The reason why the Western Front is the main battlefield is not only because the Magre Universe backed by the Phoenix Lord is to the west of the Spider Universe, but also because they control the Zhenshi Star, which is connected to the Xiushi Star of the Tianwang Universe.

The masters on Holy Terra are now most afraid that Tiekai will take away Zhenshi Star and then enter the Tianwang Universe.

That would be extremely shocking.

Is Holy Terra afraid that Tiekai will go south now?

No, they are afraid that Tiekai will not go south.

At this moment, they are trying to let Gu Hang take the initiative to attack, that is, they hope that Gu Hang will show more presence, show the knife, and tell Humphrey Paul that if you dare to enter the central territory, be careful of your butt.

But Gu Hang thought about it and decided to perfunctorily pass it.

Of course, it was not perfunctory to Gallardo.

To this good friend, he was still very frank.

"Iron Armor has the ability to enter the Tianwang Universe, but can it enter the Sun Universe? Can it enter the Holy Terra?"

Gallardo was stunned and shook his head hesitantly.

It is indeed unrealistic.

Do you really dare to force the central government of the empire?

The affairs of the border universe are always limited to the border universe. If you really fight to the Tianwang Universe, the forces that are directly threatened will not be so easy to talk to.

On the one hand, the defense facilities along the way are complete, and it will be a tough fight if you want to fight here; on the other hand, the anxious central government of the empire requires "serving the king", and there will be a lot of forces to gather here.

The Empire said that it was fighting everywhere and using troops everywhere, and the military forces in various places were very tense. However, after all, with such a large size, if they insisted on withdrawing troops regardless of the consequences, they would definitely be able to squeeze out the troops.

"That's fine, no need to worry so much." Gu Hang said, "It's of no benefit to us to attract Humphrey Paul's attention. If we can't win, we can't benefit us."

"On the contrary, let the Iron Armor enter the Tianwang Universe, so what? They can't really affect Holy Terra, and can't shake the rule of the central government of the Empire, but they can greatly hit the masters of the central government, making them fearful and uneasy. The more this is the case, the more precious our victory will be."

"The person in charge of the collapse of the Western Front has already been found, and there is no need to worry that the responsibility for this matter will fall on us."

"The reason why the Alliance cannot take the initiative to attack is also very realistic. If we rashly go out without sufficient strength and are annihilated, what will happen?"

When Gu Hang said this, Gallardo really thought about what he said.

By then, the entire Spider Web Universe will be surrounded by the Zerg and the North Line Group will be entangled and unable to escape. There will no longer be a military force that can balance the main force of the Iron Armor.

The trouble will be even greater.

For him, a high lord who has secured his position and even advanced to a higher level by relying on the alliance's military exploits, it is the real doomsday.

Becoming a high lord is not a matter of sitting back and relaxing.

After thinking about it, he replied: "You are right, we really can't act rashly."

Then, the two talked about the support and supplies that the southern battlefield should receive.

In this regard, Gallardo patted his chest and gave a guarantee.

In the next two years, the alliance will not only continue to be exempt from imperial taxes in the controlled areas, but will also receive a total of 500 billion in military aid.

This includes the army, arms equipment, ships, energy, materials... almost all categories.

The money will come from the Holy Terra, and from other star fields in the Eastern Universe. Even the neighboring Adan Universe is unlucky and has to pay a little at the request of the central government of the empire.

Gu Hang is basically satisfied with this number.

Two hundred and fifty billion in aid each year is higher than the annual fiscal revenue of the alliance.

And Gallardo will also receive stronger support from the alliance.

Those who want to make money will make money, those who want to seize power will seize power, and those who want to develop will develop... Everyone has a bright future!