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Chapter 592, Everyone Has a Bright Future
Gallardo became one of the high lords and entered the highest decision-making level of the central empire, which of course made Gu Hang very happy.

Although, the last time Gu Hang personally went to Holy Terra, he felt that the psychic seeds he had planted in this "best friend" had disappeared. But he was more inclined to believe that it was naturally digested, and 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 disadvantage is that the coercive force formed by the psychic power is gone. If you are not careful to maintain the relationship, then the two sides may fall out.

The advantage 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 was not worried about falling out with Gallardo.

At least not in the short term.

On the contrary, their relationship is getting closer and closer. Putting personal friendship aside, what is more important is the extremely close political alliance between them.

One glory and one glory.

Gallardo's promotion to power was a huge help to Gu Hang, especially considering his status as the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

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

Of course, with such great authority, there will also be checks and balances in many areas.

Because there are also fairly independent Astra Militarum and Naval forces, as well as even more independent Chapters, they are actually quite limited in terms of mobilizing troops and issuing orders;

Because of the existence of the tax department, fiscal appropriations and expenditures also require money from others and must be approved;

But despite so many restrictions, they are still powerful departments. 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 of the surrounding star fields and space fields. As long as Gu Hang can find a way to get the transfer order from the Military Affairs Department, it is legal.

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

Without a powerful political representative in the central government, a local political entity like the Alliance that spans multiple star fields and even across the universe in the future would not be able to exist and would definitely be vigilant and eliminated by the central government of the empire.

Refer to the Iron Rage Stone after the fall of former Military Minister Norberto.

And Gu Hang is also very important to Gallardo.

His support for the southern front finally paid off.

Gallardo has been under great pressure since he took office. His position was once precarious and he even had a conflict with Ou Juren over the issue of the alliance's offensive time.

When the Alliance was making rapid progress in the Proud Claw Star Domain, it had greatly alleviated the political pressure he faced.

Although no crucial battles were won, the continuous advancement of the front line was very encouraging and helped Gallardo win the support of the people within the Ministry of Military Affairs.

If not for this, he would not be able to keep his position, let alone become a high lord. The internal turmoil could bring him down, let alone curry favor with the Prime Minister.

Can you hug me whenever you want?

When the news of the destruction of Alfonzo's fleet came and was confirmed, his prestige rose to its peak.

There is no need for him to cling to Qi Bodu anymore. Instead, it is Qi Bodu who has to win him over.

This also made him fully realize that the alliance's victory is his victory, and the prestige gained by the alliance is his prestige.

The two sides now have such a strong bond of 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 of. Once any of the above situations occur, it means that the enemy will completely turn against each other and will never give up. It can even be said to be a taboo in the political arena and will be despised and hostile by the entire empire.

A close alliance does not have these problems. Although there is a possibility that the alliance will break up due to interests, the consequences are significantly less severe than mind control.

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

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

When it comes to this topic, the laughter and joy can no longer continue.

Of course, the collapse of the Western Front gave Gallardo the opportunity to overthrow Ojuren in one fell swoop, not only eliminating a political enemy, but also securing himself a position as a high lord.

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 be prepared to face huge challenges.

It is now February of 10328. It has been exactly eight years since the outbreak of the Princess' Rebellion, and two and a half years since the Alliance officially entered 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 had generally been repaired, and the relevant sailors were quickly in place under Gu Hang's attention. The combat effectiveness of the Alliance Navy had reached a new level.

But 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!
By then, with a total of 16 huge warships, this would be a force that absolutely could not be ignored. With the added power of Gu Hang's psychic power, the alliance might be able to fight against Tiekai's main battleships.

Under such circumstances, Gu Hang was really reluctant to start a war too early.

He originally planned to use the Proud Claw Star Region as the battlefield. If Iron Armor wanted to move its main force south, he would delay it here for a year and a half, and wait until the fleet was further formed before fighting desperately.

However, things do not go as planned.

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

But this matter is not really that 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?
After all, compared to the threat of the main force of the Iron Armor moving south, what the central government of the empire is most worried about is that they continue to move westward regardless of the consequences.

The Empire no longer has any strong enough defense in the Magrey Space Domain. If the Iron Armor's current military strength is still relatively strong and the losses in the previous bloody battle with Phoenix were not so great, then they will most likely replicate in the Magrey Star Domain the results they achieved in the Spider Web Space Domain at the beginning of the war.

That kind of blitzkrieg, that kind of aggressive and fiery attitude, is frightening.

You know, when Iron Armor launched the rebellion, it only took them ten months to break through the Spider Web Universe!

Even according to the star map, they can directly attack the nine cosmic domains in the central territory of the empire!
This is a question 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 there are very few connections between star fields, often only 1 to 3 channels connecting them.

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

So far, it's quite intuitive.

Although there is no concept of east, south, west and north in the universe, they do exist on the star map. They are centered on Holy Terra, and the four star tunnels extending outward from the solar system are divided into east, south, west and north, thus evolving layer by layer.

And from these four directions, according to this rule, the four cosmic domains closest to the sun cosmic domain were formed. Together with the adjacent cosmic domains of these four cosmic domains and the sun cosmic domain itself, the nine cosmic domains in the central territory were formed.

These nine cosmic domains, namely the central territory, are the core ruling areas of the empire.

Except for the nine central universes, the other universes are called "frontier universes".

The division rules of the frontier universes no longer follow the principle of proximity. In addition to ensuring that the star fields within a universe can be connected to each other, it also ensures that the universes that can be connected are placed together; at the same time, each universe has at least one planet that can directly connect to one of the nine universes in the central territory.

The purpose of this division is to ensure that the journey from Holy Terra to any other cosmic domain will not exceed the range of crossing four cosmic domains, to control the journey within two years, and to strengthen the control of the imperial center over the imperial borders as much as possible.

It really worked.

But then again, from every cosmic domain on the border of the empire, one can directly attack the central cosmic domain.

The 13 universes in the eastern border of the empire, and the universes connected to the central border, are all 'Tianwang Universe'.

The reason why the Western Front is the main battlefield is not only because the Magre Universe, which is 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 in the Tianwang Universe.

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

That would be extremely shocking.

Is Holy Terra now afraid that Tiekai will go south?

No, they were afraid that Tiekai would not go south.

The current attempt to test Gu Hang and let him take the initiative is to hope that Gu Hang can show more presence, take out the knife, and tell Humphrey Paul that if you dare to enter the central territory, you'd better be careful of getting hurt.

But Gu Hang thought about it and decided to just brush it off.

Of course, this is not a perfunctory response to Gallardo.

He was still very frank with this good friend.

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

Gallardo was stunned for a moment and shook his head hesitantly.

It's really not realistic.

Do you really dare to push the imperial central government into a corner?

Things in the border universe are always limited to the border universe. If the war really reaches the Tianwang universe, the forces that are directly threatened will not be so easy to deal with.

On the one hand, the defense facilities along the way are complete, and it will be a tough nut to crack if we attack them; on the other hand, the anxious central government of the empire demands "serving the king", and there will be plenty of forces gathering here.

The empire said that they were fighting wars everywhere and deploying troops everywhere, and the military strength in various places was very tight. 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 troops.

"That's all, there's no need to worry." Gu Hang said, "Attracting Humphrey Paul's attention will do us no good. If we can't win, we can't benefit from it."

"On the contrary, what if we let the Iron Armor enter the Tianwang Universe? 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 and make them feel fearful and uneasy. The more this happens, the more precious our victory will be."

"The person responsible for the collapse of the Western Front has already been identified. There is no need to worry that the responsibility for this will fall on us."

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

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

By then, around the entire Spider Web Universe, the Northern Front Group will be entangled by the Zerg and unable to escape, and there will no longer be any military force that can balance the main force of the Iron Armor.

The trouble will be even bigger.

For a high lord like him who had secured his position or even reached a higher level through his alliance military exploits, this was truly the end of the world.

Becoming a high lord is not a life of ease.

After thinking it over, he replied, "You are right. We really can't act rashly."

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

In this regard, Gallardo gave a firm 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 military, weapons and equipment, ships, energy, materials...almost all categories.

The money will come partly from Holy Terra, partly from other star regions in the Eastern Universe, and even the neighboring Adam Universe will be in trouble and have to pay some money at the request of the central empire.

Gu Hang was basically satisfied with this number.

Two hundred and fifty billion dollars in aid each year is more than the Union’s annual fiscal revenue.

And Gallardo will also receive stronger support from the alliance.

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

(End of this chapter)