Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 345 Deno's Response

The flagship of the German-Norlian coalition!
Everyone stared in disbelief as the Taotie forces in the Chiwu star system and several surrounding star systems were retreating drastically, giving up many important strategic locations.

Meanwhile, the Deno Allied Fleet, which was confronting the Taotie fleet, saw an opportunity to gain an advantage. After careful assessment and confirming that there was no danger, they sent a report and rushed over to occupy the territory.

This left the commander completely baffled. What was Taotie trying to do?
"They've even ceded the land on the ground, and China is launching a full-scale counterattack! It's happening very quickly; only a few lines of resistance remain, with only a handful of civilizations like the Taotie still holding out!"

"Should we still occupy it? After all, it's only been a couple of days, and China suddenly realized what was happening! Then they started a full-scale recapture of lost territory, and the speed was too fast. In less than a month, they'll probably have completely secured it. If we don't act by then, there's a real chance that China will side with the Empire!"

The commander in the main seat slammed his fist on the table and roared, "If we intervene, it will only make them side with that imperial civilization even faster!"

“But if we don’t fight, then after China recovers, they will definitely develop their military vigorously. Don’t forget, they currently hold a bunch of Taotie warships captured on the battlefield. As long as they master the technology inside and integrate the resources of the entire earth, they can develop a terrifying military in just a few years. They have too many people, and they are all highly skilled personnel. Once they are all converted into heavy industry and military personnel, it will be extremely terrifying. What should we do then?” An old man also expressed a different opinion.

For a moment, everyone in the command room began to express their opinions. Eventually, they split into two groups. One group advocated an attack, arguing for the complete occupation of the entire Chiwu star system, dragging the people of Earth into a massacre under the pretext of war, and then merging them with their Deno population.

One group advocates against attacking, suggesting instead that the Taotie (a mythical beast) immediately flee and instead focus on capturing the remaining resource points in the Chiwu star system. This would ease tensions with China and Earth!
The two sides started arguing fiercely!
boom--

Just then, the commander who had been sitting in the command chair and had been silent since he finished speaking suddenly snapped out of his reverie and slammed his hand on the table to stop the noisy scene.

For a moment, everyone looked at him, waiting for him to make the final decision, hoping that he could properly distribute the interests of the various factions behind them.

"Since Taotie wants to play this trick, then let's change our approach! If Taotie doesn't want it, then we will! But we don't want that piece of land in China!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone below changed drastically, and some even stared at him with dangerous glints in their eyes.

"But we want all the land except China! Every place on Earth, like Africa, like Europe! We want it all!"

Although everyone's expressions were still grim when they heard this, they no longer had the same desire to kill him as before.

"But if that's the case, what's the difference between that and occupying a planet with ordinary life and civilization? I..."

One of them raised an objection, but before he could continue, the commander interrupted him with a gesture of "Let me finish speaking first, and then you can raise your objections!"

The commander looked at everyone, then reached out and pulled up a holographic map of the entire Earth. "Since nobody wants China, that's perfect! We'll occupy all the other lands on Earth except for China! But not in a true physical sense!"

This statement left everyone somewhat bewildered, wondering what this guy was up to.

The commander looked at the crowd, a playful glint in his eyes. "Aren't there still those countries on these lands? Even though many died because of the Taotie's full-scale invasion, their main governments are still relatively well-established! And I've learned from some historical intelligence passed back by General Dukao that these humans on Earth are particularly clear about races and bloodlines! Now it's wartime, and they have to put those things aside. They might even unite because of an external enemy! But that's impossible now. The Taotie have retreated, and we've retreated too! In that case... after a short war, they'll bring back all the arguments they used to protect their own interests. We just need to fan the flames!"

After the commander finished explaining, everyone was astonished.

"You mean to restore peace and order to other countries besides China! As our agents, we'll provide them with technology to help them develop rapidly! Then we'll use that to harass China! And we, as the leaders of public opinion and order in space civilization, will blockade the entire Chiwu star system, or even the entire Earth, preventing China from obtaining the resources needed to advance to a spacefaring civilization on a large scale? Are you suggesting we'll be stuck in internal strife forever on one planet!"

"That's right, exactly!" the commander said with a smile. "Through them, our proxies will let them fight a bloody battle with China, leaving both sides weakened, and then we'll reap the benefits!"

Some people still expressed their concerns, saying, "But that empire... it seems quite powerful!"

Before the commander could explain, the others chimed in, "If we do this, it means we won't have much of a conflict with the Taotie. Afterwards, we can visit Death God Karl, leveraging his past connections with the Super God Academy and joining forces with the Taotie fleet to completely lock down the entire solar system. And don't forget his connection to Liang Bing, that Demon Queen Morgana! Her arrangements and needs on Earth. Then, with us, the Taotie, and the demons, a three-way blockade! Who do you think could enter the solar system?"

The man spread his hands, looking at everyone with unwavering confidence, "Unless that so-called Imperial Civilization builds the Great Insect Bridge within China's borders! Otherwise... Hmph! Without the support of our Super God Academy, given their limited technology and resources, how could they possibly develop?"

Another person chimed in confidently, "I doubt it! Besides, we'll take the Taotie route and recruit some mercenaries with beast bodies or divine bodies! We'll cause trouble inside China and disrupt their industrial production! And don't forget, our agents still believe in demons!"

“That’s right!” The elderly man sitting to the left of the commander stroked his beard and said, “We can also say that we are testing the strength of that imperial civilization. After all, once this plan is successful, China will definitely rely more on that imperial civilization! In this way, we can also test the imperial civilization’s strength through the war between China and its proxies. I think the major super-god civilizations in the known universe would be happy to see this! Even if they don’t help us, they won’t pose any obstacle to us!”

"Since everyone agrees, shall we proceed with this plan?"

"it is good!"

After the basic tone of the meeting was established, a group of people were sent back to find some of the older members of the Super God Academy, and then they went to the Death Song Academy in the Styx Galaxy to find Death God Karl. Although Death God Karl had a great relationship with the Super God Academy in the past, old friendship is one thing, and in reality, he still had to offer corresponding benefits.

Finally, after paying equal costs and benefits, and considering his own interests, Karl agreed to the Deno people's plan and contacted the Taotie and their people to form a secret alliance with the Deno.

Then he made a call to Morgana and informed her of the situation.

This made Morgana sigh again, "Karl is such a cunning old fox!"
Inside a room in the castle of Demon One, Morgana, dressed in her pajamas, was on the comms, lamenting to Karl, "To be honest, Karl! You're becoming more and more like a cunning old fox!"

These words made Karl chuckle, somewhat speechless. "It was just those unlucky kids from Denor who came to me and told me all this! I saw their sincerity, so I agreed. Besides, this way, there will be less war! And more people will survive! After all, life is precious!"

This immediately drew a disdainful laugh from Morgana. "You, Karl the Grim Reaper, who studies the soul, are you still lamenting the preciousness of life?"

"Fine! Fine! I agree to your plan. But you can't control my people! I can't miss out on what's due to me from China!" Morgana sat down in the chair, her long legs crossed, not caring about the glimpse of her exposed skin revealed as her silk nightgown slipped down. "But to be honest, we really need to find out more about that Imperial civilization!"

“Yes, I’ve already used the Great Clock to monitor China around the clock. We will definitely find out about this imperial civilization!” Karl said gently.

Morgana nodded and said, "Alright then, we'll do as you say!"

After hanging up the call, he picked up a wine bottle from the table and smashed it violently against the crack in the side door.

There was a loud crash as the bottle shattered, spilling bright red liquor, followed by cries of pain from someone outside the door who had been splashed with liquor in their eyes.

The demons outside the door were thrown into chaos!
"You bunch of bastards, you dare to peep at me again! All you do all day is fantasize about me! Don't you have anything better to do?"

……

Earth, China!
The battlefront advanced rapidly, and within just a few days, most of the mountain city area had been cleared.

Upon seeing how quickly the war had changed, most of the Taotie forces fled in their spaceships. Only a portion of the Taotie's affiliated civilizations remained, and some of the soldiers who had been used as cannon fodder were unable to escape and could only flee in panic into the deep mountains and forests.

Therefore, they had no choice but to divert their forces to sweep through the surrounding deep mountains and forests.

Surely we can't just set the mountain on fire, can we?
After all, this is their home turf!

Meanwhile, counter-offensives were launched on all fronts in China, as most of the Taotie's forces began to withdraw rapidly from Chinese territory.

The various war zones seized the opportunity to launch counter-offensives, and one territory and city after another was recovered.

However, such a rapid action also made everyone feel uneasy.

Because of the information about the known universe and Taotie that I obtained from Super God Academy and Tie Hui.

Based on this intelligence, the losses suffered by the Taotie civilization and its affiliated civilizations have not yet reached the point of being crippling.

Most of the losses were to the infantry, while their warships suffered relatively few casualties.

Therefore, Taotie's retreat is clearly illogical!
Moreover, the German-Norwegian coalition had previously sent troops to conquer some cities within China's borders and then began construction.

But now, unexpectedly, they have also retreated, and have directly bombed and destroyed some of the completed buildings and factories.

This only amplified that sense of unease!
Although the territory is being rapidly recovered, the people inside the underground nuclear Great Wall have not immediately returned to the city.

Instead, they accelerated the relocation of factory facilities that had not been evacuated from the ground to the underground nuclear Great Wall.

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(End of this chapter)