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Chapter 252, across the night sky

After Pedes hung up the interstellar communication with Gu Hang, there was another line open next to it.

This is the connection with his younger brother, little Peddes.And just now, his younger brother could clearly hear the separate phone call he had with a pair of uncles and nephews from the Gu family.

"The Gu family, which has always been known for its 'unity', will also have civil strife one day. It makes me laugh to death!"

His frivolous brother was quite presumptuous and gloating in his words.

However, this time Peddes did not reprimand him, but couldn't help but smile as well.

Yes, the Gu family's unity has collapsed. Does he still have to worry about the Gu family breaking away from the 'Iron Triangle' and the alliance with their brothers and the Fofana family?

Not at all.

Gu Ming has expressed his loyalty to him and reiterated their friendship many times.

And that stubborn Wang Qi, her son, even single-handedly helped her to become the governor of the Raging Owl Star.Now, that little guy has made a clear promise that he will stand firmly on his side in the future.

What he has to do now is just to choose the one that suits him better among the two of them.

"I suggest choosing Gu Ming." Little Pedestal said, "That Wang Qi is difficult to deal with. Even if her son agrees to all our conditions, in the end, it is very likely that Wang Qi will be the one in power in the Gu family. She may not be like that. If you are honest, you will fulfill the conditions agreed with us."

Mr. Peters himself disagreed.

He asked back: "Then do you think Gu Ming is very honest? A person who launched a violent coup in the 'United Gu Family', after he has power, will he obey our arrangements honestly?"

"Uh..." Little Pedro thought about it, and it was indeed true.

Mr. Peddes said earnestly: "Don't treat others as fools and tools. In general, we have no way to check and balance the Gu family. For the Gu family, including Fofana, we cannot treat people Look at it like chess pieces. We stand with their support, and they develop better with our help. Only by mutual benefit can things last long."

Little Peddes rolled his eyes: "It's the same thing again..."

Although there was disdain on his face, and he even felt that his brother would appear pedantic at certain moments, little Peddes had to admit that at least one point was right: they did not have the ability to check and balance the Gu family.

No matter who they support or who wins in the end, as long as the Gu family does not completely fall apart and only half of its strength is left, it will still be the largest inter-sector chamber of commerce in the recent several sectors.Their taxes don't need to be paid to the district government, and they don't need any support from the district government. What else can be done?
Completely cut, the Gu family is uncomfortable, and it will be inconvenient for them to do anything in the Tianma Star District. After all, their headquarters is on the Flying Wing Star; but similarly, they lack the support of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce and the lack of financial support. , the district government will also feel uncomfortable.

If we unite, we will benefit both sides, if we divide them, we will suffer both sides. What else can we do?Just make do with it.

If you are not happy with Mrs. Gu, you will always be unhappy. Little Peddes still understands this truth.

He listened quietly as his brother continued to speak.

What Peddes said to his brother was essentially his thinking process: "Gu Hang can agree to any condition that Gu Ming can agree to; there is one more thing Gu Hang can do. We ask Gu and Faches to draw a clear line between each other. , he has definite actions to take: ban Blackbird Heavy Industries on Angry Owl. This will inevitably greatly worsen the relationship between Gu and Faches."

"Moreover, we must also consider the cost of making a choice. If we help Gu Ming, Wang Qi will die without support, but is there anything we can do to deal with Gu Hang? Those eight chamber of commerce fleets that used to side with Wang Qi , push it to the angry owl planet, and we can regard Wang Qi's son as the head of the family. Do we still need to send the imperial navy to help that Gu Ming control the Chamber of Commerce fleet? Do we still need to send the army to the angry owl planet to eliminate Gu Hang? That is impossible. The Imperial Navy and Army are not completely under our command, and it is impossible for us to find a suitable reason to attack the Imperial Chamber of Commerce and a planetary governor."

"By helping Gu Ming, we can indeed achieve the goal of splitting the Gu family, but we can only gain the friendship of at most half of the Gu family, and will turn the other half, plus a governor in the sector, into enemies. No. This may create the most ideal situation where both sides need to make good friends with us.”

"What's more, the cost of helping him is so high."

"On the contrary, we have very little to do to help Gu Hang and Wang Qi. Although these two will be more difficult to control, and Gu's power will not be weakened too much, the mother and son will fulfill their promise. We must stand on the opposite side of the Fachers family, and our goal can be achieved. What's more, shouldn't they appreciate a good cooperation? This will lay more foundation for future cooperation. "

……

After listening to the elder brother talking a lot, little Peddes curled his lips and concluded: "So, you finally made a decision to help that boy Gu Hang, right?"

Peters smiled slightly and said, "About yes."

"Okay, then you can do it." Little Peddes gave a big hunch and stood up, "I'm leaving first."

Watching his brother leave, Mr. Peters showed a helpless smile.

He didn't even speak about his brother.

He didn't know how many times he said it in the past, but it was of no use. He always looked so careless.Alcohol, fancy sex, all kinds of exciting entertainment...

It's useless to talk too much. I'm no longer a child, and now I'm the Governor of the Winged Star. How can I talk all the time?
Gradually, he stopped talking.

Most of the planetary government affairs are handled by him, the leader of the sector.

It's not that he wants to seize power. He originally pushed his brother to replace him in this position.On the contrary, he often thought about it, if little Peddes could take on more responsibilities and help him more, then he would be much more relaxed.

However...after all, I was the one who shouldered everything!
My brother went to live and drink, but he still had to work.

Sighing, he thought about the words and sent an interstellar communication to the Fofana family and General Tilemance respectively.

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Seven standard Terra days later, on the Black Arrow Star, in the suburban town of Pinser, the capital of the Luman Kingdom, the headquarters of the Alliance Expeditionary Force.

Said to be the headquarters, in fact, this place has long been in dilapidated condition.For the sake of practicality, nothing else matters.

Originally, this was just a basement, but engineers reinforced the structure to prevent it from being blown down.These reinforcement structures appear to be very crude. The brothers in the engineering company have a heavy task. They have no time to design anything. They just have to avoid being blown down.

It was here that Purbeuf and Leroy commanded their troops and withstood the joint attack of the Luman Kingdom Army and part of the Gu family's security forces led by Gu Ming.

It was blocked for seven days.

At this moment, neither of them had much to talk about.Dried sweat stuck to plaster and blood on their faces and clothes. They had no conditions to bathe or change clothes, and they were still sweating, and their whole bodies stunk.

But no one disliked it.

Everyone does.

The hair is messy, the beard is unkempt, the face is gray, the body is full of sweat, and smells of blood... This is the appearance of every Angry Owl star who sticks here.

The two of them are just a little heavier, and they also have the special features of dark circles and red eyes.

In the past few days, the two of them may only sleep about two hours a day.

Fatigue is definitely still fatigue, however, they still try to persevere.

They know that this war is very difficult.They had no support or supplies, and had to rely on their own existing strength to survive for eight days.

During this period of time, the two partners had some estimates of the number of enemies.

King Ness Luman, on the battlefield, assembled an army of more than 10 people; two Ranger Knight Titans; and more than [-] Sentinel mechas.In these seven days, he estimated that his troops destroyed at least [-] enemy troops, but the number of enemies never seemed to decrease.

Those enemies have been attacking almost all the time in the past seven days, day or night, sunny or rainy.

Perbov always used a very contemptuous tone to belittle the soldiers of the Luman Kingdom when boosting the morale of the army.

What's 'carrying junk metal', what's 'animals that are not treated as cannon fodder', 'just comes to die', 'has no discipline, weak will to fight, and poor fighting skills'...

But what he said is also true.

The Luman Kingdom's conscripts are at this level.

Especially the continuous attacks and the large number of casualties made those conscription soldiers feel that attacking the fortress-like town was simply to die. Their morale was so low that during the attack, as long as there were no knights to hold the line, they would be able to survive as long as they suffered a few casualties. will crash.

But the problem is... there are many knights.

If it were just the [-] Luhmann cannon fodder, Purbov would not take it seriously at all.However, Luhmann's Royal Knights put a lot of pressure on them.

Especially those two Knight Titans.

When the two Knight Titans bombed from a distance, the alliance army's countermeasures were very limited, and they almost had to be passively bombed.

And when these two Titans personally led the team into the frontline battle, it was even more of a nightmare.

Having learned the lessons from the previous two Knight Titans being destroyed, the Luman military will never let the Knight Titans be divided again.Ordinary Luman infantry cannot be trusted, but those sentinel knights still have enough fighting will.They will guard the Knight Titan's feet and not give the Alliance soldiers any opportunity to take advantage of them.

In this way, every time the Knight Titans lead an attack, it is a nightmare, which will make the Alliance Expeditionary Force pay a heavy price. It needs to concentrate heavy artillery to bombard, and the soldiers need to take risks to invest firepower, and spend a lot of ammunition. , or even a large number of soldiers' lives, before the opponent's energy shield can be temporarily overloaded.

However, at this time, the enemy will often retreat, leaving no opportunity to take advantage.In two days, after the shield system is fully charged, they will return to the front line.

The Luhmann military fought more patiently.

They knew that the group of people holding on in the town could fight back, but they had no reinforcements and no backup force.If this continues, with an entire country as their backing, they will definitely be the victorious party in the end.

However, despite such dire circumstances, Purbeuf did not remain completely passive.He still adheres to the so-called 'elastic defense' strategy.

During an all-out enemy attack three days ago, he risked a sudden attack by armored troops camouflaged behind some dilapidated buildings, accompanied by artillery and La Crocha's special forces.They successfully destroyed a Knight Titan's shield generator, but at the cost of six Lion tanks, thirty infantry fighting vehicles, and more than 200 soldiers.

Moreover, due to the relatively high losses, they had created opportunities but were unable to deliver the final blow, so they allowed the Knight Titan without its shield generator to successfully withdraw.

But despite this, the results are acceptable.

The Knight Titan suffered some damage and no longer dared to appear on the front line. It could only fire missiles from the rear.

The front only has to face the impact of one Knight Titan, and the pressure is reduced a lot.

However, after seven days of fighting, they were still at the end of their rope.

"Report to Comrade Commander that the enemy's attack has been repulsed."

"Report casualties."

"Yes! The 37.5.2 Company in the south is gone. When the 3rd Company went up to support, no one was seen alive... The 3rd Company itself now only has 17 people left... The number has been retained in accordance with the previous political commissar's request. , the command has been integrated into the battalion headquarters. At present, the 37th Brigade no longer has an organized company-level unit, and all of them have been assigned to the battalion-level command. The engineer battalion and the logistics support battalion have also been assigned..."

"The main force of the 34th Division guarding the east and north was severely damaged. The acting division commander Major Gale was killed in action. Now Major Mayev has taken over the command. This is the third acting division commander of the 34th Division..."

Purbeuf's face was expressionless.

Apart from the enemy being repulsed, the other news was not good.

But his heart was already a little numb.

This is the news all the time, especially in the past two days.

They repelled the enemy's attacks again and again, and fought with the enemy for one house after another, and even one ruin after another.Until now, I am really at the end of my rope.

Of the 3-strong troops he brought, less than [-] may still be alive today, and most of them are injured.

But the human toll, while heavy, was worse in other ways.

The two combined brigades have a total of 36 Lion tanks, and only the last one is operational; a total of 320 artillery pieces, [-] of which have been destroyed.Even the remaining eighty guns can still fire up to six rounds with the existing artillery shell reserves.

There are less than a thousand rounds of artillery shells.

The rocket launchers are all gone, and there are not many mortar shells left. Even the bullets need to be carefully collected from the dead soldiers, otherwise they will not be able to hold on.

It can be said that except for the food reserves, which are still sufficient for the time being because the residents of the suburban towns were driven away and all the food was left behind, all other war materials have reached the final extreme stage.

However, it is only the seventh day.

There is still one day left before the eight days required by the Governor.

How to do?
Purbeuf doesn't know anymore.

Taking advantage of a lull in the fighting, he left the command post.

Leroy didn't try to persuade him. The political commissar was already lying aside and fell asleep.He was deaf in one ear and had not slept for 23 hours, so he needed to take a break.

After coming out, Purbov looked at the night sky, feeling full of guilt.

He couldn't help but reflect on whether there were too many things he didn't do well in his tactics over the past seven days.Was it his own command errors that led to the current situation?
"Did...I betrayed the Governor's trust?"

"But no matter what, on the last day, I will personally hold a gun and go to the front line battlefield. Even if we don't defend for the eighth day, even if the Luman people occupy our position, it will definitely be after we are dead. !”

He swore through gritted teeth.

But at this moment, he saw dozens of long tail flames streaking across the night sky on the horizon.

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The political struggle part... you still have to write it, you can't do it without it.But I try to cut it back and speed up the pace.

(End of this chapter)