Chapter 1778: Chapter 1778 - 1012: Lionheart King
Now, every day, there are many matters coming to Gu Hang’s desk.
But for these specific affairs, Gu Hang mostly just looks over them. Even if they are particularly important, he mostly pays attention and rarely gives handling opinions.
Unless the matter has already been handled, but the way it was handled and the result are very unsatisfactory to him, contradicting the grand strategy he set out. Then he will intervene, giving instructions and opinions.
Often by the time it reaches this point, drastic measures have to be taken. It’s not just because the matter is important to Prime Minister Gu Hang, but also to correct mistakes in the strategic direction, mandating significant efforts, even if it means overcorrecting.
However, the current issue does not fall into this category.
The appearance of a new Son of God is significant enough by itself.
The situation was discovered by the Blood Angels Battle Group Leader, the supreme commander of the Angel Expeditionary Army - Dante’s forces.
After his discovery, he immediately rushed to make contact and reported the information to ’Alliance War Marshal’, the commander of the Dark Side Expedition, Matins.
Afterward, the report was delivered to Gu Hang’s desk.
Under his close attention, there were reports almost whenever there was progress.
Through these reports, he generally understood the full scope of the situation.
The entire situation originated from the Dawn Cosmos, which the Angel Expeditionary Army is currently focused on attacking and reclaiming. They had encountered some difficulties in their offensive there.
More than a hundred years since the Great Cataclysm, the state of many places has deteriorated to a certain degree, with enemies even having established their Chaos Realms.
These are often a warband or a cult that has grown exceptionally strong, spanning dozens, even hundreds of worlds. Under their evil rule, humans are subjected to harsh treatment, not only being oppressed and forced to provide various resources and services but also being used as sacrificial consumables by the Chaos Combat Groups and cultists.
Under such oppression, their construction achievements, once blood-sacrificed, all strengthen these Chaos forces, enabling them to corrupt more cultists and soldiers locally, and even further open Subspace channels to summon more Demon Armies, funding and recruiting more Chaos Traitor forces.
To eradicate such a Chaos Realm is immensely difficult.
It can only be said that after the New Empire occupied roughly half of the old Empire’s territory, the remaining half had already entered the ’deep water area’ of the expedition.
The difficulty has increased; situations like those where the fleet arrives and causes local regime changes are becoming less frequent.
As the isolation lengthens, local places’ sense of belonging to the Empire weakens; roots established by Chaos or Rebel forces deepen; Aliens become more rampant...
These various situations together have led to the current scenario.
However, these are also within expectations.
For the New Empire, it’s just that the road has become somewhat more difficult. The ultimate goal remains before them; it’s merely a matter of moving forward steadfastly.
Recently, a major problem encountered by the Angel Expeditionary Army is a warband named Blood Eye.
The area they control spans over a hundred worlds, with a sizeable fleet and deeply entrenched corruption across various worlds. Human rebels and Demon Armies mix within, led by about more than one thousand five hundred Chaos Starfield Warriors, with a Calamity Fleet operating nearby.
One of the Angel Expeditionary Army’s detached fleets suffered significant loss there, failing to capture it after half a year and instead suffering heavy losses. They were counter-attacked, had to retreat, regroup the troops, and requested Dante for aid, hoping multiple detached fleets could be dispatched.
Yet, at this juncture, the previously aggressive Chaos adversary suddenly slowed their assault.
Even many troops have retreated.
The puzzled human forces continued to call for support while dispatching reconnaissance ships deep into the Blood Eye warband’s controlled area to partially understand the reasons:
An uprising occurred within the Blood Eye warband’s controlled zone!
Initially, the expeditionary fleet found it unbelievable.
Uprisings are quite common, after all, who willingly wishes to live under Chaos forces? Living in constant uncertainty, facing death at any moment, subjected to arbitrary slaughter and abuse.
Ultimately, if it’s death either way, why not revolt?
However, saying is easier than doing; carrying it out is extremely challenging.
For an ordinary civilian class, achieving a successful uprising in this era is impossible.
Not to mention that acquiring firearms and artillery is unattainable, and even if obtained, what difference does it make?
A bunch of poorly trained mortal soldiers, wielding light weapons, is unlikely to confront the Chaos adversaries.
Only in some worlds where remnants of the original Planetary Defense Force still exist can they form a rough basis for organizing a Rebel Army, engaging in guerrilla warfare against Chaos forces in the wilderness, jungles, and mountains.
However, guerrilla warfare is actually very difficult.
The enemy has the ’low human rights’ advantage.
Unlike the Alliance when dealing with Rebel Armies, they hold no qualms.
When the Alliance handles rebels hidden at the bottom of the Nest Capital, sheltered by residents, they are somewhat constrained. The Alliance is unwilling to resort to slaughter during insurgency suppression, even in alien strongholds like Comoros, they haven’t done so on a large scale.