Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1213: Chapter 657: Urgent Situation

“Thank you for coming!”

In the conversation, Salius appeared very courteous.

Matins’ response was also quite polite: “We are allies, it’s only appropriate.”

But the pleasantries were limited to just that.

The situation was urgent, and there was really no time for small talk.

Afterwards, Salius detailed the situation on the western line to Matins.

After receiving Gu Hang’s final and very stern warning, Salius’s sense of unease reached its peak.

At that time, he indeed had the thought of competing with Leroux, to see who could first break into Reiaductus.

It was normal. As commanders involved in this grand war, who wouldn’t want to claim the ultimate honor for themselves?

But in the end, his rationality prevailed.

He wasn’t willing to risk the entire army for the sake of honor.

Combining Gu Hang’s warning, if all were true, then clearly Reiaductus was not the end of this war. Capturing it doesn’t count as a victory.

Moreover, Leroux had already seized the opportunity before him. If Princess Star Domain were easy to conquer, he certainly wouldn’t outrun Leroux; if it truly had become a dangerous insect nest as Gu Hang said, stepping into it would be pure suicide.

After a whole day of deliberation, having understood much, he finally set aside his desires, pushed against the opinions of others, and followed Gu Hang’s advice: halt the troops, establish a defensive line on site, clear local infected individuals, strive to build a solid base, ensure current security, and then observe the situation for further plans.

Then, he awaited the full outbreak of insect problems, the Iron Armor attacking from behind, and Leroux on the North Line never sending any news again.

At the time, he broke out in a cold sweat.

If he truly led the army recklessly into Princess Star Domain like Leroux, the outcome would probably be no different from Leroux’s current uncertainty.

But even in the present situation, it already had him in a hot mess.

The insect race army emerging from Princess Star Domain was relatively manageable. Though numerous, they hadn’t stepped into Princess Star Domain, adhering to the defensive line.

With fires of war igniting in over a dozen worlds, fleets supporting all around, treating planets as fortresses, the line was still held.

Though the war was fiercely contested and sacrifices great, they managed to hold the line, mutually depleting, and from the battle damage ratio there was still a significant advantage.

Of course, mentioning the battle damage ratio was inadvisable; if the ratio against the insect swarm wasn’t widened, there’s no point fighting, as they’d exhaust you to death. After all, in Star Sea wars, human lives are cheap, but the lives of the opposing insects are cheaper.

In the current depletion, being in an advantageous position was at least not so bad.

As long as the insect swarm numbers were reduced below a certain scale, then by employing strategies or decisive battles or daring assaults to destroy the insect swarm’s core Insect Nest Fleet, the war could be won.

This was the common method of victory during the first half year of the human and Void Insect Species domination tussle in this Star Sea.

But the bigger problem lay with the Iron Armor Battle Group moving from west to east.

That was grueling.

Iron Armor had been absent for a considerable time. During Salius’s eastward advance, they occasionally encountered them, achieving some results, but both sides hadn’t engaged in substantial confrontation, like the Iron Armor shattered upon contact, persistently retreating amid the wars spanning hundreds or thousands of worlds.

From reports, it seemed Salius’s offensive was too fierce, overwhelming Iron Armor quickly, denying them the chance to regroup, leading to their consistent retreat, causing significant losses across numerous small-scale battlefields, nearly resulting in annihilation.

But this matter, Gu Hang initially saw as implausible.

Iron Armor couldn’t be so easily overcome.

Was Salius exaggerating military successes, spreading false reports from the start? Initially, he didn’t believe so, thinking he truly defeated Iron Armor. But now, facts forced him to admit, he was complacent. The reports he received claimed encountering Iron Armor’s teams in various battles might be true; however, claiming a total kill count exceeding four thousand was undoubtedly unreliable.

It could be in a battle, encountering ten Iron Armor, using artillery to completely annihilate them unseen, immediately reporting total destruction.

That’s likely the case.

Errors in single occurrences might seem minimal, but accumulated across countless battles, they add up significantly.

And these issues accumulated to the present, exploding into a massive crisis for him.

Iron Armor Battle Group emerging from behind boasted at least eleven main warships. The force of Interstellar Warrior was still unknown, but every planet they concentrated their attack on reported suffering strikes from thousands of Interstellar Warriors, quickly falling. Meanwhile, deeper into the battlefield, Iron Armor ships and tactical teams frequently harassed.

Just like the previous Long Qi Star.

If defensive power was somewhat inadequate, they’d conquer, causing great trouble.

Losing a planet might not be crucial; however, Iron Armor directly attacking the defensive line from both sides, threatening major forces of Salius, was a much greater risk but still solvable. After all, Salius’s troop strength was still considerable, capable of allocating some forces for western defense.

Yet the greatest threat lay in severed supply lines, which would spell disaster.

The entire Solar Expedition Army, such a massive fleet, Sun Legion’s Star Realm Army, along with locally recruited Star Realm Army and defense forces from Magrey Cosmic Domain, totaling in billions or even tens of billions of troops, consumed an astronomical level daily.

Basic food and ammunition expenditure might still be locally provided by currently controlled planets; however, replenishing the vast quantities of advanced projectile rounds, compressed energy crystal blocks needed for ships, stored ship cannon shells, lost high-tech equipment like tanks and fighter jets locally was excessively challenging.

White Curtain Star Domain wasn’t exactly a developed production area. Providing some basic assets was barely possible, yet still insufficient due to production and logistics issues. Regarding advanced military resources, they were utterly powerless, unable to produce, not to mention recovery of production capabilities in war-torn worlds was also problematic.

Under these circumstances, Matins’ arrival alleviated the imminent crisis.