Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 638

Chapter 636: The rebellion continues

. In this universe, expecting the war to end completely is pure wishful thinking.

Even though the so-called victory of Aramita has become a foregone conclusion, and the Alfonzo Cult has since lost all ability to launch offensives, the top brass of the Alliance military are already happily popping champagne.

But in reality, the ground war in Aramita is not over yet.

It is estimated that there are at least 200 million active rebels; the total population in the area they control may exceed 2 billion.

But even so, this is still just a small itch.

Without the external support that the Alfonzo Cult can provide, the rebels in Aramita who have been instigated are like grasshoppers after autumn, and they will not be able to jump for more than a few days.

The Alliance Army did not send further ground troops, and maintaining the existing force is sufficient to solve the problem. The remaining troops needed to suppress the rebellion will be sent from Aramita.

After Varuc’s arrest and Alfonzo’s main fleet’s destruction, Moreau, whose internal turmoil and precarious rule had been devastating, suddenly became as stable as a rock. The local forces, previously wavering, now needed them to prove their loyalty. The

stubborn local rebels were a testament to this.

The Allied Army wasn’t the primary force in suppressing the rebellion, but rather a supervisory force.

The outcome of this war was predetermined, but the war itself could be exploited.

The purge Moreau was carrying out could be carried out here.

Not a traitor? Very loyal? Then strike the rebels hard, fighting them to the point of near annihilation. That would be a show of loyalty to the God of All Things and Governor Gu Hang.

If they were traitors who defected to the rebels, that wasn’t a big deal; they were just worthless, to be dealt with together.

According to Moreau, after the war on the surface of Aramita was over, he would return Gu Hang to a loyal Aramita.

Even if the war continued, it was merely a minor issue.

The most important task for the entire Forge World right now is restoring productivity, especially shipbuilding capacity.

Aramita has a population of 30 billion, the vast majority of whom are laborers, skilled workers, and servitors. Even the world’s food self-sufficiency rate is low. Even with its numerous starch factories, it still requires significant imports. The

dozens, even hundreds, of worlds surrounding Aramita serve the Forge World, providing food, population, and a wide variety of resources.

The Forge World’s greatest value lies, of course, in its own right; however, fully realizing this value requires the coordinated efforts of dozens or even hundreds of surrounding worlds.

Fortunately, after the Alliance destroyed Alfonzo’s main fleet, the worlds surrounding Aramita became much easier to deal with. A significant number of them had already been captured during the Alliance’s advance. Whether the remaining worlds surrendered or were captured with a limited effort by a small force, the task was straightforward.

The entire Aramita’s production capacity is currently around 15% of its peak. Furthermore, as the Great Purge continues, the counterinsurgency process stabilizes, and resource supplies from surrounding worlds recover… this number will continue to rise over time.

Even this current 15% is not to be underestimated.

It means that the shipbuilding industry can be initially reactivated; it means that Alliance ships, even those severely damaged or recently captured, no longer need to be escorted by tugboats all the way to domestic shipyards two star systems away for repair. In Aramita, appropriate repairs, preparations, and modifications can be carried out.

This will save a lot of time. After all, the round trip journey takes almost a year.

Not to mention the production of some important artillery shells, fighter planes, and army equipment, which are also very important and can be supplied nearby.

Aramita was Gu Hang’s most prized possession.

Unfortunately, the other two Forge Worlds of the Alfonzo Cult weren’t as easy to capture as Aramita.

For one thing, there was no one like Moreau to help Gu Hang unify those worlds. For another, considering the Alfonzo Cult’s incoming army was almost entirely composed of Infested and Zerg bio-modifiers, one could only imagine the fate of the remaining two Forge Worlds.

Gu Hang was deeply pessimistic.

He believed those two Forge Worlds were likely beyond saving and would ultimately be destroyed. This

was also evident from another point of view.

During the overhaul of the battleship Gu Hang had recaptured, a wealth of “blasphemous technology” was discovered.

Not only was the church transformed into a Four-Armed Divine Emperor, a spiritual blasphemy, but numerous biochemical structures were also incorporated into the ship’s interior. Materials resembling Zerg chitin were deployed in numerous locations, along with numerous digestion tanks and incubation pools.

Varuk had limited time and couldn’t completely transform the ship into a bio-ship, otherwise it would be useless even if he looted it.

Even so, dismantling and modifying all this blasphemous technology on Aramita would take considerable time.

If even the ship was in such a state, how badly would the two Forge Worlds be damaged?

Small Alliance vessels, carrying agents and observation equipment, were already heading for the two Forge Worlds.

Subversion was probably impossible, but at least they needed to find out if the two Forge Worlds were truly as dire as Gu Hang currently suspected.

As for why they didn’t simply use the momentum of victory to attack the two worlds directly, it was mainly because the Alliance fleet needed to rest and recuperate.

The Alliance fleet had already suffered significant damage.

After all, most of Alfonzo’s main battleships had been destroyed, and they wouldn’t be able to build new ones for a year or two. The two Forge Worlds wouldn’t be vulnerable if they were left there, so there was no need to worry.

Furthermore, Gu Hang had also gained a considerable amount of Boon Points from this war.

He had to spend some money.

First of all, he had to replenish the manpower lost by the Fury, New World Torch, and Shadow Regiments in the battle.

The three regiments lost a total of nearly a thousand men.

This was equivalent to the loss of an entire regiment.

Without their sacrifice, the Battle of Aramita would not have been won from beginning to end.

But in general, although it cost a lot of Gift Points and money to replenish the lost manpower of the Space Marines, it was completely affordable for Gu Hang now.

(End of this chapter)