Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 830

Chapter 825, Reinforcements

After arranging all these matters, Gu Hang still hadn’t bothered to deal with the two Fallen Angels.

The main reason was that the Darkside Crusade had recently encountered two major challenges.

The first was Chaos-related.

On the northern front, the Chaos enemies emerging from the Crimson Scar were increasing in number.

Unlike the massive Khorne Daemon army they had previously encountered, this time the enemy didn’t mass together to confront the Alliance directly. Instead, they were divided into smaller units, and even the Alliance’s reconnaissance fleet observed clashes between them.

Chaos itself was inherently fragmented.

These small warbands and legions lacked a unified goal. It seemed that simply because the Crimson Scar’s Warp surged, the veil of reality grew increasingly fragile, and more evil beings within the Warp were being unleashed, wreaking havoc in the real universe with impunity.

In a sense, these creatures were quite unlucky. The universe is vast, offering ample scope for them to stir up trouble. Some of them, capable of achieving great things, are truly heroic. However, upon setting out, they’ve run headfirst into the Alliance’s impenetrable fortress, ending their lives in disgrace.

But the Alliance isn’t exactly unlucky. The Dark Side Expedition’s northern front can essentially be considered a purely defensive front. Too close to the Scarlet Scar, which is impenetrable, the Alliance cannot profit from it, yet vast manpower and strategic resources are being consumed on this defensive line.

While this would be a minor issue, the more crucial factor is the recent surge of the Scarlet Scar. While the incoming enemies lack a unified goal or plan, their numbers are simply too numerous. The entire ‘Great Northern Wall’ of the Alliance is ablaze with flames, facing severe challenges everywhere.

This has forced the Alliance to increase its support for the northern front

, sparking political unrest.

This is primarily due to the presence of several waves of troops originally destined for the western or southern fronts. As a result, I was now headed to the Northern Front.

The treatment in these three locations varied drastically.

Within the Alliance military, rumors were circulating that the Northern Front wasn’t a good place to be. For the other two fronts of the Dark Side Crusade, where achievements were made and casualties and losses were relatively manageable, they were certainly ideal destinations.

But the Northern Front was different. The conditions were harsh, the fighting was bloody, and the units often suffered heavy losses.

Furthermore, on the Southern and Western Fronts, after a certain level of fighting, troops were often given opportunities for rest and recuperation. After a unit fought extensively, they sometimes received opportunities for rotational rest in the rear; soldiers, after a certain level of combat, were even given the opportunity to retire and return home.

Even without these opportunities, when a unit captured a planet and needed to maintain the occupation for a period, it offered an opportunity for rest and recuperation.

During this occupation phase, the pressure on the troops was undoubtedly much lower than during the intense war.

However, these opportunities were extremely rare on the Northern Front. Rest and recuperation? Every day, new reinforcements are needed, and somewhere else is being attacked by a Chaos warband… Rest breaks are truly rare.

There’s no chance of capturing a planet either.

Retirement? Broken legs and arms are possible, but that depends on whether there’s a ship carrying war supplies. If you want to retire after a certain number of years of regular service, that’s a staggering twenty years. Is it possible to survive on the front lines of the Northern Front, facing Chaos traitors and demons?

It’s hard to come back alive, but making achievements is also a given.

On the northern front, promotions are easy to come by. After a brutal battle, first a platoon leader dies, then a company commander, then a battalion commander… A few more casualties, and a high-ranking military rank, one you’d never dream of in peacetime, might suddenly be within your grasp.

But such a promotion requires literally navigating a sea of blood and blood.

Under normal circumstances, how many would be willing to accept it?

Defenses are often breached, troops and territory are lost, and even subsequent efforts to fight back only serve to restore the front to its previous state.

Achievements? Well, it’s hard to describe.

On the western and southern fronts, worlds and planets are clearly marked as medals of military success. On the northern front, there’s only endless blood and blood.

It’s understandable that

people don’t want to go there. Everyone understands the importance of the northern battlefield. If it collapses, the swarming demons will invade the Alliance homeland from the northern Spider Web Realm. Then, why bother talking about a Dark Side expedition? Just return to fight the demons and defend the homeland.

However, the Alliance is so vast, and no matter how intense the pressure on the northern front is, it only accounts for 15%-20% of the total Dark Side Expeditionary Force. If you don’t go, and I don’t go, someone will.

The latest wave of expeditionary forces was originally organized according to this ratio, with plans to be deployed on three fronts.

Regardless of whether the reinforcements on the northern front were distraught, they at least knew where they were going and what they were supposed to do. They had a mental plan.

The problem arose with the troops destined for the western and southern fronts. They were originally excited, looking forward to reaching the stars and striving for glory. Suddenly, a notice came down demanding that half of each of the troops in these two directions be sent to the northern front.

Those who were incompetent and careless would be fine,

but a considerable number of people still showed their talents during this process.

Those with connections used their connections to try to avoid being selected;

those without connections but who truly didn’t want to go would make a scene, hoping to be assigned a position accordingly and secure a chance to avoid going.

Those who didn’t need to go but, due to the pressure from the first two groups, were forced onto the list of candidates for the northern front, became even more agitated.

What started as a minor undercurrent quickly escalated into a major uproar.

After the situation escalated, Marshal Thaddeus, the head of the Alliance’s military and political affairs department, took notice and cracked down on it with force, implementing a blanket policy—following the original list.

Naturally, those who had paid a political, economic, and personal price became even more dissatisfied.

Small-scale mutinies occurred, and discussions within the Alliance’s political system intensified, leading to even more intense discussions.

All of this inevitably reached Gu Hang’s ears.

Even within the system interface, he could see a decline in the stability of the Alliance’s rule.

(End of Chapter)