Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 866

Chapter 860: The Universe is Burning (Part 7)

What does a failure in the Ohmgeria Campaign mean for the Alliance?

It means the Western Expeditionary Force will be essentially destroyed, and few will be able to escape.

It means the complete failure of the attack on the Forward Realm, and the entire region may be trapped in the Green Tide, unable to escape. Thousands of worlds and trillions of people will be plunged into the deepest despair.

The Green Tide will not stop in the Forward Realm, but will inevitably spread to the Magre Realm, severely challenging all the achievements of the Dark Side Expedition over the past thirty years.

The Alliance may have to fight the Battle of Magre, which will profoundly change the situation of the Dark Side Expedition, reversing the rapid progress of the past thirty years to a strategic defensive phase, defending the gains. Even if everything went smoothly, the Dark Side Expedition would have lasted for a century, and it is unknown how long it would have stretched out.

From these perspectives, the Ohmgeria Campaign is a battle that cannot be lost.

But at the same time, Gu Hang also recognizes that this is not a battle that the Alliance can’t afford to lose.

Even if all of the worst-case scenarios above were to materialize, the Alliance still had confidence.

The Southern Expeditionary Force, roughly the same size as the Western Front, remained; and a garrison force, also comparable in size to the Western Expeditionary Force, remained within the Alliance’s home turf. The casualties of elite units like the Space Marines, normally a permanent loss difficult to replace, were easily replenished for Gu Hang

. Even the highest-level mobilization order hadn’t yet been activated in the core territories of the Alliance, leaving ample potential for war. If the Alliance’s survival truly depended on it, even if the Battle of Omgeria was a disastrous defeat, there was still the entirety of Magre.

That was far from the case. Only

on this basis did Gu Hang dare to fight.

Victory would allow the Forward Realm to be completely conquered within three to five years, significantly accelerating progress.

Completely eliminating a massive bomb that was bound to explode.

As the saying goes, it’s better to strike early than late, even in the event of defeat.

…

While the outer defenses came under increasing pressure, humanity’s all-out assault on the Fortress Throne had already begun on Ankachi VIII.

The intensity of the war had risen sharply again!

The first step to be taken was to intensify the Alliance’s surface bombardment.

In fact, orbital bombardment has been ongoing since the beginning of the battle.

The starships’ firepower wasn’t just used to establish the six drop zones. The primary purpose was to bombard locations across the planet, from the Garbage City to the Ecosphere, from the Air Defense Fortresses to the Ork ground troop concentrations…

However, destroying six air defense fortresses wouldn’t be decisive for global bombardment. At best, it would increase the effectiveness of bombing areas cleared of air defense zones.

But it offered little benefit for direct bombing of the War Fortress Throne or delivering Extermination Order weapons.

The War Fortress Throne already housed the Greenskins’ most advanced surface air defenses and anti-orbital firepower, along with the most powerful Waaagh forcefield shields. Bombardment against it would be ineffective.

But not bombing it was also a problem.

Bombing it would at least distract the Greenskins’ artillery, allowing them to intercept. Not bombing it would free up the Throne’s artillery, potentially unleashing a devastating attack on human warships from outer space.

The bombardment of Throne Fortress served more as a diversionary force.

As for the Extinction Order, the Alliance never stopped. Observing and calculating ground-based anti-aircraft firepower was a constant process. If a vulnerable position was identified, the human fleet would suddenly unleash an Extinction Order.

If a single Extinction Order could end the war, even at the cost of sacrificing all ground forces already deployed, it would be worth it.

But it never succeeded.

There were actually two main scenarios for failure:

the vast majority were intercepted.

Bonebreaker’s vigilance against the Extinction Order was undeniable; the waaagh force field enveloping the entire planet was connected to him. This greenskinned “Great Prophet” possessed sufficient ability to discern the Extinction Order’s capabilities through disguise and cover, instantly deploying intercepting firepower through telekinesis.

However, two of the Burning Sky torpedoes did detonate successfully.

However, the torpedo, supposed to ignite Ankachi VIII’s atmosphere and, through continuous fission, envelop the entire planet in a blazing fire, merely set off a massive firework display.

The blaze raged for more than a dozen kilometers before extinguishing.

A strange force isolated the matter, suffocating the torpedo.

The process was so swift that even Gu Hang was caught off guard. As he attempted to exert his strength to protect the Burning Heaven torpedo, the opposing Waaagh force field prevented him from doing so.

Unconvinced, Gu Hang immediately deployed his psychic powers the moment the second torpedo exploded.

This clash allowed Gu Hang to clearly see the Orc king, seated on his throne, through the sheer force of the battle.

Bonebreaker, grinning fiercely, held his own in the confrontation.

Even with Gu Hang’s intervention, the explosion only stopped at a hundred kilometers.

And when it came to a third confrontation, Bonebreaker refused to give him another chance.

He recognized the risks.

Gu Hang could fail many times; if he failed once, it was all over.

Bonebreaker, focused on interception, rendered the Extermination Order ineffective.

Despite realizing it was impossible to easily end the war with the Extermination Order, the humans, under Gu Hang’s orders, continued to launch occasional attacks.

The goal remained to divert the enemy.

As long as I’m bombing, you must remain prepared.

If Bonebreaker channeled his power into annihilating the human forces on the ground, the threat would be considerable.

But Gu Hang could do it,

and it would be much more convenient.

…

Bai Qiao had never imagined such a hellish scenario.

A graduate of the Seventh Military Academy on Winged Star, he was a soaring eagle. After joining the army and the Dark Side Expedition, he quickly earned countless honors, becoming the commander of an armored infantry regiment under the Skeleton Division, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Throughout the Dark Side Expedition, he experienced not only arduous battles, but he was always the victor in the end. The elite warriors under his command filled him with pride. He also believed that no matter what enemy he faced, he would fight with unwavering determination, confident that victory would be his.

However, this confidence was shattered nine hours after he and his regiment landed on the surface.

His regiment, with a full complement of 3,600 men and an actual strength of 3,169, had been reduced to fewer than 600 men.

In just nine hours!

To be more precise, four.

His unit wasn’t even responsible for the main frontal battle!

In the second hour after landing, he was ordered to clear a tunnel.

This place was just on the edge of the battle. The human army had already destroyed the greenskin army in front, and the main force had already crushed it and headed further east. But in the area they had crushed, they found that orcs were constantly coming out of the tunnel to attack the rear troops.

So, Bai Qiao’s regiment received an order to clear the tunnel.

After four hours of clearing the tunnel, his troops had almost suffered casualties.

Although they had reached the end of the tunnel, there was an underground mushroom farm where new greenskins were born one after another.

But he seemed to have no energy left to destroy this place.

(End of this chapter)