Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 964

Chapter 955, Active Offensive

Robert and his expeditionary force’s departure had been agreed upon long ago, and Gu Hang didn’t mind their departure.

After all, a truce had been declared in Comoros. Although war was bound to flare up again later, it would no longer concern the Terran expeditionary force.

Robert and his army had their own challenges to face, likely no less challenging than those in Comoros.

However, objectively speaking, the Terran expeditionary force’s departure would cause a loss of human strength in Comoros.

And it wasn’t just the expeditionary force itself that was leaving. To ensure Robert’s mission to suppress Holy Terra could proceed more smoothly, the Alliance provided Robert’s expeditionary force with full support.

Originally, Robert had hoped for sufficient logistical supplies and help to compensate for the losses suffered by his troops. However, with a wave of his hand, Gu Hang directly transferred the entire unit to his command.

This wasn’t a surrender of the troops to Robert. These Alliance armies maintained their own organizational structure, with their own overall command structure and their own commander-in-chief—an Alliance admiral. Hundreds of millions of Alliance troops, three hundred Alliance warships, and two fully staffed regiments were all under his command.

And he, in turn, was under Robert’s command.

Of course, this was in theory. In practice, Robert could directly issue orders to any of the units assigned to the expeditionary force—using the Alliance’s command system.

However, he could only command combat operations; he couldn’t disband, alter, or disrupt the Alliance’s internal structure.

Overall, the force was like an Alliance army under Robert’s command.

Robert had no objection. As long as the troops obeyed his orders, operated with ease, and were effective in combat, that was fine.

He had no desire to turn any unit into his own private army. Therefore, the Alliance army could simply obey his orders, and the nature of the unit would remain unchanged.

It was already an Alliance army.

The expeditionary force’s departure would cause losses not only to the Alliance itself but also to the hundreds of millions of troops and three hundred warships the Alliance had crammed into it to replenish it.

More crucially, they’ve taken up precious shipping capacity at the two fully controlled ports on Comoros.

Transporting troops through the Veil Gates to Comoros requires a constant stream of ships, one after another, arriving through the gates.

Large vessels, such as battleships or larger, or even large-bellied transport vessels, can take over two hours to fully transit a medium-sized gate; a large gate still takes at least fifteen minutes. Even with the

entire Queen Rose Port and Bodhisattva Port operating at full capacity, it would take approximately six days to transport the Terran Expeditionary Force from Comoros to Taiwei V.

This means that the current human troop strength in Comoros will be reduced by one-third, with no additional reinforcements for six days.

Replenishing these shortfalls would take another six days, and further reinforcements would take even longer.

Of course, the Alliance’s military strength is not unlimited. By deploying nearly half of the Central Front Army to Comoros, the force would be roughly five times the size of Robert’s Terran Expeditionary Force.

This would require a total of three to six months—primarily due to the increased logistical demands of a larger force. The Alliance would need to stockpile sufficient supplies to sustain a large-scale campaign.

Even large transport ships carrying personnel and supplies took time to leave Comoros.

This was why Gu Hang continued to covet Comoros; the current throughput simply wasn’t enough.

Even when a reckless officer at the Alliance’s General Staff proposed a madcap war plan, despite widespread opposition and widespread concerns about the enormous risks, it was still brought to Gu Hang’s desk with the support of equally madmen.

And Gu Hang actually approved it outright!

The entire plan was somewhat complex to execute, requiring the mobilization of numerous troops and extensive advance preparation. But ultimately, the core principle was one: to launch a sudden attack when the Dark Eldar were least prepared and least expected.

Both humans and the Dark Eldar knew that peace was an illusion, and war was inevitable. Furthermore, the Dark Eldars certainly wouldn’t stand by and watch as humans continued to increase their forces.

They didn’t have much time left; it was estimated to be two to three months at the shortest, or six months at the longest, before war could resume.

The specific timing depends on the Blacks’ own preparations.

Ideally, they would naturally prefer a critical point before the gap between the two sides widens.

That is, before the human forces arrive in sufficient numbers and their own preparations are largely complete.

For the Alliance, the best time to act is definitely to delay for a few years. Not only should they wait until sufficient forces arrive, but also until their accumulated war reserves, such as weapons, ammunition, energy, and food, are sufficient before they can begin the war.

What takes up the most transportation throughput for an artillery unit? It’s not the personnel and artillery, but those massive shells!

The same is true for other units, even the light infantry. A 90-kilogram elite soldier, with weapons, ammunition, food supplies, and a set of ceramsite armor, weighs a total of 50 kilograms.

And that’s just for a single mission, with standard equipment and supplies.

If they were to fight more than once, or hold a fixed position for several days, they would have to rely on logistical support to deliver a steady stream of ammunition and food to the front lines to maintain combat effectiveness. The total weight could easily become heavier than the soldiers themselves.

All of this would have to be transported to Comoros.

But anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Dark Eldar wouldn’t

just sit there and watch the humans act like this. So were the humans simply waiting for the enemy to prepare, then picking the most opportune moment for the Dark Eldar to attack, while they simply held their line and waited for the attack?

That would be a passive position. With their extensive yet leaky defenses, they could easily be breached and shattered.

Since war was bound to break out, it was better to seize the initiative.

The Dark Eldar could never have imagined that, with the Terran Expeditionary Force having just left and the human forces in Comoros at their lowest point for a while, they would dare to launch a full-scale offensive!

(End of Chapter)