Starting from the Planetary Governor-Chapter 855 - 466 Ive had enough already

Chapter 855: Chapter 466, I’ve had enough already!

Chapter 855: Chapter 466, I’ve had enough already!

The war had begun.

Or rather, the war had never actually ended.

“Report to the commander! The Star Observation Agency has detected the enemy’s traces! They’ve appeared!

“They are on standby outside Temir No.5, in a similar state to before. Once we start providing large-scale fire support to the ground again, they will surely rush over and attack our rear.”

“Please give your instructions, Commander!”

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“Proceed as planned.”

“Yes!”

After sending the deputy away, Yelisia stood on the bridge, gazing into the void in front of her.

The “Quintet” she was currently aboard had replaced the Opera Cruiser and had become the flagship of the United Fleet.

Over the past two years, she had been on the front lines of the Temir Battlefield, fighting the Green Skin Orcs.

But to call it fighting was an exaggeration; the battles weren’t fierce.

She, too, knew a portion of Gu Hang’s plans; it wasn’t time for the final battle, and there was no need for her to engage in a bloody struggle with the Green Skin Fleet. Although by her own estimation, with the forces at her disposal, they actually had a seventy percent chance of victory should a battle occur.

But…

There was no need.

A seventy percent chance of victory wasn’t enough.

Moreover, how could mere victory be satisfactory? In Gu Hang’s view, what they needed was a resounding victory with minimal cost. They not only had to annihilate the main force of the Green Skin Fleet but also do so without suffering any losses.

To achieve this goal, the power Yelisia had at her disposal was insufficient.

And the Green Skin Fleet was even less ambitious.

The disparity in strength was significant, and naval battles couldn’t be fought like land battles. Warships were extremely precious to the Green Skins. Even with their disposition, they would not engage in reckless battle.

For both parties, the mutual bottom line was to prevent the opponent from launching large-scale orbital cannon fire on Temir No.5.

The battle on the ground was just as important. The Beastmen had begun to emerge, born from the local ecosystem, amassing a total of four billion combatants, of which the regular Green Skin Orcs amounted to over one billion;

The Alliance Army had nearly one hundred million troops engaged in combat here; and, through arming local forces, the Alliance’s investment in Temir No.5 had been considerable, with the total forces of the Pact Army surpassing one and a half billion—a rather high mobilization rate compared to their total population, reaching 20%.

Their planet had a total population of only about eight or nine billion, a significant portion of which had been evacuated, and a significant amount of manpower had been consumed in the wars of the past few years. Maintaining a force of one and a half billion was already the planet’s limit.

But this scale of force was clearly insufficient. The Alliance had conscripted around eight hundred million troops from various other planets to Temir No.5.

The currently engaged human warriors numbered 2.4 billion, with over six billion civilians in the rear.

With forces of this magnitude, neither side could endure a large-scale orbital bombardment, as the losses would be devastating.

Due to multiple factors, the fleets of both sides were actually very cautious and no large-scale battles had broken out. The focus of contention centered around two things.

First, was strangling the reinforcements sent by the opposition to support the ground forces on Temir No.5. Ambushing at jump points or even invading the opponent’s rear area from a jump point to raid transport ships.

Losing a transport ship was a painful blow. The value of the ship itself was one thing, but more importantly, the people and resources on board would be completely lost.

Later, both sides began to strengthen protection for their own transport ships, not allowing single ships to travel alone. Instead, they amassed a larger convoy with the main fleet escorting for protection. With the understanding that there would be no decisive battle, the opposing side would generally give up on targeting such a large group.

Second, was the attempt to secretly bombard the surface, striking quickly and retreating to avoid being caught by the opposition.

The human fleet had the advantage in this regard. The United Fleet was slightly larger than that of the Green Skins, which meant they had the capacity to deploy a sufficient number of ships to face off against the Green Skins while simultaneously sending a few to bombard the planet’s surface.

When the Green Skins were hit hard, they showed signs of desperate resistance. At such times, the human side would wisely back off, no longer continuing the bombardment; but they wouldn’t retreat far. As soon as the Green Skins indicated their intention to bombard the surface as well, the United Fleet would rush in, ready for a decisive battle if the Green Skins dared to bomb.

At that point, the Green Skins would also have to withdraw.

The main strategy for both sides was one of entanglement and tug-of-war.

In such a situation, it was highly likely for skirmishes to escalate. Every conflict carried the risk of devolving into a fleet battle to the death.

In fact, such incidents had happened several times, but each had been restrained in the end.

It was foreseeable that if this situation continued for a long time, it was bound to result in a major crisis sooner or later.

But fortunately, this situation had never occurred.

However, this time was different.

Yelisia had adopted an attitude that they would carry out a full-scale orbital bombardment of the ground. The Green Skin Fleet, which had always been somewhere within the star system, did indeed show up.

It was as if the past two years of routine, every encounter seemed like a dangerous, close-quarters dance for two.

But often, both parties would withdraw at the last, most dangerous moment with an understanding.

The Green Skins had yet to realize, this time was different.

They were going through the motions as if they were desperate, but this time, the Human Fleet did not retreat. Over a dozen warships were still carrying out the orbital bombardment.

Saru, aboard the Green Skin flagship, now found himself in a catch-22 situation.

Why aren’t you playing by the rules anymore?

Weren’t the past two years of acting together quite satisfactory?

Why the sudden change?

What should I do now?

Before Saru had time to think, requests for battle from the captains of various warships drifted onto his flagship like snowflakes.

The wording differed from one to another, but what they had in common was high coarse language content; packed with fervent waaaghs, the message was the same: obliterate these puny human ships!

In reality, the Green Skins had accumulated far too much anger in the push and pull of the past two years. No need to mention others, Saru was no exception.

However, as the chieftain, he must maintain the bare minimum of rationality, and he suppressed the aggression in his beastman bloodline.

But to this point today, it became impossible to hold back any longer.

Moreover, even from a rational standpoint, would continuing to appease be a good choice?

Could he, leading the Fleet, stand by idly as four billion Green Skins on Temir No.5 were left completely exposed to the human warship’s artillery?

Impossible.

Then, no more hesitations.

A fierce light thickened in Saru’s eyes, he grabbed the communicator and bellowed:

“Shrimps have no principles! Lads, charge with me! Wipe out these shrimps!”

“waaagh!!!!”

Following that came the communications: ghastly screams and howls, waaaghs erupting from all quarters, the Green Skins no longer had to suppress the warmongering fire in their hearts; the entire fleet began swarming forward, assailing the Human Fleet with all their might.

This scene aroused a surge of bravado in Saru’s heart.

Damn it!

I’ve had enough!

However, as the Green Skin Fleet charged, the first shell fired from the Human Fleet instantly cooled Saru’s rage.

Instead, it raised a suspicion:

That shell, it hit nothing, passing through empty space, but its brilliance and the overwhelming power it displayed in the visual field made Saru recall:

Could the Shrimps’ biggest ships before, fire such a shell?

The power of that shell, it could even rival the main cannon of Chieftain Titus’ flagship, right?

Am I facing the same opponents as before?

Sneaky shrimps!!

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Short is also quite cute… cough, more importantly, there’s a crucial meeting tomorrow morning, can’t stay up till four or five.

I’ll try to update more tomorrow night, make up for what was less today.