Starting from the Planetary Governor-Chapter 832 - 456, The War Situation Changes Drastically_2

Both sides had learned their lessons, and the entire battlefield situation had thus calmed down somewhat.

But this calm didn't last long soon after, both sides began to demonstrate their prowess, with the Jindi Star battlefield as the core and expanding to several surrounding star systems, engaging in continuous skirmishes.

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The more Jindi Star was fought over, the less it seemed to fall; the Green Skins would definitely also try to find a way from other star systems, even attempting to invade the Yunluo Sector from Highland Star in the Snow Eagle Star Sector to the southwest, aiming to directly threaten the capital of the Dragonhawk Star Domain.

But wasn't this inconvenient?

Realizing that the Green Skins' main force was on Jindi Star, there weren't many options for space warfare using battle moons; direct fleet engagements would not necessarily be advantageous, even with the presence of the combat shuttle "Spiritfire." Therefore, Martesis was also thinking about whether it was possible to open a second front, starting from the Snow Eagle Star Sector. If both Highland Stars could be taken and then launched an attack from the Dragon Tamer Sector to seal off the north side of the Steel Fire Dragon Star Sector, that would effectively lock the Green Skins' main force inside Steel Fire Dragon.

Green Skins have a relatively weak dependency on logistics; that is just a relative term. Such a huge fleet, so many Green-Skin armies, convening around Jindi Star if they genuinely had no rear support, no new ships, personnel, supplies, and couldn't continuously plunder and transport from the rear, then the Beastman legions would also be significantly impacted, with a substantial decrease in combat capability.

Both sides had similar ideas, so naturally, the intensity of the war shifted from being focused around Jindi Star to becoming fierce in the surrounding four or five star systems.

Just looking at Jindi Star, perhaps the intensity of the war had decreased by one notch; however, in terms of the entire war's progression, it was clear that both sides were fighting even more fiercely.

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When this series of intelligence reached Gu Hang's hands, he also felt much relieved.

At least, looking at the current state, the situation in the war had changed from initially being a complete rout with the Beastmen crushing everything in their path, to now being a back-and-forth engagement.

Gu Hang no longer had to worry about the Star Domain Government being quickly obliterated and then the Beastmen's main force turning their attention to trouble him.

However, Gu Hang soon had a new problem.

The situation happening on Jindi Star was beginning to occur in the Temir Star System as well.

When Yelisia led her fleet and arrived at the Temir Star System, she was still slightly faster than the Beastmen's reinforcements.

She took over command from Zhao Shiliang and amassed the Alliance Fleet, launching a fierce attack on the Green Skin Orcs.

But the Beastman Overlord, whom Gu Hang already knew was named Saru, clearly wasn't a mindless fool who only knew recklessness. He understood the importance of avoiding sharp edges and even engaging in tug-of-war on a broader battlefield scope.

He refused to engage in a decisive battle with the Human Fleet but instead expanded the scope of the battlefield.

After suffering certain losses, he evaded the pursuit of the Human Fleet. Yet he didn't completely withdraw from the entire star system; he still lurked menacingly, ready to launch an offensive as soon as the Human Fleet committed to large-scale orbital support on the surface of Temir No.5, threatening that the Human Fleet wouldn't be able to concentrate wholly on ground support.

Of course, such threats weren't enough; if the Human Fleet continued to fight regardless, splitting their forces into two groups, one to distract the Green Skins and the other to continue ground support, then what could Saru do?

To address this problem, a portion of Saru's fleet moved north into the Copper Barrier Star Sector and from Copper Barrier I to Emerald Spring in the Mist Horse Star District.

This clearly meant that if the Alliance truly committed all-out to attacking the Temir Star System, then they would be allowed to do so.

But firstly, do not expect to obtain it too easily; the cost won't be small. At the same time, if the Beastman Fleet was momentarily unattended, it would make a deep push into the Mist Horse Star District, causing chaos.

This was something Gu Hang couldn't accept.

The Mist Horse Star District had signed the Seven Horse Treaty quite early, only slightly later than the Eagle Horse Star Sector. If there were significant turmoil here, and the Alliance was unable to quickly stabilize the situation, the credibility of the Seven Horse Treaty would be greatly lowered. Even the rear Star Sectors like Purple Horse, Border Horse, and Iron Horse would waver, starting to doubt whether the Alliance genuinely had the capability to ensure their safety as promised.

After all, the premise for these star sectors and planets ceding authority, even willing to be milked, was the security assurances provided by the Alliance.

When the Beastmen really wanted to escalate the war, the Alliance had no choice but to follow suit.

Helping the Mist Horse Star District meant splitting up their forces.

After splitting up, the agile Green Skins were quickly driven out of Emerald Spring I, and the human Fleet continued to advance north through the Mist Horse Star District, pushing the battle further into the Copper Barrier Star District, even retaking Copper Barrier I and the Brass Star System.

Copper Barrier I had only one industrial world, but the Brass Star System consisted of three human worlds. These two star systems, four planets in total, had a combined human population of six billion. Due to years of war, there had been severe population and industrial losses, but at least two billion people remained.

The Alliance simply established observation groups on these four worlds, supported proxy governors, and had them all join the Seven Horse Pact.

The operational approach was similar to that on Temir No.4.

On the one hand, they tried to move as many survivors as possible out of the war zones and back to the Tianma Star Sector to replenish the core population of the Alliance;

On the other hand, they mobilized the local population as much as possible, delivered weapons and equipment, and armed them in hopes that they would deal with the remaining Green Skins on the planets themselves.

The Alliance would provide military assistance and support with orbital fire.

On top of these foundations, they also had to try to restore production as best as they could and work hard to fortify the entire planet, building more orbital cannon platforms.

But clearly, the Green Skins wouldn't give up so easily. Their ships, which had just fled hastily but hadn't been destroyed, continued to transport troops from elsewhere, seizing opportunities to deploy them on the planet's surface; they would launch surprise attacks on human transport ships; they even bombarded the planet's surface with artillery.

In this back-and-forth tug of war, the Green-Skin support Fleet also arrived.

Overall, in terms of naval strength, the Alliance Fleet still had the upper hand. However, the extent of the advantage was no longer overwhelming.

Additionally, both Fleets no longer limited the battlefield to a single star system, but instead expanded the conflict across both the Golden Pass and Copper Barrier Star Sectors.

The main land forces of both sides were still embroiled in meat-grinder-like battles on Temir No.5, but the Fleets were running rampant everywhere. The Beastmen would attack human supply lines, which of course had to be defended; the human Fleet would also strike back, reaching as far as Light Blessing Star in some cases.

Light Blessing Star was a vital thoroughfare for the Green-skinned Empire, connecting the Golden Pass Star Sector to the main Western Front battlefield. A great deal of resources from the core of the Green-Skin territory to the main battlefield passed through here.

A group consisting of one Spiritfire and two Silver Swords ambushed two waves of Green-Skin transport ships here, at least ensuring that more than two billion Green Skins, along with their transport ships and a substantial amount of war supplies, became space debris.

Such a significant loss resulted in Saru facing a severe reprimand. The main Beastman forces on the Western Front were already struggling, and now their supplies were hit; who else would he berate but Saru?

Saru was thus forced, like the human Fleet, to allocate troops to the rear transportation channels, chasing away the human raiding ships and securing the safety of the supplies being sent to the front line.

Overall, the battle scenario on the entire field had become larger and broader for both sides.

And it shifted more towards a competition of "internal strength"; isolated victories or defeats in one or two battles were no longer enough to change much. It all depended on the overall resilience of each side, who could endure more losses.

This also put even greater economic pressure on the Alliance.

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