Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 1685 - 954: Taking the Initiative

It was already agreed upon that Robert and his Expeditionary Force would leave, and Gu Hang didn’t mind their departure.

After all, there was a ceasefire in Comoros. Although in the future, the war is bound to reignite, it will have nothing to do with the Terra Expeditionary Army.

Robert and his army have their own challenges to face, which are expected to be no easier than the battles in Comoros.

However, objectively, the departure of the Terra Expeditionary Army is a depletion of human forces in Comoros.

It’s not just the Expeditionary Forces themselves leaving. To ensure Robert’s mission to pacify Holy Terra proceeds more smoothly, the Alliance provided full support to Robert’s Expeditionary Force.

Originally, Robert hoped to receive ample logistical supplies and to have some of his troops’ personnel losses replenished. But Gu Hang waved his hand generously, directly dispatching whole units under his command.

It’s not about handing over the troops to Robert. These Alliance units maintain their own organization, have their own comprehensive command system, and their own supreme commander—an Alliance Navy Admiral. Over a hundred million Alliance Army, three hundred Alliance Warships, two fully equipped battle regiments are under his command.

And he is to act under Robert’s command.

Of course, this is theoretical. In practice, Robert could certainly give orders directly to any units allocated to the Expeditionary Forces—using the Alliance’s command system.

However, he could only direct operations, not dissolve, change, or disrupt the internal systems of this Alliance force.

Overall, this unit seems like a coalition force under Robert’s command.

Robert had no objections. As long as the units follow orders, can be used as easily as one’s limbs, and are capable fighters, that’s good enough.

He had no intention of turning any unit into his personal army, so as long as the Alliance troops obey commands, there’s no intent to change the nature of the forces.

It is fundamentally the Alliance’s army.

The departure of the Expeditionary Force not only depletes the Alliance troops themselves; it’s also about the Alliance boosting their numbers with over a hundred million troops and three hundred warships.

Crucially, they occupied the precious transportation capacity of the two fully controlled ports that humans have in Comoros.

Transporting forces into Comoros from the Veil Spirit Gate requires a continuous queue of ships sailing through non-stop.

Some large ships, such as battleship-sized ones or Colossal Belly Transport Ships, require more than one, nearly two hours to completely pass through a medium-sized Spirit Gate; using a large Spirit Gate, it still takes at least fifteen minutes.

The entire Queen Rose Port combined with Bodhisattva Port, operating at full capacity, still requires about six days to transport the Terra Expeditionary Force from Comoros to Satellite V.

Which means that currently, human military strength in Comoros will directly reduce by one-third, unable to receive any reinforcements for six days.

To fill these vacancies again will take another six days; further increases in troop strength will require even longer.

Of course, the Alliance’s military strength is not limitless. Once nearly half of the Central Front Army is fully deployed in Comoros, the total scale is approximately five times that of Robert’s Terra Expeditionary Force.

That will take about three months to half a year—mainly because a larger force demands higher logistical requirements. The Alliance must stockpile sufficient materials to support a large-scale battle.

Large transport ships carrying personnel and materials into Comoros also take time to leave.

That’s why Gu Hang continues to covet Comoros, as the throughput is simply inadequate.

Even when the General Staff Department of the Alliance, a brazen staffer proposed a crazy operational plan, despite many objections and risks, it was still sent to Gu Hang’s desk with the support of some equally crazy individuals.

And Gu Hang actually approved it directly!

The entire plan is somewhat complex at the execution level. It requires mobilizing many units, making a lot of advanced preparations. But fundamentally, at its core is just one thing—launching the most sudden assault while the Dark Spirit Race is at its least guarded and least expected.

Both humans and the Dark Spirits know peace is just an illusion, and inevitably there will be a battle in the future. Moreover, those Dark Spirits surely won’t sit idly by as humans continuously increase their numbers.

The time left for them is not considerable, projected at as short as two to three months, as long as six months, before the war resumes.

The specific timing depends on the preparations made by the Dark Spirits themselves.

Ideally, they would choose a tipping point before the gap between the forces widens too greatly.

Meaning when human troops have yet to arrive in large numbers, and their own preparations are mostly complete.

For the Alliance, the best strategic action is certainly to delay the war for several years. Not only to bring in enough of their own forces but also to stockpile weapons, ammunition, energy, food, and other war supplies in abundance before engaging.

What takes up the most transportation capacity in an artillery unit? It’s not personnel or artillery, but each of those large shells!

Other units, even the light infantry, follow the same rule. A ninety-kilogram elite soldier, combined with weapons, ammunition, rations, and a ceramic steel armor suit, sums to already fifty kilograms.

This is for one mission, carrying a basic set of equipment and supplies.

Multiple missions, or maintaining a fixed position for a few days, would require continuous logistical supplies to deliver bullets, food to the front lines to maintain combat strength, with total weight easily surpassing the soldiers’ own.

All has to be transported to Comoros.

But anyone with insight can see that the Dark Spirit Race won’t naively watch humans do this.

Does the human side just wait until the opponents are prepared, then select the most suitable offensive opportunity for the Dark Spirits, and merely reinforce the defensive lines to prepare for an attack?

That would be passive. Relying on those vast but also leaky defensive lines could easily be breached and cut apart.

Since the fire of war will inevitably ignite, why not seize the initiative?

The Dark Spirits would never expect that even with the Terra Expeditionary Army just departing, at a time when human forces in Comoros are at their lowest, humans would dare to launch a comprehensive proactive strike at this moment!