Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1410: Chapter 803

When the thought-wave memory carrying intelligence about the Chaos Demon Army was completely decoded, Rol DeLiu, the defense commander of the Liao Guang Star Domain, was drinking his thirteenth cup of strong coffee.

This was already his fifty-fourth hour of overtime, without a single nap in between. Just relying on coffee was unsustainable; fortified nutritional solutions and medications were even more crucial.

Delieu was already a highly experienced veteran. During the Nuxiao Star unification war, he was an officer following Gu Hang into battle, and by the end of the war, he had been promoted to senior officer.

In the subsequent wars, he barely survived many times, and when he was old, he managed to get the rank of lieutenant general, and secured a place in rejuvenation surgery, extending his life by several decades.

Now, he was over ninety years old, but his appearance didn’t resemble that of many who’ve undergone rejuvenation surgery to appear youthful and vigorous; instead, he truly looked like an old man.

He had undergone surgery too late, so much so that the rejuvenation surgery could not completely reverse his condition. He would spend the next few decades of life in this elderly form. Even if there was a chance to undergo the second or third surgery, there would be no major changes in his appearance.

But in reality, he didn’t mind.

Having more time to serve the Alliance has already satisfied him.

In this era, he had already transitioned from a mere land forces rank to a command leader of comprehensive defense, holding fort in one area.

Half of the defensive line in the northern part of the Alliance was his responsibility. The other half resided in the Gucheng Star Domain.

At this moment, Delieu was fixated on the analysis content of the information, constantly calculating his plans.

“Connect me to Mr. Gu’s special communication line.” Delieu undid his uniform collar, revealing a hideous mechanical interface at his collarbone, which was slightly smoking. The intense thinking made him feel somewhat feverish.

Once the signal connected, Gu Hang was reviewing documents in the holographic image.

The Alliance Leader didn’t even look up as he asked, “What do you want?”

Delieu didn’t utter a single polite word, directly and decidedly making his requests.

From starships to ground forces, from Glory Guards to Interstellar Warriors… simply put, he wanted everything.

This was the war plan devised by his command center’s strategists.

After stating his demands, he added a sentence:

“I assure you, the war will be kept outside the Alliance boundaries. Oath Star is the final line of defense. If this Chaos Demon Army breaks through Oath Star, I’ll take full responsibility!”

The old general, having issued a military assurance, was betting everything he had.

Gu Hang pondered for a moment.

Letting Delieu take charge as the main responsible for the northern line defense wasn’t originally part of his plan.

The current commander of the Dark Side Expedition is Marshal Yan Fangxu. This person is almost among those who followed Gu Hang since the earliest days, and even before the establishment of the Alliance. When it comes to capabilities, he might not be the most powerful or strongest in the Alliance Military, but in terms of loyalty and experience, they are unquestionable.

Besides, people do grow; in the Hero interface, during enlightenment, Gu Hang never forgot about him. Not only did he enlighten him early on, but also promoted him whenever he found he could upgrade. Up to now, he’s an 8th level hero.

Although due to rarity being not high, he promoted himself to just an SR level. Now, Gu Hang has quite a number of SS and SSS levels rolled out, all of them being seed players in the military.

However, Gu Hang does not blindly trust in this.

Furthermore, a commander like Yan Fangxu doesn’t quite need to handle specific frontline combat tasks anymore. What he needs to take care of is the overall direction of the Dark Side Expedition. Setting the expedition goals, routes, creating supply plans for each expeditionary fleet, and specifying campaign objectives…

This is, of course, an extremely important task, but it is not something that needs to be done by him alone. Under his command, a whole command center led by various high-level military officers and chiefs of staff, the senior political commissars from the Military Affairs Department, senior logistic officers from the Logistics and Equipment Department… In just the military alone, many are collectively responsible for this task.

Moreover, there are multiple Starfighter Battle Groups serving in the Dark Side Expedition, with their officers, even Battle Group Leaders, participating in military meetings; within the Alliance, the New Teaching faction of the National Church revolves around the Holy Mercy Lily, involving a large number of Battle Nuns; several Dominant Bishops from Founding Worlds…

These branches rally under the Alliance’s banner and also contribute their share of power.

In general, it’s a collective task and assignment. As a commander, the thing that needs to be done is to make judgments. As long as there isn’t a big deviation, generally there aren’t major problems.

Even if there is a real problem, below the commander there are lots of people, and surely there would be someone who would see it and advise.

Another task for the commander is to ensure the balance of various aspects and avoid internal conflicts. This, conversely, requires the commander to have enough prestige and experience to hold the ground.

From this concept, it’s very reasonable for Yan Fangxu to serve as the commander of the Dark Side Expedition.

Similarly, based on this principle, Gu Hang originally intended to select someone from the existing senior generals in the Dark Side Expedition to be this commander.

Perbov, Li Kexi, and the like, are heavyweights in the military, worthy of being entrusted with a major assignment.

Besides, Gu Hang also has several senior Interstellar Warrior Battle Group Leaders who can be trusted.