Chapter 985: Chapter 530: Kick Their Asses_4

At least no major mistakes were made.

They retreated to the three Star Sectors of Zhongbei River, Rear North River, and Mede, where they had built many Fortress Worlds, and even then it was a tough fight, let alone fighting the Furyflame’s main forces proactively in the Star Sectors of Former Beihe or Guyin and Seth.

If he had made the wrong choice at that time, there would have been major problems for sure.

However, having made the correct decision was one thing, but the current pressure was certainly nothing small.

Sitting in the command center, the most frequent message he received was aid requests, aid requests, aid requests.

Each division fighting on the front line asked the army group for reinforcements; the army group in turn sought reinforcements from the army group corps. But each army group corps was often responsible for the large-scale defense of a planet, also stretched very thin, constantly requesting more troops from Perbov.

What forces did Perbov have left?

With only one army group corps at hand, he could only keep splitting it into divisions, trying every way to secretly deploy them to fiercely contested areas, but it was often a drop in the ocean.

Moreover, he could not afford to deploy all his reserves at once.

The home-grown Pact Army gathered from the south of Menghe Star Domain was relatively large in number, but safe deployment was a big issue, given the lack of naval power.

Even if successful, once deployed, the Defense Army stayed at a great disadvantage when actually fighting against the Princess’s Rebel Army.

They still could not change the overall battle situation.

Perbov also had to coordinate naval forces, even though they were weaker, they couldn’t be totally invisible, nor could they let the enemy navy act recklessly, especially since they had to rely on naval power to protect transport ships, and whenever possible, deploy reinforcements and logistical supplies to the surface of each Fortress Planet…

Left and right, Perbov had never endured such pressure in his life.

This was different from being trapped in a predicament by himself.

Facing front-line combat, he could easily cast everything aside and charge ahead fueled by sheer passion.

As long as he was not afraid of death, there might be a chance for survival after putting in the effort.

But now, at his current position, he couldn’t do that anymore.

He was walking on thin ice; a single order, a single decision, could sway the lives of hundreds of thousands, even millions.

This pressure was truly terrifying.

But what else could he do?

He could only grit his teeth and brace himself.

The soldiers and officers on the front lines were holding on, as was he, the commander-in-chief.

They could retreat no further.

This line of defense was the last lifeline.

If breached, it would allow the enemy to march straight in, with nothing left to defend at the rear.

Besides, there was a comfort in knowing he might not need to hold on for much longer.

He had learned that the last mobilization had been completed on the Alliance’s home front.

The massive army personally led by Mr. Gu had already set out.

And something even more delightful happened– he received a communication request from Yan Fangxu.

“This is Perbov.” Initially, he struck a reserved posture.

On the other end, Yan Fangxu smirked mischievously: “Guess where I am?”

“Be serious!” Perbov sternly said first, then, as if realizing something, he asked: “You don’t mean…”

“I’ve already arrived.” Yan Fangxu’s smile faded: “Comrade Perbov, you’ve worked hard. The orders for the next steps, let us carry them out together. This time, I’ve brought seven Allied Army Group Corps with me, accompanied by the ‘Fury Owl’. ”

Perbov finally breathed a huge sigh of relief.

He had thought he would have to hold out until the governor arrived, not expecting reinforcements to arrive beforehand.

Seven army group corps, meaning 140 million certified Allied Army Soldiers;

The ‘Fury Owl’ was also the Alliance’s newly completed battle cruiser!

With these additions, even Yan Fangxu’s face, which he had always found somewhat unlikable, looked endearing at this moment.

Perbov didn’t mind someone with a higher position and rank than himself ‘seizing power’, he only cared about one thing:

“Great! You came just in time! I’ve long been eager to kick their butts!”

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Although posted late at night, it’s got 6k words.

Still owe 122k.

Last month’s writing state was pretty bad, barely maintaining the updates; hoping to recover the state this month and pay off more of the owed words.