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Chapter 1236: Chapter 671, Saving the North Line_2

Not to mention, there are also some individuals in there who have reached the levels of Inquisitor, Executor, and Assistant Judge.

With three to five of such people, they can even figure out a way to kill an Interstellar Warrior.

Speaking of Interstellar Warriors, Qin Zhiping still has a hundred Interstellar Warriors of the Silver Watch at his disposal.

The Silver Watch Battle Group is not an ordinary battle group; it was established through discussions among representatives of Holy Terra and many Interstellar Warrior groups, and it was handed over to the Anti-Extraterrestrial Tribunal to lead.

What makes them unique is the composition of their personnel. They never recruit new soldiers or implant seeds to cultivate them. Instead, they enlist warriors from various battle groups who have performed exceptionally in battles against Aliens to serve in the Silver Watch.

Of course, they sometimes enlist some who have made mistakes but are undoubtedly exceptional Interstellar Warriors to ’atone’ in the Silver Watch.

But no matter what the standard is, one thing is for sure: every Silver Watch member is nearly at or has reached the level of a Company Champion.

After all, they are selected from thousands of battle groups, picking the best of the best, so this level is not surprising.

These hundred Silver Watch Warriors are the elite of the elite.

In such a force numbering tens of thousands, the situation has indeed been dire and unfavorable. As long as they are given time, recover, and are used properly in battles, in cooperation with the Alliance Army, they can play a crucial role in many scenarios.

Be it sea battles to capture ships or key land battles as pivotal forces… all are possible.

No one minds having more elite troops.

As for the second benefit of saving this group of Anti-Extraterrestrial Alliance Judges, it lies in intelligence.

Gathering such a small-scale remnant force yields such benefits. What if the Northern Line Army had more units that could be saved and united?

However, in this regard, Gu Hang was a bit disappointed.

Qin Zhiping provided a lot of intelligence, such as the whole process of the Northern Line Army being defeated, and gave a clear statement: The North Line Army was indeed finished.

However, Gu Hang’s expectation of many remnant forces of the Northern Line Army did not come to pass.

Of course, it’s not to say there definitely aren’t any; it’s just that Qin Zhiping doesn’t know exactly how many survived and where they are.

The only thing that could be confirmed was that the main force of the Northern Line Army’s ground troops was on Reiaductus. At the time, at least two thousand Interstellar Warriors and tens of millions of Star Realm Army were involved in the ground battle. Among the Star Realm Army were many Loyal Heir Stormtroopers, and even half were from the renowned Long Son Corps of the Star Realm Army, whose strength is quite formidable, perhaps even surpassing that of the Alliance Army.

Such a large ground force suffered two main disadvantages: one, losing orbital support; and two, being in an enemy region with difficult supplies.

They would inevitably suffer very heavy losses, there is no doubt about that.

But was their entire force wiped out?

Gu Hang was cautiously optimistic about this.

After suffering heavy casualties and a drastic reduction in forces, the materials left behind may allow the survivors to hold on a bit longer; having lost orbital cover, they could scatter for guerrilla warfare… In sum, it’s been about nine months since the defeat of the Northern Line Army, and they should have quite a few survivors, and they are elite.

As for other scattered Northern Line Army units in the surrounding area, although Qin Zhiping doesn’t know their exact location, which is bad news, there is also good news. During their escape, they saw the flight directions of some other fleeing ships, from which they could try to deduce these ships’ positions and targets.

Moreover, clever people aren’t limited to Qin Zhiping; they all know running north, trying to cross several Star Domains occupied by the Insect Swarm to return to the Star Devouring Cosmos, is almost impossible. So, running east to find the Alliance is the best choice. If there are still survivors, they might be distributed not far from here.

Another piece of good news is that when Qin Zhiping and his group left their ship, they removed the ship’s Star Language communication device. At the time, their idea was probably to keep it, at least as a hope for rescue—and indeed, they were eventually rescued.

And now, this thing can still continue to serve its purpose.

After Gu Hang reinforced and transformed it with Spiritual Energy, its communication capability was greatly enhanced even under the Subspace Shadow covering the entire Princess Star Domain. And it’s part of the internal communication system of the entire Northern Line Army, meaning that the Alliance can use it to contact survivors from a star or two away. \nv.e\l.com

Having this device is much more convenient than before, when the Alliance had to send out one exploration team after another, taking risks approaching one planet after another to try to establish contact.

Moreover, it’s possible that some North Line Army survivors still have ships; they might very likely choose not to land but to hide in some asteroid belt in a star system, some uninhabited barren world, or behind a gaseous planet, avoiding the Insect Nest Fleet’s hunt.

In the past, finding these units by the Alliance’s exploration team would be harder than finding a needle in a haystack—the sea isn’t as vast as the Star Sea!

Now it’s much easier.

As for the third benefit of rescuing Qin Zhiping and others, it lies in the political aspect.

Gu Hang is not only a Commander but also the leader of the Alliance. He needs to consider not just military issues but also political ones.

He believes that after the war, the Alliance is bound to face a significant political upheaval. That may be the most crucial time for the Alliance’s gains in this war, the allocation of the spoils of victory, and even the very existence of the Alliance.

Any bit of political leverage could provide significant assistance during that upheaval.

Gu Hang will not overlook this.

And Qin Zhiping is a senior member of the Anti-Extraterrestrial Tribunal, holding the rank of [Judgment Chief]; above him, there are only a few Grand Judges. By saving him, not only can you gain his friendship, but also the friendship of the entire Anti-Extraterrestrial Tribunal.

The Anti-Extraterrestrial Alliance is one of the three largest factions in the Tribunal and directly controls top-tier forces like the Silver Watch. Its speaking power is quite significant, directly influencing the opinion of the Tribunal’s representative in the Supreme Council.

With these three benefits, it’s enough for Gu Hang to feel that saving this unit was very rewarding.

Apart from the last political benefit, the other two benefits were continuously confirmed in the following three months. l.com

Using that Star Language device, the Alliance successfully contacted seven scattered units.

The reassembled Tribunal forces followed the Alliance’s ships and engaged in operations over the three months, personally participating in the rescue of four of these units; the remaining three were also rescued by other Alliance forces.

All the units rescued totaled more than twenty million people, half of whom are sailors and crew. The other half are the troops brought by or accompanying the surviving fleets or, like Qin Zhiping, forced to land and hold their ground on planetary surfaces until now.

Additionally, a total of seventy warships were rescued across all levels.

The largest group even included an aircraft carrier and two battlecruisers leading a fleet of thirty-seven ships.

Indeed, as previously suspected, they were hiding in an asteroid belt at the edge of a star system, dangerously navigating to evade the Insect Nest Fleet’s hunt.

These seventy ships with aircraft carriers, battleships, and battlecruisers are no small force and provide a very substantial reinforcement for the half of the Alliance Fleet led by Gu Hang into the Princess Star Domain.

And it was at this time that news symbolizing a change in the situation clearly arrived:

The Western Front Army, along with the Alliance coalition, under the leadership of Salius and Matins, broke through the main body of the Swarm surging westward and successfully penetrated into the Princess Star Domain.

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