Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 136

136. Chapter 136, about to collapse

because of incompetence?

Perbov seemed a little confused.

Henry also patiently explained at this time.

He first stretched out his hand and pointed at himself: “I am the wedge appointed by the Governor to Garbage Town. If the Governor wants to take Garbage Town, I have no choice but to do it. It would be best if we can get things done before the Governor’s army arrives. At that time, the army only needs to come to maintain order and help the new alliance’s system be implemented in Garbage Town. If the army has to use force, wouldn’t it be my incompetence?”

Perbov thought about it and nodded slightly, which was regarded as approving Henry’s idea.

Then, Henry pointed his finger at Perbov:

“As for Mr. Major, you received the order from the Governor to come to this wilderness to clear all the settlements and relocate the population. The remaining settlements must also change their flags, accept the complete and thorough rule of the new alliance government, and wipe out all opponents. You have done a competent job, but it is not the best. Because within this two-hundred-kilometer range, there is a special existence called Garbage Town. There are 100,000 permanent residents here, and there are another 100,000 small territories that rely on the operation of Garbage Town, and another 100,000 armed scavengers and adventurers who have been in the ruins of the tower for a long time to scavenge…”

“No matter from the population or the importance of raw material mining, this is the most important place among all the settlements around Renaissance City. And it is in an awkward position on the edge of your mission scope. The Governor did not ask you to take Garbage Town with just these 800 soldiers, but if you can do it, wouldn’t it make the originally qualified answer sheet a perfect score?”

After thinking carefully, Perbov had to admit that he was indeed persuaded by Denison Henry.

There is another key point here. Henry doesn’t know. Doesn’t he know that he came here with the accumulated merits and strives to succeed Yan Fangxu, who will become the commander-in-chief of the army, as the brigade commander of the Xifeng Brigade?

At present, he has indeed completed his tasks step by step, and his completion is qualified. Not only have nearly ten settlements within 200 kilometers been ruled by the new alliance, but the battle of Sanchi has almost wiped out the bandits entrenched in this area at a very small cost. No one can say that he has not done well enough.

But Perbov himself always feels that it is not enough.

Now, Henry puts Garbage Town in front of him, and he can’t help but drool.

Garbage Town… He still remembers that when he was just a miner in the Broken Cave Society and lived a truly dark life, Garbage Town was a powerful place in the distance. Whether the entire Abandoned Cave Society can have a meal depends on whether the merchants in Garbage Town are willing to pay more rice to buy the ore produced by their Abandoned Cave Society.

To him, the presence of Garbage Town was even more important than the closer Renaissance City.

And now, as the leader of a miner team, he actually had the opportunity to lead the army to seize such a place?

But in addition to his desire for merit, Perbov was still able to remain rational.

Even if Garbage Town could barely be regarded as a settlement within 200 kilometers where the governor allowed him to act on his own, he still remembered that he could not act on his own.

It was not a small settlement. As Henry said, there were 200,000 to 300,000 people within the scope of Garbage Town’s influence, and because of the unique industrial ecology, almost everyone had a gun, and there were always 100,000 armed scavengers and adventurers who were on the edge of a knife all year round.

They were indeed not an army, but their equipment might be better than those of the looters, and they had stronger combat experience and will.

If things were not done well and a military conflict occurred, he would not be able to win such a battle with his 800 men.

Not to mention, there was a possibility of being trapped in the quagmire between Garbage Town and the green-skinned orcs.

So, he still insisted on what he said before: “I need further authorization before I can act.”

Henry smiled: “Of course, we will talk about it together after the signal is connected.”

His goal has been achieved.

Even if Perbov dared to follow him now, he would not dare to let him follow like this. He was not so bold that he dared to encourage the army to do things beyond his authority without a military order. It

was too taboo. I was afraid that even if he succeeded, he would be killed by the Governor-General afterwards.

He would not make such a mistake.

He came to Perbov to borrow the military communication radio.

Of course, in addition to this, a bigger idea was to persuade Perbov himself.

Simply executing orders and Perbov’s own subjective initiative are of course two completely different situations.

It would be even better if Major Perbov could also help him when he reported to the Governor-General later to increase the success rate.

But unexpectedly, this idea fell through in the end.

Because when the radio was connected to Fuxing City, he received a message.

The Governor was no longer in Renaissance City, but was heading to Garbage Town with Lieutenant Colonel Thadius and the 2nd Infantry Division.

The Governor also left a message.

“I hope my army will only have to deal with those green-skinned orcs.”

He had heard this once before when he met the Governor, but this time, he felt differently.

He turned around and looked at Perbov: “Do you understand what the Governor means?”

“I understand.” Perbov said, “I will lend you a hand. But at the same time, I hope we don’t have to resort to v*olence. My troops will stop 20 kilometers away from Garbage Town. The rest is up to you. If things don’t go well, I will wait for the 2nd Infantry Division to arrive.”

“That’s enough.”

…

Henry looked like he had a lot of wisdom when talking to Perbov, but he was actually panicking.

Because he calculated his time.

Most of the troops were on foot, and the distance from Fuxing City to Garbage Town was just over 200 kilometers. At a normal marching speed, it would take three to five days at best, and no more than ten days at worst.

Combined with the words left by the governor, this was the time he had to deal with Garbage Town.

He had to hurry.

Fortunately, following Perbov’s combined battalion, the speed was guaranteed.

This combined battalion was almost completely motorized. Even the heaviest 155 howitzer was equipped with wheels and towed by a tractor truck; all the soldiers, including the engineering company and the logistics support company, also had troop transport trucks and baggage trucks.

Among the troops, the slowest and most lagging company was the armored company.

Twelve old tanks were dragged behind, and could only run at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, making people afraid that several of them would break down on the road.

In fact, this situation did happen.

On the way, a tank broke down.

But this did not affect the speed of the entire troop. Some maintenance personnel and crew members were left behind, and the rest still successfully traveled a distance of 50 kilometers and arrived outside the garbage town.

At this time, it was already late at night.

The troops stopped on the spot and built a camp, while Denison Henry, with a small number of followers and guards, met the team that came cautiously from the garbage town to check the situation, explained it, and then calmly entered the city.

The scouts who came to check the situation did not disperse, and still surrounded Perbov’s troops in the dark.

Perbov didn’t care.

He had already scattered sentinels and guards. As long as these people didn’t get too close, they could watch from the periphery.

This calm attitude made the peepers on the periphery even more frightened.

Of course, the most frightening thing was the cannons, armored vehicles and tanks that were not clear in the dark but did exist.

Coupled with the soldiers’ disciplined and well-trained appearance, the peepers clearly understood that although this team was small in number, it was extremely powerful.

In connection with the background of the new agent, Mr. Henry, how could they not guess that this was a force from the New Alliance and affiliated with the governor?

…

The next day, Denison Henry met the person he wanted to see.

His name was Jason Swan.

He was a man with white hair and a dignified face. There was a fierceness, frost and vicissitudes between his eyebrows.

He was the biggest agent in Garbage Town.

When he was young, Jason Swan had already been hanging around in Garbage Town. At first, he was just an ordinary scavenger. He dared to fight and joined a small adventure group. Later, he became the boss. Later, he managed the entire adventure team into a group, and robbed a part of the refined raw material business. Later, he opened up some business routes…

He became an agent, and then slowly became the biggest one.

It was just a few words, but since he was fifteen years old, until now, thirty-five years later, he has experienced countless intrigues and life-and-death battles to reach his current position.

He controls the largest raw material processing plant in Garbage Town and controls 20% of the trade share. His adventure group, named “Clock Iron Blade”, is one of the best armed forces in Garbage Town.

Industry plus force constitute Mr. Swan’s reputation today.

He has always been serious and dignified. Even in the recent difficult times, he has always maintained this attitude, which has played a role in stabilizing people’s hearts to a certain extent.

In fact, no one knows whether he is panicking or not.

This is not the first time that Denison Henry has met Swan.

Every time they met in the past, he was as humble as an ant. Even after he was nominated as an agent, the relationship between the two sides has not changed.

Apart from the new industry of alloy plastic steel that he controls, the power that Henry actually controls is not comparable to that of the real boss in the garbage town.

But today, he has to change his mindset and stand up straight.

He represents the governor!

His mentality has changed.

Behind me stands the master of the entire planet. When the governor controls Renaissance City, this master is no longer just a title, but has a real and powerful power to guarantee it.

With such a strong backing, why should I kowtow to the leader of an armed merchant in a garbage town?

I’m really used to kneeling!

Swan seemed to sense something. He raised his head, his eagle-like and wolf-like eyes swept over Henry’s face, and he spoke slowly in a slightly hoarse voice:

“Are you here to persuade me to surrender to the governor in Fuxing City?”

Henry’s calves were still a little weak, and many rumors about Swan’s ruthlessness and decisiveness flashed through his mind.

He was not a tough man at all.

But he still tried to maintain his dignity on his face.

“Yes.” He said, “Do you have any other choice?”

“I can kill you.” Swan’s tone was cold.

Hearing this, Henry’s butt tightened, but then relaxed again.

This was scary at first, because Jason Swan was really capable of doing it.

However, after a careful analysis, it can be concluded that Mr.

Swan was pretending. Because if he dared to say something like persuading you to surrender a month ago, Mr. Swan would not say a word to him and would shoot him.

But now, saying that he could kill him is a sign of guilt.

After realizing this, Henry felt more relaxed.

“Of course, you can do this. You are the master of Garbage Town. How hard is it to kill me?” Henry complimented Swann, but then he changed his tone and started again: “But this is not a choice.”

Swann said nothing more, just staring at Henry.

Henry was getting more and more excited as he spoke: “Isn’t it the time for Garbage Town to be most worried about both external and internal troubles? The increase of those green-skinned orcs will lead to a reduction in production, which is the smallest impact. When those scavengers and adventurers find that the danger of entering the ruins of the tower has greatly increased, but the harvest has greatly decreased, will they still gather here? Especially now that Renaissance City has increased its attraction to refugees, the policies there are too tempting.”

“Without these scavengers and adventurers, what will happen to the industries that rely on them? Those taverns, brothels, and clothing stores will all be closed; those primary processing industries for garbage will all go bankrupt; the developed commercial industries will all fail because of this, and eventually Garbage Town will become a real garbage that no one cares about.”

“To destroy Garbage Town, there is no need for those green-skinned orcs to break through our defenses and slaughter all our people. They only need to maintain the current pressure and make scavenging a high-risk and low-return thing, which is enough to destroy our town built on scavenging.”

Henry described the crisis from the perspective of the economic foundation.

Swan just listened in silence.

This is not a brilliant idea.

Some people have already seen this danger, and it is even happening.

Most of the adventurers and scavengers in Garbage Town do not have much personal dependence on the agents. A small number are hired, and there are even quite a few who are independent adventure groups. They enter the ruins of the city, pick up garbage and sell it to get basic income; if they can pick up technological products that can be used in the pre-war era, artworks, and relatively well-preserved psychic crystals, they can make a fortune.

But now, because they have to fight against the green-skinned orcs, the risk of adventure has increased and the income has decreased. They will also be specially recruited to fill the front line where the confrontation is most intense. Although they are given commissions and equipment, the battle is still too difficult to fight. Many adventure groups will refuse to be recruited, and even leave Garbage Town in groups.

Not many people have left yet, and the scale of the movement is not large, but this is an extremely dangerous sign, a precursor to the collapse of the levee.

(End of this chapter)