Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 178

Chapter 178: Draining the Technology Card Prize Pool

“… Four days ago, our troops completed the established combat plan and wiped out more than 80,000 rebels. Among them, more than 9,000 were eliminated and more than 70,000 were captured.”

“Our army suffered 415 casualties, including 164 deaths.”

“At present, our Central Army Group is continuing to advance to the southwest according to the established plan. The goal is to completely disarm the 77 known survivor settlements in this direction and liberate the population of two million in the Central Bank Province. This goal is optimistically expected to be completed within a month.”

“Please rest assured, Governor, we will complete the task!”

Gu Hang glanced at it, read the report sent back by Commander Yan, and then put it aside.

He was not surprised by this result, so he didn’t feel any fluctuations in his heart.

At most, he compared it with the battle report interface refreshed by the system.

Gu Hang earned 774 points of gifts from this war, which is pretty good. It earned back the cost of training the 70 political commissars.

However, the number of kills and prisoners submitted by Yan Fangxu was slightly different from the system battle report, but not much.

This is a statistical error, which is normal.

The numbers counted by the system come from metaphysics and are external; the report submitted by Yan Fangxu requires him to count the number of people himself.

Captures are easy to say, just count the heads; killing is too difficult to determine, especially since most of the enemy casualties actually died from shelling. Those buried by the collapsed fortifications and blown to pieces, how can we confirm how many people are in that pile of rotten meat? That’s about it.

Anyway

, the five divisions of the so-called Central Army Group have a total of only about 38,000 people. It seems that they are facing an enemy 2.5 times larger, but in fact, the training, experience, and equipment of the two sides are huge.

This is a battle that cannot be lost, unless Yan Fangxu is too stupid, and it is normal to have such a record.

At present, Commander Yan is certainly not stupid, but has done a good job.

After the annihilation of more than 80,000 people, the rebel forces in the Central Province are like grasshoppers in autumn, and they can’t jump for a few days.

To put it bluntly, they used to be scattered settlements, with a population of a few hundred or a few thousand, and a population of only a few hundred or a few hundred thousand. Their productivity was poor, they were extremely poor, and they could barely make ends meet. It was the special environment of the wasteland that allowed every household to have some weapons, so that when they felt threatened, they could raise a “large army” to resist.

But after this wave of resistance was crushed, it was impossible for them to raise a second team with the characteristics of their so-called allied forces.

They said they were anti-alliance, but in fact, they were a loose alliance; the alliance said it was an alliance, but after Gu Hang came to power, he quickly transformed it into a highly centralized regime.

The mobilization capabilities between the two are not the same concept.

What’s more, losing 80,000 young and middle-aged people is equivalent to losing 4% of the total population for the rebel forces with a total population of 2 million in the Central Bank Province. How can the hastily gathered coalition withstand such an impact?

Before, the alliance did not use any force, and more than 10,000 people were able to stop the 80,000 people from moving; now, with a little effort, the 80,000 people were gone in four days.

Catching 80,000 pigs is probably the only efficiency.

Wouldn’t the leaders and people of those settlements be shocked?

They must be scared to death.

Gu Hang judged that Yan Fangxu’s actions would not be hindered too much in the future. I’m afraid that once a city is under its control, the city will raise the white flag and surrender.

Even if those guys want to continue to resist, their residents probably won’t agree; even if the residents agree, it will probably be difficult for them to gather tens of thousands of guns.

However, although the subsequent actions should be smoother and the entire war will not be difficult, Gu Hang still decided that after Yan Fangxu returns from this battle, as long as nothing unexpected happens, he will promote his military rank to brigadier general.

It’s too outrageous that the commander of an army group of the alliance is a colonel.

In less than half a year, Yan Fangxu was promoted from a small naval captain to the rank of brigadier general, the same rank as Captain Ye Lixia who exiled him to the frontier.

What does this mean? Tsk tsk.

I wonder what Ye Lixia will think after seeing this.

Although, the two are very different. A serious brigadier general of the Imperial Navy and a brigadier general of the planetary defense force of a small planet are far from the same. But… no matter how valuable it is, the rank of the planetary defense force is also recognized by the empire, and Ye Lixia has to pinch her nose and call him brigadier general when she sees it.

It’s quite interesting.

Retracting his thoughts, there is another thing about this war that Gu Hang needs to pay attention to: they have captured 70,000 prisoners.

These prisoners are on the way to be escorted here.

In order to accommodate these people, the construction team of Fuxing City will build a large prisoner-of-war camp near the recruit training base.

These prisoners of war cannot be treated in the same way as the captured robbers before.

Most of them are not robbers and have never committed serious crimes. Being a rebel is the job of the leaders of each settlement. Whether they volunteered, were mobilized, or were even drafted, they were all poor people and civilians in the past.

When they were enemies, there was nothing to say; now that they were prisoners, there was no need to be too harsh. They

were all Gu Hang’s people, 70,000 young and strong, and they were all precious labor.

Gu Hang sent an order to Thadius, asking the military and political chief to make relevant work plans and complete them before the prisoners arrived. The overall goal is to digest these populations, whether it is to extract some of them, transform them into new soldiers for training, or to disperse them and enter the factory as civilians after ensuring that there are no problems.

With people under his command, Gu Hang will not do everything himself. He only needs to examine how his subordinates are doing.

Thadius did come up with a corresponding plan the next day.

The general method is that all prisoners of war will be assigned corresponding jobs in Fuxing City for a period of one month as punishment.

They will be assigned to construction sites, cargo sorting and transportation centers, factories… In short, wherever labor is needed, they can be assigned there. In this regard, Thaddeus will do a good job of docking and communication with the people in the production department.

They will enjoy an eight-hour work system, will not be abused, will not be beaten or scolded, and will enjoy the same working treatment as normal workers. They will not lack the labor protection supplies, food rations, and medical insurance they should have.

But there is no pay, and no personal freedom.

After work, they must return to the prisoner-of-war camp and receive a four-hour ideological education class from the military political commissar, instructor, instructor, and part-time lecturer from Zhongsi College. They must make them realize that their past behavior was wrong; their past sufferings were caused by the original rulers of the settlements; the governor is here to unite all the people of the Angry Owl Star; the alliance will not do anything to them, on the contrary, as long as they are well reformed, their future life will be beautiful and bright.

This is not empty talk, but is supported by practical institutional advantages.

These prisoners of war will work with the residents of Fuxing City during the day, whether in factories or on construction sites. They will know what kind of life the residents of Fuxing City live. They have stable ranks, no worries about food and clothing, and extra salaries to buy goods to improve their living standards; after working for a long time or with outstanding work performance, their ranks will be promoted, which is a real upward channel.

Life is hopeful and promising.

Good days are still to come!

After receiving social education during the day and ideological education at night, these poor guys who were conscripted from various settlements will surely change after a month of being prisoners of war.

At that time, they will be assigned ranks according to their performance in the prisoner-of-war camp within this month, and it should be smoother to integrate into the city.

…

After reading Taddius’s plan, Gu Hang approved it without making any changes.

At the end of the approved document, he also attached a sentence, asking Taddius to summarize the experience of managing prisoners of war this time, so as to make it a routine method for similar things in the future.

This matter is over for him, and he will just have to wait and see the results.

As for what he wants to do… He still has some gift points on hand.

After returning to the surface, he spent 500 points to train 50,000 new recruits, 1,000 points to attend Zhongsi Academy, and 700 points to train political commissars. Counting the 774 points he got at the end of the battle, he still has a total of 3,232 points of gift in his hands.

It’s still a lot.

After thinking about it, Gu Hang decided to draw technology cards.

Technology is the primary productive force. The reason why his territory can support a small army of 100,000 with a population of more than 2 million and well-equipped is that it really depends on his charisma? No matter

how charismatic he is, can he turn out armored vehicles, tanks, and food?

To put it bluntly, the role of the industrial base in Weixing City is extremely important. And its development is entirely due to the black box provided by the technology system, which directly turns out production lines.

And when drawing technology cards, according to the underworld mechanism of the system, the card pool of each level is essentially limited and will be drained, so you have to be strategic when drawing cards.

At present, the card pool that Gu Hang can draw has three levels: 10/100/1000.

In the 10-yuan level, the probability of the basic level is 10%, and the probability of the air force is 90%. It is expected that you can get a basic level for 100 yuan, which is cost-effective… Actually, it’s okay.

100 level, basic level 50%, advanced level 10%, it is expected that you can get an advanced level by investing 1,000 points, 200 points for a basic level, and the second time it is estimated that you can get a basic level by

investing 500 points, which is a relatively poor cost performance. 1000 level, basic level probability 40%, advanced level probability 30%, and the higher level elite level probability 30%. This is a card pool that has never been drawn before, the cost performance is directly maximized, 1,000 points can stably get a technology, it is a bit of a loss to draw the basic level, but the probability of advanced level and elite level is not low, you will earn money if you get it!

Gu Hang is a little itchy, but he decided to first increase the gift by 100 points, draw a 10 yuan level, and try his luck.

The luck really came, and he drew it for 80 yuan.

[Basic level technology: LR5 light energy gun family]

[The Imperial Mechanicus took on the order demand of the Astra Militarum and developed a new generation of light energy rifles. Through different accessories and simple modifications, it can form firearms with different functions such as rapid-fire laser guns, laser rifles, energy storage rifles, laser pistols, etc. ]

Good stuff!

The LR series laser gun is also the basic weapon configuration of the Star Army. But unlike the G9, which is also a basic weapon configuration, the LR is much more advanced and expensive.

If the G series kinetic rifle is issued to the five-dollar brothers and used to fill the line, then the troops that are equipped with LR5 laser guns on a large scale can be regarded as the main elite of the Star Army.

Apart from other things, the damage of this thing is almost the same as that of the HS series electromagnetic rifle, but the electromagnetic rifle is firing metal spikes, and the laser gun is a pure energy weapon. But no matter which one it is, it will never happen that when fighting green skins, it will take dozens of rounds to kill a green skin like the G series rifle.

Fighting ordinary green skin guys without helmets, one shot is accurate; hitting the torso, five or six shots is also done.

In general, this is a weapon to enhance the firepower of light infantry. Even after sufficient configuration, the power of basic firearms will increase significantly, enough to bring about a qualitative change in the combat effectiveness of the entire army.

Gu Hang was still a little regretful just now. It would have been great if he had not taken out the G9 and replaced it with LR5.

This way, we can get everything done in one step. With LR5, who would use G9?

However, he thought about it and didn’t think so.

At that time, it would be better to take out G9.

Good things have a problem, that is, they are expensive.

The Imperial Taxation Department will take away LR5 individual suits at 4 tax coins per set. You know, the taxation department only gives 5 tax coins for each person.

I don’t know whether to say that LR5 is too expensive, or that in the eyes of the taxation department, human life is too worthless.

As for the price of G9… five sets for one tax coin. A set of individual equipment with LR5 laser gun as the core has a manufacturing cost 20 times that of G series kinetic rifles.

If LR5 was taken out directly at that time, Gu Hang’s explosive soldier plan would probably have a big problem, and he couldn’t make so many guns at all.

Moreover, even now, LR5 has problems: the gun can be made, but the high-energy battery as “ammunition” has no manufacturing conditions…

The finished black box directly generated will have a battery, but it is not in the production line.

It’s a headache. This is because the industrial system relies entirely on black boxes. As a result, some technologies are extracted, but they are unable to implement them.

However, this problem is not unsolvable.

Gu Hang also has a mechanic who was a “former genius”, Ms. Wu Jiarong.

This mechanic, whose name is very similar to his cousin, has recently produced some results: she has conquered the production line process of synthetic starch; at the same time, she has also come up with a production plan for energy storage batteries.

This thing has a performance gap with the high-energy battery used by the Star Army, but it is not unusable. It’s nothing more than the number of bullets in a magazine, which has been reduced from 80 to 15, and if a high-powered shooting is adopted, a fully charged battery can be destroyed with one shot.

But as the saying goes, solve the problem of whether there is or not first, okay, and then talk about it later.

Maybe, you will get the production technology of high-energy batteries later?

However, although it is a very happy thing to draw the LR5 laser gun family, it is not without cost.

It’s not just 80 points of gift, but more importantly, the 10 yuan novice prize pool has been completely drained.

After this, the chance of winning a 10-point gift is only 1%. The expectation is to get a basic-level technology at

1,000 points. Only a fool would continue to draw. Then, Gu Hang began to set his sights on the 1,000 level.

He had high expectations for this.

There was a high probability of getting an advanced or elite-level good, but if he drew a basic-level one, it would be a huge loss.

“I hope I’ll be luckier!”

(End of this chapter)