Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 251

251. Chapter 251, Subtle

On the day when the incident happened on the Black Arrow Star, Gu Hang had already known the news.

He also built a Star Talk Tower, although the power is very small and can only be used as an “interstellar phone”, unlike some awesome Star Talk Towers, which can directly serve as interstellar TV towers and can broadcast live between multiple galaxies. Whether as political propaganda or cultural products, it has high value.

Gu Hang also wants to build this in the future, but the cost is not low, and now interstellar communication is barely enough. The construction plan of a larger and better Star Talk Tower has a low priority for the time being.

On this day, he received a communication request from his cousin. On the starship, she informed him of the changes that had taken place on the Black Arrow Star, and the intelligence that the fourteen Gu’s Trading Company fleets gathered in the Black Arrow Star System had civil strife and confrontation with each other.

He immediately began to make preparations.

First of all, the troops began to gather on a large scale.

In this regard, it was quite smooth.

A few months ago, the main force of the alliance fought a battle to pacify the three eastern provinces, which was fought by Yan Fangxu commanding the Central Army Group. Then, after the eastern province was pacified and the local militia and security forces were formed, the main army returned and began to rest. The soldiers even got a relatively long vacation.

Later, even if there was a war in the north, the main force of the Central Army Group did not move. The Northern Army Group was basically formed by some newly formed troops.

Long before, the Central Army Group had resumed training and ended the holidays for most soldiers.

At this moment, there was a call for war, and the entire Central Army Group quickly completed its pre-war preparations.

Gu Hang was not going to bring many people. There were only about 35,000 people in total, including the 1st Brigade, the 2nd Division, the 13th Brigade and the 36th Brigade.

The most important unit among them was the Xifeng Brigade.

This unit has recently undergone a new round of reorganization. First of all, the tank companies in the five combined battalions were all supported by full-strength Lion tanks, unlike other combined brigades, which actually only had two tank companies;

the two motorized infantry companies in each combined battalion were all replaced by armored infantry companies;

and an additional tank battalion was formed.

In this way, the total strength of the Wind Extinguishing Brigade has not increased much, still more than 8,000 people, but it has more than 300 armored vehicles of various types and 75 Lion tanks.

Counting the 13th and 36th two ordinary mechanized synthetic brigades, there will be more than 100 Lion tanks assembled!

In terms of infantry, the 2nd Infantry Division has more than 10,000 people.

This is the composition of the 35,000 troops that Gu Hang is going to bring.

In addition, there are hundreds of wind falcons as air force formations, and 15 interstellar warriors-the reason why there are three more than the previous twelve is that there are three more warriors who have been trained before, and they have completed the growth of all superhuman organs and reached the “qualified” index.

It’s not that I don’t want to bring more troops, but I have to consider the carrying capacity.

Gu Hang now strictly does not have the channels for interstellar-level troop projection.

Even if Gu’s Trading Company is counted, it is the same.

Before, when my mother left, she left two ships in the orbit of the Angry Owl Star, but under the current situation, these two ships cannot be used.

Here we have to mention the difference between the Chamber of Commerce Fleet and the formal navy fleet.

In other words, it is the gap between civilian ships and warships.

It is not just the difference between whether there are weapons and equipment. The cost of the same size can differ by ten times or even dozens of times.

Starships built as warships have great differences in hull strength, materials, design structures for various military purposes at the beginning, and power… All of

these will be reflected in the final combat effectiveness.

The two ships left by Ms. Wang Qi in the Angry Owl Galaxy can easily transport 30,000 people and equipment across a galaxy to the Black Arrow Star under peaceful conditions;

but now that the Black Arrow Star is blocked, Wang Jiarong is anxious, but she can’t even send a spaceship to the surface to evacuate Wang Qi – even if she risks sending one at all costs, and then it is shot down by orbital air defense during evacuation, or is intercepted and blown up in the galaxy space, it is an unbearable loss.

The same is true for Gu Hang to carry out troop projection. Civilian ships can transport people and equipment, but transport ships that serve as a link between starships and the surface are really defenseless. If

one of them explodes during the landing process, it means the loss of hundreds or thousands of people and a large amount of equipment.

Even if we estimate according to the most optimistic situation, assuming that the orbital defense on the Black Arrow Star is the weakest one and that the four merchant fleets that obey Gu Ming are all fools, but if we do the “bathtub crossing the sea” operation, then it would be good if half of the landing ships can land smoothly in the end.

Nearly 10,000 or 20,000 people were reimbursed in the process of troop projection?

Gu Hang cannot accept such a loss.

And here, the value of warships is reflected.

Warships are used to fight naval battles, they can control the control of the target star field, and they can suppress the orbital air defense on the ground. This makes the process of projecting troops to the ground much safer.

Even in the most unfavorable situation, they still have to carry the orbital air defense to send troops down. The real landing ships equipped on the warships have both deception camouflage and energy shield protection, and the armor is also harder, so the probability of loss is much lower.

Of course, let alone Gu Hang, even the Gu family has no warships.

It is too expensive for businessmen to raise warships by themselves, and there is no need. If you have that money, just build armed merchant ships, and you are not going to fight naval battles with other large forces. If you really need it, you might as well build relationships and seek escort help from the Imperial Navy. Anyway, it is definitely more cost-effective than raising warships by yourself.

This is the thinking of businessmen.

And now, Gu Hang wants a warship to help, what should he do?

There is really a ship parked in the orbit of the Angry Owl Star.

The Sharp Blade Tiger.

This starship that replaced the Quintet and came to the Angry Owl Star to provide space support is his current hope.

Of course, relying on this frigate, it is impossible to break through the blockade of the four Chamber of Commerce fleets controlled by Gu Ming. Even though the addition of the Sharp Blade Tiger would provide considerable help to the other eight fleets of Wang Qi’s camp, this help was not decisive.

He could not expect to suppress the orbital air defense firepower of the capital of the Kingdom of Luman with just this one frigate.

——It would be better if the Quintet was used.

However, the goal that Gu Hang wanted to achieve with the help of the Sharp Blade Tiger was not to defeat the star power of his enemies purely by force.

It was the skin of the [Imperial Navy].

The Sharp Blade Tiger was a regular warship of the Imperial Navy. It sailed to the Black Arrow Star System and swaggered in front of both sides, squatting in the orbit of the Black Arrow Star. If the Sharp Blade Tiger did not open fire first, would Gu Ming’s fleet and the orbital forces of the Luman Kingdom have the courage to fight?

Gu Hang judged that they did not have the courage.

If they did so, they would be really crazy.

The only remaining problem is how to make the Blade Tiger willing to carry his army to the Black Arrow Star.

As long as his army gets there, saving his mother is the most basic thing.

Gu Hang felt that he could get more.

…

Gu Hang first communicated with the naval officers on the Blade Tiger.

Although Ye Lixia was not the captain, it was obvious that she was the one who made the decision on the starship.

However, she did not dare to agree to Gu Hang’s request directly.

“Personally, I really want to help you, and I don’t believe that group of people dare to take action against the Imperial Navy. But…just because we are the Imperial Navy, there are some things that I can’t do without the authorization of a higher level.”

This is Ye Lixia’s original words.

“What level of authorization do you need?”

“At least the order of the fleet commander of the Pegasus Fleet, Vice Admiral Tillemans.”

Gu Hang recalled the situation of the Pegasus Fleet and the so-called ‘Vice Admiral Tillemans’.

The Pegasus Fleet is the main fleet of the Empire stationed in the Pegasus Star Region. Its defense zone is not limited to the Pegasus Star Region, but affects the star defense mission of at least three surrounding star regions. The commander of the fleet is also directly appointed by the Imperial Navy.

But having said that, at least half of the long-term maintenance and construction costs of the Pegasus Fleet come from the taxes of the Pegasus Star Region. The influence of the political arena of the Pegasus Star Region on this fleet is self-evident.

The local naval family in the Pegasus Star Region, the Fofana family, was formed about seventy years ago.

General Fofana of that generation was appointed as the commander of the Pegasus Fleet, and he branched out and gradually formed a family during his tenure.

After the first generation of General Fofana, his younger brother, his grandson, and his great-grandson all served in this position, firmly imprinting the name Fofana in the genes of the Pegasus Fleet.

The last commander of Fofana was Ye Lishia’s grandfather, who stepped down eight years ago.

The Fofana family has a profound influence in the Pegasus Fleet. For two-thirds of the past seventy years, the commander-in-chief of the Pegasus Fleet was named Fofana. A large number of middle and high-level fleet officers were funded and promoted by his family.

But the embarrassing thing is that after Ye Lishia’s grandfather stepped down, the family suddenly broke down. Although the influence on the fleet is still strong, it is difficult for the family itself to come up with a person with sufficient qualifications and achievements to serve as the commander-in-chief of the fleet. At present, the highest military rank in the family is Ye Lishia’s uncle, who is only a major general, and it seems that there is no chance to go further.

This is nothing in itself. In the past seventy years, there have been twenty years when the Pegasus Fleet was not named Fofana. This is a dormant period, which is nothing big.

What’s more, there is also a rising star like Ye Lishia in the family. With another ten years of growth, she has the opportunity to take over.

Under Gu Hang’s instigation, she participated in and defeated the green-skinned orc plundering fleet, which added too much glory to her. She was the one who enjoyed the biggest fruits of victory in that naval battle.

From this perspective, the Fofana family should be willing to help him.

This can also be analyzed from Ye Lixia’s tone just now.

Moreover, Fofana has a good relationship with the Gu family-although this is a civil war in the Gu family, they have no bias, but choosing to bet on Wang Qi will undoubtedly further consolidate the relationship between the two sides after the victory.

And the current commander, General Tillemans, although not from the Fofana family, has a good relationship with the two sides.

He was originally from the Tianma Fleet, and later transferred to another place, made a name for himself, sat in the position of lieutenant general, and was transferred back to the Tianma Fleet. After returning, he also knew that if he didn’t have a good relationship with Fofana as a commander, then he couldn’t expect the Tianma Fleet to be safe.

The Fofana family is not the kind of local tyrant, and they respect Tillemans very much-anyway, there is no one in their family who can push it up, so it is better to have a good relationship with the current one and give the necessary support.

The cooperation between the two sides has been quite good in the past eight years.

To put it bluntly, if there is persuasion from the Fofana family, especially the previous commander and General Tillemans’ old boss, General Fofana, this matter can probably be done.

He talked to Ye Lishia about this matter again. In this private communication, the female brigadier general promised Gu Hang that she would talk to her grandfather, the previous commander of the Pegasus Fleet, General Fofana.

But here, the attitude of another person is very important: the head of the star zone, Mr. Pedes.

This person has the best relationship with the Fofana family.

After the second call with Ye Lishia, Gu Hang thought about it and called Mr. Pedes again.

Pedes certainly also learned about what happened on the Black Arrow Star.

Gu Hang only exchanged a few words with him and roughly knew the other party’s attitude.

The head of the star zone obviously regarded this as an opportunity.

The political power of the Pegasus star zone is mainly the confrontation between two camps: local forces and the star zone government.

The local forces refer to the Fache family, which controls the governorship of three planets. They have a history of thousands of years in the Pegasus Star Region. Even before the Empire recovered it, they had already lived here. They have deep-rooted control in the three star systems of Fache 1, 2, and 3. The Imperial Star Army’s garrison in the Pegasus Star Region also has a lot to do with them. The star region government

is mainly composed of the Pedes brothers, one of whom is the head of the star region and the other is the governor of the Winged Star. In addition, the navy of the Fofana family and the chamber of commerce of the Gu family form an iron triangle, which has been suppressing the Fache family for twenty years.

However, in recent years, the Gu family has been breaking away from this iron triangle, expanding its business out of the Pegasus Star Region, and has a tendency to reconcile with the Fache family.

This is also the background for Gu Hang to be the governor of the Angry Owl Star, which is a trick played by the head of Pedes. But this incident did not tie the Gu family back to the position of the iron triangle as Pei Desi wished, but made Wang Qi very disgusted.

But at the same time, Gu Ming took this opportunity to maintain a relatively good relationship with Pei Desi.

Before Gu Hang made an interstellar call to Pei Desi, Gu Ming also called.

Now, the situation is very delicate.

(End of this chapter)