Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 297

297. Chapter 296, teasing, and a million troops!

Of course, Gallardo could see that Gu Hang hated himself now.

But he was too used to this feeling.

In the past few years, he had used so many means that were definitely not fair and aboveboard to collect additional war resources for the Sun Expedition, and he had offended too many people.

From the planetary dignitaries, to the planetary governors or other imperial officials, to the core members of some major forces…

But so what?

His backer is the Sun Lord, a living saint favored by the Emperor, and the de facto ruler of the empire!

Who dares to touch me?

From the proper path, no one can do anything to him. The lawsuit goes all the way up, and the loser in the end is never him.

And the abnormal path?

He is not afraid of assassination.

He has experience in dealing with such things. There are too many people who want to kill him, and many people have tried. He looks relaxed and carefree, but he is actually cautious in this regard.

What’s more, it’s not that easy to kill him.

The Sun Lord is the most favored and powerful living saint in the empire. He is an existence that can confront and even destroy the Great Demon head-on. And he, as the war apostle of the Sun Lord, is also favored by God. Even if the blessing is only one percent of the power of the Sun Lord, it is definitely not something that can be assassinated at will.

Poison, sharp blades, bullets… these are all useless. It is almost impossible to kill him silently.

As for rebellion, military killing… that is even more impossible.

Who dares?

For example, now, if the Governor Gu in front of him, who is so angry that his teeth itch, orders 150,000 troops to fire at him, then he will indeed die here and there. It is impossible to live.

Then Gu Hang will have to die.

Not only Gu Hang, but almost the entire Angry Owl Star will be buried with him.

This is not a matter of his life alone, but a matter of the majesty of the Sun Lord.

He came on behalf of the Sun Lord, and he is one of the forty-six war apostles. It is a big deal for him to die anywhere.

Get away with it? Impossible. Even if Gallardo really just choked himself to death by drinking water, as long as he died in the Angry Owl Galaxy, Gu Hang would be responsible.

He had to die.

Of course, Gallardo never underestimated the madness of others.

Therefore, he never pushed people to death.

He gave Gu Hang a reasonable deal.

You see, I gave you the rank of brigadier general of the Star Army, so that you can better control the Angry Bear Legion;

I can turn a blind eye to what you did to the Black Arrow Star, and even let the imperial tax officials turn a blind eye to it, as long as you pay enough taxes;

even, aren’t you fighting here? I can also let the tax fleet fire a few shots at that Blackbird City when it leaves. The firepower of three destroyers is much stronger than that small naval sampan floating in the sky.

As long as you pay 300 million.

Although these things are far from being worth 300 million, if you consider that your legion may be mobilized, you may be mobilized, your behavior on Black Arrow Star may be suspected of rebellion against the Empire World; your family caravan’s business activities may be restricted…

Isn’t this worth 300 million?

I didn’t force you to death.

Gallardo was confident.

…

The thought of killing was not just talk, nor was it just a momentary anger caused by being targeted, but it was carefully evaluated as a strategy and a method in reason and calmness.

Assassination, causing accidental death, this is certainly a political means that can be used. Gu Hang has used it in the past, and he will not rule out using it in the future.

This is not the right way, but sometimes, the strange and the right must be dependent on each other.

There are two points to evaluate:

First, the feasibility of killing him.

Second, the benefits and risks of killing him.

If Gallardo is to die, it cannot be reversed. Whether it succeeds or fails, it must not be related to himself, and he cannot even die on Angry Owl Star.

Otherwise, it will be a big mess.

Even if the Imperial Government and the Sun Lord were more “reasonable” and Gu Hang was extremely secretive, such a big thing could not be left uninvestigated.

On the Angry Owl Star, Gu Hang had too many secrets. Even if he couldn’t find out that he killed the War Apostle, he couldn’t stand any other things being found out.

The biggest point was the black box. Now Gu Hang could exchange for many, many units. The small ones were fine, but the big ones were huge, as big as the workshops in some factories, and there was no way to hide them.

Once the Empire’s investigation began, it would definitely not be hidden there. Gu Hang couldn’t kill every Imperial investigator who came to the Angry Owl Star.

He didn’t have the idea of dragging Gallardo to self-destruct.

But there was not no way at all.

As long as the War Apostle would go to the planet of Koroga 3.

As for the benefits and risks of killing the War Apostle…

there was actually no benefit. Gu Hang thought about it for a long time and it was hard to think of any extra benefits he could get from this matter.

He did it just to protect himself.

Money alone was one aspect, and this guy gave Gu Hang a terrible feeling.

He even had a feeling that even if he had discussed with his mother that the Gu family would sell everything they had, no matter how badly it would affect Wang Qi’s control of the Chamber of Commerce fleet, and sell a few ships to collect the 300 million, the final result would probably not be very good.

300 million is a lot of money, but for an operation of the scale of the Sun Expedition, it is nothing?

The huge consumption means that Gallardo will have a huge and insatiable “greed” under his own responsibilities – even if it is not for his own greed.

And after Gallardo feels that he has a hold on Gu Hang, will the future be limited to the 300 million?

If Gu Hang behaves weakly, will this guy use this and that thing to blackmail him from time to time?

At that time, the dividends of the development of the Angry Owl Star and the profits that the Gu family has worked hard to fight for will all be sucked out of this guy.

This is something Gu Hang cannot accept, and it is also the reason why he must be killed.

Then do it!

But not now.

We still have to wait until this guy leaves the Angry Owl Star.

…

Gallardo and Laois did not have enough time to waste on the Angry Owl Star.

One of them wanted to make money, and the other wanted to collect taxes.

Laois had to travel through the 37 star regions and 557 worlds in the Dragon Eagle Star Region within two years. The average waiting time in each star region was only about two to three weeks at most.

And Gallardo wanted to make money everywhere, so it was difficult for him to stay in a universe for more than one or two years. It was because the Pegasus Star Region was relatively rich that he was willing to stay longer. He would not even go to some poor places.

The Angry Owl Star was an exception. He used it as a breakthrough point and a place to make money from the Gu family behind Gu Hang.

After reviewing the army and completing the appointment of a small legion, they were ready to leave.

Before leaving, Gallardo also left a clear message to Gu Hang:

“Governor Gu, perhaps you don’t understand the significance of the great cause of the empire to everyone now, but I believe that you will eventually understand and be willing to give everything to support the Lord of the Sun. I will stay in the Pegasus Star Region for two weeks and wait for your news.”

After saying this, he also “kindly” helped Gu Hang.

The three destroyers of the tax fleet detachment circled the orbit of the Angry Owl Star, and then arrived at the other side, bombarding the direction of Blackbird City with a round of orbital strikes.

The energy shield in the core urban area of Blackbird City, which had performed quite stably against the Sharp Tiger, turned from blue to red after one round of attacks by the three destroyers.

This is the difference between the energy shield and the void shield. Even if the latter is completely red and overloaded, it can still intercept the attacks within its capacity, and only the remaining ones that cannot be intercepted will fall; the energy shield, once broken, is useless.

Although there are some orbital air defense firepower in Blackbird City, it is obviously not enough to completely reject the attacks of the destroyers – they can’t even deal with the Sharp Tiger, let alone three destroyers.

At this time, as long as the destroyers in the sky work harder and fight one or two more rounds, the shield in the core urban area of Blackbird City will inevitably break. Later, even if the destroyers leave, the Sharp Tiger alone can destroy the central urban area of Blackbird City.

But at this moment, three destroyers drifted away.

When he heard the news, Gu Hang gritted his teeth and was very angry.

After rejecting Gallardo’s blackmail, he did not expect the tax fleet to help him solve the problem.

But the other party’s attitude made him even more angry.

He seemed to hear Gallardo, laughing and teasing in front of him: “Look, I can help you a lot, as long as you kneel down obediently.”

Gu Hang lowered his eyebrows and said: “Okay, Your Excellency the Apostle of War, thank you for the gift before you leave. When you and I both arrive in Korojia, I will return one to you.”

…

Only the day after Gallardo left, an order came from the Star Army Dragon Eagle Command: requiring the Angry Bear Legion and the Dragon Eagle 3rd Legion to work together to quell the Iron Man Rebellion on the Angry Owl Star within two weeks. Two weeks later, no matter what the situation on the Angry Owl Star is, the Angry Bear Legion must withdraw at least half of its troops to Korojia 3 to deal with the growing Chaos Rebellion there.

In the past, the Wrathful Owl Star and the Imperial Astra Militarum had never had much in common, but starting today, the situation is completely different. The Angry Bear Legion is now an Astra Militarum. Although it is an independent legion, it needs to be assigned by the local – that is, the Star Region Command.

These assignments will not involve specific operations, but will involve the transfer of garrisons and the issuance of combat missions.

Gallardo really won’t push people to death.

In this war to support Koroja 3, it was not said that all members of the Angry Bear Legion would go; it was not said that Gu Hang, the legion commander, would go; it was considerate to consider the Iron Man rebellion war on the Wrathful Owl Star, and it was not said that they would go immediately, and they were given two weeks.

But no matter what, this is undoubtedly a messy decision.

Before this, there was only one Astra Militarum in the Pegasus Star Region: the Dragon Eagle 3rd Legion. It is mainly stationed on three planets in the Fachers Galaxy, with a scale of 20 million.

To solve the problem of Koroja 3, what use are the 150,000 people of the Angry Bear Legion? If there is to be a transfer, it is the real Dragon Eagle Legion.

Most of the Dragon Eagle Corps are still lying in the Faches Sector; a small number have gone to Koroga 3, and a small number are about to come to Angry Owl Star.

Not even moving the troops coming to Angry Owl Star, but letting them come to Angry Owl Star to fight the Iron Man Rebellion, but transferring people from Angry Owl Star to Koroga 3, isn’t this just farting?

It’s just targeting Gu Hang.

When Gu Hang reported this matter to Yan Fangxu at the same time, Major General Yan – who still holds the rank of Angry Owl Star on the planet – was quite confused.

In two weeks, half of the Angry Bear Corps under his command will be reduced?

“Governor, the pressure of the attack will be very high, and our troops will be insufficient.”

“Don’t worry.” Gu Hang still pretended to be confident in front of his subordinates, “Taddius will be ordered to start building 9 new brigade-level units, totaling more than 130,000 people.”

Yan Fangxu calculated that according to Gu Hang’s idea, 7 divisions would be withdrawn to complete the deployment of the Dragon Eagle Command; and now 9 divisions can be added. In general, the alliance’s troops must have increased.

However, in this way, the manpower pool released under the second-level mobilization order has begun to be used.

This is certainly not a good signal, which means that the overall production capacity of the alliance will begin to be affected by the labor force joining the army.

Although this impact is relatively minor under the second-level mobilization order, Gu Hang does not want the situation to deteriorate.

In his communication with Yan Fangxu, he also talked about this issue very frankly: “This is the maximum force that the alliance can invest without affecting production. In the short term, this is also the last new force. You must use our army carefully, and you must also cooperate well with the Dragon Eagle Legion that will arrive later.”

Yan Fangxu was a little heavy.

He understood what this meant.

The troops he could use were already exhausted, and there would be no more numbers for him to use. Even if the follow-up troops suffered losses, the replenishment of troops might be affected.

But he knew that this could not be blamed on the governor.

He sighed: “I hope that the Star Army is reliable enough.”

…

The Dragon Eagle 3rd Legion arrived on time.

On the third day after the tax fleet left, they arrived at the Angry Owl Star.

They were transported by the Gu family’s transport ships and armed merchant ships.

Of course, this was not free work for the family fleet. The transportation of the Star Army was considered a transportation order placed by the Star Army to the Gu’s Business, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, and it was paid – although the profit margin was very low.

But paying money is not free work.

The number of troops transported on this ship reached 300,000.

The arrival of this group of people made Gu Hang and Yan Fangxu breathe a sigh of relief.

According to the latest news, the second batch of troops has also set out from the Fats system, where there are still 700,000 people.

The Dragon Eagle Third Legion has deployed a total of one million troops!

Now, there is no need to worry about the war on the mainland of the Wrathful Star.

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4k words, this chapter makes up for yesterday.

There is another chapter today, but it is estimated to be late at night…

(End of this chapter)