Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 380

Chapter 379, Star Voice Phone

The so-called awarding of medals was to commend Gu Hang for his outstanding performance in the Korojia Campaign as the commander of the theater.

The atmosphere of the awarding ceremony was very formal, but it was not too complicated or grand.

Gu Hang, wearing a military uniform, took the documents from the representative of the Star Army, and pinned the medal on his chest. This was done.

It was a bit strange to bring a medal to yourself, but this was the case.

There were no high-ranking officials from the Star Domain and the Space Domain. The representative of the Star Army was just a civilian lieutenant colonel, and it was even more strange to let him award the medal.

Gu Hang simply came by himself.

After a brief greeting with these guests, they rested for a few days on the Wrathful Owl Star under the hospitality of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before returning.

And Gu Hang has since become a lieutenant general of the Star Army and won the Medal of Glory.

This is the second level of the five-level medal of the Empire. Although it is only one level higher than the Warrior Medal, it is actually a great honor.

In fact, as long as it is the “Imperial Medal”, no matter which level it is, the gold content is very high.

This is not the same as the quack medals awarded by some planets or other interstellar organizations. There are only five medals that are used in all fields of the empire. Even if it is the lowest-level warrior medal, the space warrior will hang it on the shoulder armor and chest armor as an honor.

But in terms of actual value, it is none. Although there are medals awarded after making great contributions, and then rewarded with a planet or something, or have a particularly high political status, these are not attached to the medals, but the value of the merit itself. The medal is purely an honor.

Gu Hang couldn’t help but complain that the alliance’s medals are paid! What about the Renaissance Medal, the Wind Extinguishing Medal, and the Third Class Combat Merit Medal, all come with additional allowances for life, unless they are deprived of the medals after committing a crime, that’s another matter.

However, Gu Hang still happily put away his glorious medal.

It’s still quite face-saving to hang it on his chest when he goes out in the future.

In addition, Gu Hang’s military rank has also been promoted.

When the war apostle Gallardo made that move, Gu Hang became the commander of the Angry Bear Legion and was given the rank of major general.

At that time, his rank was a bit unworthy of the title. Which major general of the Star Army did not command an army group? The size of an army group is at least one million people. When the Angry Bear Legion was first established, it only had a few hundred thousand people, with two or three masters, so it was difficult to even have a brigadier general.

Now the Angry Bear Legion has a size of more than one million people, and the legion commander deserves the rank of major general.

But Gu Hang’s identity is more than that. Although the Korojia War Zone is a temporary setting, as the commander of the war zone, Gu Hang nominally commands half of the Pegasus Fleet, an entire army group of the Dragon Eagle Legion, and the local planetary defense force. As a result, he only has the rank of major general, which is a bit small – Hans, who is under him and has to obey him, is a lieutenant general.

So, Gu Hang’s rank was promoted to lieutenant general – in the Star Army sequence.

Gu Hang continued to complain: The war is over, and now you think that my rank is not suitable?

The Empire’s reaction speed…

But no matter what, it is an upgrade after the fact.

In the future, if Gu Hang goes out, or if some figures come to the Wrathful Owl Star, the rank of Lieutenant General of the Star Realm Army and the Imperial Medal of Glory, these two things together can be considered as a display.

However, Gu Hang is still thinking about another situation: The Empire takes the initiative to give him these?

He is a little skeptical.

According to the value of these things and Gu Hang’s understanding of the political ecology of the Empire, the reward for merit is just talk. If you don’t participate in activities, don’t strive for it, and don’t have a backer, then it’s really hard to say whether your credit is yours.

No one can take credit for Gu Hang’s achievements, but it is a bit difficult to expect the Empire to take the initiative to reward him, and the strength is not small .

But when it comes to backers, Gu Hang really thinks of two people.

One is Neil Laois.

But he quickly ruled out this option.

Laois has considerable power, but his position is not high enough. Being a current manager, he could gain some real benefits for Gu Hang, but he would not be able to help him get the rank of lieutenant general or the imperial medal. The identity of the chief of the interior affairs of the star domain was not very relevant to what Gu Hang had obtained at present.

However, he seemed to have another backer.

Gallardo.

He thought about it and made a very complicated interstellar phone call through the Star Language Tower of the Angry Owl Star. The target of the call was Wuji Star, the capital of the Eastern Universe.

The Star Language Tower in his hand could only reach Feiyi Star, where the capital of the star region was located, at the farthest – that was across two star systems and through two star tunnels.

If he wanted to contact Yunluo Star, where the star domain government was located, he had to jump from the Star Language Tower system of Feiyi Star.

If he wanted to contact Wuji Star, the capital planet of the Eastern Universe, he had to jump from Yunluo Star once more.

Just using the Star Language Tower to search for psychic channels, then applying for permission, getting permission, then jumping to search, and then applying for permission… the whole process was very troublesome.

Especially when searching for psychic channels, the more times and the farther they jump, the more difficult it is to find in a complex psychic environment, and the greater the challenge for the astropath.

The original astropath on the Angry Owl Star couldn’t do it.

Even if he was equipped with dozens of psychics from the Storm Mage Corps and his psychic strength was maxed out, he still couldn’t make multiple jumps to the capital of the universe.

Ultra-long-distance astropathic communication requires astropaths to have stronger signal search capabilities in addition to psychic strength.

The current astropath on the Angry Owl Star is not good at anything.

Even if this guy is thrown into the Alliance’s Storm Mage Academy for further study, it won’t work. He has no potential.

This guy was sent to him by Gu Hang’s mother. In fact, the Star Talk Tower was also given by his mother, and the astropath was sent together. I used to think he was a high-tech talent, but later I found that this guy was just at this level. He had neither talent nor ambition, and just wanted to eat and wait for death.

There is no problem, Gu Hang is very tolerant of this. Whatever you can do is fine, just work normally, and Gu Hang will not ask for more about the rest of your ability.

However, Gu Hang has a practical need for star communication.

As the alliance spreads more and more, the demand for external communication will certainly increase.

Moreover, star communication with fixed planets is already the simplest. What is more difficult is the long-distance fleet.

Now it is so difficult to call Wuji Star. What about the war fleets that are in remote star regions, constantly moving, and may enter a silent state from time to time? For example, the Pegasus Fleet to which Gu Hang’s fiancée Ye Lixia belongs, wouldn’t it be even more difficult to contact them?

This is indeed the case.

This area needs to be strengthened. On the

one hand, it is the quality construction of star talkers, and on the other hand, it is the technical level of the star talk tower.

The two complement each other. A good astropath can use lousy equipment to connect directly to Holy Terra; a lousy astropath with a good enough astropath tower can at least contact a place outside the universe.

While thinking about the direction that the alliance needs to strengthen in the future, Gu Hang’s psychic perception, following the signal of the astropath tower, connected to the transfer station of Feiyi Star, then connected to Yunluo Star, and then looked for Wuji Star.

There is no way, his subordinates are not good, so Gu Hang has to do it himself.

He is different from the astropath on duty for a long time on the angry owl star. He is a serious S-level psychic, and his psychic strength is not at the same level. Although his disadvantage is that he has not received professional astropath training, it is not too late to practice now-he has enough capital to try.

Then, this phone call process wasted a whole day of his time.

It was okay to get the call to Wuji Star, it only took two hours, but after the call, Gu Hang got the news that Gallardo was no longer on Wuji Star.

This is inconsistent with the news Gu Hang got last time.

Gallardo should have taken a speedboat to the capital of the empire, the home planet of mankind: Holy Terra.

It should have been a year and a half since he left Wuji Star. According to the speed of the ship he took, Gallardo should have arrived at Holy Terra long ago.

So Gu Hang called Holy Terra again.

This is far away, so it took Gu Hang a whole day.

After this wave, Gu Hang’s proficiency in the operation of star talk has greatly improved.

The next time he calls Wuji Star, it should only take an hour to get it done; calling Holy Terra, it will take at most seven or eight hours.

Of course, even so, the time is actually a bit unacceptable. How can Gu Hang spend so much time on making calls?

In the future, unless there are better star talkers and better star talk towers, so that Gu Hang doesn’t have to be the telephone operator himself, otherwise, he will definitely not make any super long-distance interstellar calls unless it is extremely important.

In fact, he actually regretted it this time. He felt that he didn’t seem to have anything special to say to Gallardo.

It was just that by the time he reached the middle, the time had already been invested, and the sunk cost was too high, so he gritted his teeth and persevered, just as a training for himself.

But when the call was really connected, Gu Hang felt that the information he got from this call was still very valuable.

“I’m still wondering how long it will take for you to call me.” On the other side, Gallardo’s frivolous voice sounded, with an intimacy that had not been seen for a long time.

“The talents who have been awarded medals have arrived at the Angry Owl Star. After I met them, I immediately wanted to communicate with you, but… it’s a remote place, please understand, it’s really difficult to get in touch with Holy Terra.”

“I understand, I understand, but you soon…”

“Hello? Hello?”

“Oh, I can hear it… this damn call quality!” After Gallardo complained and cursed, his tone returned to being light, “I called a few astropaths to come and reinforce the communication channel for us. Now there shouldn’t be any problems!”

“From the way you said this, it seems that you are also respected in Holy Terra?”

“Of course, who am I? I’m Bojoa Gallardo!”

“Apostle of War…”

“Don’t call me the Apostle of War, I’m not anymore.” When he said this, Gallardo’s mood was a little depressed for a moment, but he was soon infected by a new full emotion, “Now, please call me Deputy Minister of the Imperial Military Affairs Department!”

Then, Gallardo added: “If nothing unexpected happens, I will be promoted to Assistant Minister of the Military Affairs Department within half a year.”

“!”

Gu Hang’s exclamation was not false.

The surprise that Gallardo brought to Gu Hang was even greater than he had imagined.

The prefix of the “Military Affairs Department” mentioned by the former war apostle was “empire”, without any other suffixes.

This means that he was referring to the Central Military Affairs Department of the Empire.

And what level is the deputy minister?

The head of the central government of the empire is the prime minister of the empire, and the prime minister of the imperial military affairs department is one of the most important government positions under the prime minister of the empire. At certain times – such as the current era – the prime minister of the military affairs department can be listed as one of the thirteen members of the Supreme Council of Humanity.

In the military affairs department, under the prime minister are the deputy prime minister and the assistant minister, and then the deputy minister.

In the military affairs department, above Gallardo, including the prime minister, there may be only six or seven people in total; if he really does as he said, and becomes an assistant minister within half a year, then he can almost be regarded as one of the top five figures in the military affairs department, and in extreme cases, he can even be regarded as the third in command.

So, in this way, Gu Hang’s “good friend”, Gallardo, has become a serious imperial official?

He was not a so-called “war apostle” who relied on the power of the Sun Lord to bully others but actually had no specific position. He was a serious high-ranking official of the Empire.

How did this guy do it?

Gu Hang was deeply surprised.

In a state of complacency, Gallardo told Gu Hang about his experiences during this period.

“Wait, you…”

Gallardo understood immediately: “Don’t worry, I will certainly be careful that our conversation will not be eavesdropped.”

He continued: “Let me think about what I was talking about…”

…

At the beginning, after Gallardo was rescued from the subspace by Gu Hang, he heard that the delegation of the Sun Lord who came to rescue him had hurriedly withdrawn halfway, and he realized that something had happened to the Sun Lord.

He ran away from the Pegasus Star Region as soon as possible.

No matter how important the Pegasus Star Region seemed, it was still a remote area of the Empire. He had to act quickly while there was still enough time.

No matter how the Sun Lord died, Gallardo, as a confidant, clearly understood that after the Sun Lord, no one could continue the Sun Expedition; the huge Sun Expedition Army, which almost gathered the elite of the entire empire, would also fall apart.

He had to find a way out for himself, otherwise people like him, who had no military power, made money for the Sun Lord, and offended countless high-ranking officials in the empire, would definitely be quickly purged in the first wave.

(End of this chapter)