Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 391

Chapter 390: Conquering the Planet

After four hours of space battle, the Pegasus Navy achieved some results.

Although the star port fortress of Fache was still standing, and even the shield had not been broken, many armed space stations were either blown up or taken over by the Marines.

At this time, Gu Hang also received new intelligence.

On the ground, the Phoenix fighters had a new victory: they had captured all the anti-orbital firepower deployed in the planetary capital and its surrounding areas.

The capture operation itself was not difficult, but the difficulty was that the time was short, the action needed to be fast, and the soldiers had to be punished.

In fact, Gu Hang gave them eight hours. However, under the command of the century-old veteran, Karduso, the Phoenix took half the time to complete the task without any casualties.

When this news was passed to Gu Hang, Gu Hang immediately asked the naval staff of the Pegasus Fleet to evaluate the possibility of conducting the next stage of operations.

And these staff officers also quickly came up with the results: when the anti-orbital and air defense systems of the landing site were all cleared, the conditions for landing operations were initially met.

Gu Hang waved his hand and announced the start of the operation.

The cruiser that Gu Hang was riding, along with three destroyers and seven frigates, began to press forward quickly.

Their actions immediately attracted the fierce firepower of the enemy. Especially the enemy’s firepower center, the fortress starport, fired several rounds of the “Wrath of the Loyal Heir” cannon. Due to the close distance, the hit rate rose sharply, directly overloading the energy shield of a frigate, scaring it to retreat from the battlefield immediately.

But at the same time, after the distance was close, the firepower of the starship was able to exert its effect more fiercely. The light spear array on the Concerto made the void shield of the Fats Starport tremble. During this process, hundreds of missiles were fired at the same time. When they reached the void shield, the missiles slowed down greatly. This certainly gave the enemy a chance to intercept the missiles, but at the same time, more than 30 missiles passed through the void shield, and finally 20 of them exploded in the fortress.

20 S-class and M-class missiles of mixed specifications did not destroy the Starport Fortress with thick armor. However, a few lucky missiles hit the firepower platform and the crowded places, causing considerable damage.

This forced Commander Fachs in the fortress to pay full attention to the ships close to him, and he had no time to take care of other things for a while.

In the void, countless behemoths bombarded each other fiercely.

However, while the core firepower of the enemy’s defense was tied up, another cruiser, the “Violin”, also pressed forward with several destroyers. However, their goal was to launch an air strike on multiple anti-orbital artillery positions on the surface.

At the same time, there were seven or eight fast transport ships hiding in the array of these warships.

These transport ships certainly can’t play any role in the space naval battle. Their responsibility at the moment is to transport the landing troops.

Landing craft were dropped from these transport ships and warships headed by the “Violin”.

With a large number of armed space stations destroyed or taken over, the starport fortresses pinned down, the anti-orbital firepower on the surface suppressed, and the anti-orbital firepower in the capital area simply cleared.

Under such circumstances, orbital landing became quite smooth.

The leading landing force was a group army within the Dragon Eagle 3rd Legion.

Three hundred landing crafts rushed through the planetary orbit, broke through the atmosphere, and headed for the ground. Their goal was to point directly at the planetary capital.

During the descent, the few firepower destroyed at most a dozen landing crafts. This represented the loss of thousands of people, but it did not hinder the success of the entire landing.

On the outskirts of the capital, ten Phoenixes, a capital guard army of several thousand people “loyal” to the empire, had already opened up a temporary landing site here.

Landing craft landed one after another, each carrying hundreds of Star Army soldiers, and some even equipped with heavy equipment such as tanks and artillery.

A total of 140,000 Star Army soldiers assembled at the landing site.

The leader of this force was Major General Cai Minjin of the Star Army. The main force of this attack was the 314th Army of the Dragon Eagle Legion led by him. He himself took the risk and directly participated in this landing operation, and was the first to land.

While the troops were still assembling, Cai Minjin stood on a high ground and looked at the capital city in front of him, full of hesitation.

“General.” Someone shouted from below, “General, you’d better come down, be careful…”

“…Alas.” With a sigh, Cai Minjin walked down the high ground and asked, “Have you driven the car that I asked you to prepare first from the landing ship?”

“It has.” The adjutant said, “But… please think twice! The troops still need you to lead them.”

Cai Minjin cursed, and then said, “What do you mean by think twice? Do I need to think twice about going back to my own city?”

“This…”

“Drive the car over, let’s go!”

“Yes!”

A moment later, three military vehicles headed towards the capital city.

Along the way, Cai Minjin looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar street scenes, and it was difficult to describe his inner feelings.

He had actually only joined the Dragon Eagle Corps for more than ten years. Before that, he was a general in the Fachers Defense Army and the commander of the Capital Guard Army. That year, he was ordered to lead the entire Capital Guard Army at that time to reform and become part of the Star Army. His identity also changed from a general of the Defense Army to a major general of the Star Army.

It was hard to tell whether this was a promotion or a demotion; whether he was entrusted with an important task and sent to the Astra Militarum to help the Fats regime control this army, or whether he was handed over as an imperial tax and exiled outside the core of power.

He only knew that his mood was very complicated at that time.

Since then, he has shed his previous identity as a politician and became a pure soldier. He no longer had to participate in any intrigues, but his life has become monotonous since then.

At that time, what he least wanted was that one day the Dragon Eagle 3rd Legion would be pulled out of the mother planet and go to the outer planet to participate in the war.

But this day came more unexpectedly than expected.

His first mission to leave the mother planet to fight outside was to go to the Wrathful Owl Star and eliminate the trouble of Blackbird Heavy Industry.

He didn’t think at first that this was a long-term mission. After arriving at the Wrathful Owl Star, he still made a big statement, wanting to obtain the command of the native army of the Wrathful Owl Star, launch a full-scale offensive, and quickly end the war, and then…

Then he was slapped in the face.

It was there that he first saw the capabilities of the Alliance Army.

But that was just an episode in his life. No matter what the process was, at least his mission was completed, the troops did not suffer great losses, and it did not take very long.

Just when he thought he could finally return to his hometown, he was transferred from Angry Owl Star to Koroja by a transfer order.

At that time, he still thought that this would be a short-term mission, similar to the matter on Angry Owl Star, just going to an imperial world to quell rebellion and clean up the cult.

But he didn’t expect that he would stay there for eight years, and the governor of Koroja had changed three times.

However, the eight years on Koroja had made him no longer interested in participating in politics. The brutal war continued to escalate in front of him. In those years, he was thinking about how to win, how to complete the mission, and how to reduce the sacrifices of the young men under his command.

What impressed him most was the Battle of Mingyan City.

A division was sent to the front line, and it was gone after a few hours of fighting.

Tens of thousands of people were gone just like that.

And all he could do was to invest in one division and regiment after another, and then watch them being crippled and destroyed after a few hours.

Looking at the battle reports, the battle lines, and witnessing those tragic scenes, Cai Minjin’s way of thinking was forever changed.

Those power struggles and conspiracy tricks are meaningless in this kind of blood and fire.

At least for him, it is meaningless.

From the end of the war to now, two years have passed. Compared with the tragic battlefield at the beginning, guarding the nest city and fighting the security war are like a vacation.

Occasionally, he still thinks of his hometown and his life as the commander of the defense army.

Nostalgia? Contempt? Maybe a little bit of both.

If possible, he doesn’t mind going home to see, especially his wife and children, who are still on Fachers 1.

Although, he also has a local dignitary on Korojia who married a daughter to him…

and now, he really returned to his hometown, but he didn’t expect it to be this way.

In the way of the Empire’s anti-rebellion army, he returned to his hometown, to the place he guarded for half his life.

This is really unpredictable.

Looking out the window, the street scene that should have been prosperous but now deserted, countless chaotic thoughts flashed through his mind.

But when the military vehicle drove into the military district, all his thoughts were gathered back again.

At some point, a drizzle of rain fell from the sky. All the officers of the Capital Guard were waiting in the rain.

The leader was Bobby Fachs, a traitor… oh, it should be said that he was a loyalist, or a surrenderer.

Cai Minjin didn’t know how to define it.

He got out of the car and shook hands with Bobby.

“Welcome back, old commander.” Bobby seemed quite humble. Cai Minjin was indeed his old boss.

Cai Minjin waved his hand and signaled not to say more.

A group of people entered the office building of the military district.

There were already many people sitting in the conference hall.

Among them, at least one was a colonel, the real power chief of each unit.

Hearing the door of the conference hall being pushed open, they turned around and stared at Cai Minjin who strode in at the same time, with complicated expressions.

Cai Minjin walked up to the podium without stopping and stood in front of everyone.

“Have all the commanders above the regimental level arrived?” Cai Minjin asked.

Bobby, who had just sat in the front row, stood up and responded, “All those who are willing to come are here. Some…”

Cai Minjin interrupted him, “I will only give one hour to notify those who haven’t come. Tell them that I have arrived and that there are my Star Legion outside the city. Let them think it over. After one hour, anyone who hasn’t come will be regarded as a traitor. I will personally lead people to eliminate them.”

Looking at the strange expressions of many officers in the audience, Cai Minjin added, “Yes, that’s right, those who haven’t come are traitors.”

Bobby gave a few orders, and someone ran out.

In the next few dozen minutes, people arrived one after another.

At the appointed time, Cai Minjin had the door of the hall closed.

He announced to everyone present, “Now, all the loyal officers of the Capital Garrison are here.”

No one said anything, and he didn’t care, and began to assign tasks.

There were eleven commanders at the regimental level who didn’t come. The total number of troops under their command was about 20,000 to 30,000. Compared to the million-strong capital garrison, they are an absolute minority, and they are scattered in the capital city or surrounding areas.

Every officer present was required to send out a battalion, led by these chief officers, to destroy the troops that did not come. The veterans of the Star Army gathered outside the city under Cai Minjin’s command would also go, but they would not take action directly, but would serve as a supervisory team.

A bloody pledge of allegiance.

When assigning tasks, the atmosphere was very depressing.

Some people were sad, some were hesitant, and some gnashed their teeth…

In such an atmosphere, there were still people who could not help themselves.

“Old commander, I don’t understand why this is the case. We are all our compatriots and comrades… We are the warriors of Faches, and have served the Faches family for generations. When foreign enemies attack, shouldn’t we fight bravely? You are here, you lead us, are you still…”

‘Bang.’

A gunshot rang out.

Cai Minjin did not give him the opportunity to finish his words.

The old general shot very accurately with his pistol. The bullet still accurately blew off the head of the person who was speaking, even though it was more than 20 meters away and in front of many people.

This shot made the situation in the Great Hall tense all of a sudden.

Although it was forbidden to carry guns when there was an opportunity, some people still carried them quietly and subconsciously put their hands on the holsters.

Cai Minjin noticed it, but he didn’t care.

He sighed and slowly put down the gun: “I still remember him, Wang Zhongze, the soldier I led before. I remember I awarded him the medal myself. When he got married, I also went to his wedding and I hugged his daughter…”

“I’m heartbroken, and I really don’t want him to be the one who jumps out.”

“But, I’m an imperial general, and I’m also a Faches. I can’t bear to see someone say such things in front of me and incite you to do things you shouldn’t do.”

“Let’s not talk about anything else, just this. Do you think that I can lead you to resist the Imperial Army? Do you still think that the Dragon Eagle Legion is the Dragon Eagle Legion that was stationed on Faches? Twenty percent of the people in the legion are Koroja people, and the remaining twenty percent are married and have children on Koroja. They are the most resentful of Minnick’s rebellion! They just want to tear the traitors on Faches to pieces. What are you expecting?”

“What’s more, even if the Dragon Eagle Legion stands on this side, everything will be fine?”

“I have seen Commander Gu’s abilities with my own eyes, and I have seen even more powerful his elite warriors. Space Marines, Knight Mechs, and even Titans, things that you have never seen, are plentiful in the Alliance!”

“Not to mention, the Alliance’s soldiers are more elite than the Astra Militarum. You all know the selection criteria of the Astra Militarum, and they always select the best warriors among us. But even so, the quality of the soldiers is a level lower than that of the Alliance’s soldiers!”

“It is not difficult for him to wipe out all the planetary defense forces on the planet Facheres.”

“I applied to be the first to come down, even under fire. Why do you think it’s for? It’s just to protect you old subordinates!”

“Don’t talk to me about loyalty or disloyalty. You have to distinguish what true loyalty is!”

“People like Wang Zhongze are not only traitors to the Empire, but also traitors to the Fachers. If you continue to be loyal to the Fachers, the final result will be that you will be swept into the garbage dump with the Fachers. Not only will you die and your family will be exterminated, but you will also become a sinner in history, and will be despised and infamous for thousands of years! The Fachers will despise you, the Empire will despise you, and the Emperor will despise you!”

“Now, I have said everything I want to say. You can do whatever you want! I am alone here, and I don’t have many trusted guards. If you want to attack me, take out your guns and shoot me! Let’s see if you can kill an old man like me here!”

No one in the hall spoke anymore.

Those who touched the holsters also let go.

After waiting for two minutes and seeing no one move, Cai Minjin cursed: “No one wants to shoot me, right? Then why are you still standing there? Go do what you should do!”

…

The cleansing activity that took place in the garrison army of the capital of the planet Fache 1 was not very bloody.

The regiments that did not accept Cai Minjin’s command were attacked by their colleagues. They did not hold out for long, and the soldiers’ fighting will was very weak. They were not so willing to accept the orders of the officers and surrendered quickly.

Most of the officers who resisted chose to commit suicide in the end, or were executed after being caught.

Cai Minjin did not continue to toss in the capital area.

Although the entire capital garrison army could not be considered completely convinced, at best they could only obey orders reluctantly, their morale was quite low, and their internal thoughts could not be unified.

But he had no time.

Under his order, the capital garrison army dispatched a force of about 500,000 people, together with the four divisions and brigades of the Dragon Eagle Legion he brought down, and headed straight for “Star Harbor City”.

The place is about 400 kilometers away from the capital area. It is located right below the fortress starport in the sky that was fiercely engaged in a firefight with the Pegasus Fleet. It is a city that was developed from the ground buildings of the starport and built around the starport’s functions.

The defense marshal of the Fachers family is there.

After Petters issued the declaration of the coalition government, the marshal also issued an urgent declaration, angrily denouncing Petters’s statement, and also urgently announced that he was the successor to the highest power of the coalition government, saying that he would lead the people of Fachers to fight against the invaders.

However, regardless of how many people bought into it, the current chaos within the coalition government has brought him huge troubles.

The defense forces he assembled in a short period of time gathered in Xinggang City. He originally planned to retake the capital area, but the surrounding defense forces responded to the call and gathered slowly.

The most important thing is that the speed at which various military supplies arrived was not fast enough.

In a short period of time, he was simply unable to launch a counterattack.

That would have been fine, but what was worse was that while he was sweating profusely and coordinating teams from all sides, a force of hundreds of thousands rushed out from the capital area.

The defense forces in the capital area not only did not resist, but even directly rebelled!

This was something he did not expect!

Before the defense line could be well arranged, his troops were hit.

And this blow was so fierce that the troops loyal to him could not resist at all!

Cai Minjin knew that the first battle could not be handed over to the newly conquered capital defense army. Otherwise, once they encountered a tough battle and suffered some setbacks, the already low morale would collapse, and the troops would also doubt whether their own choice was correct.

Therefore, in his first battle, he still took out his old capital.

In addition to the three large infantry divisions, the troops that landed with him also included an armored division. Needless to say, there were armored vehicles and lion tanks in the armored division. The most important thing was that there was also a lion king tank.

At the same time, he also transferred out three lion king tanks in the capital defense army – all purchased from the Fache government’s arms – and put them on his own tank soldiers.

Four lion kings, with a cluster of lion tanks, launched a fierce attack on Xinggang City.

Under the powerful armored force, the troops outside Xinggang City that were not prepared for defense at all collapsed after being hit; inside Xinggang City, they barely organized a wave of street fighting defense, and relied on the fairly good artillery defense firepower inside Xinggang City to faintly block the offensive of Cai Minjin’s troops.

Even because of some recklessness, a lion king tank was destroyed during the street fighting.

But at the critical moment, the Space Marines stood up again.

Cai Minjin had no authority to command the Phoenix Space Marines, but Karduso, a century-old veteran, had an excellent sense of war. He did not need anyone to command him and could easily find the key to the current battle.

He personally led his company, under the cover of a part of the Astra Militarum armored forces, to penetrate deep into the enemy’s rear, captured multiple artillery positions, and destroyed two enemy command posts and a temporary ammunition depot.

Suffering critical damage and witnessing the advent of the Emperor’s Angel of Death, and these Angels of Death were really as brave and invincible as the legend, the defenders of Star Harbor City collapsed.

If they were still half-believing and half-doubting before, wondering if they had really become traitors to the Empire and were a little deceived by the political propaganda of the Fachers family, the arrival of the Space Marines destroyed all their beliefs.

How many soldiers loyal to the Empire could accept being enemies of the Emperor’s angels?

Their morale completely collapsed, and large-scale surrenders began to appear.

Star Harbor City was conquered by the loyal Star Army. The whole process took no more than five hours. Although there were still sporadic resistances in some places, it did not affect the overall situation.

The Marshal of the Defense Army wanted to run away at the last moment, but he could not escape in front of the Phoenixes. Captain

Carduso personally arrested the “supreme power successor” and “supreme commander” who had just taken office for a few hours and shot him in public.

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Thanks to the second leader of the big boss [Axe of the Opening Mountain]! Thank you very much!

Of course I am happy to have a leader!

But… the big boss has not paid off the debt owed to the previous leader, and now it comes again…

I can only say… it’s painful and happy.

This chapter is 6.2k, and I still owe 9k. Add today’s second leader of [Axe of the Opening Mountain], plus 20k, and I still owe 29k.

Oh my god! I owe more and more… I may not be able to pay it off in January, and I have to go on a business trip for two weeks before the New Year…

I will try to pay it off in February!

(End of this chapter)