Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 80

Chapter 80, Ideological Construction

More than 7,000 soldiers were disarmed and put under centralized custody, but that didn’t mean the matter was over.

Are there still heretics among them? Are there heretics who were not exposed in the action against Gu Hang just now?

This is very likely.

The combat nuns are in charge of this work. Unlike the Phoenix, which had been idle after the battle, the nuns of the Holy Lily of Mercy became even busier.

They began to look for hidden cult members in the entire army. Under the eyes of the Holy Lily of Mercy, heretics had no way to hide, and were quickly identified, exposed, and executed in public.

Their behavior not only did not cause a backlash from the soldiers, but also provided further help to Gu Hang.

The reputation of the original Angry Owl Sect is not good. When the soldiers found that there were many heretics around them, they were actually angry. They would wonder if the former commander was deliberately condoning this? Should they continue to oppose the governor with those cult traitors?

That would definitely not work.

In other words, this gave the soldiers another reason to convince themselves to accept the decision of surrender.

At the same time, the Holy Lilies were also preaching, instilling the doctrines of the state religion, the faith in the Emperor, and the loyalty to the Empire into the hearts of the soldiers.

Their strength has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the previous bloody battles; and now, they are showing kindness. They will have a gentle smile on their faces, and the light of divinity will bloom on their bodies.

The belief in the Emperor who ascended to God is the most common belief in the entire human empire, even on the Wrathful Owl Star. Taking advantage of the fight against the cult, carrying the power of the victor, and the confusion of the soldiers after the defeat, their preaching effect is quite good.

The Holy Lilies did this not to help Gu Hang specifically.

Is there any other reason for the nuns to preach?

As for the objective help of Gu Hang, the planetary governor who is the spokesperson for the rule of the empire, to strengthen the loyalty of the soldiers, that is a pleasant surprise.

While the combat nuns were busy, Gu Hang was not idle either.

In the prisoner-of-war camp, he met with all the surviving military commanders above the battalion and regiment level, and talked to each of them for a while.

After completing the individual meetings, he also convened all the military commanders above the company level for a closed-door meeting.

During the conversation, Gu Hang heard a lot and said a lot.

He knew the soldiers’ confusion, demands, and confusion, and he gave many firm answers.

Gu Hang is not here to destroy Fuxing City, on the contrary, he is here to build this city; loyalty to the empire is the obligation of every soldier, they will be able to gain more merits on the battlefield, and they will fight to rebuild the world for themselves, their families, and a better tomorrow for their hometown.

Of course, these things sound empty. But Gu Hang also talked about a lot of practical things:

in Fuxing City, the treatment of these alliance regular soldiers is not bad, and Gu Hang can ensure that their material allocation ratio will only be higher than in the past, and the same is true for officers;

in the future, the army will expand, and officers with good performance will likely have more opportunities for promotion;

the army will receive more attention, and better equipment will be allocated to the army;

all soldiers’ families and officers’ families will receive corresponding subsidies according to their ranks;

if there are casualties, the pension ratio will be higher than before…

Gu Hang has guaranteed these middle and grassroots officers on both spiritual and material levels.

The officers were like chicken blood, patting their chests to assure the governor that they had been deceived in the past, and they now understand that loyalty to the governor is the only right way.

Overall, the chat was probably a happy one for both the host and the guests.

Of course, Gu Hang is not naive.

Can you believe everything they say with a pat on their chest? Can you use them as your own people right away?

That is obviously unrealistic.

For example, it is impossible for Gu Hang to let these alliance soldiers take on the task of blocking the city now.

If that were really the case, there would be a bunch of powerful people in the city who are familiar with the officers, trying to build relationships with them and offer bribes… I’m afraid I don’t know how many people would run away by then.

Under the current circumstances, it would be foolish for those old soldiers and officers in the Fuxing City Administration not to say some nice words.

But Gu Hang doesn’t care.

Just show your attitude, that’s enough.

Later, Gu Hang has a lot of ways to improve the combat effectiveness of the army and improve the control over the army.

He will really follow his promises on material conditions and not fool people. Soldiers eat food, and all the promised food is given, which can have basic loyalty; the construction of spiritual civilization needs to be further strengthened. In this regard, Gu Hang intends to take some special measures.

He will draw a large number of people from the six infantry battalions he built by himself for special training. He will invite combat sisters and space warriors to teach them.

After they finish the class, Gu Hang will go to class in person.

It is not a special military training, but the cultivation of ideological awareness. Loyalty to the empire and faith in the emperor need to be further emphasized. And Gu Hang needs to bind loyalty, honor, faith and other things to himself.

There is nothing wrong with this, it is logically true.

You believe in the God-Emperor and are loyal to the Empire. I am the Governor-General appointed by the Empire and the one who rules on the Wrathful Owl Star on behalf of the God-Emperor. Loyalty to the Emperor means loyalty to the Governor-General.

There is nothing wrong with that.

However, Phoenix and Holy Lily will not be bothered with these smuggling tasks. Gu Hang will work harder and do it himself.

And all these trained people will be placed among officers at all levels of the Alliance Corps.

They are not there to grab power or become military commanders, but to do the work of political commissars.

Their duty is to spread the idea of loyalty to the Governor-General to the entire army and to review the actions of military commanders. If an officer shows signs of disloyalty, the political commissar will report it to the higher authorities for handling; if it is during wartime or other emergencies, the political commissar can even execute the military commander and take over the command of the troops.

There are similar positions in the regular army of the Empire.

But what Gu Hang is going to do is to go a step further.

Build the political commissar in the company!

Build the army, strengthen discipline, inspire morale, spread loyalty… This is what these people will do for Gu Hang in the future.

For these things, Gu Hang stayed in the outer city for two full days.

The fifty or so “political commissars” were also selected. They temporarily put on black coats, put on the newly dyed red military caps, and settled in the prisoner-of-war camps and various companies of the Alliance Legion.

Although these people were forced to do something, even the ideological training that Gu Hang had conceived before was very simple. The nuns came to talk to them for a long time, and Gu Hang talked to them for a long time, and that was it.

But in any case, their loyalty to Gu Hang is still guaranteed. Throwing them into the army first will at least strengthen the control over the army.

As for the training, it won’t be too much to expand it in depth when you have time and the situation has calmed down.

While Gu Hang was busy with the army, the inner city was in turmoil these two days.

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It is estimated that it will be put on the shelves at midnight on Monday (12 o’clock on Sunday night).

There will be three chapters today; there will be two chapters tomorrow at noon as usual; the chapters that will be put on the shelves will be posted at night!

(End of this chapter)