Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 88

Chapter 88, Artillery (Please order first!!!)

Bradford proposed a sinister plan.

Pretend to agree to Norris’s condition of giving up resistance, then go back on his word and kill him.

Lambert was somewhat tempted by this plan, but ultimately refused to do so.

Indeed, as Bradford said, doing so would save a lot of effort, at least there would be no need to fight. If they attacked head-on, several thousand people, even if they were ordinary workers, were armed and basically only equipped with light weapons, but after all, they were defending the reinforced factory. If they wanted to conquer it, they would need to put in some effort, and even suffer a lot of casualties.

But Lambert still planned to do so.

The main reason was that he didn’t want Gu Hang to bear the name of a traitor.

In private, any means were acceptable, but in public, as a ruler, credit was very important, and even in a sense represented public credibility and whether the policy was easy for the people to believe.

In this case, even if you pretend, you have to pretend to be open and aboveboard.

Being clever here may indeed save a lot of effort in dealing with Norris, but the price of taking shortcuts at this moment may be doubled from other places.

After making this decision, he also used this opportunity to mock Bradford, saying that he could only be a businessman in his life and would never understand the pattern of politicians doing great things.

Bradford was speechless.

Lambert’s actions also received additional support.

He mobilized two infantry battalions that followed the governor into the city, and also pulled out a dozen heavy artillery from the captured military weapons, making a strong attack posture.

Norris sent an envoy to discuss the terms of surrender, but was once again sternly rejected by Lambert.

Lambert asked all those who resisted in the factory to surrender unconditionally, lay down their weapons, and wait for the governor’s trial.

This was an ultimatum, and Lambert would only give them one hour.

The message was brought back to the factory by the messenger, and the people inside were silent.

After an hour, no one came out to surrender, and Lambert ordered the war.

Pulled to help Perbov, he ordered his 2nd Battalion to start playing with the newly acquired big toys.

There were five 155mm howitzers; the 6th Battalion, which was pulled in to work together, was also equipped with five captured artillery pieces as battalion firepower.

Ten heavy artillery pieces fired together, and shells were fired into the factory one by one.

After a round of volleys, billowing black smoke rose from the factory.

The governor’s soldiers did not rush in.

In the case of the enemy being completely surrounded, it would be a fool not to make good use of the heavy artillery and use the lives of soldiers to fill it. Anyway, there are a lot of artillery shells in stock. Ten artillery pieces will fire a dozen or twenty rounds first. After hundreds of heavy artillery shells are fired, we can talk about the infantry going in to clear up.

In this process, Lambert also received additional assistance.

Sister Grit came here with six nuns.

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This is not the first time Lambert has seen the nuns of the Holy Lily of Mercy.

To be honest, compared to the Phoenixes who always had a dark face and looked like they didn’t want anyone to come near, he preferred these combat nuns who always had a gentle smile on their faces.

Although these nuns were just as ruthless in battle.

However, although they had met before, it was the first time they had communicated, so Lambert seemed a little reserved.

“It’s nice to meet you, Her Excellency the Head Sister. Thank you very much for coming to help us.”

Grace said, “You’re welcome. We are all fighting for the Empire. Mr. Lambert, I have also heard about what happened to your family. It’s a pity that this happened to you.”

“Thank you. However, I remember that you and your subordinates should be investigating the traces of the cult in the city. How can you have time to participate in the battle here in the factory?”

Grace responded, “There is evil hidden in this factory. Moreover, the activities of the cultists may be related to the disaster suffered by your Hodgson family.”

Lambert immediately took it seriously.

“Can you tell me?”

“No problem.”

Then, the head nun told Lambert, the descendant of the victim, in detail about her discoveries during this period.

She went to investigate the death scene of old Hodgson and found the remnants of heresy in the mansion of the Hodgson family.

Therefore, she believed that the assassination of old Hodgson involved the participation of cult heretics.

The other sisters went to investigate other clues, and she came here with six people.

At the beginning, the mastermind of the assassination of Hodgson was Mondok, but that man is dead; the remaining two participants are here, and she came to understand the situation.

After learning about this, Lambert immediately dragged Bradford out.

This guy did not mention the cult in the details of the death of old Hodgson that he revealed before.

And Bradford was also confused after hearing the inquiry of the head nun.

He didn’t know!

He didn’t lie. It has come to this point. He is trying hard to survive and seek a possible reduction in sentence. If he knew about the cult, how could he help those cult members conceal it? He would like to sell out those brain-damaged guys.

But he really didn’t know about it. The assassination was masterminded by Mondok, and Bradford only participated in the aftermath and the division operation. He didn’t care how to assassinate.

In his opinion, it is not difficult for Mondok, who holds the military power of the alliance, to do this.

The fact turned out to be true. The Hodgson family disappeared from their own mansion one night.

After confirming that Bradford was not lying and that there was no smell of cult on him, the head nun let him go.

Then, she set her sights on the factory area in front of her that was still being bombarded.

There was the last conspirator involved in the assassination of Hodgson, that is, old Norris.

In the factory, she could feel the fluctuations of storm evil energy.

That was the evil energy of heresy – the extraordinary power that did not believe in the Emperor and prayed to others was considered heresy by the state religion.

Even some radicals believed that spontaneously generated psychics were heretics, and there should be no legal psychics in this world.

And these extremists were usually accused of heresy by the Imperial Spiritual Society. The two sides had a war of words every day, and even physical destruction of each other was common.

Holy Mercy Lily was not that kind of extremist, otherwise the first person they would be hostile to was the Governor himself.

However, the extraordinary energy that comes from other extraordinary creatures through the connection of faith and the prayers of heretical rituals is hated by all members of the state religion, no matter what faction they belong to.

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