Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 97

Chapter 97, The Wind Rises

The 3rd Battalion of the Governor’s Infantry Regiment will be responsible for food security and the safety of Ossena herself.

Of course, relying on just one infantry battalion is definitely not enough.

At this time, what Yan Fangxu has been doing has finally come into play.

He has not shown up in Fuxing City because he is still rooted in the prisoner camp outside Fuxing City with the 4th Battalion and the fifty political commissars drawn from various teams.

Ossena is short of manpower here and has applied to the Governor. Gu Hang turned around and asked Yan Fangxu how the training of the group of prisoners was going.

It has only been a few days, and more than 7,000 prisoners certainly cannot be reorganized so quickly.

Of course, their training level is enough. Although it does not reach the level of T5 produced by the system, it is at least a regular army of the former alliance.

The main problem is reliability.

However, it is not impossible to draw personnel.

Yan Fangxu drew out seven of the best performing companies at present.

The political commissars assigned to the seven companies have successfully established branches of the soldiers’ committee in the companies, and have done a good job in ideological work.

As they put themselves into practical action, they immediately faced the first test.

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Ossena seemed to be in a state of panic.

The political team she led had basically no grassroots control over the outer city of Fuxing City.

Everything started from scratch.

It was also difficult to establish it quickly.

So how could Ossena publicize the distribution of food at fixed times and locations?

A primitive method.

She got a lot of three-wheeled vehicles, installed loudspeakers, recorded the words of food distribution, and drove around the city to ensure that everyone could hear it.

As for the work of cult investigation ordered by the governor, Ossena understood that it was something that needed to be done, but the priority was relatively low.

Of course, she knew that if the cult members were not arrested, they would cause trouble and chaos. But relatively speaking, it would not be so easy to make the residents of the outer city full and the cult members wanted to toss about it. The difficulty would increase.

There is hope for the future, who would want to follow a cult?

Of course, screening work still needs to be done.

There are three nuns assigned by Gurette to help with the final processing of the screening work.

But it is obvious that it is impossible to screen hundreds of thousands of people with just three nuns.

In her busy schedule, Ossena took the time to make a set of registration forms.

When receiving food, people need to register their personal conditions and verify the conditions provided by others.

It is hoped that this method can be used to find out whether someone has behaved abnormally recently, whether there are people who live nearby but are not familiar to the people around them, or even more directly, people who are suspected of being cult members can be directly reported.

The abnormal people found will be further examined, and even at the last stage, the nuns will directly participate.

This is the best way Ossena can come up with in a short period of time and under limited conditions.

Her core focus is still on food distribution.

However, just as Sanbengzi was spreading the word with loud speakers, and grain distribution points were set up in various places in the outer city, guarded by teams of soldiers, waiting for the grain to arrive, all work could proceed smoothly.

But at this time, news came that the team transporting grain from the inner city was ambushed.

When Ossena heard the news, she felt like she was struck by lightning.

If there was a problem with the food being transported, there would be a big mess.

The public’s expectations had been raised by the previous uninterrupted mobile loudspeaker propaganda. According to the news reported from the front, many people have already started queuing up at the food distribution point to wait for the arrival of food.

At this time, what should I do if the food has a problem halfway?

Should I tell the hungry people who are queuing up and waiting for this meal that the food is gone?

Isn’t that nonsense?

I’m afraid it will cause a riot on the spot!

Ossena was a little panicked.

She didn’t have enough experience. In her past management work, she did a good job, but she mostly found problems, thought about solutions, and found ways to complete it. Often, things can be solved by following your own plan.

Like this, suddenly there was such a big emergency, a situation that would collapse completely if it was not handled properly. Ossena really had never encountered it before, so it was natural for her to panic.

But she quickly forced herself to calm down: “Ossena, Ossena, don’t panic, you have to find a way… just like before…”

She calmed down and began to think.

Dealing with hundreds of thousands of people outside the city, food distribution is actually a very cumbersome process.

First, she selected six places in the outer city as warehouses as distribution centers for food. The food transported from the main warehouses in the inner city will be placed in the distribution center first. Then, each distribution center corresponds to about 10 specific food distribution points. The food transported to the distribution center will be distributed to ten distribution points. People can directly receive food after registering their identities here.

The security issue is quite arduous. Ossena can mobilize a team, including the seven companies given by Yan Fangxu and the 3rd Battalion sent by the Governor, a total of ten companies.

Each distribution center will be responsible for a company. They have to garrison the distribution center to ensure the safety of the food after it is transported; they have to watch over each food distribution point and provide support in time if there is an emergency.

There are also two other companies, which are mainly responsible for food escort. Each of the six routes must have a platoon to follow the convoy.

The last two companies were pulled out to serve as clerks. They will be scattered at all food distribution points to serve as guards, and at the same time do the specific work of personnel registration and food distribution.

If there are not enough clerks, soldiers will be used.

Now, the problem is the food transportation route.

At present, the news that Ossena has received is that a group of rioters, armed with weapons, appeared and attacked the team when the team passed through the complex slums. The outcome of the battle is temporarily unknown.

The six food transportation routes were attacked almost at the same time.

After sorting out the current situation, she was not methodical, but she also issued one instruction after another in a down-to-earth manner.

“Send a telegram to the Governor immediately, reporting the situation we encountered here and requesting support. We need loyal and reliable teams to help.”

“Immediately issue orders to all companies stationed at food distribution centers, requiring them to go out in full force to support the food transport convoys they are responsible for and eliminate all armed elements.”

“The teams at the sixty food distribution points we set up are not allowed to move, and they must pay full attention to the conditions of the people in line. Appeasement is the top priority, and force must not be used unless it is absolutely necessary.”

“Contact Captain Yan Fangxu, I need him to take out the military rations from the prisoner camp and prepare them… Of course I know that the food is very important and determines the stability of the prisoners. I also hope that I don’t have to use it, but if there is a problem with any of the food transportation routes, we need this food for temporary emergency use. Don’t let him worry, I have already mobilized supplies from the starch block production factory in the Governor’s camp, and a convoy carrying 100 tons of food is on the way to meet the needs of the military camp. Our synthetic starch factory is also operating at full capacity.”

The clerks who received her orders went to do their work.

Ossena was thinking about whether there were any problems with the instructions she had issued, and whether there were any places that needed to be supplemented, while looking out the window.

The wind was blowing outside. The houses in the slums, which were built very casually, creaked in the wind.

Looking at the wind, Ossena’s worries deepened.

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One more chapter, a little later, I haven’t finished it yet…

(End of this chapter)