Chapter 479 The Governor's Rebellion
After three years of construction, the Northern Territory has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to the barbaric state when Purficott first arrived.
Whether it is the rising capital of Chernobog or the prosperous port of Belloberg, they have developed into large cities that are not inferior to the empire itself.
Although limited by various objective factors and unable to achieve the prosperity of the mainland of the empire, each city itself can be said to be prosperous.
Especially as the end of the world approaches, a large number of nobles, wealthy businessmen and other powerful people from the empire have moved to the north, causing the only two cities in the north to instantly usher in a wave of unprecedented prosperity.
After all, these immigrant nobles and wealthy businessmen need to buy real estate and settle their families, which all cost money.
In conjunction, many industries have been spawned due to demand, which has also indirectly stimulated the economic prosperity of the North.
Although the end is approaching, many people feel inexplicably settled when looking at the prosperous scene in the north, feeling that the empire will be able to survive this disaster.
In the final analysis, this is the confidence of the world’s most powerful country, isn’t it?
When talking about the prosperity of the Victoria Empire, even the beggars in Langton City will proudly hold up their chests.
Although the prosperity of Victoria has nothing to do with the beggars of Langton, the improvement of the quality of life of the people at the bottom of the North is closely related to the prosperity of the city.
At least under the policies formulated by Purficott, the people at the bottom of the northern border can basically live without worries about food and clothing, and with the various industries spawned by the prosperity of the city, they have also Find a job that is enough to support your family.
This undoubtedly made many people feel grateful to Purficott, the Earl of the North. Countless people even prayed to the All-Father in the newly built church, and the hymns they uttered were to pray to the All-Father to bless Purfi. Kurt, so that she can continue to bring a happy life to the people in the North.
In fact, not only the lower-class people in the North thought so, but even most of the nobles and wealthy businessmen had similar thoughts after arriving in the North.
Perhaps some of them have suffered losses due to what happened before, or their relatives and friends have been killed, but most of them still know what is good and what is good, and they clearly understand the key to the approaching end. At that time, only the northern border of Perfectcourt could protect them.
There are those who are truly hostile to Purficott because their lives have been greatly affected... It cannot be said that there are none, but they are still a minority, and under the regulations and constraints of various policies in the north, they basically cannot achieve anything.
For Purficott herself, it still doesn't matter to her to accommodate this kind of objection.
Overall, although Purficott’s support rate in the north has not reached the level of unanimous approval, at least more than 70% of the people support her, including nobles, wealthy businessmen, and ordinary civilians. , as well as the Northern Army under her own control.
And this was despite the large influx of immigrants such as nobles and wealthy businessmen from the empire, which diluted the people in the north's original support for Perficott.
So you can imagine how much of a sensation it caused when the news that Purficott was attacked by rebels while negotiating with the revolutionary army in the New World colonies spread back to the north.
It can be said that almost as soon as the news was received, the troops in the north moved. An infantry regiment took a train and headed towards the New World Colonies. Three more regiments were gathering later, and they would also march towards the New World Colonies one after another.
The two knights, White Bear and Iron Fire, also quickly gathered together. Except for each leaving a flag team to look after their house, all the knights took the airship. Time rushed to where Purficott was.
The airship fleet in the north also assembled at this time, loading the thermobaric bombs just produced from the factory into the bomb bay, and then carried out the mission of bombing the capital of France. Led by the Behemoth, they arrived at Novoshak City, the capital of the New World colony, the next day, and began to warn the residents, making preparations for the imminent bombing.
The reason why the Behemoth and the airship fleet brought thermobaric bombs to New Shaker City was because the rebels who attacked Perfecticot were the governors of the New World who originally wanted to put down the rebellion of the revolutionary army. A colonial garrison was formed.
After the ambitious governor was sprayed by Purficott, he quickly guessed that Purficott was going to deal with him, so he took a desperate risk and planned to strike first.
He had the troops of the five newly formed regiments in his hands, and this time he took them all into custody. On the grounds that the peace talks between Purficott and the revolutionary army were betraying the interests of the empire, he denounced her for colluding with the revolutionary army and betraying her. The empire.
He wants to eliminate these traitors who betrayed the interests of the empire for the sake of the empire, and suppress the rebellion of the revolutionary army.
The attack did come very suddenly. When Perficott was attacked, he had already left Stansall City where he was negotiating with the Revolutionary Army, and returned to Major General Richard's station, with only two Steam Knight flags around him. In addition to the team and a team of flying knights, there was only one guard regiment that was not full.
In terms of military strength, Mr. Governor actually has certain advantages in this attack.
It's a pity that the combat effectiveness gap between the colonial garrison and the Guards allowed Major General Richard to command the undermanned Guards regiment in his hands and suppress the three rebel infantry regiments with the assistance of a team of steam knights. , even repelling them at one point.
As for the other two rebel infantry regiments? They wanted to join the battle, but the battlefield was only so large. The two infantry regiments couldn't be deployed and could only be used as reserves.
As a result, the only advantage of the governor's rebels was offset.
Without a quick victory, the attack will be meaningless.
Not to mention that Purficott also has an airship that can pick her up at any time. The steam knights and flying knights beside her are not something that the five newly formed infantry regiments can withstand. of.
Don't forget, in the experiment conducted by the Victoria Empire, five steam knights crushed a Guards Infantry Regiment.
Although a team of steam knights stayed with Purficott to protect her safety, when the airship and flying knights entered the battle together, the sudden battle had already entered garbage time.
Not to mention that one day later, the airship fleet carrying the sixteen flag teams of the White Bear and Iron Fire Knights arrived on the battlefield.
In the end, the rebels of the five infantry regiments were completely crushed by a total of more than 200 steam knights from seventeen steam knight flag teams, and the governor himself was directly captured alive by the flying knights. Rebellion is a farce.
(End of this chapter)