Chapter 69, The Emperor’s Daughter
Gu Hang patted Lambert on the shoulder and said: "I know you are anxious, but being anxious at this time will only make things worse. Calm down, you need to use all your contacts and hidden power in Fuxing City as much as possible to make things better." Find out what happened."
After a pause, Gu Hang continued: "In addition, I will be prepared. If necessary, I will enter the city."
"You want to enter Fuxing City?"
"The Governor will always return to his position." Gu Hang said, "What's more, Speaker Hodgson is working for me now. If he suffers disaster because of this, I will try my best to save him if he is alive; if... I mean, if the worst happens, I will avenge him.”
"Thank you! Lord Governor!"
"Go and get busy with your business."
Watching Lambert leave, Gu Hang sat back in his seat.
Revenge, of course Gu Hang was serious about this. Old Hodgson has been sitting on the Diaoyutai for many years, and he cannot be the speaker of the parliament without any foundation. After going through so many ups and downs, nothing happened. After making it clear that he wanted to support himself, he suddenly encountered a disaster... It would be impossible if Gu Hang, the governor, didn't do something.
In addition to this reason, Gu Hang also had another stronger and more urgent reason for making his decision:
Someone made war on him.
Although the situation is still unclear, if Hodgson dares to attack him in Fuxing City after he has made it clear that he supports him, then there is no doubt that he will start a war.
Regardless of whether those who wage war against him are heretics who believe in the original angry owl or conservative factions in the alliance government, Gu Hang must respond.
In fact, his current preparations are not sufficient.
In his past plan, he personally entered Fuxing City, which should be two to three months later. By then, the economic and production capacity of his territory will be able to support him to fully support an army at least three times larger than now for short-term military operations.
And by that time, with the Quintet's railgun as the greatest deterrent and the systematically trained troops in his hands as a regular means, he will return to Fuxing City and completely control the city.
With this, he will gain a population of nearly a million. The production potential provided by the technology panel will be greatly realized; politically, he can truly exercise the power of the governor as the governor, and use military power as a guarantee to quickly sweep all the surrounding gathering places and incorporate them into his own within the established production system.
Now, it seems that this plan has to be brought forward.
Since war is about to begin, there is no such thing as being ready. He cannot ask others to wait until he is ready before fighting.
But it's not without good news.
Gu Hang's strength has not been fully accumulated, but he now has the help of the Space Marines, which is an enhancement beyond his plan.
The help provided by the seven Phoenix veterans is probably more valuable than the military strength that Gu Hang will develop and expand in the next two months.
"Let's start a war, then let's start a war."
“It’s not a bad thing to plan ahead.”
It's a pity, old Hodgson... I hope he is okay. ……
The troops directly under Gu Hang quickly assembled and let the servitor battalion take care of the house as usual. The remaining five battalions formed an infantry regiment, waiting for the next order;
The mission request was sent to the Phoenix Chapter and received a positive response;
Gu Hang personally communicated with Ye Lixia, and the two communicated for about half an hour. Yelicia said that the entire starship will enter a state of combat readiness from now on. As long as the governor needs it, the orbital gun strike will hit any location designated by him within twenty minutes; starting tomorrow, the starship's combat readiness mission will Completed, entering wartime status, which means that the time of rail gun strike can be shortened to less than ten minutes.
At the same time, since it is clear that the combat target is likely to include heresy, Gu Hang's combat mission here will be supported by the national religion team on the starship.
A team of Battle Sisters will arrive on the surface in six hours.
This is another bonus!
Only now did Gu Hang know that there was actually a small team of battle nuns on board the Quintet? On the way to Wrathful Star, he never knew this!
The Sisters of Battle are also a legendary group.
They are the only armed force of the Empire's official religion. After the Theocratic Wars, the state church was not allowed to have any armed men. But they seized on this word, supported the Sisters, and founded the Sisters of Battle.
These battle sisters who have been blessed by the state religion and have extremely firm beliefs are called the ‘Emperor’s Daughters’. They may not be as powerful as the Space Marines implanted with gene-seeds, but they can gain extraordinary power with the Emperor's blessing.
They also wear specially-made power armor. Unlike the Space Marines, they do not have a modified spinal cord to make a direct neural connection with the armor, but they can drive the armor through the power of divine magic. And although the armor they had been blessed with was not as thick as the Space Marines, it was still a formidable weapon.
At first, he thought it was strange that there was a small team of battle sisters stationed on the Quintet, but after searching in his memory, he suddenly realized it.
The Order of Sisters has many branches. In addition to the main ones, there will also be some subordinate second- and third-class orders. Of course they also need to be stationed somewhere, usually with important institutions of the state church. In the Pegasus Sector, on the hive planet Koroga 3, there is a state religion cathedral. It is not only the most important branch of the Empire's state religion in this sector, but also the hub of faith in many surrounding sectors.
And there, the Sisters of Holy Mercy Lily were stationed.
On a large starship like the Quintet, the church is a necessary place. In peacetime, priests and nuns need to soothe the minds of the crew on the battleship; in wartime, they will resist the corruption from evil.
In this case, if the sector government and the state church have relatively close military cooperation, it is not impossible to equip an additional team of battle sisters in addition to the regular starship church.
Similar to the Space Marines, the Battle Sisters are not subordinates directly commanded by Captain Yelicia. But after all, we are in the same boat. If you make a request, it is normal for others to agree.
What's more, this time it was not Yelicia who requested it. It was these 'Emperor's Daughters' who took the initiative to ask for a fight after the news about the cult on Raging Owl reached them.
A fanatical Sister of Battle who will not tolerate the existence of heresy.
And with the help of these battle sisters, who were not much weaker than the Space Marines, Gu Hang's actions became even more powerful.
What's more, in comparison, these battle sisters are more professional anti-cult experts than space warriors. If there are traces of the original Angry Owl sect in this matter, the Emperor's daughter will give them a huge surprise.
(End of chapter)