Chapter 88, Artillery (please order first!!!)
Bradford came up with a sinister plan.
Pretending to agree to Norris's condition of giving up resistance, then going back on his word and killing him.
Lambert was somewhat tempted by the idea, but ultimately declined.
Indeed, as Bradford said, it would save a lot of effort, at least there would be no need to fight. In the case of a hard attack, thousands of people, even ordinary workers, would be armed and basically only equipped with light weapons. But after all, they were holding on to the fortified factory. If you want to conquer it, you need to put in some effort. Even need to bear a lot of casualties.
But Lambert still plans to do it.
The main reason was that he didn't want Gu Hang to be known as a treacherous person.
In private, any means is acceptable, but on the surface, as a ruler, credibility is very important. In a sense, it even represents credibility and whether policies can be easily believed by the people.
In this case, you have to pretend to be aboveboard.
Being clever here may indeed save a lot of effort in solving the Norris problem, but the price of taking shortcuts at this moment may be doubled from other places.
After making this decision, he also used it to mock Bradford, saying that he could only be a businessman in his life and would never understand the structure of politicians who do great things.
Bradford was speechless.
Lambert's actions also received additional support.
He mobilized two infantry battalions that entered the city with the governor, and also pulled out a dozen heavy cannons from the captured military weapons, and made a gesture of storming.
Norris sent an envoy to discuss the terms of surrender, but Lambert once again refused.
Lambert demanded that all those who resisted in the factory surrender unconditionally, lay down their weapons, and await the trial of the Governor.
It was an ultimatum, and Lambert would only give them an hour.
The news was brought back to the factory by the messenger, and the people inside were silent.
After an hour, when no one came out to surrender, Lambert ordered the war to begin.
Pulled in by him to help Purbov, he ordered his 2nd Battalion to start playing with the newly acquired big toy.
Those were five 155mm howitzers; the 6th Battalion next door, which was brought in to work together, also had five captured artillery pieces as battalion firepower.
Ten heavy cannons opened fire in unison, and shells were fired into the factory one after another.
After a volley was fired, billowing black smoke billowed out of the factory.
The governor's soldiers did not rush inside.
When the enemy is completely surrounded, it would be a fool not to make good use of the heavy artillery, but to waste the lives of soldiers. Anyway, there are a lot of artillery shells in stock. The ten artillery pieces will fire a dozen or twenty rounds first. After hundreds of rounds of heavy artillery are finished, let's talk about the infantry going in to clear them up.
In the process, Lambert also received additional assistance.
Sister Gerrit came here with six nuns.
……
This was not the first time Lambert had met the Sisters of the Lily of Mercy.
To be honest, he prefers these battle nuns who always have gentle smiles on their faces compared to the phoenixes who have dark faces all day long and look like they should not let strangers in.
Although there was a war, these nuns were still ruthless.
However, since we have seen each other before, this was the first time for us to communicate, so Lambert seemed a little cautious.
"Nice to see you, Your Excellency, Mother Superior, thank you very much for coming to our aid." Gerrit said: "You're welcome, we are all fighting for the empire. Mr. Lambert, what's going on with your family?" I’ve heard about it too, and I’m sorry that this happened to you.”
"Thank you. However, I remember that you and your subordinates should be checking for traces of the cult in the city? How come you have time to participate in the battle here in the factory?"
Garrett 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 paid attention to it.
"Can you tell me?"
"It's okay."
Then, the head nun told Lambert, the descendant of the victim, in more detail what she had discovered during this period.
She went to investigate the death scene of old Hodgson and found the remnants of heresy in the Hodgson family mansion.
Therefore, she believed that heretics were involved in the assassination of old Hodgson.
The other sisters went to investigate other clues, and she came here with six people.
At the beginning, the mastermind who planned to assassinate Hodgson was Mondoc, but that man was already dead; the remaining two participants were both here, and she came here to understand the situation.
After learning about this, Lambert immediately pulled Bradford out.
In the details about the death of old Hodgson, this guy never mentioned anything about a cult.
Bradford was also confused after hearing the head nun's inquiry.
He doesn't know!
He didn't lie. He had reached the point where he was now, and he was working hard to survive and possibly get a reduced sentence. Regarding the cult, if he knew about it, how could he help the cult members hide it? He was eager to sell out all those idiots.
But he really didn't know about it. The assassination incident was the mastermind of Mondoc. Bradford only participated in the aftermath and carve-up operations. He had no control over how the assassination was carried out.
In his opinion, it is not difficult for Mondoc, a guy who has mastered the military power of the Alliance, to do this.
As it turned out, the Hodgson family disappeared from their own mansion one night.
After confirming that Bradford was indeed not lying, and that there was indeed no aura related to the cult found on his body, the head nun let him go.
Then, she set her sights on the factory area in front of her that was still being bombarded by artillery fire.
There, there was the last plotter involved in Hodgson's assassination, Old Norris.
In that factory, she could feel the fluctuations of the evil energy of the storm.
That is heretical sorcery energy - extraordinary power that does not believe in the God-Emperor but comes from praying to others is heretical in the eyes of the state religion.
Some radicals even believe that spontaneously generated psykers are heretics, and that there should be no legitimate psykers in this world.
These extremists are usually accused of being heretics by the Imperial Spiritual Society. War of words between the two sides is a daily occurrence, and even physical destruction of each other is common.
Holy Mercy Lily is not that kind of extremist, otherwise the first person they would be hostile to would be the Governor himself.
It's just that members of the state religion, no matter what faction, will deeply hate the extraordinary energy that comes from other extraordinary creatures, through the connection of faith, and through heretical rituals.
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