Chapter 143, New Arms
Gu Hang stood up, stretched out his hands and made a downward movement.
The agents calmed down obediently.
"I understand the urgency in your hearts, and I also believe that you will make outstanding contributions to the prosperity of Junk Town in the future."
Hearing this tone-setting speech, the agents felt much more at ease.
With this tone, everything will be fine, which means that the Governor will still use them in the future, and he is not too worried about falling into the fate of those powerful people in Fuxing City.
In fact, Gu Hang did not intend to do that. The situation in the two places was different. Moreover, these property-owning agents in Junk Town did not act against him. On the contrary, just now, they quickly stood up and quickly Action helped.
Under such circumstances, there was certainly no need for Gu Hang to carry out any major purges in Garbage Town, as long as the opponents were dealt with.
There were a lot of people killed in Fuxing City. Although it was necessary and it immediately eliminated the stubborn diseases in the city that were not conducive to rule, but when this news spreads to the wasteland, it will indeed make some places that would have smoothly surrendered. There are some changes.
But Gu Hang actually didn't care much about that.
There is nothing wrong with facing some resistance. If it is really a full takeover, then in these survivor settlements in the wasteland, there are countless evil cancers and vampires lying in the settlements before they are incorporated into the alliance's system. I still have to find a way to deal with it afterwards. After all, anti-corruption still requires some evidence. It is better to settle the matter in the name of the traitor when regaining the territory.
It can only be said that there are gains and losses.
Cleaning is impossible in Garbage Town, and subsequent management will definitely be more complicated than starting over in Fuxing City. The remaining agents have intricate but firm control over the industries that originally belonged to them. Corruption, the inability to fully mobilize social productivity, and subsequent policy innovation and promotion will encounter resistance... These situations are probably inevitable.
However, apart from the fact that they bowed their heads and surrendered quickly enough to avoid making a move, another very important first point was that they were forced by the situation.
Here in Garbage Town, the most important issue facing us now is definitely not the issue of governance, but the issue of war.
The threat of green-skinned orcs is far from over.
Now, Gu Hang really didn't have time to mess around with these agents.
After setting the tone and calming the minds of these people with one sentence, Gu Hang then smoothly stated the strategy he was going to implement in Garbage Town:
"Zhit Town is undoubtedly in a state of war. The system that was loose and lacked control in the past was unable to win the war. Now, I declare that Junk Town has completely entered a wartime system and implemented military management. Except for daily necessities Except for production and military production, all other production and business activities will be stopped; all residents of Garbage Town will remain at home, and the city will be under full martial law; all residents' daily necessities will be taken care of by the Military Logistics Department under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Thaddeus Allotment.”
The agents who heard Gu Hang's announcement looked at each other.
This kind of strict management state has never appeared in the garbage town before, and they seemed at a loss what to do.
Some people instinctively feel that this is wrong.
But no one dared to speak.
Gu Hang paused and continued: "I have asked someone to record what you just said. The industries that each of you control and the people who are dependent on those industries must be coordinated. You will temporarily enter Work in the Military Logistics Department to help Lieutenant Colonel Thaddeus and maintain order in the town. Your performance during this period will determine what kind of treatment you will receive after the town calms down in the future. If your rank can reach level C5 or even level B, your personal income and living standards will be better than before, and your power will be greater than before.”
This seemed to give them another reassurance.
They, who had planned to defect to the Governor before, had some understanding of the policies implemented by the New Alliance in Fuxing City. They know that there are currently no people in Fuxing City who can get A-level treatment; there are very few people who can get B-level treatment.
If E-level treatment is the food and clothing line, D-level treatment is already a good life that many wastelanders only dream of living. Only skilled workers, professionals, and middle- and lower-level managers can receive this level of treatment. C-level treatment is only available to senior government officials with meritorious service, top managers of factories, and senior technical experts in various fields.
According to the Governor, if they work hard, they may even get a B-level rating. It is said that the female city owner of Fuxing City--actually just a minister--Ms. Oceana, is only B3 in rank.
Of course, they can also clearly realize that the Governor's words are not only a reassurance, but also a painting. The cake is delicious, but it may not be easy to eat it.
But there is always a head start.
Seeing that these agents were aroused, Gu Hang also smiled.
With the help of these local snakes, things will indeed be much easier.
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After throwing away the three magic weapons of wartime system, military control, and material rationing, Gu Hang no longer worried about the order of the garbage town.
He almost completely left this job to Thaddeus.
The commander of the 2nd Infantry Division probably has not had any opportunity to directly participate in military command from the beginning of the war to the present, or in subsequent wars.
But his responsibilities are obviously much more important than a simple military commander.
And Gu Hang also believed that he could do well.
After all, this is the only SR-level talent under his command.
After confirming that there would be no major problems with the city's order, Gu Hang immediately turned his attention to the military.
The green-skinned threat is far from over.
The two regiments of the 2nd Infantry Division just rested in the town for one night and were about to set off again.
To be honest, they were tired.
From Fuxing City to Garbage Town, it was originally a 6-7 day march, but Gu Hang and his troops arrived in less than four days. Traveling hundreds of miles a day, most of the troops came on foot. In fact, when they arrived outside Junk Town, many troops had reached the limit of their physical strength, and they had to fight another battle before they could get in.
Fortunately, this battle was easy to fight. The adventurers' fighting will was very weak and would break at a touch, otherwise it would be really troublesome.
Although he only had one night's rest before going to the front line to fight, there was nothing he could do.
In just one night, bad news came to Perbov on the front line many times.
After the green-skinned orcs learned that the defense line built by the 1st Brigade and 1st Battalion was difficult to fight, they quickly changed the direction of their attack and began to conduct assaults in other directions.
At this moment, there are only about 50,000 adventurers still fighting on the front lines. A large number of teams that had been defeated and retreated were still regrouping and had not had time to go up.
The defense line they formed was riddled with holes, and Perbov had to mobilize two mechanized infantry companies to continuously put out fires along the entire front of more than 60 kilometers.
Among the ruins of the tower, the road conditions are no more complicated than in the wilderness. Even if the engineering troops have tried their best to clear a road for convenient support, there are often situations where rescue cannot reach them.
It has even happened that the enemy's defense line has been penetrated, and a large number of greenskins have penetrated in, ambushing the team that went to support.
If it weren't for the fact that the Rambler V-chariot in the company was really powerful, something big would have happened.
In general, Perbov still had too few troops and was unable to directly command all the adventurer teams. As a result, his manpower was clumsy on this dozens-kilometer front.
The 1st Regiment and Division Headquarters of the 2nd Division stayed in Junk Town to suppress order in the town; the 2nd Regiment and the 3rd Regiment, the two infantry regiments with a combined number of almost 4,000 men, went to the front line.
A unified command post has been established in Junk Town. All alliance armies, including adventurers, will receive orders here and perform military missions.
With these four thousand regular troops, the frontline problem will be alleviated to a certain extent.
Moreover, what is more important are the three artillery battalions, plus the firepower directly under the division headquarters, and counting the artillery of the Purbeuf battalion, there will be a total of hundreds of cannons.
The artillery is dispersedly arranged in many artillery positions, with a range of about 20 kilometers, to cover the 60-kilometer long position as much as possible, so that if there is a need on the front line, the artillery can launch an immediate strike.
Moreover, the logistical support this time was also very reliable.
Thirty baggage trucks came with the Second Division, specially pulling artillery shells, a total of 4,500 rounds of heavy artillery shells.
This is almost all the artillery shell inventory in Fuxing City, plus all the production capacity of Weixing City in the past half month.
But in reality, you still have to use it sparingly.
It's just enough for hundreds of artillery pieces to fire dozens of rounds. If these heavy artillery were to be fired rapidly as if they were free, and the fire coverage was carried out in a serious manner, they would be all fired in two hours.
However, the logistics department's vehicle was already driving back, and the military industry system in Weixing City had also received orders to start work at full strength. The production of various types of artillery shells and bullets will be a top priority next.
Moreover, new military production lines are already under construction. With enough population and raw materials, increasing production capacity is not a big problem.
But even so, the situation on the front line can only be said to be alleviated. Four thousand people were not enough to fill a 60-kilometer front.
The two regiments, plus the assistance of some armed adventurers still on the front line, can actually only be responsible for a front line of about ten kilometers each.
There are still plenty of gaps.
Not to mention, this is just defense.
What if we want to attack?
It is true that artillery can cause terrible damage to green-skinned orcs who dare to attack. But when one's own side is attacking and the enemy has fortifications to resist, bombing alone is not enough. Especially in the environment of urban ruins, if those greenskins hide in the ruins, bunkers and fortifications are everywhere, the lethality of artillery shells will be greatly reduced.
Even in the ruined terrain, tanks and armored vehicles may not be easy to drive up.
Don't look at Perbov's report in previous battles. Two armored vehicles, one tank, and two infantry squads killed thirty or fifty greenskins at the cost of five to ten casualties, but that was in Defensive operations.
Try playing offense?
The entire battle situation is more similar to urban street fighting.
In the end, after the bombing is over, you still have to rely on people.
Can it be done by relying solely on the 2nd Infantry Division?
It's a bit difficult. The fighting environment in the ruins of the city can easily be pulled within tens of meters or even close to the face. Even a T5 regular soldier is at a complete disadvantage against the green-skinned orcs.
The total number of greenskins on the opposite side may be close to ten thousand. If it is an offensive operation, it may not be enough to wipe out the 2nd Division.
In this situation, Gu Hang had two plans in mind.
Isn’t the problem just firepower and numbers? Then just start with these two problems and solve them.
In terms of firepower, the firepower of the 155 howitzer is indeed the strongest firepower that Gu Hang can produce under conventional force. Defensive operations are more than enough, but offensive operations cannot completely annihilate the greenskins hiding in the ruins.
But in addition to the firepower he has at his disposal, Gu Hang can also call on foreign aid.
The 155 howitzer is not good, so what can I say about the macro artillery that cannot be described by its caliber? Orbital strikes from space can provide huge firepower support.
The second issue is the issue of military strength.
The regular army in Gu Hang's hands is indeed not enough to cope with this war. At most, it can maintain the front line, but it is unable to advance. But the adventurers active on the battlefield are a good pool of troops.
They now seem to be in a bad situation, with poor equipment, poor discipline, poor organization, uneven training levels, and low morale...
But under the baptism of the [Military Card] system, problems of discipline, organization, and training level can all be solved.
Morale issue...this is a bit troublesome. But fortunately, he was prepared before coming. Thaddeus cultivated some seedlings of the company's political commissars to prepare for the explosion.
Before the Zhongsi Academy was established, the political commissar who was temporarily pulled out was not very reliable. Although the training time is longer than when they were assigned to the old alliance army when they first captured Fuxing City, the ideological consciousness of the army composed of these adventurers may be even worse than that of the old alliance army.
The former was once a member of the regular army, but the latter was too uneven.
We can only hope that the training effect of the military card panel and the means of configuring political commissars can be used as much as possible.
As for the equipment level, there are preliminary solutions.
Of course Gu Hang had anticipated the situation in Garbage Town.
In addition to sufficient logistics supplies, including bullets, artillery shells, and military rations, the baggage truck sent by the Logistics Department also brought 5,000 sets of individual equipment, as well as supporting company and platoon-level weapons, machine guns, mortars and Rocket launchers and the like.
Gu Hang planned to recruit 5,000 people from this group of adventurers to form a reinforced group.
Gu Hang already has a set goal for the recruitment of this team's troops.
The beast-slaying group.
Two reasons. One is that among the adventurers in Junk Town, if there is any team that he can like, it is the team called the Beast Slaughter Group.
This statement comes from Perbov's report.
Another reason that made him focus on this group was that he saw the [Event] interface flickering slightly in the system interface.
After Gu Hang clicked on it, he saw an event that could be activated.
[Event activated: Greenskin threat]
[The green-skinned orcs that appeared inexplicably on the planet have grown into a threat that cannot be ignored in the past few years. Just as they are about to destroy Junk Town, your troops arrive on the scene. But the danger has not been eliminated, and the Greenskin's attack continues. 】
[Phase 1 Objective: Guard the Garbage Town and ensure that the Garbage Town is still under your control before the green-skinned orcs retreat. 】
[Event reward: T5 level additional unit training option-Beast Slaughter Group]
[Beast-Slaying Group: A specially trained infantry unit. Soldiers who have completed T5 level training can further undergo specialized training for green-skinned orcs to become a Beast-Slaying Group. The troops of the Beast Slayers have mastered the experience and skills of fighting green-skinned enemies, and under the mysterious blessing, they have a slight physical enhancement when fighting against green-skinned enemies. 】
[Training price: per 1 point of gift/100 people]
[Note: There is a special force that, despite a serious lack of equipment, has learned some special skills from long-term confrontations with green-skinned orcs, and has the potential of an 'orc-slaying group'. When they are trained into T5 level or above troops, they will automatically gain the characteristics of the additional unit "Beast Slayer". 】
It was this piece of news that made Gu Hang become very interested in the beast-slaying group.
First of all, it was the event itself. It was a bit surprising that the confrontation with the green skin would be activated as an event, but it was definitely a good thing.
It is different from the incident of [Phoenix Checkmate]. The chain of events of the Phoenix Chapter might have had nothing to do with him, but in the end it was directed in a direction related to him. But to activate this kind of thing, you need to spend gift points.
But now, his action activates the event, so there is no need to spend additional gift points.
Activating events is certainly a good thing.
The defensive battle in Garbage Town was meant to be fought, but with the addition of [events], there are even more rewards.
Moreover, the goal of this incident basically coincided with Gu Hang's plan - to defend first and then attack later.
The preparations for counterattack are far from ready, and since the defense has the advantage, it must be defensive first. It is best for those greenskins to hit the prepared defense line and get a bloody blow. Gu Hang just wanted to turn this line of defense into a flesh and blood mill. The more greenskin vitality was consumed, the better.
As for the rewards from the event, Gu Hang was a little surprised.
Additional troops... This is a new mechanism.
Does this mean that after training T1-T5 level troops in the past, you can spend additional gift points to conduct special training to achieve the effect of building special troops?
The characteristics of the ‘Beast Slayer Group’ are closely related to the current war.
If all members have the attribute of the 'Orc Slayer', their advantage will be further amplified when facing monsters like green-skinned orcs.
Not to mention the things mentioned in the notes of the event.
A special team with the potential of a 'Beast Slayer', isn't it the Beast Slayer itself or what?
According to the notes, as long as the self-named beast-slaying group that is still on the front line is trained to the T5 level, they will automatically possess the beast-slaying characteristics.
The adventure group had approximately 6,000 people, which was equivalent to directly saving Gu Hang 60 points of gifts for additional training.
As it happened, Gu Hang only had 5,000 additional sets of individual equipment in his hand. Arming them first would be a good idea as the first unit to be recruited and reorganized from among the adventurers.
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