Chapter 196, a big wave!
Gu Hang was still concerned about the first battle after the special operations brigade was established.
He read the battle report in full and was quite emotional.
Six of the thirty-member combat team were killed, but they completed their mission and seemed to have eliminated high-value enemy targets.
What else is there to criticize?
Especially for La Crocha and Kuchi, Gu Hang personally issued the awards.
Needless to say, the former is the 'hero' activated by Gu Hang using gift points. He is the only character specializing in combat under the current system interface. Now, what checks and balances his combat effectiveness is the issue of equipment.
If you give him some better equipment, such as upgrading the LR5 laser rifle into a hell gun, bolter, plasma or melta weapon... he might be able to compete with a Space Marine.
Still comparing it to space warriors, if the mission was not the special operations brigade but the Phoenix warriors, it would indeed be easier to complete.
However, there are only four Space Marines left, and they are still 'non-renewable resources'. As for the soldiers of the special operations brigade... although it sounds a little unpleasant to say, they are indeed high-end consumables.
Although there were sacrifices, although there was a soldier like La Crocha leading the team, although the completion was quite reluctant... As long as it can complete similar special tasks, it is already very good.
How much is a Space Marine worth, and how much is a Special Forces soldier?
Gu Hang didn't like to measure the lives of soldiers as cold numbers. But as a leader and a ruler, he sometimes has to make cold calculations like this.
Of course, the pensions for the six sacrificed soldiers will not be small; those who complete the mission alive should also receive high enough combat allowances, bonuses, and honors.
Thaddeus' military and political department will handle these matters, so Gu Hang doesn't have to worry too much.
His attention was again focused on the report submitted by researcher Hu Ke.
The engine prophet went to inspect the trophies brought back by the Wind Falcon and submitted a report.
He said that the things he picked up this time were of high value, and he had a chance to decipher some important information from them.
For example, to verify whether his previous guess that the Natural Salvation Society had found a complete and undamaged spiritual energy field was true; to verify what they were doing with the spiritual energy field; and to try to deduce the location of the spiritual energy field. ……
Hearing this statement, Gu Hang felt a great sense of expectation in his heart.
Gu Hang cared very much about this group of evil-minded cultists, and also cared about the spiritual energy field.
Dealing with the cultists is closely related to solving the problems in the Qinggu area. But unfortunately, judging from the current situation, it is difficult to do this solely by relying on the military.
The people from the Nature Salvation Society hid in the jungle. How could the army do anything to them? Army Group Center said it had 50,000 to 60,000 people, and there were over 100,000 militiamen at its disposal, but even this small number of people would not be able to make a splash in the jungle.
It is still necessary to rely on accurate intelligence, special forces to carry out precise strikes, guide orbital firepower in the sky for cover bombing, or even worse, send out wind falcons that can be deployed globally for bombing.
Of course, this does not mean that the current Qinggu strategy should be abandoned.
Gu Hang was determined to eradicate the jungle.
However, he did not intend to keep his main army stuck there for a long time.
Complete eradication is not impossible, but it will take too long.
His order to the Central Group Army was for them to completely stabilize the situation in the North Qinggu area, then follow the original road south, and try their best to connect all the survivors in the South Qinggu area to the north, and establish a defense line from North Qinggu to South Qinggu. , their mission is considered completed.
During this time, the militia will receive more effective training and more powerful equipment. In the future, the task of maintaining the defense lines in the north and south Qinggu areas will be handed over to the local militia groups, and the main army will withdraw.
Yes, according to Cai Hang's strategy, he is going to give up the land in Nan Qinggu.
It's not necessary, and there won't be enough population to develop if we take it down. It would be great if the remaining few million people in the south Qinggu direction could be gathered back. The Beiqinggu area has a total land area of an estimated two to three million square kilometers, most of which is relatively rich and fertile arable land. Not to mention feeding 10 million people, the food output here alone can feed all the people of the entire Raging Owl Star. There is a surplus of population, and we can still export food.
To be honest, it would be difficult for these ten million people to develop the Beiqinggu area.
Let’s just leave the Southern Qinggu area aside until the future, when the population of Raging Owl Star grows significantly and there is more demand for land and food.
Gu Hang now realizes one thing more deeply. The Raging Owl is not short of land, it is short of population. His steps to unify the planet are not to unify the many rotten lands, which is meaningless. Expanding the population under his control is the core priority.
If all 10 million people in the Qinggu area are included in his rule, then he will have achieved his desired Qinggu strategy.
Gu Hang gave Yan Fangxu half a year for this process.
As for the Natural Salvation Society, Gu Hang needs to treat it as another independent issue.
He placed his hope in Hu Ke being able to crack more things; he placed his hope in the regular patrols and air strikes of the Wind Falcon; he placed his hope in the special operations brigade in the south.
Capture live mouths and find out clues.
Seek, find, destroy.
Continue this process until the cultists are completely annihilated.
If the clue information Hu Ke deciphered was sufficient enough to help him complete a fatal blow and eliminate the cultists in one go, it would be the best; if not, Gu Hang would not be afraid to turn this matter into a murderous one. Long-term combat work.
The only thing to worry about is the complete spiritual energy field discovered by the cultists.
It was a very advanced energy source, and Gu Hang wasn't sure what they would do with it. But if you think about the history of the Raging Owl Star, the source of the demon disaster here is the over-exploitation of the spiritual gas field, which has caused the curtain between reality and the abyss to become weak. Coupled with some human factors and cult infection factors, it eventually led to the invasion of demons.
Now that there is a complete spiritual energy field in the hands of cultists, and they themselves want to summon demons and evil gods, it is very worrying when these things are combined.
However, looking on the bright side, when Wind Falcon's patrols in the south become regular, there are some situations that Gu Hang will be able to detect in advance.
If the worst happens and those cultists tear open a new gap in the abyss, the movement will definitely be huge. With early detection, Gu Hang still has a chance to solve the problem before it expands to the point where it cannot be solved.
Of course, it would be best if it could be done earlier.
Because of this, he is very looking forward to the results of Hu Ke's work.
However, after waiting for more than a month, there was no result.
To be honest, Gu Hang was in a hurry.
Because something very important will happen this month: the Beautiful Maiden Caravan and the Quintet will both leave at this time.
They have to repair the ship. Gu Hang’s cousin has left, but Yelicia will stay. A frigate named ‘Blade Tiger’ has arrived.
The captain of the Blade Tiger, named Du Zhicheng, is a lieutenant commander in the Imperial Navy.
In terms of military rank, he is much lower than Ye Lixia.
Although everyone on the ship is his, he is still technically the captain and commander. But with Yelicia here, the command will undoubtedly fall into the hands of the female brigadier general.
Du Zhicheng should have expected this. He may have even communicated with the Fofana family, which is deeply rooted in the Tianma Star District Navy system. He has a complete understanding of his mission this year and should be more cooperative.
But no matter what, a main strike cruiser was replaced by a frigate...the guns were replaced with shotguns.
Gu Hang had really wanted Hu Ke to complete the information decryption and deduction of the loot within this month. It was best to find the location of the Linghua gas field, and then quickly send people to investigate the situation. If necessary, he could directly call for an orbital strike. , come on hard.
No matter how many conspiracies those Chaos cultists have, they are still unable to withstand justice from the sky with a single shot of the "Wrath of the Loyal Si".
As a result, now... oh, the wrath of the loyal heir is gone, do you want the 'scalpel' missile?
Yelicia explained to Gu Hang the weapon configuration on the Blade Tiger. Compared with the Quintet, it was simply shabby: there were only thirty S-type weapons, and they were gone.
Ten 'Reflectors' interceptor laser cannons, ten 'Defender' rapid-fire cannons, and ten 'Scalpel' missile launch platforms.
No more.
The reflector cannot hit the ground. If it has to hit the ground, after passing through the atmosphere, the reflector with insufficient power will lose a large part of its energy and will be unable to perform orbital strike missions.
Defender rapid-fire cannons are barely adequate, and so are scalpel missiles.
But obviously, there is no comparison with the two hundred scalpel missiles, twenty thermal hammer macro cannons, and two loyal heir's wrath macro cannons in one round of the Quintet.
I can only say it is better than nothing.
If the Alliance Air Force develops further and has hundreds of aircraft, all equipped with missiles, the power of one air strike will be about the same as ten scalpels.
Gu Hang could only sigh.
But there is nothing we can do about it.
Hu Ke even came to the Governor to apologize with uneasiness, but what could he do?
I'm afraid he is the only one on the entire planet who can do this, so there's no point in rushing.
Gu Hang could only accept the reality.
After sending the Quintet away with tears in his eyes, Gu Hang could only return to his office and figure out how to use the gift points in hand.
The fixed income for the new month has arrived.
This month's gift points totaled 1,307.
Compared with 1022 last month, there was a relatively large increase again.
This increase mainly comes from the North Qinggu area. After the Mutual Aid Association was essentially incorporated into the alliance's rule, an additional four million people were added.
Although the productivity of the Northern Qinggu area is now at a crawl, and a considerable part of the population is a 'refugee' and a pure burden, after all, the number of four million is here, and the gift points have increased quite a lot.
As for other increases, they come from the twin cities absorbing more people and further growth in productivity; order has been restored in the three central provinces, and their respective monthly incomes have also increased slightly.
After getting this gift point, Gu Hang now has 1,708 gift points in his hand.
He thought about it and planned 700 points of gifts to train soldiers.
He planned to recruit 70,000 soldiers on the spot from the Beiqinggu area, and establish 11 garrison divisions with the designations 15-25, all of which would be under the command of the Central Army Group. At that time, combined with the existing militia groups in the Qinggu area, plus the 13th Mechanical Brigade and the 14th Motorized Infantry Division that have just been reorganized and quickly sent to the south, Commander Yan Fangxu will have the available forces. It will be more than 200,000.
With this scale, the problem of troop strength should be generally solved.
For these 70,000 soldiers, there is not a big problem with the supply of soldiers, they are recruited from refugees; the training problem is not a big problem, which can be solved by the [Soldier Card] system; the problem with weapons and equipment is a bit big, with 70,000 sets of individual equipment, corresponding artillery pieces, and trucks, I'm afraid I won't get more than two It takes three months to complete production.
But Gu Hang had time to wait.
There were still a thousand gifts. Gu Hang thought about it and decided to build a comprehensive college.
In this way, he has completed all three types of college-type buildings open to him in the building system so far.
In education, the earlier you invest, the higher the returns.
The comprehensive college will produce students in a series of majors such as business, grammar, administration, and art. Compared with technical colleges, comprehensive colleges should be regarded as colleges of social sciences.
It is true that technology is the primary productive force, but as the land Gu Hang manages becomes more and more vast, the population becomes larger and larger, and the overall scale expands to millions or tens of millions in a few months, he just needs enough management. talents, as bureaucrats, to manage the entire planet for him.
This is inevitable.
This is especially true with the highly centralized political system he adopted.
The technical college provides scientific and technological talents, the comprehensive college provides high-quality social science talents, and Zhongsi College ensures the loyalty of the first two... This is the overall education system of the alliance planned by Gu Hang.
The next step is to establish a complete compulsory education stage, which requires longer-term investment, but Gu Hang will not do it himself. The Ministry of Culture and Education, which is under the alliance government, will be responsible for this aspect.
At this point, all 1,700 gift points were spent, and all that was left on hand was a pitiful 8 points.
To put it into perspective, now I can get a fixed gift income of about a thousand points every month, which seems to be quite a lot, but when it comes to spending it, it is really cost-effective.
Gu Hang is now waiting to see when the Qinggu battle will be settled.
According to the ethics of the system, settlement will be given after the situation in the entire Qinggu area has come to an end and the situation is stable, but I don't know at what point this judgment will be.
He now urgently needs a big wave to fill the dry gift point pool.
However, before the big wave that Gu Hang was expecting came, the Phoenix Fighter Group first treated him with a big wave.
(End of chapter)