Chapter 244, Knights
Wang Qi is not the kind of woman who gets scared when seeing blood.
Although she is a businessman, blood is indeed not uncommon.
After being pushed into the side door by La Crocha, she entered a residential house and dodged the first round of bullets. She immediately stood up, found a window from the side, observed the battle situation outside, and was ready to provide support at any time. .
She is not helpless.
Wang Qi once took time out to experience two months of professional military training. Of course that wouldn't make her a qualified warrior, but it would at least let her know how to shoot.
In addition, she also has a skill that is much more powerful than ordinary warriors: money.
Her two earrings, plus the tail rings on her little fingers, formed a miniaturized shield generator. After being activated at full power, it can provide three hours of protection and can withstand direct bombardment from three 155mm howitzers.
Shield generators are already very expensive, but the set in Ms. Wang Qi's hands is many, many times more expensive than ordinary shield generators.
Generally speaking, a shield generator device may be as big as a car; but this set has achieved the ultimate in miniaturization. It can be constructed with only ultra-small items such as earrings and rings, and it doesn't feel out of place to wear them when wearing an evening dress to a banquet.
Obviously, there is no way this thing can be mass-produced. In fact, this is a fine product that was created by master casting masters using very high-end equipment and took a long time to create. In addition, there are specialized jewelry masters who have made exquisite designs for them to ensure that they are still beautiful, elegant and high-end without affecting functionality.
Moreover, this miniaturized shield generator also has a very important special effect: it will be automatically triggered when it detects an incoming threat, which can prevent the owner from being unable to react when being attacked. , it was over before the shield generator could take effect.
From these perspectives, you can imagine how valuable this set of earrings and rings will be.
In addition, she also pulled out a weapon tied there from the inside of the skirt of her evening dress.
This is a flintlock gun. The ebony wood exudes a slight fragrance. There are hollow carvings on it, which are filled with gold, showing a superb level of craftsmanship.
It's really more of a vintage artifact than a weapon.
But in fact, this ancient flintlock gun can be loaded with four bullets at a time. No matter what material the loaded bullets are made of, the first four bullets fired every day have powerful psychic power. After contacting the shooting target, a violent psychic explosion will occur. The power of a single psychic explosive bullet even exceeds that of a heavy bolter.
However, she is not so arrogant that she can really survive this crisis with these things.
In fact, it can be seen from the whole set of gadgets on her body that the core goal is to defend against assassination.
Ms. Wang Qi has never put herself in absolutely dangerous situations. When the assassin's first attack was blocked by the shield generator, the psychic flintlock gave her a certain means of counterattack. As long as she delayed a little, the elite bodyguards should be not far from her at all times. , will be in place quickly to eliminate the threat.
This should be the case under normal circumstances.
But at this moment, it is obviously not normal. What she has to face is not an assassination, but a real war.
How about a stronger shield generator? A 155mm howitzer that can block three rounds is simply a wall of sighs when faced with an assassination, but in a war, with several machine guns and rifles firing at each other, it won't take long to explode. Not to mention, the shield generator is the same as the void shield. It is very insensitive to things approaching slowly and cannot be broken by bullets. But if a person approaches with a knife, the shield generator is useless.
There are many things in war that are far more dangerous than assassination.
And why did the situation on Black Arrow Star turn into a war?
That started a few days ago.
Wang Qi and her fleet came all the way here after leaving the Raging Owl Star. Black Arrow is a planet that is still in the feudal era. It has a population of 400 million and dozens of feudal kingdoms, large and small. Among them, the seven most powerful ones form the King's Council, and every few years, one of them will be elected to become the governor, responsible for communicating with the imperial departments.
From this perspective, the power of the governor of Black Arrow Star is quite small. Just to do a docking job, whether the taxes can be collected depends on whether each kingdom cooperates - of course, usually they do. Those who do not cooperate will be beaten. Even if it is a large kingdom, it does not want to bear the wrath of the empire and will be challenged by other countries.
There will definitely be many conspiracies surrounding this mechanism. For example, the governor cheats other kingdoms, or other kingdoms cheat the kingdom that is currently the governor...
But Wang Qi doesn't pay attention to these things. There are countless worlds within the empire, with different technological levels, economic foundations, and political ecologies. Who has time to infiltrate so many?
What Wang Qi pays attention to is that most of the kingdoms on Black Arrow Star have very good relations with Gu's Chamber of Commerce. This relationship is even so good that the family meetings of Gu's Chamber of Commerce in recent decades have been held on Black Arrow Star. The seven local kingdoms welcomed their arrival and fully supported the series of activities of the Gu Family Conference.
This time, it was no exception—at least not at first.
Currently, the person serving as the governor of Black Arrow Star is the King of Luman Kingdom, Ness Luman. This is the third largest country on the planet, and the meeting place was also chosen to be the capital of this country, Pinser City.
The whole city of Pinser was decorated with lights and colored lights, treating this event as a grand festival.
In recent days, after the leading figures from the fourteen major caravans of the Gu Chamber of Commerce arrived one by one, public or private banquets began one after another.
Wang Qi has been preparing for many years to compete for the position of the head of the family, but now she is just finishing the fight. Although she could feel the struggle of her late husband's cousin, the guy was jumping up and down and causing a lot of trouble. He even tried to disrupt the rhythm by holding a family meeting in advance.
But none of this makes much sense.
Before the official start of the family meeting, Wang Qi further consolidated and confirmed the relationship between her allies through banquets and private conversations.
Of the fourteen major caravans, she still firmly controls four, and the other four are her firm allies. When the meeting begins and the voting begins, with eight votes in hand, she will almost certainly be able to push her son to the position of head of the family.
Then, two days before the conference, when a dinner was coming to an end, the loud sound of gunfire and shouts of death reached their ears.
Wang Qi realized almost immediately that Gu Ming was in a hurry.
After being reminded by her son, she has consciously taken precautions against this problem. Around her, the original standard security force had been strengthened three times; everyone was on high alert; she reminded all the caravan lords to pay attention and be careful about this problem, and asked them to maintain the highest level of security. Under the standard of guarantee, the security force will be doubled.
In addition, the caravan ships in the sky are also preparing for war at all times to avoid sneak attacks and surprise attacks; the expeditionary regiment assigned to her by Gu Hang also moved to the outskirts of Pinser through the process of caravan material exchange. In a small town.
Wang Qi tried her best to hide their traces, but she also knew that it would be difficult for a force of almost 30,000 people to remain unnoticed.
But exposure also has the advantage of being exposed. It forms a deterrent, which is also good: I have an army outside, so be careful.
As long as you can't fight, it's good. After all, as long as it continues to operate normally, she will most likely be the winner. But Gu Ming still jumped out.
In fact, Wang Qi still can't understand.
Indeed, if you don’t jump out, you can’t win. But what if we lose?
Although the Gu family has had internal competition since its founding, there has been no vicious and bloody competition in the past three hundred years and five generations. This kind of thing may happen a lot in other families, but the Gu family's internal struggle has never worsened to this extent. It is more united than other chambers of commerce, which in itself is one of the reasons why Gu can become big.
If Gu Ming loses, there is no deep hatred between the two parties. They are still relatives. As the winner, Wang Qi wins in an open and fair manner. There is no need or possibility to kill him cleanly.
When the two meet, they might have to start a whole uncle-sister-in-law drama to show family unity.
For such Gu Ming, let alone an idle rich man, it was unrealistic for Wang Qi to deprive him of the Chamber of Commerce fleet he controlled.
Gu Ming retains his power and becomes a leader in the Gu Chamber of Commerce. He can continue to fight for the position of the head of the family in the next cycle.
But if you do this, you will have a bad start and completely break the rules. After the matter is over, there is no possibility of being good.
Gu Ming would not understand.
Therefore, even until the last moment, Wang Qi actually felt that Gu Ming might cause trouble, but the probability was really low.
But now that everything has happened, there is nothing left to say.
Just use the precautions you have taken.
The news of the outbreak of the battle was sent to the Raging Star army in the suburban town; inside the city, various security measures were deployed and mobilized urgently; King Luman, who is currently serving as the governor of Black Arrow Star, was contacted as soon as possible to let him control the situation in his capital. ……
At this stage, Wang Qi's mentality is still very stable. When she and her allies were sitting in the banquet hall, she even had a kung fu performance and lamented twice, saying that Gu Ming could not do this, there must be someone around him to deceive him, sighing that Gu Ming's head was dizzy, and even discussing the aftermath How to deal with this problem.
The situation outside has indeed begun to improve. The security measures were adequate, and the surrounding areas were tightly controlled. After hearing the reports from the front, the Luman Kingdom's army also entered the city, controlling the situation in the city, and the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing were also silenced.
Later, they were all discussing how to catch Gu Ming after the situation calmed down and prevent him from running away.
But at this moment, the situation took a turn for the worse in a very short period of time.
The key was that the Luman Kingdom's army, which was supposed to enter the city to quell the chaos, formed a formation and came to where Wang Qi and others were, hoping to enter the area and take over the defense.
They said it nicely. The situation in the city was unstable and adding stronger troops for protection was a necessary measure.
But at this time, La Crocha, who led a special team and joined Wang Qi's security team, raised strong objections.
Wang Qi also kept a careful eye and did not let them get close.
Then, the heavily formed Luman army launched an all-out attack on them.
The productivity of the Luman Kingdom remained at the feudal level, industrialization was very poor, and the main economic base relied on agriculture. But their army, weapons and equipment are not too bad.
They can't produce it, or their production capacity is too weak to independently support an army's weapons needs, but that doesn't stop them from buying it.
G5 and G6 series individual weapons, cannons, all these things are available.
Of course, even so, their equipment level is still far behind the security teams of these rich men from the Gu family.
But the only thing about cannons is that it's unreasonable to blast them from a distance.
But if it was just a threat from artillery, that would be fine. Forming elite troops, rushing outwards, and destroying artillery units is an option. Gu's security team, almost all of them equipped with alloy plastic steel armor, laser guns, electromagnetic rifles, melta bombs, plasma guns and other gadgets, it was really difficult to stop the entire hundred-man team when they rushed out.
However, the most unexpected thing is that the real killer weapon of the Luman Kingdom has been dispatched.
knight.
In a feudal country, it is of course a feudal system. The king enfeoffed lords, and the lords enfeoffed knights, forming the ruling class: the nobility. And one of the core conditions for those nobles to be enfeoffed is to have their own 'mounts': mechas.
On the Black Arrow Star, a very speechless scene will take place: the serfs are using medieval planting techniques to cultivate intensively and diligently, and hand over 90% of the harvest to their lords. Only the most basic food was left; the knight drove his mecha and patrolled his farmland to ensure that the serfs were not lazy.
And when necessary, the knights would obey the lord's call and lead the serfs turned into militia, gathering to fight under the lord's flag; the lords would obey the king's call, lead their troops, and fight under the king's flag.
This is the system of the Luman Kingdom and the system of the entire Black Arrow Star.
Those poor guys and little knights may have inherited the most common Sentinel mecha from their families for eight generations. This thing, in the imperial military order, is not even recognized as a serious knight mecha. But no matter what, it was a mecha. It was almost three and a half meters tall, covered entirely with metal. The two-shot continuous-fire machine cannon fixed on its side was very powerful, and it was not afraid of bullets.
At least two hundred of these sentinel mechas appeared in King Luman's army;
At the same time, there are two real knight mechas, or what can be called knight titans.
[Ranger-class Knight Titan], with a height of six meters and two, has a four-barreled heavy machine gun in his left hand, a gravity fist and a howitzer launcher in his right hand, and sixteen extended-range rockets behind his back...
This thing is a bit scary.
The ‘Knights’ of the Luman Kingdom are the biggest threat. And it was this knight group that almost destroyed Gu's security defense position.
(End of chapter)