Chapter 296, teasing, and a million troops!
Of course Gallardo could see that Gu Hang hated him very much now.
But he was too used to this feeling.
In the past few years, he had used so many methods that were definitely not aboveboard in collecting extra war resources for the Sun Expedition, and he had offended too many people.
From the planetary dignitaries, to the planetary governors or other imperial officials, to the core members of some major forces...
But so what?
His backer is the Sun Lord, a living saint favored by the Emperor and the de facto ruler of the empire!
Who dares to touch me?
No one can do anything to him from a legitimate perspective. As the lawsuit progresses, he will never be the loser in the end.
Instead of the normal path?
He is not afraid of assassination.
He has experience in dealing with this kind of thing. There are many people who want to kill him, and many have tried. He looks relaxed and carefree, but he is actually cautious in this regard.
What's more, it's not that easy to kill him.
The Sun Lord is the most favored and powerful living saint in the empire, and is an existence that can confront and even destroy the Great Demon head-on. And he, as the war apostle of the Sun Lord, is also favored by God. Even if the blessing power is only one percent of that of the Sun Lord, he can never be assassinated at will.
Poison, sharp blades, bullets... none of these could kill him. It was almost impossible to kill him silently.
As for rebellion and military surprise attack... that is even more impossible.
Who dares?
For example, now, if Governor Gu, who is so angry that he gnashing his teeth in hatred, orders 150,000 troops to fire at him, he will indeed die here and there is no way he will survive.
Then Gu Hang would have to die.
Not only Gu Hang, almost the entire Angry Owl Star will be buried with him.
This is not a matter of his own life, but of the dignity of the Sun Lord.
He came on behalf of the Sun Lord, and he was one of the forty-six war apostles. His death anywhere would be a big deal.
Get away with it? Impossible. Even if Gallardo really just choked himself to death while drinking water, as long as he died in the Angry Owl Galaxy, Gu Hang would be responsible.
Just want to die.
Of course, Gallardo never underestimates the madness of others.
Therefore, he never pushes anyone to death.
He gave Gu Hang a reasonable deal.
You see, I gave you the rank of Brigadier General of the Astra Militarum so that you can better control the Raging Bear Legion;
I can turn a blind eye to what you did to Black Arrow Star, and even let the imperial tax collector turn a blind eye to it, as long as you pay enough taxes;
Aren't you fighting a war here? I can also let the tax fleet fire a few shots at that Blackbird City when it leaves. The firepower of three destroyers is far stronger than that small naval boat floating in the sky.
As long as you pay 300 million.
Although these things are far from being worth 300 million, your legion may be mobilized, you may be mobilized, your actions on Black Arrow Star may be suspected of rebellion against the Empire World, and your family caravan's business activities may be restricted...
Isn’t this whole trip worth 300 million?
I didn't force you to death.
Gallardo was confident.
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The thought of killing in one's heart is not just talk, nor is it just a momentary anger caused by being targeted, but it should be carefully evaluated as a strategy and a method with reason and calmness.
Assassination, causing accidental death, this is certainly a viable political means. Gu Hang has used it in the past and will not rule out using it in the future.
This is not the right way, but sometimes, the strange and the right must go hand in hand.
There are two points to evaluate:
1. The feasibility of killing him.
Second, the benefits and risks of killing him.
If Galardo is to die, there can be no failure. Whether success or failure, it cannot be related to himself, and he cannot even die on the Angry Owl Star.
Otherwise, it’s all over.
Even if the Imperial Government and the Sun Lord were relatively "reasonable" and Gu Hang acted extremely secretly, it was impossible not to investigate such a big thing.
On the Angry Owl Star, Gu Hang had too many secrets. Even if they couldn't find out that he killed the War Apostle, he couldn't bear any of the other secrets if they were found out.
The biggest point is the black box. Gu Hang has exchanged many, many machines now. The small ones are okay, but the big ones are really huge, as big as the workshops in some factories, and there is no way to hide them.
Once the Empire's investigation begins, there will be no way to hide there. Gu Hang can't possibly kill every Empire investigator who comes to the Angry Owl Star.
He had no intention of dragging Gallardo into self-destruction.
But it's not that there is no solution at all.
As long as this war apostle will go to the planet Koroga 3.
As for the benefits and risks of killing this war apostle...
There is actually no benefit at all. Gu Hang thought about it for a long time, but it was hard for him to think of any extra gains he could get from this matter.
He did it only to protect himself.
Money alone is one thing, but this guy gave Gu Hang a very bad impression.
He even had a feeling that even if he discussed with his mother now that the Gu family would sell off everything they had, no matter how bad the impact would be on Wang Qi's control of the Chamber of Commerce fleet, and sell a few ships to get the 300 million, the final result would probably not be very good.
Three hundred million may seem like a lot of money, but for an operation of the scale of the Solar Expedition, it’s just a drop in the bucket.
The huge consumption means that Gallardo will have a huge and insatiable "greed" under his own responsibilities - even if it is not for his own greed.
Now that Gallardo feels that he has Gu Hang under control, will his future be limited to these 300 million?
If Gu Hang behaves weakly, will this guy use this or that matter to blackmail him from time to time?
By then, all the dividends from the development of Angry Owl Star and the profits that the Gu family has worked so hard for will be sucked away by this guy.
This is something Gu Hang cannot accept, and that is why he must be killed.
Let’s do it!
But not now.
We still have to wait until this guy leaves the Angry Owl Star.
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Gallardo and Laois don't have enough time to waste on the Angry Owl Star.
Between them, one wants to make money and the other wants to collect taxes.
Laois had to travel through all 37 star regions and 557 worlds in the Dragon Eagle Star Region within two years. The average waiting time in each star region was only about two to three weeks at most.
Gallardo was even more eager to make money everywhere, and it was difficult for him to stay in a space for more than one or two years. He was willing to stay longer in the Pegasus region, which was relatively wealthy. He would not even go to some poor places.
Angry Star is an exception. He regards it as a breakthrough point and a place to make money from the Gu family behind Gu Hang.
After reviewing the army and completing the appointment of a small regiment, they prepared to leave.
Before Gallardo left, he left a clear message to Gu Hang:
"Governor Gu, perhaps you don't understand the significance of the great cause of the empire to everyone yet, but I believe that you will eventually understand and be willing to give everything to support the Lord of the Sun. I will stay in the Pegasus Sector for two weeks and wait for your news."
After saying this, he very 'kindly' helped Gu Hang.
The three destroyers of this tax fleet detachment circled the orbit of the Angry Owl Star, reached the other side, and launched a round of orbital strikes in the direction of Blackbird City.
In the core urban area of Blackbird City, the energy shield that had performed quite stably when facing the Blade Tiger turned from blue to red in one round under the attack of three destroyers.
This is the difference between an energy shield and a void shield. Even if the latter is completely red and overloaded, it can still intercept attacks within its power, and the remaining ones that cannot be intercepted will fall; the energy shield, once broken, is useless.
Although there were some orbital anti-aircraft firepower in Blackbird City, it was obviously not enough to completely repel the destroyer's attack - they couldn't even deal with the Blade Tiger, let alone three destroyers.
At this time, as long as the destroyers in the sky work harder and fight one or two more rounds, the shield of the core area of Blackbird City will inevitably break. Later, even if the destroyers leave, the Blade Tiger will be able to destroy the central area of Blackbird City.
But at this moment, three destroyers drifted away.
When he heard the news, Gu Hang gritted his teeth and was very angry.
After rejecting Gallardo's blackmail, he no longer expected the tax fleet to help him solve the problem.
But the other party's attitude is even more infuriating.
He seemed to hear Gallardo, laughing and teasing in front of him: "Look, I can help you a lot, as long as you kneel down obediently."
Gu Hang lowered his head and said, "Okay, Your Excellency the War Apostle, thank you for the gift before you left. When you and I both arrive in Korojia, I will return one to you."
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Just the day after Gallardo left, the Celestial Army Dragonhawk Command received an order: requiring the Angry Bear Legion and the Dragonhawk 3rd Legion to work together to quell the Iron Man rebellion on the Angry Owl Star within two weeks. After two weeks, no matter what the situation on the Angry Owl Star is, the Angry Bear Legion must dispatch at least half of its troops to Koroja III to deal with the growing Chaos rebellion there.
In the past, the Wrathful Owl Star and the Imperial Astra Militarum had never had much in common, but starting today, the situation was completely different. The Wrathful Bear Legion was now an Astra Militarum, and although it was an independent legion, it needed to be assigned by the local Star Command.
These assignments will not involve specific operations, but will involve station transfers and the issuance of combat missions.
Gallardo really wouldn't push anyone to death.
In this war to support Koroja 3, it was not said that all members of the Angry Bear Legion would go; nor was it said that only Gu Hang, the legion commander, would go; and considering the Iron Man rebellion war on the Angry Owl Star, it was not said that they would go immediately, and two weeks were given.
But no matter how you look at it, this is undoubtedly a messed up decision.
Before this, there was only one Astra Militarum Army in the Pegasus Sector: the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion. It was mainly stationed on three planets in the Facheras Galaxy and had a strength of 20 million.
To solve the problem of Koroja 3, what use would the 150,000 men of the Angry Bear Legion be? If they had to mobilize, they would have to mobilize the real Dragon Eagle Legion.
Now most of the Dragonhawk Legion is still lying in the Faches star sector; a small number have gone to Koroja 3, and a small number are about to come to the Wrathful Owl Star.
Not even moving the troops coming to the Angry Owl Star, but letting them come to the Angry Owl Star to start the Iron Man Rebellion, but instead transferring people from the Angry Owl Star to Koroga 3, isn't this just bullshit?
It's just targeting Gu Hang.
When Gu Hang reported this matter to Yan Fangxu, Major General Yan - whose military rank on the planet was still mainly from the Angry Owl Star - was quite confused.
In just two weeks, half of the Angry Bear Legion under his command will be gone?
"Governor, this will put a lot of pressure on us to attack, and we will be short of manpower."
"Don't worry." Gu Hang still pretended to be confident in front of his subordinates, "Taddius will be ordered to start building 9 new division-level units, totaling more than 130,000 people."
Yan Fangxu thought about it and decided that according to Gu Hang's idea, seven divisions would need to be withdrawn to complete the deployment of the Dragon Eagle Command. But now, nine more divisions could be added. Generally speaking, the alliance's military strength would definitely increase.
However, in this way, the human resources pool released under the second-level mobilization order has already begun to be used.
This is certainly not a good sign, as it means that the overall production capacity of the alliance will begin to be affected by the labor force joining the military.
Although the impact is relatively minor under the second-level mobilization order, Gu Hang does not want the situation to get worse.
During his conversation with Yan Fangxu, he also spoke frankly about this issue: "This is the maximum force that the alliance can deploy without affecting production. In the short term, this is also the last additional force. You must use our army carefully, and also cooperate well with the Dragon Eagle Legion that will arrive later."
Yan Fangxu felt a little heavy.
He understood what this meant.
The troops he had available were already limited, and there would be no more numbers for him to use. Even if the follow-up troops suffered losses, the replenishment of troops might be affected.
But he knew that this certainly could not be blamed on the Governor.
He sighed: "I hope that Astra Militarum is reliable enough."
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The 3rd Dragonhawk Legion arrived on time.
On the third day after the tax fleet left, they arrived at the Angry Owl Star.
They were brought here by the Gu family's transport ships and armed merchant ships.
Of course, this was not free work for the family fleet. The transportation of the Star Army was a transportation order placed by the Star Army to the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, Gu's Company, and they were paid - although the profit margin was very low.
But paying money doesn’t count as freeloading.
The number of troops transported on this ship reached 300,000.
The arrival of this group of people made Gu Hang and Yan Fangxu breathe a sigh of relief.
According to the latest news, the second batch of troops has already set out from the Faches galaxy, where there are still 700,000 people.
The Dragon Eagle 3rd Legion has mobilized a total of one million troops!
Now, there is no need to worry about the war on the home planet of Angry Owl.
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4k words, this chapter makes up for yesterday's.
There is one more chapter today, but it will probably be late at night...
(End of this chapter)
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