Chapter 351: Tens of Millions of Troops
"Hello, everyone. It's our first time meeting. Let me introduce myself. I am Lambert Hodgson, Chief Justice of the Alliance. I am in charge of the legislation, law enforcement, and trial of the Alliance. Of course, all the laws of the Alliance are established according to the will of the Governor. I am just perfecting the laws. Law enforcement and trial work must naturally be carried out in accordance with the law."
"You are all in the initial screening and have nothing to do with the rebellion that has not yet started. This is good. On behalf of the Governor, I hope you can keep it up."
"Regarding the promises you made at the Governor General's banquet, I have a list here, all of which are recorded. I believe that all loyal subjects of the Empire will seriously fulfill your political promises."
"This is your responsibility, but it's also my responsibility."
A meeting was held in the Governor's Mansion.
Lambert's attitude and tone were quite amiable when he spoke. He simply described his job responsibilities and stressed that everyone should focus on their work.
However, combined with the rows of heads behind him, the picture became a bit scary.
The many Yancheng dignitaries sitting in the conference room were all silent and only dared to nod.
In the past few days, countless people have been killed in Mingyan City.
In normal times, many people die in Mingyan City every day. Gang fights, overwork in factories, malnutrition, diseases...
However, those who died were low-class people whose lives were worthless. In the eyes of these people, they were just some numbers at most - they were too lazy to even look at the numbers.
But things are different now.
The heads hanging on the wall behind Lambert were almost all familiar faces to them. Each of them was once a powerful figure in Mingyan City. Now all of them had their heads cut off and hung here.
Those who don’t want to be hung up certainly don’t dare to jump.
As for rebellion?
Come on.
The head of Admiral Johnson, the commander of the capital who commanded the five million defenders of the famous Yancheng, was hanging here. The most powerful person, who had the intention of bringing troops to make the governor bow his head, was finished. What else could the rest of the people do?
It is said that the newly arrived Chief Political Commissar Taddius of the Alliance has already taken his team of political commissars deep into the army and announced the treatment standards for the Alliance troops.
That is much stronger than the planetary defense force on Koroja, almost on par with the Astra Militarum.
More importantly, the official warehouses of Mingyan City and the private warehouses of some dignitaries were opened, and a large amount of materials were distributed in a centralized manner. The promises made to the soldiers were not just empty promises, but were thrown down in earnest without any discount.
Many people who have "voluntarily" contributed a lot in this process have bleeding hearts.
It's all hard-earned money, but it was just given to those poor soldiers. It's a sin!
We are all cannon fodder going to die anyway, so is it necessary?
But no one dared to say this to his face.
I can only complain inwardly, can the finances sustain such high salaries?
Even if we slaughter everyone like fat pigs for the New Year, will we just not live our lives after that?
But there is no way.
Going forward, they still need to contribute their own strength.
I just hope that when the disaster is over, everything can return to normal.
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In addition to Lambert's direct team of demon hunters and the soldiers of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Phoenix Regiment also helped him deal with and collect the heads.
There was no need for the Phoenixes to be dispatched for other things. Admiral Johnson's loyal confidants were in the army, and each of them was either a division commander or a regiment commander. We couldn't give them a chance to cause trouble, so we had to ensure that they were killed in one strike. For this kind of work, only the Space Marines could ensure 100% success.
The effect of their deployment was also particularly good. With the orders of the planetary governor and the government, and the arrival of such a conspicuous Emperor Angel in person, the army really did not act rashly. And those officers, even if they were unwilling to surrender when they saw the situation was not good, could not escape the execution of the Space Marines at the critical moment.
After all, some minor disturbances were inevitable, but they were soon settled.
After doing all this, the Space Marines quickly withdrew and handed over the army to the military and political commissars of the Alliance.
They have other more important tasks.
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The Governor's Mansion in Mingyan City, which was decorated with luxurious decorations, has now become a large office. The team led by Lambert moved in here. Mayor Ezra Hood, who had a broken leg, also gritted his teeth and insisted on working with his injury. He moved the city government in and fully cooperated with Lambert.
Or rather, the two of them were cooperating with Thadius.
Now is a time of war, and military construction is the most important thing. Thadius is shouldering the most difficult task.
Under normal circumstances, Mingyan City should have 10 million local troops stationed there. Since the problem in Fino City, the demand for troops has been very high. Not only Mingyan City, but also various hives around the world have been constantly drawing troops to participate in the battle in Fino City.
The garrison force of Mingyan City was as low as two to three million at its weakest point in the past few years.
That is already a very dangerous number. If it is any smaller, there will not be enough power to suppress any incidents in the lower nesting area or the bottom nesting area.
As the battle situation in Fino City collapsed and the next target was clearly Mingyan City, a considerable number of troops began to be mobilized from various places to Mingyan City. Currently, there are about 5 million troops in the city.
According to the Governor's request, the number of Fino City's garrison troops must be expanded to a total of 20 million.
Among them, the troops enjoying the so-called "Star Army" treatment are the most core ones, with a total planned number of 10 million, which is half of the total number of troops.
This force will be given the designation 'Salvation Army'.
This shows how heavy Thadius's task is.
In the next few months, he will not only have to complete the control and transformation of the existing 5 million local troops, but also recruit another 15 million troops.
The entire Mingyan City government will go all out to provide all necessary support to Lieutenant General Taddius to ensure that he can complete his mission as governor.
It mainly involves manpower coordination, to put it simply, it is conscription.
Don't think that just because Mingyancheng has 3 billion people, conscription is an easy task. Just grab some people, even 5/1000 of the population.
It’s not that simple.
The control of the Yancheng government over the most populous Diwei and Xiachao areas is insufficient, and there is also an epidemic here, cult activities, rebels, disobedient gangs, and opposition organizations. The government's organizational ability and control over the population are surprisingly poor. There is no such thing as people will obediently arrive at the place just by giving a list.
Similarly, with so many troops assembled, there are also a lot of material support issues that need to be resolved.
All kinds of objective problems exist, and the entire government department is working hard towards this goal under the efforts of Mayor Hood and the supervision of Lambert.
Lambert had long anticipated the low administrative efficiency of Koroja, but when he really encountered it, he found that it was more difficult than he had imagined.
Subjectively, it was the people of the Koroja planetary government who were too incompetent. The administrative staff was hundreds or thousands of times larger than that of the Union government, but their efficiency was ridiculously low; objectively, after the population size increased several times, the difficulty of managing it increased by orders of magnitude.
This results in the objective difficulty being already high and the subjective ability being poor.
Lambert was very angry, but he had to realize that this was the reality. No matter how dissatisfied he was, he just had to make sure that these people worked hard. He would get rid of the corrupt officials and traitors, and the rest would be dealt with later if they were not capable.
But no matter how inefficient it is, no matter how the rusty gears in this mechanism squeak, no matter how much confusion there is in procedures and results, when this hive city with a population of three billion starts to operate, the power it unleashes is still extremely terrifying.
Lambert originally thought that it would be very difficult to achieve the goal, but looking at the current situation, there is really hope.
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Mingyancheng is working hard to expand its military.
And at the moment, on this planet, the real main force is deployed in Fino City - or it can be said that it is "running alongside" Fino City.
The Dragon Eagle Legion still has 18 million troops; under the command of Lieutenant General Hans, there are nearly 50 million planetary defense troops; the Angry Bear Legion led by Li Kexi is also among them.
The remaining nearly 100 million planetary defense forces are defending in other hive cities and suppressing the spread of their respective plague cults.
At present, the combat efforts of the main human forces basically rely on long-range artillery.
Humanity's self-propelled artillery units followed 'Fino City' day and night, bombarding the revitalized city with no less than 30,000 shells a day. Even if they could not break the void shield, they would still consume it - regardless of whether such consumption was in vain.
From time to time, the evil artillery in the city of Fino would also fire at the human artillery array. Relatively speaking, the loss was much greater than the human bombardment of the living city.
In addition, the plague demon army would attack from time to time and harass, which would also cause considerable losses.
Such a battle is meaningless, and the city of Fino did not slow down at all.
Then there is no need to continue to make such sacrifices, as artillery shells are also very valuable.
At his request, Lieutenant General Hans is now integrating the entire army. Tens of millions of people will gather to the west of Mingyan City.
That's almost 60 million people in total, so it's impossible to gather them all together. No single battlefield can deploy such a large number of people.
The troops were organized into division-level units, and built dozens of dense defense lines with a width of more than 100 kilometers to the west of Mingyan City, which is the direction of "Fino City".
When Lieutenant General Hans was about to explain, Gu Hang gave him clear instructions:
"When necessary, we must make absolute sacrifices, even if it means sacrificing 19 million Star Army soldiers and 60 million planetary defense forces, and we must launch a general attack on Fino City with the entire army."
Lieutenant General Hans expressed strong opposition.
He was not afraid of death, but he thought it was meaningless.
Don't think that the army will be of any use if there are more of them. The battlefield space in Fino City is only so big. It is already the limit to deploy hundreds of thousands of people to attack at the same time. The width of the battlefield is limited. There is no point in piling up more people.
Of course, if the troops are sufficient, it means that hundreds of thousands of troops can be thrown in first, and if they are defeated, they can be immediately replaced with the next batch, maintaining the offensive posture without stopping.
But such a war requires extremely strong military quality and organization.
Lieutenant General Hans made it clear that the only ones who could do it were the Astra Militarum.
That huge number of planetary defense forces, let them carry out such a desperate mission like the million-strong Star Army that launched the previous trial attack and was eventually almost wiped out in the city of Fino?
That's impossible.
The army does not have enough strength, morale, and organization to do this. If the order is forced, even if the Datu War Team is blocking the back, I am afraid the army will still mutiny: fighting the Datu War Team may at least have a way out.
The only role these planetary defense forces can play is to lend a hand when there are stronger forces ahead that can hold the line; it is unrealistic to expect them to perform bravely and take on the main role.
Gu Hang expressed his understanding of this, but he still demanded that Lieutenant General Hans must follow his orders.
This order was issued in the capacity of theater commander.
Lieutenant General Hans had no choice but to execute.
Although most of his troops came from the Fachers Three Stars, and even a considerable proportion of the officers had deep ties with the Fachers family, many people advised him to keep his distance from the new governor who had stolen Fachers' power and not to cooperate with the action.
However, he still carried out the orders of the theater commander.
He remembered his identity as a member of the Star Army, the 3rd Army Group of the Dragon Eagle Legion, and not a private soldier of the Facherse family.
Of course, there were still dissatisfactions - not necessarily his own, but those of the Fachers officers under his command. These people came to his house crying every day, forcing him to send an impeachment letter to heaven every two days. And the Fachers family made a big fuss about this every day at the ship meeting of the special envoy Laois.
Laois was also under a lot of pressure.
Gu Hang, the theater commander, was appointed by her as a special envoy. If the battle was really destroyed, her political career would be greatly affected, if not ended.
However, Ms. Laois, who has lived for more than three hundred years, still has enough ability to withstand pressure.
On the one hand, she forcefully resisted all the pressure, and on the other hand, she didn't say anything to Gu Hang.
Even though she wasn't sure, she was still willing to give Gu Hang all her trust.
Trust the people you employ, and at least until Mingyan City is destroyed, her trust will be 100%.
If Mingyancheng is lost, the trust level will immediately drop to zero, and all the alternative plans that should be launched will have to be launched.
She never wanted to get to that point.
(End of this chapter)
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