Chapter 379, Star Voice Phone
The so-called awarding of honor was to commend Gu Hang for his outstanding performance as the theater commander in the Battle of Korojia.
The atmosphere of the awarding ceremony was very formal, but it was not too complicated or grand.
Gu Hang, wearing a military uniform, took the document from the Star Army representative and pinned the medal on his chest. That was it.
It feels a little weird to give yourself a medal, but this is the situation.
There were no high-ranking officials from the Star Region or the Cosmic Region. The Star Army representative was just a civilian lieutenant colonel, so it was even more strange to let him be awarded the medal.
Gu Hang simply came by himself.
After exchanging brief greetings with these guests, they rested for a few days on the Angry Owl Star at the hospitality of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before returning home.
And Gu Hang has since become a lieutenant general of the Star Army and was awarded the Medal of Glory.
This is the second level among the five levels of the Empire Medal. Although it is only one level higher than the Warrior Medal, it is actually a great honor.
In fact, as long as it is the 'Imperial Medal', no matter which level it is, its gold content is very high.
This is not the same as the quack medals awarded by some planets or other interstellar organizations. There are only five medals that are used in all fields of the empire. Even if it is the lowest level warrior medal, the space warriors will hang it on their shoulder armor and breastplate as an honor.
But in terms of actual value, there is none. Although there are people who have made great contributions and are awarded medals, and then rewarded with a planet or something, or have a particularly high political status, these are not attached to the medals, but the value of the merits themselves. The medal is purely an honor.
Gu Hang couldn't help but complain. The Alliance's medals even paid money! The Medal of Renaissance, the Medal of Extinguishing Wind, the Medal of Third Class Combat Merit, all came with extra allowances for life, unless you committed a crime and were deprived of the medal, which was another matter.
However, Gu Hang still happily collected his glorious medal.
When you go out, you can hang it on your chest and it will make you look impressive.
In addition, Gu Hang's military rank was also promoted.
The war apostle Gallardo's bold move made Gu Hang the commander of the Angry Bear Legion and gave him the rank of major general.
At that time, his military rank was a bit unworthy of the title. Which major general of the Star Army did not command an army group? The size of an army group was at least a million people. When the Angry Bear Legion was first established, it only had a few hundred thousand people, and with only two or three masters, it was difficult to even be a brigadier general.
The current Angry Bear Legion has a size of more than one million people, and the legion commander deserves the rank of major general.
But Gu Hang's identity is more than that. Although the Korojia War Zone is a temporary setting, as the commander of the war zone, Gu Hang nominally commands half of the Pegasus Fleet, an entire army group of the Dragon Eagle Legion, plus the local planetary defense force. However, he only has the rank of major general, which is a bit small - Hans, who has to obey him, is a lieutenant general.
As a result, Gu Hang's military rank was promoted to lieutenant general - in the Star Army sequence.
Gu Hang continued to complain: The war is already over, and now you realize that my military rank is inappropriate?
The Empire's reaction speed...
But no matter what, if it is an upgrade afterwards, it is still an upgrade.
In the future, if Gu Hang goes out, or if some important figure comes to the Angry Owl Star, the rank of Lieutenant General of the Star Army and the Imperial Medal of Glory, these two things put together, can be considered impressive.
However, Gu Hang was still thinking about another situation: Did the empire take the initiative to do these for him?
He was a little bit unconvinced.
According to the value of these things and Gu Hang's understanding of the political ecology of the empire, the reward for merit is just talk. If you don't participate in activities, don't strive for it, and don't have a backer, then it's hard to say whether your merit is yours.
No one can take credit for Gu Hang's achievements, but it is a bit difficult to expect the empire to give him a reward of considerable strength.
But when it comes to backers, Gu Hang really thought of two people.
The first was Neil Laois.
But he quickly ruled out that option.
Lao Yisi has considerable power, but his position is not high enough. He is a current manager and can help Gu Hang gain some real benefits, but he should not be able to do much to gain the rank of lieutenant general or the imperial medal. The identity of the chief of the interior of the star domain is not very appropriate for what Gu Hang has currently obtained.
However, he seems to have another backer.
Gallardo.
He thought about it for a while, and then made a complicated interstellar phone call through the Star Language Tower on the Angry Owl Star. The target of the call was Wuji Star, the capital of the Eastern Universe.
The Star Language Tower in his hand can actually only reach as far as Feiyi Star, where the capital of the star zone is located - that is already across two star systems and through two star tunnels.
If you want to contact Yunluo Star where the star domain government is located, you need to jump from the Star Language Tower system on Feiyi Star.
If one wants to contact Wuji Star, the capital planet of the Eastern Universe, one needs to jump from Yunluo Star once.
Just using the Star Language Tower to search for a psychic channel, then applying for permission, getting permission, then jumping back to search, and then applying and getting permission... the whole process is very troublesome.
Especially when searching for psychic channels, the more times and the farther the jumps, the more difficult it will be to search in a complex psychic environment, and the greater the challenge for the astropath.
The original astropath on the Angry Owl Star couldn't do it.
Even if he were equipped with dozens of psykers from the Storm Mage Corps and his psyker strength was maximized, he still would not be able to jump to the capital of the Universe multiple times.
Ultra-long distance astropathic communication requires, in addition to the strength of psychic power, a stronger ability to search for signals is equally important.
The current star talker on Angry Owl Star is not good at anything.
Even sending this guy to the Alliance's Storm Mage Academy for further training won't work, he no longer has any potential.
This guy was sent by Gu Hang's mother. In fact, the Star Speaker Tower was also given by his mother, and the Star Speaker was sent together. I used to think he was a high-tech talent, but later I found that this guy was just at this level. He had neither talent nor ambition, and just wanted to eat and wait for death.
There's no problem, Gu Hang is very tolerant of this. You can do whatever you can, just work normally, and Gu Hang won't make any more requirements for the rest of your ability.
However, Gu Hang does have a real need for Star Language Communications.
As the alliance expands, the demand for external communications will certainly increase.
Moreover, astropathic communication with fixed planets is already the simplest. What is more difficult is to communicate with long-distance fleets.
It is so difficult to make a phone call to Wuji Star now. What about the war fleets that are already in remote star areas, constantly moving, and may have to go into silent state from time to time - such as the Tianma Fleet to which Gu Hang's fiancée Ye Licia belongs, wouldn't it be even more difficult to contact them?
This is indeed the case.
This area needs to be strengthened.
On the one hand, it is the quality construction of the star talkers, and on the other hand, it is the technical level of the star talker tower.
The two complement each other. A good astropath can use bad equipment to connect directly to Holy Terra; a bad astropath with a good enough astropath tower can at least contact a place outside the universe.
While thinking about the direction in which the alliance should strengthen its development in the future, Gu Hang's psychic perception followed the signal from the Star Language Tower and connected to the transit station on Feiyi Star, then to Yunluo Star, and then to Wuji Star.
There is no other way. If his subordinates are not capable enough, then Gu Hang has to do it himself.
He was different from the long-term astropath on the Wrathful Owl Star. He was a serious S-class psychic with a different psychic strength. Although his disadvantage was that he had not received professional astropath training, he still had time to practice now - he had enough money to try.
Then, the process of making this phone call wasted a whole day of his time.
It was good that the call was received at Wuji Star and it only took two hours. However, after the call, Gu Hang got the news that Gallardo was no longer at Wuji Star.
This is inconsistent with the information Gu Hang got last time.
Gallardo should have taken a speedboat to the capital of the empire, the home planet of mankind: Holy Terra.
It should have been a year and a half since he left Wuji Star. According to the speed of the ship he was on, Gallardo should have arrived at Holy Terra long ago.
So, Gu Hang called Holy Terra again.
This is a long way, so Gu Hang spent a whole day there.
After this wave, Gu Hang’s proficiency in the operation of Star Language Call has greatly improved.
Next time we call Wuji Star, it should only take an hour to complete the task; and to call Holy Terra, it should take seven or eight hours at most.
Of course, even so, the time is still a bit unacceptable. How could Gu Hang spend so much time on making phone calls?
In the future, unless there are better astropaths and better astropathic towers, and Gu Hang no longer needs to be the telephone operator himself, he will definitely not make any long-distance interstellar calls unless it is extremely important.
In fact, he actually regretted it this time. He felt that he didn't have anything special to say to Gallardo.
It was just that by the time he reached the middle stage, the time had already been invested and the sunk costs were too high, so he gritted his teeth and persevered, treating it as an exercise for himself.
But when the call was really connected, Gu Hang felt that the information he got from this call was still very valuable.
"I'm still wondering how long it will take for you to call me." On the other side, Gallardo's frivolous voice sounded, with an intimacy that had not been heard for a long time.
"The people who were awarded the medals have arrived at the Wrathful Owl Star. After I met them, I immediately wanted to communicate with you, but... this is a remote place, please understand, it is really difficult to get in touch with Holy Terra."
"I understand, I understand, but you quickly..."
"Hello? Hello?"
"Oh, I can hear it... this damn call quality!" Gallardo complained and cursed, then his tone returned to being cheerful, "I called a few astropaths to come over to reinforce the communication channel for us. It shouldn't be a problem now!"
"From what you said, it seems that you are also well respected in Holy Terra?"
"Of course, who am I? I am Bojoa Gallardo!"
"War Apostle..."
"Don't call me the Apostle of War anymore. I'm not one anymore." When he said this, Gallardo's mood was slightly depressed for a moment, but he was soon infected by a new full emotion. "Now, please call me the Deputy Minister of the Imperial Military Affairs Department!"
Then, Gallardo added: "If nothing unexpected happens, I will be promoted to Assistant Minister of Military Affairs within six months."
"!"
Gu Hang’s sigh was not false.
The surprise that Gallardo brought to Gu Hang was even greater than he had imagined.
The prefix of the "Military Affairs Department" mentioned by the former War Apostle is "Empire" without any other suffixes.
This means that he was referring to the Imperial Central Military Affairs Department.
What rank is the deputy minister?
The head of the Imperial Central Government is the Imperial Prime Minister, and the Imperial Military Affairs Chancellor is one of the most important government positions under the Imperial Prime Minister. At certain times - such as the current era - the Chancellor of the Military Affairs Department can be listed as one of the thirteen members of the Supreme Council of Humanity.
In the Ministry of Military Affairs, under the Prime Minister are the Deputy Prime Minister and Assistant Minister, and then the Under-Secretary.
In the Ministry of War, there are probably only six or seven people above Gallardo, including the Prime Minister; if he really does as he says and becomes Assistant Minister within half a year, he can almost be considered one of the top five people in the Ministry of War, and in extreme cases he can even be considered the third in command.
So, this means that Gu Hang's "good friend", Gallardo, has become a high-ranking official of the empire?
He is not a so-called "apostle of war" who relies solely on the authority of the Sun Lord to act tyrannically but actually has no specific position, but a serious high-ranking official of the empire.
How did this guy... do it?
Gu Hang was deeply surprised.
Feeling very proud of himself, Gallardo told Gu Hang about his experiences during this period.
"Wait, you..."
Gallardo understood immediately: "Don't worry, I will certainly be careful that our conversation will not be eavesdropped on."
He continued: "Let me see where I was going..."
…
At the beginning, after Gallardo was rescued from the subspace by Gu Hang, when he heard that the Sun Lord delegation that came to rescue him hastily withdrew halfway, he realized that something had happened to the Sun Lord.
He ran away from the Tianma star area as soon as possible.
No matter how important the Pegasus sector seemed, it was still a remote area of the empire. He had to act quickly while there was still time.
No matter how the Sun Lord died, Gallardo, as his confidant, knew clearly that after the Sun Lord, no one would be able to continue the Solar Expedition; the huge Solar Expeditionary Force, which almost gathered the elite of the entire empire, would also fall apart.
He had to find a way out for himself, otherwise someone like him, who had no military power, made money for the Sun Lord, and offended countless high-ranking officials in the empire, would definitely be quickly purged in the first wave.
(End of this chapter)
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