Chapter 69, The Emperor's Daughter
Gu Hang patted Lambert on the shoulder and said, "I know you are anxious, but being anxious at this time will only make things worse. Calm down, and you need to mobilize all your connections and hidden forces in Fuxing City as much as possible to find out what happened."
After a pause, Gu Hang continued: "In addition, I will be prepared. If necessary, I will enter the city."
"You want to enter Renaissance City?"
"The Governor will eventually return to his position," Gu Hang said. "Besides, Council Speaker Hodgson is working for me now. If he gets into trouble because of this, I will do my best to rescue him if he is still alive. If... I mean if the worst happens, I will avenge him."
"Thank you, Governor!"
"Go ahead and do your thing."
After watching Lambert leave, Gu Hang sat back in his seat.
Revenge, of course Gu Hang was serious about this. Old Hodgson had been sitting on the throne for many years, and he couldn't have become the Speaker of the Parliament without a foundation. He had gone through so many ups and downs without any problems, but after he made it clear that he would support him, he suddenly suffered a disaster... If the Governor Gu Hang didn't do something, it would not work.
In addition to this reason, Gu Hang had another stronger and more urgent reason to respond to his decision:
Someone had made war on him.
Although the situation is still unclear, if they dare to attack him in Fuxing City after Hodgson has made it clear that he supports him, then there is no doubt that war will begin.
Whether the ones declaring war on him are the heretics of the cult who believe in the Original Angry Owl or the conservative faction in the alliance government, Gu Hang must respond.
In fact, his current preparations are not sufficient.
In his past plans, he would personally enter Fuxing City in two to three months. By then, the economy and production capacity of his territory would be able to support him to fully support an army at least three times larger than the current size for short-term military operations.
By that time, with the Quintet's railgun as the greatest deterrent and his systematically trained troops as conventional means, he would return to Renaissance City and completely control the city.
With this, he will gain a population of nearly one million. The production potential provided by the technology panel will be greatly realized; politically, he can truly exercise the power of the governor as a governor, with military force as a guarantee, quickly sweep all the surrounding gathering places, and incorporate them into the production system he has built.
Now, it seems that this plan has to be brought forward.
Since it is a war, there is no such thing as "preparation". He cannot ask others to wait until he is ready before fighting.
But there is some good news.
Gu Hang’s strength has not been fully accumulated, but he now has the help of the Space Marines, which is a reinforcement beyond his plan.
The support provided by the seven Phoenix veterans is probably more valuable than the military force that Gu Hang can expand in the next two months.
"Let's start a war, let's start a war."
“Planning ahead of time is not a bad thing.”
What a pity about old Hodgson... I hope he's okay.
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The troops directly under Gu Hang quickly assembled, and as usual, the Mechanical Servant Battalion was asked to look after the house, and the remaining five battalions formed an infantry regiment, waiting for the next order;
The mission request was sent to the Phoenix Chapter, and received a positive response;
Gu Hang personally communicated with Ye Lixia, and the two communicated for about half an hour. Ye Lixia said that the entire starship would enter a combat readiness state from now on. As long as the governor needs it, the orbital gun will hit any location he designates within 20 minutes; starting from tomorrow, the starship's combat readiness mission will be completed and enter a wartime state, which means that the orbital gun strike time can be shortened to less than ten minutes.
At the same time, since it is clear that the combat targets are likely to include heretics, Gu Hang's combat mission here will be supported by the national religion team on the starship.
A team of combat nuns will arrive on the surface in six hours.
This is another extra surprise!
It was not until now that Gu Hang knew that there was actually a team of battle nuns on the Quintet? He had not known this all along the way to the Wrathful Owl Star!
The Battle Sisters are also a very legendary group.
They are the only armed force of the Empire's state religion. After the Theocratic War, the state religion was not allowed to have any armed men. But they seized on this word, supported the Sisters, and founded the Battle Sisters.
These battle sisters who have been blessed by the state religion and have a very firm faith are called "Emperor's Daughters." They may not be as powerful as the Space Marines who have been implanted with gene seeds, but they can gain extraordinary power under the blessing of the Emperor.
They also wear specially made power armor. Unlike the Space Marines, they cannot have a modified spinal cord to connect directly to the armor, but they can drive the armor through the power of divine magic. Although their blessed armor is not as heavy as that of the Space Marines, it is still a terrible weapon.
At first, he thought it was strange that there was a small team of battle sisters stationed on the Quintet, but after searching his memory, he suddenly understood.
The Sisters have many branches. In addition to the main ones, there are also some subordinate second- and third-class Sisters. They also need a place to stay, usually with important institutions of the state religion. In the Pegasus sector, on the hive planet Koroja 3, there is a state religion cathedral. It is not only the most important branch of the Imperial State Religion in this sector, but also the faith hub of many surrounding sectors.
And there, the Sisters of the Holy Lily are stationed.
On a large starship like the Quintet, a church is a must-have place. In normal times, priests and nuns need to comfort the crew members on the warship; in wartime, they will resist the corruption from evil.
In this case, if the star district government and the state religion have relatively close military cooperation, it is not impossible to equip an additional team of combat nuns in addition to the regular starship church.
Similar to the Space Marines, the Battle Sisters were not directly under the command of Captain Yelicia. But after all, they were on the same ship, so it was normal for them to agree to their requests.
Moreover, this time it was not Ye Lixia who requested it. It was the news of the evil cult on the Wrathful Owl that reached these "Emperor's Daughters", and they took the initiative to ask for the battle.
A fanatical battle sister who will not tolerate the existence of evil cults and heretics.
With the help of these battle sisters, who are not much weaker than Space Marines, Gu Hang's operation is even more powerful.
Moreover, in comparison, these battle sisters are more professional anti-cult experts than the Space Marines. If there is still a shadow of the original Wrathful Owl Sect in this matter, the Emperor's daughter will give them a huge surprise.
(End of this chapter)
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