Chapter 80, Ideological Construction
More than 7,000 soldiers were disarmed and put under centralized custody, but that did not mean the matter was over.
Are there any heretics among them? Are there any heretics who were not exposed in the action against Gu Hang just now?
This is very possible.
The sisters of battle were in charge of this work. Unlike the Phoenix, who had been idle after the battle, the sisters of the Holy Lily of Mercy became even busier.
They began to search the entire army to see if there were any hidden cult members. Under the eyes of the Holy Lily, the heretics had no way to hide and were quickly identified, exposed, and executed in public.
Their behavior not only did not cause any backlash from the soldiers, but instead provided further help to Gu Hang.
The original Angry Owl sect did not have a good reputation. When the soldiers found that there were many heretics around them, they were actually angry. They wondered if the former commander was deliberately condoning this? Should they join those cult traitors and continue to oppose the governor?
That definitely won’t work.
In other words, this gave the soldiers another reason to convince themselves to accept the decision to surrender.
At the same time, the Holy Lilies were also preaching, instilling the teachings of the state religion, faith in the Emperor, and loyalty to the Empire into the hearts of the soldiers.
Their strength had been deeply rooted in people's hearts in the previous bloody battles; and now, they were showing mercy. They had gentle smiles on their faces, and the light of divinity shone from their bodies.
The belief in the Emperor who ascended to godhood was the most common belief in the entire human empire, even on the Wrathful Owl. Taking advantage of the fight against the evil cult, carrying the power of the victors, and the confusion of the soldiers after the defeat, their preaching effect was quite good.
The Holy Lilies did this not specifically to help Gu Hang.
Is there any other reason for nuns to preach?
As for the objective fact that it helped Gu Hang, the planetary governor and spokesperson for the empire's rule, and strengthened the loyalty of the soldiers, it was an unexpected surprise.
While the combat nuns were busy, Gu Hang was not idle either.
In the POW camp, he met with all the surviving military commanders at the battalion and regiment level and above, and talked to each of them for a while.
After the one-on-one meeting, he also convened a closed-door meeting with all military commanders above the company level.
During the conversation, Gu Hang listened to a lot and said a lot.
He knew the soldiers' confusion, demands, and bewilderment, and he gave many firm answers.
Gu Hang is not here to destroy Fuxing City, on the contrary, he is here to build this city; loyalty to the empire is the duty of every soldier. They will be able to gain more merits on the battlefield, and they will fight to rebuild the world for a better tomorrow for themselves, their families, and their hometown.
Of course, these things sound very abstract. But Gu Hang also talked about a lot of real things:
In Fuxing City, the treatment of these alliance regular troops was not bad, and Gu Hang could ensure that their material allocation would only be higher than in the past, and the same was true for the officers;
In the future, the military will expand, and officers who perform well will likely have more opportunities for promotion;
The army will be given more attention, and better equipment will be provided to the army;
All families of soldiers and officers will receive corresponding subsidies according to their military ranks;
If there are casualties, the compensation ratio will be higher than before...
Gu Hang provided protection to these middle and grassroots officers on both spiritual and material levels.
The officers were all excited and assured the governor, patting their chests that they had been deceived in the past, but now they understood that being loyal to the governor was the only right way.
Overall, the host and the guests seemed to have a great time during the chat.
Of course, Gu Hang is not naive.
Can we believe everything someone says with confidence? Can we immediately treat them as our own?
That's obviously unrealistic.
For example, it is impossible for Gu Hang to let these alliance soldiers take on the task of blocking the city now.
If that were really the case, there would be a bunch of powerful people in the city who are familiar with the officers, trying to build relationships with them and offer bribes... I'm afraid I don't know how many people would run away by then.
Under the current circumstances, it would be foolish for those old soldiers and those officers in the political bureau of Fuxing City not to say some nice words.
But Gu Hang didn't care.
Just show your attitude, that's all.
Later, Gu Hang had plenty of ways to improve the army's combat effectiveness and enhance his control over the army.
He will really follow his promises in terms of material conditions and will not fool people. Soldiers eat food and are given what they promised, which will ensure basic loyalty; the construction of spiritual civilization must be further strengthened. In this regard, Gu Hang plans to take some special measures.
He will draw a large number of personnel from the six infantry battalions he built himself for special training. He will invite battle sisters and space warriors to teach them.
After they finish their classes, Gu Hang will go to class in person.
It was not about any special military training, but the cultivation of ideological awareness. Loyalty to the empire and faith in the Emperor of God needed to be further emphasized. Gu Hang needed to bind loyalty, honor, and faith to himself.
There is nothing wrong with this, it is logically true.
You believe in the God-Emperor and are loyal to the Empire. I am the Governor-General appointed by the Empire, the one who rules on the Wrathful Owl Star on behalf of the God-Emperor. To be loyal to the Emperor is to be loyal to the Governor-General.
There's nothing wrong with that.
However, there is no need to trouble Phoenix and Holy Lily with the work of stuffing the contraband. Gu Hang will do it himself if he works harder.
All of these trained people will be placed among officers at all levels of the Alliance Legion.
It's not about grabbing power or becoming a military commander, but about doing the job of a political commissar.
Their duty is to spread the idea of loyalty to the governor to the entire army and to review the actions of the military commander. If an officer shows signs of disloyalty, the political commissar will report it to the higher authorities for handling; in wartime or other emergencies, the political commissar can even execute the military commander and take over the command of the troops.
There are similar positions in the imperial regular army.
But Gu Hang is going to go one step further.
Establish the political commissar in the company!
Build the army, strengthen discipline, inspire morale, spread loyalty... this is what these people will do for Gu Hang in the future.
For these things, Gu Hang stayed in the outer city for two full days.
The fifty or so 'political commissars' were also selected. They temporarily put on black coats and red-dyed military caps, and were stationed in the prisoner-of-war camps and in various companies of the Alliance Legion.
Although these people were forced to do something, and even the ideological training that Gu Hang had previously conceived was very simple, the nuns came to talk to them for a long time, and Gu Hang talked to them for a long time himself, and that was it.
But no matter what, their loyalty to Gu Hang is still guaranteed. Throwing them into the army first will at least strengthen their control over the army.
As for the training, it won’t be too much to expand on it in depth when we have more time and the situation has calmed down.
While Gu Hang was busy with the army, the inner city was in turmoil over the past two days.
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It is estimated to be on the shelves at 10:00 on Monday (12:00 midnight on Sunday).
There will be three chapters today; there will be two chapters tomorrow at noon as usual; the chapters that will be put on the shelves will be released in the evening!
(End of this chapter)
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