Chapter 88, Artillery (Please order first!!!)
Bradford came up with a sinister plan.
Pretend to agree to Norris's condition of giving up resistance, then go back on your word and kill him.
Lambert was somewhat tempted by the idea, but ultimately refused to do so.
Indeed, as Bradford said, doing so would save a lot of effort, at least there would be no need to fight. If they attacked head-on, several thousand people, even if they were ordinary workers, were armed and basically only equipped with light weapons, but after all, they were defending the factory after reinforcement. If they wanted to conquer it, they would need to put in some effort and even suffer a lot of casualties.
But Lambert planned to do it anyway.
The main reason was that he didn't want Gu Hang to be labeled a traitor.
Any means are acceptable in private, but in public, as a ruler, credit is extremely important. In a sense, it even represents credibility and whether policies are easy for the people to believe.
In this situation, you have to pretend to be honest.
Being clever here may indeed save a lot of effort in dealing with Norris's problem, but the price of taking shortcuts at this moment may be paid double elsewhere.
After making this decision, he also mocked Bradford, saying that he could only be a businessman in his life and would never understand the vision of a politician who did great things.
Bradford was speechless.
Lambert's actions also received additional support.
He mobilized two infantry battalions that had entered the city with the governor, and also pulled out a dozen heavy artillery from the captured military weapons, preparing for a strong attack.
Norris sent an envoy to discuss the terms of surrender, but was once again rejected by Lambert.
Lambert demanded that all those who were resisting in the factory surrender unconditionally, lay down their arms and await trial by the governor.
This was an ultimatum, and Lambert would only give them an hour.
The message was brought back to the factory by the messenger, and everyone inside fell silent.
An hour later, with no one coming forward to surrender, Lambert gave the order to fight.
Pulled in to help Perbov, he ordered his 2nd Battalion to start playing with the newly acquired big toy.
Those were five 155mm howitzers; the 6th Battalion, which was pulled in to work together next door, was also equipped with five captured artillery pieces as battalion firepower.
Ten heavy artillery pieces opened fire at the same time, and shells were fired into the factory.
After one round of salvos, black smoke billowed out of the factory.
The governor's soldiers did not rush in.
If the enemy is completely surrounded, it would be foolish not to make good use of the heavy artillery and use the lives of soldiers to fill the gap. Anyway, there are a lot of artillery shells in stock. Ten artillery pieces can fire a dozen or twenty rounds first. After the hundreds of heavy artillery shells are used up, we can talk about the infantry going in to clear out the enemy.
During this process, Lambert received additional assistance.
Sister Grit came here with six nuns.
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This was not the first time Lambert had met the Sisters of Holy Lily of Mercy.
To be honest, compared to the Phoenixes who always had a gloomy face and looked like they didn't want anyone to come near them, he preferred these combat nuns who always had a gentle smile on their faces.
Although these nuns are equally ruthless when fighting.
However, although they had met before, it was the first time they had communicated, and Lambert seemed a little reserved.
"It's nice to meet you, Her Excellency the Head Sister. Thank you very much for coming to help us."
Grit said, "You're welcome. We are all fighting for the empire. Mr. Lambert, I have also heard about what happened to your family. I'm sorry that this happened to you."
"Thank you. However, I remember that you and your subordinates should be investigating the traces of the cult in the city. How could you have time to participate in the battle here in the factory?"
Grit responded, "There is evil lurking in this factory. Moreover, the activities of the cultists may be related to the disaster that happened to your Hodgson family."
Lambert immediately took it seriously.
"Can you tell me?"
"That's fine."
Then, the head nun told Lambert, the descendant of the victim, in detail about her discoveries during this period.
She went to investigate the death scene of old Hodgson and found remnants of heresy in the Hodgson family mansion.
Therefore, she believed that heresy was involved in the assassination of old Hodgson.
The other sisters went to investigate other clues, while she came here with six people.
Originally, the mastermind behind the assassination of Hodgson was Mondok, but that man is dead; the remaining two participants are here, and she came here to find out the situation.
After learning this, Lambert immediately pulled Bradford out.
This guy didn't mention anything about the cult in the details he had previously revealed about old Hodgson's death.
Bradford was also confused after hearing the head nun's question.
He doesn't know!
He did not lie. He was trying to save his life and get a possible sentence reduction. If he knew about the cult, how could he help those cult members to hide it? He wanted to sell out those brain-damaged guys.
But he really didn't know about it. The assassination was masterminded by Mondok, and Bradford only participated in the aftermath and division of the operation. He didn't care how the assassination was carried out.
In his opinion, it would not be difficult for Mondok, who holds the military power of the alliance, to accomplish this task.
This was indeed the case, and the Hodgson family disappeared from their own mansion one night.
After confirming that Bradford was not lying and that there was no cult-related aura on him, the head nun let him go.
Then, she turned her attention to the factory area in front of her which was still being bombarded by artillery fire.
There, was the last conspirator involved in the Hodgson assassination, old Norris.
In that factory, she could feel the fluctuations of the evil energy of the storm.
That is the evil energy of heresy - the extraordinary power that comes from praying to others without believing in the God-Emperor is considered heresy in the eyes of the state religion.
Some radicals even believe that spontaneously generated psychics are heretics and that legal psychics should not exist in this world.
These extremists are usually accused of heresy by the Imperial Spiritual Society. War of words between the two sides is a daily occurrence, and even physical destruction of each other is common.
Holy Lily is not an extremist, otherwise the first person they would be hostile to would be the Governor himself.
However, the supernatural energy that comes from other supernatural beings through the connection of faith and the prayers through heretical rituals is something that members of the state religion, regardless of their faction, will hate.
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