Chapter 338, Army expansion
From Gu Hang's perspective, Koluga 3 is now a world full of despair.
Let him be the Governor of Koroga?
That would be equivalent to asking him to jump into this cesspit with bare hands and purify the place.
The difficulty is too high.
For him, Koroga has only one function at this stage: to suck people's mouth.
In the past year, the Alliance has captured more than 800 million people from there and migrated to the Raging Owl Star.This was obtained through the support bill, through arms production and military support.The alliance has paid a lot for this. Of course, compared to the gains in population, it is definitely a huge profit.
Overall, the population attracted from Koroga has brought the population of Raging Owl to more than 500 million.
As long as he can keep making money, Gu Hang doesn't want to touch anything else for the time being.
Even Black Arrow, which has a population of 400 million, almost has indigestion when eating it, let alone Koroga, which has a population of [-] billion.
Gu Hang currently has no ability to transform that extremely populous planet into what he wants.
What's more, can you get such a huge benefit from Koruga No. 3 whenever you want?
Farches had gone to great lengths to obtain the governor's position, and if Gu Hang tried to snatch it, it would be equivalent to a head-on war.
What Lois said is that there is also a political faction that needs to be supported by the so-called "parliamentary faction" represented by Martinelli and Peddes Jr., but the key is how to do this?
This so-called 'parliamentary faction' refers to a political faction in the Dragon Eagle Star Territory.Its main core is in the star region government, and its idea is to strive for the leadership position of each star region and serve as the party center of the satellite region government.
The former leader Peddes was the product of this kind of plan.
After the death of Peters, the parliamentary faction immediately selected another Ivan Martinelli from the party and continued to hold the leadership position of the important star sector of Pegasus.
But just getting the position of leader is only the first step.
Why did Pedsi say the same thing in the Tianma star area before?Because Koroga and the governor of Winged Star are his people.
To put it bluntly, whether the sector leader's words count or not depends entirely on the number of governors who support him.A leader without support is just a decoration.
Martinelli can't speak well now because the three planets of Faches don't listen to him, and Koroga doesn't listen to him either.
The core of the parliamentary faction has always been to defeat Ivan Fachs and regain Koroga.
Can Gu Hang be the dog of the parliamentary faction?
Obviously it's impossible. If he really put in a lot of effort to stabilize the Koroga problem, it would be for his own 'alliance', not to become a thug of the parliamentary faction.
This is a fundamental contradiction.
If Gu Hang wants to completely turn Koroga into his own, then he must stand on the opposite side of the two sides who are currently fighting fiercely around Koroga.
I can't figure it out.
These thoughts went through his mind several times, and Gu Hang basically stopped thinking about it.
Of course, Gu Hang refused without directly speaking.
He smiled and asked: "Then if Koroga really joins the alliance, will it be able to become a war zone?"
"I told you, that's not realistic."
"I'm very aware of the current situation in Koroga, where my army has been fighting. It's really rotten there. They have to pay 80 billion tax coins in imperial taxes every two years. Koroga can't survive. living."
"Then don't we need a great man from heaven to save the world? You have already saved the Raging Owl Star, and you are still saving the Black Arrow Star. Let's have another Koroja."
"I'm still far from the level of a great man." Gu Hang refused to wear a high hat, "Koroja's situation is completely different from that of the Raging Owl Star and the Black Arrow Star. Unless the star domain government can fully support me , let Koroja become a war zone, give me full support, and let me work on it for a few years, otherwise there will be no way to solve the problems there."
When it comes to support, Lois is silent.
If you can give me so much support, what else do you need to do?
With all this support, given to Ivan Farches, and with his own family backing him up, couldn't he solve the problem?
Gu Hang saw through Lois's thoughts.
He felt that Ivan Farches did not have this ability.
But he just smiled and didn't argue much on the matter.
After thinking for a while, Gu Hang decided to tell some of the truth in his heart: "Ms. Lois, in my opinion, there are many large and small bleeding wounds within the star field. This is correct. But the problem is Solve them one by one, from small to large, from critical to marginal. Koruga is such a place, it is relatively small, but critical enough. Instead of dragging this wound for the sake of the so-called overall situation, If it continues to fester, why not make up your mind to solve it here first? If it drags on, Koruga's problem will continue to worsen, and that will be the greatest damage to the overall situation."
"The Star Territory Government also knows this truth." That's all Lois said and didn't say any more.
Gu Hang understood this.
People are just perfunctory and don't really care about their own suggestions.
He also tacitly agreed not to say anything more.
Lois also had a rough idea of Gu Hang's thoughts and knew that he had no intention of taking over Koruga No. 3, so he couldn't help but feel a little uninterested.
However, I'm not particularly disappointed.
This matter could only be regarded as a whim after seeing the changes in the Black Arrow Star and the Angry Owl Star. It was not decided by the Star Territory Government.
If Gu Hang agreed, she might put some effort into pushing it. If she didn't agree, then forget it.
If you think about it more seriously, if the Farches family can't solve the problem even if they come on stage, Gu Hang, who has a shallow foundation, will definitely be able to solve it?
Laois stopped talking about this and instead told another thing: "Although you are not willing to be the governor of Koroga, you still have to shoulder some responsibilities for things there. You After all, you have another identity, that of the commander of an Astral Militarum legion. Your Raging Bear legion will expand at least three to five times in the next few years..."
Seeing that Gu Hang seemed to be about to speak, Lois waved his hand and interrupted: "Don't be too busy to refuse. In fact, there is no room for refusal. This was initiated within the Astra Militarum system, and the Ministry of Military Affairs responded to the relevant Approval is required. No one here is causing trouble for you, purely because your army performed very well on Koroga 3. The commanders of the Dragon Eagle Legion hope to increase the size of your army; Governor Koroga Also apply in hopes of increasing the size of your force."
Gu Hang scratched his head. It sounded like there was really no room for rejection.
He said: "Expanding the troops, equipment, and logistical supplies..."
Lois immediately said: "Don't worry, everything will follow the normal Astra Militarum procedures."
Gu Hang was really relieved.
He smiled and said: "How long can you stay in the Tianma Star District?"
"About six or seven days."
"That should be in time. I hope to invite you to my engagement ceremony." "Engagement ceremony?" Lois said with some surprise, "I have heard rumors before, but I didn't expect them to be true. Congratulations to you and Yelicia Major General."
"Same joy." Gu Hang responded with a smile.
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For Gu Hang, it is not impossible to expand the Raging Bear Army. Anyway, it is his own army and is completely under his control.
However, free prostitution is not acceptable.
Even if the prostitution was not in vain, Gu Hang would not be happy to allow more alliance troops to be transferred to the Angry Bear Legion, even if they were given money.Among them, the most important point is that the alliance's key work for the next long period of time is to digest the immigrant population of the Black Arrow Star and the Raging Owl Star. It is to use the skyrocketing population size to vigorously engage in production and construction.Gu Hang didn't have that much manpower, so he invested hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands in the construction of the Raging Bear Legion.
But if it is the standard construction process of the Astra Militarum, then there will be no problem.
After agreeing on the expansion of the Raging Bear Legion, Lois left.
She is a very busy person, so being able to take the time to come over and meet Gu Hang is really a great honor and treatment.
However, after she left, some other members of the team stayed behind.
On the one hand, the tax settlement work for the two planets is still going on, and on the other hand, it is about the expansion of the Raging Bear Legion.
The general intention has been discussed between the two leaders, but if the matter is to be done in a serious manner, doesn't it have to be done by the people below to negotiate the details and actually advance it?
Among the team she brought with her were people from the Ministry of Military Affairs.
The Ministry of Military Affairs is responsible for the formation and logistics of the Astra Militarum and the Imperial Navy. Although it does not have battlefield command authority, nor is it responsible for mobilizing troops or issuing military missions, logistics and the formation of new armies are extremely important responsibilities. .
The person who was talking to the Ministry of Military Affairs was not Gu Hang himself, but the Logistics Department of the Raging Bear Legion... Oh, actually, the Raging Bear Legion did not have a logistics department. It was just a new sign posted by the Logistics Bureau of the Alliance Military and Political Department.
According to what the bosses on both sides said, the Raging Bear Legion will next expand to more than 50 troops.At present, the full strength of the Raging Bear Legion is only 18.In the middle, there is a gap of more than [-] people.
According to the army building mechanism of the Raging Bear Legion, the newly expanded 30 people were finally negotiated to add 30 new divisions and brigades according to the alliance's military establishment.
The newly expanded units, numbered from 73 to 102, include 8 armored combined brigades and 22 infantry divisions.The total strength is 32, and the total cost is 900 million tax coins.
Including the previous troops of the Raging Bear Legion, the total strength came to 51, with a total cost of 1300 million tax coins.
The amount of money spent on building an army is second, raising and using the army is also a high cost.If you maintain a normal intensity of fighting, you will have to spend almost a year more than you need to build an army; if the fighting intensity is relatively high, then the price will not be capped.After all, on some high-intensity battlefields, a division may be wiped out in one day.
But now that the Raging Bear Legion has become the Astra Militarum, all the expenses incurred by these 50 people in fighting will be the burden of the Empire.
The Alliance will provide all logistical support, including equipment and personnel, but these will have to be paid for by the Empire, and the Astra Militarum or the Ministry of Military Affairs will need to place orders to the Alliance.
Moreover, for the 30 additional soldiers, if Gu Hang did not want the Black Arrow Star or the Raging Owl Star to appear, the Ministry of Military Affairs would have to find a way to mobilize manpower from other places.
There are a lot of people in the tax fleet, and more importantly, Koruga 3 is the place with the largest population.
However, Koroja could not hand over 30 qualified soldiers - with these soldiers, they would have been sent to fight long ago.
After several rounds of negotiations, the Alliance's Military Logistics Department - oh, the Logistics Department of the Raging Bear Legion - finally generously stated that 31 regular manpower is enough, and you can pay me the difference for the rest, and we can figure out a way on our own. .
This difference is 150 million tax coins.In fact, the training of these soldiers and political commissars was estimated to cost Gu Hang [-] points of gifts.
To put it bluntly, Gu Hang exchanged four thousand gifts for 150 million tax coins.
In fact, he didn't want to do this business, but he couldn't help it.
Even if the Ministry of Military Affairs provided him with Astra Militarum soldiers according to the so-called 10 tax coins/person standard, Gu Hang would still have to train them.Although, logically speaking, 10 tax coins per person should be a standard Astra Militarum level soldier. In theory, it has reached the level of a T5 level soldier and does not require training.
However, everyone knows the actual situation.
If we really want to accept those soldiers, it would be good if one-third of them can reach the T5 level, and the rest are just fake at best.
Anyway, we have to train them all again. It is better to just come to ordinary people. As long as they are healthy, the [Soldier Card] training system will naturally raise the quality of the soldiers to the appropriate level.
It can also save 150 million tax coins.
Of course, this is not legal.
But compliance is something that people have the final say on.The bureaucrats at the Ministry of Military Affairs have only seen people scold them every day for providing insufficient quality soldiers, and this is the first time they have seen people asking for low-quality soldiers.
Doesn't this give them an opportunity to use it to get their hands on it?
It used to be quite difficult to find this kind of opportunity, but now it's so easy to make money.
Of course, the majority has to go to the alliance, but it would be nice to share a little profit.
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The people below are discussing the specific details of the military expansion. Gu Hang naturally does not need to get involved. He only needs to read the report at the end. The whole situation is probably within expectations.
In fact, soon he will leave his own territory and go to the Winged Star.
His engagement ceremony was held on the starport of Flying Wing Star.
On the other side, there is Yelicia.
This marriage is, of course, an out-and-out political marriage.Ms. Wang Qi has been in contact with the Fofana family for a long time and decided on this marriage.
This idea comes from Wang Qi personally. She feels:
First of all, Gu Hang is old enough and it's time to get married;
Secondly, the Fofana family is a good marriage partner. One family is a member of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, and the other has a very deep influence in the Imperial Navy. The marriage will definitely be effective;
Thirdly, in terms of political factions, after the death of Pedes, Fofana got out of the vortex of struggle between the 'parliamentary faction' and Faches. Now, like Gu, he is a neutral third party.
This third party sounds comfortable and does not have to fight with others, but in fact it is not easy to be a good person.If one of them fails, they will offend both parties at the same time, causing them to suffer a lot.
A neutral person without strength will not be taken seriously by others; a neutral person with strength will be feared by others.
But in general, it is better to have strength than not.
The combination of Gu and Fofana on the level of a neutral third party is a good reinforcement.
Of course, by now, Ms. Wang Qi has fully taken her son's status seriously and will not act without authorization.She also fully consulted Gu Hang's opinion before pushing this matter forward.
Gu Hang agreed.
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