Chapter 165 The First Action of the Sons of Korhal
Shiloh Autonomous Prefecture, revolutionary army camp, marshal command post. August 17, 2489, 19:21 local time.
In the Hilo Autonomous Prefecture, which is close to the equator in the southern hemisphere of Mar Sara, the deadly fireball in the sky always rests on the orange-gray sky for nothing, and the long sunset process burns the clouds into red bit by bit. It was as if God had hung a piece of gradient red cloth over the horizon.
The dome tent used as the temporary marshal's command post contains an old-fashioned temperature adjustment device, which was obsolete four generations ago from the main star of Tarsonis. It is said that the temperature, humidity and even air pressure can be adjusted according to the user's mood - Ogu Stu believed that this was not false advertising in a sense. The temperature in the entire tent depended entirely on how hard he pressed the regulator button while shivering from the cold.
In the center of the dome tent was a long alloy table moved from the armory of the Norad II battlecruiser. Next to the table were weapon racks holding more than a dozen different electromagnetic and laser guns and a weapon rack for hanging revolutionary troops. Shape-shaped coat rack for officer's hats and military coats. On one side of the wall lined with Presteel plates, there are more than a dozen paper wanted posters and a news report cut from a newspaper.
Everything in Augustus's military camp was simple, but the chairs he and Renault were sitting on were incompatible with the serious and cold military camp. The imitation Tarsonis-style palace chairs in the local gang's lair are made of exquisite materials and fine lines. These chairs have different styles, including Tarsonis's luxurious models, the Cha Sara sunwood chair that is famous in the entire star region, and a chair from Thousands of light-years away, Pegasus moon in the Umoyan Dominion.
"Only a handful of members of the Pegasus Brotherhood are still at large, but I swear to those good people in Mar Sara who believe in God, sooner or later they will be brought to justice by me." Only Renault and Renault were visible in the command post. There were two people in Augustus, so Renault raised his legs on the long table without the consciousness of a major of the Revolutionary Army.
"That's what happened, Sheriff Jimmy." No one now remembers when Augustus called Jim Jimmy. This is an endearment. At present, Renault only reluctantly accepts Augustus. Tychus would have felt uncomfortable calling himself that if it had been anyone else - it didn't sound like a tough guy's name.
"Isn't it? We have now helped the local small town's sheriff arrest more than two thousand criminals, including smugglers, drug dealers and maglev train thieves. Even the petty thieves gangs have been cleaned up, leaving only Those gang members hiding in the town." Augustus only wore a gray military shirt. When in the military camp, he would take off his Umoyan plastic mask to reveal his original face.
"They still think that the federal marines took away their stronghold in the wilderness and took away those accomplices who had never been heard from - the marines are an army, independent of the Mar Sara militia and the police. Except Governor, no one can find out which fleet has been wandering around here recently."
Augustus is nineteen years old this year, and he has only been in the Koprulu sector for more than a year. Even so, the fair skin that was originally developed in the noble environment has transformed into healthy wheat. Sex, and also developed a strong and powerful muscles. But Augustus still didn't have a beard, which was no different from the image he always showed before.
"These villains are also worthy of being called cowboys. They have basically done all the evil things they can do." Reno was obviously disgusted with the gangs who fell into his hands: "I believe the sheriff here must be working hard all day long. Fall into a deep sleep."
"The agents of the OGB (Kohal August National Security Council) obtained several identity documents through money. When they sneaked into the town of Echo a few days ago, they found out that the position of the Sheriff here was vacant, and it had already been After being idle for a long time, the Justice seems to be in no rush to recruit a new Sheriff to lead the leaderless Sheriff and Constables."
"What is that judicial officer thinking?" Renault shook his head: "Did the local sheriff resign? It looks like he was transferred to the core world."
"I heard that his body was hung at the entrance of Echo Town. All parts from the chest down were missing, but a bloody spine remained. No matter what happened to him during his lifetime, the person who killed him must be He was hung up with the equipment of the slaughterhouse and slaughtered." Augustus lamented: "Many townspeople felt sorry for this sheriff who 'died in the line of duty', saying that he was too upright."
"It's regrettable," Reno said. "The criminal who killed him must have lost his humanity."
Just as he was talking, the tent curtain was opened by Rory Swann. He rushed in impatiently, turned around in a circle to adapt to the light intensity in the command post, and then sat down with dust all over his body. He sat on a palace chair that was much more valuable than his clothes.
"The new batch of Adeen crystals has been loaded on the ship, just waiting to be sent to the fleet." Swann said, standing up again and dusting off the dust under his buttocks, and looked at Augustus: "I'm sorry, boss, I didn’t knock before I came in because I couldn’t find where the door panel was.”
Revolutionary Army Lieutenant General Warfield is preparing to lead six of the fourteen battlecruisers that were seriously damaged to the Umoyan shipyard for extensive repairs, and the empty battlecruiser cargo bays will be used to load cargo.
The Augustus fleet wandering away was not living very comfortably. They lacked medicine and ammunition supplies, and they had no soldiers to supplement their losses. Mar Sara did not even have a few production lines that could produce C-series Gauss rifle ammunition. If it weren't for the rich mineral deposits here, it would be impossible for the revolutionary army to stay.
In addition, as reported by UNN, at least six federal naval squadrons are searching for traces of the Revolutionary Army fleet in the Koprulu sector. The news editor's words also stated that the fleeing rebel fleet would be found and defeated soon or within a few days, and emphasized that there were very few rebel ships left and they were vulnerable.
But relatively speaking, it is difficult for the Federation fleet to notice the remote Ma Sara.
"Tell the new workers that they can take a break - temporarily." Augustus said: "Approximately how many crystals are there?"
Augustus only remembered that Mar Sara's Xel'Naga artifact came from a mining outpost, and the purpose of his coming to this planet was to collect this fragment first. In this way, regardless of whether he can find the remaining fragments to assemble the artifact, he can still seize the initiative and prevent the artifact from falling into the hands of other forces.
"By Kemorian standards, it should be 10,000 cubic meters, equivalent to a larger swimming pool. If the market remains the same as before, we can probably sell 20 million Umoyan citizen points. This is a huge sum It’s a huge sum of money, but it’s not enough to repair the warships, provide supplies to the people in the new city of Umoyan, and help them rebuild their cities and industries,” Swann reminded Augustus.
"If we hadn't lacked the Adeen crystal cutting and refining factories, then the money we would have earned would have been more than just raw materials. Mar Sara is too far away from Umoyan, and the round trip alone would take nearly a month. It’s not worth the time.”
This is equivalent to one month's output from the canyon mine, which Augustus labeled A-1. The A-1 mining area is currently managed by a cousin of Rory Swann. It is mainly composed of local gang members who are undergoing labor reform, Camorians hired by Augustus to train the miners, and a revolutionary army guarding them. even.
Augustus now still has two small mining areas in his hands. The combined output is only equivalent to one-tenth of the A-1 mining area. However, the advantage is that they are not far from each other. In the event of an emergency, the revolutionary army camp will be immediately available. Ability to send reinforcements.
Each mining area is provided with ideological guidance by a personally appointed second-level political commissar of the Revolutionary Army, who provides ideological and political education to miners who have finished their work every day. Performance indicator forms and "Labor is the most glorious" are posted in many places in the mining area. Such slogans.
At the same time, the political commissar also served as a military chaplain reciting prayers for the religious believers among the miners, whether it was to God, Jesus, Allah, evil gods, or Ma Sara itself.
"You are a genuine Camorian, Swan." Augustus said with a smile: "At present, it seems that we can only sell to the Umoyan people, and even the Peak Mine of Arcturus can only be sold to the Umoyan people. To be able to supply the Umoyan people, the Kaimorian Federation is not yet worthy of our trust."
"Unless we build a factory in Mar Sara to refine impurity crystals into high-purity crystals and then process them into armor plates for battlecruisers or other products, we will not be able to earn more profits from the mining area." Renault is not right He has no research on the mining industry, and he is much more interested in the Revolutionary Army than Tychus Finlay, who only cares about himself.
After being away from the battlefield for nearly a month, the engineers of the Revolutionary Army could only make minor repairs to some of the electronic equipment of the battlecruisers. If they want to restore these battlecruisers to their pre-war condition, they must return to large-scale military shipbuilding. The factory is in port for repairs.
"You know that we can't spend a lot of money to build a complete crystal ore processing industry chain on this planet." Augustus just shrugged: "The federal fleet will arrive at any time, so we have to be ready at any time. Preparations for the evacuation of things.”
"Perhaps we can move the factory to a ship, a large mining ship - do you know the whale ship of Terrador? The hunting and processing of finished products are all done on the ship. The mining ship is the same as this." Swan said.
"I know that the Kemorians have such ships. They have many plundering fleets composed of giant mining ships." Augustus nodded: "But the Kemorians never sell their mining ships to the outside world."
"The situation has changed now." Swann obviously knows more about the current situation of the Kemerian Federation than Augustus: "My relatives who stayed in Meinhof told me that because the Mining Guild was unable to To repay the Commonwealth debt issued in large quantities during the four-year war, the Commonwealth economy is on the verge of collapse and most people do not have enough to eat.”
"At this time, they are even willing to sell battlecruisers."
"Hmm - I originally had a plan to go to Moria." Augustus nodded.
"Is there such a good thing?" Renault put down his feet on the table: "You are a Camorian, how can you let us do such a thing."
"If people can't survive, what's the point of other things?" Swann sighed and said: "The Revolutionary Army will provide Kemerian with a large amount of Umoyan foreign exchange reserves, which can at least relieve urgent needs."
"everything will get better."
"What's going on? What are you whispering? Let old Tychus listen to it." At this time, the sky was getting dark, and Tychus came in wearing a long windbreaker, holding a few pictures that had just echoed from nearby. Newspapers brought back from town.
"What's wrong, Tychus, I heard that you went to a small town to have fun?" Reno looked at Tychus and said with a smile.
"I'm a wanted criminal now - I wouldn't do something like this unless I was crazy. During this time, I was in a relationship with a Revolutionary Marine Lieutenant. I just went to town to buy some clothes. You Do you understand what I mean?" Tychus glanced at Renault.
"Jimmy boy, you are still just a boy after all, you don't understand anything."
"There is a revolution now, and it is too early for me to get married." Renault explained: "Besides, this kind of thing is about fate."
"Do you expect two people to look at each other at the same time? It's as incredible as two male Mar Sara marmots falling in love." Tychus showed a joking expression and put together several wanted posters and the latest Mar Sara marmot. ·Sarah put the Global Evening News on the table: "Don't talk about it, I think there are some things that you need to take a look at."
One of the wanted posters bears a portrait of Augustus' father, Angus Mengsk - an Arabic numeral 5 followed by a series of astonishing 0s, and Augustus's picture is only lower than his father's. 200 million, and the photo used was the one he took at Turasis Marine Recruit Training Camp. At that time, Augustus had just shaved his head and looked like a prisoner who had just been released from prison.
"Yes, if the revolutionary army can't expose the pot, you can use Angus's head in exchange for money." Augustus commented.
Then, Augustus smoked another one, which seemed to be a recruitment poster for the local police chief. The date was posted yesterday: "Jimmy, now there is an opportunity to 'reform' before you. You You can give it a try and see if you can get an official position in the government."
"Ma Sara needs an upright Sheriff." Renault smiled: "You can even run for mayor of Shiloh City."
"Maybe?" Augustus also smiled, but when he picked up a newspaper, his smile gradually solidified.
A newspaper with part of the font erased with red paint read: On July 28, the Tagore family encountered a fire in a synthetic intelligent drone assembly factory on Tarsonis Prime. All but two of the hundreds of employees on duty that day None of the material buyers who disappeared after taking a vacation survived, and a group called "Sons of Korhal" soon claimed responsibility on a website with an anonymous address.
The publisher left only one sentence at the end: This is just the beginning.
An expert invited by the newspaper believes that the accident destroyed a large number of finished drones and components in the factory. Not only that, Tagore Group will also pay huge liquidated damages for being unable to deliver goods to customers on time. Compared with the sharp decline in the Tagore Group's assets caused by the large-scale selling of stocks by shareholders due to this incident, the losses in liquidated damages and factory equipment are negligible.
The Sons of Korhal's first terrorist act caused a huge shock to the equity trading market in Tarsonis, and the Tarsonis Police Chief, who had been unable to close the case, was forced to resign. Just as Tarsonis' entrepreneurs dramatically increased security at their factories, the Son of Korhal disappeared, never to be seen again.
"What a joy, Mengsk." Tychus said: "Who did it? I only know that it must be the Korhal people - maybe I just took it for granted, and someone is doing good things in your name."
"I don't know," said Augustus, "but I can guess who did it."
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