Chapter 19: The Beginnings
"What? There is actually a rebellion in the War Horse Galaxy! ”
Early in the morning, a piece of news appeared on the headline of the announcement information, which startled everyone, including Liu Yi.
The workers of the repair shop were all talking about this news, who would have thought that the new emperor would have a rebellion less than two months after taking over the throne, and it was still in the War Horse Galaxy, which was not far away from the imperial capital.
Liu Yi said secretly in his heart: "I thought that the first place where the rebellion would occur would be in the border area of the empire, but I didn't expect it to be the War Horse Galaxy, which is one of the most economically developed regions in the empire." ”
The War Horse Galaxy has unique natural conditions, there are as many as three planets that can be inhabited by humans in this star system, and such excellent natural conditions are extremely rare in the entire Xinghan Empire.
Therefore, the War Horse Galaxy has a large population and a very developed economy, which can be regarded as the richest region of the empire, who would have thought that such a place would be able to rebel.
Liu Yi speculated that since the War Horse Galaxy was the first to rebel, it is likely that the confidential information stolen by the Ministry of Defense was lost here.
With this technical information, coupled with the strong local production capacity, the rebels should now have weapons in their hands that can rival the American army, and a rebellion is inevitable.
In order to confirm his thoughts, Liu Yi put down his work and began to search the Internet for various news about the rebellion. Soon, Liu Yi's speculation was confirmed, and from some unknown places, Liu Yi saw video clips of local battles, although these videos were incomplete, but it was clear from them that the rebels did already have mechs comparable to the army.
Liu Yi hurriedly sent these videos to Shangguan Qi and Ke Rin, both of whom were very familiar with mechas, and they could tell if the rebels' mecha were comparable to the regular army by looking at them.
Not long after, Shangguan Qi and Ke Rin both sent requests for video calls, and Liu Yi immediately set up a video conference.
"Have you all seen it? What do you think? Liu Yi asked directly.
"That's right, it's a genuine military mecha, almost on par with the regular army." Shangguan Qi said with great certainty.
"Except for the difference in appearance, there should not be much difference in performance, and the army will have a headache now." Kirin said with some schadenfreude.
Liu Yi frowned and said: "In this way, the stolen information did go to the rebels, I suspect that the whole thing was planned from the beginning, I am afraid that there are allies of the rebels in the upper echelons of the empire." ”
Shangguan Qi nodded and said, "I'm afraid that's the case, otherwise all this would be too much of a coincidence." ”
Ke Rin didn't care much about these things at the top, he was more concerned about when he would be able to build a real military-level mecha.
"I don't care about what you say, since the rebels already have military-grade mechas, this means that the technical information has indeed flowed to the people, and I have to find a way to get a copy to see." Ke Rin said excitedly.
"Can you really get it?" Liu Yi asked with concern.
"Try it, maybe you can get it, I don't believe that these rebels will be more secretive than the military."
"You have to be careful not to bring in the secret police." Shangguanqi reminded Ke Rin.
"Know, I'll go through a safe channel and won't expose myself." Ke Rin said confidently.
"Anyway, we have to pay close attention to the movements of the rebels now, if nothing else, just to protect ourselves, if Yaqiu's bandit group has these skills, we don't want to have a good life." Liu Yi said.
In the next few days, news of rebellions in various places came out one after another, first in the War Horse Galaxy, then in the Three Rivers Galaxy, and in the Conch Galaxy...... Almost all of them are economically developed and technologically advanced, and the whole empire is beginning to panic.
In the history of the Xinghan Empire, rebellions have never stopped, but previously they have mainly appeared in the border areas of the empire. Although the Starhan Empire controls more than a few hundred habitable star systems and has a powerful military, not all human colonies are subject to the Empire's rule.
In some places where the influence of the empire is weak, rebellions occur from time to time, so people are not so sensitive to rebellions.
However, this time it was different, the place where the rebellion took place was in the core of the empire, and it was a rich and developed galaxy, which was completely different from the nature of the rebellion that had occurred on the border in the past.
At first, everyone thought that the rebellion would soon be quelled, and it would be difficult to make a difference in the place where the empire's rule was most strong, after all, the strength of the imperial army was there, and the rebels could not fight against it, no matter how powerful they were.
But the result was a big surprise: instead of being suppressed immediately, the rebellion became more and more intense, and the places where the rebellion occurred not only did not decrease, but took on the posture of sparks burning the prairie one after another, and one after another could not be stopped at all.
"This is really unthinkable, the army can't suppress these rebels, who is behind these people who is manipulating?" Kirin asks loudly in the video.
"I didn't expect the rebels to be so powerful, it seems that this rebellion has been prepared for a long time, and after occupying so many places at once, the finances of the central government of the empire will be tightened." Liu Yi sighed.
Shangguan Qi sneered: "Actually, it's not how powerful the rebels are, but the garrisons everywhere are too wasteful, there have been almost no wars over the years, and the armies stationed on various planets have long been corrupted, and the armies that can really fight are on the border." ”
"Shangguan, since you know so clearly, why don't you tell me which army you served in before?" Kirin asked curiously.
Shangguanqi shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it later, I don't want to mention this now." ”
"Why do you do this every time, as soon as you ask where you used to be in the army, you divert the topic, have you done anything unseemly?" Kirin asked jokingly.
Shangguan Qi didn't answer, but his face was a little gloomy, and Liu Yi hurriedly said when he saw this: "Okay, okay, let's talk about these things later, let's think about what we should do if Yaqiu also rebels, right?" ”
Hearing this question, Ke Rin tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "If Yaqiu really rebels, I don't think there's anything wrong with joining the rebels, and I would have wanted to beat them up a long time ago with those bastards in the Governor's Palace!" ”
"What about you, Shangguan?" Liu Yi turned his head and asked Shangguanqi.
"I haven't thought about it yet, although I don't like people from the government army, but I don't want to join the rebels, after all, these people are all three-tiered, and there is no bottom line for doing bad things."
Ke Rin listened to Shangguan Qi's words and said, "Shangguan is right, these people are indeed not good people. ”
"Among us, Liu Yi is the most knowledgeable, Liu Yi, what do you think?" Shangguan Qi said.
"I think you have a point, it's true that neither side is worth working, and I think the best thing to do is for us to organize ourselves, protect our own homes, and try not to get mixed up with both sides." Liu Yi slowly spoke his thoughts.
Shangguan Qi nodded and said: "I also think this is the best, but it is not easy to organize ordinary citizens, these market gangsters often only care about themselves, and I think they are enough to ......fight the rebels."
"Try it first, it's better than sitting still, if you can't do it, you can only leave Yaqiu, but other places may not be the peaceful world." Liu Yi said.
Ke Rin smiled: "This method is very good, don't forget that I am the big boss of the Iron Cavalry Gang, I can mobilize my subordinates to publicize this matter, as long as ordinary citizens have a sense of crisis, they will naturally seek organizations that they can rely on, the real problem is how do we arm ordinary people, we can't fight with mecha with bare hands, right?" ”
Liu Yi nodded and said, "Ke Rin is to the point, and arming yourself first is the point." Where did the robbers get their weapons? ”
"They also got it through smuggling channels, and they themselves were engaged in smuggling, and they also relied on looting minerals and using them to make shady transactions with those big companies," Ke Rin replied. ”
Liu Yi thought for a moment and said: "The wool is out of the sheep, it seems that we should go to those big enterprises to find a way, if they are willing to join our self-protection organization, the problem of weapons and funds will be easily solved." ”
"Have you already figured out a solution?" Shangguan Qi asked.
"I don't have a specific plan yet, but I think we can think in this direction, for example, what are these big mining companies most afraid of, what do they need most?"
"Of course, what these big companies want most is ore, and that's what they came to Yaqiu for." "They're scared...... Naturally, there are people who prevent them from mining ore, and there are ...... If you can't transport ore, you won't be able to make money. ”
Hearing this, Liu Yi's mind suddenly flashed, and he was about to speak but found that Shangguan Qi was also looking at him, and the two of them laughed at once, because they both thought of the same thing.
"What are you laughing at? Got an idea? Kirin asked, puzzled.
"Shangguan, let's talk about it first!" Liu Yi said with a smile.
"Good! I'll start with that! Shangguan Qi straightened his chest and said, "We can carry out a fake sneak attack, and the target is the air port in orbit." ”
Shangguan Qi looked at Liu Yi after speaking, Liu Yi raised his thumb with satisfaction and said, "Sure enough, the hero sees the same!" ”
Ke Rin didn't understand what the two of them meant for a while, and hurriedly asked, "What...... What do you mean? Don't deliberately sell off, make it clear! ”
Liu Yi smiled: "Actually, it's very simple, we can pretend to be robbers and carry out a fake sneak attack on the airport on the track, don't forget that Yachuke is this one airport, once it is controlled by the bandits, whoever is most panicked at that time will naturally be these mining companies." As soon as they start to worry about security, we suggest mutual insurance to them, and I think they will pay attention to it. ”
"I see, this method is really good, and it is not very difficult, my subordinates can do it!" Ke Rin said suddenly.