CHAPTER 509: CHAPTER 479: THE GOVERNOR’S REBELLION

After three years of construction, the Northern Territory has undergone a drastic transformation compared to the barren state it was in when Perfikot first arrived.

Whether it’s the towering capital of Chernobyl or the prosperous port of Beloburg, both have developed into large cities comparable to those in the Empire’s homeland.

Although constrained by various objective factors and unable to reach the level of prosperity of the Empire’s homeland, each city itself can still be considered flourishing.

Especially as the apocalypse approaches, the mass migration of Empire nobles, wealthy merchants, and other influential figures to the Northern Territory has brought unprecedented prosperity to the only two cities currently there.

After all, these migrating nobles and wealthy merchants need to purchase property and settle their businesses, all of which require spending money.

Furthermore, numerous industries have sprung up due to demand, indirectly stimulating the economic boom in the Northern Territory.

Despite the looming apocalypse, many people have settled down inexplicably upon seeing the thriving scene in the Northern Territory, believing that the Empire will surely overcome this disaster.

At the end of the day, isn’t this the confidence of being the world’s most powerful nation?

When talking about the prosperity of the Victor Empire, even the beggars in Langton City will straighten their backs with pride.

Although the prosperity of Victor Empire has little to do with Langton’s beggars, the improvement in the quality of life for the lower-class people in the Northern Territory is closely related to the city’s prosperity.

At least under the policies set by Perfikot, the lower-class people of the Northern Territory can basically live without worry about food and clothing, and with the various industries spawned by the city’s prosperity, they can find jobs sufficient to support their families.

This undoubtedly makes many people grateful to Perfikot, the Count of the Northern Territory, with countless people even praying in the newly built church, their hymns filled with pleas to bless Perfikot, hoping she can continue to bring happiness to the people of the Northern Territory.

In fact, not only the lower-class people in the Northern Territory think this way, but most of the nobles and wealthy merchants, upon arriving in the Northern Territory, have similar thoughts.

Perhaps some of them have suffered losses because of Perfikot’s previous actions, or had their friends and family killed, but the vast majority know what is right and wrong; they clearly understand that at this critical time with the apocalypse looming, only Perfikot’s Northern Territory can shelter them.

It’s not to say there’s no one hostile to Perfikot due to the tremendous impact on their lives... but such individuals are ultimately in the minority, and under various policies and constraints in the Northern Territory, they can hardly cause any trouble.

For Perfikot herself, accommodating this opposition ultimately doesn’t really matter to her.

Overall, Perfikot’s support rate in the Northern Territory, although not reaching unanimous approval, stands at over seventy percent, which includes nobles, wealthy merchants, ordinary citizens, and her personally controlled Northern Army.

This is even amidst the massive influx of immigrants from the Empire’s nobles and wealthy merchants, diluting the original support rate for Perfikot from the Northern Territory’s populace.

So, it can be imagined how sensational it became when news returned to the Northern Territory that Perfikot faced rebel assault while negotiating with the Revolutionary Army in the New Continent colony.

Almost immediately upon receiving the news, the Northern Army moved.

An infantry corps hurried directly by train to the New Continent colony, followed by three more corps gathering, intending to advance to the New Continent colony successively.

Furthermore, the Knight Orders of White Bear and Iron Fire swiftly assembled, except for leaving a squad to guard each, all Knights boarded Flying Airships, rushing to Perfikot’s location immediately.

Meanwhile, the Northern Territory’s Flying Airship fleet also assembled, loading freshly produced Thermobaric Bombs into the bomb bays, then led by Behemoth, which had executed the bombing mission against Paris’s capital, arrived directly at the New Shaker City, the colonial capital of the New Continent, the following day, starting to warn the residents and pretending to prepare for bombing.

The reason why Behemoth and the Flying Airship fleet brought Thermobaric Bombs to New Shaker City is that the rebels who attacked Perfikot were the colony garrison originally organized by the colony governor to suppress the Revolutionary Army uprising.

This ambitious governor, having been reprimanded by Perfikot, soon guessed she was planning to deal with him, thus he took the risky step to strike first.

With the five newly formed corps at his disposal, he wagered them all, condemning Perfikot for colluding with the Revolutionary Army and betraying the Empire under the pretense that her negotiation with the Revolutionary Army was selling out the Empire’s interests.

He aimed to eliminate those traitors who sold out the Empire’s interests for the Empire and suppress the Revolutionary Army’s rebellion.

The attack indeed came very suddenly; when Perfikot was attacked, she had already left Stansol City, where the negotiation with the Revolutionary Army took place, and returned to Brigadier General Richard’s base, with only two Steam Knight squads and a Flying Knight squad by her side, besides a not fully manned Guard Corps for protection.

From a troop standpoint, the governor did have some advantage in this attack.

Unfortunately, the combat strength disparity between the colony garrison and Guard Army made Brigadier General Richard command the inadequate Guard Corps under him to suppress three rebel infantry corps under the assistance of a squad of Steam Knights, even driving them back at one point.

As for the other two rebel infantry corps? They were eager to engage but the battlefield was too small; these two corps couldn’t deploy and could only be used as reserves.

Thus, the governor’s only advantage was neutralized.

Unable to quickly secure victory, the significance of the attack was lost.

Not to mention Perfikot had a Flying Airship ready to pick her up at any time, the Steam Knights and Flying Knights accompanying her weren’t something mere five newly formed infantry corps could contend with.

Don’t forget, in past experiments by the Victor Empire, five Steam Knights once smashed one Guard Infantry Corps.

While a squad of Steam Knights stayed with Perfikot to ensure her safety, when the Airship and Flying Knights joined the battle, this sudden confrontation had already entered the garbage time.

Furthermore, a day later, the Flying Airship fleet carrying sixteen squadrons of White Bear and Iron Fire Knight Orders arrived at the battlefield.

Ultimately, the rebel corps of five infantry were thoroughly crushed by seventeen Steam Knight squads with a total of more than two hundred Steam Knights, while the governor himself was captured alive by the Flying Knights, making the whole rebellion seem like a farce.

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