Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 542 06.0541: "Criticism with words cannot replace criticism with weapons"

"Long time no see, Your Excellency the Inquisitor." Horatio's head appeared on the holographic projector: "You look... more haggard than before."

"And you are even more proud, comrade. You should be... a lieutenant commander in the navy now, the captain of an escort ship? To be honest, I didn't expect you to descend to the surface, but it was also reasonable."

"Where's Thei? Why can't I see her?"

"She will act independently, together with Brother Korchagin and the specially trained Hell Squadron."

"In other words, you, the master, didn't go to the next level, but let your apprentice go instead?" Horatio raised his eyebrows and said in a teasing tone.

Ever since the Abyss Port incident, he had developed some friendship with the Inquisitor, so he dared to speak in a more frivolous tone.

"Young people always need to practice. Only by doing something with their own hands can they be promoted. Of course, I also have my own things to do."

"Speaking of which, is the girl with heterochromatic eyes that you took away last time still alive?"

"Alive, but there is something I need to discuss with you."

"Discuss? Discuss what?"

"A serious question. Of course, this is a matter for later. If my intelligence is correct, the warship assigned to you should not have arrived yet, so it is too early to discuss this now."

"Is that your intelligence, or are you reading my mind?"

"Hahahahahaha." Clarence Ravenno laughed and did not give a direct answer.

But he soon stopped, and said in a serious tone: "We are now at the forefront of the Second Damocles Gulf. The surrounding area has become a mess. Perhaps we should further refine our action strategy.

Lieutenant Colonel, since you have been an attendant of the Inquisition for a long time, I will not hide it. Our plan is almost exactly the same as yours. "

"Please go ahead, Inquisitor. I want to hear how consistent it is."

"My plan is divided into three steps. First, we need to eliminate enemy resistance in major cities. The empire needs the infrastructure and industrial resources of these large cities. We will use these cities as support points. It would be best if we could win over some indigenous people who have converted to the empire. After all, they may know how to use and maintain existing facilities. This requires the efforts of the Holy Rose Sisters."

"and then?"

"Then, take all the Empire's loyalists and portable resources and begin evacuating."

"Evacuate?"

"That's right. This is Thei's suggestion. I analyzed it carefully and maybe what she said is the best solution." The Inquisitor's face began to become serious, and then he continued: "The last step is that we will use dissolving virus bombs to eliminate the resistance forces on the outskirts of the planet and those who are unwilling to evacuate with the Empire, along with the aliens, and turn the crops on the surface into organic matter.

Of course, the dissolving virus bomb only causes fatal damage to organic matter and will not affect facilities composed of inorganic matter and the planet itself.

Then, wait for about a week, when everything stabilizes, the pilgrim ship in orbit will send colonists to the surface, and return Basor to the control of the Empire in a real sense. But this final step requires your Imperial Navy to do it yourself, after all, your Imperial Navy has the most types of extermination order torpedoes. "

"Good plan." Horatio nodded in approval, his tone full of praise.

Ravenno raised an eyebrow: "I thought you would object."

"We talked about this during the last operation. I know that one day, I will command the fleet to spread the wrath of extermination to planet after planet.

For these humans who have been living under alien thoughts for a long time, if they don’t change their thoughts, they will change themselves.

But I know that I killed those people for a better tomorrow for mankind."

"You are still as reasonable as ever. Both you and I are immune cells of the Empire. Even if the price we choose to pay may be heavy, our ultimate goal is for the long-term interests of the Empire and mankind."

"Does it also include the situation where the immune system, in an extremely frenzied state, kills viruses and bacteria along with some of the body's normal cells?"

"Your theory is interesting. Some of my colleagues who call themselves 'Horusists' do think so, but I guess you don't want to eliminate the Empire's ills along with the Empire itself?"

"We've gone too far, Inquisitor. Before that, let's proceed with the first step of the plan. After all, my mission is to protect the armed preaching of the Holy Rose Convent. No matter what the final outcome is, we should let the sisters give it a try and see how many people can be persuaded to convert to the human empire. After all, we need to leave behind some technical talents to stimulate the war potential of the entire planet."
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The Sisters of the Holy Rosary convinced many indigenous people, even some opposition leaders, through their polemical preaching.

But preaching is not always smooth sailing.

As the saying goes, 'armed preaching', arming comes before preaching.

Horatio did not expect that a single speech would achieve the effect of "everyone crying and surrendering with courtesy."

The weapon of criticism cannot replace the criticism of weapons.

After achieving the "general stability" maintenance goal that Horatio wanted, it was his turn to use force to eliminate the stubborn black heads.

Those spies mixed in with the crowd were constantly trying to create chaos and fan the flames to escalate the situation, but this was exactly what he wanted.

The Smiling Tiger took off his smiling mask and stopped acting.

"So, what else do you have to say, sir? I think my argument is clear enough."

Sister Arabella was sweating profusely. She was exhausted from debate to convince the residents of this city. Her voice became hoarse after days of preaching and debate, and she had difficulty breathing.

The man, whose face turned red after being confronted by her arguments and facts, suddenly pulled out a pulse pistol from his waist bag and cursed with a look of despair and hatred: "These are all lies you fabricated. The Greater Good will guide us towards the right future. You extreme xenophobes will not understand this great cause! The whole galaxy will coexist together!"

But this time, Horatio was prepared. The boarding team members picked up their shields and quickly formed a shield wall to block the nun.

It was also because of this extraordinary behavior that the crowd was instantly divided into royalists and Guvisa factions. The royalists leaned towards the pulpit and wore the pure white rose token symbolizing the Holy Rosary Order.

Those ancient Visas who wore their hair in Tau-style braids sided to the other side, perhaps as a mockery of the Imperium and the Sorority.

They wore red roses as a token of their love, using the color red to express their determination to never compromise and to fight to the death.

The red and white sides instantly formed a confrontation.

Such scenes occurred frequently on this planet and were dubbed the "War of the Roses" by those who were curious about the situation.

This desperate counterattack disappointed the nun who had spent a lot of time and effort to persuade her.

She silently pulled out her bolter.

“It’s no big deal, Arabella, you did a great job, at least there were a lot of people in the audience supporting you.

Not everyone can think rationally, so I never discuss opinions with others, because even if I say I win, he may not change himself.

I never expect to accomplish anything with words alone. When verbal criticism is ineffective, criticism with weapons will take its place!
We have given them a chance. If they don’t change their mindset, we will replace them!”

He pressed his left hand on his armed belt, and with his right iron hand, he grasped the captain's scepter of the Imperial Navy and pointed forward, shouting: "Kill these heretics! All-out assault! Kill them!"

(End of this chapter)