Chapter 362 Two Names
The action initiated by Purficott did not cause much ripples in the Northern Territory. After all, no matter how influential the progressive young officers were, there was only one Guards Division in the Northern Territory. Naturally, nothing big happens here.
Even if there is, a small team of steam knights can completely deal with it.
But it is not the same thing in the empire itself.
The Imperial Intelligence Department, which received the news from Purficott, took this matter very seriously. They spent a lot of energy investigating the so-called progressive young officer group and the Rose Legion. After obtaining enough intelligence After that, a large-scale cleanup and manhunt began.
The military's attitude on this matter was slightly ambiguous. Although they did not stop the intelligence agency's actions and cooperated with them when they carried out the arrests, the military still stepped in to protect individual young officers. .
This attitude of the military did not surprise the intelligence agencies. After blending with the military, they acquiesced that the military would protect a small number of people and did not continue to delve deeper.
Because this operation of the intelligence department was supported by the military and the Imperial Council, although it affected a large area and almost wiped out all the young and promising new generations of officers in the imperial army, in the empire The center of power did not cause any big ripples.
Most of these young officers do not have very high military ranks and are mainly lieutenants and low-ranking colonels. Therefore, although they control part of the army and can lead some soldiers to start a mutiny, for the empire, these It's hard to call this behavior troublesome.
Now that the empire has steam knights, it is difficult for military operations to succeed without the support of the knights.
Therefore, even if some young officers launched an armed rebellion, they were still suppressed by the empire's latest steam knights, without any possibility of success.
Only in the Navy, a group of young officers successfully hijacked an old cruiser and drove it into the city of Langton, trying to bombard the palace to cause a large-scale riot.
This caused a tense situation in Langton, and even the Queen was asked to temporarily transfer from the palace to Windsor Castle to use the castle's defense to withstand possible bombardment.
You must know that cruiser-class naval guns have far exceeded the largest caliber conventional artillery that can be used by the army on the ground. Once it attacks the palace or bombards the city, the damage it can cause is very terrifying.
In this case, the empire is determined not to take risks with the queen.
Therefore, a series of emergency response plans were activated. For the first time, the Imperial Center showed the extent to which this country could fight back if the imperial capital was attacked.
The first is the raid of the Royal Mage.
By consuming some special casting materials, the mages froze the river surface, directly freezing the entire cruiser in the river, and the two banks were frozen together.
In this way, the hijacked cruiser was fixed and stopped.
Although the officers reacted quickly, they immediately organized the soldiers to prepare for a battle. At the same time, they asked the naval guns to fire in that direction regardless of whether they were powerful enough to hit the palace, trying to try their luck to see if they could hit it. royal palace.
However, the knights who had been waiting for a long time had already swarmed forward. With the powerful blessing of the steam knights, this group of gathered knights exploded with strength that was infinitely close to that of the legendary knights, almost in a devastating way. ended this crisis.
Under the joint attack of seven knights, the entire ship was split into pieces.
Although there is no such thing as the release of fighting spirit in this world that does not comply with the law of conservation of energy, it is still possible for extraordinary beings above the Grand Knight to cause powerful damage.
As for the legendary knight, who is almost an absolute powerhouse, even without the blessing of the steam knight, he can still destroy a new cruiser.
Because their bodies have broken through to the extreme that a human species can achieve through countless exercises, every move can contain great muscle power and be released to cause destruction. If it simply causes damage, it does not actually show the bravery and power of the knights.
After smashing the warship into pieces, the seven knights immediately raided the fragments of the ship and captured a large number of officers who planned the incident, most of whom were so-called progressive young officers. Member of the Red and White Rose Troupe.
This incident has now alarmed the Queen, and naturally the treatment of the young officers cannot be the same as before.
After the Queen expressed her concerns and inquiries, the empire's intelligence department immediately interrogated these captured young officers, using various torture methods to interrogate all participants and planners of the attack. .
After getting new names one by one, the intelligence department also mobilized with all its strength, and with the help of the police and city guards, they launched a search throughout the city.
These people who were caught were also thrown into prison, and they kept spitting out new names under the torture of the intelligence agencies.
The intelligence department naturally knew that there were innocent people among the names that were tortured, but in the face of the vicious incident that the Queen almost confessed to, the intelligence department had no choice but to ignore those poor innocent people.
Under such a manhunt, things naturally progressed very smoothly until a brand new name appeared in front of the head of the intelligence department.
Justinian, who has been deposed as the Duke of Windsor, is the biological son of the Queen and the younger brother of Princess Anne.
Once the matter involves the royal family, the seriousness of the problem suddenly becomes different.
Before this, it could only be regarded as a minor problem. After all, this so-called progressive young officer group was really insignificant to the real violent organization of the empire.
In the beginning, the intelligence department even did this with the idea of showing favor to the northern lords.
Until now, everything has gotten out of hand.
In the end, under the instructions of the Queen herself, Princess Anne personally carried out the arrest of Justinian.
Originally, things could have ended here, but fate often likes to joke.
From Justinian's routine inquiry, a surprising name popped out of Justinian's mouth.
After getting this name, even Princess Anne couldn't help but feel shocked, because it was a more important name than Justinian.
The Queen's brother, Princess Anne's uncle, Prince Edward.
The weight of this name is completely different from that of Justinian.
Justinian is at best an abandoned royal waste, but Prince Edward is a former contender for the throne who actually has the power to seize the throne.
(End of this chapter)