Chapter 512 Ruling
Cleopatra Si had to admit that the person who listed the questions was very insidious, forcibly turning a discussion into an accusation.
“There are some statements that need to be added.”
Suddenly, Marshal Moore A. Salil raised his right arm, and then asked his deputy to submit some data.
"Your Excellency Moore A. Salil, I must remind you that any presentation must be submitted before the meeting."
Sloder tapped the table three times with his hammer to show his displeasure.
“As I get older, I tend to forget things easily.”
The commander-in-chief of the Astra Militarum just laughed and revealed the matter.
Slod could only accept those statements and read them out with a frown.
“The results and subsequent effects of the New Badab War.”
Mereda Perez glanced at Moore A. Salil, as if asking when the other party collected the battle report.
But the Astra Militarum Marshal completely ignored him.
The speaker began to elaborate on the topic.
“——The Astral Knights Chapter hastily launched an expedition without notifying any surrounding organizations, and coerced the Sisters of the Church and other Chapters to carry out such a high-risk combat mission, although they succeeded by luck in the end. , but their behavior has exceeded the tolerable scope, and they have also illegally formed an alliance with four other war groups. One of the war groups is still carrying out an atonement expedition. Various actions make the purpose of their expedition full of doubts. ”
Not just Cleopatra, many people frowned, there is no doubt that this is a clumsy accusation.
That’s not to say that Astral Knights doesn’t have problems. In fact, if you look deeper, Astral Knights has many problems.
For example, how did they launch an expedition with more than thirty warriors?
For example, how did they get so many battleships?
For example, how did they win?
But the proposer chose the most innocuous point, which made Cleopatra S. doubt what the other party wanted to achieve?
After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized that this accusation helped the Astral Knight avoid many of the most difficult-to-explain points.
Then the proposer is worth pondering.
He glanced around and didn't notice anything strange on anyone's face, but by now, Cleopatra Sis was able to judge the trend of this meeting.
After a brief reading, Tremas Remsana Kron, spokesperson for Captain Charter, spoke first.
She stood on the beautifully decorated petition platform seat at the far end of the central podium. Almost a dozen low-level officials were scattered throughout the hall. They all shuffled to the empty seats in the nearest row for a better view. Listen to her words clearly.
"One month after the New Badab War ended, the fleet in the Maelstrom region sent a report."
Her voice echoed in the empty space.
“The frequency of pirate activities has dropped by at least 54%, and not only one pirate group has broken away from the Red Pirates, but there are currently dozens of emerging pirate organizations in the Maelstrom Sector. They are fighting each other and even attacking each other. Without the previous organized large-scale plundering, the safety factor of large fleets has increased several times. There is no doubt that the expedition of the Astral Knights has greatly eased the trade pressure in the Maelstrom Area."
Although this was only her second appearance in the Hall, Tremas Remsana Kron seemed very confident among the true rulers of the Imperium of Man, carrying the air with which she was accustomed to being unquestioned. The composure of someone who listens and obeys carefully, but who also listens when others speak and seeks common compromise.
Lucius Slode pursed his lips and clasped his hands as an assistant behind him presented a document summary, the cover covered with Aquila sealing wax.
"This is the battle report submitted by His Excellency Moore A. Salil."
He sighed, broke the sealing wax and checked each page in turn.
"In this battle, the Adeptus Astartes killed more than a thousand enemy Chaos Space Marines, including more than fifty officers and leaders, and destroyed a demon army of tens of thousands, annihilating , executed and burned about one million heretics of all kinds, and sank more than 50 enemy ships, including seven battleships, and captured a Ramirez-class star fort. The great traitor Luft Huron was killed by the star. The leader of the World Knights Chapter, Soshyan Alexey, was seriously injured.”
A surprised murmur spread across the round table, even Eos Ritter, the pope of the state religion who never asked about “mundane matters.” Ra also took out a magnifying glass from the folds of his gorgeous robe and carefully browsed the carefully recorded battle reports. Behind Interior Minister Violetta Roscavler, another uniformed clerk leaned forward and whispered advice into his superior's ear.
The Minister of the Interior nodded immediately.
“I do not doubt the authenticity of this record, but there is a question that still needs to be answered. If the records are not wrong, the Astral Knights were ruled as a ‘Destroyed Chapter’ fifteen years ago. The list of active war groups was removed. When they left their home planet, they only had... Let me see, there are thirty-three warriors. Even if they do nothing in the past fifteen years, they can't add a few warriors. Even if they add the ranger warriors. , the two warbands of the Lamenters are less than half the number of a full-scale warband. How can such a force defeat the Hurons?"
Obviously, the Minister of the Interior has grasped a certain problem? The key, there was another burst of whispers on the field.
At this time, Eos Ritela, the pope of the state religion, suddenly spoke.
"Dear everyone, I have a report from the Sisters of the Ebony Grail, which may be able to explain this problem."
The Speaker tapped the hammer lightly.
“Then please give the floor to His Excellency Eos Ritra.”
The Pope’s speech was brief, but it got to the point. This unrhetorical report was as good as a nun’s. Their styles are exactly the same.
“The reason for the launch of this war was that Huron took the initiative to launch an attack on the Astral Knights’ home planet Nessen IV. The Chapter Master of the Astral Knights Chapter, Soshyan Alexei, used his superb skills to With his strategic vision, he discovered the loopholes in Huron's action plan, and took advantage of the time difference to launch an expedition before Huron took the initiative. In the process, he rescued a black ship in the Star Torch Hall and captured a red pirate. Battleship."
As he spoke, he glanced at the Speaker, who was the head of the Star Torch Hall.
"The Astral Knights used the Red Corsair's battleship as cover and used the battleship's suicide assault to destroy New Badab's orbital defenses. The traitors were panicked and had no choice but to retreat in panic. At that time, the Adeptus Astartes The star fortress has been captured, and the star fort was used as a bait to severely damage Huron."
"What a great job!"
The commander-in-chief of the Astral Army couldn't help but give a high-five. .
“A textbook-level surprise attack perfectly exploits the enemy’s weakness in focusing on their home base.”
The fat admiral moved in his chair with difficulty for a while, and then said:
"Indeed, I have to admit that this was a textbook-level raid. I am afraid that no general can replicate such a success. So I am very curious about how the Astartes accurately grasp this time difference. You must know that subspace can It is not the tamed ocean on the surface of the planet. The subspace is the most uncontrollable factor in the void naval battle. Many wars have failed because of the unpredictable time flow in the subspace. The key to this war initiated by the Astral Knights lies in Time difference, precise time difference.”
Hearing this, Cleopatra had to look at this Mereda Perez in a different light. Although he seemed to be a bloated and incompetent person, his eyes were very vicious. , and has rich combat experience.
But things suddenly became strange at this point. The Admiral brought the topic to an area he was familiar with and started a long speech, while the Marshal of the Astra Militarum continued to use his army theory to fight back, so the entire The hall became some second-rate staff bureau.
This battle on land and sea lasted for nearly seven hours. When it came to an end, some people's faces already showed a boring look.
At this time, no one cared too much about the Astral Knights. Only the director of the Astronomical Hall expressed concern that the Suffering Alliance might be the second guardian of the Maelstrom.
Until finally, it was Cleopatra's turn to speak.
Before speaking, he spent twenty seconds thinking.
He now has two reports on hand, one from Inquisitor Quant and one from Inquisitor Marcus.
The two have completely different opinions on the Astral Knights.
In the end, Cleopatra chose to only bring out Quant's report. Due to the incident with the Tianshi Chapter a few days ago, the relationship between the Inquisition and the Imperial Fists was somewhat stiff, and he planned to use this to ease the relationship between the two. atmosphere.
Just as the discussion in the Council of High Lords came to an end, a small meeting was also held in the Mountain Formation far away in the orbit of Terra——
(End of this chapter)
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