Chapter 1024: Cracks among Loyalists
“Huh?”
Colonel Dro Acat, who was ready to devote himself to the empire, turned his head and first heard the roar of the engine, then several Chimei La rushed out from behind the slope at extremely fast speeds.
"Sir! We are responsible for transporting the wounded, and we happened to pass by! What happened?"
Seeing that the convoy was responsible for transporting the wounded, Colonel Dro Acat immediately jumped into the car, Then he yelled at the correspondent:
"Send an urgent message to the headquarters. The Ninth Militia Regiment has mutinied! Let everyone in the camp attack! I will kill all these traitors!"
After receiving the order from Colonel Dro Acat, Kadian The 99th Infantry Regiment immediately mobilized and rushed to the scene to fight fiercely with the renegade militiamen.
In front of the well-trained and equipped Cadian regiments, the militiamen looked completely vulnerable.
But it was not until five hours later that the 99th Cadian Infantry Regiment completely eliminated the enemy and suffered a lot of casualties, and all the renegade militiamen fought to the end!
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"We have temporarily repelled the enemy's attack, but many positions have been breached, and several main regiments of the Astra Militarum have suffered huge losses in personnel and equipment."
Clemensley reported after landing:
“The main problem now is that the enemy’s next wave of attack will come soon, and the tired soldiers cannot repair all the gaps in the defense line. At the same time, there are also some problems with ammunition supply.”
"It seems that we have to abandon the first line of defense."
Randall frowned and thought for a moment. After realizing that the existing strength was insufficient, he decided to concentrate his forces around Fortress No. 7.
"Let the soldiers retreat, and then deploy some people to help stabilize the Astra Militarum's defense line so that they can retreat smoothly."
"There are still some things, chapter leader."
< br>Clemsley suddenly showed some uneasiness.
"What? Time is precious, brother."
"I saw with my own eyes...that some troops seemed to have mutinied."
This shocking report was followed by a period of silence. At this time, the third company commander of the White Temple also opened the curtain of the command post and hurried in.
"Chapter Commander, what's wrong, all the local troops on Paidu Star have rebelled collectively and attacked friendly forces."
Hearing the news, Randall suddenly stood up from his chair. stand up.
“What!?”
“Look.”
Taking the data tablet handed over by the other party, Randall began to browse the text and pictures on it. Under the green fluorescent light, his face was as gloomy as the ice of winter.
"How could it be. How could it be."
"Chapter Commander, this is a data pad captured from a rebel officer. Look."
Landao I took over the second data board, which showed a very shocking video picture. Although it was relatively blurry, you could vaguely see a group of giants in silver armor shooting at the crowd in the center of the picture. In the distant background were fires soaring into the sky.
The chapter leader suddenly felt dizzy.
"Not Gray Knight, how dare they-"
After taking a few deep breaths and barely calming down, Randall put the data pad on the table and looked at it carefully.
The outlines of the silver giants' armor were indeed similar to those of the Gray Knights, but some details were different from what he remembered, but because the picture was too blurry, he could not identify them further.
"If it's fake, it must be fake. This is forged by heretics."
The third company commander and the tenth company commander looked at each other, and then shook their heads at the same time.
"Chapter Commander, I'm afraid this is not false. We found through aerial reconnaissance that the camp in the Red Sand Mountains is suffering from something."
He paused for a while, thinking about the words.
".Cleaning."
"How dare they do such a thing at this time!"
Randall roared, punched down hard, and the whole The table fell apart instantly.
"Receive the communication from the Gray Knights immediately! Contact their Grand Master directly! Immediately!!!"
The technician in the command post was busy for more than ten seconds, and then said helplessly:
< br>"Sir, we can't contact you. The other party's communication is completely offline——" "Damn it! Then pick up the judge!"
"Uh, it's connected."
Soon, the confused voice of Judge Lennart Meyers came from the other end of the communicator.
"Captain Randall? How is the battle on the front line?"
Randall took a deep breath and replied in the most friendly tone possible:
" The situation is not good, all the local troops in the battle have rebelled."
"What?"
"Someone is cleaning the refugee camp. Perhaps Inquisitor, you can tell me why——"
"Cleaning the refugees."
There was silence on one side of the communicator for five seconds.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, without my order, anyone can-"
"Then please tell me, where is the Gray Knight now?"
There was silence for ten seconds this time.
"Sorry, I don't know."
"So, where are you now?"
This time the communicator was silent for an extra long time, nearly thirty seconds.
“Sorry, this is confidential, but I can guarantee that no one will purge refugees.”
"Is this what you are doing? We are fighting against the enemy of the Empire, and you, the Inquisition, are doing something shameful!?"
"Watch your words, Chapter Master Randall, We are servants of the throne and are only responsible to the emperor."
"This account will be settled later, remember."
Randall cut off the communication before the other party could continue to speak. .
"Communication request from the Dark Angels Chapter!"
"Receive!"
After ending the communication with the Inquisitor, Randall immediately started talking to Azrael about the current situation.
"Captain Randall, the locals have rebelled."
Although Azriel's voice did not rise much, Randall could still hear the resentment contained in it. , after all, he was the main force in saving the planet's residents before, but he didn't expect to end up like this.
In a sense, Azrael was the one who was hurt the most.
"Captain Azrael, you must have understood the situation."
"I saw it. The Gray Knights are simply too presumptuous. They really think I don't have the courage of the Space Wolves, do they?"
“Now is not the time to talk about this. The consequences of the rebellion are very serious. Our defense line is already riddled with holes. Although part of it has been suppressed, a considerable number of rebels are still at the key points of the defense line.”< br>
“Where is Chapter Commander Soshyan?”
Hearing this, Randall couldn’t help but start to have a headache.
"I have been trying to contact him, but I can't. The enemy interfered with the communication. I think this is a huge conspiracy and we have all fallen into the trap."
"Then we can only rely on us now."
Azrael was silent for a while, and then suggested:
"Shrink the defense line, concentrate on destroying the remaining enemies in Fortress 7, and then withdraw from this area and return to the time when the attack was launched. There are complete trenches and fortifications there. If the enemy pursues us, we will use air strikes to delay their progress and wait until their strength is almost exhausted before launching a counterattack."
A very solid defensive counterattack plan, although. There is a high probability that this result will be the bankruptcy of the ultimate goal of this operation, but in the current situation where the situation has taken a turn for the worse, this is the best choice.
The key is that Soshyan is gone, and it is impossible for Randall to mobilize the Dark Angel.
"Then let's do it this way. Our regiment will be responsible for intercepting the enemy, and your regiment will concentrate its efforts to quickly eat the remaining enemies that are besieged."
"Okay, then let the White Temple fight Brothers.”
(End of this chapter)