"Um?"
Colonel Dro Acat, who was ready to devote himself to the empire, turned his head. First he heard the roar of the engine, and then several Chimeras 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 it was the convoy responsible for transporting the wounded, Colonel Dro Acat immediately jumped on the car and yelled at the correspondent:
"Send an emergency 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, the 99th Cadian Infantry Regiment immediately dispatched its entire force and quickly rushed to the scene to engage in a fierce battle with the rebellious militiamen.
The militiamen looked completely vulnerable to the well-trained and equipped Cadian regiments.
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 rebel 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 heavy losses in personnel and equipment."
Clemensley reported on 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 looks like we have to give up our 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."
Clemensley suddenly showed some uneasiness.
"What? Time is precious, man."
"I saw with my own eyes... that some of the troops seemed to be 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 hurriedly walked in.
"Chapter Commander, it's not good. All the local troops on the Paiji Star have rebelled collectively and attacked friendly forces."
Upon hearing the news, Randall suddenly stood up from his chair.
"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...how could..."
"Chapter Commander, this is a data pad captured from a rebel officer. Look."
Randall took the second data board. It showed a very shocking video picture. Although it was blurry, you could vaguely see the center of the picture. A group of giants in silver armor were shooting at the crowd. The distant background was soaring into the sky. Fire.
The Chapter Master suddenly felt dizzy.
"No... Gray Knight, how dare they-"
After taking a few deep breaths and barely calming down, Randall placed 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 a forgery by a heretic."
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 some kind of..."
He paused for a moment, thinking about his words.
".....Cleaning."
"How dare they do such a thing at this time!"
Randall roared and punched down hard, causing the entire table to shatter 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:
"Sir, we can't contact you. The other party's communication is completely offline——"
"Damn it! Then take the Inquisitor!"
"Uh... 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 who were evacuating the Death Star have rebelled."
"What??"
"Someone is cleaning the refugee camp. Perhaps Inquisitor you can tell me why-"
"Purge refugees..."
There was silence on the communicator side 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 your Inquisition is doing some shameful things!?"
"Watch your words, Chapter Master Randall, we are servants of the throne, answerable only to the Emperor."
"This account will be settled later, remember."
Before the other party could continue speaking, Randall cut off the communication.
"Communication request from the Dark Angels Chapter!"
"catch!"
After ending his communication with the Inquisitor, Randall immediately started talking to Azrael about the current situation.
"Captain Randall, the locals have rebelled."
Although Azrael's voice didn't have many fluctuations, Randall could still hear the resentment contained in it. After all, he was the main force in saving the planet's residents, but he didn't expect to end up like this.
In a sense, Azrael was the one who was hurt the most.
"Captain Azrael, I believe you already understand the situation."
"I saw...the Gray Knights are so presumptuous, do they really think I don't have the courage of the Space Wolves?"
"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 some of them have been suppressed, there are still a considerable number of rebels at key points of the defense line."
"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 couldn't. The enemy interfered with the communication. I think this is a huge conspiracy and we have all fallen into the trap."
"Then it's up to us now."
Azrael was silent for a while, then suggested:
"Shrink the defense line, concentrate on destroying the remaining enemies in Fortress No. 7, and then withdraw from this area and return to the position where 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, etc. They will launch a counterattack when their strength is almost exhausted."
A very solid defensive counterattack plan. Although there is a high probability that the ultimate goal of this operation will be bankrupt, this is the best choice when the current situation takes a turn for the worse.
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, while your regiment will concentrate its efforts to quickly eat the remaining enemies that are besieged."
"Okay, then I'll leave it to the battle brothers of the White Templar."
