Chapter 778, Acting on one's own initiative

"Reporting to the commander, the operation in prison No. 176 has been successful. A total of 1,126 targets have been rescued. Only minor injuries were sustained, and no one was killed."

"good."

Arno Chenko simply nodded slightly and turned his attention back to the operation at hand, for which he was personally responsible.

After Yinbashim's 'rebellion', the Alliance's response was swift.

The large number of secret personnel that had already been deployed in the Eastern Universe were all mobilized, and in just eleven days, all preparations for the operation were completed.

Their core area of ​​operations is in Wuji Star, the capital of the Eastern Universe.

Prior to this, the special forces struggle between the Alliance and the Yinbashim government was basically just a joke, without any seriousness at all.

Those who fought against Yin Bashim were nothing more than some agents from the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, and the Military Intelligence Bureau.

But in fact, there are more than just these few people arranged to enter Wuji Star.

The agents of the three foreign intelligence organizations have not fought at their full strength, not to mention that outside of them, there is a team of demon hunters, a special operations brigade affiliated with the army, two thousand soldiers of the Glory Guards, and even four Space Marine companies!

These four companies come from Huangquangull and Blood Shark, two from each family.

All together, the total number exceeded 20,000.

And they are all elite!

Even if used in frontal combat, this is an extremely powerful force, not to mention that they are all professionals who are proficient in special operations.

Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to secretly transport so many people and so much equipment into a planet without being discovered.

But on Wuji Star, it is an exception.

The local dignitaries hated Yin Bashim. The alliance had a very good network of relationships here, and everyone from the dignitaries to the common people supported the alliance. They provided countless conveniences for the alliance's actions.

This is true whether you are infiltrating, lurking, or mobilizing.

Not only were the 20,000 men completely hidden under Yin Bashim's strict defense, but they were also fully mobilized at this moment. The movement was quite small, but it happened right under the nose of Yin Bashim, the chairman of the Universe, and he didn't notice it at all.

The assault on several prisons holding members of the Alliance caravan was only a small part of the operation, and the soldiers of the special operations brigade could carry it out in groups. With the help of local forces, they were successful in everything from intelligence to action.

In theory, Arno is the main person in charge of the rescue operation for the alliance caravan members, so the results of the operation will be reported to him.

But to be honest, he doesn't care about these details at all.

What is there to worry about if something is bound to succeed?

What he cares about most is the present.

He was not the overall commander of the entire operation, although he wanted to, but his qualifications and status were not enough. In addition to the marginal mission of rescuing the caravan, he also had an important job, which was to meet the alliance's main action team and assault the Wuji Palace.

Wuji Palace is Yinbasim’s residence, a huge palace city.

After he moved in, all the staff in the palace, whether servants or guards, were replaced by his own people.

As the political situation he faced became worse, his sense of uneasiness became stronger. The number of guards was constantly increased to more than 10,000.

It’s not that we don’t want more troops, but if the entire Wuji Palace adds more troops, it will become a large military camp.

But he still felt that it was not enough, and his sense of security was not satisfied, so he simply converted several residential areas and mansions on the east and west sides of the Wuji Palace into military areas. He carefully selected 300,000 people from the most reliable troops he brought from Holy Terra and stationed them in these places.

Wuji Palace did not turn into a large military camp, but the areas surrounding it became a military zone, where strict military control was enforced and those who were not trusted were not allowed to even approach.

Only in this situation did Yinbasim feel a little relieved.

We're all family members within dozens of kilometers around here, so there should be no problem, right?

But is it really safe?

That may not be the case.

When Arno was sent to Wuji Star, he spent all day thinking about how to infiltrate Wuji Palace.

The main thing is that this place is a bit challenging. You don’t have to infiltrate other places. You can go in and out freely like a big sieve.

Not only he and the Central Bureau of Investigation behind him thought so, but the Military Intelligence Bureau in the military also thought so.

And the result...is of course good!

Apart from the fact that the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation were quite good, the objective factor from the outside world was that it was said that the large military camp surrounding the Wuji Palace was composed entirely of Yin Bashim's people, but in fact it was impossible.

Could it be that everything we eat, drink, defecate and urinate comes from Holy Terra?

There have to be people who transport supplies, take out garbage, and even provide various services.

In the eyes of an experienced person like Arnault, these are all flaws. The so-called strict precautions are actually full of holes and loopholes are everywhere.

That is to say, inside the Wuji Palace, Yin Bashim's people were indeed guarding very tightly, making it difficult to infiltrate.

But it's not really without solution.

However, this requires the help of the Foreign Intelligence Service.

The Foreign Intelligence Bureau's work in the Eastern Universe was relatively average. Their main focus was on winning over and helping local people in the Eastern Universe, and they did relatively little infiltration, espionage, and sabotage. The Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Investigation Bureau also tacitly excluded the Foreign Intelligence Bureau.

Although they are collectively known as the alliance's three major external intelligence agencies, their respective responsibilities are slightly different, and their respective superior departments are also different, one is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Government, one is the Legal Affairs Center, and one is the Military. Most of the time, there is more cooperation than competition between them.

But on the same big project, even if they are responsible for different directions, they always like to compete with each other to see who can make the greater contribution.

If you can avoid asking others for help, then naturally try not to.

But unfortunately, in order to sneak into Wuji Palace, I have to ask them for help.

In the past twenty years or so, the main focus of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau's work has actually been Holy Terra, which is why they did not perform as well as the Central Investigation Bureau and the Military Intelligence Bureau in the Eastern Universe in the beginning.

But, isn't it a coincidence that Yinbasim came from Holy Terra?

Before he gathered his men and set out from Holy Terra, the CIA's office in Holy Terra had tried every possible means to plant a secret agent there.

If you want to sneak into Wuji Palace, you have to ask them for help.

Otherwise, we can only attack by force.

Although it was not impossible to take it down, there were faster, more stable and less costly methods, so why bother? If the Governor knew that they had a better method but did not use it because of the internal differences between departments, resulting in higher casualties and higher costs, they would probably have to bear the consequences when they returned.

It's better to just be honest and do what you have to do.

The handover of the Foreign Affairs Bureau was also very smooth. After the top leaders of the three bureaus communicated with each other and signed and confirmed, the specific information and contact methods of the secret agents lurking in the Wuji Palace and around Yin Bashim were sent to Arno.

After contacting his superior and agreeing on a time, Arnault personally arrived as scheduled with his elite subordinates.

Later, Arno worked with the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Foreign Intelligence Bureau to build a passage from the outer military camp directly to the interior of the Wuji Palace.

On the day the operation began, after the attack on the prison began, Arno suppressed his restlessness and waited patiently.

Soon, the news he was waiting for came.

The secret line conveyed that Chairman Yin Bashim took the prison attack very seriously. He sent his trusted direct troops from the military area near Wuji Palace to investigate.

At the same time, he asked many local dignitaries to come to Wuji Palace to see him. He believed that the attack on the prison and the rescue of the alliance members were closely related to those dishonest local dignitaries. He had to call these dishonest guys out and give them a good beating.

By now, the time had come.

The secret agent who was not of low status beside Yinbasim made some adjustments when the troops were mobilized and the security was preparing for the subsequent meeting. He deliberately left a gap of about fifteen minutes in the patrol arrangements and defense deployment arrangements.

As for the military area outside the Wuji Palace, Arno was sure that he could leave a passage leading directly to the Wuji Palace, ensuring unobstructed traffic for an hour.

From this perspective, it’s foolproof, right?

Arno sent a message to his superiors that it was time to take action, and then waited here.

If what happened before could only be regarded as special service operations and struggles in the dark, then what is coming next is a serious military operation.

Who will be responsible?

In the darkness, an armored personnel carrier convoy painted like the Solar Auxiliary Army drove in at a steady speed, gradually approaching Arno's current location.

Arno was now disguised as a captain of the Sun Legion. He saluted in a pretentious manner and then stepped forward to check his ID.

The driver was a soldier of the Astra Militarum in the uniform of the Solar Auxiliary Army, which was normal. But through the rear observation window that he had intentionally opened, he saw six giants wearing dark grey power armor. The blood drop logo on the top of their helmets and the blood-red sharks on their shoulders all revealed their identities: the Blood Shark Regiment.

There were twelve such armored personnel carriers, advancing in patrol formation, with a total of more than seventy Blood Shark Space Marines.

Is that enough?

Arno was skeptical.

Under normal circumstances, it was enough, but it was a bit problematic to deal with a high-ranking official from Holy Terra.

Yinbashim is also protected by Space Marines.

According to intelligence, there are a total of two hundred Space Marines, all of whom are in the Wuji Palace.

Fifty of them came from five different warbands, all of which were active in the central territory and were deeply influenced by the central government of the empire. These warbands would often accept the call of the central government of the empire to do other work.

Protecting important personnel is a routine task.

There were also fifty people, warriors from a ship-based regiment called 'Ice Wing Serpent' that Yin Bashim recruited himself. The ship-based regiments had to earn their own money to live, and Yin Bashim paid them, and the mission was a serious matter, so it was not surprising that he could recruit fifty space warriors.

There are also one hundred warriors who come from the "Sword of Li Guang" regiment. This is a sub-regiment of the Infinite Regiment, and their home planet is in the Eastern Universe.

There are four Space Marine Chapters whose home planets are in the Eastern Universe, and the Sword of Light is one of them. They are also the one with the most distant relationship with the Alliance in the past few decades of trade. After Yin Bashim came to the Eastern Universe, he continued to win over this chapter, and the relationship between the two sides quickly became hot.

The titles of Holy Terra and the Center of the Empire are still useful.

This regiment made an agreement with Yinbashim last year that it would continue to send a full company to provide him with security protection in rotation.

Arno knew that the Blood Shark Regiment was very powerful and they had fully proved themselves in the Iron Armor War.

But, more than seventy people against two hundred people?

Is that a bit too much of a stretch?

Aren't there 400 Space Marines from our side sneaking in? Why are we only using 70 or so?

He was quite puzzled, but he was only the front-line person in charge of the special operations, not even the overall person in charge, he still had superiors. Not to mention, special operations were different from military operations, and at the level of military operations, the real commander was a company commander of the Blood Shark.

After watching the Blood Shark convoy leave, Arno hesitated for a moment and made a decision.

There was no evacuation plan for the entire operation. Their goal was not just to kill Yin Bashim, but more importantly to capture the Wuji Palace, a clear political center. At that time, there would be an "uprising" Wuji Star Provisional Government to take over this place, and an acting chairman of the Zhouyu would be elected.

Therefore, there is no need to keep too much force to take over the retreat.

Arno can also spare about a thousand troops as a mobile force to act immediately.

His original plan was to use these people to create chaos within the military zone surrounding the Wuji Palace after the battle broke out, in order to cooperate with the subsequent battle against the military zone's Solar Auxiliary Army.

But at this moment, he decided to take these people and move to the core area of ​​Wuji Palace.

Once the battle inside Wuji Palace breaks out, he will be the first to bring people to provide support.

He couldn't say how effective a thousand special forces soldiers would be in a company-scale confrontation between space marines, but having this insurance policy was better than having nothing at all.

But what happened next made Arnault a little embarrassed.

It's not a bad thing for him to act on his own initiative. He is also the person in charge of the front-line operations, and this is within his authority.

However, he found that he was worrying too much.

As soon as the sound of gunfire from the battle inside Wuji Palace was heard, he led his men to rush in. It took about 20 minutes for his men to reach the core area of ​​Wuji Palace after some short and fierce exchanges of fire.

Then, he saw the corpses of enemy Space Marines lying all over the ground.

More than half of them were broken into pieces and died in a miserable way.

(End of this chapter)