Chapter 407: The Phoenix Has No Secrets
Can the Planetary Defense Force stop the Space Marines?
Obviously not.
Even though they were traitors, Needles—or Sidney Blevins and his seven battle brothers—were veterans with at least two hundred years of combat experience.
They have extremely rich combat experience.
Blevins and his comrades, a total of eight people. One person was on the patrol ship in the sky and did not come down, leaving seven people, two of whom followed Blevins, and the other four were guarding their landing spacecraft.
After realizing that something was not right, they took prompt action, began killing people, and forced those Saturnians to transport the prepared supplies and slave laborers to their landing ships.
We will transport as much as we can.
As for those planetary defense forces who dared to launch an attack on them, they killed them without mercy.
The Planetary Defense Force on Saturn completely conforms to the general impression of the Planetary Defense Force - they are really weak. Perhaps among the Planetary Defense Forces, they are also among those with relatively poor equipment, training and morale.
They were unable to break through the traitors' defenses, take out the forced transport laborers, or destroy the ships the traitors used to land on the surface.
After the seven traitors killed more than a thousand Saturn soldiers in about twenty minutes, the surviving troops were completely frightened and dared not to attack.
Azimuba's urgent orders came one after another, and the senior officers gritted their teeth and gave death orders to the grassroots teams, saying that they must go up, and those who didn't go up would be shot after surviving. Under such circumstances, they finally gathered the troops again and launched some attacks.
But you can imagine how low the quality of such an offensive is.
The Saturn soldiers who were forced forward fired a few shots, but soon retreated after seeing their comrades around them being accurately sniped and killed one by one.
Under these circumstances, the rebels also took the initiative to launch several attacks.
They first found a planetary defense force command post, destroyed it, and killed the commander.
Although he was not the supreme commander - the commander-in-chief was staying far behind - he also caused chaos to the front-line troops of the Planetary Defense Force.
Then, they took advantage of the chaos to destroy the planetary defense force's artillery positions, eliminating the threat of heavy firepower to the transport team.
By the way, during this process, five planes were shot down using individual missiles.
After destroying the planetary defense force's ability to resist, the slave laborers who were forced to work finally loaded all the supplies and themselves onto the landing ship.
The landing ship started to move, and there were four Space Marines guarding outside. They would jump on the ship when the landing ship was completed and even about one meter away from the surface.
It seems that no one can stop them at the moment.
The spaceship flew high into the sky.
Azimuba was in a distant desert when he heard the report from his subordinate officers. He was both desperate and angry. He collapsed and cursed, saying that these traitors must not die a good death and were traitors to the empire. He also cursed the officers under his command for being a bunch of trash. Then he cursed the Alliance for pressing on and not letting anyone survive - although the Alliance had not had time to do anything from beginning to end.
However, at this moment, he heard the officer's report again.
"Those pirates... they're back again!"
"……ah?"
"They're flying back again!" There was no hint of joy in the officer's voice, only fear.
I thought that after so many people died, we had finally gotten rid of the god of death. Even if the governor wanted to curse us, let him curse us. At least no one will die.
But if those killer gods come back, that’s not necessarily the case.
In the battle just now, they had left behind more than a thousand corpses, and the result was that less than a hundred kidnapped slaves were killed. Those "pirates" could not be said to be unscathed, but at least they were not hurt at all.
Why are they coming back?
Azimuba was also thinking about this question.
Is he here to kill me?
He had just been cursing at the "pirates" for escaping, but now that they had returned, Azimuba was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
He quickly asked the driver to drive away and take him to the nearest safe house.
But a few minutes later, new information came.
That was the news from the Observatory. They observed that a naval fleet had entered the Juetu Galaxy.
Several of them bore the insignia of the Imperial Pegasus Fleet, but most of the rest were painted in the blue of the Alliance.
Due to the backwardness of observation means, when they observed it, the fleet had not only completed the star boundary shuttle, but had even arrived at a place not far from Saturn.
It will take at most four hours to reach the planet's orbit.
This fleet had already crossed the star tunnel between Red Arrow Star and Absolute Earth Star at least two days ago, but they only observed it now...
At the same time, it also proved that the fleet from Red Arrow Star was following closely behind Nides and his team. It had only been less than five hours since Nides and his team arrived at Juesus Star, from the time they sent out their landing spacecraft to now, and the fleet from the Pegasus Star Region had already arrived.
No wonder Nides asked him to prepare all the supplies so urgently. It seems that if he was a little slower, everything would be ruined, right?
Combining this information, Azimuba guessed the purpose of the defectors' return: they knew they could not escape the encirclement of the Alliance Navy in the star sea, so they did not plan to run away. But obviously, they did not seem to be determined to hold on and fight to the death. They should be hiding in their own Jue Saturn and playing hide-and-seek with the Alliance in the vast desert.
So what should I do next?
Azimuba's eyes rolled around and thought ran through his mind one after another. He had to find a suitable reason, explanation, or excuse to deal with it.
How to say it?
He came up with one theory after another and asked the driver to take him to the capital.
The pirates' returning spaceship did not land in the city, but went to other places, so he was not afraid of being shot if he returned.
The Alliance Navy arrived even faster than the people at the Observatory had predicted. They thought it would take four hours to arrive, but in fact, in less than three hours, the huge spacecraft had already landed in the orbit of Saturn.
Moreover, its orbital position is so close that the phantom in the sky can be seen with the naked eye in clear weather on the surface.
Soon, news came out of nowhere.
"This is a joint operation between the Pegasus Fleet and the Alliance Escort Team, and we are carrying out the mission of chasing pirates. We have definite evidence that a group of extremely sinful pirates has landed on the surface of Jue Tu Star, and we suspect that Jue Tu Star has an illegal connection with this pirate group."
"We request a meeting with Governor Azimuba of Juetu Star, and hope that the Juetu Star government will cooperate with the investigation."
The words were spoken quite politely, using the words "request" and "hope", as if Azimuba's approval was really needed.
But in fact, the Alliance did not wait for the response from Juetu Star at all. Dozens of landing spaceships descended from the sky and headed straight for the capital city of Juetu Star.
Azimuba, who was still considering the wording of his response, didn't dare to say a word. Forget about any response, and quickly add a message of "agree" and "willing to cooperate" to make up for it. Then, he rushed to the landing site on the outskirts of the city.
There were more than 30 landing ships in this wave, and the landing site on the outskirts of the city could not accommodate them all. But they did not choose, and directly selected a few flat sandy areas around and landed all of them.
Then, hundreds or even thousands of soldiers disembarked from each of these landing ships. They all wore the uniform logo of the Astra Militarum and a legion logo. The former was a golden winged skull logo, and the latter was a giant bear logo bathed in a thunderstorm.
This legion was not as well-known as some legions whose reputations were known all over the world, but with the end of the Battle of Koroja and the spread of the battle report, at least people around the Pegasus star region knew that this legion named "Angry Bear" was an elite force that was even more powerful than the Dragon Eagle Legion.
Along with them came the roar of self-propelled artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, Fengshen fighters and Qilin fighters...
Seeing this, Azimuba was terrified: Are they here to catch pirates?
At the same time, a smaller group of people disembarked, but their equipment was more elite. They did not have any Astra Militarum insignia on them, only the Alliance insignia - a five-pointed star in the middle of open wings, surrounded by a circle of steel star rings. These three elements each have their own meanings. The open wings are part of the Empire's Sky Eagle insignia; the five-pointed star is the Alliance insignia; and the solid steel star rings around them symbolize an unbreakable alliance.
They all wear at least exoskeleton armor, and a few wear power armor.
Fifty tall Space Marines in power armor came down from the leading spaceship!
At first glance, Azimuba thought it was Nides's gang again, and almost thought he was dazzled. But after a closer look, he knew it was different.
In terms of temperament, these people are more high-spirited now, with their heads held high, without the vicissitudes of Nides's group;
As for their equipment, all of them were very new, with bright red paint, shiny and beautiful, unlike Nides's gang, who were all wearing battle-damaged power armor, looking a bit tattered.
On their chests, the imperial emblem of a winged skull was clearly hung; on their shoulders, there was a red background with a white picture of a flying bird bathing in fire, with its head held high with pride.
All of this means that they are true Emperor Angels and Space Marines who are widely respected within the Imperium.
But it was when he saw them that Azimuba truly confirmed that the group of people from Nides before should be the rebellious Space Marines.
He even had a deeper suspicion.
The paint jobs of these Emperor Angels in front of me are a bit too similar to those of Nides’ gang before... right?
The main body is bright red, with white edges at the borders of different parts such as the breastplate, shoulder armor, belt, knees, etc. It seems that the group of Nides is also like this. After removing the imperial emblem and the regiment emblem, the two are almost the same.
Azimuba kept this question in mind and quickly went to meet the leader, a leader wearing a Terminator power armor that was taller than the average Space Marine.
"I am Azimuba, the governor of Juedus." He introduced himself.
"Martins, Phoenix Chapter Master. Where did those pirates go? I need to know their exact location."
"This... we don't know either. After they took off, they were forced back and disappeared into the horizon. Maybe they hid in the desert..."
"Okay, I understand. From now on, the Angry Bear Legion and the Alliance Army will temporarily take over all defense of Saturn until all threats are eliminated. During this period, you must unconditionally cooperate with all our requests."
"this……"
Azimuba found it hard to accept this, this was his planet, not the Alliance's territory!
Seeing that he was a little hesitant, Martins continued, "We now have evidence that there is some illegal cooperation between Juedus and the Red Eye Pirates. Governor Azimuba, your suspicion has not been cleared."
"That's impossible!" Azimuba subconsciously refuted first, but immediately realized that if Captain Martins said so, he must have evidence, and a few sophistry would not be enough.
He immediately gave in again: "Captain Martins, there must be some misunderstanding about this matter. My family has been loyal to the Empire for eleven generations, and there is no way we would have any connection with the enemies of the Empire! I will fully cooperate with your actions, and I also want to quickly eliminate those enemies of the Empire who have looted Jutsu. But... after that, you should leave, right?"
“It depends on the results of the investigation.”
"Captain Martins, please forgive me for being a little rude, but... I have met Needles, the leader of that group of pirates. Perhaps there are some secrets of the Phoenix Chapter here?"
There was a hint of threat in his words.
This is a very risky act, but he must seize every opportunity, otherwise if he is really charged with a crime, it will be too late.
Obviously, his words aroused Martins' interest.
The captain, who had been looking around all the time, lowered his head for the first time and looked into Azimuba's eyes.
It seems like there is hope, this sentence is indeed useful...
As soon as this thought came to his mind, his eyes suddenly blurred, and then he felt that he could not breathe - Martins grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up like a chicken.
Martins looked him in the eyes and said, "The Phoenix has no secrets."
He wanted to speak, but nothing came out. The force on his neck became stronger and stronger, and soon his vision went black and he completely lost consciousness.
Around them, Governor Azimuba's cronies all reacted when the governor was just mentioned. They subconsciously took out their weapons and pointed them at Martins, but no one dared to open fire.
How to open fire? There were only about 100 or 200 armed personnel coming to greet the aliens. But at this moment, there were already tens of thousands of people coming down from the landing spacecraft, with equipment a hundred times better than theirs, not to mention the interstellar warriors.
They could only watch as their governor's body was thrown aside like a rag.
Martins ignored these natives. He waved to the side and ordered his mortal officers:
"Completely take over the entire city and isolate all the Saturnians who participated in the battle and witnessed the group of 'pirates'."
At this point, he hesitated, but added: "We must not let go of any possible witnesses, and we must not let anyone leave the quarantine camp. This is for necessary review, and the demon hunters will be responsible for the review and screening work."
(End of this chapter)
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