Chapter 436, Acting According to the Script
"Is this your Foreign Affairs Bureau?"
"Is this your investigation bureau?"
When they met again, Arnault and Amanda asked each other the same question.
But it seems that neither is the case.
What they were referring to, of course, was what happened at the Baishuo Star Port where flames exploded in the night sky tonight.
There is no specific information yet, but it is clear that something big has happened at the starport, and it was done by the Alliance.
Otherwise, there would be no instructions from their superiors to keep doing it.
"If it's not us, then could it be the Military Intelligence Agency? But Martin has lost contact..." Amanda was confused.
"Either he is actually fine and just moved; or there are other agents in the Military Intelligence Agency; or it is other departments of the Alliance." Arno gave several guesses, "But these are irrelevant. What we have to do is to execute the instructions of our superiors. Now that we have ensured that there will be reinforcements in the future, our operation must continue."
"I understand." Amanda nodded gently, but then she felt embarrassed again. "It's easier said than done. The politicians and business owners I'm in contact with have all wavered. Many of them can't be contacted, and some are even doubting my identity. I'm afraid my old identity can no longer be used."
Hearing this, Arnault also found it difficult.
Although this riot was a big one and they used it as a cover to assassinate Zelos, the head of the sector, in reality, there were not many core personnel.
The entire riot may have been only about 50,000 people, and only one in ten of them dared to take up arms and fight. When the riot turned into an armed conflict with the planet's local police force, most of the rioters were scared and dispersed.
And these few thousand people, one-tenth of them, are just armed workers and have not received much military training.
If there hadn't been some core agents from the Investigation Bureau and the Military Intelligence Bureau in the rioting crowd, as well as some elite special forces mobilized by the Military Intelligence Bureau to support them, there would have been no need for the army to move in, and the police alone could have suppressed the situation.
But even so, the riots were able to last until the third day and were still vigorous. A core factor was the efforts of the Union Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Alliance has a diplomat who is constantly running around here; the Foreign Intelligence Bureau under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that is, Amanda and her colleagues, have shaken up some local politicians and wealthy businessmen, and the help they provided in secret has also played a key role.
Some police forces were tied up; some private armed forces were not used; even some supplies came from them.
But now that they've all wavered, a lot of the help is gone.
In addition, the army would most likely move in after daybreak.
How to do it?
Arnault didn't know either.
It was true that they captured the Shuoguo City Government, but the Governor Baishuo was not there, and even most of the senior government officials had already slipped away.
"For now, all we can do is defend the government building."
Arnault couldn't come up with anything better.
"I hope that the support from the higher-ups will be strong enough and arrive in time."
…
In the early morning, the sky was already dark. The drizzle at night turned into a heavy rainstorm when it should have been dawn. The sky was covered with dark clouds, the rain was pouring, and there were lightning and thunder.
Arno Chenko, who personally led a team to guard the government building in Shuoguo City, was already in a tough battle.
Not only did the police force intensify their offensive, but the vanguard from the Planetary Defense Force also arrived.
Although it only looks like an infantry regiment, the changes it brings are overwhelming.
Even though the planetary defense forces are beaten to pieces by the greenskins every day, they are actually not weak. After all, they are the regular army on the planet.
Our side mainly relies on armed mobs, which we really cannot hold on.
What's more, the enemy also took out artillery.
The 105-caliber artillery fire coming from the rain was not particularly fierce, but it was obviously not something the armed mobs could resist without any countermeasures.
Under the heavy bombardment, the defense of the government building seemed to be unable to hold up early in the morning. The poorly trained armed personnel began to suffer large-scale casualties, and their morale seemed to be collapsing.
Although the infantry regiment's first attempted ground offensive was somewhat disrupted by heavy rain and was repelled by the elite backbone of the alliance, the next time, with a larger-scale artillery bombardment followed by an infantry charge, they would surely be unstoppable.
Is it really the end?
A shell had just exploded in the next room, leaving Arno a little deaf in one ear, and now he is completely helpless.
Leaning against the wall, rain was dripping down the broken wall.
He had only one thought: where are the reinforcements?
Just as I was thinking about it, a flash of lightning streaked across the sky.
Under the suddenly brightening clouds, he saw many black spots.
What is that?
There was a light in his eyes!
Those are reinforcements!
Grabbing the intercom beside him, he shouted excitedly: "Comrades! Hold on! Our reinforcements are coming!"
There were doubts in the communication channel, and some people believed that Arnault was lying to boost morale.
Arno did not explain much, but just said: "Look at the sky."
Then, many cheers were heard in the communication channel!
Apparently, they saw it too.
Not only the defenders in the government building, but also the planetary defense forces outside, apparently noticed it.
They were apparently becoming desperate and launched a violent attack on the government building.
The artillery began to fire fiercely, and the infantry charged towards the government building under the cover of artillery in the rain.
Seeing hope, the morale of the defenders in the building was boosted.
They also fought back frantically at the attacking enemy forces from the windows and from the cracks created by the bombing of buildings.
But this was not enough to prevent the enemy from entering.
The cover of the artillery fire still made it difficult for the defenders in the building to raise their heads.
However, the next moment, a whistling sound covered up the sound of rain.
Immediately afterwards, a violent explosion occurred about ten kilometers away.
Arno climbed to the window and looked in the direction of the sound.
That was the artillery position of the Planetary Defense Force. At this moment, it had been hit by continuous missile attacks and machine gun bombardment and had turned into a sea of fire.
Flashing by in the rain was a formation of alliance fighters led by eight "Qilin" fighters and followed by many wind falcons.
After completing the task of destroying the artillery array, the fighters began to sweep up the local defense forces who were still attacking the government building.
The large-caliber machine gun plowed through the ground. The Fengshun was fine, but the 40mm caliber machine gun would only kill the person and knock him to the concrete floor, leaving a small shallow pit the size of a washbasin.
But the weapons loaded on the Qilin are much more exaggerated.
Not only does it have a larger caliber 55mm machine gun and carry twice as many missiles as the Feng Falcon, it can also be equipped with multiple rocket launchers to enhance its firepower. The most terrifying thing is that it can have all these things at the same time, unlike the Feng Falcon, which can only be installed as an option.
At the same time, it also has a genuine reflector - this is an S-type firepower with naval gun specifications, not a castrated version of an anti-aircraft gun or a vehicle secondary gun.
When this 'reflector' continuously bombarded the ground at a frequency of once every two or three seconds, the area in front of the government building turned into a hell of light energy!
The huge heat brought by the high-energy laser not only destroys and perforates the core position directly hit, but also the dissipated heat energy will cause fatal damage to the surrounding creatures.
The airstrikes from 'Qilin' and 'Feng Falcon' alone were enough to destroy this infantry regiment.
Of course they were not all killed, but when the front-line combat troops were exposed to air strikes and suffered heavy losses, and the main firepower positions supporting artillery in the rear were destroyed, the entire infantry regiment was essentially defeated.
They no longer have any offensive capabilities.
At the same time, a large number of black spots began to fall from the sky.
There were transport planes one after another. After landing, a large number of paratroopers emerged from them one after another.
Arnault already had a bright smile on his face.
He recognized the insignia of this troop.
This is the Alliance's 31st Special Airborne Division, one of the Alliance's ace troops.
After the paratroopers landed, they began to clear out the scattered enemy troops in the combat area. At the same time, they also drove out airborne vehicles and artillery from transport planes.
It’s hard to imagine that airborne troops can carry so much equipment…
Although there are still some questions in my mind, such as why the air defense system of Baishuo Star did not open fire when these paratroopers and alliance fighters attacked.
But at least I'm safe here.
His mission was thus completed.
…
Milia de Jong was sitting in the air defense command center of Shuoguo City. Right next to her, some masked people were cleaning up the scene.
Whether it is the corpses or the surrendered people, they must be cleaned up.
“The government building wasn’t lost, was it?”
"Captain, no, the 31st Division arrived just in time."
"Okay." After thinking for a while, Milia asked casually, "Is the young man from the Investigation Bureau named Arno who you are concerned about okay?"
"fine."
"Yeah." After responding, Millia no longer paid any attention to it.
As long as you are not dead.
In fact, the actions of the three bureaus were of great help.
The assassination of Zelos left the sector leaderless and saved trouble; it triggered a three-day riot, and the influence of the assassination made the political forces of all parties on the entire planet turn their attention to that area.
This provides a good cover for the demon hunter's actions.
They also took this opportunity to launch the action they had prepared in advance.
The primary target is the star port.
The two Phoenix Tactical Teams that sneaked into the star port were mobilized through the resources of the Demon Hunters. Under their leadership, there were about fifty Demon Hunters who launched the initial attack. Then, through planetary trade, they contacted an Imperial merchant ship that had already sided with the Alliance and helped the Alliance send two divisions to the star port.
With the joint efforts of both inside and outside, Bai Shuo's star port was quickly captured.
The explosion in the sky that Arno saw at night was this action.
In reality, it was a minor accident. According to the best estimates, there shouldn't have been even that kind of explosion, and the matter should have been resolved quickly and quietly.
Then, one of the two Skeleton Divisions that were sent to Baishuo quickly came to the ground through the space elevator between the starport and the ground, and took control of the ground part of the starport.
That place is also the suburb of Shuoguo City.
They will set up a defense line here and advance into the city after it is complete.
Arriving one step ahead of them were the two Phoenix teams.
After they landed, they immediately rushed to the air defense command center in Shuoguo City.
At the same time, the demon hunters had already made arrangements at the air defense command center.
After the two sides joined forces and quickly took control of the command center again, another merchant ship that assisted the alliance in the attack launched dozens of transport planes and Qilin and Fengshen fighters into the planetary orbit.
These transport planes quickly and directly delivered the elite troops of the 31st Airborne Division to the battlefield.
Qilin and Fengshun arrived first to clean up the situation, and the paratroopers landed shortly after, taking direct control of the center of the city.
Next, the more than 30,000 people of the Airborne Division will determine the location of Governor Bai Shuo as quickly as possible according to the intelligence integrated by the Demon Hunters and the three major external intelligence agencies of the Alliance, and quickly launch an assault.
At this time, Governor Bai Shuo had probably just received the news that the star port was lost and the vanguard of the defense army was destroyed.
Whatever his reaction was, it was too late now.
Milia was confident that he wouldn't even have the chance to join up with the planetary defense force that was about to enter the city.
The air defense command center of Shuoguo City has now become the alliance's operational command center on the surface.
Millia sat in charge, releasing information one after another in an orderly manner.
Her power only lasts for two or three days.
Afterwards, when the overall situation has been settled, the alliance’s military and political officials who are already on the way will descend into this world.
The Alliance's political officer will announce here that the leader of Purple Horse unfortunately died in a civilian riot; all of this was caused by Baishuo Star's poor political governance and betrayal of the Imperial decrees, and Governor Baishuo must bear full responsibility for this.
The Alliance will use the authority granted by the Star Domain Government to remove the current Governor Bai Shuo and convict him of his crimes.
The new Governor-General Baishuo will sign the Seven Horses Agreement and call on all planets in the entire Purple Horse Star Region to sign it...
These things have not happened yet, but they are already written.
Under the will of Governor Gu Hang, this script will surely be staged.
…
When the entire Baishuo star was completely controlled according to the established plan, half of the main force of the joint fleet led by Ye Licia also entered this star area.
In the past, the planets in the Zima star region would inevitably react strongly to this.
This is a serious provocation.
But now, they are as quiet as quails.
What happened on Baishuo Star shocked them.
That is the planet with the largest population, best development and strongest military power in the entire star region.
But how come a simple civilian riot led to the death of the sector leader? With just a little help from the Alliance, Governor Baishuo was arrested on his own planet and then sentenced to execution?
(End of this chapter)
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