——TR.81.2.19——

Tulasis II, low earth orbit, bridge of the destroyer USS Compulsori.

The "Compulsor" is a two-structure battleship, shaped like two short-handled sabers placed side by side with the blades pointing upwards, with a total of eight connecting bridges between the "blades", and the overall appearance is a dull gold.

It and some other small frigates in this year's defensive battles, together with some frigates, several times, under the cover of the fortress cannon from the stargate leading to the Aimada star field, Mimatar had considered destroying it, but after several attempts and was stopped by the fortress cannon decided to give up, after all, a mere destroyer has a very limited cargo capacity and personnel, as long as the Tyranid Federation as the main combat force of the cruiser through the stargate, there is no problem to let it go for the time being.

So, Mimatar side's firepower network to blockade the planet tentatively fired a few shots at the "cooked ship" that rushed out of the atmosphere, but to no avail, and then left it.

On the bridge, the staff members running around came and went in a hurry with serious expressions, and the rapidly scrolling messages and annotations on the display screens and the orders distributed were like a turbulent river, during which when someone passed by the command platform, they would raise their hands to salute Renault, but they turned a blind eye to the officers who were locked up in a silver-white "frame" and had a higher rank.

"James Reno! You're a defector! Lieutenant Colonel Javier Vantspour, whose movement was restricted by restraints, angrily rebuked.

"Think about it, lieutenant colonel, who will defect with their own commander? And the direction of defection is still in the area controlled by his own side," Renault did not intend to refute this ridiculous accusation at all: "Wait for what will happen, you can see for yourself." ”

"Of course, because the fortress fell because there was no commander in charge!" The lieutenant colonel continued to be angry: "All our efforts for more than a year have been ruined in your hands! Why are you doing this! ”

"Hey, old man, we've slapped you in the face with evidence that the Federation is planning to stab us in the back, don't you see it?" Tykes rubbed his hands on the sidelines, "Do you want me to help you think about it?" ”

"That's ridiculous! How could the Federation self-destruct the walls? We are not the inner ghosts of Keha, we are the iron walls of the Federation! Lieutenant Colonel Fantespur disagrees with this at all.

"That...... The commander ...... "The captains of the other special operations teams tentatively spoke, and only after seeing that Renault did not object, did he say: "The 'Heavenly Demons' have always been known for their high mission completion rate and low casualty rate, in other words, they never do anything that they are not sure of, and those nuclear bombs that have been planted are genuine-"

"Yes! Wasn't their defection a success! And deceived you fools! "The lieutenant colonel's nose is almost crooked.

"......" The captain of the special combat team, who was innocently scolded, no longer defended, shrugged his shoulders and turned to leave.

Indeed, almost everyone in the Howe Fortress, with the exception of Lieutenant Colonel Javier, believed it.

After all, if Renault wanted to defect or betray the Howe Fortress, it would be nice to just find an opportunity to slip away and detonate the tactical nukes that had been placed, so why bother to make up such a story with a rather low credibility that "the Federation wants to abandon the Howe Fortress, so it sent the Ghost to wipe out the Fortress and the Mimatar rebels, and I saw through this conspiracy and was ready to take all the natural people with them before they acted"?

What's more, this story was told by Renault with the "Heavenly Demon" special combat team, descending from the sky in an "orbital airdrop", and controlling all the high-level leaders of the fortress in a very short time, and showing ironclad evidence.

He has the ability to kill everyone, but he doesn't kill one of them but intends to be reasonable, which only proves that he is indeed justified.

Click--Click-

The bridge door opened and closed, and Angela walked in, dressed in a lightweight, blue-and-white ship doctor outfit, with a clipboard in her hand.

"All the wounds inflicted in the raid on the fortress have been treated," she said as she spoke to Renault as she looked at the lieutenant colonel in the restraint device, "a few who are very stubborn and distrustful of us have fallen asleep on sedatives." ”

Swept by Angela's gaze, Javier suddenly shook and turned his face to the side, there was no doubt that if he continued to argue with Renault, he would really be forced to "sleep" by the medic.

"No, we need to use this ship all the way back to Emma's Star Domain, and Lieutenant Colonel Fantespur's strength is essential." Renault shook his head and continued to command the ground forces on the AR sandbox.

"Hah! Why do you think I'm going to help a traitor? The lieutenant colonel scoffed in the silver-white frame.

"Traitors—" Before Renault could finish speaking, the walls of the fortress, which had barely been able to hold up, began to collapse in a single section, revealing a large number of Mimatar ground troops behind.

"Did these guys really not notice something wrong?" Renault instead arranged for the troops in the fortress to shrink their defensive lines, and all of them returned to the general headquarters to protect the Howe fortress.

"If the clone troopers had a mind of their own, they would never be fooled by you." The lieutenant colonel is still chattering.

"In that case, I'm afraid I'll have to get an industrial ship to take them with me," Renault replied casually, never taking his eyes off the sand table, and after a moment he couldn't help but curse: "These fools! ”

Renault can clearly see on the AR sand table that after destroying the outer defense of the Howe Fortress, the Mimatar ground troops still hesitated a little after discovering that the defensive forces were withdrawn very quickly, probably reporting, but soon re-launched the charge and quickly occupied the important places everywhere, obviously their commander would rather take some risks and expand the results as soon as possible.

"Who do you say is stupid—"

Boom - boom!

At the same time as the huge explosion sounded, the virtual sand table on the AR command table disappeared completely, and the explosion was only half of the sound and then stopped, until the virtual sand table was switched to a larger scale, and the remaining half of the sound was late, and on the larger proportion of the virtual sand table, an unusually large mushroom cloud rose from the original position of the Howe Fortress.

"Completely lost control of the clone soldiers in the fortress, although some of them are still alive," Renault looked at the lieutenant colonel in the frame next to him, "I hope your command center is strong enough to pass on some truth." ”

“…… It should be fine. "No matter how stubborn Javier is, he can't blame Renault for this nuclear explosion, if it wasn't for Renault forcibly taking away the natural people of the fortress, he would be the one who is now trapped in the command center.

"Sir! We're locking in, and a horde of Mimatar ships are approaching us! "The crew, who was monitoring the enemy's movements, shouted a warning.

"Heh, the ground commander is a little stupid, but the fleet commander is okay, sensing that we are the key people," Renault backhanded to untie Javier's restraints, and turned the key panel of the star gate towards him: "Lieutenant Colonel, it's up to you now." ”

"James Reynolds, you're a defector." Lieutenant Colonel Javier gave Renault a meaningful look, said the same thing in a completely different tone, and entered the key through the stargate.