Chapter 159: Annexation (I

Planet Wendini, H-1 military fort.

In the immediate immediate aftermath of the Federal Congress's announcement of the withdrawal of troops from the Barnard system, the H-1 military fortification, which houses most of the Federal Army, was completely sāoluàn.

Now, the news of the defeat of the Twin Knights has broken the morale of the Federation garrison like a plague. Fearing that the emperor lurking in the outer forests would attack at any time, all the soldiers stationed in the fortress couldn't wait to leave the planet, and they broke their heads in order to squeeze themselves into the first batch of retreat lists, and even there was a large-scale armed mutiny, and even the mercenaries who assisted in the garrison were involved, making the entire H-1 military fortress a miasma.

As Sāoluàn grew in size, many of the larger mercenaries began to band together to take control of an area.

Unlike the federal garrisons, who can only wait for the military spaceship to pick up, these mercenaries all have their own xiǎo type spaceships and can leave on their own spaceships at any time. And the sāoluàn between the federal garrison and the mercenaries is actually largely caused by these sī spaceships of the mercenaries.

However, when several large mercenaries joined forces, the federal garrison that had been clamoring for mercenaries to leave the spaceship couldn't help but be much quieter. After all, the combat effectiveness of these mercenaries when united is even comparable to that of a regular army, although the federal garrisons in this military fortress still occupy a numerical advantage, but if they really want to take it by force, these federal garrisons really don't have the confidence to fight with the mercenaries.

At this moment, hundreds of heavily armed mercenaries formed a line of defense in the warehouses of Sector B of the H-1 military fortress, holding several key roads leading to the warehouses in Sector B. In a storage room in the warehouse, the heads of the major mercenaries are gathering to discuss how to deal with the current situation.

According to past practice, if the Federation is defeated, then the Federation military will at most bear some infamy, and once the limelight of public opinion passes, the military head will still be infinitely beautiful. And the real losses in defeat are actually borne by the mercenaries.

As an armed sī armed force attached to the federal military, the mercenary's position in the federal army is actually quite awkward, and the relationship between the two is completely unequal. When the war went well, the mercenaries paid the military according to the contract of the expedition, and all the military merit earned went to the federal generals so that they could use it for promotion and wealth. However, if the Confederation is defeated, the military will refuse to pay the mercenaries on the grounds that they are not fighting well, so that the mercenaries will not receive a single máo after the defeat. However, the consumption of ordnance and materials in the course of the war, and the compensation of the war dead, need to be paid by the mercenary owners out of their own pockets. Thus, with no booty and no pay, this post-war expenditure alone was enough to bankrupt most mercenaries who did not have a rich background.

Mercenaries are a pack of blood-studded war dogs, but when the leader of the dinos does not lead the pack to get enough loot to feed them, the hungry dogs will turn around and eat their leader. This point is very clear in the hearts of every mercenary leader, so when the Federal Congress announced the withdrawal of troops, these large mercenaries did not leave in a hurry like other federal garrisons, but took advantage of the húnluàn to take control of the ordnance warehouse, trying to take advantage of luàn to seize some ordnance, so as to make up for their own ordnance loss in the course of the war and reduce their post-war expenditure burden.

Embezzling military ordnance after defeat is a felony under federal law. But in the chaotic retreat after the defeat, everyone fled for their lives, and no one cared about the ordnance left behind. Even if a good military general exposes the mercenary's behavior after the fact, the mercenary will often excuse himself in the name of the Union army, so the last group of mercenaries to retreat after the defeat of the Federation can be regarded as an unspoken rule in the federal army.

"All the guns and ammunition in the warehouse belong to us~"

At this moment, in the storage room in this armory warehouse, Zack, one of the leaders of the 'Brotherhood of Steel'? Taber roared loudly in his hoarse voice.

"Zach, there's nothing else in this warehouse except guns and ammunition, do you want to keep it alone?"

Barcelona, the head of the 'Galactic Eagle', narrowed his eyes and stared coldly at Zach? Taber and Tim? Taber are twin brothers. Behind him, several members of the 'Galactic Eagle' immediately secretly slammed their hands into the pistol in their holsters.

"Hmph, our 'Iron Brotherhood' is a professional ground force, and the guns and ammunition in combat cost the most, so of course these ordnance should be ours. And your 'Galactic Eagle' is a full-time fortress garrison, and your fireman is only responsible for rotating the turret to assist in the defense, and there is no cost on ordnance at all. "Tim, the younger brother of the Taber brothers? Taber stepped forward and shouted with reason.

"You can't say that."

Just as the fire between the 'Brotherhood of Steel' and the 'Galactic Eagle' was getting stronger and stronger, an NV man with brown curly hair and a **Latin style) suddenly stood up and mocked lukewarmly: "Tim, although your armament expenses are the largest, you are breaking the rules by doing so. Everyone here has suffered losses, and maybe they will go bankrupt when they return home, and you are putting all of us on a dead end. ”

"Seira, you ......" Zach? Taber was furious when he heard this, and he was anxious to pull out his gun, but was held down by his younger brother, who was more rational next to him.

The NV person in front of her who dared to grab food from a group of big men was not a good thing to mess with, she was from the Federal Flying Corps and was expelled from the military for violating military discipline. The 'Seraph' led by her is good at planetary air combat, and she is also very proficient in space machine warfare, so she is also a well-known mercenary in Proxima Centauri.

"What do you mean...... Is it divided equally according to the rules? "Hold on to your angry brother, Tim? Tabber asked coldly.

"Of course." Serra and Barcelona looked at each other and replied in unison.

"Hmph, this can't be done" Seeing that Saila and Barcelona seemed to have reached an agreement in secret, Tim sneered fiercely: "You are all good at space warfare, and you have made a lot of money during the pirate storm set off by Bloody Harry*." Unlike us, our Brotherhood is a pure ground force, and we didn't make any money at all during the Pirate Storm*, and this time we were called to participate in the defense of the planet Wendini, and my brother and I had already made a bloody investment, and all our belongings were mortgaged to the Federal Bank to fill these possessions. If we go back this time and lose all our money, we will be removed from the mercenary circle......"

“……”

Hearing this, Saila and Barcelona couldn't help frowning at the same time.

Although Tim's words were polite, in fact, there was a strong sense of threat in the line, and he had already vaguely shown that he wanted to fight hard.

Weighing the comparison of the combat power of the two sides, although Serra's 'Seraph' and Barcelona's 'Galaxy Eagle' have the advantage in numbers, they are not good at ground combat. If they do fight with the 'Brotherhood of Steel' here right now, they won't have much chance of winning.

Therefore, the two people who thought of this at the same time softened their tones at the same time after Jiāo changed their eyes.

"Well, even if you're telling the truth, you can't let us go home empty-handed. You have brothers, don't we have brothers? ”

"As long as you agree to let us take all the guns and ammunition here, I will naturally help you earn the money for the journey home." Tim? Tabel pulled out his saber and stabbed it on the table: "Right now, that scrap of Faeron is controlling the tarmac of the fortress, and there are more than fifty ground bombers parked in the tarmac. These bombers do not fly out of the atmosphere, so the military will certainly not take them with them when they retreat. ”

"You want to ...... "Listen to Tim?" Taber mentioned the bombers, and Seira's eyes lit up.

"Let's join forces and eat that waste from Feren. After taking those bombers, you can let Barcelona's big ship transport them back. That's not a lot of money, it's enough for us to share. And if we have enough time, we can also dismantle the rotating turret of the fortress......"

Tim? Taber's proposal made both Sera and Barcelona moved, if the three of them joined forces, and had the Jīng Rui army of the 'Brotherhood of Steel' as an attack arrow, they could indeed kill Faeron without much effort and capture those ground bombers worth tens of millions. With these ground bombers as compensation, Barcelona and Serra do not suffer.

"It's done~"

Serra immediately pulled out her saber and put it on the table, and turned her head to look at Barcelona, who seemed to be hesitating beside her.

"Since even you agreed, then ......"

Just as Barcelona gritted his teeth and tried to pull out his saber, a voice suddenly sounded behind a shrill noise in the public communication inside the fortress.

"I am Robin, the Chief Consul of the Ultra Nebula Autonomous Region, and I have now taken over the position of Archon and Garrison Commander of the Barnard System. Now I give an order in the name of the commander of the galaxy garrison, the H-1 military fortress will immediately restore order, and all units will return to their posts and wait for retreat.

"Yes...... It's Charon mercenaries......"

Listening to the commands that were constantly replaying in the communication, everyone in the storage room looked at each other. They never imagined that at a time when they had reached an agreement and were about to act, Robin, who was supposed to be stationed at the H-2 research base, would suddenly come over and stir up the situation, and it seemed that he was planning to take over the H-1 military fortress in full.

"**, he said to take over, take over? Why listen to him~"

Seeing his brother Tim? Tabel and Serra, Barcelona and others stopped talking, brother Zack? Tabor immediately pulled out his gun and rushed to the window of the warehouse. However, when he saw the behemoth in the sky outside the window with the missile bay open and the guns of the ships aiming at the fortress, his eyes widened in horror.