In a reading barracks at the Federal Army defense base, Brigadier General Bancroft's lieutenant found Lieutenant Auston and his men.

Compared to the other busy Union soldiers, Alston's group of soldiers seemed to be unusually laid-back. Even now, when the Union counteroffensive was about to begin, Lieutenant Auston was still in the mood to play poker with his men cross-legged, and the small metal table in the barracks was littered with colorful Union bills.

"Lieutenant Alston, Brigadier General Bancroft wants to see you."

Although Brigadier General Bancroft's lieutenant had the rank of lieutenant colonel, he used honorifics when confronted with Lieutenant Alston, who was of a lower rank than him.

In the army of the Union Army, this was actually quite common, because with a little attention it would be revealed that although Brigadier General Bancroft's adjutant was a lieutenant colonel, his rank epaulettes were silver, while Lieutenant Aston's lieutenant epaulettes were gold.

In the Raymond Federation, there is only one unit that uses gold epaulettes regardless of rank, and they are the strongest troops in the Raymond Federation, the Knights of the Gemini. It is clear that Auston is a knight from the Knights of the Twin Stars.

"Bancroft?" Auston didn't mean to get up immediately, and after playing a card casually, he asked casually, "What does he want me to do?" Let me help him get back the 94th station that the amateur soldiers had thrown away? ”

The 'amateur soldier' that Auston spoke of suddenly made the adjutant's face suddenly appear with annoyance. The Raymond Federation is different from the Nine-Star Republic, which is a professional soldier from private to general, without exception. The Raymond Federation, on the other hand, is a conscription system, and according to the Constitution of the Raymond Federation, only after five years of military service can a full citizenship certificate issued by the Commonwealth. Therefore, most of the Federation troops currently fighting in the Pluto system are not professional soldiers, and even the lieutenant colonel adjutant was only retained by the army because of his good performance, and he is also an amateur soldier mentioned by Alston.

"Lieutenant ......" The adjutant took a deep breath and tried to restrain the anger in his heart before saying, "Three days ago, a Republic special detachment infiltrated our defense area, they are extremely combative, and it seems that there is a kind of equipment that can shield our satellite search, so Chief Bancroft hopes that you can help him annihilate this special operations detachment." ”

"Special Operations Detachment ......"

The appearance of this word caused the arrogant Auston to stop playing his cards, and he threw the remaining cards in his hand on the table, got up and said, "You guys play, I'll go to Bancroft's for a trip." I think that the man who intrigued me seems to be about to appear again, and this time, I must have his epaulettes stained with blood and pin them on my military flag as a souvenir! ～”

At the same time, in a crater 356 kilometers away from the Federalist forward defense base, Robin's team was using optical telescopes to carefully observe a small army base more than ten kilometers away.

"This army base guards the main road leading to the rear base of the Federal Army, and there is an army base of similar size on the east and west sides of the base, and these three army bases are in a zigzag structure, and the defense area covers a radius of several hundred square kilometers, which is the center of the entire western defense line of the Federal Army. After breaking through these three army bases, it is the front-line defense base of the Federal Army, which is a large base, but its role in the defense line of the Federal Army is more of a strategic role, so the actual defense scope is not large. As long as we break through the defensive line formed by these three army bases, we can quickly break through the entire line and enter the rear hinterland of the Federal Army. ”

Lying next to Robin, Colin controlled the tactical radar for signal alert while briefing Robin on the overall situation of the Union Army's western defensive line.

"Looks like there's no way to smuggle it over......"

Robin watched the army base with concern, where several checkpoints stood along the main traffic arteries guarded by the army base, while soldiers with live nuclear guns checked every vehicle that passed. Although there is a large open space surrounded by barbed wire on both sides of the road, there are clearly marked minefields. In addition, in addition to ground defense, there are several unmanned reconnaissance aircraft hovering in the sky, eliminating all possible defensive blind spots.

"There is not much hope of rushing through, and several dark pillboxes in the level form crossfire against each other. And there must be a large number of troops stationed in the army base, and if we can't break through the checkpoint before the garrison can attack, we will probably be surrounded. ”

"And what about disguised as a Union Army?"

"This ......," Colin hesitated for a moment, and said truthfully, "I also thought about disguised as the Federation Army, but I have already observed. The garrison stationed at the checkpoint will check each vehicle and verify the establishment of the approved vehicle. We lack identification on the part of the Federation Army, and unless there is serious negligence on the part of the defenders at the checkpoint, we will not be able to make it through the level. ”

“……”

Colin's words made Robin frown, and after observing the checkpoint situation of the Federation Army for a while, Robin threw the telescope to Colin: "Record their shift time and number, and I'll go and discuss with Zolo." ”

With that, Robin slid down the inner slope of the crater to the bottom of the crater and slid into the infantry vehicle covered by camouflage cloth.

"How? When to get your hands on? ”

As soon as Robin entered, Lee asked.

These few days of continuous battles have regained Li confidence, and with Zhuo Luo's invisible urging on the side, Li's nerves seem to be more tense than ever, which makes him finally break through again in the battle not long ago, and after unlocking the genetic lock, he has advanced continuously, with second-order perception and second-order computing ability, and is finally one step closer to the coveted 'Eagle Eye' special ability. Desperate for power, he is now an extreme militant.

"It's not decided yet."

After getting into the car, Robin took off his tactical helmet and said with a worried face: "From now on, the real test is the real test, and the enemy force will be much denser than a few days ago, so we may not be able to attack as recklessly as before." We always need to be ready to be surrounded after exposure. ”

"You're ready for a hard thrust?" Zoro was wiping a short knife, suddenly looking up at Robin.

"At present, there is no other way, the checkpoint is very strict, I'm afraid we can't get through the trick."

"Robin! ～”

At this moment, Colin's hurried voice suddenly sounded in the communicator of Robin's helmet.

Hearing Colin's hurried tone, Robin hurriedly put on his helmet and asked, "What happened?" ”

"You'll find out when you come here."

"Right away."

Robin hurriedly opened the car door and ran out, and Zhuo Luo and Li followed.

Colin, who had been monitoring the situation at the checkpoint, saw Robin coming, and handed the optical telescope in his hand to Robin: "There is a car passing over there, it seems that it is doing something handover." ”

"It's ......" Robin sees through the high-powered binoculars a large line of people getting off one large transporter and transferring to another large transporter at the checkpoint.

"It's a prisoner of war...... Those are our people......"

Robin put down the binoculars with a solemn expression, gritted his teeth, and suddenly turned around and ordered: "Prepare for battle!" ～”

"You want to save them?" Colin grabbed Robin in surprise, "Don't forget our mission, we can't get them out alive." ”

"I'm not so impulsive, of course I know our mission. But this is also an opportunity for us, and now that the defenders of the checkpoint are fully focused on handing over the prisoners, perhaps we can take advantage of this opportunity to fool around. But if it is found out, then we will simply save those prisoners of war, and as for what will happen after that, we can only talk about it then. ”

Hearing Robin's words, Li also nodded and agreed: "I agree with Robin's opinion, we all have to fight anyway, it's better to fight now, if we fight now, we may be able to save some compatriots." ”

“……”

Colin carefully weighed the pros and cons, and finally sighed and nodded in agreement with Robin's plan.

A few minutes later.

Robin's infantry vehicle came out of the back of the crater and swaggered in the direction of the level.

Soon, their appearance caught the attention of the defenders of the level. Several defenders immediately broke away from the group, stood at the barricade at the checkpoint with their guns, and signaled Robin's infantry vehicle to stop and review.