Chapter 41: The Reversal of the Tide (I)

At the same time that Claude began to advance with difficulty, Robin, who was blocked near the entrance of the passage, was also clearing the automatic turret, but compared to Claude, who lacked heavy firepower weapons, Robin had an excellent fireman. Under his precise strikes, the Hummingbird individual rockets were fired without missing fires, destroying the self-propelled batteries erected near the main control room one by one.

In a short period of time, Robin completely disintegrated all the armed forces within the main control room, completely surrounding the main control room with a semi-circular structure and the ultimate defense mode turned on.

The ultimate defense mode of the main control room is actually to completely enclose the main control room with an alloy baffle, relying on the solid defense of the alloy baffle to defend against external enemies. However, this kind of passive defense can have a rather limited effect, and it is completely a turtle shell defense with the purpose of buying time.

However, it is not so easy to blast the 'turtle shell' in this ultimate defense mode with firepower alone, even a large-caliber plasma cannon with a power comparable to a small nuclear bomb cannot destroy the high-density alloy plate that protects the main control room in a short time.

As for Robin, he didn't need to use the inefficient way of shelling to open the ultimate defense. Under the close protection of Robin and Zolo, Angus carried the mortally injured Colin to an electronic control screen.

Using the electronic screen directly connected to the data port of the base's main computer, Colin easily obtained some of the control rights of the main computer with his tactical computer, and quickly entered the password for the ultimate defense release that he had already learned.

Immediately, the outer armor of the main control room, which had been enclosed in the shape of an iron bowl, closed on its own, and Robin and Drow, who had already been ready, immediately broke through the automatic door of the main control room, disarming all the pale Federation officers inside.

Originally, Robin thought that there would be a fierce battle in the main control room, so he brought most of the armed Republic prisoners of war to attack here, but he didn't expect that because of the disagreement within the federal army, the defense of the main control room was extremely weak, and he so easily occupied the main control room, which was equivalent to the brain of the base.

Now, having taken control of the main control room, Colin took full control of the main computer at the Sarma Army Base with the cooperation of several other POWs who were proficient in electronic information, and turned off all the automatic weapons that were active in each passage. In addition, the external defense mode of the base was fully activated, and the defense code and enemy markings inside the army base were quickly changed, and the air defense armament was activated to prepare for air raids by Union Army reinforcements.

After all this was done, the Sarma Army Base had completely fallen in just thirty minutes, and quickly became an army base guarded by the Republic. As soon as some of the transport vehicles that fled the base in a hurry due to the fall of the base left the exit of the base, they were destroyed by automatic weapons that entered alert mode, and even the unmanned monitors hovering over the base were all shot down by the many anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns of the Sarma Army Base because they were marked as enemy markers.

After handing over the main control room to Colin and leaving fifty heavily armed Republic warriors to guard it, Robin and Drowrow split up and led fifty warriors each to the hangar and the prison at the army base.

The Sarma Army Base was located close to the front line, so it was not only the core of the entire western defensive line, but also had a special function for the detention and interrogation of prisoners of war. Based on the information that Colin had just looked up on his main computer, Robin discovered that there were still nearly 500 Republic POWs held in prisons at the army base in Sarma.

In the current situation, one more Republican [***] means more strength, so rescuing prisoners of war has become Robin's preferred goal. The task of capturing the hangar was entrusted to Zhuo Luo. In addition, Robin also issued a new order to Claude, who was arming the weapons depot on the spot, through public communications within the base, asking him to take control of the energy supply bay and various living quarters in the base immediately after completing the armament, and to gather all the federal army logistics personnel operating in the base and detain them.

When the swarm of Federation reinforcements finally arrived forty minutes later, they were no longer facing the invasion of small Republican forces. They were confronted with an army base that was already impregnable and completely on the side of the Republic.

And the defensive firepower that was originally used to resist the invasion of the Republic's forces has now become a formidable obstacle for them.

Crossfire without blind spots, automatic pillboxes everywhere, and large-caliber plasma guns set up at various firing points on the army base...... And so on, these perfect defenses, which have been praised countless times by the commanders of the Federation Army, are now proving their power in the Federation Army itself.

Leaving behind countless corpses and burning chariots, the underprepared Federal Army reinforcements returned with a feather, which also meant that the deadly knife of the Sarma Army Base had been deeply inserted into the heart of the Federal Army, and even the entire western defense line was thrown into chaos due to the sudden fall of the Sarma Army Base.

This sudden and fatal blow made the counteroffensive plan planned by the Federation Army a big joke. Behind the two divisions that had just been assembled, an enemy army base appeared, and the defensive firepower of this army base was comparable to that of an armed fortress. In such a situation, who can ignore the sharp knife from behind and step on the front line with peace of mind?

However, if the counteroffensive plan is abandoned, then the main force of the Federation Army trapped in the central battlefield will be completely annihilated by the two sides of the Republic Army, which is also a loss that the Federation Army cannot afford. Therefore, after receiving accurate news of the fall of the Sarma Army Base, the entire Union Army Front Staff was in chaos, and as the Chief of Staff of the Front Staff, Brigadier General Bancroft scolded the commander of the Union Army's Sixth Army, General Truman, and ordered him to come up with an effective solution within three hours.

Front Staff of the Union Army.

Brigadier General Bancroft slumped pale in his chair, and on his personal computer, all kinds of inquiring, denunciation, and insulting videos flickered, and the endless noise in his ears made him feel as if his world had collapsed in an instant, and all his dreams and prospects had been shattered with the fall of the army base in Sarma. Now, even if he completes Admiral Truman's orders, he will be tried by a court-martial, and when he loses everything, he will be the laughing stock of the family, and he will become an outcast from the family.

Bancroft was born in the Osvid family, one of the top ten plutocrats of the Raymond Federation, and among the 108 seats in the Federation, the Osvid family has 17 senators, and is the real wealthy aristocracy of the Raymond Federation. And the 32-year-old Bancroft was once a rising star that the family spared no effort to cultivate. The purpose of involving him in the Pluto project this time is to gain enough merits in the war and lay a solid foundation for his future political career.

It's a pity that everything didn't go according to the script planned by the Osvid family, and the Nine-Star Republic, which was originally considered a soft persimmon, was surprisingly powerful. Instead of crushing the Republic's armies, the Federation suffered successive defeats and was on the verge of rout on all fronts. Originally, only Pluto's battle situation was still clear, so even if he suffered a global defeat, as long as he maintained Pluto's victory, Bancroft's promotion would not be affected in any way.

But now, the original advantageous battle situation has been completely reversed with the arrival of a special team. Bancroft was well aware that with the fall of Area 94 and the Sarma Army Base, the Union Army's defeat on Pluto was irreversible. At this time, the order given to him by Admiral Truman was actually intended to use him as a scapegoat, and the three-hour time limit was an excuse to push him to the gallows.

Looking at the indifferent soldiers of the Military Discipline Corps standing outside the door, Bancroft knew that in just three hours, the soldiers who had saluted him would rush in, rudely rip off his uniform, tear off his military cap, and throw him into prison like garbage. And the newcomer who is now pointing fingers at the command will soon follow in his footsteps.

Those in charge of the military may have been preparing for defeat for a long time, and within the Federation, the senators must have been desperately calculating. Perhaps, the shady transactions between the families have been completed one by one while he is sitting here, and he may have become a bargaining chip for the head of the family to throw on the table. It won't be long before everyone in the family forgets that a man named Bancroft once existed. In the face of the interests of the family, he is just a victim, a thing that can be discarded at will to protect the interests of the family.

Faced with a desperate situation, Bancroft, sitting at his desk, thought a lot. Perhaps only when people are dying can they realize that in the face of death, the glory and glory of the past are just a joke. At this moment, he suddenly had some envy for those soldiers who fought for the Nine-Star Republic. Though he had mocked the people living in the Republic, like the others, as a bunch of brainless fools who had been manipulated by machines. But now, he felt that maybe giving up his rights was a good choice, at least that life would be simple enough, the purpose would be purer, everything would be fair, and the memories of life would be more sunny and less conspiratorial.

"Rights ......"

Chewing on the word, Bancroft took off his military hat and looked at the half of the gold star that was rusting on the brim, his pale face suddenly distorted in an instant.

"Help me get through Lieutenant Auston's communications!"

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