The audience of a court-martialed court was packed, and such a scene should not have occurred at the trial of a lieutenant general. If you look closely at the epaulettes on the shoulders of the audience, one is even more surprised, many of them have the rank of general, and even a few have the rank of marshal.

“...... The battle log shows that Admiral Samuel did not cooperate effectively after the rearguard fleet led by His Highness Jerett, which led to the siege of the 26th Fleet and heavy losses...... "The prosecutor with the title of Earl completed his statement in a calm tone, nodded to the judge of the military tribunal, and then looked coldly at Samuel, the former commander of the 23rd fleet, Vice Admiral Carlin.

Samuel, who was in the dock, replied expressionlessly:

"His Highness Jereit has commanded the Guards Fleet to disengage from the battle line without my permission, causing the fleet to fall into a disadvantageous position, and as the commander of the battle group, I cannot give the order for the Avant-garde and Mid-Guard fleets to turn around and follow Admiral Jellitt, which will most likely lead to great confusion and put the entire fleet in danger. So I chose to let the fleet turn right and bite the enemy rearguard fleet, to contain the other side as much as possible, and to reduce the pressure on General Jellitt, which was already the most effective support measure I could take at that time."

Prosecutors apparently have a different point of view:

"Your support could have been stronger. You only used the battleship formation to the rescue, and did not give the cruiser formation a rescue order. At that time, you still had dozens of cruisers on hand that could be put into battle, but you only assigned them alert and interception missions, which was a major mistake"

There was an uproar in the audience. Many officers were shocked by this baseless accusation. Carlin's cruisers were armed with small-caliber long-barreled guns, which were effective against enemy cruisers and smaller ships, which was exactly what Carlin positioned the cruisers for, but the guns were very limited to the threat of the battleships Falaise, and even if they were used to rescue the 26th Fleet, they would not have much effect. And at that time, Samuel's cruisers were busy intercepting Falais's cruiser formation, Falaise's cruisers were equipped with large-caliber short guns, low range, and poor accuracy, but once they got close, they could pose a huge threat to the Carlin battleships. Once Samuel drew a formation of cruisers that were intercepting enemy forces into a rescue operation. Falaise's cruiser formation would be able to drive straight into the battleship formation approaching Samuel, which would likely lead to a reversal of the tide of battle, not to mention the rescue of the Jellitt detachment, and the entire Hawa battle group could be wiped out.

At this moment, a man pushed open the door and walked into the courtroom, and the noise stopped instantly. The man's temples were gray, but he still couldn't hide his majesty. He was none other than Garba Julius, Emperor of the Kalin Empire.

By convention, the emperor would normally avoid suspicion in cases involving members of the royal family and would not appear in court, and now the emperor actually came in person, breaking this convention, which is undoubtedly sending a very strong signal. The officers immediately realized that this was not just a trial of tactical blunders, but a struggle involving two factions.

They were amazed that His Majesty the Emperor, as a monarch, would express his position in such an unabashed way, ignoring the majesty of the court. For this kind of behavior, the noble officers couldn't help but smile with joy, while the remaining officers could not hide the anger in their hearts.

The judge who was over the age of sixteen was not inclined to either of the two factions, and he believed that everything should be based on the evidence, and he knew that the accusations against Samuel of the aristocratic faction were not very tenable, and a verdict in his favor had almost taken shape in his mind.

But this judge is not stupid, he knows the truth of judging the situation, and the moment he sees His Majesty the Emperor appear in the courtroom, he already knows what kind of verdict he should give.

Samuel didn't know that the judge had a lot going on his mind. But the moment he saw His Majesty the Emperor, he knew that he had become a victim of factional struggle, and looked at Emperor Carlin with a little disappointment, for his own selfishness, to let Carlin's military reform for nearly a century be burned, is it really worth it?

Emperor Carlin also looked at him, not saying a word, his gaze seemed calm, but it hid a monstrous killing intent.

The unconcealed killing intent sent a chill down Samuel's spine and then felt the world spin for a while.

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Samuel woke up from his bed and realized that he had the dream again. He covered his tired face with his hands and sighed after a long time. A year had passed since that trial, but he still remembered the murderous look in His Majesty's eyes and the undisguised purpose of the noble officers.

Eventually, a compromise was reached between the two factions of noble officers and commoner officers, and Samuel was spared imprisonment, but he was forced to retire early and leave the army. Many have seen a trend from this smokeless war: the civilian officer corps, which has produced countless outstanding generals and heroes over the past century, has begun to decline, while the semi-familial Carlin Air Force is gradually moving towards full familialization.

Samuel still remembers Marshal Anson's conversation with him after the trial.

The old marshal's look of disappointment and regret is still vivid.

"We all know that you have done nothing wrong, and it can even be said that you have made the best response in that situation, and in terms of results, you have almost completely annihilated the 31st Fleet with little loss yourself...... But they don't care about this, they only know that His Majesty's favorite son is dead, and they only know that this is a good opportunity to attack us. ”

"You are one of the best generals in the Air Force, but unfortunately we have to accept this result. Not putting you in jail is the best we can get."

The marshal handed Samuel, who picked up the document and signed his name without saying a word. He knew that from this moment on, he had officially been removed from the Air Force.

Just as Samuel was about to open the office door and leave, Field Marshal Anson spoke:

"I'm going to retire in a few months, and the Duke of Langton will succeed me as Commander of the Air Force."

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Ironically, Jelllett and the royal family behind him had been hoping to find an excuse to get Samuel court-martialed and eventually bring him down, and after a string of failures, they succeeded---- albeit in a way they didn't want to see.

Samuel, who fell from the peak of his life to the bottom, was not as depressed as many expected, at least not for long. Although he probably didn't want to experience the pride of fighting the enemy in the clouds again in his life, his years of military life have accumulated a very considerable fortune, which made his life much smoother than his peers.

Although he still dreams of the unfair trial from time to time and occasionally angers what happened to him, overall, Samuel enjoys who he is as a star entrepreneur.

In fact, not long after retiring, Samuel took advantage of the fame brought to him by the world-famous trial to start his entrepreneurial journey, earning more wealth with his savings, and this morning, he is going to attend a very important new product launch, which will be attended by many well-known investment institutions. Whether or not we can triple our valuation this year depends on today.

Samuel, dressed in his coat, opened the door, and the carriage was already waiting outside the door, and the bodyguards stood beside the car and watched warily. Samuel's company has only 25 employees, one of whom is his own coachman, one is his own secretary, and five are his bodyguards---- as a boss, pomp is more important than anything else.

Samuel has several mansions, but his favorite is still this two-story mansion in the Black Lake district. Living here is a good way to avoid dealing with the annoying aristocrats, and when he is not working, Samuel does not want to have anything to do with them. Samuel's company is located in the Tulip District, the most prosperous and wealthy area in the entire Kalenta. Choosing to live away from the Tulip District, Samuel is a long way from his company, and his daily commute to work is time-consuming. Samuel, who was still twenty minutes away from the company, was bored looking out of the window.

The residents of the Black Lake District are mainly magic engineers or other white-collar workers, and compared with the Tulip District, where the huge wealth is gathered, there is a little less drunken gold fandom, but compared to the low-end population of the Gray Ridge District, it is much better. As the economy has become more and more sluggish in recent years, the number of unemployed people in Gray Ridge District has increased rapidly, and recently, the wave of unemployment has shown signs of spreading to the Black Lake District. Through the window, Samuel could see some people standing in long lines, waiting to pick up food. There was a huge pot at the head of the line, and several people were busy handing out soup to those in line.

It was the "soup kitchen", which was part of the Emergency Relief Agency. The Emergency Relief Agency and the Public Utilities Promotion Agency, both the brains of former Prime Minister Hardenberg, were already showing signs of famine in the first year of the massive recession – not that Carlin was running out of food, but that many urban populations had lost their livelihood jobs and had no money to buy food. In order to prevent the famine from spreading, under the auspices of Hardenberg, the Empire relied on financial appropriations to establish a large number of soup kitchens throughout the country, providing a free soup for the hungry unemployed and vagrants.

The soup is a mixture of a handful of noodles, cheap oil, and a very small amount of vegetables, and has little flavor to speak of, but it is barely satisfying. For those who eat a lot, a meal and a bowl of soup may not be enough to stop the fate of starvation, but for most people, they can barely survive on the death line.

But the bad news is that there has been a trend at the top of the empire that the "invisible hand" of the market will eventually allow the economy to recover naturally, and that this relief will only disrupt the market and slow it down. Those influenced by this ideology advocated the abolition of the Emergency Relief Agency, which was met with strong resistance. But judging by the recent situation, those who advocate the abolition of the General Relief Agency are slowly starting to gain the upper hand.

The financial allocation to the General Relief Administration is slowly decreasing, and recipients are subjected to discriminatory treatment by the Government in many aspects of social life.

Seeing these queues of people, Samuel smelled a hint of ominousness. But fortunately, the tulip area is still full of singing and dancing, and when you enter the tulip area, you will naturally forget about this unpleasant picture.

A few minutes later, Samuel and his ornate carriage stopped in front of a small building. The building is only three floors, but it can be seen that the owner has put a lot of thought into the decoration, and the bronze main color is combined with gear-like decorations, which are enough to make visitors feel the charm of modern magic construction technology before entering the door.

When Samuel walked into the building, the company's only few employees were moving a one-person-tall structure to the next building, which was the "Carlin Power Innovation and Technology Building", located in the famous incubation park in the tulip district, and Samuel rented a hall in it for today's press conference.

An hour later, Samuel was in the synagogue to preside over a product launch that would determine the fate of the company.