The five Astarte warbands returned to the Attar Median Forge World for replenishment, and in the final battle with the Legion of Intelligence, the Space Marines suffered considerable losses.

But the Iron Float barely had a moment to rest, and the fleet had left the system to set out on its journey again.

Because the losses in the last battle were not nerve-wracking for the warband, and could even be negligible.

In the middle of the voyage.

The Warlord and his monkeys spend their days in the arsenal of the Suzheng, studying the dark heretical technological creations left behind by Protes the Black Oil, trying to decipher the mysteries and then arrange for the Phaeton Casting World to be replicated and mass-produced.

Xiao Fei can't help with this kind of thing.

He has a specialization in the art industry, and he is an expert in Titans.

"Aoyama."

On this day, Sid Nora suddenly arrived at the arsenal.

The Grand Inquisitor looked at the Space Marines and the Space Ape, one big and one small, with their backs to them, and they were burying their heads in the study and carefully disassembling the umbra speculum, carefully pondering the purpose of each element, and then discussing in a low voice, ignoring himself at all, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart, and said loudly in a hurried tone:

"The situation of the war has changed significantly!"

"What's changed?"

Fu Qinghai put down the parts in his hand and asked.

"The Titan Legions in each casting world have suffered varying degrees of defeat, and the enemy seems to have insight into all our tactical arrangements and military distribution, and has begun to counterattack in a targeted manner, I don't know which link went wrong, but I'm very sure that there must be a traitor within us!"

Sid Nora said in a deep voice.

Fu Qinghai turned his head and said strangely:

"Isn't that something you've been expecting?"

"No, that's not consistent with my estimate."

Sid Nora explains.

From the very beginning, the Grand Inquisitor who knew the area of the Ring of Steel had already come to the conclusion that all the other casting worlds were surging with the exception of Attar Median's Casting World, or that there were individual forces within them who were untrustworthy and untrustworthy, and that some of the seemingly obedient and loyal Automata sects had a vague attitude behind them.

Through the battle on the Jelas space station, Fu Qinghai also felt that the definition of heresy and orthodoxy was very vague, and the boundary between rebellion and loyalty was so ambiguous, not either/or, black and white. In this case, isn't it natural for a traitor to appear? What's there to be surprised about?

"According to my experience over the years, this leak is very high-level, large-scale, and has a deep impact, involving the deployment of multiple Titan Legions."

Sid Nora spoke in a heavy tone:

"It's definitely not a core secret that the local forces in the Iron Belt can reach, and besides, we have long been wary of it, and it is impossible for them to get access to any core secrets."

"You just said ...... Titan Legion? ”

Fu Qinghai captured a key:

"So are there leaks in other forces as well? Imperial Guard? Imperial Navy? Astarte Warband? ”

"At present, the other imperial forces have not found any leaks, but you have to consider that the Titan Legion is originally the main force in this war, and even if other troops leak secrets, they will not be able to influence the situation of the battle."

Sid Nora said.

"Then will it be ......?"

Fu Qinghai pondered and put forward a conjecture.

"I know what you're trying to say, I also suspect that something is wrong with the Dominion Sage Hieronymus Gantt, I sent a Star Whisper message to the Dominion Sage to test his attitude, and the Gantt Sage is also angry in the face of the leak, and is conducting a large-scale thorough investigation of the entire Titan Order to find out the reason."

Sid Nora said.

"His anger doesn't say anything."

Fu Qinghai said calmly:

"The Titan Order must have an inner ghost."

Sid Nora nodded in agreement.

So who will it be?

Sid Nora whispered:

"Hieronymus Gantt, who serves as the sage of the Ruler of the Steel Ring Theater, has a high status in the Martian Forge Council, and is still a close confidant of Zagreos Kane, the leader of the Foundry, I can't investigate him, at least not directly."

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The status of the ruling sage is too high, and the implication is that even if you want to investigate, you can only investigate secretly and indirectly.

"With all due respect, even if you can investigate directly, you don't have what it takes to investigate a Dominating Sage."

Fu Qinghai pointed out unceremoniously.

Generally speaking, the internal investigation of the internal ghost of the Mechanic God Cult to catch spies is all about hacking technology, and all of them are fighting for electronic information combat capabilities, you are a demon judge, why do you investigate the sage of the dignified ruler? Not to mention the thinking firewall, just saying that the vast amount of data and information in his brain can burst your brain if it is open to you without defense.

In short, the profession is not quite right.

Fu Qinghai didn't know the Dominion Sage, Hieronymus Gantt, and he didn't know what kind of personality he was, but he still preferred that someone within the Titan Order had defected, rather than suspecting that there was something wrong with the Dominion Sage himself.

It's not that he believes in the character of the old oil, but because if the Dominating Sage is a traitor, then the steel ring belt doesn't need to be fought anymore, the entire Titan Order is in the hands of others, all the loyal Titan legions are under his command, and the Cult of the Dark Mechanics will win directly. As a Dominating Sage, if he wanted to do evil, he didn't need to use such a low-level means as leaking secrets. So according to this logic, there is a high probability that it is not him.

"Either way, we're prioritizing the tasks at hand and thinking about them later."

Fu Qinghai said calmly.

Sid Nora has some concerns.

Although Fu Qinghai and Sid Nora agreed that there were some problems with Generalissimo Huxlo's strategy, until decisive evidence was found, he would still carry out the combat orders and arrangements issued by the theater high command to the letter, which was the minimum professional quality of a soldier.

Many war movies in Hollywood like to shape their maverick image and render personal heroism through the protagonist's disobedience, and many domestic military-themed film and television works also follow suit, especially those starring traffic stars. However, in fact, no matter what country's army, if it wants to form combat effectiveness, it must first obey orders, and this is the most basic prerequisite for an army to have combat capability.

The Iron Float Warband is tasked with going to the Ni Delina sub-sector to assist the Legion of the Titans of the Dawn of the Dawn of the World of Grega and the Untamed Titan Legion (Legion of the Tamers) of the Untamed Lords of the Casting World of Udish, and to deal with the Legion of the Curissadai Titans (Gatekeeper Legion), which once belonged to the Castery World of Kalibaks.

The Ni Deliner sub-sector, consisting of seven stars and their corresponding galaxies, has a large number of resources and habitable planets, with a total of thirteen industrial worlds, two fleet anchorages, and one nest world. Although there is no casting world here, it is a production place for many of the casting worlds in the steel ring, so its strategic location is very important.

At the end of the Great Expedition, before the Great Rebellion, the Casting World of the Iron Belt met once a year to discuss how to allocate the resources of the Ni Deliner sub-sector, and the powerful Casting World was always able to occupy a larger share, causing some Casting Worlds to be disgruntled, and it was also one of the triggers for the Iron Belt Civil War.

The Iron Float Regiment complied with the order to come to support.

However, plans don't always keep up with changes.

As soon as the fleet broke out of the Sea of Chaos and passed through Mandeville Point, it was immediately attracted by the flames of war flying in the void, and the imaginary picture of the Loyal Titan Legion uniting the Imperial Guard and the Imperial Navy dividing and surrounding the rebels did not appear, on the contrary, the Iron Floating Slaughter saw that two frigates identified as the Imperial Navy's Storm Star Domain Baka fleet were being chased by three cruisers with unknown identifiers.

"Khan, the Imperial Navy has sent a distress signal!"

Bridge, Eugene said loudly.

"Attack those three unknown cruisers."

Fu Qinghai ordered.

Without waiting for the Void Shield to rise, the warband fleet immediately opened fire, and in an instant, a Tyrant-class conventional cruiser burst into flames, leaving two Indomitable-class light cruisers, and immediately turned around and fled when they saw this, and the Iron Float fleet had just penetrated the subspace, and its foothold was not stable, and the shield system had not yet been raised, so there was no pursuit, and the two light cruisers disappeared into the depths of the galaxy.

"Ask the Imperial Navy fleet what's going on."

Fu Qinghai just gave the order.

Starlanguage supervisor Shahyun Flossing hurried over, and the beautiful blind girl stepped up the stairs of the bridge and whispered:

"Khan, the High Command of the War Zone has sent an urgent message that the two loyal Titan legions in the Ni Delina sub-sector have suffered a crushing defeat, all industrial worlds and fleet anchorages have fallen, and the Imperial army is now cowering in the world of the nest."

Haven't played two or one?

Fu Qinghai's face was a little solemn.

Although he didn't know about the military strength of the three Titans, the Loyal Titans still had the Imperial Guard and the Imperial Navy on their side, and they shouldn't have suffered such a crushing defeat anyway - all of the industrial world had fallen. It seems that the consequences of the leak are far more serious than imagined.

"What instructions did Generalissimo Huxlo have?"

Fu Qinghai said.

"The exact words of the High Command are ......"

Xia Hao said in a low voice:

"Aoyama Khan decides for himself."

Decide for yourself?

Generalissimo Huxlo gave Fu Qinghai great autonomy, but it is also reasonable to think about it, the high command of the theater is far away in the world of Atal Median, and the Ni Deliner sub-star sector has just fallen, and they don't know what the specific situation is here, and what is the distribution of rebel forces? How many formations are left in the Imperial Army? Should it be time to fight back or retreat?

The Tiefutu Regiment, the closest Astarte Regiment, is the closest Astarte Regiment here, and instead of learning from Chang Kaishen Gong to remotely control micro-exercises from a long distance, it is better to take the initiative to delegate command authority and let the officers on the front line decide how to fight for themselves.

Fu Qinghai is the leader of the Space Marines.

He is capable and qualified to command a campaign.

"Good."

Fu Qinghai said hesitantly:

"Contact those two Navy frigates immediately, and invite their captains to the Suzheng to ask what is going on in the entire Ni Deliner subsector now."

Soon, the two naval officers each boarded a shuttle and arrived at the bridge of the Suzheng.

"Sir."

The two saluted:

"Thank you for the timely rescue."

"What's going on now, the entire subsector?"

Fu Qinghai sat on the captain's chair, his black armor slowly tapping on the armrest of the seat, and asked.

"The Tamer Titan has rebelled!"

The captain came up and broke a shocking news.

"We are covering the rebels of the Titan the Tame and the Titan the Traveler to encircle the Gatekeeper Legion, and they have suddenly turned against each other, and the Dawnbreakers have suffered heavy losses and have retreated to the Hive City, which is a long-planned action, because there is also a Chaos fleet that has suddenly arrived in the Ni Deliner subsector......"

The two of you complemented each other, and soon explained the causes of the war.

"How many troops are left in the Imperial Army?"

"Daybreak also has three Admiral-class Titans and five Wardog-class Titans, and the Navy fleet also has one Lord-class battlecruiser and three Tenacity-class light cruisers. The Imperial Guard Corps had one regiment of the Ureish Grenadier remaining. ”

"How many troops are there on the rebel side?"

"The Chaos Fleet is a regular cruiser consisting of three Destruction-class cruisers, three Massacre-class cruisers, and three Butcher-class cruisers. As for the Chaos Renegade's ground forces, I'm sorry, sir, we don't know much about it. We just heard that the Traitor Titan Legion losses were not very large. ”

The two captains seem to have fought each other with a lot of knowledge of the enemy's naval forces, but they are completely ignorant of the enemy's land forces.

"Destructive? Killing? Butcher grade? ”

Sid Nora asked, confused:

"What type of cruiser is this, and from which casting world is it made? How come I've never heard of it? ”

"These are Chaos Battleship models."

A Navy captain explained:

"Their code names are all newly drafted by the Imperial Navy, so it's normal that you don't know, my lord."

The Chaos Battleship model appeared so quickly?

Fu Qinghai thought to himself that this was not good news.

Fu Qinghai originally thought that the Chaos Forces were still using the Imperial Warships they had snatched back then, but he didn't expect that the Foundry World under the Chaos Forces had already produced its own model.

Fu Qinghai had played "Gothic Wars" in his previous life, and in general, because of the lack of resources in the Eye of Fear, the Chaos Battleship was inferior to the Imperial Warship in terms of materials, and the comprehensive indicators of defense, endurance, firepower and other aspects were inferior to the Imperial Warship. But in terms of technology, it's hard to say, because before the traitors hid in the Eye of Fear, they plundered a lot of STC, and the Dark Mechanic Cult also mastered a lot of unique technologies through the study of Chaos and Aether, so some Chaos warships are still quite bright.

Either it's particularly fast.

Or the style of play is particularly weird.

At the same time, there is also a special existence in the Chaos Navy camp - enchanted battleships, and the ships where the soul of the entire battleship and all the crew members on the ship are occupied by demonic corruption are enchanted battleships, also known as "demon ships". There are many legends about these enchanted warships in the Imperial Navy, some say that they can recover hull damage on their own and will never be sunk, while others say that they can freely enter and exit subspace, and will not be restricted by subspace jumps and Mandeville points.

As long as there are no demon ships, the warband fleet should still have a good chance of winning against the chaos fleet of nine regular-class cruisers - because we are so good at jumping!

Fu Qinghai thought secretly.

The two frigate captains were still lamenting that the sudden arrival of the Chaos Warship caught them off guard and made the Imperial Army lose its sea dominance...... Fu Qinghai was already thinking about how to keep these nine warships for himself.

Fu Qinghai scratched his chin and began to think.

"Aoyama."

Looking at Aoyama Khan's warlike expression, Sid Nora reminded in a low voice:

"Generalissimo Huxlo's so-called 'discretion' means that retreat is also one of the options."

Originally, Sid Nora thought that after figuring out the enemy's military deployment, the Iron Floating Slaughter Regiments should go back to resume their lives, but there was a Titan Legion on the other side, so he should first clarify the situation with the High Command of the Theater, and then wait for the follow-up arrangements.

Fu Qinghai turned his head and said strangely:

"Retreat? Why should we retreat? ”

Does this need to be asked?

Sid Nora said word for word:

"The enemy has two legions of Titans."

Fu Qinghai licked his lips and smiled:

"What about the two Titans?"

His evil smile.

There is a bit of a dagger to see.

…………