Chapter 141: Retreat is not a defeat, but a greater victory!
"I can't believe we've arrived at the Lost Rapid Star."
In the orbit around the star, the perceptron observes the situation on the star through a drone.
The same goes for Jazz and Flying Over the Mountains, but if they can, they want to get a closer look, such as reaching the surface of the Rapid Star, and then making contact with the inhabitants of the colonies.
"So, we're just looking at it?"
Looking at the flashing lights of the Rapid Star on the track below, Heng Cannon looked at his comrades, if he could, he really wanted to go down and see the Rapid Star event.
"For the time being, we can only wait, waiting for Optimus Prime Commander and the commander of the Second Fleet, Shocking Thunder, to negotiate whether to land Haste."
The Perceptron said that he had remained in Optimus Prime's forces since he had been in Celestial City, and that he had followed Optimus Prime in more than one battle against the Salas regime in the Iron Keep.
In a sense, the perceptron can be regarded as the team of Optimus Prime.
bridge
On the bridge of the First Fleet's flagship, Optimus Prime and Thunderbolt gathered the captains of the First and Second Fleets, as well as the consuls of the Supreme Council of the fleet.
They held a meeting to discuss whether or not to enter the Rapid Star.
"I think we should enter, after all, isn't the purpose of our coming here to obtain the resources and manpower of the colony Haste."
After Optimus Prime and Thunderbolt brought out the topic of the meeting, it was not long before an officer came forward that they should enter the Rapid Star.
After all, the High Council is in dire need of energy and supplies right now, and Rapid Star can help them do it all.
"Wait a minute, I think we should wait for the follow-up troops to arrive before entering!"
"After all, if the inhabitants of Rapid Star are unwilling to continue to obey the leadership of the Supreme Council, it will be difficult to suppress the colony with the firepower of our Second Fleet and First Fleet alone."
In the face of the officer's statement, one of the captains stood up and retorted, and he also expressed his opinion.
It's better to be still than to be still, it's better for them not to make mistakes in this situation, after all, there is not a single member of parliament present, in case something happens, who will be responsible?
Put Commander Optimus Prime in charge?
Or is it the Thunderbolt Commander who is in charge?
"No, no, no, I think we should enter the Rapid Star, after all, the High Council has ordered us to find the lost colony."
As soon as the captain finished speaking, another ruler stepped forward, and he felt that he should enter the Rapid Star, after all, the Supreme Council had sent them to find and obtain the resources of the colony.
In this case, how can they sit still and wait in the orbit of the Rapid Star.
"I don't think so, if the inhabitants of the colony agree to obey orders, it's fine, but if not, what should we do?"
"Do we want to slaughter and detain the colonists who do not obey and rebel against us? Then what is the difference between us and the madmen of the Salas regime! β
Another mild-mannered Transformer stepped forward, feeling that he should wait for orders from the rear and should not act hastily to avoid incalculable consequences.
"The reason why Cybertron has experienced the devastation of the civil war is precisely because of the hesitation of various classes to resist the natural enemy, do we still hesitate to choose now?"
"Hesitation is not a bad thing! At least we're thinking about it! β
The captains and consuls on the bridge were arguing, and even discussing what had happened to the Predators when they revolted in the first place, and they were angry at each other, if it weren't for Optimus Prime and Thunderbolt here, they would have fought first.
Looking at this scene, Optimus Prime and Shocking Thunder looked at each other, a little helpless for a while.
The officers under the Supreme Council and the followers of the various classes were too mixed, their philosophies and creeds were different, and if it weren't for the common enemy of the predators, they would have split themselves.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for the farce to end."
Eventually, it was Optimus Prime and Thunderbolt who stepped up and stopped the farce, and then, as they watched, the captains and rulers stopped and reprimanded each other, and finally, the bridge fell silent again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, our meeting here is to discuss whether or not to descend to the surface of the Rapid Star, please refrain from discussing other unrelated matters."
Shocking Thunder said, his optical mirror reflecting a few officers who had just revealed the scars of their colleagues everywhere in their words.
Listening to the voices of Commander Optimus Prime and Commander Thunderbolt, the officers and captains did not dare to continue the argument just now, so they had to talk about the pros and cons of landing in the colony again.
Optimus Prime listened to their analysis, and so did Thunderbolt, and at the end of the meeting, Optimus Prime and Thunderbolt asked the captains and officers to leave, and after they were the only ones left, they discussed whether or not to land in the colony.
"I think we should land, after all, this is a former colony of Cybertron, we have the same fire as them, we have the same ruling class, and they should be closer to us than the dictatorship of the predators."
Sky Shatter said as he looked at Optimus Prime, wanting to ask the commander of the First Fleet what he thought.
"Well, indeed, you're right, thunder."
Optimus Prime was silent, he pondered whether he should agree with Thunderbolt's idea, and finally, Optimus Prime got his answer, he agreed with Thunderbolt's idea of wanting to land on Rapid.
"Okay, since we have the same idea, let's act as soon as possible."
Thunderbolt said that the First and Second Fleets had a lot of landers, as well as high-altitude orbital drop silos, which could allow their troops to raid any location on the Rapid Star.
Again, this would allow them to enter the Rapid Star on a small scale, to establish diplomatic relations with the ruling class of the Rapid Star, and then they would arrange the next actions of the First and Second Fleets.
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meanwhile
Somewhere in a star field
"I don't understand, sir, why we're leaving Luna One, you know you're the base commander of Moon One."
"As a result, it wasn't Salas who left, but us."
A small fleet was sailing through the endless sea of stars, and on the bridge of the flagship, the adjutant looked at his prefect, the Sark Giant, who did not understand why they were leaving the Luna.
It was Salas who should have left.
"Luna One is not the point."
"As far as I know, the long civil war coupled with the profligacy of the Supreme Council before the war has almost exhausted all the energy on Cybertron, and without energy, how can the inhabitants of Cybertron survive on the surface?"
"The Predators will definitely form a fleet, and by that time, the Moon-Guardian and the Iron Dragon Space Station will bear the brunt of the Enemy Fleet."
"There is no comparison between the fleets of Salas and the Supreme Council and the fleets that the Predators may form in the future, and we all know that the fleets of Salas and the Supreme Council are not so much fleets as a mixture of various ships, and there are not a few regular cruisers at all."
Sark Giant said that he had seen through this, which was why he had run away all night.
Anyway, he definitely won't go back to Moonguard One, after all, going back will only be annihilated by the fire of the future fleet of the Heavenly Enemy.
"For Salas, Luna Guardian is like a medium-purity energy liquid, I want to replenish energy, but the purity is not enough, I want to throw it away, but I am reluctant."
Sark Giant said that the mentality of the madman of Salas had long been understood by him, and even if it weren't for the fact that Salas had a good lieutenant to lose the lion, the Sark Giant felt that he could fool Salas into handing over the command of the troops to himself.
"We can't afford to waste time on useless things. Cybertron is a hometown, but it is only a hometown, and our future goal is the universe. β
Sark Giant said, reaching out his arm to the endless stars beyond the bridge, which was their target.
"As for Cybertron, it's only for a madman like Salas, or a dictator like the predator."
"As for me, I will accumulate energy in the universe, and when they are exhausted, I will lead our troops back again."
Sark Giant said, just as Salas had guessed, most of his men were careerists, and Sark Giant was no exception, and even this guy was even more extreme.
Or rather, the Sark Giant is more insidious.
meanwhile
Lumen One
The Sark Giant left, and as he had guessed, Salas was really reluctant to have such a good base as Luna.
After all, it's so close to Cybertron that you can attack Cybertron at any time.
Looking at the metal planet in the starry sky, Salas reached out and grabbed Cybertron in his hand, but unfortunately, in the end, he didn't catch anything.
"Lord Salas"
Looking at Lord Salas, the Mourning Lion was silent for a moment, not knowing what to say.
Discerning Cybertrons can see that the Celestial Enemy Fleet is already in the construction stage, and the next targets are obviously the Iron Dragon Space Station and the Moonlight 1 base.
That's why the Supreme Council hastily repaired the space bridge and sent the First and Second Fleets in the hope of establishing a new government-in-exile in the colonies.
The Sark Giant also saw the Autobots' plans, so when the various commanders left the Luna One base and went to the universe to collect resources, the Sark Giant also prepared his share.
Later, the Sark Giants transferred Lunas to their titular leader, Salas, and he himself left Lunaros with a small fleet.
Salas didn't know where the Sark Giant was going, and he knew that the Sark Giant would return in the future, just as a careerist would do to fulfill his ambitions.
When the Sark Giant decides that the time is right, he returns from the universe and takes the resources he plunders with him to fulfill his ambitions.
"Mourning Lion, do you think we should give up the Yuewei No. 1 base?"
Salas was silent, and after a moment of hesitation, he looked at his lieutenant, Mourning Lion, and asked about his concerns.
The Autobots would obviously gamble everything to recover the Ironclad space station and Luna One, and at that point, if the Moonwatch 2 giant Ford cooperated with the attack, they might not be able to withstand the Autobots' attack with the existing fortifications.
"Lord Salas, if we want to be on the safe side, we should indeed abandon the Luna Guard 1 base, with our current situation, we can't continue to fight the Autobots at the Luna 1 base."
The mourning lion said, they can now be said to be three shortages, lack of resources, lack of weapons, lack of soldiers, although they dismantled the industrial machine tools in Mo Evil Heavenly City and brought the Yuewei No. 1, but the Yuewei No. 1 is poor in resources and cannot make heavy weapons at all.
Moreover, they are also short of troops, and the departure of the Flying Cloud and Explosive Bomb and the Sark Giant has taken a lot of troops with them, which also makes the number of troops in Salas's current Lunatus One base simply unable to compete with the Autobots sitting on Cybertron.
No, to be precise, they can't even compete with the Supreme Council, which, despite its corruption, at least their troop commanders have shown no ambition, or at least no desire to seize power.
"It's a tough choice to give up on Luna One."
Salas said with some distress that he really didn't want to give up on Luna Guardian if he could, because once they left, this place would definitely be built into an impregnable base fortress by the Autobots, and if Salas counterattacked again, it would be a huge price.
"We've been making tough choices."
From the beginning of the Civil War.
The Mourning Lion said and looked at Lord Salas, they were so naΓ―ve, since their uprising, the Mourning Lion found out about it.
The materials they prepared were rapidly consumed in the war, and the fact that Mo Evil Heavenly City was a land of four battles could attack from Blade City, Hydra Island, Crystal City, and Sonic Boom City at the same time, resulting in their capital not having a real peace.
Moreover, their military-industrial production line is not concentrated, and each commander is a careerist, and he has no idea of concentrating his forces at all, and he cannot contribute at the same time like the natural enemy, and he is facing a flanking attack, perhaps this is why they became a government in exile.
Of course, there was another reason, and that was Lord Salas's K-Class troops, the notorious force that had caused their regime's reputation to plummet.
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meanwhile
While the Lion and Salas were discussing future countermeasures, the Supreme Council also noticed that Salas's Lunatus 1 base had left a small fleet.
In response, lawmakers speculated that Salas wanted to abandon Lumes and enter the universe to develop power.
"That guy Salas, is he trying to give up the Luna One base?"
The Red Spider is also aware of the current situation of the Salas regime, and he understands that Salas is fearing the upcoming fleet of Autobots.
The fleet built by concentrating Cybertron's power is indeed not something they can compete with, so the Red Spider has also decided to arrange for the transfer of the Supreme Council as soon as possible.
Of course, the retreat is not cowardice, but for the sake of a greater victory!
Red Spider thought and couldn't help but straighten up her breastplate.
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