"What's the order?" Gray looked at the position ahead and asked Qin Mo for the next order through the communicator.
In order to quickly analyze the data from the first large-scale transmission and improve the transmission device, Qin Mo did not show up immediately. He was in the fortress, observing the outside world through Gray's visor.
"Let the enemy retreat one kilometer and let us take over the position in front of the passage." After Qin Mo gave the order, he no longer paid attention to the outside world and calmly analyzed the transmitted data.
When Gray received the order, he immediately thought that it meant war.
Since the other party is staying outside the blocked passage, they are well prepared, and no matter who opens the passage, they must be stopped.
A request to take over a position is obviously unlikely to be granted.
But Grey was ready for battle. He stepped forward, raised his arm and said to the general on the ground: "Stand back one kilometer. This position is ours."
"But...but this position is for defense..." The general resisted as expected.
"The passage is blocked. Who are you going to defend against with such a large position?" Gray took another step forward and began to charge his shoulder gun. "Do as I say, or you will bear the consequences."
The general felt very helpless.
In fact, no one was defending this position because the passage had been bombed and it was impossible for anyone to escape from it, at least it was believed at the time that no one would escape.
This position was only a small part of the original defensive position, most of which had been withdrawn.
But now another group of people have appeared, and this position is very necessary and cannot be given up at any cost.
"Can we...discuss this..." The general walked forward, trying to ease the situation. "I deployed defenses here because I received news that the attack plan had failed. The collapse of the passage happened after I deployed defenses."
"I understand you're very angry right now and you feel like you've been betrayed."
"I don't know what you've been through in the Underhive, but we all belong to the Planetary Defense Force. We are comrades and partners."
"If you want to talk, I'm Barritt right here."
As the general named Barritt kept approaching and trying to ease the situation, Gray quietly waited for orders from Qin Mo, his shoulder cannon and shotgun laser ready to fire.
If Qin Mo ordered to open fire, Gray would not hesitate.
"He doesn't seem to know anything, but we can't rule out the possibility that he is just trying to bluff us. Bomb the area where the tanks are parked on the right side of the position." Qin Mo ordered.
Gray immediately controlled the shoulder cannon to aim at the right rear of the position. A ball of light flew out of the shoulder cannon, drew a perfect arc in the air and fell towards the target position.
The ball of light exploded in the air, and countless beams of light fell towards the tanks parked on the ground like a rain of light beams.
In the "rainstorm", the tank's armor gradually melted and holes were burned out on the metal ground.
This attack shocked Barrit and his men. Although all the tanks were slowly being burned, if the person in front of them had not attacked the tanks but shot at the soldiers present...
"You...you didn't attack the men on the position, you attacked the parked tanks." Barritt raised his hands. "You do want to talk, right?"
"No need to talk about it." Gray controlled the shoulder cannon to aim at Barritt, "Retreat one kilometer."
Barritt began to hesitate.
At this time, Gray's shoulder cannon began to accumulate energy. Although the energy had not yet been converted into a beam of light, Barritt could already feel the scorching heat.
Barritt turned around and looked at his soldiers.
All the soldiers had expressions of fear and worry. On the one hand, they really didn't want to fight the army in front of them, but on the other hand, they felt guilty and questioned themselves.
Because when they arrived to deploy the defense, they heard that the members of the First Legion had died in the bottom nest. They did not send any distress signal to their superiors, so even if they wanted to send troops to carry out rescue, it was too late.
Some of the people in the First Legion were brothers and sisters of the defenders, and they would not open fire on someone who suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Okay." Barrett nodded, turned around and waved to his adjutant.
The two sides retreated and advanced respectively.
The situations in the Lower Nest and the Bottom Nest in the hive city are completely different. Although neither can see the sky, and although both can only see giant pipes and endless dark space when they look up, the Lower Nest has the largest population.
At this time, many civilians had been attracted to watch.
Barrett did not feel ashamed, he just felt lucky because these people who had escaped death at least had not been blinded by anger.
After Barritt and his men retreated one kilometer, Gray and the troops behind him also stopped.
"Okay, we have entered the confrontation period. Let others set up their positions and wait for negotiations. I will be there in person once the negotiations begin." Qin Mo issued the last order and then continued to do his business.
Gray conveyed the order, and commanders such as Duncan and Klein immediately arranged for their troops to deploy defenses, while logistical machinery helped them reinforce and expand their positions.
...
The top leaders of the hive city had already learned of the situation when Barrett led his troops to retreat, and they began a meeting in the Governor's Manor at the top of the tower.
The spire is the top of the entire hive complex. It is far away from the heavily polluted ground of the planet. The nobles living here can enjoy the purest air and the most beautiful environment.
Every building is magnificent, and every garden is full of animals and plants that cannot be seen in the lower and bottom nests.
The nobles sat in the garden, admiring the plant artworks made of metal while discussing matters.
"Why is the Governor still missing?"
"He has a strange personality, you know."
"How are we going to deal with the mess left by the Governor? He managed to get the Marshal killed in battle, and then he managed to deal with his family. Why can't he deal with these troops that suddenly appeared?"
"What else can we do? They are deserters. Just execute them all like before."
"Are you joking?"
The nobles were talking at once, and then all looked at the state religion member sitting in the middle.
"Say something, David, don't be silent as if we are excluding you." said a female noble.
David is responsible for spreading the state religion on the Tyrone hive and handling religious affairs of the entire hive. He plays a vital role. As long as he personally designates the First Legion as heresy, the hundreds of millions of believers on the planet will form a powerful armed force.
But David said nothing, he just stroked the strong-brained cat in his arms.
Seeing that he said nothing, the nobles continued their discussion.
"Let's fight."
"I am in favor of war."
"Not only must we go to war, but we must also execute Barrit and make him pay the price for his compromise with the rebels."
"..."
"No, we can't go to war." David spoke slowly, then stood up under the gaze of the nobles and said in a sonorous voice: "The First Legion of the local planetary defense force is not a rebel. They are firm believers of the God-Emperor. Otherwise, they would not have survived in the Underhive. The real rebels are the aliens in the Underhive."
After speaking under the amusement of the nobles, David turned and left, leaving behind one more sentence: "Let me negotiate with them."