Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 408

Chapter 407: The Phoenix Has No Secrets

stop the Space Marines without the secret planetary defense force?

Obviously not.

Even if they are traitors, Nides – or Sidney Blevins and his seven battle brothers are veterans with at least two hundred years of combat experience.

They have extremely rich combat experience.

Blevins and his comrades, a total of eight people. One person did not come down from the patrol ship in the sky, leaving seven people, two of whom followed Blevins, and the other four guarded their landing ship.

After realizing that something was wrong, they acted decisively and started killing people, and forced those Saturnians to transport the prepared supplies and slaves to their landing ships.

As many as they could transport.

As for those planetary defense forces who dared to attack them, they killed them without mercy.

The planetary defense forces on Saturn completely meet the general impression of planetary defense forces – they are really weak. Perhaps among the planetary defense forces, they are also the ones with poor equipment, training and morale.

They neither broke through the traitors’ defenses, dealt with the forced laborers, nor destroyed the spacecraft used by the traitors to land on the surface.

After the seven traitors killed more than a thousand Juetu soldiers in about twenty minutes, the surviving troops were completely terrified and dared not go forward.

Azimuba’s urgent orders came one after another, and the senior officers gritted their teeth and gave the grassroots teams a death order, that they must go forward, and those who survived and refused to go would be shot afterwards. Under such circumstances, they finally gathered the troops again and launched some attacks.

But such an offensive can be imagined how low the quality is.

The Juetu soldiers who were reluctantly driven forward fired a few shots, and after seeing their comrades around them being accurately named and sniped one by one,

they would soon retreat back. Under such circumstances, the traitors took the initiative to launch several attacks.

They first found a command post of the Planetary Defense Force, destroyed it, and killed the commander.

Although it was not the supreme commander – the commander-in-chief stayed far behind – it also caused chaos in the front-line troops of the Planetary Defense Force.

Then, they took advantage of the chaos to destroy the artillery positions of the planetary defense forces, eliminating the threat of heavy firepower to the transport team.

In the process, they also used individual missiles to shoot down five planes.

After disintegrating the resistance of the planetary defense forces, the slaves who were forced to work finally loaded all the supplies and themselves onto the landing ship.

The landing ship started to start, and there were four space marines guarding outside. They would jump on the ship when the landing ship was completed and even about one meter away from the surface.

It seemed that no one could stop them at the moment.

The ship flew high into the sky.

Azimuba heard the report of his subordinate officers in the distant desert. He was desperate and angry. He collapsed and cursed, saying that these traitors would not die well and were traitors to the empire. He also cursed that his officers were a bunch of trash, and then cursed the Alliance for pressing forward step by step and not letting people live – although the Alliance had not had time to do anything from beginning to end.

However, at this time, he heard the report of the officers again.

“Those pirates… they’re back again!”

“…Ah?”

“They’re flying back again!” The officer’s voice was not filled with any happiness, but she was completely afraid.

I thought that after so many people died, the killers were finally sent away. Even if the governor cursed, he could let him curse. At least no one would die.

But those killers are back again, that’s not necessarily the case.

In the battle just now, they had left more than a thousand bodies, and the result was that less than a hundred kidnapped slaves were killed. Those “pirates” were not unscathed, but at least they were not hurt.

Why did they come back?

Azimuba was also thinking about this question.

Are they here to kill me?

Just now, he was cursing because the “pirates” escaped, but now that they are back, Azimuba was scared and sweating.

He quickly asked the driver to run away and take him to the nearest safe house.

But a few minutes later, new intelligence came.

It was the news from the Observatory. They observed that a naval fleet had entered the Juetu galaxy.

Several of them had the logo of the Imperial Pegasus Fleet, but most of the others were painted in the blue of the Alliance.

Due to the backwardness of their observation methods, when they observed it, the fleet had not only completed the interstellar shuttle, but had even arrived not far from Juedus.

It would take at most four hours to reach the planetary orbit.

This fleet had crossed the interstellar tunnel between Red Arrow Star and Juedus Star at least two days ago, but they only observed it now…

At the same time, it also proved that the fleet from Red Arrow Star was following closely behind Nides and his men. It had only been less than five hours since Nides and his men arrived at Juedus Star, from the time they sent out the landing spacecraft to the present, and the fleet from the Pegasus Star Region had already arrived.

No wonder Nides asked him to prepare all the supplies so urgently, because if he was a little slower, he would be finished, right?

Combining this information, Azimuba guessed the purpose of the traitors’ return: they knew that they could not escape the encirclement of the Alliance Navy in the star sea, so they did not plan to run away. But obviously, they don’t seem to be determined to hold on or fight to the death. They should hide in their Juetu Star and play hide-and-seek with the Alliance in the vast desert.

So what should he do next?

Azimuba’s eyes rolled around, and he thought of one idea after another in his head. He had to find a suitable reason, explanation, and excuse to deal with it.

How to say it?

He thought of one explanation after another, and asked the driver to take him to the capital.

The pirates’ returning spaceships did not land in the city, but went to other places. He was not afraid of being shot when he returned.

The speed of the Alliance Navy’s arrival was faster than the people in the Observatory predicted. It was originally thought that it would take four hours to arrive, but in fact, in less than three hours, the huge spaceship had landed in the orbit of Juetu Star.

And the orbital position is so close that in clear weather on the surface, the n*ked eye can see the phantom in the sky.

Soon, there was news from the sky.

“This is a joint operation of the Pegasus Fleet and the Alliance Escort Fleet, carrying out the mission of chasing pirates. We have definite evidence that a group of pirates with deep guilt has landed on the surface of Juetu Star, and we suspect that Juetu Star has illegal connections with this pirate group.”

“We request a meeting with Governor Azimuba of Juetu Star, and hope that the Juetu Star government will cooperate in the investigation.”

The words were quite polite, “request” and “hope”, as if Azimuba’s approval was really needed.

But in fact, the Alliance did not wait for Juetu Star’s response at all. Dozens of landing spacecrafts fell from the sky and headed straight for Juetu Star’s capital city.

Azimuba, who was still considering the wording of the response, dared not say a word. Forget about any response, and quickly add a message of “agree” and “willing to cooperate” to make up for it. Then, he rushed to the landing site on the outskirts of the city.

There were more than 30 landing ships in this wave, and the landing site on the outskirts of the city could not accommodate them. But they were not picky and directly chose several flat sandy places in the surrounding area and landed all of them.

Then, hundreds of soldiers and thousands of soldiers landed on each of these landing ships. They wore the uniform logo of the Star Army and a legion logo. The former was a golden winged skull logo, and the latter was a giant bear bathed in a thunderstorm.

This legion was not as well-known as some legions whose reputations resounded throughout the universe, but with the end of the Korojia Battle and the transmission of the battle report, at least people around the Pegasus Star Region knew that this legion named “Angry Bear” was an elite force that was even more powerful than the Dragon Eagle Legion.

And along with them came the roaring self-propelled artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, wind falcon fighters and Qilin fighters…

This posture made Azimuba terrified: Are they here to catch pirates?

At the same time, there was a smaller group of people who were more elite in terms of equipment. They didn’t have any Star Army symbols on them, only the Alliance symbol – a five-pointed star in the middle of the open wings, surrounded by a circle of steel star rings. These three elements have their own meanings. The open wings are part of the Empire’s Sky Eagle symbol; the five-pointed star is the Alliance symbol; the solid steel star ring around it symbolizes an unbreakable alliance.

They all wear at least exoskeleton armor, and a few wear power armor.

And from the leading spaceship, fifty tall Space Marines wearing power armor came down directly!

At first glance, Azimuba thought that Nides’s gang had come again, and he almost thought he was dazzled. But after a closer look, he knew it was different.

In terms of temperament, these people are more high-spirited now, with their heads held high, without the vicissitudes of the Nides group;

in terms of equipment, they are all very new, with bright red paint, shiny and beautiful, unlike the Nides group, which are all battle-damaged power armor, which looks a bit tattered.

In terms of emblems, the imperial emblem with a winged skull is clearly hung on their chests; on their shoulders, the red-bottomed white bird bathing in fire is proudly raised.

All of these represent that they are true Emperor Angels, and are Space Marines widely respected in the Empire.

But it was when he saw them that Azimuba really confirmed that the previous Nides group should be the defected Space Marines.

He even had a deeper suspicion.

The paint of these Emperor Angels in front of him is a bit too similar to that of the Nides group before… right?

Bright red is the main body, with white edges at the boundaries of different parts such as the breastplate, shoulder armor, belt, knees, etc. It seems that the Nides group is also like this. After removing the Imperial and Chapter emblems, the two are almost identical.

Azimuba kept this question in mind and quickly went to the leader, a leader wearing a Terminator power armor that was taller than the average Space Marine.

“I am Azimuba, the Governor of Judah.” He introduced himself.

“Martins, the Phoenix Chapter Master. Where did those pirates go? I want to know their exact location.”

“This… We don’t know either. After they took off, they were forced back and disappeared into the horizon, or maybe they hid in the desert…”

“Okay, I get it. From now on, the Angry Bear Legion and the Alliance Army will temporarily take over all the defense of Judah until all threats are lifted. During this period, you must unconditionally cooperate with all our requests.”

“This…”

Azimuba found it hard to accept. This is his planet! Not the Alliance’s territory!

Seeing that he was a little hesitant, Martins continued, “We now have evidence that there is some illegal cooperation between Juetu Star and the Red Eye Pirates. Governor Azimuba, your suspicion has not been cleared.”

“That’s impossible!” Azimuba subconsciously refuted first, but immediately realized that Captain Martins must have evidence to say so, and it would not be useful to make a few sophistry.

He immediately softened again: “Captain Martins, there must be some misunderstanding about this matter. My family has been loyal to the Empire for eleven generations. It is impossible to have any connection with the enemies of the Empire! I will fully cooperate with your actions, and I also want to quickly eliminate those enemies of the Empire who have looted Juetu Star. But… after that, you should leave, right?”

“It depends on the results of the investigation.”

“Captain Martins, please forgive me for being a little rude, but… I have met Nides, the leader of that group of pirates. Perhaps there is some secret of the Phoenix Corps here?”

His words concealed a little threat.

This was a risky move, but he had to seize every opportunity, otherwise if he was really charged with a crime, it would be too late.

Obviously, his words aroused Martins’ interest.

The war captain, who had been looking around, lowered his head for the first time and looked at Azimuba.

It seemed that there was a chance, and this sentence was indeed useful… As soon as

this thought came up, his eyes suddenly blurred, and then he felt that he could not breathe – he was lifted up by Martins’ neck like a chicken.

Martins stared into his eyes and said, “The Phoenix has no secrets.”

He wanted to speak, but he couldn’t say anything. The force on his neck became stronger and stronger, and he soon blacked out and completely lost consciousness.

Around him, Governor Azimuba’s confidants all reacted when the governor was just lifted up. They subconsciously took out their weapons and pointed them at Martins, but no one dared to open fire.

How to open fire? There were only about one or two hundred armed personnel who came to welcome the aliens. But before them, tens of thousands of people had already disembarked from the landing spacecraft, their equipment a hundred times better than theirs, not to mention the presence of space marines.

They could only watch as their governor’s body was thrown aside like a rag.

Martins ignored the natives. He waved to the side and ordered his mortal officers:

“Take over the entire city completely and isolate all the Saturnians who participated in the battle and witnessed the group of ‘pirates’.”

At this point, he hesitated and added: “Don’t let go of any possible witnesses, and don’t let anyone leave the isolation camp. This is for necessary review, and the demon hunters will be responsible for the review and screening work.”

(End of this chapter)