Zhuo Wangying's face paled even further.
He didn't know where the intelligence had gone wrong, but according to the information they had gathered, this place absolutely couldn't support so many supplies for the Rebels...
However, he also knew that the undeniable truth was now right in front of everyone.
The Rebels had not only secretly turned this high ground near Posuo City into a major base, but they had also obtained so many supplies!
They were all from military backgrounds and knew that raising an army was the most expensive and resource-intensive endeavor, and the flow of money and resources couldn't be concealed.
So how exactly did those Rebels, under the noses of the Posuo City government and the local garrison, hollow out the entire ring-shaped high ground near the city?! And stationed so much equipment, ammunition, and over a hundred thousand personnel inside?! Zhuo Wangying felt a chill run down his spine.
He wasn't oblivious to the implications behind this.
It meant that there were traitors among them, and traitors in the higher echelons, colluding with the Rebels!
For the Rebels to grow so large and remain hidden for so long, it couldn't be just one traitor, but a group of them!
Leaving that aside, when he looked pleadingly at those Instructors who had previously supported him, he found that they were all uncomfortably averting their gazes, with no intention of speaking up for him.
These people were also soldiers, and although they would align themselves with different Nobles and form factions, they valued military achievements even more.
Zhuo Wangying had previously made many meritorious contributions, and everyone thought he would be promoted to Senior Colonel, then leave this Flight Training Base to take a position in the Military of Beichen Star's Imperial City, or replace Pei Zijing as the Chief Instructor.
But now, he had taken a heavy fall...
Forget about taking a position in the Military, he couldn't even dream of replacing Pei Zijing.
After this accident investigation, the lightest punishment would be a serious dereliction of duty due to intelligence errors, and he definitely wouldn't be able to keep his Colonel rank.
More severely, he could be suspected of treason.
If the suspicion of treason was confirmed, he would be executed!
And depending on the severity of the circumstances, not only him, but the entire Zhuo family would be implicated.
Some were even speculating whether the Viscount title, which hadn't been vacant for at least two hundred years, would now have an opening...
At this moment, Pei Zijing announced on the public communication channel: "The achievements of the one hundred and fifty students who participated in the destruction of the Rebels' main base have been recorded and will be reported to the Military to request commendations for you."
The students in those one hundred and fifty Warplanes were overjoyed, and one by one, they flew their Warplanes towards Xia Chujian's Warplane.
They began performing various stunts around her Warplane, expressing their joy and gratitude.
Xia Chujian was also very excited.
This was her first time participating in a real battle, and also the first time playing a leading role.
She happily said, "Thank you, comrades, for trusting me! I'm from the Fourth Interstellar Fleet, and this is also my first time fighting a war, and even more so, my first time being a leader and giving commands. Fortunately, the effect is not bad, hahaha..."
Everyone who heard her words: "..."
A chill ran down their spines.
Yu Fei was even more surprised in the command room, saying, "This girl has never commanded a battle before?!"
"Holy crap! Looking at her confident appearance just now, I thought she had commanded the Interstellar Fleet in dozens of major victories!"
This was also the sentiment of most of the students.
They never expected that D10, who had calmly commanded a battle just now and casually destroyed the Rebels' main base, actually came from the worst Fourth Interstellar Fleet!
And it was her first time fighting a war! They automatically ignored the phrase 'first time being a leader and giving commands' that followed.
Mao Yonggui said, "What's so strange about that? Some people are just geniuses, you have to accept it!"
Just as everyone was marveling at the genius, Lü Luyu in the Harrier-type Warplane trembled with anger.
A sense of frustration she couldn't vent welled up in her chest, and she couldn't control herself for a moment. She actually piloted her Warplane towards the battlefield, directly strafing a Posuo City garrison detachment that was cleaning up the battlefield on the ground! Da da da da! Da da da da! Watching the army soldiers of the Posuo City garrison detachment fall on the snow, their blood once again staining the plain red, she smiled somewhat manically.
"Giggle! Hehehe! Sob sob sob! I'm so scared... but it feels so good!"
Before she could be happy for long, everyone noticed what she was doing.
"Stop it!"
"A-Lu, stop it!"
"Don't kill our own people!"
The trainees, instructors, and Lü Luyu's friends were all shouting in the public communication channel.
Xia Chujian didn't shout. She didn't understand what use there was in shouting in the public channel in this situation.
She had always been one to act rather than talk nonsense.
So Xia Chujian, piloting the Eagle-type Fighter, also dove straight down, no longer showing any leniency.
The fire control radar instantly locked onto Lü Luyu's warplane. Xia Chujian's last Missile whooshed straight towards it, hitting the Y21 warplane.
*BOOM!* The Harrier-type warplane exploded and disintegrated in mid-air, erupting in a brilliant display of fireworks! But at the critical moment, Lü Luyu still managed to eject and parachute to safety.
She was a high-level Gene Evolver. At this critical juncture, she couldn't save the warplane, but escaping with her life was more than enough.
Because the Rebels on the battlefield had been wiped out by the ground forces, no one would take potshots from the ground.
As for the Posuo City garrison soldiers who had been killed on the ground battlefield, they were all their own people. At this moment, they were restrained by their superiors and dared not open fire to retaliate against her.
Xia Chujian didn't care about any of that. She activated the Smart Machine Gun again, locking onto Lü Luyu.
Just then, Pei Zijing's voice rang in her headset: "Xia Chujian, stop! Lü Luyu killed her own people, the base will send her to a military court! If you shoot her dead, you will also go to a military court!"
This was Pei Zijing speaking to her through a private channel, so others couldn't hear.
Yu Fei also joined Pei Zijing's private channel at this time, saying to her: "Xia Chujian, don't shoot! That Lü Luyu comes from a Noble family, her aunt's husband holds a high position in the Senate. Killing her will be very troublesome!"
Under the strong restraint of the two instructors, Xia Chujian suppressed the urge to shoot.
She said coldly: "Okay, I want to see her go to a military court with my own eyes. If she doesn't, I'll find a way."
Yu Fei was amused by her tone: "You'll find a way? What way can you find?! At most, this kind of thing will result in a public reprimand, what else can happen?!"
"She killed so many of her own people, and it's just a public reprimand?!" Xia Chujian was stunned. "No way?! She killed one of our own trainees alone! Just now, she also used the Smart Machine Gun to strafe those soldiers cleaning up the battlefield below. Those are Posuo City's own Regular Army, right? They are comrades-in-arms who fought alongside us to wipe out the Rebels!"
Yu Fei was silent for a while, and said: "...Xia Chujian, those people are all commoners. Nobles killing commoners, especially killing them on the battlefield, have... accidental killing immunity."
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
Screw their noble immunity!
Xia Chujian was utterly furious.
"Nobles have such immunity?! Even on the battlefield? Even if they kill their own people? Even if they act as spies or defect, they can be exempt?!"
Yu Fei said: "It sounds cruel, but it's the truth. Moreover, accidentally killing your own people is different from actually being a spy or defecting. Being a spy or defecting is definitely a death sentence. But if you just accidentally kill your own people, and the dead are low-level commoners, she will only receive a little punishment, and will definitely not pay with her life."
Xia Chujian punched the console.
At this moment, she didn't want to continue at all.
She had insisted on staying in this position, even at the risk of her Aunt's reprimand.
But now, she was beginning to doubt her choice.
Her Aunt was right, she had only been here for a few days, and she already thought she belonged here? She was too naive.
Xia Chujian even felt that she was more suited to the freelance profession of Bounty Hunter.
At least, with her, Nobles had no immunity.
She would kill whoever deserved to be killed! Pei Zijing listened quietly, and then said: "Xia Chujian, let's talk properly when we get back to base."
"You are a very promising and talented soldier. You are a natural commander. Don't give up on yourself because of a temporary setback. Believe me, you will be the second genius soldier in our Interstellar Legion after Marshal Huo! You will even be better than Marshal Huo, you will surpass him!"
Yu Fei was stunned.
He also thought Xia Chujian was quite powerful, but he didn't expect Pei Zijing to rate her so highly! Was he just trying to fool her? The battles led by Huo Yushen were not small-scale affairs like this! Xia Chujian did waver for a moment just now, and even wondered if the military was suitable for her.
But when Pei Zijing said that she was even better than Huo Yushen, she felt that she could persevere a little longer.
Xia Chujian took a deep breath and said, "Okay, we'll talk when we get back to base."
Xia Chujian looked down at Lü Luyu, who had parachuted from the Y21 Harrier-type warplane, and had already landed.
An Eagle-type Fighter then landed near her landing point, ready to take her away.
Pei Zijing then said in the public channel: "The assessment is over, everyone return to base."
One hundred and ninety-seven trainees, now only one hundred and ninety-six were alive, and there were only one hundred and seventy-nine warplanes.
Under the command of their respective instructors, the larger Eagle-type Fighters successively picked up the injured trainees who had parachuted earlier.
Everyone flew into the high altitude, entered the belly of the Peng-type Transport Aircraft, and returned together to the Galuo City Flight Training Base in the northern hemisphere.
When they came, each of them was uneasy and nervous.
Now that they were going back, they were all relaxed.
After experiencing a great battle, although there were casualties, those who survived felt the preciousness of life even more.
Everyone expressed their gratitude to Xia Chujian on the public communication channel.
"Is the pilot of D10 Xia Chujian? Thank you, Sister Xia! Sister Xia is mighty!"
"Why call her Sister Xia? She's only eighteen years old!"
"What do you know? Sister Xia is a term of respect, it has nothing to do with age! Although I am twelve years older than her, I don't have her skills. She deserves to be called Sister Xia!"
"Haha, that's right! Sister Xia is the one who broke the speed record!"
"What virtue and ability does the Fourth Interstellar Fleet have! Sister Xia, come to our Fifth Interstellar Fleet! This is the Interstellar Fleet personally founded by Marshal Huo!"
"Heh, a bunch of flatterers! Sister Xia, I'm not like them, I never brown-nose! All I know is that from now on, I will be a lackey under Sister Xia! Whoever goes against Sister Xia in the future will be going against Chen Yansheng! Woof! Woof woof! Woof woof woof!"
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