Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1001: Chapter 540, Surrender, Our Ships Surround You

Kalduce dragged a despondent general out from the command post.

Outside the door, the Alliance diplomat was waiting.

Looking down at this mortal, a trace of admiration flickered in Kalduce’s eyes.

The young man had grit. With only a dozen bodyguards by his side, he remained steady in the face of danger, knowing what he had to do.

But his tone was not gentle: “It’s up to you, you need to complete your mission.”

After the diplomat saluted, he took the general to an office nearby and began the conversation.

As for Kalduce, he personally led his team into the fray.

The Phoenix Battle Group had originally been stationed on the Alliance’s main fleet, ready at any moment to engage in combat with the Furyflame and New World Torch battle groups.

But as the enemy retreated, the Alliance’s strategic objective in the Proudclaw Cosmos shifted to local consolidation and defense, reducing the need for Interstellar Warriors.

It was time to return to Shangdong Star and eliminate any fears from behind.

Despite multiple diplomatic communications, nothing had happened, and the progress in negotiations had caused some complacency among the garrison commander.

Actually, it wasn’t exactly complacency.

The demand was for no more than a hundred guards, and the docking ship had to be the smallest Voyager class — what more could be asked?

That three hundred Interstellar Warriors appeared was indeed unexpected.

Kalduce personally led three hundred battle brothers, instantly crushing the garrison at the Starport docking area.

Then they rushed forward to rendezvous with the allied forces that had set out earlier.

The soldiers safeguarding the diplomat were, in fact, all elite members from the Alliance Honor Guard Legion.

However, to avoid alerting the enemy, the Glory Guards did not wear full Power Armor but opted for the more understated Exoskeleton Armor.

When the Phoenix charged out, the informed group of a hundred also initiated their action.

Their objective was to charge directly to the designated negotiation site, ideally capturing the enemy’s highest commander who had been negotiating with the Alliance.

If that wasn’t possible, their secondary task was to protect their diplomat and await the Interstellar Warriors’ rescue.

The elite Glory Guards were formidable. Unfortunately, due to insufficient equipment, a lack of numbers, and an opponent that wasn’t too poor of a match — being a product of the Princess Legion — they ultimately failed to capture the enemy directly.

Caught off guard, the Princess’s Rebel Army was initially thrown into disarray by the elite Glory Guards. But they quickly regained their composure, mustering heavy forces to chase, intercept, and escort their general away.

Although the Glory Guards couldn’t capture the target directly, they at least fought their way to the door of the designated conference hall and cut off the enemy general’s escape route, blocking him behind the door.

Such a large conference hall, with windows and a back door, left the less than a hundred Glory Guards unable to completely seal it off with their losses along the way.

Even if other exits were dangerous, there was still a rooftop terrace allowing flying vehicles from within the Starport to come and extract people.

Sure, taking some risks was involved—who knew if those Alliance soldiers below had any anti-air weapons? Or if there was an ambush near the back door?

But overall, General Wang Ningyi, who was commanding the garrison at Shangdong Star, had a good chance of making a getaway.

However, he made a big mistake.

Perhaps feeling humiliated, or angered by the sudden invalidation of previous discussions, feeling deceived and betrayed, or simply thinking the sub-hundred Alliance battalion storming in wasn’t a big deal…

In the end, he missed the optimal chance for evacuation.

Leading his trusted aides, he attempted to join forces with the external besieging troops to crush the hundred-man Glory Guards.

Wang Ningyi wanted to capture the Alliance diplomat personally and question whether he regretted his actions.

However, whether the opponent regretted it was unclear, but Wang Ningyi certainly did.

The combat power of the Glory Guards was certainly less compared to the Interstellar Warriors. Yet, they managed to hold their ground firmly under the concentrated assault from multiple times their number.

Furious, Wang Ningyi ordered more heavy weapons. Cannons, or heavy armored vehicles capable of traversing the Starport, must be brought in to crush these enemies.

However, another piece of news sobered him.

The three hundred Interstellar Warriors who had emerged from the Alliance’s small ship had already broken through the hastily assembled defenses and were now not far from his current position.

Perhaps… it was better to retreat for now?

With this thought, he eventually decided that cowardice was the better strategy.

With his closest guards, he headed to the large terrace on the fourth floor of the conference hall. There, a hovercraft was waiting.

Simultaneously, the ground troops launched a ferocious assault on the Alliance forces.

The goal wasn’t to take down the opponents, but at least to suppress them strongly enough to provide cover and assistance for General Wang Ningyi’s retreat.

When General Wang Ningyi stepped onto the terrace, an ominous premonition suddenly arose in his heart.

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