From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 272 Prisoners of War and Celebration Reception

"What? Suicide???"

Perseus's eyes suddenly widened. It was after hearing about the results of the battle on Rubion 5 in the past two days that he came up with this idea.

Unexpectedly, Amber heard such news.

Looking at the suspicious expression on Perseus' face, Amber said:
"You don't have to doubt that the federation has done anything. I can guarantee that the treatment of prisoners of war is absolutely humane, and our Atlas troops are also involved in the control of prisoner of war camps."

Speaking of this, Amber's expression also became complicated.

"Mr. Perseus, you don't need to be so surprised.
For the Federation, your Star Dragon Empire has always been the aggressor. Even from a third-party perspective, I cannot deny this, so it is normal for them to have some emotions towards the aggressor.

However, with our intervention, we still ensured that the imperial soldiers in the prison camp did not receive any inhumane treatment. "

"Then why."

"You may have to ask yourself how you usually train imperial officers."

"Why do you want to rescue these prisoners? It's not that I have any 'colored glasses' towards you imperial nobles, but to be honest, in my opinion, this is really not the way you do things." Amber asked curiously.

"All in all, no matter who Viscount Drake is loyal to, he is in a state of 'foolish loyalty', otherwise he would not have forcibly dragged the coalition forces into street fighting in the final stage when there was no hope, and Thinking of detonating a nuclear bomb and dying with the coalition forces.

After listening to Amber's words, Perseus fell into silence.

After being captured by us, his mental state has not been very good. Although the coalition forces have also discovered this, they obviously will not find a psychiatrist for him because of this.

Upon hearing this, Perseus fell silent, and he had roughly guessed the reason.

"Alas" Perseus sighed, obviously this question was not that easy to answer.

"In my opinion, your Viscount Drake is a typical 'foolishly loyal' soldier, although I don't know whether he is 'loyal' to the Star Dragon Empire, your Emperor, or His Excellency the Regent."

Now that something like "abandoning the army and evacuating" has happened, I must still find a way to help remedy the situation and reduce the pressure of public opinion on the Prince Regent.

After lowering his head and thinking for a while, Perseus spoke again:
"Thank you, Mr. Amber, for telling me this. If this is the case, could you please serve as a third party and help mediate with the autonomous government of this galaxy to find a way to release ordinary soldiers?"

And this is what His Excellency the Regent originally meant. I am not deliberately flattering him, but as a traditional military aristocrat, your Excellency is indeed very good to his subordinates and grassroots soldiers. "

Since he is the highest-ranking imperial officer captured so far, the coalition forces did not completely take away his personal belongings, and even arranged a 'single room' for him in the prisoner of war camp. However, it was precisely because of this arrangement that he was given the opportunity to commit suicide. Chance.

Amber told what she knew about the situation and added at the end:
"That's the situation now anyway. Whether you believe it or not is up to you."

However, Amber did not continue to struggle with this issue, but continued to talk about his views on Viscount Drake.

Amber glanced at Perseus, who had a close relationship with the regent, and continued:

"Mr. Amber, be careful what you say."

"The issue of party strife in your country is actually not a secret to the outside world, is it?"

Finally, the night before I left, Viscount Drake broke the glass of his brass pocket watch and used the fragments to slit his own throat.

He knew that Amber was standing as a third party and was about to cooperate with the Regent, so there was really no need to make up a story to deceive himself.

"Mr. Amber, since you know the situation of the party struggle, you naturally also know the relationship between Duke Duke and His Excellency the Prince Regent.

"It's okay, no one else will hear it, I'm just talking to you, not to mention."

"There were several other officers who did the same thing that night."

Perseus replied seriously. He was also very serious when it came to how the regent treated his own people. Apparently Norton II did a pretty good job in this regard.

After listening to his explanation, Amber nodded.

"I can think of a solution, but I'm not completely sure about this matter. I have to try to open up some joints first."

"Don't worry, I will pay for it and I will never let you suffer a loss."

"There is another question. We at Atlas helped the galaxy autonomous government and extracted the combat records from the combat terminals on the prisoners.

Some of them include imperial soldiers who killed and violated civilians, or brutally killed federal surrender personnel in previous battles - these people will definitely not be let go by the galaxy autonomous government. They will be put on public trial and executed in public. "

Hearing this, Perseus sighed again, but he also knew that some problems could not be solved by Atlas's dealing with them.

"Put as much as you can, please, Mr. Amber."
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In the end, through the funds provided by Perseus to 'open up the joints' and Amber's mediation, 522 imperial soldiers were allowed to be released by the Rubian System Autonomous Government. Amber originally thought that after the 'nuclear bomb crisis', the galactic autonomous government would not intend to let these prisoners go, and he did hit a wall at the beginning.

But later I discovered that it was purely a matter of not having enough money.
"Hopeless."

This is what Amber sighed after stuffing the money and getting the green light from all departments.

These prisoners who were agreed to be released were all imperial soldiers who had not committed any murders of civilians or prisoners after a thorough review of the battle records at the combat terminal.

In the prisoner-of-war camp, there were nearly 600 imperial soldiers and officers left to be executed.

In fact, it can be seen from here that there is indeed a big problem with the military discipline of the Royal Army of the Star Dragon Empire.

You can't say that every imperial army has such a lack of military discipline. There are indeed some imperial officers who follow the ways of nobles and knights, but they are a minority after all.

Moreover, this kind of military discipline problem was perfectly inherited by the armies of each principality after the empire split.
Of course, this does not mean that the Federal Army performs very well in this regard. The more problematic problem of the Federal Army at this stage is not lack of military discipline, but simply a lack of combat effectiveness.

Occasionally, situations arise where even the mob cannot defeat them. How do you ask them to commit violence?
But Amber knew that when the Federation began to push back into the Empire, the 'Flower of Evil' would soon bloom.

When the Federation's ground troops appeared on planets at the borders of the Empire, their actions were no better than those of Imperial soldiers.
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In the end, Perseus did not stay in orbit for long. After the Rubian System Autonomous Government handed over these prisoners of war to Atlas, Amber transferred a transport ship to load them and left with Perseus.

Before leaving, Perseus also said that the Regent would send a team to the Tower of Babel as soon as possible to conduct in-depth consultations on 'communication and timely service support'.

After bidding farewell to the regent's envoy, Amber did not take any time off, but hurried to the ground with Isabel.

Because tonight, the Lubion system government will hold a celebration cocktail party to commemorate the victory in Antico, the planet's capital.

As the person in charge of Atlas, Amber has also been invited many times, hoping that he must participate.

Although Amber personally didn't like this kind of 'social activity', considering that Atlas might have long-term cooperation with the Lubion Galaxy in the future, Amber finally chose to participate.
"The war is not over yet. These people are acting as if they have already won. Isn't this just popping the champagne at halftime?"

Sitting in an armored personnel carrier, Amber looked at the colorfully lit streets and lively crowds outside through the screen, and couldn't help but complain.

There are two Atlas medium-sized multi-legged combat vehicles guarding the armored personnel carrier in front and behind, and there is also an RQ220 on guard in the sky.

The Wutai Holy Shield of the ATT team is also on standby in a park near the inner ring of the city.

Although he felt that there was no need to engage in such a battle, both the combat staff, Isabel, and even Cliffs in orbit said that accompanying escorts must be arranged.

Recently, for some unknown reason, these people suddenly began to read history books, and then began to have "suspicious symptoms" due to some stories of "being eliminated because of their great achievements."

All day long I have been worried about Rubion's galactic self-government, and it will be a big deal.
In the end, Amber became the only one among the invited guests to enter the city center in an armored personnel carrier.

Although Amber wants to say that with his current level 5 psychic strength, he can perform a 'three in and three out' with just one exoskeleton.
Moreover, the look of his current men's dress can be said to be completely incompatible with an armored personnel carrier.

Of course, Isabel, who was wearing a gorgeous evening dress and radiating brilliance, looked even more out of place.

To be honest, Amber could only feel the aura of imperial aristocracy in Isabel when she saw her wearing an evening dress.

"Victory celebrations and cocktail parties are always tied together. A 'small victory' is also a victory. This makes no difference whether it is the Empire or the Federation."

Isabel replied while doing the final makeup check.

"Speaking of which, why is there a prepared dress on the spaceship? And it's exactly my size?"

"Of course I prepared it in advance~" Isabel rolled her eyes angrily.

"Although Amber is very smart and well-informed, it is obvious that you are not familiar with these upper-level interpersonal relationships and communication. At this time, I have to take action."

"As expected of my good wife, she helped me make up for my shortcomings in no time."

Amber looked playful and smiling. As a hardworking worker in his previous life, he really didn't know much about these things.

Soon, the armored personnel carrier stopped at the door of the manor where the celebratory cocktail party was being held - this was also a venue provided by a well-known entrepreneur on Rubian 5.

To be able to own a manor in the city center is obviously a very powerful entrepreneur.

Several guards stepped forward and opened the tail hatch. Administrative adjutant Sam immediately came forward after seeing Amber get out of the car.

"Mr. Rebel, you are finally here, everyone is waiting for you."

(End of this chapter)