From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 347 Public Opinion Guidance
Monton and Telak never imagined that the reinforced platoon they sent to the town to search for survivors would encounter such a situation.

According to the information sent back by the forward control company, after the advance reconnaissance team clashed with the federal army, the platoon leader of the reinforced platoon first reported to the company headquarters, and then immediately led his troops to the front.

The company headquarters of the forward control company did not try to stop the reinforced platoon's actions.

After silently asking the support units to be ready to respond to emergencies at any time, they sent a message to the battalion headquarters of the Second Heavy Combined Battalion where Monton and Telak were located.

Monton and Telak did not think there was anything wrong with the actions of their forward control company.

Isn't this just protecting your own people?

No matter what kind of troops it is, it is very common to see that if a unit does not have the habit of protecting its own troops, then there must be something wrong with the construction of the team.
Although both the reinforced platoon on the front line and the forward control company seemed to be acting without prior notice, they did not issue any radical orders, nor did they directly lead the troops to engage in a firefight.

Moreover, when faced with emergencies, even if there are real-time communication methods, asking for instructions from higher levels will still waste precious time.

In addition, Amber has always emphasized that military commanders at all levels must give full play to their "subjective initiative", which also allows Atlas' combat units to respond extremely quickly when faced with emergencies.

"Terak, what do you think?"

Inside the battalion command post, Monton, who was originally staring at the electronic sand table, raised his head and looked at his friend.

After hearing his question, the latter stretched out four hairy fingers.

“Do four things first
First, report to our superiors and tell them the current situation and our measures.

Second, we must emphasize the rules of engagement with the front-line troops. They must remember our position and must never fire the first shot in a confrontation, even if it means suffering a loss.

Third, let them find out the other side’s troop number, and then we will contact the other side’s command and negotiate.

Finally, contact the group's live broadcast team and tell them that we have the material and can connect in real time."

"Terak, I stopped you from being transferred. It was indeed the right decision."
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The town of Portia, the western conflict zone.

The federal army sergeant who was in charge of negotiating with Atlas, or who had originally intended to drive them away by relying on their numbers, never imagined that the combatants of this private military company were so brave that they actually planned to fight the regular army on this planet.

The three medium-sized multi-legged tanks quickly spread out and found positions to form crossfire. They spread out their mechanical legs and lowered the body of the vehicle. At the same time, the armored plates on the front mechanical legs also rose synchronously, forming a certain inclination angle.

About a mechanized infantry reinforced platoon of troops also deployed an attack formation in the direction where the reconnaissance team had just appeared.

At the same time, dozens of never-before-seen spider-like robots, also painted in white, carrying various weapons quickly climbed up the surrounding buildings and occupied the high ground.

In addition, the sergeant also received news from the company headquarters of his unit that white-painted HCPs and main battle tanks had appeared outside the town of Portia, and the other side was obviously well prepared.

However, this federal army sergeant was quite tough at this time. He still stood his ground with his men. He was not like those softies who could only bully the weak and fear the strong, and would retreat when they saw the other side using force.

"You guys want to go to war with the Federation?!"

"Oh my friend, you are flattering us Atlas."

A burly Roma man came up, holding an electromagnetic machine gun that was normally used as a support weapon, speaking the common human language with some difficulty.

It was the platoon leader of the Atlas reinforced platoon that entered the town.

"The Federation is such a big country, how dare we, a small company, go to war?"

"So what do you mean now?"

"We just hope that you will not commit violence against civilians and respect the Treaty of Trales signed by your country and the Star Dragon Empire in the year 506 of the new calendar. According to my understanding, this treaty is still valid for more than 20 years and has not expired." "I have already told your men before, don't talk to me about international treaties in the war zone, they are all waste paper!"

Just like when he faced the captain of the Totoro team just now, the federal sergeant interrupted him rudely again when he heard the other party start talking about the "Talales Convention" again.

The platoon leader of the Atlas ground force was not surprised to hear what the other party said.

He waved his hand, and an armored infantry fighting vehicle not far behind him immediately drove behind him. At the same time, a camera-like device installed on the side of the turret also aimed its optical lens at this side.

"Would you like to say it again in front of the camera? We are currently broadcasting it simultaneously to the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire."

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"Old John, come and have a look! The 'Eye of Truth' has a new live broadcast, right inside the war zone!"

"Fuck, it's coming, it's coming!"

"Bieber, can you connect the big screen to the live broadcast? People come to your bar because you bought the rights to watch the 'Eye of Truth' live broadcast!"

"Yes, your beer is notoriously bad. Do you think so many people gathered here just for your beer?"

"My goodness, are you executing the Imperials? Good! Kill a few more!"

"Brother, are you being too extreme? These are all civilians."

"Come and see! There's a reasonable person upstairs!"

Such scenes appeared in almost all territories of the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire before midnight.

Everyone excitedly picked up their personal terminals or looked at the big screen, and the comments in the live broadcast room were refreshing frantically at a very fast speed.

'Eye of Truth' is the first social media app from Atlas Media, the newest subsidiary of Atlas Group.

After Atlas Group became popular because of its neutrality statement and corporate promotional video, "Eye of Truth" was quickly thrown out as the third punch in the combination.

Although the public opinion control departments of the Federation and the Empire have tried every means to reduce the popularity of this app, and even forcibly removed this app from mainstream software stores.

But they still can't block the download link provided directly by Atlas.
As soon as the "Eye of Truth" was launched, it quickly topped the APP download list of almost all colonized planets in both countries.

The reason is very simple, because the official account named "True Eye" in this APP is the only channel on the market that can broadcast live in-depth into the war zone.

Moreover, it is a live broadcast achieved using the new 'quantum entanglement communication technology'.

If the so-called live broadcast of the war zone by other media and media companies is to interview soldiers who have retreated from the front line in a safe camp outside the war zone, and then edit it into a video.

Then the "Real Eye" that mounts the camera directly on infantry fighting vehicles, HCPs, and drones will really reflect the real situation on the battlefield to all viewers, just as its name suggests.

As the subject of the 'live broadcast', this unit of the federal army immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

Especially when they saw that another infantry fighting vehicle was pointing the mounted camera lens at the wall where the "execution" was taking place, and the lens was constantly zooming in and out, they knew that something was wrong.

Although their current style of doing things is increasingly deviating from that of an army from a civilized country, at least the officers in the team are not yet foolish enough to shoot civilians in front of live cameras.

When the federal army's non-commissioned officer saw a platoon of infantry and armored vehicles coming to support him, he immediately led them forward to block the live broadcast of Atlas.

Unexpectedly, the platoon leader in front of him raised his electromagnetic machine gun and aimed it at his head, and said in a somewhat distorted human common language:
"I advise you to calm down. Do you want to make the situation completely out of control?"

(End of this chapter)