Chapter 272 Prisoners of War and Celebration Party
"What? Suicide???"
Perseus' eyes widened suddenly. He had heard the results of the battle on Rubion V these two days, which gave him this idea.
Unexpectedly, he heard such news from Amber.
Looking at the suspicious expression on Perseus' face, Amber said:
"You don't have to doubt that the Federation has done something. I can guarantee that the treatment of prisoners of war is absolutely humane, and our Atlas troops are also involved in the control of the prisoner-of-war camp."
At this point, Amber's expression became very complicated.
"Mr. Perseus, you don't need to be so surprised.
For the Federation, your Star Dragon Empire has always been an invader. Even if I stand from a third-party perspective, I can't deny this, so it is normal for them to have "some" emotions towards the invaders.
However, with our intervention, we still ensure that the imperial soldiers in the prisoner-of-war camp have not received any inhumane treatment."
"Then why."
"This may require you to ask how you usually train imperial officers."
Hearing this, Perseus was silent. He had roughly guessed what the reason was.
"In my opinion, your Viscount Drake is a typical 'blindly loyal' soldier, although I don't know whether he is 'loyal' to the Star Dragon Empire, your emperor, or the Regent."
"Mr. Amber, be careful with your words."
"It doesn't matter, no one else will hear it, I'm just talking to you, not to mention."
Amber glanced at Perseus, who had a close relationship with the Regent, and continued:
"The party struggle in your country is not a secret to the outside world, right?"
"Alas," Perseus sighed, obviously this question is not so easy to answer.
However, Amber did not continue to dwell on this issue, but continued to talk about his views on Viscount Drake.
"In short, no matter who Viscount Drake is loyal to, he is in a state of 'blind loyalty'. Otherwise, he would not force the coalition forces into street fighting when he saw no hope in the final stage, and would not think of detonating a nuclear bomb to perish with the coalition forces.
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 him a psychologist or something like that.
Since he is the highest-ranking imperial officer captured so far, the coalition forces did not completely take away his personal belongings, and also 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.
Finally, the night before I left, Viscount Drake smashed the glass on his brass pocket watch and cut his throat with the fragments.
Several other officers also did the same thing that night."
Amber told what she knew, and added at the end:
"Anyway, this is the situation now. It depends on you whether you believe it or not."
After listening to Amber, Perseus fell silent.
He knew that Amber was 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.
After thinking for a while, Perseus spoke again:
"Thank you, Mr. Amber, for telling me this. In this case, can you, as a third party, help mediate with the autonomous government of this galaxy and find a way to release the ordinary soldiers?"
"Why do you want to rescue these captives? It's not that I have any 'tinted glasses' for your imperial nobles, but to be honest, in my opinion, this is really not your style of doing things." Amber asked with some curiosity.
"Mr. Amber, since you are familiar with the party struggle, you naturally know the relationship between the Duke and His Excellency the Regent.
Now that the "abandoning the army and evacuating" incident has occurred, I must find a way to help remedy it and reduce the pressure of public opinion on His Excellency the Regent.
And this was originally the intention of His Excellency the Regent. I am not deliberately praising him, but as a traditional military noble, you are really good to your subordinates and grassroots soldiers."
Perseus answered seriously. When he mentioned the Regent's treatment of his own people, he was also very serious. Obviously, Norton II did a good job in this regard.
After listening to his explanation, Amber nodded.
"I can think of a way, but I'm not completely sure about this matter. I have to try to open up some connections first."
"Don't worry, I will pay for this money, and I will never let you suffer a loss."
"There is another problem. We, Atlas, helped the galaxy autonomous government to extract the combat records in the combat terminals of the prisoners.
Some of them were imperial soldiers who killed and violated civilians, or brutally killed federal surrendered personnel in previous battles. The galaxy autonomous government will definitely not let these people go. They will be publicly tried and executed."
Hearing this, Perseus sighed again, but he also knew that some problems were indeed not something that Atlas could solve by maneuvering among them.
"Let's release as many as we can, please, Mr. Amber."
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Finally, through the funds provided by Perseus to "open up the connection" and Amber's mediation, the Rubion galaxy autonomous government agreed to release 522 imperial soldiers.
Originally, Amber thought that after the "nuclear bomb crisis", the galaxy autonomous government would not intend to release these prisoners, 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 various 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 was divided.
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 once 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 'communications 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 system 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.
I don’t know why recently, but these people suddenly started reading history books, and then they started to become suspicious because of some stories about how they were “removed due to 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 immediately helped me make up for my shortcomings."
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 famous entrepreneur on the Lubion 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 also came over immediately after seeing Amber get out of the car.
"Mr. Rebel, you are finally here, everyone is waiting for you."