Dense Firepower Net
With a round of explanations, the Lieutenant General cleared himself of suspicion of attacking his own prisoners of war.
But after hesitating for a moment, the Major General still sighed helplessly—this explanation was ultimately a bit forced.
The Lieutenant General glanced at him and spoke calmly. "The Action Department specifically emphasized that the enemy's strength is astonishing!"
"Although I'm not sure just how strong they are... the Action Department didn't say."
"But letting such a powerful team escape unscathed would be irresponsible toward the Federation."
"On the small scale, if the Action Department investigates afterward, I may be suspected of dereliction of duty or even delaying military operations."
"On the larger scale, once they return to the other side, the Federation will face an enormous threat!"
"Don't forget, they have one of our Battalion-Class Ships. This concerns the leakage of Federation technology."
Having said all that, he had indeed found ample justification for himself.
But then again, if he truly believed his actions were perfectly justified, why did he need to explain so much?
At the end of the day, opening fire on one's own soldiers took a certain amount of courage.
At the same time, Qu Jianlei and the others suddenly discovered numerous multicolored lights ahead.
"Artillery blockade." Fourth Boss made the call immediately and understood the enemy's intention. "They're not completely stupid!"
In truth, when they took more than four hundred officers and soldiers hostage, they had not been sure how the Federation would react.
The Federation's social climate was not as iron-blooded as the Empire's, but that was due to its system. The military might not be the same.
Qu Jianlei believed different armies had different traits, and both Fourth Boss and Xiao Moshan strongly agreed.
So they had never expected the Federation military