Chief of Staff Wu said in a deep voice, "Looks like the Holy Crusaders' defection was Zhao Chu's trump card, and also what gave him the confidence to transfer the Tianying Squad and Kui Dou Squad..."
"It's just that I don't know what Zhao Chu used to persuade the Holy Crusaders to stop remaining neutral after only a few days."
Morton's expression turned ugly. He snorted and said, "The Strategic Affairs Department must have made some kind of deal with the Holy Crusaders. Those idiot Frenchmen—if we lose this battle, do they really think their lives will get any better?"
The general stood up and shouted, "Notify Byron. Tell him to hit them hard! He must punch through the Strategic Affairs Department's defensive line before the Holy Crusaders enter the battlefield!"
The general's wish was a fine one, but reality was cruel.
When the Holy Crusaders' two Temple Knights entered the battlefield, the allied forces led by Freedom Wings were still being held outside the Strategic Affairs Department's defensive line.
Although the Strategic Affairs Department was struggling badly to intercept them and had paid a heavy price, Freedom Wings ultimately still failed to achieve its goal.
Once the two Temple Knights entered the battlefield, Zhao Chu decisively launched a counterattack. He even climbed into a mech himself, joining Li Meng and the other officers to forcibly drive the exhausted enemy troops back to Saint Bourne Fortress.
The key to this outcome was still the footage the Strategic Affairs Department had sent to every communications terminal.
The news that the "Granary," Saint Mary Base, had fallen dealt a tremendous blow to the soldiers' morale and confidence. Combined with their failure to break through on the battlefield, their morale continued to plummet.
The arrival of the Temple Knights was the final straw