Chapter 837: Power Struggles

The Autobots lost three Autobots on the Sinai Peninsula, and this intelligence was quickly transmitted back to New Iacon.

"It's Wrench and the others; they had previously sent back word that while surveying for minerals within Egypt, they discovered the tracks of two Decepticons!"

Ironhide, the sheriff of New Iacon, received this intelligence the moment it arrived.

The one reporting to him was the Cassette Troops; after Jiazhong returned, the important work of intelligence gathering had been handed back to him by Optimus Prime.

As for the Cassette Troops, they were usually responsible for gathering intelligence from the human internet.

This time, it was also they who discovered some videos uploaded by humans on the internet.

That was how they learned that a few hours ago on the Sinai Peninsula, three Autobots had engaged in a battle with Decepticons.

From the videos uploaded by humans, it was not hard to see that Wrench and his team had encountered five Decepticon clone warriors.

In the end, the enemy paid the price of two deaths and several injuries to completely wipe out the three Autobots.

The corpses of the fallen Autobots and Decepticons seemed to have been quickly taken away by the Egyptian military, who had arrived upon hearing the news.

To them, this could be considered a windfall from the sky.

Many powerful European and American nations, including some countries in Asia, were very willing to pay a sum of money or provide military aid in exchange for one or even more alien corpses for research.

The official forces in Europe and America were very fast at cleaning up the internet, and the videos of the renewed firefight between aliens on the Sinai Peninsula that had been uploaded to the web were quickly wiped clean.

However, the Cassette Troops had already successfully copied multiple versions of the videos before they were deleted, and they brought these videos to see Ironhide.

"These three idiots, what on earth were they thinking?"

Ironhide quickly finished watching the videos brought by the Cassette Troops, and after watching them, his face was full of anger.

Wrench was one of the Autobots who had only arrived on Earth a few months ago; not long ago, he had incited several Autobots to storm the medical center together.

Originally, as the sheriff of New Iacon, Ironhide had, after the storming incident ended, imposed sentences ranging from several years to several decades on Wrench and the others according to regulations.

But later, following the awakening of Sentinel Prime, this former leader of the Autobots did not know where he had learned about these few Autobots.

So he personally pleaded with Optimus Prime, and this current Autobot leader did indeed give his teacher some face.

Not long after, Wrench and the others were released.

To prevent them from causing trouble again while staying in New Iacon, it was Ironhide who personally assigned Wrench into a team going out to survey for minerals.

He had thought he could be well-behaved for a while, but he didn't expect that something would go wrong in less than a month.

"These damn guys, didn't I tell them to wait for reinforcements? How did they end up running to the Sinai Peninsula?"

According to regulations, Wrench and the others should have been surveying for minerals in the remote area of southwest Egypt, near Libya and Sudan.

The Sinai Peninsula was hundreds of kilometers away from the mineral survey area of Wrench and his team; Ironhide did not believe that these few Autobots had not abandoned their posts without authorization.

As a veteran commander of the Autobot faction who had led teams in countless battles, Ironhide possessed rich combat and command experience.

With his experience, it was not hard to see that Wrench and his team, who were fewer in number, had at least several opportunities to retreat from the beginning of the battle until they were finished off.

But the brains of these three guys seemed to be rusted; they insisted on fighting to the death against the Decepticons, who held an absolute numerical advantage.

The polarization among Autobots was even more severe than among Decepticons.

A group of warriors such as Ironhide, Sideswipe, and Drift were not afraid in the slightest, even when facing the elite warriors of the Decepticon Legion.

But the vast majority of Autobots were just normal Cybertronians before the civil war broke out.

They had not, like the Decepticons, generally received modifications geared toward combat.

Although more and more Autobots were arriving on Earth, most of them were just civilians.

For example, the three Autobots this time—besides Wrench being a warrior, the other two were also just civilians who had received some combat training.

It was already difficult for them to face three Decepticon clone warriors simultaneously; unless they had lost their heads, this battle should never have started.

Ironhide quickly understood the reason and couldn't help but curse inwardly for a while.

After a long time, he organized and re-edited the videos obtained by the Cassette Troops and sent them to Optimus Prime, along with some of his own concerns.

Optimus Prime quickly received this video and Ironhide's report, and after watching it, he felt deeply the same way about Ironhide's concerns.

"It seems that our previous local advantages over the Decepticons have made many Autobots become somewhat blind and arrogant!"

This problem was very fatal; after all, the vast majority of Autobots did not have the ability to resist when facing Decepticons alone.

Fortunately, it was not too late to discover it now; after thinking for a while, Optimus Prime made a decision.

He quickly called for his deputy, Ratchet, and had him send people to take the video edited by Ironhide and distribute it to all Autobots to warn them all.

Ratchet accepted the order, but he did not rush to leave.

He stood in front of Optimus Prime, looking hesitant and indecisive, and was noticed by Optimus Prime, who was deep in thought, before long.

"Is something the matter, Ratchet?"

Ratchet hesitated for a moment before replying: "I just went to Wheeljack's laboratory, and while I was chatting with him, Sentinel Prime came and asked Wheeljack to manufacture a batch of electromagnetic weapons for him!"

Optimus Prime's expression immediately turned ugly again!

Since his teacher had awakened, although he had firmly refused when he initially wanted to return the power to him, his attitude was very resolute.

But Sentinel Prime still regarded himself as the leader of the Autobots everywhere, not only refuting his decisions at military command meetings.

In private, Sentinel Prime's behavior was even more excessive.

He had more than once bypassed Optimus Prime to inspect the combat readiness, military equipment manufacturing, and even military operations of New Iacon.

What was even more distressing was that Sentinel Prime had also begun recruiting his own private guard in New Iacon without notifying Optimus Prime and the others.

Although, up to now, fewer than ten Autobots had signed up to join this Sentinel Guard.

But this was definitely not a good sign!

After a long silence, Optimus Prime asked: "Did Wheeljack agree?"

Wheeljack was one of the top scientists in the Autobot faction, and even he, as the Autobot leader, had to give some face to win him over.

Ratchet shook his head slightly, "Wheeljack temporarily refused on the grounds that materials were insufficient and needed to be applied for; he hoped that Leader Sentinel Prime would go and apply for the materials to manufacture the electromagnetic weapons, which made Leader Sentinel Prime very unhappy."

Optimus Prime nodded and said nothing more.

The current New Iacon was still under his control.

Thanks to his management over the past two years or more, Optimus Prime held very high prestige among the first few batches of Autobots to arrive on Earth.

Wheeljack clearly did not want to be dragged into the power struggle between the two Leaders, but from this, it could also be seen that power infighting had already begun to emerge within New Iacon.

"Teacher, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Optimus Prime recalled Sentinel Prime's actions over this period of time in his mind, and his heart grew increasingly heavy.

As of today, he felt increasingly like a stranger to this teacher of his.

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