@Oculunus
The fact that he claims to have been there, yet can't describe the events even accurately enough to be acceptable is very suspicious. His first number was 5. 5 is just a bit less than 40% of the amount given by the defendant.
Now yes, he did quickly make it 8, which brought his estimation to be just over 60% of the amount, but as a man in his position, being 40% low in your estimation of the enemy's assult force is just unacceptable when it isn't like they received any further reinforcements or had hidden any of their units. They literally were attacking 4, well defended locations where having visibility of the enemy is made a priority.
So for 1, he has already made the doom lean more towards his incompetence based on the fact that while he was uncertain, the defendant gave a hard, exact number, 13, spoke confidently, and without stuttering or any self correcting. Does this prove guilt, not really unless some actual hard evidence is presented. But it still can sway a jurry or judge's opinion quite a bit.
Also, the amount of detail given by the 2 of them, while not necessarily required to answer the question, is vastly different. And is quite importaint. Especially about the enemy's armor and equipment, since that CAN be proven with actual hard evidence. But this is a collusion trial, so maybe that is not given quite as much value as it usually would.
At the moment, all this is is a big he said/she said. But the point that a superior is accusing a subordinate of treason, but without any significant evidence to back up the claim is the most crucial point here. If they take him for his word alone, then the legal system essentially admits to being his personal execution team, and also that only a person's rank matters in deciding whether something is true or not. In other words, it would be like saying that the court's existance is pointless to begin with.
Furthermore. The fact that the judge not only made an immediate call for their executions, literally right after the opening statement, before either side could even present any single piece of evidence or dispute their claims, should have invalidated the entire court case right then and there. The guy didn't even finish his response to the defendant's opening statment, and the judge is already making their decision? That is the literal #1 suspicious thing here. It is unquestionably more than enough proof that this is a fixed trial and either the judge is paid off, or is clearly acting under some kind of duress.
I mean really, the prosecution team didn't even say a single word, and the trial is already decided? That is not a trial to prove someone's guilt. It is an exicution order, just being called a trial for "formalities".