The first thousand two hundred and eighty-nine chapters hurt the bones
The various support fleets that came to the border king from the empire began to return to their original worlds in batches. The evacuation work may take several days to complete: because before these fleets can return, many wounded soldiers and severely damaged spaceships have to be resettled.
Especially for the latter, a large number of spaceships were destroyed during the battle. Now many of the servant armies and reserve echelons that came to support did not have enough spaceships to return. A large number of wounded soldiers and their escape capsules were stranded near temporary void nodes waiting for response.
The load of the macroworld network and the military world gate is limited, and it is difficult to evacuate the massive troops gathered across the empire in a short period of time. Therefore, Sandora ordered the temporary establishment of hundreds of garrison points in the two nearest springboard worlds.
, used to settle the troops with the most severe battle damage. At the same time, we have also begun to summon the idle followers of the Goddess of Life Cult and more medical staff in the rear to come to these garrison points to rescue the wounded with all our strength.
The post-war handling work is sometimes more complicated than the pre-war organizational preparations. This is the same as giving birth to a child. It is easy to talk about everything before giving birth. After the child is born, you will have enough headaches for more than ten years - and if it happens
It is probably normal for a top-notch naughty child like Xiaoxue to have headaches for centuries. Moreover, this magical naughty child can come to cause trouble to her father before she is born... Oh, I am going too far.
The Celestial System Fleet was originally supposed to return to the Civilized Community universe in its entirety. However, because there were a large number of damaged troops that needed to be resettled, this fleet composed of a large number of planet fortresses also acted as a temporary garrison base. The psionic Death Star and
Twelve giant armed planets returned first as the core of the fleet, and the remaining dozens of planet fortresses stayed in the two universes near the battlefield. The orbits of each planet were filled with repair stations and medical bases, tens of millions of
The Goddess of Life believers established divine energy temples called "Ephemeral Kingdom" on those planet fortresses. The powerful power of the temple permeated those temporary galaxies established overnight to ensure that the wounded soldiers within the coverage of the Kingdom of Heaven were not injured.
As for those who died due to untimely treatment: there were too many wounded servants in need of rescue. Without the use of this level of divine magic, ordinary priests and ascetics would simply not be able to do this.
Dingdang has even gone into battle in person, and the power of the goddess can rescue the soldiers who are least likely to be saved. For the sake of those loyal servant soldiers, I have stewed Dingdang in the kitchen for almost four hours... Although it feels like
The efforts were directed in the wrong direction but the results seemed to be quite good.
The damage to the imperial soldiers was not light. Now the capital world and the imperial military stations in several military universes are overcrowded. The Xiling Apostles who need to return to the factory for overhaul are almost full of the Gnaku. At this time, I suddenly discovered that it turned out that I met someone not long ago.
It’s actually not surprising at all that the scorpion lady who arrived was calculating before she died whether it would be more cost-effective to return to the factory for overhaul or to die and return to the city.
Because when Sandora and I returned to the capital world, we stopped by to inspect an Imperial military station, where almost every seriously injured Imperial soldier was settling accounts. The only difference was that only the Scorpion soldiers were holding data terminals and pressing them back and forth, while
Everyone else is doing mental arithmetic...
This is really a sad story, but this time even the ravens are too lazy to complain about their enemies who are not smart enough. And anyway, these soldiers staying in the military station waiting for repairs or waiting for resurrection are at least better than those who were completely killed.
Our compatriots are much luckier.
Although I felt a little exhausted physically and mentally, I was still dragged to the headquarters by Sandora after returning to the Shadow City. Her Majesty the Queen’s meaning was very clear. Leaders are not born to rest casually. Now that the soldiers’ work has ended, the leader’s
The mission has just begun: she needs to count the war losses as soon as possible, re-evaluate the threat of the fallen apostles, analyze the battle reports and so on - anyway, these are things that she will drag me to listen to regardless of whether I understand or not.
In the main conference room of the headquarters, Sandora looked energetic, not at all exhausted after a fierce battle. She listened to the reports from the heads of various lower-level departments. Weighing the damage to the new empire after this battle,
And considering our next development plan. The person in charge of making the report now is Sivis, who also participated in the entire battle and is still holding on to his post. This dedicated adjutant who never seems to know how tired he will be will continue to work.
A large pile of tables and images were transferred to the holographic projection in the conference room, and he said in a clear and serious voice: "At present, the combat effectiveness of the First, Second, and Sixth Army has been reduced by more than half. Among them, the Second Army was concentrated in the early stages of the battle.
At present, only the basic establishment remains. It is expected that it will take at least six months to repair or re-produce the warships. The resurrected soldiers will also need the same time to undergo rehabilitation training in the reserve echelon. The battle damage of the third, fourth and fifth armies is relatively high.
Optimistic, but it also takes about a month to rest. In addition, the third army's flagship was destroyed by a suicide attack by the enemy at the end of the battle. The supreme commander and deputy commander were both killed. Currently, the two commanders are waiting for resurrection in the resurrection sequence.
But it may be difficult to return to duty in a short period of time after resurrection. Especially the supreme commander: his soul was seriously damaged, and he will need decades to reorganize his core personality. A large number of other senior officers of the Third Army were also killed, and one-third of them could not be resurrected."
"...Supreme Commander..." I couldn't help but take a breath. This is the highest-ranking officer in the empire who died in the battle in my mind. The commander and deputy commander of a fleet were killed at the same time. Even if the fleet is fully organized, it is basically useless.
We have to take a back seat. The only good thing now is that the commander and deputy commander are both powerful high-level apostles. Their souls are so powerful that they still have a chance to be resurrected even if the flagship is destroyed. Otherwise, one of them will die.
Commander, that's like losing half the fleet!
Based on what Sivis said, I judge that the deputy commander of the Third Fleet should be able to return to his post soon after his resurrection, but the supreme commander may not be able to continue to hold the important position of an officer for decades. As a military leader, many
At times, commanding ability is more important than personal combat effectiveness. Look, Sivis can't defeat a Scorpion Soldier. She is still an officer second only to the general. And now that the deputy commander of the Third Fleet has been resurrected, although her personal strength will not be as good for a while.
He couldn't recover, but fortunately his soul was still intact, but the commander's personality was not complete.
"Temporarily let the deputy commander of the Third Fleet act as the supreme commander, and the surviving officers under him will be promoted to one level in sequence according to their original positions. The insufficient personnel will be filled from the reserve echelon. The former commander of the Third Fleet will go to the reserve echelon to report on his duties.
, the empire will still need these old officers when it forms a new legion in the future." Sandora quickly replied, as if making these decisions does not require much consideration. She came all the way from the old empire, maybe what we met this time
She had experienced many tragic battles, so she was already familiar with similar handling methods.
"In addition, the dn-175 world as the main battlefield was completely destroyed. This world was originally a military stronghold of the empire and one of the most important border springboards. The other three invaded worlds were also damaged to varying degrees. Military facilities
More than 90% of it needs to be rebuilt," Sivis said in a heavy tone. "We lost a galaxy group used to produce star warships. At the same time, three void research centers were completely destroyed by the fallen apostles, and the scientific research data could not be transferred.
To 30%.”
I thought for a while, then turned to look at Tavel who was sitting next to me: "What, you..."
Tavel spoke before I could finish. The expression on his face was as stiff as cement: "Your Majesty, I will handle it properly."
Me: "...Oh, I mean, stop pinching the things in your hands, the cup is almost going to cause a nuclear reaction..."
"This is the end of the report on war losses. Sivis, you said you have other things to report?"
Sandora breathed a sigh of relief. She was obviously not in a good mood. She put aside the battle damage report for the time being, looked up at Sivis and asked, who nodded: "Yes, this is our intelligence interception center.
The communications of the fallen apostles intercepted on the front line have not yet been successfully deciphered, but there are some things that people are concerned about..."
Sivis said. He connected his data terminal to the equipment in the conference room. Soon, a large, messy image like a TV screen with poor signal appeared on the holographic projection in the center of the conference room, a creaking sound.
Noise filled the room.
"What is this?" Sandora frowned.
"Clutter, interference, a small amount of orderly information mixed with a large number of meaningless signals, and these things are constantly played repeatedly in the channels of the fallen apostles," Sivis paused. "It's as if they themselves can't hear clearly.
It’s like these things.”
Sandora's eyebrows knitted: "We have also intercepted communications from fallen apostles before..."
"Yes, what was intercepted this time is obviously completely different from what was intercepted before. Although the fallen apostle communications intercepted before had many weird mutation codes, they were generally consistent with regular signals, and this time - it looks like
It was almost overwhelmed by all kinds of clutter interference, as if there was something wrong with the enemy's communication network or spiritual link."
Hearing Sivis's analysis, I suddenly thought of a person. Then I looked up at the corner of the room, where Vincent Carlo was sitting. Originally, he was not qualified to attend such a meeting, because he had just surrendered.
It's not that the emperor is recruiting officers, but because we need to know the information about Harlan as soon as possible, I made an exception for him to participate.
"Vincent, look at this signal, do you recognize it?"
Vincent read the source code provided by Sivis and shook his head in confusion after a moment: "No...no, this is not a standard signal, it is garbled code. The garbled code is mixed with normal communication content, but the normal content is almost drowned.
, even if there is a decoding key, I find it very difficult to analyze these things. They can hardly be used for military command, and the signal stability is too poor."
Sandora glanced at me, and she seemed to have something to think about: "Maybe this is the reason why the fallen apostles are in poor fighting condition this time: their data network is faulty."
"Data network failure? And then at this juncture, nine legions are formed to fight against the empire?" I was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Vincent in disbelief, "Is that Harlan's head sick?"
"Well..." Vincent wiped his forehead in embarrassment, "I can't explain it. When I went out... to attack you, our communication network was still normal, and His Majesty Harlan had no invasion plan at all at that time..."
"Wait a minute, let me confirm, how many troops does Harlan have?" Sandora could notice some very detailed but potentially crucial issues at any time. She suddenly asked, "Counting the garrison and reserves.
echelon."
Vincent was startled: "Do these armies count? There were originally about thirteen legions...but the organization was not satisfactory. One legion was newly formed."
"All out," Sandora gave me a serious look, "Harlan deployed nine legions of troops on the main battlefield, and there were about three legions in the other three universes, plus Vincent in the distance.
A legion was defeated by you, that is to say, all his troops in the Abyss Empire were thrown out."
I thought about it and found that I didn't understand it.
"There is no peace within the fallen apostles. If you go out with all your family assets, you will probably never be able to go back," Sandora said leisurely, "Occupy, annex, make yourself stronger, and then become the sole ruler. This
It has almost become a biological instinct within the fallen apostles. Now they are only controlled by a powerful 'adult' and a unified goal, so they have become a collective. But if Harlan takes all his troops, including the garrison and reserve army,
All his strength has been devoted to fighting the empire, do you think he can go back?"
I immediately understood: Regardless of whether Harlan's expedition will be successful or not, he has given up his position in the Abyss Empire. Because his army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties in the battle with the Empire. Regardless of victory or defeat, he will
They all have to sacrifice their personal power, and the group of fallen apostles will not let such an emperor who has lost his army continue to occupy so much territory.
If Harlan does this, sooner or later he will become a lonely abyssal monster like the fallen emperor Caesars we first met, forced to wander into a world where birds have nothing to do, leading a group of abyssal beasts to survive. This is
Bella Villa has told us the rules of survival among the fallen apostles more than once.
"Can we trace where Haran's remnant soldiers are fleeing now?" Sandora looked up at Sivis, who shook his head apologetically: "Your Majesty, the enemy has left the sensing range of the Garden of Death, we...
"
"It doesn't matter, I guessed it. Then Viska - inform your Abyss Fleet to closely monitor the entire territory of the Fallen Apostles in the recent period, and report immediately as soon as Harlan's remaining fleet returns. If there is no return after seven days... also...
Give back.”
There were two bunches of hair behind the edge of the table next to me, one of which swayed slightly, which was Viska's nod. I thought about it and suggested: "You two can actually change to a higher chair..."
"No! We don't want special chairs! I can see it!" Viska's voice came from under the clump of hair that was shaking just now. From this angle, I couldn't see the faces of the two short melons at all.
Only a little bit of hair can be seen...
I shut up silently, thinking that it would be best not to continue irritating these two dwarfs. They were fine at home, but in this situation, the two sisters would never agree to change themselves to a humiliating booster seat or
Put a shell casing under your butt.
When the participating officers then began to report to their departments, there were battle damage reports. There were also drafts on changes to the regiment's organization, and the Military Command's supplementary plan for the servant army. It can be said that a fierce battle left the new empire shaken.
Bones, we've had a major setback, so we have a mountain of stuff to deal with right now.
While listening to the report, I turned my head and looked at the other side of the table, where Lin Xue was sitting. I still remembered that I had questions to ask her.
But I was startled as soon as I turned my head, because I don’t know when the eldest lady had been staring straight at this side. There was something in her eyes that I had never seen before, those eyes.
Her eyes, which were always full of energy and bright and shining, now held a kind of frightening horror, as if she had just woken up from a nightmare. The eldest lady and I looked at each other, but the other party did not react for a moment: even though
She was looking at me, but her mind seemed to be completely immersed in another thing.
"Girl? Snow girl?" I couldn't help but say hello twice in the spiritual connection. The eldest lady finally came back to life, and her eyes suddenly returned to Qingming: "Ah, oh... what's the matter?"
"No... just because you suddenly fell into a daze?" I asked with some concern. At the same time, I don't know if it was an illusion, but the fear in Lin Xue's eyes had not completely subsided, and she also brought something else.
Anyway...it looks quite confusing anyway.
"I'm fine," Lin Xue shook her head, quickly straightened her expression, and then smiled apologetically, "What, I'm a little tired, and this kind of meeting doesn't seem to be of much help... I'll go back and rest first.
."
After saying that, the eldest lady ignored the confused looks from Sandora and I and teleported out of the conference room, leaving us all staring at each other.
I raised my arm and touched Xiaoxue beside me: "Daughter, what's wrong with your mother?"
"I don't know," Xiaoxue thought for a moment, looked at me carefully and said every word, and then specifically added, "Do you believe it?"
I:"……"
This girl is indeed her mother's biological child, look at that mouth that needs to be twitched!
Although I thought Lin Xue was a little unusual, I didn't think much about it for the moment. I could ask after I got home anyway, so I focused on the national events in front of me.
In the end, only Shandora and I persisted until the end of the meeting. My sister, Qianqian and even Xiaoxue all left early. The reasons for their departures were surprisingly consistent: Anyway, I was not in charge of internal affairs...
But I’m not that good at it! Why doesn’t anyone ask me for my opinion?
By the time I got home, it was already 10:30 pm Earth time.
The living room was very quiet. The rest of the family must have rested at this time. After all, more than half of us had just finished a nerve-wracking battle. Almost everyone was exhausted physically and mentally, while the remaining half were
Those babyheads, they don't go to bed at half past ten, and they can't even resist their own biological clock. Sandora was full of worries, so she ran to wash up for a while and then returned to her room, while I looked around the empty and extremely quiet living room.
There is still an hour and a half until Anweina comes out to sweep the floor, and there is not even a luminous object to be seen here.
But soon I discovered that someone was sleeping in the living room: On the sofa, a graceful figure curled up into a small ball, sleeping like a little mouse that had been freezing.