When the exhausted Lancer followed the general staff of the Seventh Fleet into the general headquarters of Messier Base, he looked intently at the young staff officer who reported to Schwartz. He turned out to be his own general manager.
Zhang Ming, a classmate at the Command Academy.
"Union!" He opened his bloodshot eyes and shouted.
"Lancer!" Messier's young staff officer turned around, "Why is it you?!"
The two young people hugged warmly.
Zhang Ming is the only classmate like him in the same class of the staff major who has a Chinese surname, but his name does not match the reality.
Although Zhang Ming is tall and handsome, he is so mixed that he can't even tell how many countries he has ancestry. The effect of the mixture is extremely special - he has a face that looks like a Chinese, but his skin is dark and shiny, his nose is tall and big, and his eyes are blue.
Hence the nickname "Union".
And Lancer's name is often criticized in the military academy.
"Why call it Lancer Xu instead of Lancer Xu?"
"Why does a boy have orchid in his name?"
He was often asked wildly by various gods after announcing his family name. He once heard a rumor from his relatives that his original name was "Lance". His father had a loose nature and usually did not need to write. When registering the name of the newborn, he casually wrote "Lance".
"se", so I don't bother to change it.
His classmates in the military school gave him the nickname "Lancer" with a homophonic pronunciation of Lancer - a cavalry unit that was rampant from Assyria to the era of Napoleon I.
"I didn't expect you to be a second lieutenant now!" Zhang Ming was still so straightforward. Lancer Xu was a famously difficult student.
"You're already a lieutenant, but you're still better than me." Lancer patted him back affectionately.
Unlike his performance, which was almost on the edge of the cliff, Zhang Ming was an outstanding student in the staff class and was very popular among the girls, but his relationship with him had always been very good.
In the 5-kilometer run at the military academy, Lancer always came last, and Zhang Ming would accompany him and encourage him.
After graduation, Zhang Ming was directly awarded the rank of Second Lieutenant, and he was assigned to a barren space base as a transparent person who could only make coffee. Now, just one year after graduation, Zhang Ming has been promoted to Lieutenant as expected.
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"I asked, why was your Seventh Fleet beaten so badly?" Zhang Ming asked.
"It's hard to describe..." Lancer looked at Zhang Ming's appearance. He looked more haggard, with black stubble popping out on his young chin. His uniform also looked wrinkled and dirty. The state of Messier's defenders was also poor.
Quite bad, "It's really bad to fear the enemy like a tiger."
Zhang Ming saw that his classmate was speaking vaguely and did not explain, so he thought Lancer Xu's introversion had recurred.
"There is a smoking room over there. Smoking helps you think." Zhang Ming couldn't help but pulled Lancer Xu to the officer's smoking room nearby.
"Would you like one?" Lancer saw his classmate take out a silver cigarette case. It turned out that one year after graduation, Zhang Ming already had the air of a Gaia officer.
"Oh, no, no!" He waved his hands hurriedly. He had already breathed enough second-hand smoke in the "Kunpeng" headquarters.
"Damn Plato people!" Zhang Ming, who felt comfortable in the smoke, began to curse the Plato people endlessly, "They actually took advantage of the terrorist attack on Manxing City to attack us... We have been besieged for 7 weeks, and there are shellings almost every day.
and air strikes, the casualty rate of all personnel exceeded a quarter. Many message operators, artillerymen, drone operators and pilots I knew were killed. Until now, even the General Staff has suffered losses. I know a person who just graduated
The young staff officer of the base was attacked and killed while he was resting. Even the chief of staff of the base is now being treated in a field hospital."
This tragic battle left Lancer, who was originally shy in life, speechless. He always felt inexplicably embarrassed in interpersonal interactions
"But we have a way to retaliate." He smiled slightly, threw away the cigarette butt, stepped on it with his foot, and threw it to the sweeping robot.
"Now, while I'm resting, I'll take you around the base."
So, Zhang Ming, who was full of energy, pulled him into the intricate underground city-like base underground transportation station.
The two of them sat on the two-seater conveyor seat, and on a transparent conveyor belt, the two of them were taken like a gust of wind to the destination that Zhang Ming entered in language.
"Wow! It's so exciting!" Lancer Xu, who was pressed on a teleportation chair with comfortable chair buckles, had his hair blown up by the airflow. Like the most exciting amusement ride, the two of them were ejected like cannonballs.
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"It's very interesting! The speed of mobilizing personnel and troops in the base is extremely fast! We are Gaia's most efficient main base!" Zhang Mingming, who was sitting side by side with him, looked very proud.
As the two of them were flying forward on the conveyor belt, they could see many officers and soldiers flying around in the countless conveyor tubes inside the fortress, heading to various destinations.
Messier Fortress is indeed the best-run fortress in the entire army, because its commander is a Plato traitor general. Like Kalki, he very much considers the work and combat experience of ordinary soldiers and front-line staff. Lancer silently summarized his thoughts in his heart.
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The Gaia coalition government once wanted to recruit Captain An. If he stayed in Gaia for Xuanji, would he become the second Heinz Schwarz?
Amid the lightning speed, Lancer felt that his rich imagination, like thousands of horses galloping, was out of control...
Xuanji could finally stop complaining about the bureaucracy of the mercenary department that hindered her promotion. She changed from an angry female to a staunch supporter of the caste system, and sent her an exquisite invitation to marry Admiral Kalki in the garden of the "Shangri-La" mansion.
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That night, he would toss and turn and be so sad that he couldn't sleep. Then he would cheer up and attend their wedding the next day.
Because this Platonic couple is so charming...he will definitely line up very far away, standing on tiptoes and stretching his neck to see the wedding oath taking place.
This pair of beautiful and cruel Platons must seem to be a perfect match, because they both have a child-like innocence and cruelty, and a single-minded determination... Decades later, a retired man with a German name
Marshal, sworn in as Minister of War, but he is the old man alone in the strange car at midnight...
"Oh! This place is interesting! Big Slalom!" Zhang Ming shouted. This is a transfer roundabout that extends in all directions, and you can see countless people spinning around quickly.
Only then did he come back to his senses from his wild imagination.
Maybe imagination can create a parallel universe, he said in his heart, but in this world, Kalki gave up on Xuanji. This meant that he gave up on the life at the top of Gaia that was out of reach for a loser like him. Did he take the risk of hijacking the transport ship and return to Plato because he was almost killed by a cannon a few hours ago? He couldn't understand that he could analyze Kalki's tactics and strategic behavior, but he would never understand the depths of his heart.
"Look! This is the prisoner of war management center of our base." Zhang Ming pointed to a basement passage and said.
"Can you still capture Platonic prisoners of war?"
"Of course, the Platons have tried to land several times, and some aircraft have been shot down by cannons in low-Earth orbit." Zhang Ming said with a little pride, "The Knights suffered heavy losses under the shelling of Atlas. If it weren't for too much
By consuming the energy of shelling, we can hold on longer."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lancer saw a Suzaku Knight who had been knocked unconscious being dragged out. Those Plato military nobles who had been shot down, as long as they were still alive, would be brought over and beaten up first. In fact,
This is an act prohibited by Commander Schwartz, but now that the war is so intense and the hatred of the base officers and soldiers against the Platos is increasing day by day, no one cares about it.
"We often beat them to death, and we killed a Green Dragon Knight a few days ago." Zhang Ming's tone was very calm, even with a hint of appreciation, "We are waiting for the White Tiger Knight, if they dare to come.
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"Zhang Ming, you used to be a very kind person... I don't think it's a matter of pride to violate the rules of war and kill Plato prisoners of war." Lancer felt a faint chill running down his spine.
"You don't know how badly we were beaten. How can you let a group of people who buried their comrades with their own hands not vent? We don't know when we will be killed by the Platos!"
The dark-skinned staff officer almost roared in a low voice.
Lancer could only remain silent. He felt that one year of frontline life had completely changed his college friends.
War is so terrible that it can kill all the compassion and conscience of a good person.
"In the end I let them run away..."
Karki murmured to himself while observing the images of Messier's defense fortifications. He had received all the treatments, and there seemed to be nothing unusual except that the injured skin was light pink.
If they hadn't been unlucky enough to be shot down by the Gaians in the first round, they might have had a chance to annihilate the Seventh Fleet, but Captain Rahula had already tried his best.
"Pursue at full speed! Hold them tight!" the regiment leader ordered.
"Then we will enter the shelling range of the Messier base in 30 minutes. Messier's cannon has a huge low-Earth orbit shelling range." Chief of Staff Shankara immediately reminded him, "We must follow 'Khattusa'
'Similarly, it is safe to be outside the near-Earth bombardment orbit of the asteroid."
"Even if there are two fleets trapped outside the asteroid's low-Earth orbit, we can't rush in and they can't get out. It's just a stalemate." Operations Staff Attima added.
Kalki looked seriously at the various displays on the huge projection screen, with dense data and small pictures glowing on one side.
"They must be busy repairing and unloading supplies now. Previous data shows that Messier has run out of ammunition and food." Kalki once again entered a contemplative state with his right hand holding his chin.
"We must attack directly and catch them off guard. They must be resting now and don't think we can attack them continuously."
Kalki said this a few minutes later. As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present looked at each other nervously.
"Kalki, you can't take any more risks!" Shankara was the first to object bluntly. "Your beheading plan almost led to your own death. The knights and fleet also suffered heavy losses, but the Seventh Fleet was not completely wiped out."<
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"No! The Seventh Fleet was almost completely wiped out, with only the flagship center formation and some warships. We have basically completed our strategic purpose." Kalki stared at the same-frequency resonance of Messier Base on the display with his cold blue eyes.
A video showing the huge "Kunpeng" undergoing repairs.
"Just grit your teeth and attack continuously! The enemy is more desperate than us."
"It's too risky..." The young chief of staff shook his head, "It's too risky to rush for victory, but it's hard to make mistakes if you act steadily. It's safest to besiege now and wait for repairs before jointly attacking with 'Hatusa'
Strategy..."
"Now wake up Shatayu and Narada, and all their men. I want to connect to the command post of 'Khatusa', and we must directly start the first wave of attacks in 30 minutes."
Kalki's tone was almost decisive, not allowing any discussion or refutation. Everyone understood that he was really ready to continue fighting.
"This time, I will go into battle myself." He touched the left side of his neck with a chic gesture. The newly implanted skin was completely integrated and there was nothing strange at all.
"Kalki, you madman..." Captain Rahula dared to talk to him like this because of his unusual relationship with Kalki, "You are like a war machine running at full speed, and you will squeeze every one of your men to the extreme.
Life and death."
The young leader paused and continued: "But we all love you madly, because you can bring us the glory and joy of victory, which no one else can give us." p>
Kalki smiled knowingly, and with Rahula's full support, he was able to give it a go.
The White Tiger Knights and Plato's third "Hatusa" fleet have established encrypted co-channel communications. Because both teams are in the orbit of Messier's asteroid, the distance is already very close, so the general staff of the two fleets can completely
Remotely communicate with each other directly on each strategic deployment map.
"We at Hattusa have finished resting, and the bombardment energy is at full capacity." The black-haired chief of staff of the Third Fleet is a man who seems to be quite shrewd and cautious. He encrypted various plan updates, "Here
, here are points that require careful bombardment, because Messier is a completely hollowed-out asteroid. Under the full bombardment of the two fleets, there is a possibility of disintegrating in space, although this can be solved in one go.
They killed all the Gaians, but the Senate does not want this. They want to seize Messier Base as our permanent base."
The staffs of both sides formulated an attack plan in the shortest possible time with extremely high efficiency.
"When will we start the attack?" Mursili, the commander-in-chief of the Hattusa fleet, looks like he is only in his thirties. He has the elegant demeanor of an oriental aristocrat, but his facial features are very three-dimensional. In terms of race, he is a kind of
The so-called "Tulan race" can be regarded as a very handsome man.
"Now!" Kalki replied decisively.
Now everyone was stunned again, including Commander Mursili who was on the same channel with him.