Ever since he couldn't help reaching out to touch the screen, Wu Qiao felt a little awkward every time he thought of Tan Yan.
For that behavior, he felt embarrassed and ashamed at the same time.
He couldn't figure out why it would be like this after not seeing each other for half a year—
Even Sheng Chongguang could see this abnormality.
"Wu Qiao," Sheng Chongguang asked strangely after casually talking about the war situation between the two countries, "In the past, when you talked about General Tan Yan, you talked a lot."
"..."
"Why have you been so silent recently?"
"..." Wu Qiao changed the subject abruptly, "It's so late, what are you going to do?"
It's time to rest, but Sheng Chongguang is dressed in a military uniform, and he doesn't seem to be leisurely going back to the dormitory.
"Oh," Sheng Zhongguang replied, "Just now they found a small boat suddenly appeared on the edge of the base on the screen. The model was not discernible, and it was not in the database. After we analyzed the size and shape, we thought it must be a new company. The unmanned merchant ship did not report according to the regulations... I was sent to collect information, improve the existing anti-reconnaissance data, and at the same time see which company it belongs to, so that other people can contact the company and inform them that a ship has disappeared and must be found immediately And stay away from the military area, and then submit the information as required as soon as possible. Hey... too many companies do not report new models, and they will not change after repeated admonitions. Every once in a while, a malfunctioning ship will come here... "
"Oh." Wu Qiao nodded to express his understanding—Sheng Zhongguang is doing this kind of work now.
At the same time, he also felt a little puzzled, "Then why are you still here?"
"I happened to see you, just chatting for a few words..." Sheng Chongguang looked a little depressed, "I don't know what's going on, my heart has been rushing, I want to relax and let myself not be so nervous..."
Hearing this, Wu Qiao smiled: "It should be just an illusion, because you always think of bad things." He knew very well that Sheng Chongguang's character was like this, and every time he performed a mission, he would suspect that he was going to die.
"You're right." Sheng Chongguang scratched his head, "Probably because I'm too easily scared."
"Hey..." Wu Qiao looked at him and said suddenly, "Well, do you want me to accompany you? Can you feel at ease then?"
Sheng Chongguang's eyes lit up: "Is it okay? Is this really possible? But, you are from the War Department..."
"I don't know." Wu Qiao said honestly, "Let's try it."
As a result, the application "just in case I want a combat mecha to follow" was approved by Wu Qiao and Sheng Chongguang's superiors without much effort. Perhaps, no one really took this task seriously.
They were operating a very small scout boat, because the camera function of this scout boat is very good.
Sheng Zhongguang is driving, after all, this is his task.
On the way to the destination, Sheng Chongguang kept saying: "My mood is very anxious, anyway, it is very, very chaotic..."
"But you used to be like this too."
"That's true… "
"Don't think about it," Wu Qiao replied, "That boat is so small."
"I know this... hey."
The two chatted for a while, and Sheng Chongguang said, "It's almost here." There was unstoppable tension in his voice.
"Yeah." Wu Qiao stared ahead, "Let's look for it."
Soon, Wu Qiao saw the silver-white hull, which was very small and indeed very similar to other merchant ships.
However, as the distance got closer, Wu Qiao soon realized something was wrong.
Its silver-white metal rear also has a huge pitch-black hull, stretching and finally merging with the dark starry sky.
This is a battleship! ! !
Moreover, the majesty of the battleship is rarely seen by Wu Qiao, and there are only a few ships in the base that can compete with it.
Its silver-white shell has a huge dragon painted on it, its huge wings are fresh and bright, its whole body is covered with fine snake scales, and it is standing tall on the top of a majestic mountain.
"Quickly withdraw!!! Quickly withdraw!!!" Wu Qiao yelled at Sheng Chongguang.
"… what?"
"Go back immediately!" Wu Qiao said excitedly, "Wings of the Flying Dragon!!!"
"...?" Sheng Zhongguang also looked carefully, "...!!!"
There was a buzzing in Wu Qiao's mind.
I originally thought that this organization was exhausted and hopeless, but I didn't expect them to have this kind of technology, which can make most of the warships completely invisible under the empire's air-to-air scanning system!
It was scouting the Imperial base just now...
hateful…
The Empire only found the silver-white core. So, what material is that dark part made of? ! !
Sheng Chongguang hadn't had time to move, and he hit him right away without hesitation at all.
Has it been discovered already...
Sheng Zhongguang pulled up and narrowly avoided the attack.
"No! You can't just escape!" Wu Qiao shouted, "This small scout boat is incapable of escaping!"
The distance between them was too close—the small scout boat was completely exposed to the guns. Moreover, its attributes are too poor in all aspects... The strength difference between the two sides is too large, and it is impossible to even survive until the rescue arrives.
"Then," Sheng Chongguang dodged in a panic, "what should I do then?" Sheng Chongguang's teeth chattered uncontrollably, and every time he uttered a word, he made a clicking sound.
At the same time, only a "boom" was heard, and the tail of the small scout boat was shot!
After the shock, a puff of black smoke rose from the tail, and then slowly dissipated.
no fire...
"Chongguang," Wu Qiao took a few deep breaths to calm down his excitement: "Let's escape separately."
"What? Separate?!" Sheng Chongguang exclaimed.
"We escape separately," Wu Qiao repeated, "it can only chase one."
"But..." Sheng Chongguang was anxious, "Where is the one being chased?"
"The one being chased..." Wu Qiao tried his best to keep his voice steady, "Just ask for blessings."
"..." Sheng Chongguang's shoulders shook violently.
"Okay." Wu Qiao stood up, "Crow Nine!"
Crow Nine replied: "Yes!"
"Go to war!"
"oh oh!"
Crow Nine was ejected with a "shua", and fired an electromagnetic shell as soon as it got out.
The electromagnetic shell hit the huge battleship, but it didn't play any substantial role under its powerful defense.
"..." The current Yajiu is not equipped with any anti-ship missiles, and its firepower is absolutely impossible to sink the battleship.
Anti-ship missiles are extremely powerful and can sink huge warships, but they are also extremely heavy. A mech can carry at most two. In normal times, if there is no special mission, no anti-ship missiles will be installed.
So, from the very beginning, it was impossible for Wu Qiao and Sheng Chongguang to win.
After returning from Flying Dragon's Wings, Wu Qiao was no longer so reckless, knowing the situation clearly, he did not choose to fight recklessly.
The most ideal way in Wu Qiao's mind is that he and Sheng Chongguang retreat separately, and he walks slower than Sheng Chongguang, blocks the road, and keeps using firepower to suppress the enemy and cover his teammates, so that the opponent will naturally want to deal with himself before going Chasing Sheng Chongguang, let them both disappear in this universe.
He himself relied on the mecha whose performance was far superior to that of the small scout boat for tens of seconds, and waited until Sheng Zhongguang escaped out of the range of the battleship before trying to escape. The battleship is bulky, and its speed is not as fast as the small scout boat and the mech. It should not be able to catch up with the two of them. As long as they enter the range of the base defense system, they are safe.
Even if the opponent releases the mecha to chase after Sheng Zhongguang, the problem is not too big. The speed of the mech is not much different from that of a small scout boat, but its attack strength is much smaller than that of that warship.
This strategy is the best... Wu Qiao told himself that at least Sheng Chongguang should be able to escape... As for himself, if he was lucky, he could go back.
Wu Qiao skillfully manipulated the Raven Nine's weapon system, and at the same time reported the situation to the base.
Crow Nine's attack power is very powerful, all kinds of shells fly towards the opponent one after another in a dazzling manner.
The battleship defense system is very complete, and can detect and intercept shells at the fastest speed. Although Yajiu couldn't sink it, it didn't want to take the shells hard until the critical moment. It is precisely because of this that many weapons on the battleship were called to intercept, and the power that could be used to attack Wu Qiao and Sheng Chongguang was greatly reduced.
However, even so, the battleship Xianglong Wing still attacked Wuqiao from time to time. Wu Qiao gritted his teeth to resist, and the shield shattered with a "bang" after taking an attack. The fragments floated around the mecha, like fireflies in the dark universe.
After dodging left and right for a few times, Wu Qiao realized that there was another object attacking in front of him. He dropped suddenly at the nick of time, but he still heard the ear-piercing "click" of metal deformation.
"Aw!" Crow Nine shouted.
"What's wrong?" Wu Qiao asked, "Was the injury?"
"It hit me on the head!" Ya Jiu shouted, "The radar system has failed."
"Radar..."
Guessing that Sheng Chongguang had almost escaped, Wu Qiao turned around and fled.
He made a zigzag shake, swaying rapidly from side to side while continuously rushing forward.
Without the suppression of firepower, the battleship behind him attacked extremely fiercely, and the brilliant light beams continued to sweep away from him, shaking him so much that he couldn't even see the scene in front of him clearly.
With Yajiu's screams of "Aoooo", within a few tens of seconds, Yajiu was hit by several shells, lost an arm and a leg, and became crippled, but fortunately, her vital parts were never hit. middle.
Crow Nine escaped extremely fast. After all, when the points were set for it, half of the points were assigned to "speed". It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the fastest manned weapon in several countries.
The moment Wu Qiao rushed into the defense range of the base, Wu Qiao was so tired that his whole body seemed to collapse.
Obviously it hasn't been that long...
He stumbled down from the mech and ran towards the headquarters desperately, but just after two steps, his legs gave way and he fell to the ground.
"Wu Qiao!"
It was dark and misty in front of Wu Qiao's eyes. He tried hard to open his eyes and saw someone running towards him.
"What's wrong?" the man asked.
"Sheng Chongguang..." Wu Qiao asked, "Sheng Chongguang...is he back?"
"Sheng Chongguang?" The man said puzzledly, "I didn't see it... I don't know..."
"I..." Wu Qiao stood up from the ground, shaking his head, trying to stay awake, "I want to see Major General Darrell."
"... I'll try to report."
After meeting Darrell, Wu Qiao described the process in detail, and at the same time confirmed that Sheng Chongguang really hasn't come back yet.
"Why?!" Wu Qiao's voice even became a little sharp, "Why hasn't he come back yet?!"
That time was enough for him to escape the range!
"We don't even know," Darrell said. "Urgently initiate search and defense."
"I'll look for it too." Wu Qiao wiped the blood off his face.
"You are injured, please treat it." Darrell said, "Sheng Chongguang, let's go find it."
"..." Wu Qiao lowered his head, his hands trembling slightly, and after a while, he said as if begging, "Please...please...you must find him."
"I can't guarantee anything."
"..."
Because of this sudden incident, the entire base stayed up all night.
Wu Qiao lay in the infirmary, barely closing his eyes all night.
Because of being too tired, Wu Qiao actually fell asleep at the beginning.
But, he soon had a dream.
In the dream, he saw Sheng Chongguang.
Somehow, he came to a very beautiful place, the water was crystal clear, the breeze blew, and the sparkling waves swayed slightly, a bit like the artificial lake in high school. On the other side is a large field of blooming flowers, and a figure is inside the flowers. He didn't know why, but he knew it was Sheng Chongguang, so he shouted, "Sheng Chongguang!" Sheng Chongguang looked up and saw himself, but didn't speak. He asked again: "Where are you?" The other party still didn't answer, turned around and walked into the depths of the flower. Wu Qiao was in a hurry, and stepped into the pond indiscriminately, trying to catch up to the other side, but Sheng Chongguang walked further and further away, and the figure flickered, and finally entered the thicker and thicker fog.
Wu Qiao woke up suddenly.
He told himself that the dream didn't mean anything, but the uneasiness still lingered in his heart, and he was full of irritability and just wanted to shout out to vent.
Wu Qiao kept an eye on the search situation.
No news, no news, still no news.
On the one hand, he feels that waiting makes people despair, but on the other hand, he feels that no news may be good news.
It was not until the early morning of the next day that Darrell connected to Wu Qiao again.
"It's done," Darrell said.
"how?!"
"Sheng Chongguang..." Darrell hesitated to speak, "It was indeed captured by Xianglong Wing."
"..." Wu Qiao's gaze immediately became distracted, "How could it be..."
"According to your description, there should be a problem with his operation."
"..."
Wu Qiao remembered that when Sheng Chongguang was extremely nervous, he was indeed prone to frequent situations. For example, in the last round of graduation, he thought of hunting the lowest-level beast, but he accidentally kicked the A-level mangosteen beast. This time, maybe... another mistake, not going back along the shortest route
With the last glimmer of hope, Wu Qiao asked Darrell again, "The news... are you sure?"
"There is nothing more certain than this." Darrell sighed in a rare way, "Because... Shoulong Wing has already made an exchange."
"... What conditions?" Wu Qiao suddenly felt a little nervous.
"Release the five Xianglong Wing members we had captured in exchange for Sheng Chongguang."
"..." Wu Qiao asked with a dry throat, "Then... what is your decision?"
"Let me think."
"I think… "
"Don't try to influence my judgment with your personal emotions." Darrell interrupted Wu Qiao directly.
"..." Wu Qiao stopped talking.
Afterwards, Wu Qiao was restless.
He wondered about Darrell's decision.
Is it an exchange? Is it a raid? still…
Yet he dared not ask.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Qiao couldn't take it anymore, so he knocked on the major general's door.
"Oh," Darrell seemed to know what Wu Qiao wanted to ask, and before Wu Qiao could speak, he said, "I already have an idea about that."
"..."
"We refuse to exchange prisoners of war."
"..." I have thought about various situations before, but at this moment my mind is blank.
"Actually..." Darrell said, "After you got a lot of information, we made some targeted deployments, trained a few people according to their preferences, and finally... Finally, another person from the empire successfully joined the Dragon Wing. "
"..." The second one after me...
But what does this have to do with Sheng Chongguang
"He sent back a lot of information, including two base locations, which allowed us to achieve several bombings."
"..."
"Just now, he said..." Darrell tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
Wu Qiao held his breath, waiting for his next words.
"Just now, he said that Sheng Chongguang...rebelled."