"What the hell is that old thief Hodgkin talking about?" On the destroyer, Metierin cursed immediately after watching the video sent from Leto.
"A person who has never sincerely said 'Only for the Alliance, we will move forward courageously', a person who has never taken up arms to defend the stars behind him, what qualifications does he have to assert that the Alliance is rotten from the inside? So many people died and were injured, and he wiped them out with just one sentence?"
Mei Jielin's eyes became sharper: "Compared to the Alliance Admiral, he is more suitable to be a cunning liar with a mouth full of lies! Even the four-star admiral can't satisfy him. Is he eager to change the Alliance into an empire and enjoy the entire galaxy by himself? Oh, can't you just say what you think in your heart? You have to pull up a big banner to cover it up. Can you hide it?"
Weiin waited for Meijielin to finish scolding him and said, "Colonel Meijielin, be careful not to get yourself angry to death."
Mei Jie Lin took a deep breath in an exaggerated manner: "It's not worth it to get angry to death. I'm not angry, I-I'm-not-angry!"
Wei Yin shut up consciously, thinking, it would be more convincing if you didn't slap the destroyer's control panel so loudly.
Duchamp interrupted, his murderous intent was unconcealed: "If I were in Leto, would I listen to him? I would shoot him in the head!"
Mei Jielin laughed: "That's a good idea!"
That being said, they all knew that Hodgkin would definitely be tried in the Supreme Court of the Union, and every charge against him should be known to everyone present and future generations along with his name.
Long Xiyun spoke at this time: "General Nie sent a message that the rebels have disarmed."
Wei Yin was surprised: "They surrendered so soon? I thought they were going to fight back!"
Lu Fenghan said: "If it were interstellar pirates, they would definitely counterattack."
The most essential difference between space pirates and rebels is that space pirates are after money and profit, and they do things like killing and looting. If there is any benefit, they will swarm like vultures and bombard it, but in order to save their lives, they will run faster than anyone else.
This kind of person's counterattack before death is the most intense.
The rebels are different.
The lower-level rebels have been brainwashed since birth. Psychologically and spiritually, they believe in God and the wise men who represent God, and they are not afraid of death for this.
But when this belief collapsed in an instant, the entire army was destroyed.
After thinking it through, Wein pointed his chin at the planet the gun was pointing at: "Commander, how do we fight now?"
After the space fortress ring was shattered, all the expeditionary forces aimed their guns at the Divine Court, with the purpose of deterring and warning the rebels far away in Leto. In fact, the planetary defense system is still there, and in order to capture the wise man, they have to pass the last level.
Lu Fenghan did not answer, but asked Pojun first: "What are the results of the calculation?"
Pojun replied: "There is already a result."
At the same time, a suspended miniature planet appeared above all the starship control consoles, and the surface of the planet was divided into countless blocks of different colors.
"According to the general's order, I calculated the defense system of the entire planet and concluded that the planetary defense system in the red area is the weakest."
Mei Jie Lin twirled her hair and said, "Commander, you must have been the most annoying academic bully in the class. Everyone was posing, but you were secretly doing something else."
Lu Fenghan drove the humanoid mecha back and asked, "Have we entered the tea party mode now?"
Knowing that Lu Fenghan was disliking them for talking too much, the captains fell silent.
Following Lu Fenghan's order, some starships moved towards the marked red area, all thrusters were preheated, and then, high-sensitivity cannons and planetary missiles surged towards the planet ahead like huge waves!
The Divine Court's planetary defense system naturally cost a huge amount of money, but under the large-scale bombing of the well-equipped expeditionary force, they could only watch helplessly as the defense system was blown through.
Maybe it's because he's been in the expeditionary army for too long, but Po Jun has developed a stingy habit: "We've successfully destroyed the defense system, no need to waste ammunition."
Mei Jielin was the first to praise: "Po Jun is really good, he is diligent and thrifty!"
Po Jun: "Thank you Miss Mei Jielin for your compliment. I will continue to work hard."
At this time, Long Xiyun suddenly said: "A large number of starships have been detected launching into the atmosphere!"
Weiin: "Are only wise men living in the divine court? Does he want to escape?"
Metierin: "Could it be that those launched into the air are all airships or something, used to confuse our sight, and then the wise men sneak out of the encirclement while we are not paying attention?"
Lu Fenghan gave a brief order: "Stop them, don't let any of them escape."
Mei Jie Lin raised her eyelids and saluted Lu Fenghan with a smile: "Yes! My favorite thing to do is to shoot birds!"
Duchamp was also eager to try: "Isn't it just the hit rate? I will show you what it means to hit the target every time!"
As expected, when the salvage ship used its metal arm to pull over an enemy ship whose power system had been pierced and opened the hatch, it was empty.
Weiin sighed: "The rebels are really well-off!"
Just as the expeditionary ships were using the enemy ships as targets to practice their hit rates, Qi Yan, sitting in the cockpit of the humanoid mecha, suddenly ordered Po Jun: "Rewind the image of the monitor by 5.73 seconds."
He had already handed the driving rights back to Lu Fenghan, holding a packet of nutritional supplements in his hand, and spoke weakly.
The picture stops at the requested timeline point.
Qi Yan looked at it carefully and said, "General, this is a little strange." He said in more detail, "The destroyer sequence of each fleet will be marked with numbers on the starboard side of the starship. This destroyer numbered l173 was blown up in the battle with the Third Legion."
Lu Fenghan immediately understood what Qi Yan meant—a certain number of rebels used disguised starships to silently blend into the expeditionary force's array.
Those airships released from the Divine Court were indeed intended to deceive the public.
In the communication channel, Lu Fenghan immediately issued an order: "Everyone, be alert, check the communication situation. Pojun, monitor the signal."
Within a few seconds, green dots of light gradually lit up on the shadows of the fleet suspended in the air, indicating smooth communications.
Soon, nearly a hundred starships marked with red labels replaced the image of the fleet.
Po Jun reported: "These starships were excluded from our military communication system. When you ordered everyone to check whether the communication was smooth, they did not produce the same signal fluctuations."
His nerves were pulled, and Lu Fenghan ordered sternly: "Release the information immediately!"
Go forward a few dozen seconds.
On the destroyer, after Chagall finished testing the communication situation, he turned his head and spoke to Calvin: "Senior, have you ever been to Leto before?"
Calvin chuckled: "Why, do you want to invite your senior to drink together?"
Chagall was a little embarrassed when his purpose was exposed: "Not really... I remembered that there is a restaurant next to the First Military Academy. I heard that the homemade wine sold in that restaurant is very good. If you come to Leto in the future, I will take you to try it."
Calvin's smile deepened. He felt that this kid was quite self-aware and it was worth it that he had shared all his practical experience with him.
But he didn't agree immediately: "Let's talk about it after the war. However, since it's good wine, I'll remember it first."
Just as Chagall was about to say "OK", he suddenly glanced to the side and asked curiously, "Senior, do you think there's something wrong with that destroyer? Is the power system broken or is there something wrong with the control system? The bow is tilted and motionless."
Following Chagall's line of sight, Calvin frowned, "A new recruit who has not been to the battlefield twice and is in a mess?" As he said that, he wanted to send a communication request to ask what was going on.
At this moment, without any warning, the destroyer suddenly moved, and its speed reached its maximum, attacking as fast as a falcon!
Having completely unexpectedly been attacked from his own side, Chagall was so shocked that he only had time to dodge instinctively, and the two people in the cockpit were tilted to one side by the force.
Chagall's arm hit something and he gasped in pain while reporting the situation: "Report! The nearby destroyer numbered L173 is suspected to be out of control or has been controlled by the enemy. The level of aggressiveness is extremely high—"
Flames exploded and words stopped on his lips. Chagall watched helplessly as a starship exploded not far away. The one who did it was the destroyer numbered L173.
From the time the accident happened to the time the strange starship attacked them again with burning flames, it was just a blink of an eye.
Calvin's sweat froze into ice. Relying on his wartime experience, he quickly determined the forward jump trajectory and prepared to perform a maneuver jump. However, it was too late—
In the hundredth of a second when the burning starship reached full speed and approached, Calvin's arm muscles bulged and tightened, and he fiercely turned the entire destroyer horizontally. At the same time, by changing the angle, he ejected the escape pod towards the nearest salvage ship!
In the chaos, as the escape pod flew away, the two destroyers collided, erupting in a huge flame.
The escape pod was pushed further away by the thrust caused by the explosion. Chagall coughed bitterly because of the squeezing feeling in his chest. He clung to the inner wall of the escape pod tightly, his knuckles turning blue. He stared at the fire, his mind blank.
Mei Jie Lin's ears buzzed, and her eyes were filled with anger: "Fuck his ancestors! How dare you play dirty tricks!"
Long Xiyun: "The enemy is trying to create chaos inside to cover the wise man's departure!"
Mei Jielin stopped talking, her lips were tight and her eyes seemed to be burning with dark flames. She drove the destroyer into the vast expanse of artillery fire and wreckage. According to the message sent by Lu Fenghan, she slashed down the disguised enemy ships that passed by one by one like a knife!
At this moment, she was like an enraged lion, rushing through the dark jungle, constantly searching for her target.
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Suddenly, three destroyers crashed into Metierin's eyes.
From the appearance and shape, the three destroyers were no different. However, when the exploding shrapnel wrapped in flames passed by, the two destroyers on the left and right were faintly protecting the one in the middle, and were heading towards the edge of the battle circle intentionally or unintentionally.
Mei Jielin loosened her grip on the joystick, moved her five fingers, and then tightened it again.
There is a rage raging in my heart that needs to be vented.
At this moment, the other party was as sharp as a snake and obviously discovered her first!
After sending out a "request for nearby support" signal, Mei Jielin avoided the successive attacks of high-sensitivity cannons and laser cannons, and counterattacked neatly while noticing that the starship she was targeting was rapidly evacuating. She took the time to check the radar, but there was nothing on it.
The other party was well prepared, and I don’t know what kind of efficient cloaking device they brought.
In this case, positioning is impossible, and long-range attacks by the main ship are impossible, so it can only win by close combat.
The people on the two starships opposite should be the elite members of the Divine Court. In just a few breaths, Mejielin and the other side fired more than a dozen shots at each other. Both sides dodged without revealing a single flaw. It was extremely difficult to deal with and it made people feel annoyed.
With a "beep" sound, three nearby destroyers coming to support arrived first. Metierin shouted in a hoarse voice into the communication channel, "Hold those two starships," then he pulled the joystick hard and rushed out like an arrow!
It is basically certain that the destroyer not only has a stealth device, but has also undergone high-precision modifications, and its speed is more than twice as fast as the most advanced destroyer in the alliance.
In order to shorten the distance, Meijielin made seven consecutive maneuver jumps. The too frequent jumps caused her to feel nauseous and dizzy, but she forced herself to suppress the discomfort.
She thought, it didn't matter if they chased the wrong person, she could just help them eliminate a suspect. If she was lucky, the starship really carried a wise man, then she would make a fortune.
They were separated by some distance again.
Mei Jielin took a look and saw that after continuous maneuvering jumps, the energy supply was almost exhausted, and the nearest supply ship was unknown how many stars away.
We can't keep chasing this anymore.
Mei Jielin didn't hesitate. She clenched her fist and smashed the square transparent cover on the upper right corner of the console.
Then, a cold electronic voice sounded: "Are you sure you want to activate 'Extreme Boost'?"
Death is nothing uncommon, as many soldiers end up like this on the front lines.
Mei Jie Lin replied: "Yes."
The electronic voice replied: "Okay, 'Extreme Boost' will be activated in ten seconds, please pay attention."
Countdown ten seconds.
The noise from the destroyer's operation suddenly increased to a noisy level, the temperature in the cockpit rose, and the power, power system load and other displays all turned deep red.
Five seconds left.
Mei Jielin unbuttoned her military jacket with one hand and licked her dry lips, neither anxious nor afraid.
The countdown is over.
The entire destroyer was shot forward as if by an invisible bowstring, and it flew past, leaving only a dark shadow in the dark space. In a flash, the distance between the two starships shortened, and Metierin could already see the other ship's stern.
The alarms in the cabin sounded one after another, almost like a chorus. An unknown voice was heard on the communication channel. Mei Jielin stared at her prey intently and breathed lightly.
When the destroyer was close to the port side of the enemy ship, Mei Jielin suddenly curled her lips, pressed the joystick down hard, and crashed into it at an extremely high speed!
At this moment, every second seemed to be cut into countless pieces. She could feel the violent shaking in the cockpit, the suffocation in her chest, the flashing dazzling red light, the air around her that could burn people, and she could see that after the collision, the enemy ship's protection system was torn apart inch by inch, revealing the mottled armor layer...
With such a high speed and such a strong collision, once it explodes, there will definitely be nothing left.
Perhaps, she will die here.
As this thought came to my mind, I didn't loosen my grip on the joystick at all.
The silent explosion stirred up a huge vortex of energy, which seemed to resonate with the heroic spirits sleeping there.
Under the flames rising into the sky, a destroyer arrived and thrust its metal arm into the sea of fire without hesitation...
"We have found the genetic samples of both wise men... It is definitely the wise man himself!"
“… I’ve told Leto! Finally, I can say ‘Leto’ like before, instead of the awkward name ‘Odin’!”
Mei Jie Lin had severe tinnitus and could vaguely hear the conversation. She wondered whether she was dead or not. It seemed that the chance of her not being dead was greater?
But when did she become strong enough to withstand an explosion of that level?
"… The rebels had a lot of hidden treasures. Even with such a powerful bombing, the entire cockpit is still intact, not a single bit damaged!"
Not broken?
Her whole body ached, and her eyelids felt like they were covered with eighty layers of adhesive. But because of this news, Mei Jielin opened her eyes abruptly, her voice hoarse as if it had been rubbed by sandpaper: "Nothing... broken?"
The conversations around suddenly stopped.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Mei Jielin.
Weiyin was standing closest. He blinked slowly, looking at the person clinging to the edge of the treatment cabin like a water ghost, and answered stumblingly, "It's not damaged, but the person inside was knocked unconscious. He didn't run away. It's confirmed to be the wise man."
He lowered his voice and looked at the warrior like a warrior: "Colonel Mei Jielin, you are bleeding all over now. Although you were barely rescued by Po Jun, the scattered frame is not far away. How about you... lie down first?"
In the end, Meijielin only lay in the treatment cabin for more than half an hour, and the bleeding stopped and she was barely able to look like a human being.
Her princess-cut hair was curled by fire, leaving only a few strands of moderate length hanging at the corners of her temples. The style was not very good, but no one laughed at her.
Without asking for help, Meijielin took the military jacket handed to her by Qi Yan, put it on her shoulders, stood up straight, and her expression was as solemn as the people around her.
The muzzles of the guns were retracted, and the starships floated in the space, with the shield and sword emblems shining brightly.
Tulane College shooting/murder victims.
The martyr of Fontaine I.
An unknown person who is not afraid of death.
Those who use their own strength to protect the stars behind them...
The sea of stars gathered, using billions of stars as candles to pay tribute to the victims of the alliance.