Tales of Soldier

Chapter 6

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Tang Long jumped around and returned to the door of the instructor's lounge, turned his head and spit again, but this time the closed door was opened, and there was a robot instructor standing at the door. And the saliva that flew out of his mouth stuck to the instructor's military pants very accurately.

Tang Long, who kept the rabbit jumping, was taken aback, but he was clever and quickly wiped off the saliva with his hand, and said with a flattering smile: "Sir, your place is dirty, and this subordinate will help you pat it."

Of course the instructor knew what Tang Long was doing just now, and also why Tang Long was suddenly so humble and respectful. Seeing Tang Long's appearance, the instructor's smart computer couldn't help but burst out the words "laughing and crying". It was impossible to see any expression on the instructor's skull face, so Tang Long looked at the instructor very worriedly. He knew that he could not fool these instructors at all, and it seemed that he would definitely accept severe punishment later.

When Tang Long kept squatting and was furiously stared at by the instructor's green eyes, the instructor said: "Tang Long, you have to have the temperament of a commander, how can you be so stubborn?" Although the tone was still cold , but one can feel a sense of concern from it.

Hearing this, Tang Long opened his mouth and was speechless. In his impression, he had never heard such concerned words from an instructor. "Isn't this guy short-circuited in the wiring? He actually said such words." Of course, these words were muttered by Tang Long in his heart, and he couldn't say them out loud.

Tang Long stared blankly at the machine instructor walking past him, and then continued to stare blankly at the other instructors coming out. After those instructors came to the center of the hall and lined up in a neat row, a cold snort came from them: "Private Tang Long enters the ranks!"

Reflexively, Tang Long quickly jumped up and shouted: "Yes!" Then he quickly ran to the instructors, turned around at attention, and raised his hands to salute, "Hello, sir!"

The instructors also snapped to attention and returned the salute, and the instructor in the middle said, "Relax!" As soon as the words came out, the six of them put down their hands together, opened their legs, and put their hands behind their backs.

"Tang Long." Seeing that Tang Long was used to standing at attention when the chief uttered the first sentence, the chief instructor seemed to be satisfied and nodded his head and signaled Tang Long to rest.

"Tang Long, the last training will be carried out, which is the training of survival crisis." After hearing what the instructor said, Tang Long began to guess what the instructor would come up with to train himself. The sense of relief that it's over. But after hearing what the instructor said next, Tang Long's scalp felt a little numb.

"This training is not at the base, and it is not a virtual training. If you die in training, then you are really dead. You are an infantryman, and your wish is to be a marshal. The ideal is very good , but what are the most basic conditions for becoming a Marshal?"

Without even thinking about it, Tang Long stood at attention and said loudly: "Reporting to the commander is a merit! Only a proud achievement can be a marshal!"

"Wrong!" The leader instructor said coldly: "Only by saving your own life can you have a chance to become a marshal. Even if your achievements surpass the entire universe, without your own life, you will have nothing! Your previous efforts will be worthless in your life." It all goes away when you lose your life!"

Hearing this, Tang Long couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and began to mutter in his heart: "Could it be that the instructor is going to teach me how to be a deserter?!"

The instructor may have noticed Tang Long's psychological changes, and snorted coldly: "It is impossible for a deserter to become a marshal. Moreover, in modern warfare, it is impossible for a single individual to become a deserter."

Tang Long knew what the instructor meant. Modern warfare is a battle between battleships. Soldiers staying on a battleship cannot escape even if they want to. At least the captain must be willing to escape before they can escape together. And if the captain is an idiot who doesn't know how to advance or retreat, then the soldiers staying on the ship can only ask the gods for blessings. Think about it too, how can a soldier escape in space? If you want to take a lifeboat, it depends on whether the management is willing to let you go up. And it is very likely that he was smashed to pieces by the enemy the moment he entered the battlefield, so don't even think about escaping, maybe he hasn't even thought of escaping.

Seeing Tang Long's puzzled eyes, the instructor continued to say coldly: "This training is about how to preserve yourself in a complicated environment and at the same time effectively kill the enemy. I repeat, this training Not in the base, and if you are a little careless, you will die immediately!"

Tang Long opened his mouth in surprise. The previous training was all virtual, and even with live ammunition training, the instructor did not attack his vitals, and he could get medical treatment immediately if he was injured. Now, according to the instructor, this training is a nine out of ten death for me. Tang Long hadn't been in vain for the past few months. After being shocked, he returned to normal, and he immediately thought of the question of where to train if he wasn't training in this base.

When the robot instructor heard Tang Long's question, he didn't say anything, waved his hand, and led the robot towards a corner. Tang Long was stunned, not knowing what the instructor was going to do, but the robot looked back at him, which meant to tell him to follow. So I had no choice but to follow them to the corner and stare blankly at the white wall.

After they stood still, under Tang Long's surprised eyes, the white wall suddenly split open a door. Moreover, the floor, which was impossible to move originally, moved, sending them all in. The split wall closed back immediately after they entered.

Tang Long looked around, but apart from the instructor's green eyes, he couldn't see anything at all, it was completely dark. "Fortunately, I'm not afraid of the dark anymore. Otherwise, wouldn't I be scared to death when I came to such a place?" Tang Long curled his lips and thought, "It's really strange. Why does this base have so many strange places? Ordinarily, I have already touched the walls of this base. Why didn't I find this place after dozens of times? And the floor keeps moving, where exactly are we going..." Tang Long was taken aback by the scene before him before he finished thinking.

A gleam of light appeared in the darkness, and as the distance got closer, it could be found that it was a door. At this moment, the floor stopped moving, the door opened automatically, and a ray of light shot out from inside. After adapting to the light, Tang Long found that the instructors had walked in, so of course he hurriedly followed.

Going in and taking a look, Tang Long was shocked again, because there was actually a small port inside! This port is not the port I saw when I came here, because it is a military port! Tang Long's gaze was attracted by a warship placed in the port. Although the warship was small and a bit old, it seemed that it had a maximum crew of more than 5,000 people. But there were actually hundreds of bomb bays in the fighter plane, thousands of missile launch bays, and a large number of main guns and auxiliary guns, which made Tang Long speechless in surprise. Because of its thin stature, it was only a D-rank battleship in war games, but it actually had the bomb bay of an aircraft carrier, and it also had the firepower of a G-rank battleship. What kind of battleship is this!

When Tang Long followed the instructor blankly to the battleship, the landing port of the battleship opened, and with the sound of clicking, a dozen soldiers walked down. Tang Long couldn't help rubbing the faces of these soldiers. Eyes, because he found that these soldiers were all robots in military uniforms!

"Pa" they saluted uniformly, and Tang Long quickly followed the instructor to return the salute. At this time, the leader instructor said to Tang Long: "Tang Long, you will join this battleship as a private. From now on, you will follow these officers for the final training." After speaking, he left with the four instructors beside him.

Tang Long no longer cared about the instructor's departure, because he was staring at the shoulders of the dozens of robot soldiers. The highest one is a lieutenant, and the lowest one is a second lieutenant, but their military uniforms are not from any country, they are pure black. Thinking of joining them as a private soldier, it meant that his previous leadership position in the game would no longer be restored.

At this time, the two robot soldiers came to Tang Long's side, and before Tang Long could react, they set up Tang Long and walked towards the battleship. Tang Long was so frightened that he struggled desperately, and shouted: "No! What are you going to do? Let me go!"

It's a pity that those robot soldiers seem to have no speech function, completely ignoring Tang Long, and followed Tang Long into the battleship one by one. After the struggling Tang Long entered the battleship, he forgot to struggle, because all the soldiers inside were robots. At this time, the landing port was closed, and the robot holding Tang Long immediately released him, and left with the officers' robots.

At this time, the remaining second lieutenant robot waved to Tang Long and walked towards the interior of the battleship. Tang Long realized that he couldn't leave, so he had to follow the robot anxiously. No matter how much Tang Long flattered him on the road, the robot walked silently. It wasn't until he came to a door that he stopped and waved at Tang Long.

When Tang Long ran forward, the door was opened, and a robot soldier of the same type stood at the door. The second lieutenant robot did not speak, but the robot with the rank of non-commissioned officer saluted, turned around and walked in. Curiously, Tang Long wanted to go to see what was inside the door, but the non-commissioned officer robot had already stood at the door again, and stuffed a bunch of things into Tang Long. Then go back and close the door.

Tang Long took it reflexively, and before he could take a closer look at what was in his arms, the second lieutenant robot waved his hand and continued to move forward. Tang Long had no choice but to check the things in his arms while walking, and found a black space battle suit and a space warrior's safety helmet. "Woo, don't you want me to be a soldier? And I'm a soldier in combat. What exactly is this training for?" Tang Long muttered with a mournful face.

Following the silent second lieutenant, Tang Long came to a hall where dozens of robot soldiers stood. The second lieutenant saluted the warrant officer at one of them, returned the salute, pointed at Tang Long, then saluted again and left.

Seeing that the second lieutenant didn't wave to him, Tang Long could only stand there with his clothes in his arms, looking at the robot in front of him. All of these robots are fully armed, except that they are not wearing space suits, and they are covered with weapons such as laser guns, laser knives, and explosive grenades.

At this time, the warrant officer dragged a one-meter-long, half-meter-high and wide box to Tang Long, pointed at the box, turned and left. Tang Long knew that these robots were unwilling to talk, and it would be useless to say it himself, so he sighed and opened the box with the number 23 painted on it.

Seeing that there was a full set of light weapons inside, Tang Long knew that this box was his arsenal. At this time, the horn on the wall sounded: "Let's set sail, and we will enter the combat area in 60 minutes. Please prepare, all generals."

"Isn't it? I just came here, and I'm going to fight in an hour!" Tang Long cried out in shock, but after seeing the robots hearing the broadcast, they all started to check their weapons. He couldn't help but hastily put on his combat uniform and helmet, and hurriedly began to equip his weapons. Of course, Tang Long made selections based on the equipment on the robot.

Holding a laser burst gun, Tang Long walked up and down the hall a little uneasy. His training has always been virtual, so although the scene is intense, he knows in his heart that he is not in danger. But now it was obvious that he was about to enter a real battle, and he really felt the danger of facing a real war now.

Especially the comrades beside him were all cold metal robots, Tang Long was even more worried, because these robots didn't give him the feeling of facing the instructor. It felt as if he was the only living person in this team, and these comrades who had to follow him through life and death were all lifeless machines!

Just when Tang Long couldn't bear the silence and wanted to yell loudly, the voice of the control tower came from the earplugs of the helmet: "Enter the battle zone, find the enemy, and the battle begins!" Just as he finished speaking, Tang Long only heard countless voices. There was a loud noise, and then the battleship shook uncontrollably. Hearing the sound, Tang Long knew that the battleship had fired.

Soon, with a loud noise, the battleship shook, knocking Tang Long to the ground. When Tang Long got up in a panic, a red alarm sounded, and the horn also sounded: "The left wing D area is damaged, repair it immediately. The fighter planes are dispatched, and the landing troops are ready!" order.

Tang Long stared blankly at his teammates who did not fall, and ran towards a hatch very quickly. Seeing that Tang Long was still standing there, the warrant officer came forward with green eyes, kicked Tang Long in the stomach first, then lifted him and threw him to the door of the hatch. Now Tang Long didn't care about the pain, he saw that the warrant officer had pointed his gun at him, and he was so frightened that he ran into the cabin door.

Although he was cursing in his heart, he had no time to think about it. The command skills he had learned before would not be useful at this time, and he didn't need to worry about it. He realized that he was only a private, a soldier who would be shot immediately if he retreated from a battle. In the past, the scene of commanding millions of troops in the game was impossible, and his high status would no longer be restored. I am just a private in the real world!

At this moment, the aloof feeling that Tang Long had in the virtual world before completely disappeared.

Tang Long peeked at the warrant officer standing behind him in fear, and when he didn't know what to do, the warrant officer passed him and walked forward. Seeing him walking away, Tang Long felt a little relieved. At this moment, he realized that he and these people were standing in a row in a corridor, and the cabin door behind him had been closed, so what did they want to stay here? When he was thinking wildly, a door appeared in front of him, and the people in front walked in one by one. When Tang Long passed by the warrant officer, he lowered his head guiltyly and dared not look.

After entering, Tang Long immediately discovered that this was a cabin, which might be the landing ship of his team. Seeing that his teammates had found a seat to sit down, he quickly sat down and pulled down the frame that stabilized his body. Tang Long has learned to behave well now, since he is on this thief ship, he should adapt as soon as possible. Otherwise, the warrant officer who kept staring at him must have kicked him again when he saw that he was not pleasing to the eye.

At this time, the voice came from the loudspeaker: "Landing troops attack!" Hearing this voice, Tang Long only felt his body tremble, his ears roared, and then his body seemed to lighten. If there was no protective frame to fix him, he would definitely float . It appears that the landing craft broke away from the battleship.

The cabin of the landing ship was sealed. Tang Long could only feel the loud noises outside. He couldn't see what the battlefield was like, and he didn't know who the enemies of these robots were. Suddenly the landing ship shook violently several times, and the warning lights in the cabin kept flashing. From the huge shock just now, Tang Long felt that the landing ship was hit. The fear in my heart soared uncontrollably, "I don't want it! God, all the gods of the universe, bless me, this poor private soldier, from dying so young. Huh, I haven't dated a girl yet, I don't want to This is dead!"

When Tang Long was praying to heaven and earth, the spaceship suddenly suffered a greater shock. Just when Tang Long thought it was hanging up like this, the protective frame that fixed him rose automatically, and then the hatch was opened, and the robot soldiers held guns It rushed down like a tide. Tang Long, who was hesitating, was stared at by the warrant officer, jumped up quickly, and ran out of the landing ship.

Immediately after landing, Tang Long was stunned by the scenery in front of him. There was a desolate yellow wasteland in front of him. Looking at the storm with yellow sand flying all over the sky, Tang Long knew that the place he was in was an uninhabited star, because there were no people living in it. Such a scene may appear. On both sides and behind him, there are countless landing ships parked, and of course there are sparks, the wreckage of the landing ships.

Countless machine soldiers wearing the same black military uniform as himself, densely covered the ground. Moreover, countless explosion sparks can be seen in the sky, and it can be known that a fierce battle is going on in space.

Seeing these Tang Long was surprised, which means that there are at least thousands of warships in space. Because there are not so many warships, it is impossible to send so many landing ships and soldiers. Tang Long followed tens of thousands of robot soldiers and ran forward with the giant tank.

"When did such a huge army of robots emerge in the universe? Who is the enemy they are facing?" This idea just came up, and countless laser beams came, accompanied by countless surface-to-surface missiles.

The robots on his side collapsed all at once, and dozens of tanks were destroyed. Tang Long quickly clenched the laser gun and cursed: "Damn it! Why are you thinking so much? It's important to save your life now!"

The low-altitude fighter planes of the two sides had already engaged in battle overhead, and Tang Long followed the troops forward for tens of kilometers. I didn't see the shadow of the enemy at all, all I saw were the tanks destroyed by the friendly forces in front, and countless metal pieces scattered on the ground. It seems that this side is winning steadily.

"Grandma, what kind of war is this? Is there such a tragic ground battle in modern warfare? Who is the enemy? They can survive on such a planet and resist so many machine soldiers!" Tang Long ran cursing. After being influenced by the atmosphere of this war, he is no longer afraid that this is a real war. And the old habit of playing the game surged back, and now he longed to be able to shoot at the enemy.

At this time, the siren sounded: "Encounter an enemy!" from the helmet, and Tang Long hurriedly opened his eyes to look around. Seeing the enemy that appeared, Tang Long couldn't help but widen his eyes and forgot to blink. Because the enemy who appeared in front of him was actually a robot, just a robot in a red military uniform!

Before Tang Long could react, someone pushed his body violently, and then there was a loud noise, shaking Tang Long completely. Tang Long was about to scold the person who pushed him, but he swallowed those words as soon as they reached his throat. Because the person who pushed him was the warrant officer, and the place where he was standing just now was blown into a big hole. Seeing the black smoke in the pit, Tang Long shuddered. If he hadn't been pushed away, he would have turned into powder.

Tang Long's feeling towards the warrant officer suddenly changed. It turns out that these robots also have programs to protect their comrades. Seeing that most of the warrant officer's body was covered by mud, Tang Long hurriedly pulled him out. When he pulled it out, Tang Long couldn't help but slumped on the ground, because the warrant officer had only his upper body left.

At this time, a synthetic voice that had never been heard sounded in the helmet: "Bastard! What are you pulling me for? Shoot! Shoot!"

Tang Long was stunned. At this moment, a robot of his own side came forward and aimed a gun at the warrant officer's skull. When he pulled the trigger, the entire metal skull was instantly shattered. Tang Long immediately aimed his gun at the soldier and cursed angrily, "What are you doing!"

The robot soldier moved his mouth, and a cold metallic voice came from Tang Long's ears: "We are captured by the enemy, and we will become their people." The robot soldier just finished speaking, and pushed Tang Long violently. Open, a grenade fell down. With a bang, the robot soldier turned into a pile of scrap iron.

Tang Long stared blankly at the robot arm that fell in front of him, but soon he gritted his teeth, got up, raised his gun and rushed forward.

The energy magazine has been used up, and the grenade is gone long ago. Tang Long could only slash desperately with the laser knife. Although the robot in the red military uniform is made of metal, it still cannot resist the laser laser knife. It's a pity that when the energy of the laser knife was also used up, several red robots had already pointed their guns at Tang Long who had no weapons.

"So this is the battlefield..." Tang Long held his bloody arm, thinking blankly. Although this battlefield is a battle between robots and robots, it gives me a tragic feeling. And unlike the war games I was addicted to before, death here is certain. Tang Long sighed, looking at his eyes, he knew that he was going to die here. I couldn't help laughing at myself in my heart: "I still want to be a marshal, but I didn't expect that I couldn't get through the last training."

Just as the red robots were about to pull the trigger, a loud voice sounded in the air: "The battle is over! Black wins!" The red robots released their guns, turned and left.

Tang Long stared blankly at the robots on the battlefield, and walked back to his position with a click. At this time, they will not attack even if they see robots of different colors. "What's going on?" Tang Long just yelled, and an order came from his helmet: "The battle is over, the landing troops will return to the ship within 30 minutes."

Tang Long reluctantly walked towards the nearest landing ship by relying on the instructions of his helmet. When he got on the landing ship, he found that there were seats for 50 people, but now there were only more than 10 robots with severed arms and legs. The wires were constantly flashing sparks, which looked particularly eerie in the dimly lit cabin.

Tang Long saw these robots sitting quietly, ignoring the wounds at all, and could only bear his own pain. Fortunately, he got the abnormal training from the machine instructor, otherwise he would definitely not be able to enjoy this kind of pain now. Fortunately, the two robots gave him a push. If it wasn't for him, he would have been turned into dust.

"Why do robots save themselves? If they have a program to protect their companions, why don't they save other robots?" Tang Long thought of the soldier who destroyed the immobile warrant officer without hesitation, knowing that the robot would not care about him Companion, "But why am I an exception? And how do you understand the sentence of becoming their own? Will it modify the program for the captives to become their own?"

When Tang Long was thinking about these robots and what was going on with the battle, a voice came from inside the cabin: "It's time, take off now!" Hearing this voice, Tang Long couldn't help but look at the hatch that was about to close, and suddenly found that A robot grabs the door and tries to climb into the spaceship that's already taken off.

Tang Long hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute, there is another one!" While shouting, he was about to pull the robot, but unfortunately the hatch closed without stopping, and a piece of the robot arm that was emitting sparks fell under Tang Long's feet.

Tang Long stared blankly at the metal arm, and then stared blankly at the unresponsive robot soldiers. After a long time, Tang Long sighed and sat on the ground in a daze without saying a word.

Back on his battleship that had become even more dilapidated, Tang Long found that there were only a few robots left in his team. They all remained silent, quietly using tools to repair themselves. Tang Long, who couldn't find medical tools, could only tear off his 23rd regiment's training uniform, and casually tied up the wound. At this moment, he quietly looked at the naked robots, and suddenly he found that the structures of these robots were not as delicate as the robot instructors, and the circuits were not so complicated. Compared with machine instructors, they are like crude products.

At this time, the door of the hall was opened, and the second lieutenant who brought Tang Long here walked in with a small box. Tang Long was stunned because he found a mark on the box representing a first aid kit. "The robots here don't use this, so it's for me?" Tang Long's idea was confirmed, and the second lieutenant handed the box to Tang Long.

Tang Long hurriedly saluted and took it over. Seeing that the second lieutenant was about to leave immediately, he hurriedly shouted: "Sir! What kind of battle is this? Why doesn't the landing ship wait for the soldiers who arrive late?" The hatch of the landing ship cut off the robot. The scene of holding hands was deeply in Tang Long's mind.

The second lieutenant stopped in his tracks. Although he didn't look back, Tang Long heard his voice for the first time. It was a synthetic voice without any emotion: "If you want to know, come to the command room after bandaging the wound."

Hearing this, Tang Long immediately opened the box and began to treat his wound. After finishing the treatment, he found that the second lieutenant hadn't left, and still quietly turned his back to him. Tang Long saluted his back: "Sir! I've bandaged the wound!" The second lieutenant started to walk outside without saying anything. Of course Tang Long followed up cleverly.

Come to the bridge command room, where dozens of robots are busy on the console. But Tang Long's attention was not attracted by them, all his mind was attracted by the scene on the large screen. Looking at the yellow land with black smoke and seeing the metal blocks all over the field, Tang Long knew that it was the place where he almost died.

At this time, there was no fighting on this land. Dozens of giant spaceships with a large lump at the bottom were flying at ultra-low altitude. Seeing those metal blocks being sucked onto the round block, Tang Long knew that those spaceships were collecting metal blocks. The camera moved along with a spaceship, and the close-up image allowed Tang Long to see a struggling robot with a shaking chassis.

"Send them for repair?" Tang Long asked in a low voice. But the second lieutenant didn't answer, just watched the screen quietly, following the camera, the spaceship came to a huge, man-made place like a furnace. The spaceship hovered in the air, just as Tang Long guessed, those metal pieces fell into the fiery red molten slurry, and only a burst of sparks splashed before returning to calm.

Tang Long stared blankly, with an inexplicable feeling in his heart, he put his legs together, and gave a standard military salute to the screen. It took him a while to suddenly realize that in the command room, including the second lieutenant beside him, there were already several robots standing up and saluting. But except for these few robots, the other robots were busy with their own affairs and did not respond to the scene in front of them.

Hearing Tang Long's "pop" salute, the saluting robots all turned their heads to look at Tang Long. The second lieutenant put down his hands and asked coldly, "Why do you salute? They are just a pile of scrap metal."

Tang Long looked at the screen quietly, and said in a deep voice: "No matter what they are, I only know that they have fought with me and protected my comrades. I don't think there is any reason to salute my comrades."

Hearing Tang Long's words, the green lights in the eyes of all the robots who stood up and saluted suddenly lit up. However, the light quickly returned to calm, and each of them sat down to deal with their own affairs.

The second lieutenant didn't look at Tang Long any more, turned his head to the screen and said coldly: "Look at this communication, you will know what this war is about." With a wave of his hand, two images appeared on the screen. Tang Long immediately widened his eyes in surprise, because there were two people, two young men with the rank of Major General on their shoulders.