Not everyone was in the mood to respond to Xiong Linquan's bold statement. Xi Peng and Cong Shimo, as well as the sons of several big family members, have been sitting in the shadow of the corner, avoiding the unfamiliar moon above their heads, watching this in silence. Everything, occasionally looking down.
Xi Peng's face was a little haggard and pale. Today, he was almost killed by the imperial people in the meadow. It was only thanks to Xu Le that he was slapped to the ground, and he was lucky enough to save his life. At this time, thinking about the dangerous scene at that time, his body was still cold. .
He wiped the dry mud from his face with his fingers, lowered his head and spit, and said, "Give me a cigarette."
Slightly taken aback from the symbol, he turned around and entered the room, took out a few boxes of cigarettes wrapped in pure white paper, tore them open, and handed one to Xi Peng.
The smoke lingered in the night, and several red light spots were on and off, and there was no sound except for the uncomfortable cough that sounded from time to time.
Whether they were born with golden spoons in their mouths, silver coins in their hands, or dirt, as long as they entered the frontline and saw the life and death that really happened around them, young warriors would start smoking, even if they were a firm quit smoking movement. supporter.
This is a cigarette specially provided by the logistics department of the Ministry of Defense. The white cigarette case and the cigarette do not have any signs. The spiciness of the special cigarettes is mellow and not bad, but Xi Peng and the other sons would never smoke this level of things before, but today, for some unknown reason, they coughed and inhaled, but they felt this kind of spicy The knife tastes really good.
Xi Peng held the cigarette butt for a second cigarette, and it was only after the smoke in his lungs that it hurt a little, he got rid of the fear of the day. He frowned slightly, looking at the distant room that blocked the lights but smelled of strong tobacco, thought of the slap he received on the meadow, and thought of Lieutenant Colonel Xu, who was about his age...
No matter what this guy thinks, he at least did what he promised before going out, and he was the last to leave.
Five days later, the night before the second mission of the seventh combat team was still as silent and peaceful as the previous nights, just like the quiet night in the mountain village, the sound of the running water of the distant stream was faintly heard, but it was a pity that the surrounding of the base could not be seen. to the golden wild rice fields.
On the training ground in front of the barracks, dozens of soldiers are trying to learn to operate some special precision tools and firearms. According to the arrangement in the manual, they were divided into several groups. Some groups held heavy manual air pressure valves and worked hard to excavate the ground. Some groups were to assemble various electronic parts according to the regulations in the shortest time. , and then handed it into those small holes about three meters deep. Some teams are responsible for band monitoring and signal mixing and annihilation, while others are responsible for the final ground camouflage.
A middle-aged man with curly hair stood in front of the barracks and issued specific orders and operation correction instructions to each group through the infantry communication system in his hand.
This is one of the most important tasks of the federal military on the three fallen stars. Under the eyes of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, it will quietly rebuild the electronic monitoring network, so that the brilliance of the charter can cover as many ground areas as possible as soon as possible.
There was a slight tremor on the ground from time to time, and there were low-pitched and concise verbal calls. Although the cooperation between the several groups was still a little unfamiliar, the speed was obviously getting faster and faster.
To sneak into the no-man's-land between the Federation and the Empire for the installation of electronic surveillance networks, stealth and speed are most needed.
"Probably what happened on the meadow that day stimulated these young masters and knew what they had to do to survive." Bai Yulan stood beside Xu Le and said softly, "From the next day, they began to I consciously practiced more, of course... These boys are most concerned about firearms, and the big bear is now a popular man in the military camp."
Xu Le smiled and glanced down at the technical manual directory in his hand.
In the past five days, he has been busy communicating with colleagues in the Nutshell Engineering Department far away in the capital star circle about the use of micro-turbines for mechas, and he needs to master the extremely complicated technical regulations of the Charter Bureau. Indeed, he did not notice the seven groups. There has been some change in the attitude of the recruits.
After collecting the list of technical manuals, he glanced at the middle-aged official before the team members - this person is a special technical officer of the Charter Bureau, who is responsible for guiding the installation and commissioning of the Charter network throughout the process. To complete their mission, the seven teams must ensure that this person The last time she retreated from the meadow, Magnolia did not hesitate to arrange for this Charter Bureau official to leave first.
Seeing this silent Charter Bureau official, he naturally thought of the mysterious Charter Bureau and the Federal Central Computer under the Charter Bureau.
- The Federation has made great determination in order to re-lay the surveillance network. The Charter Bureau has invested huge manpower and material resources. Only on Planet 163, there are many teams like Seven Groups working on adventures. Once each node area China Unicom has become a network, and the brilliance of the charter will return to the border planet, and the end of the imperial expedition force will come.
For Xu Le personally, this matter has another important meaning, that is, he can keep in touch with the old guy with mechanical thinking and human face again at any time.
Thinking of this episode, he said to the existence in his heart: "Tomorrow, I'm going to help you renew your broken limb. Do you have any thoughts?"
The central computer flashed a line of white words in his left eye: "The Charter Bureau's term is called a mushroom."
Xu Le almost laughed out loud.
"Tomorrow's task is to start at 6 o'clock in the evening, and I can only return in the early morning. While advancing at night, the medium-range missiles that are the greatest threat to the imperial people should not appear, but now the network defect on our side is very serious, positioning in the target area. , you can only rely on the short-band locator in your hand, and there may be problems."
Seeing that his expression was silent, Bai Yulan thought that he was worried about tomorrow's task, and explained a few words.
"It's a pity that there is no way to use mecha." Xu Le came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "I can't let the imperial people find a trace, and I can't bring any heavy equipment... Our group is like a little girl who grows mushrooms in the night. , how long will it take to fill this planet with mushrooms?"
Magnolia glanced at him strangely, saw Xu Le's serious expression, and confirmed that the other party really didn't know that famous erotic joke, so she lowered her head.
"Although those extremely expensive drugs were approved by the medical officer in exchange for my signature, I am still very surprised that the equipment supply in this remote diamond-shaped base seems to be much better than expected."
Xu Le turned his head to look at Magnolia and said, "And the air support on the meadow that day, don't you think it's a little weird?"
"It's really weird." Magnolia replied succinctly: "The fighter support that day came very timely, and it even felt a little too timely. Those all-area fighters seemed to be wandering in the stratosphere all the time, and they didn't care about wasting energy quotas, just waiting. We're in trouble."
"It's not that we want trouble, it's that the headquarters dare not let us cause trouble." Xu Le said calmly: "It's not just a matter of being too timely. For our battle group, which has just over 100 personnel, the headquarters actually dispatched More than a dozen fighter planes came over. If the Federation really had such a luxurious combat ratio, there would be no need for the officials of the Charter Bureau to frown. Just let the fighter planes and mechas push them flat, and the fortifications of those imperial people can be leveled. "
"It seems that someone is covering us above." Magnolia raised her head and looked up at the night sky. The stars were like dots on the blue and nearly black sky, and it was not dense. He thought with a calm expression, the president, the military god, the defense minister, those are the people above the little boss.
As if guessing what he was thinking, Xu Le smiled slightly and said, "I don't think the Ministry of Defense's arrangement is against me. In my opinion, even Mr. President doesn't want these old soldiers to die."
Magnolia was silent for a moment and then nodded.
The seven groups came to the most dangerous fallen star in the Xilin border, not only for the needs of the war itself, but also for the political needs of the capital star circle. President Pabble stood on the side of the people and sent these sons to the front line for blood, but if these sons were really covered in blood With blood, heavy casualties and even exhaustion, what will the anger of the top federations distort this world look like
"Our mission cycle is at least three and a half months." Magnolia turned her head to look at Xu Le, and said seriously: "On the battlefield, the Ministry of Defense cannot really send a team of fighter jets to be babysitters for those boys every day, we still have to be careful. Some."
"Yeah." Xu Le looked at the earnest recruits not far away, watching the more and more skilled operations in their hands, a faint sense of heaviness filled his heart, and said, "Although I don't like these young masters, I don't want to. Seeing them die... but in fact, someone will fall, maybe you and me."
In the darkness of the night, when this young man from Donglin rarely had any emotion in his life, he was interrupted by the radio stick handed over beside him.
A reporter from the Jinxing Documentary Factory of the Ministry of Defense looked at Xu Le curiously and asked in a low voice, "Lieutenant Colonel Xu Le, do you have any thoughts on the second mission that will start tomorrow? I noticed that you have been watching those Recruit training, have you noticed their mood changes these days? Do you think this change can really be transformed into combat effectiveness?"
Seeing the reporter and the cameraman behind him, Xu Le put on his sunglasses very quickly, frowned slightly and said seriously: "My thought is, if you don't follow us every day, then the chances of these recruits surviving should be very good. Much bigger."
This is his truth. Under the strict order of the Ministry of National Defense, the seven groups could not get rid of this simplified photography group. During the battle, they also needed to take care of these two non-combatants. It really made him and the seven veterans feel unhappy. pole.
"Also, don't forget the tripartite agreement between the Headquarters of Nutshell, the Venus Documentary Factory and the Federal News Channel." Xu Le pushed the camera aside and said, "No footage can be broadcast without my permission."
"I can understand this, but what I don't understand is why you rejected the news channel's request for live broadcast." The military reporter was very aware of the influence of the young lieutenant colonel in front of him, but he still didn't understand why he rejected such a Excellent opportunity.
Xu Le didn't answer the question, turned around and left, thinking silently in his heart that he was not the invincible Du Shaoqing, but a battle supervisor with the rank of lieutenant colonel. More importantly, fighting always kills people, no Something that should be made into a TV show for people to watch, excite, scream or mourn.