The various support fleets that came to the border king from the empire began to return to their original world in batches. The evacuation work may take a few days to complete: because before these fleets return, many wounded soldiers and severely damaged spaceships have to be resettled. Especially the latter, a large number of spaceships were destroyed during the battle, which has now caused many servants and reserve echelons who came to support to not have enough spaceships to return home, and a large number of wounded soldiers and their escape pods were stranded near the temporary void nodes waiting to be picked up . The load of the macro world network and the gate of the military world is limited, and it is difficult to evacuate the massive troops gathered in the entire empire in a short time, so Shandora ordered to temporarily add hundreds of garrison points in the two nearest springboard worlds, It is used to settle the most severely damaged troops. At the same time, we have also begun to call the believers of the Goddess of Life who are free in the rear and more medical personnel to come to these garrison points to rescue the wounded with all our strength.
The post-war processing work is sometimes more complicated than pre-war organizational preparations. This is the same as having a child. You can talk about everything before giving birth. After the child is born, it will be enough for you to have a headache for more than ten years—and if you encounter it It's normal for a child like Xiaoxue to have a headache for centuries, and this magical child could come to trouble her father before he was born... oh, that's a long way off.
The celestial system fleet was supposed to return to the universe of the civilized community, but because there were a large number of damaged troops that needed to be resettled, this fleet composed of a large number of planetary fortresses also acted as a temporary garrison base. The Psionic Death Star and Twelve giant armed planets returned first as the core of the fleet, and the remaining dozens of planetary fortresses remained in the two universes near the battlefield. The orbits of each planet were filled with repair stations and medical bases, tens of millions The believers of the Goddess of Life established a divine sanctuary called "Temporary Heaven" on those planetary fortresses. The powerful power of the sanctuary pervades the temporary galaxies formed overnight to ensure that the wounded soldiers within the coverage of the heavens will not be destroyed. As for the death due to untimely treatment: There are too many wounded soldiers in the servant army who need to be rescued. If you don't use this level of magic, ordinary priests and ascetics will not be able to keep busy.
Ding Dong has even gone into battle in person, the power of the goddess can rescue the most unlikely soldiers. For those loyal servant soldiers, I have stewed Ding Dong in the back kitchen for almost four hours... Although it feels hard The direction is wrong, but it seems that the curative effect is not bad.
The damage to the soldiers of the empire is not light. Now the imperial depots in the capital world and several military universes are full of people. It's not surprising that the scorpion girl who arrived before she died calculated whether it would be more cost-effective to return to the factory for overhaul or hang up and return to the city.
Because when Sandora and I returned to the capital world, we visited an imperial military depot by the way, where almost every imperial soldier who was seriously injured was settling accounts. Everyone else does mental arithmetic...
It was a sad story, but this time even the ravens didn't bother to complain about their less-intelligent enemies. And in any case, these soldiers who stayed in the depot waiting for repairs or waiting for resurrection were at least much luckier than their compatriots who were completely killed.
Although I felt a little physically and mentally exhausted, after returning to Shadow City, I was dragged to the headquarters by Sandora. Her Majesty's meaning was very clear. Leaders are not born to rest casually. Now the work of the soldiers is over. The task has just begun: she needs to count the war losses as soon as possible, re-evaluate the threat of the fallen apostles, analyze the battle reports and so on—anyway, they are all things that she will drag me to listen to whether I can understand or not.
In the main conference room of the headquarters, Sandora looked energetic, not at all lacking in energy after a fierce battle. She listened to the reports from the heads of various subordinate departments, weighed the damage of the new empire after this battle, and considered our next development plan. The person in charge of the report now is Sivis, who also participated in the entire battle, and still sticks to his post. This dedicated adjutant, who seems to never know how tired he is, transferred a large number of forms and images to the conference room On the holographic projection of the mobile phone, he said in a clear and serious voice: "At present, the combat effectiveness of the first, second, and sixth legions has been reduced by more than half. It takes at least six months to repair or re-produce warships, and the resurrected soldiers also need the same time to undergo recovery training in the reserve echelon. The third, fourth, and fifth legions are more optimistic about the battle damage, but they also need about a month to rest In addition, the flagship of the Third Army Corps was destroyed by a suicide attack by the enemy at the end of the battle, and both the supreme commander and deputy commander were killed. To the post, especially the Supreme Commander: the soul is severely damaged, and he needs to reorganize his core personality for decades. The remaining senior officers of the Third Army also suffered a large number of deaths, and one third of them could not be revived."
"... Supreme Commander..." I couldn't help taking a breath. This is the highest-ranking officer in the empire who died in battle in my impression. If the commander and deputy commander of a fleet are killed at the same time, even if the fleet is complete, it will basically retire. In the second line. The only luck now is that both the commander and the deputy commander are powerful high-ranking apostles, and their souls are so powerful that they still have a chance to be resurrected when the flagship is destroyed. It's like dropping half the fleet!
According to what Sivis said, I judge that the deputy commander of the Third Fleet should be able to return to his post relatively quickly after his resurrection, but the Supreme Commander may not be able to continue to serve as an officer for decades. As an army leader, command ability is often more important than personal combat effectiveness. You see, Sivis can't beat a scorpion soldier, she is still an officer second only to the general. And now that the deputy commander of the Third Fleet is resurrected, although his personal strength will not recover for a while, but fortunately his soul is fine, but the commander does not even have a complete personality.
"Temporarily let the Deputy Commander of the Third Fleet take the position of the Supreme Commander. Among the officers under him, the survivors will be promoted to the next level according to the original position, and the shortage of personnel will be filled from the reserve echelon. The former commander of the Third Fleet will report to the reserve echelon. In the future, the empire will need these old officers when forming new legions." Sandora quickly replied, as if making these decisions did not require much consideration. She has come all the way from the old empire, perhaps she has experienced many times in the tragic battle we encountered this time, so she is already familiar with similar handling methods.
"In addition, the DN-175 world, which was the main battlefield, was completely destroyed. This world was originally an important military center of the empire and one of the most important border springboards. The other three worlds that were invaded were also damaged to varying degrees. Military facilities More than 90% need to be repaired," Sivis said in a heavy tone, "We lost a galaxy group used to produce star warships, and at the same time, three void research centers were completely destroyed by the fallen apostles. to 30%."
I thought for a while, then turned to look at Tavel, who was sitting beside me: "Then what, you..."
Tavel opened his mouth before I finished speaking, the expression on his face was as stiff as cement: "Your Majesty, this subordinate will handle it properly."
Me: "... Oh, I mean, stop pinching the thing in your hand, the cup is almost going to have a nuclear reaction..."
"I will report here about the war losses, Sivis, you said you have other things to report?"
Sandora exhaled softly, obviously not in a good mood, she temporarily put aside the battle damage report, looked up at Sivis and asked, the latter nodded: "Yes, this is our intelligence interception center The fallen apostle communication intercepted on the front line has not been successfully deciphered yet, but there are some interesting things in it... "
As Sivis said, he transferred his data terminal to the equipment in the meeting room, and soon, a large mess of images like a TV screen with poor signal appeared on the holographic projection in the center of the meeting room, a creaking sound Noises filled the room.
"What is this?" Sandora frowned.
"Clutter, interference, a small amount of orderly information mixed with a large number of meaningless signals, and these things are repeatedly played in the channels of the fallen apostles," Silveston paused, "It seems that they themselves can hardly hear clearly Like these things."
Sandora's eyebrows furrowed: "We have also intercepted the communications of the fallen apostles before..."
"Yes, the things intercepted this time are obviously completely different from the ones intercepted before. Although the communications of the fallen apostles intercepted before have many weird mutation codes, they generally conform to the regular signals, and this time—it looks almost It was almost overwhelmed by all kinds of clutter interference, as if the enemy's communication network or spiritual link had something wrong."
Hearing Sivis' analysis, I suddenly thought of a person, and then looked up to the corner of the room, Vincent? Carlo just sat there. Originally, he was not qualified to attend this kind of meeting, because he had just surrendered and was not an officer in the Imperial Army, but because we wanted to get information about Harlan as soon as possible, I made an exception for him to attend.
"Vincent, look at this signal, do you recognize it?"
Vincent read the source code provided by Sivis, and shook his head in confusion after a while: "No... no, this is not a standard signal, it's just garbled code. Normal communication content is mixed in the garbled code, but the normal content is almost submerged. Even with the decryption key, I find it very difficult to analyze these things, they can hardly be used in military command, and the signal stability is too poor."
Sandora glanced at me, and she seemed to think of it: "Maybe this is the reason why the fallen apostles are not in a good state in this battle: their data network is down."
"Data network failure? Then at this juncture, nine legions are organized to fight against the empire?" I was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Vincent in disbelief, "Is that Harlan's head hurt?"
"This..." Vincent wiped his forehead in embarrassment, "I can't explain it. When I went out to attack you, our communication network was still normal, and His Majesty Harlan had no invasion plan at all..."
"Wait, let me confirm, how many troops does Harlan have under his command?" Sandora could notice some small but potentially crucial issues at any time, and she suddenly asked, "Counting the garrison and reserve forces echelon."
Vincent was stunned: "Are these troops counted? There were about thirteen legions... But the establishment is not enough, and one legion is newly formed."
"Come out in full force," Sandora gave me a serious look, "Halan deployed nine legions on the main battlefield, and there are about three legions in the other three universes. A legion that was defeated by you, that is to say, all his troops in the Abyss Empire have come out."
I thought about it and found that I didn't understand it.
"There is no peace within the fallen apostles. If you go out with all your family assets, you may never be able to go back," Sandora said leisurely, "Occupy, annex, make yourself stronger, and then become the only ruler. It has almost become a biological instinct within the fallen apostles. Now they are only controlled by a powerful 'adult' and a unified goal, so they become a collective. All his strength has been devoted to the battle against the empire, do you think he can go back?"
I immediately understood: Regardless of whether Harlan's expedition will be successful or not, he has already given up his position in the Abyss Empire, because his army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties in the battle with the Imperial Army. It is necessary to hurt the muscles and bones of personal power, and the group of fallen apostles will not allow such an emperor who has lost his army to continue to occupy so many territories.
If Harlan does this, sooner or later he will become a lone abyss monster like the fallen emperor Caesars we met at the beginning, forced to wander to a world where no shit, leading a group of abyssal beasts to survive. This is the law of survival among the fallen apostles, Bella Villa has told us more than once.
"Can we track down where Harlan's remnant soldiers are fleeing now?" Sandora looked up at Sivis, who shook his head apologetically, "Your Majesty, the enemy army has escaped the sensing range of the Death Garden. We..."
"It doesn't matter, I guessed it. Then Viska—inform your Abyss Fleet to closely monitor the entire territory of the Fallen Apostles in the recent period. Once Harlan's remnant fleet returns, it will report immediately. If it does not return after seven days... also report. "
Behind the side edge of the table were two locks of hair, one of which shook slightly as Viska nodded. I thought about it, and suggested: "You two can actually change to a higher chair..."
"No! We don't want special chairs! I can see it!" Viska's voice came from under the swaying lock of hair just now. From this angle, I couldn't see the faces of the two short winter melons at all. Only a little bit of hair can be seen...
I silently shut up, and said to myself that it is best not to continue to irritate these two little dwarfs. It is okay for them to say at home. In this case, the sisters will never agree to change themselves to a shameful booster seat or Put a cannon shell under the butt.
When the attending officers then began to report on their departments, there were reports of battle damage, drafts of changes to the regiment's organizational structure, and the military command department's supplementary plan for the servant army. A fierce battle can be said to have crippled the new empire. Bone, we've had a major setback, so there's just a mountain of things to deal with right now.
While listening to the report, I turned my head to look at the other side of the table, where Lin Xue was sitting, and I still remembered that I had a question to ask her.
But when I turned my head, I was startled, because I don't know when, the eldest lady has been staring straight at this side, and there is something in her eyes that I have never seen before. The bright and shining eyes, which were always full of vigor, now carried a kind of undecided horror, as if she had just woken up from a nightmare. The eldest lady and I met our eyes, but the other party did not respond for a moment: Although she was looking at me, her thoughts seemed to be completely immersed in another matter.
"Girl? Xue girl?" I couldn't help but greeted twice in the spiritual connection, the eldest lady finally came back to life, and her eyes suddenly returned to Qingming: "Ah, oh... what's the matter?"
"No... just to see why you are suddenly in a daze?" I asked with some concern, and at the same time I wondered if it was an illusion, the fear in Lin Xue's eyes had not completely subsided, and she also brought something else with her, anyway ... Anyway, it looks quite tangled.
"I'm fine." Lin Xue shook her head, quickly straightened her expression, and then smiled apologetically, "Well, I'm a little tired, and this kind of meeting doesn't seem to be of much help... I'll go back and rest first. "
After finishing speaking, the eldest lady ignored Sandora's and I's suspicious gazes, and teleported away from the conference room, leaving us all staring.
I raised my arm to touch Xiaoxue beside me: "Girl, what's wrong with your mother?"
"I don't know," Xiaoxue thought for a while, looked at me seriously and said every word, and then deliberately added, "Do you believe it?"
I:"… "
This girl was indeed born to her mother, look at this smacking mouth!
Although I felt that Lin Xue was a little strange, I didn't think about it for a while. Anyway, I could ask after I got home, so I still focused on the important national affairs in front of me.
In the end, only myself and Sandora persisted until the end of the meeting. My sister, Qianqian and even Xiaoxue left early. Their reasons for leaving were surprisingly the same: anyway, I am not a material for internal affairs...
But I'm not that material either! Why is no one asking my opinion
By the time I got home, it was already 10:30 p.m. Earth time.
The living room is very quiet. The rest of the family must have rested at this time. After all, more than half of us have just finished a nerve-wracking battle. Almost everyone is exhausted physically and mentally, while the remaining half are Those doll heads, they don't go to bed at 10:30, and they can't even resist their own biological clock. Sandora was full of thoughts, so she ran to wash up and then returned to her room, while I looked around the empty and extremely quiet living room. There was still an hour and a half before Anwena came out to sweep the floor, and there was not even a luminous body visible here.
But soon I discovered that there was someone sleeping in the living room: on the sofa, a graceful figure curled up into a small ball, sleeping like a little mouse that had been freezing.
I took a closer look, but it was Lin Xue. RS