I am reciting the Classic of Mountains and Seas in the interstellar

While the ordinary Star Marines were counting the Zerg corpses, Xia Chujian was also convening a meeting with the eighty team captains.

"What are the casualties this time?"

"Reporting to Squadron Xia, we lost three Star Marines and injured ninety-seven, including thirty seriously injured."

"There is a medical cabin in the cruise ship's medical room, and the seriously injured will be given priority for treatment."

"Yes, Squadron Xia!"

"Put the Zerg corpses into the cruiser and set sail immediately. We have one last goal."

Xia Chujian calmly issued the order and took the lead in returning to his Star Eagle-class A-type star cruiser.

Xia Chujian sat in his captain's room, pulled out a three-meter-long and one-meter-wide virtual display screen, and replayed the previous battle again.

Compared with the previous three times, this fourth time finally felt a bit like fighting against the Zerg.

Because, with their current conditions, they cannot achieve superiority and crush them.

If the fighting ability is insufficient, there will be sacrifices.

The improvement of combat skills is also forged on the battlefield of blood and fire.

Xia Chujian watched all the replays, marked several details of the battle, and asked Qilu to make certain improvements, then made a program and entered it into the training room on the cruiser.

The training rooms here are both virtual and actual.

The virtual training room is more suitable for genetic evolutionists to practice mental combat.

The actual combat training room is for training for ordinary people, or some powerful genetic evolvers.

Xia Chujian asked Qilu to compile some of the Zerg's combat skills into programs and input them into the combat robot program in the actual combat training room. He even modified the appearance of these robots into those of the Zerg!

Then an order was issued for everyone to go to the actual combat training room for training after returning to the cruise ship.

They had an hour before attacking the final objective.

Of course, Xia Chujian wouldn't let them train for an entire hour.

Everyone also needs to rest for at least half an hour, drink nutrient solution, replenish their physical strength, and check their mechas and weapons.

As for the forty-seven-year-old Star Marine who was killed by the Zerg due to exhaustion, Xia Chujian also looked up his health data to see if he needed to supplement these Star Marines with some special nutrients.

After looking at the health data, Xia Chujian's face turned dark.

She called this person's squad leader and several of her deputy squadron leaders to her captain's room, and said coldly: "What's going on with this person?"

"Are you depriving him of his nutritional solution?!"

Because the man's health data showed that he was severely malnourished before the battle!

He is 1.75 meters tall but only 90 pounds!

For an adult male, this is basically so skinny that he might even be out of breath while walking!

Xia Chujian had never carefully observed the appearance and stature of the Starry Sky Marines under his command.

How long did she take over these one thousand people?

And most of the time, these people were wearing military uniforms or mechas, and she didn't pay attention to their appearance.

Now because he died, she adjusted his health data.

Seeing this made her really angry.

The team leader was silent for a while and said: "Old Xu's family is burdened with a heavy burden, and he has a son whose genetic evolution is E-level..."

"This level is the lowest level of genetic evolution and only has the lowest nutrient solution quota."

"So he saved all the low-level nutrient solution issued by the team, added a little money, exchanged the high-level nutrient solution with the elite combat order in the fleet, and then sent it to his family."

Xia Chu was shocked and said, "How do you exchange this? Low-level for high-level, how much is enough?"

The team leader smiled and said: "Of course it's not all low-level nutrient solution, but also money, and... military merit."

Xia Chujian was silent.

After a while, he said: "Advanced nutrient solution is not of much use to E-class genetic evolvers, right?"

She wanted to say that the price/performance ratio was too low...

But considering that he has a fatherly heart, what qualifications does she have to comment?

So nothing was said.

But the team leader only said: "...It's better than low-grade nutrient solution."

"What if his son can evolve again?"

Xia Chujian took a deep breath and said, "This is his own choice. I can understand it, but I cannot allow it."

"I don't want to see this kind of thing happen in my squadron in the future."

"Even if he thinks about his family, he will not be allowed to save the low-grade nutrient solution distributed by the team for exchange."

"He is thinking about his family, but where will he put your team and his comrades?!"

"On the battlefield, everyone must perform at their best!"

"When you're old and can't play anymore, you can retire."

"I guarantee that their treatment after retirement will be able to support their families and lead a middle-class life."

Then, she said to her deputy squadron commanders: "When you go back, convey my orders to all the squadrons."

"Star Marines over forty years old, regardless of their physical condition, will have to file a discharge report after returning this time."

"I will help them get the best treatment."

"If the military doesn't pay, I'll pay them from my own pocket!"

The deputy squadron captains all looked at her in surprise and said, "Squadron Xia, are you serious?!"

Xia Chu was expressionless when they met: "Do you think I'm kidding?!"

"If you ask this question again, you will all be put in detention!"

The deputy squadron commanders and the squad leader quickly stood at attention and saluted: "Yes, Squadron Xia!"

"It must be conveyed!"

Soon, Qilu also helped Xia Chujian count the entire squadron according to age.

Last time, only those over fifty were counted.

Now the statistics include people over 40 and under 50.

As a result, the final statistics made Xia Chujian completely hoarse.

Her squadron consisted of four hundred people over forty and under fifty!

Including the previous fifty or more people, there were one hundred people.

Therefore, half of the thousand marines in her squadron are those who have reached or exceeded the imperial retirement age!

Qilu added fuel to the fire and said: "Master, your squadron, not to mention the Fifth Star Fleet, or all the Star Fleets in the entire empire, belongs to the Old Man Squadron!"

"In other squadrons, the Star Marines who have reached retirement age are only one percent of your number!"

If Xia Chujian didn't know that it was someone from the Fifth Star Fleet who was setting her up, she would have been tricked to death!

She sneered and said, "Really? Qilu, look at me using the squadron with the oldest average age in the entire empire to win an unprecedented victory!"

"This time, if the people above are not allowed to bleed heavily, I, Xia Chujian, will let them see what it means for me to bleed. It's better for you to bleed!"

…

The fifth asteroid Xia Chujian wanted to hit was South Area 101.

This is the largest asteroid in this area, with five hundred medium-sized Zerg soldiers stationed on it.

Among them were one hundred red-eyed beetles, three hundred black mantises, and one hundred medium-sized insect soldiers called large beetles called stag beetles.

The shell of this kind of stag beetle is the hardest among the medium-sized Zerg species, and its absolute hardness is only a little lower than that of the low-level Zerg nest builders.

These are all data reports analyzed by Qilu for Xia Chujian.

For Xia Chujian's current team, both the red-eyed bee clan and the black mantis clan were easy to deal with, but the one hundred stag beetle clan was difficult to deal with.

Pay attention to the two large pliers that look like electric saws near its mouth, as well as their thick shells!

Xia Chujian didn't even know if a large knife modified from the Black Mantis tribe's forelimb knife could deal with this thick shell.

If not, then she is the only one to take action.

Because this time, Xia Chujian only plans to dispatch 500 Starry Sky Marines. She will still organize the remaining 385 Starry Sky Marines who have served over their age into a logistics team and a mobile combat team.

Basically, the eighty-five Star Marines over fifty years old are still the logistics team.

Three hundred Star Marines under the age of fifty but over forty are part of the mobile combat team.

Xia Chujian did not use the virtual display screen this time, but went directly to the bottom conference hall of the Star Cruiser to directly mobilize and assign tasks for everyone before the war.

She was wearing a black and silver Xuannv Qingyao titanium mecha, which was changed into a standard military uniform.

No helmet was worn.

Her shawl-black hair was tied into a bun, and she wore black goggles that covered half of her face. The bright red birthmark on her forehead made her look both solemn and arrogant.

Xia Chujian had his hands behind his back and his legs were shoulder-width apart.

She stood on the high platform of the conference hall and said in a deep voice through the conference hall's synchronous loudspeaker equipment: "Fellow Star Marines, today is the last stop of our operation!"

"After this battle, I will go back and ask for credit from everyone!"

"This time, we are facing five hundred well-trained medium-sized Zerg soldiers!"

"In addition to the red-eyed bee clan and black mantis clan that everyone is familiar with, there is also the stag beetle clan that everyone has never come into contact with!"

With a swipe of his hand, Xia Chuxian pulled out a virtual display screen in mid-air to show everyone the appearance and characteristics of that big beetle - the stag beetle.

"This medium-sized Zerg is very large, with an average height of five meters. The large pliers at its mouth are one meter long, and its bite force is very strong."

"If it were a conventional mecha from the past, it could be bitten in two by one of their mouths."

"I have not tested the conventional mecha that has been reinforced now. I don't know how many times it will take before the opponent can bite it off."

"So my first order is not to engage in close combat with the stag beetles!"

"If your sword is interrupted or bitten off by the opponent, immediately drop the weapon and retreat!"

"On the battlefield, we need bravery and wisdom!"

"The temporary retreat is for the final victory!"

"I only know that those who charge are brave, but they are not the elite soldiers I need!"

"So, when fighting, fight with your brain, not just with your strength!"

"Second, this time, I will only select five hundred soldiers to form a combat team."

"So our battle this time is one-on-one with the Zerg!"

"In addition, we will have a mobile combat team of 300 people and a logistics supply team of 85 people."

"This time, I'm afraid the supplies will need to keep up."

"We also have spare Zerg knives, remember to bring them!"

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