Life Copy Game

The howling cold wind blows through the huge high-transparency panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows. Looking up and forward, you can vaguely see the drifting clouds at night.

And beneath the flowing clouds, there were densely packed lights that seemed to stretch to the end of the night, covering the entire earth with a carpet of light.

Each small dot of light means an armored fighting vehicle, an armored squad, or a fighter plane.

This endless stretch of light and fire, like a surging sea of ​​burning lava, is rolling toward this silent city overwhelmingly.

Densely packed, blocking every blind spot of sight.

This pure and straightforward scene is far more shocking than the scene seen through holographic projection.

Everyone standing behind the glass curtain wall fell into a brief silence at this moment.

"Mr. Lynn, I'm sorry, I'm late."

At this moment, accompanied by rapid footsteps, a strong figure ran out of the elevator at the rear.

He Ao turned around, looked at the strong man with scars on his face, and said with a smile, "It's not too late, it's just right."

Then he asked slowly, "Has everything been resolved at the city gate?"

"It's settled."

Meade walked quickly behind He Ao and said with a little breath.

He stared at the old man with gray hair and a crisp suit in front of him. This was the first time he saw the 'mayor' in person.

When he was taking the elevator up the high wall, the mayor asked the officer to send him a message, so after he solved the matter at the North City Gate, he ran up non-stop.

While going up, he also fantasized about the specific temperament of the old man in front of him, which was cold, arrogant, and chilling... But when he actually saw the old man, the feeling the old man gave him was different from any of his imagination. different.

The old man in front of him, who was pacifying Beicheng alone, did not make people feel isolated or majestic. His face was peaceful and calm, giving people a sense of closeness and warmth. He seemed to be no different from any gentle old man, except for the contamination. The blood stains on the suit vaguely revealed a bit of chilling air.

"I have redeployed the guards at the city gate control center and raised the alert level to the highest level. There should be no problems."

While thinking, Meade did not stop talking and continued.

"Well done,"

He Ao nodded slightly, and then continued to ask, "Officers from the other four brigades, can you solve them?"

There are six brigades in North City. Scott took away the first brigade. Meade directly controlled the third brigade. There are still four brigades whose troops have not yet made a clear stance.

However, the elite troops of these four brigades were also taken away by Scott, and their actual combat strength was not strong. He Ao also communicated with the officers of the third brigade when he came up. Meade was in these four brigades. The brigade has a lot of influence.

"already solved,"

Meade said quickly, "Part of the officers of these four brigades who are loyal to Scott were taken away by Scott, and the other part were calmed down by you just now. The remaining officers are neutral, or *** *Yes, I was just about to ask you, do you want all the officers from those brigades to come up?"

"Let them all come up."

He Ao nodded slightly.

"OK."

Mead nodded, raised his bracelet and quickly sent the message.

At the same time, the surrounding officers also made way for him so that he could stand next to He Ao.

After the operation was completed, Mead also put down his bracelet and walked slowly to He Ao's side. Only at this moment did he have the concentration and energy to look at the firelight in the dark night outside through the huge glass curtain wall.

Then his slightly relaxed expression gradually faded away.

"They're almost at the edge of the safe zone."

He Ao on the side said slowly.

"Yes,"

Meade nodded slightly, then he raised his head, looked at the long lights, and frowned slightly, "The information we received before was that a mercenary group came from Copes Mining, but their strength now should have exceeded one. A mercenary group."

drop--

Accompanied by the crisp sound of the elevator.

Officers walked out of the elevator one by one and stood behind everyone.

"They came with two mercenary groups."

He Ao answered in a calm tone.

The expressions of all the officers standing here changed.

"This news..."

Meade raised his head and looked at He Ao with some hesitation.

"One mercenary group approached here openly, while another mercenary group disguised itself as a caravan in advance and lurked in a nearby mine."

He Ao said slowly.

Following his words, the expressions of the officers present darkened a little.

The young officer standing close to He Ao opened his mouth slightly and looked up at the light spot in the darkness ahead, "Why are there two mercenary groups? They have obviously taken care of Scott, they only need to send one mercenary group Just show it off."

"I am afraid,"

Meade on the side sighed slightly, "From the beginning, they wanted to attack the city. Whether Scott cooperates with them or not, they will attack the city."

"If two mercenary groups attack the city, even if the entire Beicheng army is present, we won't be able to defend it, not to mention that most of the elites have been..."

An officer in the crowd couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Another officer standing aside quickly interrupted him.

He Ao looked back at the officers behind him.

The number of these officers was much greater than before, and they generally appeared in two circles. The officers of Meade and the third brigade were closest to Howe, in the inner circle, and the officers of the subsequent four brigades were in the outer circle.

The officers of the four brigades in the outer circle naturally formed four small circles.

The officer who just spoke was an officer in the outer circle.

When He Ao looked at the officers, these officers also raised their heads and looked at He Ao.

Compared with the officers of the third brigade, the officers in the outer circle were more in awe of He Ao.

The elite troops on the top floors of the Beicheng Command Center come from these four remaining brigades.

Most of these officers from the remaining four brigades have heard the news that their elite colleagues were "suppressed" by He Ao. Even if they are not the same travelers as those die-hard Scott loyalists who were killed, they will inevitably feel the sadness of the rabbit dying and the fox dying. Also more cautious.

And while everyone was watching, He Ao walked through the crowd, walked up to the officer who said, "I can't guard it," and asked in a low voice, "What's your name?"

"Penn,"

Looking at He Ao in front of him, the officer paused, straightened his body, and said quickly and firmly, "Payne, commander of the third battalion of the second brigade."

"The third battalion of the second brigade is rated B+."

Eve's voice rang in Heao's ears.

B+ is a relatively strong unit among ordinary units.

"good,"

He Ao raised his head and looked at the officers in front of him, "Strictly speaking, what Payne said is indeed correct."

All the officers were attracted by his gaze and looked at him. Meade also raised his head and looked at him.

He Ao looked at these officers and continued, "The consortium's weapons are more advanced than ours, and their numbers are larger than ours, but,"

He turned back to Payne and raised his voice slightly, "Penn, do you want to surrender to the consortium and give up resistance because of this?!"

"No, Commander!"

Payne straightened up immediately and replied.

"Why not?"

He Ao raised his voice again, with a slightly scolding voice, and said loudly, "Is it because you are standing in front of me now and are afraid of me, so you dare not express your true thoughts?!"

"No, Commander!"

Payne further tensed his body, his face flushed, and he replied loudly, "It's because I have received military pay for decades! It is my duty to guard Beicheng! It's because I grew up in Beicheng, my neighbors and relatives Friends, they are all behind this city gate!"

"What about you?"

He Ao turned around, looked at the officers beside him, glanced at each officer's face, and asked loudly, "If you have any thoughts of surrender, you can say it now!"

At the moment when their eyes swept over, everyone felt the cold and majestic pressure at this moment, as if an invisible force tightened their nerves. Under this gaze, even Meade's body was slightly shaken. Straight up.

"We don't, Commander!"

The young officer who was standing next to He Ao at first stood up straight and responded loudly.

“Can you alone speak for everyone?”

He Ao looked at the young officer.

"We don't, Commander!"

At this moment, all the officers' bodies stood upright at the same time and answered.

"volume is too low."

He Ao looked at everyone calmly.

"We don't, Commander!"

A deafening chorus rang in He Ao's ears.

"Now, below us is the last barrier of this city. I believe you all know the virtues of the mercenaries of the consortium, and I also believe you all know what kind of life the people under the rule of the consortium live."

He Ao lowered his head and looked at the officers in front of him.

"If you let fear overcome your responsibility and you are a coward, then you can escape this war, but you are still standing here to prove that you are responsible for this city, this city gate, and the people behind this city gate. People have a sense of responsibility.

"A sense of responsibility is the essence of heroism, and you are indeed the most heroic warriors in this city.

"We have no second choice, so we don't have to make a choice. You may have never experienced such a war, and you may be afraid of the enemy's huge power."

He Ao's eyes calmly swept across everyone's cheeks,

"But I can tell you clearly that we can dig out countless records about wars from the old papers before the catastrophe to tell us - the quality of strength can never determine the success or failure of a war!

“Human history has proven time and time again that when we are at a disadvantage, it does not mean we will fail.

"To our south, outside the South City Gate, the mercenary regiment of the Ivis Space System is fighting the South City defense army.

“They have a more advanced army than Copes, but now they still have not been able to break through the gate of South City and shake the defense of South City.

"From ancient times to the present, war has never tested only strength!

"Hold your guns and stand at your posts,"

He Ao withdrew his gaze from the last officer's cheek, "I can assure you that I will always be in Beicheng until the end of the war, and I will not let any soldiers from the consortium enter the city!"

The lights under the night fell silent again, and everyone's eyes focused on that old face, staring at that calm and calm face that seemed to bring confidence to everyone.

"good,"

He Ao paused for a moment, looked forward, and continued to watch everyone, "Does anyone else have any opinions?"

"No! Commander!"

Standing next to He Ao, Pain blushed and shouted loudly.

"No! Commander!"

A group of officers also shouted loudly immediately.

"very good,"

He Ao nodded, "We will disrupt the layout later and rearrange the defense areas. The notification will be sent to your wristbands. You can now return to your posts and be on standby."

"Yes, sir!"

Everyone responded, then looked at each other, and walked towards the elevator in twos and threes.

And He Ao also walked to Meade and sent a document to Meade.

"Did you disperse the people?"

When the officers were almost gone, Mead finished reading the documents on the bracelet and asked slowly.

He Ao changed the original organization of six brigades into four defense zones ABCD. Each defense zone arranged a brigade except the third brigade, and then dispersed the third brigade and assigned it to four defense zones.

The core is that the third brigade controls the remaining four brigades that are not so loyal. Of course, He Ao also promoted some more reliable officers of the original four brigades to higher positions.

For example, just now Payne was booked by him to become the deputy commander of the A defense zone.

As early as when Payne was talking, He Ao directly put a mark on him, and roughly understood his true thinking before he came up with the 'questioning' later.

"Can you recommend the commanders of each defense zone?"

He Ao looked at Meade and smiled.

This is equivalent to giving all personnel rights to Meade.

Apart from Scott, Meade is probably the person who knows the various officers in North City best.

Hearing He Ao's words, Meade hesitated for a moment, seeming a little surprised by He Ao's trust. Finally, he nodded lightly, "Okay."

After a while, he compiled a list and sent it to He Ao.

He Ao took a quick look, then asked Eve to make a transfer order and send it to the corresponding officer.

And Meade also received the appointment of 'Deputy Commander-in-Chief'.

"You just made me feel like a veteran who has been in the military for many years."

Putting down his bracelet, Meade paused, looked at the army outside the glass curtain wall, and said softly.

"I served in the Central Army for several years when I was young."

He Ao smiled and replied slowly.

"Do you really think we can hold on?"

Mead asked in a low voice while staring at the overwhelming dense lights from the mercenary group.

"What do you think? If we have a head-on confrontation, how long can we hold on?"

He Ao also looked outside and asked in a low voice.

"Twenty minutes max,"

Mead sighed, "If there was only one mercenary group outside and Beicheng's military strength was still there, we should be able to defend it. But there are two mercenary groups outside now, and Beicheng's entire army can't stop it. What's more, Not to mention that North City’s elite have been transferred away, our current situation is much worse than that of South City.”

Then he paused, looked at He Ao, and said slowly, "If Scott notices the problem and comes back, we may not even be able to last ten minutes under attack from both inside and outside."

"yes."

He Ao nodded slightly.

"So, what are your plans?"

Meade looked at Howe.

"wait."

He Ao lowered his head and looked at the center of the densely packed mercenary group below, looking at the brightest spot among them.

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Wilderness outside Beicheng

A huge land war fortress was driving on the vast plains, and on the platform directly above the fortress, a tall man with a red beard was raising his head and looking into the silent night in the distance.

At the end of his field of vision, the magnificent high wall in the distance had emerged from the end of the earth.

"Give me a very high-power telescope."

He stretched out his hand and said quickly.

A soldier immediately handed a black telescope to his hand.

He raised his hand and picked up the black telescope.

A city defense gun and a rotating radar appeared in his field of vision.

Then he adjusted the telescope, raised it, and looked at the top of the high wall.

His eyes quickly passed over the facilities at the top of the high wall, but just when he was about to take back the telescope, he paused slightly, then slightly adjusted the position of the telescope and increased the magnification.

Finally, his eyes fell on a glass curtain wall on the observation deck at the top of the high wall.

At this moment, an old man wearing a blood-stained suit was standing behind the glass curtain wall, looking ahead.

And just as he looked at the old man, the old man also lowered his head and seemed to be looking at him.

The two people's eyes seemed to have reached some kind of brief intersection through the long night.

"Lynn?"

The bearded man put down his binoculars.

"Captain,"

A soldier climbed onto the platform on the war fortress, "We are about to reach the safe area boundary of the fortress city."

"Send the order to the whole army,"

The bearded man raised his hand and said, "Go ahead at full speed."