Mecha and Knife

When Azure Star was still excited about the victory of the "Battle of the Chessboard", the news of the victory of the "Battle of Shangshan" was like pouring a basin of cold water into the oil pan that had been heated to the point of smoking.

The cheers boiled to the point of bursting, hotter than the gorgeous fireworks in the sky.

"Admiral Ji Xinghe will definitely take us to the top of the Mountain of Gods!"

Someone shouted loudly in the bar, and the beer in the raised glass was full, but with his uncontrollable waving arms, only a little foam remained.

Although the victory of the "Battle of Shangshan" did not allow the Federation to successfully climb the mountain of the gods, people firmly believe that the day when people go up the mountain is not far away.

At the end of this battle, Ji Xinghe, who was directly referred to by the military as the rank of "Admiral" in the notification of the whole army without even holding the award ceremony, can naturally be known by the people as Ji Xinghe. General Xinghe became General Xinghe Ji.

The bartender took his glass with a blank expression, filled it up and never mentioned the money, nor did he agree.

A guest next to him said, "I still think General Ji Xinghe's words are more fluent."

"It's more fluent, but it's not respectful enough. There are hundreds of generals in our Federation, but how many generals are there? What's more, as soon as General Ji Xinghe was promoted, he was directly promoted to a three-star general?"

"Um..." The guest next to him said helplessly: "A lieutenant general is promoted to a general, and he is directly a three-star general. There is no such thing as a one-star general or a two-star general."

"There are four-star generals and five-star generals, why aren't there one-star generals and two-star generals?"

"Because the general's epaulettes have at least three stars! Add one more star to make a four-star general, and add two to make a five-star general."

"Is that so? Hahaha... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, come on, let me buy you a drink. No, three glasses!"

Guests and guests are laughing.

The bartender, whose turnover had increased again, was still expressionless, and there was even sadness in his eyes, but no one noticed.

The guests, who didn't know each other, had a common topic and chatted lively.

The guest who popularized the federal military rank system corrected him again.

"There is something wrong with what you shouted just now. There is no need for General Ji Xinghe to climb to the top of the Mountain of the Gods, because what we are going to fight is the imperial transition base of the Mountain of the Gods, and that place is definitely not on the top of the mountain."

"Where he is, Admiral Ji Xinghe will definitely lead us to destroy the Imperial Transition Base, just like what his old man has already done in the God of War Canyon."

"Uh, isn't it awkward for you to call me that?"

"Respect, brother, can you feel the respect I have for Admiral Ji Xinghe in my heart? Of course, there is also the Independence Regiment, the Xinghe Squad, and the thousands of heroes who defended their home and country on different planets. "

"I can feel it, because I do too. Why don't we just call him the old man. I think this can maintain a sense of intimacy while maintaining respect."

"It makes sense, the old man has always been very close to us. He was just an ordinary person like us. When he joined the army, he was an auto mechanic, then became a mechanic, then became a mech warrior, and then became an ace Mecha warrior, then became a galaxy-level mecha warrior, and then became a three-star general. But he has always taken the lead in the battle, and has never been superior, commanding the battle from behind. He did not regard the lives of heroes as numbers, He cherishes everyone's life, he is the old father and old man of our federation's 300,000 mecha fighters, and also our old father and old man..."

The noisy bar fell silent as the guest shouted loudly like a speech.

The bartender even turned down the music.

"Yes, old man, old man of us all. Come, old man!"

"Respect old man!"

All the guests in the bar, including the bartender, raised their glasses and drank them all in one gulp.

"Come on, fill up the wine! Let's toast the independent group again."

"There are other independent groups."

"And all the Mecha Warriors."

"And all the soldiers."

"And those doctors, scientists, chefs who went to alien planets..."

"Respect the Federation! Respect our Human Federation!"

Today's skyrocketing sales did not make the bartender laugh, but when he poured and mixed drinks for the guests, he also mixed a glass of spirits for himself, commonly known as not going home tonight.

The guests who popularized the military rank system noticed the unusual state of the bartender amidst the noise.

He frowned and asked, "brother, why are you unhappy?"

When the bartender hesitated to speak, the guest who had given a speech before suddenly slapped the bar: "What do you mean?"

The bartender suddenly laughed, but his smile had a bitterness that could be clearly perceived by others.

He didn't go home tonight with that cup in his hand, he seemed to be hesitating whether to drink it, and he seemed to be hesitating whether to say it.

But... what is there to hesitate about?

He looked at the two guests who were staring at him with weird eyes, and said softly in the noisy bar.

"My younger brother is Tian Qi. He is a mech warrior who has won six gold stars. He... died in this battle."

The two guests who seemed about to have an attack just now fell silent, and after a while, they raised their glasses to the bartender.

"Respect to your brother, Tian Qi."

"And all those who died, who brought our victory."

The three of them drank it all in one gulp, and they were all a little drunk, so they all laughed.

The bartender laughed and cried, his face was full of tears, which formed a strong contrast with the bright smiles on the faces of other guests in the bar, and the bright smiles on the faces of many people in Azure Star.

The bartender is not alone. There are many people cheering for the victory, and there are many people like the bartender, because they received the news of the death of their relatives and friends, and burst into tears and howled, or were silent and quiet, like Like dead.

Not only are they unable to cheer for victory and have a bright smile on their faces, but many of them cannot continue to work and live a normal life.

Just like the blue star at the same time, there is day and night, there is sunshine and there is heavy rain, there is clear sky and cloudy sky, there is ice and snow and there is red land...

War can bring victory and peace, but it can also bring death and despair!

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The cheers on the alien planet have stopped, and all the sorrow has been suppressed.

Everyone is in their respective positions, performing their duties, or carrying out post-war collection tasks, or conducting day-to-day training, or preparing for the coming of the next war, or participating in a group Funerals, or lines for psychological, physical therapy, or...

Among them, some may envy those ordinary people who are cheering, drinking, and living a normal life in various ways on Azure Planet, but they will not complain to those people in the slightest.

Because each of them knows some people who really want to come to Alien Star to participate in the war, but are unable to come to Alien Star due to physical reasons.

Because each of them knows that those who cannot come to the alien planet are participating in this war in the way of ordinary people. If there is no stable Azure Star and the productivity of those people, where will the weapons and ammunition come from?

Because each of them came to protect those people, and among those people were their relatives and friends. Friends and relatives of all of them, make up those people.

"Old Qin, have you reported your precious son's safety?"

"Not yet, the communication resources must be very tight these days, just wait."

"Aren't you afraid of being anxious at home? Actually, with your authority, you can directly apply for communication resources."

"If you are not dead, there will be no death notice, and the last words will not be sent back. What is there to worry about? Others need to talk to my family more than me."

"That's right, my awareness is low, I'm sorry."

Lao Liu apologized repeatedly to Qin Tong.

"It's not about enlightenment."

Qin Tong waved his hand, and continued to look like he was doing nothing, staying in the machine repair area to watch Lao Liu and Shen Mu repair and modify the mechs for the independent group.

But what he was really looking at were not the Shanshanjias of the Independence Regiment, but the forty Dukes and four Princes captured by the Independence Tu after this battle.

In terms of value alone, these forty-four mechas are much higher than the three hundred Shanshanjias of the Independent Regiment.

If after the transformation is completed, all of them will be handed over to mecha fighters who can give full play to their performance. From the perspective of combat effectiveness, they will also surpass the other four independent regiments of the Federation.

Before switching to yes, Qin Tong didn't need to worry at all, and it was even more impossible to watch here.

When Ji Xinghe was around, who would dare to snatch the things of the independent regiment?

But now...

Qin Tong, who won the victory, became worried like Tu Yuan before after the excitement.

The mecha fighters of the independent regiment like him, Harris, Jiang Yun, and others, including the lame man and Su Chuanyun, failed to notice the huge changes that this unprecedented victory might bring .

And in this change, he can't do much, even if he is the ace mecha fighter and the deputy head of the independent regiment. So he didn't even go to the meeting, but asked Jiang Yun to find out the news for him, and he stayed here to guard the property that the independent group had just snatched back.

But now he regrets it a little, because the anxiety in his heart is really tormented.

While waiting, Qin Tong finally saw Jiang Yun who was walking quickly, and hurried up to ask in a low voice.

"How is it going?"

"Not very good." Jiang Yun replied in a low voice: "They want the old man to be the commander of the No. 6 base theater. According to the rules, the general needs to be in charge of a theater."

"Base No. 6 war zone?" Qin Tong couldn't help raising his voice, and quickly suppressed it: "Is that a war zone? Let the old man take us there, isn't it self-defeating martial arts? Are they crazy?"

"It is indeed a war zone, otherwise, what is it that General Tu Yuan was in charge of before?" Jiang Yun sighed and corrected: "They didn't let the old man take us there, they let the old man go by himself, we are still in the mountains of the gods war zone."

"..."

Qin Tong suddenly smiled.

"They're really crazy."

"They're not crazy."

Jiang Yun shook his head, and began to analyze helplessly.

"We destroyed more than 8,000 Imperial Mechas in this battle. According to Dongguo Cilian's information, we have finished defeating the Earl Armor of the Anti-Galaxy Legion, and there are only about 1,000 Marquis Armors left. And these were destroyed by us." Most of the destroyed imperial mechs were captured by us. They felt that even if there was no old man, they would be fine. After all, there is Li Yuanba.

And...you know, many people don't want to fight for a long time. We have already occupied the Battle Scar Canyon, and now we have completely suppressed the empire on the Mountain of Gods, and our mecha forces are stronger than before. Now is the time when the empire is most likely to negotiate peace with us. "

"Peace talks?" Qin Tong took a deep breath and asked, "Do you think it is possible for us to live in peace with the empire?"

"Impossible, even if there are more six ears, it is impossible, even if Ada Kang becomes the emperor of the empire."

Jiang Yun looked at Qin Tong, noticed that Qin Tong's eyes were turning crazy, and his tone became more helpless.

"But if we have more time, we can make more tungsten steel alloys, and even crack the formula of tungsten steel alloys. With enough tungsten steel alloys, we can create real energy main guns. And The jump gate technology, through the Empire jump base in Battle Scar Canyon, we are very likely to research it..."

"I know what you said." Qin Tong suddenly interrupted Jiang Yun, looked into Jiang Yun's eyes, and asked again: "Just tell me, how do you plan to choose?"

The former recruit of the Star River Squad has now grown into the ace fighter of the Federation, and his position in the independent regiment is becoming more and more important because of his outstanding personal ability.

Even the first-generation members of the Galaxy Squad, the lame and left-handed ones, are now unable to compare with Jiang Yun, the second-generation member. Combat power has always been only one aspect of ability.

"How do I choose?" Jiang Yun looked at Qin Tong, suddenly laughed, and said with a grin: "Including the old man, you people always care about the head and the tail when fighting, without me looking at the ass, how can you do it?" Are you running that fast?"

Qin Tong grinned.

"Gather everyone and have a meeting."

"Don't wait for the old man to express his opinion?"

"Don't wait, the old man sometimes scares people decisively, and sometimes he hesitates like an old woman. This time, we stand for the old man."

"good!"