In a remote mining star on the border between Xilin and Bermuda, when Whitewater was on a secret mission, Magnolia was hit in the chest by a flying piece of hard fiber shrapnel, and her ribs were cut raw, and her blood flowed profusely. But after being so seriously injured, Magnolia did not say a word, did not frown the tip of her brows, and led the fighters of the seventh group to firmly maintain a semi-circular defensive formation, relying on the advanced weapons and courageous determination of the Federation, and successfully persevered until the arrival of the reinforcements.

For a full sixteen minutes, Magnolia, who was wearing a full-body isolation gear, stood behind the self-propelled armored car, did not retreat a step, and held on until the wide-wing space fighter taxied in, and then he collapsed with a bang.

That scene fell in the eyes of Xiong Linquan, Liu Jiao and other fighters of the seventh group, and the memory is extremely deep, and it has been until today. So when they saw Magnolia spurting blood and falling down on the street before, the anger in their hearts exploded suddenly, and the cold killing intent in their hearts rose to an uncontrollable level, even if Lan Xiaolong's severe suppression, they couldn't control it, and the reason why they finally calmed down a little bit was what Magnolia said.

That person was Xu Le.

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The tip of the knife wounded the lobes of the lungs, which seemed to be extremely serious, but for a character like Magnolia, who was born as an iron-blooded soldier, it was only a minor operation before. He lay quietly on the hospital bed, motioned to Lan Xiaolong beside him to turn off the automatic electronic anesthesia pump for him, frowned, and said in a hoarse voice, "Help me light a cigarette." ”

The seriously injured who had just shed so much blood and had undergone surgery woke up and the first thing they said was to smoke, but the silent people in the ward did not express any shock, for these people in the room, injuries were commonplace, but everyone felt that Lao Bai was stabbed today with some indescribable feelings.

What's even more strange is that these people in the room know very well why Magnolia wants to smoke one today after he quit smoking after the experiment failed in the autumn before and was sent to a military court.

Xiong Linquan lit a cigarette and took two puffs to make the cigarette burn more vigorously, silently stuffed it into Bai Yulan's thin lips, hesitated for a moment and asked, "That kid is really Xu Le." ”

Magnolia lay on the bed. Except for a new wound on the bare back, which is glued with physiological glue. There are still many traces of old wounds. He took a puff of his cigarette. "Last year, when I was at the meeting place. I'll tell you. If the Ministry of Defense and the company are serious about reorganizing Group VII. He is the most crucial person...... He's the one I'm looking for the land for everyone. ”

A strange emotion flashed across Xiong Linquan's face. His lips were slightly open, as if he wanted to curse something. But after all, it just turned into a sigh. Last year, there were a few occasional gatherings. Magnolia once mentioned the current technical director of the seventh group very seriously. There are a lot of sincere admiration, amazement, admiration, and affection between words. They hear a lot. Naturally, some believed.

"Now there are only two people left in the seventh group, me and Xu Le. He is the head of technology. I'm his local secretary. Magnolia whispered, "It's a pity that there will be no such match in the future." ”

Xiong Linquan, Liu Jiao, and the rest of the people in the house fell silent at the same time. The federal military is a strong force. Admire the strong place. Magnolia serves as the battle supervisor of the seventh group. The Union military was once the finest soldier. gave such a high evaluation of Xu Le. Naturally, they were also very convinced. It's just that they don't know. Obviously, Lao Bai likes that young man very much. Why did such a thing happen today? Lao Bai didn't fight back at all. What exactly was born?

"Xu Le has a good personality. Be kind. Powerful. In addition, there is a background of the Ministry of Defense. I thought the Seventh Group was going to follow him. is the best choice. Magnolia flicked off the ashes. said softly: "It's a pity that it seems that the military region will definitely not let you come back." He must have been very disappointed in me. Eventually, the group will break up. ”

For Magnolia and the people in the house, the seventh group is the place where they fought and lived, and it is their most real history, and they always want the Ministry of Defense to revoke the original order and rebuild the seventh team, but all this seems so illusory.

"That Xu Le...... Is it really the development of the MX mecha?Why didn't you see him at the unveiling ceremony of the production line of the final assembly base last month?" Liu Jiao asked with a frown, in fact, he never doubted Magnolia's appreciation for that young man, but he felt a little incredible.

Bai Yulan naturally wouldn't tell him that Xu Le was still locked up in a dark military prison at that time.

Xiong Linquan sighed and said, "If it weren't for you saying it yourself, I really can't believe that this ordinary-looking guy can actually control the mecha to kill the young lieutenant colonel of the military god family at the top of Kaqi Peak." ”

Lan Xiaolong, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "This is a military secret, it's better to talk about it less." ”

Xiong Linquan sneered and said, "This kind of thing can't be covered up for too long after all. ”

Lan Xiaolong smiled, and was about to say something when the phone in his hand rang. He walked out of the door, and Bai Magnolia, who was lying on the hospital bed, threw down the cigarette butt in her hand, and after a moment of silence, she whispered: "It's a pity, it's a pity." ”

"What is a pity?" asked one of the officers.

"It's a pity that the seventh group is so scattered, and there is one less chance to follow the guy who is destined to be the most violent, go to the front, and even go to the empire to do some of the most violent. Magnolia said softly: "This kind of boss who values love and righteousness, ***...... It's hard to find a second one in the Federation. ”

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Lan Xiaolong pushed the door in, looking at Magnolia on the hospital bed with a strange expression, still holding the military encrypted phone he carried with him. Everyone in the room sensed his strangeness and looked over one after another.

Lan Xiaolong looked at these excellent officers who had been through the war in the ward, shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly, and said, "The first hand that has just been baked is fresh

The Department of Defense's Office of Tactics issued a written order, and the Whitewater Company's Seventh Group is on its way to your troops at this time. ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the ward suddenly became a little weird, the officers in the room had all fought in the seventh group in the past, and fought to the death against the invaders of the empire in a relatively peaceful era, and now although they are the trump cards of their respective troops, as federal soldiers, in the quiet of the night, how can they not miss the battlefield of the stars, the bullet marks of the mines, and the battle scenes of the past.

A glimmer of light flashed in Bai Yulan's delicate eyes, and she asked softly: "You are only a colonel in the garrison area now, and the Ministry of Defense will not notify you." ”

Lan Xiaolong shrugged his shoulders again with some innocence, straightened his military hat and said, "Remember when I was in the Hong Kong capital last year, I was on a mission? ”

Magnolia's eyes became brighter and brighter, and she asked, "Who is the newly built seventh group leader?"

"Xu Le. Lan Xiaolong replied with a smile: "However, it is estimated that it will be expanded, because it seems that 8384 will also have to transfer people, and the entire reorganization schedule will take about three months." ”

Everyone in the room finally understood what he said, and the shock in their hearts could not be erased, but there was a little more confusion, even the 17th Armored Division had to come, what did the Ministry of Defense want to do when the 7th Group was reorganized?

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The Metropolitan District is like the rest of the Federation, there are rich and noble like the clouds of the nine heavens, and there are poor and lowly like black mud. The barren world of Donglin Region also has extravagant nightclubs, and in this central city of the Federation, there are not only places like Lin Yuan and Liufengpo Club, but also small restaurants on the street.

Accurately calculated, it has been less than 24 hours since Xu Le was released from prison, but he has already done a lot of things, obtained a presidential pardon, signed a deed of sale from the federal military, and stabbed someone in the back. At this moment, he was sitting on a chair and gulping out the sesame oil and vegetables in the pot, sweating profusely and seeming to be very happy.

Tai Zhiyuan was not used to eating in this kind of place, he frowned, looking at the remaining oil stains and stains on the table, and then looking at the mixed food in the cauldron, he really didn't have any appetite.

"After five months in prison, what I wanted to eat most was something hot or even hot, preferably to make my stomach and intestines burn. Xu Le put down his chopsticks and explained with a smile.

"You probably don't bother to think about what I told you to think. Li Pifu, president, what exactly do they want you to do when they fish you out?"

Tai Zhiyuan is not like a noble child of a family in front of Xu Le, but the environment where he grew up makes his actions of wiping the corners of his mouth with a tissue in this small restaurant look so elegant, but it is this elegance that is too incongruous with the environment, so Xu Le couldn't help laughing.

After experiencing so many things, Xu Le's state of mind has changed a lot, and he is gradually returning to the orphan land on Donglin Bell Tower Street back then, perhaps he no longer needs to pick up the tip of the hydraulic pipe that is sharp because of the mutilation, his state of mind has returned to that murderous rainy night, stoic, stubborn and cheerful, but the silence covering his face gradually disappeared, and the block in his chest turned into a sharp stone.

Although I am a little confused about my future life, the biggest fear and fear since escaping from Donglin has disappeared. The identity of the federal fugitive, the secret handle has been caught anyway, and it is redundant to be nervous and silent.

It's like an old scar that is always itching, and once it is suddenly removed, it is a little painful, but it is also extremely painful.

What's more, the federal military god seems to have become his distant relative, and he no longer needs to worry about his identity as a fugitive all the time, so how can Xu Le, a cheerful young man, not be sunny?

His eyes smiled like two moons in the sky, and said: "What do you do with so much? At most, the Ministry of Defense sent me to the front line as cannon fodder, and if I could kill a few more Imperials, it would not be too much of a loss." You know, I'm supposed to be a dead man. ”

"Presumably the government won't save you from being cannon fodder as a mecha genius. ”

Tai Zhiyuan looked at Xu Le in front of him with slightly narrowed eyes, and his heart warmed a little. There are still a lot of inside things that have not been figured out in the whole matter, what is the reason why Li Pifu came out of the mountain? Why did his mother let him die? Why did he live? Because of these, Xu Le's smiling face seemed a little mysterious at this time, but as a friend, he didn't want to explore what was under the mystery.

"The government is going to make big moves soon. Tai Zhiyuan suddenly spoke.

Xu Le knew very well the ability of the young man opposite, and knew that the big move he was talking about was definitely not a trivial matter, and in an instant, the lively and noisy small restaurant seemed to become quiet, and he raised his head seriously.

"To be precise, Mr. Pabul, this big move is related to Qinglong Mountain. ”

"Want to go to war?" Xu Le asked worriedly, since knowing the true identity of Medellin, anyone who knows the inside story is shocked and wary of the wolf ambitions and foresight of the empire, the federation now needs unity more than ever, if the government attacks Qinglong Mountain again, who knows what kind of bad impact it will bring, it will definitely give the empire some opportunities to take advantage of.

"No, it's a negotiation, the implementation of the agreement at the end of the previous year. Tai Zhiyuan shook his head, sitting at the humble dining table, they were all involved in the big event back then, and even led, but there was also Shi Qinghai, who was still in prison at this time.

"The president will invite the leaders of Nanshui to come to 1 for formal negotiations, and if the Qinglongshan side is really willing to join the government sequence, it will definitely be the most explosive good news in recent years. Of course, it is also very difficult, if it is not for the great threat from the imperial side, it is difficult to unify opinions within the government and on Parliament Hill, but the problem is that I don't know how the Qinglong Mountain side is going to respond. ”

"It's a bonus. Xu Le put down his chopsticks and was silent for a moment, then nodded very seriously.

"If the negotiations are successful, the army is really willing to be absorbed, and probably a force will be transferred to Xilin to show its attitude, of course, this is mainly symbolic. President Pabul is full of sincerity, the main force of the Second Military Region has been withdrawn, and the troops of my territory will be transferred to Xilin for rotational combat. Tai Zhiyuan said lightly: "I'm leaving tomorrow." ”

"Take care all the way. Xu Le said softly: "Maybe when we meet again in the future, we are all on the front line of the West Woodland." ”

Tai Zhiyuan's eyebrows were a little more worried: "I stayed for a few more days this time, mainly for your business, in fact, Xilin's side is not stable, the Fourth Military Region rejected the order of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to ask them to increase the offensive, that Commander Zhong has guarded the federal border for so many years, and he knows much more about the Imperial than us, the problem is that the Federation now needs a small battle to win...... To boost morale, I went to Xilin this time, and my main task was to persuade Commander Zhong. ”

The Xilin Zhong family, the only one of the seven families of the federation who has military power, has been under the pressure of the main offensive of the empire and the suspicion of the federal government. Hearing this, Xu Le couldn't help but think of the little girl on the battleship back then, I don't know what this little princess of the Zhong family has become now, and more importantly, after stabbing Magnolia, he now needs to fish out Shi Qinghai, and at the same time confirm where Li Wei's kid was sent by Mrs. Zhong.

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The next day, Tai Zhiyuan disappeared again, Xu Le didn't know if this friend, who carried the glory and pressure of the Qianshi family, could really become the president of the Federation in this long career, so as to satisfy the ambitions of that lady, he only knew that Tai Zhiyuan was not necessarily happy. It's just that everyone has their own unique identity, and this identity represents a lot of things, which people are not allowed to get rid of at will.

Xu Le has the ability to change his identity, as long as he changes the chip on the back of his neck at this time, he can tear up those documents of the Ministry of Defense as shredded paper, and plunge headlong into the stars of the Federation, and no longer have to worry about anything. The problem is that he can't change it, because there are still many people who care about it in this world, such as Shi Qinghai and Zou Yu. An identity is a real life, and to give up identity is to give up everything in this life.

Xu Le didn't want to live this kind of wandering in the universe, he didn't know if his life changed too much, would he end up like his uncle and end up being a lonely person, with no home to return to, except for going to the recuperation center and calling his empty students, he was a lonely mess, no one to talk to and drink.

In the following days, he made a phone call to Mrs. Zhong a little nervously, and from the vague answer of the lady, he knew the general movement of Li Wei, confirmed that the guy was safe, and then went to the Zou family in the Xishan compound to visit Minister Zou Yingxing, and at the same time talked with Zou Yu about a lot of things in private, and the rest of the time, he basically spent the rest of his time negotiating with relevant departments......

He is now cheerful, sunny, and fearless because he has nothing to lose, so he is seeking Shi Qinghai's amnesty, the problem is that the Internal Affairs Department of the Ministry of National Defense is not willing to intervene at all, and the presidential residence does not answer the phone calls of this little person, as for those relevant departments that can decide these matters, it is really confusing, today it is this ministry, tomorrow it is the committee, but the door of the relevant departments is always closed to him.

He didn't know about President Pabul's highly targeted speech at the Nebula Awards ceremony a few days ago, and he had been busy all the time until he saw an article by Bob's editor-in-chief and Wood's in the daily newspaper of the Tokyo District in the sweltering Hawking Avenue newsstand.

The negotiations between the federal government and Qinglongshan have been unanimously supported by hundreds of millions of people in the Federation, and in the face of the evil imperial invasion, the citizens really do not want to shed their own blood again.

What is even more striking is that the Ministry of Justice has once again launched the Medellín project......

Councillor Medellín is an Imperial spy, and this disgraceful affair for the Federation will probably be locked away in a central database forever and kept secret. But the contents of the terrorist attack investigation, which has already unearthed a lot of evidence last year, are enough to try the dead man in absentia. The Federation will not allow such a person to enjoy the respect of the people after death.

This approach would probably anger some of the die-hard Medellín youth army, but the government began to negotiate with Qinglongshan, and the shocking news overshadowed too much emotion, and at the moment President Pabul and the government had the sincere support of the whole society, and even some demonstrations did not make a wave.

The timing of President Pabul's resumption of the Medellín project was perfect, and he fully demonstrated his increasingly sophisticated political skills and wise political wisdom.

The Confederation began to smear the dead Medellín with blackened vintage ink, but no one dared to stand up against the investigation in order to prevent the ink from being implicated in the investigation. Including the Tie Shuli, who had a deep relationship with Medellín, they all maintained absolute silence.

Taking advantage of this very rare opportunity for the seven federal families to collectively lose their voices, the government's Treasury Department and the Tax Law Commission jointly attacked, and on June 17, Capitol Hill passed the gold fusion algorithm that had been disputed for decades.

Xu Le was pleased to see these news, and then finally waited for his job transfer arrangement, to his surprise, the Ministry of Defense did not send him to the armored division of the Xilin front, but sent him to a mysterious training base in a military vehicle.

He suddenly had a new identity: the first-class mecha teaching chief of the Ministry of Defense.