Chapter 71: The Return of the Hero (Part II)
In the command hall on the outskirts of the capital region, dozens of high-ranking military generals stood or sat nervously at the circular light curtain in front of them, while President Pabur, national security adviser, and the head of the parliamentary military committee stood by the railing on the second floor.
The picture on the huge circular light curtain is intermittent, because of the long-distance transmission signal loss, it is very blurry, and I can only barely see a strangely shaped dilapidated triplane, which is moving at full speed in that strange starry sky, and in the distant darkness around the triplane, hundreds of black and cyan imperial warships can be faintly seen.
When the optical acquisition system of the two latent signal relay satellites activated by luck failed, they could no longer see the picture from the outside perspective, and could only see the deeper cosmic future through the equipment of the fugitive triwing.
In the intermittent picture, except for the occasional Imperial warship that peeks out from the upper and lower sides of the space, people can't clearly see the large number of Imperial warships chasing the triplane closely, but the green light spots representing the Imperial warships on the radar system are becoming more and more numerous, densely packed like devouring vultures, which makes everyone feel extremely nervous and worried.
"Rush!"
"Accelerate!"
The senior generals of the Federation, who were usually extremely serious, finally couldn't help but shout in a low voice, and a noisy voice sounded on the first floor of the command hall, and the generals knew that their cheering from hundreds of millions of kilometers away could not make the triplane fly faster, but they still subconsciously clenched their fists, frowned, and shouted loudly
"The Imperials are crazy?"
The Federal National Security Adviser looked at the monitoring calculations he had just obtained in shock, and looked at the number of Imperial warships chasing triplanes counted on it, and exclaimed incredibly: "In order to chase a triplane, three medium-sized fleets were actually transferred! Could it be that their star field does not need to be armed? Such a crazy and undisciplined pursuit, if it encounters the federal fleet, it only needs a salvo in a crossbow formation, and it can easily knock out one-third of their warships!"
The generals in the command hall had already noticed this, and they were also puzzled by this, and they couldn't understand why the Imperial side would take such a big risk and chase after the fugitive three wings.
Admiral Miles's thick eyebrows with silver threads frowned slightly, and he teased sarcastically: "Could it be that Colonel Xu Le raped Her Royal Highness the princess?"
A burst of laughter broke out from upstairs and downstairs in the hall, but the laughter immediately subsided, because in the intermittent picture on the light curtain, the brilliance of the Imperial battleship's guns cutting pears had already begun to appear, and those fatal lines flew past the porthole of the triplane, which was extremely dangerous, and no one knew if it would hit the triplane in the next moment.
The chairman of the Military Council, who hurried from Parliament Hill, glanced at President Pabul, who had been silent, with a complicated expression, leaned over and said in a low voice: "The Federation fleet has set off in a hurry, if it really starts a war with the Imperial fleet...... Both sides were unprepared, and I feared that the losses would be too great. ”
Mr. Councillor didn't say it too thoroughly, but in fact, this was also the inner line of some of the bigwigs present, including the military, the federal frontline troops were forced to disrupt their deployment, the plan to attack the Smelting System was delayed, and the fleet set off in a hurry...... No one knows how much the Federation will pay for this kind of change, and all this is just to save one person, is it worth it?
Although the triplane has already sent back an encrypted piece of information, and it is said that Xu Le has a second very important piece of information in his hands, is it really worth it?
"Don't worry about any intelligence interests, and don't even think about this as a first-sequence event for the time being. ”
There was no expression on Pabul's dark face, he raised his arm, pointed to the dense points of light representing the Imperial fleet on the electronic simulation of the light curtain, and said: "The empire will do whatever it takes to kill him, can't our federation do it? As I said just now, at all costs, remember, at all costs!"
At this time, Brin, director of the Office of the President's Residence, hung up the phone, walked behind President Pabul with a solemn expression, and said in a low voice: "Mr. President, President Guoke called to inquire about this matter, and he is very concerned about the safety of Colonel Xu Le. ”
President Pabur frowned and glanced at Brin.
Brin then whispered, "There are still many parties who have called before, and they want to determine the truth of this matter. For some unknown reason, the news that Colonel Xu Le was alive was leaked on the Internet, and the federal television station asked if it was possible to broadcast official news. ”
Due to the consideration of political influence, the Federation will definitely not make a big deal about this matter until it is determined that Xu Le can be brought back safely, but I don't know why, the situation that should be strictly kept secret has begun to spread on the civilian network in a very short period of time.
"I immediately set about setting up network channel management. Seeing that President Pabul had been silent, Director Brin immediately said.
"No, I don't. President Pabur waved his hand: "I authorize the Sindan channel to release official information, but you must pay great attention to the selection of the picture." ”
"Yes. ”
Xu Le was still alive, flying towards the Federation on a dilapidated triplane, and behind him was the endless Imperial Warship, this news that shocked the Federation society collectively was naturally deliberately released by some big people who had access to this matter.
There is no wind and no rain in Mochou Houshan today, but the air is a little cold, Mrs. Tai is wearing a fluffy shawl, holding her elbows with her hands, silently looking at the lake and mountains in front of her, and secretly thinking to herself in her heart, if that little guy can really be lucky to come back alive, will the political situation of the federation be a little different, and will he chase after the matter of the ancient bell?
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Definitely, according to Xu Le's temperament, he definitely would.
The corners of Mrs. Tai's lips flashed with an inexplicable smile, and she said to Secretary Shen beside her: "Any war will add a lot of chips to the strength of the military, especially those young and strong factions with crazy temperaments, it is not a good thing that the strength is too strong, I am curious, when Xu Le returns with such an incomparably glorious return, how they are going to end." ”
Secretary Shen was silent, but his right hand hanging on his leg moved slightly, and after a while, he said softly: "According to your orders, the whole federation knows about this matter, and what we can do now is just hope that Colonel Xu Le can have this luck." ”
All the people of the Federation who were turning on the TV stopped what they were doing almost at the same time, whether it was an update that their superiors were desperately urging, or a dishwashing towel that was forced into their hands by their wives, they were all put aside.
They watched the news channel in shock, listened to the excited and joyful voice of the female anchor, listened to the name of the Federation hero that had faded a little, and couldn't believe their eyes and ears.
Loud cheers, screams of excitement, and even people threw beer bottles downstairs in excitement in countless apartment buildings and university dormitories.
On the screen of the news channel, the triplane that carries the heroic complexes and dreams of countless people hidden in the depths of their hearts is moving silently in the dark cosmic background, and countless dense imperial warships are in hot pursuit, and the picture is very blurry and intermittent, as if it has been marked with countless layers of mosaic.
Excited and nervous, the crowd immediately turned their attention to the Internet, trying to find more information and more images of the triplane.
A wedding is being held at the Mandarin Hotel Gangdu, with a large number of guests, famous cars, huge momentum, and extravagant pomp, attracting the attention of countless people. Not to mention that both parties to the marriage are young people with very promising backgrounds in the Federation, just by looking at the fact that today's witness is Mr. President, the giant enterprise of the Federation, you can probably think of the grandeur of this wedding.
"I'm just a remote descendant of the Cao family, and I'm not a child of the Seven Families. The honest young man, wearing an expensive dress today, looked at today's extraordinarily beautiful bride, and said honestly: "So I am not deliberately hiding it from you. ”
"The legendary Seven Families have nothing to do with our marriage. ”
Shang Qiu was wearing a red bandeau dress today, and her tender white and bulging breasts were particularly charming and proud, but her face still maintained the calmness of an engineer, and there was not much newlywed shyness or nervousness, hearing the groom's words, she shrugged her shoulders a little indecently, and said, "It doesn't matter if you hide it or not." I agreed to marry you because you are probably the only one who can agree to my unreasonable conditions, but then again, I have an important technical meeting to attend tomorrow, and I'm afraid it's going to end early in order to deal with your parents' B honeymoon. ”
The groom surnamed Cao was a little disappointed, but he noticed that the most important guest of today's wedding was also their witness, and Mr. Guoke's expression suddenly became a little weird.
Mr. Guoke President hung up Ran's words, walked in front of the two with complicated expressions, and thought for a long time before he said to the groom: "I'm sorry." ”
The groom and Shang Qiu looked at Mr. President in surprise, thinking to themselves that even if you have something urgent to leave, you won't be so sincere and heavy to say the three words sorry, right?
Mr. President turned his gaze to Shang Qiu and said with a smile: "I think there is news that I have to tell you before you get married, otherwise I am really worried that you will choose to resign from Guoke because you hate me all your life." ”
"Xu Le is still alive. ”
Hearing this, Shang Qiu, who was about to get married today, was stunned, and was stunned holding the skirt of the dress, and then she turned her head without hesitation, looked at the groom who was also shocked, and bowed down very sincerely to apologize: "I'm sorry......"
Then she turned her head and walked outside the Mandarin Hotel, where across the street the giant light screen, the news channel anchor was already talking, preparing to play a video.
"I now understand why you just said you're sorry. The young man surnamed Cao reluctantly looked at the figure who walked out of the hotel, surprisingly not angry, but unusually calm, and said to Mr. President: "It turns out that Shang Qiu and Colonel Xu Le have an old relationship, it seems that my vision is really good." ”
Shang Qiu didn't hear this man's very personable words, and all her energy at the moment was on the huge light curtain across the street.
With her left hand, she gently pulled away the bra and bandeau that made her a little difficult to breathe, took out the folding glasses from her cleavage, and put them on the bridge of her small nose, Shang Qiu began to watch silently and intently with a smile, and the wind of late autumn blew on her tender white face, a little itchy.
Nam Sang-mi, who had just finished her foundation vacation and was about to take another long vacation under the persuasion of her mother to clean up her mood, was packing her luggage with the help of a servant woman and putting her favorite books into her suitcase, when her eyes fell on the train ticket on the table.
This trip is another high-speed railway, she is ready to walk the road again, but the best friend of the year is no longer in contact, and the man who has been tied for several years at a glance in the carriage has already gone to a distant place with no way back.
Nam Sang-mi didn't cry, a peaceful, soft but strong luster appeared on her beautiful cheeks, she picked up the train ticket, and whispered to herself and to the man who left: "I'm not afraid of forgetting you so I relive the journey of the year, because I won't forget you."
It's just that since you won't come back, I want to say a formal goodbye to you. ”
"Farewell is not to forget you, but to hide you in the bottom of my heart, and when I am old I will tell my granddaughter that I once liked a real man who was never afraid in the face of difficulties. ”
When the beautiful girl was sentimental, a scream suddenly sounded in the living room next to her, and she walked over in surprise, and then saw Toad, who had brought herself up since childhood and knew all her secrets, was pointing in one direction with a strange expression, and her mouth was wide open, but she was speechless in shock.
Nam Sang-mi turned her head curiously, and then she saw the picture on the TV light screen, and heard the voice-over commentary, she covered her lips violently, her body trembled slightly, and she decided not to cry for that man again.
In the old house in the second district of the Weiwei District of Sunset Prefecture in Xilin Region, the little watermelon who had just finished school was eating ice cream cones while watching the pirated CDs brought back from the Wangdu apartment more than a year ago.
Although this little princess likes to comfort herself from this kind of obscene audio-visual works, fantasizing about avenging her parents and Brother Xu Le, she will always be a little bored to watch the purple-haired captain lead the federal army again and again, and the concubine will defeat the imperial invaders over and over again, so she subconsciously moved her fingers slightly and broadcast the channel back to TV.
The cone that the little girl was feeding into her cute mouth snapped and poked into her sharp nose, her round and clear eyes took her long time to wake up, and she jumped up from the sofa screaming, and her short black hair like watermelon peel spread out in the air and converged.
In the single-family villa in the Xishan compound, Zou Liuhuo, who was arrogantly used to the wife of the Minister of Defense and countless idle people, was angry at this time.
The little boy, who had learned to memorize Schiller's poems, was unwilling to say a word to his grandmother and nanny who persuaded him, and he screamed and screamed, kicked and pounded the glass coffee table in front of him with his little feet, and smashed everything around him into the television curtain in front of him.
Because his favorite cartoon is suddenly gone, a woman with heavy makeup appears on the TV that he hates.
The minister's wife has retired, and in recent years, she has taken care of this little ancestor at home, and she is extremely spoiled, and the orderly soldiers and logistics aunts in the minister's building, no one dares to disobey his wishes a little, coupled with some bad temperament inherited from his mother, no one dares to take care of the boy at a young age, no one dares to say him loudly, and no one dares to teach him a lesson.
There was a crunch snap!
Du Yu, who was still wearing pink pajamas like an unmarried girl, hurriedly walked upstairs and gave the little boy a clean slap.
"What is this for?" said Mrs. Zou, screaming in shock, and took the little boy behind her.
The little boy saw that his mother, who loved him very much on weekdays, actually beat himself, covered his red pink face and cried loudly, and his little arms and legs kicked even more fiercely, but he saw that his mother had been looking at the TV in a daze, and he didn't pay attention to himself at all, he angrily leaned out from his grandmother's side, and tried hard to grab the ashtray of his grandfather's baby, and was ready to smash the TV.
"If you dare to smash it, I'll kill you. ”
Zou Yu kept looking at the TV light curtain and didn't look back, but the cold taste hidden in this simple sentence made everyone in the living room stunned.
The child is a stubborn animal that can feel the real danger the most, and sensing the lethality of Zou Yu's words, he sniffled and put down the ashtray in his hand crying.
I can't understand in my little heart, last time my grandfather's hair was burned by myself, my mother wasn't so angry, why is she so serious today?
Naturally, he didn't know that it was because the return of his "father" was being shown on TV.
The same picture happens in many places, and as Schiller said, happy families are always similar, so they and their happy excitement are similar, at least in this moment.
But there are also many people who care about Xu Le who have not been able to see this historic scene.
Tai Zhiyuan was personally applying for a financial sub-card for Bai Qi at that time, and he had a headache with these trivial procedures, because Mo Chou Houshan suspended the financial support factory for him, and even the housekeeper and those staff were forced to leave Xilin with tears in their eyes.
At this time, Shi Qinghai was like a gopher, walking through the underground waterways of the FBI headquarters, and the small blue instrument in his hand glowed with a faint light, illuminating the rusty nameplate in front of him, clearly showing the serial port identification of the database.
The news channel's breaking report ended quickly, the picture went dark, and there were no problems with the specially selected video materials, only the conspiracy theorists and technocratics on the Internet who were accustomed to frame-by-frame scanning and analysis were still researching, and they soon concluded that this scene was real, and the problem was that a second before the video ended, the left abdomen of the triplane on which Colonel Xu Le was riding seemed to have been hit by a cannon fire from an Imperial warship......
Numerous protest calls reached federal television, asking if the triplane had been sunk by the Reich and why there was no follow-up picture.
"Federal forces are locating, the fleet has begun rescue operations, let's pray for Colonel Xu Le. The female anchor of the news channel said sincerely.
Just like the atmosphere in the conference room of the Huang Erxing base, excitement and joy were followed by endless worries, and the entire federation, from the distant Donglin to Xilin, from the capital to the four states of Q Huanshan, countless people in the federation were anxiously and nervously waiting for the latest news
The Charter Bureau triplane, itself one of the fastest flying machines in the starry sky, although it has been floating in the territory of the empire for too long, it has become a little strange and dilapidated, but under the old thing's policy of robbery and supply, it still maintains a good state, especially the engine system is more powerful than a year ago, but because the repair components are all smuggled spaceships or pirate ship parts, the triplane's assembly system is not stable, and after a long period of high-intensity flight, there have long been ominous signs.
The most important thing is that those dense imperial warships, such a terrifying number of chasing battleships, beyond Xu Le's imagination and the calculations of the old things, although the speed of the triplane still has an advantage, but those imperial warships have obviously been guarding the periphery of the smuggling channel of the fierce galaxy, and they have long been ready for ambush, even though the triplane almost frantically broke through the two torsion holes, but was still surrounded by the huge fleet in this vast universe and forced into a desperate situation.
"Huai Caoshi is crazy, this woman is crazy!" Xu Le looked at the downward trend of the value of the life support system with a pale face, and shouted angrily: "Hundreds of lions come to chase a rabbit, where is there such a crazy thing!"
At this time, he had already determined that these dense imperial fleets were not preparing for any major military operations, but to prevent themselves from returning to the Federation, and when he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel extremely cold, the triplane had been hit three times in a row by Imperial artillery fire, and the high-strength tattered metal armor appeared three terrifying erosion holes, and the spaceship's life support system was on the verge of collapse.
A violent shock struck again, Xu Le's body was bounced high by the shock, and then fell heavily, two lines of blood spilled from his lips, and he said angrily: "Why didn't you dodge again?"
"Rushing out into the street on a rainy day to play romance, and the clothes on your body can not get wet at all?" The old thing's tone was obviously not very good: "I only let four drops of rain fall on you, what else can I hope for." ”
This sentence is very powerful, the Imperial fleet does not care about the cost, and even some aimlessly fire from a long distance, like a rain of anger poured from the sky, no matter how much you dodge, it is impossible to completely dodge.
In fact, the triplane was controlled by the old thing, and from time to time it made unbelievable movements in space, and it was still surviving in the dense artillery fire, which only made the commanders of the imperial warships and the generals of the distant federation feel unprecedented shock.
"Alert, the ship's power loss is serious and it must land immediately. "The old thing's voice is mechanical and calm.
"Where are we now, and how far is the fleet of the Federation rescue?"
"We have entered the outer periphery of the Gamma Galaxy, not far away, and four Charter Signal Relay Satellites were successfully activated three seconds ago, and the Federation fleet still has ...... Far away. ”
"Miserable, miserable. Xu Le looked at the metal pieces that were crumbling outside the porthole, squinted his eyes and sighed softly: "Old thing, just find a planet that can live and descend." ”
The old thing's mechanical voice jumped again, and said: "This is not a retreat after the catastrophe, no one has prepared a planet for you that can live people, give up this luxury, now the closest to us is a deserted mining star, which is definitely not suitable for human habitation, and if you live, you will die."
"Why?"
"There is an atmosphere, and the light wave analysis is non-toxic, but the oxygen content is too low for ants to feed. ”
"You just mentioned the escape after the Holocaust? Prepare for the planet of the living...... What does that mean?"
"Did I say that?"
What ended the unwitting conversation between this man and machine at the end of despair was the fire of an Imperial warship. With a violent explosion, a brilliant fire erupted from the tail end of the triplane, which was quickly extinguished in a vacuum.
The last image seen in the Federation command hall was that the triplane was hit by heavy fire from the Imperial warship, and the triplane was obviously badly damaged, and it fell miserably towards a nearby mining star, and a long time later a small light lit up in the darkness and desolation.
A small glimmer of light so far away could actually be a terrifying explosion. The four Charter Signal Relay Satellites that had just been activated were instantly destroyed by the Imperial Fleet, and the anxious technicians tuned the picture to the main perspective of the triplane, but it was also dark.
The generals in the conference room of Huang Erxing's advance base were silent, Du Shaoqing slowly stood up, holding the sunglasses he had taken off, leaning forward slightly, staring at the light curtain in the air, as if he wanted to find the figure of that guy from the darkness.
The people in the command hall fell silent, Admiral Myers slapped his thigh in anger, his eyes widened and he stood up, and President Pabur frowned deeply and remained silent for a long time.
"I just got the parametric analysis report. A staff officer looked down at the light curtain of the workbench and reported in a deep voice: "According to the footage before being shot, the main box in the rear wing of the triplane was destroyed, the life support system collapsed, and the impact of this fall should be completely destroyed, and the fluorine gas content in the atmosphere of this ore star is 0.14 percent, which is not enough to support the respiratory system." ”
The staff officer raised his head with some difficulty, looked at the people with solemn expressions, and said, "According to the analysis of the charter computer, Xu Le is on the pepper............ Should have been sacrificed. ”
After a long silence, the National Security Adviser suddenly leaned into Mr. President's ear and said, "Your Excellency, concubines...... Should the Federation fleet be ordered to withdraw immediately?"
There was no emotion on President Pabul's swarthy face, he stared at the dark ring light curtain, suddenly slammed the table hard, and said loudly: "Order the Federation fleet to continue to speed up and prepare for battle." ”
Then he said to Director Brin in a deep voice: "Let the news channel continue to broadcast live, and broadcast this dark picture! I want to see a miracle happen!"
In the distant starry sky, there was also silence on the Federation fleet, and the three-star admiral Hong Yuliang gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and ordered: "Continue to move forward and order the third airborne mecha brigade to prepare for a strong landing." ”
I don't know how long it has been, the news finally came back from the distant empire, the three crazy and murderous imperial fleets began to turn around and evacuate when there were still fourteen units left in the federal fleet, for them, the federation's triplane has been destroyed, the federation man on the ship has died, the mission has been completed, and they are naturally unwilling to engage in a space decisive battle without any preparation with the main fleet of the federation.
However, there was still no news on the planet.
The news channel went live again, but the agitated and anxious Federans could only see the darkness, they probably understood what was happening, and they began to pray silently.
In the command hall, the light curtain in front of President Pabur was dark, the charter was wide, the people were clasping their hands into fists and praying under their chins, the huge light curtain was still dark, and the countless TV light curtains in countless apartment buildings were all dark, and there was no change at all.
Minutes and seconds passed.
At the main entrance of the Mandarin Hotel in Hong Kong, Shang Qiu looked at the dark light curtain across the street through the glass lens, and for some reason, she slowly put her hands behind her back, and her right hand held her left wrist in the autumn wind, although silent but extremely firm.
Zhang Xiaomeng in the office of Parliament Hill slowly took off her glasses, rubbed her eyebrows, looked at the black TV light curtain, closed her eyes, and put her hands behind her back and gently closed them together, based on her beliefs, she never prayed for the Creator, but she prayed that the person would live.
Zou Yu in the Xishan compound frowned, looking at the dark TV light curtain, his hands were also behind his back, his knuckles were slightly white, and there was a chilling meaning between his eyebrows, since you came back to life inexplicably, how dare you let me watch you die inexplicably again?
In this long, boring and torturous wait, countless light curtains were still cold and dark, and no pictures appeared, but just when everyone was about to despair, a hoarse voice full of electric noise sounded at the same time in countless places in the Federation.
"I'm Xu Le...... Now out of the cabin, feeling good. ”