Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Following this order, the mecha clans under the Three Sun Fleet of the 7th division started to move, especially those near Bing Ge. The commander-in-chief of the other divisions also gave similar orders. Although they belonged to different divisions, they were still soldiers of the Federation. No matter which division they belonged to, they were still their comrades. They would not give up on helping their comrades.
The mecha operator from Bing Ge was getting anxious. Ever since he requested for help from 404 of 250 Ace Mecha Clan, 404 told him that he had already reported their situation to his superiors. However, after that, 404 ordered them to stay where they were and wait for further orders. They were not allowed to move.
The five mecha operators from Bing Ge were unhappy with Ling Lan's actions. If it wasn't for the fact that they outnumbered Ling Lan, they would have left this place and gone to the headquarters of 250 Ace Mecha Clan to seek help.
After waiting for more than 20 minutes, 404 still didn't give them a reply. The five people from Bing Ge couldn't take it anymore. They decided to go to 250 Ace Mecha Clan's headquarters personally to look for their commander-in-chief.
However, as soon as they moved, they were discovered by 404 and the others. Ten mechas instantly surrounded them and aimed their beam guns at them without hesitation.
"What is the meaning of this? Why are you pointing your guns at your allies? "03 finally shouted.
404 replied calmly, "Major 03, please wait here." He had to follow his regiment commander's orders.
"You want us to wait here? Do you know? My regiment commander and team leader are still fighting. We don't know if they are dead or alive. Are they waiting for us to save them? Yet, you want us to wait here and waste our time? Bastard! If 250 Ace Mecha Clan doesn't want to help us, just tell us. Bing Ge will not beg you shamelessly. However, you can't stop us from looking for other reinforcements. "03 shouted angrily.
"Our regiment commander has given his orders. Your request for help has been sent to the higher-ups. We are preparing for the rescue mission now. Please wait patiently." 404 continued to relay Ling Lan's orders to the other party calmly.
He understood why the other party was so anxious. However, could they save their regiment commander and comrades by being anxious? If they wanted to save their comrades, they had to make all the necessary preparations. If not, if they went blindly, they might not be able to save their comrades and might even get themselves into trouble. This was not a good idea.
"Prepare, prepare, prepare. You've been talking about preparing since 20 minutes ago, and you're still not done? Is it because Bing Ge's life is not worth mentioning in your eyes? Is that why you are dragging your feet? You're committing murder! Murder! " Another mecha operator from Bing Ge started crying too. If they waited for one more minute, one more of their comrades would die. How could they wait for nothing?
"Is Bing Ge's life worth anything? Are the lives of 250 Ace Mecha Clan worthless? " As if triggered by something, 404 suddenly glared at the other party with bloodshot eyes. He could no longer maintain his original calm.
"The battle footage you copied showed that the number of the creatures was frightening. Their battle prowess was also terrifying. If we were not careful, we would be wiped out. Even so, 250 Ace Mecha Clan didn't retreat. Our regiment commander immediately sent all the mecha operators in the base to help you." 404 shouted angrily. "However, our regiment commander values his mecha operators more than your regiment commander. He will not act blindly and fight a battle that he is not confident of winning. Our regiment commander will definitely not let any mecha operators die. "
If his regiment commander was as decisive as his current regiment commander, he might not have been so disappointed and become a useless person … 404's eyes flashed with a hint of sadness.
"Nonsense, we, Bing Ge …"
Just as 03 wanted to refute, 404 interrupted him. "Your regiment commander made four mistakes. First, when you realized that you had entered the base of those creatures, your regiment commander should have retreated before he knew the strength of those creatures."
"Second, even if he couldn't determine the combat power of those creatures and couldn't decide if he should retreat or not, he should have known that he could only use his beam gun to kill those creatures. If he couldn't kill all the creatures before the beam gun ran out of energy, he should have ordered everyone to retreat."
"Our regiment commander calculated it too. He felt that it was okay so he didn't retreat. However, he didn't expect another batch to appear …" 03 explained helplessly.
404 sneered. "The first two mistakes aren't too big. If it wasn't a very outstanding commander, he would have made these mistakes too. However, your regiment commander made the third mistake. When he realized that the energy of his beam gun was not enough to kill those creatures, he still didn't retreat. Instead, he chose to let the starship drop the energy supplies. This is definitely a mistake. He didn't care about the lives of everyone in the mecha clan."
"We have already fought for three days and three nights. Even if our regiment commander asked us to retreat, we wouldn't have retreated. It's all the fault of the captain of Osie's starship. If he agreed to drop the energy supplies, we wouldn't have been wiped out." 03's eyes were filled with anger. In his heart, all of this was caused by Captain Osie.
"Stupid. He actually put the lives of the entire mecha clan in the hands of a starship captain who couldn't be trusted … I can only say that your regiment commander must have been blinded by the benefits in front of him." 404 sneered. He remembered the time when their regiment commander was in the devil training camp. When they begged him to let them go, he said coldly that putting your life in the hands of others was the most stupid thing to do. Only when you have control over your own life would you have the right to talk about other things.
"Our regiment commander did it for the sake of everyone in Soldier Spear." 03 thought about the resources they found. His eyes were filled with pain. Perhaps it was because of those resources that they couldn't give up that their regiment commander kept risking his life. However, in the end, those resources and benefits wouldn't belong to Soldier Spear anymore.
"Although the third mistake was the worst decision your regiment commander made, it was still your regiment commander's fault that your entire mecha clan was wiped out in the end." 404 said. The scene in his mecha clan appeared in his mind. It was so similar. That year, it was also his regiment commander's fault. The entire mecha clan lost their lives too.
"Nonsense, nonsense. Our regiment commander fought until the end and risked his life to let us escape. What wrong did he do?" 03 shouted angrily. He was able to survive because of his regiment commander's protection. His regiment commander was willing to die to protect his mecha operators. What wrong did he do?
"Do you think you can ignore his mistake just because he fought until the last second?" 404 didn't have any feelings for the regiment commander of Soldier Spear. In his eyes, the regiment commander of Soldier Spear was full of mistakes. It reminded him of the regiment commander who sacrificed the lives of his comrades. A huge flame of anger burned in his heart.
"Actually, he could have been more decisive. He could have sacrificed some of his mecha operators to self-destruct. That way, more than five mecha operators would have been able to escape safely. At least, most of them would have been able to escape alive," 404 said angrily.
This decision seemed cruel but a good commander must know when to give up. If not, not only would the mecha operators die, most of them would be wiped out. For example, Soldier Spear. If their regiment commander had been more decisive and sacrificed some mecha operators who couldn't fight and let the mecha operators who still had a chance to escape self-destruct, those mecha operators would have been willing to do so.
Just like that time, if their regiment commander had ordered them to fight to the death and let the other mecha operators have time to escape, they would have fought until the last moment too. Unfortunately, their regiment commander panicked and made the wrong decision. In the end, all of their mecha operators died there. However, he was able to survive under the protection of his regiment commander's mecha.
404's words made 03 sweat profusely. If 404 didn't say these words, 03 wouldn't have thought about it. However, now, all of these were pointed out by 404. 03 couldn't help but think back to the situation at that time. He realized that 404 was right. If their regiment commander had been more decisive, perhaps even their regiment commander would have been able to escape.
He shook his head. He couldn't think of their regiment commander like that. Their regiment commander had protected them and fought bravely to protect them. How could they doubt their regiment commander's decision?
Seeing 03 standing at the side in a daze and not saying anything, 404 finally vented his anger. Unfortunately, they didn't have a chance to help today.
Just as 404 was feeling regretful, a notification sounded in his mecha. A group of mechas appeared in the sky far away from them. The mecha in front was one of the two mechas that their regiment commander liked to use the most. It was the king of long-range mechas that their regiment commander liked to use. During their hellish training, he liked to use long-range attacks to make them feel like they were on the brink of death.
He hated the king of long-range attacks in 250 Ace Mecha Clan's base. Now, he liked it so much. It was a pity that he didn't have a chance to participate.
"Our regiment commander is here." 404 threw this sentence at Ling Lan and led his team to welcome them.
"Are they from Soldier Spear?" Ling Lan looked at the five mechas that were hesitating whether they should come over or not. She asked 404 who came over.
"Yes," 404 replied. He thought for a moment and decided to try to persuade Ling Lan. "Regiment commander, our team just arrived here. We didn't do anything today. We specially request to join this rescue mission."
Ling Lan thought to herself. The five people from Soldier Spear had been in contact with 404's team. Perhaps, with 404 leading the way, they might be able to provide more useful information. Thinking of this, Ling Lan agreed to 404's request. 404's team was elated.
Time was tight. 404 asked the five people from Soldier Spear to follow the main group. Around a hundred mechas rushed towards the location where Soldier Spear was attacked. This time, there were four teams following Ling Lan. They were Zilong's team, Li Lanfeng's team, Luo Lang's team, Liu Furong's team, Zhao Jun's team, 404's team and five people from Soldier Spear's team.
Soon, they arrived at the edge of a dense forest.
"Boss, on the map that Meng Lan gave us, Soldier Spear's location should be here." Zilong's team, who was in charge of scouting, immediately reported to Ling Lan.
"Have you all seen the battle video that Soldier Spear copied?" Ling Lan frowned. They had to be careful of one of the three forbidden areas during land clearing missions. They actually encountered another one. Don't enter the forest. Unfortunately, the location they needed to rescue was inside the forest.
"I saw it. Those ant-like creatures aren't strong individually but their group attacks are terrifying." When they saw how the ants could chew off the mecha's outer shell bit by bit, they felt a chill run down their spines. Luckily, they saw that as long as the mecha's beam shield was around, those creatures couldn't bite the mecha. That was why they were relieved.
Why was it only barely? That was because the energy of the beam shield wasn't unlimited. When those ant-like creatures used up all the energy of the beam shield, the mecha would become their food.
"Cold weapons aren't effective against them. Now, all mecha operators, check your weapons and switch them to beam weapons. Make sure they have enough energy." Ling Lan didn't want 250 Ace Mecha Clan to encounter what happened to Soldier Spear. After all the mecha operators replied that they were ready, Ling Lan led the mecha operators into the dense forest.
The forest was very quiet. There didn't seem to be any danger. They always thought that the mechas of the Federation were huge. However, on this planet, everything seemed to be huge. The mechas seemed to have shrunk.
The trees here were so huge that they couldn't see the top of the trees. The trunks of the trees were almost the same size as the bodies of the mechas. Ling Lan and the others felt that they weren't controlling their mechas. They were just walking into the dense forest with their own bodies.
Ling Lan's heart skipped a beat. She thought about her underlings who were still quietly hiding at the bottom of the lake. That circular creature could use spiritual power to attack. She started to suspect whether all the creatures here had such an ability. It should be known that no matter how huge the trees here were, the experienced mecha operators wouldn't have the illusion that they weren't controlling their mechas. Without a doubt, this was a type of spiritual signal that made people lower their guard.
"Everyone, be careful. There might be enemies around." Ling Lan's cold voice rang through the communication channel of all the mecha operators. The mecha operators who were relaxed because of the peace were shocked. They all became cautious.
"Let the five mecha operators from Soldier Spear lead the way." Although they knew the general location of Soldier Spear, they didn't know it as clearly as the five mecha operators from Soldier Spear. After all, they escaped from that location so they knew the situation better.
Ling Lan decided to let the mecha operators from Soldier Spear lead the way first. She wanted to reduce the time they had to waste to determine the direction. Ling Lan knew that saving people was the most important thing. She couldn't afford to waste any time.
The five mecha operators from Soldier Spear also heard this order. Without needing 404's reminder, 03 led his team members and sped up. They came to the front of the group and moved together with Ling Lan.
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