When Xu Le woke up, it was already early in the morning, but there wasn't much light around the camp. He shifted his body and realized that his left hand had unknowingly reached into Shang Qiu's sweater, greedily holding or holding onto that ridiculously beautiful thing. He didn't know if it was because it was too hot in the sleeping bag or for some other reason, but his body was drenched in sweat and his underwear stuck together, making him feel a little uncomfortable.
He slowly pulled his hand out and quietly looked at the sleeping Shang Qiu beside him. She wasn't wearing glasses, and her eyes were tightly shut. He was surprised to find another side of her that was different from her usual calm, intelligent, careless, and boyish self. The girl's cheeks were slightly puffed up in her sleep, as if she had two steamed buns in her mouth. She smacked her lips from time to time, looking very cute.
Reluctantly, he climbed out of the sleeping bag, adjusted his winter clothes, and walked out of the camp. He kicked away the snow and crouched under the mecha. Squinting his eyes at the first ray of light that was beginning to reflect from the other end of the glacier, he began to rinse his mouth.
He sprayed a fast-acting comprehensive detergent into his mouth, and an intense numbness and itchiness came from his gums. This very unpleasant experience made him close his eyes tightly, his brows furrowed together.
This was like the expression of a philosopher when he was thinking hard about a problem, or the expression of a pure little boy desperately recalling his youth. Xu Le closed his eyes to comfort himself.
"You look like you're constipated."
Shang Qiu, who had just put on her clothes, walked over with her shoulders shrunk, puffing out steam, and crouched beside him.
Xu Le didn't answer her. Only when the numbness in his mouth gradually faded did he open his eyes. He dug up a lump of snow from the surface of the mecha beside him and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing hard for a while, he spat it out.
Perhaps it really was because the two of them were too cramped in the sleeping bag, but the two of them were the first to wake up. Shang Qiu took the detergent he handed over and began the same rinsing procedure. The girl's straight eyebrows curved into three crescents from the stimulation, like a female middle school student drinking white wine for the first time. She couldn't help but open her mouth, sucking in the incomparably cold air.
"Be careful not to freeze your lungs," reminded Xu Le.
"Wooden matter." Shang Qiu opened her mouth as if she was being examined by a doctor. She looked at the glacier peak in the distance and said vaguely, "Look, Ah Bian is so beautiful."
Women liked to be beautiful, so her pronunciation of the word 'beautiful' was still so accurate at this time. Xu Le smiled and stood up. He followed Shang Qiu's gaze and saw a rare beauty.
The tallest glacier in the west was radiating a magnificent white gold light under the morning sun. Behind it was a mirror-like blue sky. It was clear and beautiful, like a dream, like the heaven of the afterlife in imagination.
In front of such a beautiful scene, the smile on Xu Le's lips quickly disappeared, and he angrily cursed in his heart. It seemed that the snowstorm had stopped last night, and the thick clouds had moved away from the blue sky in the west. Even if the geomagnetic storm was still going on, the possibility of contacting the Charter Network was much higher. What were Gu Xifeng and her subordinates in charge of surveillance doing?
"Good morning," Xu Le said quickly.
Shang Qiu, who was squatting on the ground with a frown, did not know that he was talking to the air or something else. After a moment of shock, she replied inexplicably, "Oh."
A line of white characters quickly appeared in Xu Le's left eye. "Thank you for your call. Good morning, Lieutenant Colonel Xu Le. It seems that you had a good time last night. A man and a woman woke up at the same time in the morning and took care of their personal hygiene together. This should be what couples do after sex. Although this is a battlefield with special conditions, I still want to congratulate you."
It was rare that Xu Le did not stop the Federal Central Computer's boring speculation and seemingly calm mechanical but actually absurd and long-winded analysis statement. A hint of a happy smile appeared on his face.
He immediately undid the cuff on his sleeve and pulled up the electronic military map from his wristwatch. He immediately began the long-distance positioning. Three seconds later, with the help of the Federal Central Computer, he determined the location of his troops. He was somewhat relieved to find that they did not get lost and enter the most dangerous area. If they had moved 30 kilometers to the west during the snowstorm yesterday, right now, they would most likely have been surrounded by the Imperial expeditionary force.
He turned his head and shouted a few words to the people in the camp, and he sent the electronic map into Gu Xifeng's hands. Then, he quickly walked to the side of the hole he had discovered yesterday. He kicked away the floating snow on the surface, grabbed the zipline, and prepared to jump down.
"What are you doing?" Shang Qiu used her sleeve to wipe the snow from the corner of her mouth and asked in surprise.
"I am communicating with the almighty creator." Xu Le smiled and then jumped down the zipline into the hole.
Shang Qiu looked at this scene in a daze. She thought to herself, You are a genius engineer, not a superstitious Bermudian. How could you believe that there is a creator in the universe? Also, in all religions, the creator should be in the sky. Why did you jump into the ground?
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The number of Federation civilians who died in the massacre of the Empire and were buried in ice in the underground space was about 9,000 to 11,000 people. This was the answer given by the Federal Central Computer after Xu Le's eyes quickly scanned it. Because all the corpses were frozen in one place, even with the Federal Central Computer's graphic calculation ability, it was unable to give a more accurate number.
Xu Le's chest felt heavy from this heavy number. He silently climbed back to the surface and walked into the camp. Looking at his team members who were busy, he patted his chest, trying to suppress his emotions. Only then did he realize that his hand had patted something hard. Only then did he remember that the diary written by the Empire officer, Arthur, had been in his pocket all this time.
The snowstorm had stopped, but the cold had returned at some unknown time. The geomagnetic storm had temporarily weakened, but no one knew when it would become violent again. Therefore, the people in the camp carried out their work with incomparable speed. They had already contacted the headquarters of the new 17th Division and had a clearer understanding of the surrounding environment and the situation of both sides.
"The area controlled by the Empire is in this direction." Bai Yulan pointed to the northeast on the screen and said, "The base is here. The Iron Seventh Division has a regiment here. Yesterday, we were very lucky and walked out of the Empire's conventional ambush area."
"Gu Xifeng has already taken care of the relevant coordinates and the realistic route map. There is no danger for us to return to the base now. It will be a safe journey."
Xu Le nodded. Thinking about the recent snowstorm, he felt very satisfied. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked, "What about the rest of the troops?"
"Before the geomagnetic storm, most of the troops retreated. However, there may be troops trapped in the east. That area is still in a high-intensity snowstorm area. The clouds are too thick, and the geomagnetic storm density shows no signs of weakening. The Charter Network is unable to detect it. "
Bai Yulan replied, "However, the Federal forces' supplies and protection from the cold should be no problem. No matter how crazy and desperate the Empire is, they will not start a battle in this damned weather. Therefore, their safety should be guaranteed."
However, at this moment, an emergency call for help in the Federation language sounded from the full-band monitoring device in the camp. Hoarse gasps for breath accompanied by clear and concentrated gunshots.
Including Xu Le, everyone's body trembled slightly. They quickly walked over and heard the emergency call for support from a certain troop clearly sound from the monitoring device. This signal was somewhat weak and intermittent, but it was enough to prove that something had happened somewhere.
"… Air support."
"We lost … our position."
"The Empire's people have gone crazy. They … are a brigade."
"Command system damaged. Needs to be repaired."
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There was a second of silence in the camp. Gu Xifeng lowered her head and quickly checked the electronic records. She reported, "It's a filtered B-section channel."
A Federal forces unit was being crazily attacked by an entire Imperial Brigade? Everyone's expression was rather solemn. No one would have thought that at this point in the war, the imperial expeditionary army, which was barely surviving, would actually have the courage to gather a large group of soldiers and launch a crazy counterattack despite the terrible weather.
In the current state of the war, with the battlefield command system damaged, it could basically be said that this unit was infinitely close to defeat. It could be imagined how tense the situation over there was.
However, Xu Le thought of something else. Even in the dual situation of a geomagnetic storm and a snowstorm, the Federal forces would very likely use this hard-to-hide filtered communication mode. Unless the command system of this unit was damaged and all long-distance communication methods were cut off. However, the Federal forces were like the New 17th Division or the Iron Seventh Division. On the wrist of every soldier, there was a chip that connected to the Charter Network …
Except for one unit.
Gu Xifeng also thought of this. She raised her head and said hesitantly, "It should be the Green Dragon Mountain anti-government forces."
"No, it's the Federation Special Forces First Division."
Xu Le gave a simple order. "Contact the division headquarters and report the situation of the eastern unit being ambushed. Ask for quick backup."
"Air support won't be able to get in." Bai Yulan shook her head and said, "Repairing the command system is not easy. Even if they have their own repair engineers, where are they going to find the parts?"
Xu Le stared at the electronic map in front of him. His gaze gradually moved to the shadowy area covered by thick clouds. He saw the eye-catching symbol at the edge of the area. After a moment of silence, he said, "Contact the Iron Seventh Division immediately. Their position is the best, and they definitely have backup parts. Ask them to go and help."
"Yes, Boss."
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"I am the technical director of the New 17th Division, Lieutenant Colonel Xu Le."
"I am the commander of the first regiment of the Iron Seventh Division, Lieutenant Colonel Dongfang Pei. Our division has received your request. We reject your request. "
A cold and disciplined voice clearly sounded in the camp. The commander of the Iron Seventh Division, Dongfang Pei, didn't seem to think at all. He didn't seem to show any sympathy. He simply and directly rejected the request to go and help.
Xu Le looked at the communication device in silence. He said, "There should be thousands of soldiers there. According to the calculations, it shouldn't be too difficult to go and help."
"I still reject."
"Why?"
"First, I didn't receive any military orders. Second, you don't have the right to give military orders. Third, without any information support from the battlefield, blindly going to help out of impulse is not a decision that a qualified commander should make. Fourth, I won't use my people to take risks. "
Xu Le knew that this Commander Dongfang and Shaoqing were loyal subordinates that were most appreciated by Du Shaoqing. At this moment, he finally felt that this commander's style of command was indeed meticulous. However, he didn't know how to adapt and was blindly cold and mechanical. He didn't learn the true temperament of Teacher Du Shaoqing.
So he said, "Then you can get lost."
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