Night came early on the icy plains, and the sun naturally came late. Xu Le gobbled down the warm, nutritious meal in large mouthfuls. Beneath his slightly narrowed eyes was a shadow drawn by fatigue. That night, he and Shang Qiu had not slept a wink, anxiously carrying out repair work. Those sporadic gunshots in the dark of the night disturbed him like an irregular drum beat, and so on and so forth. Tired from the mecha battle, his spirit seemed to be even weaker.
After hastily filling his stomach, Xu Le casually grabbed a handful of cold snow beside him and wiped his face. He felt that his spirit seemed to have improved a little. Xu Le did not immediately continue his repair work. Instead, he closed his eyes and silently circulated the power in his body, allowing the aching muscle fibers to stretch and expand in order to recover his spirit as soon as possible.
Shang Qiu could not hold on any longer. He lay down on the chair to rest, but he did not want to give himself too much time to rest.
This ambushed Green Dragon Mountain vanguard could still rely on the electronic binoculars to command the lower level troops on the snowy plains. However, there was still no news from the two battalions on the snowy peaks. If the command system had been repaired a minute earlier, the Green Dragon Mountain troops would have been able to make overall plans, and perhaps a few of the Federation youths would have been able to survive.
He heard the steady sound of footsteps behind him. After opening his eyes, he did not turn around. Lowering his head slightly, he said apologetically, "It's not fixed yet, but it can definitely be fixed. Unfortunately, I can't give you time."
"That's not what I want to ask," replied Green Dragon Mountain vanguard commander Li Ming with a smile.
He plopped his butt down onto the snow pile beside Xu Le, panting heavily. Rubbing his wilted hair, he continued, "Actually, before you all arrived, I was already in despair. Of course, as the highest-ranking officer of the troops, I cannot show this kind of despair. Your arrival has given us hope. That is enough. "
"But we must hurry." Xu Le glanced at the dark sun on the snowy plains and said worriedly, "The Empire's people may still be sleeping at this time, but they will definitely launch the fiercest attack during the day."
Li Ming understood what he meant. When the Imperial expeditionary force saw the two Federation mecha barge into the battlefield yesterday, they would naturally think that the Federation's reinforcements would arrive soon after. They would definitely make the best use of the remaining time and do everything possible to finish off this Green Dragon Mountain squad.
"That's an entire empire's army. I'm guessing that the most powerful forces of that old General Ambry's army are gathered around this snowfield."
Li Ming's gaze pierced through the wind and snow on the battlefield and looked directly at the Empire's position in the distance. He said faintly, "The battle has been going on for two days and two nights. The fact that we are still alive is actually all thanks to the electromagnetic beam bombs. Their mecha horde didn't dare to charge together. I think it's probably because the enemy's commanding officer didn't want to sacrifice the last of his forces, so he would rather exchange his men's lives for ours. However, we've already used up the last of our ammunition yesterday. Although we've destroyed quite a few of their mechas, we can't solve this most critical problem. "
"Last night, there were only small attacks. I think the Empire is also evaluating our ammunition reserves." Xu Le looked down at the snow beside his military boots and said softly.
"Actually, in my heart, I've always … cough … cough … had a question." Commander Li Ming coughed twice. His brows furrowed in pain. He covered his mouth and said, "An entire Imperial Brigade with three times the military strength of us. They have dozens or even hundreds of wolf mechas. Looking at their crazy suicidal drive, they shouldn't be cherishing their feathers. I keep feeling like they're waiting for something."
"Besieging the base to attack the reinforcements?" Xu Le shook his head and said, "The Empire's people are already on the verge of death. Their equipment and firepower are several levels lower than ours. It wasn't easy for them to gather such an entire brigade. They also had to borrow the help of the heavens and extremely good luck to be able to surround you guys. If their appetite is so big that they want to ambush the Federation's reinforcements … then they are really stupid to the extreme. Even if any one of the three regiments of our division were to come, the Empire's people definitely wouldn't be able to hold them off. "
"Then how do you explain why the Empire's people on the other side are fighting so badly but still aren't willing to send in all their combat forces. Like idiots, they're using this kind of tactic to add fuel to the fire." Li Ming stared into his eyes and said faintly, "Because you don't understand the current feelings of the Empire's military officers. They're surrounding us not because they want to attack reinforcements but because they want to fight with their lives on the line."
"Fight with their lives on the line?" Xu Le frowned.
"After the war at the dividing line between the north and the south, the Empire's main forces collapsed. The Federal Army attacked fiercely to the north. Then, in the past few months, they suddenly slowed down. Our troops are like peeling apples, relying on their overwhelming advantage in equipment, slowly and calmly nibbling away at their living forces. We've also firmly trapped them in the glacier region. "
"The Empire's people have long since known what their final outcome will be. This is a fact that can't be changed at all. Unless the millions of Empire's native troops suddenly come through the spatial tunnel on warships." Li Ming laughed mockingly and said, "Of course, this is impossible."
"That's why they want to fight with their lives on the line. They want to make one last crazy gamble. However, the Federal Army has never been willing to give them a chance to fight with their lives on the line. The great difference in strength between the two sides makes it impossible for these remnants of the Empire to seek a quick death. "
"The geomagnetic storm and snowstorm coming together is extremely rare. This is why they've been given the opportunity to seek a quick death. So, not only do they want to eat my regiment, they also want to drag in a Federation regiment. Even if they lose in the end, they don't care. They only want a few more of our soldiers to die. "
Xu Le looked at the other side of the snowstorm and silently listened to Commander Li Ming's analysis. He really wanted to mock the Empire's people on the other side for being so anxious to die, but a faint chill unexpectedly rose in his heart. The Imperial armies were so cruel and crazy to themselves … if the Federation attacked the Empire's native lands in the future, just how terrifying of an attack would they encounter?
As if seeing his current mood, Commander Li Ming disdainfully said, "Don't think that the Empire's bastards are too scary. If they were facing the same situation as us, I reckon we'd make the same choice."
Xu Le thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with this inference. Being in a foreign country where death was certain, with countless enemies with absolute superiority in equipment in front of him, and only the vast space and the long and unpredictable journey back home without a warship, this was a feeling of despair. If it were him, he would probably have the same reaction.
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In space 742331 meters above the ground, a fleet of eleven light-feather-class warships floated in the spacious space without gravity. In the large-scale universe background, the fleet that should have been majestic appeared somewhat lonely and desolate.
In the strategic planning of the Federation, the current priority of the Federal Fleet was to prevent the Empire's fleet from coming out from the Barren Star Region to provide support to the three fallen star systems. Although these Empire's fleet that came from afar had outdated technology and had gone through six to seven years of dangerous interstellar travel, they were no match for the Federal Fleet. However, in order to perfectly end the military operation, the Federation still paid enough attention to them. Even the Second Fleet that was originally stationed in the Gary Corridor was moved to the edge of the West Woods Star Region. Therefore, most of the warships that had ambushed the Empire's fleet in the three fallen star systems were also moved away.
In the grey and silver Federation command ship, the deputy commander of the Federation's First Military Region, Lieutenant General Yi Changtian, who had just arrived from the 163 star system to command the final battle of 5460, coldly looked at the brightly colored planet below the porthole. After a moment of silence, he turned around and said, "All troops participating in the battle above latitude 40, stop the rotation and gather immediately. Move closer to the geomagnetic storm area."
This was a spacious battle command hall. After the dozens of Federation staff officers heard the order, they were slightly stunned, but they immediately responded in a deep voice.
"That old bastard Ambury wants to risk his life. I don't want to give him the chance to risk his life." Commander Yi lowered his eyes slightly and continued, "Tell Du Shaoqing and Yu Chenghai that their two divisions are the closest to the storm area. Don't be too slow and don't be too gentle. Smash your fists together. Don't even scratch off a piece of skin."
"Understood." The staff officer beside him quickly made a record. Looking at the data on the mini work light screen, he hesitantly reminded, "According to the calculation of the Charter computer, the geomagnetic storm will last for about ten to fifteen days."
"What does the geomagnetic storm have to do with war?"
Commander Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at the young officers in the command hall. "Back then, we encountered a volcanic eruption on the Empire's K2 planet. The ionosphere changed, but we still had to fight. Could it be that the current troops have become useless dolls without the Charter computer as a nanny? If that's the case, what will happen if we attack the Empire in the future? "
This respected general showed a displeased expression and asked, "Or do you think that the Empire's people will be tolerant enough to let us build the Charter computer network in their home planet bit by bit?"
The officers lowered their heads and quickly walked to their own workstations. Through the Charter computer, they began to make tactical deductions. At the same time, they sent the commander's order to all the troops of the Federation on the planet's surface.
"We just received a report from the 17th Division. Their First Regiment set off two days ago and entered the geomagnetic storm area two hours ago. We lost contact with them. The situation is unknown." An officer walked over with an anxious expression and reported in a low voice.
"Very good. Yu Chenghai's troops indeed have some of the old 17th Division. If they still wait for orders from the headquarters at this time, then they are really stupid to the extreme. But this time, the performance of the Iron Seventh Division has disappointed me. "
Commander Yi turned around with his hands behind his back and looked coldly at the planet under his feet. He stared at the dazzling white at the northern end of the planet and said nothing. It was as if he was not worried at all about the trapped Green Dragon Mountain troops and the 17th Division's First Regiment that had disappeared without a trace. As for Xu Le who was the first to go to support them … it did not make his expression change in the slightest.
The old general of the Empire on the ground tried to use the power of nature to seek a heroic ending. However, for this old general of the Federation, wasn't this also an excellent opportunity to enter the Empire's mainland for a training exercise?
The command hall was silent. Only the faint sound of electric current and the sound of fingers rubbing against the hologram rang out. No one noticed that in the corner of the giant hologram, the Federal Central Computer had been rapidly calculating the changes in the planet's climate. It was not only calculating how long the geomagnetic storm and snowstorm would last, but it seemed to be analyzing why such a problem would occur on this planet.
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