Far away from the Federation, billions of astronomical units away, in the unfamiliar star system belonging to the Empire, the dazzling flames of war blossomed violently and were instantly extinguished in the darkness of space. The majestic Federal Fleet carried dozens of Federation mechanical troops and left the transit base on Planet Yellow Disaster. Following the few predetermined pathways, they bravely advanced deeper into the Empire's belly. The war that had been interrupted because of the first-order incident determined by the Federal Central Computer lifted the curtains once again.
The Federal forces' attack on the X3 system went very smoothly. The Empire's royal family, who carried out the strategy of exchanging space for time, had already begun to draft a great retreat plan long before the start of the war. In fact, when the Federal forces forcefully passed through the space door and arrived at the outskirts of the X3 system, the Empire's grand retreat strategy had just reached its end.
Without encountering too strong of a resistance, without losing too many battleships and mechas, hundreds of thousands of Federation field troops successfully landed on the various large administrative planets and mineral planets. After a short rest, the Federal forces began to clean up the remaining Empire forces on the surface of the planets, while the intelligence department used the important name list provided by Colonel Xu Le to search everywhere for the members of the underground resistance organization …
It was an exceptionally smooth victory. The Federation's frontline command was not blinded by this great advantage, but this did not mean that all the Federation soldiers could keep their cool. In the eyes of many Federation generals who had entered the Empire's territory for the first time, the Empire's beasts were truly too weak to withstand a single blow, their combat strength ridiculously low.
It was precisely in this atmosphere that the Fourth Army from the Second Military Region ignored the strict orders of the headquarters and stubbornly and arrogantly reported to the headquarters, requesting to continue pursuing a certain Empire electronic unit.
That night, Commander Yi Changtian slammed his fist on the table in anger.
The next day, the Fourth Army, who had just passed through the space door and was about to reach the outskirts of the L9 system, was suddenly ambushed by a nameless Empire mecha squad the moment they landed on an inconspicuous administrative planet.
That night, the mecha clashed like streams of iron, the sound shaking the heavens. Blood and cannon fire sprayed across the plains. The Empire's Mecha squad was indescribably strong and ferocious, and the Fourth Army of the Federation's Second Military Region suffered heavy casualties. Late into the night, the commander of the Fourth Army was assassinated by a new Empire mecha.
The mech was covered in broken metal boxes.
If the federal army's attack on the homeland of the Imperium in the first few months seemed to be as unstoppable as a wildfire or as endless as a giant wave hitting a black reef, then …
When the Empire's mecha, with a broken metal box hanging all over its body and a long spear silently held in its right hand, passed through the smoke and dust like lightning amidst thousands of cannon fire and killed the Federation's commander in one strike, then stood proudly on the morning light of the hill.
The Federal Forces that were like wildfire seemed to have been blocked by a cold river. The white tides seemed to have been burnt into bubbles by the magma spurted out from the ground, and they could not move forward at all!
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On the battlefield, it was rare for the highest military commander of one side to be directly killed, not to mention that the one who died was a commander of an army — it should be known that in the past few decades of space warfare, the Federation had only lost a total of seven army commanders. The Federal forces on the plains had lost their highest commander, and even their most crucial morale had taken a huge hit. Faced with the iron tide of hundreds of Empire's Wolf Fang mecha surging out from the cities, the Federal forces began to tremble, especially when they later found out that the mecha covered in broken metal boxes and silently standing on the hill with a spear in hand was that legendary Empire princess …
This was a tragic surface battle. The Empire used a large amount of blood and cruel images to announce to the Federal Army that their bottom line was here. The Empire's princess, Huai Caoshi, did not hesitate to take the risk and stand on the battlefield as a noble figure to kill the enemy and avoid them because she wanted to let the Federation know clearly that her father would not take another step back.
This battle on the plains, other than being bloody and tragic, was also recorded in the history of human wars for another reason. This was because this was the first pure mecha battle in the universe after the Federation was equipped with the MX mecha and the Empire was equipped with the Wolf Fang mecha!
All over the mountains and plains, high speed whistling, the cold, tall, and highly mobile mecha completely ignored the supporting artillery fire from both sides. They charged, crashed, fell, and crawled back up. The deafening sound of metal, flying rocks, and mechanical limbs — no sound could be louder, no momentum could suppress the simultaneous charge of hundreds of ferocious alloy mecha. At that moment, the entire surface was trembling in fear!
Faced with the Empire's long-prepared and vicious counterattack, faced with that Her Royal Highness the Princess who was as strong as the sun and moon, faced with those high-speed and mobile Wolf Fang mecha, faced with the strategic bottom line that the Empire's people were determined to protect even at the cost of their lives, the Fourth Field Army who had committed the mistake of recklessness paid an extremely heavy price. After three brief charges and a cleansing, the Federation's position was already a tragic sight to behold. Countless large holes had been blasted through the defensive cluster formation, the corpses of Federation soldiers flying everywhere...
If the situation on the battlefield had continued to develop, perhaps the Fourth Field Army really could have become the first army to be completely wiped out in the war. Fortunately, at the most dangerous moment, the 38th Division of the West Woods Military District made a risky and sudden landing on the back of the planet.
Among the first batch of mecha troops to make the sudden landing was Colonel Li Feng, who had just rushed over from the capital ring after surrendering himself, and his specially made MXT mecha from the nutshell shell.
Without rest, Madman Li drove the black MXT indifferently and violently, leaping into the battlefield, leaping into the midst of the iron flow of mecha … towards the Peach Miasma mecha.
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The late winter of Year 71 of the Federation's Standard Constitutional Calendar was a winter of victory for many people. The successive victories of the troops at the frontlines spurred the citizens of the capital ring into one after another celebration after another.
The commander who sacrificed himself at the frontlines received an honor that he shouldn't have after his death. The citizens of the Federation only knew that both sides had temporarily maintained a balanced situation at the outskirts of the X3 system. However, they didn't know that in order to protect the frontline troops from the few administrative planets at the edge of L9, the Federation's frontline headquarters had put in a lot of effort, and how much blood and sweat Colonel Li Feng had sacrificed in order to fight against the powerful Peach Miasma mecha.
Xu Le, who had obtained the authorization of the Ministry of Justice and the secret support of the President, seemed to be gaining victory after victory within the Federation. Through investigating the military prison and collecting analysis materials on the wreckage of the Ancient Bell from the research institute, he had obtained more evidence.
He was very clear that in the special context of war, any investigation had to be done carefully, especially to not affect the overall morale of the Federation. Therefore, his investigation was carried out in a very low-key manner, trying not to attract the attention of those big shots. Now, it seemed that his efforts had some effect, and until now, he hadn't met with any resistance.
The West Woods family property lawsuit was also slowly but firmly moving forward according to the procedures. Xu Le, who had become the legal guardian of the little princess of the Zhong family, was naturally forced to attend many court hearings, and today was no doubt the most important one, because according to the procedures, the one presiding over the hearing today … was the Federation's Chief Justice He Ying.
There were still more than ten days before the New Year, and the snow in the capital special district was getting more and more intense. Not far from the square, there were still traces of electronic fireworks, which should be the result of the citizens celebrating the victory at the frontlines last night. Sitting in the back row, Xu Le narrowed his eyes and looked at the burn marks on the snow through the window. His left hand held onto little watermelon's slightly cold hand, and after a moment of silence, he said, "In court later, no matter what the Chief Justice asks, just answer according to your true thoughts."
"Okay."
Zhong Huoyan, who was not yet a teenager, but had a childish look that could be described as childish beauty, hugged the old doll tightly with her left hand and squeezed out a sound from her slightly raised little nose. She looked at the monotonous snowy scenery outside the window and couldn't help but pout. She missed the beach a little, so she lowered her head and said softly, "Brother Xu Le, I miss home."
Her delicate and childish voice seeped out from between her neat black bangs, as moving as the rain brushed by the strings of a zither. Xu Le was slightly stunned, and said with a smile, "Actually, you've been in the capital ring for a little longer."
Zhong Huoyan raised her head and looked seriously into Xu Le's eyes. She said, "But I'm still from the West Woods after all, right?"
Xu Le paused for a moment and nodded. Looking at the old doll under her left armpit, he asked doubtfully, "Is this the doll you had when you ran away from home?"
"Yes." Zhong Huoyan lowered her head and was silent for a long time. Then she suddenly replied, "I won't run away anymore, because … my parents are no longer here. Don't worry."
Xu Le turned sideways and narrowed his eyes at the dry snowy scenery outside the window. He looked at the approaching Supreme Court of the Federation in silence.
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According to the complicated and troublesome judicial process of the Federation, especially when the case involved such a terrifying object as the Zhong family's property in the West Woods, the court trial would naturally evolve into a long and drawn-out drama. Therefore, Xu Le knew very well that today's court hearing was more of an announcement that the family property case had entered a new stage, and there would definitely be no conclusion. Therefore, he was not very nervous, but he couldn't help but be a little curious about the old judge who was about to appear.
The only position in the Federation's power structure that was subject to tenure was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Federation. Without the approval of four-fifths of the members of the Management Committee, the President could not nominate or dismiss the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
When Judge He Ying was 42 years old, he was nominated by the President of the time to be the Supreme Court of the Federation. This also meant that he, who was now 90 years old, had already been in this position for 50 years.
What did 50 years mean?
Nine presidents came and went like a merry-go-round, 2,000 members of parliament crawled in and out of the mountain that was full of ant nests, the leaders of the seven major families changed one or two batches, and Li Pifu went from an ordinary military officer to the Federation's god of war.
And Judge He Ying was still, had always been, and seemed to always be the Supreme Court of the Federation.
This was very scary, or rather, very worthy of respect.
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