"Ambush! We've been ambushed! "
"Gammo, retreat! Retreat! "
"Captain, we can't hold the position anymore!"
"Thirty Wolf Fangs! I have thirty Wolf Fangs here! "
"I repeat! Requesting air support! Our electromagnetic beam cluster has failed! It has failed! "
"Air support hasn't arrived yet, we …"
The anxious and hoarse voice came to an abrupt end with the cold sound of metal rubbing against each other. On the charred slope, a black and blue Wolf Fang Mech of the Imperium was half-squatting indifferently outside of the Federation's quick-solidifying cement works. It slowly pulled out an alloy blade from the square firing hole. The micro-engines attached to the mechanical joints of the mech hummed like the low roars of a herd of beasts, vibrating the dry air.
The violent explosion was like a large cold flower blooming in the field. On the hillside, the Empire's wolf fang mechs leaped at high speed. Relying on their advantage in numbers, they successfully entangled the few black MX mechs in the Federation's army. Not too long after, those few black MX mechs toppled over like giants and exploded, smashing heavily into the ground. The ground trembled slightly from the impact, and the Federation soldiers around them revealed looks of despair.
The cockpit of the Federation's black MXs was still spitting out terrifying sparks. Dozens of Empire's Wolf Fangs had already jumped up at high speed in strange postures and attacked the Federal forces. The left mechanical arm of the mecha spat out a soul-devouring rain of bullets, and the alloy blade at the front of the right mechanical arm kept stabbing into the weakest side armor of the Federation's armored vehicles. Although not every stab was successful, there were still tragic scenes of vehicles collapsing and people dying from time to time.
The black smoke mixed with the dry and hot air enveloped the entire battlefield. The twilight of the distant star couldn't even penetrate the smoke. The blood-red light was wrapped in the black smoke, looking like black blood that was about to solidify in the soil.
In this dark blood-like twilight, the Federation troops, who were at an absolute disadvantage, bravely and desperately launched the craziest counterattack. However, in the end, they could only become corpses, or even sad fragments.
This was the empire's Ink Flower Planet, an ordinary administrative planet located between the L9 and X3 systems.
In the past few days, the Federation and the Empire's military had simultaneously increased their investment in this administrative planet. The Federation had to seize this strategic location in the L9 system for the late spring offensive, while the Empire had used that magnificent retreat to successfully buy time. The massive Empire had finally made preparations for an all-out war, and they wanted to use the complete victory on Planet Mo Hua to announce to the entire universe that they would not take a single step back.
The scenes of the desperate battle that took place above were played out from time to time in various areas of the planet. However, the offensive and defensive battles in the fields and on the hillsides gave off a strange flavor. Both the Federation Command and the Empire found it incomprehensible because of the great disparity in strength here.
The real-time signals on the battlefield were quickly transmitted to the Federal forces' forward base on Planet Yellow Disaster. The conference room was deathly silent, the officers' expressions complicated as they looked at the commander under the giant screen in front of them, silently enduring his anger.
General Yi Changtian, the commander-in-chief of the Federation's frontlines, stared at the slightly delayed satellite image like an injured eagle. After confirming that he could no longer receive any signal from that camp, he took a deep breath and angrily slammed his right fist on the control panel. The violent force caused the white hair on his head to tremble incessantly.
"What is wrong with the intelligence report? The results of the calculations are not like this. Why is it that what the General Staff believes to be a small harassment force has several dozen damned Wolf Fangs hidden inside? "
Commander Yi quickly calmed down, the veins on his neck popping and disappearing. He stared coldly at the officers in the General Staff Department and the Bureau of Proclamation's technical team beside him, his brows furrowed as he said, "There might be problems with the Charter computer, but you staff officers cannot have problems with your brains."
An officer from the Bureau of Proclamation stood up and explained in a low voice, "Right now, we still don't know if there is a problem with the information collection, or … a problem with the calculation program. We are conducting a post-mortem investigation."
Commander Yi didn't even look at this person. Ever since he participated in the war with the Marshal many years ago, he didn't have the slightest good impression of those Bureau of Proclamation officials who followed the army like ghosts.
He stared coldly at the staff officers under him and said, "How many times do I have to repeat this? War is a war of people. We need the calculation results of the Charter computer, but we cannot rely on it!"
In this attack and defense battle on planet Mo Hua, the Federal forces suffered extremely heavy losses. The entire regiment was pincered by the Empire's army from three sides, suffering heavy casualties. The camp that took on the most difficult mission might not even be able to keep its designation.
In this huge war of the Federation's invasion of the Empire, today's losses were not the most terrifying. It was far from the counterattack that was directly commanded by the Empire's princess last year. In that battle, the commander who succeeded in using his own stupidity to bury thousands of Federation soldiers had already been punished by the military court.
A battle of this scale didn't even need the Federation's commander-in-chief to personally command. In fact, the commander of this battle was indeed not him, so the officers in the base didn't really understand why the general was so angry.
Commander Yi walked out of the command room with a gloomy face. The orderlies quickly followed him with the large alloy cup on the table.
Like the battlefield in the distance, the base of Huang 'e was also in the evening. General Yi Changtian frowned as he stood in the blood-red twilight. He couldn't calm his emotions for a long time.
That regiment was from the West Woods, from the 4th Military Region. They had just arrived at the frontline, but they suffered such a heavy blow. Tiger was dead. It was said that there was a problem with the Ancient Bell incident. Just a moment ago, it was said that something big happened in the capital …
The West Woods troops were ordered by the government to come to the frontline of the Empire. This had already aroused the suspicion and anger of many people in the West Woods. At this time, any troop could be in trouble, but only the troops in the West Woods couldn't be in trouble, especially this kind of trouble that could easily cause people to find excuses and reasons to be angry!
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Standing on the balcony of the Constitutional Bureau and looking at the lawn that had been designated as an absolutely restricted area tens of thousands of years ago, Lee Zaedao, who was holding a teacup, smiled and said, "I heard that Old Director Tai's main hobby was to play golf. With such a large lawn as his practice field, no wonder no one in the entire Capital Special District was his opponent."
"The work of the Bureau of Proclamation is very mysterious in the eyes of ordinary people. In fact, it is very boring. If you don't find some hobbies, it is very difficult to continue doing it for a long time. What is even more disgusting is that according to the regulations of the Bureau of Proclamation, as long as you swear to work in the Bureau of Proclamation, you are not allowed to do any other work."
Cui Judong, who was standing beside him, answered in a low voice. He looked a little tired. In the past few days, because of that problem, as long as the acting director of the Bureau of Proclamation stayed in the Bureau of Proclamation building, he would feel that there was a ghost hiding in the depths of the ground, coldly looking at him.
After pausing for a moment, he forced a smile and said, "The road you came from is cut off in front of the building. According to the old director, it means that once you enter this building, you don't have to go out again."
Lee Jae-do frowned slightly and said in a light voice, "It sounds like you have the intention of retreating."
"There is no way to retreat, because … I am old and have no one to rely on," Cui Judong answered calmly.
"Ask me a question that I have always been concerned about." Lee Jae-do didn't want to probe too deeply into the mental world of this important partner of his, so he asked, "Changing key data and causing the death of a citizen of the Federation, in my logic, should have already violated the second of the three core laws of the Charter."
The first of the three laws was: Do not hurt people, and do not stand by and do nothing when people are hurt. The second law was: Obey all orders of people, but do not violate the first law.
"The Charter computer is dead …" Cui Judong suddenly frowned, as if he didn't really believe what he said. After a moment of silence, he continued, "But people are alive, and it can't judge the purpose of humans. In fact, for tens of thousands of years, countless people who have worked in this building have already found many ways to cheat the central computer's logic program. We usually call those program loopholes the back door."
"Is that how the saying of 'going through the back door' came about?" Lee Jae-do smiled and shook his head. He sighed and said, "Your Bureau of Proclamation is indeed the most terrifying department in the Federation."
"What I don't understand now is, if we are going through the back door, then … which door did Xu Le use?"
Cui Judong looked at the lawn below the balcony. The lawn that was as smooth as the central computer's program seemed to be burning under the setting sun.
"We have simulated and calculated many times, but we still don't know how he used his First Sequence authority to make the central computer cooperate with his actions. For example, those mechas from last night … unless he can actively contact the central computer, but this is absolutely forbidden by the core program."
"Then what about physical operations? In the official residence this morning, you also mentioned that the central computer is strictly forbidden from physical operations. " Lee Jae-do's expression became somewhat complicated. He turned around to look at the box-like building behind him and suddenly said, "I'm thinking, if at this time Xu Le directly orders the central computer to blow up this building, what other choice do we have other than to die?"
"I'm not worried about this happening. Going back to last night, those mechas didn't make a single fatal attack on the Iron Seven Division. The three laws still exist."
"… and fortunately, they still exist. Otherwise, I really would have gone crazy. Of course, before I went crazy, this world would have been destroyed." Cui Judong laughed self-deprecatingly, then looked at Lee Jae-do seriously and asked, "Regarding the issue of his authority, can you solve it?"
Lee Jae-do was silent for a moment before saying, "Too much time has passed since that explosion. That little girl's biological marker from back then has already lost its effect, so I'm looking for another way."
Cui Judong didn't ask any more questions on this issue. He said, "Actually, I really admire your foresight. At the time, everyone thought that Xu Le was dead, but you were the only one who thought that he might still be alive, and that he might be able to cause damage to Mr. President's career."
He looked thoughtfully at the burning lawn below the balcony and said softly, "Last time, in order to eliminate those Iron Seven Division members, the Bureau of Proclamation performed a reverse operation and changed the frontline data. Now that I think about it … it really is very similar to the scene on Mo Hua planet today."
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