In the office, quietly.Hastings flipped the switch of his wheelchair and moved to the window, quietly watching Heidfeld in early winter.The sky was as clear as a wash, with only a few ethereal clouds.Two warplanes, one after the other, slowly moved in the vast expanse of blue in the sky.Behind the fighter plane, there were two long white lines that persisted.A rain makes the vision in the distance doubly clear.The towering space cities, the flying roads that hover in the sky, and the rolling Feiocchi Mountains form a picture that is clean and spotless."
Will she be destroyed in the war when you're gone?"
Francis, silently walked up to Hastings and stared out the window at the city.The sideburns of this President Feiyang are already white.At this moment, he is standing here quietly, more like an elegant scholar."
It depends on our luck."
Hastings smiled slightly, not looking back.Francis withdrew his gaze and looked at Hastings, his lips squirming, and for a long time, he finally could not speak, only let out a long sigh.Hastings' medical examination report has come out.It was a report made by a medical team made up of the top medical experts in Fiyan, and there was absolutely no mistake.According to the report, Hastings' physical condition has reached a rather bad level.According to the experts' predictions, there is a maximum of one year to live!
This is a brutal report.No one likes to know when he is dying.However, Francis had to come in person and tell Hastings the news.They have been working together for many years.They were partners long before Francis became president.Therefore, Francis knew that this news could not be concealed in any way.They have so much to do, and they only have a year......
Francis couldn't imagine what would become of Friyan after the loss of Hastings.Liver, Chanbergin, Fisichella......
Who will be Sober's opponent?
Do you want to watch this kingdom collapse during your tenure?
Francis closed his eyes, as if he saw an overwhelming number of warplanes, surging from the sky, groups of mechas, rushing into the city.Countless explosions burst into flames.In the endless artillery fire, buildings turned into ruins, and fresh lives became cold corpses in pools of blood.The blue sky was completely obscured by billowing black smoke, and the whole city was like a fire hell.Is that......
The scene of the end!"
At this time, Douglas, you should do it......"
Francis poured himself a cup of coffee, changed the subject, and tried to make his tone more relaxed: "What are the plans of the command for the southeast war situation?"
”"I didn't plan anything."
Hastings smiled, and suddenly said something that Francis did not expect.He flicked the switch, and the wheelchair spun around lightly towards the desk: "Do you know what I will be doing in this last year?"
”Francis couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, "What to do?"
”"Aren't you surprised, why don't I care about the battle situation in the Southeast Star Domain at all?"
Hastings' wheelchair drives through a giant interstellar map.Francis coughed and did not speak.Hastings' words asked him in his heart.Indeed, this was his real question.Francie understood very well that Hastings should have known about his own condition long ago.And during this period of time, the Feiyang military department, which suddenly became busy, also showed that this Feiyang military god was already preparing for Feiyang after he left.However, if a series of measures such as taking the initiative to attack the Carlston galaxy, frequent personnel appointments, and forming alliances in various major theaters of the Filipino Alliance are the ways in which Hastings is ready to point out the direction for Fijan to lay an advantage in this final year, then some of his other performances are incomprehensible to many people, including Francis......
For example, the battle situation in the Southeast Star Field!
As far as Francis knew, neither the Southeastern Coalition led by Fisichella, nor the Mars Front led by Carolina, or even Douglas, who led the four A-class fleets deep into the southeast, did not receive any operational guidance from the High Command......
Hastings seems to have completely forgotten the Southeast Star Domain, and the military department's biggest and most direct intervention in the southeast war situation is nothing more than sending Qian Berlin to Chakner to form the Eastern Alliance!
This is not the way Feiyang fights.Especially the battle of the century, which is related to the life and death of Fei Yang, Hastings has stood by and watched when his time is one day less, no matter how you look at it, it also has an unusual taste."
To be honest, it's not just me who feels weird......"
Francis smiled wryly.In fact, there are already opposition parties that are questioning the ability of the political axe because of the current war situation.They didn't dare to question Hastings, but they dared to question the political axe, even if everyone understood that the situation of the war was not controlled by the political axe, this kind of questioning was still overwhelming.That's politics."
I've been sitting in this position for thirty years."
Hastings' wheelchair stopped at the old-fashioned wooden desk: "People say that it was I who gave the Republic of Fiyan to the throne of a first-class power.I've thought so all these years......"
Francis looked at Hastings' back, silent.He knows better than anyone how much this old man who can only sit in a wheelchair has paid for the country in the past thirty years......
Those people were right!"
I've been carefully reviewing every decision I make, not missing a single detail."
Hastings's voice was a little muffled: "For thirty years, I have been constantly meeting to discuss every military operation of Fiyan and to make every battle plan......
But I forgot one thing.I forgot, the natural law of natural selection for the survival of the fittest.Sitting in this position, holding the supreme military command, I am like a cage, and when I am isolated from external dangers, I also turn the invincible army with rich tactical imagination thirty years ago into a rigid, rigid machine. ”"Without sacrifice, there is no victory......"
Hastings turned his head, the smile on his face was indescribably bitter: "This is what I said, but my students, my subordinates, have ten thousand understandings, but no one understands the true meaning of this sentence."
That's the mistake I've made over the course of 30 years......
And the Binalt Empire, in thirty years, has created a Sober, as well as the three famous generals under him!
”"So......"
Hastings' fingers tapped on the console keyboard embedded in the desktop, and a long list appeared on the huge central computer light screen.The list was rolling, and Hastings' voice, calm and hard, said, "I'm going to use this last year to correct my mistakes."
These people will not get any guidance and help from me.If anyone really needs my shot, it means that he has been eliminated.Thirty years of survival of the fittest in peacetime, I will spend one year in the war years to accomplish it!
It's not just the enemy that they need to overcome......
And me!
”Francis silently looked at the list in front of him......
Liver, Chan Berlin, Douglas, Fisicella, Margaret......
Fei Yang's list has hundreds of people, including dozens of colonel-level officers.Moreover, the list is not only for Fei Yang's officers and generals, but also for well-known generals from other countries.For example, Lane stars Lunan and Lyon.Yuris, Simon of the Republic of Chakna.Rabinski, Chen Fengxi, Li Hongwu, Zhang Pengcheng, Armin of the Celeliac Federation.Hosseini, Havin of the Puditok Federation.Hearst, Harriet of the Tatanian Union.Schutzman and many more.This is a list that almost captures the most famous generals of the Filipino Alliance and the talented commanders who emerged during the war.Hastingstoe is not only paying for the Republic of Fiyan, but for the entire Fijian League!
Palin.Abaya, Ales.Macitra, Tom.Bruce, Tian Xingjian......
The list, tumbling to the end, stopped.Francis suddenly felt a little cold."
Without sacrifice, there is no victory."
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What a cruel year it will be for the people on this list!
Douglas leaned his head back on the high back of his chair and leaned sideways, his fingers flicking the knobs on the console.The optical lens at the top of the battleship's bridge rotated silently with the flip of the knob.The vastness of the universe, ingested into the camera, appeared on a huge virtual light curtain in front of Douglas.The vastness of the universe is obscured by the stars.It's like being sprinkled on a shady screen, sprinkling a handful of shiny silver sand.The nebula in the distance, on the light curtain, appears in various colors, gray-white, purple, red......
That's not the original color of the nebula.That's just the light of the stars reflected on it, giving humans a visual experience.Sometimes, seeing is not necessarily believing.Douglas's neck was gently wrapped around him from behind by a pair of soft arms.The owner of the arm whispered in his ear: "What are you looking at?"
”"I'm looking at the insignificance of human beings."
Douglas didn't look back.He gently held the jade hand on his chest, tilted his head, pressed his cheek against the woman's smooth silky skin, and slowly rubbed it: "The reconnaissance ship is back?"
”"Hmm!"
The woman's beautiful and fair face rested on Douglas's shoulders, and her long eyelashes drooped slightly, which was pitiful: "I just came back, and the information collected has been transmitted to the intelligence system and is being analyzed." ”"Hopefully I'll bring back some good news."
Douglas sighed, "We've been here for too long. ”"Don't you always say that a good hunter must have a better name than a crocodile?"
The woman stroked Douglas's handsome face with her hand, feeling the whiskers that had just popped out of his resolute chin."
But, Claudia......," Douglas smiled, "and it would be stupid if the crocodile was starved to death because he was so good." ”With a chuckle, the chair was spun around, and Claudia's bright face appeared in front of Douglas's eyes.Immediately, the captain of the battleship Colonel [Mermaid] of the 19th Group Fleet with a pair of faint green eyes blocked the mouth of her top boss with a passionate kiss.After the kiss, Douglas reluctantly watched the passionate lips that were as soft as honey leave him, and said with a smile: "Sometimes I really can't tell the difference, what makes me stay here willingly is my surname when I catch my prey, or because of the beautiful female crocodile in front of me......"
"Who is the female crocodile!"
”Claudia smiled and patted Douglas and sat on Douglas's lap.Looking at the virtual light curtain like a miniature universe, his eyes were confused and he exclaimed: "It's so beautiful." ”"Yes......
Douglas looked back and sighed, "Human beings are so small compared to the universe."
We haven't even been able to really conquer any of these galaxies.Let's take the Hermit Crab galaxy in front of us......
Except that at the edge of it, we have explored a jump channel and a few jump points, and the hundreds of millions of planets we can't even touch.I can only stand here, look at this enchanting starry sky, and admire her beauty. ”"If only we could freely travel between the stars to explore any planet, not with the help of jump points......"
Claudia pursed her lips with a hint of melancholy in her eyes: "......
Wouldn't there be no war?
”"No war?......"
Douglas said with a sarcastic smile on his face: "In addition to resources, there are many reasons for human beings to go to war, race, religion, hatred, hegemony, human rights, and so-called justice, perhaps, there is no reason at all......
The history of mankind is originally a history of war.And what we encounter is the grandest war in the history of mankind......"
As a soldier......
I really don't know, is it our luck or misfortune!
”Claudia put her forehead on Douglas's forehead, took his words, and chuckled, "Don't you think it's too unromantic to talk about this when you're with me?"
”The two looked at each other and smiled."
Claudia......"
Douglas stared at Claudia for a long time, and said sincerely: "......
You are my confidant. ”Claudia bit her lip, her eyes fluttered, and she wrinkled her nose playfully and said, "So, you plan to ......
When will you propose to me......
"I want to ......"
Douglas slowly kissed Claudia on the lips and muttered, "I can't wait for the war to end......"
The young couple indulged in each other's rapid breathing and passionate kisses until they were interrupted by a knock on the door."
General!"
As soon as the staff officer who knocked on the door entered, he saw Claudia standing in front of the porthole with his back to him.Without much thought, he walked quickly to Douglas, who was sitting precariously, and handed over a document in his hand: "This is the information that my reconnaissance ship has just gathered.The Souss fleet has begun to attack Mars in full swing, and Jeppen's two fleets have left the Longbow field to take over the patrol and escort duties of the main channel. ”"Oh?!"
Hearing the staff officer's report, Douglas's eyes lit up, and he quickly grabbed the document and read it.And Claudia, who was standing by the porthole with a hint of shyness on her face, couldn't help but turn her head.The staff officer hurriedly continued: "It has been determined, at present, in the Longbow Galaxy, there is only one Jeppen A-class fleet stationed in the ......"
Douglas waved his hand to stop the staff officer's narration, and he carefully read the information in his hand over and over again, analyzing it repeatedly.After a long silence, when he stood up again, his eyes were already blazing: "Order, first-level combat readiness, the captains of each ship, go to the flagship headquarters for a meeting within five minutes." ”"Yes!"
The staff officer stood up and saluted, turned and walked away quickly.The automatic door closed with a soft thud.In the silent room, Douglas and Claudia looked at each other silently!
(To be continued)