lyra sleepless

The second week of the war games is a battle exercise, a tradition that has been around since the founding of the Republic and continues to this day.

Although after the fall of the empire, most people think that the tradition of large-scale combat training is unnecessary, and the focus of military training should be shifted to one-on-one ship combat against interstellar pirates and air-to-ground combat to suppress immigrant rebellions and resistance organizations, but the players Zheng insists on being prepared for danger in times of peace, and refuses to abolish this content, and must come to the scene of every battle.

This time, the two sides in the battle are the Orpheus Acropolis troops commanded by You Zheng and the Near-Earth Air Force under the command of Lu Mingyang.

Before taking off into the sky, You Zheng took off his gloves, showed a faint smile, and stretched out his hand to Lu Mingyang.

Lu Mingyang glanced down at You Zheng's hand quickly, and then walked away as if no one was there.

Dissatisfied discussions immediately rang out, and some frank and rude soldiers even directly scolded Lu Mingyang's back.

"What's so exciting about that kid, he's an airborne connection! Isn't it just that he has a better background? The Lu family is just a running dog of Helian Ding. In terms of status, isn't our Chief of Staff more noble than him?"

You Zheng gestured to be quiet, he still had that calm and indifferent smile, looked around and said, "If you have the fighting spirit, why not go to the battlefield to show your prestige."

I don't know who shouted: "Chief of Staff, we will never embarrass you!" These are all young men who have just graduated from the military academy. war dance.

You Zheng put on his military cap, stepped on the hanging ladder of the warship with one foot, and solemnly said: "Military exercises, there should be no casualties, everyone just fight with all their strength."

In the voice of responding in unison, You Zheng turned around, raised his eyebrows and smiled, his upright demeanor quickly disappeared at the entrance of the warship.

The military photographer only had time to record a back view of him.

This exercise lasted for three full days and three nights. The two sides chased to the no man's land of Vega. You Zheng used the star as his back and arranged his own warships in an arc-shaped battle line, with both ends facing the sun and the hinterland bending toward the enemy, just like a crescent moon. Attached to the side of the sun.

Fighting according to the stars ruled out the possibility of Lu Mingyang dispersing his forces to outflank and attack from the rear. The anti-arc formation made it almost impossible for the enemy warships to use their maneuverability. The closer the enemy army was, the greater the damage it suffered. dare to approach.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Acropolis Force looked at the small dots moving towards the formation from the star map. It was the tentative attacks of Lu Mingyang's ships, but they were all annihilated or retreated in the end.

He shook his head and said to You Zheng: "You are too greedy, so although Lu Mingyang can't sneak attack us, we can't outflank them either. Now that the exercise is over, we have to wipe them all out."

There was still a vague smile on You Zheng's face, he stroked his chin and said, "If Lu Mingyang surrenders, what's the point? It's to annihilate them all."

Chief of Staff You holds grudges very much, he is not used to making people look bad in person, but if Lu Mingyang is not allowed to lose like a grandson in front of Quan Orpheus, would he still have the nerve to surname You?

Lu Mingyang's side was repulsed due to repeated attacks, and he was already timid, but the Weicheng army stopped in silence, and the officer was "wronged" before the exercise, and his fighting spirit was even greater.Within three days, Lu Mingyang's army was exhausted.

Lu Mingyang clenched his fists tightly, pondered for a moment, and said: "Group B covers Group C and Group D, attacking fiercely on both sides. Since I can't tear this lunar arc, I will cut in from the crescent moon!"

The captains were about to take orders, but the adjutant coughed lightly and said, "If we launch an attack like this, our main ship will be directly exposed to You Zheng's firepower."

Lu Mingyang frowned and said: "What can I do, the remaining troops are too small. If we can successfully cut in, then it doesn't matter if the main ship is damaged."

The adjutant's eyes hung on his face like hooks, Lu Mingyang looked at him for a moment, as if suddenly, but said unwillingly: "I think I can give it a try."

The adjutant cut off the communication between the ships, and said earnestly: "Major General, even if you win the exercise battle, what's the use? You Zheng can still give you the post of chief of staff? If you delay it any longer, the planned timing Going to miss it."

He took a deep breath in his heart, just Lu Mingyang's little trick, and still eyeing You Zheng's position, the current noble children have no self-knowledge at all.But this person is barely usable, and he has no choice but to support this dude against his will.

"Then..." Lu Mingyang hesitated.

"Surrender." The adjutant said bluntly, "The one who waited too long will be angry."

Lu Mingyang still wanted to argue something, he looked at the adjutant's dangerous eyes, and finally shut up.

Two hours later, Lu Mingyang signaled his surrender on the radio.

The commander of the Acropolis troop sneered: "The one surnamed Lu is really a coward." Even on a virtual battlefield, he dared not fight to the last moment, and he didn't have the slightest bit of military strength.

You Zheng couldn't help but smile deeper, but he still said, "He's already embarrassing enough, just shut up."

He appeared on the radio, still tall and tall, with clear eyes, and said gently: "Everyone has worked hard. Whether you win or lose today, you are a model of the soldiers of the Lyra. The battle exercise is over. Everyone returns to the voyage to rectify and rest. Ladies and gentlemen, Major General Lu, accept it."

The warships embarked on their return journey, and the cruisers and destroyers streaked across the starry sky like shooting stars.The two huge main ships have the most load and the most momentum, pressing at the end of the fleet.

Lu Mingyang commanded the ship to move forward at an extremely slow speed, moving slowly like a thoughtful reptile.Until the last warship ahead disappeared in his star map.

You Zheng watched Lu Mingyang's main ship disappear from sight in surprise, then turned to ask the commander, "What's wrong with him?"

The commander looked at today's battle record without looking up: "What do you care about his kid?"

You Zheng shrugged his shoulders: "It's out of love for the younger generation."

The commander glanced at him lightly: "Lu Mingyang is a wolf dog with an owner, I advise you to stay away from it."

Just as You Zheng was about to answer, news from Lu Mingyang came. He said a few understatements, lack of motivation, and asked for support.

"Ask for help and still drag like this?" the commander said angrily.

"He suffered a lot of losses today. The main ship should have been in the rear during the tough battle. Lu Mingyang was impetuous and insisted on taking the main firepower output. The exercise was good and the supplies were sufficient. He wouldn't be able to last long in this way on the battlefield." Zheng shook his head and concluded, "It won't be a big deal."

He ordered: "Turn around and rush to help."

The commander winked at him: "Let's go back slowly and grind this kid."

You Zheng ignored him, frowned and said, "Lu Mingyang uses quantum communication."

The robustness of the quantum state will decline rapidly as the distance increases, especially in the cosmic environment, and civilian communication does not matter.However, due to the confidentiality and reliability of military operations, established military groups often use traditional electromagnetic encrypted communications in collective operations. "

The commander waved his hand: "It is predicted that there will be an electromagnetic storm on the surface of Vega. The very high frequency band used by the fleet's public communication will be greatly affected. Lu Mingyang's side is closer to Vega, and it is estimated that he can no longer connect to the public frequency band."

You Zheng didn't think too much, and ordered to speed up, and soon Lu Mingyang's warship was already in sight.

The person in charge of the power system of the Acropolis Force is a stubble-faced, rosy-faced, rough-looking junior officer who is cursing while outputting power to the famous Lu Mingyang ship. On the other side, a shy technician wearing glasses keeps silent. With a blushing face, he let him criticize Sang and scold Huai.

The officer witnessed how Lu Mingyang pretended to be aggressive in front of You Zheng today, and now he was elated, thinking that the scolding was unpleasant, so he simply turned on the video communication, intending to scold him face to face.

When he saw a thin little glasses standing beside the power system, his ears turned red from hearing dirty words, and he was suddenly dumbfounded, unable to utter a single word from the police officer's noun.

After being stunned for a long time, he suddenly became playful, and teased the little glasses and said, "You call Brother Bing, or I will turn off the power output."

Little Glasses groaned and chirped for a long time, and said, "I'm also a soldier."

The officer said contemptuously: "You are ashamed to say it. A raging soldier, a raging litter, you Commander Lu is a waste, I guess you can't do it either?"

Little Glasses' cheeks were flushed with anger, and just about to refute back, "You can't do it"!I also felt that the words were ambiguous, and after thinking hard for a long time, I only heard that the opposite party turned off the output of the power system, clapped his palms and said, "I won't tease you, let's work together!"

He immediately began to check the ship's parameters, and sure enough, the power source had returned to normal.In the video, the officer smiled and said, "Soldiers are mean-spirited, don't take it to heart."

Obviously the little glasses were the one who was damaged for a long time and didn't dare to say anything. When the old man said this, he felt embarrassed and was about to say that he was not angry.

The thick pupils of the old man suddenly dilated, and the scream stopped abruptly.

No sound can be heard in space, and the video on the other side has been interrupted, the screen is completely dark, and only the electronic warning sound remains.

Little Glasses felt that the surroundings were terribly quiet. He stood there for two seconds, then broke open the door and rushed onto the deck!

He pressed his face against the porthole, his hands were colder than the metal window frame.

A wild flower of flames explodes in the dark universe.

Not far away, a ship dragged its flaming tail and fell straight towards the star.

He felt people coming and going around him, everyone was running, and the voice of the system came from all directions: "The weapon system is out of control, all crew members remain calm and stand by for orders."

The weapon system was out of control, and a shell was fired from the ship just now, destroying Chief of Staff You Zheng's power source.

Also killed the big old rough officer.

Covering his mouth with the small glasses, big tears fell on his hands from behind the glasses. He watched the ship gradually go away like a jellyfish with a gorgeous tail.

"The connection to the power source was interrupted, the backup power system was started, and the start failed, trying to repair the power system, the repair failed..."

You Zheng woke up from a coma, the boat was very quiet, he struggled to get up, and the commander fell beside him.

When the appalling shock happened just now, the commander immediately rushed towards him and completely covered him. At that moment, You Zheng had a strange thought. He wanted to laugh at this old friend: in space, if there is an accident, , how can not escape.

Now it seems that there is really no way to escape, You Zheng sighed, and turned his old friend's body over, his eyes were wide open, a piece of metal was stuck in the back of his head, a small amount of blood oozed out, It was a fragment of the warship, and the commander's head was smashed at high speed in the explosion.

He closed his old friend's eyes, thinking silently, maybe it won't be long before we meet again.

The screen jumped a few times, and Lu Mingyang's face appeared. He smiled and said, "I'm really sorry, Chief of Staff You, the weapon system is out of control."

"Oh," You Zheng said flatly, "That's really a coincidence."

"Things are impermanent." Lu Mingyang spread his hands.

"I don't know if Commander Lu is willing to extend a helping hand to help my soldiers escape from the warship." You Zheng said, "Without a power source, the escape pod cannot be pushed out of the main ship."

Lu Mingyang showed a troubled face: "The power of our ship is not enough to transport 1 more soldiers."

They looked at each other, knowing each other.

You Zheng lowered his eyes and seemed to be smiling. He said, "There is an electromagnetic storm on Vega, so I can't ask for help from other troops, can I?"

Lu Mingyang simply said, "That's right."

"Officer Lu can't do anything?"

"I can't help it."

You Zheng's complexion suddenly changed, he raised his cold eyes with frost, Lu Mingyang was almost stunned for a moment: "Then, my time is limited, I don't want to waste any more on Chief Lu."

You Zheng stepped out of the control room, the deck capsized, and the simulated gravity system had begun to fail. All the surviving soldiers had already gathered on the deck. They supported each other, their faces covered in dust, and they looked at the officer in bewilderment.

You Zheng looked at every face in front of him. Military uniforms couldn't conceal the immaturity of these young people. They hadn't been through any storms, so they were obviously very frightened by the current situation, but the quality of the soldiers forced them to remain calm.

Someone boldly shouted: "Sir, what should we do?"

Outside the porthole, the huge red fireball was getting closer and closer, and the temperature of the cabin was obviously rising. With this bold sound, many mournful discussions sounded.

You Zheng said slowly: "What happened today is all because of me." His voice was almost hoarse, and he paused before continuing: "I have made serious mistakes that cannot be recovered by human power. You, but this is the end of the matter..."

He took a deep breath and said firmly: "Everyone listens to the order, returns to the transition cabin, and enters a dormant state."

No one dared to think about the meaning behind this order.But there is no need for You Zheng to explain further.

They will meet the fall, the burning of the stars and the unknown death quietly, dignifiedly and without pain.

A fear deeper than death spread in this space.

No one spoke anymore, only You Zheng's cold and stern eyes, now filled with a serious sadness, lingered on everyone's face.

A staff officer stood up, held his hat in his hands, held his chest up, walked up to You Zheng, gave a military salute, then turned around and disappeared into the passage leading to the transition cabin.

More and more people stood up, they saluted in the direction of You Zheng, and then left in groups of three or four. They were silent at first, and then some people started joking, whispering and hooking shoulders, as if they had just finished a game. A successful exercise, ready to take a shower and get drunk.

Soon, You Zheng was the only one left on the deck.

He still stood there upright, staring at an illusory point in the sky, as if he wanted to preserve this moment.

You Zheng turned on the personal system on his wrist, and Su Se's lazy voice came out almost immediately.

Immediately afterwards, his image also appeared on the deck. He folded his arms, sat in front of the table, tilted his head, his glamorous long hair curled up in front of his chest, and said in a reproachful but joyful tone : "Did Mr. You decide to apologize to me?"