On the Hope above the planet's synchronous orbit, in the captain's lounge in the military area, Leona was lying tiredly on her own single bed. After so many days of work, plus the scene last night, During the fierce night battle, she had been on duty on the bridge to pay attention to the battle situation. By now, she was already feeling a little exhausted physically and mentally...
However, no matter what, the humans on the Hope, the refugees exiled by the UPL, were finally able to see a glimmer of hope of struggling to survive in this dark and dangerous unfamiliar space area.
So far, the ground base has defeated two large-scale attacks by bugs in a row. Especially last night, the extra-large incendiary can of their Hope was successfully thrown by Captain Plank until the bugs came out and attempted a sneak attack. After entering the underground cave of the ground base, they must have suffered heavy losses, right?
You know, the fire last night burned until the sky was almost bright, and then gradually extinguished! Thinking about it this way, those insect monsters in the cave, as long as they didn't escape in time, must have been reduced to ashes?
Moreover, according to rough calculations based on satellites, the number of bugs killed on the ground alone is estimated to be more than 10,000? And inside the cave, there will probably be more people burned by the flames, right?
Based on this calculation, after suffering such heavy casualties, within a short period of time, their insect swarm should not have more troops to attack or attack by force, right?
Then, they have now gained valuable development time, coupled with the enough high-energy crystals and special high-energy gas that have been mined now, Leona believes that when the next insect swarm attacks again, they will be waiting for them. It's definitely not going to be a large group of Marines and a few tanks, right?
call……
The hard work during this period was finally not in vain.
Thinking of this, Captain Leona, who was lying on her bed, suddenly opened her eyes and let out a long breath.
No matter what, now, although their Hope has made a lot of sacrifices, they have finally recovered! The lives and sacrifices of those brave soldiers were not in vain!
Now, the humans on the Hope begin to look to the future...
These days, the heavy burden on her shoulders has been weighing on her, even leaving her with no normal rest time!
Every moment, she will continue to urge herself and strive to do everything to perfection, not only for her responsibilities, but also for the more than 100,000 human beings on the Hope. s future!
Now, her efforts, as well as the efforts of the soldiers and officers, and the efforts of everyone else, have finally won a glimmer of life for them humans. Not only have they gained valuable energy, but they have also created an opportunity to continue to develop. !
If she didn't have to wait for Shuguang Zhinao to report the battle damage to the ground base, she would really want to have a good sleep now...
After opening her eyes for a while and looking at the ceiling of the cabin, which was only over three meters high, she couldn't help but feel tired and slowly closed her eyes.
"..."
Anyway, since there is no war now, it’s okay to take some time to rest, right?
From last night to now, she hasn't had much chance to sleep...
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"Captain Leona, the combat data on the ground base has been preliminary calculated. Do you want to take a look now?"
At this time, just a few minutes later, in Leona's captain's lounge, a holographic projection of Shuguang Intelligent Brain suddenly appeared.
This eyeless artificial intelligence, very shamelessly, made a noise to wake up Captain Leona just before she was about to fall asleep.
So far, the light of the star in this planetary system has shone again on the ground base of the JNO.3 planet and the Hope in synchronous orbit. It can also be clearly seen through the window glass of Leona's captain's room. I could see the slightly dazzling light outside the window.
"Why……"
When Kankan fell asleep, she was awakened by the other party. Leona could only moan a little helplessly, sat up with difficulty, and rubbed her swollen and throbbing temples vigorously.
call!
After taking another deep breath, Leona looked up with evil eyes at Zhi Nao Shuguang, who was standing in front of her bed. This person had powerful logical calculation capabilities, but could never understand human emotions. Smart computer.
Couldn't it wink a little and let itself sleep a little longer?
"Just read it, but don't show it to me yet!"
Seeing that Shuguang Intelligent Brain was planning to list that long holographic list again, she waved her hand with a headache.
Now, Leona doesn't want to look at those complicated and redundant data and lists. She just wants to know a rough idea quickly, and then, after explaining some things, have a good sleep!
She has decided: today, she will skip work! Anyway, she is the captain of the Hope. She has the highest authority here, and no one dares to make irresponsible remarks to her!
"Okay, Captain!"
After responding, Shuguang quickly put away several large holographic tables that were less than half of the ones listed just now.
“Last night’s battle, so far, based on preliminary statistics from the ground base, the personnel and material losses at our ground base are as follows:
Marines killed: 213, seriously injured: 82, slightly injured: 208! Fifty-two of them are not suitable to serve in the army even after recovering from their injuries! Another: According to statistics, most of the Marines who died in combat were recruits who were insufficiently trained. "
If you can't continue to serve in the army, it must be because of your physical disability...
Dawn, who was observing the situation on the ground throughout the whole process, knew how intense the battle was last night.
Especially after the emergence of that kind of snake-like insect, every Marine participating in the battle on the front line has a few bone spurs stuck in his body!
Among them, they were lucky enough that the bone spurs did not penetrate the armor, but were only embedded in the metal armor. They did not cause any damage to the personnel inside. At most, they only damaged the armored power combat suit to a certain extent.
And those who are unlucky will be directly penetrated by bone spurs through the armor, piercing the body or completely destroying the armor, and then fall to the ground and die...
Having said this, Shuguang Zhinao looked at Captain Leona, who was sitting silently on the bed. When she saw that the other party's face was dim and she didn't make any statement, she continued reading.
It originally thought that the captain would have great emotional fluctuations when he heard these numbers. He also wanted to take the opportunity to study human emotions, but how could he know that Captain Leona was so silent?
Human beings are really complex creatures...
"The tank force lost a total of one tank. The three crew members in the tank were all corroded by the venom of unidentified flying insects and died! The main base command center and some nearby buildings were also attacked several times by the venom sacs of flying insects. , but it did not corrode through the metal outer wall. At present, after the repairs by the SCV engineering vehicle, the repairs have been basically completed, and there are no reports of damage to the buildings in other places!
In addition, we also captured three puppy-shaped bugs alive, one snake-shaped bug, and a complete corpse of a giant mammoth-shaped bug. The number of bugs killed and burned was estimated to be more than 60,000 bugs per head! As for the specific number, the cleaning staff on the ground said they could not count it! "
"The above are the statistical results of last night's battle!"
Soon, Zhi Nao Shuguang finished reporting on the progress of the battle and the harvest, and then looked at Captain Leona, ready to wait for her next instructions.
"Have you ever entered that cave to investigate?"
Last night, the insects dug caves and invaded the base through the huge ground-burrowing worms. Leona was a little worried about this.
If that cave leads to the underground world of bugs, it would be difficult to deal with...
With the current strength of their Hope, they can barely defend, but if they want to take the initiative to attack, they will probably appear weak.
"Yes, Captain! After the fire was extinguished, Commander Doug immediately assigned a number of small unmanned reconnaissance robots to enter the cave to investigate. In addition to countless burnt insect corpses and two acid tunnels, There is nothing to gain beyond the forks of the ocean!”
After finishing speaking, Zhi Nao Shuguang very wisely called up the cross-sectional view of the sloping cave.
It can be clearly seen from the holographic 3D map that this cave dug by insects has a huge network channel underneath, as well as a huge underground cave-like troop hiding area, where there are piles of Burnt insect carcasses.
In the end, these caves were divided into two forks leading to different directions. But these two forks lead to the oceans on both sides of the island where the base is located?
Once here, the reconnaissance robot can't go any deeper.
Obviously, these alien bugs came through the huge ocean attack and were not originally entrenched in the underground caves of the base. This is probably good news, right?
These bugs have evolved to have the ability to move freely or survive on the seabed for a short period of time?
"Okay...if that's the case, then..."
After seeing that there was not much gained, Leona was about to nod her head. Just when she was about to let Zhinao retreat, she suddenly remembered another thing.
"By the way, Dawn, in last night's battle, have you listed the names of those who made outstanding contributions?"
For soldiers who have died in battle, the Hope has a complete process. Their corpses will be cremated, and then the ashes will be transported to the Hope until they, humans, can find a planet suitable for human habitation in the universe. After the new planet, they will be buried collectively on the land belonging to humans.
Furthermore, for those who are still alive and have made outstanding achievements, the senior management of the Hope must also reward and promote them. This is what they deserve for fighting and fighting for the future of humanity on the Hope.
No matter which soldier, even the lowest-level Marine Corps soldier, their combat performance will be tested by Dawn's intelligence brain, and then after manual review, they will receive corresponding merit accumulation and finally be promoted. Regarding this, the Hope also follows a set of rules of the UPL military system.
Of course, those who have made particularly great contributions and performed particularly well will receive special personal awards and leapfrog promotions from Hope.
"This list has been compiled, Captain!"
After hearing the captain's inquiry, Shuguang Intelligent Brain quickly listed a series of lists beside him.
Among them, in the battle sequence of the Hope Marines, there are Second Lieutenant Galen and Second Lieutenant Darius, who are the commanders of the Marine Corps, as well as a few private soldiers and non-commissioned officers who have performed particularly well.
Their performance in battle has been initially recognized by Zhi Nao. After being reviewed and approved by senior officials on board the Hope and members of the Parliamentary Audit Bureau, they will receive corresponding awards and military rank promotions.
In the heavy siege tank unit, the newcomer Nolan's temporary commander's performance was also recognized!
If there are no accidents, I believe that in the near future, his temporary status will be directly converted into a regular position and the corresponding military rank will be raised.
As for the SCV engineers, they did not directly participate in the battle this time and could only accumulate merit points. No one has met the conditions for promotion or awards yet.
This is the case for non-combat logistics personnel. Although they are safe, it is extremely difficult to obtain military honors. Only by accumulating and gaining qualifications can they hope to get ahead in the military system.
Then, there is Commander Doug from the ground base command center. Her performance and reaction this time are pretty good. I guess she can also get a corresponding promotion in rank?
Finally... there is the Hope's only ghost agent, Major Anne!
Looking at the large number of descriptions and specific explanations of the other party's merit list, Captain Leona even wondered if some of the credits on it were written wrongly?
Because when Leona looked over, she saw the other party's achievements clearly recorded on the holographic list.
On the New Calendar of the Hope, January 16th, the first year of the year, the ghost agent, Major Anne Hastur, received the following achievements:
Military record one: timely warning!
When the bugs on planet JNO.3 were burrowing and preparing to attack the ground base, Major Anne gave a timely warning, gaining valuable reaction time and saving the base from destruction.
Note: Special merit once!
Military Merit Record 2: Tank Cannon Hits Flying Insects!
Major Anne pioneered the unprecedented use of a siege tank in assault mode and driving at high speed, using an 80mm caliber double-barreled gun to successfully shoot down three flying insects, with a 100% hit rate! She saved the remaining tank troops and contributed greatly to the subsequent battle.
Note: First-class merit, once!
Military merit record three: Killing a giant insect!
The siege tank driven by Major Anne, in siege mode, used the 120mm siege arc light shock cannon to kill a giant insect monster with two shots. It made great contributions to the Marines' stabilization of the front line and made great contributions. It provides valuable practical experience for tank troops to kill large alien creatures.
Note: First-class merit, once!
Military Merit Record 4: Help put out the fire!
At the end of the battle, Major Anne used her powers to help several Marines put out the fire and successfully saved their lives.
Note: Third-class merit once!
Summary: In the battle on the 16th, Major Anne, as a ghost agent of the Hope, made one special merit, two first-class merits, and one third-class merit. Her contribution was huge. After accumulating merits, it is recommended to be promoted to Colonel rank, and corresponding material rewards will be given.
"..."
"Shuguang, are you sure it's true that the opponent's tank cannons hit flying insects? How come I never knew that our siege tanks have the ability to conduct air attack? If I remember correctly, they should not be equipped with air defense. From cannonballs, right?”
She knew very well about Little Annie's warning, killing the second big alien monster, and using her supernatural powers to extinguish the fire again, and she would not question it.
But, a tank cannon kills flying insects?
I'm sorry, Leona has been in the army for many years, but she has never heard that the federal land combat tanks have anti-air capabilities? Once I look at this thing, I feel it is very fake...
Still have a 100% hit rate? Do not make jokes! Even if they are dedicated anti-aircraft tanks, they cannot achieve a 10% hit rate, right?
"Please wait, Captain!"
Upon hearing Captain Leona's question, Dawn Intelligent Brain immediately accessed the video files.
"Your Excellency, Captain, after my investigation, I found that the incident of the tank cannon hitting flying insects is true. This is the video surveillance record of the base at that time. It has been included in the tank training materials of the Hope game platform. Now, please take a look."
Soon, Dawn released a series of videos in front of Leona.
It shows: A red-painted tank was speeding toward the battle area in Area C when it suddenly discovered that the eight tanks were being chased and beaten by three flying dragon-like insects near the base command center. He turned sharply, drifted and ran wildly and at high speed in the direction of the flying dragon.
On the way, its double-barreled 80mm caliber double-barreled artillery was raised high and turned to aim at the flying insects in the sky. Then, one of the barrels suddenly erupted with a tongue of flame, and the next moment , a flying insect in the sky exploded in the air, was directly hit by a cannonball and exploded into a pile of debris?
Then, before the remaining two flying insects had time to escape far, they were easily knocked down by the two subsequent attacks...
"this……"
Leona couldn't help but stare blankly when she saw the opponent's aggressive tank operation.
Then, she frowned, reached out and clicked the replay option on the holographic video, and watched it carefully from the beginning again.
"Shuguang, is it possible for tank guns to be used to attack flying targets?"
Thinking of this, Leona began to look at Zhinao with questioning eyes.
If it is really possible to popularize it, then will they even omit the air defense force?
Look, the tank can not only accompany the team in the assault and be used as a tank, but also switch to siege mode to provide powerful heavy fire support to the frontline troops. When in a hurry, it can also raise the muzzle to be used as an anti-aircraft gun. In addition to not being able to fly, it can also be used as a tank. Besides, it is simply a perfect combat weapon!
Once it was possible to popularize it, she thought about how when a large sea of tanks appeared, all enemies on land or in the air would be within their attack range. At that time, wouldn't that picture be so beautiful?
"I'm sorry, Captain! Although this has actual combat examples and theoretical possibilities, it requires strong computing power, personal reflexes, and strong enemy prediction capabilities!
In my simulation, even with the addition of auxiliary computing modules, when attacking air targets flying along a predetermined trajectory 10,000 times, the hit probability is less than 10%.
And when attacking a target flying along a non-predetermined route, the hit probability is far less than 3%!
Therefore, there is no possibility of universalization for the time being, this can only be an individual case of Major Anne! Or, blame it on her magical powers? "
Captain Leona didn't need to explain this matter. Shuguang Intelligent Brain had already used her powerful logical computing power to simulate this matter ten thousand times on the Hope's game platform. Therefore, it quickly gave what the expert wanted. Answer.
"Okay, let's not mention it for now. Regarding the direct promotion of Major Anne to colonel...doesn't her mental speed seem a little too fast?"
A few days ago, after little Annie sent out a fireball to destroy the huge alien monster, the Hope had specially promoted her to a major officer based on her ability and merit!
And now, how long has it been? He actually wants to promote her to colonel again?
Is this a little too fast? You know, Commander Doug of the ground base command center, her current military rank is only a lieutenant colonel...
"Captain, this is a result calculated based on the opponent's combat performance. I do not recommend you to make any changes to this!"
Aboard the Hope, the entire military merit award system of the Earth Federation's UPL was followed, and Dawn's calculation of Anne's military merit was consistent with the calculation method of the Earth Federation. It did not see anything wrong with it.
Military merit is a very important thing for a soldier!
It is an honor for soldiers, and it is also a recognition and reward for combat behavior. Once it is easily changed, the entire military system will easily be thrown into chaos!
In the UPL army of the Earth Federation, it is also a very serious crime to change other people's military merits at will!
"Okay, I understand...just step back and let me take a nap first."
As a former UPL officer, Leona certainly knew the consequences of arbitrarily changing other people's military merits, and it was precisely because of this that she found it a bit difficult to deal with it.
Now, not long after landing on the planet JNO.3, we have only had two high-intensity battles. The ghost agent has already been promoted to colonel by virtue of his own ability...
If she fights a few more times and achieves a few more great achievements, will she continue to be promoted to brigadier general?
A little girl brigadier general? Just saying this makes people feel incredible!
And, what's even more terrible is that Leona feels that with little Annie's magical powers, as long as she continues to fight on the planet, it seems that it is not impossible to continue to be promoted above the brigadier general?
This is too outrageous!
Is UPL’s military merit system a little unsuitable for the current special situation of the Hope?
Look at Galen and Darius. Now, at most, they can barely be promoted to lieutenant!
With their abilities, if they survive halfway and don't have several years of experience, they will never be promoted to a senior school officer like a colonel!
Things like this are considered normal...
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In the canteen of a supply station at the planetary ground base, little Annie had finished her breakfast and was swinging her legs, sitting on the high canteen chair, peeling some nut-like things. After throwing the nuts into her mouth, she casually threw the shells on her dinner plate.
"Little Annie? What are you eating?"
Galen and Darius, who were carrying their finished plates to the recycling area, smelled something when they passed Little Annie's seat, and quickly turned back. And he shyly sat down two seats across from Annie.
Then Galen asked curiously as he picked up a shell from Little Annie's dinner plate.
"This seems to be some kind of nut? Does our Hope have the ability to produce nuts?"
Darius also stared in confusion at the hard shells scattered everywhere on the table. This kind of thing looked like melon seeds, but not quite like them?
Then this should be little Annie's own private goods. It is already very difficult to cultivate food crops on the current Hope. It is absolutely impossible to waste resources on cultivating perennial low-yielding plants like nuts!
"These are pine nuts..."
Little Annie unhappily opened another large pine nut and threw it into her mouth, then threw the two empty shells directly on the table.
This was one of the special offerings that the High Elf Kingdom of Quel'Thalas gave to the leader of the Flame Alliance when she was in the world of Azeroth.
The yield of this kind of pine nuts is not too high. They are picked from the few remaining unpolluted alpine pine forests in Quel'Thalas. Those are all huge pine trees that are about a thousand years old and have been soaked in the Well of the Sun for many years. In its light, the quality is by no means comparable to that of ordinary pine wood.
Originally, those places where giant pine forests grew were all areas where trolls were active. However, when those unlucky trolls were surrounded and suppressed by high elves, fire elements, humans and dwarves, they died long ago and ran away. They are no longer found in Quel'Thalas.
Then, the high elves were able to develop these mountainous areas that they had not originally valued, and successfully used these high-quality magic pine nuts that could only be picked by rangers or mages as an elven specialty.
Due to the difficulty of picking, their output is not too large, and ordinary people cannot buy them!
"Pine nuts? The head and smell seem a little different..."
Darius grabbed a bunch of empty shells and smelled them. This seemed different from what he had eaten on Earth?
"You'll know after you eat and see. Come on, little Annie, everyone who meets you is welcome! Give us something to try?"
Compared to Darius, Galen was much thicker-skinned. He stretched out a slap and spread it in front of little Annie without any courtesy.
His meaning was obvious: he wanted little Annie to give him something to eat!
"Oh! Please give me some too!"
Darius' big slap also reached out at the same time.
He knew that there were a lot of good things about Little Annie. He had eaten them before, so when he saw Galen reaching out for them this time, he would definitely not be left behind!
"..."
Looking at the two big hands stretched out in front of her desk, and then looking up at the two people across from her, little Annie frowned a little unhappily and pouted her lips in dissatisfaction.
"Only one per person! No more!"
After thinking for a while, Annie still reluctantly placed a special pine nut almost the size of a thumb in the hands of both of them.
She doesn't have much of this stuff herself. There are only two big bags in her space pocket, so she should take her time to eat!
This is specially cooked by the high elves using magic and refined with many expensive Azeroth spices. It is specially dedicated to their high elf queen and her leader of the Flame Alliance, but you can't buy it even if you have money. Of!
"Only one?"
"Isn't this too stingy?"
Galen and Darius withdrew their hands in dissatisfaction and looked at the pine nuts in their hands, looking a little dissatisfied. There was only one pine nut in their hands, but they couldn't even taste it...
"!!!"
Then, when they carefully opened the shell, threw the pine nut, which was only the size of a peanut, into their mouths and chewed it twice, their expressions instantly changed.
With their eyes almost bulging, they instantly stretched out their palms.
"Little Annie, can you give me some more?"
"That's right! I just took one, but I didn't even taste it. Can I give you some more?"
At this time, not only Galen was pleading, but Darius also began to lower his body with a shy face.
"No more! Go away!"
She knew it would be like this!
Every time, as long as she eats in public, they will always beg her to give them some, eating one after another, and never stop!
"Give me a little more? How about I grab another handful?"
"Sir, okay, can you give us a few more pills?"
Galen stretched out his hand and stared at little Annie's magical pocket.
He knew that there must be all kinds of delicious food hidden inside that they had never tasted before!
"No more! Goodbye!"
Little Annie grabbed her empty dinner plate, jumped out of her chair, and trotted towards the recycling area of the cafeteria.
She has decided to leave here as soon as possible, go back to her officer's room, lie on the bed alone, and eat as much as she wants, and don't stay here anymore!
"..."
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(Little Mistress Anne...don't you still have two big pockets of pine nuts? Can't you just grab a few handfuls and send them away? - Tibbs is a little over the top, isn't it just a few pine nuts? No Do you have to be so stingy?)
"Shut up! Tibbers! You have to know, these are just two bags! They will be eaten up one day! When the time comes, will you go to Azeroth to pick them for me?"
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