On the afternoon of three days after that fierce night battle, in the No. 1 barracks of the ground base, many Marines, as well as soldiers who participated in the battle that night and received meritorious service, were invited to gather here.
In the largest equipment room in the barracks dedicated to the Marine Corps' armored and powered combat uniforms, the top officer of the Hope, Captain Leona, who came to the ground base by armored transport spacecraft, was preparing to report to all the people on the Third Marine Corps. In the night battle a few days ago, medals were issued to combatants who had made meritorious deeds, and a planned promotion ceremony was held for those whose merits met the standards.
Among them, the commander-in-chief of the ground base command center, Lieutenant Colonel Doug, was specially promoted from the original rank of lieutenant colonel to the rank of colonel due to his good command and dispatch and outstanding performance.
Galen and Darius, two captains of the Marine Corps, had outstanding military exploits because they fought on the front line, and their ability to command troops was fully recognized! Therefore, in this battle, they were promoted to lieutenant officers in the Marine Corps based on their merit.
As for other tank troops and marines, as well as scv engineers, logistics and internal affairs personnel, etc., they also received medals or corresponding promotions in military rank.
Of course, the one who makes everyone the most envious and jealous is the second colonel officer in the Hope army: the ghost agent, Colonel Anne Hastur!
This little girl, who was originally retrieved from the space lifeboat by the Hope, has not only successfully integrated into the military system of the Hope, but has also turned the tide, saved the ground base many times, and made several great contributions!
It is no exaggeration to say that she is the savior of the entire Hope, so now it is natural for her to accumulate meritorious service and be directly promoted from the rank of major to colonel? !
Many people have this idea: maybe, in the near future, as long as the bugs attack a few more times, and as long as this little girl makes a few more military exploits, it seems that she will be promoted to a general. Possible things?
She seems to be only eight years old now, right?
An eight-year-old girl will soon reach the rank of general on the Hope?
And what about these people? There are probably not many lieutenants, right? How many years will it take for a bunch of middle- and low-level non-commissioned officers like them to stand out?
Fortunately: this little girl is just the current supreme commander of the Ghost Force of the Hope!
Except for herself, the Hope did not have any ghost troops to command her. Therefore, while others stared at the three dazzling silver stars of military rank on her chest with envy and jealousy, they also felt a faint sense of schadenfreude. ?
What about the youngest colonel? What if he becomes a general in the future?
In the end, she is not a polished commander?
Anyway, it is foreseeable that in the next ten years, before the new generation of Hope grows up, she will probably not see the new ghost agent of Hope appear, right?
Sure enough, the reason why the top officer of the Hope and the politicians in the parliament agreed to grant this little girl such a high military rank was not completely unreasonable.
"Please be quiet! Everyone, please listen to me now!"
After the brief awards and promotion ceremony, Captain Leona once again stood in front of the microphone on the high platform. Now, she was going to make the final closing speech.
"Everyone, it's January 19th in the park, 2499, and January 20th in the new calendar of the Hope! It's been more than a hundred years... us people, we were stuffed into the dormant cabin by those bastards from upl, and were forcibly exiled It has been more than a hundred years since I left the earth..."
After a pause, Leona glanced around at the faces of the soldiers below who were watching her.
"Perhaps, everyone knows that the reason why we were exiled here by the UPL bureaucrats: some are because of our respective beliefs; some are because we are unwilling to give up the ancient cultural heritage we inherit; and some are just For the sake of my beloved relatives...
so! We must firmly believe that we are by no means the criminals, villains or exiles they say!
They are, without a doubt, a group of authoritarian persecutors!
And we are just a group of persecuted innocents!
Those damn bureaucrats of the Earth Federal Government upl, they want all of us to die soon, so that no one will oppose them anymore!
However, we will tell them with our own actions: We will never admit defeat! "
Leona raised her fist, slowly increased her tone, and looked at the faces of the officers and soldiers below who were emotionally aroused by her speech.
They were staring at her with burning eyes, chests heaving, breathing heavily.
Seeing this, Leona nodded with satisfaction.
She has successfully mobilized their hatred towards UPL. Now, it is time to add another fire. She must turn the soldiers' emotions to where she needs them.
“Today, we have finally made it this far and begun to gain a foothold on this dangerous planet!
This is inseparable from the efforts of all of us and the sacrifices of those brave and fearless people before...
They, as well as us, are all silently contributing their own strength to the survival of our Hope and the future of us humans!
And now, all this has finally paid off!
You have all seen: our ground base is constantly developing; we have thwarted the attacks of insects again and again, letting them know that we humans are by no means easy to bully!
The most important thing is: our energy bank is becoming more and more abundant day by day! The previously expected goal will soon be achieved!
Therefore, now, we must firmly believe that the dark and difficult days are about to pass, and the dawn is right in front of us!
Let us start from now and keep working hard!
With our own sweat, with our blood, on this dangerous planet, in this dangerous star field, we, the entire human race of Hope, and our future descendants, watered a land that can survive. Soil!
We will let the UPL bureaucrats of the Earth Federation know!
We will also let the evil bugs on this planet who are trying to destroy us and drive us away know it!
We humans on the Hope, all of us, will keep fighting!
We will never give in! "
Finally, Captain Leona's speech in this barracks, as well as on the channel of the Hope and all the officers and soldiers, came to an end with her final cheers.
"Never give in!"
"Never give in!!"
"Never give in!!!"
Following the ups and downs of Captain Leona's voice, after the final inspiring speech, everyone present, watching or listening began to shout loudly.
"salute!!!"
In the equipment room, amidst the shouts of a soldier, all the officers and soldiers present, including Captain Leona, stood at attention and saluted the list of fallen soldiers and the flag of the Hope. , the curtain finally came to an end.
"Leona, why did you suddenly come down today? This planet is not very safe..."
After the speech, the newly promoted Colonel Doug asked curiously next to Captain Leona who was about to leave.
In addition to the relationship between superiors and subordinates, the two of them are also very good friends and best friends. Therefore, in private and informal situations, they usually refer to each other by their first names.
"Haha...you are all here, why can't I come? Besides, it may not necessarily be safe on the Hope!"
While walking, Leona replied funny to her friend.
Actually, in her opinion, if there is really danger in this star field, what difference does it make whether it is in the Hope above space or in the base on the ground?
"Too……"
Doug thought carefully and nodded.
In the advanced warfare of the interstellar era, this distance is considered to be within the enemy's attack range...
"So, Leona, do we really no longer open a branch base? In recent days, the strength of the bugs has probably been grasped by us, right? As long as we take appropriate precautions, we can open another branch. It must be possible to separate bases, right?”
Doug, who was following Captain Leona and was about to send the Captain and others out to board the plane and leave the base. After walking a few steps, he finally couldn't help but approached the other party and began to ask in a low voice. With.
Today, Leona will land on the planet in person and come to the ground base of planet jno.3 to host the ceremony, which still surprises Doug.
Because, in the original plan, the awarding and promotion ceremony should be performed by Captain Leona after Captain Leona's holographic projection speech, and then Doug would perform it on her behalf.
But she never expected that when things came to pass, she found that Leona, their top officer and captain of the Hope, was actually aboard Planck's No. 01 armored transport ship, escorted by ten Wraith fighter jets. , directly parachuted into the ground base and personally presided over today's ceremony?
"Doug... Although we have almost investigated this planet, whether it is the surface or the caves near the sea, we have also figured out a little bit of the activities of the insects... But please believe me and stay vigilant enough. ! Because, in my intuition, they may be far from as simple as we imagined! The sneak attack a few nights ago is proof! If little Annie hadn’t reminded her in time, we might have..."
I'm afraid, Leona didn't say much, Doug should also be able to understand.
If there hadn't been little Annie's timely warning at that time, it's hard to say whether their base could have survived at night, under the sneak attack of the overwhelming sea of insects!
Moreover, now, the bugs have actually appeared terrible long-range units and flying units?
Think about it, snake-like bugs that can emit bone spurs. Their threat to human lightly armored units has been proven in actual combat!
Then, there are the big flying monsters like flying dragons. Their poisonous sac attacks can even directly damage tanks and corrode metal buildings with thick armor.
So far, the bugs' melee, long-range, large heavy armored units and flying units have all appeared, plus the burrowing bugs that can dig tunnels. Who knows if they have other types?
Just thinking about this can make Leona feel uneasy!
Therefore, she will never agree to the branching of bases!
Not only will she not open a separate base, she will also use the utmost vigilance to face bugs on this planet, or some threats that have not yet appeared.
"However, if we do not open a branch base, our ground base will be limited by metal resources, and its development will be too slow..."
In fact, if there are enough metal resources, the ground base that Doug is now responsible for may look like a different one.
The current ground base is no longer short of manpower.
So far, the number of various logistics personnel and engineering soldiers or manufacturing engineers operating SCV engineering vehicles has almost exceeded 2,000!
The number of ground troops such as marines, medics, fire bats equipped with heavy combat suits and plasma hellfire throwers is almost 1,500!
Even the Armored Vulture Hover Tank currently has a reinforced battalion of nearly fifty vehicles!
Under Doug's order, they have also filled the beaches around the base island and the buffer areas included in the defensive zone with densely packed reinforced large spider mines that can target heavily armored targets.
As for the heavy arc siege tanks, the current scale has expanded to thirty-nine vehicles. The fourth batch of tanks has already come off the production line. Humanity's heavy firepower has been greatly improved. It is absolutely You can use a steady stream of long-range and powerful artillery fire to support the Marines' offensive or defensive operations.
Four barracks have been built, and the second heavy factory is under construction.
Others include walls, machine gun bunkers, missile launch towers responsible for air defense, various signal towers, military radars, and electromagnetic metal pillars that have recently been built around the island and driven deep into the ground to defend and monitor burrowing insects. Emergency construction has now begun.
Therefore, the current ground base here: there is no shortage of manpower, no shortage of high-energy crystals as energy sources, and no shortage of high-energy gas, only various metal resources!
After all, humans, whether they are building the most basic supply station or supply depot, require a large amount of steel and other metals, and they are all measured in units of at least 10,000 tons!
And buildings like those large heavy factories, barracks, engineering stations and arsenals, as well as the planned small interstellar ports, can easily reach the level of 100,000 tons or more, which is far from the pitiful output of the current Base 1. All that can be supplied.
"Don't worry, Doug. The three small interstellar ports at Base 2 now have the second batch of two hundred armored transport ships on the production line. Soon, you will be faced with the dilemma of lack of metal supplies here. improved."
No matter what, Leona disagrees with Doug's idea of opening a new ground base, and she hopes that the other party can be a little more conservative.
Even now, in the war between humans and bugs, it seems that her side has the upper hand, but Leona still wants to continue her original idea: to work hard to mine precious energy crystals and gases, and then create and develop enough to defend The military power of the Hope colony ship.
Ideally, there would be about ten heavy battlecruisers and one or two air-ground dual-purpose Wraith fighter carriers, so that the safety of the humans on the Hope can be fully guaranteed.
It's not that Leona doesn't want to produce more fleets, it's just that the number of humans on the Hope is limited, and it's already great to be able to assemble such a fleet.
Then, they quickly packed up various resources and set off, away from here, looking for a planet that could provide a living environment for humans, and then slowly develop and grow...
that's enough!
"Well, I hope you're right..."
Seeing that the captain did not agree with his idea, Doug had no choice but to nod and followed him outside the barracks a little sadly.
Here, SCV engineers have used glass pipes to temporarily seal a passage and a hemispherical fully enclosed apron.
The spaceship on the tarmac was Captain Leona's car when she returned home. The Hyun number painted on it showed that it was an armored transport spacecraft controlled by the old drunkard and mysteriously skilled Captain Plank. .
"Okay, just send it here, Doug. I'll go back to the Hope first."
Leona, who is busy with work, is unwilling to stay any longer.
So, after she stepped forward and hugged Doug a little, and smiled at the little ghost Annie who had just been promoted to colonel, and smiled at the impatient little girl, she turned around and walked towards the hatch of the transport spacecraft. go.
"I wish you a safe journey, Captain!"
Doug stood at attention with a straight military posture and performed a standard military salute. She was in sharp contrast to little Annie who was standing next to her. She just stood at attention and looked at the spaceship intently.
When the hatch was closed, the two Titans behind the opponent's armored transport ship pushed the main engines and began to eject two streams of blue high-energy particles, and then the spacecraft began to slowly lift off.
At this time, in front of Doug and his group of senior officers seeing off, a piece of isolation and protection glass suddenly fell down, and then, the spherical door on the top of the hemispherical enclosed apron finally began to slowly crack to both sides. After it was fully opened, the armored transport ship's engine gradually began to increase its power, and then it rolled up a violent airflow and suddenly jumped up into the sky.
Subsequently, ten Wraith fighter jets, which had been hovering over the base for a long time and were waiting for them, also followed closely and circled around the transport spacecraft in the same direction and speed, forming a relatively tight protective circle.
After all, on this planet, insect units capable of flying have appeared before, so there is no room for them to be careless!
Even Captain Plank, who was usually drunk and crazy, was driving the spaceship honestly at this time, and did not dare to leave the protection of the Wraith fighter and fly back to the Hope alone.
"Okay, the troublesome sister Leona is finally gone. Now, Galen, and Darius! Let's go back to the barracks quickly. Your special melee training is about to begin!"
After seeing the captain's spaceship finally flying away, little Annie immediately cheered loudly and ran towards the barracks.
Because, after many days of her hard work and persuasion, and under the increasingly powerful threat of those bugs, Galen and Darius finally agreed to accept her special melee training, and at the same time, the Cobra Team The names of Team Viper and Team Viper were changed to Demacia Team and Noxus Team respectively as requested by Little Annie...
The conditions for the preferential treatment are: Anne must forge and enchant ten two-handed swords and ten two-handed battle axes for the two of them and their direct team of ten, and she must make the two of them satisfied!
"Ah, um, Commander Doug, then I'll leave first?"
Lieutenant Galen, who was qualified to see off the captain of the Hope, after hearing little Annie's greeting, first gave Commander Doug an apologetic smile, then quickly turned around and left after the little girl.
"What about that, Commander, should I leave first too?"
After Darius saw Annie and Galen leaving first, he grinned at Doug and said hello, and then he wanted to turn around and leave.
"Wait a minute, Darius, what happened to the special close combat training that little Annie just mentioned?"
If it were just for special training, Doug would not only not stop it, but would also raise his hands to agree.
After all, the more powerful the Marines are, the safer her base will be!
Moreover, little Annie's military rank is no lower than hers now. Although the other party is still under her certain control, she really has no way to control the other party in ordinary small matters.
Therefore, Doug really didn't know much about the special close combat training the little girl was talking about. Now that the other party was going to do something, there was no need to report to her.
"Progress training is special close combat training...Anne ordered the equipment production department to use the best alloy to forge ten two-handed swords and ten battle axes for us. She wants to train us in the game platform to become what she said The Demacia team and the Noxus team? It seems...that's what it's all about?"
Darius explained, scratching his head a little.
Commander Doug asked questions by name, and of course Darius did not dare to leave at will, so he could only stop and answer carefully.
"What's the use of this? This little girl is fooling around, and you two are actually following her?!"
Melee training? Big sword? Tomahawk?
Commander Doug almost laughed angrily when he heard this.
She actually knew how powerful this little ghost agent was and how reliable it was at critical moments, but in normal times, being naughty and mischievous was absolutely indispensable! On weekdays, soldiers often complain about little girls!
But now, the other party is obviously messing around, right?
In her opinion, engaging in close combat with bugs is seeking death! Instead of doing this, it would be more effective and practical to practice your marksmanship more!
Using swords and axes to fight insects hand-to-hand... Are they still able to think of this?
"My mother! Commander, you have really misunderstood little Annie!"
"She has touched us casually before? Oh, or is it enchanted? Anyway, she used her supernatural magic to get us an ordinary dagger. Then, the dagger became something extraordinary. ! A composite armor steel plate that is several inches thick can be cut in half with just one cut!"
Darius felt envious when he thought of this.
He was just slow for a moment out of shock, but the dagger had already been stolen by the honest-looking Galen and installed on the opponent's electromagnetic rifle, acting as a bayonet.
"..."
Doug opened his mouth, wanting to say something, and then stopped.
Thinking about all the miraculous things that little Annie had done before, as well as those powerful magics, she suddenly felt that it seemed that it was better not to interfere with them?
So, let’s take a look at the results first before making any conclusions...
"I'm going, Xi'an won't say anything anymore, they are urging me. That's it for now, Commander, I'll go first then?"
After getting a nod of agreement from the other party, Darius finally strode towards the barracks as if he had received an amnesty.
He heard that Little Annie used her authority to let Zhi Nao Shuguang design a holographic game map for special melee training. He didn't know what it looked like?
