Trabzon is located on the southeast coast of the Black Sea. Someone once established the Trabzon Empire here. Although Trabzon is not as famous as other European cities, because of its special geographical location, Trabzon has always been the "dream city on the distant road" in the eyes of Western novelists. Lawrence Millman called Trabzon the City of Nightingales and the City of the Golden Scimitar.
Trabzon is now an important military port due to the confrontation between the new EU and HER on the Black Sea. The beautiful harbor is filled with warships that are very incongruous with the scenery. New EU soldiers in white military uniforms are always walking on the quaint stone roads, not to mention some huge artillery set up on the green hillsides on both sides of the city. .
Lin Ao was not interested in these. He was attracted by a large dome mosque on the other side. He had only seen some small mosques in villages in West Asia before, but this was the first time he saw such a grand mosque.
"Lin Ao, it's time to say goodbye to your new EU friends." Bart reminded him.
The New EU moved Unit 4 to a truck specially designed to transport humanoid weapons. Luke sat dejectedly at the port because he had just been scolded by Billy Budd.
"Have you been trained?" Lin Ao asked.
"Yeah, the higher-ups regard Unit 4 as a treasure. Colonel Billy recommended me to be the pilot, but I made Unit 4 like this, causing him to be implicated... It's really shameless. "
Lin Ao also sat down: "I also broke the No. 2 unit the first time I drove it, but the technicians on the Osiris repaired it quickly. Your No. 4 unit should be fine. "·
Luke smiled bitterly, stood up and patted his butt and said: "Oh~ you turned out to be a cook, I was supposed to be a developer, and I was not qualified to be a driver. But fate is like this, what's the use of complaining all the time? Hope? I won’t meet you on the battlefield again.”
"Me too." Lin Ao nodded and waved goodbye to Luke.
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Lin Ao got up and walked towards the direction where the Osiris was parked. He happened to see Anton and Captain Shepard getting off the Osiris in a jeep. They saw Lin Ao and called him over.
"How about it, boy, is it fun to spend the night on a deserted island?" Old Jack asked.
With a wry smile on his face, Lin Ao sat next to Captain Shepard in the back seat and asked them where they were going.
"The price of our stop with the New European Union is to participate in their next military action. We made an appointment to talk at the Sumela Monastery."
As the jeep drove into the urban area of Trabzon, Lin Ao could not see any worries about the war from the faces of the citizens and continued to live his life step by step. Rather than observing them, Lin Ao was more interested in the houses in the city that he had never seen before. They combined European and Asian cultures and had unique beauty.
"Lin Ao, have you adapted to life on the Osiris?" Shepard asked.
Lin Ao shook his head.
"Well... I don't blame you. Although I forced you to stay on the ship, I also feel guilty in my heart. Now is the war era, and we all need to make sacrifices... I hope you don't resent me, if you encounter anything on the ship If you have any questions, you can discuss them with me at any time."
Lin Ao nodded. He was not used to communicating with Captain Shepard yet.
"Are your families on the colonial satellite?" Lin Ao asked.
Anton held the steering wheel and remained silent. Old Jack broke the silence.
"Yes, I have a wife and daughter, both on 'Mycenae'. After 'Mycenae' surrendered to HER, a distant relative of mine took in my wife and daughter. Because the crew of the Osiris were considered 'Traitor', house confiscated."
"Then aren't you worried about your daughter in the universe?"
"Worried? Of course I'm worried, but I don't want her to see her father wearing a HER military uniform. If she asks me why HER wants to smash fragments of colonial satellites into North America, how should I answer when I look into her eyes?"
"But you can choose to retire?"
"He can't do it." Anton took over. "We all have reasons to fight against HER and continue to fight. What's more, even if we retire, HER will use various reasons to force civilians to join the army. This is what war is like."
After Anton said what he just said, he remembered that Lin Ao had been "forced" to the Osiris by them, and he didn't know how to go back.
"My son, my only relative. I personally sent him to the military academy, but I caused him to die in Carthage." Captain Shepard took over the topic in a calm tone, but no one could Behind his calm tone, you can hear the loss of an old man after losing his son.
The jeep passed through the city and entered a grassland where new EU military installations could be seen everywhere. Soldiers along the way stared at them with vigilant eyes.
"We're almost there, just go through the canyon ahead." Anton said.
At the intersection of the canyon, there is a new EU sentry post. Although the security is tight, some citizens are still allowed to go up the mountain to visit and pray at the Sumela Monastery. But today was a special situation. Several citizens were stopped outside the canyon and complained to the soldiers.
The sentry had been waiting for Anton and his party, and then let them go after carefully checking their identities. Lin Ao was originally worried that since he was not wearing a military uniform and he didn't look like a soldier, he would definitely get into trouble, but the person in charge of the inspection only looked at him a few more times.
Not long after the car started driving again, the true appearance of Sumela Monastery was revealed. Lin Ao had never seen such a strange building before: the entire monastery was built on the cliff and integrated with the rock wall. This makes this monastery both artificially exquisite and as powerful as a mountain.
After parking the car, everyone walked up the steep stone steps of the monastery. Lin Ao couldn't help but ask: "Why do you want the new EU to hold a meeting here? Aren't you afraid that HER will destroy this place?"
Old Jack looked at him strangely: "You are from Earth and you don't know? Like this monastery and many other monuments, they are all neutral areas recognized by various forces. The war is not allowed to spread here. There are regulations, even if HER should not be surprised. Of course, there are cases where the new EU uses monuments in this way.”
"Will HER really comply with such regulations?"
"After all, their goal is to rule the earth. No matter how cruel they are to the city, the reputation of destroying ancient monuments is even worse."
"It's best not to expect them to follow the rules. I heard that HER blew up the remains of the tomb of King Mausolus. They later claimed it was an accident. But who knows? Maybe someone they had to get rid of was hiding there. , HER took action." Anton said.
"Oh, I heard that there were only ruins left there, and yet they suffered such a catastrophe..." Shepard felt sorry for this.
After stepping up a few stone steps, Colonel Billy Budd and several guards appeared in front of them. Billy saluted Shepard politely: "Commodore Shepard, Admiral Alan has been waiting for a long time..."
