At the federal orbital base, a pale-faced general was staring at Crassus, his blue eye circles adding a lot of gloom to his whole person. He looks to be in his 30s, tall and slightly thin. His military uniform is slightly different from that of Crassus, with gold ornaments on a black background and blue patterns, and there are three general stars on the shoulder straps.
Although he was one level lower than Crassus, he seemed to be the more powerful one. It's just that the hair on his forehead is a little messy, coupled with the deep-set eyes and the face that is so thin that almost no flesh can be seen, it is difficult to believe that this is a federal admiral and not a wandering young man who hangs out in nightclubs.
He stared at Crassus for a while, then suddenly reached out and wiped Crassus' epaulette very carefully. However, after being wiped by him, those general stars immediately became dull, whether they were stained with hand sweat, grease, or something else.
He finally spoke, and his voice was as gentle as a human being: "You can't live without life even in a war. Look at you, you haven't even packed your military uniforms, and you still need me to help you."
Crassus's smile did not change and he said: "Thank you, General Owen."
Owen rolled his eyes at him and said, "Don't you call me by name and rank? I call you senior brother."
Crassus hesitated for a moment and then said: "Second Senior Brother."
"That's right! I thought that since you were promoted the fastest among us, you would have forgotten all our past friendships."
"of course not!"
Owen said: "It's okay if it doesn't happen! Then how will the loss of my Dawn Sword be calculated?"
Crassus pondered for a moment and said: "Only preliminary repairs can be done here, and we still have to return to the rear dock for overhaul..."
Owen interrupted him unceremoniously: "I'm not talking about the ship, I'm talking about the responsibility!"
"The War Commission will set up a special investigation team, and a fair conclusion will be reached at that time."
Owen said slowly: "This shot completely destroyed one main engine and severely damaged another one. It also penetrated six power engine cabins and disabled three of the five energy deployment cabins. In other words , this shot knocked out half of my power and energy system. Among the other 1,100 people who died, there were 90 senior engineers and more than 200 senior technicians. The pension for these 300 people was 10 times that of ordinary soldiers! Okay , I know you don’t care about money, because you have no money. So I would like to ask, what will be used to make up for the gap in combat power created during the three months of Sword of Dawn’s overhaul?”
Crassus's smile became a little helpless: "Of course the people above have to worry about these things, and we don't have the authority to worry about them even if we want to."
"Okay, let me ask you again, why can the other party rush up behind me and shoot me in the butt?!"
Crassus's smile was so small that it was almost invisible: "We have tried our best. Unless the two heavy cruisers are on full alert at all times, it will be difficult to stop the other party."
"Try your best? Are you really trying your best?" Owen's face became as dark as water dripping, and his voice became sharper: "Okay, let me ask you, why didn't you say anything about the battleship?"
"That's not a battleship, it can only be said to be the main gun of the battleship..."
Owen's voice suddenly rose an octave higher: "What does a battleship rely on? Isn't it the main gun?! Could it be that it also relies on the engine??"
"But that's just a main gun..."
"That's the battleship!!"
Crassus smiled bitterly: "If you say that, there is nothing I can do. Let's wait for the investigation from above!"
Owen sneered: "Crasus, don't forget, you are a new first-level general. Do you think the higher-ups will favor you?"
Crassus sighed and said: "No matter how arrogant I am, I will never feel that I have a greater say than a commander of a battleship. But if we fight internally, it will only make our enemies happy."
Owen said coldly: "No matter what you say, I will not bear the responsibility this time, not at all! Bringing the Sword of Dawn for you this time is the stupidest decision in my life, and it will never happen again. Also, I don’t understand how long you are going to keep fighting this stupid war?! You have to be fired like your predecessor before you can give up?”
Crassus said: "I am already negotiating, but you know, the first round will basically not go well."
"We talked about it? Who went to talk about it?"
"Hathaway and Queen."
"Quin? He will only mess things up!" Owen took a deep breath and said, "Where's Hathaway, call her!"
The officer next to him hesitated and said, "General Hathaway is training. She has told her not to disturb her unless there is anything important."
Owen's figure flashed and suddenly appeared in front of the officer. Unknown to him, he had pulled out his pistol and inserted the muzzle of the gun directly into the officer's mouth! Then he said word by word: "Go and call Hathaway!"
Crassus nodded slightly, and the officer nodded again and again.
Owen slowly withdrew his pistol, suddenly waved his hand, and hit the officer hard in the face. The heavy alloy pistol directly destroyed the bridge of his nose. The officer flew up into the sky and slid on the ground for more than ten meters before hitting the wall and stopping.
Owen put away his pistol calmly and said, "I just want to teach you how to respect a general."
Crassus coughed, and Owen immediately turned around and said coldly: "What, you want to fight me?"
"Of course not." Crassus waved his hand, and the officer immediately ran away.
Owen stared at Crassus for a while, and then said slowly: "As long as you don't want to move. Don't forget, that group of Hell's Sons has not yet been accounted for by the higher ups."
Five minutes later, Hathaway walked into the lobby. At this time, Owen was watching the replay of the entire negotiation process, starting from the time when Kun and Li Xinyi conflicted. He fast forwarded at 30x speed and finished it just in time when Hathaway came in.
"General Owen, are you looking for me?"
Irving turned around, looked Hathaway up and down, his eyes softened a lot, and said: "I just looked at the record, you played pretty well, but there are still some flaws in these places, otherwise you wouldn't have been hit by your opponent... …”
Over the next hour, Irving seemed to have forgotten the purpose of calling Hathaway over, and instead focused on coaching Hathaway on her shortcomings in fighting skills. And he also specifically taught how to deal with opponents who surpassed him in strength, physical fitness and even speed.
Crassus had long known that this would be the case, so he shrugged and turned to look at the scenery.
An hour later, the sweat on Hathaway's forehead had completely wet her hair, and a few strands of her blond hair stuck to her face. Irving was also satisfied, and then he remembered the business: "By the way, I want to talk to you about the armistice negotiations. Let's talk to Guangnian again, for the last time. This time it's either a truce or fighting to the end. I will put Guangnian on the list. On the war list. Let them choose!"
Hathaway considered her words and said: "I think this war was meaningless from the beginning. The fundamental reason why it is in this situation is that some people are unwilling to admit their mistakes, like losing a red eye." Gamblers like us kept raising their bets, which is why we are so stuck today."
"Who are you talking about?"
"Morgan. They are responsible for the expansion of the war."
Owen thought for a moment, exchanged a look with Crassus, and asked, "Is this what the Winton family means?"
"Not yet. But if I have your support, then I will make it the Winton family's position."
Owen said: "You have my support now."
Hathaway was also very straightforward: "I will get the news you want in 24 hours."
Owen nodded, indicating that the little princess could go back to rest. After she left, Owen drove away the other officers in the command hall, and then said: "The location and timing of the main gun coming out of Light Year are very strange. You are right, there are things on this planet that we don't know about." The secret. I will continue to search the storm clouds. As long as I find the target, no life can withstand the main gun of the Sword of the Dawn."
After saying this, Owen said slowly: "What are your thoughts on the armistice negotiations?"
Crassus obviously had a secret, and said: "I am going to let go of some outer space defense, so that the dynasty can have limited contact with Chu Jungui, and even send him some supplies."
"Will this push him towards the dynasty?"
Crassus shook his head: "Absolutely not. Some people in the dynasty are more worried about his return than we are, so if we let go of contact, it will only make him reach an agreement with us faster."
Owen thought of something again and said, "Do you think he will discover the secret of those children of hell?"
Crassus smiled slightly and said: "I don't think he is at that level."
"I hope so." Owen breathed out and said, "Then let's talk."
Planetary surface.
Chu Jungui walked through the long corridor, passed three protective doors in a row, and finally walked into a hall. The hall is quite large, but 90% of the space is occupied by the master brain, and there are many models of master brains stacked here. The oldest one is the Cambrian, and the special one is the master brain dedicated to the exploration starship. There are also large pieces of biological tissue in the corner. It is the second-generation biological mastermind improved by Lightyear.
This hall is the largest master brain center in light years. It basically isolates the harsh environment from all outside, so that the high-performance master brain can barely operate.
Chu Jungui sat on a special reclining chair, and a mask lowered from the air and landed on his face. Following a series of familiar steps, Chu Jungui's consciousness has been connected to the main brain center, and then all the data of the flying underworld cannon are input into the main brain for further transformation.
Although Chu Jungui chose the angle and position of that shot carefully, he knew very well that the result would be heavy damage, and he would have to let his opponent go back and repair for several months, and he was still far from sinking it. After all, the underworld gun is the worst among the main guns of a battleship. It would be a dream to sink a battleship with a single shot.
However, after this battle, Chu Jungui had many new ideas, and he could further improve the newly produced underworld cannon. The two new Hades cannons are about to be completed.
The first improvement Chu Jungui made was to increase the main armor layer of the Hades Cannon from 20 meters to 40 meters! It is conceivable that after suffering a heavy loss, the federal fleet will definitely put at least two heavy cruisers on full alert to prevent new suicide attacks. The modified cannon can withstand the concentrated fire of four heavy cruisers for at least 5 minutes. With these few minutes of buffer, Chu Jungui was confident that he would be able to hit the big guy hard again, and he could also choose the angle of entry.
