At the federal orbital base, Crassus officially issued a series of orders and immediately began to implement them.
Phil stood nearby, looking worried, and said, "Is this really good?"
Crassus raised his head, smiled and said, "Are you questioning my teacher?"
Phil lowered his head slightly and said, "I don't dare."
"That's fine, but I can hear your reasons."
Phil sorted out his words and said: "Chu Jungui is a very, very dangerous enemy, whether in war or on the battlefield. If such an enemy is allowed to grow up, I am afraid he will become a serious problem for the federation. Now he is Being blocked by us on Planet 4 is the best opportunity to completely eliminate him. Once such an opportunity is missed, I'm afraid it will never happen again in the future."
Crassus nodded and said: "You are right, but this issue needs to be looked at from another angle. First of all, there are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends. After this armistice, there may be more cooperation with him than Confrontation. Secondly, from the standpoint of the federation, Chu Jungui was once our enemy, and may become our enemy in the future. But if you stand from the standpoint of the entire human race, you will find that he is a treasure that cannot be lost. "
Phil frowned and said unceremoniously: "I didn't know you had such a broad mind!"
Crassus laughed and said: "Humanity has not encountered enemies so far, but it does not mean that enemies do not exist. Our footprints have spread over 2,000 light-years, and maybe the enemies are already waiting at the door."
"This is so far away!"
"Perhaps, but your doubts have gone very far. Now go and carry out the order. If you are willing to stay, you can. You will not have any reinforcements or supplies, and you will be completely on your own!" Crassus' words left no room for error.
Phil sighed and gave the order.
On the surface of the planet, the Federation's landing base was crowded with people. The soldiers lined up in dozens of snake-like lines, filed into the landing ship, and left the planet.
According to the armistice treaty, the Federation recognized the N7703 galaxy as the inherent territory of Light Years and did not seek to station troops in the galaxy or other rights that would undermine its sovereignty. Therefore, after Crassus received the prisoners, he withdrew all the troops on the planet into orbit. After a while, even the fleet would withdraw.
Phil walked out of the command center and saw Hathaway walking over.
He stopped Hathaway and said: "Jolly Roger's ranking has risen rapidly in the past two years. I admired your ability at first, but now I admire you even more. After a war, Jolly Roger didn't lose much on the battlefield. On the contrary, the vast majority of those who have become part of the establishment surrendered, which is really commendable!"
Hathaway stood still, smiled slightly, and said: "I admire Yuelun's bravery and your command. Yuelun suffered a great loss this time, and I am also very sad. But as the commander of the legion, I want to remind you of a few things: Have additional troops and equipment been booked? Have the military expenditure gaps been calculated? Do you have the money to make up for the gap?"
Soul's three questions hit the point directly, instantly making Phil's face extremely ugly. He snorted and asked: "The Jolly Roger has surrendered as an institution. Don't you plan to make up for it?"
The little princess smiled sweetly: "Let's make it up! There are less than 10,000 people, so there is no need to bother applying for military funds for this shortfall. I can just make up for it myself."
Phil was shocked, but he concealed his emotions well and sneered: "It's really admirable that you have devoted so much to the family business!"
The recruitment, training and supporting equipment for 10,000 people is not a small amount. According to normal standards, it costs more than one billion. If equipped according to the standards of an elite army, the total cost would exceed 3 billion. According to the little princess's wishes, she had to pay the money herself, so Phil made the sarcastic remarks. It's not that he thought the little princess would brag. The big nobles valued credibility, but spending money to fill the gap in military expenditures was, in Phil's view, just a shame. Personal money and the legion's money are two different things. Using personal money to make up for the legion's losses just shows that Hathaway is guilty and wants to cover up the matter quietly.
Another reason that made Phil unhappy was that he couldn't afford the money at all, and he wasn't even qualified to slap him in the face.
The little princess didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in Phil's words, and said seriously: "You praise me too much. In fact, I didn't pay anything. I still have some pocket money on hand, and the annual interest is more than this." ”
Phil's breathing stopped. pocket money? Interest? !
The little princess said no more, said goodbye to him, and walked into the command center.
It wasn't until her figure disappeared that Phil exhaled the turbid breath that was stuffed in his chest, and viciously said a famous saying from more than a thousand years ago: "The capital of all evil, every pore is bleeding with blood and filth." !!Pooh!"
In the command center, Crassus smiled and said jokingly: "I just reviewed the battle damage list and saw something very interesting. There are two integrated engineering corps in your pirate flag, both of which are staying at Lightyear. Don’t plan to come back?”
"They were placed on the front line on the flank by you at that time. Not long after the war started, the whole army was wiped out. The fighting time was actually 7 minutes shorter than that of the 6th Army." The little princess looked quite aggrieved. The 6th Marine Corps is an elite force, and its equipment and treatment are one level higher than that of the Jolly Roger. Based on this calculation, the technical soldiers of the Jolly Roger are only 5 minutes shorter than those of the 7th Army. They are actually quite tough.
But Crassus was dumbfounded: "The regiments placed on the flanks of the 6th Army were all wiped out in less than 10 minutes. Did your two regiments last for 2 minutes? A little too fast, right?"
The little princess looked as usual, not embarrassed at all, "Engineer Corps, it would be great to be on the front line."
"I didn't know that was the Engineering Corps! By the way, why did you send the Engineering Corps to the planet?"
"The Engineering Corps has a lot of equipment, it's expensive, and the salary of the technical soldiers is high! Didn't I come to cheat Morgan? Of course I have to bring all this kind of expensive and incapable of fighting troops. Anyway, when I get here, it's Morgan's money that's spent Money!" The little princess said matter-of-factly.
Crassus really didn't know what to say, and sighed: "That doesn't mean that no one will come back, right? The entire two regiments have been strengthened, with a total of 6,000 people, from privates to colonels, and no one will come back? They all stayed. Light years?”
The little princess said: "Engineers, how can you expect them to have a will of steel? Isn't it normal to surrender? Besides, although the people have not come back, the equipment is still there! It's just that a lot of damage has been done. You have to sign a certificate for me. , I can go to Morgan to reimburse him."
"It proves that there is no problem, but those people... are all talents, don't you want to find a way to get some back?" Crassus said as tactfully as possible.
The little princess said categorically: "The ransom for engineers is three times that of ordinary soldiers! I have no money!"
Crassus coughed. Logically speaking, the Federation should have paid for the ransom, but Crassus had already built himself into a hero who could exchange hundreds of thousands of Federation soldiers for less than tens of billions. Now even an extra million would not be enough. possible. In billions, that is the difference between two digits and three digits.
Of course Crassus knew that the little princess was rich, but he had no idea how rich she was. After all, he didn't have much money himself and had never been rich, so he couldn't imagine how rich the little princess was.
Anyway, no matter what he said, the little princess would bite her to death. This was an act of war and had nothing to do with her. Crassus couldn't do anything to her, and when she was pushed into a hurry, the little princess said what's wrong with only 6,000 people. There were tens of thousands of people on Morgan's side staying light years away, so why not talk to them?
Crassus could only smile bitterly, feeling that there was no reason to reason. The troops Morgan surrendered were all miscellaneous troops with various numbers. Are they the same thing as your two entire regiments? It’s outrageous that not one of your two reorganized and strengthened groups is left!
But reasoning with the little princess might be more difficult than killing Lord Chu and returning her on the battlefield. Crassus wisely gave up the struggle and directly signed the document proving the loss and never mentioned the matter again.
At this time, the image of a staff officer appeared next to him, saying: "General, a starship has appeared outside the galaxy, and identification information has been sent."
Crassus took one look and said: "The starship sent by Dr. Zero is here to take Lord Chu back to the real dreamland. Let it go."
"yes!"
Not long after the staff image disappeared, it appeared again, this time with a much more solemn tone: "General, another high-speed starship has appeared outside the galaxy. It has been identified as a high-speed destroyer belonging to the Dynasty's 4th Fleet!"
"Dynasty? 4th Fleet?" Crassus thought thoughtfully.
The staff officer was obviously a confidant of Crassus, and he spoke without scruples. He sneered: "With the virtue of the 4th Fleet, how dare you show up in front of us? General, why don't we send a ship to challenge him? It's just a good time to take a publicity photo." piece!"
Crassus thought for a moment, showed a playful smile, and said: "As soon as we ceased fighting, the 4th Fleet came, which is interesting!"
The staff officer said: "We have an armistice with Guangnian, not with the Dynasty. If they dare to send meat, will we not dare to eat it?"
Crassus said: "No, let it in. If what I expected is correct, they are here to cause trouble for Chu Jungui."
Crassus glanced at the little princess, who nodded imperceptibly.
At this time, the staff officer said: "It sent identification information, saying it was an envoy ship and it was looking for Lightyear and asked us to let it go."
"Sure enough!" Crassus smiled and said: "The funds of the Intelligence Bureau are not in vain!"
With a wave of his hand, he ordered all federal fleets to retreat and make way for the passage, showing a posture of conscientiously implementing the armistice agreement.
A moment later, the two starships, one behind the other, passed in front of the huge Federation fleet and slowly entered the orbit of Planet 4. The people on these two starships must not be in a good mood at the moment. After all, they are being pointed at by dozens of main guns of various sizes from the Federation. There is also a terrifying capital ship parked outside the orbit. Any starship has made a mistake. With one shot, these two Dynasty starships will turn into junk in space.
Several starships jumped out of the storm clouds and faced the two starships from the dynasty. Among these starships, there is also a Hades cannon, which makes the federal soldiers feel nervous.
(End of chapter)
