At this moment, standing on the high platform like Han Qingyu, greeting one hundred thousand veterans, were Wen Jifei, Wu Shi, He Tangtang, and Xi Mei.
They followed him, pretending to be fine, and walked towards the rostrum with their heads lowered. Like him, they couldn't help but stop halfway, and finally stood here after him.
Facing the array of 100,000 people below.
For people like them, facing the source energy army formation, the feeling of swords like forests always seems to be special. No matter how many times the same situation happens, nothing will change.
And this time, it's especially different from usual. Because at this moment, the 100,000 energy warriors standing below...
Almost all of them had already left the battlefield. These people have just come from second-line, logistics, post-retirement social positions and from home;
Most of them are roughly the same age as Han Qingyu's parents, and some of them are even older;
Many of them have old injuries or even disabilities.
On the stage, Han Qingyu couldn't help but guess that some of them might be from the Ninth Army. They might have been instructors in the new barracks or examiners in the camp trials. He had seen or heard of a man named Han Qingyu. of recruits.
One hundred thousand people, the accurate number on the statistics table is one hundred and two thousand, three hundred and twenty-one... Their unified name now is called Veterans.
These veterans are now standing here, preparing to embark on the first expedition in human history to the outside of the dome... As the "price" that humans can accept, they will die in the distant stars.
They know this, perhaps better than anyone else.
However, they still came back and chose to come back without any forced recruitment.
"Look to the right." In the silence, Wen Jifei whispered behind him.
When he reminded Han Qingyu, Wu Shi's eyes were already there.
It was an obviously messy military formation. The soldiers in the formation had weird hairstyles, strange decorations and expressions, and their combat uniforms and weapons were completely inconsistent...
At first glance, the only consistent thing is probably the tenth generation source energy three-dimensional mobile device made by the Azure Army behind them.
They come from the City of Injustice.
Since Weilan has uniformly distributed tenth-generation devices to them, it is obvious that their participation in the Mars expedition has been officially approved by Weilan.
Just like the Azure Army Formation, most of the thousand-man formation in Injustice City have old faces...perhaps, they regard themselves as another part of the human source energy weapon that can be used as a "price".
Then, there is a small group of relatively young figures.
Cat girl Ruan Mingyue had short hair and wore a black combat uniform. She looked like a delicate and beautiful tomboy (except for the curves outlined by the combat uniform). She stood at the front of the queue with a short knife on her back... At this time, Zhengang He stretched his neck, tilted his head slightly, and looked at someone on the stage provocatively (teasingly).
Besides her, Shu You also came. As the boss of Injustice City, he seemed to have stood in the queue of soldiers without paying attention, so he stood at the back of the team with a cold face and tilted his head.
But his white hair...
"Remember, he seems to be less than forty years old. I haven't seen him for a few years. Do you think that with his white hair, he can pretend to be a veteran?" Han Qingyu thought in his heart, and he didn't know whether Boss Shuyou had grown up in the past few years. Touch the threshold of the upper level of the dome.
The stage was not a place for greetings or talking. Han Qingyu and the others were preparing to leave without saying a word. On the rostrum nearby, the top commander of the Mars expedition, Old Admiral Yergena, suddenly stood up.
"Major Qing, tell me something." The old general spoke proactively, extending his hand to signal to the veterans in the audience while looking at Han Qingyu sincerely.
This situation was somewhat special, because logically, the first person to speak at the expedition swearing-in ceremony should obviously be him, the commander-in-chief.
However, the scene in front of them was originally special - the one hundred thousand veterans from Azure were arrayed on the stage, and facing them on the stage was Xixi's sharp core team.
...In fact, generally everyone in this world knows very well that in this battle, it is Major Xixi Fengruiqing and the few people around him who will really lead these 100,000 blue veterans to Mars for danger and battle.
As top executives of Azure, Yergena and Kemer certainly knew this. They made such choices and decisions out of complete rationality and believed that this was the right thing to do. However, this does not mean that they will not feel guilty and guilty.
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Please. Seeing Major Qing's dazed look, Old General Yergena smiled, leaned over and expressed it again with gestures.
In this case, excuses and concessions will obviously only make people embarrassed, not to mention that everyone present is a soldier.
Han Qingyu, who was not ready to speak at first, nodded.
He is not a hypocritical person to begin with. The thing he most strictly avoids in Xixi Fengrui is hypocrisy and entanglement, whether on the battlefield or in life. He just doesn't like this kind of situations very much and is easily embarrassed occasionally. At the same time, he is more accustomed to expressing himself through actions rather than words.
"Then get used to it, because of the veterans." Said to himself in his heart, Han Qingyu turned his eyes back and looked at the seniors in the audience.
Then he suddenly smiled.
Just because of this, there was a low-pitched uproar in the military formation under the stage and in the crowd around the square.
Because, in fact, Major Qing rarely smiled in public. To this world, his past image was more of a powerful human warrior who seemed withdrawn, cold and even cold-blooded (I say superficial because people are willing to believe in his warm-bloodedness and kindness in his heart, even though the world has long circulated his former reputation. That nickname, and some of his miraculous deeds in getting along with people, especially women).
It was rare to see Major Qing be so gentle, kind, and even a little naughty. The people were surprised and very happy at the same time.
As for the veterans... they are also smiling, with kind eyes when they smile.
"Everyone, uncles, uncles, and brothers." Han Qingyu spoke neither quickly nor slowly, with a smile still on his face. He paused and said, "Grandpa, I won't shout anymore. Although some seniors here may indeed be old, but, I I’m afraid that if I shout out, someone will take advantage of me.”
At the scene, through simultaneous translation in at least three languages, the veterans laughed one after another.
In fact, when Han Qingyu opened his mouth to call uncle or uncle just now, the veterans from the Chinese and Asian families in the array were already silently responding...Now, veterans from all over the world speaking various languages are responding one after another, each with a louder voice than the other. big.
Even He Tangtang and Wen Jifei responded quietly behind Han Qingyu.
Sure enough, the "bitches" in the world are all similar, and the veterans' hobbies of taking advantage are also the same.
"Don't you call me sister or aunt? It's not just male soldiers." Liaison Officer Yang did not whisper.
So, "Also, sisters and aunties." Han Qingyu added.
When he called his sister, there was a roar of response from the audience.
When I called aunt, few people answered...
Sure enough, women all over the world are similar.
After such a fuss, the atmosphere became a lot more cheerful.
This suits the veterans well.
These people are all old guys who have been fighting between life and death for a long time, constantly saying hello to the God of Death. They have long been indifferent to life and death, and have developed personalities that are straightforward and free-spirited, and they are all a bit messy.
Therefore, they do not want, let alone like, to see a sad, even heavy, crying scene of the expedition, as if it makes them want to die... Although, they are determined to die in this battle. of.
Just die in battle, die, what happened?
The old comrades from back then were already down there, waiting for us for a long time.
"I have no intention of promising to bring you back." Han Qingyu continued, "I mean, I don't guarantee this."
The audience fell silent.
"I have always been just a reckless man who is used to showing off his personal bravery. This matter has to be said about commitment, Speaker Dekmore, Chief of Staff of Azure and the two commanders-in-chief of this expedition... But I think , and they, too, can’t commit.”
"haha, yes."
"No need."
The veterans responded one after another. This was a scene and picture rarely seen in the blue expedition ceremonies in the past.
Han Qingyu patiently waited until the scene calmed down before continuing to speak:
"Now, here, I can only promise you one thing. From beginning to end of this expedition, there will be no indiscriminate victory or defeat. As long as I am not dead yet and can still move... I, Han Qingyu, will stand beside all your predecessors." Fight to the last moment."
His words were finished. Amidst the sound of translators on the scene, the person bowed slightly to say hello, then turned around and led Wen Jifei and others to the corner of the back row of the rostrum. There were some acquaintances of his sitting there, such as an old monk who might think he was his grandfather, and an old army commander who might really want to be called grandpa in the future.
The people from Xixi Fengrui's core team left. On the rostrum, old General Yergena was still standing. He walked out from the side of the rostrum.
Standing up behind him were Speaker Kemore, Chief of Staff Fonseca and other high-level blue officials.
According to the general process and people's guesses, there will probably be a long speech, one after another.
But, no.
These people came out together and stood beside the rostrum.
"Thank you." Old General Yergena said.
After saying this, he stood with his sword behind his back, in a military posture.
Then, "Thank you." Speaker Kemore said. After speaking, like a guilty man, he bowed deeply and bent his upper body towards the veterans.
At the same time as him, Chief of Staff Fonseca, Commander of the Space Fleet and other high-level blue officials said thank you, bowing their heads like guilty people...
"Thanks."
One of the people watching the farewell at the square said.
Then, "Thank you", "Thank you"...
Beside the square and in front of the TV, countless people from all over the world spoke in countless languages and with countless voices.
