Chapter 223: After the War

On the Hope on planetary synchronous orbit, in the captain's lounge in the military area, Leona is lying on her own single bed exhaustedly, after so many days of busy work, plus last night's incident During the fierce night battle, she has been on duty at the bridge to monitor the battle situation. Up to now, she has already felt a little physically and mentally exhausted...

But, no matter what, the humans on the Hope, these refugees who were exiled by the UPL, were finally able to see a glimmer of hope struggling to survive in this dark and dangerous strange universe area.

Up to now, the ground base has defeated the large-scale attacks of the bugs twice in a row, especially last night, the extra-large incendiary can of their Hope was successfully thrown by Captain Plank to the bugs to come out and try to sneak attack After being in the underground cave of the ground base, presumably, their insects must have suffered heavy losses, right?

You know, the big fire last night did not go out until the sky was about to light up! Thinking about it this way, those bug monsters in the cave must have been reduced to ashes as long as they didn't escape in time?

Moreover, according to the rough calculations of the satellites, the number of bugs that died on the ground alone was estimated to reach more than 10,000? And in the cave, there will only be more people burned by the flames, right?

In this way, after suffering such heavy casualties, within a short period of time, the insect swarm should have no more troops to attack or attack again, right?

Then, they have gained precious development time now, coupled with enough high-energy crystals and those special high-energy gas that have been mined now, Leona believes that when the next time the swarm attacks again, what is waiting for them, It will definitely not be a large group of marines and a few tanks, right?

call……

The efforts of this period of time were finally not in vain.

Thinking of this, Captain Leona, lying on her bed, suddenly opened her eyes and let out a long breath.

In any case, up to now, although they have made a lot of sacrifices on the Hope, they are finally recovering! The lives of those brave soldiers, their sacrifices, were not in vain!

Now, the humans of Hope, start to look to the future...

These days, the burden on her shoulders has been weighing on her, and she doesn't even have a normal rest time!

Every moment, she will constantly urge herself to do everything to the best of her ability, not only for her duty, but also for the more than 100,000 human beings on the planet Hope s future!

Now,

Her efforts, as well as those of the soldiers and officers, and everyone else's efforts finally won a ray of life for them humans. They not only obtained precious energy, but also created an opportunity to continue to develop!

If she hadn't had to wait for Shuguang Brain to report the damage to the ground base, she would really want to get a good night's sleep now...

After opening her eyes and looking at the ceiling of the cabin, which was only three meters high, she couldn't help the feeling of burnout again, and slowly closed her eyes.

"..."

Anyway, since there is no war now, it is still possible to take a break for a while, right?

From last night to now, she hasn't had a chance to sleep yet...

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"Captain Leona, the battle data of the ground base has been preliminarily calculated, do you need to take a look now?"

At this time, just a few minutes later, in Leona's captain's lounge, a holographic projection of Dawn Brain suddenly appeared.

This winkless artificial intelligence woke Captain Leona up just before she was about to fall asleep.

So far, the light of that star in this planetary system has re-shone on the ground base of JNO. Seeing the slightly dazzling light outside the window.

"Why……"

When Kankan was falling asleep, she was awakened by the other party. Leona could only moan helplessly, sat up with difficulty, and rubbed her swollen and throbbing temples vigorously.

call!

After taking a deep breath again, Leona raised her head to look at Shu Guang, who was standing in front of her bed, with unkind eyes. This guy has a powerful logical calculation ability, but can never understand human emotions. smart computer.

Couldn't it wink a little bit and let itself sleep a little longer?

"Read it, don't let it out for me to read!"

Seeing that Shuguang Zhinao was planning to make that kind of long holographic list again, she waved her hand with a headache.

Now, Leona didn't want to look at those complicated and redundant data and lists, she just wanted to get a general idea quickly, and then, after explaining some things, she would take a good night's sleep!

She has already decided: today, she will skip work! Anyway, she is the captain of the Hope, and here, she is the most important official, and no one dares to make irresponsible remarks to herself!

"Okay, Captain!"

After answering, Dawn quickly put away the several large holographic forms that listed less than half of the number just now.

"Last night's battle, so far, after the preliminary statistics of the ground base, the personnel and material losses of our ground base are as follows:

Marines killed: 213 people, seriously injured: 82 people, slightly injured: 208 people! Fifty-two of them, even after recovering from their injuries, are no longer fit to serve in the army! Another: According to statistics, most of the Marine Corps members who died in battle were under-trained recruits. "

If you can't continue to serve in the army, it must be because of your physical disability...

Su Guang, who was observing the ground situation the whole time, knew very clearly the intensity of the battle last night.

Especially after the appearance of the snake-like worm, among the marines participating in the battle on the front line, there was no one who did not have a few bone spurs stuck in his body!

Among them, luckily, the bone spurs did not penetrate the armor, but were only embedded in the metal armor, and did not cause any damage to the personnel inside. At most, it only damaged the armored power combat suit to a certain extent.

And if you are unlucky, the armor will be directly pierced by the bone spur, pierced through the body or completely damaged the armor, and you will fall to the ground and die...

Speaking of this, Shuguang Zhinao looked at Captain Leona who was sitting silently on the bed, and continued reading after seeing that the other party had a dim face and did not express any opinions.

It originally thought that when the captain heard these numbers, there would be great emotional fluctuations, and it wanted to take the opportunity to study human emotions, but how did it know that Captain Leona was this silent expression?

Humans are really complicated creatures...

"The tank unit lost a total of one tank. The three occupants in the tank were all corroded by the venom of the unidentified flying insects and died in battle! The command center of the main base and some nearby buildings were also attacked by the poison sacs of the flying insects several times , but did not corrode through the outer metal wall. At present, after the maintenance of the SCV engineering vehicle, the repairs have been basically completed, and there are no reports of damage to the buildings in other places!

In addition, we also captured three puppy-shaped insects, one snake-shaped insect, and a complete corpse of a huge mammoth-shaped insect. The number of insects burned to death was more than 60,000 per head! As for the specific figures, the cleaning personnel on the ground said that they could not count! "

"The above are the statistical results of last night's battle!"

Soon, Zhinao Shuguang reported the situation of the battle and the harvest, and then looked at Captain Leona, ready to wait for her next instruction.

"That cave...has it been checked?"

Last night, the worms dug caves and entered the base through the giant diggers. Leona was a little worried about this.

If that cave leads to the underground world of bugs, then it's not easy to deal with...

With their Hope's current strength, they can barely defend, but if they want to take the initiative to attack, they will probably appear to be weak.

"Yes, Captain! After the fire was extinguished, Commander Doug immediately dispatched a variety of small unmanned detection robots to enter the cave to investigate, except for countless charred insect corpses and two Beyond the fork in the ocean, there is nothing to gain!"

After finishing speaking, Zhinao Shuguang tactfully called up the profile of the sloping cave.

From the holographic 3D map, it can be clearly seen that this crypt dug out by bugs has a huge network channel underneath, and there is also a huge underground cave-like Tibetan soldier area, where there are many piles of soldiers. Charred bug corpses.

In the end, these caves are divided into two forks leading to different directions, but these two forks lead to the ocean on both sides of the island where the base is located?

Once here, the scout bots can't go any further.

Obviously, these alien bugs came through the huge ocean attack, and they didn't originally live in the underground caves of the base. This is probably good news, right?

These bugs, after their evolution, are estimated to have the ability to move freely or survive on the bottom of the sea?

"Okay... If that's the case, then..."

After seeing that there wasn't much to gain, Leona was about to nod her head, and just when she wanted to quit her mind, she suddenly remembered another thing.

"By the way, Shuguang, have you listed those who made outstanding contributions in the battle last night?"

For the soldiers who have died in battle, the Hope has a complete process. Their bodies will be cremated, and then the ashes will be transported to the Hope. After the new planet, they will be buried collectively on the earth that belongs to humans.

Furthermore, for those who are still alive and have made outstanding contributions, the senior management of the Hope must also reward and promote them. This is what they deserve for fighting and fighting for the future of humanity on the Hope.

No matter which soldier, even a low-level Marine Corps soldier, their combat performance will be tested by the intelligence brain of the Shuguang, and after manual review, they will receive corresponding accumulative merits and finally be promoted. For this, the Hope here also follows a set of rules of the UPL military system.

Of course, those who have made great contributions and performed exceptionally well will be given special personal awards and leapfrog promotions by Hope.

"This list has also been counted, Captain!"

After hearing the captain's inquiry, Shuguang Brain quickly made a series of lists beside it.

Among them, in the battle sequence of the Marine Corps of Hope, there are Lieutenant Galen and Lieutenant Darius, who are the commanders of the Marine Corps, and a few privates and non-commissioned officers who performed particularly well.

Their performance in battle has been initially approved by the brain, and they will be rewarded and promoted accordingly after the senior officials on the Hope and the members of the Parliamentary Audit Bureau have passed the review.

And in the heavy siege tank unit, the newcomer Nolan's interim commander was also recognized for his performance!

If there is no accident, I believe that in a short time, his temporary word will be directly converted to regular status and his corresponding military rank will be raised.

As for the SCV engineers, they did not directly participate in the battle this time, they could only accumulate merit points, and no one met the conditions for promotion or awards for the time being.

This is the case for logistics and non-combat personnel. Although safety is safe, it is extremely difficult to obtain military merit. Only by honestly accumulating and gaining qualifications can one hope to get ahead in the military system.

Then, there is Commander Doug of the command center of the ground base. Her performance and response this time are not bad. I guess she can also get a corresponding rank promotion?

And finally... the Hope's only Ghost, Major Anne!

Looking at a lot of merit descriptions and specific explanations on the opponent's merit list, Captain Leona even wondered whether some of the above credits were wrongly written?

Because, when Leona looked over, she saw the holographic list, which clearly recorded the other party's credit.

Hope's new calendar, January 16th of the first year, Major Anne Hastur's achievements as Ghost Agent are as follows:

Military Merit Record 1: Timely warning!

When the worms on planet JNO.3 were digging and preparing to raid the ground base, Major Anne gave the alarm in time, buying valuable reaction time and saving the base from being destroyed.

Note: Special merit once!

Military Merit Record 2: Tank Cannon Beats Flying Insects!

Major Anne created an unprecedented siege tank in assault mode and driving at high speed, using 80mm double-barreled guns, successfully shot down three flying insects, with a hit rate of 100%! She saved the rest of the tank unit, and made great contributions to the battle that followed.

Note: First-class merit once!

Military Merit Record 3: Killing a giant bug!

The siege tank driven by Major Anne, in the siege mode, used the 120mm siege arc shock cannon to kill a huge bug monster with two shots, which made a huge contribution to the Marine Corps' stabilization of the front line, and It provides valuable practical experience for tank troops to kill large alien creatures.

Note: First-class merit once!

Military Merit Record 4: Help put out the fire!

At the end of the battle, Major Annie uses her powers to help several Marines put out a fire, saving their lives.

Note: Third class merit once!

Summary: In the battle on the 16th, Major Anne, as the ghost agent of the Hope, made one special merit, two first-class merits, and one third-class merit. The rank of colonel, and corresponding material rewards.

"..."

"Shuguang, are you sure, is it true that the other side's tank cannons shot flying insects? Why did I never know that our siege tanks have the ability to fire anti-aircraft artillery? If I remember correctly, they should not be equipped with anti-aircraft weapons." Cannonball?"

She knew very well about Little Annie's early warning and killing of the second big alien monster, and the use of supernatural powers to put out the fire again, and she would not question these things.

However, tank guns to fight flying insects?

I'm sorry, she, Leona, has been in the army for many years, but she has never heard that the Federation's land tanks have anti-air capabilities? Looking at this matter, it feels very fake...

Still hit 100%? Do not make jokes! Even if it is a dedicated anti-aircraft tank, they can't reach a 10% hit rate, right?

"Please wait, Captain!"

Hearing Captain Leona's doubts, Dawn Brain checked the video file immediately.

"Your Excellency, Captain, after my investigation, I found that the incident of the tank shooting the flying insects is true. This is the video surveillance record of the base at that time, and it has been entered into the tank training materials of the Hope game platform. Now, please take a look."

Soon, Dawn released video after video in front of Leona.

It shows: a red-painted tank, while galloping towards the battle area in Area C, suddenly found that the eight tanks were being chased and beaten by three flying dragon-like insects near the base command center. He turned sharply, drifted and ran wildly in the direction of the flying dragon at high speed.

On the way, its double-barreled 80mm caliber double-barreled cannons were raised high, turned and aimed at the flying insects in the sky, and then, one of the gun barrels suddenly sprayed out a tongue of flame, and the next instant , A flying insect in the sky exploded in the air, was directly hit by the shell and exploded into a pile of debris?

Then, before the remaining two flying insects had time to flee far, they were easily knocked down by the next two attacks...

"this……"

Seeing the opponent's aggressive tank operation, Leona couldn't help but stare blankly.

Then, she frowned, reached out and clicked on the replay option on the holographic video, and watched it carefully from the beginning again.

"Shuguang, is it possible for tank guns to attack flying targets?"

Thinking of this, Leona began to look at Zhinao with questioning eyes.

If it is really possible to popularize it, then, do they even save the air defense force?

Look, the tank can not only be used as a chariot in an assault with the team, but also switch to the siege mode to provide powerful heavy fire support for the frontline troops. In addition, it is simply a perfect combat weapon!

Once there is a possibility of popularization, when she thinks of the appearance of a large number of tank seas, all enemies, whether on land or in the air, are within their attack range. At that time, that kind of picture is simply too beautiful?

"I'm sorry, Captain! Although there are actual combat examples and theoretical possibilities, this requires strong computing power, personal reflexes, and a strong ability to predict the enemy!

In my simulation, even if an auxiliary calculation module is added, when attacking an air target flying along a predetermined trajectory 10,000 times, the hit rate is less than 10%.

And when attacking a target flying along an unplanned route, the hit rate is far less than 3%!

Therefore, there is no possibility of popularization for the time being, this can only be an example of Major Anne! Or, blame her magical powers? "

This matter, without Captain Leona's explanation, Dawn Brain has already used her powerful logical computing power to simulate 10,000 times on the game platform of the Hope, so it quickly gave what the expert wanted. Answer.

"Okay, let's not mention this matter for now. Regarding the matter of being directly promoted to Major Anne as a colonel... Does her mental speed seem a little too fast?"

A few days ago, after Little Annie sent out a fireball to destroy the huge alien monster, the Hope had specially promoted her to be a major officer based on her ability and merit!

And now, how long has it been? He actually wants to leapfrog and promote her to colonel again?

Is this a little too fast? You know, Commander Doug of the ground base command center, her current military rank is only a lieutenant colonel...

"Captain, this is the result calculated based on the opponent's combat achievements. I do not recommend that you make any changes to this!"

On the Hope, the Earth Federation UPL's military merit award system was followed, and Shuguang's calculation of Annie's military merit was also consistent with the Earth Federation's calculation method. It didn't see anything wrong.

Military merit is very important to a soldier!

It is the honor of a soldier, and it is also a recognition and reward for combat behavior. If it is easily changed, the entire military system will easily be messed up!

In the UPL army of the Earth Federation, it is also a very serious crime to change the military merits of others at will!

"Okay, I get it... You can step back first, let me sleep first."

As a former UPL officer, Leona certainly knows the consequences of changing other people's military achievements at will, and it is precisely because of this that she feels a little difficult to deal with.

Now, not long after landing on planet JNO.3, there have been two intense battles. That ghost agent, the other party has already relied on his own ability to be promoted to colonel...

If, if she fights a few more times, if she makes a few more great achievements, will she continue to be promoted to brigadier general?

A little girl Commodore? Just saying it out, can make people feel incredible!

What's more, Leona felt that with Little Annie's magical ability, as long as she continued to fight on the planet, it seemed that it was not impossible to continue to be promoted to the rank of brigadier general?

This is too outrageous!

Is UPL's military merit system a bit unsuitable for the current special situation of the Hope?

Look at Galen and Darius, now they can barely be promoted to lieutenant at best!

With their abilities, if they don't die halfway, they will definitely not be able to be promoted to a senior officer like a colonel if they don't have several years of qualifications!

It's normal like this...

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Planetary ground base, in the cafeteria of a supply station, little Anne had finished her breakfast and was dangling her legs, sitting on the high cafeteria chair, peeling some nut-like things non-stop, in the After throwing the nuts into her mouth, she casually threw the shells on her dinner plate.

"Little Annie? What are you eating?"

Galen and Darius, who were walking towards the recycling area with their own plate of food, didn't know if they smelled something when they passed by Little Anne's seat, and they turned back quickly. And with a shy face, he sat in the two seats opposite to Annie.

Then, Galen asked curiously while picking up a shell from Little Anne's dinner plate.

"This seems to be some kind of nut? We hope, do you have the ability to produce nuts?"

Darius also stared at the hard shells scattered all over the table in wonder. This kind of thing looks like melon seeds, but it doesn't quite look like it?

Then this should be Little Anne's own private product. The current No. Hope has already struggled to cultivate food crops. It is absolutely impossible to waste resources on cultivating perennial low-yielding plants like nuts!

"This is a pine nut..."

Little Annie unhappily pushed aside another big pine nut, threw it into her mouth, and threw the two empty shells onto the table.

This was one of the special offerings made by the High Elf Kingdom of Quel'Thalas to the leader of the Flame Alliance when she was in the world of Azeroth.

The yield of this kind of pine nuts is not too high. They are picked from the few remaining unpolluted alpine pine forests in Quel'Thalas. Those are all huge pine logs of about a thousand years old, soaked in the Sunwell for many years. Among the rays of light, the quality is by no means comparable to that of ordinary pine wood.

Originally, the places where giant pine forests grew were full of active trolls. However, when those unlucky trolls were surrounded by high elves, fire elementals, humans and dwarves, they died long ago. They were no longer to be found in Quel'Thalas.

Then, the high elves were able to develop these high mountain areas that they didn't think much of originally, and successfully used these high-quality magic pine nuts picked by rangers or mages as an elf specialty.

Due to the difficulty of picking, their output is not too much, and most people can't buy them!

"Pine nuts? This hair and smell seem a bit different..."

Darius picked up a pile of empty shells and smelled them. It seemed different from the ones he had eaten on Earth?

"You'll know after eating and watching. Come, come, little Annie, whoever sees it has a share! Give us something to try?"

Compared to Darius, Galen appeared to be much thicker-skinned. He directly stretched out a slap and unceremoniously spread it in front of little Anne.

His meaning was obvious: he wanted little Annie to give him something to eat!

"Oh! Give me some too, please!"

Darius extended his big slap at the same time.

Little Annie has a lot of good things, he knows it, and he has eaten it before, so seeing Galen stretching out his hand this time, he will definitely not be behind!

"..."

Looking at the two big hands stretched out in front of her desk, and then looking up at the two people opposite, little Annie frowned a little unhappily, and pouted her mouth in dissatisfaction.

"There is only one per person! No more!"

After thinking for a while, Annie reluctantly placed a specially made pine nut almost the size of a thumb in the palms of the two of them.

She doesn't have many of these things herself, and there are only two big bags in her space pocket, so she should eat it leisurely!

This is specially prepared by the high elves using magic and refined by adding many expensive Azeroth spices. It is specially dedicated to their high elf queen and her, the leader of the flame alliance, as a special offering, but money can't buy it of it!

"Only one?"

"Isn't this too petty?"

Galen and Darius withdrew their hands in dissatisfaction. Looking at the pine nuts in their respective hands, they seemed a little dissatisfied. There was only one, and they couldn't even taste it...

"!!!"

Then, when they carefully peeled off the shell, threw that pine nut, which was only the size of a peanut, into their mouths and chewed it twice, their expressions changed instantly.

At the same time that their eyeballs were about to go round, they stretched out their palms in an instant.

"Little Annie, how about some more rewards?"

"That's right! I just took one pill, and I haven't tasted it yet. Can you give me some more?"

Now, not only Galen was pleading, but even Darius began to put down his face shyly.

"No more! Go away!"

She knew it would be like this!

Every time, as long as she ate in public, they would beg her to give them some too. They ate one after another and never stopped!

"Give me a little more? Or, grab another handful?"

"Sir, if you do me a favor, can you give us a few more pills?"

Galen stretched out his hand, staring at little Anne's magical pocket.

He knew that there must be all kinds of delicacies hidden in it that they had never tasted before!

"No more! Goodbye!"

Little Annie grabbed her empty dinner plate, jumped off the chair, and trotted towards the recycling area of ​​the cafeteria.

She has already decided to leave here early, go back to her officer's room, lie on the bed alone, eat whatever she wants, and don't stay here anymore!

"..."

"..."

(Little Master Annie... Don’t you still have two big bags of pine nuts? Just grab two handfuls and send them away? ——Tibbers is a little bit hard to see, isn’t it just a few pine nuts? No Is it necessary to be so stingy?)

"Shut up! Tibbers! You know, these are only two sacks! They will be eaten up one day! At that time, you will go to Azeroth to pick them for me?"

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