Him and their stars.

Chapter 1976 Supervisors and Collaborators

Deng Zhengqing's words sounded a bit hurtful, but if you think about it carefully, they are not without reason.

As mentioned earlier, the great nobles of the empire have a tradition of recruiting people from prisoner-of-war camps. In the history of the empire, there are indeed many inspiring stories of prisoners of war climbing to the top step by step.

In this case, who can guarantee that the tens of thousands of prisoners of war in iron shackles are all steadfast patriots? I am afraid that many people are waiting for the olive branch of the bigwigs.

As long as we take into account the Empire's long-term rule over the Earth, the various intricate relationships between the two sides, and the speed with which the Community's homeland was conquered, we can imagine that there are not a few such people.

There are even many people who feel that they have fulfilled all their military duties by sacrificing their lives in the Ring of Miracles, have done their best for the community as a political system, and that it is time to make some plans for their future.

Yu Lian fell into a brief silence.

At this moment, Lieutenant Hines came to report: It was confirmed that the Sobek fleet had been divided, and a high-speed strike fleet consisting of ten battlecruisers, a dragon boat, and several aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers had deviated from the original course and was heading towards the iron shackles.

"Based on their current speed, I estimate that they will arrive 50 to 60 hours later than me."

Wow, a mere Sobaike is really so powerful? Yu Lian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, thinking that this was definitely not the Sobaike brother he knew, and a sense of novelty suddenly arose.

"This enemy is no problem at all! As long as you give the order, we will be able to win the battle! Commander, you don't even have to do it yourself. Just have a cup of tea and I will present the enemy general's head to you!" Captain Nemo promised loudly.

As expected of you, you are the captain. Let’s not talk about whether you are reliable or not, just tell me whether your emotional value is high or not?
He then continued, "However, the enemy has more than ten battleships, and they are ready for battle at any time. Our ship's surprise attack tactics will not work, and we can only fight head-on. In this case, we cannot rule out the possibility that the enemy will adopt a delaying tactic until the rest of the imperial reinforcements arrive. By then, even if we win, there will inevitably be some damage, and it will inevitably affect our original plan to rescue our comrades."

Indeed. In addition, the captain was very careful about the way he spoke, and he had to add the word "win". But in reality, if the nearby imperial fleet really swarmed in, he would have no choice but to flee.

This certainly does not mean that he has no confidence in the performance of his Silence (and his own command ability), but after all, he is fighting in the heart of the empire, so he still needs to be a little more cautious.

"More importantly, this will also damage your reputation. Sir, you are the banner of the entire universe's resistance to the tyranny of the Galactic Empire. Your reputation is more important than the lives of any of us."

As expected of the captain, even his advice can guarantee such a high emotional value. Tell me, isn't this loyalty beyond words?
"It doesn't matter. With my position, even if I really flee, I can still declare to the outside world that I have won a victory. The worst that can happen is that I can hire a few more propaganda teams to go around to announce the victory. To be honest, I have sufficient media resources in this regard." Yu Lian said.

The captain immediately showed an expression of admiration and even respect: "You are worthy of it!"

"Do you understand everything?"

"I don't quite understand, but since your arrangement can't be wrong, I feel that this is the right thing to do."

You are worthy of me. Yu Lian couldn't help but glance at him, and then thought: "In the final analysis, we still have to seize this time difference. However, even if only half of the people on the Iron Chains are willing to go with us, we can't give up this trip."

Feifei, however, poured cold water on her: "I think a quarter would be good enough."

Deng Zhengqing responded with a silent salute. He only informed Yu Lian of the possible problems as a staff officer, but he fully agreed with the latter's decision.

On December 834, 12 of the Common Era, five days after the turmoil in King Stein's territory, the Silence, carrying Yu Lian and his companions, finally arrived at their final destination - the Iron Shackles Galaxy in the Tailai Star Sector.

By the way, this is the nth time the destination has changed during this long expedition?

Yu Lian no longer wanted to think about this problem. He felt that it was not because of his lack of planning, but because fate was always playing tricks on him, and it seemed that it did not want this expedition to end in a dull way.

Compared with the resistance he encountered in Schlumberg, the defense of this galaxy was almost negligible - of course, in the face of the power of Silence, Schlumberg's defense technology was also negligible.

So, when the giant ship with a new skin appeared in the galaxy, a boiling noise suddenly sounded in the communication channel on site.

"Really come! Woohoo, why don't we run? Why don't we run?"

"Nature's Emblem? Nature's Emblem is back? But why is it her?"

"Asshole, didn't the Earthlings call this ship the Independence? They came back for revenge."

"Revenge shouldn't be directed at us, right? We are just jailers, we haven't done anything wrong!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry. Anyway, go to Camp No. 1 and invite General Lal. Also, are the Earthlings in Camp No. 1 calm?"

"Be calm, be calm. We have lived in harmony for so long. Treat each other with sincerity and exchange sincerity for sincerity."

"What about the one on the other side? Do you also exchange sincerity for sincerity?"

"Why not? Do you have any other way?"

Well, as an enemy, they are a little too savvy! Their savvy far exceeded everyone's expectations. Even Captain Nemo, who is such an optimistic person, subconsciously doubted whether this was a trap.

Deng Zhengqing, who has always been cautious, still believes that the captain is right.

Anne Romanova and William Banner even thought that they could just bombard the space station and demolish it. After all, it was a military facility, and demolishing it would definitely have the effect of striking the enemy.

As for whether the other party has given up resistance, whether they have not done any evil, or whether they want to "exchange sincerity for sincerity", anyway, we have not received any formal letter of surrender, so it cannot be considered as unethical.

The first mate thought that both Lieutenant Colonel Romanova and the newly joined Lieutenant Colonel Banner were right.

Having said that, the officers and soldiers on the Silence were, after all, influenced by the upright, kind-hearted and magnanimous Commander. The above suggestions were just some extreme ones for reference, and they did not really want to open fire.

We are not devils, and no one is going to destroy a space station that has given up resistance.

Feifei seemed to sense something and said to Yu Lian: "The atmosphere on that planet is a bit weird."

"That Princess Feilian? Oh, she hasn't run away yet?"

If nothing unexpected happened, the news of the capture of Schlumberg should have been heard long ago, and the local people in Iron Shackle Peak should have received news from friendly forces that the Ghosts were marching towards here, and the Miss Elected Emperor would have had plenty of time to escape.

If the local defenders of the planet have wives and children and cannot escape in the face of battle, there will be no such problem in selecting the emperor. Feifei shook her head slightly: "According to the data, the fifteen-year-old girl has just reached the third ring. She should not be strong enough to declare her presence across the starry sky, right?"

In short, the same old saying applies: be careful, be careful, and be extra careful.

So, the Silence temporarily stopped 1000 million kilometers away from the top of the Iron Shackles, and the secondary gun's ion cannon firmly locked onto the only space city above the planet's orbit.

It should also be able to serve as a fortress, airport, rail elevator, transport transfer station and signal tower, etc. There is even a small-scale rail commercial street, which is connected with a trestle-type pipeline, and it is obvious that it will be expanded and connected at a later stage.

This space station, which is fully functional but sparsely equipped, is actually the most common space equipment in the world.

There is no way. This Iron Shackle Top is just a brown and yellow desert planet. Looking down from space, you can hardly see any artificial lights. It is very lonely and very suitable to be a prisoner-of-war camp.

With such a small population, they can build such a medium-sized airport, which is already of high standards.

Obviously, the airport didn't dare to show any hostility. The gun ports were tightly closed, the hangars and docks were as if scrapped and there was no movement, and the signal tower was flashing a friendly white light.

"We surrender. We surrender. Please forgive us, please have mercy." The person in charge of the spaceport, a young colonel, said with a sad face, "We have never done anything to mistreat prisoners of war, and we have fully abided by international conventions. Now, all the gun port safety guards in the Iron Shackles Spaceport are locked. Yes, they are locked."

The colonel's attitude was so respectful and sincere that if there really was a trap, his acting skills would be enough to win the Yagomi Award and get in and out seven times.

The above content is the evaluation of director Fina Li.

With this evaluation, even the most cautious Deng Zhengqing felt half relieved and began to prepare for the follow-up work.

The landing craft and some soldiers quickly landed on the medium-sized starport, where they found 2000 Imperial Army soldiers who had completely laid down their weapons. In addition, there were nearly 1000 combat robots for space station defense, 36 old-fashioned solar wind fighters, and 8 intra-galactic gunships, all of which were of course fully secured.

To be honest, for a space station of this size, with equipment of this size, but only having such a small garrison force, it is indeed a bit too little.

Half a minute later, a new communication request came from the planet, and the person who appeared on the screen was the long-lost Major General Watt Lal.

In this timeline, he was his first boss in the strict sense, but they got along very well. Looking at his old boss who was in good spirits and good health, Yu Lian immediately felt very kind and relieved.

Not only is his physical and mental condition good, General Watt Lahr has even gained more weight. With his big beard and diplomat-like benevolent eyes, he looks like he could cosplay Santa Claus in red clothes without even having to put on makeup.

Yu Lian knew that General Watt Lal was by no means a villain who would sell out his comrades in exchange for special treatment. This also showed that the prisoners of war were not abused.

Fortunately, fortunately the space station was not really blown away by a volley of artillery fire, otherwise even Yu Lian would have felt guilty for several hours.

Major General Lal was not too surprised. His face was mixed with mixed emotions, including being touched, helpless, and regretful: "Actually, you shouldn't have come."

"But I still came... Wait, from what you said now, it seems that you had guessed that I would come?" Yu Lian said in surprise.

"Well, this is a long story." Major General Lal's expression was a little strange: "However, our time is limited, so let's get down to business first."

Although his emotions were turbulent, his mind was still clear.

"Indeed, I need to pick you all up. You have 30,000 people there, so we need to hurry and start organizing them to board the ship."

"I have assigned the task. In addition, it is not 5000 people, but people." Major General Watt Lar said as a matter of course.

"Five thousand people?" Well, this time it's not even one-sixth.

Major General Lar added: "We have tried our best to collect available orbital transport ships on the planet. Although they cannot jump, they can at least send people to space orbit. This can save a lot of time."

Indeed, it could also save the time wasted by a series of troublesome accidents when the Silence entered the atmosphere and landed on the surface.

You know, if there is no specially built giant dock, it is easy to cause geological pollution when such a giant warship lands on the surface. If it is not possible, it can only land on the sea. However, the only inland sea, or lake, in Iron Shackles is nearly 1 kilometers away from the No. 3000 prisoner-of-war camp where the earth prisoners are located.

Now, these steps can be saved.

"Who is in charge of boarding on your side? We need to make a connection."

Yu Lian glanced at Deng Zhengqing, only to find that this guy's expression was even more complicated than Major General Lar's.

The worst situation he had anticipated did not happen, but the situation inexplicably switched directly to the most optimistic stage. Was this probably because he was too happy?
Afterwards, the investigation department came to report: their surveillance cameras had detected that a large number of people were gathering in Camp No. 1 and were marching in a line towards the transport airport outside the camp.

Well, just as Feifei said, the entire Iron Shackles planet seemed to exude a strange atmosphere, which was indeed different from what Yu Lian had imagined.

However, at least from the current perspective, all the weirdness has at least positive effects, which is great.

In the Prisoner of War Camp No. 1 on the planet Iron Shackles, which was simply a town built with various prefabricated materials, Yu Lian saw more than 5000 community soldiers lined up in neat rows, waiting to board the ship outside the helipad. They were all still wearing the original community military uniforms, but their rank insignia had been taken away. But even so, the ranks were still neat, their postures were still upright, there was not even any noise, and they were still full of military pride.

In addition to the torpedo ships and transport boats that landed from the Silence, there were more than a dozen small and medium-sized intra-galactic transport ships on the helipad.

If you calculate this way, most ships only need to make two or three trips on average to get everyone on board.

Yu Lian was also in the city center and finally met the administrator here, the long-lost Major General Watt Lar.

The old boss was indeed fatter than he remembered, and he looked healthy. Of course, according to him, this was a typical case of obesity due to overwork.

During the nearly one year he spent as a prisoner of war, he was the mayor and factory director of the labor camp composed of these prisoners of war. He also had to compete with the imperial jailers and supervisors from above. Overall, it was very hard work.

Yu Lian smiled and said, "I think that every one of the guards at Iron Shackle Peak is quite kind. They are so kind that they don't look like imperial soldiers at all."

Major General Watt Lal said with a smile: "After being here for a long time, the soldiers no longer seem like soldiers. Rather than being supervisors, they are more like our collaborators."