Him and their stars.

Chapter 1999 We are all trying our best to live
There are indeed people in Fortress No. 1, but unfortunately they are all Earthlings.

It took everyone half a minute to understand Miss Hermissa's hellish joke.

Captain Pegsay laughed out loud on the spot, but the one who laughed the most heartlessly was not him, but the deputy commander of the Rowentour fleet and the director of the stormtroopers of Duke Barion.

Sobaek looked at two colleagues he wasn't very familiar with. Although he didn't quite understand why they were laughing so hard, the corners of his mouth twitched a little and he laughed awkwardly twice.

He really never expected that these two, one is Vice Admiral Rowentour's deputy, an expert in fleet formation operations, and the other is a land warfare master recommended by Duke Barian. Although they have thick eyebrows and big eyes and look like experienced veterans, they are also the kind of people who are afraid of chaos in the world!

Why does my fleet always attract these people?
Miss Celluloid knew better.

After all, she was a well-informed daughter of a noble family, so she vaguely remembered that these two were not as extreme as the captain, a potential anti-establishment element, but they seemed to have some conflicts with the Gate of Glory. It was probably a conflict over military funds, resources, and personnel, and then it evolved into a public-private feud.

To be honest, the Empire's large-scale expansion of the Gate of Glory did indeed affect a lot of the Empire's military. Now, the heavily guarded Gate of Glory fell without even a struggle, and many Empire Army generals inexplicably gloated over the disaster.

Miss Celluloid is actually one of them.

But even so, the Viscountess still found it very irritating. Or rather, because she was one of them, she was more easily angered.

She simply slapped the table and broke it, and the laughter that made everyone uncomfortable stopped.

"I'm sorry, I lost my composure. The failure of our army has taken away my mind," said the deputy commander.

"It was the behavior of friendly forces that made me laugh in anger. They all deserve to be killed! They should be killed as hard as possible!" said the director of the stormtroopers.

Captain Pegsay simply lowered his head and made a zipper-sew motion on his mouth.

Miss Cellu is about to reach the fourth ring, and after all, she is a "guardian" star ring that is good at words, encouragement, inspiration and group combat. When she gets angry, her deterrent effect on ordinary people is still very direct.

"Don't be anxious, Cellu." Seeing that the officer still had his elbows on the table, Hermissa said seriously, "I know you are anxious, but you can't torture everyone with your anxiety. Our army has already been defeated, and at this time, we must calm down!"

"Our army has not been defeated. It was our friendly forces that abandoned the defense line." Miss Cellu stared at her distant cousin with a dangerous look, and then said to Sobek: "In any case, we have to make a decision. Perhaps the enemy is still not firmly established."

“Or maybe they will pretend to be unsteady and wait for us to approach them,” said Ms. Xingjianguan.

"What are your observation results?" Cellu asked coldly.

"The enemy is in trouble. It is very likely that they have not yet established a firm foothold." Hermosa's tone and expression were still as calm as an inorganic doll.

Miss Cellu thought to herself, "I have disliked you since my teenage years, and there are indeed good reasons for that. If I could not beat you and I had official duties to attend to, I would have beaten myself to death now."

Sobek was even more confused than his own chief of staff. He always felt that Miss Hoshimi was deliberately messing with his mentality, but he really couldn't produce any evidence.

To be fair, the Sobek fleet was already moving very fast. They came from Schlenburg, and after receiving the news from the Stargate, they immediately changed their target and came day and night. They arrived even faster than the Feishelun and Xiuwei fleets that originally belonged to the Gate of Glory. Even the most demanding military critics could not find any problem with their marching speed.

However, after arriving, Sobek felt that he was still too excited. Why not wait until the fleets of Fechelon and Xiuwei arrived before discussing the matter with the group?

As soon as he opened the star gate, he saw Fortress No. 1 shelling Fortress No. 2 next door, and he almost fainted.

Of course, as the commander, he was not qualified to faint, so he had to bite his tongue to regain consciousness and began to think about how to retake the fortress.

After all, he had already seen his fortress being bombarded, so of course he had to react immediately. According to the imperial military law, it was difficult for him, a "famous general" with a strong backing, to remain motionless when seeing friendly troops or even the imperial civilians in trouble.

But then, they received the latest intelligence, which was from Brigadier General Hurst of the Gate of Glory, informing them that long before the arrival of reinforcements, the defenders of Fortress No. 2, as well as all military facilities and space station members within the range of the enemy's main guns, had all retreated.

"To be fair, General, the Earthlings are showing mercy." Brigadier General Hurst's expression was of course very complicated. "However, King Slane and Admiral Kaijielu are still in the fortress and their lives are unknown. We are already in a state of panic."

Then, he added with a look of emotion: "But now that General Sobek is here, there is someone who can make the decision. We will definitely be victorious."

Then, of course, there was the scene where Viscount Cellu angrily slammed the table during the meeting.

She then told Sobek. Negotiation or assault were better than doing nothing. So the stormtrooper director, who had just felt that he was gloating and a little out of control, also suggested to Sobek: "Sir, reorganize the garrison at the Gate of Glory. We can still gather more than 200 stormtroopers and at least assault landing craft."

"200?" Sobek was stunned. He was a serious college student after all, and he didn't think that his math was taught by a physical education teacher.

"Yes, the gunboats within the galaxy can also serve as landing craft. At worst, we can equip them with sub-light-speed missile thrusters." said the Wolflin major general.

Sobek was stunned, thinking that this Wolverin was much more inhumane than human generals when it came to using his troops.

However, if this tactic is really implemented...

Miss Cellu showed an expression of pity: "What about the casualty rate?"

He Mishaxing said to the officer: "Very big. Just to cut into the second-level close defense range, we must bear at least 50% casualties."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Officer Xing Jian said in a calm tone: "Of course, this is just one possibility. Another possibility is that our fleet will move forward in full force and do its best to cover the assaulting landing craft. And then..."

"The casualty rate has dropped? The winning rate has increased?"

"The Rabbit was sunk," she said.

"..."

In the silent and oppressive atmosphere at the scene, she slowly said: "However, this is just a fragment of the footage I saw. It cannot prove any reality. Hahahaha."

The star-seeing officer used the stick to pronounce three times with exactly the same length of laughter, and then said: "I am a star-seeing officer, not an advisor. All the information from this subordinate is for reference only."

After another half minute of silence, the stormtrooper director spoke again, but this time his momentum was much weaker than before: "Most of the fortress garrison troops are not part of the imperial guards, and there are also a large number of slave soldiers."

The director looked at the gloomy expression of the chief of staff and quickly added: "Of course, in order to maintain morale, I am willing to lead the charge myself."

Unexpectedly, the first person to interrupt him was Lieutenant General Yeager Sobek himself.

His expression seemed calm, but his tone was unmistakable: "The commander's heroic death is just self-satisfaction. If ordinary soldiers are used as cannon fodder and wasted in a meaningless charge, their sacrifice is not glorious."

"Now that things have come to this, let's wait and see what happens. Send a message to Fortress No. 1 in my name and tell them that I am willing to talk to General Yu Lian. I can even go to the fortress in person to talk." Amid the uproar at the scene, he said to Brigadier General Hatcher, who was sitting at the end and disguised himself as a chair:
"I already know the facts. You have done everything you can. Brigadier General Athlone's affairs have nothing to do with you. General, you don't need to feel any guilt."

The old general of the Letalin people was full of gratitude. He felt that he had finally met a leader worth serving in his old age, but it was not too late.

Sobek added, "In this long and foolish war, we are all trying to survive. As long as we do our duty, we will be worthy of the Empire."

After these words were spoken, silence fell again, and then there was another commotion. The expressions of the people present were different. We can temporarily ignore Miss Cellu's helplessness, Captain Peggeser's shock, the dumbfoundedness of the others, and Miss Hoshimi's meaningful words. Anyway, Sobek even showed a shocked expression of "Fuck, what the hell did I say?"

I've been under too much pressure lately, Sobek thought.

Just say it. Love whoever you want. He thought again.

总之，现在已经是835年的1月1日的中午12点正了。距离索拜克舰队主力抵达荣耀之门刚刚过去25分钟。

The "flower of famous generals" of the Galactic Empire, like his friends, chose to stay put in order to survive to the fullest.

So, after three hours of friendly calls, the Imperial Army was surprised to find that there were numerous ship shadows flashing behind the star gate.

As they watched in astonishment, a fairly large fleet emerged from behind the silver wheel that was as magnificent as a gas giant planet.

That was a fleet belonging to the Blue Star Community.

They did not come under any bombardment from the Imperial defenders, and just like the plunderer expeditionary army back then, they passed through the star gate unscathed.

On January 835, 1, an organized Earth fleet entered the homeland of the Galactic Empire.