"Well...I understand this."
Accompanied by the man's slightly regretful voice, the cigarette butt flashed slightly in the darkness, and then began to move.
"Uh...I can't smoke, company commander."
"If you can't calm down, try it."
The position of the red dot of the cigarette butt decreased, and a tender cough sounded soon.
"Hays, although it's a bit hypocritical to say this, you are a soldier. There is no innocent person on the battlefield except for friendly forces. The only one who can limit your gun is your own conscience. Now you know the price of indulgence and accept the punishment. So as I said, it doesn't matter whether you admit your mistakes or not, just change it."
Hayes pinched the cigarette, wanted to answer but could only cover his mouth and cough.
It took him a while to speak.
"What is the punishment?"
"You will always remember this, just like the smoke just now, the bitterness it brings will whip your heart gently, reminding you of the mistakes you have made, OK, it's time to leave, you won't want to stay here for a day, right?"
"Ahem...Company Commander, Smoke."
"You keep it and smoke."
Hayes thought for a last moment, knocked out the cigarette butt on the ground, then put it in his pocket, and followed Olanios to leave the warehouse.
At this time, the battle was basically over. Soldiers could be seen busy carrying bodies everywhere. When they walked out of the factory and came to the outside space, Hays saw Hashet coming over and lowered his head embarrassedly.
"Uncle...I'm sorry."
Hashet raised his hand, and originally planned to slap the other person on the back of the head, it turned out to be a slap in Hayes's head. He looked at the boy and sighed.
"It's fine."
"Space Marine is here!"
Suddenly, no one shouted, and everyone started running one after another. Hayes glanced at Hashett and nodded.
"Go and have a look."
When they arrived at the apron of the Ordnance Factory, there was already a circle of people, a row of guards blocking the crowd, and a thunder eagle was slowly falling, with their regiment commander Arni and other officers, including Olanios.
"salute!"
When the Thunder Eagle ramp was lowered, Alni immediately made a sound, and then not only the officers, but also the onlookers, also set aside for salutes.
The war zone commander Alash, who was a Terminator, walked out of the Thunder Eagle. In fact, when he learned that the cannon fodder group and the "waste" young master had actually given up his position, his first idea was to order the execution of the other party, but not long after another news shocked him.
The other party actually took down an important ordnance factory in one fell swoop!
Arash was indeed using some second- and third-tier troops to make feint attacks to attract the attention of the Red Pirates defenders, but another reason is that this ordnance factory is more important and he is worried that it will cause irreparable damage when attacking easily.
Unexpectedly, such an important target was captured by a cannon fodder group.
After seeing the other party's marching route, Arashi couldn't help but exclaim. This was undoubtedly a bold and very smart plan. If he was not careful, he would be annihilated. He had to be a plan that a bold or even crazy commander could come up with. So he decided to come down in person to meet the young master who had been publicly defamed by him before.
Alash looked around and saw only a few damages, and there were no signs of fire or explosion. Obviously, this place was well preserved, which made him quite happy. After all, it was too important to have a complete factory far away from the frontier of the logistics line.
This also made him even more curious about how the other party took over the important place here without causing large-scale damage?
“Arni Morales.”
He lowered his head slightly, and Arash's shadow covered Arni's body.
"arrive!"
Facing the huge Space Marine, Alny's face was tense and his body was as straight as a javelin.
"How did you do it?"
"Report Commander, under the protection of the God Emperor, we were not discovered by the enemy along the way. After arriving at the target point, we discovered a loophole in the drainage system of the factory through reconnaissance. So we sent a commando to sneak into the inside of the drainage pipe, destroying their circuit system, causing the heresy to fall into chaos, and thus take the place in one fell swoop!"
After listening, Alash blinked, with no expression on her face.
After a moment of silence, he said slowly:
"Why did you make such a decision with such a risky plan?"
Alny paused and then replied:
"Report to the sir, because I firmly believe that heresy will lose!"
Arash pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.
"Arni Morales, I thought you were a ignorant person before, but now I must admit that I misunderstood. You are a bold, brave and wise commander who takes the initiative to attack, intersperse behind enemy lines, and attacks his weaknesses..."
As he said that, he glanced at the circle of soldiers around him.
"You are also carrying such a unit, you're doing a good job."
"Commander! I have something to say..."
Alni stepped forward, then whispered a few words, then turned around and took an enlarged data board from the servant beside him, and handed it to Alash with both hands.
After taking it, the Space Marine took it and scratched it twice, there was no expression on her face, and then she turned around and handed it to the guard beside her.
"I know, I will send someone to investigate. Your regiment will be stationed here for the time being. A mechanical priest will come to take over later. Your mission is to defend the place and assist the Mechanical Cultivator in restoring production here. Those prisoners do not need to be transferred to the rear and handed over to the Mechanical Priest on the spot for disposal."
"yes!"
"In view of your brave raid and brilliant achievements, I will personally write your commendation notice."
Alni immediately gave the other party a Skyhawk salute.
"Thank you, sir!"
Then Alash turned around and walked towards Thunder Eagle, but suddenly stopped halfway and looked sideways at Arni.
"Arni Morales, keep your courage and fighting spirit, your future will be very brilliant, and your family will be proud of you."
"yes!"
Arni couldn't help but feel excited, and even smiled on his face. The honors were like a dose of stimulant pumping into his body. Perhaps in a future, he would have the opportunity to become the leader of an expedition like Makarius in the past and Soshyan now, and to permanently engrave his name in the history of the empire.
As the Space Marine left, everyone dispersed, Alni was busy deploying defenses and waiting for the upcoming mechanical priest, while the soldiers continued their work.
For some reason, Hayes's mood was completely different from the past when he saw the Space Marine again. He was no longer excited, no longer fantasized, and even had nothing to feel.
When he saw the smile on his commander's face, he occasionally wondered, does that person know who had sacrificed? Will he be sad for them?
After the battle, it seemed like everything had changed.
He wanted to search for Jung's body, but found nothing.
Like thousands of others, this partner is just a part of victory. Some pay the final price, and some survive, but it may only delay the time of death.
In any case, with the arrival of the next day, the war will continue, and this crazy machine will swallow more flesh and soul.
I don't know why, Hays didn't want to pray to the Emperor of God today, but instead began to write things in the expedition manual, and prayed that after his death, at least something could be sent back to Xiao An and others to prove that he had lived--
Chapter completed!