At the junction of the Far North Sea and the East China Sea, the flagship of the Imperial Navy's mixed fleet.
Xiao Ziyao stood on the bridge, looking north in the distance, silent for a long time.
This empire's last and most elite naval force is personally commanded by the founder of the empire, the first-class Duke and the Minister of the Navy. It is a huge fleet composed of four aircraft carrier battle groups. It has been fighting with the barbarians on the Far North Sea and the East China Sea.
The Navy has been struggling for more than a month.
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Almost every day, countless battleship groups form neat formations, and under the cover of carrier-based aircraft taking off from several aircraft carriers, they launch surprise attacks to the extreme north. After that, almost every day, some battleships either sink heroically or sink in a heroic manner.
With a heavy scar, he exited the battle sequence and limped back to his home port of Lianda.
However, the war continues.
Although the heavy casualties brought greater losses to the barbarians on the opposite side, they also brought a sharp decline in the strength of the Imperial Navy. So far, Xiao Ziyao only has less than two full aircraft carrier combat groups in his hands, but
The barbarians opposite them seemed still hopelessly dense - there were too many of them.
However, the war continues.
Xiao Ziyao stood motionless on the flagship, looking into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking. Although he still stood there upright, the wrinkles on his face and the deep frown between his eyebrows vividly portrayed the old man's fatigue and anxiety.
In fact, the Imperial Navy he led was equally tired and anxious.
However, the war continues.
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A naval staff officer hurriedly walked behind him in an atmosphere of silence, exhaustion and anxiety, and reported a few words in a low voice with a pale face.
"What?!"
Xiao Ziyao was horrified and moved.
"Yes, sir, for some reason, the magic field on the land battlefield was cleared at ten o'clock in the morning. The empire's front enemy commander sent a message that they and the empire's frontline army were all deeply encircled. Immediately, we received another message from the commander.
Urgent report - they were raided by the Barbarian War King and his Sky Demon War Group."
Naval Staff reports.
"Damn it!" Xiao Ziyao slapped his palm on the railing angrily.
"How could this happen...What are Lao Yang and Xia Tian doing?" He said in disbelief.
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"It is said that the collapse of the Nanyang troops caused the empire to be caught off guard - but with such a small number of troops and holding such a long front, the empire could not hold on... With or without Nanyang people, I am afraid the result would be the same."
"The Empire was preparing to shrink the defense circle to buy time, but the General Directorate once again encountered Long Er's top-level super-level raid that cleverly seized the opportunity of the fighter... The target was directly aimed at His Highness - Long Er was too good, and he used oppressive attacks to force the enemy.
We exposed our flaws as quickly as possible and were unable to put out the fire. Now, he seems to have grasped the key point that caused the empire to collapse quickly after being surrounded: Your Highness."
The staff officer whispered again.
"Once the aura of His Highness is lost, the millions of troops within the empire's encirclement..."
He suddenly shivered.
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Xiao Ziyao was silent. He looked tremblingly to the northwest - there was the empire surrounded by millions of troops, there was the empire's general headquarters being raided, and there was something in danger.
His Majesty the Imperial Highness is the one who can move the whole body with just one hair.
However, the navy...
He turned around and looked at the group of staff members who had silently stood behind him.
"I can't wait any longer..."
He suddenly murmured.
"Immediately formulate a final battle plan and start final preparations immediately! Once ready, let Dingnan wait for the aircraft carrier and release all fighter groups. There is no need to retain any defensive force! All fleets, with the first, third, and seventh squadrons as arrows
, begin the final desperate assault!”
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"Command all ships, this battle is the last battle of our Imperial Navy... Unless the battle is sunk, you are not allowed to take a step back!"
He thought about it again and again, but then ordered loudly.
"Either, let us fight to the extreme north port to support the land war situation and rescue the Imperial Army. Or, let us join the army... tell all the officers and soldiers that it is time... to sacrifice their lives in national calamity..."
The old man murmured in a choked voice, and the roaring sea breeze blew his gray beard into a mess.
"Yes!" The staff members responded solemnly behind him.
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"Your Majesty passed out again?"
In the Imperial Capital, Yongtai Hall, Zhu Shoufu looked at Meng Gu and asked in a low voice.
More than two years of war seemed to have overwhelmed the middle-aged chief minister of the empire. His waist had quickly slumped. He looked at the commander-in-chief of the empire's armed forces with a worried face and asked in a low voice.
"yes……"
Meng Gu nodded slightly and let out a long sigh: "It took a lot of effort to get better, but then we got to the front line again..."
He sighed again: "Lao Zhu, I have deployed reserve troops to build a defense line south of the Yellow River. They are all old guys and half-grown children... There are even women... I don't know how many of the front lines can be withdrawn in the end.
When the soldiers come down, together they cannot withstand it, but..."
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"You are going to implement your retreat plan - first ensure the evacuation of the children. Then, try to withdraw the people of the empire to the south of the Yellow River. As for other things... then forget about it, people are the most important."
He looked at Zhu Shoufu and whispered.
Zhu Shoufu also sighed and nodded heavily.
"Strictly block the news. If another frontline battle report leaks into His Majesty's ears, be careful with your heads!"
Meng Gu turned around and shouted sternly at the royal guards in the hall.
Then, he looked towards the north and remained silent.
A gust of wind blew in from the open door, blowing up the empty legs of the CEO who had been losing weight at a speed visible to the naked eye recently.
Although the blow seemed to only hit him, everyone in the entire hall seemed to be shuddering.
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In front of Tianwumen Square, the crowd was silent.
"What happened? Why did the empire suddenly ask us to send the children away first, and we are also preparing to retreat?"
A man stared at the pale face of the announcer on the magic crystal screen, and suddenly murmured in a low voice.
"Maybe something happened to the northern army..."
Another person responded in a low voice, and his face suddenly turned pale.
"Wasn't it fine a while ago? Wasn't it still guarded well?"
A young woman suddenly hugged the child in her arms tightly, squatted down and sobbed softly.
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People looked at her with sympathy - her husband, a teacher, was not standing in the spacious classroom, spreading the glory of civilization to the children of the empire. Instead, he went there a few weeks ago
He went to the far north front line to serve his family and the empire behind him. Just so that the glory of the civilization he loved would not be dimmed or cut off again.
"My family, Lao Li, has been blessed with fortune since he was a child."
She always came to the square in the evening when she had not received the death notice, and watched the war report with everyone, and boasted to people she knew well, with a look of pride on her face.
but now……
"It's okay. Your old Li will be fine."
Someone in the crowd who seemed to know her patted her shoulder and comforted her in a low voice.
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"Don't worry too much. Nothing will happen in the Far North. Maybe the empire let us... out of some consideration..."
She murmured, but the words became lower and lower. Finally, she didn't know how to explain herself, but she fell silent.
"Go home and prepare first, at least send the children away first..."
A man suddenly sighed. He looked down at the confused child in the woman's arms, touched his head lovingly, and said in a low voice. He looked to the north. His eyes were full of gloom and worry.
The woman nodded with tears in her eyes, and her eyes were looking towards the north with tears in her eyes. Everyone's eyes were already looking towards the north with worry.
What is happening there? Many people may have guessed a lot.
No one dares to think about what is about to happen there.
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Yong Ling Manor.
"Auntie, where are we going tomorrow? Didn't we say we would wait at home for our parents to come back?"
The two little guys playfully hugged Xie Ning'er's legs. They raised their heads and asked in a sweet voice.
Xie Ning'er silently stared at the north, her eyes filled with tears.
"Tomorrow, before our parents come back, we are going to take a little trip to see the other side of the sea. Qier Shuang'er, don't you really want to see what the world is like across the sea?
Tomorrow, aunt will take you to see it, and when your father and mother come back, you can tell your father and mother what you saw, okay?"
The girl wiped the tears from her eyes, but she hugged the two young children and coaxed them softly.
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"But, aunt, Qi'er wants to wait for his father and mother to come back before traveling with them..."
The boy in his arms suddenly whispered. There was a trace of stubbornness on the little guy's face, and his father's former heroic shadow seemed to be gradually appearing in his brows. He raised his eyes and looked at the girl, his eyes flickering full of expectation.
.
"That's right, aunt, didn't you say that your father and mother will be back soon? If they come back and don't see Qi'er Shuang'er, they will be very sad, just like... just like we can't see them all the time.
, Shuang'er misses them... That day, Shuang'er cried that day, not because of the pain of the fall, but because she missed her father and mother... You still don't believe it..."
The little girl in her arms also bit her fingers and blinked her big eyes in confusion. When she said the last word, the little girl's red face was stained with a slight blush. She pinched the corners of her clothes shyly.
He said softly, his dark eyes darting around.
Xie Ning'er stared blankly at the cute and childish faces of the little guy and the little girl. Her nose felt sore, but she already shed tears again.
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"Something happened. Mom and dad may have to come back later, so Qi'er Shuang'er can go on a trip first."
She replied in a low voice, but she bent her head on the two children in her arms. She kissed the children's smooth faces, but her shoulders and back trembled again and again.
"Auntie, why are you crying? Who bullied you? When Qi'er grows up, go help you beat him."
Soon, the little guy in his arms suddenly screamed, raising his little fists and yelling in a nervous manner.
"Yes...Auntie, what's wrong with you...Do you miss your parents too..."
But the little girl felt the warm liquid on her face, and she said with a vague understanding.
The girl hugged them, but she could no longer hold back her tears.
"Sister-in-law..."
She looked towards the north with misty eyes and murmured in an imperceptible voice. (To be continued...)