Chapter 342, Farewell Shengxiao
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Hong Xin Bu
Chapter 342, Farewell Shengxiao
What Gu Hang said earlier was exactly the same as what Old Fofana said. Although he respected Yelicia very much and gave her the right to choose, after all, his status was different, so it would feel a little perfunctory.
But the last sentence really hit Ye Lixia's heart.
Is she someone who is content with the status quo?Is she someone who is content to be the representative of the family, Gu Hang's wife, and the symbol of the union of the two families?
No.
Although the old Fofana did not say it clearly, the old man's previous statement that "it was only by placing himself in the sea of stars that he established Fofana's prestige", he had clearly stated the old man's opinions first. .
Then, Gu Hang truly said what she was thinking, and that was indeed what she wanted.
The man she trusted the most in her past life, and the man she should theoretically trust the most in the future, said so.
So what else does she have to hesitate about?
Yelicia smiled and said to Gu Hang: "Then I am leaving just after getting engaged. I don't know how long it will take until the war is over. Will you wait for me?"
"Of course, my lady, I will be waiting for news of your triumphant return."
"When the war is over, we will get married."
Gu Hang felt that this sentence was a bit strange, but he didn't think too much about whether it was auspicious or unlucky.
He tentatively stretched out his hand and hugged Yelicia.
The female general's body was a little stiff, she was not used to it, and she even instinctively wanted to break away.
But she didn't.
Next, neither of them spoke.
They felt the body temperature transmitted to each other and relaxed a lot.
In fact, they all understand the truth in their hearts: they don't have much emotional foundation to speak of, but because of this, they should take advantage of the limited time to try to create this kind of emotion.
This is rational thinking.
But soon, all these rationalities turned into sensibility.
……
The engagement ceremony between Gu and Fofana was a rare event even on the prosperous planet of Winged Star.
The grand and luxurious scenes and decorations are secondary. What is more important is the people participating and the significance of it as a political event.
There are two groups of people to say here.
First and foremost, there are a lot of neutral people.In addition to the representatives of the two Imperial Chambers of Commerce and the Imperial Navy, there were also members of the State Church, members of the Psychic Order, and various other big businessmen and big capital... These people came to participate in this engagement. ceremony.
They all have two characteristics at the same time:
First, each has its own political or physical power, but it is not too strong within the star region.
Secondly, none of them wanted to get involved in the current struggle between Fachus and the sector government regarding the occupation of the Pegasus sector.
But now, the combination of Gu and Fofana has suddenly become a banner, calling on these neutral forces to unite.
In this regard, the third-party neutral forces, which were not actually weak but were very scattered, formed an alliance that was not close yet but had the same demands at least, and united around Gu and Fofana.
And this also triggered a second wave of people.
The Fachers family sent people, especially Ivan Fachers, the governor of Koroga and the upstart of the Fachers family, who flew from Koroga to attend in person.
At the same time, the leader of the sector, Ivan Martinelli, and the governor of the Winged Stars, Little Peddes, were also present.
All the core figures of the two sides, which are like fire and water, are here.
In the eyes of others, this was of course a great honor to the two families and to the unmarried couple Gu Hang and Ye Lixia.In order to attend their engagement ceremony, even the life-and-death relationship was temporarily put aside and they were in the same room.
In fact, they are somewhat forced.
They didn't take it seriously before, but now the neutral forces gathered together through this engagement ceremony can no longer be ignored.They cannot bear such a huge force and lean towards each other, which will directly break the balance of confrontation.
The demands of the neutral party are also very clear: If you want to fight, you can, but we can't control it anyway.However, even if it is a fight, there must be a rule. Fight within the rules and don't go too far.The chaotic and endless political struggle in the Tianma Star District over the past two years must be ended.The situation in Koroga that is not getting better at all, and is even getting worse step by step, must be reversed.
There is no doubt that the Chief of Taxation, Ms. Nair Lois, who also participated in the engagement ceremony between Gu Hang and Ye Lixia, as a representative of the star domain government, also stood as a neutral party and made suggestions to both parties in the political struggle. made the same request.
In this way, no matter how reluctant the two parties are, they must sit at the same table and talk about this matter.
This is actually a situation that Wang Qi and Old Fofana, who were worried about the overall situation of the star district, created through the engagement of two young people.
As the protagonists of the engagement ceremony, the two of them had no intention of participating in these things below the table.
It’s not that I can’t participate.Both of them hold pivotal positions in their respective powers.It can even be said that Yelicia will be in charge of the next generation of Fofana, and the same is true for Gu's Trading Company.There is no need to wait until later, the two of them already have a very important say, especially Gu Hang.
But since there are veterans at home, the two of them are too lazy to participate in these areas where experience and wisdom are needed.
Instead of engaging in intrigues, it is better to seize the last time to be gentle and cultivate feelings.
Then, before the various connections, negotiations, and compromises of the 'old people' came to a conclusion, the two of them were already saying goodbye.
On the sixth day after the engagement ceremony, Yelicia received a formal transfer order from the Imperial Navy.
There are a total of five cruisers, including Quintet, Opera, Cello, Terminator, and Intermezzo, accompanied by fourteen destroyers and thirty frigates, excluding the remaining small boats below patrol ships.
More than half of the strength of the Pegasus fleet was dispatched. Most of the ships were dispatched, leaving only two cruisers.
The leader of the expedition fleet is Tielemans, the vice-admiral commander of the Pegasus fleet, and his flagship is the 'Opera'.
Yelicia, with the rank of major general, serves as the captain of the Quintet and also serves as the deputy commander of the fleet, assisting Tilemance.
On the Flying Wing Star, people held a grand expedition ceremony for the navy.Most of the sailors on the many starships in the Pegasus fleet come from imperial taxes - to put it more bluntly, they come from Koroga.
However, most of the naval officers are natives of the Flying Wing Star and graduated from the Flying Wing Naval Academy.
These local officers said goodbye to their wives, children, and parents before setting off.Colorful ribbons are flying all over the sky, passionate music is played repeatedly, and under the bright sunshine, the warriors of the empire will walk towards the sea of stars amid the expectations and concerns of their families.
After saying goodbye to her parents and family, Yelicia stood in front of Gu Hang again.The two of them hugged and rubbed their ears together just like other young officers saying goodbye to their partners.
After a while, the space elevator beeped, and the two separated.
Ye Lixia put her hands behind her back, facing Gu Hang with the sun as the background, and stepped back step by step with a smile.
"I am leaving."
"return with glory."
"it is good."
The female general put on her military cap, waved her hands with a smile, turned and left, rushing to her battlefield.
……
As Yelicia left, Gu Hang found that he really missed her a little bit.
He did not restrain this emotion, but allowed it to develop.
This is not a bad thing.
As for Ye Lixia's safety, no one can guarantee this matter. There is nothing Gu Hang can do about it across several star sectors.All he could do was send a team of people to the Quintet to ensure Yelicia's safety.
This team is composed of five phoenixes and one hundred [-]th Brigade special operations elites wearing exoskeletons.
But in fact, the role they can play is not that big.
In the war in the star sea, the losing side has almost no chance of survival. Space warriors are not gods. No matter how strong they are, they cannot save people when the starship is destroyed.
The only place where it can be effective is when there is a gang war.
Coincidentally, the green-skinned orcs are one of the most fond of engaging in gang warfare in the entire star sea.
With these hundreds of elites, at least in the case of a gang war, combined with the guard force on the Quintet, it should be able to play a big role.
……
After Ye Lixia left, Gu Hang himself did not stay on the flying wing type for long. He said goodbye to his mother the next day and returned to the Raging Star.
When he passed by Koroga halfway, he paused and expressed condolences to his soldiers as a legion commander, especially those Korogans who had just joined the Raging Bear Legion from the recruit camp on Koroga. Met once.
Although the troops of 32 people are already assembled and have numbers, they are actually not fully established yet.
Although the procedures are in place, the tax coins required to form them total more than 32 million. The Ministry of Military Affairs has also given the alliance an order for all the military supplies needed to arm these [-] people.
But at present, these things are still on order. After all, weapons and equipment cannot be conjured out of thin air, they all need to be produced.
The Alliance has tried its best to increase production capacity on the Raging Owl Star and the Black Sword Star.
According to the negotiations between representatives of the Alliance and the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Alliance will fully arm these 32 people within the next year.There will be an official from the Ministry of Military Affairs staying here, and with the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion as a friendly force, there will also be a representative to supervise this matter.
This means that in addition to its own needs, the alliance will also produce more than 600 additional tanks, more than [-] armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery, and tens of thousands of other military vehicles within a year.As for other individual soldier equipment and company and platoon-level equipment, we don’t count them too much.
There is still pressure on production capacity.
It is a little difficult to meet such a large demand for production capacity with the help of Raging Owl Star alone.After all, in the past two years of war on Black Arrow, a lot of weapons and equipment, including tanks and armored vehicles, have been lost, but they have not been replaced yet.Unless there is no supply to other troops of the alliance, and the alliance itself does not expand its army, it will be difficult to meet the needs of the Raging Bear Legion for this new wave of troops within one year.
However, if the Black Arrow Star is added, it will be fine.
On the Black Arrow Star, the Stefano Industrial Center, which was established as the former capital of the Kingdom of Stefano, has put into production a production line for Lion tanks.
As the industrial population there increases and more production lines are laid, the productivity gradually increases, and it should be able to bear part of the pressure on the production tasks on the Raging Owl.
After inspecting the army, Gu Hang met with Colonel Li Kexi, the commander who had been working hard on the Black Arrow Star, to learn about the recent situation and Li Kexi's views on the future.
There's really not much to say about the situation.In fact, the intensity of the fighting in Koroga has not been too great. Even though the governor named Faches urged them to attack with all their strength every day and solve the problem as soon as possible, the chief general here, General Hansen, ignored these voices.
In Li Kexi's words, he quite recognized General Hansen.They had talked about this issue before, and General Hansen assured his men that there would never be a 'political battle'.Whether or not we can fight, and how we should fight, are purely from a military perspective.
Anyway, he is the leader and commander-in-chief of the Astra Militarum, and the Planetary Governor has no control over him.
Here, we must mention the views of Li Kexi and the many imperial officers fighting on the front line about the future.
They are quite pessimistic.
The city of Fino is like a huge black hole, constantly 'sucking' everything around it, causing a constant loss of population. However, due to some political reasons, the refugee camps that were established were not moved fast enough.
As for the politicians' request, for the army to advance into Fino City and completely retake the entire hive city, that is simply impossible.
"With our current strength, I'm afraid we have to fill the entire Dragon Eagle Legion with more than 2000 million people to make this possible."
“But if we really have to fill it in, what will other cities do?”
"My Lord Governor... Lord Commander of the Legion, please understand one thing: Koroga's problem is far bigger than imagined. The existing military power can only barely prevent the situation from getting worse. I want to To solve the problem, unless there are 3000 million more Astra Militarum troops, and the decision-makers are willing to lose 2000 million Astra Militarum troops, the problem can be truly solved. Or, let the braggart Ivan Farches fulfill his words and add ten more Hundreds of millions of local troops, that can also solve the problem."
"Moreover, it must be done as soon as possible. 5000 million Astra Militarum, be prepared to lose 2000 million, or one billion local defense troops, this is the price to solve the problem now. If we delay further and the situation worsens, what price will it be then? , no one knows anymore.”
(End of this chapter)
What Gu Hang said earlier was exactly the same as what Old Fofana said. Although he respected Yelicia very much and gave her the right to choose, after all, his status was different, so it would feel a little perfunctory.
But the last sentence really hit Ye Lixia's heart.
Is she someone who is content with the status quo?Is she someone who is content to be the representative of the family, Gu Hang's wife, and the symbol of the union of the two families?
No.
Although the old Fofana did not say it clearly, the old man's previous statement that "it was only by placing himself in the sea of stars that he established Fofana's prestige", he had clearly stated the old man's opinions first. .
Then, Gu Hang truly said what she was thinking, and that was indeed what she wanted.
The man she trusted the most in her past life, and the man she should theoretically trust the most in the future, said so.
So what else does she have to hesitate about?
Yelicia smiled and said to Gu Hang: "Then I am leaving just after getting engaged. I don't know how long it will take until the war is over. Will you wait for me?"
"Of course, my lady, I will be waiting for news of your triumphant return."
"When the war is over, we will get married."
Gu Hang felt that this sentence was a bit strange, but he didn't think too much about whether it was auspicious or unlucky.
He tentatively stretched out his hand and hugged Yelicia.
The female general's body was a little stiff, she was not used to it, and she even instinctively wanted to break away.
But she didn't.
Next, neither of them spoke.
They felt the body temperature transmitted to each other and relaxed a lot.
In fact, they all understand the truth in their hearts: they don't have much emotional foundation to speak of, but because of this, they should take advantage of the limited time to try to create this kind of emotion.
This is rational thinking.
But soon, all these rationalities turned into sensibility.
……
The engagement ceremony between Gu and Fofana was a rare event even on the prosperous planet of Winged Star.
The grand and luxurious scenes and decorations are secondary. What is more important is the people participating and the significance of it as a political event.
There are two groups of people to say here.
First and foremost, there are a lot of neutral people.In addition to the representatives of the two Imperial Chambers of Commerce and the Imperial Navy, there were also members of the State Church, members of the Psychic Order, and various other big businessmen and big capital... These people came to participate in this engagement. ceremony.
They all have two characteristics at the same time:
First, each has its own political or physical power, but it is not too strong within the star region.
Secondly, none of them wanted to get involved in the current struggle between Fachus and the sector government regarding the occupation of the Pegasus sector.
But now, the combination of Gu and Fofana has suddenly become a banner, calling on these neutral forces to unite.
In this regard, the third-party neutral forces, which were not actually weak but were very scattered, formed an alliance that was not close yet but had the same demands at least, and united around Gu and Fofana.
And this also triggered a second wave of people.
The Fachers family sent people, especially Ivan Fachers, the governor of Koroga and the upstart of the Fachers family, who flew from Koroga to attend in person.
At the same time, the leader of the sector, Ivan Martinelli, and the governor of the Winged Stars, Little Peddes, were also present.
All the core figures of the two sides, which are like fire and water, are here.
In the eyes of others, this was of course a great honor to the two families and to the unmarried couple Gu Hang and Ye Lixia.In order to attend their engagement ceremony, even the life-and-death relationship was temporarily put aside and they were in the same room.
In fact, they are somewhat forced.
They didn't take it seriously before, but now the neutral forces gathered together through this engagement ceremony can no longer be ignored.They cannot bear such a huge force and lean towards each other, which will directly break the balance of confrontation.
The demands of the neutral party are also very clear: If you want to fight, you can, but we can't control it anyway.However, even if it is a fight, there must be a rule. Fight within the rules and don't go too far.The chaotic and endless political struggle in the Tianma Star District over the past two years must be ended.The situation in Koroga that is not getting better at all, and is even getting worse step by step, must be reversed.
There is no doubt that the Chief of Taxation, Ms. Nair Lois, who also participated in the engagement ceremony between Gu Hang and Ye Lixia, as a representative of the star domain government, also stood as a neutral party and made suggestions to both parties in the political struggle. made the same request.
In this way, no matter how reluctant the two parties are, they must sit at the same table and talk about this matter.
This is actually a situation that Wang Qi and Old Fofana, who were worried about the overall situation of the star district, created through the engagement of two young people.
As the protagonists of the engagement ceremony, the two of them had no intention of participating in these things below the table.
It’s not that I can’t participate.Both of them hold pivotal positions in their respective powers.It can even be said that Yelicia will be in charge of the next generation of Fofana, and the same is true for Gu's Trading Company.There is no need to wait until later, the two of them already have a very important say, especially Gu Hang.
But since there are veterans at home, the two of them are too lazy to participate in these areas where experience and wisdom are needed.
Instead of engaging in intrigues, it is better to seize the last time to be gentle and cultivate feelings.
Then, before the various connections, negotiations, and compromises of the 'old people' came to a conclusion, the two of them were already saying goodbye.
On the sixth day after the engagement ceremony, Yelicia received a formal transfer order from the Imperial Navy.
There are a total of five cruisers, including Quintet, Opera, Cello, Terminator, and Intermezzo, accompanied by fourteen destroyers and thirty frigates, excluding the remaining small boats below patrol ships.
More than half of the strength of the Pegasus fleet was dispatched. Most of the ships were dispatched, leaving only two cruisers.
The leader of the expedition fleet is Tielemans, the vice-admiral commander of the Pegasus fleet, and his flagship is the 'Opera'.
Yelicia, with the rank of major general, serves as the captain of the Quintet and also serves as the deputy commander of the fleet, assisting Tilemance.
On the Flying Wing Star, people held a grand expedition ceremony for the navy.Most of the sailors on the many starships in the Pegasus fleet come from imperial taxes - to put it more bluntly, they come from Koroga.
However, most of the naval officers are natives of the Flying Wing Star and graduated from the Flying Wing Naval Academy.
These local officers said goodbye to their wives, children, and parents before setting off.Colorful ribbons are flying all over the sky, passionate music is played repeatedly, and under the bright sunshine, the warriors of the empire will walk towards the sea of stars amid the expectations and concerns of their families.
After saying goodbye to her parents and family, Yelicia stood in front of Gu Hang again.The two of them hugged and rubbed their ears together just like other young officers saying goodbye to their partners.
After a while, the space elevator beeped, and the two separated.
Ye Lixia put her hands behind her back, facing Gu Hang with the sun as the background, and stepped back step by step with a smile.
"I am leaving."
"return with glory."
"it is good."
The female general put on her military cap, waved her hands with a smile, turned and left, rushing to her battlefield.
……
As Yelicia left, Gu Hang found that he really missed her a little bit.
He did not restrain this emotion, but allowed it to develop.
This is not a bad thing.
As for Ye Lixia's safety, no one can guarantee this matter. There is nothing Gu Hang can do about it across several star sectors.All he could do was send a team of people to the Quintet to ensure Yelicia's safety.
This team is composed of five phoenixes and one hundred [-]th Brigade special operations elites wearing exoskeletons.
But in fact, the role they can play is not that big.
In the war in the star sea, the losing side has almost no chance of survival. Space warriors are not gods. No matter how strong they are, they cannot save people when the starship is destroyed.
The only place where it can be effective is when there is a gang war.
Coincidentally, the green-skinned orcs are one of the most fond of engaging in gang warfare in the entire star sea.
With these hundreds of elites, at least in the case of a gang war, combined with the guard force on the Quintet, it should be able to play a big role.
……
After Ye Lixia left, Gu Hang himself did not stay on the flying wing type for long. He said goodbye to his mother the next day and returned to the Raging Star.
When he passed by Koroga halfway, he paused and expressed condolences to his soldiers as a legion commander, especially those Korogans who had just joined the Raging Bear Legion from the recruit camp on Koroga. Met once.
Although the troops of 32 people are already assembled and have numbers, they are actually not fully established yet.
Although the procedures are in place, the tax coins required to form them total more than 32 million. The Ministry of Military Affairs has also given the alliance an order for all the military supplies needed to arm these [-] people.
But at present, these things are still on order. After all, weapons and equipment cannot be conjured out of thin air, they all need to be produced.
The Alliance has tried its best to increase production capacity on the Raging Owl Star and the Black Sword Star.
According to the negotiations between representatives of the Alliance and the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Alliance will fully arm these 32 people within the next year.There will be an official from the Ministry of Military Affairs staying here, and with the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion as a friendly force, there will also be a representative to supervise this matter.
This means that in addition to its own needs, the alliance will also produce more than 600 additional tanks, more than [-] armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery, and tens of thousands of other military vehicles within a year.As for other individual soldier equipment and company and platoon-level equipment, we don’t count them too much.
There is still pressure on production capacity.
It is a little difficult to meet such a large demand for production capacity with the help of Raging Owl Star alone.After all, in the past two years of war on Black Arrow, a lot of weapons and equipment, including tanks and armored vehicles, have been lost, but they have not been replaced yet.Unless there is no supply to other troops of the alliance, and the alliance itself does not expand its army, it will be difficult to meet the needs of the Raging Bear Legion for this new wave of troops within one year.
However, if the Black Arrow Star is added, it will be fine.
On the Black Arrow Star, the Stefano Industrial Center, which was established as the former capital of the Kingdom of Stefano, has put into production a production line for Lion tanks.
As the industrial population there increases and more production lines are laid, the productivity gradually increases, and it should be able to bear part of the pressure on the production tasks on the Raging Owl.
After inspecting the army, Gu Hang met with Colonel Li Kexi, the commander who had been working hard on the Black Arrow Star, to learn about the recent situation and Li Kexi's views on the future.
There's really not much to say about the situation.In fact, the intensity of the fighting in Koroga has not been too great. Even though the governor named Faches urged them to attack with all their strength every day and solve the problem as soon as possible, the chief general here, General Hansen, ignored these voices.
In Li Kexi's words, he quite recognized General Hansen.They had talked about this issue before, and General Hansen assured his men that there would never be a 'political battle'.Whether or not we can fight, and how we should fight, are purely from a military perspective.
Anyway, he is the leader and commander-in-chief of the Astra Militarum, and the Planetary Governor has no control over him.
Here, we must mention the views of Li Kexi and the many imperial officers fighting on the front line about the future.
They are quite pessimistic.
The city of Fino is like a huge black hole, constantly 'sucking' everything around it, causing a constant loss of population. However, due to some political reasons, the refugee camps that were established were not moved fast enough.
As for the politicians' request, for the army to advance into Fino City and completely retake the entire hive city, that is simply impossible.
"With our current strength, I'm afraid we have to fill the entire Dragon Eagle Legion with more than 2000 million people to make this possible."
“But if we really have to fill it in, what will other cities do?”
"My Lord Governor... Lord Commander of the Legion, please understand one thing: Koroga's problem is far bigger than imagined. The existing military power can only barely prevent the situation from getting worse. I want to To solve the problem, unless there are 3000 million more Astra Militarum troops, and the decision-makers are willing to lose 2000 million Astra Militarum troops, the problem can be truly solved. Or, let the braggart Ivan Farches fulfill his words and add ten more Hundreds of millions of local troops, that can also solve the problem."
"Moreover, it must be done as soon as possible. 5000 million Astra Militarum, be prepared to lose 2000 million, or one billion local defense troops, this is the price to solve the problem now. If we delay further and the situation worsens, what price will it be then? , no one knows anymore.”
(End of this chapter)
