Nuo Ling turned his head and saluted Qiu Fengyang with a fist, "Your Excellency Jianhao, this kid is a dog, and I only have such a child." He has liked to be with me since he was a child, and he joined the army to go to war with me, but there was an agreement between us that after Operation Thunder Island, I retired from the army, and he would also leave the army to do his own business. ”

Qiu Fengyang didn't say much, but introduced Bai Liuying behind him, and after a few words, the four of them became friends.

"May I ask if your name is Normandy?"

"Yes, Your Excellency Qiu Fengyang. ”

"I'd like to ask you to make another trip and tell General Wind Chime that I don't want to meet her, and I will definitely visit her next time I have the chance. ”

If others said it, Normandy and Nuo Zero would be very surprised, but from the mouth of the sword hero Qiu Fengyang, they could also understand it.

Qiu Fengyang added: "If General Fengchi and Hanazawa ask the reason, you will say that Qiu Fengyang is unwilling to come. ”

Normandy agreed, then turned and trotted towards the High Command in the distance.

Nuo Ling looked at his son's distant back and said with a smile: "I have been a soldier for thirty years, no matter how hard I try, I am still just an ordinary soldier. A lot of people don't take me seriously, only Normandy and his mother see me as their hero, which is why Normandy wants to join the army, even though his thin body is not suitable for the profession of soldier. I was worried about what would happen to him, so I met with him, and after this Thunder Island operation, I retired from the army and he did what he had to do. ”

"He was a very obedient boy and a very kind person, such a person is not suitable for a cruel war. Qiu Fengyang said.

Nuo Ling laughed at himself: "Your Excellency Qiu Fengyang, it's funny, I don't ask him to make contributions, I just want him to spend his life in peace." ”

"Maybe he just wants to do what you didn't do and make up for the regrets in your heart. ”

"Regrets?" Nuo Zero shook his head and said, "If it was ten years ago, there were indeed a lot of regrets in my heart, but Normandy has grown up, and I am very satisfied with my life now, if only time could stay at this moment." ”

Qiu Fengyang was silent for a moment, and then spoke: "He may not be suitable for brutal warfare, but it doesn't mean that he can't be a good soldier." ”

"Your Excellency Qiu Fengyang, in the opinion of her mother and me, if he becomes a good businessman or a scholar, it is better than becoming a general. ”

"All parents have the same desire, but all children want to make a difference for themselves. ”

Nozero sighed to himself, he was proud of his son and worried at the same time.

It was already half past eight in the evening, and in another three and a half hours, the huge fleet of 200,000 troops of the Dragon Kingdom would appear at the intersection of the horizons. The cold winter of December in Maple Leaf Harbor is gradually coming, the cold wind blows through the hard armor, the thermal insulation spirit array is opened, and the No. 1 port is as warm as spring. After giving the order to rest in place, all the members of the Autumn Wind Yang team surrounded Autumn Wind Sun, and they introduced each other and told their stories. And Qiu Fengyang just silently found a corner and sat down, leaving Bai Liuying, looking at the dark streamer in his hand alone in a daze.

The sea breeze blew his long golden hair, the gray shawl and white cloth ribbon fluttered in the wind, and his empty eyes for ten years finally showed a glimmer of light, and gently hummed the sound of the bamboo flute of the year, like the white-haired girl chasing after him under the blue flower mountain.

[Holy Alliance, December 13, 478, 8:45 p.m., Tree Country, Maple Leaf Harbor Open Sea]

The endless fleet of the Dragon Kingdom rode through the wind and waves, and the army of 200,000 Dragon Kingdom was ready to go. The fishermen around Maple Leaf Harbor had never seen such a momentum, and they were heading towards Maple Leaf Harbor like a mountain of sea, and no matter how big the wind and waves were, they seemed insignificant in front of the Dragon Fleet.

"Mom, look, the fleet of the Dragon Nation—" the children shouted, a warship capable of holding two thousand soldiers was a behemoth to them, and even from a distance it was like a black curtain covering the entire ocean.

This is the Third Fleet of the Dragon Country, and the mission is to send 200,000 Dragon Kingdom soldiers to Maple Leaf Harbor and then return to the ship. It is ridiculous that such a huge dragon fleet will not participate in this naval battle of Thunder Island. These dragon soldiers will board the new ship built by the Snow Country three months ago, go to the unknown battlefield, and watch their country's warships return, because this is the result of the negotiation of the Five Nations Conference.

Twenty high-ranking officers of the Dragon Kingdom, led by General Ba Wen, sat in the command room of the highest level of the Third Fleet and established the plan for this operation over and over again, and everyone present was older than General Ba Wen, and six of them would follow Ba Wen to participate in Operation Lei Island.

"General Baven, I would like to reiterate once again that it is the will of His Majesty Mossfield that the Dragon Nation army win this operation with minimal casualties. The first blue-eyed officer on Bavin's right, who was Third Fleet Overseer Mountbatten and Bavin's chief staff officer, said Bavin, but Bavin regretted that he would not be involved in Operation Ray Island.

"I will do my best to do this, but there is no guarantee that it will be fully achieved, and 200,000 of the 250,000 soldiers in the army are all our soldiers, so our casualties will be huge. ”

The whole room fell silent, and everyone in the room was a very strategic-minded conductor and military strategist, and everyone knew this.

The last military meeting before the Great Assembly was depressing, and General Bavin was no exception, and as the war drew closer, so did his pressure.

At a time when many were questioning Mosfeld Seentia, Bavin did not waver, much to the admiration of all the brilliant strategists of the older generation present.

He said loudly, "Whether it's His Highness Mosfeld or the King's Sword, they must have their reasons for doing this. A king does not betray his country, any more than a man does kill his own organs. So for the sake of the king, for the sake of glory, as soldiers, we only have to obey - in three hours, the dragon fleet will land in port one, and all of you present will be separated here, I don't like to say those fleshy words, I hope that those who remain will bring the dragon fleet back to Insonia safely. ”

The people stood and saluted.

"For the king, for glory—" they said in unison.

As the military meeting came to an end, everyone left the room, and they shook hands with General Bawen one by one, the young general who was going to represent the Dragon Kingdom in the conquest of Thunder Island. Maybe this is the era when the next general star of the Dragon Kingdom will be born-

Bavin stepped onto the deck, followed by Mountbatten.

He spoke: "Even after the past 100 years, the tragic experience of the Battle of Thunder Island is still vivid, the millions of allied troops were wiped out overnight, and the legend that was once called the 'Invincible Armada' was shattered like a dream. The destruction of nine Elder Artifact Inheritors and eight Elder Artifacts was the worst victory in the history of the Holy Alliance. ”

Mountbatten moved his crystal glasses, put his hands behind his back, and said calmly: "Whether the Battle of Thunder Island is a victory or a failure, I'm afraid you and I both know." ”

This is a fact that everyone understands, and it is a truth that no one wants to accept. Bavin said.

"The truth is often cruel and painful, and it only takes a reason that you will not refute it, and a lie can replace the truth. Mountbatten let out a long sigh and muttered, "The winter of December in the Tree Country is colder than the winter in Insonia, but the sea of stars above you is still eternal—"

"This is a poem you wrote?"

"Sort of, as long as someone thinks of me as a poet, then I write poetry every day. ”

"You've been writing poetry since I knew you, how many poems have you written now?"

Mountbatten smiled lightly and said indifferently: "I write every day, but I don't know how much I write, why, you are suddenly interested in the poems I write?"

"I've never been interested in poetry, but—" said Bavin, after a pause, "you and I have known each other for so many years, but I have never read your poems seriously, and I still have a little regret in my heart. However, the poems you write are no different from those of you. ”

"Tell me, what kind of person am I in your eyes?" asked Mountbatten, leaning on the armrest of his side and admiring the endless sea view.

"It's tasteless. ”

Bawen said four words lightly, this is the evaluation of Mountbatten. I don't know if it was because of the cold, he stood up by his collar and stood at the front of the deck like a guide looking into the distance.

"That's what you say about me?"

"Yes, but there is value in what is tasteless, otherwise the most gifted poet will become tasteless. ”

Mountbatten rolled his eyes and said quietly, "You are very different today than usual. ”

"How is it different?"

"It sounds like you'll never come back. ”

"You think so, too?" Bavin turned and looked at Mountbatten behind him, who was admiring the view of the sea, his short dark blue hair blending with the sea.

"I don't know. Mountbatten didn't look Barvin in the eye, "I don't know—" he said again.

Mountbatten and Bavin joined the army together, Mountbatten was Bavin's best assistant, and the two of them were also best friends. However, the royal family of Seentia of the Dragon Kingdom only ordered Bawen to participate in Operation Ray Island, and Mountbatten replaced Bawen as the commander of the Fourth Army. Mountbatten is a person who is not good at revealing his feelings, and like Barvin, this is why the two can come together.

After the Maple Leaf Harbor is assembled, Mountbatten will return to the Dragon Kingdom with an empty fleet, and his best brother will lead the Alliance army to the battlefield.

"Hopefully it's just a normal operation. "When I come back, I will definitely appreciate the poems you have written for more than ten years, and if you don't join the army, maybe you will become the next Laplace." ”

"Bawen, you still haven't changed, and the jokes you tell are as boring as the poems I wrote. ”

"Really?" asked Bavin casually, "does a poet feel that his poems are boring?"

"No, it won't. ”

"Do you really think of yourself as a poet?"

Mountbatten was silent, except for the sound of the waves crashing against the ship. The two were silent, as usual, in the eyes of outsiders, they were two stuffy gourds who did not open their mouths.