The quota of fifty people is the most basic number of people Tang Lang can think of to maintain a medium-sized starship sailing in the vast starry sky, for this reason, Tang Lang even did not hesitate to give up all the deputy gunners and damage management maintenance personnel, if he encounters the enemy, it is difficult to say whether the combat effectiveness can be one-fifth of the previous one.

However, Tang Lang wants to take the comrade-in-arms who has only seen two sides home, but he can't use morality to kidnap everyone to be noble. Whether it is the air pirates or the officers and soldiers of the independent regiment, they have already fulfilled their duties.

However, the quota of fifty volunteers who dared to put themselves in danger was far less difficult than Tang Lang had thought before, and it was already overcrowded in less than a minute. Not only that, but with a little hesitation, perhaps seeing that his friend had also signed up, the number of applicants surged to 100 in two minutes.

It's easy to make a choice, but it's not easy to make a choice knowing that you may never return.

It may be too noble to describe these officers and soldiers in terms of the brilliance of human nature, and this phenomenon may be better explained by the fact that heroes often come from the ordinary.

This couldn't help but remind Tang Lang of a celebrity in his time and space who commented on his country and nation: The people of that country and nation have always been lucky, because they are always well protected by a group of brave people.

Now, these brave people, like their ancestors, choose to stand bravely in front of him.

"Fat deputy captain, I want to earn these 10,000 blue gold coins, if you don't accept me, you will cut off people's money."

"I figured it out, the Immortal Bird is my home, except here, Lao Tzu is not going anywhere!"

"Yes, people are dead and birds are in the sky, I have liked Lieutenant Hao for a long time, maybe after getting along for a long time, she and I have seen each other? Her and my personal problems were solved. ”

"Go on the side, I remember Chu Heizi, you bastard, you swore before the war to leave a message to Sergeant Li on the Qinglong that as long as you can live after the war, you must marry her, don't use Lao Tzu as a rhetoric!"

"Didn't Sergeant Lee reply to him! Say that the old lady still died in battle! ”

"Haha!"

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With the jokes of the officers on the bridge in order to be able to report your name, the previous solemn atmosphere suddenly disappeared, and there was even a kind of joyful taste, as if they were going to dig for gold.

The fat man who was in charge of signing up was a little emotional, rubbed his eyes fiercely, and roared loudly: "Du Te Niang shut up to Lao Tzu, what a fat deputy captain, Lao Tzu's surname is Zhu Mingyidao, you can call Lao Tzu deputy captain or commander, and those who call themselves Lao Tzu at every turn, Lao Tzu told you, Lao Tzu is about to get married, buy a house in the capital star and decorate it with 1 million credits, don't even think about running if you take advantage, Lao Tzu has to watch you wait for you to find you one by one after the war to make up some money!" ”

"Haha! Sir, I must join in. There was a burst of laughter.

The dark-skinned lieutenant who called Chu Heizi was honestly puzzled: "Why do you have 1 million credits for a house?" How do I remember that I only need 100,000 credits? ”

"You dirt bun knows a ball! You're talking about the price from ten years ago, you don't know what the urine sex of playing real estate is? One price a month can only be regarded as occasional, and one price a day is daily. The fat man pouted and dealt a hard blow to a group of "dirt buns" who had been away from the Federation all year round.

Perhaps, it strengthened their determination to go. I have no money, and I have no shame to go back to see my parents!

In the end, the number of applicants reached 208, accounting for one-eighth of the existing personnel on the Immortal. Among them, there are even three air pirates who did not arrive at the Meteorite Star Sky from the Federation, but were absorbed after the capture of the Lexa space station.

"Sir, we're not here for 10,000 blue gold coins, we just want to experience what it's like to be a comrade-in-arms." A soldier who sent the video from the sub-artillery compartment was a little "cowardly" and said his reasons.

Tang Lang smiled and waved his hand, "As long as you have the guts, no matter what the reason, then together!" ”

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Under the gaze of hundreds of starships floating quietly in the starry sky, the "Immortal Bird" turned its bow and drew a huge arc in the aftermath of the energy tide with some difficulty, heading towards the position where the "Golden Eagle 3" disappeared.

"Salute!" Shen Chengfeng, who was standing on the command seat of the "Qinglong", roared.

No matter where the officers and men of the Independent Regiment were on the starships belonging to the Independent Regiment, they straightened up and saluted solemnly. And the air pirates, however, also flashed their portlights to salute the starship and the people on the starship who went away alone.

This is not only a send-off for comrades-in-arms, but also a tribute to bravery, and it is the simplest and most solemn way for tens of thousands of soldiers in the starry sky at this moment.

It wasn't until the tail flame of the "Immortal Bird" became farther and farther away, until it completely disappeared from view, that the starships began to get busy again.

The last order given by Tang Lang before stepping down as supreme commander was meticulously executed, even by the once unruly air pirates.

Although there is no electronic communication in this terrible magnetic storm, there are optical distress facilities on the lifeboats, and the special distress light source is enough to reach thousands of kilometers away with the support of energy batteries, enough to be sensed by the optical system of the nearby starship.

Of course, in the starry sky, which is far more vast than the ocean, thousands of kilometers are just a drop in the ocean, and the premise for being seen is that the number of starships involved in the rescue is sufficient, and the meteorite starsky alliance with more than 100 assault ships just meets this necessary condition.

Rao was like this, and the rescue operation lasted for 48 hours, until it was finally determined that there were no more of its own lifeboats in the airspace of one million square kilometers, and the Combined Fleet returned to Bermuda according to the magnetic fluctuation map calculated by the central brain of the Immortal Bird before leaving.

During the battle, the Jeppen people also catapulted a lot of lifeboats, but they were on the verge of the explosion of the antimatter bomb, no one would think that they still had a chance of survival, but it was a miracle that several lifeboats were not destroyed by the terrible energy tide, and the luck value was completely bursting.

But their luck ended here, not to mention that in order to keep secrets, Shen Chengfeng would never leave the Jiepeng people alive, even the air thieves who had already turned red because of the heavy losses, and they would not allow an enemy to survive.

Without Shen Chengfeng's order, the air pirates had already spontaneously trained all the still alive Jiepeng lifeboats.

The 1st Detachment of the 6th Army Corps, from Rear Admiral Commander Itagaki Sei, was completely annihilated, and not a single one survived. This kind of ending is estimated to be the first time in a hundred years since the Great War between the Southwest Federation and the Jeppen Empire a hundred years ago.

On the way back, the battle report had also been placed on the desks of Shen Chengfeng and the high-ranking officials of the Independent Regiment.

The Combined Fleet dispatched a total of 188 assault ships and three destroyers, and in the end, only 125 assault ships and 2 destroyers were able to hold out until the return voyage, and the loss of more than 63 assault ships, or nearly one-third of the force. However, more than 5,000 people were rescued and returned, and if you only look at the loss of personnel, it should be about 6,000 people, accounting for only one-seventh of the total number of troops.

If you compare the results of the destruction of a fully formed detachment of 11 large starships and more than 50,000 troops of the Jeppen Empire, which came violently, this loss is simply negligible.

You must know that assault ships, which are only 150 to 200 meters long, are no more than transport-type ships that carry mecha to the planet in the main fleet, and they are basically cannon fodder-class in fleet-level bombardment operations, not to mention one, even ten or twenty ships are not as expensive as a destroyer.

But now, they just used a mere 63 cannon fodder-class starships at the cost of burying four destroyers and six frigates of the Jeppen people, and even a more expensive cruiser in the starry sky, if it is not a sacrifice, only in terms of equipment loss comparison, it is like losing a few sesame seeds but smashing a watermelon on the other side, if this is not a big victory, what else is a big victory?

The sacrifice is naturally sad, not counting air pirates, just on the side of the independent regiment, it lost 3 assault ships, and one assault ship was unfortunately hit by the main gun of the Jeppen destroyer because it rushed too far ahead, and even the lifeboat disintegrated in the starry sky before it could pop out, more than 400 people were killed in the battle, a colonel who followed Shen Chengfeng for more than ten years and became the battalion commander, and more than 20 promoted lieutenants were on the list of sacrifices.

Shen Chengfeng, who has been an air pirate for nearly ten years, has long been accustomed to life and death, holding a long list of sacrifices, and he couldn't help but be silent for a long time. And Chen Shi cried bitterly in public, and he was no longer as resolute as he led the entire detachment to rush towards the Jiepeng fleet.

Soldiers, not afraid of death, but afraid of parting.

The comrades-in-arms who went to the battlefield, once they said goodbye, perhaps, they will never see each other again.

Compared with the officers and men of the independent regiment, the air pirates, who had long been accustomed to wandering on the edge of life and death, were obviously more likely to accept death, and in the face of heavy casualties, they were only briefly sad, and threw themselves into the frantic celebration of victory.

The air pirate leaders of the various factions began to go into carnival mode, and the wine carried in the assault ships was distributed, and the reward of 200,000 blue gold coins promised by the "Immortal Bird Legion" for each assault ship will be paid after leaving the Bermuda star field.

No one doubted that the "Legion of the Immortals" would pay their debts, and there was no reason, it was just intuition, which came from the intuition of all air pirates.

They didn't realize that after this battle, unconsciously, the Immortal Bird Legion had completely become the backbone of the entire Meteorite Star Domain, and it was no longer just the situation where they were strong and the boss before.

I'm afraid that even the Jiepeng people themselves didn't expect that their dispatch this time was like a hammer, gradually forging an originally rough steel billet. When they come back next time, the meteorite starry sky, which was originally scattered and has now gradually begun to merge, will be harder than they imagined. The kind that will shatter the big teeth when you bite into it.

In fact, compared with this unexpected integration, the various arrangements made by Tang Lang before the war are the most impressive existence.

Tang Lang, who seemed to have foreseen these in advance, promised many forces when he issued the convening order that he would let go of the frigate construction technology, as long as these air pirates provided enough minerals, they could obtain the blueprints of the frigate and even the destroyer, and if they did not have enough materials and technicians, as long as they could pay enough price, the "Immortal Bird Legion" could even provide finished ships.

After Tang Lang's report, Changsun Hong had already promised that the Southwest Federation would transport some of the decommissioned and mothballed old destroyers and frigates to the meteorite starry sky through Jiang Cheng.

These old-fashioned destroyers may not be able to deal with the main fleet, but if they are placed in the hands of these air pirates in the meteorite starry sky, they can become a formidable force.

Of course, Tang Lang is not afraid that these guys will want to fight against the water if they have a destroyer, not to mention that almost no one can force these "Jiangyang thieves" to get entangled except for Jie Peng, a large foreign enemy, and it would be too stupid to say that the person who provided the weapon did not leave a hand.

Starships are not assault guns and cannons, and they don't recognize people when they turn their hands, this kind of high-tech thing needs a central brain in addition to people, unless the air pirates have the ability to replace all the intelligent systems in the starship, otherwise, the back door that exists 100% will definitely be in a corner of the starship.

It's a pity that if they had that technical ability, they would have run out to become big coffees a long time ago, so why would they still need to mix the rivers and lakes in the meteorite star field?

Regarding this point, there is no need for Tang Lang to say, the air pirates are well aware of the truth.

The destroyer bought by the hollowing out of the family's money has to be controlled by others, and those who are more rational will not fall for the evil of Tang Lang, a thief who is a little more vicious than the air thief. But unfortunately, the last thing in this world is stupid.

The fact is that one moment the big guys are still swearing at the wine table that the alliance will never do this loss-making deal, whoever buys who is the grandson, and the next moment several orders flew to Owen's personal brain.

Not only is it expensive to build a destroyer, but I don't have that ability, so how can I buy the finished product directly? Whoever places an order is 100% a direct purchase of a finished ship.

In fact, the price set by Tang Lang is really not cheap, if the value of the precious minerals listed on the list that can even match the price of blue gold outside the star field, not to mention the old destroyer, it is enough to build a new cruiser.

Even Hebrews like Owen, who look like money, feel that Tang Lang's price is too high, and a slight drop of ten or eleven percent may be the right way.

But what made Shen Chengfeng and the other independent group leaders dumbfounded was that they really underestimated these air thieves with bloodline inheritance. Do you think people have only recently made a living in this business? That's not it, people have been doing this work for generations, and the century-old stores are weak here, and they are old brands that have been over a thousand years. Grandpa's grandfather saved a little, grandpa's dad saved a little, and grandpa saved a little more。。。。。。

I heard that a guy who ordered two destroyers in one go, and the blue gold and tungsten gold delivered over him even had a storage history of more than 500 years。。。。。。

"My mother-in-law!" The fat man who learned afterwards had the urge to command the fleet to raid the meteorite starry sky at that time.

I knew that these guys still had so much inventory, so why bother to mine, just go and grab them one by one!

Tang Lang, who was still trying to restrain his greed, stopped him, if he just wanted to eat black, then they didn't have to do anything, and when they finished robbing, it was estimated that the war should be over. In the days to come, will they be the leader of the big sky thieves here, sitting in the meteorite starry sky and counting ores to play?

The chain reaction brought about by the order of five destroyers in a row is terrible, and an unprecedented round of arms race has been set off in the meteorite starry sky.

In the past, the reason why the air pirate leaders met and pretended to be forced was that "Lao Tzu has three assault ships", and during this time period, two destroyers are just a standard configuration that is not despised, and only three destroyers can be equipped with a **, as for one, they are embarrassed to go out to meet people.

In just one month, the 2nd Fleet of the Southwest Federation, which had already entered the rotation to withdraw from the Third Star Domain, actually sent 18 large transport ships to the Meteorite Star Domain, not to deliver supplies to the Independent Regiment, but to pull back the mine from the Kramar Star.

In the two months since the formation of the Independent Regiment, the strategic reserves of various rare minerals in the Southwest Federation have increased by 15 percent, which is equivalent to the amount of imports in the past five years.

And the Southwestern Federation is nothing more than 15 mothballed destroyers and 22 frigates.

It is said that even the Ming Donglai Governor who saw the report later took the initiative to ask a certain admiral, as if the maintenance cost of the cruiser "Tiandan", which had been sealed for 30 years, was too high, so it was better to sell it as scrap iron!

A certain admiral was dumbfounded, and he didn't know who it was, and when faced with the proposal of several first-level councilors to destroy the starships that had been sealed for more than 30 years at the recent first-level congressional meeting, he also angrily reprimanded them for some selfish interests to ignore the national security and ignore the honor of the federal army, all starships are witnesses of military honor, veterans do not die, once the war begins, those starships will set sail again to fight for the Federation, not to mention that 30 years of mothballing is 300 years of mothballing, that is what the federal government should do.

The deafening dismissal at the level of the head of state is still in the ears, and now, is it gone?

Of course, this is all a wild historical record.

What credibility does that have? That's all the unrealistic imagination of the latecomers about history.

In the official records, perhaps it was the then head of the Federal State who was sorry for his harsh remarks to the members of the People's Assembly that day, and after the Führer and the Chief of Military Affairs had made friendly exchanges and various trade-offs on the issue of the army and people's livelihood, he personally authorized the Ministry of Military Affairs to officially launch the "destruction" plan for the cruiser "Tiandan".

And the Southwest Independent Regiment, which is located in the meteorite starry sky, welcomed their second largest ship, the cruiser "Phoenix", after January. The Science and Technology Department of the Independent Regiment located in Kramar Star mobilized more than 8,000 people and spent a month completely renovating its armor, with the same volume and increased defense, unknown!

Of course, these are unknown changes in the meteorite sky in the coming months.

These are unknown to the Jeppen Empire, which is in the outside world, and Tang Lang and others, who are still in the Bermuda Star Domain, which have completely cut off communication due to a magnetic storm.

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PS: It's late to update today, so it's two chapters in one, a big chapter of 5000 words. Also, thank you to the book friend for the reward of the leader of the alliance who "thinks about the wall and loves it", thank you!

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