The southwest Kaiyang galaxy of the Southwest Federation is bordered by the Yuheng galaxy of the Central Military Region.

The galaxy is silent.

This is one of the most important monitoring stations between the two galaxies, responsible for monitoring the audit of all starships entering and leaving the two galaxies within a radius of 100 million kilometers, because the Jeppen Empire has started a war with the Federation, and the atmosphere is naturally more tense than usual.

But in the dock harbor of the monitoring station, an old song sounded in a destroyer moored inside, which should have come from the home planet thousands of years ago, and I don't know when it actually spread on the star network.

Ye Xiaozhou, who was dressed in a lieutenant colonel uniform, was going up and down into the mobile cabin, and he was originally the deputy chief of the Operations Division of the Staff of the Second Fleet, but he was trained at the grassroots level under the order of Fleet Commander Qin Luochuan a month ago, and served as the first captain of the latest destroyer "Zhao Yun" that the Federation had just built and distributed to the Second Fleet.

Ye Xiaozhou, who personally led hundreds of key personnel to return from the front line, had just received various sergeants assigned to Zhao Yun by the "Zhao Yun" and the Federal Military Affairs Department, and the war broke out. After spending nearly half a month getting acquainted with the starship, Ye Xiaozhou led the "Zhao Yun" to the front line.

The 2nd Fleet is still entangled with the two main fleets of Jepeng on the front line of the Third Star Domain, and the three sub-fleets under the Southwest Military Region have gone to support, but it is still not enough, and the crazy Jepeng people have invested three main fleets and three corpsion-level fleets in the Third Star Domain, which has the meaning of launching a decisive battle between the two countries in the southwest.

Although the Federation responded, and the 3rd Fleet and the 10th Fleet immediately rushed to the Third Star Domain, for Ye Xiaozhou, there was nothing more important than fighting side by side with his comrades. Most of the brothers who survived the Battle of Rafi at the Dawning Military Base were still in the 2nd Fleet, and he had to rush back.

But they had to stay at the Federation's monitoring station for 2 hours, first, to do the final maintenance and inspection of the starship, and second, to wait for the notice of the Ministry of Military Affairs to see if they would meet with the fleet first when they arrived in the southwest galaxy.

The mobile cabin is the heart of the starship's power output, and Ye Xiaozhou, as the captain, naturally has to come to check it routinely. He saw Wen Beinan, dressed in a midshipman lieutenant's uniform, performing maintenance tests on the energy engine, while the electronic player on the alloy wall next to him was quietly playing the song "Goodbye":

"I'm afraid I don't have a chance

Say goodbye to you

Because maybe I'll never see you again

Tomorrow I'm leaving

Familiar place and you

To be separated

And my tears fell

I will keep your face in mind

I will cherish the thoughts you give

These days are in my heart

It will never be erased

I can't promise you

Will I ever come back

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The man was a little hoarse and chanted softly, like the wind blowing through the coconut grove and echoing in the starry sky.

Ye Xiaozhou likes this excellent junior who took the initiative to apply for early graduation, a gentle and talented department student union president, even in the current wartime, he should be in the staff department of a military region or the technical department of the fleet, not as a midshipman in the mobile cabin of a small destroyer.

But he, a junior brother who was also born in the Qingyu Military Academy and could even win the titles of "Changqing" and "Honor", actually made a different choice and chose to come to this destroyer that had not yet experienced actual combat, and fought side by side with his senior brother, whom he had never met.

"This is the song you want to give to the female officer on the ship? Or, is it the senior sister in the academy? Ye Xiaozhou raised his eyebrows.

Unlike Ye Xiaozhou, who was dressed in a sky-blue captain's uniform that was straight to the point of not having a single wrinkle, the president of the student union of the department, who was originally as gentle as jade, seemed to be a completely different person since he got on the ship, his clothes looked a little hanging, his face and body were always stained with engine oil, and he always had a cigarette in his mouth that would not light a fire, and only three buttons were buttoned on his chest, so that his chest and abdominal muscles were revealed through the zipper closure of his coat from time to time.

Dressed in a military uniform and approaching the bridge, he was heroic when he arrived on duty, but he was a little careless and wild when he was on duty, and the contrast of the impact made the young technical lieutenant officer's charisma soar. The female officers who walked face-to-face with him occasionally in the corridor in the battleship were red-faced, and they were also the most popular people who often turned off the lights in the female officers' cabins every day at night.

Of course, among the men that these ladies look forward to, Ye Xiaozhou, a young captain who once won the Medal of Fearless, ranks first with absolutely no suspense.

It's not just the always straight body and uniform, with the most perfect etiquette and just the right smile to treat people, but when the big war comes, what people need most is not handsome guys, but heroes. Only heroes can make people's hearts that fear war and death feel at ease.

"Haha, Captain, you may have guessed this wrong. This song was not for anyone I was going to give it to, but when I left the academy, my classmates from the Department of Mechanics stood in a neat queue to see me off. You know, when I was calling for wind and rain at the college, they never stood so straight in front of me, and when I applied for early graduation, they did, maybe from that moment on, I knew that I made the right choice. Wen Beinan grinned. This song is a bit old, but I like it, and I heard that it was hummed by one of my younger brothers when he was alone. ”

"Oh? Then you little junior brother is very old! Ye Xiaozhou smiled slightly, "It seems that he is the same kind of person as you." ”

"It's true to say he's old, but it's the same kind of person! I'm still a long way from him. A wry smile crossed the corner of Wen Beinan's mouth. I chose to come to the grassroots level, in fact, I just want to follow in his footsteps, and I hope that one day I can finally be stronger than him, for example, in engine energetics. The teacher is right, if you don't practice, you don't know how bad you are at just reading drawings. ”

"Huh? Can such a person still exist? Unexpectedly, you admire Beinan so much? Ye Xiaozhou was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but be a little curious.

Don't look at Wen Beinan's efforts to change his image and integrate into the starship's mechanic team, but Ye Xiaozhou knows that his little junior brother is actually very arrogant in his bones, and how good does it have to be for a person who is as proud as he admires a person or his junior brother?

"His name is Tang Lang, a bottomless guy, I don't know how there can be such a person in this world, the force value is admirable, not to mention, there is an unattainable high attainment in technology, as soon as I entered the school, I was convinced by the third-grade senior brother." Wen Beinan sighed slightly. "If so, he may be the kind of being who has the aura of the protagonist."

"It's him!" Ye Xiaozhou couldn't help laughing. "If it's Tang Lang, that's normal. And if you want to surpass him, I can only tell you to work hard. ”

"Captain, you know him too?" Wen Beinan was also a little stunned.

"Hehe, it's not just acquaintance." Ye Xiaozhou looked at the bright starry sky outside the starship. "He and I have fought side by side on the battlefield together, and if it weren't for him, I guess you wouldn't have had a chance to see the lieutenant colonel in front of you."

"Huh?!"

"Now that the war has started, it is estimated that the Federation will soon declassify his information, and I don't have to hide it from you, your junior brother, but just a few months ago, he was awarded the Victory Medal by the Federation." Ye Xiaozhou was a little narrow, and added another "mouth flarer" to the already open mouth of his excellent junior brother.

"I'll go!" Wen Beinan, who was once as warm as jade, opened his big mouth and almost showed his small tongue.

The aura of the protagonist he said earlier was obviously too small, and it was a little unbearable. Tang Lang, what kind of person is it!

At this time, a clear external access "Toot!" came from the battleship's communication system. The female staff officer on the bridge prompted Ye Xiaozhou, indicating that the commander of the monitoring station wanted to talk to them.

Ye Xiaozhou signaled to access.

The projection screen appeared in the maintenance room of the mobile cabin, and on it was a forty-something officer wearing the rank of colonel, Ye Xiaozhou and Wen Beinan, who was standing aside, hurriedly saluted.

This kind of large-scale monitoring station between galaxies is generally at the regimental level, don't look at it as a first-line unit, but many commanders are here because they have been injured in the army and retreated to the second line, which is a good retirement position. Whether it was because of the military rank or out of respect for the meritorious servants, Ye Xiaozhou and the others did not dare to be rude.

Both sides finished the ceremony.

"Lieutenant Commander Ye Xiaozhou, captain of the Zhao Yun, report on the situation of your ship's various systems!"

"Return! Sixteen members of the energy team are docking with the dock to replenish energy! Correspondence group of eight people...... The House Affairs Section is carrying out the relevant operations...... Everything is normal with the destroyer Zhao Yun, and the systems are working well! Debriefing is over! ”

"Good!" After the routine briefing, the middle-aged officer nodded gently, and looked at Wen Beinan behind the light screen, "This old song is good!" ”

"Sir! Do you like it too? Wen Beinan, who was behind Ye Xiaozhou, took over the conversation.

"I hope my daughter likes it! I'll pass it on to her. The middle-aged officer replied angrily: "Wen Beinan, right!" A top student of Qingyu Military Academy, I heard that you are the chairman of the student association of the Department of Mechanical Training, why don't you look like this kid at all? Don't talk about the hanging erlang who wears, you listen to songs and smoke again while on duty, don't say that Captain Ye brought it to you. ”

Wen Beinan hurriedly dropped the cigarette in his hand, with a flattering smile, and said to him left and right: "It turns out that the daughter of the sentry chief is also a fellow Chinese!" Can you introduce you to each other in the future? ”

The corners of Ye Xiaozhou's mouth twitched, he now extremely suspected that Tang Lang had led this person astray, look, what has become of a high-achieving student who was once known as a gentle and talented person?

"That's good! That little guy is in the rebellious period of adolescence now, and I'm having a headache! It's okay if you want to help me teach it, your reputation as a top student of the Military Academy should still be able to deter her. The middle-aged officer smiled faintly and replied very seriously.

"Yes, sir!" Wen Beinan immediately made a decision, with a serious face. "However, my qualifications are still young, I have a little junior brother, he broke several records in the college when he entered the school, and he also won the medal of the whole school, which is the best among my students, and I recommend him to become the life mentor of my little sister."

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Suddenly, on the other side of the screen, the alarm bell sounded!