Volume 12 The Longest Day The Misplaced Bells
"I'd love to talk to you a little more with Arrando, but," Matsunaga paused and glanced at the two men he and Guo Zhouyi had been watching a few seconds ago, "It seems that you have a guest." β
"Hmm." Guo Zhouyi squeezed out an unpleasant snort from the depths of his throat.
He, Haman and Matsunaga were among the first people to pay attention to the man and the woman, because they exuded a "familiar feeling" that only people in the military have, and they walked a little stiffly. Moreover, Guo Zhouyi also quickly saw the pattern on the handbag carried by the woman that Harman saw---- which was a pattern of several irise-like figures surrounded by the three letters [SWC].
[Strategic-Weapons-Command], the Strategic Weapons Command Center, a division that existed during the days of the original Solar-Ray weapon system, is just... Only then because of Kilian. Zabi's existence, so this department is no different from the ghost department without real power---- Guo Zhouyi's mind turned to the history he learned in the military academy, and coupled with the abuse of NBC weapons in the early days of the war, the functions of this department are also secretly changing...
A man and a woman, the duo --- Harman also stared at the two people who were gradually moving closer to Arlando with a slightly gloomy face, and when the two of them acted in a group, they only needed SWC to act as a duo when they were [loading relevant weapons on the ship], [firing weapons] and [discarded weapons in the field]. Because the relevant types of Zeon weapons all use [double password] checking, the two sets of passwords must be accurately mixed to produce an effect...
Even if they came, they should have come to me, what are they doing with him, Char?! Haman frowned, said sorry to the people around him, and leaned over to Arlando, while gesturing with his eyes to move towards a quiet area with a screen erected further around.
"Lost company, Matsunaga-senpai." After Guo Zhouyi saw Haman's signal, he got up and bowed to Matsunaga, and began to walk towards the quiet area closest to him.
After seeing Guo Zhouyi, Haman and two people who were not there at the beginning of the party walked in, there was a slight commotion in the venue, but it soon settled down again, and no one went to gossip about it--- they were not stupid, this kind of thing that looked like the military department was acting, and it was not something that should be gone or worth gossiping.
Guo Zhouyi had just sat down on the slightly darkened sofa behind the screen, when the two men and Haman walked in one after the other.
"Strategic Arms Command Center Armando. Technical Lieutenant Fisher. "/" Strategic Arms Command Center Mishalie. Second Lieutenant Patel Security. The two of them gave a military salute to Guo Zhouyi and Haman, who were already sitting side by side.
"Char. Aznab or the National Defense Council, is there any very good reason," Haman's voice was as dull as uneasy thunder, "you want to interrupt the process that started tomorrow morning, and now you want to come here, and you want to be inside this venue?!" β
"We're just here on orders." The male officer named Armando replied stiffly.
βγγγ It's a good soldier," Haman patted Guo Zhouyi's already trembling hand, "The mission you came to start carrying out." β
"Yes."
Guo Zhouyi stared coldly at the two officers, scanning something on their faces at the same time with a small device taken out of the female officer's handbag, and after entering a set of passwords respectively, he placed the small device in front of Haman.
"The Strategic Weapons Command Center has ELM (Emergency-Loading-Message) delivered to Harman. Admiral Karn, please enter your password and perform biometric and induction wave verification. β
Harman quickly typed a line of code on the projected screen, and then pulled out two electrodes-like things that Guo Zhouyi had seen before in the New Human Research Center to test induction waves from the two segments of the device, and put them on his forehead, and then the middle of the device gently slashed slightly to the sides, revealing a small thing inside. Harman twisted the object with his fingers and pressed it to his eyes like an old-time contact lens.
"The ELM is verified, and it is given to Arlando. Bakinadazo FEDA (Frontline-Emergency-Deployment-Authority), now start collecting biological signals and inductive wave data, you can get started. Haman read the message to her and nodded to the two officers.
"What?!" Guo Zhouyi almost jumped up from the sofa.
FEDA, the authority of the military as it is nicknamed "Fidaγγγγγ Give yourself?! Don't...?!
"Dazuo, please raise your head a little."
After hearing the male officer's voice, Guo Zhouyi raised his head mechanically, allowing himself to be equipped with a device to collect induction wave data, and was swept across his face by a light film. The two officers left immediately after completing their mission, leaving Guo Zhouyi there looking at his hands in a daze from time to time, and Haman looking at Guo Zhouyi with a frown.
βFEDAγγγγγ I remember, I still remember joking with the people on the ship, saying that "the person who can hold Feida's little hand will bear a heavy burden", and now," Guo Zhouyi raised his hand, looked at his hand, and waved it a few times in the air frantically, as if to expel his inner emotions, "she is in my handγγγγγγ β
"It's just more responsibility, you're fine." Harman's accosting was as light as if nothing had happened.
"Yes, you know me, I like more responsibility, but such responsibility γγγγγγ" Guo Zhouyi gasped for breath.
"In the case of a broken chain of command, the authority to urgently deploy and launch strategic, mass-destruction weapons or doomsday weapons on the front line, this was previously only available to Char and me, and it is indeed a bit sudden for you, but do you think you can't bear it?" Haman stared at Guo Zhouyi tightly.
"I don't knowγγγγγγ I do not know... Suddenly... I do not know... β
"Feel like your fingers are sinking? I think that in the past, I used to shoot a shell, a particle beam, but now it is a special warhead, so I feel that my fingers are sinking? β
βγγγ Perhaps, but why me? β
"It couldn't be more logical, because once you decide to launch, you'll be one of the people to lead the attack."
"What?!"
"I originally wanted to save this matter for tomorrow," Haman glanced at Guo Zhouyi, who was full of shock, and a trace of bitterness appeared on his face, but it quickly disappeared, "In order to ensure the accuracy of the final attack but not send the MS into the range of the opponent's interception fire net, the guidance system of the new weapon uses the latest Samuel technology induction wave induction device, in short, it relies on the induction wave of new humans or enhanced people to guide artillery strikes or missilesγγγγγγ So of course you are one of the people who lead the attack ... Me too... Char, of course... A lot of people are ... β
"But I'm not just the one who guides the missiles now, I'm probably the one who pressed the launch button...
"That's what calls full responsibility."
"Are you still in the mood for a joke...
"Otherwise, what should I do," Haman turned Guo Zhouyi's face and smiled at him, "Someone has to take on this responsibility, and now I am very happy to have you to help me share it." β
"We can't do without thatγγγγγγγγ Damn it... β
"What's the difference, and isn't it just to say goodbye to these things that you and I are fighting now?"
"You γγγγγ" Guo Zhouyi was silent for a long time before he raised his eyes and looked at Haman, "I always feel... β
"Wisdom and enlightenment are gained through constant injury, and the person who is hurt the most is often the smartest, and I am like this, and Char is like this," a trace of sadness slipped across Harman's face, "I used to wish you didn't do the same. β
"You can cool down quickly, I still have to go out to deal with it, leaving for too long will cause panic." After Harman swept Guo Zhouyi's whole body with a gaze full of hope, he left resolutely and quickly.
After Haman left, Guo Zhouyi stood up violently, his fists clenched, his face flushed, and he raised his neck as if he was about to roar, but he remained in that trembling state for a while, and then sat back with a bang.
[It was right there that at the last major event of the day I was dating her, I got a big gift. I had no time to treat it as if it had disrupted my date with her, and there was only one thought left in my mind: I am now the one who puts my finger on the button of destruction, and the one who has the power to decide in the darkness where the chain of command is broken. I thought of many reasons why such a burden would be placed on me------ but damn it, each one of them was so good that I couldn't find a chance to overthrow them in order to shirk the blame... γ
[When my commander-in-chief pushed Axis to Earth, what filled his heart to make him make a decision so unhesitatingly? What kind of fire burned in my heart when she descended to the earth to make her decision so resolute? What was the state of mind of the executors of the British war? And for what did the soldiers who carried out the poison qi operation carry out the order? γ
What I do know is that I had no despair, no fanatical hope for the future, no hatred, not even ambition... Throughout the day my heart was filled with love, so I was filled with fear and disgust for that responsibility ... Maybe I should pray that I will always be in this state of mind, rather than jumping on this responsibility. Or should I think it's an order and not a request? γ
[At the end of the night, until someone called me to go out for the end dance, I sat in the dim light, twisted in the nightmare in my head... For me, who was involved in the war, it seemed that the bell rang before 12 o'clock.