In the Hope's Planetary Synchronous Orbit, in the Captain's Lounge of the Military District, Leona was lying on her own single bed tiredly, after so many busy days, coupled with the fierce night battle last night, she had been on duty at the bridge to keep an eye on the battle, by now, she was already feeling a little physically and mentally exhausted......

But, no matter what, the humans of the Hope, the refugees who were exiled by the UPL, were finally able to see a glimmer of hope struggling to survive in this dark and dangerous strange cosmic area.

By now, the ground base has defeated the large-scale attacks of the bugs twice in a row, especially last night, after the oversized incendiary can of the Hope was successfully thrown by Captain Planck into the underground cavern of the ground base where the bugs came out and tried to sneak attack, presumably, they must have suffered heavy losses, right?

You know, last night's fire burned until the sky was about to light up, and then it gradually went out! Thinking about it this way, those bug monsters in the cave, as long as they don't run away in time, must have turned into ashes?

Moreover, according to the rough calculations of satellites, the number of insects killed on the ground alone is estimated to reach more than 10,000? And in the cave, I'm afraid there will only be more of them, right?

In this case, after suffering such heavy casualties, in a short period of time, their swarm should not have more troops to sneak attack or storm again, right?

Then, now that they have gained valuable time to develop, and with enough high-energy crystals and those special high-energy gases that have been mined so far, Leona is confident that when the next biter attacks again, it will definitely not be a large group of marines and a few tanks waiting for them, right?

Call......

The efforts of this time have not been in vain.

Thinking of this, Captain Leona, who was lying on his bed, opened her eyes sharply and let out a long breath.

In any case, although they have made a lot of sacrifices on the Hope, they have finally relieved themselves! The lives of those brave soldiers, their sacrifices, were not in vain!

Now, the humans of the Hope are looking to the future......

These days, the weight on her shoulders has been weighing on her, and she doesn't even have a normal break!

At all times, she will continue to urge herself, striving to do everything perfectly, in order not only for her duty, but also for the hope of the future of the more than 100,000 human beings on the earth!

Now, her efforts, as well as the efforts of those soldiers and officers, and the efforts of everyone else, have finally won a glimmer of life for their human race, and they have not only gained valuable energy, but also created an opportunity to continue to develop!

If she hadn't had to wait for Shuguang Zhizhi to report on the battle damage of the ground base to herself, she really wanted to sleep well now......

After opening her eyes for a while, she couldn't help the fatigue that hit her, and slowly closed her eyes.

“……”

Anyway, now that there is no war, it's okay to take a break and take a break, right?

She hadn't had much sleep since last night......

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"Captain Leona, now that the combat data of the ground base has been preliminarily calculated, do you need to take a look at it now?"

At this time, just a few minutes later, in Leona's captain's lounge, a holographic projection of the Dawning Brain suddenly appeared.

The eyeless artificial intelligence woke Captain Leona up momentarily just before she was about to fall asleep.

So far, the light of the star in this planetary system has re-shone on the ground base of Planet JNO.3 and the synchronous orbit of Hope, and the slightly dazzling light can be clearly seen through the window pane of Captain Leona's room.

"Hey......"

When she fell asleep, she was awakened by the other party, and Leona had to moan helplessly, sit up with difficulty, and rub her swollen and throbbing temples vigorously.

Call!

After gasping for breath again, Leona looked up at the Brain Dawn standing in front of her bed, an intelligent computer that could never understand human emotions despite its powerful ability to calculate logic.

Shouldn't it just a little bit of a look and let itself sleep a little longer?

"You read it, don't let it out for me yet!"

Seeing that Dawning had plans to make that long holographic list again, she waved her hand in a headache.

Now, Leona doesn't want to look at all the complicated and redundant data and lists, she just wants to know a rough idea quickly, and then, after explaining some things, she will sleep hard!

She has decided: today, she is skipping work! Anyway, she is the captain of the Hope, and here, she is the biggest official, and no one dares to say anything to herself!

"Okay, Captain!"

After answering, Dawn quickly put away the several large holographic tables that had just been listed less than half of the number.

"Last night's fighting, so far, after preliminary statistics from the ground base, the personnel and material losses of our ground base are as follows:

Marines killed: 213, seriously wounded: 82, lightly wounded: 208! Fifty-two of them, even after recovering from their injuries, are no longer fit to serve in the army! According to statistics, most of the Marines who died in battle were poorly trained recruits. ”

If you can't continue to serve in the army, it must be because of your physical disability......

The intensity of the battle last night was clear to Dawn, who was observing the situation on the ground throughout the whole process.

Especially after the appearance of that kind of snake-like bug, all the Marines who participated in the battle on the front line did not have a few bone spurs stuck in their bodies!

Among them, fortunately, the bone spurs did not penetrate the armor, but were only embedded in the metal armor, and did not cause any damage to the personnel inside, at most, it only damaged the armored power combat suit to a certain extent.

If you're unlucky, you'll be killed by bone spurs that pierce your body or completely destroy your armor......

Speaking of this, Aurora looked at Captain Leona, who was sitting silently on the bed, and continued to read after seeing that the other party's face was gloomy and did not make any statement.

It originally thought that when the captain heard these numbers, he would have a big emotional fluctuation, and it also wanted to take the opportunity to study human emotions properly, but how did he know that Captain Leona was this silent performance?

Human beings are really complex creatures......

"The tank unit lost a total of one tank, and all three crew members in the tank were corroded by the venom of the UFO bugs and died! The command center of the main base and some nearby buildings were also attacked by several poison sacs of flying insects, but they did not erode through the metal walls. At present, after the maintenance of the SCV engineering vehicle, the repair has been basically completed, and there is no report of loss of buildings in other places!

In addition, we also captured three puppy-type bugs, one snake-type bug, and a complete corpse of a huge mammoth-type bug, killing the number of burned bugs, a total of more than 60,000 heads! As for the specific figures, the clean-up personnel on the ground said that they could not be counted! ”

"The above are the statistics of last night's battle!"

Soon, Dawn of the Brain reported on the situation of the battle and the harvest, and then looked at Captain Leona, ready to wait for her next instructions.

"The cave...... Have you ever been in to investigate? ”

Last night, the bugs were digging holes and breaking into the base through the giant digging worms, which made Leona a little worried.

If that cave leads to the bugs' underground world, that's not easy to handle......

With the current strength of their Hope, it is still reluctant to defend, but if they take the initiative to attack, it is estimated that the troops will be weak.

"Yes, Captain! After the fire was extinguished, Commander Doug immediately assigned a number of small unmanned reconnaissance robots to enter the cave ** to investigate, except for countless charred insect corpses and two forks leading to the acidic ocean, there was no gain! ”

After finishing speaking, Zhi Brain Dawn also called up the section of the sloping cave with great interest.

From the holographic 3D map, it can be clearly seen that this cavern dug by bugs has a huge network of tunnels underneath, and a huge underground cave-like hiding area, where there are large piles of charred insect corpses.

In the end, these caves, they split into two forks that lead to different directions, but these two forks, they both lead to the ocean on both sides of the island where the base is located?

By the time they get here, the recon bots can't go any deeper.

Obviously, these alien bugs came through that huge ocean attack, and they were not originally entrenched in the underground caverns of the base, which can probably be regarded as good news, right?

These bugs, they have evolved to have the ability to move freely or survive on the ocean floor for a short time?

"Okay...... In that case, then ......"

After seeing that there was not much to gain, Leona nodded her head, and just as she was about to make Zhi Brain retreat, she suddenly remembered another thing.

"By the way, Dawn, did you make a list of those who made outstanding contributions to last night's battle?"

For soldiers who have died in battle, the Hope has a complete process, their bodies will be cremated, and then, the ashes will be transported to the Hope, and when they humans find a new planet suitable for human habitation in the universe, they will be buried collectively on the earth that belongs to humans.

In addition, for those who are still alive and have made outstanding achievements, their senior management of the Hope must also reward and promote them, which is what they deserve to fight and fight for the future of the Hope human race.

No matter which soldier, even the lowest-level Marine Corps, is monitored by the Aurora's intelligent brain during battle, and then after manual review, they will be rewarded with the corresponding merit accumulation, and finally promoted. For this, the Hope here also follows a set of rules of the UPL military system.

Of course, those who have made particularly great contributions and performed particularly well will also be given special personal awards and promotions by the Hope.

"This list has been counted, Captain!"

After hearing the captain's inquiry, Dawning Brain quickly made a series of lists next to him.

Among them, in the battle sequence of the Marine Corps, there are Second Lieutenant Galen, who is the commander of the Marine Corps, Second Lieutenant Darius, and a few private and non-commissioned officers who are particularly outstanding.

Their performance in battle has been preliminarily recognized by the Brain, and after the approval of the senior officials on the Hope and the members of the Parliamentary Audit Bureau, they will be rewarded and promoted accordingly.

And in the heavy siege tank unit, the temporary commander of Nolan, who is a newcomer, has also been recognized for his performance!

If there is no accident, I believe that it will not be long before his temporary two words will be directly turned into a regular and the corresponding military rank will be raised.

As for the SCV engineers, they did not directly participate in the battle this time, they could only accumulate merit points, and no one met the conditions for promotion or commendation for the time being.

This is the case for logistics non-combat personnel, although security is safe, but it is also extremely difficult to obtain military merits, and only by honestly accumulating and boiling qualifications can they hope to survive in the military system.

Then, it is Commander Doug of the ground base command center, her performance and reaction this time are not bad, and it is estimated that she can also get the corresponding rank promotion?

At last...... It's the only ghost agent on the Hope, Major Anne!

Looking at the large number of merit descriptions and specific instructions on the other party's merit sheet, Captain Leona was even a little skeptical, was some of the credits on it written wrong?

Because, when Leona looked over, she saw that the holographic list clearly recorded the credit of the other party.

On January 16 of the new calendar of the USS Hope, Ghost Agent, Major Anne Hasta, was awarded the following feats:

Military merit record 1: timely warning!

As the bugs of Planet JNO.3 dug into the ground to prepare for a surprise attack on the ground base, Major Anne gave the alarm in time, buying precious time to react and saving the base from destruction.

Note: Special merit once!

Military Record 2: Tank Artillery Fights Flying Insects!

Major Anne pioneered the siege tank in assault mode and driving at high speed, using an 80 mm caliber double-barreled gun, successfully shooting down three flying insects with a 100% hit rate! She saved the remaining tank troops, as well as contributed to the ensuing battle.

Note: First class merit once!

Military Record 3: Kill a huge bug!

The siege tank piloted by Major Anne, in siege mode, used a 120mm siege arc light shock cannon to kill a huge bug monster with two shots, which made a huge contribution to the stability of the Marine Corps' battle line, and provided valuable combat experience for the tank troops to kill large alien creatures.

Note: First class merit once!

Military merit record 4: Help extinguish the fire!

At the end of the battle, Major Anne used her abilities to help several Marines extinguish fires and save their lives.

Note: Third-class merit once!

Summary: In the battle on the 16th, Major Anne, who was a ghost agent of the Hope, made a special merit once, a first-class merit twice, and a third-class merit, and the contribution was huge.

“……”

"Dawn, are you sure that the other party's tank shelling flying insects is true? How did I never know that our siege tanks have the ability to shell against the air? If I'm not mistaken, they shouldn't be equipped with anti-aircraft shells, right? ”

She knew very well about Little Annie's early warning and killing of the second alien monster and using her ability to extinguish the fire again, and she would not question it.

But what about the tank shelling flying insects?

I'm sorry, but she, Leona, has been in the military for many years, but she has never heard of the Federation's land tanks having anti-air capabilities? When I looked at this thing, I thought it was fake......

Also hit 100 percent? No kidding! Even with specialized anti-aircraft combat vehicles, they can't reach a 10 percent hit rate, right?

"Wait, Captain, please!"

Hearing Captain Leona's question, Dawning immediately accessed the video file.

"Your Excellency Captain, after my investigation, I found that the incident of the tank shelling the flying insects is true, this is the video surveillance record of the base at that time, and it has been entered into the tank training materials of the Hope game platform, now, please take a look."

Soon, Dawn released videos in front of Leona.

It shows that a red-painted tank, when it was speeding towards the combat area of Area C, suddenly found that near the base command center, the eight were being chased and beaten by three dragon-like bugs, so they turned sharply, drifted and turned and ran wildly at high speed in the direction of the dragon.

On the way, its double-barreled 80 mm caliber double-barreled gun was raised high, turning to aim at those flying insects in the sky, and then, one of the barrels suddenly erupted a tongue of fire, and in the next moment, a flying insect in the sky exploded in the air, directly hit by the shell and exploded into a pile of debris?

Then, before the remaining two flying insects could escape far, they were easily bombarded by the next two attacks......

"This ......"

Seeing the other party's riotous tank operation, Leona couldn't help but be stunned.

Then, with a frown, she reached out and clicked on the replay option on the holographic video, and once again carefully watched it from the beginning.

"Dawn, is it possible for tank guns to attack flying targets?"

Thinking of this, Leona began to look at Zhi Brain with an inquiring gaze.

If there is really a possibility of popularization, then are they not even saving the air defense forces?

Look, the tank can not only be used as a chariot to call with the team assault, but also to convert the siege mode to give strong heavy fire support to the front-line troops, and when you are in a hurry, you can also raise the muzzle as an anti-aircraft gun, in addition to not being able to fly, it is simply a perfect combat weapon!

Once there is the possibility of popularization, when she thinks of the appearance of a large number of tanks, whether it is on land or in the air, the enemy is all within their attack range, at that time, that kind of picture, is not too beautiful?

"I'm sorry, Captain! Although there are practical examples and theoretical possibilities, it requires strong computing ability, personal reflexes, and strong anticipation of the enemy!

In my simulations, even with the addition of an auxiliary computing module, the chance of hitting 10,000 air targets along a predetermined trajectory was less than 10 percent.

And when attacking targets that are flying along non-intended routes, the chance of hitting is much less than three percent!

Therefore, there is no possibility of popularization for the time being, and this can only be the case of Major Anne! Or is it her magic ability to blame? ”

This matter does not need to be explained by Captain Leona, the Aurora Intelligence Brain has already used her powerful logical computing power to simulate it 10,000 times in the game platform of the Hope, so it quickly gave the answer that the captain wanted.

"Well, let's not talk about it for now. For the direct promotion of Major Anne to colonel...... Does her mental speed seem a little too fast? ”

A few days ago, after little Anne sent a fireball to destroy the huge alien monster, the Hope had already promoted her to a major officer based on her ability and merit!

And now, how long has it been? Even if you want to skip the rank and promote her to colonel?

Isn't that a little too fast? You know, Commander Doug of the ground base command center, she is currently only a lieutenant colonel......

"Captain, this is the result of a calculation based on the opponent's combat exploits, and I don't recommend that you make any changes to this!"

On the Hope, it follows a complete set of military merit reward system of the Earth Federation UPL, and Dawning's calculation of Annie's military merits is also consistent with the calculation method of the Earth Federation, and it does not see anything wrong.

Military merit is a very important thing for a soldier!

It is the honor of soldiers, but also a kind of recognition and reward for combat behavior, once easily changed, the entire military system, it is easy to mess up!

In the UPL army of the Earth Federation, changing other people's military exploits at will is also a very serious crime!

"Okay, I got it...... Stand down and let me get some sleep. ”

As a former UPL officer, Leona certainly knows what can happen if she changes someone else's military exploits at will, and that's why she finds it a little difficult to do.

Now, not long after landing on the JNO.3 planet, and there have only been two high-intensity battles, that ghost agent, the other party is already about to be promoted to colonel by virtue of his ability......

If, if she fights a few more times and makes a few more great achievements, will she continue to be promoted to brigadier general?

A little girl brigadier general? Just saying this can make people feel incredible!

And, what's more, Leona thinks that with little Annie's magical ability, as long as she continues to fight on the planet, it seems that it is not impossible to continue to be promoted above the brigadier general?

That's a bit outrageous!

Isn't UPL's military merit system a little unsuitable for the special situation of the Hope now?

Look at Galen and Darius, now they are barely able to get promoted to lieutenant at best!

With their ability, if they don't die halfway, they don't have several years of qualifications, they will definitely not be promoted to a senior officer like a colonel!

It's normal like this......

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At the planetary ground base, in the cafeteria of a supply station, little Anne had finished her breakfast, and was dangling her legs, sitting on the tall cafeteria chair, peeling some nut-like things, and after dropping the kernels into her mouth, she threw the husks on her plate.

"Little Annie? What are you eating? ”

Galen and Darius, who were walking towards the recycling area with their own plates of food, did not know if they smelled something when they passed by little Annie's seat, and quickly turned back and sat down in the two seats opposite Annie with a shy face.

Then, Galen asked curiously as he picked up a shell from Little Anne's plate.

"It seems like some kind of nut? Do we hope that the ship has the capacity to produce nuts? ”

Darius also stared at the hard shells scattered all over the table in wonder, this kind of thing, it looked like melon seeds, but it didn't look like it?

Then this should be Little Annie's own private goods, the current Hope, cultivating food crops is already very difficult, it is absolutely impossible to waste resources to cultivate nuts, a perennial low-yield plant!

"It's a pine nut......"

Little Anne angrily pushed away a large pine nut and threw it into her mouth, and then threw the two empty shells directly onto the table.

This was one of the special offerings that the High Elves' Kingdom of Quel'Thalas had contributed to the Alliance of Flames when she was in the world of Azeroth.

The yield of these pines is not too high, they are picked from the few remaining unpolluted alpine pine forests in Quel'Salas, all of which are huge pines of about a thousand years, soaked in the light of the Well of the Sun for many years, and the quality is by no means comparable to that of ordinary pines.

Originally, the area where the giant pine forest grew was full of trolls, but when those unlucky trolls were surrounded and suppressed by the High Elves, fire elementals, humans and dwarves, they were long dead, running and running, and they were no longer to be found in Quel'Salas.

The High Elves were then able to exploit these alpine areas, which they did not look up to in the first place, and succeeded in making these high-quality magical pine nuts that could only be picked by rangers or mages as an elven specialty.

Due to the difficulty of picking, their production is not too much, and most people can't buy them!

"Pine nuts? This head and smell seem to be a little different......"

Darius grabbed a pile of empty shells and sniffed them, as if they weren't the same as what he had eaten on Earth?

"Just eat and see, come and come, little Annie, those who see it have a share! Give us a try? ”

Compared with Darius, Galen was much thicker-skinned, and he directly stretched out a slap and unceremoniously spread it in front of little Annie.

His meaning was obvious: to ask little Anne to give him something to eat!

"Oh! Please give me a little too! ”

Darius's big slap was also extended at the same time.

Little Anne has a lot of good things, he knows it, and he has eaten it before, so when he sees Galen reaching out this time, he will definitely not lag behind!

“……”

Looking at the two big hands stretched out in front of her desk, and looking up at the two people opposite, little Anne frowned a little unhappily and pouted dissatisfied.

"There is only one person! Couldn't have been more! ”

After thinking for a while, Anne reluctantly put a special pine nut almost the size of a thumb in the palm of their hands.

She doesn't have much of this thing herself, and there are only two big bags in the space pocket, but you have to eat it leisurely!

This is a special offering made by the High Elves using magic and with many expensive Azeroth spices, especially for their High Elf Queen and her, the leader of the Flame Alliance, but money can't buy it!

"Only one?"

"That's too stingy, isn't it?"

Galen and Darius withdrew their hands very dissatisfied, looking at a pine nut in their palms, looking a little dissatisfied......

“！！！”

Then, when they carefully opened the shell, threw the pine nut, which was only the size of a peanut, into their mouths and chewed it twice, their faces changed instantly.

At the same time that their eyes were about to widen, they instantly stretched out their palms again.

"Little Annie, will you appreciate it again?"

"That's right! It's only one pill just now, and I haven't tasted it, so give me a little more, right? ”

At this moment, not only Galen was pleading, but even Darius began to put down his body with a shy face.

"No more! Go away! ”

She knew it was going to be like this!

Every time, as long as she eats in public, they will always beg themselves to give them a little too, eat one after another, and never stop!

"Give me a little more? Why don't you grab another handful? ”

"Sir, okay, can you give us a few more grains?"

Galen stretched out his hand as he stared at little Annie's magical pocket.

He knew that there must be all kinds of delicacies hidden in it that they had never tasted before!

"No more! Good bye! ”

Little Anne grabbed her empty plate, jumped straight from her chair, and trotted briskly towards the recycling area of the cafeteria.

She had already decided to leave here early, go back to her officer's room, lie on the bed alone, eat as much as she wanted, and stop staying here anymore!

“……”

“……”

(Little Master Anne...... Don't you still have two big pockets of pine nuts? Wouldn't it be okay to grab two handfuls and send them away? - Tibbs is a little blindsided, isn't it just a little pine nut? There's no need to be so slammed, is there? ）

"Shut up! Tibbs! You know, it's just two pockets! They'll be eaten up one day! When the time comes, you will go to Azeroth and pick it for me? ”

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