Tarion drove the "White Lion" towards Lin Ao, who wanted to retreat, but he had reached the point where he had no way back.

"Don't you plan to resist? What a disappointment! ”

The white lion's battle axe swung down, and it slashed into Lin Ao's shield and couldn't get it out for a while. Talion let go of the axe, grabbed a thick corner on the nose of the second plane, grabbed his head and slammed it into the white lion's knee.

There's no need for Tarion to do this, but he just wants to see how Lin Ao behaves when the head of the second machine is removed by himself, and he likes to torture his enemies and constantly destroy their spirits.

But he didn't succeed, and the two thick corners on the nose of the No. 2 nose that bent backwards suddenly turned from black to scorching red, melting the white lion's only remaining left hand!

“！！ What's going on? Is the corner of the head a thermal knife!? ”

Tarion was shocked, now that both of his hands had been destroyed, he could no longer hold any weapons. He flew up and kicked Plane Two into the building behind it and fled.

Tarion is reluctant to do so, hoping that fighting with humanoid weapons will cause battle damage to his mech, as battle damage is a soldier's medal. But he didn't want the fight to end like this.

The voice of his brother Taglis appeared in his cockpit: "Tarion, it's time for us to get out." Lieutenant Colonel Zheng Jin died, Lieutenant Colonel William was captured, and we were defeated. ”

"Got it! I'll go back! ”

Talion snorted, cutting off Taglith's communications.

…

A few weeks ago, when AI Toth introduced himself to the double horn on the nose of the second machine is actually a thermal knife, Lin Ao joked about the use of putting a knife on his head. Who knew that the second time he saved him today was what he had joked about.

"Now you know the use of the two corners on the nose of the second plane, right?" AI said proudly.

“… Is it useful just waiting for the enemy to catch it? ”

"That's not it, it's the same as the mouth cannon of the second machine, it is an auxiliary weapon in hand-to-hand combat, and it can also crash headlong into the enemy's warship."

"Hit a battleship with your head? Wouldn't that be sillier? How good it would be for me to chop directly with an axe! ”

Lin Ao's hands were still shaking, he switched the driving mode to somatosensory control, and after getting up, it took a lot of effort to pull out the tomahawk stuck in his shield.

"Ahhh After a battle, the shield was broken like this."

The shield of the second machine was full of small holes pierced by the thermal sword, and there was a hole that had been split by a tomahawk, which looked twisted and tattered.

The AI said, "Don't worry, this level of damage can be repaired in a few days." ”

Lin Ao contacted the Osiris and learned that the HER forces had begun to retreat. He let out a long sigh of relief and fell asleep on the console.

…

At night, the citizens of the city of Turin took to the streets to pay their respects to the NEU soldiers who died today.

The battle ended in the defeat of HER, with the loss of fourteen units of the "partner cavalry" on the side of the New European Union (NEU), the ace driver of the Mediterranean-Spartan regiment Abraham. Captain Ferrari was killed, and a deputy speaker of the new European Parliament was killed.

The HER side lost 25 Eagle Flyers, Lieutenant Commander Zheng Jin, the captain of the Cyclops, was killed, and Lieutenant Commander William, the captain of the Medusa, was captured.

Portraits of fallen soldiers were placed in Piazza San Carlo, and wreaths and bouquets were laid in their honor. Although the rain in Turin has not ended today, there are still many citizens who come to mourn.

Among the mourning crowd was a woman with hair as bright as fire, and she was Captain Charlotte. Looking at the portrait of the Ferrari captain who fought alongside her today in the square, Charlotte had mixed feelings. But what reflected in her appearance was the dull and godless eyes. In the eyes of others, she must have been the widow of some fallen soldier, so Charlotte received a lot of sympathetic glances.

A man in military uniform walked up to Charlotte with an umbrella and said to Charlotte after presenting a bouquet of flowers to the statue of the Ferrari captain: "He was a wonderful soldier and I feel sorry for him... I am Colonel David, the commander in charge of guarding the city of Turin today, hello. ”

Colonel David held out his hand, and Charlotte just nodded.

Colonel David looked at the altar that the citizens had placed for the sacrificed soldiers, and asked Captain Charlotte: "Captain Charlotte, have you heard of the Battle of Stalingrad?" ”

"Nope."

"That was hundreds of years ago, when there was a country that was invading like the HER now, and they besieged a city called Stalingrad for months. After the siege, three-quarters of the citizens died of starvation, not from the artillery of the invaders. ”

Seeing that Charlotte did not react, Colonel David continued: "Times have changed, and the appearance of humanoid weapons has accelerated the pace of war. I have never heard of such a protracted battle around a city as the Battle of Stalingrad. A few humanoid weapons can control a city in less than half a day, which is perhaps a good thing..."

Charlotte asked him, "Do you think that's a good thing?" ”

Colonel David nodded affirmatively: "That's right, unarmed people don't have to die of starvation because of the siege, you must know that in the past, the siege was an important means of capturing a city." ”

"Do you think that now is the ideal state of war?"

"I don't mean that, if the city can't be defended, the people will still suffer. Like the atrocities that HER did in North America... What I want to say is that in this era, the army needs humanoid weapons to protect the people, and it needs excellent drivers even more. Captain Charlotte, I'm sorry for the total annihilation of the Central European Corps, but I hope you will join us in the Mediterranean Corps. ”

Charlotte glanced at him and asked, "Is this your personal invitation, Colonel, or is it from the Mediterranean Legion?" ”

"Both! Captain Charlotte, join us as we continue to resist the HER invasion of our homeland! Colonel David said in the affirmative.

Charlotte's eyes were still so dim that they had not been restored to their brilliance by Colonel David's invitation. She bent down to pick up a flower that had been washed down by the rain, replanted it in the bouquet offered by the citizens, and said to David, "Thank you for the invitation, I will not leave NUE." But I prefer to stay on the Osiris now, and I feel like there's still work I haven't done. ”

Charlotte turned and disappeared into the crowd, and Colonel David sighed helplessly. He glanced at the flower that had just been picked up by Charlotte, and it was as bright as Charlotte's red hair.

…

"Captain Shepard, last time in Venice, this time in Turin, you and your crew saved me for the second time!"

Deputy Speaker Robert held Shepard's hand tightly. If it weren't for the Osiris, Robert and the other councillors would have been kidnapped by HER spies.

Shepard smiled and said, "You don't have to be so polite, I'm glad I can help." But I also have something to ask for..."

"Please!"

"The Osiris has not been repaired since it left Athens, and I hope the new EU can help..."

Robert laughed, called the secretary to make a call, and then said to Shepard's ship: "This is simple, the Osiris has helped us resist the HER invasion of Europe many times, and we will naturally help with all our might!" I've put the secretary in touch with someone from the military, and they're willing to send the Osiris to the shipyard in Genana for repairs! ”

"Thank you so much!"

The crew of the bridge was happy that the Osiris had finally found a place to repair and resupply, which meant that they would also get a vacation in Genana.

Captain Shepard was also very happy, but he saw that Deputy Speaker Robert seemed to have something to ask for, so he asked him in a low voice, "Do you have any other requests, Deputy Speaker?" ”

Robert was a little embarrassed and said, "Actually... An agreement was adopted today at the meeting in Turin to support the North American Salvation Alliance, and I will go to North America on behalf of the new European Union, and I hope that the Osiris will..."

Shepard asked in a whisper, but Deputy Speaker Robert did not lower his voice, he did not know the consequences of doing so.

"Are you going to let us go to North America? It's insane! It's the least safe place on earth! I'm not going! ”

One crew member stood up in protest, and soon others expressed their displeasure.

"Don't you have a ship in the new EU?"

"The Osiris has had enough disasters lately, and you still want us to go to that hellish place in North America!?"

Seeing that he had stabbed Lou Zi, Deputy Speaker Robert struggled to explain to everyone that he just hoped that the Osiris could take him to North America, and whether he agreed or not was up to Captain Shepard and the crew.

Captain Shepard motioned for everyone to be quiet, patted Vice Speaker Robert on the shoulder and said, "I'm sorry, my crew has had a hard time lately, they need a break, I hope you can forgive them for being rude." As for what you said, can we wait until we go to Gena? ”

Rob nodded: "Of course, of course, my affairs are not so urgent. By the way, there is one more thing, which is to hope that the HER commander captured by your ship will hand it over to us, and we are willing to exchange ammunition. ”

"Absolutely! It's useless for us to keep him on the ship, so you might as well use it as a bargaining chip to negotiate with HER. Jessica, let the soldiers in the confinement bring the captives! ”

"Captain! Oh no! The guards in the confinement room said that the captives were gone!! ”

"What did you say!?"

Captain Shepard was taken aback and nearly fainted.