"Marshal, chairman," the generals looked at the silent Mi Peiyu and Zhang Wenqi in unison, "what decision do we make?" ”

Mi Peiyu raised his eyes, and a trace of hidden pain appeared in his eyes: "Every time we take a step back, the earth is in danger. ”

The crowd will be awe-inspiring.

"The Red Flame Fleet has yet to use the so-called star-destroying weapons of the Eighth Age of Technology in the treasure trove of knowledge left by the Enlighteners...... Once used, the earth will be shattered! Zhang Wenqi said, "We don't know the range of the enemy's ship's extinction weapon, but we can't bet that if we give up Jupiter and the range of the extinction cannon is reached, we can't afford it." ”

"So," Mi Peiyu got up, looked at the Earth Federation flag and the Space Force flag hanging in the conference room, and said, "Take Jupiter as the bottom line, and never retreat!" ”

"Yes!" All the generals will drink together.

"Move all railgun forts at maximum speed to avoid enemy ship long-range weapon fire as much as possible!"

"Also, order the long-range laser cannon and plasma cannon to be ready for battle, once the enemy ship launches a pillar of light, determine the position, and counterattack!"

"The Star Guard continues to hide, waiting for orders!"

“……”

One order after another was issued, and the generals were ordered to leave.

After the silence in the room fell, Zhang Wenqi leaned against the table and suddenly said, "I don't know where Zheng Dong is." ”

"He......" Mi Peiyu smiled, "We could have sworn to protect the earth." ”

"We will." Zhang Wenqi exhaled lightly, imagining the old man twenty years ago, and muttered, "Zheng Dong, I didn't live up to you, right?" ”

Suddenly, a rapid alarm sounded.

"Enemy warships carry out a point-fire bombardment of our railgun fortress!"

"Fort Four destroyed!"

"Fort Ninety-Seven destroyed!"

“……”

"Our plasma cannon is fighting back! …… Hit an enemy ship ......"

In Jupiter's near space, thick pillars of light swept by, and all of humanity's railgun fortresses were destroyed except for a few hidden in Jupiter's moons or Jupiter's atmosphere! Similarly, the Red Flame Empire battleship was also bombarded by plasma cannons many times, and a battleship that had been damaged many times even broke in half.

In Fort Thirty-Nine, Fowles, with the joy of the rest of his life, reported his situation to his superiors.

"Railgun Fort 39 was hiding in Jupiter's atmosphere and was not bombarded."

"Keep hiding and fight back against the enemy on the next attack!"

"Yes!"

"Report, I have a question!"

"Speak."

"I want to know, how much railgun is left?" Fowles asked aloud.

“…… You don't have to know, you can't tell, and we can't guarantee that the internal network hasn't been hacked by the enemy. ”

"Yes!"

"Alright, the call is over."

"Yes, over."

Fox put down the communicator and looked at the real-time monitoring of the home planet's near space on the virtual screen, but did not speak.

Behind him, the soldiers looked at him.

"By the way," Falls began, "I just learned from the logistics department that we were given additional communication with our families. ”

The "......" soldiers did not rejoice, they understood their fate.

The silence continued for a while, and the black soldier suddenly said, "I'm going to communicate with my family now!" ”

"I want it too!"

"Me too."

“……”

Fowles granted permissions one by one, then looked at the virtual screen, in a daze.

"From the moment you become a Space Force, you have to bear loneliness, frustration, boredom and even sacrifice!" The instructor's declaration rings in his head when he enlisted, and Fowles tries not to think about his family.

"The tragedy of the destruction of mankind in the past must not be repeated! As long as there is one person alive in our Space Force, the enemy will not want to step into the safety line! ”

The security line refers to the 900,000 kilometers of space around the earth. At this distance, primary-power laser cannons can directly deal damage to the Earth's surface.

Eventually, Fowles didn't hold back, and with tears in his eyes, he dialed his wife's phone with his parents.

"Eleven ......"

"Falls!" The woman on the private virtual screen said happily.

……

In the flagship of the Red Flame Empire's Seventh Fleet, Moroz's face was very unsightly.

"Most of our warships have been damaged by more than 30 percent, and it is expected that they will reach the limit if they can withstand the next round of impact." Adjutant said.

"This is only Jupiter, are we going to use the body?" Moroz's eyes were full of anger, "How long do we have to fly in the vast universe?" ”

"Do you want to wait for support from the Sixth Fleet?" The vice admiral asked, "The Sixth Fleet will arrive here in three more days." ”

Moroz exhaled, somewhat relieved.

Indeed, the difficulty of this war was beyond his expectations, he thought that the level of the Eighth Technological Age could crush everything, but he did not expect to encounter a civilization that developed so quickly and already had the capital to compete with the Seventh Fleet.

Of course, if Moroz really lets go of casualties to attack, the earth civilization will not be able to stop it, but there is plenty of time, and he Moroz doesn't want his men to suffer too many casualties, otherwise he will not have an advantage in the distribution of surrendered civilizations after the purge.

"Wait for the arrival of the Sixth Fleet." Moroz said, "Their defenses outnumber ours. ”

"But," a fierce look flashed in Moroz's eyes, "In the past three years, using wormhole shuttle technology, we have sent our soldiers to sabotage and attack human bases!" ”

"Yes." The lieutenant general commanded.

"Disgrace me in front of the Sixth Fleet," Moroz said coldly, "Humanity, perish in torment!" ”

The Red Flame Empire has not launched an attack for more than thirty consecutive days, and there is a lot of confusion on the earth side, but as long as the Red Flame Empire fleet does not leave, the threat is there. Taking advantage of this time, the military industrial system urgently established on Earth and Mars entered operation, batches of new equipment were sent to the front line, and the Jupiter garrison also took the opportunity to repair the damaged fortifications and prepare for the next round of attacks.

In a blink of an eye, another thirty days passed, and Mi Peiyu and Zhang Wenqi held an emergency meeting.

"In view of some social chaos on the earth, all those who violate the law will be strictly suppressed, and the media must do a good job of propaganda to appease the people!" Zhang Wenqi said to the leaders of the political circles.

"The army must guard against slackness, and the calmer the storm becomes, the more violent it will be when it comes." Mi Peiyu looked at the generals, "At present, we don't know why the enemy stopped attacking, but it is very likely that our blocking of the enemy is very effective, and the enemy is afraid of casualties and is waiting for reinforcements to make other preparations." The military, we must not slack off! ”

"Yes!" The generals saluted.

The militarized control carried out by the Solar System Federation has undoubtedly had a serious impact on the economy, and with the long absence of war, popular complaints have begun to arise, and some people even suspect that the enemy does not exist at all, and the government is lying to the sky.

In order not to repeat the mistake of the human class division in the Heavenly Garden, the Solar System Federation still employs ordinary people on a large scale in the space revolution, so the dissatisfaction of the masses has a great impact on the entire economic system. Before the arrival of the external enemy, many problems have arisen within human society.

In this boredom, the "Martian tragedy" happened.

Due to the negligence of the space coordinate supervision force, a red flame creature actually used micro-wormhole shuttle and space folding technology to cross the Jupiter orbital defense line, all the way to Mars, the Martian garrison that relaxed its vigilance was caught off guard, and was torn apart by hundreds of meters of huge monsters, and the red flame creature went deep into the hinterland of Mars, completely destroying a huge city with more than 10 million inhabitants.

The first time they faced the Red Flame Creature itself, the army had no experience, and most of the soldiers in the rear were recruits, so the army suffered heavy losses, and only after paying the price of 70,000 people in three space divisions did they kill the Red Flame Creature.

After the Red Flame creature was killed, the corpse exploded automatically before the humans had time to study, and the dazzling fusion fireball destroyed most of the surrounding human army.

For a time, people in various places held demonstrations and protests, and anti-government incidents continued to occur.

The soldiers no longer heard glory and respect, but abuse and suspicion.

The tense armies on the Martian front didn't have time to respond to these things, as the harassment tactics of the Red Flame Empire's Seventh Fleet were officially launched.

The Red Flame creature body directly shuttles through space folding and micro-wormholes to various fortresses and military bases, and uses its planetary-level body to resist most attacks, causing uninterrupted losses to humans.

The suppression of technology is completely manifested at this moment. Space technology, the representative of the eighth era of science and technology, has not significantly improved its attack and defense against civilization, but it has made a qualitative leap in civilization's ability to act.

Enduring the pain of being beaten passively and the incomprehension of the people, the officers and men of the Space Force struggled to support it.

A year after the start of the campaign.

Jupiter's atmosphere, Railgun Fortress No. 39.

"Fowles, there's your letter." The black soldier on duty shouted at the napping Fowles.

Fowles opened his eyes with no precaution, for a year he had become accustomed to this vigilant sleep.

"Hmm." Fowles got up and walked over to the console.

"Is it Elivin?" Fowles asked.

The black soldier laughed, "Yes, you can look at it." ”

Fowles typed in the code and opened the letter, and on his small screen, paragraphs of text appeared.

"Falls...... Mom and Dad were abused at you by Cassiu's bastards on the street, and you got your hands on them, Daddy was bruised in the head and bled a lot, Mom was fine. You know, because you fought on the front lines, our family was given preferential treatment by the government and was allocated high-class housing. But the message about the government and the army a few days ago put us on the cusp. ”

"I was expecting the jealous eyes of those people to become more and more sharp, and I was really worried and scared. Kastheu, can you apply for the government's protection of your family? Robocops can too. ”

Fowles' face turned grim and he slammed his fist on the console.

"Fowles?" The black soldier looked surprised.

"Also, Fowles, I miss you so much, I'm very insecure, can you come back?"

"Elewen has been wronged!" Fowles read the letter and said angrily.

"Grievance? Those rumors? ”

"My parents were injured."

The black soldier was also angry: "This is too much! ”

"I want to go back to Earth, I'm going to apply!" Falls went on the appropriate page.

"No, Falls, don't be impulsive, the war is on!" Black soldiers dissuaded.

"My family is being hurt, hurt by society!" Fowles shouted, "Look at the people we protect, what are they doing!?" ”

The black soldier froze.