Chapter 290: The Shadow of Survival

The Eagle system, near the Sellequat Gate, the Third Fleet of the Silver Alliance, the USS Eternal Aaron......

Fazzani, who had just arrived from the shuttle ship at the spaceport, with a sling on his arm, hurried to the emergency center at the bottom of the ship.

But as soon as he entered the door, he faintly heard sobbing...... Fazzani chuckled in his heart as he ran, looking into the intensive care unit, where several paramedics were covering the bloodied pilot......

It's still a step too late! The softest part of his heart seemed to be held by an invisible hand, which was remorse, anger, emotion and pity......

He slowed down and walked through the door that slid open, when someone immediately saluted him, and he quickly responded, but his chaotic mood caught him off guard.

Mike. Major Petrovisky stood beside the few surviving members of Death's Wings, standing with his hands grim and expressionless, unmoved by Fazzani's arrival.

He's blaming me! Mike really wants to count it all on my head!

Fazani suddenly felt a sense of impending disaster, and the heartstrings that were still lucky were suddenly broken, and he pondered repeatedly on the way here, thinking carefully about the battle he had experienced.

"Wings of Death" lost troops in this battle, and the number of casualties was unimaginable before the implementation of the operation. It is true that in the worst scenario, the negative thought of the annihilation of the whole army has crept into his mind more than once, but it was he, Fazzani, and his team members who went to the Yellow Springs hand in hand, without regrets, not as he is now, standing and they falling, becoming a silent grave, a pair of eyes staring into the void......

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After leading the fleet to a successful retreat, Fazani immediately ordered Nicole . Shaw relieved the fleet of the relocation, and ordered all other ships to immediately move to the Selkat Stargate according to the established waypoint.

Twenty minutes later, he led the "Taunting Destiny" to return to the orbit of the planet Telamon with a red shield in the form of a single ship jump, and immediately began to summon the remnants of the "Death Wings" back to the ship.

At this time, the shield energy of this flagship is still pitiful, if it is besieged by the Hothian airships, it will inevitably be destroyed if it does not wait for all the destroyers to return.

However, the Vulkens did not attack it, which was roughly in line with Fazzani's expectations. Hundreds of Hothman airships flew neatly toward the mothership in orbit around the planet, ignoring the Taunting Destiny and the returning Viper.

Under the guidance of Petroviski, the ship-based rescue boat rescued the evergreen who was seriously injured in space and returned to the capsule.

The rudimentary life-sustaining equipment in the cruiser's infirmary was of little help to the young man, who had almost drained his blood. With a large number of blood transfusions also ineffective and the loss of vital signs, the cruiser had to make several non-stop jumps and cross the stargate.

They sent a request for rescue to the Third Fleet stationed in the Igir system, and received a quick response from the fleet's hospital ship. But despite this, it did not save Evergreen's young and short life in the end.

"I'm sorry, Mike ......" Fazani looked apologetically at his right-hand man.

"There's no reason to apologize, General." Petowski didn't look him squarely, which allowed Fazzani to see the wall in his heart.

……

The snow-white corpse cloth covered the once vivid and jumping life.

Fazani and Petowski stood beside the evergreen corpse, and the two stood silent for a long time.

"He's the toilet boy who was late for the first day, right?" Fazzani finally decided to speak, and he was particularly impressed with Evergreen.

Beside him, Petowski only nodded slightly. He had been lifeless since Fazani had seen him on the hospital ship. In the emergency room, in the hallways, on the bridge, and now, he didn't say a word to Fazzani, which gave him a hint of foreboding.

"What a welcome boy, and his presence always brings a burst of laughter." Fazani couldn't help but think of the time when he was in Jensen. Qin Wenhao, a classmate of Bach Naval Academy, said jokes from the descendants of Yumin who looked funny, which always made the class laugh.

Petowski remained silent.

"In this battle, the number of ships you have fallen is 14, right?" Fazani asked his subordinates, but he didn't receive an answer, so he decided to go the other way.

"Mary. What about Satome? He asked, and waited.

After a long time, Petowski said, "12. ”

"I'm afraid that even the people of Kinsey have to look up to this kind of record, I mean this is a Horseman, not a group of rookies from the Skull Party." Fazani was amazed, because if it weren't for the number of falls, the 7,000 civilians would probably never see the sunrise over Micah again.

But this compliment only won the cold snort in the major's nose.

"Are you the first two in this campaign?" Fazzani asked deliberately.

Petowski finally shook his head slowly this time.

"Mlai. Southfitt, second, with 16 crashes. Petowski stared blankly at the enveloped body in front of him.

"Evergreen...... The number of downs was 27. Solemnly, he slowly raised his arms and began to salute the fallen pilot.

The bleeding hearts of the survivors can only be slowly mended with the memory and respect for the deceased, and Fazzani feels that the purpose of his inducing dialogue has been achieved, and he follows Petrovisky in paying homage to the unborn genius boy who died untimely in front of him, and he sighs in his heart, giving birth to infinite regret, half guilt, half pity.

"You deserve to die, young man......" he said silently. We will remember you, the 200,000 rescued citizens of the Alliance will remember you, their families and the entire human society will remember you......"

"Glory doesn't belong to the departed, and they don't care, general......" Petowski chuckled and shook his head. Look, flowers, applause, praise and praise will be all around...... That belongs to us who survived with a shy face......" The Major turned to leave the mortuary, laughing without looking back before parting.

"There are no regrets in life and death. Hahaha! ”