He Xie didn't suffer from insomnia, but it was worse than that, he had nightmares all night, he woke up several times in a row, and when Doherty came to him, he was still in a trance, so it took a long time to understand what the lieutenant was talking about.

"General Rego has asked your troops to find and investigate John. A. Worden, and you want my people to be in action? For Ho Xie, Doherty's invitation was certainly unwanted, but he couldn't show that emotion—but he couldn't appear reluctant either. Doherty heard about his "mission" and escorted three technicians aboard the missing heavy cruiser, so he could not refuse.

He could only show a very limited hesitation.

"Honestly, Lieutenant, I don't understand what General Rego's order is, according to the order I got earlier, Carl. General Jenkins requisitioned John. A. Worden on a highly classified mission......"

He deliberately emphasized those words, which were highly confidential, indicating an attitude that "irrelevant people are better off getting aside".

In Doherty's view, this attitude of He Xie was closer to a kind warning, hoping that he would stay out of trouble. And he really didn't want to get involved in any task related to those few words, and sacrifice the rest he was about to get for it, but the order from above was also unquestionable and could not be refused.

With a bitter face, he told He Xie: "I know that the ship is on a classified mission, but she is missing, the route beacon is turned off, and the High Command thinks that she is in trouble and may have lost control, so it asks to recapture her, and this ship is the closest warship to her." ”

In fact, he had already said these words once, but he could see that the special forces commander did not listen to them at all, so he had to say them again.

"I hope it won't be a misunderstanding." He Xie pretended to think about it for a few seconds, and finally nodded, "Let's join." ”

"Thanks, Captain." Doherty quickly put on a smiling face and took the opportunity to make another request: "I want Lieutenant Colonel Mo Fei to direct the operation." ”

"I'm afraid not, it's not that the lieutenant colonel is not good at commanding troops." Ho Xie refused, and this is what Mo Fei meant, in order to reduce the relationship with Carl. The probability of Jenkins meeting. And he had already thought of a reason that Doherty could not argue: "You have to understand that he is a man from the Military Intelligence Service." ”

"I see." Doherty made no secret of his disappointment, "Then it can only be done by Henry. Major Varro commanded the operation. ”

"What's the problem?"

"Major Varro has been dismissed and arrested for refusing to obey the orders of General Jenkins and is about to be tried by a court-martial. But General Rego allowed him to join the ......"

Doherty concealed the exact process, but Ho Xie knew what was going on: Sergeant Ratzass of the K-12 squad, on behalf of the survivors of Fort Casey, asked Rego that they would refuse to join the operation if Varro was not allowed to return to the unit, and Rego agreed.

So Doherty lost command and now hopes to find a higher-ranking officer to control the situation.

He Xie also knew what he was afraid of. Nothing to do with himself, nothing to do with Jenkins. "Are you worried that Major Varro will clash with General Jenkins again?"

"Yes."

Doherty didn't deny it, but she didn't tell He Xie that he wasn't just worried about Varro. Every soldier in the K-12 squad was on Carl. Jenkins is full of resentment, and this is especially evident in the case of the Rat Warriors: he has already attacked Jenkins on more than one occasion for assigning them a suicide mission.

At any other time, these complaints would be nothing, and even if someone was unlucky, it would only be the one who spoke, but if Jenkins was alone in the middle of a group of soldiers who were hostile to him, and they all had guns in their hands, it would be difficult to tell what would have happened.

What made Doherty embarrassed and headache was that he and his people were also there, and in the end no one could escape.

And he can't count on anyone.

If not, the same is true of He Xie. Doherty believes that he did not realize the seriousness of the problem.

"I believe that Major Varro can make a clear distinction between private and official matters."

"I hope so."

"And we're going to be fighting alongside Major Varro and the K-12 squad, and there's no benefit in wildly suspecting."

Surprised that Ho Xie's understanding of the situation was not as low as he thought, Doherty ignored a point in his words, "Fighting" - no one knew about John. A. Worden was in some trouble, the word appeared a little earlier - the lieutenant decided to end the conversation.

His main purpose has been achieved.

"See you in the equipment room, Captain." Doherty saluted He Xie and then turned to leave.

He still has to find a way to convince Henry. Varro joins the action.

When he disappeared behind a sliding door, He Xie immediately relaxed, let out a long breath, and waited for a while before activating the communication function of the bracelet to summon the other members of the Hell Squad.

By the time they had gathered and arrived in the preparation room, the motorized infantry of both armies were there, most of them already wearing power armor, doing their final checks, and giving a personal opinion before the senior officers arrived—He Xie was just in time to hear the rat warriors as he entered.

"If a stray bullet hits Jenkins, it's unfortunate."

Most of the survivors of Fort Casey undoubtedly had this idea, but there were always exceptions, and officers were more or less sane than ordinary soldiers.

He Xie was referring to Otis, nicknamed Bugspray. Lieutenant Harks, who is warning the rat warriors and other soldiers. "I know you're annoyed, but don't even think about it, they can throw Hero into the lockup, you, me, Holyman, or Charon, what do you think they're going to do to us? They're going to throw us out of the airlock......"

"Probably not." Whatever Lieutenant Harx wanted to say, Guo Bo had already intervened in his conversation with the rat warrior, "If anyone could shoot a psyker before he noticed, they would probably think that he might have some research value, and throw him into some lab as a guinea pig." ”

He is talking nonsense, but several motorized infantrymen do not know.

He Xie could see the panic on everyone's faces, and when they noticed that there were two other officers present, the emotion became even stronger.

They hurriedly stood up and saluted Mo Fei and He Xie.

Mo Fei responded to them with the cold attitude he had been showing since boarding the ship, and walked straight away, while He Xie stayed after returning the salute.

"Don't worry." He patted the rat man on the shoulder, "General Jenkins won't know what you're thinking. ”

"Thank you, sir."

"Also, remember to check the integrity and airtightness of the power armor."

He Xie had heard — conventionally speaking, she'd seen the latest movie — that the legendary hero who survived to the end of "Invasion" had a very unheroic death in "Traitor to Mars": his power armor was damaged, causing the airtightness to fail, which in turn caused him to freeze to death during the high-altitude landing.

It is said that many people don't like this plot, but He Xie thinks there is no problem, war is like this, full of all kinds of uncertainties, and even more so in the sky: the red baron died from ground fire while chasing a rookie, Marseilleu parachuted into the tail and fell into a coma and fell to his death, Hiroshi Nishizawa watched in vain on a transport plane as he was knocked down by the Hellcat, Perhaps the main reason Hartmann has become a legendary ace is that he has never let himself fall into the icy North Atlantic or the shark-filled South Pacific. In short, no matter who it is, once his feet are off the ground, all he can rely on is equipment and luck.

And luck, there are always good and bad, even if you pray to God, it is not necessarily of much use - there are always a lot of people praying, busy lines are commonplace, and God does not always listen to the phone, so prayers are likely to be transferred to voicemail, and it will take a while to get a reply - relatively speaking, it is better equipped to do so.

"Take care of your gear, soldier." He Xie finally said, and walked away, leaving the rat warrior and the other three motorized infantry to look at each other.

They began to speculate about the reason why He Xie said those words, until Team A's sniper, Tia. Tirg Dürer walked in front of them: her provocative wink at Harks made everyone indignant, and no one cared about what had been discussed.

He Xie didn't know anything about it. He and Qin Lang were helping the three newcomers put on the power armor, and Guo Bo and Conventional were sorting out their equipment, in addition to the standard Morita MK1 assault rifle and enough ammunition for a full motorized infantry squad, there were also a large number of grenades, so many that it seemed that the two of them were going to sweep a Zerg lair instead of recapturing a missing Federation warship.

Several soldiers from Team A approached. "You're going to kill John. A. All the moving things on Warden? ”

"Nope." Normally, but the movements of the hands did not slow down at all.

"And what are you going to do?"

"I'd rather have a bunch of ammunition that I might not need than find them when I need them."

He Xie felt that there was a slight difference between the routine and the first day, perhaps because of the effect of the educational pills, she seemed to have become more aggressive, probably feeling that she had gained the power to kill insects, and she could finally earn points. He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard Mo Fei's prompt: "We're slowing down."

His voice was not loud, but it was certain that everyone in the preparation room heard it and understood what he meant: Alesia had found her target, and there was not much time left for them.

Everyone unanimously sped up their movements.

When Henry. When Major Varro arrived, he was greeted by an army in good spirits and ready to go.

"All right, GIs," he said, after making a brief pre-battle speech, finally announcing to everyone, "let's take back Madame's ship." ”