Milky Way, Federation of Earth Territories, Agricultural Planet, Baikal.

The scorching sun hung in the sky, the dark clouds in the distance heralded the arrival of heavy rain, and at the feet was an endless field of green wheat, full of ears of wheat, blown by the wind, setting off waves like the sea.

Farmer Wu Sining took one last look at the 3,000 hectares of wheat fields he was responsible for, and set out on the way home on a hovering motorcycle.

The hovercraft was extremely fast, and the moist air blew on Wu Sining's face, making him feel particularly comfortable.

The wheat harvest is still three weeks away, and thanks to the warm and humid climate of Baikal, crops can be harvested four times a year, and the resulting grain is compressed and stored before being transported by large cargo ships to other planets under the Federation's command.

Half of the grain produced is turned into bread and scones on the table, and the other half is used to make wine and raise livestock.

Although the territory of the Earth Federation is getting bigger and bigger, it is still like a sophisticated machine, running in an orderly manner, with the inhabitants of the agricultural planet, the mining planet, the animal husbandry planet, the fishing planet, the urban planet, and the manufacturing planet, and the residents of each planet perform their duties to jointly maintain the development and stability of the Federation.

Wu Sining's children live in the Federal Education Center, and his wife is the only two people in the family, and even the nearest neighbor is a full 85 kilometers away from their home, and it takes four hours to drive back and forth to the city to buy some groceries.

In this era of the universe, the life of a peasant is actually quite lonely, just like Lu Sining's father once said, in this era, if you want to become a qualified farmer, you must be patient.

When the meal was served, Lu Sining looked at a plate of braised pig's trotters in surprise, patted his head suddenly, and said embarrassedly: "Damn, today won't be our wedding anniversary!" ”

Lu Sining's wife giggled, "The wedding anniversary is next month, for the sake of my good mood today, I won't pursue the fact that you forgot our big day, but the ugly words have to be talked about ahead, if you forget it again next month, hum!" ”

Lu Sining hurriedly said with a smiling face: "How can it, even if I forget myself, I won't forget this matter, what day is today, how can I eat so richly?" ”

Lu Sining's wife brought a bowl of tomato egg soup and put it on the table, took off her apron and sat beside him, picked up a bottle of red wine from the center of the table, opened it, and poured a full glass for Lu Sining, and only poured half a glass herself.

Raising her glass, Lu Sining's wife said with a smile: "The federal tax deduction will take effect from this month, and today the bank sent a notice, and the salaries of the two of us added up to one hundred and seventy federal dollars, so as soon as I was happy, I went to the city to give each of the children some pocket money, and also bought some things you like to eat." ”

"Good, good, great!" Lu Sining took a sip of red wine excitedly and smirked.

In the past year, Wu Sining felt that his life was getting better and better, due to the annexation of the rich territory of the Pang Xin Empire, the territory area of the Earth Federation had directly doubled, and it had jumped from a small and medium-sized country ranked 981 in the galaxy to a top 500 galaxy! Ranked 436th in the entire galaxy!

War is brutal, but sometimes it is necessary.

Many years before the Eighth Rhine Expedition, the Earth Federation tightened its belts and rioted fleets.

In the era of the Great Universe, farmers were employees of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and lived on wages.

Every harvest season, Lu Sining would hand over a lot of wheat he had worked so hard to grow to the Ministry of Agriculture, but he needed to buy bags of flour from the city for the bread he ate, and his life was very hard.

In this regard, Lu Sining has no complaints, his father, his grandfather, his grandfather's grandfather, generation after generation have come over like this, in the living room of the home, there is a word, "People live for a lifetime, and righteousness comes first." "That is the ancestral training of the Lu family.

After two glasses of wine, Lu Sining's eyes gradually blurred.

"Thinking about the second and third brothers again?" Lu Sining's wife asked softly.

Lu Sining nodded, "Yes, if they were still alive, how good it would be, this damn war..."

There was silence for a while, Lu Sining's two younger brothers were soldiers, the second brother died in battle when the Hidden Star Legion was on a special mission, and the third brother died heroically in the Eighth Rhine Expedition.

In this galactic chaos that has lasted for a full fifty centuries, there are too many families like the Lu family, which is why Lu Sining is willing to live a poor life, but sends most of the labor output to the Ministry of Agriculture and the military.

Who doesn't have anyone serving in the military?

Supporting the army is supporting your own relatives!

Suddenly, in the midst of this silence, Lu Sining heard the background sound on the TV change suddenly, and he hurriedly turned up the volume of the TV.

"Now for the big news!"

"According to the news we just received, the military department confirmed that the former Federation military god Lan has officially announced his return, and he is rushing to the first star of the Federation, Earth!"

"The god of war Lan used to be a hero of the Federation, and the famous Seven Expeditions of Rhine were carried out under his leadership, but unfortunately, at that time, the strength of the Federation was limited and it failed to win the war, and the god of war Lan also retired with hatred and disappeared since."

"More than a thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye, and a generation of military gods Lan has appeared in front of us again! According to accurate information, the current god of war, Salem, has prepared a grand welcoming ceremony and will welcome the return of this legendary man on Earth! ”

"As for where the military god Lan has gone over the years, and those magical experiences, we will report on them in the next special program, please stay tuned by the audience!"

Swish~

Lu Sining jumped up from the chair suddenly, trembling with excitement and bursting into tears.

The god of war is back!?

This is great news!

Although the Earth Federation will produce a new generation of military gods every hundred years on average, everyone is deeply impressed by the old military god Lan, how much blood was spilled on the Seven Expeditions of Rhine, and that protracted war recast the soul of the Earth Army!

Since the Seven Expeditions of the Rhine, the Earth Army has been nicknamed Mad Dog, and no country in the galaxy dares to underestimate the emerging country of the Earth, because once it provokes the Earth, the earthlings will rush up again and again like mad dogs! If you don't reach your goal, you won't give up!

It is no exaggeration to say that although the Seven Expeditions of the Rhine caused heavy losses to the Earth Federation, they also achieved peace for hundreds of years to come!

Earthlings are not easy to mess with this matter, and it has spread in the galaxy since the Seven Expeditions of the Rhine.

And it was Arashi who created the name of the mad dog of the Earth Army! This old mad dog of the military department!

"Lan is back, plus Salem, so don't we have two great military gods at the same time!?" Lu Sining's wife said in shock.

"Full! Full! Lu Sining took a drink from the wine glass and said, "I know!" Our good fortune is coming, the Earth Federation is getting stronger and stronger! Even God is helping us, God bless the Earth Federation! ”

......

The news of the return of the old military god Lan sent the entire Earth Federation into a carnival, from one side of the territory to the other, from the immigrants in the colonies to the expatriates living outside the territory, the news spread at an alarming speed, and then the whole night of celebration.

War requires the power of leaders, and Arashi is one of the most prestigious leaders in the history of the Earth Army.

Salem was decisive in killing, leading the Earth Federation to expand its territory and create an unprecedented new situation.

And Lan is iron-blooded and unyielding, and the mad dog who is known as never giving up, if he can make the two generations of military gods combine their swords, it will definitely be an unprecedented blessing for the Earth Federation.

Everyone was looking forward to the historic meeting between Salem and Arashi, and to the Federation becoming stronger and stronger.

In the blink of an eye, three days after the news of Arashi's official return broke.

Earth, on the Atlantic coast, at the top of the huge building at the headquarters of the Federation Army with a view of the Atlantic Ocean, a welcome ceremony of the highest magnitude is taking place.

Led by Saulem, Margaret, Jiang Jue, Laudrup, Qiu Feng, Claesen, Hamsik, Jiang Feiyun, and many five-star generals lined up, their faces excited and full of expectations.

Outside the military headquarters, the people who got the news had already blocked the federal command center, and many of them had arrived from afar with tents and water, and had been waiting outside for days and nights.

At the top of the tall military headquarters, tens of millions of civilians could be heard shouting in unison, shouting the names of Salem and Arashi, over and over again.

"It's coming!" Five-star Admiral Laudrup pointed to the small black dot in the sky that was approaching and said in a loud voice.

In anticipation, the admirals saw a tall black-haired old man step down from the battleship, his eyes were attentive, his steps were powerful, and his posture was erect, and he could not tell that he was an old monster who had lived for more than ten centuries.

The god of war is immortal, and his level has reached the level of a high-level god of war long before Lan retires, which may be the reason why he is still energetic.

Salem greeted him, and the historic handshake between the two generations of military gods was recorded by reporters who had been waiting for a long time, and this important historical event will surely be remembered by future generations.

......

The style of the military has always been simple and pure, and after a brief welcome ceremony, the two military gods and the military generals came to the conference center.

Hamsik, chief of the General Staff of the Earth Army, made a report, briefly explaining the development and armaments of the Federation in the past few years, and even told Arashi the military secrets that ordinary people could not access.

Nodding, Lan said in a deep voice: "I already know the situation, I haven't been here all these years, everyone has worked hard!" ”

Standing up, Lan solemnly saluted all the generals present and the military god Salem, his eyes exquisite, sweeping over them one by one.

Swish~

Salem and the generals also returned the courtesy, everyone was very happy, full of anticipation for Arashi's return, the legendary mad dog god really deserves his name, although too much time has passed, but still can feel the iron-blooded demeanor that never admits defeat from Arashi's body!

The god of war, Lan, is worthy of being the man who forged the soul of the Earth Army!

But what happened next surprised these excited generals.

The words suddenly changed, Lan's face became gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "Although you have done a good job over the years, what I want to ask is, where is Pluto?" Where is Neptune? Where is Uranus? Where is Jupiter? Where is Saturn!? ”

Scold~

There was a silence in the conference room, no one expected that Arashi would ask such a question?

Salem frowned, and said in a deep voice: "There was once a star beast that invaded the solar system, including our important base Jupiter, which was destroyed by that terrible monster, as a god of war, it was my fault that I failed to protect the safety of the solar system. ”

"Of course it's your fault!" Lan said mercilessly: "As a god of war, you have the responsibility to protect every grass and tree in the solar system, and you cannot escape the blame for the serious damage to the solar system!" ”

Everyone opened their mouths wide and couldn't speak, they were looking forward to Arashi's return, but could this famous military god in history be too harsh on Salem?

You know, Salem led the Earth Army and doubled the size of the federal territory! How can we forget the work of opening up the territory!

Lan paused for a moment, and said with a gloomy face: "But fortunately, I have come back, every minute and every second of the earth I have left, I am thinking about the question of where the Federation is going, I continue to cultivate, continue to explore, keep searching, finally, I understand the truth of this universe!" ”

The generals pricked up their ears one after another, and the doubts in their hearts about Lan were slightly lessened.

Arashi said in a high-pitched tone: "War! ”

"Only war can bring us true peace, and for this purpose we must destroy all enemies who stand in our way! From now on, we will prepare for the war with all our might! Start with the two major enemies of nearby Morning Star and Kaga, and annex the surrounding neighboring countries one by one, and then there are the galactic powers! ”

"No, you can't!"

The outspoken five-star general Qiu Feng stood up and interrupted Lan's words.

"Lord Warlord, we have just passed a big battle with the Pang Xin Empire, we have suffered heavy casualties, the army and the people are recuperating, and we must not open up a new front!"

"You have been here all these years, you may not know that in order to recover the Rhine system, the people have lived too hard! They tighten their belts and dedicate all their output to the army to build new warships and nurture our warriors! ”

"Now that we have occupied the rich land of the Pang Xin Empire, thousands of high-level colonization planets, it is time for the people to breathe a sigh of relief and live a few days of prosperity."

"Besides, the army is not forged in a day, warships need time to build, recruits need time to temper, and opening up a new front at this time will undoubtedly put a heavy burden on the people in the family, and the training of recruits is insufficient, and it is not enough to ensure the smooth progress of the war!"

Lan didn't speak, looked at Qiu Feng with his eyes, and said lightly: "Is it that I have not been over the years, and you have forgotten me as a military god?" ”

"Don't dare!" No matter how stubborn Qiu Feng is, he is also a loyal soldier after all, and he hurriedly lowered his head.

Lan's gaze scanned the audience and said in a deep voice: "I did say that I would open up a new front, but don't forget that there is more than one way to fight, we can also use war to support war!" ”

"Conquering the fragile countries around us, robbing them of their territory and wealth, and using them for our use, will not add much to the burden on the people!"

"As for your past policy towards the enemy, that is too merciful! Conquered the territory of the Pang Xin Empire, but still have to accept their civilians? Wouldn't it be nice to use the people of hostile countries directly as slaves!? Let them go to the most dangerous mining planets and force them to build warships! In this way, our army will become stronger and stronger! ”

The whole conference room was silent, Salem and the generals couldn't tell the difference, he waited bitterly, and was ecstatic to greet the returning military god Lan, whether he was a soldier or a demon...