Mapoling airspace.

Another tragic air force battle is slowly coming to an end.

Seven wounded Demon Energy Fighters coldly pursued the dozen or so Demon Dragon Knights who could no longer support themselves and retreated to the north, knocking them down one by one.

Below them, the screeching and violent roar of the Yangtze River dive bombers were rising and falling, and the armies of the barbarians, who had almost attacked the defensive positions, were receding like a tide under the entanglement of these two intertwined sounds.

On the various dilapidated positions, the cheers of the Air Force Long Live were already ringing one after another, but He Xu was stunned by the hoarse cheers.

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"Damn, Commander. The peace charm really didn't shine this time, and His Highness's light couldn't reach so far. This time, the double insurance is gone, no wonder I ......"

Xiao Huang was lying in his arms and smiled slightly bitterly.

"No way, we are too far away, and there has been no breakthrough in other places, so it is impossible for His Highness to penetrate into too dangerous positions."

He Xu said in a low voice.

"I understand, I understand, I'm just a boring sigh." Xiao Huang coughed a few times, and he said intermittently.

After a pause, his expression was already full of confusion: "It's just, teacher, I don't want to die yet......"

He muttered.

"You won't die, you won't die." He Xu also muttered.

"Bastard, lie to me again...... Teacher, you have a very bad habit of deceiving people......" Xiao Huang laughed.

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"Commander, we are sacrificed, will we notify our family immediately?" He asked in a low voice again.

"Yes......" replied with difficulty.

"Then, can you not tell my family first, and hide it for a while......" Xiao Huang muttered.

"Okay, okay." He nodded in pain.

"You say...... Can we win this time? Xiao Huang also nodded, and after a long time, he asked softly.

"I don't know anywhere else, but here, if we hold on, we can win - we have the far north snow in front of us. As long as the Heavy Demon Suit Group crosses the river and gathers and comes to the Extreme North Snow Field through the passage we have opened with our own hands, the barbarian troops along the river will be completely in danger. ”

"Oh, that's good...... But I never understood why the higher authorities ordered us to be nailed here. Didn't you tell us to be flexible and avoid losses as much as possible depending on the situation......"

Xiao Huang's voice was getting weaker and weaker, and he muttered in a low voice again.

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"In the past, we fought a pure containment battle, but this time the command has changed its mind, and it is between the diversionary battle and the decisive battle...... We can't afford to put it off......"

He Xu's voice was also low, and he looked into the distance, as if he didn't dare or bear to look at Xiao Huang's blood-drenched appearance.

"I see...... I see......"

Xiao Huang smiled, but there was no more speech.

He Xu put his arms around him, and it was not until a long time later that he seemed to wake up, and looked down into his arms.

Xiao Huang's head was already hanging diagonally to the side.

He burst into tears.

He knew that this little brother of the countryman Demon War, who had been promoted from the guard company to the squad leader by his own hands and had always talked to him, could no longer speak.

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On the south bank of the Daling River, the underground headquarters of Daling City.

A staff officer hurriedly walked to Xia and Yang Qi in front of the sand table again.

"Commander, Chief of Staff, Mapoling has been progressing too fast all the way, but the rest of the country has fallen into a stalemate, and no major breakthrough has been made for a long time - the warriors have done their best, but the barbarians have also reacted, and they are not as bold and lucky as they were at the beginning."

"The current battlefield situation is extremely tense and extremely strange, and Mapoling is like a sharp and abrupt horn sticking out of thin air on our parallel dogtooth front -- a fatal, strangely long tiger tooth, but also a crumbling tiger tooth."

"So far, the first line of Mapoling, and the line of communication from the No. 5 river beach opened by our army behind it to the snowfield in the extreme north, have also been attacked by the barbarians for three days and three nights, and they are also attacked on the whole line! Although it was full of men who we had tried to reinforce with all our might, they were met with fighting everywhere, and many of the troops were entangled before they even reached Mapoling. ”

"And the fighting situation on the Mapoling front began to become particularly serious with the lack of reinforcements. In front of them was the third army of the barbarians, known for their elite, and even more so with the title of god of their barbarian glory. But we have always had only a force worthy of a division - a batch of reinforcements finally came to them, but a batch was quickly consumed! ”

"Because we still have to let the Heavy Group cross the river, and the speed of our reinforcements is almost impossible to offset the speed of their consumption - although he didn't ask for help, that bastard hasn't asked for help in his life! And according to the fighter pilots who came back, they have been attacked several times, and they are almost unable to withstand it! ”

"The General Staff therefore asks if you want Your Highness to move forward and let her move to a position where her aura will cover the Mapoling front line?"

The staff officer asked cautiously.

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"No! Then she's almost on the verge of going to a parallel position to the rest of the front! The other fronts haven't broken through yet, and those positions are still dangerous when pushed through, how can we-"

Summer said without hesitation, but the more he spoke, the more hesitant his voice became.

"Wait a minute, I'll think about it......" Summer said with great hesitation as he stopped the officer who was about to take the order.

"Order, ask Your Highness immediately, ask her if she is willing to move forward!" A cold and hard voice was already coming from his side.

"Sir, this ...... That location is too dangerous! Hearing this, Xia immediately turned to Yang Qi, and he said hurriedly.

"Fighting and winning on the battlefield, where will it not be dangerous?"

Yang Qi replied softly.

"The Heavy Demon Suit Group is surging across the river, and as long as Mapoling is not lost, they will be able to quickly advance along the line of communication to the Extreme North Snow Plain - by the time the barbarians react, their Daling River defense line will be very dangerous."

"But once the Mapoling is lost, as long as the barbarians are a little more vigilant, the heavy group will be trapped in the mountains between the river beach and the snowy fields of the far north - they will be useless except for a few small detachments to cooperate with the infantry attack!"

"If you are determined to make a desperate bet in the position of Mapoling, but do not press the last and biggest hole card, in the summer, this is not like you."

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"But......" Summer's expression was still hesitant.

"Go, carry out the order!"

Yang Qi waved his hand to the staff officer without hesitation.

By the time the officer had walked away, he had turned to Summer: "Summer, I don't interfere with your command, but now you are being influenced by something that shouldn't be there—how can you be worthy of life and death in the race?" Even if Her Highness knew that she was going to a dangerous position, I believe she would not look back. The Xie family has never been a bad seed, and the same is true of the Xie family's daughter-in-law! ”

He said categorically.

"No, I'm just ......"

Summer's face turned red suddenly, and he looked around at no one, but he said in a slurred manner.

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"Summer, I know what you have on mind for Your Highness, but give up......"

Yang Qi said lightly.

"I know that times are different now, and you young people pursue a free life and love, and consider it common to marry and remarry. The preciousness of His Royal Highness's status makes it impossible for him to insult you even if he is a remarried woman, and he will add a lot of help to you-"

"Nope! I didn't think she would do anything for me! ”

Summer interrupted Yang Qi's words in a hurry, and he protested.

"Maybe."

Yang Qi stared deeply at the summer, and after a long time, he nodded.

"But she is the daughter-in-law of the Xie clan in the extreme north, and her heart has never changed and is firmly attached to the sacrificial imperial Yongwu, and it is impossible to turn to you."

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"If it were a normal day, I wouldn't say it. Anyway, His Royal Highness Ning ......" A trace of sadness and melancholy suddenly flashed in Yang Qi's eyes.

"I can also see that you are sincere to Your Highness, if Your Highness is willing, I naturally do not support or oppose it. That's why I've found out something a long time ago, but I've never talked to you about it. "But now it's wartime! It is a wartime that is a matter of national fortune and the life and death of the race! I have to warn you here - don't let your undeserved thoughts cloud your judgment. Now, you are the commander of the Empire's army, not a hairy boy who pursues girls and is afraid that they will be harmed! ”

"I also care about Her Highness, I am a witness to her marriage to Her Highness Ning, looking at her, I am like looking at my own juniors! If I could, whether she was important to the Empire or not, I'd rather she not be harmed in the slightest! But...... Think of the compatriots and children behind us, think of the people's respect, devotion and trust in your royal family and our nobles, and think of the heavy trust that Your Majesty and the people have placed in you and us! ”

"So now...... I command you! Summer, Deputy Chief of Staff! Put away some of your messy thoughts and concentrate on commanding the battle! ”

He said coldly in a series of words.

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"Yes...... Old Prince...... You're right. ”

Summer was already gloomy and hung her head: "I also know that I shouldn't have ...... But...... I also know that His Highness will not ...... It's just, I-"

He whispered.

"I see......"

He finally wanted to speak, but he muttered. (To be continued.) )