At the junction of the Far North Sea and the East China Sea, the flagship of the mixed fleet of the Imperial Navy.

Xiao Ziyao stood on the bridge of the ship, looking at the north from afar, and was silent for a long time.

The last and most elite naval force of the Empire was a huge fleet formed by the convergence of four air carrier battle groups, under the personal command of the Founding Duke of the Empire and the Minister of the Admiralty. It has been entangled with the barbarian navy in the extreme North Sea and the East China Sea for more than a month.

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Almost every day, numerous groups of warships formed in neat formations, and under the cover of several carrier-based aircraft taking off from air carriers, they carried out a surprise attack in the direction of the extreme north. Almost every day, warships either sank heroically or withdrew from the battle sequence with scars, limping back to Lianda's home port.

However, the war continues.

Although the heavy casualties brought greater losses to the barbarians on the opposite side, they also brought the power of the Imperial Navy to a sharp decline. So far, Xiao Ziyao has less than two full-fledged air mother battle groups in his hands, but the barbarians opposite them still seem to be desperately dense - there are too many of them.

However, the war continues.

Xiao Ziyao stood motionless on the flagship like this, looking into the distance, not knowing what to think. Although he still stood upright, the wrinkles on his face and the deep wrinkles on his brows vividly portrayed the old man's exhaustion and anxiety. In fact, the Imperial Navy he led was equally tired and anxious.

However, the war continues.

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In a silent, tired, anxious atmosphere, a naval staff officer hurried up behind him and whispered a few words with a pale face.

"What?!"

Xiao Ziyao was already shocked.

"Yes, sir, the magic field of the land battlefield is unblocked at ten o'clock in the morning. The Empire's former enemies have always reported that they and the Empire's front-line army are under siege. Forthwith. We have received another urgent report from the general commander - they have been raided by the Barbarian War Emperor and the Firmament Demon Wargroup. ”

The naval staff officer reported in a low voice.

"Bastard!" Xiao Ziyao slapped his palm on the railing angrily.

"How so...... What are Lao Yang and Summer doing? He said incredulously.

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"It is said that it was the collapse of the Nanyang army that caught the empire off guard - but with so few troops and holding on to such a long front, the empire really couldn't hold on...... With and without Nanyangs, I'm afraid the result will be the same. ”

"The Empire was about to shrink the defensive circle and delay time, but the Commander was once again met with a top-level super-level raid by Long'er who skillfully seized the fighter...... The target is His Highness - Long'er is too good, he uses oppressive attacks to force us to show our flaws as quickly as possible, and he is powerless to put out the fire. Now, he seems to have grasped the key point that will make the empire collapse the fastest to be surrounded: His Highness. ”

The staff officer whispered again.

"Once you lose the aura of Your Highness. A million land forces in the Imperial Encirclement ......"

He shuddered.

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Xiao Ziyao was silent, he was already trembling and looking in the direction of the northwest - there, there was the empire's encircled million-strong army, there, there was the empire's raided general headquarters, and there, there was the imperial highness who was in danger and moved his whole body.

However the Navy ......

He turned around and looked at the staff group that had been silently standing behind him at some point.

"Can't wait......"

He muttered suddenly.

"Make a final battle plan now, start the final preparations now! Once it's ready. Let Dingnan and other air carriers release all fighter groups without retaining any defensive forces! All fleets, to the first. Thirdly, the seventh detachment is the arrow, and the final decisive assault begins! ”

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"Order all ships, this battle is the last battle of our Imperial Navy...... Unless the war sinks. Don't take a step back! ”

He thought and thought, but he commanded loudly.

"Or, let's hit the Far North Harbor. Support the land war situation and rescue the Imperial Army. Or, let's go with the Army...... Tell all the officers and soldiers that it's time to ...... It's time to donate your life to the country......"

The old man muttered in a choked voice, the sea breeze blowing his gray beard in a mess.

"Yes!" The staff group replied in a deep voice behind him.

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"Your Majesty has passed out again?"

Imperial Capital, Yongtai Palace, Zhu Shoufu looked at Meng Gu, and he asked in a low voice.

More than two years of war seemed to overwhelm the middle-aged Imperial Chief, his waist had quickly slumped, and he looked at the commander-in-chief of the three imperial armies with a worried face, and asked in a low voice.

"Yes......"

Meng Gu nodded slightly, and he sighed: "It's not easy to get better, but I received the front line ...... again."

He sighed again: "Old Zhu, I have already dispatched reserve troops to build a defense line south of the Yellow River, and they are all old guys and half-grown children...... There are even women...... I don't know how many soldiers can be removed from the front line in the end, and they can't stand it together, but ......"

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"You're ready to start implementing your evacuation plan - make sure the children are evacuated first. Then, the people of the empire were also withdrawn to the south of the Yellow River as much as possible, as for other things...... Then don't worry about it, people matter. ”

He looked at Zhu Shoufu and said in a low voice.

Zhu Shoufu also sighed, and he nodded heavily.

"Tightly seal the news, if another front-line battle report leaks into His Majesty's ears, you should be careful of your heads!"

Meng Gu turned around and shouted to the royal guards in the main hall.

Then he looked to the north and was silent.

A gust of wind blew in through the open door of the temple, blowing the empty feet of the boss, who had been thinning down almost at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Although it seemed to blow only on him, the entire hall seemed to shudder.

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In front of Tianwumen Square, the crowd was already quiet.

"What the hell is going on? How could the empire suddenly let us send the children away first, and we were ready to retreat? ”

A man stared at the pale face of the announcer on the magic crystal screen, and he suddenly muttered in a low voice.

"Something has happened to the army in the north......

Another man responded in a low voice, and his face was suddenly pale.

"Wasn't it okay a while ago? Isn't it still well guarded? ”

A young woman suddenly hugged the child in her arms, and she crouched down and sobbed lowly.

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People looked at her sympathetically - her husband, a teacher, at this time. Instead of standing in a spacious classroom and spreading the glow of civilization to the children of the Empire, he went to the Far North front a few weeks ago to serve his family and the Empire behind him. Only for the glow of civilization that he loves so much, so that it will not dim or be cut off again.

"My old Li is a big man, and he has been since he was a child."

She always came to the square in the evening when she had not received a death notice, watched the war briefing with the crowd, and boasted to those she knew, with pride on her face.

But now......

"It's fine. Your Lao Li will be fine. ”

A man in the crowd who seemed to know her tapped her on the shoulder. Low comfort.

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"Don't worry too much, the Far North will be fine, maybe the Empire is out of ...... Some kind of consideration will make us ......"

She muttered, but the more she spoke, the more she whispered, and finally, she didn't know how to explain herself, but she was silent.

"Let's go home and get ready, at least send the children away first......"

One suddenly sighed. He looked down at the ignorant child in the woman's arms, touched his head lovingly, and said in a low voice, he looked north. His eyes were full of gloom and worry.

The woman nodded with tears in her eyes, her eyes also looking at the north with teary eyes, and everyone's eyes were already looking at the north with worry.

There, what's happening. Many of you may have guessed a lot.

There, what is about to happen, but no one dares to think about it.

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Yongling Manor.

"Auntie. Where are we going tomorrow? Didn't you say that you have to wait at home for your father and mother to come back? ”

The two little guys frolicked and hugged Xie Ning'er's legs, they raised their heads and asked in milky voices.

Xie Ning'er was silently staring at the north, her eyes were already full of tears.

"Tomorrow, before my father and mother come back, we will go on a little trip to the other side of the sea. Qi'er Shuang'er, don't you really want to see what the world is like on the other side of the sea? Tomorrow, my aunt will take you to see it, and when your father and mother come back, you will tell your father and mother what you have seen, okay? ”

The girl wiped the tears from her eyes, but she picked up the two young children, and she coaxed softly.

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"But, aunt, Qi'er wants to wait for her father and mother to come back and then go on a trip with them......"

The boy in his arms suddenly said in a low voice, the little guy's face was a little stubborn, and his eyebrows seemed to have gradually had the heroic shadow of his father's former heroism, he raised his eyes to look at the girl, and his flickering eyes were full of anticipation.

"That's right, auntie, didn't you say that my father and mother will be back soon? In case they can't see Qi'er Shuang'er when they come back, they will be very sad and sad, just like ...... Just like we never see them, Frost misses them...... That day, that day Shuang'er cried, not because of the pain of the fall, but because she missed her father and mother...... You still don't believe ......"

The little girl in her arms also bit her fingers and blinked her big eyes in confusion, but when it came to the end, the little girl's red face was dyed with a slight flush, she was full of shyness and pinched the corners of her clothes and said softly, her dark eyes glancing around.

Xie Ning'er stared at the cute childish faces of the little guy and the little girl in a daze, her nose was sour, but she was already crying again.

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"Something is wrong, my father and mother may have to come back later, just let Qi Er Shuang'er go on a trip first."

She replied in a low voice, but she leaned her head on the two children in her arms, and she kissed the children's smooth faces, but her shoulders trembled again and again.

"Auntie, why are you crying? Who bullied you? When Qi'er grows up, I'll help you beat him. ”

Soon, the little one in his arms suddenly screamed, and he raised his little fist and shouted.

"Yes...... Auntie, what's wrong with you...... Do you miss your father and mother too......"

The little girl felt the warm liquid on her face, and she said as if she didn't understand.

The girl hugged them, but she could no longer hold back her tears.

"Sister-in-law......"

She looked in the direction of the north with teary eyes, and muttered in a low voice that was imperceptible. (To be continued......)