The flagship, the Heidfield, is a huge space carrier, surrounded by dozens of Phayan warships. Hundreds of light-filled portholes make this giant battleship look like a glittering castle suspended in the void.

In front of the huge rear reserve ship group, on the left and right flanks, the warships of the Filipino coalition were moving at a rapid pace. The flashing signal lights and the spitting ion light stream are accompanied by the figures swimming one by one, like a huge school of fish.

Inside the mothership, the announcements on the radio are constantly heard. Allied officers and men in different uniforms traveled back and forth "in a hurry." Electric rail cars silently swept along both sides of the passage, and the staff officers of the base camp passed through different departments under the watchful eyes of officers and soldiers from various countries. Their faces were grim and their brows were furrowed, and when they met the people they were familiar with on weekdays, they were silent, and they just waved their hands and left quickly, without saying a word.

"I heard that the pre-war meeting has been going on for five hours?" A staff officer from the outer district, who had just handed over his work, stood at the intersection of the corridor leading to the base camp, watching several staff officers of the base camp disappear into the automatic door illuminated by electronic lights, and turned his head to ask his companions beside him.

"yes, I think I've heard that it's quite noisy. Even Marshal Hastings couldn't hold back. One of the companions replied.

"Huh? Why did I hear that those guys started to make a fuss, and the bandit army was quiet as soon as they made a move, and now they are very honest? In the crowd, another staff officer poked his head out and said with a puzzled expression.

The counselor's words "drew echo from the crowd."

"yes, I've heard that's the case, too." One of the majors said loudly.

"The god of war can't even hold it? How can it be! As far as our coalition is concerned, who is qualified to argue with his old man? Another staff officer sneered.

"I don't have the guts to be qualified!" A lieutenant colonel in the crowd scoffed: "Don't look at Field Marshal Hastings, who hasn't made much of a move over the years, but thirty years ago, in the First World War" How many officers he beheaded in front of the battle who were afraid of the enemy and disobeyed orders, who still knows? ”

The crowd erupted. The words of the lieutenant colonel immediately awakened everyone's memory.

None of these officers present had participated in the battle of thirty years ago.

Therefore, the understanding of the war thirty years ago comes from the memoirs and battlefield records of officers and soldiers after the war.

Time is a most cunning liar.

It has always been able to modify human memory without saying anything.

Therefore, in the war that decided the national fortunes of the two super clamping countries, Feiyang and Binalte, there were many legends that were difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. However, among these legends, there is one legend about the final battle that is unquestionable. Whether it is the memoirs of the generals or the accounts of post-war veterans, as well as the records of war correspondents, they all restore the scene at that time in a real and meticulous way. Their narratives are almost identical, and even the details are strikingly consistent.

The reason for this situation is that in addition to the fact that the original history is really hard to forget, more importantly, there is a sentence that has been handed down from that era to the present. It has become a famous quote that many soldiers enshrine as Gui.

"There is no victory without sacrifice!"

This cold, bloody quote is forever tied to the war of thirty years ago. It became the deepest mark of that war.

Whenever people say this famous quote from Hastings, they are reminded of what happened in that war. The memory of this period of history has not only not been erased, but still fresh.

I can't forget it!

As everyone present knows, legend has it that Ferjan and Biinart fought at Carlston Galaxy, thirty years ago. Although the Republic of Feiyang** had invaded the Imperial Zone, the Feiyang troops led by Hastings were at a disadvantage for various reasons when the decisive battle was approaching.

At that time, both the space fleet and the ground army were pressed and beaten by the West. Not only were the Filipino Alliance troops who had invaded the Imperial Zone in a difficult situation, but even the reinforcements behind them were delayed. The campaign situation is developing more and more in a direction favorable to the Western Covenant.

However, at the critical moment when it seemed that it was about to fall short, and it might even be possible for the enemy to take advantage of the situation to annihilate the main force and counterattack into the Fiyan mainland, Hastings discovered a loophole in the enemy.

This vulnerability is in another galaxy adjacent to the main battlefield.

In order to be able to quickly crush the Feiyan army, the Binarte army, in a hurry, drew out all the reserve forces of its forward base. And their next batch of reinforcements was still on the way and did not reach the forward base. This also means that if the Republic of Fiyan has enough troops, it can inflict a devastating blow on the enemy's forward bases, allowing the follow-up forces of the Western Covenant to stretch the battle line to a distance that they can hardly hold.

It was a gap of less than forty-eight hours.

If someone else were the commander of the Feiyang Republic**, he might not have discovered this loophole at all, and even if he did, he would not dare to attack the enemy's advance base. Because at that time, the Republic of Jiyang was at a disadvantage in terms of troops, and it was simply not able to draw any troops to carry out the attack plan against the enemy's forward base,,。 The analysis of the battle situation at that time showed that as long as they held out for half a month, Fei Yang's follow-up troops would be able to reach the war zone. The strength of the two sides will gradually level over time.

However, the commander who commanded the Republic of Philan at that time was Hastings.

After seeing this loophole in the Binarte Empire, he did not hesitate to choose the battle plan of attacking the enemy's forward base. And in support of this plan, he drew more than half of the troops from the front. For the rest of the troops, he left a quarter on the front, and the other quarter as reserves. He had only one requirement for these troops: hold out for seventy-two hours at all costs!

In anyone's opinion, this is suicide!

The unreasonable order angered many Feiyan officers. All the troops who received the order to block knew that they could not complete the task of pinning the enemy in place for 72 hours, even if they were all gone.

In a generation when Hastings was not yet the god of the Phayan army, there were too many people who could challenge his authority. The officers, who were unwilling to be sent to their deaths, banded together and put pressure on the command to change the battle plan.

But the revolt was quickly quelled. Hastings thunderously imprisoned several generals of his rank, sent disobedient front-line commanders to court-martial, and handed down the harshest sentences as quickly as possible.

No one can say exactly how many talented generals Feiyang died in the verdict of military tribunals. Because when Hastings reported after the war, the signatures of the dead were left on the files of these officers and generals.

The real file was sealed forever.

Ruthless and resolute, Hastings won the opportunity to carry out the battle plan.

In that battle, the officers he assigned to fight desperately and miraculously accomplish the tasks assigned to him. At the same time, it has come at a huge cost.

According to post-war statistics, more than 60 Xi generals were killed. When the troops under their command were exhausted, they took their guns and led their staff officers and guards to fill them in. Not a single person made it alive after his troops were wiped out.

No one can put into words the magnificence of that battle. But they won.

Seventy-two hours later, Hastings returned to the battlefield with the Phayan Army, which had successfully attacked the enemy's advancing base. One day, two dollars" After three days, the Binartes, who had lost their logistical support and supplies, collapsed. Their reinforcements were blocked to the west of the forward base, and Fei Yang's army was gradually reinforcing the front line. Like a wrist wrestler, Hastings' adventurous plan lays the groundwork for him to overwhelm his opponents!

Everyone knows what happened next.

The Republic of Fiyan won the war and became the number one superpower of mankind. Dominate the universe for thirty years. The Binar Empire, on the other hand, was in collapse and was suppressed by the Republic of Fiyan. The commander at the time, Sober's father, died of depression.

After the war, people realized that if it weren't for Hastings, Fei Yang would not have won that battle at all.

Because old Sober adopted the strategy of luring the enemy into depth, as soon as his next batch of reinforcements arrived, he could completely annihilate Feiyang's main force with the overwhelming force of Mount Tai. Fei Yang didn't want to insist on it for half a month, he couldn't even hold on for a week.

It's a pity that the generals who were partnered with Hastings at that time did not see the seriousness of the situation. If it weren't for Hastings's brazen move, I'm afraid that the one who would have become the number one superpower would have been the Binarte Empire.

It was also after that war that the Binarte Empire died down.

This ambitious country, in the more than two decades that followed, did only one thing.

That is, a fortress was built in the galaxy where the battle broke out, and the Scorpion Fortress was built for a day.

This fortress, named by Sober the Elder himself, was not so much the largest war fortress of the Binarte Empire as it was more a reparation, or rather a sigh, for the lessons of the Great War thirty years earlier.

If at that time, the advance base of the Bigert Emperor ** was not in another galaxy, if the backup base was not in the mainland of the Bigert Empire, which was even more distant, after the advance base was sneak attacked, -

In any case, the war was over. The dust has settled.

At the end of the war, Hastings did not attend the surrender ceremony of the Binarte Emperor**.

On the day when the Gunarts, who had been surrounded by the Feiyang army, had exhausted their ammunition and food and laid down their arms and abandoned resistance, he stood on the position of a colonel who had followed him for many years and stared into the distance for several hours.

He left that sentence before he finally turned to leave.

"Without sacrifice, there is no victory."

At that time, the remnant sun is like blood!

Although standing in the aisle of the mothership Heidfield, when the lieutenant colonel mentioned the past thirty years ago, everyone still seemed to see the corpses all over the field under the sunset, and Lieutenant Colonel Jingjia looked around, with a palpitating face: "I heard the old man say that the troops who were responsible for blocking thirty years ago did not dare to take a step back until the whole army was annihilated. Since then, no one has dared to disobey the orders of the marshal. ”

Everyone nodded.

After a moment of silence," another staff officer from Chackner said, "Actually, let's not talk about the prestige of the military god, these guys don't dare to make a mistake. Let's just talk about the battle fought by the bandit army just now, which is so beautiful that people have nothing to say. To be honest, I was really dumbfounded. If our fleet is full of warships like the human bandit army, with such cooperation, not to mention that Xiyo is twice as many as us, even if it doubles, it will be a dish on the plate. ”

"Pull it down, and the bandit army will attack fiercely. Count their records, Humphrey, Obuun, Bermuda, Shelton, Banning which time didn't win by sneak attack? A staff officer from the Muto Republic in the Northern Theater of Operations obviously did not have a good impression of the bandits, and retorted fiercely with a mocking tone: "If they really fight head-on, how much can their stealth technology do?" ”

"A communications staff officer, you know a fart," the words of the staff officer of the Muto Republic aroused public outrage, and many combat staff officers retorted one after another.

"People's stealth technology is put there, and it will be invisible in front of you, and you can't fix someone's position, you dare to rush up and try it?"

"That is, don't talk about using stealth technology, let's just say that people have a clear formation to fight against you, with the firepower and defense of those warships, and with the performance of other warships, how many can you kill before the whole army is annihilated?"

"How many are killed? Let's get to the attack position first! If you can't grab the attack position, it's useless to say anything! Before you can turn around, people have already circled behind you, how can this battle be fought? Not to mention a battleship of the same level, even if someone asks you to fight your battleship with a destroyer of two levels, you will not withdraw! ”

"It wasn't a war, it was a demonstration! I didn't see that later, the bandits circled around the battleship of the Western Covenant and did not fire, like a fox playing with a hen. It was almost amused before he pounced on it and bit it to death. ”

"Yes, yes, I saw it too. That's a relief. Aren't you Xiyue a lot of troops, showing off your might, and still beating you like a turtle grandson! ”

"Yes, as soon as the Siyo reconnaissance fleet on the left is finished, even the center and right flanks will be frightened away. If you want to talk about long ambition, this is the real long ambition. Now it seems that the retreat of the bandit army from Desik also makes sense. Such an elite fleet, that is the main force of the main force. Why do you want to do the work that delays and harasses these second-rate fleets? ”

Everyone was gossiping, and they couldn't hold their heads up when they talked about the staff officer of the Mutu Republic. This guy also knows that the bandit army fought this battle really beautifully" He was angry, and in the end he simply raised his hand: "Okay, okay, it's not okay if I talk nonsense?" ”

Just as there was a lot of noise, suddenly, a major shouted, "Hehe, come out, come out." ”

Looking back, only the automatic door leading to the core area of the base camp opened, and several Fijian League generals rushed out. Everyone was taken aback. Hurriedly leaned aside and saluted.

Several Allied generals were in a hurry, and they didn't even have time to return the salute before they flew past everyone.

"What's going on? Is the meeting over? A staff officer asked, looking at the passage where the generals had disappeared, confused.

"It's the fleet commander who came out with the shuttle parked at Pier 5, right? Their boss seems to be still inside. One of the colonels said, "Turning his head quickly to look at the screen above the passage." Immediately, his mouth opened wide.

I saw that on the television screen of the screen, countless Western warships "were like cavalry rushing down from the distant hillside, coming in a strict triangular formation."

At the same time, a terrible siren sounded throughout the mothership.