Time flies, and in a flash, eight days have passed.

The Muenxing No. 9 Military District finally ushered in a mine-sweeping warship formation that had been sweeping outside for nearly two months, and more than 100 warships fell from the sky one after another, successfully landed at the spaceport, and then neatly arranged in the space reservation area.

Then, a group of Imperial soldiers stepped off the battleship in an orderly manner, their faces showed some joy, more or less boring space wandering for more than two months, finally landed, at least the next three days they can relax steadily, and they can also report safety to their relatives and friends.

The Imperial soldiers walked off the battleship one after another, and it lasted for more than an hour and a half before it became quiet, and then only sporadic soldiers walked out of the battleship. Among the more than 100 warships, an officer wearing the uniform of an imperial colonel and wearing a silver-white military robe slowly stepped off the battleship, and the most eye-catching thing was not the colonel's silver-white military robe, but her precise facial features and heroic posture between her movements.

Yes, that colonel was a woman, a female colonel, a beautiful female colonel. In the Imperial Army, women were relatively rare among mid- and high-ranking officers, and there were naturally even fewer such beautiful female colonel officers.

Below the battleship, a major in charge of greeting from the military district stood silently.

When the female colonel was two or three meters away from her, the major immediately gave a standard imperial military salute to the other party, and shouted: "Qiu Yunwen, the reserve officer of the sixth district of the No. 9 military district, has seen the chief. ”

The female colonel nodded slightly, and immediately returned a military salute.

Subsequently. Under the guidance of Qiu Yunwen, the female colonel and the two lieutenant colonels behind her sat on a military vehicle that had been prepared in advance.

The military vehicle slowly drove towards the outside of the spaceport.

Qiu Yunwen sat in the co-pilot with a serious face.

The female colonel sat very casually, looked ahead, and said lightly: "Major Qiu, this time the minesweeping fleet will trouble you in all aspects. ”

Qiu Yunwen's face was straight, and he said, "Sir, rest assured, the lower officials will do their best to do a good job." ”

The female colonel hummed softly and asked, "That's right." Major Qiu. Do the fighter mechanics and mecha mechanics I applied to the military department before have eyebrows? ”

Qiu Yunwen replied in a positive voice: "The military department has assigned the relevant mechanics, and they have all arrived in the No. 9 military area, but the number may be different from the number you applied, including thirty-two fighter mechanics." There are twenty-five mecha mechanics. ”

The female colonel's eyebrows furrowed slightly. There was a pause for a few seconds. He said unhurriedly: "It's only about one-third of my application." ”

Qiu Yunwen showed a slight helplessness and explained: "Sir, the current war in the frontline defense area of the Eastern Region is tense. There is a serious shortage of mechanics in all aspects, especially mechanics for fighters and mechas. ”

The female colonel nodded slightly, she could understand the other party's explanation, the current front-line defense situation in the Eastern Region is worrying, a large number of warships are destroyed and a large number of imperial soldiers are sacrificed every day, compared to the front-line defense, the situation in the hinterland of the Eastern Region is still relatively secondary, and the distribution of combat readiness materials and personnel should still be the front-line defense.

Qiu Yunwen glanced at the female colonel's expression through the car mirror, and continued: "Sir, there may be some surprises among the mecha mechanics this time. ”

"Surprise?"

There was a slight hint of interest on the female colonel's face.

Qiu Yunwen's face remained unchanged and said, "Well, there is a senior mechanic among the twenty-five mechanics. ”

There is no change on the female colonel's face, although there are relatively few senior mechanics, but there are still a lot of them in the entire empire, but this is also a good piece of information, the current highest level of mecha mechanics in her minesweeping fleet is only an intermediate mechanic, if there is an extra senior mechanic, it can still provide a lot of help to the fleet.

Qiu Yunwen continued: "And this senior mechanic seems to be a bit special. ”

The female colonel asked lightly, "What's so special?" ”

Qiu Yunwen immediately replied: "According to the relevant information provided by the military department, he is also a mid-level mecha designer of the Snowflake Company. ”

"Intermediate Mecha Designer?!"

The female colonel's face changed slightly, the weight of this intermediate mecha designer is far heavier than that of a senior mechanic, and at the same time, she was still slightly puzzled, how could a mid-level mecha designer from the Imperial Military Department engage in mechanic work, could it be that this time the empire's war mechanics have been scarce to this extent?

Qiu Yunwen nodded affirmatively and said, "In addition, he has another surprising piece of information that this person has even won the Golden Hero Medal of the Empire. ”

The female colonel's face changed again, and her surprise was obviously a lot more than just now, as a colonel, of course she knew what the Golden Hero Medal meant, it was the highest honor given by the empire to individuals, and each time it was conferred, it had to be approved by the head of the parliament himself, and its weight was really not ordinary, "Imperial hero?" This time, I don't know if I picked up a bargain or took a trouble. ”

The military vehicle left the spaceport and sped towards the city-like military zone not far away.

On the same day, Fang Shi and more than 20 others got the relevant notice. The minesweeping fleet has arrived in the 9th military zone, and the fleet will rest in the military zone for three days, which means that they will board the battleship in three days, leave the Munn star, and start a long space sweep journey, and they will also be notified to assemble the next day.

The next morning, Fang Shi went to a small conference hall in the military zone as notified.

There were quite a few people in the council hall, in addition to more than twenty mecha maintenance engineers, there were also more than thirty other personnel.

At nine o'clock, three officers dressed in the sturdy uniforms of the Empire entered the conference hall. The leader of the three officers, a lieutenant colonel about forty years old, walked up to the front desk of the conference hall and coughed lightly.

Some of the whispers below immediately disappeared, and the small council hall instantly became quiet.

The lieutenant colonel glanced at the people below, and saw that everyone had already focused their eyes on him, so he said unhurriedly: "Hello everyone, I am Rosen, the staff officer of the minesweeping fleet, and I officially welcome you to join on behalf of the entire fleet, I think you should know something about our minesweeping fleet before, and the main task of the minesweeping fleet is currently those alliance ghost warships that have infiltrated the hinterland of the Eastern Region......"

Rosen first briefly introduced the minesweeper, and then explained the current situation in the hinterland of the Eastern Region, and finally said some words of encouragement with some slogans.

The speech lasted about twenty minutes.

Afterwards, a major officer who came in with Lawson came to the front desk, and he first introduced the rules that must be followed in the regular rules of joining the minesweeping team, and the content of the rules was quite large, and he would explain some of the rules in more detail, and it took about an hour from beginning to end. Finally, he accepted the questions of the people below, and he would answer them one by one.

Another officer who came in with Rosen also came to the stage, and he spoke about a closer relationship with Fang Shi and others, about the mechanic's arrangements and specific responsibilities in the fleet.

Fang Shi listened carefully, whether it was the rules of all aspects of the fleet or the related duties of the mechanic, it was related to him, now he joined the fleet as a soldier, but he was not a member of the special research and development team during the space test of the Phantom mecha, everything was based on the rules of the military as a specific code of conduct, and the scope of these rules covered almost all aspects of life.

At the end of the meeting, Rosen took the stage again and announced the specific time of the departure of the minesweeper fleet, as well as the specific meeting place and time of everyone in two days.

Soon, Rosen announced that the meeting was over.

However, after announcing the end of the meeting, Rosen immediately asked the people below him quite politely, "Excuse me, is you Lieutenant Colonel Fang Shi?" ”

"Lieutenant Colonel?!"

As soon as Rosen's words came out, the mechanics who were about to disperse below showed some surprise, and they didn't expect that there was a lieutenant colonel among the people seat, and that was an officer of the same level as Lieutenant Colonel Rosen on the stage.

For some people, Rosen's words are undoubtedly a bomb, such as Wang Lung, who has a slightly open mouth in a corner of the conference hall, he is a little suspicious that his ears have misheard just now, his eyes are subconsciously looking at Fang Shi, and his heart is a little frightened: "How is it possible, he is a lieutenant colonel?" ”

Liu Yang's face changed suddenly, his body trembled unconsciously, his brain seemed to be hit by lightning in an instant, his eyes looked at Fang Shi in disbelief, not long ago he was still thinking about how to deal with the other party when it came to the minesweeping fleet, but for him it was completely a thunderbolt on a sunny day, the other party turned out to be a lieutenant colonel-level officer, one level higher than his cousin, he felt that God had played a big joke on him.

Zhou Rong was also full of surprise, he and Fang Shi also had some exchanges on the transport ship in those days, although he was aware that the other party's mechanical strength was far above him, but what he never expected was that Fang Shi was still a lieutenant colonel, five levels higher than the second lieutenant rank he had obtained not long ago because he passed the junior mechanic assessment, thinking of the seemingly unknown and approachable Fang Shi, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional, it was really a real person.

There were more than 20 people on the same transport ship with Fang Shi compared to the thirty-two fighter mechanics, and in the first few days of boarding the transport ship, they had no impression of Fang Shi at all, but when Fang Shi and Chen Shuya communicated quite closely, they were a little concerned, and they didn't expect that the other party was actually a lieutenant colonel. (To be continued......)