May 10, 2205, Proxima Centauri.

Colorful light flashed in the void, and the Beifang Aerospace Carrier, the Taihu Supply Ship, the Yuanwang Migrant Ship and two Refrigerated Migrant Ships, which had been absent for more than a year, appeared in the predetermined airspace.

The success of the faster-than-light limit experiment greatly improved the mobility of the ships of the expeditionary force, and the left-behind detachment, which had planned to meet with the main force at the end of June, finally flew to Proxima Centauri a month and a half ahead of schedule.

All the officers and men of the expeditionary force were eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Yuanwang, and when the battleship appeared, all the ships invariably resounded with suppressed cheers.

Separated from his family for more than a year, how can a soldier who is away from home not miss his relatives who are far away?

Now any spacecraft of the expeditionary force can fly thousands of kilometers in one second, and can fly nine times around the earth in one minute, and the actual distance is definitely not far away compared to the earth era.

The cheers came and went quickly, and Wu Ting's bust suddenly appeared on the big screen of the Pengzehu, and saluted: "Report to the commander, the expeditionary force will stay in the fleet and return to the team, please instruct!" ”

Lu Jian collected his heavy heart, and said politely: "All ships are on standby, and the Yuanwang will go forward!" ”

The twenty-two-kilometer-long giant ship slowly flew away from the formation, and at the same time, the supply ship Pengzehu gradually caught up with it at the same slow speed.

The Yanjing and the Jinmen were one position behind the Pengzehu on both sides, and the four destroyers were two on the left and right, arranged symmetrically in the shape of a goose wing, and the two assault ships were also one position behind the destroyers, and the Liuzhou and the Great Wall were sandwiched between the two assault ships.

The triangular formation of eleven giant ships was slow and dignified, and the formation flew more than ten kilometers in front of the Yuanwang. Lu Jian gave the order to stop advancing, and the formation stopped, but the supply ship Peng Zehu flew away from the formation alone, slowly reversed the hull, and docked with the Yuanwang.

On the side of the supply ship, Lu Jian was wearing a full set of general's dresses, solemnly tidying up his military appearance, and behind him, eleven captains stood tall and lined up straight.

Behind the eleven captains. More than 4,000 officers and men of the expeditionary force stood in awe. Silent.

The cabin slowly opened, and Lu Jian suddenly roared: "Fu coffin-" The roar echoed endlessly in the ship, echoing in bursts.

Before the aftermath fell, Lu Jian stepped forward with the most standard military resources. Together with the other five fleets. Lift the metallic alloy coffin. Firmly on the shoulder.

The front end of the coffin is squarely attached to Colonel Zhou Zelin, the commander of the base who died in the battle of the advancing base, and Zhou Zelin's eyes are bright in the photo, and two rows of neat teeth are showing in his smile...... His body was cut into pieces by the Outer Skeleton. It took an hour for the four military doctors to stitch the martyr back into the burial.

He was only thirty-seven years old at the time of his death.

The other six captains followed, and inside the coffin was the Mongolian major captain of the three major groups of the Yellow River Shipborne Commando, Batel, a bold Mongolian man.

Battle was pierced in 47 places all over his body, 24 of which were critical, and his internal organs flowed more than three meters away. Before his death, he still held the trigger of his rifle and did not retreat, and when he was found, the soldiers could not break his hand no matter what, and the soldiers could not bear to alarm this warrior who would not retreat, and put him in the coffin with his love gun.

At the time of his death, he was only thirty-one years old......

Lieutenant Colonel Shan Weiguo, then chief of staff of the Forward Base Command, was only found by the soldiers on half of his body, and it was not until after the evacuation of the Forward Base that his identity was confirmed by DNA testing.

Lieutenant Colonel Yang Yu, director of the logistics department of the base......

Lieutenant Ji Wenqing, communications staff officer of the base......

Captain Squadron Leader Qu Zhenlin, then the leader of the commando squadron stationed at the forward base, his facial bone was smashed by the outer skeleton, and his body was only above the chest.

Second Lieutenant Wei Yingjie, trainee gun commander, was hit by a coagulation beam in the turret, and due to the damage of the pressure suit, his life was frozen forever at the age of twenty-three, and his gun position was one.

The fighters were reluctant to destroy his remains, so the solidification balls were retained, and the gun emplacements where the martyrs were before their sacrifice were removed. is the only martyr in the team who failed to be buried, and how to deal with it in the end depends on the choice of the martyr's family.

Warrior Shi Wanxiang, a commando, covered the retreat of his comrades alone, detonated his armor when he was overwhelmed by the army of Outer Skeleton Man, and finally found only two charred broken legs and half an arm in the wreckage of the battle armor.

Warrior Zhang Zongxun......

Warrior Tang Lingjun......

Warrior Wang Junchen......

Warrior An Yushan......

There are too many names and martyrs together into eternal monuments, most of the martyrs' bodies are mutilated, in order not to leave regrets for the martyrs' families, the complete coffin can only store the ashes of the martyrs.

The solemn team under the leadership of Lu Jian passed through the gate between the two ships step by step, when the team appeared in the Yuanwang, the suppressed cry of the crowd suddenly resounded in the sky, an old woman with white hair suddenly pounced on Zhou Zelin's alloy coffin and cried, the martyr's lover with a young child burst into tears and couldn't cry.

"You return my son, you return my son......" The old woman grabbed Lu Jian's collar and grabbed the belt and beat him, Lu Jian let the old woman vent, and motionless continued to beat and scold.

Several fighters tried to pull the old woman away, but were quietly pushed away by Lu Jian.

He tried his best to comfort the heartbroken old man, but he searched his stomach, but he couldn't find a word that could comfort the heartbroken white-haired man a little.

What sacrifices for the country and dies well, in front of a grieving mother, no honor can compare to a living child.

More and more martyrs are crying and looking for their sons, husbands and fathers, and the procession to see them off is difficult to move an inch and is chaotic.

But no one is willing to say a single word, and the bereaved families of the martyrs have lost their closest relatives, and no one is qualified to accuse them of indignation?

Even in the face of the tide of the outer bones, the warriors who refuse to take a step back, in the face of all this, cannot but give birth to cowardice to retreat.

There were constantly martyrs fainting with excessive grief, and the crowd continued to break out into chaos one after another, and the soldiers supporting the coffin were unprepared, but they did not hesitate to devote themselves to the treatment, trying to calm the crowd and control the situation.

The staff sent by the Far Hope to maintain order were completely overwhelmed. They simply could not stop and did not dare to stop the bereaved families of the martyrs. Otherwise, not only will they not be able to get over their conscience, but the army will also settle accounts with them afterwards.

I don't know how long it took to find the order, but the order of the crowd was finally slowly restored with the efforts of the soldiers, and the martyrs who had found their relatives followed the coffins of their relatives, and the bereaved families who had not yet found their relatives were anxiously looking for them in the ranks that kept pouring into the Yuanwang.

Eventually, the two streams of people came together to form a huge human dragon, slowly walking towards the corner of the Yuanwang.

According to the wishes of the bereaved families of the martyrs, all those who wish to send the martyrs back to their homeland for burial. The expeditionary force is responsible for sending it back to Earth. Their relatives are housed by the Earth's civil administration.

Those who do not have the wish to return to their roots will be buried in the Yuanwang Martyrs Cemetery, and their relatives can return to the earth according to their wishes. It can also stay on the Far Look. Lü Jian promised the relatives of the martyrs, that is, the relatives of all the officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force. It will be taken care of perfectly.

Most of the martyrs' families wanted to return to Earth, and only about a third of the martyrs were eventually buried in the Far Hope.

After the solemn and solemn ceremony, the Yuanwang took on a quiet corner. The tombstones of 284 martyrs are neatly erected here, and not far away, the bereaved families of the martyrs spontaneously organized themselves to guard the resting place of their loved ones.

Lu Jian stood silently outside the martyr's cemetery for a long time: "It's a good place, in the near future, this will become the holy place of my expeditionary force!" When I die, I will be buried here. ”

Everyone was silent, the martyr's cemetery, only the martyrs can be buried here, not everyone can be buried in it.

"Zhu Qiang!"

"Here!" Captain Zhu Qiangqiang, the captain of the Yuanwang, came out of the queue when he heard this, "Commander." ”

"Divide this place as a military management area, arrange a squad to guard here, raise the flag every day, and don't let the brothers be too lonely."

"Yes!" Zhu Qiang replied in a deep voice.

"Hu Zhonghai."

"Here!"

"Do a good job in the resettlement of the martyrs' families, don't let the martyrs shed blood and tears, and they won't be able to live in peace below."

"Don't worry, Commander." Hu Zhonghai, who was also the logistics minister of the expeditionary force, issued a military order on the spot.

"Don't worry, if the person is gone, make up for it, can you make up for it?" Lu Jian frowned and sighed, "There are no immortals in the war, but no matter which time, I don't have the face to face the relatives of the martyrs......"

No one expected the sudden attack of the Outer Skeleton on the forward base, but for a commander, taking all the combat power away and leaving only the vulnerable base was a command mistake in itself.

Everyone was still silent, Lu Jian looked up at the illusory blue sky and unreal white clouds simulated by stereoscopic projection above his head, and cheered up and said, "Let's go, let's go back." ”

At this point, the first martyr's burial ceremony of the expeditionary force officially ended.

Lu Jian was very considerate of the feelings of the soldiers, and immediately after returning to the flagship Yanjing, he announced that the fleet had begun a ten-day rotational break, and opened the living quarters in the warship to military families, allowing long-separated family members to visit on the ship.

A few families are happy and a few are sad, the families of the martyrs' bereaved families are gloomy, but the families of the soldiers visiting their relatives are full of laughter.

This time, the fleet was divided into two waves of rest, and Ye Fei gave Fu Hongye a holiday first, and still ranked himself in the second batch. On the same day, Gao Lan took Ye Qi on the Yangtze River.

When the lonely scissors took Gao Lan to find Ye Fei, Ye Fei was stunned by the porthole and looked out of the ship.

"Dad-" The crisp child's voice instantly hit Ye Fei's softest heart, and he said yes loudly and opened his arms to his son.

Scissors rubbed his eyes, swearing that he had never seen Ye Fei smile so brightly.

However, the warm scene did not appear, and the long parting made Ye Qi very afraid, hiding behind her mother with her little face and refusing to come out.

Gao Lan squatted down and hugged her son and comforted her softly: "Qiqi, don't you miss your father?" Hurry up? ”

Ye Qi hugged Gao Lan's neck uneasily, refusing to let go, Gao Lan could only pick up his five-year-old son and walk towards Ye Fei.

Ye Fei sighed in disappointment, walked a few steps quickly to catch up, and excitedly hugged his long-lost wife and son in his arms, a thousand words blocked in his heart, but he didn't know where to start, and finally all the words were condensed into three words: "I'm sorry ......"

Gao Lan broke free from Ye Fei's embrace and whispered, "I don't need you to say I'm sorry, I'm also a soldier." ”

In an instant, Ye Fei's chest was filled with an emotion called happiness, and he could no longer tolerate other thoughts.

The scissors on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and coughed lightly: "That head." And sister-in-law, I'll go first, and you guys will slowly warm up! ”

"Zhilu Dao, when the light bulb, don't hurry up!" Ye Fei hugged his wife and kicked the scissors.

Gao Lan chuckled, waved his hand at the grinning scissors, and even Ye Qi waved his hand and shouted Uncle goodbye, almost not causing Ye Fei to knock over the vinegar jar.

Whose son is this?

Fortunately, he only dared to think about it in his heart, if he dared to say it, Gao Lan would have to turn his face.

"Alright, such a big man. Still have a ship with his son? It's good to coax for a while. Gao Lan gently persuaded.

Ye Fei nodded wistfully. pulled his son's face: "I know the truth...... Hey, my son is almost half as tall as me, this kid is growing up so fast......" said this, and his expression couldn't help but be sad.

He has been away for many years and has little time to take care of his children. From small to large. I can't find many memories of getting along with children.

Ye Qi timidly dodged Ye Fei's fingers. Gao Lan glanced at Ye Fei: "Look at you!" ”

Ye Fei withdrew his hand brightly, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment.

"By the way, what are you doing here?" Gao Lan had already been to Ye Fei's dormitory under the guidance of Scissors. I didn't find anyone, so I learned Ye Fei's location through the communication system in the ship.

Ye Fei leaned on the porthole, and lowered his chin a little out of the window: "Look at that." ”

Gao Lan curiously followed Ye Fei's gaze and looked out, only to see the Liuzhou leaning against a rectangular asteroid with a smooth surface that was three times the size of a battleship.

"Where did you find this?" Gao Lan was very surprised, there are no rules for asteroids in the universe, where did you find an asteroid with such a flat surface?

"I didn't find it." Ye Fei's eyes showed the vicissitudes that Gao Lan couldn't understand, "The Liuzhou found an asteroid and directly flattened it with the main gun, so it became like this." ”

"Huh?" Gao Lan was even more puzzled, "What do they want to do?" ”

The years make people mature, and helplessness makes people vicissitudes. Gao Lan didn't know what was wrong with Ye Fei, she had never seen Ye Fei have such a depressed side.

Ye Fei smiled slightly: "They want to make a monument to the Battle of Proxima Centauri......"

"What?" Gao Lan was taken aback, "Using an asteroid as a monument? ”

"yes, crazy enough, right?" Ye Fei was not surprised by Gao Lan's exclamation, "I thought it was crazy when I first heard this idea, but they really started doing it...... It was all voluntary by the soldiers, not an order from anyone in the fleet, and the command agreed that they could use the Liuzhou, and other warships could also be called in to help. ”

"This, this is really ......" Gao Lan looked at the square asteroid outside the porthole in shock, not knowing what to say.

Ye Qi, who had just become sensible, didn't understand the meaning, and blinked his big eyes to look at his mother and then at his father, as if he had found a little familiar feeling from Ye Fei.

"Audacious enough, huh?" Ye Fei asked with a smile.

"It's not small, but it's not a matter of time before this thing is placed in the universe and is hit by other asteroids and shattered?" Gao Lan, whose arm was pantothenic, put her five-year-old son down, but the little guy refused to leave her and hugged her mother's thigh.

Ye Fei touched the top of his son's head and smiled at the little guy who was carrying it: "That being said, but their plan is very perfect, some time ago they eliminated a large number of biological warships, and they decided to use coagulant sacs to cover the asteroid and turn the monument into a super large coagulation ball." ”

"Huh?" Gao Lanxing's eyes widened, and her face was incredulous.

"Incredible, right?" Ye Fei smiled, "I hope they can succeed." ”

Gao Lan glanced at Ye Fei angrily: "Are you fooling me?" ”

"How dare I?" Ye Fei smiled and hugged Gao Lan, "The plan is good, I hope they have time to complete it." ”

Suddenly, there was silence between the two, not because they had nothing to say, but because they didn't want to break the warm feeling.

The strangeness when we first met has long since dissipated.

Ye Qi looked at her mother, and then at her father, I don't know what game the two adults are playing, she bit her thumb and meditated hard.

After a long time, Gao Lan said sullenly: "Ye Fei, I attended the funeral of the Yuanwang......" The arm on her shoulder suddenly tightened.

"What do you want to say?" Ye Fei suddenly had a bad premonition.

"I, I don't want to see you ...... one day," Gao Lan cried in her words, and her eyes began to blur.

Ye Fei's heart ached, and he hugged his wife tightly: "Don't worry, it won't." ”

Gao Lan's tears finally couldn't be held back, and flowed down her cheeks: "If you have a case, leave me and my son, orphans and widows, what will we do?" ”

"Lan Lan......" Ye Fei's chest seemed to be blocked by something, "You are also a soldier, do you still need to tell me the truth?" Since you are a soldier and eat this bite of food, how can you be a deserter in the war? ”

"You don't have to reason with me, I know better than you, I am, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that something will happen to you......"

"Bad Dad!" Ye Qi's little hand slapped Ye Fei's leg a few times, hugged her mother, and her small palm kept patting Gao Lan's back to comfort: "Mom, mom don't cry......"

Ye Fei was even more sad in his heart: "Lan Lan, someone has to fight the battle, you look at the past few years, if there is a slight difference, the earth will be finished...... Do you want the enemy to raise the butcher's knife, but I can only watch and be powerless to resist? I'd rather die resisting, at least, that will keep you and your children safe......"

"Don't talk about it." Gao Lan covered Ye Fei's mouth, "I know the Dao, I know all the Dao, I'm just afraid, I'm afraid......"

"I'm scared too!" Ye Fei hugged his wife tightly, "I'm also afraid that one day I will suddenly die, and I will never see you and the child again." ”

Ye Qi blinked his dark eyes and looked at his crying mother, but he didn't know how to comfort him, his little heart seemed to be able to feel his mother's dependence on his father.

"Don't cry, look here!" Ye Fei's finger was a little on the porthole, where there was a bright star, "This is the sun, our hometown." I don't want to say sensationalism, but isn't it just to protect us from our solar system and from our homeland? ”

"Okay, you don't teach me any lessons, and I'm not a soldier under you." Gao Lan was annoyed and angry, and slammed his fist on Ye Fei's shoulder.

"But you're my daughter-in-law!" Ye Fei smiled and hugged his son, and then hugged his beloved wife, Gao Lan snuggled up to Ye Fei softly, and the little Ye Qi didn't struggle.

"If there is no war one day, shall we go back?" Gao Lan said softly.

The earth is the homeland of mankind and will always be a holy place in the hearts of mankind.

Ye Fei sighed faintly: "Okay, when will there be no war, let's go back to the earth, and when the time comes, we will give birth to a bunch of sons and daughters, and only give birth to a football team." In the future, there will be a lot of grandchildren, at least two football teams, and when there is nothing to do, the whole family will go on an outing together, and you will have to hire a bus just to take the car......" He imagined the day when he was too old to move, with the equally old Gao Lan sitting next to him, and then a group of children around his lap, and at the end of the group of little ones running around happily...... The feeling of happiness once again filled his chest, and he involuntarily grabbed Gao Lan's slender hand.

Gao Lan's face turned red, and she complained resentfully: "If you don't have a home all year round, who will give birth to a bunch of sons and daughters with you!" What are you when I am? After speaking, he bit Ye Fei's shoulder.

Ye Fei smiled and wanted to say something, not wanting to be robbed by Ye Qi suddenly: "Mom, Mom, do you want to have a sister with Dad?" I want a sister! ”

Ye Fei and Gao Lan looked at each other in amazement. (To be continued......)

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