"Target, New Byzantium!" General Lepnin shouted.

"You mean, our army has also announced in a high-profile manner that we will attack the planet 'New Byzantium'?" Robb reacted immediately.

"He is worthy of being a good son of Su Yu's five-star general." "It's a pity that both the president and General Velaskos vetoed my proposal," Repnin applauded. They believed that this would not only have no deterrent effect, but would also expose strategic intentions and put the expeditionary fleet in danger. Even General Zhang Bingye did not support my opinion. ”

"But sir, there is indeed a huge risk associated with being open about what we are targeting." Robb also disagrees with Lepnin's opinion.

"That's right, there will be risks, but the benefits are more obvious." Lepnin was very confident, "After the battle of the 'Aeges' Star Field Conference, our army already has the advantage in terms of troops, and it can be said that it has also grasped the strategic initiative. Since we are determined to take advantage of the natural disasters that have struck the enemy to launch an attack, and we are worried that they will divide their forces to counterattack our rear, let us show our banner with great fanfare, and tell the enemy clearly where we will fight them and where we will fight them to the death. The enemy is at a disadvantage, and he is also restrained by the planetary catastrophe, so it is naturally difficult to judge our true intentions, so we can only adopt a conservative policy and concentrate our forces on key defense. ”

"But, as you said, the existence of that Jiang Ziyue has constrained our actions, what if he really attacks?" This time, it was Robon's turn to ask Le Punin rhetorically about Jiang Ziyue.

Lepning didn't answer immediately, but asked rhetorically: "If you are Jiang Ziyue, who is also reused as the commander of the border fleet commanding tens of thousands of cruisers, what will you do in the current predicament of major disasters at home and strong enemies outside?" ”

"Actually, I'm glad I wasn't him." Robb smiled and said, "When we were beaten back 1 to 1 in January 2917 near the planet 'Taiji', I fought them almost always with superior forces. ”

"But it almost always ended in defeat." Repnin said mercilessly, "Your failure to answer my question shows that you have not seriously considered the current strategic issues from the perspective of the enemy, especially Jiang Ziyue, which also explains the reason why you always mistook his tricks and lost to him before." ”

Regarding Lepnin's criticism, Robb could only say convincingly: "This is indeed my shortcoming. ”

"You can't be blamed for that. Your background is unusually good than ordinary people, your upbringing process is also smooth sailing, and you have a mother who surpasses most mortals, bringing you the protection of one of the richest and most powerful families in the Federation and the help of many powerful people. In contrast, Jiang Ziyue, a wild child born to a woman who has lost her footing, although she has recognized a miner's father and her life is normal, she is still a person at the bottom of the salary after all. He has no room for defeat at all, and it is impossible for a five-star general to cover him after defeat. Therefore, it is unrealistic to force you to think from his point of view. is like the famous saying of the past: It is impossible for a rich handsome to understand the heart of a rich handsome, just like a dick is impossible to understand the life of a rich handsome. ”

"Sir, I will take your teachings to heart." Rob responded sincerely to Lepnin's teachings.

"Forgive me, an older generation, for inappropriate teaching of young people." Lepnin also looked a little embarrassed.

"No, sir, your words are very enlightening to me."

"Let's get back to business. As soon as Jiang Ziyue took office, he announced in a high-profile manner that he would lead the entire border fleet to march to 'Andromeda', completely ahead of us. For them, who are relatively strategically disadvantaged, this is a clear bluff. But his brilliance lies in the fact that he has made full use of the prestige he has built up before, especially in the recent past sweep across our Federation, to make this bluff a real deterrent. That is, it can easily frighten many of our commanders and most of the country. ”

"You mean, the president and the secretary of defense know he's bluffing, but they have to go on the defensive?"

"Yes. However, we did not have enough troops to send a large fleet to defend the borders of the country while sending heavy troops to carry out long-range attacks on the territory of the empire. Only if you choose one of the two will you have a good chance of winning. Jiang Ziyue obviously has a clear understanding of our strength, so he will take the initiative to attack. ”

"In this case, his ultimate goal is to stop us from attacking without a single soldier, and to keep our troops on our borders so that they can calmly come to the rescue." Robb looked a little angry. Not long ago, in April and May, he led the "Radish" task force to counterattack the territory of the empire with victory, but he fell for Jiang Ziyue's "beauty empty city plan", and did not dare to go straight to the "new Byzantine" planet, and mistook his own reputation.

"Exactly."

"But the president and the secretary of defense have gathered their fleets here, and the fleets are ready to attack. Jiang Ziyue's bluff has lost its effect, and there is no need for us to expose the target of the attack. ”

"No, Rob, you're wrong." Repnin rejects Robb's view, "To launch an attack on the hinterland of the empire, there is no need to gather forces on the planet 'Aegis', just to attack at 'Pelion' or anywhere else, as 'Qin Shi Huang' did in the past." The reason why the attacking fleet was assembled here can only show that the president still has considerable doubts about Jiang Ziyue's 'attack'. ”

The reason why the planet "Aegis" has become a military center is because the fleet uses it as a base, and from it, it can cross the 135th line of the silver road to attack the territory of the empire, and retreat can maneuver to defend the planets in the Perseus Interstellar Federation. As with the planet "Iserlon" of the new Roman Empire, it was of extremely significant military-strategic value.

"Then your suggestion, to make our offensive and goal public, is to hope that the president will strengthen his confidence and not be affected by Jiang Ziyue's bluff and directly take the planet of 'New Byzantium'."

"The main purpose of this is to show Jiang Ziyue and the Imperial Senate our goals and strength, and to deter his intention to attack our territory. Rob, we are in the upper hand, and there are conditions for winning the decisive battle. The enemy is at a disadvantage and can only rely on trickery to achieve the goal. Since they have taken the lead and bluffed, we will be open and honest, show our strength, and return the pressure to them. As soon as we announced an all-army expedition to 'New Byzantium', whether it was carried out or not, the Senate and the Roman people would feel great pressure to reconsider their strategy. Jiang Ziyue will definitely not dare to risk attacking our rear. After all, they have fewer troops at their disposal than we do. Even if Jiang Ziyue made a desperate move, it would be impossible for the Senate to let him concentrate all the forces of the border fleet at that time. Our strength has been weakened, and we have to be prepared, and I believe that no matter how great the god of war is, he will not be able to do much. ”

Lepnin appeared to be extremely confident in his judgment. He went on to say:

"Robb, I really have to thank your future father-in-law." "He removed me from his post and sent me to teach in this important border town, so that I could objectively observe and think calmly about the current war from the standpoint of an outsider," said Lepnin in a cheerful tone. Then I gave him advice, but he didn't dare to accept my opinion. However, he has never been a soldier and is not familiar with the way of using soldiers, so I don't blame him. But you are different, you were once the 'champion of champions' and 'genius of geniuses' at the Aegis Military Academy, you should understand that defeating the inferior is the right way to war, and all the tricks and illusions caused by defeating the strong with the weak and winning more with the less are essentially the best against the inferior. ”

"I understand, sir." Luo Bo nodded and said, "Back then, Jiang Ziyue scared off our thirteen ships with a small destroyer, which was a psychological advantage; The series of 'space storms' and the so-called 'faster-than-light raids' that were later invented were superior in tactics, numerical superiority in guerrilla raids within the Federation, and geographical superiority in destroying the 'Carrot' task force by using the 'Himalaya' stellar flare......"

"If only you understood." Lepnin interrupted Robb to list the reasons for his opponent's success, "Find your advantage and defeat him!" ”

"I know what I'm going to do, thank you, sir!"

After Robb finished speaking, he turned to Lepnin and stood up and saluted.

When Rob left, Repnin did not forget to remind, "Rob, you have to be careful, the position of the top is not easy to change. Sometimes it takes some radical approach that deviates from the norm, and you have the capital to do just that. ”

"Yes, sir." Robb happily replied that he already had a complete new plan in mind.

On November 22, 2920 Human Standard Time, the planet "Aegis" broke the explosive news - Wehrmacht Colonel Robb disclosed to the media the declaration of marching on the planet "New Byzantium", the capital of the new Roman Empire.

“…… I hereby make an oath that I will lead my fleet to liberate 'New Byzantium' before Jiang Ziyue and his fleet reach 'Andromeda'. This is a heroic contest that determines the future of the interstellar human world of the Immortal Spiral Arm. Based on this great significance, I solemnly promise you, my beloved people of the Federation, the freedom-loving and peace-loving people of the Perseus Spiral Arm, that I will take the liberation of the planet 'New Byzantium' as a starting point to end this era of war and open a new era of peace......"

"It seems that you have forgotten all the cultural lessons you learned back then. Your speech lacks heat, and it doesn't move people at all. ”

The person who commented on Robb to face was a beautiful woman dressed in scantily clad clothes. Soon after Robb finished his show in front of the media, he quietly found this Chinese woman who was several years older than him - with a delicate face, graceful figure, and her dress, exuding a seductive charm. It is difficult for those who do not know her to tell her true profession from her appearance - kindergarten teacher.

"I'm so sorry for you for failing your teachings." Roborgio was apologetic, "I was too young and ignorant to focus on you back then, and the cultural class was almost wasted." ”

"Sounds like you're blaming me." Although the woman's tone was dissatisfied, it was more mischievous, "I never blame you for losing my job." ”

This woman is the female cultural teacher who caused a scandal when Robb was studying at the Aegis Military Academy, Huang Xinyi.

"If you quit your job yourself, how can you say that I caused you to lose your job." Robb hastened to correct her statement.

"You're just as irresponsible as any other man." Huang Xinyi said this, but there was a smile on her face.

Then, she pointed to Song Xiaoyu, who was slumped on the sofa and drunk, and said, "Let's talk about business." You threw this drunken little sister here to me, you didn't want me to take care of her, did you? ”

"Song Xiaoyu, you know her. I promised her to take her on the expedition. But after coming to the planet 'Aegis', I thought twice about it, and I felt that it was very inappropriate. So, I want you to settle her for a while. Robb explained.

"Let your ex-girlfriend take care of your current fiancée! Only the second generation of officials like you can think of it. Huang Xinyi deliberately teased Robb in a mean tone.

"Xiaoyu secretly followed me here behind her parents' back, and didn't want her parents to know. You're inconspicuous here, and you need manpower, so it's better for her to stay here for a while. And I can't find anyone more reliable than you on the planet 'Aegis'. ”

"Would she like to stay with me? Aren't you afraid, I'll give her your previous ugliness and break up your marriage? ”

"It took me a night to convince her." Robb looked helpless, "As for what we did before, I think she will understand." ”

"Also, what good do I get by letting her live here?" Huang Xinyi said, stretching her arms around Luo Bo's waist, "For so many years, I haven't touched any other man, and I've always guarded you like jade." ”

Robb just grabbed her shoulders, pushed her away a little, and said, "You know that I really can't help but come to you." ”

Huang Xinyi let go of him and said solemnly: "You go, I promise you." But you have to remember to bring her back. ”

"Thank you so much for that." Robb said gratefully.

Just as Luo Bo was about to settle Song Xiaoyu and prepare to leave, Huang Xinyi stopped him and said, "Luo Bo, do you know why I resigned back then?" ”

"Didn't you say that it was for the sake of ideals, and also for the sake of not affecting me?" Robb asked rhetorically, he didn't know anything about it to this day.

Huang Xinyi looked very emotional, and said slowly:

"After the news of our relationship spread at school, your mother came to the planet 'Aegis' to look for me. At that time, she came with the Minister of Defense and the chairman of the Jintongluo Group, and then negotiated the conditions with me alone. ”

At first, she didn't say much, only asked me about my ideals. I told her that my family was poor since I was a child, and I couldn't even afford to go to an ordinary kindergarten, so I relied on my continuous efforts to be admitted to university and become a lecturer, but I always wanted to set up a public welfare kindergarten, so that children from poor families could be happier than me and could go to kindergarten. ”

So she gave me a lot of money and helped me open this public welfare kindergarten, and gave me a subsidy every year, so that I could enroll poor children with very low tuition fees. Of course, the quid pro quo is that he will no longer associate with you, so as not to affect your great future. ”

"You promised?" Robb asked softly, his expression quite surprised and regretful.

Huang Xinyi nodded and added: "Of course, your mother persuaded me and taught me that men are nothing compared to ideals. Just like you men, for your own goals, it is a matter of not being a woman. ”

Hearing what the other party said, Robb immediately said: "In this way, you still blame me for not insisting on my love for you." His tone was full of guilt.

"For the sake of your own future, you don't have the courage to drop out of school and live with me. However, you also don't have the courage to make the choice to cut ties with me. But I love you more than you love me, so I made a choice for you. The appearance of your mother just gave me a reason and a chance to leave you. ”

"I'm so sorry I didn't know you were ...... my mom at the time"

"No need to apologize." Huang Xinyi interrupted Robb's words, "Over the years, I have never regretted my original choice. You can return to your fleet with peace of mind, Song Xiaoyu will be safe here. ”

"Thank you." Robb responded gratefully, then stood up and saluted, just like he did at the military academy, "Goodbye, Mr. Huang." ”

When Luo Bo's handsome figure gradually disappeared into the night scene, Huang Xinyi suddenly shouted: "Luo Bo, when you get married, don't forget to invite me." I will thank you on the spot for not marrying. ”

"I'll thank you for not marrying, too." Robb replied loudly, "I've met a lot of good women in the past few years. ”

When Robb returned to the flagship Yulapa 2 in space aboard the space plane Cornear 919, an unmanned notification ship from the Immortal Interstellar Federation capital planet "Andromoda" delivered an encrypted private email.

This is sent by Luo Bo's mother, Luo Zhaobing, and the content is concise and dangerous: Bo, Wu'er, and Dai have formed an alliance; If this battle is won, it will be a great cause.

Rob couldn't help but feel the pressure double. Obviously, his mother had set up a game for him on the planet "Andromeda", waiting for him to use the prestige of this victory to return to complete his life's ultimate goal. But what if the battle is defeated? Just like at the end of April and the beginning of May this year, when the expedition to the planet "New Byzantium" was hit hard by Jiang Ziyue and his imperial fleet, how should it work at that time?

When thousands of light years away on the planet "Andromeda", Luo Zhaobing's apartment Qingping Curie, the director of the Interstellar Federation Security Committee of the Immortals, the old and charming Dai Yunong, asked the same question to Luo Zhaobing, who still had charm, but got a confident answer:

"If the Wehrmacht returns from a big defeat this time, as long as Robb can come back alive, I will be able to get him to gather enough strength to do something."

Dai Yunong remained calm, and she told Luo Zhaobing coldly: "Mrs. Luo Zhao, I came this time just to confirm how much strength you have to achieve your goal, and by the way, I will probably change my mind." Earlier, I promised you that you would help your mother and son after the war, just out of my love for Su Yu. ”

This reason angered Luo Zhaobing, and she angrily questioned:

"What qualifications do you have to say that you love Su Yu? If you hadn't deliberately released the water back then, Su Yu would not have been assassinated, and the murderer would not have gone unpunished! ”

"You can accuse me of being complicit too. But I'll tell you, Bing, at that time, the relationship between the three of us was too complicated. Dai Yunong remained calm on the surface, but his heart was already hot and churning.