The encounter in the barrel made Ma Yingcong, the commander of the militia of the New Roman Empire on the "Bow 'Thrill' and 'Wave'", realize that the Immortal Interstellar Federation Army is adopting the tactic of "striking the east and attacking the west". (Reprinted from this book 1(6)K.com.(1)М) But the Union Marines are intensifying their assault on the central bar, causing increasing casualties among his militia units. Suffering from the fact that the available forces were already seriously insufficient, it was difficult to adjust the corresponding deployment, so he could only order the militia still in the barrel to concentrate around the control room of the cylinder, so as to prevent the control room, which had the ability to independently control the cylinder, from falling into the hands of the opponent.

The "Hercules" squadron led by Robb did not get a strong resistance, and the movement was very smooth, moving quickly in the living quarters of the space station with a gravity simulation effect, and soon approached the control room of the cylindrical module.

The militia gathered around the control room immediately launched a fierce attack on them, blocking them from seizing the control room. This time, Robb was carrying the badly damaged "Dragon Descending King" power armor and could no longer take the lead. However, his men were extremely heroic, quickly routed the defenders and blew open the 'door' of the control room.

Robb immediately rushed in with a particle gun and shouted to the 'operator' in the control room: "Surrender or kill!" ”

The unarmed controllers quickly surrendered, and the Federal Marines successfully took control of the control room of the barrel cabin. However, at this time, the entire cylindrical module can only accept instructions from the central control room of the space station, and cannot independently 'operate' the longitudinal cylindrical module.

"Can you separate the barrel from the central bar?" Robb asks questions to the controllers who have already surrendered.

"There must be a command from the central control room to get the barrel out of it." "Otherwise, the computer is not authorized to control all the systems in the cabin." ”

"But if something goes wrong with the central control room and can't give commands, won't the barrel cabin be able to separate?" Robb asked rhetorically, "You must have a special instruction that can directly give the barrel computer enough permissions." ”

"Yes, there is, sir. But this kind of command is also in the hands of the people in the central control room, and they will only pass on the instructions to us if there is an emergency in the central control room and the space station cannot be controlled. ”

"Now it's an emergency, ask them for instructions." Robb ordered.

"The central control room already knows that we have surrendered." The other party said in embarrassment.

After thinking about it, Roboliga said, "Give me the communication with the central control room." I'm going to speak to your commander. ”

The majestic stereoscopic image of Ma Yingcong, the commander of the Imperial Militia, was soon projected into the space of the control room of the barrel-shaped cabin.

"I'm Captain of the Immortal Star Bundeswehr battleship 'Hercules', Lieutenant Commander Robb." Robb took the initiative to say, "I have mastered the control room of the barrel module of the 'bow' and 'wave' space station. Commander, I have a heartfelt admiration for the bravery and perseverance of you and your men. However, you should understand that we, the We-Wehmacht, do not want to destroy your 'flesh', but to take control of this space station. As long as you abandon the space station now, I guarantee that you can smoothly withdraw from the encirclement of our fleet and return to the planet you want to return. ”

Ma Yingcong didn't respond immediately, hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "I am a retired colonel of the Senate and the Roman People's Army, and the captain of the militia brigade of the 'bow' and 'wave' stations, Ma Yingcong. I must tell you that this is a typical act of aggression by you, and that I and my men will never surrender to the aggressor. ”

"I'm not trying to persuade you to surrender, Captain Ma." Robb clarified, "I offer two suggestions, one is that you abandon the entire space station and leave in a lifesaving spacecraft; The other is that you and your men continue to fight, and then they are torn to pieces by the artillery fire of our fleet. Captain Ma, I know that you and your people are loyal to your country. But in my personal eyes, throwing away one's life without reason is not the right way to serve allegiance. The most valuable asset of a nation is the lives of its citizens, not the corpses of its citizens. ”

Ma Yingcong stared at Robb silently. He was well aware of the situation in front of him, and judging from the strength of the Federal Marines and the situation of their own casualties, the fall of the "Bow" and "Wave" stations was inevitable. And there is some truth in this guy's words. After a little hesitation, Ma Yingcong finally said, "Lieutenant Colonel Luo, how can you make me believe that your guarantee is valid?" ”

"I can get the Marines to stop the attack immediately, but you have to separate the barrel and strip compartments first."

"Then I didn't fall for your 'treacherous' scheme." Ma Yingcong said disdainfully.

Robb weighed it and made a compromise decision, saying, "I'll tell the Marines to stop attacking right away." But Captain, after our troops stop attacking, you must let the barrel out. ”

Ma Yingcong did not agree so quickly, and wanted to strive for more favorable conditions, saying: "I want our lifeboats to leave safely before I can issue an exit order to you." ”

"Do you still need your orders then?" Robb immediately responded, "Captain Ma, our bottom line is that we stop the attack, you let the barrel out of the cabin, and then we can ensure that your lifeboat leaves safely." Captain Ma, you and I don't have much time to bargain. ”

Ma Yingcong finally agreed, and said, "Okay, you immediately order to stop the attack, and I will instruct the barrel cabin to detach." But don't break the contact, or I won't be able to generate any trust in you and your people. ”

"Okay, Captain Ma." Robb turned to give the entire Fourth Fleet Marines an order to stop the attack through his men, and connected with the Fleet Commander Gerald ? Encrypted call from Major General Hancock.

"What? Let them leave safely? Hancock was very unhappy that Robb had made an agreement with his opponent without asking for advice.

"Sir, we can capture the entire 'Bow' and 'Wave' space station intact." Robb reminded.

Hancock hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, Lieutenant Colonel Luo." ”

Everything went smoothly as agreed between Luo Bo and Ma Yingcong, and the Imperial militia abandoned the barrel cabin and disconnected the connection bracket with the strip cabin. The Federal Marines 'maneuvered' the longitudinal barrel compartment and separated it from the strip compartment in the cylinder. A total of six bars continued to fly forward, breaking away from the encirclement of the federal army, but they were soon abandoned, and Ma Yingcong led the surviving militia to leave the bars with more than 50 lifeboats.

Robb finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the "Bow 'Excited' and 'Wave'" space station and the trillions of tons of materials and hydrogen energy on it were all in hand.

But at this moment, his subordinates reported to him: "Sir, General Hancock has ordered the destruction of the enemy's lifeboat. ”

"What?!" Rob was taken aback. Then he hurriedly connected the correspondence with Hancock and asked eagerly: "General, how can you give the order to attack the lifeboats of the new Roman militia?" ”

"Do you want me to let the tiger go back to the mountain?" Hancock showed some indifference, "These people are no less effective than the Zhenghui Army, and they must not be allowed to escape back." ”

"I promised them their safety! And we are violating the Sixth Geneva Convention! Robb yelled angrily at his chief's stereoscopic image.

His gentleman's agreement with Ma Yingcong was plotted by the villain of his superiors. Of course, people will blame him Robo, who will henceforth be infamous for his treachery. Because he swore to Ma Yingcong that he made a safety promise.

"Lieutenant Colonel Luo, don't be too presumptuous. This is war, not making ranger movies, nor making martial arts films for you Chinese. It's a war to the death. Hancock terminated the correspondence. In the midst of the brutal war, his subordinates still had to adhere to morality and righteousness, which seemed to him to be nothing more than the naïve idea of a young man.

"'Bastard'! We're pirates! It's a complete crime! Robb couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and slammed his power armor arms into the dashboard in front of him, and was about to smash the equipment on it. The damaged instrument panel immediately erupted into a dense spark of fire and sent the alarm off in the control room.

Was it Edward before? Colonel Mandalay tried to maintain the offensive by plundering civilian targets under the pressure of logistical exhaustion, and then Deputy Skaty? Major Tiassi 'shot' the prisoners, and now Commander Gerald? Major General Hancock ordered the shelling of enemy retreats with his own consent. This is the army of Robb's own federal state in which "natural human rights" and "humanitarianism" are talked about all day long, free and democratic.

The wolf-like Fourth Fleet of the Bundeswehr had no mercy and launched an artillery bombardment on the rescue capsule of the militia of the new Roman Empire who had evacuated the "Bow Stir" and "Wave" space station, blowing them to pieces. Only three lifeboats had time to go faster than the speed of light and managed to escape. In total, more than a thousand militiamen of the New Roman Empire died in this massacre.

Regardless, Robb's actions allowed the thirsty Fourth Fleet to receive supplies like carbon in the snow. Although there are no spare parts for the ship's weapons stockpiled on the "Bow Boost" and "Wave" space station, a large number of general-purpose spare parts, metallic hydrogen reserves, food and water, 'medicine' and other supplies are also urgently needed by the depleted Fourth Fleet.

The Fourth Fleet quickly took full control of the Bow and Wave stations, regrouped them, and then arranged them in a spherical array, placing them in the core, and docking them in turn for replenishment and maintenance.

Robb returned to the battleship Hercules with the broken Dragon Slayer power armor. He didn't bring a backup plane, and he couldn't go into close combat with the enemy as a Star Marine soldier in the future. My father had never used a special power armor that he had never used, and he only used it twice before destroying it, and I really didn't cherish it when I think about it. Luo Bo stroked the cracked 'breast' armor of the "Dragon King", recalling his father's voice and smile.

Today's series of events came too suddenly and unexpectedly. I really don't know how my father dealt with his superiors and subordinates violating discipline and killing prisoners back then, but he shouldn't just shout incompetently like himself.

"Report." Behind him came Scati's voice.

"What's the matter?" Robb didn't turn around, turned his back to her, and asked coldly.

"I'm here to apologize to you, I'm a little impulsive about today." Scati said sincerely.

Robb then turned around and said to her, "We all have impulses. But Scati, if you are a soldier, or an officer, you should know the discipline of the army and know to obey your superiors. I don't care what kind of vendetta you have with New Rome, you must understand that under my command you must be disciplined. ”

"I understand, sir." Scati raised his head and 'chest', like a loyal soldier giving a solemn reply.

"My father, the five-star general Su Yu, even the enemy admired him. Just because his army and his army would never do such a despicable thing, I can't stop my superiors from 'messing around', but I will never allow my subordinates to do whatever they want. Robb said solemnly, "I will now explain to you that I am rescinding my earlier decision to report your disciplinary violations to the Gendarmerie Command. But as long as we make it back to the Federation alive, I'm going to apply to have you removed from the Hercules. Maybe I seem very pedantic and stupid, but I don't want to work with a murderer. You're good to go. ”

Instead of leaving immediately, Scati boldly asked, "Sir, have you never killed anyone?" ”

"I have, I've probably killed more people than you, and I'm sure to surprise you with more in the future." Robb said without thinking, "But I killed the enemies I fought with. We are all soldiers, legitimate professional killers, destined to kill. As the saying goes, 'there is a way to steal', we have a rule for killing people, and not following the rules is a crime, and it will only make us die worse when we are killed. ”

"Yes, sir. Goodbye, sir. Scati saluted and turned away.

Robb kept staring at the back of his beautiful figure until she disappeared behind the automatic 'door' of the warehouse. The beautiful 'woman' was full of hatred and cruelty, which really surprised Robb.

After Scati is gone, Edward? However, a communication came from Mandalay, and on the stereoscopic video, "Black Brother" Mandalay was holding a bottle of precious red wine from the planet of Africa, and the federal officers and soldiers behind him were raising their glasses and drinking it. He shouted happily to Robb, "Lieutenant Colonel Luo, come and have a drink, good wine." 'Bow' excited'' 'wave' stand 'Beauty God' bar. ”

"Is this the spoils after the robbery?" Robb asked coldly.

"Don't say that, old man." Mandalay laughed and said, "It's a privilege to enjoy the enemy." Come on, it's too late. I'll save you a bottle of Afrigera 2833 vintage. The quality of the Africanthus grapes that year was the best ever. ”

"Colonel Mandalay, then enjoy yourself. I still have business to attend to. Robb's tone was filled with disgust and impatience.

"What else can you do? I heard that you are going to dispose of your beautiful 'female' first mate. But don't forget, it's thanks to you that we drank the good wine of the Senate. To put it nicely, you're the hero, but you're actually the most threatening thief. Come on, don't pretend to be high, a thief for one day, a thief for life. Ha ha. Mandalay exclaimed excitedly, with a wry smile on his face.

The plundering of the "Bow" and "Wave" space stations has greatly alleviated the supply crisis of the Fourth Fleet. These well-fed "pirates" are preparing to use the "Bow" and "Wave" space station as the cornerstone to launch an attack on the planet New Rhine, which is nearly a thousand astronomical units away.

When the fleet was preparing to attack, a report came from a reconnaissance ship that the fleet of the new Roman Empire had been discovered.