Chapter 4: Fight for Yourself
"Oh no...... Führer, we are abandoned!" said the signal soldier, his face as pale as earth. In this war, if the Fire Clan has any advantages, it may only be communication and command.
"What's the panic, what's going on, tell me clearly!" Shangguan Huoshu was also a little anxious, and his tone was a little heavy.
"Commander He sent a secret telegram to let us break through, and the Fire Clan Frontier was abandoned...... All reinforcements have been ordered to retreat crimson!" His voice trembled, but not at a low volume, as he almost roared as he narrated.
All who heard it had no blood on their faces. The Fire Clan worships the color of fire the most, and the Crimson Ban is the highest command of the Fire Clan. If the Crimson Ban makes a Fire Clan person cut himself, then that person will immediately cut himself, and he will not ask the reason at all, let alone fight. The sage is called the spokesperson of the god of fire, and the crimson ban can only be issued in three situations: first, one great sage unites more than thirty sages, second, two great sages unite ten or more sages, and third, three great sages decide. And the entire Fire Clan, there are only three great sages, fifty sages! The fire has taken away one great sage, ten sages, and several sages who died in the early wars, so the passage of this resolution ......
"So, what does the clan say about us?" Shangguan Huoshu still asked with a glimmer of hope, although he also knew that if the Fire Clan had any explanation for them, the signal soldier would say it as soon as possible.
The communications officer was silent and did not reply to him, but their faces already told everyone everything. After a long time, he said, "This secret message was sent by the dragon army commander privately, and the clan ordered them to block the news from the borderlands. And the next moment we received their secret message, the temple caused our communication equipment to self-destruct......"
The self-destruction of the communication equipment is set to avoid the leakage of information, and only the Fire God Temple can do it except for themselves. Because the remotely controlled self-destruct device is only in the hands of the Fire Temple, and can only be activated by the people in the Temple. So the communication equipment self-destructed, they didn't move, naturally the temple moved. Wouldn't this blockade of the news make them die in vain, even if everyone originally had the mentality of dying, but this feeling of being abandoned made them all have a fire in their hearts. But this is also the time to show the quality of the officers and men of this mothership, although everyone has been under unimaginable pressure in the past year, and now they are close to collapse, but they still stick to their posts, because now they are on the battlefield, at least responsible for their comrades on the same mothership.
Rebellion? Endless years of faith in the god of fire have long been imprinted in their bones, and no one thinks like this at all. Moreover, these demon beasts have not communicated with them from the beginning to the present, even if they want to surrender, what can they do, just look at their performance. Abandoned by faith and abandoned by the clansmen, at this moment, the hearts of everyone on the ship were extremely uncomfortable.
After a long period of enslavement by the ghost clan, they only relied on their belief in the god of fire for support. Although he has been free for 10,000 years, 10,000 years is really too short compared to the long darkness. Moreover, the salvation of the Celestial Clan, many people believe that they are blessed by the God of Fire in their hearts, which also leads to the fact that after freedom, the Fire Clan's belief in the God of Fire has increased instead of decreasing, reaching an unprecedented height. The emerging Fire Clan Interstellar Federation, with the Führer as the supreme consul, is inferior to the Fire Temple, both in law and in practice. The Fire Cloud Hall generally does not interfere with the regime, but once they do speak, the effectiveness is much higher than that of the Federation. So, this time, the temple even abandoned the Führer - although he was supposed to be a striker and almost to death......
Slaves of endless years, sudden emancipation, and the construction of civilization by a common faith, the history of the Fire Clan is monotonous and simple, and human nature is relatively simple, so they are not afraid of death, but they are haunted by betrayal and abandonment.
"Hahaha......" the Führer suddenly laughed, "God bless my Fire Clan, God bless my Fire Clan!"
Has the Führer already collapsed? The others looked at Shangguan Huoshu's appearance, and their hearts were sour. As the youngest head of state in history, they still know how much pain their captain has endured.
It is extremely painful to be elected as the head of state for this term. The sage is the lighthouse of the fire clan, and the task of the head of state is to set an example. At this time, dying at the front is undoubtedly the best example he should do - no one forced it, but everyone made such a choice. The whole army fought to the death, I took the lead, although the resolution was cold, but I myself went to the front line as a striker, what else is there to say. The general of the Fire Clan must not say that he will be on me, he can only say that he will be on me, and the Führer also chooses the same, in order to reassure the hearts of the soldiers, not to mention other benefits such as boosting morale.
As for commanding and commanding the overall situation, in the political structure of the Fire Clan, the most critical thing is the Sage Hall and the Council, and the temporary absence of the head of state will not cause a situation where the dragons are leaderless. Also because he was elected as the head of state, Shangguan Huoshu's wife and children, who were supposed to leave with the fire, had to stay, but his father and brother had both died in the previous battle. This means that if this star field falls, all the Shangguan Huoshu family will die, which is not fair, but it is necessary. Greater power, greater responsibility, means greater sacrifice, and the sacrifice is not just oneself.
In fact, the Führer's suffering was much more than that. This mothership was originally in the establishment of the Huoyun Army, and Shangguan Huoshu was originally the captain of the mothership of the Huoyun Army. And now, because of his election as the Führer, the soldiers on this ship, who are like brothers to him, will also run with him to death. In other words, being elected as the head of state means that he will personally take his family and brothers to the funeral! If these deaths can be exchanged for the continuation of the race, then it will be worth it...... However, this is a war without any hope.
As the head of state, he also shoulders the burden of the survival of the race and carries the expectations of countless people. With the weight on his shoulders, he couldn't help but feel guilty for his inability to salvage the situation – though no one knew he really couldn't be blamed for that. And the root of all this is because he was elected Führer!
However, these warriors also knew that their Führer would inevitably endure more than they had thought. Otherwise, with his tenacity, he would definitely not have collapsed before them. If it collapses, it collapses, anyway, it's this time, and the captain should rest. Yes, they have penetrated deep into the enemy's army, and now they are under great impact at every moment, and it is at such a time that they are abandoned by their people and gods...... Looking at the crazy appearance of the Führer, these soldiers secretly made up their minds in their hearts to continue to move forward, fight until the last breath of the last man, and let more demon beasts be buried together!
Every soldier is too depressed, and the faith in their bones makes them subconsciously avoid the fact of being abandoned, but their anger will not decrease, but it will all be transferred to these demon beasts...... All of this, they are the real culprits! Without them, they should have lived happily now! It's just that Shangguan Huoshu really collapsed?
After a short period of venting, Shangguan Huoshu gradually calmed down, and the others rejoiced. On the last journey, with the captain there, the core is still there, without the captain, although everyone will still fight with all their might, there is inevitably something wrong in their hearts, and without the soul of the captain, the cooperation between others will inevitably be discounted.
"Brothers, I'm out of shape, please don't be surprised!" Shangguan Huoshu regained his composure and his tone was calm, "However, there is finally some hope for the future of the Fire Clan, I'm really happy!"
"What does this mean, Führer?" The soldiers wondered again whether the Führer had recovered or not? What hope was there for such a desperate situation? In the case of themselves, although they could still support it for a while, it was only luck. After rushing into this demon beast army, their enemies were all below the seventh order, and there weren't even many of them...... This is very strange, no matter what the reason is, it is also worth celebrating, but no one can say whether a group of ninth-order demon beasts will emerge in the next moment......
"I know people are confused, because on the face of it it seems like there is no hope for us right now. The Führer patiently explained, "But have you ever thought about it, the entire Fire Clan has already passed a decision to fight with the strength of the whole clan, and we have suddenly been abandoned. If there is no special reason, would the sages do this? So I believe that something must have happened in the middle! And the situation of the Fire Clan is already too bad to be worse, so this change can only be good......"
Listening to the Führer's explanation, everyone was relieved, but the Führer continued to take care of himself, "Although none of us know what has happened now, one thing is for sure, our death is still inevitable, and the self-destruction of communication equipment cannot be faked, that is, we are indeed abandoned!"
"Haha, as long as it's good for the Fire Clan, why be afraid of death?" Although they learned that they had received the judgment of the King of Hades, these soldiers were not afraid.
"Yes, since I came, I never thought of going back alive, and it is better to die like this now than to die without hope!" Many people agreed, of course, the work in their hands did not stop. It's also that the pressure is less now, otherwise they wouldn't have time to gossip at all.
"Alas, it's just that I pity so many tribesmen in the border region, and without reinforcements, they can't escape!" a staff officer couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.
"What if there are reinforcements? It's just a matter of delaying that time, and our people's combat strength is so much that it has been consumed, and the fall of the territory will be even faster...... This is war, and war is not a place for mercy. Another staff officer advised him, and what he didn't say was that his own hometown was not far from the border......
"Yes, that's war...... It's hard for our soldiers to accept, and those people ...... Alas, this is war...... I just hope that the Fire Clan can really get through this difficult time!" he sighed again.
"Brothers, now we have completely lost contact with the community and are completely isolated. The current situation, no matter what we do, will no longer have any effect on the people!" said the Führer forcefully, "From this moment on, I am no longer the Führer, if you want, you can still call me Captain, if you don't want to, you can nominate anyone else to lead!"
Even though he knew the answer, he still had this question, and he was not contrived, but because of the current situation, where he had to give a definite answer in order to best command.
"Captain, we are willing to listen to the dispatch!" shouted the soldiers, and at this moment, they seemed to return to the time when they fought against the rebels.
"Okay, since you still recognize me as the captain, then I will accompany you to fight the demon beast again! From this moment on, we no longer need to bear any pressure, we will fight for ourselves!"