"Jingle Bell - Confidence Center! Why didn't the command reply? Could it be that something happened to the commander?" ”

"Jingle Bell - Information Center! Is the commander sacrificed?! Why hasn't he answered for almost an hour?!"

"We don't know, and we don't know what happened in the direction of the command"

"Jingle bell—"

"Jingle bell—"

"Jingle Bells-......"

One of the inquiries called the information center, without exception, to inquire about the headquarters and the commander, and the various commanders on the phone on the front line were anxiously asking Tessa about Akar.

Their mood is understandable, for a whole hour, the line of the headquarters cannot be opened, and individuals will fall into all kinds of conjectures.

The headquarters was taken by the enemy, the commander was killed, the telephone line was blown up, and the commander fled...... All kinds of reasonable and unreasonable conjectures will come out, this is normal, under the guidance of Karl's phone call, the militia who had been fighting smoothly suddenly fell into passivity, and the defense line was about to collapse completely, which was a personal hurry, but how could they have understood and considered their words......

"Did the commander die?!Did he die in battle?!"

Do these words break the heart of Tessa, a girl who is only 18 years old?

That is Carl Gilman, Testarosa Gilman's own brother, Tessa's last relative in the world, her last psychological support in the world.

When the phone can't get through and her brother can't be contacted, who else will be more worried and anxious than her?

No, not really, because that's her brother, her own brother who loves her.

"Sir, did you answer the phone?"

Looking at the commander who suddenly threw his head on the hard wooden table without making a sound, the assistants on the side asked weakly Many of them know the relationship between Tessa and Carl, so they understand Tessa's mood very well at this time.

Those people's words were too much for Tessa at this time

For an hour, the headquarters was silent, and by this time many people had already guessed the worst outcome.

Death.

Every soldier and commander, including Landobasa, had already guessed this possibility, the commander was killed, the command was captured by the enemy, and Landobasa was finished.

Everyone, including the recalcitrant Galia Army on the front line, and every traverser here...... Including Carl's sister, Tessa

Until......

"This is the information center...... Ah!!Yes Commander!Yes Commander!Sir!Yes Commander!Yes Commander!Yes Karl Gilman...... Oops!"

The radio communicator had just connected the phone and heard the voice of the commander and immediately shouted excitedly, but before he could come back to his senses, he was pushed open by the thin Tessa and hit the door, and the white perfume ponytail Tessa grabbed the communicator in her hand, trembled and put on the headphones, and shouted loudly

"It's Carl!Is it Carl?!"

Because I was so excited, I spoke my native dialect, Rhineland, and even forgot to say the federal lingua franca.

"Tessa, it's me, I'm sorry to worry you. ”

Coming through the headphones was Karl's soft, neutral, magnetic voice

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"Team leader, that strange communication from Lando Barça has resumed. ”

The 4th Division's eavesdroppers reported again

"What are you talking about this time?"

The team leader walked over and put on headphones and asked

"I don't know, I just heard the other party say that I am looking for your chief, and then shouted a few words from the other side, and then I couldn't hear clearly, and then"

"Idiot!!!!!!!!!! (Idiot!)"

"Bang!"

Before a few eavesdropping men could react, they heard a thunderous shout coming from the earphones. They were so shocked that they were carried to the ground.

Although they don't know what the other party is saying, it can be seen from the tone and decibel of the other party that it is definitely not a good word.

"Pick up ...... Then listen and see if there's anything else useful."

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"Stupid, have you ever thought about the feelings of those of us who are worried about you?!Why is it always you when something happens?!Why is it always you every time something bad happens?!Why is it always you who hangs by a thread?!Why do you ......?"

The high-pitched voice and anger finally could not resist the tears and joy, and were completely destroyed by the force called family affection, and the embankment collapsed, and the water in the dam rushed out of control.

"Why is it always me who is scared?"

As he spoke, Tessa knelt on the ground holding the communicator and holding the communicator in her arms.

"Great, it's great that you have nothing to do~"

And Tessa is still the same Tessa, the smart sister who is willing to eat anything and want to Carl for whatever he can do.

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“...... Tessa, sorry to bother you......"

Although there was no sound on the other side, Carl knew that Tessa was crying. I cried because I had not heard from me.

cried for his irresponsible brother.

What an irresponsible Carl, what an irresponsible brother, what an irresponsible self, whenever something happens, Carl always thinks of his smart and capable sister, but every time he is frightened, she is always the one who worries about himself.

She should have been in school at this time, looking at the high school textbooks that she could memorize as early as in elementary school, listening to the teacher's blunt praise and praise, giving a lecture in the student union with a souvenir and reluctance, thanking her alma mater for her cultivation and education, and then receiving the excellent student qualification certificate representing the hope of success and the early admission notice from the Federal University of Science and Technology from the chairman of the board of directors August in the school's own way, and dangled back and forth proudly like a little bee in Karl's face.

Then he dragged Carl by the arm and took the boat to leave the school and return to his home full of memories and laughter.

And at this time...... Now...... What is Carl doing?

At this moment, he was still thinking about letting Tessa take over his position to temporarily command the troops to fight, and command thousands of troops to reorganize the defense.

"Tessa, I ......"

For a moment, Carl hesitated, because of the weakness in his heart, his favorite Tessa.

"Commander?"

Seeing the unbearability in the commander's eyes, Master Chief Roy, who was waiting for Carl's order all the time, couldn't help but call Karl in confusion.

She saw doting and wavering in Carl's eyes, it was the way her brother used to look at her, it was the look her sister used to care about her, it was the best memory that Roy would never forget, but......

She no longer has these things now, and they were all wiped out by the Emperor **Sixth Division in Mengsha.

All her relatives and friends.

"Command, Roy is at your disposal. ”

Roy was afraid, very scared, she was afraid to see her cowardly rotten good brother here, the naïve rotten good sister, the citizens of Mengsa who believed that she could survive under the iron hooves of the emperor, those compatriots who gave up the last chance to fight and fight.

'One thing in Montha is enough!'

Roy admonished himself at all times.

And at this time, what Landobarca needs is an excellent commander, not an older brother like a bad guy!

Looking at Roy in front of him, looking at her and them who were covered in bruises in order to turn herself out from under the rubble...... Look at the soldiers who are waiting for the battle order around them at any time...... Feel their expectant gaze. When Carl came to his lips, the feelings in his heart were swallowed back.

'Can't give up!'

A voice, the voice of reason shouting in the heart

'Can't give up at this time!'

This voice is getting louder and louder, and the emotional dam in my heart that is about to flood is quickly repaired.

And then like the depth of Karl's thinking.

"Give up now and you'll be gone! Nothing! Everything!"

Looking at Lando Bassa, who was baptized by artillery fire twice, looking at the soldiers who fell on the side of the road, thinking about the countless corpses floating in the Reims River, and thinking about the innocent girl who couldn't even remember her name until she finally died tragically in Teresa's arms......

With this in mind, Carl knew what he had to do now.

Now Carl has the right to make a choice, give up his responsibilities, and then fold his hands and pull the hands of Tessa and his companions like a sheep, praying that the emperor ** will let him live.

Or continue to plunge into the battlefield, completely defeat the emperor, and use your own hands to win your own survival and victory. The sheep who give up or the fighter who rises up, there is no third way.

"I'm sorry, Tessa, but I have a mission for you. ”

Carl never believed in the gods, nor did he like to hand over the fate of himself and his loved ones like sheep. So he chose to continue.

Fight to the end!

"I will go to the front line to regroup the troops, and during this time, you will directly command all the troops on the defense line by phone on my behalf!"