"Hahaha! Well played! It's really nice to be happy hahaha! ”

The front-line headquarters in Tiandu City, the airtight room was filled with the laughter of General Duvata.

He was not the only one, and although the other officers standing around him did not laugh as insolently as he did, they all had relieved expressions on their faces.

This textbook counteroffensive can be described as raising eyebrows!

They not only successfully held Tiandu under the offensive of the Southern Army, but also penetrated the entire front line deployed by the latter on the Eastern Front in one fell swoop, destroying more than 40,000 enemies!

Although there is still a certain distance from the victory of the whole war, everyone has already seen the light before the dawn.

Not only the Borneo officers looked pleased, but also a group of officers from the Alliance, including Vanus, breathed a sigh of relief.

The command structure of the Borneo Army was basically built with the help of staff officers appointed by the Union Army Command, including the strategic deployment of this counterattack, and there is no doubt that they were also responsible for this war, although they mainly did some behind-the-scenes work.

However, after all, the opposite side is their compatriots, and the feelings in their hearts are somewhat complicated.

They don't doubt what they're doing, but it's hard for them to laugh out loud at the suffering of their fellow citizens.

Understanding that the survivors needed to vent their joy for the rest of their lives, Vanus looked at Duvata and said.

"This battle is basically over, let's go back and rest first."

It was only then that Duvata realized that there were still a few Willantes in the command room, so he quickly restrained his smile and said politely.

"Let's go back and rest! You've given us enough help, so we'll take care of the rest! ”

To officers from the Union, he was still quite polite. It's just that he was a little carried away just now, and he forgot that he still has a few big noses next to him.

Vanus nodded, didn't say much, and after a few pleasantries, he left with the officers who had come here as volunteers.

With the departure of the group, the command headquarters was once again filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Shortly after Vanus had gone, a freshly printed Daily Survivor arrived.

It was the "Survivor Daily" in Tiandu City, and I saw a man covered in blood standing on the cover of the newspaper's headline.

He carried a rifle with a bayonet in his right hand and a dejected head in his left.

This man is the commander of the 700,000-strong squad of Borneo, Captain Pikliwan!

The bright smile is in stark contrast to the drooping nose.

Looking at the headline printed in the newspaper, the man with a strong back laughed heartily again.

"Hahahaha! This Picley has a kind! In the past, Lao Tzu always listened to him read about the short things in those parents, and thought he was a coward, it seems that I misunderstood him! ”

Pickley is not alone, the entire 700,000-strong team can be said to be out of the limelight.

Ten teams of 1,000 people were broken into pieces on the battlefield, and they cooperated tacitly, relying on two legs, and completely annihilated the two 10,000-person teams of the legion! More than 3,000 prisoners were captured!

This is not just the credit of Pickley alone, but also the work of their entire army.

The staff officer standing on the side said with a smile.

"Then you did misunderstand him, a wolf with cubs is much more ruthless than a wolf without cubs."

"Shhh...... Makes sense. Duvata's eyes lit up, and he touched his chin and pondered.

When this battle is over, he has to solve the problem of the next object for the old bachelors in the army.

First, he can do personal favors, and secondly, he has something to handle.

Why don't you get some dancing female soldiers?

As he pondered, a herald made a report and trotted in through the door.

"Report to the General! News has come from the General Headquarters that the Heavenly Palace will fall within twenty-four hours, and the Absec Commander wants you to send a logistics force to support the evacuation of the residents near the Heavenly Palace! ”

Hearing this, everyone in the front-line command was stunned, especially Duvata.

"Heavenly Palace...... Fall? Dumbfounded as he looked at the herald at the door, Duvata looked confused and said at a loss, "What's the situation?" What's going on? ”

The herald looked embarrassed.

"Report to the General! The Absech commander did not say ......"

There was a long silence in the front command.

The adjutant standing next to Duvata opened his mouth and broke the silence with a dumb expression.

"This heavenly palace has been floating there for two centuries, how could it fall?"

The officer standing across the command table also nodded and said suspiciously.

"Could it be a mistake......

"There's no reason for Absec to joke about this, and besides, it won't do him any good," the staff officer frowned and thought for a moment, his eyes flickering slightly, and he continued in a very soft voice, "But if this Heavenly Palace really collapses...... If you don't know it, you can use the topic to play. ”

That's all there is to it.

At this point, he stopped talking and said no more.

After all, his identity is only a staff officer, and all he can do is come up with ideas.

There is only one person who really has an idea.

Duvata's eyes narrowed, with an unpredictable expression on his face.

But he didn't say anything in the end, just raised his broad palm and waved it.

"Vab, you personally bring the logistics team over, no matter what, save people first."

The adjutant standing next to him looked solemn and gave a military salute.

"Yes!"

……

With General Duvata's order, trucks, ox carts, and a mess of vehicles quickly reached the edge of the Heavenly Palace.

Soldiers who followed the car jumped out of the truck one after another and knocked on doors from house to house.

"Open the door!"

Listening to the knock on the door, the old man who had not slept all night had just lay down, and hurriedly got up from the bed, hurried to the door, and pulled the bolt used to fix the wooden door.

Looking at the soldier who appeared at the door, he asked with a blank expression on his face, not knowing what was happening, and his voice trembled.

"The Willantes are coming back?"

The soldier spoke quickly.

"The Heavenly Palace is about to collapse, hurry back and pack your luggage, and go with us when you're done!"

"What?!" The old man's face changed instantly when he heard this, his eyes widened, and his voice stammered, "God, the sky is going to fall?!" ”

"It's Heavenly Palace!"

The soldier didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he replied perfunctorily, and hurried to knock on the door of the next house.

The old man stood in the doorway, his head buzzing, and he didn't move for a long time.

It's not that the sky is falling, it's that the heavenly palace is going to collapse......

It took him a long time to come back to his senses, but then his stunned expression turned into crying and laughing again.

Isn't it still the same!

There are not a few people who react the same way as the old man.

Hearing that the Heavenly Palace was about to collapse, that face suddenly turned pale as if it was a changed face, as if it was the sky that was about to collapse, and it was even more desperate than when the Heavenly King first entered the city.

Carrying a large bag and a small bag into the car, several old men sat together and said with a long sigh.

"How can this good heavenly palace collapse......

"When the King of Heaven came, he could toss again, and he didn't collapse this Heavenly Palace...... But this Absec, the emperor didn't sit for a few days before he got such a big palace down. ”

"What a loser!"

"Actually, I don't blame him for this, it's his fate that can't control this throne, this is a warning from God, hey...... I hope he does it himself. ”

In addition to the superstitious old people, there are also young people who sigh with their luggage and yawn and complain to each other.

"I don't live in the heavenly palace...... What does this matter to me? ”

"It's ......"

The soldiers who drove the car ignored them, after all, he was a soldier under Duvata, and the gang of people complained about Absec, not his leader.

But to be honest, they also feel strange in their hearts, the Heavenly Palace is about to collapse, and if they don't move the things in the Heavenly Palace, what do they care about the people who live outside the Heavenly Palace?

In fact, it's no wonder that these soldiers think so.

Although this heavenly palace is floating next to them, there are few people who have actually gone up to see it, and most people only know that there is such a thing, but they do not have a specific concept of what this thing is.

The "construction area" of the entire Heavenly Palace must be 100,000 square meters, and the things piled on it are even more than 10,000 tons.

The power of such a large building smashed down from a height of more than ten meters is no joke, and it is impossible to set off a small-scale earthquake in the very center of Tiandu.

Of course, it's not just the survivors who live near the Heavenly Palace who need to be moved.

There are also some artifacts and treasures placed in the Heavenly Palace, as well as the Kabaha Commissioner and other family members who are under house arrest in the depths of the Heavenly Palace.

Fortunately, it was already dawn now, and most people were awake even if they didn't sleep all night, and the whole process of relocation went smoothly and did not cause much disturbance.

After dealing with the matter at hand, Absec personally rushed to the scene and happened to bump into the researcher named Yang Kai who was getting off the research ship.

Quickening his pace, he didn't even say hello, so he asked anxiously.

"What the hell is going on?! Didn't you say that it could last for more than ten or twenty years? How did it become twenty-four hours?! ”

Facing Absec's questioning, the expression on Yang Kai's face was suddenly a little embarrassed.

He did say that, but no one expected that the plan would not keep up with the change.

"This ...... Theoretically, according to our measurement of the helium content in the energy storage tank, there is no problem with the remaining energy to maintain the anti-gravity device for another ten or twenty years. ”

"Then why-"

"However, we later found out that the booster pipe of the energy storage tank was broken, causing the density of helium to fall below the uptake threshold of the reactor fuel pump."

Absec listened to the clouds in the fog, with a confused expression on his face, and after a long time of pondering, he probably understood that there was a problem with the fuel, so he continued to ask anxiously.

"That'...... Can't you put some more fuel in it? ”

"It can't be done," Yang Kai shook his head, "You have done too much work on this starship, and it's a miracle that it can still run until now, and it's no less difficult to repair it than to build another one." ”

Hearing this, Absec almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"

Yang Kai looked at him speechlessly.

"If I could see the future, of course I would tell you in advance. And, instead of asking me, you should ask the previous chiefs why they piled up such a bunch of useless decorations on a cargo starship. ”

Absek's face turned the color of a pig's liver, but he couldn't say anything to refute it.

Looking at Absec, who was speechless, Yang Kai was also a little reluctant in his heart, sighed, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

“…… Don't be too sad, it's just an anti-gravity device, it's a big deal to build another one when you have the conditions in the future. ”

Absec sighed, reluctantly forgetting the palace.

“…… The problem isn't the anti-gravity device, it's that it's called the Heavenly Palace. ”

Yang Kai snorted noncommittally.

"So what?"

Looking at the disapproving researcher, Absec shook his head.

“…… You won't understand. ”

Yang Kai shrugged his shoulders.

He really didn't understand.

Although I am not interested in learning about it......

……

In fact, Yang Kai's estimate of the time is still a little too optimistic.

The suspended palace did not last twenty-four hours, and crumbled as dusk fell.

The first to collapse was the marble steps more than ten meters high, and in front of the terrifying tonnage, the steps collapsed and shattered like tofu blocks.

The entire Heavenly Palace was like a rubber stamp so big that it poked heavily in the center of Tiandu City, splashing rolling dust and rubble at the same time, and even the entire square was pressed down to a one-person-high position.

The houses around the palace also crumbled in the shaking of the mountain, and the howling air swept the shaking bricks and tiles two streets away, and most of the city was disgraced.

The billowing smoke swept outward, hit the city wall, and then rose into the sky, forming a pillar of smoke connecting heaven and earth.

It was a spectacular scene.

Some players even ran back from the front line on purpose, just to catch a glimpse of the crash of the Heavenly Palace.

Compared to the shock of the shaking of the earth, the movement of the inner city of Boulder City when it collapsed was simply not worth mentioning.

"Mom...... This scene felt even more exciting than last night. ”

Looking at the pillar of smoke connecting heaven and earth, Irena sitting on the Chimera armored car couldn't help but sigh.

The elf king Fugui couldn't help but nod.

“…… This expansion is enough. ”

With this CG alone, I feel like it's worth the ticket price.

Of course.

They didn't buy a ticket when they got on the bus.

As they watched, several Goblin Corps propeller planes emerged from the smoke and circled towards the airfield in the northern suburbs.

Irena didn't have to look up to know that the one sitting on it must be a mosquito dude.

Sitting in the armored car, he could even hear the sinister laughter that didn't seem to be a big deal.

But look at the excitement and look at the excitement.

I hope that guy doesn't do anything to hurt the feelings of the locals......

……

For a whole day, the mood of the residents of Tiandu was as exciting as riding a roller coaster.

They spent a sleepless night in anxiety and finally hoped for the dawn of victory, only to see that it was all about to end, but fate played a joke on them and slammed the temple to the ground.

Although the symbolism of that floating palace is not as good as that of the City of a Thousand Pillars, it is also one of the spiritual totems in the hearts of the survivors of the Borneo Kingdom.

There is such a consensus in the minds of the vast majority of Borneo survivors.

Whoever sits on the chair of the heavenly palace is the emperor of the province of Borneo!

If the thousand pillars of the City of a Thousand Pillars house the souls of the survivors of the province of Borneo, then the palace suspended above ten thousand people is the entity of their spirits.

It is no exaggeration to say that it has even become a symbol of the legitimacy of a regime.

If this happened at another time, Absec might not have taken it to heart, after all, his position as the commander did not rely on legitimacy in the first place, but on the barrel of the gun in his hand.

As a result, this omen happened at the time when the battle for the defense of Tiandu was won.

This undoubtedly cast a shadow over that hard-won victory......

However, not everyone is sighing.

Some people looked at the ruins to wipe their tears, and some people clapped their hands at the crumbling decay.

For example, the Kabaha commissioner who just came out of the heavenly palace.

Ignoring the instructives of the housekeeping, he stubbornly stayed on the edge of the separation line, staring wide-eyed until the end, and then applauded happily.

"Hahaha! It's good to collapse, it's good to collapse! The mountain that rode on top of the heads of the Borneos has finally fallen! ”

The survivors of Tiandu spent two centuries building this palace, but the purpose of this palace is only to show the majesty of the royal family.

The ten-meter-high marble steps to the sky are like a red line that cannot be crossed.

Below this is dust, and from then on it is imperial power.

This castle in the sky should never have existed in the first place.

Those who wipe tears from its eyes have never really owned it for a second, so why lose it? Instead, they shattered the last shackles because of their collapse, which should have been a very happy thing.

It is only when this unquestionable authority falls, and a golden age of a hundred flowers can truly come!

Maybe he was too idealistic, but he always felt that Absec didn't need to be so pessimistic.

Their legitimacy does not have to be sought from the old authority, but from the heartfelt support of the survivors of Borneo.

Unless that guy still wants to be the emperor of this Borneo country.

But Kabach wasn't worried about that happening.

Because if that guy really had this idea, he would be disappointed in the end.

The survivors of Borneo have stood up!

No one can make them kneel anymore.

Looking at Commissioner Kabaha, whose face was full of red light, the internal affairs personnel on the side looked at each other.

Everyone else was wiping their tears, but the old man was applauding, which was really too eye-catching.

It's like playing a trumpet at a funeral.

No matter how right things are, they will seem redundant when they are not in the right place.

Facing the hint in the chief's eyes, one of the housekeepers finally stepped forward and whispered in the old man's ear.

"Mr. Cabaha, please follow us to a safe place...... This war is not over yet, and there is no telling when the Willant planes will fly. ”

Worried that this old guy would not give face, he followed closely and added a sentence later.

"The teachers and students of Tiandu still need you."

Kabach really didn't intend to give Absek's "dog legs" a good face at first, but the last sentence did poke at the weakness of his heart, and he followed them without saying a word.

He is needed not only by the teachers and students of Tiandu, but also by other states of Borneo.

His vision for the future is not just a Tiandu University, but a whole bottom-up education system.

In the future, Borneo children will not only have bright classrooms and spacious desks, but they will also have a whole new world where they can use their pen and ink to their heart's content.

Whether their pursuit is to climb academic heights or realize their self-worth, or simply for practical power or money, they can make choices according to their own lives, rather than being like rats cornered.

Just like the children of Dawning City.

This is not only his long-cherished wish, but also that of Mr. Rat.

He may not have much time left, but he will spend the rest of his life doing it......

……

Just when the whole city of Tiandu was in turmoil because of the collapse of the Heavenly Palace, the 300,000 troops of the defeated Southern Army finally escaped from the encirclement and interception of the combined forces after a continuous long-distance attack for 24 hours, and withdrew to the west of Akale County.

Here more than a month ago, they had inflicted heavy losses on the Coalition's Death Corps and three Borneo troops of 10,000 men.

At that time, the overwhelming shells leveled almost the entire mountain, and the blood of the enemy stained the surging river red.

However, only about 3,000 of the brothers who had marched eastward in a murderous manner had withdrawn.

The troops that had been scattered were still on their way to fleeing in disarray, and most of those who had already withdrawn were hung up.

Sitting in the command car, Ryan's face was gloomy, and his eyes were numb looking out the window, as if he was waiting for something.

At this moment, the adjutant opened the car door from the outside and hurriedly sat in.

His boots were covered in mud and water, as were his pants and clothes, but that was no longer his concern.

Breathless, he only had time to swallow his saliva, and then said hurriedly.

"The 307th thousandth team has news, they are repairing in a wood...... Damn, these guys are like a flock of frightened birds, and they almost shot us. ”

Looking at Ryan, who didn't speak, he took a deep breath and then said in a earnest tone.

“…… General, the soldiers are exhausted, and if this continues, the rest of the people will have to be left behind, so let's rest for a while before leaving. ”

Ryan groaned for half a minute, only to reply with a simple "um".

However, after hearing the "um", his adjutant breathed a sigh of relief, left a word of thanks, and hurriedly withdrew from the command vehicle.

Two servant troops of 10,000 men with 30,000 Honorable soldiers were approaching this direction, as well as reinforcements flying from Nevernight Harbor Air Base.

Now that they have withdrawn to safety, there is no need for them to be in such a hurry as before.

What I'm most afraid of now is that the enemy hasn't come over yet, and my side is in chaos first.

As the doors closed, silence returned to the command car.

The officers were careful to hold their breath, and even their breathing was extremely careful.

"I'm out for a cigarette."

Unable to stand the atmosphere in the command car, Ryan got up from his seat, pushed the door open and walked out.

Seeing the general get out of the car, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed their tense hearts.

After getting out of the car, Ryan lit a cigarette for himself and walked casually.

Although he didn't sleep all night last night, he wasn't sleepy at all, and he couldn't sleep at all.

As soon as he closed his eyes, the boiling flames appeared in his mind, followed by strange and familiar faces.

He didn't want to blame his own mistakes for the defeat in that battle, because he didn't lose to a visible opponent, but to a lack of intelligence—or a card he had never seen before.

If he knew that the slugs in the swamp had a way to make the airship fall directly, he would definitely not use a suppressive offensive tactic and let the steel torrent in the sky and the ground attack together.

But that's all for another time.

Even if it wasn't a mistake, his fiasco was something that couldn't be changed.

Looking at the soldiers who were leaning against the trees with their heads drooping, an inexplicable fire suddenly burst out of his heart.

The expressions of these people were as if to say that he had lost.

It was something he would never want to admit, and he could never admit anyway.

He must not lose.

It's even more impossible to lose!

He has to win!

After taking a deep breath of the last section, he threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out, shouting at the dejected soldiers and officers.

"Lift your heads up for me!"

Hearing the hysterical roar, the buried heads were raised.

The faces were full of tiredness, and Ryan's most hateful pessimism.

The Willantes weren't supposed to be like this!

They should go on heroically, even if there is hell ahead, and they won't frown!

“…… Look at how you look now, like a pack of defeated roosters, I'm so ashamed of you! ”

"Think of your parents, and your relatives and friends, did you promise them sighs and failures at your parting? By no means! ”

He clenched his fists and looked at the soldiers who stood up, the bruises on his forehead.

"Don't forget why you're here! Give me a reminder! Your glory, your medals, and your dignity! ”

"Your children will live in a land full of sunshine! They will erect statues for you and thank you for your bravery! Are you going to stand before them like this? Lift your heads up for me! Tell me! There are no cowards in the Willantes! ”

The deafening roar echoed through the edge of the forest, and even those who closed their eyes and didn't want to hear had to stand up.

Looking at the energetic commander, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old man buried his head and couldn't help muttering.

"But we ......"

"We didn't lose!"

Before the man could finish speaking, Ryan grabbed him by the collar and stared into his eyes with that piercing gaze.

The sharp gaze was like a sharp knife, piercing the iris and piercing the heart.

Ryan watched him like this until his pupils were tinged with fear, and then hardened in the sound of rapid breathing, and then he released his collar with satisfaction, and tossed the lad aside.

Looking around at the reinvigorated brethren around him, Ryan raised his clenched fist to his jaw as if holding a rope to his throat.

"We didn't lose!"

"The final victory will definitely be ours!"

A battle doesn't mean anything, the crippled establishment can still be replenished, and even if it is lost, it can still be rebuilt.

The surviving centurions will become centurions, and a steady stream of recruits will be reinforced from the rear to the front.

The Willantes have enough troops in their homeland and colonies, and even if you leave aside the natives and clones, they have millions or even tens of millions of warriors!

Only 40,000 brothers......

Sooner or later, he will get this blood debt back!

(End of chapter)