After Pei Desi hung up the interstellar communication with Gu Hang, there was another one next to him.

It was a liaison with his younger brother, Peders Jr. And just now, his brother could hear the call between him and a pair of uncles and nephews of the Gu family clearly.

"The Gu family, which has always been known as 'unity', also has a day of civil strife, but it will make me laugh to death!"

His frivolous old brother was quite presumptuous and gloating in his words.

It's just that Pei Desi didn't reprimand him this time, but couldn't help but smile as well.

Yes, the unity of the Gu clan has collapsed, and he still needs to worry about the Gu clan breaking away from the 'iron triangle', from the alliance with their brother and the Fofana family?

Not at all.

Gu Ming had already expressed his loyalty to him and reaffirmed the friendship between the two sides many times.

And that stubborn Wang Qi, her son, even helped himself to the position of the governor of the angry star. Now, that little guy also clearly promises that he will stand firmly on his side in the future.

All he has to do now is to choose the one that is more in line with his heart among the two of them.

"I suggest Gu Ming." Little Pei Desi said, "That Wang Qi is not easy to do, even if her son agrees to all our conditions, in the end, it is likely that it will be Wang Qi who is in power in the Gu family." She doesn't have to be so honest to fulfill the terms she told us. ”

Mr. Peders himself disagrees.

He asked rhetorically: "Then do you think that Gu Ming is very honest?" A person who staged a violent coup d'état in the 'united Gu family', after he has power, will he honestly listen to our arrangement? ”

"Uh......" Little Pedes thought for a moment, indeed.

Mr. Peders said earnestly: "Don't treat everyone else as a fool, as a tool. In general, there is nothing we can do to balance the Gu family. For the Gu family, including for Fofana, we can't treat people as pawns. We are supported by them, they are helped by us and develop better, mutual benefit, things can last for a long time. ”

Little Pei Dess rolled his eyes: "It's this set of ...... again"

Although his face was disdainful, and he even felt that the old brother would look very pedantic at some moments, little Pei Desi had to admit that at least one thing was right: they really did not have the ability to balance the Gu family.

No matter who they support or who wins in the end, as long as the Gu family does not completely fall apart and leave half of its strength, it is still the largest inter-star chamber of commerce in the last few star regions. They don't have to pay their taxes to the government of the star government, and they don't need any support from the government of the star government, what else can be done about this?

Completely cut, the Gu clan is uncomfortable, and it will become inconvenient for them to do anything in the Pegasus Star Zone, after all, their headquarters are on the Flying Wing Star; But in the same way, without the support of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce and the lack of financial support, the government of the Star District will also be uncomfortable.

Cooperation is two benefits, and division is two harms, what else can be done? It's too much.

If you are unhappy with Gu's family, you are not happy, this truth, Xiao Pei Desi still understands.

He quietly listened to the old brother continue.

What Pei Desi said to his brother was actually his thinking process: "Gu Ming can agree to the conditions, Gu Hang can agree; There is one more thing Gu Hang can do, we ask Gu to draw a line between Fastces, and he has a definite action to do: ban Blackbird Heavy Industries on the Angry Owl Star. This will inevitably make the relationship between Gu and Fasters deteriorate greatly. ”

"And we also have to consider the cost of making choices. If you help Gu Ming, Wang Qi will die if you don't get support, but is there anything we can do to deal with Gu Hang? The eight chamber of commerce fleets that stood on Wang Qi's side in the past were pushed to the Angry Owl Star, and they could also enshrine Wang Qi's son as the head of the family. Do we still have to send the Imperial Navy to help that Gu Ming control the Chamber of Commerce fleet? Do you want to send the army to Fury Owl and eliminate Gu Hang? That's impossible. The Imperial Navy and Army are not entirely under our command, and we are unlikely to find a suitable reason to attack the Imperial Chamber of Commerce and a planetary governor. ”

"Help Gu Ming, we can indeed achieve the goal of splitting the Gu family, but we can only get the friendship of at most half of the Gu family, and we will turn the other half, plus one governor in the star area, into an enemy. It is not possible to form the most ideal situation in which both sides have to be on good terms with us. ”

"What's more, the cost of helping him is so high."

"On the contrary, to help Gu Hang and Wang Qi, we have to do very little. Although these two will be more difficult to control, and the Gu family's strength will not be weakened too much, the mother and son, to fulfill their promise, will inevitably stand on the opposite side of the Falcis family, and our goal will be achieved. What's more, a good cooperation, don't they admit it? This is to lay more foundation for future cooperation. ”

……

Listening to the old brother babbling a lot, little Pei Desi pursed his lips and concluded: "So, you finally made a decision to help Gu Hang's kid, right?" ”

Pei Desi smiled slightly and said, "Probably yes." ”

"Okay, then you can do it." Little Peders gave a big hacher and stood up, "I'll go first." ”

Watching his brother leave, Mr. Pedes smiled helplessly.

He didn't even say anything about his brother.

In the past, he didn't know how many times he had said it, but it didn't work, and he always looked like a hanger. Alcohol, fancy sex, all kinds of exciting entertainment......

It's too much, it's useless, my brother is no longer a child, and now he is the governor of the Flying Wings, where can I always talk about it?

Gradually, he stopped talking.

Most of the planetary government affairs are done by him, the head of the sector.

He didn't want to seize power, his brother was originally pushed up by him to replace himself in this position. On the contrary, he often thinks that if little Peides can take on more responsibilities and help him more, then he can also be a lot easier.

However...... After all, I was the one who carried it all!

My brother has gone to spend all his days drinking, and he still has to work.

Sighing, he thought of a wording and sent an interstellar communication to the Fofana family and General Tilemins.

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Seven Standard Days of Terra, Black Arrow, the outskirts of Pinsel, the capital of the Kingdom of Luman, and the headquarters of the Alliance Expeditionary Force.

It is said that it is the headquarters, but in fact, it has long been in tatters. For the sake of practicality, nothing else is taken care of.

Originally, it was just a basement, but the structure was reinforced by sappers to prevent it from collapsing. These reinforcements are very crude, and the brothers of the engineer company have a heavy task, and they have no time to do anything to design, so as not to be blown down.

It was here that Perbov and Le Roy commanded their troops, withstanding the joint attack of the Luman Kingdom Army and a part of the Gu security forces led by Gu Ming.

It was blocked for seven days.

At the moment, neither of them had any grooming to talk about. Dried sweat stuck to the mud and blood, on their faces, on their clothes; There are no conditions to take a bath and change clothes, and I am still sweating, and my whole body stinks.

But no one disliked it.

Everybody's like that.

Messy hair, unshaven beard, gray face, sweaty and bloody...... That's what every Raging Owl looks like when they stick here.

The two of them are just a little heavier, and they also add the special features of dark circles and red eyes.

In the past few days, the two of them may only sleep about two hours a day.

Fatigue is definitely still fatigue, however, they try to persevere.

They know very well that this war is very difficult. They had no support, no supplies, and they had to rely on their existing strength to withstand eight days.

During this time, the two of them had some judgment about the number of enemies.

King Nes Luhmann, on the battlefield, gathered an army of more than 100,000 men; two Ranger Knight Titans; More than three hundred Sentinel Mechs.

And in these seven days, he estimated that his troops had destroyed at least thirty thousand enemy troops, but the number of enemies never seemed to have decreased.

Those enemies, for almost the past seven days, day or night, sunny or rainy, have been attacking all the time.

Perbov always used a very contemptuous tone, and when it came to boosting the morale of the army, he belittled the soldiers of the Luman Kingdom.

What is 'holding broken copper and iron', what is 'cannon fodder for livestock that is not treated as a human being', 'purely here to send to death', 'undisciplined, weak will to fight, poor fighting level'......

But what he said was true.

The conscripts of the Kingdom of Luhmann are at this level.

Especially the continuous attack, a large number of casualties, make those levies feel that to fight the fortressed town, purely to send to death, morale is so low that when attacking, as long as there are no knights to suppress the formation, then as long as they suffer a little casualties, they will collapse.

But here's the problem...... There are a lot of knights.

If it was just the 100,000 Luhmann cannon fodder, Perbov didn't care about it at all. However, Luman's royal knights put a lot of pressure on them.

Especially those two Knight Titans.

When these two Knight Titans were bombing from afar, the Alliance's countermeasures were very limited, and they could almost only be bombed passively.

And when these two Titans personally led the team into the front-line battle, it was even more of a nightmare.

Having learned the lesson of the previous destruction of the two Knight Titans, the Luman military will definitely not let the Knight Titans be divided again. Ordinary Luman infantry can't be trusted, but those sentry knights, the will to fight is still strong enough. They will defend the feet of the Knight Titans to the death, and do not give the Alliance soldiers a chance.

In this way, every time the Knight Titan leads the team to attack, it is a nightmare, and it will make the Alliance Expeditionary Force pay a heavy price, it needs to concentrate heavy artillery to bombard, and the soldiers need to risk fire strikes, and after paying a lot of ammunition consumption, and even a large number of soldiers' lives, they can temporarily overload the opponent's energy shield.

However, at such times, the enemy often retreats without giving the slightest opportunity. In two more days, when the shield system is fully charged, they will return to the front line.

The Luhmann military fought more patiently.

They know that the gang of people who are stubbornly defending in the town can fight and fight, but there is no replenishment and no reserves. If they are consumed, they must be the last victorious side with the backing of a whole country.

However, despite such a dire situation, Perbov was not completely passive. He still adheres to the so-called 'resilient defense' strategy.

During an all-out enemy attack three days earlier, he risked a surprise attack by armored units camouflaged behind some dilapidated structures, including artillery and Lacroxia's special squad. They succeeded in destroying one of the Knight Titan's shield generators, but at the cost of six Lion tanks, thirty infantry chariots, and more than 200 soldiers.

Moreover, due to the relatively high losses, he clearly created an opportunity, but he was unable to deliver the final blow, so he still allowed the Knight Titan, who had no shield generator, to successfully retreat.

But despite this, the results were acceptable.

The Knight Titan suffered some damage, and when it came to the back, it did not dare to appear on the front line, and could only fire missiles in the rear.

The frontal only needs to face the impact of a Knight Titan, and the pressure is reduced a lot.

However, after seven days of fighting like this, they still reached the point of running out of water.

"Report to Comrade Commander, the enemy's attack was repulsed."

"Report casualties."

"Yes! The 37.5.2 Company to the south was gone, and the 3rd Company didn't see any living people when they went up...... There are only 17 people left in the 3rd Company itself...... In accordance with the requirements of the previous political commissar, the number was retained, and the command was merged into the battalion headquarters. At present, the 37 Brigade no longer has a company-level unit, and all of them are under the command of the battalion level. The engineer battalion and the logistics support battalion are also all on ......"

"The main force of the 34th Division, which held the east and north, was seriously damaged, and the acting division commander, Major Gale, was killed, and now Major Mayev has taken over the command, which is already the third acting division commander of the 34th Division......"

Perbov listened expressionlessly.

Except for the enemy being repulsed, none of the other news was good.

But his heart is already a little numb.

All the time, especially in the last two days, it has been such news.

They repelled enemy attacks again and again, fighting with the enemy for house after house, and even piece after ruin. By now, it's really almost exhausted.

Of the 30,000 troops he brought, less than 13,000 may be alive today, and most of them are wounded.

But the losses in personnel, while heavy, were otherwise worse.

The two composite brigades have a total of 36 Lion tanks, and only the last one is mobile; Of the total 400 artillery pieces, 320 have already been destroyed. Even the remaining eighty guns, with the existing reserves of shells, can fight up to six rounds.

There were less than 1,000 shells left.

The bazookas are all gone, and there are not many mortar shells, even if they are bullets, now they need to carefully collect the ammunition on the soldiers who died in battle, otherwise they will not be able to hold on.

It can be said that except for the grain reserves, which were sufficient for the time being because they drove out the inhabitants of the suburban towns and left all the food behind, all the other war materials have reached the final limit stage.

However, it is only the seventh day.

Eight days before the Governor asked, one day away.

What to do?

Perbov didn't know either.

Taking advantage of the pause in the fighting, he left the command post.

Le Roy did not persuade him, and the comrade commissar was already asleep on the sidelines. He was deaf in one ear, and he hadn't slept for twenty-three hours, so he had to rest for a while.

After coming out, Perbov looked at the night sky, his heart full of guilt.

He couldn't help but reflect on his tactics in the past seven days, was there too much that he hadn't played well? Was it his own command mistake that led to the current situation?

"Isn't it...... Have I betrayed the trust of the Governor? ”

"But no matter what, on the last day, I will personally take the gun and go to the front-line battlefield. Even if we don't hold on to the eighth day, even if the Luhmanns occupy our position, it must be after we are dead! ”

He gritted his teeth and swore an oath.

But at this moment, he saw more than a dozen long tail flames across the night sky.

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Political Struggle Section...... You still have to write it, and you can't write it if you don't write it. But I try to scale back and speed up.

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