Meng Guanghui was lost inthrilling memories, that battle was extremely fierce due to betrayal by an insider.
Their entire fleet was reduced to only Huo Yushen, Meng Guanghui, and Kang Shanxing, along with a command ship that was almost completely destroyed.
Yet, even with just the three of them, they managed to wipe out almost all of the Southern Cross Star Kingdom's Interstellar Fleet combat power! Xia Chujian, hearing this, was filled with excitement and quickly said, "So, the Southern Cross Star Kingdom's fleet was annihilated again?"
"Of course! In that battle, we destroyed five Interstellar Fleets of the Southern Cross Star Kingdom, with only one Interstellar Fleet escaping back to the Southern Cross Star Kingdom's Star Region in a sorry state!"
Xia Chujian excitedly said, "Then why didn't you pursue them and directly destroy the Southern Cross Star Kingdom?!"
All the citizens of the Beichen Empire knew that the Southern Cross Star Kingdom frequently invaded their Beichen Empire's Star Region.
In the past, the Beichen Empire could use the name of the entire Beichen Galaxy as its country name, which of course included more than just the five major planets. However, over the years, it had been gradually encroached upon by the Southern Cross Star Kingdom in the same galaxy.
Meng Guanghui choked, thinking that this girl had the exact same idea as Marshal Huo back then.
Although their Fifth Interstellar Fleet was destroyed, they still had four major Interstellar Fleets, while the enemy only had one left. Directly advancing on the Southern Cross Star Kingdom would indeed have been able to eliminate this tumor! He restrained hisexcited mood and sighed, saying, "...Do you think Marshal Huo didn't want to? But at the crucial moment, the Emperor was suddenly assassinated by a suicide soldier from the Southern Cross Star Kingdom, seriously injured and bedridden. The Cabinet and the military were against starting another war, and they even accused Marshal Huo of disregarding the lives of soldiers for the sake of victory. A fleet of over five thousand men was reduced to only three, and they wanted to send him to a military court..."
Xia Chujian was also stunned, "No way?! The Cabinet and the military have been infiltrated?! Isn't this boosting the enemy's morale and diminishing our own prestige?!"
"That's right! It was boosting the enemy's morale and diminishing our own prestige! At that time, Shanxing and I were both going crazy. We grabbed our guns, ready to find those bastards in the Cabinet and the military and fight them to the death!"
"It was Marshal Huo who stopped us, telling us not to rush, and saying that if he had to go to a military court, then so be it, because obeying orders was a soldier's duty!"
Meng Guanghui's eyes turned red again as he spoke, as if he had returned to those frustrating days a few years ago.
Xia Chujian's mouth twitched, and she said softly, "...Did Marshal Huo really say that? Soldiers can only obey orders? Even if they arerebellious orders?"
These words disrupted Meng Guanghui's train of thought.
He glared at her and said, "You're just a low-level soldier. Even if there arerebellious orders, they won't reach your level! So just honestly listen to orders! - Besides, Marshal Huo's insistence was right, because the Emperor believed in him. Although seriously injured and bedridden, he still issued an Imperial Edict, disregarding the opposition from the Cabinet and the military, and promoted Huo to General!"
"That year, Marshal Huo was only twenty-four years old! A twenty-four-year-old General!" At this moment, Meng Guanghui admired Huo Yushen from the bottom of his heart.
Xia Chujian lowered her head, sorting through the items in her tactical backpack, and said, "Indeed, that's quite impressive. A twenty-four-year-old General must be one of the best in the entire Beichen Empire's history!"
Meng Guanghui said, "There's only him, no second."
Xia Chujian yearned, "...If there's one, there will be two, who knows?"
Meng Guanghui: "What are you dreaming about?"
Xia Chujian changed the subject, "What happened later?"
"Later?"
"Yeah, he was only promoted to General. But Marshal Huo is now a Marshal. The gap from General to Marshal must be huge, right?"
She knew that there were many Generals in the Beichen Empire, but there were only five Marshals.
Meng Guanghui was not as energetic at this time, and casually said, "Oh, Marshal, that was when Huo was twenty-seven years old, when he once again mobilized the rebuilt Fifth Interstellar Fleet and struck into the Southern Cross Star Kingdom's military stronghold, not only destroying all of their remaining Interstellar Fleets, but also killing the Grand Duke of the Southern Cross Star Kingdom!"
Xia Chujian was dumbfounded, "The Grand Duke of the Southern Cross Star Kingdom?! Isn't that their country's highest head of state?!"
"That's right! Hehe, the same position as our Emperor. But he was blasted into ashes by our Marshal Huo with an ion beam cannon! Hahahaha!" Meng Guanghui clapped his thighs with joy, "destroy a country! destroying a country!"
Xia Chujian looked at him like he was an idiot and said, "Chief, wake up, the Southern Cross Star Kingdom hasn't been destroyed, they're still doing well..."
Xia Chujian didn't know anything about that battle. There was no mention of it on Star Network's social media or gossip news.
Speaking of this, Meng Guanghui became黯然 again.
He carried his tactical backpack, got up and walked out, saying woodenly, "It could have been destroyed... but the Cabinet ordered Marshal Huo to immediately withdraw from the Capital Star of the Southern Cross Star Kingdom, sent envoys to negotiate with the heir to the Grand Duke of the Southern Cross Star Kingdom, and then withdrew troops from the Southern Cross Star Kingdom's Star Region. The heir to the Grand Duke was crowned as the new Grand Duke and signed a non-aggression treaty with our country..."
Xia Chujian: "...".
She silently carried her tactical backpack and walked beside Meng Guanghui.
Meng Guanghui calmed down and simply finished the story, saying, "Then Marshal Huo led the fleet back to the country, and the Emperor officially promoted his military rank to Marshal, becoming one of the military's five Marshals. The condition for the military to agree to his promotion was to transfer him out of the front-line combat troops."
Xia Chujian thoughtfully said, "...So Marshal Huo's promotion was justplucking a sheep from the Southern Cross Star Kingdom... There are quite a few other countries in our Beichen Star Region, right?"
Meng Guanghui twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Although, but, who told the Southern Cross Star Kingdom to be the most powerful country among those countries, and the country that occupies the most of our planets?! - Who else would wehit if not them?"
Xia Chujian nodded, greatly encouraged, "That makes sense! Marshal Huo is soamazing, I can't be too weak either! I must train hard and strive to kill more invaders! Surpass Marshal Huo! Become the youngest Marshal!"
Meng Guanghui: "!!!"
He stared at Xia Chujian, "I said so much, and that's the conclusion you come to?!"
"Is that so? Am I wrong? Chief, your subordinate has lofty aspirations. You should be pleased, so why do you look unhappy?"
Meng Guanghui thought, I want you to be full of admiration and respect for our chief!
And also learn about the glorious achievements of your boss, me!
Don't underestimate a colonel! I'm not telling you to compare yourself to Marshal Huo in killing people! Or in the speed of promotion!
This is so tiring...
He said sullenly, "Marshal Huo's abilities aren't limited to the military... At that time, the Special Security Bureau Inspector was killed, and the Emperor transferred him from the front lines to the Special Security Bureau as an Inspector."
"He didn't bring anyone else, just brought me and Kang Shanxing."
"Then, within a month of taking office, he solved the case of the previous Inspector's murder and purged a group of foreign spies from the Special Security Bureau."
Xia Chujian widened her eyes: "What? There were foreign spies in the Special Security Bureau?!"
"...What did you think? Foreign agencies also have our spies. It's called the principle of reciprocity, understand?" Meng Guanghui glanced at her, pushed open the door of the private room, and walked with her towards the exit.
Xia Chujian didn't speak again until she and Meng Guanghui had completed the customs formalities and were sitting in the Combat Aircraft that the Flying Base had sent to pick them up. Then she asked, "...Chief, how did you escape after that black hole collapse? Even if you weren't sucked into the black hole collapse, you wouldn't have had enough energy to support your return, right?"
Meng Guanghui looked at her, surprised, "You can think of that?"
Xia Chujian: "..."
Why do these people always think I'm stupid?
Does being a bad student necessarily mean being stupid? Xia Chujian didn't think so.
Meng Guanghui said, "Marshal Huo had already planned an escape route when he used that micro black hole. Because the huge energy generated by the black hole collapse can cause time tides in the nearby star region, and small wormholes will appear."
"He took me and Shanxing, and piloting our riddled flagship, we instantly passed through that small wormhole, avoided the gravity of the black hole collapse, and returned directly to the space fortress above Guiyuan Star. From that space fortress, we contacted the military, and they sent an Interstellar Spaceship to pick us up and take us back to Beichen Star."
Xia Chujian then understood that Huo Yushen's arrival at the Special Security Bureau as an Inspector wasn't because the Emperor trusted him the most, or valued him the most, but purely because he was being squeezed out of the military and couldn't stay there any longer.
She sat in the Flying Vehicle, not speaking, just looking at the scenery of Kanli Star rushing towards her through the semi-transparent cabin window of the Flying Vehicle.
It was also summer on Kanli Star.
Looking down from the sky, you could see the earth covered in verdant green and earthy yellow, with the azure blue ocean beside it.
When the Flying Vehicle got closer, you could see a lush forest below, full of tall broad-leaved trees, their green color so vibrant it seemed like the finest jade.
Outside the forest was a vast open field, with green grass and wildflowers everywhere.
But at the end of the field was a high mountain, blocking the view.
On the other side of the forest, Xia Chujian saw a huge city, also lined with hundreds of floors of high-rise buildings, with several Suspension Train lines running high and low throughout the city, but several times larger than Mulan City, or even Da Fu Prefecture, the capital of Guiyuan Star! In the eastern part of the city, there was also a vast azure blue sea, and facing the sea, villa districts arranged like pearls on a crown.
Meng Guanghui said, "That city over there is Kanli Star's capital, Galuo City, but our Flying Base isn't in Galuo City, but in the mountainous area five hundred kilometers outside Galuo City."
Xia Chujian was attracted by the completely different terrain and vegetation from Guiyuan Star, and said without taking her eyes off it, "Oh, will I have a chance to go to Galuo City to play?"
"There are rest days during training. When you're resting, you can go to Galuo City to play. Galuo City's transportation is very developed. If you like Star Network shopping, delivery is guaranteed within five minutes in the Galuo City area."
"What about delivery to the Flying Base?"
"The Flying Base doesn't allow deliveries, so don't even think about it." Meng Guanghui's mood recovered, and he looked at the Special Security Bureau's Combat Aircraft with a smile as it flew towards the end of the field.
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