Tales of Soldier - Chapter 20

[Chapter 20]

Tang Long’s battleship accepted the command of the battleship group and slowly drove forward, lining up behind the battleship group. At this time, Tang Long and the others were stunned when they saw the image displayed on the screen. After a long time, Tang Long sighed and said, “This is the dead zone that has been known for a long time.” Everyone heard this without saying a word, but quietly looked at some warship wrecks that they occasionally saw, and a galaxy like a galaxy in the distance.

The galaxy in the distance is called the Kesla Galaxy, which is the front line of the Silver Eagle Empire connecting the Wanluo Federation. And the empty area of nearly 20 light-years between the Federal Bone Dragon Cloud galaxy and the galaxy of Ksla is the so-called death zone. This name was obtained in the previous war between the Federation and the Silver Eagle Empire. In this area, the two countries have sunk nearly one million warships of various levels for a long time. Human beings who have become cosmic dust here have reached hundreds of A staggering number of billions. Of course, this number is not particularly surprising given the combined population of the two countries of nearly 10 trillion.

Since the battleship had not arrived yet, Tang Long and the others had to stay in the battleship in a daze. I don’t know how long it took, Tang Long, who originally stayed at the edge of the battleship group, was also wrapped up by the battleships that came and became the central part of the battleship group. At this time, with a sound of screen B, the head of the training officer Linasha appeared, and everyone was busy standing up and saluting. And Tang Long even pricked up his ears, because the appearance of Linasha meant that all the battleships had arrived.

Linasha just gave a random salute. It is impossible for her to know whether the soldiers on the battleship have returned the salute. This communication was only released unilaterally, and it is impossible to see the appearance of the crew of the 10,000 battleships. No way, the base screen can’t display 10,000 screen images. Even if it can be displayed, the viewer will feel that the image is too small.

Her somewhat icy voice came from the loudspeaker: “Now our first actual combat training is conducted in this so-called death zone. I believe everyone knows that this zone is full of wreckage of warships, and even some due to the explosion of warships. , the density formed is very thick, and there is no energy group that has disappeared so far. Therefore, when you are training, you should pay attention to avoiding these objects floating in the universe. Then, every 1,000 ships is a combination, divided into 10 groups for mixed battles. The captain of the first ship of the group is the commander of the group.”

When Linasha said this, the number of the ten team leaders appeared on the screen, and Tang Long hurriedly shouted: “Quick! Let’s see if I’m the commander!”

Adjutant Gina said without even looking at the screen: “Sir, our number is 512, which belongs to the first group. It is impossible for you to become the group commander.”

And the liaison officer Chen Yi said: “The commander of the battleship No. 1 sent a message, let us move to S23X12Z34Y45, and have a group rendezvous.”

“What?! That guy just sent the order so quickly? Did he know that he was the commander of the team early on?” Tang Long shouted in surprise.

And the driver Mary didn’t wait for Tang Long’s order at all, just entered the position, started the battleship and began to move closer. She will be so direct, that is because the base has ordered the No. 1 ship to be the flagship of the group, and the implementation of the order is given priority to the flagship. Of course, it was also because she knew that Tang Long, although very arrogant, would still obey orders.

Now Mary was about to listen to Tang Long’s command to leave in a feeble tone. Mary had already grasped that if Tang Long was disappointed, he would immediately become feeble. Sure enough, Tang Long waved weakly, collapsed on the chair, and opened his mouth, as if he was about to say those two words.

But Mary was disappointed, because Tang Long jumped up suddenly, as if he had suddenly remembered something, and shouted in panic: “The protective cover is activated! The radar is scanning at full power! The battleship is sinking rapidly!”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, but they still carried out Tang Long’s order by conditional reflex. The battleship sank rapidly and the protective cover was activated. This action caused the people on the battleship that began to move around to look at Tang Long’s battleship a little strangely. The battleship that stayed under Tang Long hurriedly dodged, of course, while scolding the mother while dodging.

After Tang Long shouted the above orders, he immediately shouted to Chen Yi: “Turn on all channels and tell them the enemy is coming!” Chen Yi just pressed a few buttons, and when he heard the last sentence, he could not help but stop and raise At first, he looked at Tang Long in surprise.

Everyone in the ship stopped when they heard this, and looked at Tang Long in disbelief. Seeing Tang Long’s serious face, Liu Sihao couldn’t help but hesitate for a while before asking the radar officer Elva, “Elva, what did you find?”

Elva, who was staring at the radar, shook his head suspiciously and said, “There is nothing. Within 10 million light miles nearby, there is no shadow of any enemy.” Walking at the speed of light for one second is one light mile. During space warfare, This is the basic unit for measuring distance.

And Chen Yi said dissatisfiedly: “Sir, false reporting of military information is going to a military court.” When Elva said that there was no enemy situation, Mary also stopped controlling the sinking of the battleship, and everyone looked at Tang Long and waited. he explained.

Tang Long ignored everyone’s gaze, but shouted at El Hua: “Idiot! Use the light energy radar system!” Then he shouted at Chen Yi: “Quick! Tell them to open the protective cover! This is an order! ”

Hearing Tang Long’s anxious tone, Elwah was stunned for a moment, but he immediately converted the metal thermal energy detection radar system into a light energy detection radar system. And Chen Yi didn’t execute Tang Long’s order immediately, she still had to wait for El Hua to see if she could find anything. She and Tang Long had been in contact with each other for several months, and there was a gap between them. Now that the barrier has only disappeared for a few days, I still don’t trust Tang Long very much in my heart and will not unconditionally execute Tang Long’s orders.

Everyone who was looking at Elva suddenly found that Elva’s face turned dead gray, and shouted: “Cold laser light!” The stellar light suddenly became brighter and brighter, and the ship’s alarm system began to whine. It’s not the light from stars, it’s laser light!

Everyone knows that cold energy laser light is a type of nuclear energy cannon. As the name suggests, it is a peculiar energy that does not emit heat. Objects shot by this radium will silently decompose into granules. Metal thermal radar is useless at all, except that it can be detected with light radar.

Tang Long just shouted: “Defense!” The screen of the battleship was filled with white light. Then the hull made continuous violent vibrations, and the computer system equipped on the battleship immediately said in that emotionless voice: “The energy of the shield has dropped to 90%, 80%, 70%, 60%…” As the hull violently When the warship stopped shaking, the energy of the shield was only 20%.

Although this scene passed in only a few seconds, everyone felt as if it had lasted for decades. After everyone got up in shock, they hurriedly began to detect the damage of the battleship. And Chen Yi, who was very remorseful, began to contact other warships. However, when everyone was busy, they secretly looked at Tang Long who was standing on the commanding stage. They wondered why Tang Long could know in advance.

Tang Long gently pressed his ear, and he had a miniature earplug in his ear, which Xing Ling forced him to wear in order to be able to speak directly to him at any time, because that holographic helmet couldn’t be worn all day. Just now, Xing Ling notified him that the enemy had fired cold laser light. Although Xing Ling could be displayed directly on the screen, she did not want others to know of her existence. After all, it is impossible for the computer systems on these warships to be powerful enough to detect the laser light emitted in advance from tens of millions of light miles away dozens of minutes ago. For her, as long as Tang Long survives, it’s enough that other people’s lives and deaths are too lazy to care about.

Of course, Xing Ling knew that as long as the protective cover was opened, it was impossible for these laser lights, which had passed thousands of light miles, to weaken, to break through the protective cover of the self-propelled gunship. Therefore, after opening the protective cover, he easily admired the change in Tang Long’s expression.

“Report, sir, the systems of the main gun, secondary gun, and torpedo launch port are all intact and in good condition.” After checking the data, the maintenance technician Silgar shouted happily. He did not expect that the weapon system of the battleship would be intact after suffering such a violent blow.

“Report, sir, the power of the protective cover has dropped to 20%, the energy converter is damaged, and the main energy support cannot be used.” The maintenance man Lanwente said with an ugly expression. Hearing this, the faces of the people who were full of joy at first also turned ugly immediately. When the protective cover is 100%, this self-propelled gunship can withstand a C-class destroyer’s main gun fire without being destroyed, but now the 20% protective cover may not even be able to withstand a salvo from an A-class patrol boat.

Tang Long didn’t care about this, waved his hand and said: “Try to repair the converter, Chen Yi immediately informed the base that we were attacked by the enemy, and informed the location. Mary was about to let the warship jump out of the area, and Elva controlled the radar to detect the enemy. Location, Liu Sihao immediately counts the number of enemy warships, and Gina settles our damage! Others are on alert!” The computer records the number of energy beams just now, and compares the enemy’s warship data to easily calculate the number of enemy warships Yes, this is essential knowledge for soldiers.

“Yes, sir!” Lanvint and Silgar immediately jumped up from their seats, got into the maintenance tunnel, and began to try to repair the energy converter. Everyone else immediately carried out Tang Long’s order, and now they don’t have any doubts about Tang Long’s order. Although they still don’t understand why Tang Long can predict the occurrence of these things, of course, they know that now is not the time to ask, so they can only temporarily stay in their hearts.

Tang Long pressed a skin-like sticker attached to his Adam’s apple, and whispered using the vibration of his Adam’s apple: “Eldest sister, why does the enemy use cold laser light, did they know that we are gathering here early in the morning?” Only battleships above cruisers can be equipped, and of course not many doors, because the energy consumption of cold laser light is very large, and a battleship equipped with this kind of nuclear energy cannon can only fire two salvos of exclusive energy on its body. If they were all cannons like this, they would be disarmed after firing.

The sporadic voices entered Tang Long’s ears, but of course no one could hear him except Tang Long: “The enemy’s target is not you, they use cold laser light to eliminate the wreckage of the warships floating in the universe, which means that they are sweeping away aisle.”

Tang Long was shocked. The wreckage of the battleships in this dead zone could effectively block the speed of the battleship group, because jumping was not possible at all. If there is a wreckage of a battleship where the jump appears, the jumping battleship will merge with the wreckage, that is, it will become a peculiarly shaped battleship that will explode 100%. Although the function of the battleship can directly skip this dead zone that is only 20 light-years away, it is only necessary that the federal border connecting the dead zone has no defensive line. Otherwise, blocked by the defensive line, these warships that jumped over from the empire will all appear in the death zone and merge with the wreckage of those warships.

This means that the enemy is preparing to open up a passage quietly and silently, and then attack quickly, because only this method can immediately appear on the defense line of the federal border. The defense line of the border between the two countries is set on the periphery of the death zone. If the death zone is included in the defense line, it is very likely that their warships will jump directly into the death zone, which will result in unnecessary sacrifices.

Tang Long immediately ordered Elva: “Stereoscan the direction of the enemy’s laser, I want the image there!” When Elva obeyed, Gina said a little bitterly: “Report sir, we have leftovers. There are only…more than 1,000 battleships in existence.” Hearing this, everyone stopped their work and stared blankly at the originally densely packed battleships, but now the surrounding area is empty. In just a few seconds, more than 1,000 of the tens of thousands of warships remained.

At this time, from the distance of the universe, you can see the battleship group where Tang Long and his self-propelled gunships are located. And within the scope of the big hole, only the battleship Tang Long exists, and all the others have turned into cosmic dust.

Since the defensive cover consumes a lot of energy, it is usually closed except when it is turned on during fierce battles, so these defenseless warships will disappear so completely. Chen Yi, who was in contact with the base, saw this, and couldn’t help biting her lips. She was complaining about herself. If she followed Tang Long’s orders without hesitation, even if not many people would pay attention, there would always be a few warships that would open. The protective cover thus escaped the catastrophe.

Liu Sihao, who had already counted the number of the other party, saw Chen Yi’s appearance, came to her side and patted her on the shoulder, gave her an encouraging look, and only reported to Tang Longhui after seeing Chen Yi nodded knowingly: “Sir, according to calculations, this laser beam is the result of two salvos from 10,000 cruisers or 3,000 battleships.”

“10,000 cruisers! 3,000 battleships!” Tang Long was shocked. Although he knew that the enemy must have used a huge group of battleships to create such a huge laser beam, he didn’t expect it to be such a terrifying group of battleships. According to the information I know, the enemy’s military strength can be compared with the entire military strength of the Bone Dragon Cloud Galaxy. Is the enemy ready to attack in an all-round way?

At this moment, Chen Yi shouted, “Sir, the base requires a call.” Linasha’s appearance appeared on the screen as she spoke. At this time, she was no longer cold, but a look of shock that could not be concealed.

Facing Tang Long’s salute, Linasha even forgot to return her salute. She said eagerly, “Tang Long, have we been attacked by the enemy? What is our loss? How many enemies are there?” One who contacted Linasha, although Linasha received contact requests from other warships, she still talked to Tang Long first.

Tang Long nodded solemnly and said, “Yes, at the rendezvous point, we were attacked by the cold laser light launched by the enemy in advance, and we lost 90% of our battleships. According to the beam check, there are only 10,000 cruisers or 3,000 ships. Only the battleships can launch such powerful laser beams. The enemy can’t just bring these two kinds of battleships, according to the rules, at least two reinforced fleet groups.”

When Linasha heard these terrifying figures, she immediately shouted with a discolored expression: “Hurry up and evacuate…” But she just said these words, and the screen was forcibly divided into two halves, and one side was still the image of Linasha. The side that came out was a middle-aged soldier with an indifferent and dignified expression.

The middle-aged soldier had three shining gold stars on his shoulders. Before Tang Long could react, the general saluted and said coldly, “I am the commander of the Bone Dragon Cloud Galaxy Group, Gu Ao. Admiral. Our group army headquarters has received the news from you, and the group army has also begun to mobilize. However, it takes 4 hours for the main fleet of the group army to reach the dead zone, and it takes 1 hour for the skeleton fleet to arrive. I use the bone dragon. The identity order of the commander-in-chief of the galaxy of the cloud group army – promotion to the rank of all officers and soldiers of the self-propelled gunship. I hope that all the brave soldiers will do their best to prevent the enemy fleet from reaching the defense line and buy the necessary time for our army. As long as you support for an hour, the corps But the Star Fleet will be able to arrive!”

“It must be the liaison officers of other warships who notified the military region, and the military region notified the army headquarters. This admiral eavesdropped on the conversation between you and the lieutenant colonel, otherwise he would not have been so well-informed and chose the right time to cut in accurately. “Xing Ling muttered to Tang Long, of course Tang Long just listens and doesn’t talk to him now.

All the people were stunned when they heard this. Except for Tang Long and others who knew the details of the enemy, the officers and soldiers of the remaining battleships cheered loudly because they were promoted.

“Please wait, Your Excellency, 1,000 self-propelled gunboats can’t resist such a huge fleet! And they are still training and have no combat experience at all, please let them retreat!” shouted the admiral.

At this time, a few words came from Tang Long’s ears: “The contact between the general and the lieutenant colonel, except for our warship, which can be seen, other warships can only see the image of the admiral alone. Ah, sir. The ability for him and the lieutenant colonel to transmit sound to other warships will be turned off, it seems that they don’t want others to hear what they say.”

Tang Long saw the general’s hand move, and then only saw his mouth move, but he didn’t make a sound. He hurriedly shook his throat and said, “Big sister, can we just let our warship hear what the admiral and lieutenant colonel said?” Tang Long knew that the less people knew about some things, the better, but he was very curious to know, so would say so. He would do this because he thought that if something happened, his subordinates would be able to take it with him.

“Oh, of course, I’m also quite curious.” As Xing Ling’s voice fell, the conversation between the admiral and the lieutenant colonel came from the trumpet of Tang Long’s battleship.

The admiral said to Linasha indifferently: “Lieutenant Colonel, your training mission has been completed, and now I have taken over the command of the self-propelled gunboat.”

Linasha said with a surprised look: “Impossible, isn’t there more than ten days left?”

The admiral continued to say indifferently: “This is an order issued by Your Excellency Marshal. Lieutenant Colonel, your mission has been completed. According to the agreement, you will return to the fighter brigade of the army as the commander. Please set off quickly, because the war is coming. already.”

Linasha looked like she couldn’t believe it, and she muttered to herself a little lost: “This is impossible, how could he give such an order in the first place!”

When the admiral heard this, his brows jumped, and he said dissatisfiedly: “This is because I applied to Your Excellency the Marshal at the first time, so Your Excellency the Marshal can issue the correct order at the first time. Well, obey the order, I believe you are a standard soldier.” When he finished saying this, his shoulders moved again, and with the scattered explanation, Tang Long knew that the admiral had resumed the voice transmission between him and the battleships.

The admiral’s eyes showed a chilling light, and he said in a deep voice: “Everyone, this is a battle that concerns the rise and fall of our country. I hope you will use the noble style of Wanluo Federation soldiers to block the enemy firmly. As long as you support the arrival of reinforcements, the glory and status will belong to you. But…”

When the admiral said this, he deliberately paused, the cold light in his eyes brightened, and his voice became icy: “If anyone dares to escape, no matter who they are, they can immediately kill this retreater. If someone protects such a cowardly soldier, the military The court will impose severe punishment on the defenders! Well, I hope you fight bravely, and the glory of victory is with you!” After speaking, his image disappeared.

At this time, Linasha looked at Tang Long and the others with a painful expression. After a long time, Linasha said, “I’m sorry, please take care.” She also turned off the communication.

Linasha stared blankly at the dark screen, while Qina looked at her worriedly and didn’t dare to say a word. They knew that the officers and soldiers of the self-propelled gunboat would only be wiped out. Did your hard work during this period just send hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers to the battlefield where there is no chance of winning? Why is this happening? Knowing that self-propelled gunboats cannot intercept the enemy’s offensive at all, even for a minute, why does the military still issue such an order?

They have too many questions at this time, such as why the battleship’s assembly point is attacked by the laser light fired by the enemy in advance? Did the news of the rendezvous point leak out? Impossible, this rendezvous point is just a temporary random selection. Is it really just a random accident? In any case, the original noble image of that person in Linasha’s heart began to slowly crack during the days when she was serving as a self-propelled naval gun, and now it has completely collapsed after she learned that order.

After a long time, Linasha said in a trembling voice: “Let’s go, let’s go back to our own battlefield.” Qina understood the officer’s current mood very well, so she could only nod bitterly.

Everyone stared blankly at the empty screen, and Tang Long, who was the first to react, scratched his head and muttered, “How can I hear what the general said, it’s like it was played on TV. Those imperial generals used it to encourage soldiers to die. What did you say?”

At this time, everyone who woke up started to do their own things with full of thoughts. They all knew that relying on 1,000 self-propelled gunboats to intercept two reinforced fleets with more than 10,000 cruisers was equivalent to a bare-handed baby and Two heavily armed men fight. What the result was, everyone knew.

At this time, Mary brought a piece of news that made everyone’s face gloomy: “Sir, the jumping system has been destroyed, and this ship can only use the normal navigation function.” This sentence means that even if you are willing to risk the punishment of the military court and escape, you can only slow down. Fly away from the area slowly, rather than jumping out directly. Even at the speed of light, it would take dozens of hours to return to the Federation.

And Lanvint and the others who came out of the maintenance channel with gray heads and gray faces, said even worse: “Sir, the energy converter is completely damaged, and the current parts can’t be repaired at all.” Everyone’s originally cold hearts became even colder. Now, this shows that this battleship only has a shield of 20% power to face the two reinforced fleets. Simply put, everyone will turn into cosmic dust as long as they are hit by one shot.

At this time, in the meeting room of the Xingling Base, in the distant capital of Wanluo Federation, the Federation’s military and political summit meeting was going on. Since this is the safest place in the entire Federation, senior officials like to hold meetings here.

All of them are senior officials from both the military and the government. The atmosphere here is very heavy, and everyone is looking at the galaxy map in front of them. At the junction of the federation and the empire, there are a few blue light spots on the federation’s side, while on the empire’s side there are red light spots the size of glass beads, but compared with the blue light spots, it is very huge. Seeing this, the civil servants involuntarily took out handkerchiefs and wiped their sweat-free foreheads.

Federal President Namha, who was sitting in the first seat, asked Olmsted with a gloomy face: “How is the army of the Bone Dragon Cloud Galaxy mobilized?”

Olmsted pressed a button on the table in front of him, then pointed at the blue light spots on the galaxy map, scattered around the blue light spots, but could see the yellow light spots that were slowly gathering: “Need It takes four hours to get to the border, but the fleet of the Zike military area stationed at the defensive line can arrive within an hour.”

Namha frowned and pointed to the blue dots and said, “Can these 1,000 self-propelled gunboats stop the Imperial Army for an hour?” , actually looking for this time to fight. And no matter what the final result of this battle is, judging from the current situation, it is destined to be invaded by the enemy. Even if the enemy can be eliminated at that time, the fact that he was invaded by the enemy has become a stain on his term of office, which is a great disadvantage for him who is preparing to run for re-election.

Olmsted shook his head and said: “It’s like asking a few ants to stop the progress of two big mice. Even if you add the Zike fleet on the defensive line, it is impossible to stop them. After all, they are two Strengthen the fleet, so our battle deployment is near the Zukexing.” He pressed the button a few more times, and the final assembly point of those yellow bright spots appeared on the star map. You can see that the blue dots originally represented the Zikexing fleet. A yellow bright spot of the moves backwards, and will be separated from the blue dot by a long distance after it stops.

“Well, those self-propelled gunboats are used to confuse the enemy and make the enemy think that reinforcements are coming soon, because no one will use such a weak force to intercept the army. And with this kind of thinking, they will be sure after destroying the self-propelled gunboats. We will move forward in groups slowly, thus delaying us a little time.” Namha was no fool, and soon understood why he had to let the self-propelled gunboats intercept the two large enemy fleets.

But he was still very worried and asked: “Is that enough for the fleet to participate in the decisive battle?” He now knew that the enemy could not be prevented from entering the federal territory, so he had to pray that he could stop the enemy at the frontline military base, Shikexing. There are no citizens on this planet, and the army will be ordered to relocate a very small number of citizens to the mainland immediately, so that he can rely on the capital that there are no civilian casualties to cast votes.

Olmsted nodded and said: “Orders have been issued to all galaxies to send all aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers and other high-level warships of the federation’s armies to the Zike Planet, and this will take two days. As long as the bone dragon The army of the cloud system can support the Khike star for two days, and the victory must belong to us. At that time, it can also win a large-scale counterattack, and may even occupy the Khra system. Compared with our strong fighting power of the entire federation, K The 100,000 battleships in the Sla system are simply not enough to see.”

Hearing Olmsted say such frivolous words, Chen Yu’s eyebrows jumped, and his eyes showed a suspicious light, but it disappeared quickly, pretending to be attentive and listening to Olmsted’s words.

After Olmster finished speaking, he pressed the button again. At this time, countless yellow dots appeared in the Federation’s territory on the star map. These yellow dots gathered to the Skeleton Star and turned into yellow dots the size of a head. The big yellow dot slowly started to move forward, and the two red dots that seemed to be the size of glass beads were immediately swallowed by the yellow dots, and then the yellow dots moved to the Kesla galaxy and stopped.

Seeing this scene, Namha’s eyes began to light up, and he felt that his throne was more secure. He and Yan Di smiled at Olmsted: “You have worked hard for Your Excellency Marshal. I hope Your Excellency Marshal will make another great contribution to the Federation.” Olmsted nodded and said that he would definitely do it. But Olmsted sneered secretly in his heart. He knew that he, who was caught by the crowd and massacred civilians, was a tool that was neither dangerous nor very useful in the eyes of these officials.

Namha, who let go of this aspect, began to shift his mind to other aspects. He looked at the minister of the Ministry of National Security on the civilian side, Chen Yu, and said coldly, “Minister Chen, what does your intelligence department do, and you don’t even know that the enemy has started to attack! If it wasn’t for the self-propelled gunboats that happened to be there. Training, we still don’t know what happened when the enemy soldiers are in the city! Moreover, without the information that the soldiers of the self-propelled gunboats sacrificed their lives in exchange for their lives, it is impossible for us to know the detailed number of the enemy’s battleships, and it is impossible to immediately formulate a counterattack. Plan. What’s your explanation for this?”

Chen Yu hurriedly stood up, wiped his sweat with his handkerchief, lowered his head and said in a panic, “Please forgive me, Your Excellency President, in fact, the lower official reported to you not long ago that the Empire has two troops stationed in Keslavin. Fleet, at that time the intelligence officer reported that the capital of the empire was a bit abnormal. After analysis, it was judged that the princes were fighting for power. Therefore, everyone in the lower officials and the military believed that they strengthened the border troops to prevent our country from taking the opportunity to invade. Therefore, in order to prevent In case we also let Zukexing be on guard, but in the past few months, the enemy has not moved at all, and our side has become slack, and the lower official pleaded with the President for his paralysis.

Namha felt very comfortable seeing Chen Yu’s pitiful appearance. He nodded and said, “Forget it this time, remember not to relax in the future, and to strengthen the collection of information about the empire.”

Chen Yu hurriedly said: “Yes, the lower officials must obey the teachings of His Excellency the President, never slack, and work hard to collect information about the empire.” Namha, who nodded his head in satisfaction, did not see Chen Yu who was bowing his head at all. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.