Mao Yonggui also said at this time: "Captain, you are our commander."
"We are not worth regretting our deaths, but we can't let anything happen to the commander!"
More and more Starry Sky Marines followed suit, "We are not worth regretting our deaths! But we can't let anything happen to the commander!"
This scene deeply touched and shocked Xia Chujian, who was used to fighting alone and sometimes felt like she "couldn't carry" others.
She was silent for a moment, then said calmly, "I am the commander, nothing will happen to me."
"Besides, no matter what I do, you should all act according to my instructions."
"I only asked you to attack the Triangular Cone Aircraft before. Floating Turrets are not something Starry Sky Fighters can contend with."
"Everyone saw the effect just now."
There was another silence in the public communication channel.
Xia Chujian then said, "Compile the casualty data for each fleet member and send it to me."
"The rest of you, rest for half an hour, eat something, and prepare for the next round of battle."
After she finished speaking, she turned off the public communication channel, sat alone in the pilot's seat of the Flying Vehicle, crossed her arms, closed her eyes, and pretended to be asleep.
Seven Lù whispered, "Master? Are you going to sleep?"
Xia Chujian said, "No, I'm thinking about a problem."
Seven Lù said, "Master, are you hungry? There are still a few Advanced Nutrient Solutions left, but there aren't many on the Flying Vehicle. But there are a lot on the Airship."
Xia Chujian said, "That's the food for more than fifteen thousand people, not just for me."
Seven Lù said, "Then it won't be enough. The remaining Advanced Nutrient Solutions are only enough for everyone to eat for two days."
Xia Chujian said, "So I have to find a way to break the situation within two days."
Seven Lù didn't speak. In its opinion, this was unsolvable.
Xia Chujian could escape alone, but it was almost impossible for others.
Xia Chujian didn't think for long, because everyone reported the casualties one after another.
Under these conditions, there were almost no wounded.
Either they died completely, or they lived completely, with no middle ground.
Xia Chujian silently looked at the data.
The First Interstellar Fleet, that is, the five thousand Starry Sky Marines who followed Chu Qingchen and his group of five, originally had only five hundred people left, but now there were only three hundred.
They were obviously charging more fiercely, probably because their comrades were dead, and they didn't want to live anymore...
The Second Interstellar Fleet of five thousand Marine Corps, thirty-five were killed in action.
The Third Interstellar Fleet of five thousand Marine Corps, forty were killed in action.
The Fourth Interstellar Fleet of five hundred people, two were killed in action.
The Fifth Interstellar Fleet of four thousand five hundred people, ten were killed in action.
The twelve people killed in action from the Fourth and Fifth Interstellar Fleets were the ones who piloted the twelve Starry Sky Fighters that attacked the Floating Turrets fiercely.
They were also the ones who thought Xia Chujian was trapped and tried to rescue her at all costs.
They were also the ones Xia Chujian used twelve Floating Turrets to bury with her.
Xia Chujian looked at the number of deaths, and her mood was mixed.
Fortunately, she called a stop early, and fortunately, she came back quickly.
Otherwise, these people might have been impulsive enough to "fight to the last person"...
Xia Chujian didn't want to be a commander without an army.
But facing the enemy's powerful weapons and equipment, she also knew that her chances of becoming a commander without an army were very high.
Xia Chujian took off her goggles and helmet and silently mourned for a minute.
Then she put on her helmet and goggles again.
She first asked about the worst-case scenario: "Seven Lù, if we fight to the death, do we have a way to destroy all their Floating Turrets in the process?"
Seven Lù said, "Master, Seven Lù has calculated it many times."
"The conclusion is, no."
"Even if everyone fights to the death with the enemy, it's impossible to destroy all their Floating Turrets."
"Master, make a decision soon..."
Xia Chujian pounded her helmeted head with her fist, saying with a headache, "No! I can't abandon them!"
Seven Lù said, "This isn't abandoning them, it's facing facts."
"Our weapons and equipment are too inferior, that's an objective fact."
"Warfare doesn't bend to human will."
"Of course, if Master were a high-level Gene Evolver and had awakened some kind of Ability, then it could bend to human will."
These words were too harsh.
Xia Chujian smiled wryly and said, "...This world is too malicious to ordinary people..."
"Gene Evolution also discriminates."
"Why can some people evolve, while others can't?"
Seven Lù said, "That's also an objective fact, because people are different."
"No two leaves in this world are the same, let alone people?"
Xia Chujian was distraught, and even A Wù and A Yuan sensed her terrible mood.
The Teacup Dog and the little chubby bird obediently shrank their heads on Xia Chujian's shoulders, not daring to breathe loudly.
Xia Chujian said, "Even if there are people who not only undergo Gene Evolution but also awaken Abilities, such people are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns in the entire Beichen Empire."
"Don't say such things that are detrimental to unity and progress."
"Seven Lù, think again, besides large Space Ion Beam Cannons, what other weapons can quickly destroy those Floating Turrets?"
Xia Chujian had pierced through the enemy's formation and had already discovered that the Shang People and Haidagong's aerial weapons were only Triangular Cone Aircraft and Floating Turrets.
The Triangular Cone Aircraft had been crippled by them, and even if they weren't completely annihilated, they were close, and they didn't dare to continue provoking them.
But the Floating Turrets had become a tough nut to crack.
All the Marine Corps who died today were killed by the Floating Turrets.
Seven Lù's childish voice was a little uncertain, saying, "Master, Space Ion Beam Cannons are already relatively easy weapons to obtain."
Xia Chujian said unwillingly, "Our Aurora-class and Ghost-Class Starry Sky Fighters are equipped with Micro Missiles and portable laser cannons, aren't they enough?"
Seven Lù said, "...Not enough energy. Firing a few more might work, but it's impossible to quickly blow up a Floating Turret."
If it took ten minutes or half an hour to destroy a Floating Turret, wasn't that a joke? Xia Chujian was a little desperate: "Does that mean only the Space Ion Beam Cannons equipped on Starry Sky Cruisers can blow up a Floating Turret with one shot?"
Seven Lù corrected her: "According to energy data, that's indeed the case. -- Moreover, it also takes two shots to completely destroy a Floating Turret."
Xia Chujian said, "But the Starry Sky Cruiser, which is the only one equipped with a large Space Ion Beam Cannon, can't enter the atmosphere and can only stay in Space outside the atmosphere."
"Isn't this a paradox?!"
"Huh? The Shang People and Haidagong only equip Triangular Cone Aircraft and Floating Turrets, as if they know we won't carry that kind of large Ion Beam Cannon!"
"Which smart aleck leaked the information!"
Seven Lù said, "The Shang People and Haidagong's weapons and equipment are indeed more targeted."
"Without a large Ion Beam Cannon, a large laser weapon would also work. All the metal materials of the Floating Turret can be easily cut by a large laser weapon..."
Xia Chujian wanted to wail, saying, "What's the difference between a large laser weapon and an Ion Beam Cannon?! -- We don't have either anyway!"
They only had Small Combat Aircraft, Starry Sky Fighters, and Interstellar Airships.
None of them had the conditions to be equipped with large Ion Beam Cannons or large laser weapons.
Xia Chujian said indignantly, "If it's so difficult to fight, it's better to just take everyone to the sky and break through that Global Laser Defense System, maybe it's still..."
"Huh..." Xia Chujian suddenly had a flash of inspiration, sat up straight, and excitedly asked Seven Lù, "Seven Lù! The Global Laser Defense System that Haidagong deployed in the South Pole and North Pole, does that count as a large-scale laser weapon?!"
Seven Lù's childish voice was a little hesitant, and said tentatively, "...It should count..."
"If Master rushes into the atmosphere now, this kind of laser defense system will be activated, destroying everything that attempts to cross the atmosphere."
Xia Chujian excitedly raised her head and said, "I have a way! Seven Lù! Start the Flying Vehicle! I want to try if I can use this Global Laser Defense System!"
Seven Lù didn't understand for a moment, and his childish voice was a little confused: "What does Master mean...?"
Xia Chujian said, "Aunt told me the story of using the enemy's spear against his shield! I'm going to try it!"
Her tone became cheerful.
Only then did Seven Lù understand, and his childish voice said in surprise, "Master truly deserves to be Seven Lù's Master! Seven Lù is proud of Master!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
She snorted softly, "Seven Lù, you have to think carefully, why didn't you think of this method? Are you not working hard enough? Have you been working hard for me?"
Seven Lù stopped talking, and on her eyepiece display, a long line of... appeared.
Xia Chujian pretended not to see it, and quickly issued a voice command: "Depart! - Target, the atmosphere!"
Then she opened the public channel and said to everyone, "I'm going to test an idea, don't act rashly."
"When my idea succeeds, I will let you launch an attack at the same time!"
After speaking, her Flying Vehicle had already soared into the sky, heading towards the atmosphere.
Mao Yonggui, Sang Yadi, and Chu Qingjuan were all worried, and said in the private channel, "What is Captain going to do again?"
Soon, they saw what Xia Chujian was going to do.
The cuboid Combat Aircraft, which had just rushed to the vicinity of the atmosphere, seemed to touch an invisible thread.
On the dark sky, a blue light suddenly appeared, gathered, and quickly transformed into a thick arc of blue-purple light.
Xia Chujian's cuboid Flying Vehicle took another step forward, unafraid of death.
The thick blue-purple arc of electricity immediately identified the target and chased after her.
At this time, Xia Chujian descended sharply, her speed as fast as lightning, and she actually broke free from the lock of the thick blue-purple arc of light.
Soon, the blue-purple arc of light rolling in the night sky automatically disintegrated and disappeared.
Xia Chujian: "..."
She murmured, "It ran too fast, the other side released the lock."
So she rushed up again.
This time, she tried hard to rush into the atmosphere!
But she couldn't go any further.
Because she clearly saw that from the two poles of this planet, two blue lights shot out, converged in the sky, and then transformed into a thick blue-purple arc of light.
The width of that arc of light was wider than her Flying Vehicle, as huge as a Floating Turret...
This time, Xia Chujian also fled quickly.
But this time, the blue-purple arc of light did not dissipate in the air because it lost its target. Instead, it seemed to be locked on, chasing her relentlessly.
Xia Chujian was exactly what she wanted, and descended sharply, her speed so fast that she almost reached First Cosmic Velocity.
As if in the blink of an eye, she came to the sky above the Floating Turret group in front of her.
This is First Update, there will be three updates today as usual. The second update is at 7 am, and the third update is at 1 pm. First, remind everyone to keep your guaranteed Moon Ticket! PS: These chapters are all about hardcore content related to war. I was worried that you guys wouldn't like to read it, but in the book review area, I saw a treasure mentioned the sixteen-character formula of guerrilla warfare. Mou Han is really happy, which proves that everyone has indeed read it, and can also cite other things! But, that sixteen-character formula of guerrilla warfare is about positional warfare and guerrilla warfare, which requires being on the home field, and it is mainly about dragging.
We are in air combat here, not the home field, and that sixteen-character formula is not applicable. Air combat requires sufficient energy. Except for our Sister Xia, no one else has sufficient energy supply, and it is not the home field, and there is not enough food, so we definitely cannot delay, we can only fight quickly.
As for how to fight, Sister Xia has already figured out the way, and will soon finish this battle!
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