But on this battlefield, the other Warplanes were all occupied by Starry Sky Marines.
The vast majority of them had no idea how to pilot a Starry Sky Fighter, relying entirely on the autopilot software that Seven Lù had copied over.
Now that the software had a problem, the autopilot's Mechanical Intelligence had entered a dead loop, unable to make correct adjustments for them.
When they needed to operate manually, they were completely lost...
And because communications were cut off, they couldn't hear the instructions from the base pilots, and many didn't know how to operate.
Only a few very talented Marine Corps, like Sun Jiahao and Li Dali, relied on their intuition to make changes themselves, manually switching to Mecha.
As a result, more and more Warplanes on Xia Chujian's side fell from the sky like meteorites, one after another, heavy and plummeting. Lieutenant Mao and the other pilots were going crazy with anxiety.
Fortunately, these people had switched their Starry Sky Fighters to Mecha beforehand, and had also given everyone a demonstration.
Some people saw it and quickly followed suit, stopping the falling process.
But not everyone saw it.
In fact, only a very few people saw it, those close to the base pilots.
But how many people could that be?
Most Starry Sky Marines were in a blank state at this time, not knowing what to do or what was wrong.
At this extremely critical moment, another Flying Vehicle appeared in the airspace.
It was Qiu Zijun and Ye Shijie's Flying Vehicle.
They had been chasing Xia Chujian's Interstellar Airship, but their Flying Vehicle was either too slow or for some other reason, they were late in arriving.
Seeing this scene, Ye Shijie was stunned: "What's going on?! I don't see any enemy Warplanes!"
Qiu Zijun reacted faster.
Seeing the situation here, she quickly pulled up a virtual display screen from her Quantum Optical Brain.
After operating on it for three seconds, she re-established a new Local Area Network for everyone.
Then she assigned fixed network addresses to everyone, pulled them into the new Local Area Network, and restored the network connection.
Many Starry Sky Marines then heard Lieutenant Mao and the other base student pilots shouting, their voices almost hoarse.
Some people switched to Mecha at the last second before almost crashing, avoiding the misfortune of their Warplanes being destroyed and lives lost.
But even more people did not wait until that last moment.
Ye Shijie and Qiu Zijun's Flying Vehicle slowly descended and stopped on a patch of open ground that they had finally found.
They didn't get out, because they didn't know how to face all this.
Lieutenant Mao, wearing a six-meter-tall Mecha, stood there blankly, looking at the wreckage on the ground, almost bursting into tears.
She really didn't expect that they had repelled the Shang People and Haidagong's attacks time and time again, and so many people had persevered, but they were still destroyed on the eve of final victory.
Originally, when the battle with the Shang People and Haidagong ended, they still had more than ten thousand Marine Corps survivors.
Looking now, there were probably only more than two thousand people who had survived because they had switched to Mecha in time.
Chu Qingjuan and Lin Xiaoxiao were both in their Mecha, their faces covered in tears, each trying to search through the wreckage for any surviving Marine Corps.
They did find some, but because they didn't have Mecha protection, and the Warplanes had crashed, their bodies were injured.
Exposed to the severe nuclear radiation environment, their flesh and bones began to melt, and there was no possibility of treatment.
Looking at the painful expressions of their comrades, Chu Qingjuan had to shoot him to let him die quickly, so he would no longer suffer the torment of watching his flesh and bones melt.
While searching for survivors, the base pilots also collected the identity tags of the fallen Marine Corps, to take back with them.
At the same time, in the high sky not far away, four more Flying Vehicles quietly approached.
However, they did not reveal themselves, remaining in stealth mode.
It was Chu Qingchen and the other three.
Seeing everything on the battlefield, their moods were very complicated.
Chu Qingchen asked in a low voice on their private channel, "What happened?"
"Why have so many Warplanes crashed?"
Zhuo Hanchen said, "It seems our people fought with those Shang People and Haidagong..."
Chu Qingchen seemed shocked and said, "We actually won?!"
"Was it really Xia Chujian who led them?"
"...Amazing! Too amazing!"
"A-Lu, we all need to learn from Xia Chujian."
"Although we may have some talent and Abilities, when it comes to commanding, all of us combined are not as good as Xia Chujian."
Lü Luyu felt terrible and said, "Brother Chu, don't look down on people!"
"If I were here, I could have won too!"
"Isn't it just throwing lives at the problem? Who doesn't know how to do that?!"
Chu Qingchen smiled.
Winning against the Shang People and Haidagong wasn't something that could be achieved by just throwing lives at the problem.
Xia Chujian only had twenty thousand, no, actually at most fifteen thousand people.
The Shang People and Haidagong together numbered two hundred thousand.
Moreover, the Shang People and Haidagong were not unarmed primitives...
Thinking about it, even Chu Qingchen became truly wary of Xia Chujian.
Ji Nabi sneered, "What's the use of winning? I'll only be convinced if she's the one laughing last!"
Chu Qingchen smiled without saying a word.
While they were talking, Zhuo Hanchen's Flying Vehicle was already empty.
Lü Luyu yawned and giggled, "I'm laughing, isn't that laughing last?"
The others pretended not to hear her nonsense.
Everyone's attention was still focused on those Mecha Warriors.
After watching for a while, Chu Qingchen said, "Let's not rush, let's wait two more days, the Military will send people over."
He looked down at the Marine Corps and pilots on the ground below, the smile on his face like a mask.
Ji Nabi said somewhat uneasily, "Brother Chu, we don't have an Airship either, and the Flying Vehicle can't fly out of the atmosphere. Will the Military really send someone to pick us up?"
Chu Qingchen said lightly, "Of course. I'm here, would they not come to pick me up?"
He was indeed the one with the highest status among this group of people.
Ji Nabi was indeed relieved.
They just continued to stay in the Flying Vehicle, maintaining their stealth, staring at the Mecha Warriors below.
...
Lieutenant Mao, Chu Qingjuan, Sang Second Lieutenant, Chen Yansheng, Lin Xiaoxiao, Xu Teng, and the other eight base trainees were checking their team members and were still doing everything they could to find survivors.
They all had Mecha, and they used the life detectors in the Mecha to plow the battlefield several times, like plowing the land, before they were sure that there were really no survivors.
Everyone gathered together to discuss what to do next.
Lieutenant Mao said with a heavy heart, "First Lieutenant Xia's mission must have been successful, otherwise we wouldn't have achieved final victory."
Chen Yansheng nodded and said, "That's for sure! Can our Sister Xia do anything that isn't successful?!"
Lin Xiaoxiao said dejectedly, "But, what was that all about in the end? We were clearly winning a great victory, but suddenly lost nearly ninety percent of our comrades..."
"When First Lieutenant Xia comes back and finds out about this, she will definitely think we are all useless..."
Chu Qingjuan said, "We didn't want that either. I'm also very sad to lose so many comrades."
"But it's not our fault. The enemy has too many tricks, we just hope that when First Lieutenant Xia comes back, she can find the formation principle of those phantoms."
"Otherwise, let's do it again. It's too unfair for everyone to lose!"
Sang Yadi, Xu Teng, and the other eight base trainees all nodded in agreement.
Sang Yadi stuttered a little as she said, "...T-t-the mecha... are showing signs of d-d-damage... The n-n-nuclear radiation is too severe... We c-c-can't stay outside for long."
Mao Yonggui said, "Second Lieutenant Sang is very observant. We should indeed return to the Airship immediately."
Their mecha were all converted from Starry Sky Fighters.
And their Starry Sky Fighters had suffered damage in the previous fierce battles with the Shang People and Haidagong.
Now that they were converted into mecha, the damage remained.
Sang Yadi was sharp-eyed and spotted the problem at a glance.
Because the mecha were damaged, they didn't know if it would affect their protective capabilities.
Mao Yonggui immediately turned around and said, "Everyone, return to the Airship immediately!"
Their Interstellar Airships were parked in hidden locations. Originally, there were five, enough for 15,000 Mecha Warriors.
But now they only had two thousand people, so one Interstellar Airship was enough.
Mao Yonggui was also worried that they would be unsafe if they were scattered, so she planned to take them back to Xia Chujian's Interstellar Airship.
At this moment, Qiu Zijun also came out of her Flying Vehicle, landed on the ground, and said to Mao Yonggui, "Are you Lieutenant Mao? I am Qiu Zijun, do you remember me?"
"I know your Lieutenant Xia. Can I go back to the Airship with you?"
She turned her head and pointed to her battered Flying Vehicle, and said, "I have been chasing Lieutenant Xia's Interstellar Airship, but I encountered some retreating Shang People and Haidagong Warplanes on the way, and fought a battle with them."
"I destroyed them all, but my Flying Vehicle is also badly damaged."
Qiu Zijun's Flying Vehicle had been parked at the Shang People's settlement, not far from Xia Chujian's Interstellar Airship. Mao Yonggui and Chu Qingjuan knew her, but they had never spoken to her.
Because only Xia Chujian had contacted Qiu Zijun.
Sang Yadi and Chen Yansheng, as well as Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Teng, joined later, so they had never seen Qiu Zijun.
But seeing her standing there generously, wearing the First Interstellar Fleet's pilot Combat Suit, with a beautiful and moving face, they had a good impression of her.
Moreover, Qiu Zijun also said, "I saw that your communication was interrupted here just now. I happened to have studied this kind of thing, so I helped you restore it."
Mao Yonggui had indeed experienced this situation just now, and she was wondering who had fixed it.
She knew that there were no talents in this area on their side.
She was still wondering just now, but now that Qiu Zijun said it was her, she believed it 70-80%.
Because the problem with their communication was only known to their internal personnel.
And the person who helped them fix it also knew about it.
So the person who repaired their Local Area Network must be Qiu Zijun.
This is the third update, 600+ Moon Tickets for August.
There will be a new update at 0:05 tonight.
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