Volume 1: Rainbow of the Old World Chapter 9. Worth it and not worth it
The sky is filled with white fish belly, which is a very light gray. The cool breeze rusts, and the lingering smoke is still unfinished. New snow is deposited on the old blood, and the world finally has a sense of tranquility.
The first light shone through the star monument that was still flowing, but the beam of light that reached the sky and earth had already stopped last night. Instead, it was replaced by a guiding signal with rhythmic flashing every once in a while, so the soldiers were quite relaxed. They completed the mission brilliantly. The deep space coordinates of the Eagle Valley star had been transmitted to the fleet. With the space-based strike and the fleet air force bombing, the enemy siege to the fortress also retreated in vain before dawn. The fortress standing in the wilderness suddenly became silent.
Several all-area fighter jets sailed in wedge formations, as if they had dyed a white line in the clear sky. The soldiers on the city wall watched with enthusiasm as the transport planes landed one after another in the temporary field airport outside the city, unloading a large amount of military supplies. When the Iron Horse, holding the battle flag, walked out of the tail cabin, people cheered and hugged, wherever the "Phoenix" Titan Mech of the Zhou Alliance appeared, they would go wherever they won!
Tang Ning squinted his eyes and looked at the late Titan that was late for him, rubbed the corners of his eyes, retreated silently, and the people behind him could not wait to immediately surrender and rush to witness the majestic posture of iron. It seemed that he forgot that only a few hours ago, countless young lives melted in this Shura Purgatory.
Tangning flipped over the battlements and jumped onto the Ivan Terror mecha with a "bang". This tyrant who could not be for a moment fell to the side of the city wall, with the left wall vertically against the chest ribs, and the right hand, which had broken the elbow, simply inserted into the hole that had lost its head, looking extremely weird.
Tangning smelled a fishy smell, which was caused by the leakage of liquid fuel from the mecha reactor. This high-explosion fuel was simply constrained by a magnetic field. After all, the only valuable thing about this planet is the positioning beacon. Whether it is the Empire or the Universe, they just came with their noses pinched for war.
Tangning was shuttled through the rugged iron thorns, and he tried his best to observe, looking for the dead who was trapped in solidified steel. He slid down the chest of the mecha, and ignored the completely different pink palms of Ivan's Thunder. People could not pull out the remains that were poured in, and could not handle the hundreds of tons of mecha in a short time. They could only use a chainsaw to cut off half of the still exposed, and cremated them and brought them back to the fleet.
As he walked deeper and deeper, Tang Ning stopped at a hole with a diameter of about two meters and a completely carbonized surrounding him. He squatted down and broke off a small piece of iron outside his eyes. He covered his mouth, covering his mouth, whether to laugh or cry, but he wiped the piece of iron hard until his gloves were hot, and he could only vaguely see the traces of the word "公" and "公".
This is the only trace of a paratrooper named Shen Zihua on this planet that once existed in the world.
Tang Ning stood up stiffly. His eyes were sore in the morning, and he actually stepped on the air, rolled over several times and fell heavily into the snow. However, everyone cheered for the Iron Valor troops on the city wall. After almost a quarter of an hour, Tang Ning stood up again, clutched the fragment of Shen Zihua's honor sword and walked into the fortress shakingly.
The outside of Star Monument Square was filled with bodies of fallen soldiers. Tang Ning spread a brand new body bag, twisted the edge of the bag with his left hand, and put the fragments of the short sword that might still have a trace of Shen Zihua's soul in it. Tang Ning held the body bag horizontally like a man, letting Shen Zihua lie in the same place with other paratroopers who died before dawn.
"All found?"
Tang Ning didn't look back, behind him were Yue Dong and Zhang Yueyang who were slowly approaching. These two old friends were in the same squadron as Tang Ning before the expedition. Slowly, Tang Ning was promoted to captain, Yue Dong became Tang Ning's deputy, and Zhang Yueyang also became the senior sergeant.
"The brothers who fell, are all here." Yue Dong said.
"Go and call the living brothers."
In less than two minutes, the surviving paratroopers stood in front of their comrades who had been sleeping forever, and no one choked up or sobbed. Death was like a common thing for orbital paratroopers. From the moment they stepped into the airdrop cabin, they entered hell. How difficult would it be to ascend to heaven?
"If you have anything to say, just say it quickly. If you have wine, sprinkle a glass of cigarettes, and if you have smoke, you will be the military cemetery next time you meet again." Tang Ning said dejectedly. There were more than 200 people before departure, and now there are less than 50 people who can stand by themselves. Tang Ning didn't know whether it was because of his superior who did too badly or otherwise.
"It's apart, let's go and do it yourself." Tang Ning leaned against an empty ammunition box and waved his hand weakly.
A cigarette was handed over, Tang Ning raised his eyelids and caught it. Zhang Yueyang lit the fire. The extremely strong smell of wind and sand in the fire clouds almost choked his throat. Tang Ning coughed hard, and even made a few drops of water print on his dry and tired face. The two of them were so dull and silent, one after another, as if they were looking indifferently at the three or three paratroopers commemorating the deceased. When they turned their backs to everyone, they kept wiping their faces and biting their lips.
Tang Ning turned his head, held a cigarette in his hand and said hoarsely: "Do you remember the last time we played football on the World God Star? I can't forget that you, a beast, stopped me at least two shots. In the last minute of the game, you, the goddamn, actually tripped me up on purpose. It's really strange." As he said that, Tang Ning laughed a few times.
"At that time, everyone made an appointment to go to the warship honestly and play a friendly match between men. Who was shameless to bring the girl? Just bear with one. In the second half, you can tell me how many girls were calling you to cheer? Is this what people do?"
"Especially, you have thick eyebrows and big eyes. When you get on the fleet, you can't stop the crazy bee and wave butterfly. Yes, have you taken Miss Bai?" Zhang Yueyang pointed at Tang Ning's nose and scolded him. The smile that appeared in the next second was frozen, making him laugh and cry.
Tang Ning swallowed the smoke and whispered: "This is almost the same as you guessed... Hey? What are you doing there?" Following Tang Ning's finger, a group of infantry in yellow military uniforms took the body bag on the side of the square and lifted it up to the construction machinery.
Tang Ning immediately stepped on the cigarette butts and rushed to the group of infantrymen, holding the short sword in his hand and shouted: "Stop! From that unit! Who ordered you to go here to act wildly!"
When the infantry saw that the visitor was a three-star paratrooper captain, they looked at each other and went in either way. Tang Ning saw the body bag he was picked up casually, and he was furious in his heart and scolded: "Bring back! I didn't see you guys coming over in the battle. After the fight, they came faster than the bastard!"
The scolding was very loud, and most of the eyes were attracted in the square. Soon after, an officer was attracted and he raised his chin and said to Tang Ning: "This is already the mecha parking lot of the Iron Control Army. Take your people back immediately, Captain!"
The word "captain" deliberately mopped the floor very long, but it was to show these two things
With the rank of Yixing, Tang Ning turned his head and looked at the paratroopers staring at him. Tang Ning's loud voice did not alarm other sad and mourning comrades. A nameless fire suddenly jumped onto his forehead. Tang Ning turned around and stared at the arrogant officer, saying coldly: "What if I refuse?!"
"This is a direct order! Captain!"
Tang Ning didn't talk nonsense anymore, grabbed the other party's collar and hit the forehead! With a "puff", it directly knocked the officer's nose, and a bunch of blood made Tang Ning look like a look. Regardless of the scaring of everyone around him, Tang Ning swung his fist and hammered it on his beautiful face, which was clean and dust-free. Until Zhang Yueyang pulled Tang Ning away.
The officer covered his flowery face and howled, and kicked several infantrymen, and howled, "Look still! Called the military police! Called the military police!"
Tang Ning spitted out his spit and said ferociously: "Call! Cry! I fucking tell you to lie down and see the military police!" After that, he broke free from Zhang Yueyang, rushed forward and kicked the officer on the ground. The infantrymen were not willing to be beaten so unreasonably, and surrounded him with all his wits. The paratroopers who had been holding their anger all night saw that Tang Ning was flooded by the crowd, and rushed over with their scabbards. In the blink of an eye, the steel helmets, kettles, and butt stocks flew everywhere, and the square was extremely chaotic.
Just as the paratroopers and infantry were about to fire the real fire, a "clang" explosion made them stop involuntarily, and suddenly they looked at a Phoenix mecha that suddenly stopped with heavy swords outside the square.
"Article 22 of the Fleet Order, insults, fights or even group fights are not allowed in any situation among soldiers! Military police! Arrest everyone present and take action!"
Under the gaze of the Phoenix Mecha, the military police who arrived controlled a group fighter. Tang Ning "hissed" the air conditioner and was driven to the corner by the gun-carried military police, squatting down, and asked Yue Dong next to him: "Dongzi, take a cigarette."
Yue Dong, whose cheeks were swollen, shook his head and said, "I've assigned it to my brothers. Alas, you have this title, so please keep it a little next time."
"Next time?" Tang Ning glanced out of the corner of his eyes as the officer who had been beaten by him and talked nonsense in front of the mecha. He exhaled heat into his cracked palms and said softly: "Next time? Who will keep it for you next time?"
Yue Dong was speechless.
The Phoenix Mecha "rumbled" to the paratrooper's side, opened the cabin, and an iron harness with a face covered in the cross-green light of the helmet walked out.
Tie Yu hooked his finger at Tang Ning and said indifferently: "Captain Tang Ning of the 28th Paratroopers. Get out of the line."
The paratroopers were slightly restless, and Tang Ning pressed his palms, signaling that nothing happened, left the line and stood up, saluting and said, "Report, I am Tang Ning!"
Tie Yu leaned down, as if he was seriously scrutinizing him. After a while, he took off his helmet and said, "I didn't expect that we would meet again in this way. Captain, your temper should have changed."
Seeing the slender iron harness in front of him who was no less than the beauty pageant, Tang Ning almost blurted out a sentence that had been sinking in his heart for a long time. When he came to his throat, he choked, and said "haha" twice in response.
The iron rushes off the mecha lightly. The black dragon tattoo on his left arm and wrist is more eye-catching than the tracking iron rush pistol inserted in his chest. He stretches out his hand and says, "Come on, someone wants to see you."
Chapter completed!