Is it just Hodgkin?

The peace advocates, led by Crimson, are arrogant and want to use the rebels as pawns to ensure that the military's privileges do not decline, but they do not realize that they have already become a threat.

Because interstellar pirates hijacked starships, countless Alliance civilians doubted the truth of Lu Jun's military achievements several years ago. They suspected that the war advocates had been making up lies, and they became one of the driving forces of public opinion without knowing it.

The rich and powerful who were threatened with death, fearfully conspired together, and jointly put pressure on the expeditionary force to be transferred back to defend Leto.

The low-level logistical officers who delayed the equipment renewal for the Capital Star Garrison due to political differences; the garrison commander who had his own thoughts, disobeyed military orders and deliberately failed to dispatch enough troops to support Leto; ordinary people who betrayed the Alliance for various reasons and became minions of the rebels...

Everyone's starting point and desire is a thread, which is finally woven into a huge net that covers the sky and the sun, entangling the entire Leto and even the Alliance.

Lu Fenghan suddenly remembered that the previous commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force had also lamented that a qualified commander could predict the impact of weather and environment, and could calculate the difference in the strength of both sides, but could not predict and calculate the human heart. From this perspective, no one could be so wise, because the human heart was too fickle.

"I know," Lu Fenghan said briefly, and asked, "Where is Clemo?"

"He was controlled by General Nie. It is said that he had reached an agreement with the 'wise man' of the rebels in private, and the Alliance handed over all the planets and mineral stars outside York. No troops will be sent to recover them in a short time. Correspondingly, the rebels will not start a large-scale war in a short time. "

Vincent couldn't help but squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth, "Idiot!"

Lu Fenghan's words were full of sarcasm: "He is a politician, and he has been engaged in the exchange of interests all his life. The rebels are not a dog at his door. If you throw a piece of bone to him and ask him to squat and not move, he will really squat and not move obediently."

Countless communication prompts on Vincent's side sounded together. He didn't have much time to talk to Lu Fenghan in detail. He only asked at the end: "Commander, where are you now-"

"To Starport."

Immediately guessing where Lu Fenghan was going, Vincent seemed to wipe his face: "You go back first, I will definitely be there later."

After the communication was cut off, the car was very quiet.

Chagall was trying to digest this series of news.

There were only a few sentences, but they made him feel particularly unreal.

One of the only three four-star admirals in the alliance betrayed the alliance and opened the door for the rebels? Another dove admiral had secretly reached an agreement with the rebels?

If someone had told him this before today, he would have laughed three times to show his ridicule.

Lu Fenghan didn't give him extra time: "What's the next plan?"

Realizing that Lu Fenghan was talking to him, Chagall opened his mouth, not knowing how to address him, and simply mumbled: "I... will start a large-scale war later, right?"

While asking, his fingers pulled the fabric of his trouser legs into wrinkles.

Lu Fenghan nodded: "Yes."

"I want to go home once, although I don't know if I can go back... or go back to school, and then I will join the army." Xia Jiaer said the first half of the sentence hesitantly, but he didn't think about the last few words for a second.

Lu Fenghan only reminded lightly: "It is very likely that you will die."

"I know that the probability of death is still very high," Xia Jiaer looked out the car window, his face still pale, "but, the alliance has become like this, it seems that someone has to do something."

He was confused but determined. At the age of just over 20, he vaguely glimpsed his future and decided to stride forward.

Lu Fenghan didn't say much, and asked again: "Where do you want to go?"

"Frontline!" Thinking that the Alliance might be full of "frontlines" now, Xia Jiaer added a few more words, "I want to go to the frontline of the Southern Cross Region, I want to join the expeditionary force!"

Lu Fenghan pondered, and then asked: "What's your personal terminal number?"

Xia Jiaer carefully reported a string of terminal numbers.

A few seconds later, his personal terminal reminded him that he had received a message. He opened it and saw that it was an internal recommendation letter, signed by "Lu Fenghan".

Xia Jiaer took a breath of cool air!

Although he had already guessed it, and the answer was obvious, nothing could beat the intense emotions that surged when he actually saw this letter and saw these three words in iron painting and silver hooks!

For a moment, Xia Jiaer's eyes were almost shining when he looked at Lu Fenghan.

After Xia Jiaer finished reading, Lu Fenghan said before he could speak: "We are not far from the First Military Academy. Get out of the car."

Xia Jiaer sat up straight in a second, put his hands on his thighs, his eyes bright and full of energy: "Yes!"

Lu Fenghan curled his lips and opened the car door.

After Xia Jiaer jumped out of the car, the black suspension car continued to drive to the star port. Lu Fenghan glanced at Qi Yan who was quickly operating something on the virtual screen, and his lips tightened.

He was thinking about many things at the same time.

How is Nie Huai Ting's injury now, how long will it take for him to get out of the treatment capsule and take charge of the situation, will Clemo cause any more trouble, what is the situation of the space army near Leto, the rebels have come all the way here from the front line, what is the situation at the front line now...

But all of this seems to have retreated very far in an instant, far less clear than the separation that is just around the corner.

Lu Fenghan remembered the ideas he had had before, such as taking Xiao Jiaoqi with him to the front line, but he would definitely not do that now.

He is not so conceited that he believes that "being by your side is the safest place". Even now, he hopes that Qi Yan will stay a thousand miles away from him, away from the war and danger, safe and not affected by any disturbance.

He thought about a lot more, wondering if Qi Yan would eat well without him, if she would remember to wear slippers, if she would remember to take an umbrella, if she would be afraid of the bitter taste when taking medicine, if there would be thunderstorms where she lived...

But when all the words came to his lips, he couldn't utter a single word.

It seemed that if he said it, they would really be separated immediately.

He had to drive towards the star port in silence, wanting to shrink the land into an inch while greedily asking for the road to be extended infinitely.

Until the buildings of Leto Star Port appeared in the distance within the field of vision, the battle was fierce, Lu Fenghan turned the joystick and headed towards the underground entrance of the military star port on the other side.

Qi Yan looked away from his personal terminal: "I just received a message that the people who came to pick me up have arrived outside Leto. For safety reasons, they opened a deactivated jump point and are now on the other side of the jump passage."

Lu Fenghan responded briefly: "Yeah."

The people who came to pick up Qiyan were very cautious. Leto was in chaos right now, and it was impossible to be sure whether someone in the crowd would have connections with the rebels. Therefore, the best way was to weaken Qiyan's existence as much as possible. The weaker it was, the less attention it would attract, and the safer it would be.

This was the rational analysis, but Lu Fenghan had a resistance.

He began to worry whether the other party would not be careful enough, whether they would not take good care of Qiyan, whether -

in the end, he used reason to force these thoughts to be firmly suppressed.

The black suspension vehicle went straight into the interior of the military star port from the secret path. Lu Fenghan brushed open the warehouse at the end, and a black miniature starship appeared in front of them.

The hull was as black as night, with smooth lines.

After boarding the starship and throwing the box containing the source structure of the central control system aside, Lu Fenghan turned on the driving system. In the less than half a minute of warm-up, he lowered his eyes and looked at Qi Yan who was sitting quietly beside him.

"Two years?"

Two words without a beginning or an end.

Qi Yan easily followed his thoughts and nodded: "Yes."

"According to the requirements of any time, any place, and close protection, the time I am away will not be counted into the two-year limit."

"Yeah."

Lu Fenghan pinched Qi Yan's face.

He wanted to say, wait until I come back to find you. By that time, the rebels will be crippled and can't cause any more trouble. Whether you want to continue studying in Turan or travel to Woz, you can go anywhere and do whatever you want. I will accompany you and protect you. Don't be afraid of anything.

But when he met Qi Yan Qingling's eyes, he still didn't say anything.

The promise was too light and vain, he shouldn't say such words at this time.

Lu Fenghan just pinched Qi Yan's face very gently, and after letting go, he put his hand on the cold metal joystick.

This difference in temperature even caused a sense of loss in my heart.

Heavy metal doors rose up in front of them one after another, the route map appeared in the field of vision, and the electronic voice announced: "Thrusters are warmed up, 7, 6...3, 2, 1——"

The last metal door opened, and the miniature starship rushed straight up along the track, penetrating the atmosphere at extremely fast speeds, and everything on the ground shrank smaller and smaller.

During the turbulence, Lu Fenghan looked at Qi Yan again, stretched out his hand and twisted his thin white earlobe.

Finally, he said, "Go back to the Lagoon Nebula and wait for me, okay?"

He didn't explain clearly what he wanted Qi Yan to wait for. He even felt that his request was unreasonable and excessive.

Why did he ask Qi Yan to wait for him when he didn't know how long the war would last, didn't know who would win or lose, and wasn't even sure whether he would live or die? Just

based on that piece of contract?

However, Qi Yan nodded without hesitation: "Okay."

He seemed to understand all the words and emotions that Lu Fenghan hadn't said.

The noise of the starship rising continuously filled his ears, but Lu Fenghan heard the word strangely and clearly, and even the shape of Qi Yan's lips and expression at that moment could be completely reproduced in his memory.

He looked at this person deeply, his throat ached, and finally he smiled.

Just with this one word, he thought.

Even if he was about to die, he would still seize the scythe of death.

Just with this one word.

The moment they escaped the gravity of the capital star, there was silence in the ears of both of them. They, together with the miniature starship, floated in the space like dust, inconspicuous.

Qi Yan's personal terminal emitted a long "beep", and he was obviously relieved. He told Lu Fenghan: "The data core of 'Po Jun' was successfully stripped, and I will now transmit it to your personal terminal."

Lu Fenghan was stunned: "What?"

"Po Jun" is... for him?

At the same time, the personal terminal on Lu Fenghan's wrist lit up, showing "Receiving progress: 1%".

Qi Yan explained, his expression serious and solemn: "I will also protect you in my own way."

And handing over 'Po Jun' to you is my way of protecting you.

After thinking for a while, Qi Yan reminded: "You must take good care of it."

Lu Fenghan didn't quite understand why 'Po Jun' needed to be taken care of, but what Qi Yan said was what it was, and he agreed: "I will, don't worry."

At this time, a virtual screen rose on the control platform of the micro starship, and three seconds later, the image of Nie Huai Ting appeared. He was visibly weak with the naked eye, and without his military uniform, he was no different from an ordinary old man in Leto.

Lu Fenghan quickly looked him over: "Are you okay?"

Nie Huaiting was sitting next to the treatment cabin, waving his hands: "Not dead. Have you left the capital planet?"

"Yes."

"The front line of the Southern Cross Region has lost contact, and the specific situation is unknown."

Lu Fenghan was not nervous: "Erich is here, and it's okay to stabilize the overall situation for the time being. Even if he is not stable, I can go back and reorganize it."

Nodding, Nie Huaiting seemed to want to talk to someone. After listening, he pondered for a moment, and rarely instructed like an elder: "Be careful on the road."

Lu Fenghan agreed.

The micro-starship avoided the battle zone, and gradually moved away from Leto along a secret route that was not on the route map, heading towards the target relocation point.

And the accident happened at this time.

A red alarm suddenly lit up on the radar monitor, indicating that a high-energy body was approaching rapidly! Lu Fenghan immediately opened the protective shield, and the next second, the entire starship shook.

Qi Yan held onto the seat and steadied himself: "Are we being tracked?"

"The probability is very low. No one knows that the central control system is in my hands. The starship I picked is completely random, one in ten. It is unlikely to be tracked." Lu Fenghan spoke quickly, manipulating the starship to flexibly avoid the second bomb. "It's not the rebels' way of fighting, it's the interstellar pirates."

He speculated, "It should be an accident. Interstellar pirates bite people like mad dogs. They may have passed by on their mission and saw us coming out of Leto, so they wanted to take a bite."

While speaking, the third and fourth bombs arrived in an instant. Lu Fenghan shouted: "Sit tight!" As soon as the voice fell, he controlled the miniature starship to rotate in a 270-degree arc in space, avoiding two pinch points!

Two bombs exploded at the same time in the distance, like a fire suddenly lit up in the darkness, but apart from the danger, there was no beauty.

Seeing the two red bright spots on the star map, Lu Fenghan did not linger in the battle, but drove at full speed towards the migration point.

The enemy is numerous and we are few. If we insist on showing off, we will suffer.

Unexpectedly, the two small ships seemed to be aroused by the slippery micro-starship. They deviated from their original navigation track and caught up with it.

Are these interstellar pirates so idle? Lu Fenghan cursed in his heart, but his face was as calm as the deep sea. He quickly calculated the distance from the jump point in his mind, glanced at the enemy starship that was catching up, and made a quick decision.

The micro-starship braked suddenly while driving at high speed, and then sank suddenly. The starship behind him was unable to react in time and continued to move forward rapidly, about to slide over the micro-starship.

In this one thousandth of a second, Lu Fenghan pressed the launch button, and the small particle cannon immediately took position, shooting vertically upwards, hitting the enemy starship!

The fire caused by the explosion was reflected on the control console. Lu Fenghan had no time to watch this "firework". He released the control lever and lowered the power system gear to the lowest position. With the force field caused by the explosion of the small ship, he was pushed away at a strange angle like a leaf in the wind, thus avoiding the incoming shells again.

Lu Fenghan raised his eyebrows: "How many shots did the opposite side fire?"

Qi Yan replied: "Five."

Lu Fenghan tapped the metal surface of the joystick with his fingertips: "It really cost them a lot of money."

After that, he suddenly turned the power system to the highest gear, pulled the joystick back hard, and the micro starship turned to the side like an arrow. At the same time, a shell broke away from the barrel and hit the enemy's power source directly!

"Hit it, let's go." Lu Fenghan manipulated the micro starship, swooping through space like a peregrine falcon. He pointed to the bright spot marked on the star map, "This is the migration channel. Here are the coordinates of the person who will pick you up. Then you can return to the Lagoon Nebula safely and wait for everything outside to calm down."

He said this, not sure whether it was to reassure Qi Yan or to reassure himself.

At this time, on Lu Fenghan's personal terminal, the transmission of the "Po Jun" data core had reached 60%.

Looking at this number, Lu Fenghan felt a genuine sense of pleasure.

It was as if the two of them still had a strong connection even if they were separated. In other words, no matter what the situation was in the future, he would have a reason to come to you - for example, there was a problem with the operation of "Po Jun", could you take a look?

Such thoughts diluted his anxiety caused by separation.

The micro-starship approached the jump point and then merged into it like a bullet.

Lu Fenghan released the joystick and held Qiyan's wrist. Realizing that his action was inappropriate, he pretended to speak naturally: "I remembered that your personal terminal is not configured in your left hand."

He disguised his intention as checking the progress displayed on Qiyan's personal terminal, but after saying that, he had no intention of letting go.

Qiyan did not struggle.

Both sides of the jump channel were full of chaotic light and shadow, dazzling people, and the squeezing feeling also made people feel uncomfortable, but the two of them maintained this small action and no one moved.

The time that is extended in vain is always fleeting. The first second after leaving the jump point, Lu Fenghan opened the protective shield. However, no matter how careful Lu Fenghan was, he did not expect that what was coming towards him was the aftermath of the explosion!

The entire micro starship was thrown to one side like a floating boat in the waves. After observation, Lu Fenghan deduced that three Alliance starships and three Rebel starships were exchanging fire, and for some reason they accidentally entered this newly opened jump channel and came directly from Leto to this vicinity.

And just now, two medium-sized ships on the Alliance side exploded.

Lu Fenghan carefully avoided the battle circle and went straight to the coordinate point for the response.

At this time, in the battle circle, three enemy starships have surrounded the remaining starship of the Alliance. Just as the guns were warming up, the Alliance starships suddenly used their power systems to the maximum, and attacked the enemy starships with an unstoppable force!

Flames rose wildly, and the Alliance starships exploded, and all three starships were burned in the sea of ​​fire!

After the explosion, the remaining enemy starships quickly turned their guns around, without distinguishing between the enemy and us, and aimed directly at the location of Lu Fenghan and Qi Yan.

Lu Fenghan frowned.

Before he could react, a neutron cannon had already hit him. Lu Fenghan dodged swiftly, but the neutron cannon had a wide attack range. Even at full speed, the hull was still damaged.

Lu Fenghan pressed a button without hesitation. A

faint sound was added to the alarm of "Hull Damage". Qi Yan found that he was fixed in his seat. He turned to Lu Fenghan suddenly: "What are you doing?"

Lu Fenghan did not speak.

At the same time, the enemy medium-sized ship was venting its anger, and the second neutron cannon approached again!

Still narrowly avoided, the red light on the console indicating "Hull Damage" became more and more dazzling.

Qi Yan understood quickly. He faced Lu Fenghan's tense profile, his fingers trembling.

Lu Fenghan knew that Qi Yan had understood.

It was different from the situation before the leap.

The two starships encountered before were small ships with small shapes and light loads, and they were still capable of fighting. But the one in front of him was a medium-sized ship, even equipped with a sufficient number of neutrino cannons.

It was once again in a state of being enraged and bloodthirsty.

Even though Lu Fenghan had superb tactics and extraordinary operating skills, he was still unable to compete due to the huge hardware gap.

Even the fact that he was able to dodge the artillery attack twice in a row just now was due to the life and death tempering on the front line in the past ten years.

Qi Yan's throat tightened, his heart rate accelerated, his eyes fixed on Lu Fenghan, and he almost trembled with breath: "The people who are going to pick me up are on their way here--"

"Boom--"

The alarms in the cabin mixed together!

"The shield has been damaged and will be lifted in fifteen seconds, 15, 14, 13--" "

The ship's power system is damaged, two hundred seconds countdown, and it will stop operating soon, 199, 198, 197--" "

The heat source has been detected approaching! Please dodge!"

"The oxygen content in the cabin is rapidly decreasing, please pay attention!"

Lu Fenghan avoided the attack of the neutrino cannon again, but the entire starship was affected by the chaotic force field and was shaking as if it was about to disintegrate.

In the chaos, he reached out and pinched Qi Yan's pale face, his voice still casual as usual: "It's too late."

Following the lines of Qi Yan's face, Lu Fenghan's hand stopped at his chin, gently lifted it up, and in the rapid turbulence and piercing alarms, he lowered his head, leaned over, and kissed Qi Yan's lips.

Very cool, but very soft.

Softer than he had imagined.

Lu Fenghan bit Qi Yan's lower lip very hard, thinking that she was a little delicate and afraid of pain, and he restrained his aggressive nature, relaxed his strength, and held on for only two seconds.

It was an extremely hasty kiss.

The moment he withdrew his hand, a transparent protective shield rose up, forming a strict escape capsule, protecting Qi Yan inside.

Lu Fenghan ordered: "Inject oxygen into the escape capsule."

Hearing these words, Qi Yan shook his head desperately, his eyes turned red, and tears rolled out of his eyes one after another, wet.

He looked closely at the man in front of him and kept saying: "Lu Fenghan, don't do this... You will die!"

But there was only lip shape, no sound.

With his palms against the transparent protective shield, Qi Yan's knuckles were so bloodless from the force he exerted, as if he had lost consciousness. His nails split into the nail grooves, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

Lu Fenghan actually didn't know what to say at this moment.

It's not like he hadn't thought about dying in battle. The scenario he had imagined was that before he died, he would pass on the follow-up arrangements for the strategy so that the temporary commander who took over wouldn't be too busy. After that, there would be nothing else to do.

The beneficiary of his pension was left blank, as he had no family, and the money would be used to support dependents of military personnel in the future.

But the current situation was beyond his calculations.

The man in front of him also seemed like an unexpected event.

Through the transparent protective shield, he looked at Qi Yan, worried: "I'm sorry, I made the decision without your permission. If you can forget, don't remember this memory."

Qi Yan bit her lower lip and shook her head vigorously. After a while, blood beads overflowed from the place where Lu Fenghan had just kissed.

It was blindingly red.

Lu Fenghan suppressed his heartache and took one last look at Qi Yan, ordering: "Escape from the life pod immediately."

Qi Yan's voice was so hoarse that he couldn't make a sound, but he still looked at him, half of his body sticking to the transparent protective shield, and shouted hoarsely:

"Lu Fenghan--"

"Lu Fenghan--"

An electronic voice sounded: "The escape procedure is ready!"

Lu Fenghan's eyes were focused and his voice was extremely gentle: "Be good, the people who will pick you up will be here soon. Go back to the Lagoon Nebula and don't come out until the war is over."

"Lu Fenghan..."

"Yes, I'm here."

"3-2-1-Escape!"

The moment the escape pod was ejected, Lu Fenghan drove the micro starship, turned sharply, and then attacked the enemy starship without hesitation.

Qi Yan was trapped in the escape pod, watching the damaged micro starship moving away from him until it became a dark dot and could no longer be seen.

He clutched his collar, his fingers trembling with blue and white, and grief swept over him, making him choke with a pale face until his internal organs were twisted together and he seemed to be vomiting blood.

Something in his heart was also torn out.

Due to the lack of oxygen in the pod, Lu Fenghan's head began to feel heavy. He held his breath, manipulated the micro starship, and led the rebels' medium-sized ship closer to the jump point.

Before that, the thought of "Qi Yan must survive" was like a piece of iron stuck in his mind.

At this moment, he couldn't help thinking that Qi Yan would definitely blame him, but this was indeed the only thing he could do now.

The oxygen in the cabin was only enough for one person. One more second and both of them would be in danger of suffocation.

The shield had been shattered and the outer shell of the starship was damaged. It only took a little external force for the outer shell to completely lose its protective function and both of them would be exposed to cosmic rays.

The situation happened suddenly and the people who came to pick up Qi Yan could not wait.

There was no way to save the situation.

He did not regret it. No matter whether Qi Yan blamed him or resented him in the future, he would not regret it.

As long as Qi Yan was alive.

Qi Yan was still young and had never seen anything. He looked cold and indifferent, but he would be happy to watch a fountain show and find it novel to be with his peers. He would be happy for a long time if he was tied with a bow with a bandage.

Although he appears to be very smart, he is usually confused.

Besides, how can the people he, Lu Fenghan, is protecting die here?

After quickly calculating the distance of the escape capsule in his mind, Lu Fenghan manipulated the shaky micro starship and plunged into the jump tunnel.

Following it came the neutrino cannon and the enemy starship.

A silent explosion.

The micro starship turned into powder, and Lu Fenghan felt himself floating in the jump tunnel. Countless lights and shadows were reflected in his eyes, and the whole person seemed to be in a strange state of conscious wandering.

He closed his eyes.

Qi Yan was safe.

Thinking of this name, he realized that he didn't want to die like that after all, so he didn't approach the medium-sized ship to self-destruct, but crashed into here.

He had thought about the epitaph, signed a pension, wrote a will of no more than fifty words, thought about countless death scenes, and was even ready to die for the alliance and sacrifice his life for the stars at any time.

But now it's different.

He has someone he wants to take good care of.

There is someone he can't bear to let go of even the last second of his life.

At the same moment when his consciousness left, the personal terminal on Lu Fenghan's wrist lit up slightly, and the characters on it changed from "Receiving progress: 100%" to "Forced start."

January 7, 217, the day the alliance was founded.

The Alliance's four-star general Nie Huai Ting personally wrote a letter to his fellow countrymen in the Alliance.

"…The entire Maple Dan No. 1 fortress was killed, the Leto garrison shed blood for hundreds of miles, and the people were in panic, all because there were rebel minions hidden within our army, spreading rumors that the enemy was invincible, inciting public opinion, and provoking people's hearts. There were also short-sighted people who, for their own selfish interests, ignored the lives of their compatriots and put the safety of the alliance in danger.

…

The enemy is not an unbeatable god, nor is there an invincible army. Today, the galaxy is still there, and the blood is still there. We must drive thousands of miles, fearless of death, in the name of victory, to comfort the dead and shake the stars!"

Volume 2: Dawn