The long-range missile thruster rose from the Chanyuan, the muzzle was fierce, and after the warm-up was completed, the dazzling flames suddenly shone, and then attacked the Jiangling like a comet.

The silent explosion illuminated a small area of ​​the star field.

In the communication channel of the command room, Du Shang complained uncomfortably: "Why don't I fire the cannon and the Chanyuan be the target? Seeing a missile coming and not avoiding it is too contrary to my conditioned reflex!"

"Great!" Mei Jielin's eyes were bright and she laughed, "I played scissors and you played paper. If you lose, just be a target honestly. Why are you talking so much nonsense? The experiment is not over yet, brother, take another shot from me!"

Lu Fenghan spread his long legs and sat on the chair in a nonchalant manner. He turned the metal pen flexibly and asked Pojun: "How is the data?"

Pojun: "Based on the analysis of the experimental data obtained at this stage, the defense effect of the new starship protection system has increased significantly, "For long-range missiles, it can resist five more attacks than the previous generation system."

As soon as his conclusion came out, there were obvious gasps in the command room and the communication channel.

Wein sighed in disbelief: "What's wrong with the brains of the people in the White Tower? New weapons and new protection systems, and it can actually resist five more attacks?"

The number "five" itself is not a lot, but on the battlefield, it means that under the protection of the new protection system, everyone has five more chances to survive.

Six hours ago, the new starship protection system was secretly sent to the front line. Lorenz immediately suspended most of his affairs and led the technical department to work quickly. After the system was installed on the main ship, Qi Yan spent nearly an hour to successfully connect the new protection system to the starship's central control system.

Now, Mei Jielin and Du Shang are conducting actual tests, the technical department is installing the remaining starships, and Qi Yan is constantly debugging the system based on the test feedback.

While loudly ordering the guns to fire, Metierne was still thinking about what Wein was saying: "I don't know what's wrong with my brain, but I'm really careless! Not only did they not send a technician, they didn't even come with an instruction manual. They just left behind the source architecture of the new system and walked away, without even worrying whether we could use it. Hey, isn't it just to see their chief on our ship?"

Her words sounded like a complaint, but in fact, the pride in her tone was almost overflowing, like a bandit leader who had taken an important hostage.

Du Shang was dissatisfied: "Colonel Mei Jielin, why is your attention jumping around like a pinball? Can't you concentrate?"

"Multitasking is a natural skill. It's normal that you can't learn it. There's no need to get angry." Mei Jielin glanced in another direction, "Tsk tsk tsk, the transport ships that went to pick up people from all over are back, a long line of them."

The war was imminent and troops needed to be replenished, but there was no time or energy to train new recruits. Lu Fenghan temporarily thought of a way - to transfer back all the expeditionary forces deployed outside to increase the manpower. As for the vacant defensive positions, they were temporarily filled by the garrison troops in the Southern Cross Region.

At this time, like a hundred rivers meeting the sea, the combat power of the expeditionary forces has been assembled and is on standby.

The capital star Leto.

Xia Zhiyang squatted on the edge of the lawn without much image, holding a bag of nutrition in his mouth, swallowing it in a few mouthfuls without tasting any specific flavor.

It had been raining for more than a week, and it was rare for the sky to clear up. In the past, there would have been countless photographers, tourists, people taking a walk or having a date, but now, the park designed by the famous gardening master of the Alliance was extremely deserted, and there was not a single person to be seen.

Even the entire Leto seemed unreal - like a mini castle made of pieces, empty and covered in a crystal cover for the rebels to admire.

Standing up and kicking his legs, Xia Zhiyang jumped up on the spot and moved around a few times.

The surrounding lawns, lakes, and buildings looked as beautiful as before, but they made him suddenly understand the exact meaning of "devastated".

Lifting his hood with one hand and hiding half of his face in the shadows, Xia Zhiyang quickly walked along the path paved with water-rippled stones and entered the tallest observation tower in the park.

The observation tower is mainly white and blue in appearance, with a total height of more than one thousand meters. It is the tallest building in the vicinity and can see very far.

Stepping into the elevator, Xia Zhiyang habitually stood in the least noticeable position and looked around secretly.

His line of sight turned half a circle and suddenly stopped on a line of words.

The handwriting was not neat, but the pen strokes were very powerful.

"Please continue to be patient, the daybreak is about to break."

Xia Zhiyang remembered what he had heard before. Some time after the rebels occupied Leto, there were several suicides in the watchtower, so someone deliberately wrote this sentence on the glass wall of the elevator. He

didn't know if it had a dissuading effect, but he couldn't help but repeat the second half of the sentence twice in his mind.

On the observation deck at the top of the watchtower, Xia Zhiyang sat down cross-legged without a care in the world, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance.

In the sunlight, the buildings in Leto were like the most exquisite works of art. He first identified the large white marble roof belonging to the Turan Academy, and then determined the direction mark based on the location of the First Military Academy across the river.

After his sight swept across countless buildings -

he found it.

As soon as Leto was occupied, the ground control room of the Capital Star Defense System was firmly in the hands of the rebels, and it was as impervious to water and fire as a copper wall and an iron wall.

As a result, the shield-like defense system became a sealed giant jar, and all the people who remained in Leto became the rebels' weapon to seize the Alliance, so Nie Huai Ting did not dare to easily show his gun to Leto.

When meeting Wen Shiqing before, Xia Zhiyang did not know what the mission she said "to open a way for General Nie to enter Leto" was. It was not until two days ago that he got the news that Wen Shiqing had exchanged her life for a triple key that could close the defense system from the inside.

He raised both hands forward, with his middle finger and index finger at right angles, and the four fingers overlapped, dividing the sky in his field of vision into pieces.

Although it can only make a small area appear in a "vacuum" state for a short time, it is enough.

He pulled his hood in the wind of the thousand-meter-high tower and thought, I don't know why I have to come here. Maybe I thought that it is high here and the words I say may be blown to many places by the wind. In this way, maybe you can hear it.

Xia Zhiyang's voice was very low and was instantly blown into pieces by the wind.

"I just came to tell you that the expeditionary force has already determined the location of the Divine Court and will launch an attack soon. At the same time, General Nie has also made preparations to retake Leto. Everyone says that although this battle will be difficult, we have a chance of winning."

After saying this, he stood there for a few seconds, put his hands in his coat pockets, turned around and walked back, his back as straight and strong as pine and bamboo.

Daylight is about to break.