Three days after Qi Yan boarded the expeditionary command ship, the debugging of the new detection system was completed. Based on his working speed in the White Tower, it should not take that long, but compared with his previous speed in Leto, it was very close.

Pojun reminded Qi Yan that it was time to drink water again. He leaned back on the edge of the table and held the water cup: "Got it, I'm taking a rest."

When he was in Leto, Lu Fenghan would always remind him of these small details. Now that Lu Fenghan is not always there, Pojun followed Lu Fenghan's orders and executed them meticulously.

Pojun likes chatting with Qiyan: "I found millions of messages about 'fatigue and sudden death' in the Star Network. You work too hard and need enough rest, otherwise you will get sick easily."

"Well, the debugging has been completed. I don't have any projects I want to start for the time being, so I won't be very busy next time." Putting down the empty cup, his eyes accidentally fell on his fingertips. The edges of his nails were trimmed very smoothly. Qiyan looked at them quietly for a while, and suddenly asked softly: "Why do people cry?"

Without waiting for Pojun to answer this question, he changed the question and asked: "What is the general doing now?"

But after asking this question, Qiyan suddenly realized: "He is the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force. Shouldn't I ask about his whereabouts and schedule?"

"No, the general has already issued relevant instructions, All his information is open to you, and you can confirm his location and behavior at any time. "

Po Jun quickly replied, "The general is chatting with the former acting commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Weiss." He corrected his wording, "It's a more alternative chat."

Interrogation room.

Lu Fenghan's white military jacket was unbuttoned, and his rolled-up sleeves revealed the firm muscles of his arms. He pulled open a single chair and sat down. He glanced at Weiss who was sitting opposite him and asked Vincent, "Were you tortured?"

"We are a clean expeditionary force. We never use inhumane methods such as torture!" Vincent acted very innocent and added, "It's just that you haven't been allowed to sleep since you were brought back."

Weiss's light brown hair hadn't been trimmed for several months, and it half covered his sunken eyes. It was obvious that he had not had a good time during those months of escape and hiding.

Lu Fenghan looked him up and down. "Your parents died when you were sixteen. The cause of death was indirectly related to the technological destruction. From that time on, you must have hated the Alliance."

Because of his thinness, Weiss had prominent cheekbones and chapped lips. "Shouldn't I hate them? If it weren't for the technological destruction, there wouldn't be all these hidden dangers left behind, the particle flow storm wouldn't have destroyed the route, and the starship my parents were on wouldn't have been in trouble!"

"We have all taken courses on interrogation, so we don't have to deal with tricks like selling pity and logical traps," Lu Fenghan was unmoved after listening to this, and asked in return, "Then who should the children of those who died because of your collusion with the enemy and deliberate defeat hate? The Alliance or the rebels? Or, you?"

Weiss avoided Lu Fenghan's cold gaze and said nothing.

Lu Fenghan did not dwell on this question: "Let me guess, you were the one who leaked the coordinates of the jump point for the first big defeat. Your superior and accomplice Dyson was against the leak of the coordinates, so you drove him back to Leto for control. After he witnessed the big defeat, you used the 'fuse' to fake a suspension car accident and got rid of the guy, right?"

Weiss's eyes were full of sarcasm and contempt . "He was afraid of being discovered by you, so he didn't dare to do it. His lover was on the same starship as my parents, and after he died, even his body was never found. He kept talking about revenge, but in the end, he was just a coward!"

Lu Fenghan was actually not very curious about the motives of people like Weiss, but he had to write it in the report he submitted, so he needed to ask according to the procedure.

For example, Laurent, who was in the same class as Qi Yan, was willing to frame his classmates and provide scientific research data to the rebels for money; Jiang Yunyue tasted the power in his hands and took the initiative to collude with the rebels, not caring about human lives; Crichton did some stupid things to maintain the military's privileges.

Everyone has secrets and reasons, and he doesn't have that much energy to understand and empathize.

Because in some issues, right is right and wrong is wrong. If you

are wrong, you should bear the consequences.

"Donald has given up on you. You should have seen that. To the rebels, you can barely be regarded as a favor Donald gave me." Lu Fenghan's tone was normal, but his words were not very pleasant. "Don't stare at me. You know whether I am telling the truth or not."

Of course, Weiss knew it in his heart.

Otherwise, Donald would not have picked him up on the starship during the mission after he had been hiding and frightened for several months and sent hundreds of distress signals to the rebels.

Of course, he threw him to Lu Fenghan without a care.

Lu Fenghan continued: "You haven't said a word since you came on board. I think you think Vincent is not qualified and want to wait for me to come in person?" Vincent

didn't hold back: "After all, I am the adjutant of the expeditionary commander-in-chief, a real direct descendant and confidant!"

Huais looked directly at Lu Fenghan. Because of the angle, an inch of white was revealed under his pupils, looking gloomy: "I will write down all the names I know, without missing a single one, and you let me go."

Lu Fenghan raised his eyebrows: "Are you negotiating conditions with me?"

"I know that I am now controlled by you. Whether I live or die depends on a word from you, Commander Lu. But the information I know is very useful to you." Huais spoke faster, "As long as you are willing to let me go, I will never hide anything!"

Vincent looked at Huais, then at Lu Fenghan, without saying a word.

He thought, Weiss's brain is still not good enough. After so many years in the expeditionary army, he still didn't understand. Threatening Lu Fenghan will only make him die faster.

Lu Fenghan's expression didn't change. He tapped his fingers on the table twice, as if negotiating: "Then I will give you a chance to choose one of two. One is, write out the names of all the names without missing a single one, and I will shoot you and die easily. The other is, you refuse, and I will let people torture you until you say it. What do you choose?"

Coming out of the interrogation room, Lu Fenghan was interested and asked Vincent: "Do I look kind-hearted? You killed so many of my men, You actually think I can let him go just for a list of names?"

Vincent: "Weiss is blind." He shook his head again, "He's not very smart, and I guess this is all he can rely on."

Lu Fenghan's eyes were cold: "When he opens his mouth, you ask someone to check the list and deal with it as needed."

Vincent nodded: "Understood."

The dead can never be resurrected, and all they can do as the living is give a complete explanation.

On the other side, Qi Yan sent a message to tell Lu Fenghan that the detection system had been debugged, and then he prepared to go back to his room to rest. After turning two corners in the corridor, he caught a glimpse of a figure in his peripheral vision and asked uncertainly: "Mondrian?"

"Qi Yan?"

Ye Pei still had her hair tied in a high ponytail like before, and when she saw Qi Yan, she thought she was seeing things at first. It was not until Mondrian called out Qi Yan's name that she quickly walked over, her eyes red, with so many things to say, but she had no idea what to say.

Half a year ago, they were still sophomores at Turan. The next time they met was on the command ship of the expeditionary force.

Qi Yan followed them to the technical department's lounge.

Seeing that Ye Pei's eyes were still red, he found a topic: "Why are you here?"

Ye Pei proudly pointed to the uniform she was wearing: "We are all serving soldiers now."

Her eyes were still as bright as before, but there seemed to be something else.

"On the founding day, after we separated from the Sky Diamond Square, I took Mondrian back to my home. My parents wanted to leave Leto to avoid the disaster, but the rebel attack arrived halfway through the car.

At that time, a bomb exploded on the driveway not far from us. It was particularly terrible. We had no choice but to return home the same way.

Later, Leto fell, General Nie Huai Ting and the Secretary-General were both going to Kepler Region. My parents tried every possible way and finally left Leto with General Nie."

Ye Pei recalled that chaotic situation and still feels scared.

"After arriving in Odin, Mondrian and I applied for enlistment together. Since we were already adults and had a letter of recommendation from Professor Fu, we were assigned to the expeditionary force as technical soldiers. The five-month probation period has passed, and Mondrian and I entered the technical department of the command ship because of our good grades."

"I still remember that we set out from Odin with other recruits. Because there were too many people transported to the front line, Odin's starport directly closed the civilian channels and gave all of them to military starships, and family members were not allowed to see us off."

Ye Pei's tone was heavier, "That was the first time I really felt that this was a wartime state."

Mondrian mentioned: "Qi Yan, do you remember Chagall? He also joined the expeditionary force and is now in the destroyer sequence. He is already a captain. We have met him twice in a hurry."

Qi Yan nodded: "Remember."

On the day of the establishment, they went to the launch tower together and snatched the source architecture of the starship's central control system. When Lu Fenghan asked him about his arrangements, his answer was that he wanted to join the expeditionary force.

Speaking of military titles, Ye Pei laughed again, pointing to her shoulder straps: "Look! Lieutenant! I also have a military title!"

The smile on her face slowly faded, "We agreed before that if there is a chance, we will go to travel to Woz together."

Qi Yan: "We can go together after we take back Leto."

Although no one knows how long it will take for this sentence to come true.

Qi Yan asked: "Where is Xia Zhiyang?"

Mondrian replied: "Xia Zhiyang is still in Leto. The rebels are under very strict control and no external communications are allowed. Contact has been completely cut off."

Ye Pei actually wanted to ask Qi Yan why she suddenly appeared on the command ship, and where Qi Yan's bodyguard named Lu was, and whether he was safe.

But Qi Yan did not take the initiative to explain, and explained that the reason might not be convenient for others to know, so Ye Pei and Mondrian did not speak rashly.

They talked about the things in Turan Academy again, and Ye Pei couldn't help but sigh: "It's really like a dream. If the things on the founding day hadn't happened, I should be a third-year student in Turan now, and I would probably be preparing for the exams. If I did poorly, I would hide and cry quietly."

The three of them didn't say anything.

At this time, Ye Pei and Mondrian's eyes were slightly fixed at the same time, as if they were listening to something attentively.

Qi Yan knew that everyone on the ship had a communication device implanted in their personal terminal, and the sound was directly connected to the auditory nerve, ensuring that real-time communication was not limited by distance and would not be easily leaked.

Just as he thought, a few seconds later, Ye Pei spoke: "Notify everyone in the technical department to hold a meeting. There is a new system that needs to be familiarized. Qi Yan, we are leaving first. Can you find the way?"

Qi Yan nodded: "Yes, I can find it."

Ye Pei was a little reluctant: "Then we can talk about it next time!"

After Ye Pei and the others went to the meeting, Qi Yan stood there for a while, and then went back to the room to sleep along the original route.

Qi Yan was woken up by Po Jun in the middle of the night. The light in the room was very dim.

"What's the matter?"

Po Jun: "The general asked me to take you to the combat command room."

Qi Yan's voice was still a little hoarse from just waking up, but he had fully reacted: "Has the war started?"

"Yes."

When Qi Yan arrived at the command room, the meeting inside had just begun. Lu Fenghan was the first to notice him coming in and pointed to the empty seat behind him.

Qi Yan didn't care about the various looks cast at him, and sat next to him as Lu Fenghan asked.

Lu Fenghan got straight to the point without saying a word: "The new detection system provided by 'over there' has been successfully debugged, and the code name for this mission is 'Salute'." He looked up at a middle-aged soldier, "Is the 'Pingning' fully equipped?"

"Report to the commander, the 'Pingning' and its escort ships and comprehensive supply ships are all fully equipped!"

"Yes." Lu Fenghan ordered, "Pojun, let me see the Pingning."

The next second, a phantom appeared above the circular conference table, and a starship appeared in front of everyone.

There is a high-energy particle cannon on each side of the front of the starship, forty-nine missile thrusters on the left side, and thirty-six high-sensitivity cannons and laser cannon platforms on the right side. The whole body is black, like a shadow in space.

Lu Fenghan: "Inside."

As soon as the voice fell, the outer shell of the starship quickly peeled off, revealing forty destroyers and twenty small reconnaissance ships inside.

Lu Fenghan nodded and looked around at everyone: "Prepare for action, I wish you all a successful start."

The people around the round table stood up, touched their heels, saluted Lu Fenghan, and quickly left the command room.

When the command room was empty again, Lu Fenghan took off his military jacket and put it on Qi Yan's shoulders. Compared with the voice just now, it seemed as if a layer of thin ice had fallen off: "Were you sleeping just now?"

"Yeah, I was a little sleepy, so I fell asleep." Qi Yan's clothes still had Lu Fenghan's body temperature. He sniffed lightly and inexplicably wanted to talk to Lu Fenghan for a few more words. After thinking for a while, he said, "I came out of the equipment room and met Ye Pei and Mondrian." There

were many new recruits sent this time, and Lu Fenghan only knew the formation and training situation roughly.

"Are they in the technical department?"

"Yes, Professor Fu wrote a letter of recommendation."

When these names were mentioned, Lu Fenghan suddenly had the illusion of turning over hundreds of pages of the calendar.

Looking out the porthole again, he could no longer clearly realize that this was indeed the front line of the Southern Cross Region.

At this time, the "Pingning", the main ship of this operation, had slowly set sail. The ship was huge and heavy, but it moved very lightly and silently sailed into the sea of ​​stars.

Seeing Qi Yan looking out the porthole, Lu Fenghan explained: "The battle plan this time is very simple. The 'Pingning' is the main force. First, we will clean up several enemy resource supply stations, and then use high-sensitivity artillery to bombard several asteroids. After receiving the signal, Donald will naturally lead his troops to come through the migration channel.

However, there are many migration channels, and it is impossible to determine where they are coming from, so at this time we have to use the 'Wind Catcher'. Wherever there is a high-density heat signal, we can use the time difference to ambush at the exit in advance."

Vincent smiled and showed his white teeth: "This time we have prepared a lot of gifts for Donald at all costs, just waiting for him to bring the main force over and open fire to welcome him!"

Not long after, battle reports kept coming from the communication channel:

"Report to the command, supply station F-074 has been destroyed!"

"... Supply stations F-075 and F-077 have been destroyed!"

"..." "

The damage level of the defense network of the K-N765 mineral planet is 98%."

"The landing ship is in place..."

Just after half an hour, five planets on the virtual star map had already re-planted the shield sword flag.

At this time, Po Jun reminded: "General, the detection system has detected a high-density heat signal in the No. Y801 migration channel. It is predicted that there are two main battleships, and it is 2 minutes and 21 seconds away from leaving the migration channel. The signal of the No. Y806 migration channel is weaker. It is predicted that there will be one medium-sized ship and 20 destroyers, and it will take a total of 2 minutes and 55 seconds."

Judging from the distribution of combat power and the time difference, Donald's idea is to encircle the front and rear.

Lu Fenghan also issued an order: "The frigates will unload the bomb reserves to 20%, and the main battleships will unload to 50%. After unloading is completed, retreat in an E-shaped path to 30 ranges away. The 'Pingning' turns its guns and aims at the exit of 806. People have already come out, so use missiles to bomb them. Don't be too frugal. The destroyers should be ready for auxiliary preparations."

"Yes!"

Two minutes later, the rebels who had just escaped the squeeze of the migration channel had no time to react before they triggered the bombs placed at the exit!

In the black curtain-like space, huge fireworks rose. The orange-red flames even coated the dark surface of the Pingning with a layer of light color.

At the same time, on the command ship where Donald was, countless bright spots representing starships went out within three seconds, shocking Donald and standing up suddenly: "What's going on? Confirm whether it is communication interference!"

Soon, the signalman reported: "Report, no interference signal detected ahead!" At

this moment, Donald's heart was beating like a drum, and no one in the command room dared to speak.

If it was not communication interference, then, what does it mean that the light spots went out at the same time?

It only means that the entire fleet was completely destroyed by the expeditionary force in a few seconds!

At this moment, he thought a lot, and the biggest possibility was that a traitor leaked the coordinates of the jump point, and Lu Fenghan deliberately copied the scene of the great defeat!

Donald's face was livid, and he sat back in his chair, his hands clasped on the armrests: "I want to know what happened just now!"

On the expeditionary command ship, Qi Yan was reading the information sent back from the front.

After comparing the data within three seconds after the rebels left the relocation point with the data obtained by the new detection system, it was concluded that there was no error. After

the "Pingning" in front dealt with the main battleship of the rebels, it left a few destroyers to sweep the tail, and then quickly passed through the relocation channel and attacked all the way to Turin.

Lu Fenghan's mind was seven-tenths on the battle situation, and the other three-tenths were on Qi Yan. Seeing him yawning quietly with his hands covering his mouth, physiological tears instantly wet his eyelashes.

"Are you sleepy?"

Qi Yan shook his head.

In the six months of getting along with Leto, Lu Fenghan probably understood Qi Yan's little expressions better than Qi Yan himself.

Without exposing Qi Yan's words, Lu Fenghan patted his thigh.

Qi Yan hesitated for two seconds, but still sat closer and rested his head on Lu Fenghan's thigh. Then, the coat he had been wearing was unfolded and put on him again.

Lu Fenghan covered Qi Yan's eyes and whispered, "Go to sleep."

Qi Yan couldn't help but blink.

He couldn't help but reflect that the logic of his behavior seemed to be broken in recent days.

It has been confirmed that there is no problem with the new detection system, and he can go back to the room to rest. Even if he has to stay just in case, he can sleep on the conference table.

Why do you want to sleep on Lu Fenghan's thighs?

However, he slept like this before, more than once or twice.

Whenever he compared his previous memories, Qi Yan would give up thinking.

So before long, Lu Fenghan found that Qi Yan's breathing was steady and he had fallen asleep.

The battle did not last long.

After dealing with the vanguard of the rebels, the "Pingning" was unstoppable. While the rebels had not yet figured out what was going on, they caught the enemy off guard and did not even react when missiles were fired in front of them. When

the flag of the shield and sword was also planted on the star map, Lu Fenghan gave an order: "You all performed very well. Let's wrap it up and come back."

This battle was to test the new detection system and to boost the morale of the expeditionary force with a victory.

In other words, not only the expeditionary force, but also the entire military and the entire alliance, needed such a complete and thorough victory.

On the founding day of the alliance, after the loss of the alliance's capital star, countless rumors such as "the rebels are invincible" had already spread across the alliance's territory and filled everyone's ears.

And such rumors can only be dispelled by a perfect victory.

Therefore, Lu Fenghan did not prepare to pursue the victory, but immediately called everyone back after taking Turin.

An hour later, the fleet returned, and countless repair robots came up to start repairing the damaged starship.

Leaving the follow-up matters to Erich, Lu Fenghan leaned over and hugged Qi Yan horizontally.

Qi Yan's eyelashes only trembled, but she did not wake up. She even unconsciously grasped Lu Fenghan's collar as before, like a small animal afraid of being abandoned.

Lu Fenghan hugged her tighter.

Before leaving, Lu Fenghan said to his adjutant: "The Alliance moved the entire center to Odin, but the Leto Daily is still there."

Vincent nodded: "It moved with it. When we first moved there, the military was uneasy, and someone suggested changing the name to Odin Daily, but it was rejected. General Nie said that we have to change it back when we return to Leto. Thank you."

Taking into account Qiyan who had fallen asleep, Vincent lowered his voice.

Lu Fenghan nodded: "Send the details of this battle to the Leto Daily, and let them write a good front-page headline."

Vincent continued: "Wouldn't it be best to let the people of Leto know the news of the first victory?"

"Yes." Lu Fenghan looked through the porthole at the slowly moving "Pingning" ship, "People always have to have some hope and hope."

Just like in the six months on Chenxi Star, holding this person in his heart is his hope and hope.