novelraw Chapter 946: You Don't Have to Be Strong Enough to Fight Before You Fight
Chapter 946: You Don't Have to Be Strong Enough to Fight Before You Fight
Return Countdown 10:00:00.
The news of the Li Clan's internal strife spread throughout the Federation.
"The Li Clan suddenly turned against us. Are we now the only army in the East Continent Federation resisting the West Continent? How can we fight this battle?" A staff officer in the Garrison Troops said blankly.
At this moment, Ling looked at the staff officer and said in a calm tone, "For saying such things during wartime, take off your epaulettes and go back to the grassroots to relearn how to be a soldier."
Qing Ye frowned: "Directly demoted five ranks?"
"Is that not allowed?" Ling looked at him. "Qing Chen seems to have said that I have full authority. Or is the so-called Qing Family's military spirit just empty talk?"
Qing Ye looked at the staff officer: "Take them off yourself. Don't make me waste my breath. Report to the First Brigade."
The staff officer silently removed the epaulettes and collar badges from his uniform, without a word of argument, and walked straight out.
Qing Ye looked at Ling: "I know you want to take this opportunity to establish your authority and see if we will follow your orders, but don't underestimate the Qing Family. Since Boss decided to hand over command to you, we will do as you say, even if it means going to our deaths."
"Very good," Ling nodded. "Now you're starting to resemble the Qing Family a bit… As for what the Qing Family is like, I know better than you. To be honest, your current performance is no better than before. Don't rest on the laurels of your ancestors. The history they created belongs only to them, not to you." Everyone in the command room was stunned. The tone of this "robot' was particularly strange, as if she knew the Qing Family very well.
They didn't know that the Qing Family's most tragic battle was fought against the robot in front of them.
So, Ling was not wrong when she said that she knew the Qing Family better than Qing Ye.
In that era, Ling swept across with millions of mechanical legions, crushing the Qing Family and the Northwest Army all the way to the northwest. At that moment, just like now, humanity seemed to have no chance of winning, but in the end, Ling failed.
So, Ling also knew very well that this war was not as hopeless as she said.
At this time, Qing Qu muttered, "What do we do now? Boss said that the Li Clan is under pressure from black magic… This black magic is too buggy. If there were no such black magic, we would definitely have a chance to fight."
"If there were no black magic?" Ling looked at them with a half-smile. "Why not just obliterate their Demi-God, black magic, and God's perspective? And while we're at it, obliterate their Air Fortress too… Oh, and that Puppeteer. That way, the world will be at peace, everyone will live happily ever after, and there will be no need to fight."
The command room fell silent.
Ling said with a smile, "Life can't always be smooth sailing. If war must begin when you are ready, when you are stronger than the enemy, that must be a dream, not reality. Don't put on this cowardly look. Thinking about how to win is the most important thing."
Qing Ye whispered, "It's rare for you to say so much in one breath."
Yi on the side suddenly asked, "What about the Guardians' Union members at Mianchi Bridge?"
Ling looked at the Holographic Sand Table: "Since they won't move, then let's fight our way through. From now on, I will take over all command."
Qing Ye asked, "Where did Boss go? Is he not coming back?"
Ling said, "With me here to command, he can free himself up to do more important things."
"More important things?" Qing Ye asked suspiciously.
"You need to understand that the person who can determine the outcome of this war is him, not me."
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War suddenly broke out on Spring Thunder River's Mianchi Bridge, but the Guardians' Union members were not the main force in this battle.
When they planned to use human lives to force open the gates of Mianchi Bridge, Qingshan Fortress suddenly flew to the battlefield and bombarded the Li Clan's position. After successfully opening a gap, the Guardians' Union members continued to advance to the southwest.
In retaliation for this move, a Li Clan field brigade arrived outside City 10 that night and began to attack the city.
The night sky of City 10 was lit up. A huge gap was blasted into the towering walls surrounding the city. It was not until Qingshan Fortress returned to support City 10 that the field brigade briefly retreated.
The Li Clan and the Qing Family suddenly started fighting!
This change in the Li Clan came a bit suddenly. No one expected that Li Yunshou would make a completely opposite choice from the Qing Family in order to preserve the Li Clan!
For a time, the students of City 18 took to the streets one after another, holding banners that read "We will not be slaves of a conquered nation' and shouting outside the Li Clan's Ban Shan Mountain Estate.
But they were dispersed by Li Clan Garrison Troops with tear gas, and more than three hundred students were imprisoned in the PCE Security Committee's temporary prison.
At this moment, Qingshan Fortress was traversing the sky above City 10, buying time for the Guardians' Union to evacuate.
In the Garrison Troops conference room, Ling looked at Li Changqing in the holographic projection: "That's an unexpected choice. How many troops can you bring away from the Li Clan?"
"Only one Air Fortress," Li Changqing said.
Ling smiled slightly. She knew that Li Changqing was not telling the truth, because the Li Clan's intelligence organization "Red Sparrow' had always been in Li Changqing's hands.
These people will definitely not leave. They will stay in the Central Plains and become an intelligence network behind enemy lines.
Li Changqing said tiredly, "The Li Clan air fleet will arrive at City 10 in 18 hours. Qingshan Fortress can't stand here and take a beating. Can you complete the evacuation within 18 hours?"
Ling shook her head: "It still depends on whether Shendai Yunluo can hold back the Silver City and Storm City fleets in the north. If he can't, then you won't even last 18 hours."
"Can he?" Li Changqing asked.
Ling thought for a moment: "That depends on how determined he is."
According to her meaning, it seemed that as long as Shendai Yunluo was determined, he would definitely be able to stop them.
"Where's Qing Chen?" Li Changqing asked.
"He"s doing what he should be doing," Ling said with a smile. "Now I am the supreme military commander here. You can tell me anything you need to."
"Never mind," Li Changqing hung up the communication.
Qingshan Fortress floated in the air like an island, quietly waiting for an unknown fate.
The former lieutenant general of the Li Clan sat blankly in the command seat of the Air Fortress.
She remembered when she first met Qing Chen, the Li Clan was not like this, and the Federation was not like this either.
Now, everything has changed.
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Return Countdown 04:00:00.
The war in the north was more tragic than imagined.
Within five minutes, almost all of the Shendai Consortium's military facilities were covered by firepower. This was equivalent to being blinded and having one's hands and feet broken before the war even started.
How can the battle be fought next? If it were in the era of cold weapons, you could still bite with your teeth if you didn't have a weapon, but now everything is Airship flying in the sky. You can't bite them even if you want to, and you can't bite through them.
Muto Taka looked at the red occupied areas on the Holographic Sand Table and gritted his teeth and said, "Those old guys let the wolves in, and now they've been investigated thoroughly… It only took five minutes. Everything is gone!"
Shendai Yunluo sat in the command seat, crossed his legs, held a cup of ice cream in his left hand, and a small spoon in his right hand, eating and smiling: "I'm not surprised at all… Kouyu, is there any news from City 10?"
This young master still didn't have any sense of tension, as if he were watching a popcorn movie.
"City 10 sent a message," Kouyu, who had changed into a military uniform, said, holding an LCD screen. "They have opened as many Key Gates as possible, diverting people not only to the southwest, but also to Black Leaf Plains and other places for temporary refuge. That Ling asked us to delay for another 24 hours, but… we may not be able to hold on."
Kouyu continued: "Only one hidden Radar base detected that the Roosevelt Kingdom's fleet has arrived in East Continent."
"Direction?" Shendai Yunluo took a bite of ice cream.
"They didn't go to occupy our cities, but went straight to the south," Kouyu frowned.
Shendai Yunluo nodded: "Their mission is to launch a blitzkrieg and crush all military forces that stand in their way… So urgent, it must be that Qing Chen's actions to unify the Federation have made them feel a sense of crisis. This vanguard force wants to shatter Qing Chen's plan to reunite the Federation."
In the past period of time, Shendai was taken back into Qing Chen's hands through Shendai Yunluo, Koshima was also defeated by the Key Gate and the giants, Chen Family's Chen Yu is missing, and the remaining Li Clan was once an ally of the Qing Family.
This is what Qing Chen has been trying to do since he returned to East Continent.
Once he rectifies the situation and reunites the five families, the Roosevelt Kingdom may still be able to win, but it will inevitably pay a heavy price… at least it won't be as easy as it is now.
Shendai Yunluo said, "The Roosevelt Kingdom must not be completely ready for the empire's expedition, but they can't wait any longer…"
Muto Taka pondered: "So, Qing Chen is the culprit who brought the Roosevelt Kingdom fleet here…"
Shendai Yunluo rolled his eyes: "What kind of brain do you have? If Qing Chen didn't do this, and waited for the other party to be ready to come over, would you be able to stop them?"
"Then what do we do now?" Kouyu looked at Shendai Yunluo.
"First retreat 200 kilometers to the south," Shendai Yunluo said.
"Retreat?" Kouyu asked suspiciously.
"We can't fight at all," Shendai Yunluo sighed: "Unless you dig out all your eyeballs, and then see if the complete form of Dodoitsuki can win. Look, the few of you together are exactly 7 A-Class, pretty good."
Muto Taka: "Ah, this!"
"Just kidding," Shendai Yunluo said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, how could I do such a thing."
Muto Taka breathed a sigh of relief.
Shendai Yunluo then said, "Kouyu's can't be dug out, but the others can."
Muto Taka, Takahashi Ryosuke, Shendai Yunxiu: "……"
Shendai Yunluo looked at them: "Alright, go eat something first and recharge your batteries. Whether we fight or run next, I'll think about it later."
In the command room, only Shendai Yunluo was left alone. He put his legs on the Holographic Sand Table in front of him, and ate the ice cream little by little, as seriously as Qing Chen when he eats.
In the restaurant, Muto Taka was eating sushi: "Do you think Boss will fight? If we really fight, my eyeballs can actually be given, anyway, I can install mechanical ones. Was I a little embarrassed for hesitating just now?"
"No," Kouyu said absentmindedly: "Anyway, you're just that kind of person, everyone is used to it."
Muto Taka: "……"
"But, why do we have to help the Qing Family buy time?" Takahashi Ryosuke asked seriously: "Is it really worth it? Is Boss really going to risk his life for that Qing Family kid?"
Kouyu thought for a while and said, "I don't know."
However, at this moment, the Airship they were on suddenly changed direction.
It is normal for an Airship to change direction in the air, but the problem is that there was only Shendai Yunluo in the command room at this time, and this direction was clearly going southwest.
Kouyu was the first to stand up and ran madly towards the command room.
Arriving at the command room, it was empty, with only a clean ice cream cup on the table.
Kouyu checked the route as soon as possible, but found that Shendai Yunluo had cancelled everyone's operating authority, and then set the Airship to autopilot, destination, Qing Family City 5 Airport.
Shendai Kongyu searched frantically in the ship's cabin, shouting hoarsely: "Shendai Yunluo, where are you, get out here!"
She ran all the way to the bottom of the Airship, but saw that the only lifeboat was gone.
"Boss is outside!" Muto Taka shouted.
Everyone came to the command room and saw through the glass a huge Azure Dragon flying side by side with the Airship, and that young master in white hunting clothes was smiling and standing on top of Bai Rongyi's head, with his hands in his sleeves, looking particularly leisurely.
Kouyu cursed madly in the command room: "Shendai Yunluo, you arrogant, narcissistic, womanizing, scumbag, do you think that by doing this, the living will be happy?!"
This was the first time she scolded Shendai Yunluo.
And Shendai Yunluo looked at Shendai Kouyu inside through the glass with a smile on his face, and his mouth opened and closed to say a few inaudible words, then he controlled Bai Rongyi to change direction and fly towards the northern battlefield.
The back of that young master and the Azure Dragon was particularly lonely, yet particularly unrestrained.
Shendai Yunluo stood in the wind, Dodoitsuki floated beside him, quietly following him.
"Master," Dodoitsuki asked, "Our strength is not enough to cope with this crisis."
"Ah," Shendai Yunluo smiled and touched the white hood on Dodoitsuki's head: "Fighting a war is not something you have to win to do."
Shendai Yunluo stood in the night sky and suddenly said in a daze: "The dorayaki in Nanluo Street, the izakaya in Hanamachi, the rice wine on Chang'an Street, the osmanthus cake on Guangning Street, those were my favorite things to eat when I was a kid. After school, I would take Kouyu and Yunxiu there and buy them with my meager Ling money. In the Xishan Du Villa in the second district of City 20, the fourth house in the third row has particularly delicious white loquats planted in the yard. I would secretly climb over the wall with them and use long poles to hook the loquats down."
"The owner of the yard was an old lady. She would scold us for being thieves when she saw us, but when we climbed over the wall to escape, she didn't chase too closely. Later, we became familiar with her, and she said that she was worried that we would fall on the ground in a panic, so she couldn't chase too closely."
"I actually really like this land. Whenever I think about losing these things, I feel a little sad. But I know that I can't protect it by myself. I don't have the ability to protect it."
Dodoitsuki was thoughtful: "So the master works for the lord, hoping that the lord can be the one who has the ability to protect this place."
"You have to change your address for me, you are my Shikigami!" Shendai Yunluo complained.
"Okay, Master."