Chapter 1924
A little farce before the end!
Chapter 1924 A little farce before the end!
Let's go back to the moment the fleet battle began.
When Lieutenant Berg brought news that the troops had completed their assembly, He Ming also saw the moment the fleet battle began through the colony satellite's outer wall maintenance monitoring system controlled by Adino.
"The battle outside has begun."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's drive those enemies out of here!"
CC shrugged, rolled his helmet around with a hint of boredom, and casually mentioned a shop he had seen during his patrol earlier.
"Let's restore peace to this colony as soon as possible. Then I'll have a chance to taste what pizza from this colony in the future tastes like!"
Lieutenant Berg, who was standing nearby, was speechless for a moment, but he couldn't show it on the spot.
"Sorry! That's all CC has to do."
He Ming opened the list compiled by Lieutenant Berg, glanced at it casually, and then closed it.
"Let everyone get ready! Take advantage of this opportunity while the fleet battle is raging outside, and drive the enemy out in one fell swoop!"
"Yes, sir!"
Seeing victory in sight, Lieutenant Berg rushed out, but suddenly stopped as he went out.
"Warrant Lieutenant CC. I remember a pizzeria that makes really good pizzas. Coincidentally, the owner of that pizzeria is in this camp. I'll get him back to business as soon as the fighting is over."
"Oh? Thank you then, Lieutenant Berg."
CC's eyes lit up, and she nodded.
"No. It's what I should do."
Lieutenant Berg turned and saluted He Mingli before leaving the office.
After the door closed, CC squinted and smiled.
"It seems I've taken advantage of a colonel's favor."
He Ming shook his head helplessly.
"Good that you understand. It's fine if you like pizza, just don't get yourself into trouble."
"Hmph! Who do you think I am? As for age, I'm..."
Before he could finish speaking, CC immediately shut his mouth and turned his face away from He Ming's view.
After a while, CC silently picked up the helmet, got up and walked towards the door.
"I'm preparing to launch an attack."
He smiled at He Ming, who was opening and closing the door repeatedly, and then ignored him.
CC, who made a careless remark and then realized that revealing her age would make her an old monster, fled in panic, which seems rather amusing.
As soon as He Ming raised his hand, the intelligent AI cube Adino, which was floating on the table, immediately jumped onto his shoulder.
"It's time to wrap things up here."
The attack is imminent.
Upon receiving the sortie order, the Federation pilots dropped what they were holding and rushed toward their mobile suits.
The tense yet orderly scene made the citizens who were being accommodated nearby subconsciously tense up.
"Citizens, there is no need to worry! Our MS forces, under the command of Colonel Ming, are currently conducting an operation to retake the port and drive the enemy out of this colony! Furthermore, the fleet led by Colonel Ming has arrived at the outer perimeter of the colony's port and is engaged in battle with the enemy fleet!"
"Please remain calm! Stay rational! Await good news!! Our Federation forces will surely restore peace to Border No. 4!"
Under Lieutenant Begg's arrangement, a well-known Federation soldier briefly repeated He Ming's instructions several times to calm the panicked civilians. Hearing the announcement and carefully observing that the Federation soldiers and pilots running around the camp did not show panic or fear, but rather were excited, their eyes gleaming, and their fighting spirit high, the citizens gradually calmed down.
“Dwight. Why don’t you go ask Colonel Ming? It seems he has stabilized the front lines here and begun a counter-offensive.”
On one side of the camp, Seabook, who had luckily escaped the attack, and Cecily and the others received food and drinking water from nearby Federation soldiers and gathered together to discuss their next move.
“I… I don’t know either. I could have asked this command post about my father, but it seems we can’t contact him here.”
Dwight sighed, looking rather helpless.
At first, he thought it was his father's name that made him and Sibook and others able to enter the front command post for refuge. However, they never expected that later they would find out that it was just an order issued by Colonel Ming to take in and appease the citizens and to collect food and drinking water.
They were just lucky to be among the first citizens to enter this place.
"Dwight, you'd better watch out."
Sam glanced around and whispered a reminder to Dwight.
Everyone turned to look at Dwight, and couldn't help but recall the scene they had seen earlier where Dwight was fighting with others at the back of the car.
Dwight looked somber and silently shook his head.
Clearly, he doesn't even consider this issue.
As the son of the deputy commander of the border colony satellite's frontier forces, he was unable to contact his father through the military.
If this were told to others, probably not many people would believe it!
"Cecily, Cecily, Cecily!!"
Just when everyone was at a loss, a voice calling out Cecily's name came from not far away. Everyone looked up and saw that it was Cecily's father, Theo Fairchild.
“Father, Father… I am here.”
The fact that father and daughter were able to reunite amidst the chaos of war must be a very touching story.
But for some reason, Cecily had a premonition that the father calling out to her was not looking for her to reunite with her.
“Cecily!”
While Cecily hesitated, Theo Fairchild, who finally saw Cecily surrounded by her friends, quickly pushed through the crowd and tried to rush to Cecily's side.
His forceful stance, his increasingly aggressive pushing through the crowd and disregard for the feelings of those around him, caused passersby who were initially moved by the father-daughter reunion to frown, and some even cursed, leading to a commotion.
"What are you all doing! Quiet! All of you, be quiet!"
Upon hearing the commotion, the nearby federal soldiers on guard duty rushed over to try and calm the disturbance.
Unexpectedly, the move by the federal soldier only made Theo Fairchild, who was pushing through the crowd, move even more violently, and he even shouted loudly.
"Cecily!! Cecily!! What are you doing? This isn't the time to hide here and play house! You, you have more important things to do!! You can't stay here... this..."
Theo Fairchild, who was struggling to push through the crowd and even shouting for Cecily to come back to him, suddenly realized that he hadn't moved forward an inch since the beginning of the month and had just been shuffling around in place, looking utterly ridiculous.
"Father...Father, you, behind you..."
Cecily hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.
"Me, my back?!"
Theo Fairchild paused, and when he instinctively turned around, he saw a mask.
"Haha! I didn't expect to catch such a big fish before we were even finished! Mr. Theo Fairchild, do you think I'm right?"
(End of this chapter)