Chapter 1269: Team 18 stays!
The remaining one hundred members of the eighteenth squad were all sitting idly in their cockpits.
Some even set up an autopilot mode to chat privately with their teammates.
"Hehehe, we really hit the jackpot by being able to join the 18th Squad!"
"Who says it isn't?"
Look at the casualty statistics of our team since its formation.
They absolutely surpassed any other squad!
"With a captain like that, I wouldn't hesitate to entrust my life to him."
"Our captain is a really good person. He values our lives the most."
"yes.
Look at the carnage on that battlefield.
Although we suffered heavy losses this time, of the nearly four hundred brothers, only a little over one hundred remain.
But this is already the best-case scenario.
I heard that five squads from our First Battalion have been completely wiped out, and even their Second Elite Squad is almost entirely wiped out.
While they were chatting idly.
A video window popped up.
"Who's going to call me now?"
I clicked on it with a puzzled look.
A familiar figure appeared on the other side, but the background was slightly different.
"Old Pan, look where we are!" There were several people on the other side, all of them members of their 18th squad.
The background also appears to be the cockpit of a starfighter, but it's much larger.
"Where are you guys?" Old Pan asked, looking at the scene with his brothers.
"hey-hey.
This was specially applied for for us by the team leader.
Our starfighters are severely damaged and can hardly continue their journey.
So we evacuated to an interplanetary supply transport.
"Now we can not only rest well, but also enjoy delicious food." The person opposite picked up a drink and some food.
This is something that people watching this place are extremely envious of.
"Damn it, you bunch of kids!" Old Pan and the others laughed and cursed.
Suddenly, someone with sharp eyes noticed.
Something's not right.
"Hey, look, isn't that our captain's fighter jet?"
We broke away from the escort and flew over there.
Some noticed that the captain's aircraft, which had been in the 18th squadron, suddenly broke away from the squadron and flew into the distance.
Yes.
And look over there.
Many starfighters converged in the direction the captain had flown off to.
"What's going on?"
Some people had questions, some were puzzled, and some were worried.
Some of the bolder individuals tried to contact the team leader.
But all of them showed that the team leader could not be contacted.
This made them even more suspicious.
If the captain can't be contacted, then contact the vice-captain.
"Deputy Captain Li."
"Why did our captain leave the team?" someone asked Vice Captain Li directly.
"The captain has his own... mission."
The captain has now handed over command of the 18th squad to... me.
"We just need to continue patrolling here." Deputy Captain Li's voice sounded strange, even choked with emotion.
Some observant people noticed that something was wrong.
He addressed him by his given name: "Hey, you surnamed Li, what's going on?"
Don't try to hide it from us!
Deputy Captain Li composed himself and shouted with authority, "This is the captain's order; you have no right to question it."
Hearing Deputy Captain Li get angry.
No one spoke on the communication channel anymore.
I thought this matter would be kept secret.
But unexpectedly, an angry voice soon rang out.
"Li Da!"
Our captain went on a mission to intercept enemy interstellar fleet reinforcements, and you kept it a secret from us!
Upon hearing this...
In an instant, the communication channel of the 18th Squad seemed to explode.
Intercept enemy starfleet reinforcements?
The discussion immediately erupted.
Everyone was asking the man who had just exposed the truth.
That man was also one of the vice-captains of the 18th squad, but his rank was not as high as that of Vice-Captain Li Da.
But to become the deputy captain, he must be a veteran, and naturally he must have some connections.
He just contacted some squad leaders.
That's how I received this news.
He didn't hide it from everyone at this moment and told them directly.
Captain Zhao Chen's mission is to lead one million interstellar fighters to intercept 30,000 enemy interstellar warships for half an hour!
"What? One million starfighters intercepting thirty thousand starships!"
"Previously, tens of millions of interstellar warships were barely able to break through the enemy's starship defenses thanks to our captain's efforts."
They still suffered the loss of over a million interstellar warships.
With only one million starfighters, they sent our captain to intercept 30,000 enemy starships in just half an hour!
"Isn't this sending our captain to his death?!"
"Then why did the captain leave us here?"
Some people questioned this mission, which was destined to end in death.
Some people are wondering why the 18th squad is still here now that the captain has left.
Deputy Captain Li knew he couldn't keep this a secret any longer.
He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying, "This is a mission personally assigned to the captain by the general."
"Could our captain refuse?"
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.
There is indeed no chance to refuse a task directly given by the general.
"Our captain accepted the mission, but he made a condition to the general."
That is... our 18th squad will not participate in this combat mission." Deputy Captain Li's voice choked as he said this.
The communication channel fell silent instantly, as if filled with a bone-chilling cold, even though it was just a communication channel.
Finally, someone spoke up, trembling.
"Captain... he's... risking his own life to save ours..."
In their view, a million starfighters intercepting 30,000 starships is a suicidal situation!
Isn't this just the captain trading their lives for his?
"The captain said so."
He promised us.
They will take us back.
So, you all just stay here! Blood was already trickling from the corner of Li's mouth; it was from clenching his teeth too hard.
Sudden!
Within the 18th squad, one of the starfighters turned and chased after the captain's starship.
"Old Liu! What are you doing!"
"You left the team without permission! Do you know you'll be facing a military court-martial?" Deputy Captain Li recognized the starfighter at a glance as the veteran who had just exposed him.
"I am a soldier from the 18th squad."
Although I only followed the captain for a month.
But I know in my heart how the captain has treated me.
Without the captain, I would have been dead in the previous battles.
I'm afraid of dying, I want to go home.
But I can't just watch the captain take risks; I'll stay here and hide like a coward.
Even if I make it back alive by then.
I have no face to live on!
The captain said he would take us back.
Old Liu's voice choked up at this moment.
The man, who was nearly forty years old, was now in tears.
"If I don't follow the captain, I... I won't remember the way home!"