From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 401 Some are happy and some are sad

"Well, it seems you are right, Van Fleet."

Guterres on the side also spoke in a daze. Although he did not know much about land warfare, he could still understand the battlefield situation map.

It was obvious that Atlas' attack force was like water seeping into paper. It could not be effectively stopped and continued to penetrate deeper.

The morale of the imperial garrison in Gallipol was already extremely poor, and under their usual high-pressure control or "enslavement" of civilians, no civilians would be willing to stand up and help them "fight foreign enemies" at this time.

This also means that Atlas' combat troops do not have to worry too much about accidentally injuring civilians during urban street fighting, nor do they have to control the intensity of the firefight.

"According to the current momentum, it is estimated that the defenders of these five brigades will be eaten away bit by bit."

Van Fleet leaned back in his chair with his arms folded. As an army general, he knew very well that there was no suspense in this battle, and a new doubt arose in his heart.

"You said Atlas didn't hide it. Why did he show these to us two 'captives'?"

"Why do I feel like they want us to know their strength and then 'recruit' us two?" Guterres said thoughtfully.

"Isn't this funny? A private enterprise is going to recruit a general of the regular army? How can they be so shameless?" Van Fleet shook his head and expressed his disapproval of Guterres' words.

"You just said that the troops of this company are on par with the Federal Army in terms of equipment, combat level, and combat thinking, and in many aspects they are even far superior." Guterres said, thinking of the fleet battle he had experienced before.

"The same goes for the navy. Although Atlas' fleet is not large enough, they obviously have the ability to build capital ships. They even built that 'super flagship'. I'm sure that's not the last one."

Guterres' words made Van Vliet silent, and he couldn't help but recall his previous battle on the Pella IV.

"So this is really a flex of muscle to us. What if they really want to recruit us?" Under the 'inspiration' of Guterres, the federal army lieutenant general's mind became active, and he increasingly felt that what the latter said seemed to make some sense.

"That's also something you need to consider, haha~" Guterres suddenly laughed,
"I would never give up my position as a lieutenant general to work for a company that has been targeted by the Federation. But you, didn't you just praise Atlas's ground forces?"

"Praise is praise, but it doesn't mean I can be recruited so easily!"

Van Fleet wanted to say more, but the hatch suddenly slid open and interrupted him.

A female elf walked in accompanied by two guards. After spending these days together, the two generals had already gotten to know this elf named Shikoti.

At this moment, Van Vleet found himself in a state of confusion. If the other party proposed to recruit him, he really needed to think about it carefully.
"Two generals, the ship back to the Federation is ready." Shikoti said with a smile. There was nothing wrong with the professional smile on his face.

The corner of Van Fleet's eye twitched involuntarily, and he was almost ready to say something like 'Thank you for your invitation, but as a federal soldier, I cannot accept this invitation.'

Guterres looked at the elf in front of him with some surprise. Although "recruiting" was just a joke, he did not expect that the other party would let him go so soon.

As if seeing the two people's confusion, Shikoti continued with a smile and said: "We have agreed to the request of the federal government and will send a group of senior military officers, including the two of you, back to the federal territory safely."

"Where are the others? There are so many surviving crew members of the 13th Fleet?" Guterres asked anxiously.

"Yes, there are still so many ground troops on Pella IV?!" Van Fleet also came back to his senses and asked with some confusion.

"I'm sorry, Generals. During the negotiations between the federal government and our company, no other methods of handling were mentioned."

Shikoti's tone was slightly apologetic, and he looked at Guterres. After a "struggle", he slowly said, "General Guterres, your channels for obtaining information from the outside world have been temporarily closed during this period. There is something you may not know yet." "What is it?"

"The number of the 13th Fleet has been cancelled."
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"Master, you finally have time to come and visit me."

In the virtual space, after seeing Amber connected to the Internet, Lilith skillfully floated to Amber's side and sat directly on the latter's lap.

At this time, the 20-day Battle of Garibal had ended. After wiping out more than three brigades of enemies, the remaining imperial defenders in Garibal were either routed or surrendered.

However, for a group of imperial surrendered soldiers led by the "Emperor Garibal", the commander of the imperial garrison, it would be better for them to just flee.

Because after Atlas completed the control of the city, he directly began the public trial of the atrocities committed by the defenders.

Due to the battlefield recorders that had not been destroyed in time and the accusations of many refugees, the surrendered soldiers who had committed serious crimes such as rape and massacre of civilians were shot on the spot.

The remaining accomplices and other people whose crimes were not punishable by death were sent to labor camps to assist in the reconstruction of Garibal.

Amber had just presided over the execution. After returning to the command cabin to rest, she finally found time to find Lilith to ask about the unmanned fleet.

Having three more unmanned fleets at hand was a complete surprise for Amber. He thought that with Lilith's ability, she might be able to hack into the unmanned fleet, but he did not expect that this guy could actually directly control the unmanned fleet.

"Yeah, it's been a while since I last came here. I didn't have time to come in when I was on the Infinity a while ago."

Amber took a deep breath and then lay down on a water mat that appeared out of nowhere. Lilith, who was clinging to him, also lay down. In the virtual space, Amber didn't care about his image anymore. He would lie down however he was comfortable.

"Master, you came here today not just to see me, right?"

Lilith smiled and stretched out her index finger to slowly trace the outline of Amber's jaw.

"Ahem. By the way, I want to ask you about the unmanned fleet. I wanted to ask you about it before on the battlefield, but the environment at that time was really not suitable."

Hearing this, Lilith immediately climbed up from Amber, sat astride his lower abdomen, and said unhappily.

"Huh, I knew it."

"By the way. I already said it was just by the way!"

Lilith raised her eyebrows at Amber's sophistry and said nothing more. She just sat down hard in revenge. The simulated nerve signals sent by the advanced access device immediately made Amber feel a sharp pain in an unspeakable part of her body.

Fortunately, Lilith also knew the seriousness of the matter and did not continue to "retaliate".

"I'll let you go for now, Master. What do you want to know now?"

"What is the current situation of the unmanned fleet? Is it capable of fighting? And..." Amber stared at Lilith's eyes seriously.

"How on earth did you do it?"

(End of this chapter)