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Chapter 43 Chaoyang (4)
Chapter 43 Chaoyang (4)
Two days later.
The first fortress of Yin Beidou, Starship Port.
The morning of this day was clear and snow-free, the clouds were very light, and the distant mountains just showed a little light of fish belly white.
Jiang Jianming and Tang Zhen stood side by side in the Starship Port of the Yinbeidou Fortress, and Li Youfang stood farther away.
"Yo, the epaulettes are on, so fast."
Tang Zhen stretched and patted Jiang Jianming's shoulder with a smile, "Lieutenant Jiang?"
"Well, I was just awarded the title yesterday." Jiang Jianming glanced at Tang Zhen lightly. In the morning light, the trapezoidal epaulettes with single black bars and double silver stars shone brightly and landed on the uniform of the young black-haired officer.
As Garcia said a few days ago, with his outstanding merits and the election of Major General Xie, he ended the adaptation period ahead of schedule and officially became a member of Yin Beidou officers.
Soon, too soon.
It has only been more than a month since Jiang Jianming graduated from the military academy and joined Yin Beidou.
Behind, Li Youfang suddenly looked up at the sky and said, "Come on, the starship is about to enter the port."
Jiang Jianming and Tang Zhen raised their heads in response, and the strong wind ruffled their hair at the same time.
The distance between the three-star empire and the Yinbeidou fortress is too far, even the space train can't get there, and the only way to travel is to rely on the wormhole high-dimensional transition of starships or advanced mechas.
Fortunately, with the technology of today's Empire, flying a starship is not a hassle. In addition to the starships that transport new recruits in the late summer and early autumn every year, there are two trips a year in spring and autumn, and the starships transporting supplies to the fortress will land in the starship port.
Small starships come and go even more frequently. For some imperial nobles, a private starship is completely within the expenses that can be paid.
The Bei family of Aslan Star City is here.
They watched the Bei family's small starship from far to near and slowly landed.
Several waiters from the Bei family came down and saluted the Yin Bei Diou soldiers who were patrolling the Starship Harbor.
In the end, the three watched as the Bei family's messenger surrounded Beimaner who came out.
They guarded the eldest lady on crutches and helped her onto the starship.
This day is the day that Beimaner goes home.
They came to take her.
Soon, Baimaner sat down at the window of the starship.
As soon as she sat down, she turned her face, lowered the window, and smiled at the three of them.
Jiang Jianming and Tang Zhen looked at each other and stepped forward.
Li Youfang didn't go and chose to watch from a distance, giving them three alone time.
"Tang Shao, classmate Jiang, I'm leaving."
Beimaner raised her eyebrows and waved her hands. She can no longer wear Yin Beidou's military uniform. She wears a thick black fur to keep out the cold, and also wraps a silk scarf around her. She has a three-point more delicate and beautiful eldest temperament than before.
"The journey is smooth, take care of yourself." Jiang Jianming stood in front of her window and said solemnly, "The road ahead is still long, there are still many choices, and anything is possible."
He said, and handed her a piece of black cloth printed with the Yin Beidou military emblem: "Take it, I cut it from your old military uniform."
"Thank you, I will treasure it." Baimaner rubbed the familiar fabric and carefully put it in her luggage.
She suddenly remembered another girl in the team and asked, "Speaking of which, where's Ellie?"
"Ellie, she failed to overcome the psychological barrier," Tang Zhen shook his head, "I submitted the application yesterday, and temporarily transferred to logistics. That is, the third floor of the fortress, maybe the milk we drink in the future will be squeezed out by her controlling the machine. of."
With that said, Tang Zhen took out a small bag of things in his coat pocket and handed it over through the window: "I saw her yesterday, and she said she had no face to send you, so let me pass this to you."
Bermaner reached out and took it.
The heavy start is a bag of cookies.
On that snowy night, before all the shocking changes happened, the two girls once made an appointment in the tent casually. After returning, they would go to the trading area together and buy some snacks that were more delicious than compressed military rations.
Tang Zhen: "Ellie said...let you eat on the way."
Beimaner touched the bag of cookies, and Li Wu smiled lightly, as if a little sad and melancholy again.
She nodded: "Thank her for me."
The time was almost up, the starship hummed, and the windows fell automatically and slowly.
Beimaner looked at Tang Zhen steadily, and said softly, "I'm leaving. Goodbye Tang Zhen, don't forget me."
I don't know if it was frozen or what, her originally white and tender cheeks were a little red, like a rhododendron blooming quietly under the snow-covered eaves.
"Maner..."
Tang Zhen looked complicated, he raised his hand and put it on the window again bewildered.
With a hoarse voice, he whispered, "I'm sorry."
The soldiers of Yin Beidou are stationed in frontier fortresses all year round, and they are basically disconnected from the people of the empire. Not to mention lovers, even family members are hard to meet.
Just like Major General Xie, he was born from a noble family and his parents are still alive. He married a wife and has a daughter - it seems like a winner in life, but in fact, he hasn't returned home for almost four or five years.
Beiman'er left, directly separated from Tang Zhen by a few light-years, which meant that her years of lovesickness would come to an end.
Beimaner shook his head vigorously: "Don't say sorry! I like Tang Shao, because I like it, not because I want to get some results."
She said and laughed, the tip of her nose and eyes slightly red.
She was still so bright and bold, boldly saying she liked it, and boldly admitting the failure of this pursuit.
In the end, Beimaner also put her five fingers on the window, facing Tang Zhen's hand.
The starship lifted off when the first rays of the rising sun illuminated the watchtower of the fortress.
Jiang Jianming looked up with his head raised, and the strong wind blew the black hair on his forehead.
The sun was a bit dazzling, he closed his eyes and let the warm light fall on his eyelashes.
He heard Tang Zhen take a deep breath next to him, and the sound of inhalation trembled a little.
Farewell, don't remember which book said that time passes by like a horse.
All living beings walk in the world, meet at a glance, and part when they meet.
In the distance, Li Youfang greeted:
"Tang Zhen, training time is almost here, let's go!"
Jiang Jianming opened his eyes and knew that Tang Zhen would devote himself to the daily training of officers during the adaptation period.
And he was the one who was taken away by His Royal Highness Garcia. He and his good roommate will be different in the future.
They walked down the Starship Port together, Jiang Jianming accompanied Tang Zhen to the training ground outside the fortress, and saw a neat row of M-IP 18 reflecting in the rising sun, like a cluster of blue-black knives.
Obviously just two weeks ago, he was still one of them, but at this time, he already felt like a lifetime.
Tang Zhen rubbed his face, then reached out and patted Jiang Jianming's shoulder: "Xiao Jiang, take care."
Jiang Jianming smiled and said, "Take care."
Hollin and Raymond watched this scene. Other young adapting officers watched the scene as well.
Rarely, the always ferocious lieutenant colonel didn't call Tang Zhen back to the team with a rough voice today.
The two looked at each other and turned around almost at the same time. The wind blew their Yin Beidou uniforms, and Jiang Jianming and Tang Zhen walked in different directions.
Huo Lin stood like a javelin. He watched Jiang Jianming leave the training ground for officers during the adaptation period, and snorted habitually from his nose.
"Lieutenant Colonel..."
Next to him, Lieutenant Raymond showed a dry smile, "Why do I feel like I was patting Lieutenant Jiang on the shoulder a month or two ago and saying that I admire him very much."
"In the blink of an eye, he is now a lieutenant just like me!"
Jiang Jianming heard Raymond's wailing, so he stretched his beautiful eyebrows and smiled softly.
He didn't look back, he walked all the way in the rising sun and the long wind, the military boots under his feet creaked on the hard snow of Alpha Alien.
Suddenly, he saw three familiar figures sitting next to a mecha talking.
The white and strong officer was sitting on the mechanical arm of the mecha, and the black and thin officer was leaning on the other side. The two seemed to be arguing about something—while the bearded officer was smoking a cigarette, with two words written on his face: Look play.
Jiang Jianming was inexplicably more comfortable, and he nodded to them: "Hello, sirs."
The three officers jumped up and down like cats with their tails pulled.
They straightened their spines in horror, and saluted: "Little... Little Your Excellency hello!!!"
Jiang Jianming shook his head amusingly. He walked past the three officers and said to himself leisurely, "...It doesn't have to be like this."
"How about nothing?"
A cold and elegant voice came from the front.
A few steps away, Garcia's slender figure stood in front of a brand-new mecha.
The prince looked up, and there was no emotion in his tone: "This is the last mecha you chose?"
"I chose it for you, Your Highness."
Jiang Jianming emphasized, "Also, it's you who will try it out on the machine next, please don't look like you have nothing to do with yourself."
Garcia didn't care, and said lightly: "No need, mecha is for me..."
"—Because of you, I will feel very insecure." Jiang Jianming insisted on finishing his words.
"..."
Garcia shut up.
After a few seconds, he seemed to make a lenient concession, turned away his face expressionlessly, and turned to open the cockpit of the mecha.
He stepped in first, then turned around, and reached out to Jiang Jianming: "Come up, be careful with your feet."
Jiang Jianming stretched out his hand, and the palm of the residual crystal human with black gloves was grasped by the prince's slightly larger hand.
"Slow down, grab me... yes."
The latter pulled hard and pulled the disabled human into the cockpit. Garcia's other arm quickly wrapped around Jiang Jianming's waist and caught him.
Just like placing some weak animal, Prince Garcia gently "placed" Lieutenant Jiang on the driver's seat next to him.
Jiang Jianming raised his head, the dazzling snow light fell into his eyes, and he squinted.
Garcia casually put down the baffle armor in front of the mecha, and gave him a deep look: "First take off to test the speed, and after getting used to it, go to the field for actual combat."
Jiang Jianming buckled his seat belt and nodded happily.
"Okay, Your Highness."
The next moment, the mecha took off, and the two wings rolled up into the wind, and the wind blew a pale white ice mist.
Its shadow dwindled rapidly on the snow, and flew toward the clouds, toward the distant mountains, toward the ice field in the land of sunrise.
In the autumn of the 63rd year of the new emperor calendar, the morning sun rose as usual on the ice field of Alpha Alien, reflecting the sparkling snow, illuminating the way forward for the young people.
The journey has already begun, but it is far from over.