"Are you nervous?" I asked the recruit Danzi next to me. This is the captain's responsibility.

"Nervous? I'm almost suffocated!" the recruit said.

"Hmm..." The answer was a bit unexpected. The newcomer didn't try to be tough? That shouldn't be the case. If you couldn't answer, you could only turn to the "Ren Gu" system (human feelings and sophistication subsystem).

Three options come to mind:

A, [Be honest with each other] Nervousness will kill you faster.

B, [Tactical Deception] Hold on, reinforcements will arrive on the battlefield in just ten minutes.

C, [Physical Persuasion] Shut up and stand still, this is an order!

I thought about it and decided to use a little bit of both A and B. "You have to know that tension will kill you faster. If you have this time, you might as well think about how to hold the battle line and survive longer... in case there are reinforcements.

"

"Yes, sir, I understand." The recruit looked at me with strange eyes and saluted, indicating that he did not want to talk any more.

Very good, it seems that my persuasion was helpful.

*****

My name is Wang Hu, number X43470Z3T500001976, Republic command type level 3 synthetic. When there is no second unit of the same type in the same battle, you can call me "Wang Hu 1976" for short, or just... "Wang Hu"

.

"1976" indicates that I am the 1976th clone of General Wang Hu; "Z3T5" indicates that I have awakened level 3 powers and undergone level 5 body synthesis and strengthening; current job characteristics are: "average intelligence, able to understand strategies and tactics well

And use it flexibly, with heritable command ability", and the direction of use is: "Squad and micro-battleship command, and special missions."

My abilities are "Hyperlink" and "Tactical Rehearsal".

The composite body has a service life of 20 years. It has been used for 11 years, 10 months and 27 days, and has been in service for 1 year, 10 months and 27 days. It has participated in 175 battles, airborne 57 times, with a mission completion rate of 100%, and killed 114,220 targets of various types, which is a combat standard.

Called "very rich".

By the way, before I retire, I am a state-owned asset of the Republic. So when you hear the phrase "protect national property", the person you protect is me, haha.

I've been using this joke for 10 years...

*****

"This is the fourth theater of the Zebei Star Region."

"We are trapped on the mineral planet numbered 'Titan E775'."

"At 17:44, it has been confirmed that there are signs of insect swarm activity on the planet. Inter-galactic communication is blocked by the Nof Heimann Cloud, and we still cannot establish a communication link with the flagship. We don't have much time left."

…

When comforting the new recruits, we were standing on top of the steel wreckage left behind by a rollover landing ship, with the side 25.4 meters above the ground and the right side facing up.

Half an hour ago, we were on a reconnaissance mission on this ship, and we were shot down by a plasma cannon sprayed from the bug's butt.

The reconnaissance mission was successfully completed, with only one crew member left intact. Two Marines were slightly injured. As the highest commander present, Wang Hu incorporated the remaining crew member into his team. Captains all know that it is difficult to recruit new people, because

They talk more, shoot less, eat slowly, and die early... I wonder if those words will become their last words.

The total combat strength statistics currently on hand: 16 combatants (including one recruit), "reconnaissance" level material carriers, an anti-aircraft cannon removed from a battleship (ammunition capacity 4492), two engineering robots and

A bunker wall made of debris.

…

A gradually expanding black line appeared on the horizon.

Those were not distant mountains, but a tide of insects emerging from the ground.

The landing ship with a mass of 427,000 tons fell freely from an altitude of 5 kilometers, penetrated the thin atmosphere of "Titan E775" and hit the surface of the planet hard. While impacting a five-meter deep crater, it also created a devastation to the earth's crust.

Small nuclear explosion type.

In this case, even the evil spirits in the abyss will be awakened, let alone the insects.

Bugs all over the planet are agitated. They spurt out from the folds and cracks in the earth's crust, filling the entire horizon as far as the eye can see in a few minutes!

I have to say, our investigation methods are really great!

Coming from afar is a sea of ​​insects composed of sword beetles.

The sword beetle is the most numerous unit among insects, playing the dual role of engineer and cannon fodder in the insect swarm. It stands two meters tall and is twelve meters long when its limbs are stretched out. It is covered with a thick layer of chitin armor.

The four hard claws are very good at digging and cutting the human body. The marching speed of the sword beetle is about 40 kilometers, and the charging speed is 90 kilometers.

Compared with humans, they are like a galloping infantry fighting vehicle. The scissor stingers can tear infantry kinetic armor in half with a single charge.

Our defense line cannot last five minutes...

During Wang Hu's eleven years of combat career, he understood bugs as he knew himself. Bugs always swarm in uncontrollably. No matter whether the opponent is a fleet or a small group of scouts, they always invest their maximum strength and then attack.

! Charge! Bite! Either drown the enemy or crush yourself!

And this is a battle of 16 warriors VS 100W bugs.

We have no chance of winning!

There can be no reinforcements!

Before jumping off the landing ship, I turned my head and looked into the distance one last time.

The crashed landing ship blew long black smoke into the sky. The blue arc of the mother star Contandas occupied half of the sky, and the clouds were pulled into slender white ribbons by the rotation of Titan.

The shadow cast by the fourth satellite makes the sky darker and darker, and the dark night of Titan is about to fall.

The bugs are approaching at marching speed, and their attack will begin as the night falls.

It's time to make a judgment call.

"Quiet." Wang Hu ordered in the team channel, "Open hyperlink mode." He successfully connected with the capital star cloning center 2.6 million light years away. "This is the number X43470Z3T500001976, requesting special communication."

The "Hyperlink" mode makes Wang Hu feel very painful, especially when he thinks that the supernatural power can penetrate 2.6 million light-years to connect to the capital star host, but cannot get in touch with the flagship "Killer Whale" close to the star circle. This is logically

It's very absurd, but in reality it's very "republican".

[No. X43470Z3T500001976, your request has been accepted]

It was an emotionless electronic response, but it was like the sound of nature to the team trapped in Lone Star. They could all hear their sighs of relief through the communication line.

"This is the K Marine Team of the Orca. It crashed on Titan E775 and was surrounded by swarms of insects. It is estimated that all will be killed in five minutes. Unable to contact the flagship, apply for hyperlink awareness upload." Wang Hu briefly described it.

Difficulties faced.

[The application was successful, do you have any other requests?]

"Leave a message to the flagship 'Orca' and transfer the coordinates and submit the mission report (see attachment). The message is as follows:" I paused slightly. "I am in the center of the swarm. Please fire at me in five minutes."

[Requesting confirmation, communication ends.]

There was silence in the team channel.

*****

"Captain, what you just said was so cool."

"Captain Wang, can I see you again after rebirth? Can you give me your contact information?"

"[White lies] No, that's discipline." Wang Hu decisively rejected the random requests in the channel, "Everything must be obeyed by the above arrangements. I don't know if I can continue to take you."

"Alas~" There was a lot of lamentation in the channel, especially a certain female voice.

Wang Hu did not tell the truth.

Compared with natural people, synthetic humans transformed by cloning technology are more like tools with a lifespan of only ten years. They are born with war talents and abilities without training, and are capable of commanding squads and small and micro battleships, and serve as the squad leader.

"Safety Valve" and "Lighthouse"...it can be said that they are born powerful!

The team composed of synthetic and natural people is the basic cell of the Republic's army.

However, the service life is only twenty years! It can only be twenty years, after which it must be destroyed!

The fact is that few people can serve for ten years like Wang Hu. Most synthetics will be destroyed in the war. After the death of ordinary people, the consciousness can return to the flagship or capital star through the "hyperlink" ability of the synthetic captain.

, recreate a body and continue living.

But after the synthesizer is destroyed, the capital planet will only create a new one, and will never inherit consciousness. All of this is thanks to the "Second Clone Rebellion" and the "Third Synthetic Rebellion". As for why a

One is an uprising and the other is a rebellion. Please understand it yourself and we will talk about it later.

There are deep factors involved in this kind of thing. The Republic will not publicize it, and the synthesizers themselves will not talk about it. Ordinary people know it if they know it, and they don’t know it if they don’t know it.

The only benefit that synthetics can get after working hard is that when they apply for retirement after serving for ten years, they can get a small allowance and then enjoy an "ordinary life" equal to the service time.

As a "product" coming out of the factory, there's really nothing to complain about.

…

"Captain, I want to apply to marry you!" The chatting time was almost over, but the earth-shattering speech of a certain female man in the channel instantly caused a stir.

This is not a problem for Wang Hu, "[Laws and Regulations] Synthetic people cannot marry natural people. Besides, it has nothing to do with fighting. I will not participate in your life outside of fighting!"

"How come it doesn't matter? This is obviously a benefit for the Marine Corps, and I'm the only one who has reached the standard!" The female voice said enthusiastically, "So Captain, your service years are up, so when you go back, apply for retirement and marry me.

I will be with you when you go to the battlefield next time, and we will be a couple of war dogs."

"Li Qingqiu!" Wang Hu interrupted seriously, "Don't try to deceive me again this time. I have checked all the latest regulations, and there is no such benefit at all...not even massages for female team members!"

The team channel burst into laughter. Wang Hu even saw recruit Danzi laughing so hard that he almost fell off the battleship. Please be more careful.

Wang Hu clicked to close it, satisfied, and let out a sigh of contentment.
Chapter completed!