Valkyrie Europa

Chapter 456
"Dutong, it's right here." The officer leading the way introduced respectfully.

Following his guidance, a middle-aged general wearing a strangely shaped armor walked into the room. He had long since lost his former high-spirited appearance. Now he had a shaggy beard, slightly messy hair, and looked a little lonely.

The door of the room opened, and this was a six-person naval dormitory, four of which were kneeling on the ground, with their heads deeply buried in their knees.

In the center of the room, there were two white cloths, and on the white cloths lay the corpses of two soldiers who were somewhat blue.

"When did you find out?" The general's voice was still calm, without much fluctuation.

"Report to Dutong, it will be in the morning!" A soldier who was lying on his stomach raised his head slightly, and reported nervously: "Yesterday we were in charge of the night watch, the four of us were in charge of the deck, and the two of them were in charge of the cabin. When the shift was over in the morning, I found that they were not on duty, and when I returned to the dormitory, I found that the two of them were hanging on the beams of the house, lifeless."

"Have you checked everything? Is it suicide?" The general continued to ask, with suppressed anger in his voice.

"Reporting to Dutong, we have checked everything. There is no trace of struggle, and the strangle marks are also consistent with the traces of suicide. The soldiers in the nearby dormitory did not hear any movement last night. It should indeed be suicide!" The officer standing outside, his face was full of apprehension.

"What a bunch of waste!" The middle-aged general gritted his teeth, and his tone was full of anger: "It's only been floating for less than a year, and all of them are looking for death for me! Last month, three people threw themselves into the sea, this time two People hang themselves, is this still a soldier of the empire? Is this still the glorious navy of the empire? Is there any loyalty? Is there any sense of honor? What a bunch of trash! A bunch of cowards."

After venting for a long time, the middle-aged general calmed down and issued an order: "Bring them to the deck and prepare for a sea burial! Gather everyone else, I want to give a lecture!"

After speaking, he strode non-stop and left the room.

In just ten minutes, hundreds of naval soldiers and officers gathered on the deck, standing upright in a neat formation amidst the turbulence of the waves.And those two corpses were placed at the front of the crowd.

Then, the middle-aged general also appeared, standing on the top of the ship building, looking at the straight and silent army formation below.But, for a long time, he didn't make a sound.

There was a full 5 minutes of silence before he spoke, with a serious voice: "Just yesterday, two more cowards shamefully ended their lives in the cabin! Yes, they are cowards! Their behavior is shameful! It's vile! I don't know why they're doing it, what they're worried about, what they're afraid of, what they're afraid of. I don't care about any of those things!"

The general's voice was firm: "I only know that we are soldiers! Glorious warriors of the empire! Loyal subjects of His Majesty the Emperor! We should be fearless! Yes, we got lost, and that unprecedented huge storm caused us to deviate Off the waterway, out of the guidance of the entire fleet, and came to this strange, damned place! We lost our way home."

"But so what! What we are standing on is the most advanced warship of the empire! It is the main battleship of the Shanyue class! It is the first rank warship of the empire after the Penglai class and the Kunlun class! We have three hundred black crystal guns, one The main cannon of the city-destroying Xuanjing! Even those powerful monsters that can fly, we can kill them! And their primitive sailboats can't catch up with us at all!" The general's voice was full of passion: " On the ocean, we are invincible! No one can beat us!"

"After all, this is a strange place. It will take time to find the way home. Liu Zhangzheng has been surveying and mapping the star map in the sky, and the progress is very good. I believe that it won't take long for him to find the place where we are. Azimuth, find the way home for us! At this time, we need to be more patient!" The middle-aged general said earnestly: "I know, the sea is vast, and everyone has worries and fears, but so do I! It's just that I overcame Worried, overcome fear! Because I know that I am a courtier of His Majesty! Our family has been loyal and good for generations, and I must fulfill the duties entrusted to me by His Majesty! Now, my duty is to do everything possible to bring everyone back!"

"I will take everyone back, including them." The middle-aged general waved his hand, and a dozen soldiers came out carrying a row of jars: "They died for the country and died in this unknown land , died at the hands of that flying demon, or died of illness, they died with honor, they are the heroes of the empire! So, we will take them back, so that they can return to their hometown, reunite with their families, and be buried in the Hometown ancestral grave."

Then, the general pointed to the two corpses below, and his tone became severe again: "But they are not included! They are cowards! They are trash! It is a disgrace! Forget the three who threw themselves into the sea last month. Hanging cowards in the house, I will not take them back! They only deserve to return to the sea and be buried in the belly of a fish!"

As he spoke, the general clapped his hands and gave an order: "Give them a sea burial!"

Hearing his order, two personal soldiers stood up, lifted one of the corpses, and came to the side of the ship.

A hole was opened on the ship's side, and a short wooden plank hung down along the hole. The corpse was carried onto the plank, and as soon as the two let go, the body slid down with the plank and fell into the sea with a plop.Immediately afterwards, there was the second body, and there was another thud, and within ten seconds, the two bodies disappeared completely.

Looking at the rows of soldiers still standing upright on the deck, the middle-aged general waved his hands: "Please remember your loyalty! Remember your original oath! Remember the expectations His Majesty gave to our navy! Remember! We are soldiers! We are His Majesty's glorious navy soldiers! Alright, disband!"

The soldiers on the deck dispersed one after another, patrolling, cleaning, and operating the ship, one by one became busy.

Leaving the ship building, the General went down the stairs and came to a cabin below the deck.

This cabin is very spacious and huge, and it is different from other small and crowded cabins, because this is the gun cabin, where the most powerful weapon on board is stored, the city-destroying Xuanjing main gun!
Touching the huge iron pillar engraved with countless fine runes, he sighed with emotion, and the general came to the edge of the round shell-shaped base at the bottom of the iron pillar.

Bah, bah, bah

I knocked on the stainless steel base three times, and after a while, a small door opened on the base, and a middle-aged man in simple bunt clothes came out.

"Lord Dutong!" The middle-aged man hurriedly reported, "What orders do you have?"

The general waved his hand: "It's okay, I just came to ask, how much is the Xuanjing reserve now?"

"Oh, report to Lord Dutong." The middle-aged man stepped out of the base and knelt on one knee and said, "Now there are [-] small mysterious crystals for guns, which is generally enough for use, but the large mysterious crystals for artillery There are only seven crystals left, if there are more battles like last time, I'm afraid it will be "

"Okay, I see." The general interrupted his report, muttering to himself: "Seven pieces!"

(End of this chapter)