Face-Slapping the Interstellar General and His Ger (8.2)
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That year, nearly all the Di-ers applied for the military and the Empire actually selected a few of them. Although the number was not a lot, it at least gave a little hope to the Di-er of this world.
Originally, Di-ers were at the bottom of the society. Now, at least when they were looked down on by people, they could answer : Zhou Xu was a Di-er!
After the Di-ers entered the military, some Gers also wanted to join, but they were strongly rejected by the Empire. Because from start to finish, Gers’ duty was to give birth, otherwise there was no way to ensure the Empire’s birth rate. Without new babies, there was no future for the country.
The last time Ding Zhaolin went to the military to find Wu Mingdi, he saw Zhou Xu in his military uniform — he was majestic. His appearance full of confidence was different from normal Di-ers. Although there was still a difference in stature when compared to men, but he was still himself, he was Zhou Xu, free from any restraint.
The buds of jealousy grew madly. Ding Zhaolin knew that his mind became abnormal, but even so he couldn’t control himself.
When a soldier reached a certain rank, he could bring his family members. This rank happened to be colonel. However, Wu Mingdi never talked about bringing his family members. At that time, he thought he liked his sister and didn’t want to take Ding Zhaolin with him. Now, he suddenly wanted Ding Zhaolin to accompany him.
Wu Mingdi’s idea coincided with what Ding Zhaolin had in mind. Ding Zhaolin also wanted to visit the army. Although he could only live in the family yard, the family yard was near the army camp which made it very convenient for Ding Zhaolin to observe.
Indeed, Ding Zhaolin observed to the point of envy.
Every day, when the bugle sounded, the soldiers would assemble in 20 minutes. The morning exercises, training, fighting and acting were all observed by Ding Zhaolin.
He was envious, but he also felt very unwilling. What did these people have? They merely had the body of a man and could go to the military academy. They could be soldiers and become one of the rulers of the world. As for him?
He was a Ger, but he had no choice in this matter. If possible, who didn’t want to be a man, who didn’t want to be the target of others’ worship? However, reality was still reality.
At that time, Ding Zhaolin was already pregnant, but he even hated the child in his womb. Because of this world’s laws, as long as one was pregnant, they weren’t allowed to abort.
Yes, in the end, Ding Zhaolin still went to Wu Mingdi. Because if not, he would really have nowhere to go.
He couldn’t go back to his parents’ home because the two of them didn’t have it easy either. Although he seemed to have a lot of friends, none were genuine. Because of that, he couldn’t go to any of the so-called friends’ houses.
It was also the reason why Ding Zhaolin went to Wu Mingdi. As Gers had the greatest fertility rates in the world, Ding Zhaolin was already pregnant in a few months time.
It is said that after pregnancy, people would change and become gentler. But Ding Zhaolin didn’t, he felt that he was beginning to hate the whole world. If there was a world, where all people were the same and were equal, whether it was in appearance or status, how good it would be.
Ding Zhaolin did not know that such a world did exist, but unfortunately, he was not born in one.
Besides, the people in that kind of world also had their own difficulties and sorrow, only Ding Zhaolin could not imagine it.
The world would never stop because of one person. No matter how Ding Zhaolin felt, the bright and beautiful life of Zhou Xu still continued.
Wu Mingdi was very happy when he learned that Ding Zhaolin was pregnant, but he could not understand why Ding Zhaolin would visit him at his workplace everyday. He directly asked Ding Zhaolin, “Zhaolin, I’ll call my mom to come take care of you tomorrow. You only need to stay at home and nourish the fetus. That’s all. You don’t have to come look for me.”
“Why?”
“There is no why, I only want you to have a good rest. After all, you are not only one person anymore, there is another one inside you.”
“But I want to go.”
“You can’t!”
Ding Zhaolin stopped talking because he thought that it was meaningless to continue arguing with Wu Mingdi. If he insisted, Wu Mingdi might agree. Wu Mingdi was easily influenced by others after all. But even if Wu Mingdi agreed, Ding Zhaolin thought there was no meaning.
Wu Mingdi saw that Ding Zhaolin was silent, so he started to comfort him again. But Ding Zhaolin looked away.
He once again thought about death. Because he felt that this kind of life was not what he wanted. He also wanted to be like Zhou Xu. Unfortunately, it was too late.
Ding Zhaolin touched his slightly bulging belly, he was about to become a mother. When the time came, he would have to watch over his child, from drinking milk to toilet matters, he would have to do everything. That’s what his whole life would be about.
Was death really a relief?
Ding Zhaolin remembered Sun Qingxia and paused a little. Ding Zhaolin took a deep sigh to calm himself, he could not always think about death.
While Ding Zhaolin was thinking about how to be jealous, their planet encountered the strongest extraterrestrial attack throughout history.
The enemy sent a total of ten warships and around 500 mechas. Such a strong fighting force was simply a calamity for their planet.
In most interstellar wars, only three or four warships were sent out. This time, the enemy really invested a lot.
In the command room, Mu Xinhua and the other marshals strategized. “I will lead a warship and send two warships in every direction to confront the enemy. What do you think?”
After thinking about it, one of the other marshals said, “No, you’re going to take three-quarters of the warships from our base. If they attack our base directly, the consequences will be unimaginable.”
“But their fighting force is too high. Besides, we are preparing to meet the enemy in outer space, that’s why we need to have a corresponding fighting capacity. If not, we would only be on the defensive,” Mu Xinhua said.
“If you led three quarters of our force away, then who will protect the planet?”
“Then what amount do you find appropriate?” Mu Xinhua asked.
“Half.”
Mu Xinhua firmly shook his head and said, “No, if we only have half of the fighting power, then it’s equivalent to throwing our life away. I cannot agree.”
“But we need to protect our rear area. So, no matter what, I can’t agree with you taking so many troops away.”
Both sides could not come to a compromise, they could only ask the remaining marshals, “What are your thoughts on the matter?”
“I agree with Mu Xinhua’s suggestion.”
“I don’t agree with his suggestion.”
“I abstain.”
They were once again back to the beginning. Nobody wanted to yield, and no one could be persuaded. They could only ask the other people in the room, “What kind of thoughts do you have?”
No one made a sound.
Zhou Xu coughed softly. “Why don’t we fight on the ground or just above?”
Everybody looked at Zhou Xu with astonishment, as if he had just told a big joke.
This was a fight between planets. The lethality of the weapons were not a joke. One ordinary bullet sent by a mecha could blow up a whole building, not to mention grenades and cannons.
In addition, the Interstellar Alliance law did not allow mechas to fight on the ground. Although the aggressors never cared about this, this law was proof that combat on the ground could have adverse effects on civilians and cause huge casualties.
Even if nobody understood the suggestion put forward by Zhou Xu, Mu Xinhua believed in him. So, he asked Zhou Xu, “How do you devise the feasibility of ground operations?”
Zhou Xu thought for a moment. On a large piece of paper, he roughly depicted the situation around the planet. He then took out a red pen and pointed at one of them.
“It’s true that the feasibility of ground combat is small, as it will cause unnecessary casualties. That’s why the Interstellar Alliance refused to use mechas to fight on ground. We are here on the map. Look, where is the enemy at the moment?”
“In the interstellar dimension, around here.” Mu Xinhua pointed with another pen.
Zhou Xu nodded and continued, “According to their trajectory, their goal is exactly our base, but all of you look again at this place on our planet.”
Zhou Xu took out a small red flag to put it on the place he pointed at and said, “This is our radar station. If they want to land, they need to be guided by radar.”
Mu Xinhua suddenly understood and smiled. He patted Zhou Xu’s back, and then said to the marshals, “Yes, the landing of warships must be guided by radar. Their radar must come into contact with the radar of our planet. At that time, we only need to input the wrong information into the system, and then interfere with their radar. We just have to make sure that the ground information they receive is wrong when the radar sends back signals.”
The other four marshals frowned because they did not want the war to fall onto their planet.
Zhou Xu carried on talking, “If their ground information is wrong, they will inevitably have to find a new landing site. So, we can guide them here, our warships will only need 20 minutes to get there. Supposing they land, they will need three hours, we will have enough time to prepare our ambush and detailed deployment.”
Several marshals looked at the place where Zhou Xu pointed. After a few minutes of silence, they finally nodded.
That place was a desolated desert, completely uninhabited. Moreover, the area there was so vast that there was absolutely no need to worry about causing casualties to ordinary people.
Now there was only one point, how to do the radar thing?
“So, how do we solve the radar problem?”
Zhou Xu stood up with a smile and replied, “I can solve this point.”
“Zhou Xu, if something goes wrong, our planet may be completely destroyed. Can you really solve it?”
Zhou Xu nodded resolutely and answered, “Yes.”
Of course, Zhou Xu could. The radar technology in this world was too backward. Only the mechas’ level exceeded the one in the real world in which Zhou Xu lived. For other technologies, Zhou Xu could oppress the technicians of this world in minutes.
Not only was there no problems with Zhou Xu’s technical skill, he could also make the enemy land vertically – in short fall straight down when they found the desert.
It was nothing more than using a bit of skill and then using the theory of image reflection to make some changes in the ground altitude and their own altitude. If they couldn’t discover it, then they fall. If they did, the combat would not take place on the ground, but at the stratospheric level.
Several marshals couldn’t be at ease at all, so they followed Zhou Xu to the technology department.
A dozen minutes later, these top generals were thoroughly convinced. This method of Zhou Xu’s, not to mention ten warships, even if twenty warships came here, they would still not be afraid. Because, while Zhou Xu was modifying the radar, he also set up a timed interference system. After the arrival of the enemy, Zhou Xu could cut off their communication.
This technology was simply a bug. If the enemy was unable to communicate with each other, the other side would be like a sheet of loose sand while they were an organized group. This couldn’t be called a fight at all, but a massacre.
T/N : Uuuh, sorry, I forgot to post the chapter yesterday! Was busy with news of the containment in France. “We are at war”, says our dear President, ⊙︿⊙. So everyone, take care of yourself!
I remember when translating this chapter and the next chapter, I so wanted to (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻. Military vocabularies are my bane.
