Chapter 380: Break Apart!
Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr
As Tang Yu’s group, which had been providing support to the frontlines from the back via long-range attacks all this while, consisted of either ace or special-class cha, they received news of the new batch of incoming enemy cha a step earlier than the other regular cha.
Tang Yu swiftly locked onto an enemy cha and zood in onto its image on his screens. When he saw the familiar outer forms of the cha, Tang Yu’s face paled involuntarily. He then quickly chose another few cha from the incoming enemy team at random, zooming in on them in succession, and found that a majority of these enemy cha were ace cha and special-class cha, at a ratio of 1 ace to 4 special-class cha ... their numbers were as high as 500 cha!
Tang Yu knew that this was likely the enemy’s last resort, a signal that the final showdown of this battle was about to begin!
"Instructors of the academy at special-class operator status and above, draw in towards my location imdiately ..." As the instructor with the highest military rank, Tang Yu was decisive, instantly connecting to the internal commlink of the military academy instructors to issue this order.
The instructors, who had initially been scattered around the campus, heard Tang Yu’s command and quickly stopped shooting, operating their cha in Tang Yu’s direction. In less than a minute, these experienced instructors had all assembled by Tang Yu’s side.
Tang Yu shared the news he had received with all the instructors, splitting the instructors into several teams at the sa ti. He also told them that as soon as these enemy cha entered the lower air range of planet Newline, they needed to surge forth and et the enemy.
On the ground, the ones defending the dormitory district were all the armoured ground forces of the Federation. As soon as the flas of battle spread out to scorch the ground, the first ones to suffer would be these warriors. This was why Tang Yu had decided to bring the battlefield into the air. Moreover, the dormitory district was right behind the armoured forces — inside were all those defenceless academy cadets. For the sake of the students’ safety, Tang Yu would not allow a cha fight to break out there.
All the instructors knew that this was an extrely unfavourable battle for them, because the number of ace operators among the ground forces defending planet Newline was just too low. Even if they counted themselves in as well, their numbers were still a tad weaker than that of the invading enemy.
Right at this mont, Qiao Ting, who had also rushed over and was now aware of the situation, asked anxiously, "Instructor Tang Yu, what should we do?"
"Continue to work with the ground forces and provide long-range assistance!" Tang Yu did not dare to let Qiao Ting fight with them — once they went up against the enemy crowd of ace cha, even he would not be able to guarantee his own safety, much less Qiao Ting’s. For the students’ safety, he felt that it would be better to keep them behind the lines of the ground forces.
Tang Yu’s order was not received well by Qiao Ting. He was an ace operator himself! He should be a bit stronger than the instructors who were still special-class operators, right? If they could fight, then why couldn’t he go too? He was about to argue his case when Tang Yu barked, "Qiao Ting, obey my orders!"
Familiar with Tang Yu’s character, Qiao Ting knew that Tang Yu had already made up his mind not to let him onto the battlefield. Continuing to plead was pointless, so he gritted his teeth and said sulkily, "Roger that, Instructor Tang Yu!"
The enemy’s descent was not fast but it was not slow either — five minutes later, the first of the enemies officially entered the lower airspace of the planet. Seeing this, Tang Yu ordered, "Attack!"
Command issued, Tang Yu was the first to charge into the fray. He revved his main engine and piloted his cha to soar into the sky. Behind him, the instructors all swooped towards the descending enemies under his lead. Two batches of cha — one from above, one from below — finally t in the air, 100 tres off the ground, and began their fight ...
"Regint Commander, what should we do now?" Seeing that Qiao Ting had not followed his instructor’s orders to retreat to the backline of the ground forces, still standing rooted in place, a mber by his side could not help but ask.
"At this kind of dangerous mont, how can we hide behind our instructors?" said Qiao Ting, pumped up. "I want to fight! I want to protect our academy! Those who want to fight, follow . Those who want to obey the instructors and stay here can stay. I will not force anyone!"
Qiao Ting’s words caused his team mbers around him to fall silent. At this ti, Qiao Ting’s most loyal defender stood out once more in support to say, "The regint commander is right. Now is the most critical mont for our military academy. How can we be cowards and hide behind the instructors? I will go with the regint commander."
Seeing the other mbers continue to remain silent, his tone was scornful as he said, "Have you all forgotten the oath you swore before the military flag when you first entered the military academy? Those who don’t even have the guts to protect their own academy are not worthy of piloting cha!"
Many of the mbers were unable to accept this accusation; provoked, they all spoke up, "I’ll go!" " too!" "And !" Eleven mbers shouted in near unison.
In the end, there were only three left who still remained silent. Qiao Ting asked them coldly, "You all plan to stay behind?"
After another beat of silence, one of the three finally opened his mouth. "Instructor Tang Yu told us to stay here. I think we should listen to the instructor. The first lesson we learned was to obey orders from our superiors and not to act on our own impulses."
Qiao Ting’s gaze narrowed at these words, his entire aura turning frigid. The other regint mbers sensed sothing strange in the air; just as one of the other mbers were about to try and counsel those three, Qiao Ting said, "In that case, you three can stay here." That said, he turned and said to the twelve mbers who wanted to go with him and said, "The rest of you, follow !"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qiao Ting was the first to pilot his cha in a sprint towards the inner regions of the military academy. The twelve mbers dared not say anything, imdiately controlling their cha in pursuit. Very soon, Qiao Ting’s group of 13 had been swallowed by the night, leaving the range of the dormitory district.
The three people left behind watched as Qiao Ting’s figure disappeared. The cha who had responded to Qiao Ting suddenly slumped as tension bled out of its fra, almost losing his footing. The other two reflexively tugged on his arms to support him, thus preventing the other from falling down.
"Just now, I really thought the regint commander would fly off the handle," said the unsteady mber with a wry smile.
" too!" The two cha supporting him had felt the sa.
"I’m worried whether the regint commander is just biding his ti to deal with us later 1 ?" asked one of the cha worriedly.
"If we are all still alive then, definitely. The regint commander will never let us go for defying him. However, if we are lucky enough to survive, I plan to quit Leiting." That mber who had spoken up against Qiao Ting said determinedly.
His words shocked the other two cha beside him. Mind you, once soone quit from Leiting, they would be viewed by the whole Leiting cha Clan as deserters. They would definitely find their every step constricted within the military academy.
"The exams that need to be taken have all been taken anyhow. At that ti, I’ll just request to be sent to so unexplored territory for practical training. By the ti I return, it would already be ti to enlist ..." That person was not making this decision blindly. He had long prepared for this eventuality; this was also what had given him the courage to defy Qiao Ting’s order.
"The regint commander will go to the Third Division. This is already sothing that has been finalised. He’s entering directly, exempt from being assessed. I heard this was approved personally by the Third Marshal," exclaid another regint mber enviously. This was definitely a glorious matter. It was said that only General Ling Xiao had ever enjoyed such a distinction back in the past. Back then, it had been the Second Marshal, now the First Marshal, who had taken a shine to General Ling Xiao and personally appointed and approved his enlistnt into his own army division without going through the regular assessnts.
"You can’t enlist with the Third Division anymore. You might not even be able to enlist with any of the divisions on friendly terms with the Third." Even as cadets, they knew that the army divisions had their respective factions. Once Qiao Ting established himself in the Third Division, if they enlisted with any other divisions within the sa faction, their lives would not be easy.
"I will enlist with the 23rd Division," declared that person with conviction. "I’m uncertain about the other divisions, but the 23rd Division, General Ling Xiao’s division, will definitely have nothing to do with the Third Division. Besides, Boss Huo and his gang are also at the 23rd Division. Perhaps the regint commander might beco the second General Ling Xiao in future, a true elite among elites, but I still think following Boss Huo is a much more reassuring and secure decision."
Regint Commander Qiao Ting was just too proud — once he had made a decision, he was not able to accept any advice or dissent from others. Even though this could be taken as the confidence a successful person needed to have, he felt that Qiao Ting was overconfident. This ant nothing good for the future developnt of the regint commander, and this was also why he had used Instructor Tang Yu’s orders as a legitimate excuse to refuse to follow Qiao Ting.
His words made the other two fall into silent contemplation. A few seconds later, one of them said with a wry smile, "Let see for a while longer. After all, that’s all things that haven’t happened yet. Let’s just focus on how to survive right now."
His words were extrely reasonable. The three of them no longer had any mood to chat. If they did not manage to survive this battle, all talk of the future was moot. Very soon, they had piloted their cha back to the rear of the ground forces. They began to carry out their previous duty — shooting their beam guns from far away, helping to keep the enemies attacking the forces at the front at bay.
As they fought, the other mber who had not uttered a peep all this while secretly connected to the commlink of the mber who had said he wanted to enlist with the 23rd Division and said, "When you apply for enlistnt with the 23rd Division, let know."
Hearing this, the mber who had argued back against Qiao Ting smiled. It looked like he was not the only one who saw the problem with Qiao Ting ...
Right then, on Qiao Ting’s end, he was swiftly leading his twelve mbers in a sprint away from the dormitory district. Qiao Ting was confident, but he also knew that they were surrounded by enemy cha. For them inexperienced cadets to find a lucky break in the chaos was impossible. If they wanted to make any impact with their combat power and have a fighting chance as cadets, they would need to get further away from the main battlefield.
Qiao Ting believed that there were sure to be scattered enemy cha at the other areas of the military academy. And Qiao Ting’s target was precisely these isolated enemy cha — this was also why he wanted to bring his twelve mbers away for a change of battlefield.
Unknowingly, the cha team Qiao Ting was leading and the cha team Ling Lan was leading in retreat right at that mont were actually travelling on the sa route. However, one was moving closer to the dormitory district in order to ensure their safety, while the other had chosen to distance themselves from the dormitory district in order to gain battle rits ...
The battle continued to rage on, and seed to be intensifying as the fighting progressed. Both the warriors of the Federation and the instructors of the academy were completely embroiled in the whirlwind of battle. Other than fighting, they could only fight and fight and fight so more. As long as they did not die, they continued to fight without stopping. No one could tell when this battle would end ...
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