The Kite Hawk airship flew silently in the starry night sky. Far behind the airship, the fiery red sky slowly darkened and finally turned black. Xeller sat uneasily opposite Leger. Leger held a glass of red wine and leaned back comfortably. He crossed his legs and observed the somewhat nervous Xeller. Xeller's current situation was very strange. His expression was uncertain, and his eyes stared blankly at the glass of red wine in Leger's hand. No one knew what he was thinking. The heavy atmosphere surrounded the two, but Leger did not want to break it. He sipped the red wine, and his eyes flickered. No one knew what he was thinking.
"Can we win?"
Suddenly, Xeller asked. Leger raised his eyebrows and looked at Xeller doubtfully. "Is it the marine race behind us?"
Xeller shook his head with a bitter smile. "It's the attitude of the China people. After this test, I'm thinking, if it comes to the final step, they will not hesitate to give up Australia. When that time comes, how long can we last?"
Xeller's worries were not groundless. Australia's geographical location was unique. It was isolated from the sea, and there were red algae everywhere. The marine race did not have GPS to accurately locate the human forces, so they could only drift blindly on the sea and try their luck to find land in their respective areas. Comparatively speaking, Australia was the place where the marine race intersected the most. Once they were surrounded by the marine race, countless marine race would swarm over. At that time, Australia would definitely become the most war-torn place in the world. They could not count on a new era, so they could only rely on China. However, today's test had caused them to return in defeat, and they lost confidence in the future.
"It's not a big deal. China cannot do without Australia. Australia's development environment is several times better than China's. China needs more than a year to build a factory, but here, it only takes a month. They also do not have a large number of people. Their population is very complicated, and it takes a long time for them to become professional workers. But here, it's different. Three years is enough for survivors to become skilled engineers and repairmen.
Other than human resources, Australia's geographical location is also very important, at least to China. This is the bridgehead of the Southern Sea, one of the most important lines of defense against the Seafolk. Once this place falls, the Seafolk from the West and South will join forces with the Seafolk from the East and North to advance towards China. Once that happens, the pressure on China will increase by several folds, so your worries are temporarily unnecessary. "
Following that, he recalled Zhao Deyi's attitude and words, and found a new clue. He rubbed his chin and said, "Clearly, we are not the only ones probing. The other party is also probing. Being rejected this time means that they don't want to show that they care too much about Australia. However, Zhao Deyi himself revealed that China will send reinforcements in three days. Can we ask them to replace our soldiers with reinforcements?
Let them be in charge of the outer perimeter and become our first line of defense … "
"Hahahaha, Xavier, can you look further ahead?
Why do you always care about these things?
I know that you are worried that the China will take the opportunity to swallow Australia, but your worries are completely unnecessary. I have studied China's history, and China has never placed much importance on overseas territories. Even if they need to expand, the entire Eurasian continent is more than enough for them to do so. Just Russia alone will take hundreds of years and more than five generations of people to swallow. Your worries are unnecessary. Furthermore, my ambitions do not lie here. Australia is unimportant to me … "
"Unimportant?
Are you willing to give up your rights in Australia? "
Xavier was shocked. He was different from Regal. Regal was born to be calculative. Back then, he had taken advantage of the situation to separate Australia from the New Era and controlled Assad to become the actual ruler of Australia. Although Xavier also had ambitions, he had never thought about controlling the lives and deaths of millions of people. Thus, he was not too keen on Australia's rights and was willing to be an assistant.
"So what if I have rights?
As long as I am willing, there will be a day when the entire New Era will be mine. But even if I control the world, can my mother come back to life? "
Regal was a little agitated. He drank the red wine in his glass in one gulp and loudly expressed his suppressed thoughts. Xavier was instantly speechless. Regal's mother was their reverse scale, and it was also the reason why Xavier was willing to assist Regal, who was younger than him.
"But Auntie doesn't want you to live in hatred all day long. In the past, the New Era was our greatest danger, so I agreed that you should hide behind the scenes and let Assad stand in front. Now that the New Era can't even take care of itself, this is the best opportunity. As long as you stand out, no one will dare to oppose you, not even Tiel. The person he is most grateful to is you. We can rely on China's support to survive this catastrophe, and when the war is over, can't Australia counterattack the New Era?
At that time, you can openly stand in front of Kluge and question him … "
Xavier's earnest advice was met with Regal's incessant shaking of his head. After a while, Regal filled up the red wine and used his finger to wipe the logo on the bottle. He said in a deep voice, "Do you think Kluge cares about Australia?
Do you think he cares about the New Era?
He doesn't care about anything except for one thing, and that is his life. Life is the most precious thing to him, and what punishment can be more terrifying than taking away his most precious thing? "
"You want to kill him?
And you want to do it yourself? "
Although he vaguely knew some of Regal's plans, when he heard Regal confirm it himself, he felt a little uneasy. The crime of patricide was an unforgivable crime in both the East and the West. Anyone who carried this crime would be reviled by millions of people. Regal could put Kluge under house arrest, but he couldn't kill him. Even if there was an accident, it couldn't happen.
"Hehe … You're thinking too far ahead. It's easier said than done to kill him.
That old man is sly and cunning, and he doesn't trust anyone. I'm afraid no one in this world knows his trump card. I suspect that he's just a puppet outside, and we don't even know where his real body is. Let's think about the thousands of Merfolk behind us. We lost two-thirds of our puppet warriors, and the Blood Warriors were all annihilated. Isn't this the last elite force of Australia? "
Regal changed the topic, and Kluge started to feel sad again. If it was three years ago, Australia also had four elite divisions, and each division might not be any weaker than Zhao Deyi's first division. But now, they could barely gather one and a half elite divisions, and there were about five thousand guards. You Yinhua's division had mostly been made into puppet warriors, and although there were thousands of new evolved humans, they were all raised by bloodlings. They weren't used to the fighting style of evolved humans, and it would take a long time for them to form a fighting force. If the two elite divisions were to be called back, they might be able to stop the Merfolk, but it would be a huge loss.
"I've tried my best to arrange a retreat, but unfortunately, we lack transportation, and there aren't many people that can be evacuated. Out of the eighteen thousand civilians, only three thousand can be evacuated, and the remaining fifteen thousand won't be able to escape from the Merfolk …" He let out a long sigh. At the end of the world, every person was precious. If these fifteen thousand people had enough food, it would only take twenty years for them to triple their numbers, and this was only considering the adults. If they included those above twelve years old, it might be more than five times.
"People still have to rely on themselves. You've seen the power of the Chinese. They could rely on their fortifications to block hundreds of thousands of Merfolk, but we were caught off guard by a few thousand Merfolk. This is just the beginning. In the future, when there are more and more Merfolk, the Chinese won't be able to send more troops over.
So … "Regal smiled and continued," So let the civilians learn how to protect themselves. Give weapons to the settlements, and let all the men and women learn how to use guns. I don't need them to become elites, but they should at least be able to last until reinforcements arrive, right? "
"What do we do now?" Kerzelle was still worried about the fifteen thousand people who wouldn't be able to retreat in time.
"Scatter and escape. We'll return to the settlement in three days. Three days is enough to clear out the Merfolk, and three days later, the Chinese reinforcements will arrive. We have to prove ourselves to the Chinese in these three days …" Regal said coldly and heartlessly. Kerzelle was silent for a long time. The lives of fifteen thousand people had been overruled by their words. Without the protection of soldiers, ordinary people definitely wouldn't be able to stop the Merfolk.
"There's no need to worry too much. Most of the Merfolk appear in arid areas. What kind of Merfolk are they if they don't have a water source?
Also, there are no less than fifty puppet warriors there. They might not be able to kill all of the Merfolk, but they should be able to cover some people's escape. Optimistically, at least one-third of the fifteen thousand people will survive. Also … if they're really forced into a corner, I think those civilians definitely won't watch as they are slaughtered. As long as they're willing to resist and survive, they'll be the best warriors. At that time, we might have a pleasant surprise. "
Legor had gambled with the lives of 15,000 people, allowing the old, the weak, the women, and the children to survive for three days. Using the Sea Tribe to eliminate the weak and become the strong, it could be said that he had killed two birds with one stone. However, behind these two birds would be mountains of bones.