The artillery fire in the Sad Ridge fought from daytime to night, and from night to daytime. The battle lasted for more than 60 hours. Even though the federal soldiers fought with their backs and fought bloody battles, they could not resist the ferocious beast's iron hooves. The 300,000 main troops were wiped out in less than three days. Most of the soldiers died in the mouths of the ferocious beasts, and only less than 10% of the soldiers were captured.

The destruction of the main force means that the Federal Heavy Industry Corps cannot replenish its troops in combat in other places and completely loses its strategic initiative. No matter how difficult it is to confront the fierce imperial army, failure has become a foregone conclusion.

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A secret residence in the inner world of the empire.

"Novena...where are you?" In the dim secret room, the holographic image was placed on the screen. In the picture, Agronso was lying in the intensive care unit with various infusion tubes inserted into his body. He said extremely weakly, "Tell me quickly, where are you..."

Novena was only wearing thin underwear at this time, and her skin exposed outside was full of wounds caused by internal force. While applying medicine to herself, she said silently: "I am in the heart of the empire, commander-in-chief, and I am working for the Federation."

"No...come back...Nowina, we lost...Our main force was annihilated at the Sorrow Ridge, we have already lost..." Agronso kept coughing and panting, and the machine quickly issued a warning of vital signs.

"No, the Federation did not lose." Novena bit off the last bandage, tied the ends to fix it, then looked at the worn exoskeleton armor not far away, and said calmly, "I can turn the situation around. I can take people to Chang'an and attack the Imperial Marshal again. They would never have thought that I would kill a resurgence. I will definitely catch him this time!"

Agronso kept coughing blood, but insisted: "Novina, don't do this anymore. You can do anything here... Be obedient... Be good, come back to me, okay?"

"Don't talk to me in this tone!!!" Novena's emotions suddenly burst out, and her previous calmness disappeared. She held tears in her eyes and said loudly, "I am not a child! I am a federal soldier! I am willing to serve the federal government anytime, anywhere and sacrifice for the federal government!"

Agronso was silent. As Novena's father, he knew his daughter's character very well.

Novena has too many excellent qualities, nobleness, justice, positiveness, courage and perseverance, but she also has a little-known side, inferiority complex.

Yes, the youngest brigade general in federal history, the daughter of the commander-in-chief of the federal government, has inferiority complex.

During her military academy, because of her special status, Novena was always taken care of by her mentor and enjoyed many treatments that normal students should not enjoy. Even though she repeatedly told her mentor to treat her equally, the mentor always felt that this was a polite word. This led to no matter how good Novena scored, published an excellent paper, or gained military merits during military training, the students around her would post this evaluation to her: It's great to have a father who is the commander-in-chief.

After graduation, Novena served in the Federal Army. How did her rank of brigadier general come from? It was simple. In the seven-year Northern Expedition, Novena traveled to the Cross Church and the Judgment Council as a diplomatic person, used her insights to explain the pros and cons, and successfully convinced the Cross Church Cardinals and the Judgment Council shareholders to jointly send troops to intervene in the Northern Expedition. This move directly prevented the Red Blood Empire from exterminating the rebels in the Northern Expedition, and successfully slowed down the Red Blood Empire's great cause of unifying the North for 8 years.

That's right, when the Colonial Destruction was 7 years old, Novina and Leng Yuan had never met, but they had a confrontation thousands of miles away and they won.

In this way, Novena ranked as a brigade general for his contribution to persuading the Cross Church and the Judgment Council. So how did the officers evaluate it? Four words: given by his father.

Novena has always lived under the halo of Agronso. Everyone respects her, but not the brigadier general of the Federation, but the daughter of the commander-in-chief Novena.

No matter what Novena does or what credits she has, she will be tied to Agronso by others, and no one has ever cared about her struggle.

Then, in order to prove herself, Novena went to the capital alone and signed a treaty with Leng Yuan: unify the north and abdicate.

What happened? I was tricked by Leng Yuan. Later, Patch did evil, the war broke out, and the treaty became waste paper.

In order to protect Miyin Risako, Novena intends to fight against Grand Duke Luo alone.

What happened? His palm was pierced and he escaped from the Grand Duke's Mansion in a panic, and had to seek help from Luo You and Naraku.

Later, when the war broke out, Novena lie on firewood and tastes gall, lie in the heart of the empire, attacking the empire's marshal, trying to save the situation.

What was the result? The Grand Marshal sacrificed his life to his death, but his efforts failed.

One unfair evaluation after another, another failure, Novena has always been very inferior. She tried her best to prove herself, but in the end she found out that she had made a contribution? Because you are the daughter of the commander-in-chief.

What did you do? You must have received help from others.

Nothing can be accomplished? Yes, this is you.

Novena tried her best to prove herself. She hoped that one day when someone mentioned Novena, her first reaction was: "Oh! That's a great federal general!", instead of: "Hey! She is the daughter of the commander-in-chief!"

...

Novena sat on the ground sob, she kept wiping her tears and choked, "Believe me, I can do it. I can't go back like this without success, I can't watch our army lose the war."

"Shh..." Agronso gently raised his fingers to his lips, signaling Novena to calm down, then changed his subject and smiled gently, "Novena, do you still remember the fight with Patch at the age of 14?"

Novena sniffed and nodded.

"At that time, you broke Patch's nose bone, and an officer came over to me and told me that because you are my daughter, Patch didn't dare to hit you, so he could only be beaten. Guess what I said?" Agronso grinned and said, "I said, go fuck you, that was won by her own strength. Don't fuck me."

As she cried, Novena laughed again. She wiped her tears and said with annoyance: "I don't believe you would say so many swear words."

"Okay, I admit, I made up the fuck you, but don't fuck me, I really said that." Agronso smiled and looked at Novena gently, saying in a kind voice unique to his father, "Novena, I will take care of you in life, but in the army, I never thought of giving you privileges with my identity. You have made meritorious diplomacy, and I give you the rank of brigadier general, and I have a clear conscience, which is completely different from what Patchy wants to do with family relations. Later, you have no distinction between public and private affairs and offended Grand Duke Roll, and I will still punish you harshly. Because I know that the flowers in the greenhouse can never grow. Only by experiencing the storm outside like everyone can you know the suffering of the military and be recognized one day."

"I am very sorry about my halo. The relationship between father and daughter determines that this halo cannot be taken off your head. Outsiders are destined to have unfair evaluations of you. I cannot change their prejudice, but so what? I see all your efforts. No matter what outsiders think, I know best in my heart. When I get old and lose my mind, it is not those grand dukes who lead the Federation to the future, nor their children, but you, not because you are my daughter, but because of the qualifications you have earned for your hard work."

Agronso stretched out his hand and pressed it on the screen, as if touching Novena on the other end of the screen, and said deeply: "We have lost this war now, but you don't have to blame yourself. This is not your failure and fault alone, but the failure and fault of the entire Federation. No one is more special than anyone else. It doesn't matter if it fails, we all bear it together. So, come back, Novena, don't hold on alone."

Novena sucked her red nose and whispered: "So what if I'm back... We lost everything and had nothing."

"Home." Agronso looked at Novena gently, and Ci smiled and said, "We still have home."
Chapter completed!