The sudden shout startled Davis, and he turned around and looked at Tachino.

"We can't defend this situation. How can we defend it? They are about to rush here. How can we not retreat?!"

"If we don't retreat, we're just waiting to die! This is so stupid! We're just asking for death!"

Tachino's pale face was covered with sweat. He waved his arms excitedly and shouted:

"Harris said before he left that if we are breached from one side and cannot be stopped, we must be prepared to evacuate. Now you have all seen it. Let alone defending until the people from Heinrich Military Base come, I'm afraid we can't even make it tonight!"

"Shouldn't we evacuate now? Why are we still stubbornly staying here? What are we holding on to? If everyone dies, the military factory will also fall?! Then what's the point of stubbornly staying here and being slowly killed?!"

"......"

Tachino shouted louder and louder, even a little hysterically.

However, his questioning was not stopped by Davis. Davis just looked at the young subordinate quietly, but his eyes revealed deep disappointment and sadness.

"That's enough! Tachino! How dare you think of running away at this moment!"

"What you should do is to stay here with us and eliminate every enemy that breaks in. This is your duty as a soldier. Have you forgotten the oath you made when you joined the army?!"

Davis did not say anything to stop him, but an officer named "David" sternly stopped him from yelling.

Tachino ignored it, but walked to Davis, grabbed his arm, and continued to admonish him:

"We really should evacuate. We can't hold on. Many people have already died. We need to preserve our manpower. We can still evacuate now. It will be too late if we evacuate later."

At this point, he lowered his voice to a very low level, and even pleaded in his eyes. He said in a weak voice that only Davis could hear:

"Uncle, please...give the order to evacuate us."

It has never been revealed in front of outsiders, but Tachino is indeed Davis' nephew. Two years ago, his sister, who was far away in Seville, was worried that her son would be too dangerous on the battlefield, so she sent a letter to Davis asking him to bring her son with him and do a safe civilian job in the Macedonian military factory.

Davis believed that men should go to the battlefield, and only after being tempered by iron and blood can they become a qualified soldier. Although Davis was somewhat reluctant about his sister's request, he finally agreed. After all, his sister was a widow with only one child, so it was not a bad idea for her to be a civilian, which could also contribute to the empire.

But now, at the moment of life and death, Davis had to admit that it was a mistake.

Tagino still doesn't understand what a soldier is, and he can't really realize that every inch of the country's land cannot be lost. As he said, the military factory may indeed fall tonight, but does its fall mean that holding on at this moment is stubborn and wrong?

If that were the case, then more than a decade ago, when the Kosovo Empire's army attacked Salivia, perhaps the few defenders who were almost out of ammunition and food should have been withdrawn.

But if they had done that, where would the Delta Federation be today?

The month of defending Salivia was the most difficult battle in Davis' life. He was surrounded by heavy troops, out of ammunition and food, and almost everyone was injured. But even so, he still refused to give in.

Other generals could make a strategic retreat, but he could not and would not, because he knew that if he gave up one step, there would be another step. Even if the enemy stepped over his corpses and broke into his city, he had to be prepared to bleed.

If every soldier does this, then no matter how powerful the enemy is, he will definitely bleed to death. Davis believes that this concept must be correct because it has been proven.

The Kosovo Army did not dare to pay more price, so they eventually retreated. That is why, more than ten years later, there is only one country on this continent, the Delta Federation.

Those imperial warriors back then all did so, so the empire that rose up through iron and blood and countless sacrifices became extremely powerful.

The defense of Salivia more than a decade ago is still particularly clear in Davis' memory today, and he also carries the stubbornness from more than a decade ago to this day.

With a ferocious look on his face, he grabbed the neck of Tagino, who was much taller and stronger than him, and said angrily:

"Tachino! If you are still a soldier of the Empire, don't beg in front of me like a coward!"

"Your father.... No! The sacrifices your fathers made were far greater than what you are getting today!"

"Their blood has been spilled on almost every piece of land you stand on! Now that the damn Yan people have come here, it's time for you to sacrifice yourself!"

"We may all die! But none of us will be defeated!"

"Tachino! You can choose to be a brave warrior and die for the empire, or you can choose to be a coward and be shot dead by me now!"

At this point, Davis angrily punched Tachino in the face.

After being hit hard by the punch, Tachino staggered. He was still looking at Davis, but the pleading look on his face gradually disappeared.

"Yes, sir, I understand!"

"I obey your orders!" Tachino covered his red cheeks with his hands and shouted excitedly.

At this moment, a soldier rushed into the operations room:

"Sir, we can't establish a defense line. There are too many enemy cavalry and their firepower is particularly fierce. We can't intercept them. They have already broken through Factory No. 4. Our army has suffered heavy losses!"

There were more and more gunshots outside. Davis knew this would happen, but now he was ready to die, so he said in a deep voice:

"Try to kill more enemy troops! Don't let them take away our factory easily!"

As soon as the voice fell, Tachino on the side suddenly shouted angrily:

"Sir! I request to lead the cavalry to fight them!"

"You're right! Even if we die here, they can't defeat us!"

"I will choose to die in battle like a man! I will never let them trample me underfoot! I will lead the cavalry to kill the enemy as much as possible and make the Yan people pay the price for this attack!"

Davis was about to speak, but Tagino showed a resolute expression and said:

"I am ashamed of what I just said. Even if I die here tonight, I don't want to bring shame to my mother!"

After hearing this, Davis changed his mind about Tachino's transformation. After all, as a young man who has not experienced the test of life and death, he always needs someone to guide and set an example. So he nodded slightly and said in a deep voice:

"Okay! Tachino, go to your battlefield like a warrior!"

"Anyone who dies in this battle will be the pride of the Empire!"

"Let's fight to the last minute!!!"

"Yes! Sir!" everyone in the command room shouted in unison.

Tachino immediately left with the messenger, and as soon as he left Factory No. 3, what he saw was shocking. There were countless corpses lying on the ground. The cavalry of the Yan Army that had rushed in not only suppressed them completely, but it was even close to a massacre.

Their own linear formation volley fire was now being killed row by row by their scattered fire. Even if there were cover, the omnipresent Yan Army cavalry would shoot from all directions. And at this moment, there were not only cavalry in the factory area, but enemy infantry had already rushed in in large numbers. With Factory No. 4 as the center, the entire west side was a battlefield with exchanges of fire everywhere.

Tachino mounted his warhorse without saying a word. After leaving the area of ​​Factory No. 3, he pulled the reins and headed straight east.

There were troops on the way heading west, because the military factory was too large. Although Davis knew that the enemy would attack from the west, he did not concentrate all his forces on the west, because he was worried that the attack from the west might be just an illusion. When the battle was fierce, the enemy might send surprise forces to attack from other places. Therefore, he left some troops in other parts of the factory. But at this moment, the west had been breached and it became the main battlefield. The defense of other places was meaningless, so troops from all places began to gather to the west.

And now, Tachino, who was riding his warhorse and galloping towards the east, was shouting loudly:

"The commander has ordered us to retreat!"

"Hurry up! Don't go any further. The troops from Factory No. 4 are covering our rear! Quick! Retreat!"

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