ARIPOEC Chapter 12
by VolareEven though he wasn’t feeling well, Lin Jun, with his indomitable spirit despite his physical state, went to class with Ye Mingyuan.
Ye Mingyuan was like a piece of fatty meat that the Ye family had their eyes on.
And that Ye Wenming was so dark-hearted and dirty-handed, Lin Jun would never believe he would give up after one setback.
He had to keep an eye on Ye Mingyuan.
As soon as Lin Jun walked into the classroom, he was met with the gazes of all the students.
This class happened to be taught by the Dean of the Command Department. When he saw Lin Jun walk in, he was slightly surprised at first, then nodded with satisfaction.
He didn’t dwell on their tardiness: “Alright, take your seats.”
Lin Jun and Ye Mingyuan were late, and almost only the first two rows were left in the entire classroom. Lin Jun pulled Ye Mingyuan to sit in the first row.
“When war breaks out, the first thing to do is to confirm the enemy and our own military deployments…”
The Dean’s deep voice was transmitted to everyone’s ears through the microphone.
Being able to become the Dean of the Command Department meant he definitely had some skills.
During the class, the Dean also listed several classic battles, asking the students to set up strategic objectives in groups.
At the order, the students immediately gathered together, discussing the strategic deployment plan in whispers.
The gossiping masses who had been holding back were finally able to find a legitimate opportunity to speak.
Several group members quickly gathered around.
“Lin Jun, why are you here?”
“Yeah, didn’t they say you took a half-semester leave?”
“They all say you’re sick, but it’s actually because you’re pregnant, right?”
Lin Jun looked down at the virtual war chessboard on the table, his fingers moving in the air.
He moved his fingers a couple of times before remembering. He turned to look at Ye Mingyuan next to him, his eyes filled with excitement: “You want to be in a group with me?”
Ye Mingyuan quickly understood the fighting desire in his eyes.
Ye Mingyuan shook his head, moved his stool to the next group.
The Dean on the platform also saw this scene. He pushed his glasses up, pretending not to see Ye Mingyuan’s private group change.
Who wouldn’t want to see the two geniuses of the Command Department as opponents?
With Ye Mingyuan gone, Lin Jun’s group members also relaxed a lot. Their attention wasn’t on the virtual war chessboard. Instead, they started discussing among themselves.
“I’ve seen Ye Wenming from the Logistics Department looking for Ye Mingyuan these past few days. Lin Jun must be feeling threatened.”
“The forums are spreading rumors about them breaking up every day, ugh.”
“No, no, I have to take a picture. Seeing is believing.”
Lin Jun’s hand fiddling with the war chessboard paused slightly. He finally developed some interest in their gossip.
“You said Ye Wenming came to find Ye Mingyuan a few days ago?”
Seeing that he finally spoke, they quickly responded.
“Yes, yes, Ye Wenming has come to find Ye Mingyuan several times.”
“They say he’s been assigned to the same practical group as Ye Mingyuan.”
“Who doesn’t know that Ye Wenming never participated in practical classes before. This time, he suddenly participated, and he just happened to be assigned to the same group as Ye Mingyuan. Who would believe that!”
Lin Jun frowned.
Seeing that Lin Jun’s expression was not right, they quickly changed the subject.
“Lin Jun, don’t worry. Ye Mingyuan didn’t pay much attention to him.”
“That sickly Ye Wenming isn’t good-looking either. Ye Mingyuan definitely wouldn’t like him.”
“That’s right, and you already have a baby with Ye Mingyuan.”
Lin Jun: “…”
Lin Jun wasn’t worried at all that Ye Mingyuan would be interested in Ye Wenming.
What a joke, these two were half-brothers.
He was just surprised by how quickly Ye Wenming was acting. Ye Wenxing had only been in trouble for a few days, and Ye Wenming had already quickly approached Ye Mingyuan.
Could it be that the Ye family had known for a long time that Ye Mingyuan was Marshal Ye’s illegitimate son?
Then why didn’t they stop Ye Mingyuan from getting together with Lin Jun earlier?
The Ye family and the Lin family had always been on different sides of the political spectrum.
Those silly people still thought he was worried about Ye Mingyuan cheating during his pregnancy, and they all expressed their support.
“Lin Jun, don’t worry, we’ll help you keep an eye on Ye Mingyuan! We’ll never let him cheat!”
“Yes, yes, me too!”
Just as several group members were chattering away, the Dean on the platform came down.
He also wanted to see the progress of each group’s discussion.
But who knew that as soon as he walked to Lin Jun’s group, he heard a group of people gossiping seriously, completely ignoring the task he had assigned.
The Dean’s face darkened instantly: “What are you doing?!”
The people who were slacking off and gossiping shuddered and immediately shut up.
The atmosphere in the group was silent for two seconds.
“I think this resource star is crucial and must not be lost.”
“Compared to the resource star, this residential planet is more important. Billions of people live there.”
“…”
The gossiping atmosphere instantly turned into a serious academic discussion.
The Dean was so angry at this self-deceiving act that his beard almost curled up.
Soon the group collaboration session ended. The Dean looked around and pointed to Lin Jun’s group first: “You guys come up and present first.”
The few people who had been discussing seriously just now stood up reluctantly, muttering to themselves.
“…Crap.”
“We’re doomed.”
“QAQ, will my grade be docked?”
Lin Jun glared at them with a dark face, picked up the data instrument on the table, and went to the podium.
The data instrument was attached to the projector, and the results of the strategic deployment were quickly projected on the big screen.
Lin Jun’s fingers tapped a few times in the air, and he began to explain in an organized manner.
“The first step is to set up the defense line on the marginal barren star.”
Someone below quickly raised his hand to ask: “But with the scheduled troop strength, our side can’t resist the enemy’s attack on this defense line at all.”
Lin Jun nodded: “Yes, no need to resist, just delay.”
Lin Jun’s fingers moved to several residential planets behind the defense line, tapping lightly twice.
“Two months to evacuate 80% of the residents and property on the residential planets.”
“Two months later, the defense line will be reduced, shrinking to behind the resource star.”
There was an uproar in the classroom: “Are you going to give the resource star to the enemy?!”
“Of course not.” A bit of ruthlessness flashed in Lin Jun’s eyes.
His fingers moved quickly, and the simulated war chessboard on the projection also changed rapidly with the movement of his fingers.
The blue dots representing the enemy quickly invaded the resource star and looted several residential areas.
The enemy’s wealth data rose rapidly at a terrifying rate.
But at this moment, the red dots that had been deployed on the first defense line and had not been withdrawn suddenly attacked, instantly blocking the enemy’s retreat.
A gasp of air sounded in the classroom.
Only then did everyone realize that after this series of operations, the red side’s battle damage value was still maintained at a fairly low level.
A few seconds later, the situation on the war chessboard changed rapidly, and the curtain fell completely.
The blue army was surrounded. Although they occupied the resource star and several residential stars, their strategic position was very poor, and they had to flee in the end.
Looking at the large number of troops on the war chessboard that finally broke through the encirclement and fled, someone couldn’t help but ask again.
“You could have annihilated them all! Why didn’t you just annihilate them all!”
Lin Jun’s eyes flickered slightly. He bit his lower lip and couldn’t help but turn his head to look at Ye Mingyuan.
Ye Mingyuan looked up at him, his sea-blue eyes filled with inexplicable emotions.
Lin Jun didn’t answer this question. He turned around and returned the virtual war chessboard to the Dean: “I’m done explaining.”
The Dean seemed to be stunned by his strategic deployment.
It wasn’t until Lin Jun walked off the podium and returned to his seat that the Dean belatedly led the applause.
These students didn’t understand, but he knew the inside story.
This strategic question had been around for many years. No matter who made the strategic deployment, the red side always ended up with a pyrrhic victory.
Either they suffered heavy casualties, or they lost a lot of resources and wealth, or they were directly defeated by the blue side’s strong invasion.
But Lin Jun’s deployment not only saved the lives of billions of residents on the residential stars, but also saved the resource star. In the end, he even saved the red side’s territory, fighting a very perfect self-defense counterattack.
A genius is indeed a genius.
The Dean was full of admiration, and he even had the idea of taking Lin Jun as his student.
As the Dean of the Command Academy, he hadn’t taken a student for many years.
“Which other group wants to come up and present?”
The Dean finally calmed down. He asked routinely.
The entire class was silent.
After seeing Lin Jun’s perfect answer sheet, who would be willing to go up and embarrass themselves!
Comparison is the thief of joy.
“No one else?” The Dean was unwilling and directly called a name: “Ye Mingyuan, come up and present.”
Ye Mingyuan stood up: “My plan is the same as Lin Jun’s.”
“…” The entire classroom gasped again.
Seeing that they didn’t believe him, Ye Mingyuan took the virtual war chessboard to the podium and directly set it to automatic presentation.
Sure enough, the strategic deployment above was almost exactly the same as Lin Jun’s, with only some minor details.
Everyone silently watched this strategic deployment, which could be called a standard answer sheet, again.
The blue army broke through the encirclement and fled again on the projection, and the changes on the virtual war chessboard stopped.
Ye Mingyuan withdrew his gaze. He looked at the person who had asked Lin Jun the question earlier: “I’ll answer your question.”
“Why not annihilate them.”
“Although the enemy is surrounded, their military strength is still strong. If we really annihilate them, our side will also suffer heavy losses.”
“These hundreds of thousands of soldiers would all have to die on the battlefield.”
“They didn’t have to die.”
“…”
“Am I right?” Ye Mingyuan turned his head, his gaze meeting Lin Jun’s.
Lin Jun looked at those glass-like eyes, his heart shook.
Right.
But Ye Mingyuan clearly didn’t do this in his previous life!
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The final earth-shattering battle in his previous life was very similar to the situation on today’s war chessboard.
The Zerg army was fierce, and behind the defense line were several prosperous residential stars, as well as several important resource stars of the empire.
Lin Jun, as one of the few available generals at the time, became the commander of this defensive battle.
And Ye Mingyuan… He had just defected from the Ye family, provided the empire with a series of intelligence, and was therefore sent over to be Lin Jun’s adjutant.
At that time, Lin Jun was looking at the intelligence provided by Ye Mingyuan, racking his brains.
According to Ye Mingyuan’s intelligence, the most elite troop of the Zerg was outside the defense line.
It was absolutely impossible to defend by holding on.
“Hold the first line of defense, transfer large spaceships from other star systems, evacuate the civilians on the residential stars, evacuate as many as you can!”
Lin Jun stayed up for several days, overrode all objections, and made this decision.
What was Ye Mingyuan doing at that time?
He leaned against Lin Jun’s door with a cheeky smile: “General Lin is too soft-hearted. Aren’t you afraid that the first line of defense won’t hold, and you’ll end up handing over the entire star system to others?”
Lin Jun’s eyes were red, with bloodshot eyes from staying up all night.
“I won’t! I definitely won’t! Even if I die here in the end, I will never hand over the star system to others.”
Ye Mingyuan seemed to be shocked by the ruthlessness in Lin Jun’s eyes. He shrugged and said nothing more.
Lin Jun let him pass and turned to walk into the room.
Just as the door was about to close, a lowered voice came from the crack in the door: “It is a soldier’s duty to protect civilians from the ravages of war.”
“There are billions of people. They shouldn’t die here.”
Lin Jun’s voice was low and deep. It was unknown whether he was saying it to himself or to Ye Mingyuan outside the door.
Ye Mingyuan stood outside the door for a long time that day.
Until night fell.
The Zerg’s offensive was fierce. The first line of defense didn’t last long. In just half a month, Lin Jun had to shrink the defense line and even had to give up those resource stars.
When such a battle report was sent to Capital Star, almost all the officials were in an uproar.
The memorials impeaching Lin Jun almost covered the emperor’s entire table.
At this moment, Ye Mingyuan pushed open Lin Jun’s door.
“The central order has come down. I will temporarily take over the duty of commander. Tomorrow morning, you will be escorted back to Capital Star to await punishment.”
Lin Jun raised his head in the dim light.
Ye Mingyuan’s profile was imprinted under the dim light, his outline cold and hard.
“I understand.” Lin Jun opened his mouth after a long while.
Lin Jun had been fighting with Ye Mingyuan for many years. He never admitted that he was inferior to Ye Mingyuan. But this time, Lin Jun couldn’t help but think, if Ye Mingyuan had been the commander from the beginning, would the result be different…
Ye Mingyuan seemed to be here only to notify him of this matter. After notifying him, he turned and left.
Just as he was about to walk out the door, Lin Jun stopped him: “Ye Mingyuan!”
The tall and straight body stopped. Ye Mingyuan didn’t turn his head.
Lin Jun: “I’m sorry.”
The battle situation here was almost at its worst. He was being escorted back at this time, leaving Ye Mingyuan with an almost impossible situation.
He lost, lost completely.
Ye Mingyuan seemed to understand the meaning of Lin Jun’s words. He turned his head, gave Lin Jun a dashing smile, and turned to leave.
Early the next morning, Ye Mingyuan showed the emperor’s secret order and officially became the commander.
Lin Jun was personally sent by Ye Mingyuan onto the ship being escorted back to Capital Star.
Ye Mingyuan stood in front of him, wearing an imperial military uniform, his shoulders wide, his legs long, and his back as straight as a steel plate.
Just as Lin Jun was about to board the ship, Ye Mingyuan suddenly stood at attention and gave him a square military salute.
Lin Jun was stunned for a moment and almost reflexively returned a military salute.
Ye Mingyuan smiled: “We’ve been fighting for so many years without a clear winner. It’s time for a result.”
Those sea-blue eyes were incomparably bright, like a clear spring.
Lin Jun had never seen Ye Mingyuan’s eyes like that.
As if by some ghostly force, Lin Jun suddenly grabbed Ye Mingyuan’s sleeve: “You promise me, come back alive.”
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After Lin Jun left, the battle situation changed every day.
Ye Mingyuan cut off the Zerg army’s retreat, surrounding the Zerg on those resource stars.
Ye Mingyuan annihilated a large number of Zerg troops, recovering two resource stars.
Ye Mingyuan repelled the elite Zerg troops, recovering three residential stars.
The Zerg troops attempted to break through the encirclement.
The Zerg troops tore open a gap.
Ye Mingyuan personally led troops to block the gap.
Ye Mingyuan completely annihilated the elite Zerg troops.
Ye Mingyuan…
Died heroically.