Chapter 474: Retreat All the Way

[With your help, the Autobots won the Battle of Hydra Island and achieved a milestone event! ]

That familiar cold voice sounded again.

[Start calculating assimilation points... 6153 points]

When the reminder sound of the reincarnation world sounded, Fu Qinghai was already sitting in an Optimus Prime truck, following a large group of Autobots on the way to Crystal City.

"The Crystal City has stood for trillions of cycles. It is the perfect crystallization of Cybertron's creative and aesthetic concepts. The various colors of the spectrum shine on the Crystal City's unique building materials, reflecting brilliant and dazzling light. The colorful scene can be seen dozens of miles away."

Optimus Prime introduced Fu Qinghai,

"Under certain atmospheric conditions, even the people of Iron Castle can see its mirage-like brilliance from the horizon. Crystal City is a monument and a scientific city. It is a model of Cybertronian civilization that combines beauty and practicality, and a symbol of the Cybertronian spirit of invention and creation."

The Autobots are about to go to defend Crystal City.

Fu Qinghai extracted several pieces of information from Optimus Prime's words: Crystal City is a scientific city, and most of the people living in it belong to the class of "scientific researchers". This city uses a special building material similar to crystal, which makes its appearance crystal clear and very beautiful, and its strength is also not bad.

As soon as he heard the two key words "scientists" and "laboratory", Fu Qinghai became very interested. He immediately felt that defending the scientific city of Crystal City was much more meaningful than defending the airport of Hydra Island. There were only some supplies in the airport, but in Crystal City there were all kinds of Cybertron's scientific achievements.

Of course, the rigid and inflexible class system has caused the Cybertronians' technological level to continue to decline. Even the space bridge they built themselves has been abandoned. There is no guarantee that there will be anything good in Crystal City, but Fu Qinghai still wants to go and take a look.

He also became famous on Hydra Island.

The Decepticons have an intelligence system, and the mini-Chronos under Soundwave have secretly infiltrated many cities. Of course, they also know who is commanding the Autobots, and they also know that Optimus Prime has a human staff officer named "Chingshan".

They gave Fu Qinghai a nickname:

the despicable and cunning dwarf general.

Fu Qinghai almost went crazy when he heard this nickname.

Since becoming a Space Marine, I have never suffered any height discrimination. I never expected that on Cybertron, I would be discriminated against by the Decepticons. This is intolerable.

"The defensive arrangement of Crystal City is still the same as that of Hydra Island. We rely on the city's facilities to kill the enemy's manpower, and we can abandon our positions and retreat when necessary..."

Fu Qingbian talked as he walked.

The crowd walked on top of the glittering outer city wall, inspecting the surrounding suburban terrain, preparing to do the same thing again and continue using urban street fighting to bleed the Decepticons.

However, three solar cycles later.

Fu Qinghai stood on the city wall, frowning as he watched the giant creature walking towards him from afar. A giant Transformer as tall as the "Pojun Jinjia", he easily crushed a house and crossed a bridge, swinging his two thick arms towards him. The muzzle on his arm was comparable to the size of a volcanic cannon and an earthquake cannon, and there were two sets of cannons on his left and right shoulders. Different colors could be clearly seen on his body, and his outer shell was divided into nine different color blocks.

Is that a Combiner?

Such a big Combiner!?

It's a Titan unit!

"Boom…Boom…Boom…"

As the Combiner slowly walked towards him, Fu Qinghai felt the ground beneath his feet shaking constantly. The Autobots around him showed terrified expressions. Upon closer inspection, one could see that there were many different types of vehicles following the giant Combiner's feet, and various types of fighter planes were surrounding it.

All Decepticons.

"Retreat, abandon Crystal City, and retreat completely."

Fu Qinghai gritted his teeth and whispered.

As soon as the words fell.

"boom--"

A thick plasma beam hit the side of the city wall.

A huge gap suddenly appeared in the crystal wall, and the Autobots on it disappeared without a trace.

…

Crystal City fell.

The giant Combiner first appeared in the Refraction Gardens on the outskirts of Crystal City. It was bigger than any Transformer the Autobots had ever seen, and the damage it caused was unprecedented. The outer walls of Crystal City collapsed into shining fragments, so dazzling that it seemed to be electrified. Then, it effortlessly wiped out the local army guarding the city walls. The Decepticon army rushed in behind it. Optimus Prime and Fu Qinghai had both seen Combiners, but it was the first time they had seen so many Transformers combined into such a powerful killing machine.

When the buildings and sculptures made of reinforced crystal building materials were melted, destroyed and smashed by energy and fists, they shone with a colorful brilliance. It was a visual feast, and the shocking colors were a fusion of art and violence. In order to slow down the attack of the giant combiner, the Autobots began to set fire to various scientific research facilities, sensor towers, multi-spectral wells in Crystal City... Using these burning buildings that could explode at any time, they tried to stop the advance of the combiner.

This is the most beautiful scientific city on Cybertron.

Eventually it became a pile of ruins.

The Autobots only had time to rescue and take away some key scientific research equipment and results. Most of the scientific research facilities were destroyed and nothing was left to the Decepticons.

Retreat is a great test of the army's tactical qualities.

If you are not careful, it will turn into a rout.

Optimus Prime's Autobots impressed Fu Qinghai. Not only did they complete the orderly retreat, but in order to take away as much scientific research equipment as possible, they even formed a death squad of Autobot volunteers to stay behind to delay the Decepticons' occupation of the entire city. In the end, all of them died without exception.

Fu Qinghai only found out later.

It turned out that it was Shockwave who took action.

As early as the Charon City Arena, Shockwave was using injured and dying Cybertron gladiators to conduct human transformation experiments. Fu Qinghai had just arrived at Cybertron and participated in the gladiatorial arena for the first time. The Combiner he faced was the work of Shockwave - he gave ordinary miners the ability to combine. Now Shockwave's technology has made a breakthrough and can even combine nine Cybertronians into one Transformer.

The name is "Hercules".

Shockwave has mastered this technology. If the Decepticons can create Hercules, they can certainly create more giant Combiners. The Autobots cannot stop the Decepticons without corresponding Titan units. Sure enough, as Fu Qinghai expected, a second giant Combiner soon appeared on the Decepticon side.

The name is "Hun Tian Bao".

Under Fu Qinghai's order, the Autobots abandoned Crystal City and Hydra Island, retreating all the way to the outskirts of Iron Fort. The cities that they had defended with great difficulty before were all handed over to the enemy, which made many Autobots dissatisfied.

"How long will we escape?"

Ironhide asked angrily:

"If we don't fight back, we will soon have nowhere to escape."

"That's right. We gave up the satellite command center of Moye Tiancheng, we gave up the Hydra Island Airport that we had managed to defend, and we gave up Crystal City, Tarn City, and Qingqiu City. What else can we give up?"

Sideswipe asked loudly.

In every battle, in addition to Ultra Magnus, many Autobot commanders emerged.

Prowl, Ironhide, and Sideswipe all joined Optimus Prime's Autobot command hierarchy. Prowl was originally a high-ranking law enforcement officer in the North Loop, so it was natural for him to join the military. Ironhide and Sideswipe were both civilians who joined the Autobots out of anger because the Decepticons destroyed their homes. They were both very impulsive and belligerent.

However, these two people did not come for Fu Qinghai, but directed all their doubts and anger directly at Optimus Prime - because the decision to abandon the city and retreat was first proposed by Optimus Prime, and then immediately supported by Fu Qinghai.

"What do you think, Ironhide?"

Optimus Prime lowered his head and studied the map.

"It's very simple. Fight."

Ironhide replied.

"That's right. Fight. There are too many places where we need to fight. The more we run away, the more we get used to running away."

Sideswipe agreed.

"The more we run, the more we can choose smart routes," Optimus said without looking up, "By retreating, we can lure Megatron as far away from their supplies as possible, so that we can find an opportunity to strike back."

Optimus Prime slowly stood up and faced his most trusted partner, everyone gathered around him.

"So we are running away to wait for a suitable opportunity to counterattack." Optimus Prime said seriously, "Because, the more Megatron and the Decepticons chase us, the more energy they consume. When their energy is exhausted, they will pay the price."

Fu Qinghai stood aside and looked at Optimus Prime silently.

He is becoming more and more of a leader.

Retreat does not mean escape.

Turning in does not mean running away.

Fu Qinghai is a Chinese. China is a big country, not an island country or a peninsula country like Japan and South Korea. China has had great strategic depth since ancient times, and there has never been a shortage of military cases of utilizing strategic depth in the history of war.

Use space to gain time.

This is what the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army did during the Long March.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the anti-Japanese army did the same thing.

Optimus Prime not only bought time, but also realized another key problem - energy supply.

For human armies, soldiers need to eat and vehicles need to refuel, but for silicon-based life forms like Cybertron, eating and refueling are the same thing. The energy forms that Cybertron can use originally include chemical energy such as gasoline, kerosene, and diesel, but one of them is a deeply refined energy called "super energy body", which is the best choice and the focus of the civil war.

By now, many Cybertronians had chosen sides and actively joined the war, and many cities had been reduced to ruins or had stopped normal production activities. As the war continued, the scale and intensity gradually increased, which led to energy shortages on both sides.

Optimus noticed this keenly.

At present, the entire battlefield situation is that the Decepticons are on the offensive and the Autobots are on the defensive. The Decepticons' active attack on the Autobots requires more energy consumption. Lengthening the battle line can lengthen the Decepticons' supply lines, causing the enemy to become more and more powerless the more they attack.

Fu Qinghai looked at Optimus Prime.

Although this new leader is still merciful when facing the enemy, and his tactical skills are still immature and not as good as Fu Qinghai, the experienced captain, his strategic vision has already demonstrated a certain talent.

Orion Pax, the former "librarian", reminded Fu Qinghai of another "librarian" in Chinese history.

At the beginning.

Fu Qinghai is actually a little pessimistic.

Of course, I am still very pessimistic now.

He doesn't think the Autobots can defeat the Decepticons. He doesn't think they can win the major plot events on their own. The gap between the two is too big. Not to mention the number and training level of the Decepticons, just look at Megatron, his men have formed a close team around him:

the spy master Soundwave, who is responsible for gathering intelligence.

Shockwave, the evil scientist, is in charge of technology research and development.

Looking at Optimus Prime, not to mention Jazz, Ironhide and Sidewinder, they even dared to confront and question the leader. To be honest, Megatron's Decepticons are more in line with Fu Qinghai's definition of the army, and they obey orders and keep their promises. The makeshift team that Optimus Prime hastily put together is more like a group of brothers who share the same ideals and discuss everything together.

How could the Autobots defeat the Decepticons?

However, now that he saw that Optimus Prime's leadership was awakening, Fu Qinghai still felt a little relieved - his own camp was not that bad after all.

"In that case."

Fu Qinghai took over Optimus Prime's words:

"Then we can't give up this place."

Fu Qinghai pointed to a city in the holographic projection, Blade City, which is a key city outside the Central Iron Fortress. It has rich energy reserves and many underground nuclear fusion reactors, and provides energy for the Iron Fortress. Whoever controls this place can obtain energy supplies. This city is bound to become a must-fight place for the Decepticons and Autobots, and it must not be given up.

"You are right, Qingshan."

Optimus Prime nodded with a serious look.

…

Iron Fort, data recording hall.

This place has not been affected by the war at all, and as usual, many Cybertronians are busy at their workstations. But if you look closely, you will find that these data recorders are more or less missing limbs. It turns out that these so-called recorders are Autobots who were disabled in the war. There are no resources for repair, so they were arranged to work in this position.

Fu Qinghai found Optimus Prime.

"Brother, the war has been going on for now. If you want to win, you must agree to one of my requests."

Fu Qinghai said.

"What do you want?"

Optimus asked.

"Soundwave has many Mini-Cons. He knows our movements very well, but we know nothing about them. It was not until Hercules and Panther appeared on the battlefield that we knew the Decepticons had mastered the fusion technology. This is too passive."

At this point, Fu Qinghai held up a quadrangular chip in his palm and said seriously:

"This is my artificial intelligence, named Qingming. Her data mining ability is stronger than any Cybertronian. I want you to open up all permissions for her, so that she can enter the Visualization No. 1 data network and roam freely. This will be very beneficial to us. Do you remember the matter you put on hold?"

"What is it?"

Optimus Prime wondered.

"Iron Ankylosaur Orbital Station."

Fu Qinghai reminded.

"But I've checked before, and all confidential information about the Iron Dragon Orbital Station has been erased manually..."

Optimus hesitated.

"It's not that easy to delete all traces of data. Just because you can't find it doesn't mean that artificial intelligence can't find it either."

Fu Qinghai said meaningfully.

"All right."

Optimus Prime was persuaded by Fu Qinghai.

Agree to enable the Display One data permission for him.

Some people may feel strange. Now that the Autobots and Decepticons are in a fierce civil war, as an artificial intelligence, why doesn't Visual One take the initiative to stop the civil war from breaking out, but instead stands by and allows the warring parties to use the data network?

In fact, this is the same as Master Titanium's choice. For Visual One, whether Autobots or Decepticons, they are all Cybertronians. According to its underlying logic, no matter how the two sides fight, as long as they are still Cybertronians, they can access and use the data network. But Qingming can't do that. Qingming is an alien, not a Cybertronian, so she can't use the Cybertron data network.

In fact, compared to the assimilation points rewarded by winning the plot line event, Fu Qinghai is now more concerned about all the technological achievements on Cybertron. Although he lost the plot line event "Slave War" in Warhammer 40K, the more than 3,000 assimilation points deducted are not as much as he earned by killing the traitor Titan Legion, so overall he still made a profit.

He had consciously and quietly collected the remains of the warring parties on the battlefield, preparing to use them to study the body structure of Cybertronians in the future. After all, such human experiments, even if they were just corpses, might cause displeasure to others and disgust the characters in the plot, so he did not immediately start the research here, but put them in a white suitcase, preparing to slowly study them after leaving the Transformers United Universe.

Now, his evil claws have reached out to Visualizer 1 and the entire Cybertron data network.

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(End of this chapter)