"What are we supposed to do?
Just sit here and wait to die?
Besides.
So many assault craft carrying our assault troops are still hovering around the Explosive Blood River Chariot.
Given the conditions on this battlefield.
Those assault craft are so fragile that even the slightest shock wave could bury them.
Is His Highness really going to leave them floating out there?"
The chief of staff asked in disbelief.
Lin Yunlong fell silent for a long while.
In the end, he straightened his back once more.
"Although I've been stripped of my command authority.
At least I can still use the internal communications channel.
Here's what I'll do.
I'll notify those assault craft over the internal communications channel to return to their respective warships.
Surely I still have enough influence for that, don't I?"
Lin Yunlong gave a bitter, self-deprecating smile.
The chief of staff was silent for a long while.
He wanted to say that making such a move after his command authority had been explicitly revoked would be tantamount to acting on his own initiative, and he would inevitably be held accountable afterward.
But then he thought again.
His Highness the Second Prince had just denounced Lin Yunlong, the commander, as a disloyal and unrighteous man over the command channel.
What room was there left for reconciliation between them?
What did one more charge matter?
One more flea didn't make a difference, and one more debt wasn't worth worrying about. It was as simple as that.
"Is there really nothing else we can do?"
The chief of staff still wasn't ready to give up.
He hoped that Lin Yunlong, a commander who had always been brave and skilled in battle, might still have another trick up his sleeve.
But Lin Yunlong only shook his head and said