At this moment, the entire Northern Military Region needed someone to stand up and command the overall battle, to serve as a pillar of support. But Li Zhi, as the highest commander of this battle, changed into the uniform of a junior officer and, unnoticed, quietly led people to the apron.

His next action was self-evident.

At the most critical moment for the entire Northern Legion, Li Zhi chose to flee alone.

Although Li Zhi staying on the front line would not change the outcome of the entire war, he could at least make some salvages within a limited scope, retain some of the Northern Legion's strength, and slow down the process of the disastrous defeat.

Moreover, as the supreme commander of the entire Northern Territory, even if the disastrous defeat of this war was caused by his improper command, and the entire Northern Legion was ultimately destroyed, if he stayed here and died with his soldiers, the final evaluation in history might only be eight characters: "Arrogant and stubborn."

This evaluation would only negate his combat wisdom and deny his military talent, but...

But Li Zhi chose to run away at this time.

This is shameful for a soldier, and extremely shameful for a commander!

Li Zhi's choice will make him nailed to the pillar of shame in the history of human civilization from now on. Everyone will remember that in the decisive battle between human civilization and ancient civilization, a senior general from the Federation, after foolishly sending all his troops to the slaughterhouse, timidly and cowardly chose to escape alone like a rat!

When faced with a disastrous defeat, a person has many choices, but Li Zhi, out of fear, chose the most contemptible and shameful one.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can know that Li Zhi's choice was not without warning and without reason.

Li Zhi was a top student at a military academy. In the first half of his life, he had always been smooth sailing and had basically not encountered any setbacks.

This kind of life experience is actually very dangerous, because a life that has never experienced setbacks is destined to be proud and fragile. Once he suffers any blow, even a very small one, he may collapse and be at a loss.

Moreover, in the first half of Li Zhi's life, although he personally participated in and commanded many simulated battles, and also followed Chen Qiong in several real wars, without exception, those experiences were all as a "bystander" of the war!

Even in the simulated battles he personally commanded, he knew very well that there would be no massive casualties in this kind of simulation war, and even if it failed, there would be another chance to start over.

Not to mention the wars he participated in with Chen Qiong. The heavy responsibility of commanding the battlefield and bearing casualties was all shouldered by Chen Qiong alone, and Li Zhi was just watching from the sidelines.

This kind of experience did not cultivate Li Zhi's strong psychological endurance, nor did it hone his sense of responsibility as a superior!

Overall, he is like Zhao Kuo, the "armchair strategist" that has been circulating in the Federation for thousands of years!

He had never been on the battlefield himself, had never experienced bullets whizzing past him, or shells exploding around him, let alone the wailing of battle comrades with missing limbs, the terrifying monsters close at hand, and the **** scenes of sharp teeth and claws still dripping blood.

He didn't know that the data of "daredevil teams" and "casualty rates" that he calmly said in the theoretical class were supported by one fresh life after another.

He used to be extremely calm when he said "failure is the mother of success" and "victory or defeat is common in military affairs" to the officers who lost to him in simulated battles, comforting them with a condescending attitude, but at this time, when a real disastrous defeat fell on him, he... mentally collapsed.

Li Zhi watched the Northern Legion frantically decrease in the face of the beast tide, watched tanks and chariots collapse, watched soldiers roar and die, watched the ferocious faces of the monsters, and watched the cold eyes of the Ocean Apostles and Star Apostles looking at the defensive giant city. At that moment, Li Zhi felt like he had fallen to the very bottom of the underground abyss.

An unspeakable coldness spread throughout his body.

At this moment, his mind was blank, without any thoughts, just constantly repeating one sentence.

I want to escape!

I want to leave this place!

As for where to go after leaving, what the future outcome will be... Li Zhi is not considering it at all now!

The wind from the propellers came head-on, blowing off Li Zhi's military cap, his hair was messy, and he looked extremely embarrassed.

Just before stepping onto the helicopter cabin door, he turned around and glanced at the T-119 defense giant city, his eyes full of numbness and paleness.

I still remember when I first took over as the head of the Northern Military Region not long ago, I was so high-spirited and vowed to make my name in this battle, but at this time, I was fleeing this place like a rat...

This kind of gap is unacceptable.

A dozen seconds later, Li Zhi boarded the plane, and the helicopter quickly ascended into the sky, heading in the opposite direction from the battlefield.

And Li Zhi's two personal guards did not board the helicopter with him to leave here. After seeing Li Zhi off, the two turned around and threw themselves into the battlefield.

These two guards had followed Li Zhi for several years and were promoted by Li Zhi. They enjoyed very high treatment on weekdays.

As a person, these two guards safely put Li Zhi on the plane in this chaotic situation, repaying Li Zhi's kindness.

As soldiers, they could not tolerate leaving with Li Zhi and abandoning their usual beliefs.

Perhaps they will not leave their names in human history, or perhaps they will not survive even three minutes after throwing themselves into the battlefield, but they still use their own way to defend the dignity of the Northern Legion.

When the building is about to collapse, some people are timid and seek survival, while others are generous and go to death...

...

"Latest news from the T-119 defense line, the Northern Legion has largely collapsed, many middle-level officers have died in battle, and the damage rate has reached 65%..."

"Three minutes into the war, 23 aircraft of the air force have been lost..."

"The casualties of the ground forces are even more severe, and the seven regiments of the vanguard have been completely wiped out..."

"More than 80,000 people have died..."

One tragic message after another kept pouring into Li Tianran's ears.

Inside the Kunlun giant ship command room, Li Tianran closed his eyes tightly, clenched his fists, and the veins on his forehead tensed up. He was extremely angry.

"According to the T-119 defense line command, Li Zhi, the supreme commander of the Northern Legion, has been missing since the start of the war! Some people speculate that he... has escaped!" A staff member glanced at Li Tianran's face and stammered.

Bang!

Li Tianran punched the LCD screen in front of him. His brow twitched wildly, and the anger in his eyes almost burst out.

"Li Zhi, you deserve to die!"

"Killing you ten thousand times is not enough to relieve my hatred!"