Chapter 78
The outcome of this meeting was that both sides of the argument took a step back. Lee Ren agreed to Hanson Taylor's request to investigate An Shing Xing Province, but he also insisted that he appoint the person in charge of the investigation.
General Zheng Duan, who is now the commander of the Central Army and the actual controller of the military department, secretly came to the president's private residence.
"That's the way it is." Li Ren gave a brief account of what happened in the parliament.
"That article jiΓ n......" Zheng Duan's mind was obviously different from Li Ren's, and he cared more about another point, "Did Xiao Yi send it?" β
"Yes." Li Ren nodded, but he didn't take Zheng Duan's abrupt inquiry to heart, "It's nothing, Xiao Yi is nothing now, and his diehards have long been cleansed." You see, he now needs to rely on the power of the old man Hansen to report a document. β
Li Ren felt that there was no need to spend his mind on a useless person.
Zheng Duan wanted to say something, but after he noticed Li Ren's attitude, he didn't say anything.
So Li Ren continued: "I recommended you to the person in charge of this investigation. You know, now our agreement with Axing Province must not be destroyed. β
Zheng Duan nodded.
"I understand."
He and Li Ren are allies, he relies on Li Ren politically, and Li Ren relies on him militarily, and the two have cooperated for a long time. If Li Ren cannot be re-elected in this election because of this incident, Zheng Duan's power will also be greatly weakened.
The two agreed on the matter.
Li Ren picked up the red wine in his hand and touched Zheng Duan lightly:
"May your journey be smooth this time."
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An Sing Xing Province.
Unbeknownst to Shangs, a fleet was heading in their direction, and his attention was now focused on the battlefield ahead.
The battle is very fierce, after all, it is a medium-sized insect swarm, and the Zerg inside are much stronger than the small Zerg in terms of number and attack power.
At the beginning, because of its lack of experience in dealing with a swarm of this size, the First Fleet, which was the main attacker, made a lot of low-level mistakes, and once the formation of the fleet almost allowed the Zerg to break through. Fortunately, Shangsi dispatched in time, which avoided such consequences.
However, after a period of war, the fleet's performance stabilized, and the cooperation between the warships was a lot more tacit.
The attack of the First and Second Fleets went very smoothly, and the Third Fleet was still making a detour, but it would not take long to reach the rear of the Zerg and close the encirclement.
After the battle situation stabilized, Xiao Yi looked a little itchy, so he applied to take the newly built mecha detachment of the Comet to encircle and suppress the Zerg. Shang Si naturally agreed.
After Xiao Yi's Polaris broke away from the Comet, it flew towards the place where the battle was most fierce with dozens of mechs.
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Inside the Comet, Yan Kou looked at the back of Xiao Yi and Bird leaving in frustration, complaining about why he was not a mecha master.
Because the Comet is the flagship, for security it can only be in the rear of the fleet.
Although Yan Kou can also launch some long-range missiles at this position, how can it compare to the coolness of killing the Zerg at close range.
But he muttered a few words in a low voice, he still had to check the shooting ability of the new gunners, and there was no time to waste complaining.
The number of people on board the Comet is 2000, and now the personnel are full. The eighth detachment finally got rid of the embarrassing situation of one person being three envoys.
Sune was in charge of logistics, Arno and Doremi were in charge of mechanical maintenance, Yan Ko was in charge of weapons, Bowen was in the infirmary, and Xiao Yi and Bird were in charge of the mecha detachment. Because he has enough manpower, he won't be too busy.
When Shang Si checked the system task once, he unexpectedly found that his task of building the Sharp Knife Team had been hung with a completed mark before.
Well, although Shang Si didn't know how the system determined that he had done it, but since it had been done, he didn't have to worry about punishment anymore.
Moreover, it is surprising that the system, which has always been stingy after the completion of this mission, actually issued a task reward.
This is simply unbelievable for Shangsi.
Because every time the iron rooster asks him to complete a task, he is coerced by the punishment he will be punished if he does not complete it, except for giving Shang Si a time to improve his body quality when he was young, and there is no reward after that. But this time, it came suddenly, and Shang Si was given an item.
It's just that there is only an option on the system whether to take out the prize, and there is no prize introduction.
After pressing it out in his heart, Shang Si added a round object to his hand, wrapped in gold leaf.
This thing looks familiar......
Shang Si stared.
Spherical, wrapped in gold leaf, it also exudes a special fragrance......
Shang Si sniffed closely, and the smell was familiar.
He already had a premonition in his heart.
Isn't that......
It's a chocolate ball?!
Shangsi: ......
He knew that the system was not so generous!
Hit by this, Shang Si didn't bother to look at the system at that time, and casually carried the spherical object in his pocket.
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There is no need to say more about the mental impact Shang Si received at that time, after all, the reward was given to chocolate balls, and only one was given, which really made people want to newspapers.
Now back to the topic.
The fleet on Shang Si's side attacked very smoothly. The Third Fleet has arrived at the designated position and has begun the final encirclement of the swarm.
But this does not mean that there is no danger, on the contrary, because in the final encirclement and suppression, it is the mother worm in the swarm that needs to be attacked, and the fleet is more prone to battle damage.
Shang Si ordered a halt to the attack.
The fleet began to form its formation, gathering strength to deliver the final blow.
At this time, the impact of a fleet of fleets suddenly appeared on the comet's radar.
Which fleet is this?
Shang Si wondered.
This area is encircling and suppressing the Zerg, and other fleets from Anxing Province will not come here.
And, even if it was really brought in to support them, then the Comet should have been informed before. But so far, they have not heard anything.
"Give a warning." Shang Si ordered.
The Comet's communicators began sending warning messages on public channels and attempted to communicate with them.
Soon, the correspondent got a response.
Correspondent: "Report." The other party claimed to be the Shengyue Federal Parliamentary Investigation Team and asked for direct communication with the captain. β
"Take it." Shang Sidao.
An image appeared on the screen in front of him.
The other party's epaulettes indicate that the man is a major.
Shang Si took the lead in saluting.
The other party returned the salute, and then spoke: "I ask to see the commander of your fleet." β
"I am." Shang Si replied.
The other party glanced at Shang Si's epaulettes suspiciously.
Although Shang Si is now the commander of a fleet, his rank has never been promoted. Until now, he is only a lieutenant-officer.
Although he was a little surprised, the other party still believed Shang Si's words. So he directly informed the purpose of his arrival:
"We are an inspection team formed by the Shengyue Federal Council, and we are on our way to the capital of An Sing Province. This is our pass. β
The light brain passed a copy of the text, and the electronic signature inside was verified by the number of jΓΉ libraries to be authentic.
"What's going on up ahead?" The other party asked.
"Military secrets." Shang Si replied.
When the other party heard his words, he didn't ask, but said, "Please wait." β
After a while, a different person came over on the screen.
Shang Si was stunned, it turned out to be General Zheng Duan, the commander of the Central Army.
Shang Si saluted.
Zheng Duan replied with a casual salute, and then asked, "Can you tell me what happened before?" β
Shang Si felt a little incredulous in his heart.
Not to mention that they are on a classified mission, they cannot be revealed at will. Let's just say that they are now a local fleet, and their supervisor is not the Central Army. Although Zheng Duan is the highest leader of the military department, according to the regulations, he cannot meddle in local affairs at will, let alone such confidential affairs, unless he first obtains the consent of the person in charge of the matter.
"What? I'm not qualified enough to know? Zheng Duan's tone was a little impatient.
Shang Si would not be affected by his attitude.
"Please wait, I need to apply to my superiors."
After Shang Si finished speaking, he directly switched the communication temporarily.
Because the distance is too far away, and this side is not the area covered by the satellite network, there is a certain delay time in communication. After fifteen minutes, Shang Si received a text from Xingxing, the capital of Anxing Province.
Monica agreed to explain the situation to the mission, and that they would not have to stop them if they wanted to help.
Shans was surprised by Monica's decision, but he was able to connect again.
He didn't know that his act of hanging up the communication just now had already ignited a raging anger in Zheng Duan's heart, but Zheng Duan had always liked to disguise himself as a noble moral, so he forcibly suppressed his anger.
Shang Si didn't know this, and when he saw that the other party was still there, he said directly after saluting: "The superior has agreed to inform you of the situation." β
"The First Division of Anxing Province is carrying out a mission to clear the medium-sized insect swarm."
"Oh, really?" Zheng Duan remained silent on the surface, and several thoughts turned in his heart.
"In that case, of course, we can't sit idly by." Finally, he said.
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After hanging up the communication, Shang Si felt a little headache.
He didn't know what Monica meant, but he was so generous to let the investigation team from the Federation enter the task of exterminating the Zerg! Does she think there's nothing wrong with her fleet?!
At least the 1st Division under the command of Shang Si is basically a ground force in the establishment of An Sing Xing Province. And now this unit, which was supposed to maintain law and order on the ground, flew into the sky in a battleship! And that's not even counting how many super-made weapons there are in the fleet!
Doesn't it mean that those who want to rebel will generally hide and sneak away from anyone to find out? Monica looks casual, what the hell is she trying to do?!
Of course, this is not the main reason for Shangsi's headaches.
The idea of a veteran politician like Monica is not something that someone like him, who has neither political brains nor political experience, can figure out. Speaking of which, he also hopes that the investigation team can stop Monica.
Now Shang Si's headache is that such an investigation team, led by the current top military officer of the Federation, wants to participate in this operation to encircle and suppress the Zerg. So after the start of the war, how will he, a man with the rank of captain, command them?