Chapter 39: The Stage of History
The news that the "Hangzhou" was suddenly attacked and landed by air pirates on the channel of the first three-star domain Rafi Star was finally unable to be contained, or rather, it was deliberately leaked, and the news quickly spread on the Skynet, irreversibly entering the fermentation stage from brewing.
The popularity quickly surpassed the news that the second son of the Minister of Finance and Auditing, who had just swiped the screen, flew to his death.
After all, it was just one death or several deaths, and if it weren't for the halo of the minister's father on the head of the deceased, no one would even have clicked on the news of a car accident that could happen at any time in the Federation's 100 light-year star field.
Except for a few people who are extremely politically sensitive, the news of an air pirate attack on a starship is very different for ordinary people who make up more of the Federation.
Of course, many times the focus is not on the impact and destruction of space pirates that roam the Forsaken Fields of the Federation. Even the fact that more than 200 people from the crew to the passengers on a starship might be killed was not too touching to them.
Human beings are very strange intelligent creatures, if there are a large number of women or children in the victims, they will spontaneously be full of pity and anger from the bottom of their hearts, but if it is announced by the Hangzhou as a trader and an adult who travels on a poor basis or even wants to smuggle away, then their focus is not on the loss of a large number of lives.
Except for the families of the passengers on the Hangzhou, who will feel heart-rending pain and rush to the rescue points specially set up for their families in the two major southwest galaxies designated by the federal government to wait for the return of their loved ones, the rest of the people are more concerned about the many gossip details behind this incident.
For example, why did the Hangzhou risk encountering air pirates to enter the third star field, and what was their purpose in doing so? Another example is the origin of the famous air pirates on Rafi and their entanglement of power.
That, for the grief-stricken family members, is more like an entertainment carnival with steamed buns stained with human blood.
It's not people who are numb, it's human nature itself, and you want them to have a great sense of grief when they just hear the news and don't see the cruel picture of life withering, which is only described in romantic novels.
Just like war, you can only know the cruelty of war if you experience it yourself. No matter how bloody the video pictures that seem to be seen, they can only look like a stone thrown into a pond at best, except for a few ripples of pity, and then calm again.
However, famous air pirates like Neil Ao and Roman have been unearthed by major news outlets, and the crimes they have committed over the years have been made public, and the bloody crimes they have committed are shocking.
People who are good at forgetting only then realize that the air pirates are not the knights who fight against oppression in romantic novels, they are space bandits who kill people and seize wealth on the ocean in the ancient blue star era, and life is like ants in their eyes.
What's even more frightening is that Shen Chengfeng's air piracy gang, a federal taboo, has been repeatedly mentioned by many mainstream media this time.
Ten years ago, the "collective defection of the federal army", which had never been announced, was quietly unfolded in front of the public in a way that was close to the truth.
"Bloody wounds, if only allow the scars to grow and lack the courage to uncover the scars, it is more likely that pus will grow than heal, and that truth is the same for the Federation and the nation." This is what the general standing in Xiaolou's office said to the burly middle-aged man in a suit and a serious face in the holographic projection.
The middle-aged man was silent: "Tomorrow morning, you may encounter great pressure from the People's Assembly!" ”
The admiral stood proudly: "Then it depends on whether they have the courage to flip the chessboard and play chess again." Believe it or not, Führer, ever since I was 6 years old when I saw that hundred-year-old agreement, I had the desire to overthrow and smash this starry chessboard. In that form, I could understand the helplessness of my ancestors, and I personally did not want to realize the unyielding of my personal will at the cost of mobilizing the whole people to participate in the war. However, what I want to say is that looking at the history of mankind for more than 10,000 years, the bloody facts tell us that forbearance cannot be exchanged for peace, and once forbearance is carried out for a long time, it becomes a habit. ”
"You have to understand that just as the great enemy knows that we will not give in after all, we also know that they will never let us be strong, no matter how vast the starry sky is, for mankind, it is only a jungle, this is the law of the jungle."
After saying this, the two fell into a brief silence.
"Alright! You have convinced me that this time the Führer's Office will come forward and coordinate with the People's Assembly, and I hope that this is the end of it. The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, and finally replied with a blazing gaze.
He didn't seem surprised that the military first would say that.
It's just that he is used to not easily agreeing with the other party's point of view.
"Hehe, then they have to pray first, and the eldest grandson, Major General Xueqing, can return safely." The corners of the admiral's mouth curled with a hint of coldness.
Under the starry sky, a calf guard father brazenly bared his fangs at all his opponents.
He can give up his daughter for the country and the nation on the brink of war, but it does not mean that those who hurt their daughter can get away with it.
No one would have imagined that a person who has been in such a high position for more than a decade, who has learned to move between various factions and exchange interests for interests, and strives to maintain various political balances, would have the courage to overturn everything at such an important and critical moment.
If they knew, maybe they didn't have the courage to stretch out their hands to the eldest grandson Xueqing at all.
They forgot that person was a person in a high position, but he was also a soldier and a father.
Soldiers, in the face of Chi Guoguo's provocation to encroach on their own territory, are often the first to raise the gun in their hands.
The existence of Shen Chengfeng's air pirate gang is no longer important under the gradual revelation of the "collective defection of federal soldiers", and even the Hangzhou incident itself, the focus of the federal people this night is all on the "defection gate" incident.
It turned out that the Federation had encountered such a terrible security incident, and a Jeppen man was in a high position as a major general. Although he was eventually found out and sentenced to death on charges of espionage and endangering national security, how did he reach such a high position?
The attention of countless federal people has been deliberately led by several major news media to a few high-level figures behind the scenes who are not well known to the public.
Of course, when Shen Chengfeng's air piracy gang appeared on Skynet with great fanfare and was carefully analyzed, many news media also began to build momentum on Skynet, and Shen Chengfeng's department spent more than a year gathering family members, but the relevant departments were unaware, which eventually led to the disclosure of the details of the ministry's escape from the Federation with their families and some prisoners in custody of the prison, and the spearhead was directly aimed at the General Staff in charge of the security supervision of the federal army.
Naturally, this statement has also been supported by a part of the population, as many as 200 soldiers and hundreds of family members and prisoners have defected, and the top command of the federal army naturally has an unshirkable responsibility, and someone should stand up and take responsibility for this.
For a while, there were different opinions on the Skynet, and it became a pot of porridge.
This night was definitely a sleepless night for the people of the Southwest Federation.
The truth of the truth seems to be coming out, but the clouds are not very clear.
Perhaps ordinary people will never know, what can be let them know, will let them know, will not let them know, will be covered by the fog of history, waiting for the passage of time, will slowly lift its corner in front of the present and future people.
Or perhaps, the truth of the facts will be covered up forever. In the long time, no one paid attention to it, and it completely became the dust of history.
History, this is how it appears, true or false.
Even those who are experiencing these events are only the tip of the iceberg of the truth.
The stage of history is very large, and everyone can only play their own role on that stage.
Whether it's struggling to survive or trying to let out the light.