"Colonel, the Speaker wants to see you."

"Let's just say that the combat command is busy and can't get out."

"He said he had details about the riot and needed to explain it to you."

“...... Well, say I'll rush over as soon as possible......"

For the invitation of the big shots, since I was the manager of the Martian underground, I have mostly been grateful and insensitive. As a history student, I already knew how sinister the so-called political struggle was, and after experiencing the struggle within the military that I was inadvertently involved in, I was even more afraid of this battlefield hidden under the water. Maybe that's a biased view, but I don't want to change it. Expecting to be stabbed from behind for no reason, or holding the style of a gentleman, the farther away the better.

However, because of the cause of the riot and the situation of the commanders, I had to meet Clark once. Although I understand that this man may be the most honest and capable politician I have ever met in my life, my attitude towards him for fear and avoidance has not changed.

Although the convergence of the troops has been completed, and the entire line of defense is under our control, it is still dangerous for a veteran like me to go out alone. With the group of guards in full gear, we set off from the Ministry of Defense and walked to the government building.

I'm familiar with Ganymede, and for a while, I spent a lot of time here for the son of Mars. During this period, I spent many busy but beautiful days with Teresa. I can say that I know every major building and every single one of them very well.

But when you run through the streets full of ruins and corpses, and the traces of the battle are everywhere, it is impossible to connect the garbage dump in front of you with the grandiose but by no means extravagant heart of the capital.

"Sir, pay attention to your feet, this was once a minefield for the enemy, and the sapper brothers have cleared mines, but there is no guarantee that anything will be missed."

The guard squad leader vigilantly walked in front of the squad and personally served as a top soldier. I am also a veteran and understand the dangers of minefields, many strong soldiers who were not taken away by death on the battlefield, but inexplicably died on the minefields that were emptied.

Looking at the large and small craters around me, as well as the shrapnel and shells of military mines that did not appear, a miasma floated in my heart.

"What are these things, when did the civilians have infantry mines?"

"This was not a riot at the beginning, it was probably a mutiny by soldiers dressed in civilian clothing."

"Don't jump to conclusions, in the chaotic scene, there are many people fishing in troubled waters, let's listen to what the speaker thinks first."

"Hmph, the big guys don't care about these little things, sir, I can bet you that guy named Clark is only coming here for his own safety."

I didn't immediately refute the idea that the guards were obviously wearing tinted glasses, in fact, I agreed with him in a way, except that I knew Clark better than he did, so I had a different opinion.

Proceed carefully along the way. Behind a bunker ahead, there was movement. The guard squad leader immediately squatted and rolled sideways, looking for cover, and the rest of us were not slow, and after finding a suitable position, we raised our weapons in our hands.

I wondered why I couldn't detect this sudden threat. Then I understood the reason.

"Pay attention to the firepower in your hands, the opponent is a civilian."

Strong interference, I had to speak out to the guard squad leader to avoid manslaughter.

Wails and cries for help were heard from behind the bunker. The roar of the Berlandaean and the sound of wild beasts biting at flesh made my scalp tingle to hear.

The situation changed too quickly, and I didn't have time to remind the guard squad leader, so I rushed out with a spray gun. Without carrying a jetpack, relying on the propulsion of the mechanical legs, the agility and suddenness are not optimal, but it is more than enough to deal with the enemies in front of you.

I ignored the visually shocking sight and fired at the sub-human who was committing the violence, but the other party was also agile and dodged my first shot. But he couldn't dodge the kick I immediately followed from the lower plate, and his massive body fell to the scream, and the second shot intercepted the guy in mid-air with strips of cloth and blood still hanging from the corners of his mouth. I saw mixed emotions such as fear and disbelief in the eyes of the subhumans, but I was no longer a rookie and knew how to tolerate the slightest mercy towards the enemy.

The spray gun flickered, and the massive head burst open.

The figures around him flashed, and the guard squad also rushed up at this time.

But no one dared to approach. I, along with a few surviving civilians, were on a small plateau made of entrails, muscles, and bones. God knows how many civilians are in the wreckage of this subhuman.

"Save ..... Save ..... Help me! ”

A middle-aged man, tears welling up in his eyes when he saw us, he cried hysterically. The men and women around him then began to cry and scream.

My eyes signaled to my subordinates that they would soon come to their senses. Several people stepped forward and slapped the howling civilians, and the noisy wails came to an abrupt end. A few people stared at me in a daze, their eyes flashing with fear.

"Don't talk nonsense, I'll ask you a question, and you will answer. Why riot? ”

"No, no! Sir, we didn't riot, we ....."

There was a crisp snap, and the middle-aged man's cheek immediately swollen, and he squatted down with a whimper, unable to speak.

Turning the target to the young woman, who looked like she was supposed to be sitting in an office, pampered and dressed, she also had some taste. However, in this Shura field, smelling blood, there is no place for anything like taste.

"I just ask, why riot! Be smart. ”

"Some people say that the government embezzles food and withholds our wages, and a lot of it fills our own pockets. That's why we marched. ”

The woman is bolder than the man, and her speech is also organized.

"Someone said? Says who? How did your march cause a riot? Why are there subhumans here? ”

"I don't know...... Yikes!! I really don't know, don't hurt me....."

The woman screamed and hugged her head, she must have thought I was going to treat her like a middle-aged man.

"Shut up! Otherwise, I'd really do it. ”

The screaming stopped.

"You, say something useful."

The tall and thin man squeaked and whined, and basically even explained the color of his underwear when he went out, but there was no useful information.

"Colonel, it seems that they really don't know, the situation is chaotic now, and it is difficult to see the situation clearly in it."

I nodded, agreeing with the squad leader, and informed my subordinates to send reinforcements, and these civilians needed to be further screened.

In any case, these are the people who participated in the riot, and maybe there was a mixture of the initiators, and I can't just let them go, no matter how pitiful they are, war is war.

It didn't take long for reinforcements to arrive. We handed over civilians and intelligence.

The bad news came again, the Neptune system has fallen, and the specific casualties are unknown. The breakout of the Saturn system VI declared undefended, and successive facilities on Saturn's moons, as well as space stations in Saturn's orbit, withdrew from the battle.

Bogu couldn't support it anymore.

My first reaction was like this, without the support of the entire planetary system, the already inferior Bogu Fleet lacked the support of the elite interstellar infantry, just like a clever woman who could not cook without rice, and his defeat was almost a foregone conclusion. Although it was me who started the announcement of the undefended event on Saturn's moon, I don't feel guilty. The defeat of the fleet is inevitable, and there is no need for civilians to be buried together.

As for the fall of Neptune, it is also reasonable. Judging from the current situation, it was a mistake to divide troops and defend in the first place, and concentrating forces on a few decimal points may be able to achieve better results.

Restrain your divergent thinking and forcibly stop yourself from thinking about the future of the Martian Child and the 20 million civilians. Now on Europa, you have to deal with the annoying things at hand.

The rescue of a few civilians did not bring me more useful information, except that I knew that the demonstrations had been used to carry out many subversive acts. As the guard squad leader said, it is indeed difficult to figure out the whole picture of the incident in person, and it is necessary to find the speaker to understand the overall situation.

Sending off the civilians, the squad reconnoitred and advanced. Incidents like the first one keep happening around you, and many times even if you kill the subhuman, you can't save a person. God knows how many Asians the Poles sent to Callisto, but I do know that the people gathered on Callisto, who belonged to the elite of the Provisional Government, were hit hard.

......

......

"Colonel, I'm glad to be saved, but it's not time for us to celebrate, we must save General Kramer and them, or we will collapse ourselves without the help of the Belland fleet."

Clark was not much different from what I remembered, except that he was much thinner than the last time I saw him. He is very energetic, although it is difficult to compliment people for a long time without embellishment, but under the influence of his optimistic and open-minded spirit, I have new hope for the gloomy future.

"He's a good guy, maybe the guy I've ever met who is best suited to be a leader."

I was not surprised that the prejudiced guard squad leader would say such a thing. Although in peacetime, bureaucrats and politicians tend to influence people who are greedy, insidious, and despicable, but in the face of politicians like Clark, who really want to do things, we instinctively do not reject him.

"Your Excellency, you don't need to tell me this, we will do it immediately. I have come to you to find out what is really going on, why is there a riot? What's the matter with the subassens of Brand? In addition, I saw a minefield on the way here, do the garrisons like to lay mines in the cities they guard? I need answers, and only by knowing the truth can we develop a more targeted strategy. ”

I said what I thought in my heart in one breath. I know that I have made a lot of mistakes in my words, especially the opening sentence "I don't need to be specially advised", which is simply a self-deceptive stroke, am I afraid that the Speaker will not have a bad enough influence on me, so I took the initiative to add negative points. But this time of reinforcement, as well as the fall of the Saturn system and the gloom of the future, I had to find a target to vent.

Clark was stunned for a moment, then nodded at me, "It seems that you still have a lot of grievances against me, which is good, you can tell me the truth, thank you very much." ”

The Speaker's reasonableness was so unbelievable that I was stunned and didn't know how to answer him.

"But I'll put it aside for a moment, and I have to tell you some facts. As you said, only after understanding the truth can we formulate a targeted strategy. ”

Clark asked me to find a place to sit in the ruins, apparently he was going to talk to me. For this big man who is not exquisite, it gives people a natural sense of closeness, even if there was a lot of resentment at the beginning, there is not much to find now.

"Although the remains of the riot represent the people's disapproval of the Provisional Government, I do have a responsibility as Speaker. But what they are doing is really out of nowhere. In fact, this cannot be said to be a purely spontaneous uprising of the people. ”

"Not spontaneous?"

In my consciousness, the missing piece was about to heal.

"To be precise, it was a partisan feud, and the party, represented by the Minister of Education, Mr. Derek, chose the wrong time to impeach me for a wrong perception. It was supposed to be a huge march that would put considerable pressure on me and my colleagues in the Provisional Government, but unfortunately the sub-people of Brande and the mutinous soldiers who came from nowhere complicated everything. ”

"Mutinous soldiers, are you sure that the regular army is involved?"

"I'm pretty sure, that's why General Kramer insists on not using the fleet forces of his own system, but not hundreds of millions of kilometers away, to mobilize your detachment."

"But you know what? Just received the news that the Saturn system has fallen, and as the backbone of the battle against the Branders, you have transferred my Marines away from the front line where they are needed most. Although we may not be able to keep the Saturn system, without our Saturn battlefield, it will inevitably erode away. Is it worth it to lose the entire Saturn system and twenty million people for the sake of infighting? ”

“......”

Even if Cryck was eloquent and optimistic, he would have been speechless when confronted by my questioning.

I feel much more comfortable speaking what is in my mind. The boulder in his chest fell, and even his breathing became smoother.

Now that I've got the necessary information, I know what to do next. The local garrison was not defeated by the subhumans or the mob, but was immobilized by internal divisions.

In this case, the strategy of coping with it and how to deal with the aftermath can already be found in Wei Leili's plan.

I left the government building with people without looking back. No matter how wise and charismatic Clark is, I don't want to be in this place that smells of conspiracy. Maybe he was sincere with me, but more likely, this guy is very well hidden, and I shouldn't trust him. Around the politician, the two voices in my head are constantly clashing, and even if I use my brain domain perception ability, I can't dispel the doubts in my heart.

In this case, I can only stay away from politicians, away from the hotbed of conspiracy, and without the self-confidence to be able to see through all conspiracies, I had better stay away from this real place of right and wrong.

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At 2 o'clock on January 20, 4024 A.D., the Marine Division, together with the local garrisons confirmed to be on the same front, first divided the chaotic area into several parts, and then the reconnaissance force determined the location of the rebel force that posed the greatest threat on the spot. Immediately the detachment of the detachment of frigates launched a group of frigates to strike at the headquarters of the rebel forces from satellite orbit.

At 3:12, the strong interference disappeared. Regaining the support of a modern data link, the Marines were able to wipe out the Militant sub-men entrenched throughout the city within 3 hours, and at 6 o'clock, the Speaker of the Provisional Government, Clark, announced via radio and the Internet that the riots on Ganymede had subsided and that the Provisional Government had regained control of the situation in the capital.

At 6 a.m. on January 21, after a short period of rearmament, the Rapid Response Squadron was incorporated into the Jupiter Theater Fleet and engaged in a defensive battle against the Brand's Biochemical Fleet. Also on this day, the news of the death of General Bogu and the collapse of the Saturn Theater fleet came. The Provisional Government has lost more than half of its fleet, two-thirds of its territory and 30 million people, and the future is bleak and there is no light in sight.