Chapter 1469: Three Fires
The Natya Federation can be understood as an archipelago country, except that these islands are just floating in the sky. The lifeline of the island nation is at sea, and the navy will of course be quite valued. Take a certain island country as an example, no matter how envious and jealous the red deer of the army are, how much they hope that the navy horse dung will be ashamed, and even there are several prime ministers born in the army but none of the navy, the fact that cannot be changed is that in order to maintain a world-class fleet, military spending and resources are completely tilted towards the navy. As a result, its army has lagged behind the powers for at least 20 years in terms of technology and equipment. If it weren't for the fact that their main rival was a generation behind the great powers, the result would have been very embarrassing.
All in all, since it is an island country, it is common sense that the officers on the battleship are a little more noisy than others when they walk.
Fortunately, this is a medieval era, and the Confederation is also a slave aristocratic republic that is no more advanced than classical Rome, and it is not advanced enough to establish a complete and strict modern division of arms. Although there are so-called naval officers and army officers, this is actually an honorary rank system copied from the ancient Yanlong Dynasty in Auckland, and it has nothing to do with the division of troops. So, the only good thing is that there are no land and sea contradictions in the federal army, and there are no strange settings like the Marine Corps and the Army and Navy Corps.
We have also seen that Lu Xi, the so-called admiral, has served as the commander of the army corps, and an army colonel like Senior Sister Andrell has also become a serious admiral adjutant.
…… It is said, of course, it is only said. In the Commonwealth, whether you are "Navy" or "Army" is randomly assigned when you become an officer. However, the spokesman of the military department has always denied it, saying that we are clearly calculated by the prophetic mage according to the date of birth and the name of each officer, and then according to whether the corresponding star position is more earth attribute or water attribute. This is a very logical, magical, and occult system of lofty titles?
To get back to the point, the Admiral of the Central Fleet, like the commanders of the 1st and 2nd Army Corps, the Directorate of Military Police, and the Director of Logistics, stationed in the capital, is basically the rank of general, and the theoretical status is the same. However, serving on a battleship is superior, and even the head of the regiment wants to go to the battleship to become a stormtrooper - because the income is much higher - so the commander of the fleet is conventionally regarded as the fourth person in the military after the chief of military orders and the two deputy commanders of military orders.
In addition, depending on the prestige and seniority of the person concerned, sometimes the admiral of the fleet is to concurrently serve as the deputy commander of the military order, and it is directly the third or even the second.
Shouldn't the process of taking office of such a big man be held in a splendid palace-like hall, supported by a dazzling array of famous wines and delicacies, and wrapped in well-dressed dignitaries and celebrities from all walks of life? In such a comfortable and relaxed environment as a cocktail party, can His Excellency the Commander and his immediate assistants fully understand each other, speak their minds freely, and then fully understand and cultivate a tacit understanding? In the days to come, everyone will be able to live with the light as a matter of course!
Yes, wait until Your Excellency can really understand the hardships of your subordinates, and then consider visiting the fleet to observe. In this way, the people below are easy to hide...... Oh no, don't let the commander misunderstand. After all these years, hasn't everyone always been like this?
As a result, what the hell is His Excellency the Admiral of the Central Fleet, the youngest in the history of the Federation? Ran straight to the dock before taking office? And let the big and small officers come and wait?
However, no matter what the officers of the Central Fleet thought, Lu Xi had already arrived, and he was here now.
Vice Admiral Gural, deputy commander of the Central Fleet, stood to greet the lieutenant general of the officer corps, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Reeves, the chief of staff, Major General Tovey, the chief inspector, Major General Salah, the chief of armament, and other senior officers lined up to his left and right. Lieutenant General Gulal, who had just turned 40 this year, looked at the commander in his early twenties, heroic posture, imposing aura, youthful and particularly impressive appearance, and his face was complicated.
"Look at my commander, like a proud queen!" The voice of Major General Salah, the commander of the stormtrooper, sounded behind him.
Lieutenant General Gulal did not speak, but the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Reeves, turned his head and gave the other a vicious glare. Among the senior officers present, he and Lieutenant General Gulal were the only ones who participated in the Battle of Farahals, and in a sense, they were also Lu Xi's comrades-in-arms.
Lieutenant General Reeves should even see Lu Xi as a lifesaver. At the critical moment of that battle, the primeval black dragon possessed by the bloodthirsty king hovered over the Nacibia, the general flagship of the Federation, and was about to completely destroy the pride of the Federation fleet. At that moment, Vice Admiral Reeves was on the ship, and finally escaped from the mouth of the black dragon. He watched the whole process of the battle up close, and he was somewhat grateful and reverent to Lu Xi.
As for Lieutenant General Gulal, who is now holding back a stiff constipated face, the situation is a little more complicated......
Lu Xi didn't deliberately slow down the pace to increase the sense of oppression for everyone, nor did he speed up the pace to deliberately give people a tiger image, he just took a very normal step and came to everyone. At the same time, the military band attached to the fleet also began to play, not a military anthem or the national anthem, but a very imposing Auckland march "The Advancing Sun", which was improvised by the famous musician Krautev after the decisive triumph of the Sun King Gaius the Great on the Gaugamean plateau.
"Is this giving me eye medicine? Or is it a simple sycophant? Lu Xi thought so, but he didn't order it to stop. He stopped in front of the senior officers and gave everyone a friendly smile.
"Everyone, meet for the first time! I'm Lucy Ringo Berencaster, so I'll be free from greetings like a lot of advice. Everyone knows me, and I just hope to have a good time with you in the future. ”
As long as Lu Xi sends his business smile, his mental power is below 100, and the creature whose tenacity psychology is above level 5 can't be opposed, right? Anyway, the senior officers present more or less flashed their sluggish and amazed looks, both men and women. Then, everyone's behavior is not very natural.
"Also, it's been a long time, Master Gural, Master Reeves. It's been two years since Farrahals, right? Lu Xi is the only one present who knows humanity.
Yes, it's just an acquaintance. In the Battle of Farahles, as the chief of staff of the fleet, Reeves did not play a role from beginning to end, and of course it was impossible to leave a deep impression on Lu Xi. If it weren't for the super memory of the transcendent spellcaster, Lu Xi would have forgotten the other party cleanly.
As for Vice Admiral Gulal, at the last moment of the battle, he took over the command of the whole fleet in a command sequence, and he behaved quite well, at least he fought and retreated to maintain the whole army without completely breaking down. Those who have military knowledge understand that it is much more difficult for a commander to test a commander than to win a battle if he can maintain a defeated army...... Of course, the morale of the Federation Army was saved by Lu Xi's mouth cannon and the downfall of a single ship to the Ancient Black Dragon, but we don't need to go into too much detail about this kind of detail.
All in all, after that, Lieutenant General Erich Gural's reputation changed from "the third in the Gulal family" to "the iron wall over Farrahals". As a result, a disciple of a gate lord who was supposed to just mix qualifications in the army has become a rising general. At that time, he was not yet forty years old.
The nobles of the Gate Lords, including himself, had no doubt that Vice Admiral Gulal would sooner or later become the Admiral of the Central Fleet and even the Chief of the Military Command. But so what? Compared to the dignified Orgrimmar conqueror, the gold content of his so-called general star is really a bit insufficient! What's more, people are almost half their age.
"Well, there are always geniuses in this world who can't even be jealous, but if you were to be the Admiral, I'd be convinced. In the next few years, everyone will work together and have nothing to do. However, why are you humiliating your uncle in Congress? ”
Yes, a few days ago, in the proceedings of the Congress, he was first disturbed by Lu Xi's mind control technique, and then he was brought to the rhythm by the level 11 famous speech technique, and the chief of the Hoshimi Pavilion who burst into tears on the spot, Le Pen Gurral, the second-in-command in the field of prophecy of the Academic Alliance, is the current uncle of Lieutenant General Erich Gulal.
The dignified magister was actually tricked by a young man who was less than a third of his age with spiritual magic on the spot, which was a great shame for the caster. This veteran bureaucreat, who had occupied the Hoshijian Pavilion for ten years, was so ashamed and indignant that he closed his door. The chairman of the committee, Master Rassell, once arranged for the politically neutral Draine Magister to take over the Hoshimi Pavilion - no way, Master Rassell is a guy who betrayed his own class after all, and he does not have particularly hardcore and influential political allies within the Academic Alliance. And an important occult institution like the Hoshimi Pavilion is not something that ordinary people who are not spellcasters can control. However, this is enough.
Lieutenant General Gulal remembered that his uncle had been ten years old in a few days, and his heart was naturally full of resentment, however, he understood that if he really had to clash with Lu Xi head-on, he actually had no chance of winning.
“…… But don't think that's the end of it! Now the entire Central Fleet has been run by me to the point where it is impregnable. As long as the heads of all important departments obey your orders, I will see how you act as a commander! Oh hahahaha! Lucy Berencaster, our war has just begun! You don't know anything about this battlefield, you have nothing, how can you fight me? ”
Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Erich Gulal felt that his mood was finally a little better. So, he also squeezed out a bright and even a little fake smile on his face, and shook Lu Xi's hand: "Yes, to this day, Xia Guan still remembers the time of the Battle of Farahals, when you came to the battlefield like a savior, and the three armies were invincible!" To serve under you is something I have always dreamed of! ”
yes, I've dreamed of seeing you crying with this pretty face being set up by everyone!
"That's great, I'm looking forward to it." Lu Xi smiled, as if he was satisfied with Lieutenant General Gulal's answer. Then, he shook the hand of Chief of Staff Reeves and exchanged a few friendly pleasantries. But then, he directly skipped the chief inspector, Major General Tovey, and walked straight to the SA Superintendent Salah.
"Major General Salah?" Lu Xi's smile was still delicate and beautiful, and he couldn't see any unfriendliness. So, the director of the stormtrooper also hurriedly stood upright, held Lu Xi's one hand with both hands, and replied seriously: "It's the ...... of the lower officials."
"Very good!" As soon as Lu Xi's words fell, he was a huge and huge man, at least a giant male major general who was two circles wider than him, and was dragged out of the crowd by one of his hands, and then slammed on the ground.
"Bang!" Major General Salah's body suddenly sank, forming a hemispherical depression directly on the ground, wailing and unable to move. That's clearly the effect of gravity.
…… The audience was silent for a moment, and even the military band couldn't help but stop playing. In the silence that lasted for half a minute, everyone's heads stopped working for a while. Of course, this can't be blamed on everyone who has never seen the world. When encountering this kind of divine development, no one's brain will be enough.
"And then, well, Major General Bebart, the chief of armament, by the way, it's you." Lu Xi hooked his fingers casually, and a short major general flew out of thin air directly from the crowd, and smashed to the ground with a bang. However, this one was not crushed by gravity, but all the parts below the neck were frozen in frost. He was far worse than the SA director, and people could still wail, so this guy fainted directly.
"Next one, I'll take a look at ......"
Poof! Rear Admiral Quentin, the chief of service of the fleet, fell to his knees with his neck clutched, his face pale and convulsing continuously, and he made a painful sound of "ho-ho".
Boom! Brigadier General Villard, the assistant chief of staff in charge of the fleet's Far East grouping, was reduced to stone and fell to the ground, breaking a leg and a hand on the spot.
Hula! Commodore Cullen, the new captain of the Nacibia, burst into flames and screamed out of the crowd, but directly hit an invisible wall of qi, and fell to the ground on the spot, and seemed to be alive.
"Are you crazy?" Lieutenant General Gulal finally reacted, roaring, and with his right hand, he pinched out the battle axe formed by the thunder light cluster, and blasted towards Lu Xi, who was close at hand.
Lu Xi's right hand flicked casually, and the lieutenant general's wrist was dislocated on the spot, and his whole body lost its balance and fell to the ground. The thunder light battle axe condensed by the violent atmospheric element was waved by the opponent empty-handed, and it disappeared on the spot.
"Rest easy, Lieutenant General Gulal, I'm just doing my duty."