"You're crazy, !! Gileen" Deggin swept the papers on the table to the floor.

He was out of breath, and his fat and weak body due to diabetes and various geriatric diseases made him miserable enough to do such a move.

Kilian picked up the document that had been swept to the ground, and under the top secret label, there was a line of large red letters.

Second Battle of Britain.

Attack SIDE5 and drop the colony satellite on Earth again as a weapon.

Again.

Deggin couldn't help but mournfully recall what Killian had said to him.

Everything in this era, the sky, the stars, and even gravity, will be at our disposal.

This rather romantic sentence made him shudder at the moment.

When he signed the documents related to the declaration of war, he thought that Kilian's plan was only a decisive battle with the fleet of the Federation Army, and if he had known about the war in Britain at the time, he would never have signed the documents.

By the time he learned the full picture of the British war, the situation was no longer under his control.

He knew that Gilian had a lot to hide from him, and after the defeat in the British War, he deliberately let his henchmen pay attention to the movements of the Military Command Department, and then learned about this so-called Second British War.

So, when he accidentally learned about the Second Battle of Britain planned by the Military Command Department, he immediately called Gilian over and asked him what he wanted to do in person.

"What the hell are you thinking?" He yelled at his eldest son, the commander-in-chief of the Duchy of Zeon: "Your plan has failed! Instead of being annihilated on Earth as you think, Reybil's main fleet went into space! The Confederation has no intention of surrendering at all, and now we are not thinking about how to do this kind of 。。。。。。。 again Massacre, but how to end the war with dignity!! ”

"How the hell are you going to end, Gilian!! Moreover, for such a big thing, you actually kept me in the dark!! ”

There was not only fear of an unknown fate in his words, but also dissatisfaction with Killian's assertions.

"I am the head of Zeon! Watch out for who you are, Gilian! ”

But Killian didn't reply immediately, he put the papers he picked up on Deggin's desk, and said lightly, "You are, father. ”

"You know, so why don't you report this to me?"

"Because there's no need, father." Gilian said calmly, the news of the defeat of the British battle, the news that the Rybil fleet had entered the universe, and the news that it was being assembled did not seem to have much pressure in this person's heart, and he faced his father's accusations with an arrogant and indifferent attitude.

"According to your appointment and that of the Parliament, during the war, the formulation and selection of battles will be fully entrusted to the Commander-in-Chief of the Principality, that is, the Commander-in-Chief's Office under my jurisdiction, and this is not a matter that requires your permission, so I did not report to you."

"Then don't you need to report to me about Dozlu sweeping L5 and invading neutral satellites?" Deggin was furious, if he had hair: "I don't need to report anything to me about diplomacy?" Why are you so arrogant, Gilian! ”

"There really isn't a need," Killian remained unmoved, "they took the initiative to declare war on the principality, and according to the constitution, the principality would automatically enter a state of war with them, so there would be no diplomatic problems." ”

"You!!" Deggin was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Killian looked at his father in silence, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, Deggin seemed to be relieved, and at this moment Kilian said slowly, "Don't worry too much about the battle situation, father. ”

"The defeat in the British campaign was unexpected, but on the whole, the tide of the war was still in our favor."

"Now that Rebiel has entered the universe, as the commander-in-chief, I have to think about the decisive battle with the Federation fleet," he seemed to deliberately emphasize his identity as the commander-in-chief: "Cecilia is going very well in Granada, Granada has fallen into the hands of the Assault Mobile Army, and it is precisely because of this that I have planned the Second British Operation." ”

"SIDE5 is the most suitable battlefield for us, it is right on the Earth-Moon route, and if Reybir were to fight us here, the Space Attack Force in Solomon and the Assault Mobile Force in Granada could flank the Federation fleet."

"And it doesn't matter if Reybir sees through our intentions, he can't sit idly by and watch us drop another satellite, and if he does, even if it's just a little ambiguous about the resolute defense of Britain, the Bundestag will help us remove Rybir from power."

"The Battle of Britain is the equivalent of a decoy, and once we start the Second Battle of Britain, even if Rebiel is reluctant, he can only fight our army on the battlefield we have decided."

"We're going to launch this operation before the Federation Space Force is ready to assemble, and we're not going to give Rebil a chance to reclaim Granada and address the flank threat."

"The situation on Earth is also that the British War was indeed lost, but it unexpectedly greatly weakened the federal government's control over the earth, refugees, emergency relief, riots, and existential crises will help us hold the Federation back, leaving Reybir without any support."

"In every respect, the situation is favorable to our country, and at this time we should carry out the strategy of the decisive battle to the end," said Killian, leaning down, "rather than talking about any peace negotiations." ”

"Father, I know that you asked Advisor Karn to build Axis," Killian said in a cold tone, despite Deggin's twitching face, "with all due respect, there is nothing wrong with your idea of leaving a way back, but it is too naïve. ”

"From the moment the war began, there was no so-called way back for our Zabi family, we only had two choices, victory or death," he said coldly: "If we fail, even if we can survive, where can we run, let alone Axis, even if we run to Mars, the Federation can capture us back." ”

"Victory, Father, only victory will give us everything, defeat, we will have nothing, including mine, yours, Cecilia's, Dozru's 。。。。。。。"

He said meaningfully: "。。。。。。 And Karma's life. ”

Perhaps even he didn't notice that he put himself in front of Deggin in his words.

Deggin was silent, knowing that Gilian was telling the truth.

However, the most desperate thing in the world is often the truth.

As he watched his father be toyed with by himself like a plaything, he thought he could restrain himself, but the whole country was on his side.

His so-called supporters, who were under his surveillance from the very beginning, were either overshadowed or simply took refuge in themselves.

Father is also really naïve, he sneered.

After a moment, Deggin spoke again: "I already understand why I want to attack SIDE5, you just do what you can, I will pray to you。。。。。。 You can win. ”

"Thank you, father。。。。。。。"

"But!!"

Before Kilian's words fell, Deggin interrupted him heavily: "What's going on with the purge of SIDE1 and SIDE4?" ”

"Don't use that set of arguments to prevent being attacked by the garrison army to perfunctory me, you and I both know that the garrison army has no combat effectiveness at all, and this is by no means a reason to slaughter billions of people!"

"Tell me, Kilian, what the hell do you want to do?"

Hmph, no matter how rotten it is, it will be the right and left hand of Zeon Daken after all, and it will not be perfunctory by the rhetoric on the surface.

But it's not something you can't say to him.

Kilian nodded and said, "Yes, father, as you said, the attack on SIDE1 and SIDE4 is not to prevent the attack of the garrison. ”

"What's that for? Is it to intimidate others with another massacre? ”

"Hehe, of course not, father, SIDE2 has been completely destroyed, and the destruction of SIDE5 is also expected, if SIDE1 and SIDE4 are destroyed again, how many people still need us to deter?"

Kilian sneered and said, "I have no intention of completely destroying these two colonies, and the reason why I want to attack them is very simple. ”

"It's just about controlling the population."

"Control。。。。。。 Population? It doesn't sound like much, but when you taste it, you can see that the detachment of human beings as objects and numbers makes Deggin chill.

This is even more frightening than shouting that I am going to kill you all, the latter is just a threat from the mouths of the incompetent, while the former is a rational and sober decision.

Killian continued: "That's right, it's about controlling the population. ”

He said: "As you know, the British War was a failure, but it created favorable conditions for us. ”

"A Loss, No Bad Thing," says Gillian, after quoting an allusion, goes on to say something else: "Father, he who does not think about the future cannot grasp the present (he who does not think about the world is not enough for the moment). ”

"Have you ever considered Zeon's reign after the war?"

“。。。。。。 Do you want to say that attacking SIDE1 and SIDE4 is for the sake of Zeon's future domination? Deggin seemed to understand something, and he suppressed the horror in his heart and said, "For those who may resist, your solution is to kill them all, so that it is convenient to rule?" ”

His body trembled slightly, terrified by Kilian's emotionlessness.

"Hmph," said Killian, laughing, as if Deggin had said something unreasonable, "how could I possibly do this, father, for the purpose of consolidating the rule at all, just a simple madman, right?" ”

"Even I understand that resistance exists everywhere, and it is impossible to completely eliminate it, if I have such an idea, then I should not start this war, but kill all the people in SIDE3," there was no trace of warmth in his eyes: "No, no, no, no, I didn't order the attack on these two colonies for such stupid reasons, as I said earlier, I have no intention of completely destroying these two colonies." ”

"You misunderstood me, father."

“。。。。。。。” Deggin looked into Gilian's eyes in silence, trying to discern his true heart: "Really? ”

"Of course it's true, killing people is just a means, Zeon's hegemony, the great cause of cosmic independence is the goal, do you think I'm a fool who confuses ends and means?"

"Like I said, I'm just going to control the number of humans a little bit."

He spoke in a cold, almost inhuman voice: "Have you ever thought about what kind of endgame we will face if we win, father? ”

"The fall of Ishfi Island led to the Earth Federation, no, it was the core ruling group that led to the Earth Federation - the G3 was hit hard, the most prosperous coastal zone in North America, both the West Coast and the East Coast were hit by the tsunami, the same is true of the coastal industrial zones and economic zones in East Asia, and Europe, known as the Federation of Commonwealth, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, these core member countries of Europe have been attacked by satellite debris." (Note 1)

"According to the estimates of the Military Command Department, this will cause the earth to lose 50% of its industrial capacity, and the loss of agricultural production capacity is even more on top of this, because of direct, as well as indirect, long-term environmental damage, the earth's agricultural capacity will be directly reduced by 70%, and it is simply impossible to recover without 30 years."

If you think about the agricultural associations that started the war behind their backs, you should be crying without tears by now.

No, rather, the reduction in grain production is the best time for them to make a profit?

"This means that the more serious crisis we have before us than war is famine."

"The universe is naturally not suitable for the development of agriculture, because of this congenital deficiency, although each SIDE has vigorously developed satellite agriculture, but even our country, which has the highest degree of self-sufficiency, has only completed the basic self-sufficiency of rations, and can be separated from the earth's food imports to a certain extent."

"On the other hand, other independent SIDE is not as strong as our country's dependence on the earth's agricultural products, in the past, because of their relationship with the Earth Federation, they compromised with the earth's merchants who monopolized food production, and now they have to reap the consequences, the earth that has suffered this kind of blow, can not afford to aid other satellites, which means that except for SIDE3, almost all colonial satellites will face a food crisis."

"Now we can still sit back and watch the famine spread in the name of the enemy country, but after the war, if we want to take over the hegemony and claim to be the ruler of the universe, we will not be able to refuse aid to them, but SIDE3 does not have the spare power to bear this part of the food at all, and it is not realistic to increase the number of agricultural satellites now."

"The lack of food output is a hard indicator that cannot be solved by other means."

"There's only one way to do it, father." Kilian said lightly.

“。。。。。。。” Deggin had already reacted to what the method was meant by Kilian.

"Since it is not possible to increase the production of food in a short period of time, it would be nice to think about it from another perspective and reduce the amount of food that needs to be consumed," Kilian's words revealed a disgusting cruelty: "This purge of SIDE1 and SIDE4 will be guided by this." ”

"We will purge most of the population of these two colonies, except for the agricultural satellites of these two colonies, and according to estimates, we will be able to balance the post-war food production and consumption, if we do not do this, we will exhaust all our energy in reconstruction and disaster relief after the war, and the people who cannot reap the dividends of the war will send us to the guillotine."

After the defeat of the battle and the fall of the satellite, all aspects of the consequences were taken into account, and Killian really deserved to be the leading politician of the universe century.

"Do you think the council would allow such a thing? Will the people support you? Deggin said, looking at Kilian with a completely unfamiliar look: "You've already done it once in SIDE2, and you're going to slaughter billions of innocent people again, do you think anyone will agree?" ”

"Not impossible, father," said Kirian coldly, "in fact, they have all agreed. ”

"Who?" Deggin didn't react for a moment to who he was talking about.

"Of course, representatives of various interest groups, capitalists, magnates of the principality, they have all agreed." Kilian said faintly something that made Deggin's eyes crack.

"What? How could they agree and why? ”

These powerful people also have investments in other SIDE, how could they agree to such a request to let them cut their flesh?

"Of course, father, you won't believe these hyenas who have no ideals to speak of," said Killian, snorting, showing the contempt for the hyenas in his mouth, and the starvation of these Zeon magnates was equally disgusting to the man who claimed to be Zeon's successor, but that didn't prevent Killen from taking advantage of them: "You don't think they'll agree for reasons other than profit, do you?" ”

"What's in it to be slaughtered!!"

"On the contrary, purging other interest groups is the most profitable way," Kilian explained his means of persuading the Zeon magnates: "War is just a means, I never think that pure military means can maintain the rule of the country, even if we win and gain the right to rule the universe on the surface, we can't implement this right of domination with the current Zeon, and the various SIDES are at most like dealing with the Earth Federation, as long as we don't want to fight another colonial war, we still have to compromise with them after all." ”

"For Zeon's interests, not being able to control the other SIDES means that they can't profit from it, and they have to face competitors from other SIDES who have been liberated from the control of the Earth Federation, which they certainly don't want to see."

"So, considering Zeon's future domination of the universe, I made a suggestion to them, related to how our SIDE3 will rule the other SIDES in the future."

"It is impossible to maintain Zeon's rule over the people of the other universes for a long time by military means, and the only way to maintain system governance is always economic means."

"In the future, there will be only one supplier of industrial products in the entire human sphere, and that is SIDE3," Killian described his plan for the future, sounding like the apostles spreading the gospel to the believers: "We will take this opportunity to eliminate the other SIDES and the industrial base of the earth, I will not eliminate all SIDES, but in the future world order dominated by Zeon, all SIDES and the earth will become dumping targets and suppliers of primary products for Zeon industrial products." ”

"The profits and value of industrial products are far higher than those of primary products such as raw materials, and in the past, because of the clamping and exploitation of the Federation, we were obviously the largest industrial base in the universe, but we could not make corresponding profits, so after the war, our focus was to reshuffle the existing distribution system and the division of labor in the human sphere."

"Industry will be completely concentrated in SIDE3, and any other SIDE will not be allowed to develop industry, and at the same time, other SIDE and the earth that have lost their industrial production capacity will also lose the power to resist our country."

"That's what I'm planning for the post-war order of Zeon, and it's good for the magnates of our country," Kilian's tone sounded like saying a trivial matter: "SIDE3 became the only supplier of industrial goods to mankind, which means that they produce products and have the right to price them, and those who can't get substitutes from other sources will be harvested by this biggest pair of scissors in human history." ”

"After all, the most profitable business in the world is a monopoly business."

"In the past, everything we produced had to be sold in SIDE5, the economic center of the universe, and all those who needed industrial products could only come to SIDE3 to trade, and the status of the economic center would shift to SIDE3."

"And with the expansion of Mars and Jupiter, the position of the SIDE3 economic center closer to them will be completely solidified."

"Compared to that, it's just consuming billions of excess people, which is nothing."

"And because of that, they agreed?" Deggin said incredulously, "Do you really dare to do this? ”。

"That's right." Killian paused.

"And, as you say, father, I have slaughtered billions of people, even if the number is higher, there is no reason why I should not dare to do it a second time."

"This is not a war game, father, warmth cannot win the victory, those who want to win must endure a lot of suffering, and carrying this killing is also a part of the suffering."

"That's the price we deserve."

"This is the price that human beings must pay in order to get out of the earth and into the universe in order to help the Federation bound by gravity."

"It's the price to pay for the future, for the establishment of a new order."

"All of us must be prepared to be the cornerstone of human progress."

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Note 1: There is no C.C.P. on this world line, so there is no Red China, Europe has also completed the nominal unification and has become a federal country, and together with the United States, the G3 has formed the core interest group of the Earth Federation, but it is just a background, please don't pay too much attention to it.