The break room fell silent.

"Who's on the other side?" Chen Mingyuan broke the silence and asked.

"It should be Zhao Xiaonan, it's the black mamba." Zhai Liu said, "At that time, we were going to use that little girl as a last resort to assassinate. ”

Chen Mingyuan nodded: "Got it, let your people withdraw first." ”

Zhai Liu pressed a button on the box: "Retreat, don't worry about it over there." ”

The mercenary, who is shooting at a rushing quadruped robot, immediately puts away his weapon and shouts to the people around him, "Withdraw." ”

The mercenaries alternated cover and withdrew from the ghost base, leaving the underground fortress in less than half a minute.

After seeing all this, Zhai Liuhe closed the box with the holographic display.

The door of the lounge opened with a "click", and the female civilian official walked in with a few pieces of electronic paper: "Several chiefs, the meeting is about to start." ”

The conference room used to hold the highest-level decision-making meeting is located on the 11th floor of the Alliance Defense Building, which is a small room without any windows, only enough to fit a small conference table and a dozen chairs, and it is hard to imagine that most of the military decisions made by the alliance officials are issued from this room.

When Chen Mingyuan and the three of them came to this room under the leadership of a female civilian official, Han Jianfei was already sitting at the conference table.

He smiled and sat across from the league's largest private armed chief, Lieutenant Colonel Gladstone sitting next to him.

Zhai Liu looked around, bypassed the conference table, and took the seat next to Han Jianfei.

There were also three chairs in the room, one of which belonged to the Prime Minister, Mr. Hanwei, and the other to the Minister of Defence, Lu Jie, if there were no accidents, but it was not known who the other chair was for.

"I haven't been around for a few years, and the coffee from the Ministry of Defense is good." Seeing Zhai Liu sitting beside him, Han Jianfei raised his glass and said, "I would have come over earlier if I had known." ”

Since the incident in Huangyang Town, he has been busy doing what he thinks is right, and leaving all the official communication with the alliance to his most trusted comrade-in-arms and assistant Zhai Liu, so this is the first time he has come to the Ministry of Defense building in six years.

"Yes," Zhai Liu whispered, "the procurement system of the Ministry of Defense has changed over the years, and the money has finally been spent in the right place, such as changing coffee suppliers." ”

Han Jianfei smiled and asked him, "Bai Shan is also responsible?" ”

Zhai Liu knew the meaning of his words and didn't make a sound.

He knew that Han Jianfei was asking about the note he had put in the coffee can he sent to the old president.

He only monitored the civil Internet in Xinluosong, and did not place any spies there, but he acquiesced to Han Jianfei's assumption.

Since a big war is inevitable, let the other side guess.

The door to the conference room was opened again, and everyone in the room stood up when they saw the two people who had entered.

There is no need to guess, Han Jianfei also knows that the middle-aged man with a typical politician's face at the head is the current prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party, Mr. Han Wei, and the man in a suit and a slightly chubby body behind him is naturally Defense Minister Lu Jie.

The Prime Minister, with a breezy stride, sat deftly in the seat reserved for him, while the Minister of Defence sat across from him.

"Gentlemen, where are we?" As soon as Premier Hanwei sat down, he made a typical political elitist opening statement.

"It's not started yet." Chen Mingyuan said, "I'm waiting for you to preside." ”

Mr. Han Wei raised his head, frowned and looked around at everyone in the conference room, starting with Chen Mingyuan on his right, and finally falling on Han Jianfei.

"This is ...... Han Jianfei? ”

Han Jianfei, who was called by name, bowed slightly and expressed his affirmation.

"Very well, gentlemen, I think we can solve two problems at once in this meeting."

Mr. Hanwei is the leader of the Conservative Party, born in a traditional Conservative family in Augustusburg, and grew up in his family, where his political philosophy has always been conservative, compromise and balanced, and since he entered politics at the age of 35, he has always pursued the classic traditional values of the Union.

Therefore, he should have been a sworn enemy of a left-wing faction like Chen Mingyuan.

But as the saying goes, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, and in the general election a few months ago, the Conservative Party and the Left Political Alliance, two seemingly completely identical factions, actually joined forces to trap former Prime Minister Higashino Ya and his Pan-Star Front, so that George Hanwei, who has 40 years of Conservative identity and 30 years of political experience, ascended to the position that represents the highest power of the alliance.

Han Jianfei doesn't know much about the new prime minister, but Chen Mingyuan knows his character well, he is just a pure conservative dressed in the cloak of pro-people and reform, while safeguarding the interests of the big entities that have been inherited for many years in Augustus, he also used high welfare policies to win the favor of those "red necks", which brought the new prime minister to the peak of his unprecedented political career.

It's just that no one cares, and Mr. Hanwei himself doesn't care, his so-called high welfare policies are just based on the exploitation of other administrative stars and colonies except the Capital Star Circle.

The fact that a representative of the interests of the Augustusburg plutocracy could get the most remote mining residents to vote for him and his Conservative Party was a gift in itself.

If you want to describe Mr. Hanwei himself in one sentence, Chen Mingyuan can think of a very apt sentence: say the most radical words and do the most conservative things.

So, with the style he has developed over the years, he tries to grasp the rhythm of this meeting directly.

Since Mr. Prime Minister's spearhead is directly aimed at Han Jianfei, Chen Mingyuan is happy to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, at this time, his eyes and nose are looking at his heart, with an expression of "I don't know anything if you two pinch it".

"Really?" Han Jianfei smiled, "What are the two things that Mr. Prime Minister said?" ”

Chancellor Hanwei cleared his throat and was about to open his mouth when the door to the conference room was opened again.

This time, it was the old president Feng Pinghai who was supposed to retire in Beiwu District.

The crowd stood up.

"Go ahead, leave me alone," the old president coughed twice, waved his hand around the participants, and sat between Prime Minister Hanwei and Han Jianfei.

"Okay, where are we?" Mr. Hanwei, "Oh yes, two things, one is about what to do with Sinluosong, and the second is about Mr. Han himself. ”

"Mr. Prime Minister," Chen Mingyuan had to interrupt his interest when he saw that the politician was about to start his long and tasteless speech, "Today is a military meeting, and the topic of the meeting is how to wage war against the rebels in Sillasong. ”

Mr. Hanwei seemed unhappy with being interrupted, and he picked up a pen from the pile of e-paper in front of him and used the barrel of the pen to make a "click" sound on the table.

"Chief Chen, I am the supreme commander of the alliance's military forces, and it is up to me to decide whether to fight or not, and how to win the war is a question you should consider."

"So," Premier Hanwei continued, after Chen Mingyuan stopped talking, "so why don't we move on to the next topic?" If this issue can be solved, we will not have to consider the first issue. ”

He didn't know what he said, but everyone in the room understood.

What he meant was that since the initiator of the Silla Song incident was in this conference room, then this military meeting could be completely turned into a political negotiation - Han Jianfei put forward his demands to see if the alliance could be satisfied, and if there was no war, the first problem would naturally be solved.

The conference room was plunged into an eerie atmosphere.

Interestingly, everyone knew that the advisers they had brought in to discuss how to deal with the rebels were the biggest backers behind the rebels, but because there was no evidence, they couldn't, at least not on the surface, to arrest the perpetrators directly.

What is even more strange is that this rebel leader actually participated in this meeting with such a swagger, blatantly preparing to give advice to the alliance military.

What's even weirder is that everyone knows about it, but everyone is reluctant to just pick it out.

From the bottom of his heart, Mr. Hanwei did not want to fight any war with Silla Song, and the Union government he inherited already had a deficit of 6.7 percent, and he had to spend more money to get the support of the "red necks" - or at least the ones in the capital area, and there was no budget to support a war that spanned 400 light years.

He wants to talk to Han Jianfei, as long as the other party's demands are not so excessive, he is ready to accept, and it seems worthwhile to exchange a marginal world that is not very subservient in the first place, in exchange for the high approval rating and popularity among the people during his tenure.

"I've carefully studied the demands of the rebels in Silla Song," Han said, clearing his throat in a feigned manner, "I think all they need is lower taxes and autonomy, and they have elected a woman to be their leader, Mavis Shelton." I don't think we have to send a fleet four hundred light-years away to fight a boring war, as long as these conditions are met. ”

Mr. Han Wei cast an inquiring look, and Han Jianfei smiled and nodded.

"So, is that all the rebels are all about?" Mr. Hanwei was worried that Silla Song would ask to secede from the alliance, but the other party just asked for autonomy without pain, and this condition can be said to be very considerate.

"I don't think we should negotiate with any separatists." Chen Mingyuan said coldly, "With the first compromise, there will be a second time, they will continue to test the bottom line of the alliance until they put forward conditions that the alliance cannot bear, at that time, war is still inevitable, in this case, we should strangle any rebellion attempt from the beginning." ”

Prime Minister Hanwei looked at the old president, who had his eyes closed, as if he was asleep.

"That's right," said Defense Minister Lu Jie, who had been silent after entering the door, "but war is always our last resort." ”

"So, Mr. Prime Minister, you want to tell us that you don't want to fight this war at all, so whatever the rebels ask, you're going to accept it, right?"