632. An unprecedented disaster
The civil war between the two factions within the USN, which lasted until the second week, has completely entered a state of tug-of-war.
The establishment controlled by Lexington Essex is all the elite of the command, strong and stable, but relatively few in number.
The opposition led by Cedric is mainly composed of independent commanders and organizations from all levels of the command, and the combat effectiveness is uneven, but it is large in number and supported by the natural abilities of the commander.
The two sides quickly stabilized their base and established their own core control areas, but began to fight repeatedly for the periphery.
The military port, the capital where Cedric is located, has been attacked by Lexington's subordinates, and the supply of millions of people in the city has been affected, and the situation has begun to show signs of instability.
That morning, Cedric met with the other top of the human commanders, Cedric's own proxies, henchmen, and allies, to discuss the current situation.
The meeting lasted for more than an hour, and no one on the scene had any constructive suggestions.
After the intermission, another former general commander finally couldn't help but stand up and say:
"Cedric, you can't delay any longer, use fission weapons, as long as the core military port of Lexington is destroyed, the siege of the capital will be broken."
Cedric closed his eyes and shook his head:
"According to Dr. Fox's report, the direct lethality of fission weapons to ships and warships is actually relatively limited.
"Unless there is a chance to gather most of the opposing party's high-ranking people together and detonate them directly at a very close distance, as in the original attack on the Senate, it will be difficult to fatally inflict fatal injuries on them, and then there will be even more crazy retaliation.
"Moreover, now Dr. Fox already knows that after the fission weapon is used, there are great after-effects.
"For humans, the mere aftermath of an explosion is lethal, so the area of a nuclear explosion is now off-limit."
After Cedric finished speaking, the scene immediately became noisy, and then another general stood up and asked loudly:
"So what should we do now? Now the situation in the city is becoming more and more unstable. ”
Cedric pressed down:
"We are not having a good time, the other party's life will not be too good, we used to be a whole, now we are divided into two, missing the other half of the resources and industrial production capacity, it will be quite uncomfortable, now it depends on who can hold on......"
After Cedric finished speaking, the scene was quiet for a while, and then began to discuss in a whisper, as long as you think about it a little, you can analyze that the current situation is indeed like this.
Dr. Fox's son, Midway Commander Julian Fox, on behalf of his father and as a representative of the researchers, also participated in the internal high-level meeting.
Julian Fox listened carefully from the beginning, observing the state of the high-level people on the scene, and at this time he felt almost the same, so he raised his hand and said:
"General Cedric, generals and teachers, I have an idea now, and we can analyze it together to see if it is reasonable.
"Since the other party's current situation may be similar to ours, can we now contact the other party again and seek cooperation? Maybe the dialogue has such an intention?
"Maybe it's time to compromise with the other side, and if we can end the current situation and restore peace, stability, and development, can we give in a little bit to the conditions we put forward at the beginning?
"For example, while forming a new joint parliament, the institutions and some functions of the Senate will continue to be retained, and the United Council has the supreme legislative and financial powers, and the Senate has the power of legislative deliberation and supervision."
As soon as Julian Fox said this, the scene was already in chaos.
Some deputies with a firm stand directly stood up and resolutely opposed it, holding that it is absolutely impossible to compromise with the conservative forces on the other side.
Julian Fox immediately explained:
"General Cedric's original intention was to fight for the rights of our human commanders, and all human beings who are capable, skilled, and contributed.
"It is not to eliminate the Senate, as long as the other side recognizes our strength, our contribution and status, our goal has been achieved.
"My proposal still allows us to have the majority of the initiative, and keeping the Senate is more about giving the other side a step down.
"As a member of the human commanders, I don't want to give up any power, but if I don't compromise, this war will go on endlessly.
"This is very detrimental to our entire command, to our command, and our immediate priority now is to put an end to the current situation."
Julian's explanation, approved by a considerable number of commanders, and then a whispered discussion began on the spot.
Some people continued to question, and Julian gave an explanation, Julian was already quite smart, and after figuring out the situation, most of the words he said were to the psychology of the high-level people on the scene, and he successively won the approval of more and more people.
Then additional comments began to be made, and the proposal to limit the rights of the Senate began to be discussed.
Cedric also agreed with Julian's opinion to a certain extent, and when the discussion on the spot was almost over, he nodded slowly, coughed and said:
"I think Mr. Fox Jr. has a point, our original purpose was to fight for rights, and if everyone is basically in agreement, I can now organize my staff and contact Lexington Essex......"
Cedric was going to use this sentence to set the tone for today's discussion, but as soon as he finished saying this, he received a telepathy from his ship's mother, the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill:
"Commander, there is a ship mother who claims to be from IJN, claiming that the IJN command has suffered an unprecedented disaster, and now the entire IJN command has been completely destroyed, and 100,000 ship girls have been destroyed, they tried their best to escape, bringing news about the future of the entire ship mother world...... But she ......"
When Bunker Hill said this, he couldn't help but stop, and seemed to be very entangled.
Cedric was taken aback when he heard the news, and subconsciously asked with an incredible face:
"An unprecedented disaster? The whole IJN is gone? What the hell is going on? What happened to her herself? ”
Bunker Hill hesitated for a moment, and seemed very awkward, but Cedric was his own commander after all, and finally said:
She has the breath of the deep sea on her body, and she also said that the whole IJN has become like her, and the reason for the deep sea breath on the ship's mother, she already knows.
"This reason, as well as some important information about the deep-sea transformation of the ship, is kept secret from me for the time being, and I hope to explain it to the current highest-ranking head of the USN alone."