"Whatever it is, the military is destined to owe us a favor, is the communication connected?"

"It's connected."

Ling Xiyao and others' request for combat was not denied, because the military did not prohibit civil-military cooperation, not to mention that they promised to obey the command completely and provided information about the ambush of government forces.

The rapid rout and escape of the government forces completely crushed Wayne, he couldn't do anything substantive except insulting those people, the private ornaments in the president's office were changed batch after batch, even hearing that Liu Hanyue's mercenary alliance won the war didn't make him feel better, and the feeling of stepping from heaven to hell was nothing more than that, he thought about it these days, the more he thought about it, the more cold he became, as cold as the bone marrow in the cold winter moon, the whole thing was like a military conspiracy from beginning to end, and he himself was led by the nose like a clown, Still complacent.

He understood that the end of the war was the end of his presidency and the beginning of his notoriety, and although his reputation was not very good now, he wanted to find out the reason behind it, so he left his post for the first time in working hours and went to the place he once envied and hated: the military headquarters.

The staff asked him to wait in the reception room, and this wait was an hour, and Wayne remembered that it was the same when he first took office, he was a rookie president, a person who was respected by the citizens of the whole Federation, but he waited for two hours in this inconspicuous military department before he saw the so-called person in charge, and the conversation between the two ended with the other party's impatience for less than three minutes, he didn't know how the presidents who served in the past endured it, but he dreamed back at midnight, and he couldn't swallow this breath anyway.

This time the waiting time was cut in half, and it was ironic that he met in the reception room an impossible person to meet, Gauss, his former staff. Gauss was not surprised to see him, not even ashamed, and took him to the person he should have seen very usually, and Wayne pressed the anger of betrayal in his heart, and pursed his lips without speaking.

After Gauss took him to the room, he turned around and left, without looking at him as he left, as if he was really just an irrelevant stranger, there was a person sitting in the room, not the one who received him in the first place, he didn't know him, he didn't want to know, he just wanted an answer, but the other party didn't want to do what he wanted, and introduced himself: "Hello, President Wayne! My name is Carter, with the rank of colonel, you can call me Carter. ”

Wayne tugged at the corners of his mouth and forced himself to reply politely, "Hello! ”

"I know very well what you mean, and before answering your doubts, you must be clear that once you know the truth, your position as president will be done, are you willing?"

Wayne's pupils shrank, his surprise and anger could not be concealed, and he tried his best to keep his voice calm: "You have chosen a successor. The tone was very affirmative.

Carter nodded briskly, "That's right." In order not to hit the president, who looked ten years older and was about to leave office, he kindly concealed that every presidential succession would have a candidate.

"Who is it? Oh, don't guess, after the president steps down, there is no one else but the vice president, you guys are really thoughtful. "It's ironic.

Carter didn't care about his sarcasm, staring at him with a gaze that seemed to see through everything, and asked, "So, your decision?" ”

Wayne sneered, "Do I have a choice?" Tell me the answer, and I'm going to die a blind death. ”

"Life and death are too heavy, you might as well take it easy, and by the way, the person who led you in the door was not Gauss, but his twin brother, did this make you feel better?"

"Maybe." Wayne was noncommittal.

"So, where do we start?"

"Let's start from scratch."

Carter did not object, saying, "It's okay, two months ago, we learned an unexpected news that forced us to declare war on the Zerg in advance. ”

Wayne couldn't wait to interrupt him, "What's the news?" "At this point, he didn't want to miss any of the truth.

"Don't worry, you'll know, allow me to continue, you know about the war in the 102nd Military Region, right? The Zerg are evolving faster than we imagined, the number of Zerg with advanced intelligence is increasing, and we have too little information to be sure of victory, so we thought of a solution. ”

"Use the government as a pawn to find out the bottom for you."

"Although I don't want to admit it, that's one of the purposes."

Anyone who is used as cannon fodder will not be happy, and Wayne's questioning words burst out: "So you were deliberately defeated by the Zerg at the beginning, and the so-called quality defects of the battleship are also fake?" ”

When Carter heard this, his face became serious, and he explained: "It's true that you deliberately lost to the Zerg, but the quality problem is also true, have you forgotten the order you gave in person?" ”

"I didn't give such an order!" He flatly denied it.

"In such a high position as you, you really don't need to give such a clear order, you only need to show even the slightest meaning, and someone will naturally be able to figure it out."

Wayne didn't refute, he sighed dejectedly, it no longer mattered which was right and which was wrong, and asked, "Go on, you just said that using the government as a pawn is only one of the purposes, but what about the other purposes?" ”

Carter glanced at him appreciatively and said, "The president is worthy of being the president, and your mind is still so clear at this moment, in addition to exploring the bottom of the Zerg, we still need to delay as much time as possible, because there is a secret weapon that has entered the final stage of research and development, and that weapon has played a decisive role in the 102nd Military Region." ”

"The first two goals can be achieved by the military themselves, and I bet there is a third purpose."

"It's refreshing to chat with smart people, and the third purpose is to let the federal people participate in and understand the war as much as possible, so during this period, we did not prevent the media from reporting overwhelmingly, and secretly contributed to the trouble, you may want to ask why, this is related to the news we got, leave a suspense for the time being, this fourth purpose, is to take this opportunity to find out the traitors within the military, we have wanted to do this for a long time, but unfortunately every time the purge is not complete, it will always be obstructed by one way or another."

"Four birds with one stone, worthy of being a terrifying military department, I am willing to bow down."

"Actually, you don't have to be reduced to this at all, when the military adviser you hired offered to cooperate with the military, we tried to join forces with you, but unfortunately you were so ambitious that you were carried away by the illusory victory, and gave up a precious opportunity, so we had to take extraordinary measures."

Wayne didn't know when he took out the cigar in his pocket, lit it and smoked it, spit out round after round of white circles under his eyes, and after a long time he said: "There is nothing to be sorry about winning the king, if we win the war, no matter how much evidence you come up with, it will be in vain, and the people's will will be on our side." ”

"That's right, but unfortunately the truth is that you didn't win, and you won't win if you give you more time, because you don't understand the war at all, you don't understand the enemy."

"Maybe, last question, can you tell me about that news now?"

"Okay, you can look at it."

With a wave of Carter's hand, a string of unfamiliar characters appeared in the center of the room, and Wayne, who knew little about alien languages, couldn't understand it at all, and soon, the verbatim translation of the common language of the Federation began to appear under the characters, and when the last character was translated, he was stunned on the spot, and the cigar in his hand fell on the smooth ground, making a crisp sound.

"I see."