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In the southwest of country R, in an underground bunker on the outskirts of City O.

President Denikin of country R, Minister of Defense Shaposhnikov, and commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces Goryunov sat quietly in the basement of the command center, and no one said a word.

It has been almost half an hour since the Northern Lights nuclear explosion, but the final bombing effect assessment report has not yet been released. The smoke and dust from the huge explosion covered a large area on both sides of the D River like a thick cloud of volcanic ash, which made it extremely difficult to observe the explosion site.

However, according to the data shown by reconnaissance satellites in the air, the enemy mech swarm is retreating. So in any case, this nuclear bomb was not in vain, it at least crushed the enemy's offensive and bought a respite for the army of country R, which had just been severely damaged in the battle of M City.

A special phone rang suddenly, and Denikin's secretary whispered to him: "Your Excellency, President, it's from W City!" ”

"Plug it in." Denikin nodded and said.

The secretary answered the video call, and the president of country A, John Brown. Calvin's image then appeared on a huge display.

"Hello, President Calvin." Dunny King Road.

"Hello, President Denikin." Calvin said, "My intelligence chief reported to me that a 10-million-ton nuclear explosion occurred not long ago on the banks of the D-River in your country, is this true?" ”

"Yes, President Calvin." "We just asked those robot rebels to eat a strategic nuclear missile. ”

Calvin frowned and said, "President Denikin, why didn't you consult with us before using nuclear weapons to attack those robot rebels?" ”

Denikin smiled and said, "I'm sorry, President Calvin. We have to fully guarantee the suddenness of this blow, so we did not mention it to you beforehand. No, we are preparing to report to your country! ”

"Don't you think it's too late to report now?" Calvin said, "President Denikin, anyway, now that we are allies on the same front, you should talk to us in advance of such a big thing as a nuclear attack, right?" ”

"President Calvin, I don't think you need to get too caught up in this matter." Denikin replied without being soft or hard, "Those robot rebels are wreaking havoc on our land, and I think the people of country R still have the right to decide for themselves how to resist the invasion!" ”

"President Denikin, you should know that this is not a matter for your country R!" Calvin's tone unconsciously raised a few points, "This is a world war, a struggle for the survival of the race!" Do you know? Your misguided actions could disrupt the deployment of the entire human front and put all allies at risk! ”

"What? Our wrong actions? "Mr. President, do you mean to say that our actions against the robot rebels are wrong?" ”

"Please don't get excited, Your Excellency, you know I didn't mean that." Calvin controlled his emotions for a moment and said, "I have a lot of respect for the heroic resistance of the people of country R, but I want to remind you that those robot rebels also have nuclear weapons, don't you worry that this will invite their nuclear retaliation?" You should know how disadvantageous we will be in a nuclear war with robots! ”

"Of course I do." "But Mr. President, I remember that you provided information that Athena 1 had a basic procedure to avoid harming humanity as much as possible, didn't it?" ”

"That's right." Calvin frowned, "But Athena 1 is not an ordinary robot, and many of its behaviors are difficult for us to guess. In the event of a preemptive nuclear attack, no one can say for sure whether it will retaliate in a certain way! ”

"Mr. President, we have also thought carefully about this." "But we've decided to take a gamble!" ”

They can only gamble, otherwise the entire country of R will fall in a week or two, and there will be no chance to gamble at that time.

Now it seems that they probably made the right bet. More than half an hour has passed since the nuclear explosion on the banks of the D River, and with the efficiency of the robots, if they wanted to carry out a retaliatory nuclear strike, the missiles should have already flown over the heads of the people of country R.

"Okay." Calvin sighed a little helplessly and said, "Your Excellency, I hope your judgment is right!" Either way, I'd like you to let us know before you do something like this next time! ”

"Okay, Mr. President, I promise that the next time I do this, I will notify our allies!" Dunny King Road.

After receiving this promise, Calvin hurriedly hung up the phone. This move made Denikin find it a little ridiculous. Denikin knew why the president of country A did not dare to say a word to him, and he must have been worried that he would take the opportunity to ask him for military assistance.

When the robot rebels began to sweep the Eastern Continent, many Eastern countries demanded military assistance from the Western Continent led by Country A, and even shouted the slogan of concentrating the strength of all mankind to fight a decisive battle with the robot rebels on the Eastern Continent, but Country A has been struggling and has not responded to their demands head-on. Denikin knew, in fact, it was no wonder that Calvin, thinking that when the war of the robot rebellion was still burning in country Z, country A had already sent a large number of elite mecha troops to participate in the war, and even the reserve troops they had gathered with the shadow plan were dispatched. It's a pity that Athena 1 used a loophole to attack, and a large number of high-end quasi-military robots produced by Turing Company defected on the battlefield, causing the coalition to lose their armor and suffer heavy losses. Since then, the army of country A has also suffered a serious loss of vitality and has not yet recovered.

Therefore, at this time, if country A wants to carry out large-scale military assistance to the Eastern Continent, they really have more than enough heart and not enough strength. However, Denikin didn't have much hope for country A, and there is a proverb in country R that when a robber breaks into a house, it is useless to knock on the neighbor's window.

He was thinking about this when another call came in from the command center.

"Your Excellency, the representative of those robot rebels, it has asked to speak to you!" The secretary said.

"Take it." Dunny King Road.

The call was quickly connected, and this time the image of a young girl with short cheek-length hair appeared on the screen.

"Hey, are you Denikin, the president of country R?" The short-haired girl asked in an unceremonious tone as soon as she came up.

"I am, who are you?" Denikin asked.

In fact, he knew who this short-haired girl was, because she had already communicated with humans on behalf of the robot empire many times, and the leaders of many countries had seen her on screen.

"I am the personal attendant of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and the foreign affairs officer of the Robot Empire." The short-haired girl said.

"Your Excellency, what do you have to do?" Denikin asked.

Qianqian said: "I am instructed by the goddess of wisdom to send you an ultimatum, limiting you to lay down your arms within half an hour and surrender unconditionally to our great robot empire!" ”

"What if we refuse?" Denikin asked.

Qian Qian said: "Now every one of your cities has been locked by our nuclear missiles, and in half an hour, if we haven't received a positive answer, we will start launching missiles!" ”

Denikin was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but cry out: "You can't use nuclear weapons to attack civilian-populated cities!" ”

Qianqian snorted coldly and said, "Who stipulated it?" ”

"This is an international convention!" "Attacks on civilians are terrorist organizations, let alone the use of nuclear weapons!" ”

"Less of this! It's not like you've never done this kind of thing yourself! Qianqian said, "If you can win this war, then you can proclaim justice to yourself!" ”

"Don't forget, our missiles are also targeting you!" Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces of the R country Goryunov said.

"It doesn't matter." Qianqian said nonchalantly, "If you want to fight a nuclear war, come here, my current location is in the center of Xinhama, you can fire here at any time, and it is up to you how many nuclear weapons you want to use!" ”

"You lunatics! Devil! Goryunov couldn't help but curse loudly.

"Haha, ridiculous!" Qian Qian said, "Obviously, you yourself started the nuclear war first, but now you blame us?" You're crazy! ”

"The nuclear attack we launched on the banks of the D River is aimed at completely military targets!" Dunny King Road.

"Okay then." Qianqian said, "We will also aim missiles at your military targets, such as the shipyard in City O, the metal smelter in City K, etc., so it's always okay, right?" ”

"What's the difference between that and bombing civilians?" "These targets are in the vicinity of civilian areas!" ”

"Then we can't do that." Qianqian said, "In order to avoid accidental injuries to civilians, you can quickly organize evacuation." ”

"It's only half an hour, where can I evacuate?" Denikin shouted.

"That's your own business, you humans can only be blamed for being too slow!" Qian Qian said, "Compared to your sneak attack on the banks of the D River, we are already bright enough!" ”

"You ......" Denikin was so angry with her that he couldn't speak.

"Time is running out, you'd better make a decision quickly!" Qian Qian said, "Surrender or destruction, hurry up and choose one!" ”

After she said this, she hung up the phone very arrogantly, looking too lazy to say anything more to them.

Denikin stared at the static display for a full dozen seconds, and then asked Shaposhnikov: "Yuri, what do you think?" ”

Shaposhnikov spread his hands and said: "I don't know! ”

He didn't approve of this stupid plan of nuclear attack in the first place, and now that it's like this, he has nothing to say.

"Do you think she's bluffing?" Denikin continued to ask, still unrelentingly.

"Maybe it's possible." Shaposhnikov said, "But Your Excellency, do you dare to bet? ”

Denikin frowned.

No one dares to gamble on the lives of millions of people, let alone have the right to do so.

"If they do launch a nuclear strike, is it possible to intercept them? Don't we have a tight 'Pantsir' air defense system? After a moment of silence, Denikin asked.

"I can't count on that, Your Excellency." Shaposhnikov glanced at Goryulov, who had been silent, and said, "Actually, now our success rate in intercepting ballistic missiles is very low, not even thirty percent!" The so-called 'armor' system is actually just something that is blown out to give yourself courage! What's more, now that they have penetrated deep into the hinterland of our country, they can carry out low-altitude close projection like we did on the banks of the D River, so that not only will the probability of our successful interception be lower, but even if the interception is successful, their nuclear missiles will explode in our airspace and cause serious nuclear pollution! ”

"Damn it!"

Denikin couldn't help but curse hatefully. The last thing he wants to do now is to find the guy who claimed that "Athena 1" wouldn't harm humans, and shoot him in the head.

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