"If so, as I expected, there will be news of the joint command's exercise later, and it will definitely be a so-called exercise training within the normal plan, not aimed at any specific thing or specific target."

Before the words fell, Lu An smiled and said: "Sure enough, the 'Outer Planet Belt Special Exercise Mission', the 3rd, 14th, 25th, and 33rd fleets of the Joint Space Fleet carry out the Outer Planetary Belt Exercise Mission, this is a normal planned exercise and training, not aimed at any specific thing or specific target." ”

Lin Yongping shrugged his shoulders and said, "You see, they didn't even change the name of the exercise mission. ”

The so-called outer planetary belt, originally in astronomical geography, refers to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, which is the most special geographical belt among the five major interstellar governments of mankind.

In this asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, there are more than 500,000 asteroids, and the abundance of resources contained in them is simply the most precious gift from God to mankind who has just entered the space age.

Moreover, the asteroid belt separates Mars and Europa, two major human outer planet colonies, and is currently the most important strategic point for mankind.

If Mars masters this asteroid belt, it can rely on the coalition government of Europa, and at the same time grasp the strategic initiative to cut off the connection between the Earth, the Moon, and Venus at any time, leaving the entire Earth isolated and helpless.

If the Earth masters this planetary belt, it will not only cut off the connection between Mars and Europa, but also make the Moon have to throw itself into the arms of the Earth.

The reason why the last war ended quickly in the stalemate stage was that the earth conquered the largest fortress in the asteroid belt, Titan, which tilted the balance of war immediately, and the war ended within a year.

And since the last war, the outer planetary belt, an astronomical and geographical term that originally referred specifically to the asteroid belt, has become very rich.

In the military's view, the so-called outer planetary belt is all areas of human activity outside the Earth's orbit, basically referring to the Moon, Mars and Europa.

The so-called special exercise mission in the outer planetary belt is itself used by the Joint Command to deter the three coalition governments with different ambitions, and the explanations that add to them are a joke.

As a student of the Third Military Academy, especially a student of the Department of Information, if I could not understand the simple meaning behind these military actions, I would have been eliminated and dropped out of school a long time ago.

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However, this also shows that the group of marshals on Union Peak are just intimidating. The 3rd Fleet was originally the main fleet built against Europa, the 14th Support Fleet, the 25th Escort Fleet, and the 33rd Reconnaissance Fleet, and the 34th Logistics Support Squadron was not added, indicating that the marshals were not prepared to use force with real swords. ”

After Lin Yongping finished analyzing, he added a sentence in his heart, hoping that Europa's group could really settle down temporarily.

"If you really want to use force, I'm afraid that those old men will exercise restraint and stay calm, and the main fleet will move silently, such a movement of teeth and claws, everyone knows that this is a paper tiger."

Lu An was also unimpressed.

After hearing this, Lin Yongping sighed and said, although this is the case, the feelings of people on Earth may be very different from the feelings of people on Europa.

As the loser of the last war, the combined commands of the Moon, Mars, and Europa were all disbanded, and all military schools were ordered to be converted.

In addition to Mars, which still retains some space fleets, the defense of the Moon and Europa has been taken over by the headquarters of the Joint Command, and although the fleet of Mars can survive, all the appointments of officers must be nodded by the headquarters of the Joint Command, which is like a strong man choking the throat of a child.

And, more importantly, the abrupt end of the last war did not succumb to the might of the Combined Space Fleet, and in the minds of those at the top, it was just a momentary sneak attack, and they were always looking forward to the opportunity to prove themselves again.

The headquarters of the coalition government, which is well aware of this, is more wary of hostility from the outer planets, and they are fully prepared for another war.

In the 10 years since the end of the war, the Joint Command has risen from a status parallel to the Association for the Development of the Space Economy, the Exploration Association, the Education Association, and the Coordination Council to a status that stands on a par with the Coalition Government and the Supreme Council, and even the Military Police Command has begun to gradually replace the status of the Joint Arbitration Association and the Joint Supervision Association.

Therefore, it is not once or twice that the three coalition governments have been recklessly suppressed as they are today.

As one of the conditions of the original armistice, Europa's elevation to Europa, and the proposal to upgrade from a satellite coalition government to a planetary coalition government, was repeatedly vetoed. On the contrary, Venus, an underdeveloped planet, has a tendency for latecomers to prevail, and the call for the formation of a coalition government is getting louder and louder.

In fact, although the coalition government and the Supreme Council have sternly refuted it, there have been rumors that the headquarters of the coalition government, the Supreme Council, and the Joint Command have been trying to revise the "Universal Charter of Mankind" in recent years and abolish the second, third, and sixth supplements.

The second, third, and sixth supplements to the Charter of the United Universal Universe of Mankind are precisely about the resolution of the Plenary Council of Mankind on the establishment of a joint government of the Moon, Mars, and Europa.

Such a serious form of confrontation may seem ordinary to people on Earth, but it is a serious insult to people on the Moon, Mars, and Europa, and it is humiliation after humiliation, and it is a humiliation to have to succumb to the threat of force.

After a war, there has been a huge gap among mankind, and the people on one side and the people on the other side have begun to grow more and more estranged.

A hundred years ago, the rift caused by the conflict between the "Venus Star Transformation Program" and the "Asteroid Belt Development Program" has begun to turn into hatred and hostility after the brewing and fermentation of the last war.

Distrust and vigilance on one side, humiliation and hatred on the other.

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Sixty million kilometers away from Earth, within the Iode coalition government, silence condensed in the cold and cool air.

Although it has been continuously renovated for nearly 300 years, the development progress of Europa has been unusually slow in recent decades due to the diversion of resources caused by the division of humanity a hundred years ago.

The best evidence of this is that the planet has significantly worse temperatures than the other three planets, and even the temperature of Venus has dropped to habitable levels in the last decade, and it is slightly more comfortable than Europa.

There was silence for a long time before a voice rang out in the secret chamber.

"Those bastards on Earth have humiliated us again, however, the old immortals of the Joint Command have pressed our heads and forced us to accept this humiliation. Regrettably, ladies and gentlemen, we have to accept this humiliation happily for the time being. ”

"I know you're reluctant, but please be patient. Go back and tell our people that our struggle still needs to continue, and that the hope of humanity to break out of the solar system is the greatest glory for us in Europa. Whether it is another ten years, a hundred years or a thousand years, this is our long-cherished wish to set foot on this planet in the first place, and we must work hard again, and do not let the bastards on Earth use Venus to laugh at us, and laugh at the pioneering work of our parents and grandparents. ”

It was a long silence before there was any resentment in the room.

"But, teacher, how long are we going to endure? Can we just watch the bastards on the inner planets fight for power and profit, and we have to suffer the humiliation they have to give? ”

"Yes, sir......"

"We're not reconciled, teacher."

Even some people's voices have choked up.

"The mistakes we made ten years ago will be washed away with these humiliations, and this is the price of the mistakes we made in the first place."

"Not to mention ,......"

The venerable old man said meaningfully: "Although we are humiliated, we don't need to be anxious, some people will be more anxious than us." ”

The human divide separates not only one side from the other, but also those who face it and those who stand behind it.

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In the seventh area of Mars, next to the Kunlun Sea, in Kunwu Park, there are people on that side.

"Li Feng, what did my brother say?"

"The second young master came with a message, saying that the moon side is still standing by and watching, and those people said it, in fact, they are also powerless, and now they are under the noses of the military police headquarters."

"Well, that being said."

Lin Yongxiu threw all the fish food in his hand into the pool, clapped his hands, and then said, "It's still too big of a barrier between us." Not only us and the earth, but also our outer planets. The scars of the last war still don't heal. ”

In the fish pond, ichthyosaurs, which have long been on the verge of extinction in the Kunlun Sea, are densely packed and have floated up to grab food.

Dragon, a Chinese totem, a mythical object of legend.

Ichthyosaurus, however, was the product of the most energetic people in human history more than 400 years ago, with the strongest pioneering spirit in history.

The dragon is majestic and arrogant, the clouds follow the rain, the river overturns the sea, and the illusory myth can rampant the things of heaven and earth.

However, the group of people, who were perhaps the most arrogant in human history, wanted to break the boundary between fantasy and reality, and turn legends and myths into living reality.

Not only are they all over Mars in the name of mythology, but they are really putting their dreams into action.

Ichthyosaurus is to turn a fish into a dragon.

It's just that now, the stars are changing, time is changing, but things are wrong.

"Young Master, are you really going? Recently, there have been rumors that those people are ready to move again. After this incident goes out, it will be difficult to protect ......"

Lin Yongxiu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Although Yongping and I never think that we are some kind of young master, our Lin family doesn't need a young master, and we don't need Mars. But since you're all called that, we should do something to live up to your expectations. ”

"It's almost tense now, but we don't know what's going on over there, and we don't know what's going on here. Even if we want to fight in the future, we should always think about why we are fighting, and don't start and end in a mess like last time. ”

"Grandpa and father can't pull down, and uncles don't want to go, so in that case, then just let me go. Is that right? ”

"Li Feng, you don't have to persuade me, go and prepare."