The news that Hastings refused to return and that the coalition fleet continued to move south spread throughout the Filipino Alliance in only a short time, causing an uproar.

Neither the heads of government, the military, nor the liberal parties, the media, the public, nor ordinary soldiers could believe that this was the decision of Hastings, whom they regarded as the god of the army.

The astonishment was followed by disappointment and anger. Mass demonstrations broke out among the people, led by Fyan, Lane and Siljak, to protest against Hastings' decision!

"Give us an explanation!" On the street where countless people gathered, a middle-aged man stood on a makeshift platform, waving his fists angrily.

"I can't believe it." The middle-aged man roared: "Xiyue has already arrived in the city, but our army is far away from us. And this turned out to be the decision of our godlike Hastings! ”

"Why?"

"Why!"

On the camera lenses of the reporters under the high platform, the middle-aged man's face was distorted with extreme anger: "Is it because the Republic of Lane supported General Liver, who won the Battle of Gazonronia for us, or is it because the Federation of Le Ray is more important than Feiyan, Lane, Chackner and Sidjak combined?" ”

Your Excellency, the God of War who is heading towards the Southeast Star Field, can you hear my voice?

"The middle-aged man is clutching the microphone tightly, and there are beating green tendons on his forehead and the back of his hands,"

Don't you know that you've taken with you most of the troops we've been able to muster at the moment" Don't you know that once the Triflan system is lost, the entire Filipino Alliance will collapse? ”

He looked around the audience: "Tell me, am I alarmist!" ”

"Nope!" The angry populace roared, roaring into the sky!

"What an obvious fact, the loss of the Treflan system, the Western Army will go directly into our hinterland along this passage, stab the knife directly into our hearts, let the iron triangle of the Filipino Alliance collapse under their blood-dripping blades, and turn the entire Filipino Alliance into a plate of scattered sand!"

"By that time there will be no Filipino coalition forces! Because the location of our coalition headquarters is already in ruins, because the most important members of our Filipino Alliance will be divided, because without the Triflan system, our allies, which have been cut by the Western Covenants, will lose the last staging area! ”

"We all know all this, will they not know?"

"They know!"

Angry roars echoed over the city like thunder.

"So, why don't they send back reinforcements?" The middle-aged man shouted violently, "It only takes four days to come back from the southeast. In these four days, we can fight, and we can use our lives and blood to keep the Siyo mongrels out of the jump point of the Trevlan system! ”

There was silence, and the entire assembly hall was as silent as death. There was no end in sight, and the crowd stretched out from under the high platform into the distance, crowding the fields and streets.

"All we need is hope!" In the shot, it is the sad and angry face of the middle-aged man, "However, hope is far away!" ”

The picture froze, and Felek put down the remote control in his hand and was silent.

The glow of electronic lights and screens casts a bright and cold spell over the empty office.

After a long time, he got up and walked to the window.

Push open the window, and the cool and fresh air will come to you after the rain. The sky in Hanjing had gradually darkened. In the evening, many flying cars turn on their headlights, and the scene of flying water is dreamy. Pedestrians on the sidewalk put away their umbrellas and walked on their wet way home. The bright lights of the mall, through the windows of the main door, cast a broken and wandering light on the street.

Compared to Ryan, Chuckner appeared relatively calm. Despite the incomprehensibility of Hastings' decision, the populace remained silent. It's not that Triffran isn't important to Chackner, but the people of Chackner are no longer the mindset of the early days of the war.

No matter how great the difficulty, no matter how strong the enemy, there is nothing to fear in the eyes of the Chakner who are fully engaged in the war. The more difficult it is, the more the nation will be able to burst out with their courage and strength. Besides, every Chakner knows what the bandits have done for the country.

In the minds of the Chakna people, the bandit army is their own army. It doesn't matter what others say about the Chakners, but the Chakna people will never let their children chill!

What is the suffering of these countries compared to the Leray Federation?!

However, as far as Felek knew, Fei Yang was already surging at this moment. Even with martial law in place, media commentaries were careful to avoid the topic, but the news of Hastings' refusal to return to Tripran caused an uproar among the population.

All kinds of rallies and all kinds of voices are no longer something that the new President Zhao Xi can suppress. With the help of some, a storm is taking shape.

Behind him, there was the sound of the door opening. Felek turned his head and saw Sophie walking in with twice as much instant coffee as she leaned her shoulder against the door.

For the military spokesperson who was airdropped to Canglang Star together, Felek has always liked and admired it from the bottom of his heart. It takes a lot of courage for a man to be airdropped onto a battlefield in a hail of bullets, let alone a beautiful woman in her thirties. This courage is definitely not something that can be had for fame and a job.

"Why are you here?" Felek took the coffee from Sophie and smiled.

"Discuss the recruitment advertisement with your boss, see that you are still there, bring you a cup of coffee, and by the way, inform you of the latest military intelligence." Sophie smiled slightly, holding her coffee and glancing at the window, "Thinking about things here alone?" ”

"Hmm." Felek rubbed his gray hair and nodded.

Sophie caught a glimpse of a frozen virtual light curtain in front of her desk. Looking at the subtitles below the grieving Ryan speaker, she sighed and said, "I'm afraid the Filipino League is going to be messed up!" ”

"yes." Felek said heavily: "To be honest, I believe that Marshal Hastings must have had his reasons for making this decision. However, it was impossible for the people to support him for a reason unknown to everyone. His dissolution of the Upper House of the Coalition Parliament and the imposition of martial law had caused a great deal of criticism, and now he has ignored the crisis of Triffran and taken away the main force of the Filipino coalition forces and insisted on going south.

"I can understand." Sophie took a sip of her coffee and said.

"Oh?" Felek turned.

"After Sober divided his forces, there were only one hundred and sixty fleets that continued southward.

With the addition of Banning's forward fleet and part of the Desik fleet, the total number of troops that can be put into the campaign is about two hundred and forty. However," Sophie tilted her head slightly, "the bandits have just defeated the Banning fleet in the Metis system. ”

Felek's eyes widened all of a sudden: "The bandit army defeated Banning? ”

"A complete victory!" Sophie smiled.

"Unbelievable!" Fei Zhike shouted, and the old man shook his gray head, and hurried regardless of his image: "Did these guys kidnap the goddess of victory?" Tell me about it! ”

Sophie nodded, and briefly recounted the report of the bandit army she had just received, only to hear Felek's heart beating faster and his face full of nervousness.

Sophie concluded: "On the eve of Banning, he took advantage of his position to lose more than fifty percent of this battle. The rest of the fleet escaped by scattering and fleeing. It has basically lost its combat effectiveness. Coupled with the fleet lost before, the number of troops that Sobo can use in the short term is no more than one hundred and eighty! That is to say"

"That is to say," Felek said, "the bandit fleet plus the allies of Field Marshal Hastings are fully capable of competing with Sober!" ”

"Yes." Sophie nodded: "From a strategic point of view, the victory of the bandit army makes Marshal Hastings' choice not so outrageous. If they can defeat Sober in the southeast, then they can affect the tide of the battle against Reske. Create an opportunity for us to force Seuss and Jeppen out of the war! ”

Sophie's voice echoed in his ears, and Felek looked at the city by the window, and for a moment he was a little distracted. Until now, he had not been able to digest the news that Sophie had brought.

Although, the bandit army has already achieved a lot of brilliant results in previous battles. It has also risen all the way up the ranks of the armies of various countries, and now it is a special unit that everyone dare not despise. However, Felek still didn't expect that in the face of Banning, which was nearly three times higher in strength, the bandit army that took the initiative to meet would actually win again!

Moreover, it was a crucial, hearty victory! As a result, the imposing fleet on the eve of the Western Covenant was directly disabled!

What's even more painful is that after the defeat of Banning's fleet, there is no opponent in front of the bandit army who can stop them.

Sober is still dozens of hours away from the interstellar channel, Desik is still busy with the Tap Combined Fleet that has invaded the capital Zeus system, and the Hera and Prometheus systems, which were originally used as logistics bases in the West, are under the unscrupulous bandit saber!

According to Sophie, the current bandit army has entered the Hera system. Under the sweep of this gang of bandits, there will probably be no space base, airport and space station left of the Xiyue people.

Felek excitedly turned around and walked quickly to the desk, and in an instant, he already had a clear idea of the next episode of the show in his heart.

However, when he saw the grieving Ryan on the video screen, he involuntarily stopped. He turned and looked at Sophie, "What are the plans of the military department for the Triflan system?" ”

"We have drawn two armies and rushed to Trevoran. This will be followed by an intensified build-up of additional troops. Sophie held her coffee, her slender figure reflected in the brightly lit glass window, and the red warning lights of the tall buildings in the distance flashed behind her.

"And, we've heard," he frowned slightly, "the President of the Republic of Lane and the Minister of Defense have rushed to the Mema system. Maybe they"

"Li Fo?!" Felek said in surprise.

Sophie nodded silently.

"This is drinking to quench your thirst!" Felek's angry voice echoed through the office.

Sophie lowered her long eyelashes and looked out the window with a faint gaze. There were some things that she could not tell Felek. That's a secret from the top. In fact, it's not just the Lane people who think the same way. And Chuckner and the Fiyans!