Chapter 474: Marshal!
On October 18, twenty-eight days after the Federation declared war on the Empire, the capital star, the mansion of the tomb of Lee.
"The King. Everything is ready. ”
Dressed in a military uniform, Ram strode into the study of Li's tomb. Li Tomb changed into a straight military uniform, without a military rank on his shoulders, and nodded, "Let's go." ”
Five minutes later, Li Tomb arrived at the Capitol by car, where the oath of the last war of the empire was to be taken today, and all the generals of the reorganized Third Fleet were waiting in the building, and when the oath was completed, the reorganized Third Fleet would be immediately discontinued.
It will merge with the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet, which will go to the constellation Xianyun first, and belong to the First Fleet, and then begin to counterattack the Black Jupiter Domain.
At this point, after nearly a month, the Federation's war machine finally began to operate, which is not too long, after all, for the Federation, a country that nominally declares democracy, even if it enters a state of emergency war and implements military control, it is difficult to enter a state of war as quickly as an empire, not to mention that Li Tomb can really control this country for only a short month.
Federal President Patton, Secretary of State Sam, and the generals of the Department of Defense were already waiting in the building, and the invited multinational reporters were also waiting outside.
"Lord Earl, what do you think of the invasion of the Twin Eagle Empire?"
"Lord Earl, will you do it yourself?"
"Lord Earl, I don't know what your country's attitude is towards the Galactic Federation civilization?"
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When all kinds of questions came, Li Tomb looked indifferent, and Hathaway and Ram around him were silent and stopped the reporters.
"Ladies and gentlemen, there will be a press conference from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs later. If you have any questions, you can ask them when the time comes, but adults won't answer anyone now......"
Hathaway lagged behind and explained a few words to reporters before hurriedly following in the footsteps of Lee's tomb and stepping into the Capitol.
"Your Excellency."
I saw Li Tomb walk in. All the generals of the Third Fleet who were waiting immediately stood up and saluted, and Li Tomb bowed his head slightly, and glanced at Patton and Sam, who were already sitting on the stage.
Patton nodded lightly at the Li Tomb with a complicated gaze, and then watched the Li Tomb, who did not have any military rank, sit in the main seat surrounded by the generals of the Third Fleet.
It's only been a month, and the current Li Tomb is no longer the previous Li Tomb, and its power in the Federation has reached its peak, and it can be said that it is covering the sky with one hand.
Without the constraints of Mu Chenggong and other nobles, there is the threat of war. Let Li Tomb unscrupulously control the power of the Federation, and under the Great Purge, all those who dare to disobey Li Tomb were arrested by Ram.
Among federal officials, Ram is even more terrifying than Lee's Tomb, and while everyone knows that Ram is just a knife, sometimes a bloody knife is even more terrifying than a person.
So when Ram walked out from behind the tomb of Lee and stood on the stage as the host of this swearing-in ceremony. The generals in the audience were suddenly silent and silent.
Ram is now more than the commander of the First Fleet. At the same time, he was also the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defense, nominally controlling all troops on the front.
"Stand up."
Ram has been in a high position for a long time, decisive in killing, and now has the courage not to be angry, and after he opened his mouth coldly, all the generals of the Third Fleet in the meeting hall stood up.
"Authorized by the Ministry of Defense. Restructuring of the Third Fleet. Now, give the flag and play the national anthem! ”
Amid the majestic national anthem, the new commander of the Third Fleet, Huang Shi, took the stage and took over the flag of the Third Fleet from Ram.
Huang Shi was not a person in Li Tomb's original forces, but a lieutenant colonel staff officer of the Ministry of National Defense. Graduated from the First Military Academy of the Federation, now 45 years old, he was a marginal person before, and in the purge launched by Li Tomb, because he actively moved closer to Li Tomb, he also showed extraordinary military qualities.
So in a month, he was promoted three ranks in a row, and now with the rank of lieutenant general, he became the commander of the reorganized Third Fleet. In this purge of the Union's military power, many generals who had belonged to other nobles were purged.
But in fact, Li Tomb's reserve of talents is not enough, and he can only choose to be promoted from some depressed marginal officers, to a certain extent, although Li Tomb now controls the federal military power, but it still needs time to digest, but unfortunately there is no time.
It's been more than a month since the Twin Eagle Empire occupied the Black Jupiter domain, and the landing battle on Black Jupiter hasn't completely ended, but it can't wait any longer.
During this time, there were many demonstrations in the Federation, demanding that the Federation send troops as soon as possible to counterattack the Double Eagle Empire, so even if the strength has not been completely stabilized, Li Tomb cannot delay any longer.
Fortunately, these are all minor problems, Li Tomb doesn't care about these worldly powers, but he can't do without them, and these are all bargaining chips in his hands in the future.
Because of the time, the swearing-in ceremony of the Third Fleet ended quickly, Ram coughed lightly, looked at the Federal Chairman Patton, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and spoke again, "Next, please stand up again and salute." Patton, the President of the Confederation, was asked to confer the rank of Marshal on Lord Earl. ”
In an uproar, the generals of the Third Fleet who had just sat down all stood up again, and Barton was silent for a moment, slowly stood up, walked to the front of the stage, took a deep breath, and then looked at the tomb of Li who had been sitting quietly.
"In accordance with the Federal Constitution, I confer the rank of Federal Field Marshal on behalf of the Federal Government only on His Excellency the Earl of Tomb Lee......"
Li Tomb slowly stood up and walked up to the stage step by step, with a straight military uniform, heroic and extraordinary, and his eyes were indifferent, looking at Patton, who was shorter than him.
Patton took a deep look at the Li Tomb, picked up the shoulder flower from the tray on the side, and put it on for the Li Tomb, and the original bare shoulders of the Li Tomb immediately added the rank of marshal, dazzling and shining, making people dare not look directly.
After becoming a marshal of the Federation, Li Tomb can no longer only secretly control the military power of the Federation, but openly owns the control of the seven fleets of the Federation and 30 million troops.
If the previous Li Tomb was still a little unjustifiable, then now Li Tomb has rightfully become the supreme commander of the Federation's 30 million troops, which is a very important thing for Li Tomb.
Even if his plan is implemented smoothly in the later period, the intervention of the ASEAN powers in the Muller Federation will not be able to directly leave him alone. Although Patton didn't know Li Tomb's thoughts, he also knew that Li Tomb chose to stand in the foreground and become a federal marshal, definitely not young and frivolous, for glory or something, he must have a deep plan, but now he is powerless, it is difficult to ride a tiger, and how can he refuse Li Tomb's request.
"Salute to the marshal!"
Ram opened his mouth to salute for the first time, and then all the generals of the Third Fleet also saluted, Li Tomb bowed slightly, ignored Patton's complicated expression, waved his hand to the generals present, and watched all the generals of the Third Fleet turn around and trot away from the venue.
They will immediately return to the military airport, organize the Third Fleet, and when Li Tomb's final speech is over, they will immediately set off and head towards the Immortal Cloud Throne.
The generals of the Third Fleet left, and the empty venue was quickly occupied by the multinational reporters who had been put in, and Hathaway watched the reporters enter and sit down in an orderly manner, looking at the tomb of Li standing on the stage at the moment.
Union President Patton, Secretary of State Sam, and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Department of Defense, First Fleet Commander Ram all stepped back and gave up the entire podium to Lee's Tomb.
She knew that the entire Federation would hear the speech of Li Tomb next, and the Earl, who had secretly begun to rule the Federation, was now finally standing on the stage and making his voice heard as the Marshal of the Federation.
"If I could, I would like to be standing here, not an earl, not a federal marshal, but just an ordinary federal person, singing a song to everyone, or dancing or something, although my singing voice is ugly, and my dancing is ugly......"
Li Tomb opened his mouth lightly, and the reporters in the audience immediately let out a good-natured laugh, Hathaway pursed his lips, sneered in his heart, and secretly scolded Li Tomb for being hypocritical, but he couldn't help but admit that such a Li Tomb, with a subdued and frustrated voice, full of magnetism, was indeed convincing.
"It's a pity that I'm standing here. Standing here as a federal marshal is not something to be honored with. Because I don't think the Confederation needs a marshal. Industrious, kind, brave Federalists don't need a so-called marshal to point fingers at their heads......"
"So when I stand here, I can only prove one thing, the Federation needs me, it needs me to call on all the Federation people, and it needs me to wake up all the Federation people who are still confused, in the face of the shameless war of aggression of the Double Eagle Empire, we must fight back fiercely!"
"The 30,000,000 Federalists are still resisting the invasion of the enemy in the fallen star field, they have never compromised, they have never surrendered, they are the heroes of the Federation. So, I want to ask the three trillion Federans, will you compromise? Will it surrender? ”
Li Tomb's tone gradually became intense, "No, the Federation will never compromise!" If the Twin Eagle Empire wants war, then we will give them war! ”
The radio waves began to spread, and the war declaration after Li Tomb was inaugurated as the marshal of the Federation went in all directions through the radio waves, making the entire Federation begin to boil.
Countless young people took to the streets, walked into the conscription points, countless donations went to the government, and all of them had only one thought, the Federation, never compromise, the empire wants war, then we will give them war.
Without much investigation, all discerning people could see that Li Tomb's premiere as Federal Marshal was a success, and too many young people became his ardent supporters after hearing Li Tomb's inauguration declaration.
If Li Tomb wins this war, there is no doubt that even if Li Tomb does not have the aura of an earl, he will still become the unshakable controller of the Federation.
"Even when Tian Guang was here, I'm afraid he didn't have the prestige he has now."
Mu Chenggong looked at the news broadcast and said quietly.
"It's his time. It's really hopeless. (To be continued......)