Chapter 43: A sly smile

July 25, 2063. At a press conference in the Western and Brody governments, it was announced that the trial of former President Leray Hamilton would take place on July 28.

Fifteen hours after the end of the press conference, which was hyped up by the media of various countries in Spain and accompanied by questions, it was a lively and lively press conference. Hamilton, who committed suicide in prison at the age of 57. He very simply, with death, refused to enter the enemy's court.

"You must be disappointed that I can't bow my head in court and be at your mercy!" It was a sentence he had written on the wall with his pen, and it undoubtedly gave Siyo and Brody a resounding slap in the face.

After receiving the news of Hamilton's death, the United Parliament of the Filipino Alliance immediately stopped the ongoing meeting and made a resolution. Flags were lowered at half-mast to pay tribute to the politician who led Le Ray in his heroic resistance to aggression.

When the joint flag of the Filipino League in front of the Parliament Building of the Filipino League, located in the southwest of Heidfield Fearless Square, the capital of Fiyan, was slowly lowered, the member countries of the Filipino League also announced at the same time that the flag was lowered at half-mast for Hamilton. Lowering the flag of a foreign leader is unprecedented in the history of many countries.

Commander-in-Chief of the Supreme Command of the United Filipino Army, President of the Republic of Fiyan Francis. Tang Zhenhai, the rotating chairman of the Filipino Alliance for July and the co-director of the Tatanian Free Alliance. Hastings, commander-in-chief of the High Command of the Combined Forces of Fiyan, made separate speeches. He praised Hamilton for his outstanding contribution to the Alliance's resistance to Western aggression, and affirmed the status and role of the Federation of Le Ray in the Alliance. And vowed that all member countries of the Filipino League will make every effort to win this war. Also Hamilton in the Spirit of Heaven, a complete, rich and free Le Ray Federation.

Immediately, in the Intrepid Square, directly opposite the Parliamentary Building of the Filipino League, the Filipino League held a rally to mourn Hamilton. In the July sun, when Flavio, the president of the Leray government-in-exile, took the podium. The whole world. It seems that at this moment, there is silence.

The hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Intrepid Square, and the people of other countries who watched through the live broadcast, were silent.

For most of them, the name Hamilton, is unfamiliar. That's not their president. If it is in peacetime. They will only pay attention to the news when they happen to see it, and then forget about it.

And now, this war has closely linked this person to them.

The president of an allied country, who committed suicide after being captured!

Everyone. All in shock and sadness. Feeling lost.

Le Ray Federation. This is a small and insignificant country in the Fijian Union. Make an impression on them. It's just too little. Even if the war began in Le Ray. They are also strangers to this far-flung country. The Great Patriotic War of Leredi. It seems to be another world and another era.

Until four years later to the present day. They just felt the war. Bring a difference to their lives.

But. And that's just getting them to pay attention. It's just a matter of the war situation in your own country. Countless ruins and ruins of Lelei. Countless people in displaced areas. Living and fighting against the people of Leray. They don't know anything.

Flavio stands in front of Hamilton's posthumous statue. After a few deep breaths. The voice slowly sounded over the loudspeaker: "He's standing behind me." I can still feel his gaze. And he smiled. ”

"Praise and mourn him in contrast to me. I know better what he's trying to say so. Let me be with him. Let's tell you. A. You don't know how to war. ”

The sound of Flavio, through the radio that spreads throughout the square. Echoing over the square. Through the trembling voice, people can clearly feel the pale and haggard old man in this shot, and the suppressed anger and sadness in his heart.

"It's well known. Leray, fought for four years. However, few people know the specific data of this unending war so far. Flavio held up a list in his hand: "This list, I always want to forget." But. These data are like knives. engraved in my heart. Let me tell you what is written on this list. ”

"Let me tell you that in the past four years there have been one thousand and twenty-six towns and cities in Lere, large and small, in ruins. Let me tell you, there are 650 million people in Lere, homeless! Let me tell you that nearly 200 million people died in the war, and let me tell you that we have nearly 30 million Leray soldiers who died on the battlefield! ”

The old man's loud voice was louder and louder. Many people covered their mouths in shock.

These data make them tremble.

"Sympathetic?" Flavio held his head high and said, "No! Don't shed tears for us! We don't need sympathy! We are proud of our country, our nation! This is the price paid by the people of Lelei for freedom, for territorial integrity, for resistance to aggression! We never regret it! ”

"No one can appreciate the hardship and cruelty of this war." Flavio's gaze looked at the clear sky. In front of him, the wide main road in the center of the square, stretching into the distance, was already crowded with people. His voice was also in the sky: "Our president, leading the 1.7 billion people of Leray, resisting Gacharin, resisting Desik, resisting Seuss, resisting Jeppen!" Although, their combined military strength is sixteen times that of ours"

"Thirty million soldiers of Leray lost their lives, but they defended our land for four whole years. They have annihilated twice as many enemies as theirs! A smile appeared at the corner of the old man's mouth, and tears rolled in his eyes, but they stubbornly did not fall: "Today we have lost another warrior." Flavio's words were like a hammer striking at everyone's hearts. When the old man was holding back tears. The countless people of the Filipino League who gathered at the scene and gathered in front of the huge public light curtain TV were already crying. Those data, shocked them, it was a catastrophe, a catastrophe!

Suddenly, the name Leray became real because of the portrait of Hamilton smiling hanging in the middle of the venue. The artillery fire, the billowing smoke, the gunfire, the cannon. As in front of you, as in your ears. They saw and heard so clearly, the struggle of the people of Lelei, the cry of the people of Lelei.

"A year ago, I was sitting in his house. Watching him curl up, holding his face, weeping for his eldest son, who had fallen in battle, like countless Leray families, it was a handsome young man. He died at the Newton Space Hop Point. The old man's voice trembled: "And today, he also went." ”

"He is a lawyer, a mature politician, the president of Leredi, the husband of a woman and the father of two children." Flavio turned his head and stared silently at Hamilton's picture. Tears of pride flowed from his eyes: "But in the final analysis, he is a Lelei man, a born warrior!" ”

on the square. Silent. In the midst of the tears, the voices of Flavio turned low as he whispered to Hamilton, "Man, the Hamilton family will always be the pride of Leray." ”

"They made an unforgivable mistake. They will pay for it! Flavio, wiping away tears, turned around, broadcast the director, and gave it to the podium. This veteran who only left tears for Hamilton, a close-up.

"We'll let everyone know, Leray, hasn't fallen yet!" Flavio clenched his fists tightly, and his voice sounded like a hard piece of iron.

"We've never been stronger!"

With these resounding words, he ended his speech.

At that moment, I looked at Flavio, who strode off the podium with his head held high. Everybody knows Leray.

One, never before has it been so clear.

The next day, articles appeared one after another in the newspapers and periodicals of the Filipino Union.

What were we doing when Leray was fighting? ", "On the Evolution of the War Situation in the Southeast Star Field", "A Dirty Political Vortex", "Who Will Take Responsibility? "Tell you a real Lelei", "United, or divided"

This wave of reflection on the Le Ray War quickly swept through all Filipino League member states. While people are grieving for Le Ray, they are also saddened by the many actions of the members of the Filipino League. Feeling angry. Countless sources have been excavated. People were surprised to find that except for the two expeditionary fleets, which were nothing to the Filipino Alliance. Whether it is material or other assistance, the support given by the Filipino Alliance to Le Ray is far from enough for Le Ray to support this war!

Especially when many people know that the current government in exile is not being respected by the government-in-exile, and even many meetings, intelligence, and decision-making have excluded the government-in-exile because of the Brody regime, this angry voice has almost drowned out the entire Filipino Union Parliament.

The outbreak of the storm forced the Parliament of the Filipino League to make a reflection, and the representatives of various countries met day and night to study and determine the contribution and status of Le Ray, and issued a series of resolutions with the nature of compensation and pacification.

According to these resolutions, Leray's two major systems in the Atlantis Domain, which are currently under the leadership of the government-in-exile, will receive priority material assistance via Cnavel and Gacharin. The Leray refugees will be unconditionally accepted and resettled by all countries. The requirements for the supply of the Lelei army will also be reviewed as soon as possible, and the audit standards are much more relaxed than before.

Francis, the commander of the coalition high command, even ordered the coalition command led by Hastings to come up with a specific plan to ensure the safety of the last two galaxies of Leray.

Hamilton's portrait is permanently hung in the Parliamentary Hall of the Filipino League.

In dozens of portraits of people who have made outstanding contributions to Fiji, he smiles quietly.

With a hint of cunning. The voice of the fat man of "Meiduo" is like a big bad wolf that lures Little Red Riding Hood.

"What are you doing?" Meiduo smiled softly, with a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes, like a pool of spring water.

"You have to be strong," the fat man said earnestly: "Life is still long, you need to realize your own value, put on your nurse's uniform, and work hard and fight!" ”

"Come less!" Mido bit her lip.

"Hahahaha" At the dinner table, Helen and Audrey couldn't straighten their waists with laughter, and the fork in their hands trembled.

The fat man lightly stuffed a piece of beef in his mouth, chewing it slowly and methodically, maintaining a sanctimonious appearance. The flesh on the face is pumping.

I've been coming to the base for a few days, and the reunion with Meiduo, no tears fly together to the death, hugging and kissing. The two of them are like old friends who have not seen each other for a thousand years and know their roots. Meiduo is always like that, gentle and lovely, she never seems to take the initiative to express her feelings passionately.

Because of this, the fat man can't imagine how much courage it takes for this girl to venture to find him alone.

What a docile little lamb.

The fat man bit hard at the flesh and looked at Helen and Audrey, who were laughing and coughing.

These two are actually little lambs, but why do the three little lambs get together and can't even realize their desire to see the nurse's uniform?

Just as he was thinking about it, Markevich walked into the restaurant quickly and walked in front of the fat man: "General, I just received news from Mars, Carolina, has arrived at Mars Freeport!" ”

As he spoke, he handed a folder to the fat man: "This one is from General Bernadotte." ”

"Oh?" The fat man put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth, took the file, decrypted it with his permission, and watched as he walked out of the restaurant.

Suddenly, he stood on his feet, and his face turned pale.

"General?" Markwich had never seen a fat man like this, and he felt that something was wrong: "What's wrong?" ”

The fat man turned his head with a blank expression.

"President Hamilton committed suicide." The last time I asked for a monthly pass, the gap with the previous one narrowed from 200 to 100. I don't know, can I make it into the top ten. I will continue to write with my heart. Tomorrow I'll go to the authors' annual conference, and I'll bring my computer. , more chapters, support authors, support genuine reading!