Chapter 8: Arrested
On December 1, 2061, three days after the relocation of the Federalist Forward Command to Lucerne, the third phase of the campaign finally began.
On the Western Front, the Lazi Line was still under heavy attack by the Federal Army, while the Gachalin Imperial defenders in the city of Rotsk were confined to the city and continued to resist with strong fortifications, and it was clear that the focus of both sides was not on this line. Gachalindi [***] re-established several defensive lines, stationed heavy troops on the plain of Lavos, and set up a decisive battle for the legion, while the forces of the federal army were transferred from the western front to the eastern front, the difference in strength between the two sides is not large, at least for now, it seems that Libgaut has been hiding the strength of Gachalin's army, and in the previous tug-of-war, Gachalindi[***]'s armored forces were not massively put into battle.
On the Eastern Front, the Federal Army and the Federal Support Forces that arrived in Lucerne one after another converged, and the First Army and the Second Army were divided into two arrows, one of which attacked the well-defended Donggu City head-on, and the other road detoured to the rear of Donggu City, clearly setting up a posture of steadily destroying them one by one. The newly formed Fifth Army, on the other hand, tentatively marched into the depths of the Lavos Plain, like a swinging whip, and began to clear the way for the First and Second Armies to attack after they took the city of Donggu.
Almost everyone's attention is focused on this battlefield, the confrontation atmosphere between the two camps of human society is becoming more and more tense, the countries of the West Covenant led by the Binart Empire demand that the Le Ray Federation immediately stop military operations at the Supreme Union Council, the two sides are talking more and more fiercely on the spot based on the current military line, and the wording is becoming more and more severe, the West Covenant never mentions any aggression, who is right and who is wrong, and it is all killings and civilian casualties, as if the Le Ray Federation is raising a butcher's knife to its own people.
The Filipino Alliance, led by the Republic of Fiyan, took a-for-tat and clear-cut position to support the military action of the Leray Federation to regain its territory, and the war of words between the two sides in the supreme council of mankind was in full swing, but everyone knew that this argument like a child's quarrel was just a show, and this scene was played out to the countries of their own camp! Only when troops are actually sent to intervene in the war will such a war of words stop.
Privately, the two camps not only stepped up their combat readiness, but also began to formulate battle plans for the war between the Gacharin Empire and the Lelei Federation, which was likely to be the fuse, and the six neighboring countries of different sizes around the Gachalin and Lelei Federation had even lowered their battle plans to the troops and raised their combat readiness levels. The diplomatic work of Gachalin and the Federation of Le Ray is even more intensive, and the envoys of both sides frequently travel to various countries in their own camp to obtain support and reassurance.
Lucerne's third phase of the battle is not only related to which side the military scale of the entire Galileo galaxy is inclined towards, but also related to whether the two major camps of human society will completely tear their faces in this war, in addition, this war has a more subtle meaning in the eyes of insiders, it shows that the battle in all aspects has suddenly entered the white-hot stage of turbulent waves from the calm and calm!
The first is the game between Libgault and Russell in Lucerne, both sides hold hole cards that others don't know, and the battle on the Lavos Plains is the most test of the commander's comprehensive command ability, space, logistics, land-based air force, ground forces, grassroots command, situation judgment, strategic deployment, main attack direction, and troop deployment. These things are all in the brains of two people, and whoever makes a mistake will get a bloody lesson on the plains of Lavos! In addition to the battlefield of the duel, no one knows where the opponent's fuzi is, sometimes, the place where the winner is decided is not the most fierce battle, both sides are speculating, no one dares to take it lightly.
Secondly, the entire Gacharin aristocratic circle, have begun to nervously wait and see, this war, indicates that the battle for the succession to the throne has entered a white heat, the three princes are not vegetarians, in their hands, they all have considerable power, dying and struggling, may not be able to stir the entire Gacharin into darkness and blood drifting. And the outcome of this war also foreshadowed whether James would immediately launch the Great Purge and begin the second military campaign in his life since the struggle for the throne. In the mind of this emperor, there are too many things that ordinary people can't understand, no one knows what he will do, no one knows what this ruthless emperor cares about, and no one knows where Gachalin will go under his leadership!
The Federation of Lere, on the other hand, is about to face a crisis, the country has been at peace for too long, war is a chaotic life, in this country, except for a few far-sighted generals, most people are not mentally prepared for a long and hard war, and Gachalin's war is for self-preservation, it is forced, and they are not willing to go through any war if they are given the choice. Public opinion is such that the political axe can only try to guide public opinion by all means, but the war-weariness still exists, and even when military victory is achieved, there are still people who jump out and loudly resist the war. These people do not understand that war is not subject to human will, and when it comes, it comes, and no one can stop it! And in the near future, it is likely that there will be a super war that will cause chaos in the entire human society, and who will be able to get out of this vortex and be alone? When the Battle of Lucerne is over, when the Levet Confederation finally takes back the Galileo system and begins to assemble troops outside the Minor Pyrenees domain, the country will be faced with a choice, a difficult choice.
People are busy nervously, the eyes of the international community are watching, and the two camps are intensifying their war preparations while arguing with each other. The generals of the Gachalin Empire and the Federation of Lelei are developing and implementing battle plans step by step, and Libgaut and Russell are commanding armies that do not belong to them to compete with each other. The nobles of Gacharin contacted each other, discussed, watched and judged, some nobles who were sure or did not choose, began to take sides, they had to choose a camp, this choice was cruel, after the dust settled, some old nobles will fall, and some new nobles will stand up again in their place. The opposition parties of the Federation began their activities, and the more open the country, the more different voices will appear, and each voice cannot be ignored, especially in this country, the voice of peace and neutrality shouted at this moment!
When everything began to look chaotic and fierce with the siege of East Valley City and the advance on the plains of Lavos by the Leray Federation Army, the unlucky guy Tian Xingjian did not escape prison because of a slap in the face, and as predicted, the Gachalin Royal Bureau of Investigation in Bruce's possession sent the fat man to the Abnosque prison without a trial by the Royal Supreme Court or an amnesty signed by James himself.
The arrest was carried out at night, a large number of royal guards dressed in royal bureau uniforms surrounded the fat man's residence in the paladin mecha company, and after the two bureau officials announced the arrest order to the fat man, they couldn't help but escort him into the car, and the fat man was convicted after only two hours in the bureau, and then threw himself into the Abnosque prison at great speed. This chain of actions caused a chaotic situation, and Reinhardt was on the run to coordinate the destruction of the Freedom Front, and the Mythical Legion was unable to react in the first place.
As soon as Christina got the news of the fat man's arrest, she immediately dialed George's phone. Then something happened that overwhelmed Christina. For two hours, George did not move, and when the fat man was thrown into prison, George began to act, first he approached Bruce and demanded the immediate release of the fat man, and then, the supreme judge of the royal court, the director of the investigation bureau, and the two commanders of the Mythical Legion all received his calls. The entire circle of Gachalin nobility was shaken on this night, and the arrest of a small man heralded the beginning of this war between brothers.
Stephen's approach was more direct, he publicly condemned Bruce's actions, expressed doubts about the results of the Royal Bureau of Investigation, and the intelligence in his hands began a re-investigation of the fat man in the first place. He even called Reinhardt before George, expressing his innocence and shock, and the next day, Stephen found him in Bruce's office in a fit of rage, and the two half-brothers quarreled and broke up. The development of the mecha of the Mythical Legion has reached a critical juncture, and at this time, Bruce's action obviously inserted a knife in Reinhardt's body, and this knife was also inserted in Stephen's body, and the happiest in this is, of course, George, who has been trying to pull the Mythical Legion into his camp.
Reinhardt remained silent about this, and a neutral prince acted on a mechanic, both the information and the investigation report showed that the arrested person was guilty of treason. In this investigative document, the mechanic Zhang Yuan is portrayed as a traitor who has been bought by the Lelei Federation since he left Gacharin, he has been trained as a military spy, and has carried out several missions, he is a true spy, his honest appearance hides a sinful heart, he racks his brains to break into the mythical army, intending to sell his country in exchange for glory and wealth. His exposure stemmed from the Bureau's espionage operation against the Leray Federation three years ago, in which Zhang Yuan gained the trust of the Imperial spy organization, and his despicable betrayal led to the arrest of several spies hiding in the Leray Federation. A staff member of the Bureau of Investigation, who had escaped his life by chance, finally recognized this man not long ago. The Investigation Bureau has finally caught the fox's tail after a series of meticulous investigations and evidence collection, and Zhang Yuan will be judged by the Empire!
Bruce's plans and materials are very thorough, and he can't clear the fat man's name in a short period of time. And the arrest of the fat man, someone behind him, Reinhardt is not a fool, he knows very well where the Mythical Legion should stand at this time, although he protects his shortcomings, but he is not an impulsive person. Therefore, in the eyes of all the nobles, Reinhardt seemed to accept the facts very easily, and no matter what the two princes did, no matter what Bruce said, he remained silent, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.
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The fat man was stripped naked, locked in the disinfection room for a full hour, and then dragged out half-dead, stimulated by the high-voltage electric batons, the fat man quickly put on his prison uniform and followed the guards to the place where he was being held.
The fat man was held in cell D2 of the Abnosk prison, which was not large, but more than 20 square meters, and held five prisoners, and the fat man was the sixth in this cell. The prisoners were a little excited when they saw the arrival of a new person, and when the guard kicked the fat man in and closed the door, the fat man knew that he was going to suffer a little. Wearing a large prison uniform, he is simply pocket-sized compared to the strong man holding his arms in front of him. The strong man twisted the fat man up like a chicken, and before he could ask, the fat man cried, and the ghost cried wolf and burst into tears, and he looked extremely aggrieved.
"Smack!" A slap on the fat man's face, half of his face immediately became red and swollen, and the strong man sneered faintly: "Fatty, if I hear you snort again, Lao Tzu will beat you to death!" ”
The fat man who knew the times immediately stopped his voice, he didn't even sob, and looked at this strong man who was obviously the king and hegemon in this cell with tears in his pitiful eyes. Is there still justice in this world?
The strong man touched his bare head, threw the fat man to the ground with a strong right hand, sat down on the bed with a golden knife, stared at the fat man trembling with his two eyes, and saw the fat man paralyzed on the ground like a pile of rotten meat, and then slowly asked: "Say, how did you get in?" ”
At the mention of this, the fat man's tears were like a flood that had opened the floodgates, and the big ones fell straight down, and he even crawled to the ground and hugged the bald legs, and cried out miserably: "I am wronged, wronged!" Please, I'm so wronged, let me out, please. The slut looked like he couldn't figure out what was going on, which amused the prisoner next to him. The bald strong man kicked the fat man into a somersault, and said with some annoyance: "Silly fat man, you are fucking deliberately having fun with Lao Tzu, right?" ”
(To be continued)