As Bai Lingfeng expected, the day after the end of the defense of Maple Island, the commander-in-chief sent him a message asking him to go to Maple Island to attend the Federal Assembly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The reason why the Info convened the council there instead of in the capital was because they couldn't get out of it, and they were afraid that Ma Shu would take advantage of the lack of troops on Maple Island to attack again.

Bai Lingfeng had no opinion on this, and directly led the fleet from the capital to Maple Island.

The capital is also some distance from Maple Leaf Island, but at the speed of the Mingxue, it can be reached in an hour or two.

After coming to Maple Island, Bai Lingfeng couldn't help frowning. The island's Maple Leaf Harbor is in shambles, and many of its once tall and magnificent buildings have been reduced to ruins. The dark defensive turrets, in particular, have now been blown to the ground. This shows the fierceness of the fighting in the past few days.

Far from being lifeless, the island is bustling with activity, with construction workers of all stripes working diligently, clearing the rubble, rebuilding buildings, and repairing turrets.

"I've seen Admiral Bai Lingfeng!"

When Bai Lingfeng took the Fengxian and them to the shore, a reception officer immediately greeted him and saluted him.

"Hey, you seem to be a little familiar, you also received me last time I went to Redwood Island, right?" Bai Lingfeng looked at him in surprise.

The receptionist's face stiffened, and he hurriedly apologized: "I was so negligent last time, and I hope that Admiral Bai Lingfeng will not care about the villain, so don't take it to heart." ”

As he spoke, he squeezed out a few tears, looking very pitiful.

"What are you doing here?" Bai Lingfeng frowned, "Do your job well and show me the way." Last time on Redwood Island, your attitude towards me wasn't too bad, and I didn't take it to heart. ”

"Yes, yes." The receptionist didn't dare to say anything more. If time could be turned back, when he was on Redwood Island, he would definitely receive Bai Lingfeng like he received Lieutenant General Gary!

After all, everyone understands now that Bai Lingfeng is no longer what it used to be. Previously, he was only a marginal figure in the center of federal power, with no name and no power. But now, not only does he have a growing reputation in the Federation, but he also has the strength to defeat the Silvermoon Legion. If nothing else, his power in the Federation will definitely be very great in the future, which can be offended by a mere reception officer?

Fortunately, Bai Lingfeng really didn't take that matter to heart at the beginning.

After a while, under the leadership of the reception officer, Bai Lingfeng came to the conference hall. Just like when they were on Redwood Island, they had no right to enter, so they could only wait in the lobby outside.

Bai Lingfeng hesitated for a while, but finally agreed.

As soon as he pushed open the door of the conference hall, he could see the scene inside. The Commander-in-Chief sat at the head as before, while Lieutenant General Raphael, Lieutenant General Gary, and Lieutenant General Owen sat on either side of the table.

All four of them had gloomy faces and did not speak, and they did not know what they were thinking.

"Hello Commander-in-Chief." Bai Lingfeng immediately saluted.

The commander-in-chief glanced up at him, bowed slightly, and said, "Since you are here, let's sit down quickly, now that everyone has arrived, the council has officially begun." ”

After a pause, he continued: "You should all know the final result of this battle for the defense of Maple Island. Although we won the final victory, I think that no one, including you, will be happy. Our losses in this battle are too great, whether it is the federal fleet or the local fleet, almost all of them have been disabled, and it is impossible to recover to the peak state without recuperating for three years. ”

"I'm afraid it's hard to recover in three years. Although we salvaged a lot of ship girls in this battle, if we want to promote them to the second order, each of them will cost about 100 million Zhou coins. In the past, our five Federation fleets had a total of seventy-five second-order warships, and in addition to the twenty that are still left, that is, we will have to spend at least 5.5 billion to refill the staff. 5.5 billion big Zhou coins, can three years of federal tax revenue make up for this gap? I'm afraid it's enough, and that's not even including the cost of restoring the local fleet. Lieutenant General Owen sighed.

"It's not that practical." As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Lingfeng spoke, "The strength of the fleet in my hands is not bad, it is not worse than the ordinary Federation fleet, and it can help share some of the military pressure." ”

Seeing him speak, all the commanders-in-chief, their eyes moved to him.

The commander-in-chief's face was calm and did not show any expression because of these words, but both Raphael and Gary couldn't help frowning. Bai Lingfeng's words gave them a wake-up call. Now in the Federation, apart from the commander-in-chief, he is the strongest soldier, which is not good news for them!

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, the commander-in-chief coughed and said slowly: "This issue can be discussed later, I think the most important thing to discuss now is the issue of your positions." Now, there are only five of us councilors left in the Federation, and I am too old to sit on Hurricane Island, and the remaining eleven town-level islands need to be managed by you......"

The meat show is finally here!

After listening to the commander-in-chief's words, including Bai Lingfeng, their eyes couldn't help but light up. Although they had long known that after losing so many generals, their power would definitely increase, but seeing the commander-in-chief take the initiative still made them feel a little surprised.

It's just that, in addition to the surprise, they are a little helpless. Don't think that the commander-in-chief only needs the right to manage an island, and thinks that he really has no intention of power. You must know that Hurricane Island is a county-level island, and it is also the capital of the Watt Federation, and its land area and population far exceed the sum of the three southern islands. Getting the right to manage this island is even more valuable than getting the right to manage all the town-level islands!

However, there is no way to do this, after all, the commander-in-chief has the highest prestige in the hearts of the people of the Federation, and coupled with his good strength, he is indeed the most qualified to sit on Hurricane Island.

Of course, in the Battle of Maple Island, the commander-in-chief's strength was reduced a lot, and if Bai Lingfeng wanted to challenge his authority, it was not impossible. But he couldn't. Now the Watt Federation is already very miserable, and it simply cannot withstand an infighting. Moreover, if he really goes against the commander-in-chief, I am afraid that the prestige that he has built up so hard in the hearts of the people will be lost.

However, he didn't fight for Hurricane Island, but the other islands still had to fight, so he immediately spoke: "The southern part of the Federation is adjacent to the Silvermoon Legion, and a strong fleet needs to be stationed there. And now, only my fleet is the most suitable. Therefore, I would like to officially get the management of the three islands of Qianlong Island, Rongguang Island and Merga Island......"