Chapter 108: Strife
With the successive statements of the high-level leaders of various parties, Marshal Bivis's face became darker and darker. The expressions of the senior generals on the federal side also became embarrassed.
Soon, the resolution was passed almost unanimously. Some friendly countries, including the Gardret Federation, voted in favor this time!
Everyone's eyes are on Federal President Tang Tingjun, the marshal is going to stay and waiting for him to say a word now!
Looking at the angry, mocking, and disdainful gazes around him, Tang Tingjun sighed and said slowly: "Okay! Since you all agree that it is necessary to change the commander. Well, Marshal Bivis, rest for a few days! β
As soon as these words came out, it immediately caused a commotion among the generals of the Federation, and several young generals jumped up and shouted excitedly: "The marshal can't leave, the current situation of the Federation is inseparable from him!" β
More generals remained silent, and the expressions of those civil officials became subtle, and they exchanged silent glances with each other, as if they were already beginning to think about how much benefit they could get from this incident for themselves and the group they belonged to!
Marshal Bivis looked at the reactions of the people around him with a blank expression. Today's situation has been expected by him since the beginning of the war, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly!
He is the Minister of Defense of the Federation, has served this country for hundreds of years, and has spent his life here! As a result of his military exploits, he rose through the ranks, eventually becoming one of only two staff marshals of the Federation. The Marshal's Scepter is the highest honor a soldier can receive! It is necessary to have extremely outstanding military talent, and to have unquestionable great merit to the Federation, to be awarded!
There is no vanity under the fame! To be able to come this far, how can he be so unbearable in the eyes of others? Today's situation only shows that the talent of the commander is not the whole thing that determines the victory or defeat on the battlefield!
Only he himself knows how many hands are held in the authority of the Supreme Commander!
When the Borosto fleet first appeared on the border more than two months ago, he was already aware of the unprecedented crisis of the Federation with hundreds of years of experience. The alien soldiers are in full swing, and the Federation is right in the way of their guns, resisting almost all the pressure alone!
At that time, the forces of the Federation had not yet been fully mobilized, and foreign aid had not yet arrived. He barely closed his eyes and moved his home to the command hall of the military headquarters. When you are hungry, you will pour a few mouthfuls of nutrients, and when you are sleepy, you will take a nap on the seat, and within half an hour, you will open your eyes and continue to worry about the battle situation on the front line!
In view of the ferocious offensive of the enemy, he proposed to shrink the defensive line, abandon some remote star fields that are not conducive to defense, and concentrate on guarding the areas with a high degree of development and dense population of the Federation. For this, the interests of tens of billions of people in the Frontier Star Region had to be sacrificed!
Such a sacrifice is undoubtedly painful, but it is the only feasible way! In the face of an opponent whose strength is far superior to his own, in order to keep the Federation, he can only adopt this strategy of breaking the wrist of a strong man!
Although the strong man broke his wrist, he saved his life, as long as his life is still there, he will naturally have a chance to make a comeback in the future!
However, the federal parliamentarians are not doing it! More than a dozen frontier star fields, tens of billions of people, and countless factories, mineral deposits, and military bases, just abandoned without a fight? All lost to the Borostosto? How can there be such a reason!
As a result, under the instigation of these politicians who do not understand military affairs, public opinion is boiling, and the official and non-governmental media are working at full speed, and the dogs scolded by the generals are bloody! The mass demonstrations of the people have never stopped!
President Tang Tingjun said to him earnestly: "War is a continuation of politics, and a general who does not understand politics cannot be regarded as a good general!" You can't make any decisions without taking into account the political implications, and you can't take into account the feelings of the people! β
"If you insist on going your own way, it will cause uncontrollable problems for this administration! It could even affect the midterm elections in Parliament!"
"We must talk about politics and take the overall situation into account!"
Overall situation? What's the big picture? Is the survival of the Federation the big picture? Or is it that the interests of a certain political party, certain politicians are more important for the overall situation! Is the vote the most important big picture?
Only he understands what politicians think, those frontier star fields are all resource-rich regions, and the major chaebols have huge investments there! If the alien invasion is abandoned like this, won't all these investments be wasted?
The lives of the people, these chaebols don't care, they only care about their own money bags! Wanting them to give up certain interests for the sake of the overall situation is tantamount to cutting meat on them, can they agree?
Most of the guys in the parliament are the spokesmen of the interests of the major chaebols. I don't know how much campaign money I receive from them every year! After taking the benefits, how can there be a reason to do your best to wave the flag and shout for the master?
So, under the bitter scolding of the media, under the threat of the parliament to start the impeachment proceedings, and under the unanimous pressure of the federal president and cabinet, the military gods of the federation gave in helplessly! A new battle plan has been developed aimed at total defense without losing an inch of territory!
Needless to say, what happened later! The hastily laid defensive line of the Union troops was easily torn apart by the ferocious Borosto fleet! Within a week, all those star fields had fallen, and tens of billions of people who were originally scheduled to evacuate the rear were also rejected by the government on the grounds that "large-scale relocation of people will make the people doubt the war situation, and may cause widespread panic and disrupt social order"!
And the real reason is that those wealthy star fields in the rear are unwilling to accept such a large number of people, which will undoubtedly squeeze out the employment opportunities of the locals, and consume a lot of resources to settle them!
After the fall of the Frontier Star Field, those politicians did not learn a lesson, on the contrary, they intensified! Sometimes an order is overruled by the president for all sorts of reasons! And the parliament threatens impeachment at every turn, forcing the military to comply!
In this way, under the fingers of a group of politicians, the federal army is losing one after another! Even the reinforcements of various countries have been affected by the pond fish!
Marshal Bivis's ability to command troops can be ranked in the top ten in the entire sea of stars! It was out of trust in him that the unruly generals of various countries agreed to form a joint command, with him as the supreme commander.
However, they did not expect that the power of the marshal had been carved up by the stupidity of the federal politicians! He's worked so hard to figure out a plan! It is also ruined by their selfish calculations!
The actions of this group of politicians, or rather, the actions of the major forces behind them, have far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people!
For example, when a certain star field is about to fall, the military sends a transport fleet to help people evacuate. As the last fleet was about to leave, a wealthy man asked the fleet to stay a little longer, citing the loss of one of his pet dogs! It is an extremely valuable pure-blooded breed from the earth, and it is said that there are no more than twenty in the entire sea of stars!
The fleet commander didn't intend to ignore this ridiculous request, not wanting that guy to be an important figure in a certain big consortium, so he immediately turned on the hyperspace communication device and filed a complaint with the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives. And the Deputy Speaker made it clear to the Commander that the Parliament was going to introduce a bill in the near future to review the performance of certain generals in the Union Army in the war! What to do, you see for yourself!
Faced with such a brazen threat, the commander succumbed. The fleet's mech units had to all be dispatched to find dogs on the surface of the entire planet!
In the end, the dog was not found, but the fleet of the Borostons came! 5,000 warships, together with more than 2 million officers and men, and nearly 100 million people on 23,000 large transport ships, all became food for the Borostons! It's because of that dog!
In the eyes of those big chaebols, a pet dog beloved by their own family is worth more than the lives of hundreds of millions of ordinary people!
Of course, that's not the most infuriating. Another time, when deploying a new line of defense, the president directly ordered Marshal Bivis to revise the plan and deliberately avoid two star fields, even if those two star fields have an extremely complete military fortress system, even if the integrity of the entire defense line is greatly reduced!
As for the reason, the president's reasoning was the need to concentrate on the defense of the Federation's core star field. But Marshal Bevis knew that he would never utter the words.
Most of the people in those two star fields support the opposition!
In the face of the unprecedented crisis in the human world, these high-ranking bigwigs still only care about their own interests and serve their own selfishness! Or even manipulating the state apparatus to achieve its goals! All kinds of shady, all kinds of ugliness, shocking!
"Perhaps, for the future of the Federation! A coup d'Γ©tat is the best solution! To hell with this bunch of damn politicians! "These were the words that his good friend, Yang Long, another staff marshal of the Federation, said to him.
At that time, he refused without thinking about it, and reprimanded the other party. Born as a civilian, he grew up in a democratic federation, then joined the army, started as a small soldier, worked his way up, worked his way up, and rose all the way! He gave all his heart and soul to this country! The proudest thing is the federal democratic system, although it is not perfect, and there are many drawbacks, but ordinary people at least have a chance to fight! Compared to those imperial countries, religious countries are still much stronger!
How could he, for his own selfishness, completely destroy the system he had defended for hundreds of years?
Ten days later, Yang Long was killed in battle, and millions of Borosto warships besieged his defense area, and he was watching from hundreds of light years away, helpless! Because the president did not allow him to send troops to the rescue, because the wand-wielding marshal did not listen to them very much!
The pillar of the Federation was thus destroyed in the hands of a group of filthy politicians!
Old friend, in fact, you are the most correct! Marshal Bivis finally felt a trace of remorse in his heart.
His eyes slowly swept over the faces of the civil officials, perhaps because of their weak hearts, they all unconsciously avoided his gaze, and none of the officials dared to look him in the eyes!
"Alright! Your Excellency, as you wish! He stared at Tang Tingjun's face and said calmly, "I will hand over the supreme command." In addition, I am resigning from all positions in the federal military! β
He gently picked up the Marshal's Scepter beside him, rubbed it for a while, and placed it on the table in front of him.
The two-foot-long scepter is made of gold, decorated with an elaborate pine branch pattern, inlaid with a variety of precious stones, and the top of the scepter is a pattern of the federal coat of arms carved from a single piece of golden jade crystal.
This is the symbol of the highest honor of a soldier, looking at the entire sea of stars, the major ** parties, there are no more than fifteen cane-wielding marshals still alive!
How fortunate it is for the Federation to have two at the same time! How tragic it is that both of them fell victim to the political struggle!
One last look at it, he slowly got up and hobbled out of the venue!
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