Chapter 4: The Eve of the Blizzard
17 November 15 in the Chronological Calendar.
Before dawn, Feng Die quietly got up from the bed - she slept in Hong Yuesheng's bed last night.
She gently jumped over the beer cans on the ground, bypassed Hong Yuesheng, who was sleeping on the ground with a blanket, bent down and pulled the quilt for Hong Yuesheng, and tidied up her hair in front of the mercury-bottom mirror on the wall, and left without makeup.
As soon as Feng Die left, Hong Yuesheng opened her eyes, turned over and jumped up from the ground to keep up with Feng Die, when she suddenly heard her sister's call. He turned his head and gently lifted the curtain at the end of the room, and his sister slept on a small bed wrapped in a torn cotton jacket and quilt behind the curtain, muttering in her sleep, mixed with a slight cough.
He lowered his head and kissed his sister on the forehead, lightly closed the curtain again, grabbed his only thin gray cotton coat, and still did not find the signal transmitter attached to the cotton coat. When he went out, the phoenix butterfly was gone, but he guessed that the phoenix butterfly should have gone in the direction of the base.
The base is located in the center of the sewers, which used to be the central area, so it is extraordinarily large compared to the normal sewer area, and pipes from several areas of the city are converging here for transit and diversion, and leading to various places.
But by the time Hong Yuesheng arrived at the base, there were only sporadic logistics personnel left in the huge base. When Hong Yuesheng stood in the center of the base at a loss, the road was narrow, and he ran into the prince and his party.
Due to yesterday's fight, the prince still has a hemostatic patch on his face.
From a distance, the bear saw Hong Yuesheng and sneered: "Yo, the heel insect who is protected by the girls, have you changed your diaper?" ”
"Shh The others followed and whistled.
Hong Yuesheng held back her anger, but she still stood in front of the prince and his party: "Let me participate in the mission together, what I owe you yesterday, I will pay you back today!" ”
The bear stepped forward and pushed Hong Yuesheng away, and Hong Yuesheng fell to the side of the road and made a fart: "Get out of the way, stinky boy, we don't need waste!" ”
Today's task is on his body, and the prince who passed by didn't plan to waste time on Hong Yuesheng today, but just glanced at Hong Yuesheng with contempt, and drove away under the support of his own team.
Hong Yuesheng vaguely heard the bear sending a message loudly to the prince: "Prince, the assembly order for the central square has been issued." ”
"Brother Xiong." Kiki whispered to stop the bear's loud shouting.
Waiting for the prince and his party to walk away, Hong Yuesheng got up and patted his buttocks, and ran to the central square from another road.
At this time, on the ground, a heavy snowfall last night had stained all the streets of the mirage white.
To celebrate the arrival of the new ambassadors, the entire Old Town has been covered with the flags of Yaning and Meda Busoya, which are flown side by side, symbolizing the close relationship between the two countries. The Yaning Police and the Meda Busoya Police lined up to patrol important neighborhoods and major intersections, and the main roads had been cleared, but any suspicious person would be immediately interrogated.
Armored vehicles, anti-gravity ground cruisers, and maglev vehicles were all ready for the celebration, and helicopters closely monitored the situation in the old town, and transmitted images to the backstage of the main venue of the old town event: the central square of the old town.
The wall-mounted screen in the Ambassador's Lounge shows a bird's-eye view of the street from the implementation. Off the screen, two men are chatting in the room.
“I’ve_heard_that_during_the_war_between_Yanin_and_Medarbussoya,this_is_where_Yanin_I,the_emperor_of_Yanin,took_the_salute_from_the_armed_forces_and_delivered_his_ speech,after_which_the_troops_marched_towards_the_frontline.
(I heard that during the Asian-American War, the emperor of the Yaning Empire, Yaning I, was here to parade the soldiers and give a speech, and the troops under review immediately went to the front line to fight.) The person who spoke was a mixed-race man in a black suit that was a personal bodyguard, sitting in the doorway, in a rather casual posture - arms crossed, Erlang's legs crossed a little bit, chewing gum in his mouth, still no socks in his leather shoes, not much in tune with the surrounding atmosphere - it was Nakajiu.
In front of him, looking at the screen was also a middle-aged half-breed, about thirty years old, with silver hair meticulously turned back to his head, and his outfit had the typical atmosphere of a Meda Busoya government person, which was very different from the style of the person behind him. He looked at the bird's-eye view and nodded:
“Yes.But_it_is_said_that_the_occasion_was_rather_chaotic. Many_soldiers_were_slovenly_dressed_with_their_faces_caked_in_dust. Some_even_had_no_idea_where_they_were_heading_for. That’s_why_it_was_ridiculed_by_Medarbussoyan_historians_as_the_most_despicable_military_parade.
(Yes, but it is said that the scene was chaotic, and many soldiers were dusty and sloppy in clothes, and they didn't even know where they were going.) Therefore, I have jokingly called the most "unsightly" military parade by my Meda Busoya historian. )”
Zhong Jiu pouted: "At_least_they_demonstrated_admirable_courage.
(But at least the courage is commendable). ”
The middle-aged mixed-race woman lowered her voice: "ZhongJiu, you'd_better_be_more_careful_with_your_political_stance_on_Yanin, otherwise_you_will_find_yourself_introuble_in_Medarbussoya...
(Zhongjiu, you better be cautious about Yaning, otherwise it may cause you trouble in Meda Busoya......)"
Zhong Jiu didn't care: "Come_on, Steven.No_need_to_worry_about_me. Mind_your_own_diplomatic_business.
(Come on, Stephen.) I don't need you to worry, I care about your ambassadorial work. )”
At this time, the voice of the ambassador's guard came from outside the door: "Mr. Ambassador, everything_is_ready. The_floor_is_yours_now.
(Report, everything is ready, please Mr. Ambassador, you can travel.) )”
The middle-aged mixed-race child still looked worried: "Are_you_sure_everything_is_OK?
(Are you sure it's okay?) )”
Nakahisa blew a big bubble of gum in his mouth until "Smack!" Nakahisa looked at Stephen with a crooked smile and stood up and pushed the door out.
Standing guard at the door was Zhong Jiu's personal deputy, Ajie, who immediately stood up and saluted when he saw Zhong Jiu come out.
Nakahisa stretched lazily, "OK, let's_go, Ajie!" Protect_the_ambassador.
(Okay, Applejack, let's go!) Defend the Ambassadors. )”
Always with Applejack Kevin, a Westerner, and don't forget to instruct: "ZhongJiu, you_are_in_the_old_town_of_Yanin.Many_locals_live_here. Be_careful.
(Zhongjiu, this is the old city where the Yaning people are concentrated, you should be more careful.) )”
Nakahisa: "Give_me_a_break, Kevin! You_old_boy! Since_when_have_you_become_so_fussy.
(Okay, Kevin, you old boy, when did you become such a mother-in-law.) )”
Ambassador Stephen leaves under the escort of the rest of the guards, while Nakahisa and Applejack head to the giant freight elevator that leads to the backstage maintenance room, which is designed to be the size of a robot, not a human, in order to transport the MechHeart Mech.
When descending in the elevator, Nakahisa was a little impatient:
"Damn, this old, it's slow to death, and it doesn't even have a floor display. Hey, give me a cigarette. Nakahisa puts his hand on Applejack's shoulder, and Applejack pulls a cigarette and lighter out of his suit pocket, revealing the sun totem tattoo on his wrist as he lifts his hand to light a cigarette for Nakaku. Nakahisa put the cigarette in his mouth and took a puff, puffing it onto the "No Smoking" warning sign hanging on the wall of the elevator in front of him.
The elevator door opens, and in front of Nakahisa and Applejack is a huge makeshift mobile unit supply workshop converted from an underground warehouse. Two maintenance lines stand facing each other, each with five sets of mobile armor, each of which is two meters and five meters high, and is painted by Yaning, commonly known as the "Heart of Machinery".
By the time they arrived, the mobile units had been activated one by one, and the Guards were walking past them with giant robots. The two of them walked to the middle of the second equipment line and boarded their mechs from the escalator. Zhongjiu's mecha is a front and rear dual-pilot mecha, which is larger than ordinary mechas, and it is spray-painted with graffiti, with sharks and beautiful women, and it looks a little dizzy at first glance. Applejack's only knife has his name engraved on the solitaire, which is much simpler. The two of them sat in their respective mechs, Zhongjiu sat in the main pilot's seat, the co-pilot next to him was empty, and after the frontal armor shell was lowered to completely cover the body, the external wiring connecting the armor was disconnected one by one, and white steam came out when each one was disconnected. Nakahisa moves his fingers to control the neuronal sensing device to fit onto the body, and these artificial neurons will amplify the sensory functions of the human body several times, so that the mobile soldier can react quickly despite maneuvering the heavy mech. Nakahisa closed his eyes to adjust to the heightened senses, and suddenly, Nakahisa felt a special aura - like the telepathy of a conjoined baby, sensing another similar individual approaching, "Is that Applejack?" ”
"Big brother, what's wrong?" Applejack asks via the communicator.
"Oh, it's fine." Nakahisa shook his head, and his mech shook his head left and right following his movements, "No, it's not Applejack, it's a feeling that is far stronger than him." Zhong Jiu never wanted to think much about things that he couldn't grasp, he and his mecha crossed their hands and stretched them out, and then made a typical pose that super mechs like to pose: one hand was placed on his chest, and the other was stretched forward diagonally: "Zhong Jiu, let's go!" The face of the "Buddha" under the steel helmet of the mecha head immediately switched to a state of alert, but the funny thing is that the face of the Buddha has been secretly painted by Zhong Jiu last night to look like a panda.
Kavin, who was at the door of the main control room in the distance, shook his head helplessly when he saw that not only did he hold his hand to his head, but Applejack couldn't help but laugh out loud in the mech, and then manipulated the mecha to follow Zhongjiu closely.
In the underpass, Hong Yuesheng, who was running, also stopped, and looked at the sky through the iron fence cast into a manhole cover above his head, which was the direction of the central venue, and for some reason a faint feeling deeply attracted him from this direction, a sense of déjà vu......
At ten o'clock in the morning, the welcome ceremony of the Alliance Day and the ambassadors officially began, but unfortunately the sky was not beautiful, the sky was still overcast, and it looked like it was about to snow again.
Due to the fact that the defeated country of Yaning in the Asian-American War was forced to reorganize and was deprived of the right to own an army, only the honor guard composed of schools, government and civil institutions carried the Yaning national flag to participate in the celebration, they were locals from different parts of the mirage, representing different classes, a total of 300 people, followed by the Asian-American post-war committee team, and the capital police team.
The celebration procession also included a column of armored vehicles transferred from the Meda Busoya Garrison to the Mirage in the capital, which was not loaded because it was for the festival -- the tanks were not loaded, and there were four armored vehicles in each side, a total of four platoons, each of which was planted with the small flags of Yaning and Meda Bussoa.
At the same time, in the underground labyrinth, the "Revival" guerrillas also used sewers to gather near the central square from all directions.
In addition to the traditional troops on the ground, the most eye-catching thing is still the "Heart of the Machine" urban police column transformed by the mobile rangers who played an important role during the "Asian-American War", which is organized into three square teams. They were able to float forward in the air about half a meter in the air through the magnetic levitation jet device behind them, and they were in a neat formation.
In the underground labyrinth, Butterfly is in a hole in the sewers, waiting for a few guerrillas to hand her a long package that has been prepared in advance.
In the air, the parade aviation unit is composed of 111 combat planes, six air echelons, and six planes are formed in a triangle, flying over the central square at an altitude of 300 meters and a speed of 900 kilometers per hour. Looking at the colorful smoke dragged by the tail of the plane overhead, the sky is cut into swimming lanes, and then on the route over which the plane flies, a giant hologram floating in the air appears every other paragraph, reviewing the signing of the armistice agreement between Yaning and Meda Bussoa, the old city of Yaning, and the new community established with the assistance of Meda Bussoya, etc., and other historical images, gradually transitioning from black and white to color.
Applejack nodded to the guards guarding the side, and a total of ten Mechanical Heart mechs were activated at the same time, a total of two were on the stage, while Nakahisa, Applejack and the rest of the team were distributed to guard the key passages on the left and right of the podium.
When Yaning's guard of honor entered the venue, the ambassador's motorcade also arrived at the same time, and the ambassador walked through the passage surrounded by mecha troops and walked onto the podium.
As one of the few mixed-race children born before the war, Stephen, the ambassador of the new colony, grew up in Meda Busoa, and in fact was completely Western in his bones and behavior, and it was precisely because of his American and Asian ancestry that he became the most suitable representative of the ambassador to the colony, and also represented the de facto middle class of Meda Busoa today.
He paused into the microphone and began to speak, in the official language of Meda Busoya,
“My_fellow_Yanin_compatriots! After_that_long_and_arduous_war_ten_years_ago,this_is_the_first_time_that_the_land_of_Yanin_has_been_completely_surrounded_by_friends_and_allies!”
The secretary was doing simultaneous translation next to him:
"Fellow Yaning compatriots, after that long and arduous war ten years ago, for the first time, our Yaning Continent is completely surrounded by friends and partners!"
In the general control room, the dispatching and security personnel were nervously coordinating the work of various units, and suddenly an emergency message from the helicopter came, and the female communications soldier hurriedly took the situation received and reported it to the commander.
Ambassador Stephen continued his speech:
“Any_individual,nation_or_country_may_make_mistakes. But_thanks_to_the_tolerance_and_assistance_from_Medarbussoya,Yanin_has_emerged_even_stronger_from_its_past_mistakes_and_gained_its_rebirth_by_establishing_a_thriving_ and_robust_constitutional_monarchy…”
"Everyone, any people, any country, there are times when mistakes are made, but thanks to Meda Busoya's tolerance and support, it helped Yaning to come out of his mistakes, establish a new constitutional monarchy, and regain his ......"
The chiefs who managed the crowd made a clapping gesture to signal that the crowd should applaud here, and the applause continued with thunderous applause.
Zhongjiu in the audience rolled his eyes in the mecha mask: "Cliché. ”
In the command room, the female soldier rushed into the room: "Sir! There are people marching near the central square! ”
The commander in charge of the command of the venue was a native of Meda Busuya, who could hear Yaning but could not speak much, and when he heard the news, he was like a great enemy: "Where? ”
The female soldier panted and replied, "Alas, alas, Everywhere!"
A police helicopter in the air is urgently announcing the situation in the neighborhood: "Large_crowds_in_demonstration_spotted_to_the_east, south, west_and_north_of_the_Central_Plaza!" Repeat! Large_crowds_in_demonstration_spotted_along_all_the_main_roads_to_the_Central_Plaza!
(A large number of marchers suddenly appeared in the east, south, west, and north of the central square!) Repeat! There were a large number of marchers in all directions of the main road in the central square! )”
Looking down from above, hundreds of people suddenly appeared from all over the country and flocked to the central square.
Commander: "But, but_how_is_that_possible??!
(But how is this possible??! )
Outside the venue, almost all the manhole covers on the street were opened, and the people at the bottom of the underground labyrinth were rushing out of the underground under the cover of the crowd on the road. People were holding banners that read "Give me back Yaning" and "Give me back my human rights!" and other slogans, rushing to the venue.
The police who maintained order acted urgently, setting up barricades outside the central square or blocking the road with armoured vehicles, and riot police with shields to block the road.
The ambassador is still ignorant of what is happening outside the field: "It_gives_me_a_greatest_honor_to_be_here_as_a_bridge_connecting_the_Republic_of_Yanin_and_Medarbussoya...
("I am honored to be here today, as a bridge between the Republic of Yanin and Meda Busoya......)"
In the backstage command room, the commander of the venue rushed to the communication station: "I_must_inform_the_guards_of_the_ambassador_immediately!
(I need to inform the ambassador's guards quickly!)"
But before he could finish speaking, his face changed greatly, and then he twisted and slipped on the table, and when his hand rubbed against the communication device, it caused a piercing stabbing sound, and a dagger pierced him deeply in the back, and behind him stood a "Renaissance Society" guerrilla: "We make our own decisions about Yaning's affairs!" Long live Yaning!! ”
And the female communications soldier just now was so frightened that she hid in the corner and didn't dare to squeak.