Chapter 201: One after the other

Kang Hongyuan's matter was the most troublesome thing that Zhao Li had always thought was the most troublesome, but after Kang Hongyuan knew about it, it became the simplest thing. This old guy always has a way to leave a way back for himself, and while he is safe in the position, he does not leave a little handle for the people around him.

When the lieutenant general asked this question, he happened to crash into the muzzle of the gun that Kang Hongyuan arranged for Zhao Li.

"Report to the General!" Although Zhao Li also felt annoyed every time he said such a sentence, he had no choice but to say that more than a dozen generals on the opposite side could only speak like this: "I found out that Kang Hongyuan was after he appeared in Jinwuxing City, but at that time, he had become an official of Jinwuxing City, so I specially reported to my superiors to request arrest, but there was no reply!" ”

In fact, this report did happen, and it was Kang Hongyuan who signaled Zhao Li to report it. However, in the situation at that time, in the military region, except for General Lucas, who could know who Kang Hongyuan was? Even if you know, it is because of the report launched by Kang Hongyuan in the outside media at that time, how dare you arrest Kang Hongyuan casually at that sensitive moment?

Since there is no approval, it is excusable that Zhao Li did not do anything, there is no order, and Zhao Li is not the prison warden, why should he arrest an official of Golden Five Star City? Although this statement seems so ridiculous in the local area of the edge planet, it is justified and reasonable in the face of officials, and there is no fault in it.

When the lieutenant general heard this answer, he couldn't help frowning, but he didn't know who was fast, and he had already displayed Zhao Li's original report on the big screen in the conference room, which was extremely clear. It clearly states that Kang Hongyuan's traces were found and he applied for arrest. From the perspective of time, it was the time when Kang Hongyuan appeared.

"Why didn't Kang Hongyuan's status as a special prisoner be specifically indicated?" When the lieutenant general saw this report, he still seemed very unhappy and asked Zhao Li.

"Report to the General!" Zhao Li still kept the same tone: "The prisoners in the special prison, everyone has a high level of security, and even the reason for going to prison is top secret. General, I don't want to leak military secrets because of a report! ”

"Hmm!" The lieutenant general, who asked the question, hummed and said nothing more. The expression on his face was very calm, and he couldn't tell at all whether he was hostile or his own people.

Strangely, in this interrogation-like questioning, General Thomas did not open his mouth from beginning to end, only looking down at the information from time to time, or listening to the others speak.

"Lieutenant Colonel, the battle you led by Jin Wuxing to stop the rebels is very exciting." Another major general who couldn't be called spoke: "Less than 200 people, more than 5,000 rebels in the battle, and more than 2,000 enemies were annihilated, and he only suffered more than 100 casualties." However, Lieutenant Colonel, putting aside your identity as a client, from the perspective of a professional soldier, is it possible that this kind of thing happened to those soldiers and ruffians of Jin Wuxing? ”

"Report to the General!" The major general was already questioning the honor that those soldiers had exchanged for blood, although it was still the same words, but Zhao Li's tone had a hint of toughness: "Theoretically, this number is indeed a bit exaggerated. But, it's true! ”

"So, how do you explain that the rebels didn't have any air support when they fought against you, and immediately after the appearance of our large fleet, the rebels had the strength of at least one flying group?" The major general ignored Zhao Li's tone at all and continued to ask questions calmly.

"Report to the General!" Such a question is really excessive, how does Zhao Li know what the rebels think? But the question has to be answered: "I don't know!" I don't know how the rebels were arranged, or why they preferred to sacrifice their own soldiers. ”

"Yes, you can't explain it!" The major general repeated Zhao Li's answer: "So, can you help us explain why the 392nd and 393rd airborne regiments were surrounded immediately after they landed?" ”

"Dangdang", the table was gently knocked twice. Before Zhao Li could answer, Admiral Thomas had already spoken: "Please pay attention to your tone, we are not interrogating prisoners. I don't want that interrogative tone to continue if there is no conclusive evidence. ”

"Yes, General!" General Thomas's opening made the major general a little more restrained. However, he still faced Zhao Li very targetedly: "The rebels have grasped the timing so accurately, we have to suspect that within us, someone is colluding with the rebels!" ”

Zhao Li had already completely understood. Some people want to kill themselves completely. Now, in addition to suspecting that he had something to do with the prison robbery, he is also suspected of colluding with the rebels. Zhao Li no longer knew how to express his anger, his fists had clenched and released, and his teeth were squeaking. What he wanted to do most now was to punch the major general in front of him, but reason still told him that he couldn't do it.

"Report to the General!" After being silent for a while, suppressing his anger, Zhao Li spoke again: "The landing time and landing place of the airborne regiment, no one has notified us, including the appearance of the flight group, and we only discovered it after we monitored it on the radar. ”

In these few sentences, there was even a hint of gnashing of teeth in his voice, but Zhao Li quickly understood that on such an occasion, such a move should not be made.

"Jin Wuxing's situation at that time was just after recruiting new recruits and in intense training. The target location of the military operations of the airborne regiment and the flying group is not in the Golden Five Star, and we do not need our cooperation, nor do we need to notify the garrison of the Golden Five Star in advance. Checkmate! After talking a few words, Zhao Li successfully controlled his emotions, his speech was not so prickly, and he calmly reported to the major general.

Seeing that Zhao Li had calmed down, General Thomas on the other side seemed to have a hint of appreciation in his eyes, but he still didn't say anything and listened quietly.

"Then, according to the battle reports from the front line, when attacking the enemy's supply lines, it was you who obtained the information on the specific supply channels from the informants, thus ensuring our accurate sniping." The major general was still a little reluctant, and continued to ask: "So, may I ask, how did you get such accurate military intelligence?" You know, the military's intelligence officers are all over the place, and there is no such detailed intelligence. And you are only stationed in the Golden Five-Star area, and you don't even have a chance to leave the Golden Five-Star. How did you get such accurate military intelligence? So accurate that even the time for the passage of the rebel supply fleet was within an hour's error? ”

This is the most difficult question for Zhao Li to answer. The information was given by James, and it was impossible for Zhao Li to push James to the forefront, once James's identity was recognized, then Zhao Li's suspicion of robbing the prison would definitely be confirmed. The warden and the fugitive prisoners are in the same boat, and it would be strange if there was no insider!

And in itself, Zhao Li had some doubts about James's channels for providing intelligence, but the situation at that time made Zhao Li have no choice but to take a risk. But the intelligence proved to be accurate, and the political axe army won an unprecedented victory. However, this intelligence was a double-edged sword, and while striking the enemy, it also caused trouble for Zhao Li.

This is the only question that Zhao Li can't stand the questioning in the entire battlefield performance. But Zhao Li had no other way at the moment, so he could only answer simply: "Report to the general, this is the information I got from an informant." ”

"Your informant's name, identity, address, none of these information." The Major General shook his head: "We can't verify it, and we can't determine where you got your information from. ”

"I'm sorry, General!" If you want to do it, you have to stay the course: "The informant cares about his safety, so he never reveals any information about him." ”

"You don't even know?" The major general asked rhetorically.

"Yes, General!" Zhao Li stubbornly held on to the end.

"Then why do you believe him?" The rear admiral immediately found a breakthrough: "What if your intelligence is wrong, to send our fleet to the enemy's ambush circle?" ”

"War requires risk, General!" Zhao Li replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Facts have proved that there is no mistake in the intelligence. ”

The major general sat in his seat and stared at Zhao Li's face. Zhao Li also looked at each other without any loss, not feeling any weakness at all. The two stared at each other like this, and they didn't say anything for a while.

"Ahem." General Thomas coughed and focused everyone's attention on him: "It's been a long time, let's take a break for a while, and continue in half an hour!" The admiral next to him didn't say much, just nodded.

The two senior governors agreed, no one objected, and soon, a group of generals walked out of the door next to them, leaving Zhao Li alone in the conference room.

Originally, he also planned to go out for a walk, but Zhao Li thought about it and stayed in the conference room. At this time, try not to do something that is easy to cause misunderstanding. Someone wants to pour dirty water on Zhao Li, it is estimated that he is not the only one who intends to do so, it is very likely that it is aimed at a large number of people, and Zhao Li can't give the opponent a reason to say that he colluded to confess.

The generals, who claimed to be resting, walked directly to another small conference room and sat down separately.

"Isn't this kind of questioning a bit too much?" General Thomas spoke first, and said a pleasant word.

"Sir, he's very suspicious." The major general who asked did not dare to be so harsh here, and calmly reported: "The experience before and after is strung together, and it is difficult not to doubt it. ”

"Suspect what?" General Thomas frowned: "Suspect him of colluding with the rebels?" With the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and a secret supply channel, plus supplies from a supply fleet and two supply depots, to fulfill his little lieutenant colonel? ”

"Sir, that's not what I said." The major was not in the least swayed by General Thomas's words: "I know that he was transferred from your military district, and it is understandable that you defend him like this." However, as far as the facts are concerned, his credits are too much of a coincidence. ”

"Coincidence?" General Thomas frowned again: "If it's because of these credits that make you uncomfortable, it's because you can't get a comparable record under the same conditions." ”

One sentence made several generals a little embarrassed. The major general explained a little sarcastically: "This is also for the sake of safety. ”

"Smack", General Thomas lined up on the table with his big hands, and his voice suddenly increased, so that several generals who were caught off guard almost trembled: "When you ordered him to take two hundred people to stop the rebels' four thousand regular troops and more than a thousand underground troops, why didn't you say that it was a coincidence?" Why didn't you talk about coincidences when you asked him to take a group of militiamen who had not yet been systematically trained to meet the remnants of the airborne regiment surrounded by thousands of people? Why don't you say a coincidence when you order him to regain lost territory and face more than 40,000 rebels without providing a single soldier or any supplies? ”

General Thomas's words were almost like a roar, and with each word, his voice rose a point, and he immediately pushed all the rhetorical questions of the major back into his stomach. Even the major general who had just questioned Zhao Li's authority in the underground arsenal began to avoid General Thomas's gaze.

"When he was sent to his death, there was no coincidence. Why did he start to investigate his authority to use the underground arsenal when he had worked so hard to complete the task, and whether he was in collusion with the rebels? General Thomas seemed to be really angry, and he glanced at the several generals around him, and no one dared to look at him.

"Investigate the facts, don't get angry." Another general, seeing that the atmosphere was not right, said a word. Finally, the atmosphere eased a little.

"Would you like to make a lieutenant a lieutenant colonel at such a big price?" General Thomas also held back his anger, but immediately threw down a question.

"Sir!" It was still the major general who had just spoken, and he looked at General Thomas who was about to breathe fire: "It's just a lieutenant colonel, it's not worth it." However, if it is a recipient of the Order of the Red Star of the First Degree, it is worth supporting at a greater price. ”

"Could it be that the top brass of the rebels have already calculated that when he was assigned to a marginal planet, a small lieutenant who was assigned to a marginal planet, as long as he found a trace of a disabling virus, he could get the Order of the Red Star of the First Class?" General Thomas was even more disdainful of this: "Don't forget, the person specifically responsible for the virus incident is the students of the Genius School. Take 10,000 steps back, why did the rebels reveal the incapacitating virus to us? Do you think they won too easily? ”

This is a question that no one can answer. There is no reason for the rebels to divulge the secrets of the incapacitating virus, let alone influence the decisions of the High Command. If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to go directly to the person in the Supreme Command than to support Zhao Li, a small lieutenant colonel?

In this way, Zhao Li's suspicion of collaborating with the enemy is self-defeating. For a while, the atmosphere in the lounge was a little tense, and no one had anything to say. Everyone sat down and rested for a while, then returned to the conference room again.

Zhao Li had been sitting in the conference room in a standard military posture, and when he saw all the generals returning, he immediately stood up.

"Lieutenant Colonel, please be seated!" It was the admiral who spoke: "Let's continue!" ”

"Lieutenant Colonel!" is still the major general who just asked, this time, he stood up directly and walked in front of Zhao Li: "You once served in the Mountbatten Special Prison, and then served as the warden until the prison robbery, right?" ”

"Yes, General!" Zhao Li is no longer so rigid in reporting to the general.

"So, can you explain?" The general looked at Zhao Li's face and suddenly asked a question: "Why did you suddenly have a secret account a few months after the prison robbery, and a large amount of cash was transferred into it?" ”

(To be continued)