George? As soon as he received the order to return to the team, Runes left the remaining finishing work of the investigation of the 'MacKaser' incident to his remaining subordinates, because the final draft of the investigation report had been submitted to the highest authorities, and he could easily embark on the journey.

After a few hours of flying, Runes finally returned to his home port of service, far from home and the longest time he had spent in the military. When he returned to the island, he was greeted by another vice-captain, Jamie, who was also a good friend of Runes? Klinger, who also holds the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Navy, was a classmate of Runes at West Point, and their wives are a pair of sisters, which makes the two even more close. As Klinger helped Runes carry his luggage to the trunk of the car, Runes saw a busy port not far away.

Infected by the hectic scene in front of him, Runes declined Klinger's gesture to get into the car immediately, signaling that he wanted to go first. When he walked to the dock, Runes roughly counted the number of warships moored on the sea, and his rough estimate was close to two hundred, and the low hulls of two huge new aircraft carriers were docked at anchorage like barges, and due to the limited berths, there were two aircraft carriers that failed to enter the port, but dropped anchor on the sea not far away, and there should be two more aircraft carrier battle groups that had already set off. Runes didn't go any further, because the port was too big, so he turned and walked in the direction he came from, and got into Klinger's car.

On the way back to the barracks, Runes whispered to Klinger, "Is there really going to be a war?" What is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs doing? What is our Secretary of State doing? ”

Klinger looked relaxed and disdainful, and said with a grin: "Secretary of State? You said that old woman, I guess she is holding her grandson at home! Haha-ha. Let me tell you, you have been busy investigating things these days, and there are some things that you may not know yet, the Secretary of State has already been there, but it is useless, the attitude of the other side is very tough, and it is said that diplomatic efforts have failed. However, I don't understand either, whether we want to use this to open up a new sphere of influence, or whether the other party wants to use this to solve the problem that has not been solved, anyway, this time the reason for giving people is enough to give the family, so prepare for war brother. ”

is also a hawk in the Young Zhuang faction, Klinger is much tougher than Runes's style, but at the same time he lacks some calm thinking ability, he only knows that a soldier is to obey orders, as a screw in the state apparatus, he is willing to be crushed by the war, thinking that this is the true nature of a soldier. Runes is more of a politician and military strategist's mind and vision, he knows that it is better for such a level of military confrontation not to happen, the country needs to compete, and even the state of constant friction is the best, but the scale is very important, otherwise the gains outweigh the losses, and it will not be cost-effective. Listening to Klinger's words about going to war, he didn't take it seriously, maybe it would really start, that was after it started, and he was more worried about the new point of view he put forward in the investigation report of the 'MacKaiser' incident, the 'third force' is coming to Earth, and the tendency of this third force in the conflict is what he is most concerned about now.

The car soon arrived in front of the base's headquarters building, and Runes needed to complete all the formalities for his return to the fleet before he could return home with his wife and two children.

The commander of the base warmly welcomed Runes' return and told him that he was very satisfied with Runes's investigation this time, that he was ready to be promoted to the rank of Rounes, that he would soon become a naval colonel, that he would be just one step away from an officer, and that he would also be appointed as one of the senior staff officers of this joint combat operation, and that he would be transferred to the fleet staff to take charge of intelligence work. New promotions and job transfers didn't go to Jack? Feeling euphoric, Runes was still a little worried about the intervention of a third force, and decided to use his new position to awaken the generals who had always been ambitious.

When Runes was about to get home, his wife Sauron? Keller had prepared a sumptuous lunch, with roast veal for the main course, Parisian cabbage and fish soup, and ice cream for dessert. Two children, a man and a woman, four or five years old, heard the sound of parking in front of the door and immediately ran out of the house, through the lawn yard, to the car, around Runnes, who had just stepped out of the car, jumped happily, Runes took out the gifts prepared for them from the trunk, took their little hands and walked into the house, he wanted to say hello to Sauron first, and Klinger was busy helping to remove a lot of luggage from the trunk.

Because of Sauron's invitation, her sister is Klinger's wife, Jenny? Keller soon arrived at the Runnes home in his own car, and the Klingers had three children. By the time the four adults and five children sat down at the table, the appetizers and main course had been served, and Sauron was sweating a little tired, and Runes was helping her keep busy. The theme of the table was war, and the delicacies did not resist the discussion of a possible war, and Klinger still used aggressive rhetoric to make the two women, who had always disapproved of war, cast complaining glances from time to time. Runes didn't talk about it, he knew that war was something that politicians had to be sure of, and he could only do his best to do what he had to do and what he could, and Runes was more worried about the safety of his wife and children at this time, because he knew the secret that Klinger didn't know, and the third force was quietly approaching, and the situation was far from being as optimistic as Klinger imagined.

After a short two-day vacation, Jack Runes will set sail in the evening with the last group of two aircraft carriers, which will be set sail with the fleet. After lunch, he kissed his wife and children goodbye, lifted his luggage, and walked to the military car that had come to pick him up.

The Fleet Staff is located on a new type of aircraft carrier, which is also the command flagship of this large-scale military operation, Jack? Runes stepped onto the deck, walked through the steel corridors, and into the command center located in the low bridge, where he reported to his immediate superior, Admiral McVeigh, the commander of the fleet, the commander of the operation. General McVeigh values Jack? Runes's new study of the 'Seventh Contact' and the 'Third Force' asked that he be transferred to his side, so that he could be heard in time for an unexpected situation.

In the evening, the huge anchor chain of all the warships of the fleet has been pulled up, and they have left their anchorages and pulled out to the assembly area, and the other has arrived at the aircraft carrier outside the port, several unmanned carrier-based aircraft have risen into the air and started patrolling, Runes stood on the low bridge of the aircraft carrier, the sea water slapped the thick side inclined armor of the aircraft carrier less than three meters under his feet, the sun in the distance was almost close to the sea level, illuminating the sea water red, and Runes could not tell whether the fiery red color in the distance was the sunset or the sea, The undulating waters seem to have been ignited, braving the raging fire, Jack? Runes had seen it more than once, but only this time he felt like the sea was really burning.