When Lin Xiaoting came in, the meeting was still going on.

Zhan Ruilin sat with his back to the gate, and there were eight other theater commanders at the circular conference table, but it was only a three-dimensional projection of them.

Although theoretically, the president is the first citizen of the Federation, the supreme administrator of the Union in peacetime, and the supreme commander of the Federation in wartime, in reality, the president is only a symbol, especially in wartime, and the nine people sitting here are the supreme commander.

Nine people together are the "Joint Council of Marshals" of the Federal Military Department.

As long as the Federation is in a state of war, the military department is the highest decision-making and command body of the Federation, and even the federal authorities must obey the command of the military department. Any major decision taken by the military department must first be adopted at the marshal's liaison meeting, especially with the support of the three main theater commanders.

Among these nine people, the most powerful is undoubtedly Zhan Ruilin. There are only two people who can compete with Zhan Ruilin, namely Marshal Sean in the first war zone and Marshal Matthews in the second war zone. It's just that due to the influence of the strength of the war zone, Sean and Matthews can join forces to balance Zhan Ruilin. As for the other six theater commanders, neither their influence nor their personal strength can compare to Zhan Ruilin, Sean and Matthews.

This situation has been in place for thousands of years and has not been broken to this day.

Obviously, compared with the nine theater commanders, Lin Xiaoting, the chief of staff of the general, is nothing.

Closing the door, Lin Xiaoting walked behind Zhan Ruilin and did not rush to speak.

The atmosphere of the meeting was very tense, even if Zhan Ruilin was silent, Sean and Matthews also closed their lips, Lin Xiaoting could still feel that everyone's eyes were on Zhan Ruilin. The speaker was Marshal Watanabe Hiroshi of the Eighth War Zone, who was promoted by Zhan Ruilin, and the Eighth War Zone was also an ally of the Third War Zone. Although Watanabe's magnanimous attitude is clear, his words do not carry much weight.

Lin Xiaoting still knows something about this marshal.

In that war a thousand years ago, Watanabe, like Zhan Ruilin, was also a soldier. It's just that he wasn't as lucky as Zhan Ruilin and wasn't favored by Xiao Wentian. It wasn't until Xiao Wentian was martyred and the Lighthouse Star offensive and defensive battle ended that Watanabe Hiroshi got the chance to get ahead.

Arguably. Watanabe's magnanimity can have today, relying on Zhan Ruilin's promotion.

After Xiao Wentian's martyrdom, although the human legion did not have internal strife due to the sudden power vacuum, the three forces led by Zhan Ruilin, Sean and Matthews have been formed. The key is that Xiao Wentian is among the cadres who were personally promoted in the offensive and defensive battle of the Lighthouse Star. Only the three of them survived. In addition, in the human legion at that time, the combat power of Zhan Ruilin and the other three was far above that of other generals.

Although at this time, the division of wars had begun to appear, but the sphere of influence had not yet been formed. In order to consolidate his position and expand his influence, Zhan Ruilin, Sean and Matthews each promoted a group of subordinates, and Watanabe was one of them.

By the end of the Fifth Greenwich War, Watanabe had become a warrior and a one-man man.

Before the end of the war. In order to prevent the military from gaining a large position, the federal authorities recognized the division of the war zone and divided the three major war zones into nine theaters in order to weaken the influence of Zhan Ruilin, Sean and Matthews. In addition, Zhan Ruilin's unusual behavior in the later stages of the war, especially during the Battle of Dawn of Peace, alarmed top civilizations such as the Hidden Spirits, thus justifying the federal authorities to dismember the war zone.

As a result, Watanabe became the lucky one.

Of course, this did not change the relationship between Watanabe and Zhan Ruilin.

Although he sat in the position of commander of the 8th theater of operations. He was also promoted to marshal, but Watanabe's influence in the army was very limited. In addition, Watanabe Hiroshi is a member of the Toei clan, and after the "catastrophe of the end of the world". The Dongying tribe followed the Huaxia tribe and embarked on the road of escape. After thousands of years of integration, the Dongying people have become part of the "Great Huaxia Clan", and the real Dongying people no longer exist.

Of course, the surname of the Dongying people continued.

It can be said that not only in the military, but even in the civilian population. Watanabe's magnanimous influence is also far less than that of Zhan Ruilin. Without Zhan Ruilin's support and acquiescence, Watanabe's magnanimity is nothing. Besides, it was Zhan Ruilin who pushed Watanabe to the position of commander of the theater in the first place.

It's not so much that Watanabe is an ally of Zhan Ruilin, but that he is a subordinate of Zhan Ruilin.

This is extremely clear in the relationship between the two.

For Watanabe, Zhan Ruilin's support is indispensable. To put it mildly, without Zhan Ruilin's support, Watanabe Hiroshi would not be able to sit firmly in the position of commander of the Eighth Theater for a day. Conversely, even without Watanabe's magnanimus, Zhan Ruilin still has Nguyen Minh Chi in the Seventh War Zone and Kim Tae-chung in the Ninth War Zone.

According to Lin Xiaoting's understanding, Watanabe's magnanimity at this time is still far inferior to Zhan Ruilin. In terms of personal combat power, even if Watanabe has broken through the realm of human warriors and entered the ranks of earth soul warriors, he is only just getting started, and Zhan Ruilin is the strongest earth soul warrior, maybe he has already broken through to become a heavenly warrior.

Of course, Watanabe is magnanimous and ambitious, but hides it deeply.

Among the three subordinates personally promoted by Zhan Ruilin, namely Nguyen Minh Chi, Watanabe Broadichi and Kim Tae-chung, Watanabe Broadie is the most ambitious. It's not that Zhan Ruilin didn't know, but he had no choice at the time. This can be seen from Watanabe's appointment as commander of the 8th Theater of Operations.

The defense zone of the 8th theater is to the southwest of the 3rd theater and is adjacent to the 7th theater, while the defense zone of the 9th theater is at the rear. According to this arrangement, the main task of the Eighth Theater in wartime is to cover the left flank of the Third Theater and to deal with threats from the direction of the First Theater Defense Zone. In the event of an offensive, the main task of the 8th theater of operations was to strike from the left flank and assist the 3rd theater in expanding the offensive front. This is similar to the Seventh Theater, except that the Seventh is on the right flank of the Third Theater, and the most critical is the Ninth Theater. At all times, the Ninth Theater is responsible for guarding the rear of the Third Theater and keeping the logistics supply lines unimpeded.

It can be seen that Zhan Ruilin trusts Jin Taizhong the most.

In fact, Kim Tae-chung is also the most loyal.

According to this deployment, whether it is Watanabe Hiroshi or Ruan Mingzhi, if they want to surpass Zhan Ruilin or replace Zhan Ruilin, they must first join forces, and they must also keep an eye on Kim Taizhong. The problem is that Watanabe and Nguyen Minh Chi have always been at odds, and it is absolutely impossible to join forces, and it is impossible to target Kim Tae-chung while challenging Zhan Ruilin. As a result, Watanabe and Nguyen Minh Chi restrained each other, and neither of them could pose a threat to Zhan Ruilin.

Of course, this is only peacetime.

As for whether Watanabe will continue to obey Zhan Ruilin's dispatch during the war, Lin Xiaoting has no bottom in his heart, after all, his qualifications are too shallow.

After a long while, Watanabe was quiet again.

The atmosphere was not only tense, but also a little awkward.

Zhan Ruilin still sat there motionless, looking like he was asleep. Lin Xiaoting wanted to remind Zhan Ruilin, but he couldn't help but say nothing.

Compared with these bigwigs who hold real power, Lin Xiaoting, the chief of staff of the general, is not in the stream at all.

"Lin Shuai, we believe in your personality, and we believe in your judgment and grasp of the situation. However, no one can deny that the outbreak of this war is more or less directly related to the third theater of operations. "It was Sean who broke the silence, and his strength ranked third among the nine marshals, behind Zhan Ruilin and Matthews." I'm not doubting you, and I don't mean that. What I want to say is that no matter how high-sounding the words are, they are not as good as the actual actions. War has broken out, and what we need is action, not pledges and promises made here. Although the current situation in various theaters is not very ideal, and we all need enough time to complete the mobilization for war, the enemy's main forces are concentrated on the defensive lines of the first and second theaters, and if the defense lines of the first and second theaters are broken through, the third theater and all other theaters will be affected, and it will not only be the first and second theaters that will suffer losses. ”

"Marshal Sean, if you have any proposals, just say it." Zhan Ruilin finally spoke.

"Lin Shuai is really refreshing." Sean smiled reluctantly and said, "My proposal is very simple, the third theater has not been attacked for the time being, a part of the troops has been divided, and it is the elite forces that support the first and second theaters, and assist the first and second theaters to repel the invading enemy." Of course, the First and Second Theaters will also provide full assistance, after all, guarding the defense line is the unshirkable responsibility of each theater. ”

Zhan Ruilin did not answer immediately, but looked at Matthews.

Matthews's expression did not change at all, and he remained silent, that is, he acquiesced to Sean's proposal.

Although Matthews has been teaming up with Sean against Zhan Ruilin for thousands of years, the cooperation between the two is limited to this, and there are still many contradictions between the two and the two war zones.

"Guys, do you have any other proposals?"

No one said anything, after all, Sean's proposal was already in place.

"Marshal Sean, your proposal is very reasonable, and I will make arrangements immediately. Of course, the first and second theaters also have to provide the necessary assistance. ”

"No problem."

"If nothing else, let's leave it at that."

At the end of the meeting, Zhan Ruilin turned off the communication equipment, and the projections of the other eight theater commanders disappeared.

At this time, Lin Xiaoting stepped forward.

"After the first and second theaters send the battlefield information, they will make corresponding arrangements."

"Which troop to send?" Lin Xiaoting didn't talk nonsense.

In fact, he had already seen that Zhan Ruilin had made a compromise, and he was forced. If Zhan Ruilin didn't compromise, Sean would take the opportunity to make trouble, and Matthews would also get involved. In order to maintain the overall situation, Zhan Ruilin can only compromise, otherwise the Human Federation will defeat itself without a fight.

"Sean made it clear, and I agreed."

"Understood."

Zhan Ruilin waved his hand and didn't say anything more. Lin Xiaoting didn't stay any longer, and said goodbye and left.

Obviously, Zhan Ruilin meant to send a special reconnaissance team to assist the first and second war zones, which was a very helpless but necessary decision. (To be continued.) )