“…… In response to the report letter incident that has been boiling on the Internet a few days ago, the relevant inspection agency of the alliance said yesterday that it will inspect the Kronos company and the relevant secret service departments, and the spokesman of the Alliance Inspectorate said that they will take any report seriously, but this does not prove that the Kronos company is indeed guilty. In addition, the Director General of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office said in private that 'it is inconceivable that a company like Kronos would support the ACA for some trivial benefit'......'"

-- The Alliance Times

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"The Alliance won't have a large-scale movement on the battlefield until it unites with the Knights."

Yang Chengze moved his steps slowly, the afternoon sun on the airport tarmac of the Lobniya Barracks shone on his golden star, he pondered for a moment, and continued to explain, "The long-term war has put a huge burden on the alliance, which is really the disadvantage of the system, obviously our productivity is more than twice that of the ACA, but a large amount of it is still focused on living consumption, and even the production of luxury goods, if the alliance really has the ability to tighten its belt, the ACA has long been swept away." ”

"It's a question of who sacrifices." Ling Yu shook his head slightly, "The system of the alliance is that no one can be sacrificed, as far as my recent experience is concerned, the chaebol of the ACA is no less than the alliance, and it is the people at the bottom who are really squeezed. ”

"That's why the alliance can't beat the empire, the system problem." Yang Chengze smiled helplessly, "The system that we think is advanced cannot burst out with the strong cohesion and explosiveness of the ACA in the current war environment." ”

"The people who live on this land just need some push." Ling Yu shook his head slightly. Yang Chengze refuted his opinion, "I don't think that the productivity of the United States after the beating of World War II is much less than that of other countries, and the consumer goods will take the initiative to flow to wartime materials, I originally thought that the Paris incident would give these people who are intoxicated with peace and pleasure a little more sense of responsibility and crisis." ”

"Maybe we're protecting them too well." Yang Chengze shrugged.

"Speaking of which, General, the Kronos Company is ...... Now you're in charge. ”

Suddenly, Ling Yu took a step forward, then turned around and stood in the center of the tarmac, blocking Yang Chengze's direction. The young man closed his eyes gently. Then he opened his eyes again, "In the matter of Paris, Kronos is involved." ”

"Is that the question you want to ask me?"

Yang Chengze stood still, his chest held high, and he raised his head. He did not shy away from meeting Ling Yu's gaze.

"Green Future is just an environmental terror. It is not possible to smuggle so many military weapons. Ling Yu didn't answer Yang Chengze's question, just shook his head gently, "And." Even if there are channels, they don't have that much money on paper. ”

"So you suspect that Kronos is behind it?" Yang Songze was still smiling softly, and half of his burnt face still looked a little intimidating in the sun.

"I don't want to be rude, General, but from a beneficiary's point of view, it's stupid for a green future to do that." Ling Yu put one hand on his belt and shook his head gently, "ACA may be the beneficiary, but the biggest beneficiary is undoubtedly Kronos...... and, the main battle faction of the Alliance. ”

"Let's just think Kronos is in charge of this qiē." Yang Chengze shook his head slightly, and then made a hypothesis that did not make much sense, "But in the long run, this matter is only beneficial to the alliance." ”

"For the Allies, the 14 percent growth rate in the European theater of war troops, the high morale of the citizens of Paris who share the same hatred; For Kronos, a large portion of these profits from larger security systems and advanced weapons purchases will be fed back to the families of fallen soldiers by the Lawrence & Stennis Foundation...... Ling Yu, you have become a hero of the Alliance, I know you don't care about medals, rewards and flashing lights, but you have better equipment and higher status to achieve your goals...... Who are the losers? ”

"yes, all the losers, they're dead." Ling Yu suddenly smiled, but he didn't know what this smile meant, "Is this what you call a necessary evil?" ”

"That's right, we're the biggest addition to the alliance system, and that's why the president and the military can sit back and watch Kronos get bigger." Yang Chengze continued to take steps, bypassed Ling Yu, and continued to walk forward, Ling Yu did not stop and continued to follow, "If you are worried that we will eventually seize power, this is not necessary, after all, although the Kronos mercenary group is strong, it is impossible to complete any military coup in terms of numbers, and there are no Kronos people on Icarus." It seemed that because of the sun, Yang Chengze took off the big cap from his armpit, buckled it back to his head, and continued to explain.

"Let those who want to fight go to war, this is the Kronos Mercenary Regiment, as you just said, the people of the Alliance need some push, on the other hand, Green Future has secretly cooperated with the ACA in secret, but our intelligence agencies lack the evidence to convict through the judicial process of the Alliance...... Combining these factors, we decided to let the cancer explode and eradicate it in one fell swoop, so that the matter is still under our control. ”

"Kronos's intelligence network?" Ling Yu was stunned for a moment, "Didn't you basically rely on the Secret Service before?" ”

"Ren Xiu, have you forgotten?" Yang Chengze put his hand on the brim of his hat, "Green Future made a secret deal with the ACA, and the information about the murder of the French mountaineering tour group was provided by him, but he only provided verbal information and failed to send evidence, so we can't deal with these problems through legal means." ”

"I agree with that, not to mention the problem of being too merciful, and the cycle is too long." For no reason, Ling Yu thought of the group of demonstrators in Rönchen City, and several of them had entered the palace three times and four into the palace.

"And this led to the League's efforts to rectify internal associations, which had not been able to be carried out before, because the people were so tolerant of such associations that they could easily rise up against the state that was considered 'unconstitutional', so that the regional governments had to compromise...... Now these rabble are suffering. ”

"If these things are known to the newspapers, I'm afraid we will all be unlucky." Ling Yu seemed to have lost the depression he had just now. He followed Yang Chengze with his hands in his pockets.

"I know what you're worried about, the idea of that knight princess is actually the same as mine."

Yang Chengze hooked the corners of his mouth, turned his head and glanced at Ling Yu, "Protection is necessary, and the reason why we fight is to protect a civilization, a civilization with complete art, consumption, and culture." Why is a dictatorship able to burst out with such a strong fighting force in wartime? But do we cling to such a seemingly wasteful system of politics? The reason is that we understand what we want to protect. ”

"When a whole is transformed into a dictatorship, the first thing to be sacrificed is culture and art - the cornerstone of literature and art is individuality and freedom, and the idea of dictatorship is that no different voices are allowed, and all people must uphold one idea. A value. A belief. In such an environment, the highest masterpiece of human civilization, the greatest characteristic that distinguishes human beings from animals that can use tools, literature and art, disappear. ”

"Here's why. No matter how tough the government is, no matter how dominant the military is, the alliance will not become another reason for the ACA. With his hands behind his back, Yang Chengze stopped, and turned to look at Ling Yu, "As long as the people on Icarus know what we're fighting for, or at least, they know how to maintain their current enjoyment, that won't change." ”

"But in this case, how do we avoid being swallowed up by the more combative, dictatorial and political aliens? There are countless examples of this, such as the Song Dynasty in China, where the cultural and artistic and even economic attainments could not resist the strong, battle-centered iron hooves of a foreign nation rolling south......"

Yang Songze did not continue, this is a self-evident truth.

"So we need a hound that can bite all the malicious intruders in our yard, and who can be loyal to us, who can honestly be kept in a cage," Ling Yu shook his head, "Is this possible?" ”

"No way, just look at how the Roman Empire fell." Yang Chengze smiled and gave a negative answer, "Don't say that people and animals are ambitious, which is why the main task of fighting the ACA must be completed by the allies, not the Kronos Company, which is a 'privileged class' outside the system and rules, just like your knight princess." ”

"The privileged class ......?" Ling Yu lowered his head, "The so-called 'supplement outside the system'? ”

"One of the characteristics of the republican system is procedural justice, but procedural justice represents a waste of a lot of time and labor, although in peacetime this helps to improve social cohesion and promote the development of individuality, but in wartime, there must be a supplement outside the system," Yang Chengze turned around, faced Ling Yu, and spread his hands, "That knight princess ran out of Iceland, resigned from the military at will, ran to you to find a job, attacked ACA military targets and facilities at will, and fought side by side with the alliance at will...... Which one of these is placed in the army, it is enough to eat in prison for a few years, isn't it? ”

"Well, when you think about it, I honestly think I'm a privileged class now, right?" Ling Yu scratched his head a little embarrassed.

"Act Zero is for the privileged class, it doesn't need a boring approval process, the battle plan can be imaginative, it doesn't need to think about the group of staff officers on paper, it is small and quick to react, it is simple, it is clear, it is violent, it is effective." Yang Chengze shook his head, "Just as real businessmen don't believe in the world that there are good and cheap things, and real politicians don't believe in win-win survival, all we can do is to protect the majority of people as much as possible and protect the most precious culture of this species...... Protect this qiē. ”

If sacrificing a few can save more people, I will not hesitate, even if I myself am among the few, and all those who will save a few will be my enemies, human beings are such small creatures, we have no right to judge who should be saved, then let all the qi ē be returned to nature, and let probability, a product based on mathematics and nature, dominate the one qiē......

"I see." Ling Yu nodded heavily, perhaps at this moment, he really understood the meaning of Jiesi's words, he breathed a sigh of relief at Yang Chengze's gaze, "It's a heart knot, but I've completely figured it out." ”

"Be content, you kid, there are people who have fought all their lives without knowing why they are fighting." Yang Chengze raised his hand and slapped Ling Yu, smiling gently, "Soldiers are never 'forced to go to the battlefield', people who can become real soldiers never care about what happens in front of them or their names after them, they just want to be a soldier and be good at being a soldier." ”

Protectors don't see conservation as a rewarding profession, but simply want to protect and are good at it.

Jiesi's words echoed in Ling Yu's mind in another form again, perhaps the young man didn't realize until this time that he had this concept from the beginning.

The conversation and the warm pot of coffee in Heisenberg; The old general wrote to himself again and again; Coupled with the tireless edification of the knight princess.

This is probably fate, from the very beginning, I was destined to follow such a path.

However, it's hard to say that I'm not enjoying it.

"Okay, I'm done with what the old man has to say, and I'm done asking what you want to ask."

Yang Chengze raised his hand and patted Ling Yu's shoulder, and then walked along the way he came.

"How to deal with that little Rasmussen is the more important question for you to consider." (To be continued......)