Picho frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "This old-fashioned old man, let Lieutenant General Berg stand guard on the perimeter of the fortress first, and I'll talk to Kao to get the authorization, otherwise, I can only let Lieutenant General Berg stay on the perimeter." ”

However, to Picho's surprise, Kao made almost no difficult moves, and even personally ordered the Thirteenth Fleet to enter the fortress to be on guard.

Although Picho felt a little strange, Vice Admiral Berg was from the escort fleet of the Sayano Chamber of Commerce, and he could be regarded as his confidant, although he was a little old-fashioned, but there was absolutely no problem with loyalty, so he didn't think much about it, returned to his box, and continued to watch the armed drill.

Although the ships of the Twelve Merchant Alliances are about the same in number as the escort fleets of other chambers of commerce, due to the difference in strength, the warships of the Twelve Merchant Alliances are obviously stronger than the warships of other chambers of commerce, so the battle went quite smoothly, and the three lines of defense set up by other chambers of commerce were all broken through within a few hours.

In the entire armed exercise, the only minor trouble was that at the last moment, the Sharapo Chamber of Commerce tried to enter the designated place first, but was tacitly blocked by the fleet of the Chamber of Commerce such as Bikel and Bewo, and finally allowed the Sayano Chamber of Commerce to successfully occupy the designated place.

Picho in the box smiled slightly, he could even imagine how Kao in the other box roared angrily the moment the Sayano Chamber of Commerce fleet entered the designated place and established the final victory.

At this time, all the fleets that participated in the armed exercise naturally began to return, and Picho had become the chairman of the Twelve Merchants Alliance in the legal sense, and now the only thing he was missing was just a handover ceremony.

However, before that, the members of the Twelve Business Alliances have to hold a ventilation meeting according to the custom, although the trade policy formulated by the chairman of the parliament seems to be equally fair to all chambers of commerce, but as a higher-level existence, the members of the Twelve Business Alliances naturally have to enjoy more rights, so this kind of ventilation will not be less than every re-election meeting.

Twelve heads of the Chamber of Commerce, who held the highest power in the Boli Chamber of Commerce, gathered in a small conference room, most of them with a faint joy, the end of an old era, the advent of a new era, representing new opportunities. Obviously, most of the people present, except for Kao and others, who have a somewhat bad face, will be the beneficiaries of this new era.

"Your Excellency, the Thirteenth Fleet has entered the sky above the fortress, whether to let it land in the air port. A fortress officer entered the conference room and pleaded with Kao.

Kao's mouth twitched, and he said, "It seems that you should report this matter to His Excellency Chairman Picho." ”

The officer looked a little embarrassed, after all, the handover ceremony had not yet taken place, and Kao's status was still the chairman of the Council of Commerce, but he was also clever and quickly asked Picho for instructions.

Picho was stunned for a moment, but he didn't want to do any hypocritical politeness about Kao's actions, success and defeat, this world is like this, so he asked directly: "Didn't you already give instructions to Lieutenant General Berg to dock at the port before? Why did you ask again?" ”

"That's right, Your Excellency Chairman, the drill fleet is about to return, and with the addition of the thirteenth fleet, I'm afraid the berths at the airport will not be enough. The officer said.

"Then let the drill fleet dock first, after all, they have been conducting exercises for nearly a day, and they should also take a break. "Naturally, Picho will not let those heroes who support his ascension to the throne of the presidency suffer, the Thirteenth Fleet is responsible for the vigilance work anyway, and there is nothing wrong with letting them stay in the sky for a while.

Just when Picho thought that this arrangement was almost over, another fortress officer rushed into the conference room, glanced at Piqiao, who was receiving the report of the previous officer, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Excellency, there are several unauthorized warships approaching the airspace of the fortress, and the other party does not accept our communication request, and I ask your Excellency to instruct." ”

Picho frowned, he was not a professional military commander, so he asked with a bit of inquiry: "What is the opinion of the commander of the fortress, Major General Ars?"

"Rear Admiral Ars thinks it can be intercepted by the Thirteenth Fleet, or by the garrison flotilla at the fort. The officer replied.

"Then let the garrison fleet of the fortress intercept it, and let Vice Admiral Berg do a good job of guarding. In addition, the drill fleet is about to return to the sea, so let them immediately rest and prepare for contingencies. Picho nodded.

After the officers of the fortress had left the conference room, Picho glanced meaningfully at Kao, who was not far away, but he still did not believe that the former president dared to do anything out of the ordinary.

However, he was also a cautious person, and after scanning the conference room, he said, "It seems that this ventilation meeting will be held after we have solved the trouble in front of us." Let's go to the war room of the fortress first, where we believe that Major General Ars and they will be able to give us some professional advice, and when this little trouble is resolved, we will continue our celebration. ”

There were too many accidents at this re-election conference, and the heads of the 12 chambers of commerce of the Twelve Business Alliances were a little tight-hearted, and now that the entire re-election conference was about to end smoothly, there was such an accident, for the sake of insurance, they naturally had no objections to Picho's proposal.

When the group came to the fortress war room, on the huge projection in the center of the war room, several large warships appeared, but there was no clear mark on the battleship, and it was impossible to see the force to which it belonged and the level of the battleship.

"Major General Ars, how's the situation?" asked a middle-aged senior officer as Picho entered the war room.

"Your Excellency, perhaps I should call you Your Excellency the President by now. The garrison fleet has taken to the skies, and soon the two sides will meet, and we have warned that if the other side does not stop, we will open fire immediately. Major General Ars replied.

From the projection, Picho could naturally see that more than a dozen of his own warships were already approaching the other side, and they were about to enter the attack range.

"If the other party doesn't respond, just open fire. Picho said to Rear Admiral Ars, "Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, he doesn't want any accidents at this last minute.

However, before Ars could speak, a dazzling bright light suddenly flashed on the projection, and the opponent's battleships actually fired first, and under the strong firepower, the close fortress garrison fleet barely reacted, and was directly volleyed nearly half of the battleships.

"Duke, Duke-class battleship!" Rear Admiral Ars's voice trembled slightly, and from the power of the opponent's main gun, he came to a shocking conclusion.

Everyone present was stunned, although the Chamber of Commerce would conduct a series of military exercises from time to time, it had never been before that a warship in service had been destroyed in such a real way.

Major General Ars, after all, was a soldier, and he reacted the most quickly, and immediately gave the order: "The fortress is in combat readiness. Excellencies, please enter the fortress emergency shelter, which is deep underground and has the best protection. ”

Shrill sirens resounded throughout the fortress and in the air, and although the well-trained guards experienced a brief period of distraction, they quickly protected the heads of the major chambers of commerce and prepared to retreat into the shelter.

"Bring His Highness Stanley with you!" Picho on the march did not forget his important ally.

"But Your Excellency, this is not in order!" one of the attendants reminded.

"Take him, right away!" Picho glared at him fiercely, joking, if something happened to the four princes of the European Empire in the Boli Chamber of Commerce, even if he successfully became the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in the future, life would not be easy in the future.

When Picho and Stanley took the elevator and descended to the emergency shelter deep underground, Chen Gong and others outside the fortress also discovered the abnormality of the situation.

"What's going on, there seems to be an extremely strong energy fluctuation over there. Qingmei asked Chen Gong beside her.

Chen Gong's expression was a little solemn, and he sighed and said, "I'm afraid the worst situation has happened." Yu Xingzi's breath disappeared here, and I was a little strange before, but now it seems that someone has answered. They had already planned it. ”

"So what now?" asked Qingmei.

"Back to the fortress, as long as Picho and Stanley are okay, they won't be able to make much of a storm. Chen Gongdao.

By this time the entire fortress had been fully mobilized, and all the fighters had moved into their respective positions. The Thirteenth Fleet quickly set up an interception line, and the returning drill fleet began to land, and they had to replace the trainer shells on the battleships and replenish them with sufficient combat readiness to be able to enter the battle quickly.

At this time, Rear Admiral Ars has been authorized, and if necessary, he can now support the nearby border fleet, after all, all the high-level leaders of the entire Boli Business Federation are concentrated here, and if it is really taken care of, then the entire Business Federation will be in chaos.

At this time, in the area where the garrison fleet and the unknown fleet exchanged fire, before the disabled garrison fleet could launch a counterattack, the second round of artillery bombardment of the opponent had already been issued, although a few warships opened the defensive force field and escaped, but most of the garrison warships did not escape the fate of being shot down.

Duke-class battleships are already the top combat power in scientific and technological civilization, and the main gun attack is equivalent to a full blow from the monks in the merger period, which is extremely powerful, and the stationed fleet is just composed of some viscount-class or earl-class battleships, and under the surprise attack of the other party, there is no power to fight back at all.

Picho and the others successfully entered the underground shelter, which has heavy alloy armor and extremely advanced external communication equipment, which is specially prepared for the high-level leaders of the business alliance in the re-election conference, and even if the base misses Major General Ars, it has no right to interfere with the operation here.

As soon as he entered the vault, Picho immediately asked about the situation.

"Your Excellency, I am afraid that we need reinforcements, the other side has five Duke-class warships, and the garrison fleet has been defeated, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to stop them with the Thirteenth Fleet alone. A base officer in charge of the situation reported to Picho.

"What about the training fleet, I remember that the fleets of the Twelve Merchant Alliances all have a duke-level flagship, if they participate in the war, there should be no problem. Chelock, who was following Picho, interjected.

The officer shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Inspector, all the training fleets still have to be reequipped, they have to replace the training shells used in the exercise, it will take time to replenish the live ammunition, I'm afraid they won't be able to participate in the battle in a short time." ”

"Well, mobilize forces for support as soon as possible, and I authorize Field Marshal Olinvi of the Merchant Alliance's armed fleet to command this operation, so let him come as soon as possible. Picho was still sober-minded, and knew that it was better to leave such a matter to a professional to deal with, so he immediately ordered.