90. Volunteer Army

Earth, the birthplace of human civilization, is the capital planet of the Earth Federation. Watch the latest chapter of Perfect World, and look at it quickly. The Senate Building of the Earth Federation is located in the northern hemisphere of this planet, where the scenery is beautiful, the climate is pleasant, the shade of green trees, and the gray-white marble structure of the Senate Building is only 22 stories high, but it looks particularly solemn and magnificent.

As the body that governs the entire vast Earth Federation, the Senate is composed of representatives elected by the colonized planets, the head of government of the Federation, the heads of various administrative agencies, can be elected by the Senate, important legal documents, regulations and diplomatic resolutions, such as war or armistice agreements with the Empire, must also be voted by the Senate before they can take effect, it is the veritable center of power of the Federation.

At this moment, in a small conference room on the twelfth floor of the Senate building, more than a dozen personnel of the federal security agencies are carefully examining any suspicious places in the room to determine if there is a security breach? Is there a bugging device? Although the security near this floor has been extremely tight, there are security doors, monitors, alarms and guards everywhere, and even the walls of the conference room are made of special materials, people still dare not be careless, because all the meetings transferred here are extremely special or extremely important to national security, and if the secret is accidentally leaked, it will mean a particularly heavy loss of national interests, and they will be severely investigated, so these personnel do not dare to be careless at all.

An hour later, after the inspection was completed and nothing suspicious was found, several security personnel signed the documents one by one to confirm. After a while, five senators in crisp suits walked in one after another. Those who are familiar with federal politics know these people, and they are all important members of the Senate Budget Committee.

"I'm sorry to be late, there are some important things in the Senate, delayed, what about General Hamilton?" One of the men among them said to a lieutenant colonel officer of the Union Army.

"I'm here, Yao. No, you should be congratulated on your new role. Mr. President. "The general of the Union Army, Hamilton, appeared at the door just in time.

"Haha, old friend, we don't have to be so polite. Senator Yao nodded to the few people at the door, and the door closed silently, separating the outside from the inside into two worlds.

"Well, we're not going to waste any time, gentlemen. Sit down, everyone, and we'll get started. ”

After everyone was seated, Yao began to speak, "Colleagues, the special nature of this meeting, I think, you probably know it in your heart, just from the security check procedures you went through when you arrived here. Just know it's unusual, Alan. Rather Lee was also a member of the Budget Committee before, so you should be able to guess what it is, but for the other newly elected members, today's meeting will be a good explanation of the flow of our missing funds. But here, I want to emphasize it again. If what is said here leaks out, the harm caused to the Federation is probably no less than a political earthquake, and it is difficult to say that it will even be rekindled, so there will never be an official record of this meeting, nor will it be stored in the computer, and all the contents will be recorded by hand and assigned to the management of a special person until the final declassification ......"

"Yao. I'll say two words. Recently there have been some new changes on the front, and perhaps the situation is not as serious as we thought......" Admiral Hamilton interrupted Yao's conversation.

"Oh. Hamilton, is that what you're trying to tell us today? Yao asked curiously.

"Of course, but that's only a small part, I'll go into detail now. General Hamilton coughed lightly, and when he saw that the senators were listening intently to him, he continued with satisfaction.

"Mr. Senators, what you have heard today is a top-secret operation of the Federation Army, codenamed Operation Hump, a program of assistance to the Resistance League, a resistance organization within the Galactic Empire, for which I am personally responsible. ”

"Aid the Resistance Alliance? We are no stranger to this, General, and you and Mr. Chairman have strongly advocated assistance to the Resistance in spite of the heavy losses of the convoy, and we are well aware that the assistance has achieved great results, but after the armistice was signed, our assistance to the Alliance was interrupted in order to prevent the Empire from regaining a pretext for war. Do you want to restart aid to the rebels again? I have to say, it was a very risky move. A gray-haired senator continued.

"No, you are wrong, Mr. Senator, we don't need to restart, in fact, Operation Hump began a week after the armistice was signed, after the withdrawal of our men and warships, and our transport fleet, personnel and material assistance was interrupted, but other assistance was never interrupted. General Hamilton retorted quietly.

"What??" Several senators who heard this at first glance made no secret of the look of surprise on their faces, "Are you crazy, General? It seems that you are aware of this, Mr. President, and I have to say that it is extremely risky. What if the Empire knows about it and the war resumes? How do we deal with the anger of people who have once again been uprooted from their homes? ”

"Please be patient and listen to General Hamilton. Senator Yao had to come forward and say.

"Senators, as I said before, we have cut off aid to the Allies in personnel and materiel, and the Federation has not left any warplanes, ships, or combatants in the Empire, so we have not violated the armistice with the Empire, and they are unlikely to find any excuses. Gentlemen, our assistance has been prudent and selective, primarily in terms of intelligence and technology. In terms of intelligence, we have secret contacts with the intelligence services of the allies at regular intervals to exchange information. As for the method of contact, with our guidance and help, the Alliance has specially modified a fast battleship to and from the rear of the Federation and the Empire on a regular basis, and our armistice agreement with the Empire stipulates that the warships and personnel of both sides are not allowed to enter the other side's star field, but there is no restriction on the personnel and ships of third parties from entering the Federation-controlled star field......." General Hamilton shrugged.

"And in terms of technology, the Resistance League arrives in the Federation every time. They will bring some technical difficulties or requirements from them, mainly related to the manufacture and use of warships, warplanes, weapons, equipment, etc., and occasionally they will also buy some urgently needed technical equipment, medicines and other materials, for this reason, we allow them to secretly set up a seemingly legitimate federal company, and provide funds to this company from the secret budget, for this company to seek solutions to technical problems or technical requirements, weapons design problems, or directly purchase some federal materials from our local federal research institutions. Legally, it's like a free business practice. Avoiding the direct intervention of the federal government, and after the rebel alliance bought it, the technology and supplies are no longer owned by the federation, but are at the discretion of the alliance, and we are not interested in where they like to ship them. It's a pity that this route is too treacherous, and at present, the alliance only has one ship that can pass, and it can only be a drop in the bucket if it is completely used to transport supplies. So the limited capacity is more used for technical information, and they are currently using the funds we provide to order new special vessels from our shipyards to sail on this route. ”

"Of course, our research institutes and shipyards also question these special orders or technical problems in particular specialty, but our personnel are always quick to show up and solve their doubts, and so far our actions have been successful. The Empire has not yet discovered our covert operations, and even if they did, we had not violated the terms of the armistice. General Hamilton ended his narrative.

Senators, you look at me, I look at you, and I have to admire from the bottom of my heart this plan of action for Haiti, although the material aid has been reduced. But in essence, it made it possible for the Resistance Alliance to truly develop into an armed force capable of independently producing fighter planes and warships.

"General, I understand all this, is your proposal to convene this meeting today to introduce Operation Hump to the new commissioners?" Senator Yao leaned over and asked suspiciously.

"No, Mr. Chairman, of course there is more to it, but I propose to convene this meeting today to ask the members to increase the amount of money used in the secret budget. Another 30 billion. to increase aid to the Resistance Alliance. ”

"And more? Every year, we allocate more than 60 billion dollars to the budget for covert operations, excluding the construction of new ships. The rebel alliance does not purchase much in the federal territory, and the technical solutions and weapon designs are not a black hole of money, so how can it not be enough? General, you are not unaware that the post-war reconstruction of many planets requires a lot of financial support, and our current use of funds is already very tight. As soon as they heard that the money was going to be added again, several senators immediately frowned.

"Everyone, please take a look at this information, the empire is currently drawing a large number of troops from the front line to focus on clearing the rebel alliance, summing up the feedback from all sides before, I have to say that this time the empire suddenly agreed to our call for an armistice, in addition to the frontline war falling into the frontier situation, a large part of the empire internal instability had to be forced to truce with us. ”

"Please continue, General. "Allen, who hasn't spoken. Senator Lee said with interest.

"Senators, the Resistance Alliance is an important ally to us, and we cannot afford to lose them to being completely wiped out by the Empire. Imagine if it weren't for the Resistance Alliance, and the Empire would have been able to consolidate its rear, would the Empire have so easily agreed to our call for an armistice? Even the empire knows that the outside must first be at home, they are now sending a large number of front-line troops to stabilize the situation in the rear, I have received a report from the frontline, the imperial army that is still on the front line has now been greatly restrained compared with some time ago, provocations and cross-border actions are almost non-existent, and the situation on the front line has become relaxed and friendly for a while, why is this? Without the Resistance Alliance, can we achieve peace and tranquility that we never imagined? ”

General Hamilton paused and continued, "Looking back on the four years of war, there is no doubt about the strength of the Imperial Army, even if our army won a complete victory in the Battle of the Big Horn 7 Star Field, it was because of the arrogance and command mistakes of the enemy army that we were lucky enough to win. In doing so, we have displaced millions of ordinary people and left them in limbo before they are able to return and rebuild their homes. I know the use of reconstruction funds is very tight, but have you ever wondered how much we have to spend defending against an Imperial invasion once the Imperial Army is allowed to wipe out the Alliance, stabilize the rear, and then turn around against the Federation? If the investment is not enough, and the attack of the empire cannot be stopped, will those people be displaced again? Will we let the homes we rebuild be destroyed by war again? We support the alliance to continue to survive and fight the Empire, and if the Empire wants to attack again, we will have to think twice, which will give us precious time to develop our military power, strengthen our defenses, and block the possibility of another attack by the Empire, and our people can live in peace, and we will only pay a small increase in aid. ”

"Well, General, I have to say, your reasons are very good, but even if we increase our aid, will our allies be able to withstand the full-scale military encirclement of the Imperial Army?" Yao asked.

"It's completely possible, the Resistance Alliance has been holding out in the Empire's military cleanup operation for a year, and they have recently organized a powerful fleet to launch a counterattack against the Empire, successively attacking and destroying the Holland space station, the Tau-29 space station, the Agama military base, ambushing the Imperial TXC-1123 and 1022 transport fleets, destroying a total of more than forty Imperial warships, including three Führer-class fast battleships, and destroying more than 700 Imperial warplanes...... This is a report on their actions, so please take a look at them. The lieutenant colonel officer next to the general immediately handed over the report.

"Incredible, incredible, our allies are much stronger than we thought, and this is almost enough to catch up with a standard Imperial fleet. Several senators watched in amazement.

"Our allies have also suffered a lot of losses, so I think we need to strengthen our assistance and make up for their losses as soon as possible, but the material things are easy to replenish, but starfighter pilots are not so easy to train, so ......" General Hamilton dropped a big bomb, "In the new request of the alliance, they want us to send starfighter pilots to support the operation." ”

"What?" The senators exploded, "Absolutely not, if our people are captured in battle, then we will be very passive, this is considered a violation of the armistice, and the possible consequences will be very serious." ”

"I agree that our fighters will not cross the border to support the Allies. General Hamilton nodded in agreement, and after seeing that the senators' faces softened a little, he continued, "But if it's the Resistance League's own personnel, then it's fine." ”

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that if there are some civilians in the Federation who are sympathetic to the Resistance League and voluntarily join the Resistance League, or if the Resistance League uses some unknown sources of funds to hire some illegal armed men in the Federation; These new members of the alliance formed a volunteer army, and despite the warnings and opposition of the Federation, they secretly crossed the border and entered the empire to fight, which has nothing to do with our Earth Federation. A smug smile crept into the corner of the general's mouth.

Volunteers? Now the senators know where the additional budget is going.

(Haha,The heroine is ready to come back.,So many chapters don't appear.,Maybe some book friends forgot their names, right?) ）。.。