Chapter 579: The Concern of the Iron Triangle
The time when the federation’s top brass received the battle report on the Lubion System was earlier than the various forces in the Star Dragon Empire, although the Lubion System seemed to be leaving the Federation. controlled, but before the war this place was indeed within the federal territory.
But after receiving the battle report, the federal "iron triangle" from President Brandon, Defense Secretary Miller, to Navy Marshal Trafalgar directly entered a state of some kind of downtime.
Marshal Trafalgar's physical signs monitoring device once issued an alarm of 'excessive heart rate', which almost made the other two prepare to call the medical staff in the President's Office.
Fortunately, the navy marshal finally recovered. After he relaxed for a while, the three of them began to look at each other.
After the communications department reported that the 'Atlas ultra-long-distance communication service' in the Lubion system and surrounding areas was temporarily shut down due to 'technical problems', everyone knew that the naval fleet should have begun a confrontation with the Atlas fleet. .
Up to this point, the direction of events was actually within the prediction or control of the top federal officials.
The 'Iron Triangle' overcame all objections and took the risk to send out the last mobile force, even bringing with them a proton annihilation bomb that was already running low. The original intention was indeed to destroy Atlas in one fell swoop. The group's combat fleet.
While resolving the federation's "internal crisis" brought about by this giant company, we will also give other forces in the territory that are ready to take action a show of killing chickens to scare monkeys.
Regarding this combat plan, both Navy Marshal Trafalgar and the other two felt that it was a sure thing, if not foolproof.
Let’s not talk about the hard power of the five full fleets. Just talk about the jump-type proton annihilation bomb carried by the fleet, which can be used to reverse the situation of the battle in case of being at a disadvantage.
And this jump-type proton annihilation bomb did finally complete its mission of 'turning the tide of the war'.
It just helped the opponent turn the tide of the battle
"What do you two want to say now?"
President Brandon sat slumped in the large presidential office chair On the chair, some eyes were staring at the ceiling of the President's Office, where there was a dome mural named "The Power of Freedom" painted by a famous federal muralist many years ago.
But when Brandon looked at the dome mural now, he felt as if the sea of people and raised hands that represented the 'power of freedom' were about to drag him in and tear him apart in the next second.
“We must ensure that the remaining fleet is firmly in our hands.”
The first person to speak was Defense Secretary Miller. He glanced at Trafalgar beside him. Then he continued:
"The naval fleet is the only bargaining chip that we can currently use to continue to take the initiative and advantage. If we can't even hold this 'chip' in our hands, then the three of us should kill ourselves as soon as possible. "
Marshal Trafalgar, who was on the side, saw Miller looking at him, and after the latter finished speaking, he continued:
"I have ordered the remaining fleet to gather the ships in good condition and assemble them at several secret deep space mooring points. The ships that have completed maintenance and repairs in the dock will also go to these as soon as possible. During the regional rendezvous, the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the Naval Intelligence Agency, and the Military Police Department will supervise the entire process to ensure that the remaining main fleet of the Navy will not be affected and will not mutiny."
"But if we do this, Will we lose deterrence to most galaxies?" Brandon frowned after hearing Trafalgar's words, "Those galactic defense fleets are not as obedient as the naval fleet. If something goes wrong with the local galactic autonomous government, The loyalty of these garrison fleets has to be questioned."
Miller: "At least the remaining main fleet of the navy is in our hands, and others will not dare to do anything to us in the short term. Mr. President."
After saying this, there was a brief silence in the office.
The reason why Brandon, Miller, and Trafalgar have become the most powerful 'iron triangle' in federal politics is that, apart from their roles as President and Secretary of Defense, the Navy The federal navy, which Marshal Trafalgar firmly controlled by relying on his personal prestige and connections, was the key to maintaining the stability of this 'triangle'. In this era, the navy, which is large in scale and has deep space navigation, orbital blockade, ground strikes and even the ability to dispatch marine troops to the ground, has already surpassed other arms in terms of status, and can even be said to be unattainable.
Whoever controls the navy is equivalent to controlling the most important armed force in this country.
Marshal Trafalgar is the actual controller of the federal navy.
Compared with the rhetoric of politicians and the main guns of battleships, the deterrent effect is naturally a little bit inferior.
So after the establishment of this trinity alliance of political power, military power, and connections, the three Brandons were in a state where no one could restrict them for a long time—the most dangerous time was probably the federal military-industrial complex. During the time when they wanted to cause trouble, the unprecedentedly united military-industrial complex was indeed able to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the navy was on the front line to do something.
Unfortunately, under the leadership of Mrs. Paris, the military-industrial complex ran into the 'south wall' of Atlas without hesitation, and was not unexpectedly hit with a bloody head. This was even more terrifying. The enemies were blown up and dismembered.
This is undoubtedly a good thing for the 'Iron Triangle'. Even the three of them privately thanked the Atlas Group for cleaning up the 'poisonous blood' in the federation.
However, although Brandon, Miller, and Trafalgar stood at the top of the Federation at that time, it also meant that they had to take the lead in facing the threat from the Empire. Only by completely eliminating it Only with this 'old enemy' can their position in the Federation be completely stable.
Unfortunately, the ‘strategic decisive battle’ launched by Marshal Trafalgar did not achieve the original strategic goal in a sense.
Although they successfully eliminated a large number of imperial fleets and even destroyed an artificial celestial fortress, allowing Duke William to return to the sea of stars, the final result was that both the Federation and the Empire paid a huge price. , but their respective areas of control have not changed much.
In Amber's words, it was 'in vain'.
Immediately afterwards, due to a series of events that occurred in the Lubion system, coupled with the military intervention of the Atlas Group, the entire federation became somewhat 'turbulent' again overnight.
The three of them naturally understand the principle that one must first settle the internal affairs when fighting against external forces.
In addition, turmoil and rebellions in the galaxy have happened frequently in the past, so Brandon and the others know that they must deal with the internal problems of the Federation at this time and eliminate all signs of large-scale rebellions. , and only then can we consider the strategy for the Star Dragon Empire.
This is why the three of them finally made a desperate move, which can be said to be an 'Allin' style, and invested all their main mobile power into the Rubian system.
But the final result was different from what they thought.
The loss of five entire fleets also made the 'Iron Triangle' realize that their control over the federation would decline rapidly in a short period of time, so they had to wait until the news spread on a large scale. They quickly came up with countermeasures.
Just when the three of them fell silent and began to think, there was a knock on the door of the President's Office.
The only ones who would disturb us at this time are Brandon and his confidants.
Soon, Hafir, the chief of staff of the President's Office, walked into the room with a serious expression, and the first words he spoke caused this expression to instantly 'infect' the faces of the other three.
"Just now, a large amount of information about the Federation fleet's disastrous defeat in the Lubion system appeared on the Internet."
(End of this chapter)