Chapter 624 The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night
Mr. James, an 'ordinary citizen' who lives in the federal capital, is one of the 'lucky ones' who had the honor to witness the entire process of the federal naval garrison launching orbital airdrops and strikes on the surrounding areas of the capital.
As the CEO of a certain company, on the day when Congress launched the "Iron Triangle" impeachment vote, he was sitting in the canopy office on the top floor of his company's headquarters building, looking at the company's financial reports.
Although he has already known through his own channels that members of both parties are going to impeach the current federal president, defense minister and others, in his opinion, no matter what the final result is, the impact on his company will not be as great as imagined.
Anyway, to whom should I hand over such things as ‘political donations’? Could it be that when a new leader comes to power, they will stop collecting their own money?
At least in the current Federation, James doesn’t think such a character exists.
So instead of paying attention to these 'insignificant' things, it is better to pay more attention to the recent news of Atlas Group's massive expansion in the federal territory.
God knows if this greedy company will one day suddenly come up with the idea to acquire the properties under its own name
But by the afternoon of that day, James, who was 'obsessed with financial reports and couldn't extricate himself', discovered that the situation of this 'political struggle' might be beyond his expectation, and began to develop in the direction of a 'military coup' after President Brandon issued martial law.
Considering that the capital is very likely to fall into war without warning, resulting in paralysis of transportation, network and livelihood facilities, James finally decided after thinking for a moment that employees at the headquarters should not leave work from today and stay in the headquarters building at night, temporarily. Don't go home.
In order to avoid delaying work because of being unable to arrive at the company in time, after all, this is the headquarters building, which is the heart of the whole company, and there cannot be any problems.
Although employees can work from home, what if public network communications are interrupted? Therefore, it is safer to use the ‘dedicated line’ customized from Atlas Communications in the company~
However, the war in the capital came faster than he imagined. As soon as the order was issued requiring employees to stay at the company headquarters, the security department reported that there were exchanges of fire in many places in the Capital District, especially near the Presidential Palace and the Ministry of National Defense. fierce.
Even standing on the edge of the dome office, James could directly see the occasional HCP leaping high from buildings in the city, as well as the occasional flash of directed energy weapons and explosions.
At night, the Capital Region issued an emergency notice to everyone to stay at home or seek shelter in a nearby air raid shelter.
At the time, James felt that this emergency notice was a bit overblown. After all, there was no need to launch an orbital attack on his country's capital in order to stage a coup.
But the CEO soon discovered that he had underestimated the federal soldiers at the center of the coup
The first wave of airborne pods carrying orbital paratroopers directly smashed through the high-tech dome of the Capital District, carrying the dome that shattered into countless fragments and fell onto the streets of the capital.
When several surveillance screens of the company's headquarters building showed groups of murderous orbital paratroopers and multi-legged chariots passing through the streets of the headquarters building, James realized that these soldiers were serious.
The secretary reported to him that the employees at the company headquarters were in panic. Many people wanted to go back to find their families. There were even a large group of people who wanted to forcefully break through the security guards and leave the building.
Hearing the news, James was also furious.
"These ungrateful people! Am I keeping them for the sake of the company? I'm not keeping them for the personal safety of these salary thieves. It's so chaotic outside. The orbital paratroopers have landed. God knows what will fall next? This Isn’t it time to go out and seek death?”
Just when James was about to ask his secretary to turn on the broadcast in the headquarters building and persuade the employees to come back with sincerity, he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck.
As if he thought of something, the CEO immediately raised his head and looked at the sky through the canopy office.
At this moment, the dome of the Capital District had been largely shattered when the orbital paratroopers smashed it down, so now James could directly see the night sky outside through the remaining frame structure.
A series of 'shooting stars' are heading towards the Capital District from a distance. They are illuminated by stars hiding on the other side of the planet, reflecting a strange optical effect in the night sky. Thinking of the orbital paratroopers that fell before, James quickly realized that this should be an orbital strike bomb dropped by a near-altitude orbital attack ship.
Don't ask why James didn't run when he saw the orbital bombs falling.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to run, but that his CEO office is on the top floor of the headquarters building.
The sight in front of him also reminded James of the famous phrases used by ancient humans to describe the spectacular scene of split ballistic missiles re-entering the atmosphere.
"The east wind blooms flowers on thousands of trees at night, and even blows them down, and the stars are like rain"
He recited this verse unconsciously and lamented that the ancients were still a little conservative when describing this scene. The speed of these missiles entering the atmosphere was much slower than raindrops.
After a short period of silence, James only felt a sudden flash in front of his eyes.
The first orbital strike bomb was the first to hit the ground. In an instant, the world seemed to have stopped for a second, followed by a deafening explosion, breaking the brief tranquility. The strong light instantly illuminated the entire night sky, reflecting everything around it. It must be like day.
Subsequently, the remaining missiles landed at the preset attack coordinates one after another. Each impact with the ground was accompanied by a devastating explosion, and each flash of light was a challenge to the night.
Dozens of rays of light bloomed one after another in just a few seconds, each beam more dazzling than the previous one, as if time itself was stretched infinitely at this moment, allowing the citizens of the capital to witness this series of continuous and independent artistry. destroy.
When the orbital strike ended, the entire Capital District fell into a deathly silence.
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No one dared to leave the air defense bunker or building where they were, for fear that after they walked out, another round of orbital bombs would fall from the sky.
James even hugged his secretary, hiding under the large desk and shivering.
When the explosion first occurred, the top floor of the building he was in felt a strong earthquake. The glass in the canopy office creaked for a while, as if it would break in the next second. Fortunately, the quality still withstood the test in the end
After James came back to his senses, he immediately contacted the Ministry of Security and asked them to release drones to see how the city was under attack. Although the federal government explicitly prohibited general companies in the capital from releasing drones within the capital, most of them In fact, companies secretly hide a batch of them for emergencies.
And right now, it’s this ‘untimely need’.
Not long after, the drone pictures came back. When he saw the center of one of the pictures, the Capitol Building that had been razed to the ground by orbital strike bombs, and the surrounding positions that could no longer be seen as they were, James swallowed involuntarily. Swallowed.
"You really can't mess with these lunatics."
Thinking of this, James slapped the secretary on the buttocks of the secretary who had just climbed up, and then said eagerly:
"Quick! Find a way to find out which side won!"
(End of chapter)