Chapter 406 The Frustrated General
"Amber, do you know something?" Seeing that Amber had been thinking about the old emperor's problem for a long time, Isabel couldn't help but ask.
"No, it's nothing. I just feel a little strange. No news has been revealed for such a long time, which is obviously abnormal."
Amber shook his head and replied, naturally he couldn't He said that he had read the original script and knew that under normal circumstances, the whole country of the Star Dragon Empire would have been mourning at this time
"Does the Intelligence Analysis Center need to strengthen the collection of intelligence about the Star Dragon Empire, especially the imperial royal family and senior officials? ?”
"Okay, you can turn some of your attention away first. The old emperor's situation has always given me a premonition - something will definitely happen within the empire in the future. Regardless of whether it will affect our Atlas, we need to make arrangements in advance. It’s definitely good to collect good information.”
Isabel nodded thoughtfully, then lowered her head to operate on the personal terminal, and finally looked at Amber again and said:
"I just made a quick assessment. If we need to start work in this area, we may need more technical support."
Isabel's tone was a bit hesitant and uncertain. She had actually noticed that in Art Under the 'shadow' of Lars, there has always been a powerful person with extremely strong network technology capabilities providing support.
This ‘powerful man’ almost single-handedly supported the digital construction of Atlas and also provided powerful network intrusion support.
At first, Isabel thought that this 'powerful person' was Amber herself, but as the company expanded rapidly and Amber's affairs became more and more busy, Isabel knew that there must be someone else.
But since Amber didn't take the initiative to say it, there must be his reasons and considerations, so she didn't intend to interfere.
It’s just that if we want to start collecting intelligence on the imperial royal family and high-level officials, the intelligence analysis center will inevitably need the technical support of this ‘powerful person’.
On the other side, Amber actually knows what Isabel may have noticed. As her pillow, she is one of the people who knows the most about her secrets.
But this smart woman has never asked about this, which is also very gratifying for Amber. He has to lament this imperial woman who happened to meet on the Robert IV. Spy, does a really good job at this
"No problem, I will arrange more technical support to your intelligence analysis center, and use the 'communication cooperation business' to deploy the self-disciplined information collection devices in the empire, and let you control them."
"OK, then I will deploy and start intelligence collection as soon as possible."
Isabel casually tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. This feminine move made Amber unconsciously stare more. Glanced twice.
After noticing Amber's gaze, Isabel couldn't help but chuckle, and then put her hand on her chin.
“Do you want to continue listening to the report, or do you want to.”
"Listen to the report." Amber said decisively, without any hesitation in her words.
“Huh~ boring”
Isabel rolled her eyes angrily, and then saw the next item, “According to the information collected by the Public Relations Department, the federation should take sanctions against us in the near future. And it seems that several major military industry giants are also planning to attack us in the military equipment market."
"I had expected it, so I find it strange that they didn't take action~" Amber did not respond to this news. He was surprised. If the Federation had been silent all this time, he would have felt abnormal.
“Then what measures should we take?”
"No, just operate normally. If the federation announces a sanctions plan, just make a public statement to protest."
"Huh?"
"Believe me, it's urgent now. "It's them."
Amber smiled, as if he remembered something funny, and then continued: "When they get anxious, they will naturally become chaotic. We just need to find ways to deal with them." Good.”
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Federation, capital, army headquarters.
The atmosphere in the office of Army Commander-in-Chief, five-star general Melion, seemed a little anxious at this time.
Army Lieutenant General Van Fleet, who had just returned to the capital system a few days ago, was looking at Melion, who was also his teacher and old leader, with a look of reluctance.
"Teacher"
"How many times have I told you that you have to carry out your duties outside the home."
Mylean put down the cup in his hand, with an irresistible tone in his tone.
“Okay, Commander! I know that I am the defeated general, and I should not resist the headquarters’ decision. But, even if you demote me, let me be a brigade commander or battalion commander, and continue It’s okay to fight on the front line! If it doesn’t work out, I’ll accept it and be demoted to a private soldier, but now I’m asked to manage logistics and supervise the production of army equipment.”
Van Fleet is like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube. Complaints began to pour out against Merion. After the hearing held yesterday afternoon, the Army Lieutenant General received a new transfer order early this morning.
This transfer order does not allow him to return to the front line to command the battle, nor does it remove his general star, but allows him to stay in the rear as an official supervisor to supervise the army equipment production of major military industrial enterprises. Provide supervision and guidance.
The reason is that he has gained a lot of practical experience on the front line and has a macro-level view on the actual performance of many weapons and equipment on the battlefield. He can assist the major military industrial companies responsible for supplying federal army equipment. Their products are optimized and upgraded.
It seems to be a relatively important logistics position, but in Van Fleet's view, such a decision is just to hide him, a defeated general.
That’s why after receiving the transfer order, he immediately came to the army headquarters and wanted to find an explanation from Commander Merion.
“Look, it’s urgent.”
Looking at his former student, Merion couldn’t help but tap him with his hand like before.
“No, Commander, I admit that I did make a major mistake in the conflict with the Atlas Group, but in the previous landing operation against Pyla IV, even if I had no credit, I still had hard work. ?
The attack force uniformly allocated to me by the headquarters was less than two-thirds of what it was during the pre-war deduction. But with this lack of troops, I still managed to take down the Para 4, right? "
"Van Fleet. "
"Yes, Commander! "
Millian's voice was not loud, but Van Fleet still reflexively stopped speaking.
"No one will forget your contribution. But you need to know that your capture by Atlas has had a great impact on the Federation in the public opinion environment, and the conflict on Para 4 has also directly affected the strategic layout of the Federation. You know that there are people in Congress now. How many people want to court-martial you? ”
"I"
"Van Fleet, I left you behind to protect you. The public's memory is very short, but now you are on the cusp of the storm, you know?"
Millian did not give Van Fleet a chance to speak, and continued:
"There is always a shortage of people on the front line, and even less commanders. You always have a chance to go back. So what you have to do now is Accept the order and stay behind, don't stir up any trouble for me! If something goes wrong again, even I may not be able to save you!"
The old leader's words will directly kill Fan Fu! All the words Li Te wanted to say were blocked in his mouth. Although he was still unwilling to give up, he also knew that he could not cause any more trouble to Mylian.
"I understand, Commander"
In the end, the somewhat frustrated Army Lieutenant General stood up, saluted Merion, then turned and walked out of the office.
When the door to the office was closed again, Melion stared at the door with complicated eyes for a long time before dialing a number without a contact signature on his personal terminal.
"I'm still staying. I don't want my own students to be sent to military courts, so you guys should pay more attention and don't let him find any clues." The other side of the call seemed to say Something made Merion's brows immediately squeeze together, and his voice became low and filled with anger.
"I don't need to report so much to you when I work."
On the other side, Van Fleet, who walked out of the army headquarters, looked up at the sky. The planetary environment in the federal capital is very well managed. He rarely saw the clear and clean blue sky and white clouds in front of him on the front line.
But such a view could not make Van Fleet's gloomy mood any better. A military-branded executive car parked at the door of the Army Headquarters Building. Van Fleet's orderly quickly got out of the car and served as a driver. He opened the car door.
"General, where should we go next?"
"Send me off"
Van Fleet was about to say, 'Send me home,' but a new message that popped up on his personal terminal stopped him.
The sender of the message was Vice Admiral Guterres, who was sent back by Atlas with him. The content of the message was also very simple:
“Do you have time? Let’s meet and chat?”
There was an address attached to the message.
Van Fleet stared at the message for a moment, finally sighed, and then said to his orderly:
"Send me to a place, I'll send you the address."
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"Your navy is really leisurely and leisurely. Even now, you still have the time to find a bar."< br>
Van Fleet looked around at the bar he was currently in, and couldn't help but marvel:
"This decoration and this location shouldn't be cheap, right? Eh. I’m really curious as to how this bar owner can be so talented and able to find such a place to open a bar in the capital, where land is at a premium, and in the core administrative district.”
"I opened this bar myself."
Guterres, who was sitting opposite Van Fleet, said calmly, but a hint of joy in his eyes revealed his inner joy at the moment.
"?" Van Fleet was stunned when he heard this sentence. It took him a long time to react, and then he slapped the table and said:
"No, where did you get so many Money? The salary in the Navy is not much higher than that in the Army. Is it some kind of gray income? "
"The inheritance left by my parents."
Guterres' temper today was surprisingly good for some reason. He showed no sign of anger after hearing Van Fleet's question. Instead, he picked up a bottle of expensive-looking wine and poured it for Van Fleet. .
“My parents were once well-known businessmen, but when they died in an accident, I had just entered the Federal Naval Academy and had no intention of dropping out to run the business, so I inherited the The stocks were cashed out and the group was sold. I got a large amount of money, which I finally used to open this tavern. Thanks to the care of my colleagues in the Navy, the business was not bad."
"Then why do you continue? Stay in the Navy? If you say so, aren't you already financially free?"
"When you suddenly get an amount of money that you can't use for normal expenses, you will. I want to start searching for the meaning of life. Besides, things like giant ships and cannons are obviously not something that ordinary people can have if they have money."
Guterres spoke calmly, as if he was a philosopher.
Van Fleet, who had just picked up the wine glass and took a sip, raised the corners of his eyes uncontrollably after hearing his words.
"The first half of your sentence will make people have the urge to punch you."
"Then I'm really sorry."
Van Fleet watched In order to save the face of the other party who bought him a lot of valuable wine, he suppressed the urge to punch the vice admiral in front of him, and then said seriously:
"Forget it, say Business. Why did you come to see me suddenly? ”
Seeing that Van Fleet was getting down to business, Guterres tapped the terminal a few times, asked all the waiters to leave, and then activated the 'black box mode' of the box.
"Did you not receive any decent punishment, but were left behind?"
"How do you know?"
"Because I am too." Guterres nodded on his chest,
"Marshal Trafalgar personally told me in the remote communication that he hoped that I could stay behind temporarily and be responsible for supervising the construction of the navy's new warships. .”
Upon hearing this, Van Fleet suddenly became happy, with a gloating expression on his face.
“Hey, you were also sent to manage logistics?”
“It seems to be similar to what I thought.” Guterres did not directly answer Van Fleet’s question. "Our two defeated generals were directly hidden in the snow."
After hearing this sentence, Van Fleet obviously became a little disappointed. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, complaining. :
“If I had known that I would be treated like this when I came back, I might as well have stayed in Atlas.”
"Van Fleet, be careful what you say."
"That's right. Although we have capsized in the gutter this time, the rear did not provide any valuable information about Atlas before the war. We didn’t know that they had so much equipment that had begun to produce technological differences. We were completely caught off guard.”
“I mean, Atlas didn’t say that they wanted to invite you to stay. Right? "
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Seeing Van Fleet choked by himself, Guterres rarely smiled. He picked up the wine glass and Van Fleet, who had a black face. After Te clinked his glasses, he continued:
"But I think the military may have other intentions behind leaving the two of us behind to supervise the production activities of these military industrial enterprises."
"Elaborate."
"According to my sources, Atlas has recently received a large number of orders for various equipment, which has had an impact on the established military industry companies to a certain extent, so these companies are now also looking for ways to produce various new equipment." Guterres said calmly.
“Then what does this have to do with the two of us?”
“The biggest business target of these military industrial enterprises is the federal army. I guess the military department may be worried about their use in production and research and development activities. , in order to pursue progress, some illegal actions will be taken, so let the two of us keep an eye on it"
"It means that our new positions are really not just empty positions?"
"It's very possible."
(End of this chapter)