The room, quietly.A nurse carefully closed the bedroom door, walked briskly to the doctors in the living room with a medicine tray, and whispered something.The generals who sat at the other end of the parlor stood up and looked anxiously at the nurse who had walked out of the bedroom, until they saw the nurse turn around and enter the bedroom again, then they looked at each other heavily, and sat down slowly.At the makeshift desk, several gray-headed experts were discussing in a low voice.Several sheets of light passed back and forth between them.Judging by their frowning brows and quick words, it was clear that the situation was not optimistic.The door was opened by the guards, and President Hill of Chuckner walked briskly into the room and went straight to Li Cunxin, who was standing in front of the window.The bodyguards, assistants, and senior advisors behind him all automatically stayed outside the door.The aisle was already overcrowded, and dozens of high-ranking officers and high-ranking officials of Chacner were whispering in twos and threes, worried.This is Hastings' residence in Hanking.Later today, the seventy-year-old man suddenly had a face like a blank sheet of paper, sweating profusely, and after coughing violently and spitting out a small amount of blood, he fainted briefly.This scene immediately frightened the people next to him.Fortunately, Hastings was in the office at that time to study confidential matters with Li Cunxin and others, and not many people witnessed his illness.And Li Cunxin and Hill also immediately issued a gag order to control the news.Otherwise, I am afraid that the entire Filipino League will be plunged into turmoil.Although many people knew about Hastings' condition, they also knew that day would eventually come.However, as long as that day is not reached, everyone does not want to think about it.For everyone in the League, Hastings is the backbone of the edifice of the League, even politicians who are trying to remove him from power and replace him with someone else.No one dared to imagine what would become of the Filipino Alliance after Hastings left.If he could, everyone in Fimeng hoped that he would live forever and live to the end of the day, even if he was lying in bed and couldn't speak, the sound of his breathing made people feel at ease."
How's it going?"
Hill waved his hand at the generals who stood up and saluted, walked up to Li Cunxin's side, and asked softly.The old marshal Li Cunxin shook his head, staring out the window with somewhat cloudy eyes, his gray beard, deep wrinkles, and sluggish spirit made him look much older all of a sudden.Ciel sighed and looked at the still closed bedroom door.Since Hastings' arrival in Chacner, the presidential palace has appointed more than a dozen of Chacner's top medical, nutritional, health and rehabilitation experts to work with Fairyan's medical team to monitor Hastings' condition at all times.Hastings' illness has no hope of healing.All you can do is prolong his life as long as possible.Fight for a little more time.However, after all, manpower was difficult to overcome, and Hastings's physical condition continued to weaken.By now, he has appeared in a coma and vomiting blood, which means that his condition has entered an irreversible and uncontrollable stage.All treatments are just talking about personnel, how long can you live, just resign yourself to fate!
Hill stood beside Li Cunxin, looked at the dark clouds outside the window, and let out a long sigh.The war situation in the southeast is the most critical moment, and the Filipino League, which is in internal and external difficulties, is also in a stormy stage at the beginning of the change.Although, with Hastings' support, an alliance centered around bandit armies had begun to take shape.But if he falls at this moment, everything will fail.Internally, those who have long been eyeing the bandit army will not hesitate to pounce on it, using all means to divide and tear apart this new alliance.The Filipino League will return to its previous track, or it will fall apart and get worse.Outside, there was Siyo who took advantage of the maneuver to attack and nailed the Filipino Alliance, which was already at a disadvantage, to the tombstone of the vanquished.Hastings' purpose was never to divide the Filipino League.He just wanted this huge beast to have a new skeleton that could stand up and fight on its own.A fragmented Fijian alliance can never be an opponent of Western Covenant.This large, old, and rigid alliance must be reborn in the flames of war.And the most blazing flames are burning in the southeast star field!
However, time was running out for him.The city outside the window is still jubilant.Celebratory fireworks burst into the air one after another.The whole of Chacner was plunged into a carnival of victory.In the two years since the start of the war, this is the happiest moment for Hankyung.The bitter hatred of the aggressor turned into pride and pride at this moment.Countless Chakner warriors were galloping across their homeland, firing, charging, lying down, getting up and continuing to run forward.One after another, the mechs swept past them, and the dark green metallic light was overwhelming!
In front of them, the enemy is falling.One by one, one by one.The battle reports in front of us are still coming.Chuckner's political axe and the military were holding back their strength to make the bomb sweep across the universe, and for a few days, the media coverage of the battle situation in the Ress system occupied all the news time.The mood of the people has been boiling.Every planet, every city, every street, there are excited people marching.But how did they know that the Filipino Alliance was going through an unprecedented crisis."
Your Excellency the President, Your Excellency the Marshal," a doctor walked quickly to Hill and Li Cunxin, and said softly, "You can go in." ”"How's the matter with Lord Hastings?"
Ciel asked in a low voice."
It's stable for the time being, but," the doctor said, with a worried face, "Your Excellency Hastings' condition is at an advanced stage, and we can't do anything to change it except for some conservative treatments.How long it lasts is up to Lord Hastings himself. ”Although the doctor's words were already expected, Hill and Li Cunxin couldn't help but feel melancholy.The two looked at each other and walked towards the bedroom.Pushing open the door, Hastings lay quietly on the large, soft bed.Several monitoring instruments cast sensing light spots on his hands and recorded data such as his breathing and heartbeat.An oxygen concentrator worked silently, and oxygen was fed into his body through a nasal tube.Leaving the wheelchair and not wearing a uniform, the old man's body looked so thin in the wide hospital bed.His legs shrunk a little, and he looked like a child.Only by looking at his face and his eyes can he know that this is the military god of the Filipino Alliance.Neither war nor disease could defeat him until he died.His eyes, when he looked at Hill and Li Cunxin, were still deep and bright."
I think, it's time for our next plan," Hastings smiled at Hill and Li Cunxin as the medical staff left the bedroom and closed the door carefully: "That guy did a good job, originally I thought we would have to wait for a while, but I didn't expect him to make such a big move in Leifeng Star with two divisions!"
”Hill and Li Cunxin walked to the edge of the bed and sat down in a velvet-upholstered high-backed chair.After saying a few words, Hastings's breath was a little gasping, he closed his eyes, rested for a while, and then said lightly: "Give Lei Fengxing news, let him and Margaret come back." ”Quiet bedroom with soft and serene lighting———————— "Critical?
”The fat man only felt his brain thump and go blank.In the communicator, Margaret's trembling voice made him suddenly confused.He stopped the mech.Tattered logic, in the mighty mecha queue, is like a reef in a flood.Black, cyan, dark green mechs parted from behind him and converged in front of him.The artillery fire ahead sounded unrealistic."
Bonnie."
The fat man screamed abruptly."
I'm here!"
In the command channel, Bonnie's soft voice looked a little worried."
It's up to you!
Keep fighting, beating them until they are exhausted!
”The fat man pulled the lever, turned around, gritted his teeth, and logic soared into the air like a rocket.———————— "Smack!
”A folded newspaper was thrown on the smooth Limu office with a crisp sound.Barbara's face sank like water, turning the wide leather swivel chair and looking out the window.The sunset in the distance of the city is gradually hiding behind the rows of high-rise buildings, and the light is gradually dimming, and only a touch of golden glow is still lingering on the windowsill.Barbara's eyes narrowed slightly.For a long time, her upside-down face became faint as the afterglow of the windowsill faded.The shadow, slowly caressing her graceful neck, delicate collarbones, and towering round breasts, poked all the way down, gradually enveloping her.In the extravagantly decorated room, the light was uncomfortably dim, but none of the few people standing solemnly at the desk dared to turn on the light.Six men and three women, including two twin sisters, are all members of Barbara's most powerful force.Having been following Barbara for a long time, they knew very well what would happen if they were waiting for them to make a little noise at this time.The rigorous training they have received has made them accustomed to this waiting.Each one of them is like a stone sculpture in a secret room.Perhaps the only thing that can move is their eyes.At this moment, everyone turned their eyes on the desk in front of them, and under the eye-catching headline on the front page of the first page of the folded "Sunshine News", a fat man in a blue uniform with pure eyes was smiling heartlessly."
Lei Fengxing's Great Victory!!
》It's a simple title.However, for the people of this era, the word "great victory" and the three exclamation points behind it were enough for them to rush to the vending machine and snatch the newspaper inside.The whole city is no, the whole universe is talking about the Battle of Leifeng Star and the bandit army.As long as you listen quietly, you can hear the endless cheers.This cheer, like a crisp slap in the face, hit everyone in this office in the face, crackling!
Just over twenty hours ago, Barbara blocked the news that the bandits had killed Obuun.She understands what public opinion means to the Liverward Army at such a critical time.This news is so shocking that if it is allowed to spread in Feiyang, no one knows what the consequences will be.Until the plan she personally led was completed, she would never allow her superiority to become the enemy's advantage.What's more, she doesn't want to see a motion to impeach Hastings end in the Supreme Council of the League, one after another!
It had to be, it was a successful blockade.At the same time, thousands of the chairmen and editors-in-chief of the board of directors of the major media outlets of Feiyang accepted appointments with local bigwigs.There are parliamentarians, leaders of chambers of commerce, presidents of chaebols, high-ranking political officials, military dignitaries, and in these amiable bigwigs, the bosses or employees of the media get what they want or don't want, some receive friendships, some receive checks, some receive intimidation or a bullet.Whatever was received, most of them chose to remain silent.The few media reports were drowned out by the presidential candidate's brilliant speech during his visit to the University of Heidfeld and the news of the victory of the Liverford Army.One can imagine how confused and embarrassed the people of Feiyang were when other countries were shocked and cheered at the bandit army's killing of Obuun.Even though they got the relevant news from the Internet, the collective silence of the media made them feel like they had just appeared, but they were swallowed by the suffocating air.It's a war.From the start of the war to the completion of the blockade, Barbara took less than four hours.The moment was too critical for her to risk being targeted by the president's office rather than have her plans threatened in any way.She understands better than everyone that the news of Lei Fengxing's victory is not focused on the bandits, but on Hastings!
This military god, who has controlled the Filipino Alliance for thirty years, has too much power.Even if you suppress him to the point where he only has one breath left, maybe all it takes is news that the people who believe in him and worship him for decades will get him to his feet.And those wavering politicians, military generals, or interest groups will instinctively choose to wait and see or even take refuge in them, rather than take risks to provoke him.Moreover, Hastings was never defeated.The victory of the Liverford army was only superficial.How dangerous the waves are in the shadows, only Barbara in the middle of it can understand!
She doesn't want to give her opponent a chance!
Unfortunately, just when she thought everything was under control, things got out of hand.Less than a day after the Chakner military headquarters dropped the news that they had annihilated the dragoon fleet and killed Obuun, they released their battle report and detonated an even larger nuclear bomb."
The entire northern cluster of Belif collapsed, the Leifeng Star Front took advantage of the victory to pursue, the southeast was victorious, and the three hundred adjudicators were all slaughtered!"
This terrifying news quickly spread to the entire Filipino Alliance, and its shock wave swept in all directions, shattering the blockade net she had carefully compiled.Barbara was stunned.From the moment she got the news, she knew that no one could control it.The truth was as she expected.The Propaganda Department of the President's Office, which was already aware of the Obuun incident, chose to announce the news as soon as possible.Several media outlets with close ties to the political axe reported one after another, which quickly ignited the entire Republic of Fiyan.The media who had previously quoted scriptures to question the achievements of the bandit army in annihilating the dragoon fleet were dumbfounded, and those media who had listened to the greeting before regretted it, and even those who came forward to say hello dived into the water and kept silent or even simply retracted their words!
At this time, everyone understands that continuing to block the news will not only oppose the president's office, but even set himself on fire."
You can't control it, don't blame us!"
Based on this most realistic idea, the media quickly joined in the report, and Barbara couldn't even say a word of cruelty to it.That's the power of Hastings!
This old man in a wheelchair doesn't need coercion and temptation, or even a word of defense for himself, to make the scales fall to him!
Moreover, this time, the bandit army's record of annihilating three hundred adjudicators is really dazzling!
In contrast to the ten adjudicators on the battlefield of the Republic of Lane dominating the entire battle and almost making the Republic of Lane unable to turn over, this record can be called a miracle.And the information contained in it is even more complicated!
Anyone with a normal IQ should understand how cautious it is to go against the bandits!
The setting sun has completely set over the horizon.Night falls.There was still a deathly silence in the office.Six men and three women, standing quietly, solid as a rock.However, if you look closely, you will see that the expressions on the faces of these people who have been trained to be held to the head by guns will not change in any way, and their expressions are not calm at the moment.Their gaze, the tiny beads of sweat on their foreheads, or the barely imperceptible twitch of their cheek muscles, made them look less so calm than the rumors suggested.The only one who is really calm is the woman sitting in the leather swivel chair.Shrouded in darkness, she looks like a black widow calmly guarding the cobwebs."
Turn on the TV."
Barbara turned her head and stared at the newspaper photo, faintly.One of the twins activates the giant light screen TV.The image formed by the fusion of colorful light clusters is the text message of the presidential candidate interacting with voters in Dalapea.After the SMS, there is a ranking of the current approval ratings of several presidential candidates who have withdrawn from various parties.The first is the middle-aged man who returned to Feiyang with Chakner and Barbara.The second, on the other hand, is the candidate of President Francis's party.The support of these two people accounts for a total of 75 percent.The rest is divided between three candidates in the third, fourth and fifth places.No matter from the perspective of external image, academic accomplishment, the degree of support received by the ruling phalanx or personal life, Barbara's candidates have a great advantage.The light curtain is flickering and changing.A three-dimensional virtual image that looks so real in the void.Suddenly, a hurried phone call interrupted the silence of the office.Everyone stared at the phone.The tense atmosphere made them swallow their saliva.Barbara picked up the phone nonchalantly while watching TV.A moment later, a smile full of black seduction bloomed at the corner of her mouth.He's dead!
President Fiyan, Francis (to be continued)