Under the sky of the Federation, there can be no shady secrets that will never be exposed, let alone a plan that is so perfect that no clues can be found and no traces can be left. Once the shady story is uncovered and the initiator is exposed, it will surely usher in an incomparably severe blow from the other side. Therefore, in the long period of the last ten constitutional calendars, the political battles in the Federation have long since moved away from the invisible means of assassination, and no other forces dared to assassinate the President, at least on the surface. can keep the peace.
Therefore, on the first day of the new year in the sixty-seventh year of the constitutional calendar, the incident at the Linhaizhou Gymnasium, which is far away from the capital, will alarm all the bigwigs in the capital. , at this moment, all the forces have implicitly expressed their support for the Tai family, at least maintaining neutrality and silence.
The federal government's investigation made important progress that morning. Although the suicide of seven officers in the Second Military District brought another pressure to the work of the FBI, those staff members only changed their direction and continued to investigate.
The identities of the militants who attacked the VIP area of the gymnasium have been identified. Those militants who were all killed were soldiers of the special company in the coastal garrison area. However, who issued the direct order to send troops and who was able to turn those loyal soldiers into shameful assassination tools has not yet been found out. But careful FBI officers dug up another rather invaluable clue in the newly repaired concrete wall in the stadium's underground parking lot.
The Engineer Brigade under the Northern Hemisphere Headquarters of the First Military Region received this task on the eve of the incident. Although the person who issued the order has carefully erased the information fragments representing the identity in the message, the military system is dedicated to it. The second-layer information brand was ignored by the person who issued the order.
An FBI agent keenly captured this and found a few letters of identity in the core sentence layer of the order file.
The agent has a nickname within the bureau that he's called Furball because he likes to wear a synthetic sweater all year round.
Investigating down through the second-floor information brand, the FBI targeted a male secretary in the Department of Defense building.
On the morning of January 3, the sixty-seventh constitutional calendar, the Ministry of Defense building remained as solemn and solemn as ever... and empty. The bright marble floor of the building hall is painted with the federal military badge pattern with gold powder. The silent and relaxed male and female officers walk on this pattern. Inside the incomparably grand building, it looks like the federal electronic fence. , on the boundless grassland, a few horses passing by from time to time.
What happened the day before yesterday, the upper-level officers of the Ministry of Defense building already knew what happened to the training center next to the building yesterday, most people in this building already know, as for the collective arrest of the officers of the Second Military Region, seven officers The news of suicide and death, I believe the middle-aged woman in charge of cleaning the building has also known.
However, the personnel in the core area of the federal army still maintained a relaxed expression and a suitable smile on the corner of their lips, because this huge machine would never collapse by itself because of a loose or rusted part.
The design style of the Ministry of National Defense building is dominated by a cold style. The exterior wall does not use a glass curtain wall that can absorb solar energy, but chooses natural stone with gray and black tone. It makes this square architectural style look a bit rigid, like a box.
In the internal conversation of the federal government, it is generally customary to use the "box" to refer to the Department of Defense. Because in the eyes of ordinary affairs officials, the soldiers of the Ministry of Defense are like people in a box. Whether it is the way of walking or the way of talking and acting, they are always square and angular.
On the penultimate floor at the top of the Ministry of Defense Building, on the floor next to the "box", there is a very quiet and luxurious office at the end of the corridor.
Deputy Defense Minister Yang Jinsong worked in this office. He came to the room half an hour earlier as usual today. After drinking a cup of tea to wake up, he called up the military map of the S2 region on the light screen, zoomed in to the area around the mountains and four states, squinting. Carefully review and confirm that the federal army's spring offensive, there are as few command problems as possible.
Half an hour passed quickly, and his secretary still didn't knock on the door, and then brought the red sandwich.
Deputy Minister Yang gently pressed the remote controller in his hand, and the map on the light screen disappeared. He silently walked to the window, glanced at the beautiful winter scenery of the capital outside the window, and then turned to sit on the sofa.
The secretary hadn't come yet, but the phone on the desk rang. Deputy Minister Yang answered the phone and listened carefully and carefully for a long time without saying a word.
Then he sat back on the sofa again, this time instead of holding up the teacup, he found a bottle of spirits from the bookcase, poured himself a glass, and sipped slowly.
While drinking the amber-colored liquid, this important figure in the federal military squinted his eyes and thought about things, completely unaware that the alcohol he hated the most on weekdays was so piercing.
His secretary has been invited to investigate, and it seems that he will never be able to return. And according to the news on the phone just now, the President's security adviser had entered the lobby of the Ministry of Defense at this time, and was about to take the elevator to his office.
Deputy Minister Yang frowned slightly, and took out a document from the confidential cabinet beside him, and looked at it with some trance. Regarding the Linhaizhou Gymnasium assassination, although he did not participate in the investigation, the details of the incident and the progress of the investigation will be delivered to him according to a certain period of time.
Watching the other party approaching him step by step is not a good feeling. After learning the news of the secretary's arrest, the deputy minister's mood became a little more relaxed. Everything that happened on the first day of the sixty-seventh year of the constitutional calendar was carried out under his instigation and instructions.
After Vice Minister Yang Jinsong came back from the front line, he has held many positions. Among them, the most respected is the position of Dean of the First Military Academy. With his status in the Federation, he is enough to make those big figures who cooperate with him, even Mr. President. himself, to protect himself at all costs, just like... the seven officers who committed suicide the night before.
But he didn't want to do this. He put down his glass, went to the computer, wrote an email, and sent it to the relevant staff who had the right to receive it.
"Forty years ago, I was an ordinary soldier in the Machine Repair Company of the Second Military Region. I saw with my own eyes countless federal soldiers sacrificed on the land of Qinglong Mountain for a great goal. Forty years later, I am The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Federal Ministry of Defence has sole authority over the plans for the Spring Offensive of the 67th year of the Constitutional Calendar."
"I have never believed the words of politicians, and I am even more unwilling to hand over the future of the federation to those who have never seen blood with their own eyes."
"As the President of the First House, I know better than anyone that the military must act under the law and the collective will of the Commonwealth. But I often wonder if the law and the collective will of the Commonwealth have become a certain The toys in the hands of these people, or the result of their compromise with each other, what is the military going to do."
"A lawyer who grew up in a peaceful environment, and without the authorization of the government, made some kind of agreement with the traitors, in my opinion, this is collusion, this is surrender. I think I have to stop this thing. ."
"Maybe history will judge me wrong, but I... don't admit it."
After the email was sent, Deputy Minister Yang sighed softly. Many colleagues who died in the war with the anti-government army appeared in front of him, and his eyes fell on the document in his hand again.
The purpose of this assassination was to prevent the so-called settlement agreement from being reached. By killing Tai Zhiyuan, that long-established family will naturally fall into decline or even collapse, and Senator Pabble, whom they support, will definitely not be able to be elected president under such a situation. The agreement reached between... may never come to fruition.
The reason why the deputy minister chose Tai Zhiyuan instead of Senator Pabble, whom he contemptuously called a lawyer, was because, in his opinion, the Tai family, who was cowardly and always ready to surrender after killing Pabble, could still choose another. Political partners cannot fundamentally solve the problem.
The minister's calm gaze fell on an inconspicuous name on the document. If there is any regret in his heart at this time, it is naturally because the assassination plan carefully prepared by his loyal subordinates failed to succeed. The heir of the Tai family actually survived the attack of the mecha. According to the investigation after the event, the person who played the most crucial role in saving Tai Zhiyuan's life twice was undoubtedly the deceased young student, Xu Le.
Deputy Minister Yang drank the spirits in the glass in one gulp, then opened the drawer, took out the old-fashioned pistol that had accompanied him for many years, turned the muzzle awkwardly, and stuffed it into his mouth.
He paused for a moment, gasped heavily and sharply, and pulled the trigger.
A dull sound echoed throughout the floor.
The door to the minister's office was slammed open. The gray-haired Presidential Security Advisor and the Minister of Defense pushed aside the military police standing in front of them and squeezed to the front. They looked at the corpse of Deputy Minister Yang on the sofa chair, and the shocking pool of red on the snow-white wall behind the chair. , speechless for a long time.
"He can't stand trial," the federal security adviser said in a low voice. "Perhaps this is the best outcome."
The Minister of Defense slowly took off his military cap, took the piece of paper handed over by the staff next to him, looked at the e-mail printed on the paper, and said after a long silence, "Don't admit your mistake, this is at least... A dignified way to die."