The night was already dark. The Secret Service agents in the park surrounding the President's Mansion looked around vigilantly, listening to the system commands coming from the earphones, without the slightest bit of relaxation, they knew very well that if the imperial spies had the ability to infiltrate the Commonwealth and attack the President's Mansion tonight If the attack is launched, the Federation will surely suffer the heaviest blow in history, because most of the important members of this cabinet and the federal military are at the meeting of the President's Office at this time.
Of course, under the brilliance of the charter, no agent of the Empire has ever been able to penetrate into the S1 planet. The tension of the Secret Service agents is, to a greater extent, from the weight of the big men themselves.
Mr. Seagal, who had only four months left in his term, sat behind his desk and electronically signed a document and forwarded it to the office. Then he slowly raised his head and faced Mr. National Security Advisor with a hint of Sincerely, with a hint of warning, or even a hint of pity, after a long silence, he said, "You should discuss a result first."
From nine o'clock in the morning until the end of the night, the discussions in the President's official residence have been fruitless, and there is no result. The new generation of mecha standards is indeed a big event, but it is not enough to make so many big people, for this standard It took so much time for the approval of the official residence, but everyone in the mansion knew that the battle for mecha standards was also vaguely involved in the selection of the next president, so they had to be cautious.
The National Security Advisor, the commanders of the First Military Region and the Second Military Region have already expressed their attitudes. Since the data of the Federal Academy of Sciences is obviously better than that of the Nutshell Mobile Company, the Federal Military should naturally adopt this set of standards and have been sitting in the corner. The president of the Nutshell Motor Company, but with the support of scientific advisors, refused to bow his head and admit defeat.
In the negotiation of political figures, in fact, there is not much difference between fighting with children in the end. It involves such great interests, and no one will easily give in. In these ten hours of intermittent discussions, only through long-distance contact Commander Zhong of the Fourth Military Region of Xilin on the line, and the commander of the Third Military Region sandwiched in the middle kept silent.
President Seagal glanced at the faces in the room with different expressions and different thoughts, and a very different idea came to his mind. His term of office is coming, and naturally the members of the cabinet will not discuss matters as they used to. He is very Clearly, many people, including the National Security Adviser, are already thinking about their interests when the next president takes office.
Just like the drama describing the ancient era of the dynasty, officials can surrender or have ulterior motives. Only the emperor cannot do this. President Sigal knows that he is not an emperor, but he does not need to think too much about interests like these people. . Even if he really helped one of them, could he still be the president again? In a few months' time, he'll be just a former president with no less treatment and respect. It is precisely for this reason that he has not made a final decision on the discussion of the mecha standard.
Even though the current mecha standard of the Academy of Sciences has gained the support of most of the military, the Nutshell Mobile Company may have lost all its efforts, and President Seagal is still silent.
The two major forces in the federal government have torn their faces at this moment. The side that supports the Federal Academy of Sciences has already had an overwhelming advantage. The National Security Adviser squinted and looked at President Seagal, thinking that you are just a puddle of mud that you have helped yourself to power. Who can allow this trick at a time like this
The teacher and close friend of this Mr. President was about to use words to force President Seagal to make a decision, when a prompt sounded in the office communication system: "The space fleet is online."
Hearing this sentence, everyone in the president's office was invigorated, and even the commander Zhong who had been dozing on the light screen slowly raised his head. In this situation, if the three-star female general of the Space Fleet expressed a certain tendency, it would be decisive.
After filtering the screen for a while, the face of a female general appeared on the hanging light screen of the President's office. The female general was about forty-five years old, with cold facial features and sharp facial lines, which made people look like It was as painful as being stabbed by an ice knife in my heart.
Hong Yuliang, the only three-star female general in the Federation, led the three major fleets of the Federation, walked in the universe, fought in the interstellar borders, and made great achievements. It has not landed on the surface of any planet for four years, just like in the universe. The meteorites are generally angular and icy.
"What do you think?" President Seagal asked the female general in the screen, recounting the previous discussion and the intransigent dispute.
"Your Excellency, I have read the technical parameters of both parties, and I think the Federal Academy of Sciences has the upper hand." The female general on the screen gave everyone a cold look and said, "The threat of the empire is imminent, you people still With so much interest in intrigue, don't you know what shame is?"
The president's office is full of big people. Although Admiral Hong Yuliang has a lot of qualifications and great achievements, he can just pick one out and overwhelm her, but she said it so unceremoniously that she directly pierced the face of everyone. mask. Everyone in the office smiled helplessly, but there was no strong reaction. They all knew the temperament of this female general, and no one could do anything about her.
"Mr. President, time is running out. I support the standards of the Academy of Sciences." Hong Yuliang said.
"That's what I actually meant." Admiral Miles, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and also the commander of the First Military Region, sighed wearily and said, "The empire is already on the move, the people don't know, we are all Clearly, we can no longer waste our time on these things."
As soon as the words of the two military leaders came out, the expression on the face of the president of Nutshell Mobile Company looked a little ugly. He looked at the president's scientific adviser and knew that he might be defeated today without a fight. Although President Seagal's attitude has always been unclear, most of the generals in the military have already expressed their attitude. In this kind of matter, the president must also respect each other.
The vice president who attended on behalf of the Academy of Sciences stood up with a smile, and said to the generals in the office and the two generals who were far away in space on the screen: "The results of the seminar have proved that the purple sea developed by the Academy of Sciences can be used in various fields. The aspect has completely overwhelmed the design of the Nutshell Engineering Department, and I can assure the Federation that the new mecha of the Academy of Sciences will definitely be able to help the Federation army achieve unprecedented success in the war with the Empire."
As soon as the voice fell, the heavy wooden door of the president's office was pushed open, and Bouguer, the deputy director of the official residence office, walked in with a strange expression and said, "Philadelphia is calling."
The atmosphere in the president's office became very strange because of the four words calling from Philadelphia. The commanders of the three major military regions and the female admiral of the space fleet began to organize their uniforms. Commander Zhong of the fourth military region suddenly opened his eyes, while the rest of the people were slightly stiff and did not know this sentence. Is it real.
Calling from Philadelphia? It seems that the old man has not cared about the affairs of the Federation for more than ten years. Why did he take the initiative to contact Mr. President when discussing the mecha standard today
The national security adviser's expression froze slightly, and then he replied to the usual, he did not expect any unexpected situation to happen. But he then thought that no matter how respected the identity of the old man was, after all, this was an important matter of the Federation, and the other party could not rely on his identity to mess around.
No video appeared, and a somewhat old voice rang from the phone in the president's office.
"A mecha standard needs to be discussed for a day and a night. If the imperial people call again, do we have to discuss it for two months, and also invite the members of the Federal Management Committee to participate in the discussion?"
President Seagal smiled and said to the phone, "What's your opinion?"
The other end of the phone said slowly: "Mechas are used for combat, and any data is not important. The two mechas have a fight, and it's good to see the result."
There was silence in the presidential mansion. No one would have thought that the Lord of War, who had not spoken to the federal government for more than ten years, would actually speak up again for the new mecha standard, and the method he suggested was actually like this. The raw savagery is even… a little naive.
However, no one raised any objections. Admiral Miles, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stood up, gave a straight military salute to the phone, and said, "Myers will report to the division commander and resolutely complete the task."
When the first cross-galaxy pursuit of the empire was conducted that year, Admiral Miles was the battalion commander of the 17th Armored Division, and the god of war Lipif was the division commander of the 17th Armored Division.
At this time, the rest of the generals in the office also stood up and listened respectfully to the call from Philadelphia. For the federal military, the call from Philadelphia was not a suggestion, but an instruction from a superior, and they just had to follow it.
President Seagal stared at the phone in front of him, and did not feel that his authority was being challenged. Although the scene in front of him was absurd, the federal army did not respect the president and obey the old man, but he knew that this was caused by history. , as long as the old man is still alive, the status of the federal president in the heart of the army will never be as high as the constitution stipulates.
The National Security Advisor had been silent for a while, but suddenly he said, "Master Marshal, if we want to fight mechas, we naturally need a fair environment. Can both sides be allowed to choose any pilots in the army to operate?"
The battle for the new federal mecha standard, after the two sides refused to give each other for a day and a night, was finally resolved by a phone call, returning to the tradition of the military camp, a rather ancient mecha arena. Although everyone knows that this method cannot fully demonstrate the full level of the new mechas of both sides, it is a relatively fair method.
Xu Le, who stayed in the lounge of the presidential residence for more than ten hours, finally learned the news after going to the toilet several times. This news did not surprise him, and it was also the best method in his imagination, because the data of the Academy's mechas were indeed dominant. It's just that he doesn't know what kind of struggles and compromises the big figures in the federal cabinet have made in order to realize the mecha battle. God of War's decision.
Except for Shang Qiu who once entered the President's Office to explain, other people in the technical team have never had the opportunity to go in. They originally planned to explain some of the characteristics of the mecha for those big people, but it seems that those big people don't need these at all. , they just do what they want.
Back on the 24th floor of the hotel that night, Xu Le looked at the dimly lit presidential mansion in the distance. Thinking of Mr. President's heavy-faced orders, his heart became heavy. This was the last they could win. Opportunity, mecha battle, Nutshell can't afford to lose.
"The location of the mecha battle was chosen at the Old Moon Base." Xu Le took the teacup and said seriously to Magnolia beside him: "The time is only three days away, and there is still time for the preliminary preparations. But this place is not good for us, low Gravity will magnify the difference in instantaneous output power, and mobility is particularly important in the Old Moon Base, so you have to be prepared.”
Magnolia held her teacup in both hands, nodded lightly, and said softly, "Understood."
Xu Le turned around, his eyes drooped slightly, and he repeated the calculations in his mind for an inexplicable number of times, and said, "The opponent must be forced into the overclocking war. Found out that problem, under the overclocking state of the electronic jet, the longest stable time is only three minutes.
Concentrate the power of the twin engines and make an instant power jump. This is an operation that can only be used in an absolutely tense mecha battle. At this time, Xu Le asked Bai Yulan to drag the Zihai of the Academy of Sciences into this state and maintain it for three minutes. For a long time, it is a very difficult request.
"No problem." Bai Yulan lowered her head and said softly, "I heard what you said, my confidence is getting stronger and stronger, and I even hope that the pilot chosen by the other party is Madman Li."
Xu Le laughed, shook his head and said, "This possibility is too small. The president said earlier that this mecha battle is what the Li family in Philadelphia meant, and it was obviously helping us. How could Li madman participate?"
Li Xiuzhu stood by the window with a gloomy face. He didn't know that Xu Le was at another window not far away, watching the presidential residence in the distance with him. The previous news made him feel a little bit. Displeased, the family spent a lot of money to persuade the National Security Advisor, and used the relationship of the First Military Region and the threat of the empire to make the big bosses of the federal military firm, but I didn't expect that all this would happen. Because of a phone call from Philadelphia, it all came to nothing.
"Don't worry about anything." There was only one energy-saving lamp on in the room, and the light was a little dim. Lin Yuanhu, president of the Academy of Sciences, sat on the sofa in the luxurious suite with a very calm expression on his face. Looking at the young nephew, he said: "It's just three days later than the scheduled time."
Li Xiuzhu turned his head and forcibly concealed the displeasure on his face, and said with a smile, "Uncle Lin just needs to be confident."
"I have confidence in the scientific research strength of the Academy of Sciences."
Lin Yuanhu's expression darkened slightly. This afternoon, he and Li Xiuzhu had been waiting in the hotel for news from the President's residence. Because of the fact that the Federal Academy of Sciences held a press conference without authorization, the old man knew that President Seagal had a lot of opinions on him, including the military leaders who had also scolded him secretly. These anger subsided, and since this was the case, it was naturally inconvenient for him to go to the president's office, and he only sent a vice president as a plenipotentiary representative. But I didn't expect that after waiting for more than ten hours, I finally waited for such an embarrassing result, and the leader of the federal academic world had a trace of displeasure and vigilance in his heart.
"You rest first. I have to go and arrange some things." Li Xiuzhu smiled and walked out of the room. Just outside the room, he first called his father, and the head of the Li family naturally knew about the presidential residence. decision, but he must know if there are any follow-up arrangements on his father's side.
The calm voice of the head of the Li family came from the other end of the phone: "It's none of your business now, Mr. Security Advisor will take care of it."
"Yes, father."
At noon the next day, Major Li Feng, who had been in the capital star circle for nearly half a year, came out of the Army General Hospital with a sullen face. Zou Yu had already been discharged from the hospital, but no one notified him. Although with his background, even if he rushed into the Xishan compound, no one dared to stop him, but after all, he had to think about the honor of his family.
Thinking of the phone call from the Ministry of Defense, Li Feng's face became even more gloomy, and he actually asked himself to go to the Old Moon Base to participate in a mecha battle? Or on behalf of the old scumbags of the Academy of Sciences
Now he is very clear that the MX powered by Nutshell has Xu Le's participation, and when he thinks that the boy's hard work might be smashed into pieces, he has a kind of desire and excitement. But Li Lunzi is not really lunatic after all, he is very clear that there are many things hidden behind this call.
"Father, what's going on?" Li Feng asked the middle-aged general on the other end of the phone, "I remember you said last time that Nutshell's MX seems to have something to do with Madam."
"The National Security Advisor and your grandfather mentioned this matter. You are a soldier after all, and you naturally have to obey the military orders. It's not easy for your family to say anything."
Li Feng understood something, and suddenly had the urge to beat the white-haired national security adviser to death. But in an instant, he felt a little more excitement, and it was always good to be able to participate in this matter.
After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, his father confessed: "Our Li family has a personal friendship in the Federation, but there is no faction. We are only loyal to the Federation and can only be loyal to the Federation. The MX mecha is involved in resisting imperial aggression. Do your best and pick the really good one, that's what your grandfather told you."