Him and their stars

The current President Nishita is indeed a very ambitious politician and believes that he can do something great that surpasses his predecessors. If you want to expand your horizons, you need to unite all forces that can be united. This is not just an objective truth taught by proletarian revolutionary teachers, but all leaders, even leaders in the Stone Age, should learn from themselves without a teacher. reason.

As a result, the president formed the Blue Star Community, the first multi-party coalition government since the founding of the independent country. No, even local parties like the Pioneer Party, which was established less than a year ago, and powerful non-party local factions like Mr. Bai, have the status of cabinet ministers.

The ruling group, which seemed to be united, harmonious and prosperous, encountered such a major incident that challenged their ability to govern in the first month of preparation.

And so far, at least on this issue of the ring world, although the response of the central government of the earth cannot be said to be decisive, it is simply dumbfounded.

In a total of more than fifteen hours of meetings in the first five days, President Niceta and his chairman and ministers finally reached a consensus: not only can the main force of the expedition fleet in the New World not be withdrawn, but it must even be withdrawn. Consider adding troops.

"The increase in troops requires approval from Congress. Therefore, we really need to think of a way to communicate with Congress." Vice President Yellen's voice was as ethereal as a ghost.

"Moreover, I originally thought that after March, more than 70% of the expeditionary fleet's troops would be able to return home. I also formulated this year's financial budget according to this plan. However, if we increase the number of troops, we will really be in deficit. ." Finance Minister Donovan was full of misery and helplessness, looking like he was shaking with anger and crying.

"...So, this big discovery is really not necessarily good news." Chairman Pinnock of the Shipping and Transportation Committee had just shown a bitter face, and his eyes came into contact with the murderous eyes of Mr. Bai opposite him. Rubbing the wrist of the chair, he quickly changed his words: "I, I mean, of course this is a great discovery and the glory of people all over the world. I, I am just thinking about how to best deal with this matter. Honor is honor. , reality is reality.”

Chairman Pinnock, who is almost 60 years old this year, looks like he is dealing with a strict disciplinary inspection official with a stiff but conscientious smile.

In any case, among the cabinet members of the Blue Star Community, by default the "Chairman" is half a rank higher than the "Minister". In addition, the Minister of Labor served by Mr. Bai is still ranked low in the cabinet by default. He himself is an independent person who was born locally and has never been involved in the political arena of the center of the earth.

It stands to reason that in this Blue Star government, he should be a little transparent and even the target of bullying. But in fact the situation is the opposite.

It can only be said that a real tiger will still want to eat meat even if it is a jungle.

President Nishita was quite pleased with how this scene unfolded. To be honest, Bai Yantang, a veteran of the independent era, is not an easy person to deal with. In other words, the Lao Bai family has not been an easy type to deal with since their ancestors opened up the New China Star Region. In cabinet meetings, he often did not give himself face as the president.

But, so what? The president felt that since he could work well with veterans like Marshal Paris, he would not worry about having another veteran.

Although Mr. Bai will quarrel with himself in cabinet meetings, he will quarrel with others even more fiercely and even take action. Everyone dislikes him, but everyone is also afraid of him. In this way, he objectively played the role of "party whip" in the cabinet.

Who says multi-party coalitions cannot have party whips? Doesn’t it still depend on the means?

The president thought happily, feeling that he was indeed a saint with great talent, broad strategy, and both soft and hard tactics. Of course, if this round-the-world problem can be solved safely, "weather" can become "reality". It seems that it is possible to challenge the opposing alliance and serve the president for seven or eight consecutive terms until death.

"If there are any objections in Congress, please go back and convene a party meeting as soon as possible to convince your respective members." The president said solemnly and solemnly: "Listen carefully, the minister's job is to solve problems, not create them. The alliance’s newspapers have punctured this window, and we have no way out! Everyone, please don’t let me waver in my ideal of a multi-party coalition government!”

After all, the president still has a certain prestige, and when he speaks with a straight face, he really has a bit of a domineering air.

Therefore, everyone quickly expressed their position that the president's order is our will, and some small and noisy voices in the party will definitely not constitute an obstacle to the grand strategy.

So now, the question becomes, what is this grand strategy?

A cabinet member asked this. Although his original words were not true, as long as you put aside the official rhetoric that is cloudy and foggy, this is what he actually meant.

Aren’t you the one who doesn’t want to open the pot? Aren't you trying to catch my eye on purpose? The hell if I knew, would I still need to hold this fifteen-hour meeting? President Nishita wants to bite the bullet again.

Of course, there is a saying that he himself is the democratically elected president with the highest winning rate in the history of the Blue Star Community, and not all of his ruling team are worthless insects.

Soon, Mr. Maxell, who was the chairman of the National Defense Committee, called up the star map and explained the current situation in the Dawn Star Territory to everyone in a simple and in-depth way.

General Maxell officially took off his military uniform and entered politics in January last year. Before retiring, he had nearly half a century of military experience, but he had hardly served as a commander of actual combat troops for a long time, and he had no very convincing military exploits. His only "accomplishment" is probably that when he was the president of the Central Defense University, he "taught" the famous Class of 830.

However, from the perspective of Mr. Bai, a semi-professional military fan, Chairman Maxer, although he is old, has clear ideas and good explanation skills, and is at least qualified to be a battalion-level staff officer.

In short, according to Maxer's analysis, the military strength of both sides in the Dawn Star Territory is not completely unbalanced.

"In other words, we are actually building fortifications in advance." The president said curiously.

"Yes, especially in the galaxies located at the nodes of the waterway, such as Yaochi, Devil's Eye, and Light Cross, our deployment is much faster than that of the empire, and we have also concentrated our forces in advance. In some aspects, there are even Certain advantages." Maxell said.

"...But, doesn't this mean that last year, when everyone was still conducting joint operations, we were already conducting military mobilizations against our allies in private?" Vice President Yellen said.

President Nishita thought that I can avoid antagonizing anyone, but I must antagonize you. If it weren't for the fact that you are the nephew of that old monster Mao Yuanzuo, or if it weren't for the sake of co-governing, would I let you be my partner? Would I be happy to look at your powdered face every day?

Although he thought so in his heart, he said on his face: "That seems to be the case. However, it is the choice of the frontline soldiers to build fortifications in places where we have priority development rights. I fully respect the subjective initiative of frontline commanders. .”

Vice President Yellen nodded and smiled: "Yes, Sir, I just want to confirm the completion progress of the fortifications."

The president ignored the other party, but as if he had grasped some important information, he said expectantly: "In other words, you don't need to increase troops for the time being, is that what you mean? The frontline expeditionary fleet has enough troops, right? "

I have said so much about co-authoring, but you have grasped this point?

A wry smile flashed across Chairman Maxell's face, but he still said in a very strict tone: "The allied forces under the unified command of the Expeditionary Fleet Joint Command are currently retreating from the New World in an orderly manner. But even so, we Our allies have also promised to maintain at least three to five divisions of marine troops in the Dawn Star area for a long time to cooperate with us in restoring law and order."

The President looked at the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and received an affirmative nod from the latter.

"In this way, our marine force in the New World still has 25 divisions and more than 300,000 combat troops. It is enough to maintain the defense of eight important route nodes such as Tuanjie Fortress and Yaochi..."

"Yes! What an ingenious layout! As long as we maintain these few nodes and rely on a small number of fast fleets to carry out raids and cooperate, we can guard the route arteries of the Dawn Star Territory to the greatest extent. Even a layman like me can see it. Come out." Nishita looked at the holographic defense planning version of the star map and was amazed.

"Which military hero was the one who made this defense plan?"

"This... is Major General Yang Xiyi, deputy chief of staff of the expedition fleet."

"Well, I have heard of this name. He is General Xiao Yu's teacher, right? I also heard that the Devil's Throat also relied on his ingenuity to break through." Mr. President looked like he was overjoyed to have discovered another talent. He didn't seem to mind at all where the commander and chief of staff were: "This is a rare wise general. He must be my soldier, Marshal Yue, the sky-high wing of the community!"

I don’t even understand whether you are praising someone or cursing them. The corner of Mr. Bai's mouth almost wanted to twitch. As for Ms. Jessica Yang next to him, she had a hard time holding back her laughter.

"So, do Chief of Staff Yang and Commander Connors on the front line have anything to say about the current situation?" the president asked again. He finally remembered that Conneris was the real commander.

"The Frontline Expeditionary Force Command has judged that this ring world is the biggest discovery in the entire Dawn Star Territory, and it is a treasure that can make the country take off. It cannot be given up at will. Admiral Conneris has gathered most of the warships at the ring. galaxy. The latest military intelligence report sent yesterday said that the imperial warships on the opposite side had some provocative behavior. He hopes that we can authorize him to take active defense. "

"Wait a minute, why didn't you tell us about the news we received last week?"

"Last week? The news last week was actually last week." Maxell shrugged.

"Yes! It's been almost twenty days, and there might have been a fight over there." A cabinet member said quietly.

Mr. President suddenly felt that he had returned to the Stone Age when communication basically relied on shouting, and his heart suddenly started to thrash.

"You seem to be gloating in your words?" Mr. Bai turned his head and stared coldly in the direction of the sound.

"I, I'm just worried... I'm really worried. Oh, yes, I'm sorry. This junior will definitely be careful about his words and deeds in the future."

Are my cabinet ministers full of naughty kids who are going to be slapped by the old-school dean of students? thought Nishita.

At this time, someone finally comforted him: "Don't worry. Judging from the latest intelligence, the empire's provocative actions were later blocked. It can be understood as the lone behavior of military nobles. At least from the current point of view, any handling of the situation will , the empire has not yet made up its mind on how to deal with the relationship with us."

The speaker was Edward Shonadow, Chairman of the Internal Affairs and Common Security Committee and Director of Intelligence. This politician born as a detective is President Nikita's think tank and best friend, and the latter is still willing to trust his judgment.

"However, considering the reports from the Far Coast Military Region, the Katai and Bakwe people have unstable movements and must be dealt with carefully." Xiaona added: "My suggestion is to at least allow the Outer Ring Military Region to enter On alert."

Before Mr. President could make a decision, Maxell said: "This is actually the opinion of the Frontline Expeditionary Fleet Command."

"Is this the opinion of the Frontline Fleet Command or Major General Yang Xiyi's personal opinion?" Vice President Yellen said with a pleasant face, a calm tone, and a correct and cute attitude of "just ask if you don't understand." It's a pity that everyone here can hear the strangeness in this.

The Chairman of the National Defense Committee did not answer, just smiled and said nothing.

He said in a slow tone: "I know everyone is a little nervous, but I think there is no need for everyone to be nervous. The universe is very big and can accommodate everyone. There is currently no evidence that because of the creation of an enlightened being, We and the empire will definitely meet at war. Of course, a minimum of vigilance is necessary, and a minimum of backbone is also necessary, but this is not to provoke the other party, but to express our attitude. The final attitude is to be peaceful Ah! I always believe that the worst peace will be better than all wars. Everyone understands what I mean, right? Peace is a light, a light that should always illuminate our way forward..."

The Vice President is a very eloquent speaker, and he can deliver such clichés in an emotional and ups and downs manner. At this time, Mr. Bai took the opportunity to lower his voice and said to the Chairman of the National Defense Committee: "Old Mike, if we say that something unspeakable will still happen, how long can we hold on on the front line of the Dawn Star District?"

Maxell pondered for a moment and flashed a wry smile: "This, the opinion of Marshal Paris of the Military Command Headquarters is not very optimistic. Therefore, what we have to do now is to try our best not to let this happen."

"Yes, a diplomatic solution is the best." Councilor Shauna also added: "The alliance suddenly revealed this matter, which made us very passive, but this is not necessarily a bad thing. At least, We can take the opportunity to discuss this matter at the Galactic Civilization Parliament."

"Joint development?" Ms. Jessica Yang asked.

Councilor Xiaona looked at the youngest cabinet minister present with some surprise. He originally thought it was just a vase, but he did not expect to have such an insight, so he continued in a low voice: "Yes. I hope that our representative will propose This ring is entrusted to the Civilization Council, and all participating countries of the Civilization Council should enjoy common exploration and development rights."

Mr. Bai's face first flashed with anger, but then he fell into deep thought.

"You can't succeed." Jessica Yang shook her head.

"Yes. I can't succeed. Even the President cannot bear this responsibility." Minister Shauna's expression looked particularly bitter.