Him and their stars

Fortunately, this promotion ceremony was just a formality after all, and Yu Lian didn't have to force himself and Mr. Pecker to compromise for a long time. After receiving a new collar badge, a letter of appointment, and a Purple Ribbon Silver Star Medal, he resigned.

The medal was naturally intended to commend his achievements in quelling the Rumina rebellion, wiping out the All Souls cult, and suppressing the pirates in the Far Coast sector.

Of course, it's not just him, there are also Commodore Marklov and Senior Sister Eleanor in the Thirteenth Fleet. There are also officers in other important positions, but they are just downgraded to the Silver Star Medal with Blue Ribbon. Even Feifei, who "occasionally passes by" as a reporter with the army, also has them. The rest of the rank-and-file officers and enlisted men will also have at least one Bronze Star Medal, second class.

At least this time, the Defense Council was being quite generous.

In fact, judging from the actual results, if you demolish the imperial fortress, steal new weapons, and kill a marquis, it would be justified even if you get another Diamond Crown and Double Swords Medal. However, this level of military merit medal is rare only once every ten years in the current "peace period". In theory, it should be authorized by Congress and a medal ceremony should be held at the same time.

The empire has been greatly stimulated recently, and the situation on the border has become quite tense. According to the consistent style of the community government, it is good to secretly commend everyone in the Thirteenth Fleet who have made military exploits to reward their merits. Of course, it is impossible to stimulate the empire anymore.

Of course, compared with the foreign affairs department, the National Defense Committee has been "magnanimous" enough. No, when Yu Lian had just left the National Defense Commission building and was about to spend public money to fill his stomach in the officers' mess next door, the communication terminal received a prompt. It was a call from a deputy director of the Foreign Affairs and Security Department of the Foreign Affairs Commission.

"Assistant military attache to the Imperial Embassy?"

"Yes, the formal appointment letter will be sent to you tomorrow, along with your foreign affairs passport and various certificates. It just so happens that the day after tomorrow, there will be a cultural exchange group from the country to the imperial capital Tianyu. ship, you can go with them. Of course, if you have other plans, we will reimburse you for business class or lower ship tickets, but you must go to the embassy of your country in the Empire before May 20 to report to the Chief Reporting from Major General Vatrall, the military attaché abroad.”

If it were a direct express passenger ship from the solar system, the voyage to the capital of the empire would also take forty days. This means that if Yu Lian has other arrangements, there will not be much time left for him.

Fortunately, he really didn't have anything else to do. The most he could do was to instruct the two technicians in the Red Star Institute to get in touch with Dr. Zinov who was going to come to work in May.

The 55-year-old Dr. Nikolay Zinov is one of the great talents that Red Star has been poaching. He is not well-known now, but five years later, he was the first scientific giant to propose the theory of molecular recombination. The theoretical research achievements in subspace theory are by no means inferior to those of empires and alliances that are full of talents and have technological reserves that surpass the community by several blocks.

Unfortunately, academic circles within the community have not paid much attention to his theory.

In another timeline, after the solar system was completely occupied by the enemy, when imperial officials came to him respectfully, asked him to come out, and offered him the position of academician of the Academy of Sciences and professor of the Imperial Central University of Science and Technology, he was in front of these people. A fierce man who burned down his laboratory and all his research reports while drinking tons and tons of vodka.

The imperial officials were furious, but in order to show the kindness of Her Majesty the Queen, who had just ascended the throne, and her respect for the scientific master, they could do nothing in the end and could only return in anger.

The old gentleman simply ran back to his hometown and became an ordinary middle school physics teacher. However, when the empire's vigilance on him had just relaxed a little, he directly joined the Volunteer Army and became its chief science and equipment director.

Although the old man passed away due to an engineering accident within a few years, he did cultivate a large group of engineering masters who could handle everything with their own hands. From this point of view alone, in addition to his own theoretical research, Dr. Zinov is also a very good experimental physicist and engineer.

Speaking of which, Ina, the future master of "Turkish and French military industry", must have been influenced by Dr. Zinov, right?

In addition, the later volunteer chief tech guru, and now the fledgling tech geek Essen French, has always regarded himself as Dr. Zinov's disciple. If this fat white man and the doctor were to meet in advance, what kind of sparks would be created?

Of course, the historical image and the real image of a person are not necessarily consistent. Yu Lian couldn't guarantee that Dr. Zinov would be as strong-willed as he imagined, but at least he was more trustworthy than others.

In short, as long as he is willing to come, he can take a closer look. If he is really sure that he is right, he can leave the subsequent research on the space bubble he passed down to him.

Dr. Zinov decided to join with a large number of assistants and students. This is naturally a good thing. Red Star Office will suddenly have an additional research team that can be used immediately. However, with so many people coming here in large and small packages, just moving and settling in took time, so it was postponed until May.

This means that before returning from the empire, he will not be able to communicate with Dr. Zinov in person.

Yu Lian sighed in his heart, but saw the deputy director behind the communication window pondering for a moment, with a slightly troubled look on his face: "Your appointment this time is partly due to the empire giving you We have to pay attention to the formal invitation letter sent out... But, Lieutenant Colonel Yu Lian, one moment and another moment! When the empire sent you the invitation letter, those things had not happened yet!"

"What things are you talking about?" Yu Lian started to get confused.

"That's right, that's the attitude. Last year, nothing happened between us and the empire, and those so-called things were nothing! When you get there, you must have this attitude when facing the media and the empire." The other party continued Nodding, he continued: "Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been in a lot of pain recently! We are scolded by the Congress, scolded by the media, scolded by the people, and we have to wipe the butt of your military from time to time... But what can we do? We are also very Desperate! Isn’t the mainstream trend of thought in the galaxy now about peaceful development? There is such a big gap between us and the Empire, can we really go to all-out war? If all-out war starts, will the Alliance really come to the rescue in person? Anyway, I don’t believe it .”

Yu Lian heard it interestingly. Today's community political arena is filled with kneeling old people and radicals with bipolar disorder. Rationalists with such clear minds are really a minority among the minority.

"...Uh, I'm sorry, what's your name? The sea breeze was so strong just now that I couldn't hear you clearly."

The deputy director opposite gave a helpless smile: "I'm Morris Rancher... Hi, forget it, it doesn't matter if you can't remember, I don't mind."

These words immediately made Yu Lian feel even more embarrassed, and he quickly said: "Don't worry, I will definitely remember you!"

These words were so impressive that a flash of horror suddenly flashed across Deputy Director Ranche's face, and he hurriedly said: "In short, just treat it as a long and comfortable vacation. When you arrive in the empire, as long as you don't take the initiative to get into trouble, The empire will definitely treat you like a distinguished guest. My colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been in a lot of pain recently. Several of them have fallen down due to acute gastroenteritis. I don’t want to follow in their footsteps. My son is only 10 years old. I can’t Fall down!”

It's really annoying to talk about this hero as if he were some kind of walking human disaster. In addition, acute gastroenteritis is not a terminal disease. Even if it turns into advanced gastric cancer these days, it will not kill anyone.

"For those of us who are serious about diplomacy, we didn't study hard in the cold window. We didn't know more than three foreign languages ​​before the age of 20. We were not familiar with international law before the age of 30. It doesn't even count as an introduction. Who wouldn't want to wait for so many years? Are you going to line up and close down on that battlefield? But now you can only rely on a little shamelessness to maintain such a fragile peace. Really, Lieutenant Colonel, you are a talented person and you speak well, so you must show your dignity. !”

Mr. Deputy Director-General added: "And, um, yes, His Excellency the Ambassador is also a troubled person... ah no, an overly passionate person. I guess he will appreciate young talents like you, but really, he must Don’t add fuel to the fire.”

"Look at what you said, I am actually a pacifist who loves Shui Yuejing! Don't worry, this time the Empire and his party really only have their eyes and ears, and they will never cause trouble!"

Well, looking at his tone, it was a bit pleading, so of course Yu Lian had no choice but to give him some face.

Having said that, what else can Mr. Rancher do? He could only make a grimace and muttered a few more incomprehensible words such as "You can't stop even at this age", "I have promised that all literati are soft persimmons", "Stomach medicine has been sold out at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs", etc. Then he said goodbye to Yu Lian with hesitation.

After cutting off the communication, Yu Lian expressed his apology to everyone at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for three seconds in his heart, and then walked briskly to the officers' mess again.

He was now eager for a sumptuous lunch. With his current appetite, he would have to spend two to three hundred yuan to have a relatively delicious lunch in the Eternal City. But next to it is the integrated military command headquarters building, and the restaurant next to it is open to all officers free of charge, so why bother looking far away?

The first floor of the restaurant is mainly occupied by middle- and lower-level lieutenants. In order not to cause trouble to everyone, Yu Lian found a secluded booth to sit down and ordered one of each of today's four officer set meals.

After confirming the order twice, the orderly sergeant in charge hid a trace of disdain in his eyes and left with a smile.

Yu Lian stared at the door of the restaurant in a daze while waiting for today's lunch. However, before the dishes were served, his eyes suddenly lit up.

It wasn't that he saw a beauty, but that he saw two young officers entering the restaurant hand in hand. They are handsome and heroic. Although they only hold the rank of captain, they have a strong sense of presence. It feels like they will not show any timidity when meeting a general. The red-haired young man with a more burly figure has a kind of courage that should be born to stand above others.

"Hi, Horatio, Michel, come over here and sit down." Yu Lian showed his head from behind the screen in the cubicle and greeted the two of them.

Both of them showed expressions of surprise and strode over. However, before the two of them approached, Yu Lian suddenly said "Slow down" and pointed to the golden four-leaf clover on his collar badge.

"Both captains, you salute to rank, not to individuals."

The one with slightly bookish brown hair showed a helpless and embarrassed face, and almost said, "Are you still a child?"

As for the tall red-haired man, he was already gnashing his teeth.