Chapter 167: The Army is Defeated Suddenly, I had a terrible thought...

[Kite]: Received the command from the North Light, requiring the specific location of the ship, number of personnel, and weapons and equipment.

[Land]: Roger that.

"Lu Hang, why haven't you gone to the meeting yet?" Bee Eagle turned the corner and asked curiously.

"I'll be right there." Lu Hang calmly deleted the letter, turned off the terminal, and handed it to the storage area at the door.

This meeting is of high level and highly confidential; only military officers above the rank of colonel are allowed to enter.

The Army Aviation is only a lieutenant colonel, one rank lower than colonel. He was allowed in purely because as Kanai's lieutenant, he had to assist with the reporting.

The task of unfolding the 4-dimensional map of the empire fell on him.

The scale and accuracy of military maps are hundreds or even thousands of times that of ordinary civilian surveying and mapping maps. Opening hundreds of TB of files on a regular optical computer may cause lag, and such small lags are often fatal in wartime.

Therefore, experts generally recommend using a dedicated projector to play maps. As a result, Lu Hang was responsible for moving the equipment out of the warehouse and placing it in the conference room.

After Lu Hang found the projector, he first tested it on the white wall of the warehouse. The thing was covered in dust, but it was usable at least. However, after Lu Hang looked at it for a while, he felt something was wrong.

His eyes rested on the bottom of the map.

There are three more planets and a larger sector than the current map of the empire.

Lu Hang was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the door sign at the top of the map, on which was written "FLM" in scattered bold letters.

FLM, the abbreviation for the First Human Experimental Site - this is a map of the old empire.

Lu Hang turned around and asked, "Is there no newer generation of maps? This one seems to be from ten years ago."

The warehouse manager was making a phone call while taking a break: "...Hey, dear Bobobo, when I get back from this trip, I will take you to the beach villa and we will go on vacation...Don't worry, my wife won't know..."

"Hello, may I ask——"

"What are you arguing about!" The administrator was angry. He threw the dedicated line used for military communications and said in a stern manner, "I told you to find it yourself. It's all there. Don't you understand me?"

The administrator is the brother-in-law of the captain, Major General Swimming Crab, and his wife is the sister of the Major General's wife. Relying on the relationship with the major general, the administrator could naturally be sullen whenever he wanted.

Lu Hang said calmly: "Okay."

He looked around again and confirmed that the maps in the warehouse were all old items from decades ago, so he walked aside, signed the form, and took the projector away. But before leaving, he seemed to casually dial the empty landline on the table.

As for whether the landline line reaches the major general's wife.

How did the Major General's wife call angrily and order the sweaty Major General to fire her cheating brother-in-law...

That is not within the consideration of the Army Aviation.

In the conference room, the map projection was debugged before Major General Jin Jing and Major General Swimming Crab finally arrived. It was obvious that the short and fat swimming crab was the nominal highest commander of this operation, but at this moment, he was walking behind with a flattering look on his face, as if he was Jin Jing's follower.

But Jin Jing was obviously reluctant to be followed by him. Because the swimming crab had been talking to him about "His Excellency the Marshal" all the way, and all he said were compliments like "Xiao Jin is His Excellency the Marshal's biological son" and "Like father, like son".

Jin Jing was annoyed by the swimming crab's incessant chatter.

"Your Excellency the Marshal must be very pleased to have a child like Xiao Jin..."

Before he could finish his words, Jin Jing turned around and ignored him. The words of the swimming crab fell to the ground without anyone responding, so he could only awkwardly take out a handkerchief and wipe off the sweat and hair oil.

Lu Hang took another look.

Jin Jing seemed to not like others emphasizing that he was the marshal's son.

On the contrary, when someone mentioned Shi Luolan, Jin Jing would be full of admiration and look at him with approval.

It was as if the Golden Eagle was not his biological father, but Shi Luolan was.

Lu Hang shook his head helplessly, thinking that his association was too absurd, so he put it out of his mind.

The content of the meeting was still about suppressing bandits, but more news came from the front post. Swimming Crab concluded:

"The pirates hijacked a merchant ship with 200 people on board and are moving along the border track."

Generally speaking, hijacking a merchant ship is definitely for the purpose of negotiating terms. Jin Jing asked slowly, "What are their conditions? Money? Power?"

“Neither…”

Under the surprised gaze of the crowd, the swimming crab said under pressure, "The condition for them to release the hostages is... that our military declare war on the Federation and take back the planet they sold."

Everyone was stunned for a second, and then burst into laughter:

"Who does he think he is, threatening us with war?"

"Let him dream big!"

"Has this pirate graduated from elementary school? He is so childish."

Jin Jing also frowned: "Just by hijacking a merchant ship, you want to influence the will of the military? We don't need to pay attention to this kind of moral kidnapping."

Swimming Crab: "In fact, it's not just moral blackmail, they also threatened to use force. The outpost is nearby, and they threatened that if we don't agree, they will smash the outpost with their boat."

Lu Hang understood that this was a suicide attack.

Jin Jing sneered: "Such a lawless criminal must not be tolerated, otherwise if the news gets out, people will think that the military is so easy to control."

The swimming crab asked carefully: "Colonel Jin means..."

Jin Jing then asked a seemingly irrelevant question: "Who is on that merchant ship? Are there any important people?"

"That's not the case... In fact, that ship is suspected to be a smuggling ship. You know, the residents of those remote planets are spoiled and not used to eating canned food, so they always condone these smugglers to open ships to sell vegetables and fruits."

Jin Jing concluded: "So the hostages are also criminals."

The swimming crab agreed: "Legally speaking, it is true."

"Then there is no objection. I declare that this operation will only suppress the bandits, not provide rescue. Anyone who resists will be killed directly."

Jin Jing made a decisive decision. Everyone at the conference table exclaimed: "Colonel Jin is decisive in killing, very much like Admiral Shi Luolan of the previous dynasty."

The flattery hit the mark, and Jin Jing raised his eyebrows with pride:

"Admiral Schlolan once said that decisions on the battlefield only take a moment, and Alpha must not be indecisive."

He could easily quote what Shi Luolan had said in the past and took it as his guiding principle. He also had no idea how many stories and materials he had read in private.

However, when the meeting was over, Jin Jing passed by the virtual map and stopped to take a look.

He was a genius in both mechas and military command, so of course he could tell at a glance that the map was wrong. The interstellar map is vast, and surveying and mapping requires countless manpower and resources, so it is normal that there are no updates.

Jin Jing called Lu Hang over and asked him for a pencil, "This map needs to be changed, otherwise it will affect tactical judgment."

That makes sense.

Lu Hang watched him pick up the pen and casually put an X on the three planets occupied by the Federation, as if they were some garbage that could be thrown away.

Jin Jing remained indifferent and left, but Lu Hang's heart was filled with ripples.

Losing sovereignty, humiliating the country, and losing territory, in the eyes of these people, are so insignificant.

Lu Hang looked at the photo of the pirate leader on the wall and thought, all the alphas on this ship combined are not as brave as one pirate... I wonder how furious Admiral Shi Luolan would be if he found out that Jin Jing had misinterpreted his words.

The reputation of the general would surely make him so angry that he would whip him.

This was because one of the border stars that was not taken seriously was exactly what Shi Luolan had paid for with his life when he was a soldier.

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Jin Jing volunteered for this operation.

The reason was simple: he wanted to take a closer look at the "Qiaotou Star" - the place where Shi Luolan became famous.

Unfortunately, we can only watch from afar and cannot land on the planet up close, because Bridgehead was sold to the Federation three years ago, becoming the third planet bought and sold in the past decade.

In fact, it is not uncommon for interstellar powers to buy and sell planets. The Empire has also bought land from the Federation. Especially for some remote stars, where the emperor is far away, even if they are within the territory, they may actually have closer cultural and economic exchanges with their neighboring countries.

Sometimes local people don’t even wear the restriction rings, resulting in a large number of undocumented people. Over time, it is inevitable that it will be infiltrated by neighboring countries and cause some unrest.

During Isuparezo's reign, his foreign policy was extremely tough. If the federation came to occupy the land, he would definitely give the order: fight!

Schlolan had guarded the border four times and defeated the federal army.

But when Cade came to power, there was inflation, national strength was weakened, and local governments were too poor to pay taxes. So where would they get the money to fight? After Cade and the Duke discussed it, they decided to sell the three unstable planets and put an end to the problem once and for all.

Firstly, it stopped the federation from making moves all day long and demonstrated the friendship between the two countries politically.

Secondly, the 600 billion star coins sold injected a large amount of blood into the central treasury, allowing Emperor Cade to enjoy a few more years of luxury and debauchery.

Kanai had little sense of the political changes. In his view, these are decisions made by the upper echelons for the survival of the country. The lower classes have complaints, but these complaints are due to their narrow vision and are very petty behavior.

Just like the pirates this time, they actually threatened to launch a suicide attack and forced them to go to war with the Federation. It was really unbelievable and ridiculous.

Is it possible that the entire military's annual budget will be burned up because of the crazy idea of ​​a low-level person?

Jin Jing thought that this pirate was too selfish.

He cut out the pirate's information, took a look at it, and couldn't help but curl his lips. As expected, he was born in a low class, a typical scoundrel, just as shameless, disorderly and uneducated as the thief Ye Xing.

Unlike him and Shi Luolan, both of whom came from orthodox backgrounds, they relied on hard work to become stronger step by step and were praised by the world.

Sitting at the table in the cabin, Jin Jing couldn't help but open the drawer again, took out a photo frame from it, and rubbed it carefully in his hands.

"Ding. Hello, Colonel Jin. I'm here to give you my ironed uniform."

The video doorbell outside rang suddenly.

Jin Jing immediately hid the things back, opened the door and said, "Come in." His new adjutant was very good. He was efficient, honest, and quiet, and never disobeyed his orders.

Lu Hang presented the military uniform with both hands, his expression neither humble nor arrogant.

Jin Jing took the military uniform and glanced at him: "I'm going to take a shower. Yesterday's dirty clothes are in the basket. Remember to take them away."

"Yes, sir."

A sweeping robot can also complete the task. But ordering servants around can better demonstrate the respect of one's position.

——The nobles of the Imperial Capital Star always have such subtle ideas.

Jin Jing closed the bathroom door, and the sound of water splashing was heard from inside. Lu Hang calmly picked up his dirty clothes and when he turned around, he found a gap in the drawer.

Before, Lu Hang came several times and this drawer was always locked. This is the first time I've seen it open.

Lu Hang calmed down.

Then he slowly reached out his hand... This was very dangerous, because he had no idea whether this was a trap deliberately set by Kanai to verify his "loyalty". Maybe in the next second, when he opens the drawer, he will hear the alarm...

The sound of my heart beat to its maximum in an instant, and in contrast, there was the slight "click" sound of the drawer opening.

fine.

Lu Hang immediately and experiencedly picked up the spare terminal, flipped through the documents and took pictures of all the contents. I opened a repair book and suddenly a photo frame appeared underneath.

Nowadays, few people use photo paper, unless it is for special commemorative purposes, such as graduation photos or group photos, where one copy is given to each person.

This photo is no exception. The only difference was that it looked like it was cut out from a large photo. There were three people in the photo. Lu Hang recognized them at a glance. The one in the center was Shi Luolan and his subordinates.

The person at the edge of the photo, or half a person, has his face cut in half.

Lu Hang felt that he looked familiar at first. After thinking carefully for a few seconds, he suddenly realized: This is Marshal Golden Eagle when he was young!

When Jin Diao was young, he served as Shi Luolan's deputy minister, so it is not surprising that the two of them appear in the same photo. But what is strange is why Jin Jing focuses on Shi Luolan in this photo, and would rather put his biological father, Golden Eagle, on the edge?

...It seems that this is too disrespectful to the golden eagle.

The back of the photo frame is transparent. Turn it over and you can see a sentence on it: [If I live, I live for you; if I die, I die for you]

This is adapted from a sentence in the Bible, Romans.

Lu Hang would know this because it is a widely circulated love story in the empire. Used here, it means to express a pious confession.

Confession...

Shi Luolan, and the golden eagle... ?

Lu Hang suddenly had an extremely terrifying idea.

About why Jin Jing was so persistent in following a general of the previous dynasty, even at the expense of his own father. But the marshal himself never rebuked.

About Kaneki's mysterious mother.

Lu Hang took photos and sent them all to Heinz. The intelligence chief should be able to find out something.