Chapter 73: Military and Politics (4)
Editor: Geoffrey_
Under the many eyes from the audience, An Lei saw how this chap was pestering her as he lied over in her direction, and for a moment, she did not know what to do; she could only hold onto her forehead as if she was having a headache.
Bernadotte nodded towards Tian Xing Jian: “First Lieutenant, the mission this time is more dangerous. We require you to go to the rear enemy lines to save someone…”
Hearing that he had to go to the rear enemy lines, Tian Xing Jian immediately trembled as he could feel his second brother below worrying for the future. Just as he was about to reject, he saw An Lei right by his side, causing his mouth to reply unconsciously, “Yes, General!”
Almost at the same time, the flustered An Lei shouted out, “No!”
Seeing how everyone’s gaze turn over to her strangely, An Lei’s face became red as she replied bashfully, “I… I am saying that such an important mission should be given to the commandos. Tian… First Lieutenant is merely a staff officer… he…”
Bernadotte laughed out loud before waving his hand: “Major An Lei, you are thinking too much. It’s precisely because of this that First Lieutenant Tian is indeed the most appropriate person to be sent. Regardless of whether it is his escapes in the rear enemy lines or the experiences he had with fighting against the Myth Legion, First Lieutenant Tian is second to none. Maybe you did not know about that yet, right? That special forces company commander who had brought over 200 captive soldiers without having access to any transport, weapons, and equipment and successfully escaped from the rear enemy lines is precisely our First Lieutenant Tian.”
An Lei had a look of disbelief as she widened her beautiful eyes at the fatty beside her. The fair and delicate hand of hers covered her mouth once again as her heart had a truly complex feeling and was full of astonishment. “Oh gosh. This fool is the Federation hero? How is that possible?”
Bernadotte did not care about how shocked An Lei was; he laughed at Tian Xing Jian: “First Lieutenant Tian, no matter how we think about this mission, you are most likely to be the only candidate who could do it. Come, let me explain it to you.”
Fatty was cursing in his heart, ‘What kind mission is it that only I can do? I think it’s more like you, old fogey, is doing this in passing.’
Bernadotte poured a cup of tea before passing it over to Tian Xing Jian. “We require you to save this person. Honestly speaking, it is the famous general from the Gyaca Woods Empire—Russell!”
Fatty doubled over in shock as he questioned back, “Russell?”
Bernadotte nodded. “We believe that Russell has most likely been under house arrest by the Empire because of the news regarding how he might be the leader of the Freedom Battlefront has been transmitted over by 4th Research Unit Director Kadur. Kadur is similarly a traitor who was brought over by the Gyaca Woods Empire!”
There were some words which need not be explained by Bernadotte and everyone would understand. When the Federation Military Intelligence Department received the emissary from Russell, they had obtained from the emissary a list detailing the name of spies within the front line commanding department over at Miracolo. The intelligence department immediately underwent detailed investigations over these people the moment they received it. When everything was clear, this list of names had been given to the military embassy as they prepared themselves to capture these people.
However, when Bernadotte received the news, the embassy decided to keep things under wrap temporarily because with the current situation over at Miracolo, they could very possibly require these revealed spies to transmit some forged fake information back to the Gyaca Woods Empire.
Towards this suggested combat plan given by the emissary, the Federation especially emphasized on it. However, they decided to think one step further. If the Freedom Battlefront’s leader wasn’t Russell, then after the combat plans had been confirmed, the Federation would immediately capture the spy who knew of the news so as to protect the leader from the Freedom Battlefront.
However, if Russell was truly the Freedom Battlefront leader, then after the Federation President’s Office and the Supreme Headquarters weighed the pros and cons, they decided on another set of plans that was political in nature!
An Lei was the person who brought this set of plans over to the Miracolo forward command before clearly doing a battle situation analysis to prove the identity of Russell. Once Tian Xing Jian mentioned that Peirce’s Sign, several generals understood that the political plans had started being implemented.
Russell was indubitably a military genius; however, this genius’ wisdom regarding politics could not match up with those politicians mired in the center of political maelstrom for a long period of time in the Federation.
In the eyes of a politician, there were no friends, only benefits! Russell was truly too formidable. From the start of the war, the Federation Army had, because of his command, suffered too much losses in military power and land, reaching a stage where they could not account to the citizens! Most importantly, from the start, the combat plan of invading the Federation had been crafted precisely by this military genius!
If he was not the leader of the Freedom Battlefront, then everything could still be discussed; however, if he was, then he might be playing his moves on the chess of politics, thinking everything would go according to his whim and fancy!
For such a person, instead of leaving him safely in the Gyaca Woods Empire to command the army to invade the Federation and winning favor from both sides, why not just forcefully pull him over!? With him in the palms of the Federation, they could utilise his military expertise on the Federation soldier, preventing him from being able to act as a rat on both extremes. In addition, the Freedom Battlefront’s weapon and equipment in the rear enemy lines would also completely fall into the hands of the Federation.
Also, with Russell’s reputation in the Gyaca Woods Empire, the news regarding his betrayal to the Federation was absolutely a huge setback to the Gyaca Woods Empire, which was another big victory for the Leray Federation! In war, the rise and fall of the public sentiments could very well push the President and the military into a new point of extreme!
The final decision was actually set by General Bernadotte! Russell’s control of military tactics was not a degree which the Federation officers could attain. This scheme of him sending himself to death had been disguised as a killing move! If not for Tian Xing Jian, who saw that sign and made a deduction, then victory would be truly something that would be difficult to grasp. For a moment, Bernadotte was even prepared to redeploy the soldiers! His vision was completely enticed by Russell over to the Garo Mountain regions! If they did not see through this Russell’s plan, then right now, the Federation Army would have long been defeated. Thinking about this point, regardless of whether it had been Bernadotte or the other generals, they could feel their backs soaked with cold sweat!
Once and twice could be considered as luck, but what if in the future, this dangerous cooperation continued occurring a few times? He could continue wearing his halo of being a famous general and become a first grade citizen of the Imperial Army, while the Federation would continue to struggle in agony!
The Freedom Battlefront was a resistance organization with no governance experience. Their political experiences would never reach that of those politicians who governed the Federation for several hundreds of years [1]; the Freedom Battlefront was truly too green in this aspect. Since they were an ally to the Federation, then it was fine to pull this ally over to do things without having to worry about being betrayed because they had the same enemies. However, towards the politicians of the Federation, there were no allies who would never betray the other! They would only make a decision according to the advantages the Federation could acquire. Once the benefits of betraying exceeded that of not betraying, then they would betray! And that was how it became a proposal that was placed on the President’s table!
From the point Tian Xing Jian finished his deduction, the conclusion for Russell had already been decided! Bernadotte deliberately spoke of how the 3rd and 9th Outer Space Fleets, who were using the public starfields, had long reached the Leray Central Starfield and could use the space warp points at any moment to reinforce the Newton Galaxy, precisely because he wanted Kadur to pass on this news as well as the news of Russell to the Gyaca Woods Empire. Once the matter over Russell was revealed, the outer space battle had similarly a thorn dug by the Federation! The news regarding the 3rd and 9th Fleets was something which they could simply disregard, and the plans made by Russell himself to attack the 2nd United Fleet was something the Empire’s commanding officer of the fleet had to consider before taking action.
Tian Xing Jian continued hearing the orders by Bernadotte in puzzlement: “Whether we save him or kill him, we absolutely must not let him return to the Gyaca Woods Empire alive!”
[1] I have to say that it is more of experiences passed down from generations to generations and not a single group of people who lived for that amount of time in case anyone is thinking about that.
Chapter 74: No Title
Editor: Geoffrey_
Even though Tian Xing Jian did not know how Russell had fallen to such a state, he did not have any positive feelings towards such a slaughter artisan; however, for the Gyaca Woods Empire to place such a character under house arrest, there was only one such group in Miracolo Planet that could do it⁓the special forces directly subordinate to the Gyaca Woods Empire royal family, the Myth Legion, a fierce and vicious yet loyal dog!
Tian Xing Jian did not feel well in his heart, as he thought about having to face the Myth Legion once again. Fighting against such a dangerous enemy… if one said he wasn’t afraid, then that would be a lie. Looking at An Lei, he saw that there was a complex feeling hidden in her eyes, making Tian Xing Jian sigh in his heart. Right now, what he needed to do was to go to the research lab. [Logic] was, after all, the biggest safeguard for him to return alive and see her again.
Seeing the back of Tian Xing Jian as he walked out of the office and disappeared at the turn of the corridor, An Lei’s heart finally became messy. Not a single word spoken from the generals had been heard by her.
Why was such a dangerous mission be given to him?
In An Lei’s heart, since they were young, he was a boy who always needed her protection; he was certainly someone incompatible with war! Never had she thought that he would be in a place surrounded by the fires of war that filled the entire sky.
An Lei always thought that she was a calm person. In reality, the moment she first saw Tian Xing Jian, she did her best to remain calm. But thereafter, the impact came one after another at her. This boy who was deeply buried and hidden in her heart, someone who she was about to forget as time went by, had actually grown up and become an extraordinarily outstanding military staff officer. He was even a recipient of the Purple Insignia Medal of Freedom, but what was more shocking was that he was from the special forces and was the Federation Hero who had encountered lots of danger in the rear enemy lines as he brought out 270 prisoners-of-wars step by step!
An Lei felt that she could no longer maintain her calmness. That childhood sweetheart of hers, the one who had always been appearing in her mind, finally grew up to become a true man!
An Lei hated herself. She did not care about what medals or awards he had, but what she hated herself for was that in her disappointment, she had actually left his side and never went through thick and thin with together him! How much pain and agony had he suffered? How much blame and how many tribulations had he experienced?
Her heart could no longer control the dull ache. So it turns out she was someone who could feel heartache for a person to such an extent… This hateful fool was ultimately someone she cared about the most!
What made An Lei even more hard-pressed in accepting this fact was that this person, who had caused great waves to emerge in her calm heart, had suddenly left the moment he appeared, accepting an extremely dangerous mission as it was his duty. That unease made her incapable of holding back; under the weird looks of the several generals, An Lei pulled open the door and rushed out.
When Tian Xing Jian had just walked out of the forward command gates, the sound of urgent footsteps from high heels came from behind, making him turn over. A female staff officer was currently rushing to his side before passing on the document to a soldier in the flying car at the gates. “Quickly, send it over!”
The flying car whistled as it shot away.
Tian Xing Jian bitterly smiled and shook his head. After that, he went along to the forward command building towards the research laboratory. When An Lei appeared by the gates of the forward command building, his figure had just turned at the corner of the wall.
An Lei thought for a moment before deciding to walk in a different direction. Once she got lost in the massive building of the academy at the educational campus, a weird ineffable grievance rushed up her head, causing her to be unable to control herself as she knelt down in tears.
[Logic]’s preliminary modification had long been done a few days ago, and Milan was currently doing the final touch-up on it. Just now, her father had told her on the phone that the research laboratory had confirmed to be retreating back to the capital’s military institute in three days. Thinking that she was about to be leaving soon, she wanted to do something for Tian Xing Jian.
All the best materials had been used by Milan extravagantly on the body of [Logic]. Even though there were several proposals which had not been worked on, the biological double attribute metal’s instantaneous transformation had already been strictly tested upon. Also, even though the electronic attack equipment installed in the [Logic] was not the one researched initially, its function had still given the [Antenna] a greater invasion power!
Although the ion-blade had not been finalized yet, a long-range energy sniping cannon had been fitted in. From a distance of a few kilometers away, this cannon could penetrate the cabin of any ordinary Battle Mecha!
Fatty quietly entered Milan’s research laboratory with complex feelings. After seeing An Lei, his entire heart had been occupied by An Lei’s knitted brows and her smile. As for his ambiguous feelings for Milan, Mei Duo, and Ni Ya, he was clearly not responsible for them at all.
This good man Tian Xing Jian walked to the side of Milan and once again looked down at the beautiful scene under her neckline, causing his thinking to be immediately controlled by the lower half of his body.
Damn, all men are animals of the lower half of their bodies! Fatty scolded himself in his heart while simultaneously tiptoeing and stretching his neck to the fullest extent to have a peek!
So fair!
Zeze! So fair and delicate! He truly wanted to give it a bite!
Fatty’s saliva dripped down into the neckline of Milan’s! Oh dear!
Very clearly, once Fatty’s figure entered the eyes of Milan, who looked up, he suffered from the most dangerous pursuit he had ever encountered since the start of the war.
He had been forced to just hug her and use his body to press her down on the table, making her unable to move.
The moment she made contact Tian Xing Jian’s body, Milan immediately became powerless; her body felt wobbly, and it was burning with charm. That ample chest of hers had been pressed against the chest of Tian Xing Jian, and under the rubbing, two hard pokies began appearing.
The thinking of a woman is truly strange. As long as it is someone she liked, then whatever he does, she would not mind. Towards this man whom she had opened her heart to, the moment Milan got in contact with him, the idea of resistance immediately dissipated.
Using her hands to lightly hug Fatty’s neck, she could hear how this foolish chap was using an incoherent speech to try to explain his wretched behavior. Milan could not help but roll her eyes. In her heart, she was silently displeased, ‘No wonder Ni Ya hated him for how his mouth is always itchy. This sucker!”
Bashfully burying her head in Fatty’s embrace, Milan lightly said, “Damned person, why did you come here again? I’ve just called my father. He said that there will be a transport ship coming in three days later to fetch us.”
Ai, this is the outcome of acting 《Iron-Blooded, Gentle Feelings》[1]! On one end, Fatty was enjoying the soft and beautiful figure in his embrace with an untroubled heart; on another end, he was scolding himself for not being something good. Damn, why would guys like one the moment they saw one? Why exactly is this damn thing happening? Why is this father, such a traditionally good man, included in this as well?
Especially when a woman had completely given her heart without reservation to him, Fatty only felt that he was responsible to protect them and not let them suffer from any harm. But, what about An Lei?
Unless he was destined to meet but fated not to be with her?
If only she appeared earlier on, then before even Mei Duo and Ni Ya, and before this ambiguous feeling had been formed with Milan due to his boredom… if only she had been always by his side, then maybe… he would have become a good man, forever protecting her and forever not forming such a tiny bit of ambiguous feeling towards other women.
Fatty gave his final conclusion—f*** this! I am a damned fatty and not Liu Xia Hui [2]! But what is even more annoying is that I’m not some emperor of the three palaces and six courtyard [3]! Isn’t this the case of wanting my life?
[1] Check chapter 63.
[2] Google Zhan Huo–a famous character in ancient times for his virtue.
[3] Referring to how in the past, the emperors would have three palaces, six courtyards that are quite similar to the different ministries in modern times.
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