In front of the residence of Chester Bradlick, an important figure in the parliamentary faction and former deputy speaker of parliament.
Hundreds of comrades from the Equality Association, who came silently from the streets in all directions, were staring at the dozens of lazy guards outside the mansion in the dark.
"There are quite a lot of people." The leader, Morais, held a pistol and stretched out his hand to signal everyone to stay hidden for the time being.
Under the instructions of Francois, the Guards Corps has protected, monitored, and placed Bradrick under house arrest here for nearly two months. In these two months, Bradrick has not stepped out of the gate, and he has put on a show of
No more caring about worldly affairs.
But there are certain things that will not alienate him if he doesn't do them.
After the former Speaker of the Parliament, Wilbur Flynn, was arrested by Francois on the pretext of secretly colluding with military officers to commit rebellion, the remaining forces of the Parliamentary Party ignored Bradrick's evasion and directly elected him as the new backbone, asking him to plan
Fight back and bear the risk of losing your head.
What the Equality Society will do next is the same as the remaining forces of the parliamentary faction.
Put Bradrick up high to attract Francois's attention.
"Minister, the time is almost up." A comrade looked at the time on his watch intently.
Morais glanced at the time on his watch uneasily to avoid any mistakes: "I inform everyone to be prepared and listen to my instructions. As I said, protect yourself. Today's battle is just a casual practice, not real.
To rescue Bradrick, the loss outweighs the gain if he is injured or loses his life."
"yes!"
When the comrades in the Operation Department who participated in the operation began to check their weapons, Morais himself rolled up his sleeves and loaded his pistol.
Less than half a minute later, the hands pointed to ten o'clock.
"Bang!"
Morais didn't show any hesitation at all, and shot at the guards in front of the mansion with his gun: "Hit!"
"Bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
The surrounding comrades of the Equality Association opened fire one after another from behind the bunker.
The sudden heavy rain of bullets caught the drowsy guards unprepared. They couldn't even stop an effective counterattack and ran away in tacit understanding.
"There are enemies!"
"Go call for backup!"
"Help!"
"Hide quickly! Don't show your head!"
"Be careful!"
There have been no mistakes in the mansion. Over time, the guards' awareness of prevention has become very weak. In addition, the number of people in the Equality Society is several times theirs. It was still a sudden night attack. In just a few dozen seconds, the guards
They were defeated, either dead or wounded, or hiding and fleeing. There were only sporadic gunshots fired from nowhere, symbolizing resistance.
In the mansion, Bradrick, his family, and servants were all awakened by the sound of fierce gunshots that came very close.
"Oh my god..." Bradrick, wearing only a pajamas on his body, stood in front of the bedroom window, looking at the hundreds of people attacking here under the moonlight outside, thinking it was a dream.
How could someone suddenly attack the guards?
This clearly shows that you want to save yourself!
The only people who could save him were those from the parliament! But as the former deputy speaker of the parliament, how could he not know anything about rescuing him? And why did they go to war with the guards?
Could it be that we have officially broken up with Francois?!
This is possible!
Now Francois's focus is on the Equality Society and the alliance with Welland. After he has dealt with all these troubles, it will be time to officially attack the people of the parliamentary faction. In other words, the only way to counterattack now is
Opportunity.
However, the Guard Corps and the independent mixed division in Zeinli are all direct troops of François. Where did other reinforcements come from to compete with these forces head-on?
Why are there gunshots only here?
Why should they prioritize saving themselves?
Too many questions popped into Bradrick's mind.
"Mr. Bradrick!" The panicked butler didn't have time to knock on the door this time and pushed the door open directly to see if Bradrick was in danger.
"What's going on?!" Bradrick asked the butler.
"I don't know, it happened so suddenly... Sir, should we pack up and leave quickly?" The housekeeper was frightened.
"Leave?" Bradrick turned to look at the situation outside, "How can I leave now? The group of people outside should be here to rescue me, we can just wait."
"yes……"
"By the way, show me all the letters that those people sent in quietly before." Bradrick urged the butler to get the letters sent to him by people from the parliament through various means during this period.
In order to ensure that he stayed out of the matter, he never read these letters and asked the housekeeper to deal with them directly.
"Letter, letter... I destroyed them all." The butler said hesitantly.
"Destroyed?! Who told you to destroy it! You idiot!" Bradrick had a hunch that these letters contained information about their actions.
If I don’t know what’s inside now, how will I face them later?
"You asked me to destroy it. You said you didn't want to see a word of it..." the butler timidly defended.
"Me?" Bradrick thought about it for a moment, and it seemed that he had specifically asked the butler to handle all of this, "Idiot..."
——
Outside the mansion, the raid went smoothly beyond Morais' expectations.
For a minute, no more gunshots were fired from the other side, and everyone seemed to have fled.
"This..." Morais glanced at his pistol. The bullets in the magazine of his pistol had not been finished yet.
"What should we do?" the comrades from the Operations Department asked.
They originally expected that the guards would persist in resisting and block their rescue efforts. After a few minutes, they feared that patrols and other support would arrive and they would be 'forced' to retreat.
There was no need to actually charge forward, but it looked like he was doing his best to rescue Bradrick.
But now, the situation has surprised them.
After just one encounter, the guards fled without a trace. Bradrick was so close that it made no sense for them to retreat now.
So...really helpful?
Morais briefly thought about turning the sheep attack into a real rescue.
"There is no one left! The guards have all fled! Many of them are dead!" A comrade reported the situation.
"Damn... these cowards..." Morais said, "Second and third platoons stay behind! Follow me in the first platoon and rescue Bradlik!"
"Yes - eh? Real help?" The platoon leader of the first platoon of the combat department was stunned.
"Otherwise? The person is there now. If we leave like this, we will definitely arouse suspicion!" Morais stopped talking nonsense and took the time to rush out of the dark street first, leading a group of comrades into the mansion, "Bra
Where is Derek?! Come out quickly! We are here to save you!"
"Coming, coming!" Bradrick went downstairs while getting dressed.
After that, his wife, children, and servants all rushed into the hall in disheveled clothes.
"Who are you?" Bradrick put on his clothes and walked towards Morais.
Morais's appearance seemed familiar to him, but he didn't remember it for a moment.
"Comrade Bradrick! Long time no see! I am Morais! I was ordered to bring comrades from the Equality Society to rescue you! Come with us quickly!" Morais shook hands with Bradlik.
Bradrick subconsciously stretched out his hand: "Long time no see... Mo, Morais?! Equality Meeting?! What is going on?!"
"You guys, take him away." Morais ordered two comrades to help Bradrick out without any explanation, and then looked at the other people in the mansion, "Time is running out, we won't take everyone away for now.
, everyone protect yourselves! Wait until we liberate Zein!"
After that, Morais and other comrades left the mansion, regardless of the shouts of Bradrick's relatives behind them.
——
June 6th, morning
Before the morning meeting, Francois called Joseph, the commander of the independent mixed division, and Arthur, the deputy commander of the Guard Corps, into his office.
Joseph looked at Francois, who looked like he had not rested well and was sitting at his desk with a sullen face: "Mr. President, Captain Maguire was assassinated last night, and the former deputy speaker of the parliament, Bradlick, was rescued.
, have been determined to be the Equality Club. This thing seems to be planned, and we failed to catch them."
"Yes, it happened so suddenly this time, we-" Arthur followed.
"What shame do you have to excuse?!" Francois vented his anger on Arthur, "The independent mixed division is responsible for patrolling the entire city, except for the mansions of those who protect the parliament! They didn't arrest anyone.
That’s understandable! What about you?! The head of the dignified Guard Corps can use his own
Someone was killed in the office! Dozens of people were arranged to garrison a mansion. Not many people died, but they all ran away! Just like that, Bradlik, a big living person, was handed over to the Equality Society! Is this your Guard Corps?
!How much does it cost you every year?! Is this what you do?!”
"us……"
"The one who finally caught Maguire's assassin was the independent mixed division!" Francois was so angry that he almost fainted from this group of losers from the Guard Corps.
Joseph spoke for Arthur: "No one would have thought that Maguire's cronies would be members of the Equality Society, nor would they have thought that the parliamentary faction would secretly join forces with the Equality Society. Mr. President, I think our top priority is to stabilize the
Guard Corps, reintegrate this force, and at the same time liquidate the parliamentary forces immediately, just in case."
Francois tried to adjust his breathing: "Those people in the parliament may not have really joined forces with the Equality Society. We have been watching them for so long, and there has never been any trace of this. Therefore, we cannot rule out that this is the Equality Society.
Deliberate frame-up.”
"This is exactly what we want and gives us a legitimate reason to get rid of the parliamentary forces." Joseph said.
"Well." Francois took a sip of water, "No matter what the truth is, we must immediately take action against the people in the parliament to remove this unstable factor."
"Leave this matter to me, Mr. President." Arthur took the initiative to apply.
Francois looked at Arthur with disdain.
If Maguire hadn't died last night, he would be scolding that loser now, but as Arthur is the second-in-command of the Guards Corps, he can't escape his involvement in such a big problem.
"you?"
Francois's tone was full of disbelief.
"I promise you, it will be handled properly!" Arthur firmly grasped the opportunity to perform.
"Then you come. Arrest all the people in the Parliament before tomorrow, and at the same time vigorously publicize that the people in the Parliament colluded with the Equality Society and intend to rebel." Joseph was busy wiping out the Equality Society, and Francois didn't want to distract him.
After much thought, I decided to leave this matter to Arthur.
"Yes!" Arthur gave Francois a military salute.
Seeing that Francois had not appointed Arthur as the new commander of the Guard Corps, Joseph added: "Mr. President, then the dispatching work of the Guard Corps will be handled by Deputy Commander Arthur and me?"
"Otherwise? Can the Guards Corps find another person besides him?" Francois looked at Arthur, "From today on, you will be promoted to the head of the Guards Corps and fully assist Joseph in suppressing the Equality Society."
"Yes!" Arthur pursed his lips and bit his tongue to prevent himself from laughing.
"The Equality Society has become more and more active recently. What happened last night must have been planned for a long time, but I guess they also mean to retaliate." Francois was worried about his own safety.
Pisel, the former commander of the independent mixed division, and Maguire, the former commander of the Guards Corps, were assassinated one after another.
These senior officers who hold heavy troops and are usually in the heavily guarded army can be successfully assassinated by the Equality Society. Doesn't it mean that I have no absolute safety in Lai Zeinli?
"Mr. President, there has been turmoil in the city recently, and we will soon be distracted by the war in the Kingdom of Sder and the Empire of Castelia. Under such pressure, and under the influence of the current situation, equality will inevitably remain.
Plan a lot of crazy actions." Joseph made a timely suggestion, "I suggest that after we take over the Guard Corps, I will also be responsible for the defense of the government buildings and the Presidential Palace."
"That's fine." Joseph looked a hundred times more reliable than Arthur. Francois didn't have the slightest resistance to this proposal. "The defense work of the whole city and the safety of all of us are left to you. I
I think there will definitely be no problem."
"Don't worry about this." Joseph easily concealed his joy and made a solemn promise, "As long as I am here, those people from the Equality Association will not hurt you in the slightest."
"Well, just implement what you said." Francois readily agreed.
After leaving the office, Joseph and Arthur did not attend today's morning meeting, but were ordered to carry out their respective tasks as soon as possible.
"General Joseph. You still have the means to please Mr. President so much." After leaving the government building, Arthur spoke with a hint of jealousy.
"No matter how much Mr. President admires me, he will not let me stay in Lezein for a long time after the Equality Association is eliminated. You should understand this." Joseph said expressionlessly, "After I leave, you will not be here again.
Has the final say?"
"I just like to deal with smart people." Arthur's thoughts were consistent with Joseph's.
Joseph let out a slight snort.
It's okay to like to deal with smart people, but the prerequisite is that you are not bad at it, otherwise you will be played in the palm of your hand.
"Next, do you have any plans for the Equality Society?" Arthur asked about Joseph's arrangements.
"You don't need to know this. You just need to rest well in the next month, enjoy life, and wait for equality to be destroyed, wait for us to leave, and wait for one hand to cover the sky." Joseph patted Arthur.
on his shoulder, "The people who captured the parliament must not make any more mistakes. I will take the first step."
Arthur stopped at the intersection and watched Joseph riding in the car and leaving under the escort of the cavalry guard platoon: "Oh, you are just a dog in front of Mr. President. When you have fulfilled your value, you will be in ashes."
Get out of here Zein."
——
June 6th, morning
Pingdong Association main station, conference room
"That's great, there really is Joseph!" Boyin said with a smile, holding the documents brought by Morais, "Our people took over the government building and the defense work of the presidential palace, which is equivalent to controlling Francois and the others. Okay.
Said, from now on, Laizeyin is completely in our hands."
"Yes, the performance of the Guard Corps is really unsatisfactory. Francois has to rely on Joseph and give him all support." Morais was also in a happy mood, "By the way, what do you think about Bradrick?"
How to deal with it?"
"I really don't know this." Boyin closed the folder and shook his head with a wry smile, "I just asked you to act like a sheep and provide a cover for the assassination of Maguire. Who would have thought that you would actually rescue such a character?
Brought it back to the main station."
Morais spread his hands and showed an innocent expression: "I don't want to either. Who knew that people in the Guards Corps can't help but fight? I just went over and saw dozens of people, and I thought I could give the new comrades a chance to practice.
, but as soon as the shots were fired, these people ran away and disappeared."
"This is also good news." Boyin is keen to look at the bright side of things. "Even the guard regiments coming to Zeinli are so vulnerable, what about other places? Not to mention? Doesn't this mean that
Will the uprisings in our other branches go more smoothly than expected?"
"This is the situation, but the people of the Guard Corps will be in our hands soon. Looking at their appearance, I really..."
"Then you will train them well." Boyin did not take this matter to heart, and he understood what the guards did yesterday, "Think about it, why do our comrades dare to fight? The government's subordinates
How come people can’t help but beat them?”
"Because our comrades do all this for themselves. Who wouldn't fight for themselves? How could those guards, with their pitiful salaries, be willing to lose their heads for someone who doesn't respect themselves as human beings?" Morais
Of course we understand the reason.
"So when they become our people, when their fighting becomes fighting for themselves, I think their performance will not be any worse than our current comrades." Boyin is quite confident about this matter.
, he believes that the power of faith is much more powerful than real swords and guns, "Let's lock that Bradrick up first, and now start to concentrate on preparing for the final action."
"Okay, then you should rest well and remember to take your medicine. I'm leaving!" Morais warned Boyin and strode out of the conference room.
——
The evening of June 6th
Hundreds of former members of the parliament and their relatives, as well as anyone suspected of collusion with the Peace Society, were arrested by the Guard Corps.
The war outside and the major events in the city for several days gave people a bad feeling.
The main station of the Pingdong Association was as calm as ever.
"That's all for today. You mainly remember the words and the flexible use of some common sentences. Time is somewhat tight. The first thing we ensure is that you can at least carry out basic conversation and communication in Bash..." Verak
In his office, Clark, Vikendi, and August, who taught him Bash all afternoon and all night, left together after summarizing what he wanted to consolidate.
"Huh..." Verak, who had learned a lot, sat back on his chair and lit a cigarette to refresh himself.
There were currently no major problems in the Equality Association, and there were no issues that required him to come forward to solve them. So he devoted himself wholeheartedly to learning Bashi before the final action began.
After he learned the Bash language, the Equality Society took control of Lezein, and launched a liberation movement that swept across the country of Bressy, it was time for him to leave here and go to Bash.
After smoking a cigarette, Verak reviewed today's study content again and corrected what he had written in his notes.
No problem.
It's already two o'clock in the morning and it's time to rest.
Just as Verak was packing his things and preparing to go back to his room to rest, he suddenly thought of something and sat back at his desk. Then he was in a daze for a while and called Winston who was far away in Kip City.
As expected, Winston was still awake at this point.
"Why did you remember to call me? Well, it was Verac who called..." Winston looked very surprised and seemed to be still talking to Andre, who was staying at the pilot factory with him.
"Andre is here too?" Verak asked, looking out the window.
"Yes, we just had a meeting."
"With whom? Other factory owners?"
"How is it possible? None of those factory owners are willing to hold a meeting at two o'clock in the morning." Winston laughed, "It was just a few of us, Andre and Benedick, who talked about the future development direction of the factory.
.”
Verak lit another cigarette and puffed away alone: "How is the factory doing now? It's been a little busy these days and I haven't had time to talk to you on the phone."
"It's still like that. You can't expect us to make earth-shaking changes in the factory just a few days after you left. Haha... Well, the cooperation with other factory owners has gone smoothly, and the printing and dyeing workshop has also started to operate.
, Generally speaking, we still have to wait for time to prove whether these things are feasible." Winston's voice was tired, and after Verak left, the pressure on their shoulders increased a lot.
"If you have any difficulties, tell me. Although I am no longer in Kip City, I may be able to give you some useful advice." Verak was a little reluctant to leave the pilot factory, Winston and the others, "Besides, you also
Don’t be too tired, no matter what, our experiment has achieved a certain degree of success, and we can try to implement it here in Laize, or even in many places."
"Well, don't worry, we know all these. What about you? How about it?"
"Everything is going well at the main station. We have just taken control of the Guard Corps in the past two days, and our people are also doing the defense work of the government building and the presidential palace. This can be regarded as completely bypassing Francois. It will probably wait for another ten or so
God, when the situation becomes more mature, our master plan will be officially implemented. Right now, I am following Clark, Vikenji, and August to learn Bash every day before the master plan has started..." Wei
Lark talked about his situation and arrangements with the terminus.
"We can't wait for that day to come." Winston's heart was racing when he heard that the master plan was about to begin.
"Yes, come on quickly!"
"Stationmaster Mellen is also planning an uprising in Kip City with his comrades from our sub-station!"
Andre Benedick on the other end of the phone also said.
"Haha, okay..." Verak kept a smile on his face, "When the time comes, we will each raise our arms and shout in different cities, leading the comrades and the people to change this country."
"Yes, although we are in different places, we can do the same thing together!"
"You all should go to bed early. I'll call the school to find out more about the situation." After Verak chatted with Winston and others for a while, he called Nord and Murphy.
The two of them also didn't sleep, as if this was still common working time for the Equality Association.
"Verak? Why did you remember to call us? Did you miss us? Or did Mr. Keating ask you to call us and see how we are doing and how the school is doing?" As soon as the phone call was made, Nord's voice went on and on.
.
Verak reluctantly put the phone away from his ear, waited for Nord to talk for a while and then took it back again: "How are you doing?"
"It's pretty good. You should eat and drink as you should, and still supervise the construction work of the school." Nord said.
"You asked Murphy to answer the phone, I haven't heard his voice yet." Murphy is not very talkative, and his brother Diaz died in the assassination of Pisel. Verak always has something on his mind when getting along with him.
A little more delicate.
"Murphy, Verak wants to talk to you."
"Verak." Murphy took the phone from Nord.
"Murphy, how are you?" Verak's voice softened unconsciously.
"It's pretty good. It's the same as before."
Verak didn't know how to respond to these words: "Ah..."
Fortunately, Murphy was also trying very hard to communicate with Verak. He then added: "It's just that Nord, without Teacher Keating, keeps running to the branch station. In name, it's work, but in reality he just wants to spend more time with Catherine."
get along."
"Really? You have to watch this. We can't take care of his personal affairs, but it can't affect his work. The affairs of the school are very important, and no one can bear the responsibility if something goes wrong." Verak warned.
"I didn't." Nord took the phone back, "I really went to handle official business. Comrade Catherine was originally transferred to the school by Comrade Mellen to assist in the work, so I still had to go to the sub-station.
?”
"Recently, the branch station was preparing for the uprising, and Catherine was temporarily transferred back." Murphy said silently.
"Please stop causing trouble. You usually don't say a word, so why can't you close your mouth when you shouldn't say it?" Nord and Murphy started to argue.
Verak listened on the phone and laughed for a long time: "Okay, okay, no more joking, you just know which is more important and which is more serious. You can't think that Teacher Keating is gone and there are no restraints."
"Don't listen to Murphy's nonsense. I've been keeping an eye on the school. You and Teacher Keating should just relax!"
"How are you and Comrade Catherine doing?"
“Excellent! Extremely good!”
"That's fine." Verak saw that it was getting late and stopped chatting with the two of them. "It's getting late. Let's go and have a rest. The school should not be so busy. The school hasn't been built yet.
Everyone is exhausted."
Murphy said: "We are helping Catherine prepare for the uprising——"
"Good night!" Nord's voice covered Murphy.
"Crack!"
The phone hangs up.
"These two boys..." Verak also put the phone away, got up and went back to his room to rest.
——
June 8
Bashi Empire,Sine Velen Sea
A majestic fleet flying the bright flag of Welland is sailing through the waves.
"We should change our tactics. Blocking the coastline does not pose an effective threat to Bash. They are now ignoring us and mobilizing large-scale armies in an attempt to directly interfere in the internal affairs of the Nile Empire..." Fleet Captain,
Wilan, Commander-in-Chief of the Brexi Allied Forces, General Linton said to his subordinates.
"The main reason is that their coastline is too long. Even if we unite Brexi's two fleets, we can only blockade the eastern part. If we can completely blockade it, I don't think they will be so reluctant.
We take it to heart," said an officer.
"Even if we mobilize all our fleets, it will be difficult to completely blockade them. Even if we can barely do it, how long can we maintain it? We should just go head-to-head with a war attitude and wait for our cannons to bring them to the harbor.
If the ship is sunk and they lose the ability to struggle at sea, they will not be so arrogant!" Another officer had long proposed to send a fleet directly to sweep across Bash.
Admiral Linton, who was as strong as a steel knife, looked at the boundless sea from the captain's cabin: "We have the same idea, but there is one thing you should have realized. Bash's naval strength is far inferior to ours. Really
If there was a fight, there would be no suspense about the outcome. In that case, why did they not build any coastal defense guns to protect coastal cities and ports?"
This has troubled Linton for a long time.
How could Bash not take any precautions and expose coastal cities and ports to coalition artillery fire?
Did they recognize the facts and decide not to resist and abandon coastal cities, or did they have deep cards waiting for the coalition fleet?
Linton felt it was the latter.
Even if he is a fool, he will not abandon all the coastal cities and let the artillery fire of the coalition fleet trample them.
But without coastal defense artillery, the Bash Navy alone would never be able to resist itself.
What is the reason...
"Is it possible that they have reinforcements?" the chief of staff gave a conclusion.
"You mean Pruman?" Linton and the chief of staff had a complete tacit understanding. They knew that if Bash must have a strong reinforcement, then this reinforcement could only be Pruman.
"Yes, but according to people in our intelligence department, Pruman's fleet is still active in the Karen Sea and has no intention of rushing to rescue Bash." The chief of staff denied his speculation.
"If it's not Pruman's fleet, what trump card do they have..." Linton was puzzled.
"Could it be that they are defrauding us? In fact, they are completely helpless and deliberately pretend to be indifferent, just to make us think more and not dare to take action easily?" Someone raised another possibility.
Linton didn't agree very much: "Do you think a country like Bash would bet the hope of its rise and the security of its coastal cities on such a ridiculous thing?"
"If they have no choice..."
"Why don't we have a choice?" Linton put his hands behind his back and snorted coldly, "They must have some trump card that can threaten us. If we don't find out as soon as possible, what will greet us will be worse than ever before.
situation."
——
June 9
The disputed area on the border between the Kingdom of Sder and Castelia, Masi
"General." In the camp of the Sder Kingdom's army, the officer responsible for investigating the situation found the commander-in-chief of the Sder Kingdom's battle in the war room, General Samuel, "There is still no one in Castelia." What's the news? No new troops have come to assemble for five consecutive days."
Admiral Samuel and several generals looked at the sand table in the Masi area: "We have not launched an attack for a long time. They cannot see through our plans. Of course, they will study our real purpose first instead of blindly deploying heavy troops. "
Lieutenant General Matthew said confidently: "They won't understand it even if they think about it."
"We must also prevent them from taking the initiative to attack, so as not to be caught off guard." Admiral Samuel looked calm, his thoughts deep in the sandbox, as if a large-scale war had broken out in the small sandbox. .
"Isn't there any movement on Bash's side?" Another lieutenant general lost his temper.
"Bash is waiting for Willan, and Brexi's coalition forces have made further moves. However, Willan and Brexi's coalition forces are also unable to figure out Bash's plan at this time, and they never dare to take action rashly." Samuel Your admiral's gaze rested on a mountain range piled up in the sand table, "We will have to wait for a while if nothing unexpected happens."
"Wait. We are eating food shipped by Bash, using bullets made by Bash. With these free supplies, what can we do if we wait here for a year? Those people in the Congress are not happy. Flowers?" Lieutenant General Matthew was not in a hurry.
Admiral Samuel moved to another wall of the headquarters, where an extra-large map was hung with detailed terrain information: "The longer time passes, it may not be beneficial to us. When we cooperate with Bash, the more Most of them are for themselves. With such a large amount of material support, it is best to take this opportunity to retake the Masi area in one fell swoop. If we miss this opportunity and wait for the international situation to stabilize again, what chance will you and I have to be carried? Will it enter history? Moreover, the situation this time is too complicated. We cannot see how much preparations Wellland has made for this war, nor how many forces Bash has united. We must be careful of being used as a knife by others. Drive, seize the opportunity to eat the piece of meat that belongs to us."
Lieutenant General Matthew was full of confidence and eager to give it a try: "With you in charge, the arrangements in Castilla are really not enough."
Admiral Samuel was not affected at all by Lieutenant General Matthew's flattery. He was still studying the map and gradually had some thoughts in his mind: "We can't take it lightly. We won't have much time left this time."
——
September 10
brecy, lezein, government building
"Dongdongdong."
When Francois closed his eyes and listened to classical music, there was a knock on the office door.
"Please come in." Francois opened his eyes, turned off the phonograph, and looked at the person who came in.
"Your Excellency." The person coming was Augus White, who is in charge of intelligence and security work.
"What's wrong?" White's expression was indescribable, making Francois vaguely aware that something was wrong.
"I have something to report to you. Although no strong evidence has been collected yet, I think it is necessary to tell you as soon as possible," White said.
Francois narrowed his eyes: "What's wrong?"
"General Joseph..." White said slowly, "it seems that there is some connection with equality."
"What?" Francois's voice turned cold instantly, and his face became gloomy.
"When the Reef was investigating the Equality Association's traces, it was discovered that several soldiers from the Independent Mixed Division called each other comrades." White said about the information he had learned.
"What's the matter? The Equality Association will definitely penetrate into the independent mixed division. Just tell Joseph the names of these soldiers and he will deal with it." Francois breathed a sigh of relief. He thought it was something big.
White did not leave, he said very cautiously: "If it were just like this, of course I would not doubt General Joseph, but with the in-depth investigation by our people in the reef, we found that General Joseph has a very trusted confidant named Adel. This person
He once served as the warden of Dymans Prison. After Verak, Keating and others of the Equality Society organized a large-scale prison escape of prisoners, he was dismissed from all posts and returned to Lezein."
"Then what?" Francois put his hands on the desk, waiting for White to connect the clues together.
"Adel has a close relationship with these soldiers," White said. "These soldiers call each other comrades and know Adel. Verak and Keating from the Equality Society served as prison guards at Damans Prison in Adel.
For a long time, no prisoner has successfully escaped from this prison. Isn't it a coincidence?"
Francois pondered.
"In addition, we also found that the hundreds of Equality Association members arrested by independent editors during this period seemed to be enjoying good food and drink in prison without any torture. A leaflet from the Equality Association on the street
There are too many to count, but they are indifferent to it..." White threw out more clues. These clues did not directly prove that Joseph would have any connection with equality, but the existence of this possibility made Francois appear.
Cold sweat.
"Isn't there any more direct evidence?" After listening, Francois wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"No, there are only these small clues at the moment, but don't worry, the people in the reef have already focused on the independent mixed division. If General Joseph really has any connection with the others, we will definitely find out."
"What you're saying now doesn't prove anything. Random suspicions and investigations into Joseph are likely to arouse his resentment." Francois couldn't believe it, but his character made him unable to help but think wildly. "
Joseph is now my most capable subordinate. If I misunderstand him and make him feel cold, it will more or less affect the Suppression and Equality Association."
White reminded: "But if General Joseph is..."
Francois stared and swallowed: "... arrange a car, I will go to the independent mixing division's station."