The night was already dark. Secret Service agents in the park surrounding the presidential residence. Vigilantly scanned the surroundings. Listening to the system commands coming from the headphones, without the slightest relaxation, they knew it very well. If the Imperial Agents were able to infiltrate the Federation and launch an attack on the President's Mansion tonight, the Federation would have suffered the heaviest blow ever, as most of the Cabinet and the Federal Military were present at the meeting place in the President's Office.

Of course. In the light of the Charter, no Imperial agent has ever been able to penetrate deep into the planet S1, and the Secret Service agents are nervous. To a greater extent, it comes from the weight of the big names themselves.

There are only four months left for Mr. President Sieg. Sit behind your desk and electronically sign a document. It was then forwarded to the office. Only then did he slowly raise his head. With a hint of sincerity in the face of Mr. National Security Advisor. A hint of warning. There was even a hint of pity in his eyes, and he was silent for a long time before he said, "You discuss a result first." ”

From 9 o'clock in the morning until late at night, the discussions in the interior of the presidential residence were fruitless. There can be no results either, the new generation of mecha standards is indeed a big deal. But it's not enough for so many big people to spend so much time on this standard approval. It's just that everyone in the mainland of the official residence knows that the battle over the mecha standard is also faintly involved in the selection of the next president. So have to be cautious.

National Security Advisor. The commanders of the First and Second Military Regions have long expressed their attitude, and since the data of the Federal Academy of Sciences is obviously better than that of the Fruit Shell Mobile Company, the Federal Military should naturally adopt this set of standards. And the president of the Fruit Shell Mobile Company, who has been sitting in the corner. But with the support of scientific advisors. Refuse to bow your head and admit defeat.

Negotiations between political bigwigs. In fact, in the end, there is not much difference from fighting with children. So much is at stake. No one will give in easily, in these more than a dozen hours of intermittent discussions. Only the commander of the Xilin Fourth Military Region, who had passed through the long-distance connection, and the commander of the Third Military Region, who was sandwiched in the middle, remained silent.

President Sieg swept through the room with different expressions and thoughts, and thought in his heart that his term of office was coming to an end, and the members of the cabinet would naturally not be as matter-of-the-same as before. He is well aware that many people, including the national security adviser, are already thinking about the next president coming to power. The question of their interests.

Just like the drama that describes the imperial era. The courtiers can surrender, they can have other intentions, but His Majesty the Emperor can't do this, President Sieg knows that he is not the emperor, but he does not need to think too much about interests like these people, even if he really helps one of them. Will he be able to serve another term as president? In a few months? He is just a former president, and he should be treated and respected in the slightest. It is for this reason that it is also possible. He has not been able to discuss the mecha standards and make a final decision.

Even the current mecha standards of the Academy of Sciences. With the support of most of the military, the Husk Mobile Company may lose its efforts at any time, and President Sieg remains silent.

The two major forces in the federal government have torn their faces at this moment. And the side that supports the Federal Academy of Sciences. It has already taken an overwhelming advantage. The National Security Adviser squinted his eyes and looked at President Sieg and thought to himself that you were just a puddle of mud on your own stage, and you have to play this trick at this time. Who can allow that?

Mr. President's teacher and close friend were about to use words to force President Sieg to make a decision when a prompt appeared in the office intercom: "The space fleet is online." ”

Hear this. The spirits of everyone in the president's office were lifted. Even Commander Zhong, who had been dozing off on the light screen, slowly raised his head. In this situation, if that three-star female general of the space fleet. Expressing a certain tendentious opinion. That's decisively.

After a burst of filtering of the image. On a hanging light screen in the president's office. The face of a female general, about forty-five years old, appeared. The facial features are cold, and the facial lines are like a knife. It makes people feel as uncomfortable as if they have been stabbed with an ice blade.

Hong Yuliang. The only three-star woman general in the Federation. Lead the three fleets of the Federation, walk in the universe, and fight in the edge of the stars. He has not landed on the surface of a planet for four years. Like a meteorite in the universe, it is angular and cold.

"What do you think?" said President Sieg, recounting the previous discussion and the argument between the two sides. asked the female general in the light screen.

"Your Excellency. I have looked at the technical parameters of both sides, and I think that the Federal Academy of Sciences has the advantage. The female general on the screen glanced at everyone coldly and said, "The danger of the empire is close at hand, you people still have so much interest in intrigue, don't you know what it means to be ashamed?"

The president's office is full of big names, although Admiral Hong Yuliang has a lot of qualifications and great achievements, but if he picks one out at random, he can also suppress her, but she is so unceremonious. Directly pierced the mask on everyone's face. Everyone in the office smiled helplessly, but there was no strong reaction. They were well aware of the admiral's temper. There's nothing anyone can do about her.

"Mr. President, time is of the essence, and I support the Academy of Sciences. Hong Yuliang said.

That's what I mean. Admiral Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and commander of the First Military Region, sighed a little tiredly and said: "The Imperial side is already in turmoil, the people don't know, we all know. We can't afford to spend any more time on these things. ”

As soon as the words of the two military bigwigs came out. The president of the Fruit Shell Mobile Company had an ugly expression on his face, and he glanced at the president's scientific adviser, knowing that he might be defeated today without a fight. Although President Sieg's attitude has not been clear, most of the generals in the military have already made their attitude clear. In this kind of thing. The president must also respect the other side.

The Vice-President, who was present on behalf of the Academy of Sciences, stood up with a smile. He said to the generals in the office and the two generals in space on the light screen: "The results of the seminar have been proven. The Academy of Sciences, where the Purple Sea was developed, has completely overwhelmed the design of the Shell Engineering Department in all aspects, and I can assure the Federation that the new mecha of the Academy of Sciences will definitely be able to help the Federation Army. In the war with the Empire. Unprecedented success,"

As soon as he finished speaking, the heavy wooden door of the president's office was pushed open. Bugg, the deputy director of the official residence office, walked in with a strange expression and said, "Call from Philadelphia." ”

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The atmosphere in the interior of the president's office has become extremely strange because of the four words of the phone call from Philadelphia. The commanders of the three military districts and the admiral of the Space Fleet began to arrange their uniforms. The Commander of the Fourth Military Region opened his eyes suddenly. And the rest. It's a slight stiffness, I don't know if this sentence is true.

Call from Philadelphia? That old man seems to have not cared about the affairs of the Federation for more than ten years, why is it discussing mecha standards today. But he wants to take the initiative to contact Mr. President?

The national security adviser's expression froze slightly, and then returned to normal, and he didn't expect an unexpected situation to happen. But then he thought that no matter how respectable the old man's identity was, it was an important matter of the Federation after all, and it was impossible for the other party to rely on his identity to mess around.

No video appeared, and a somewhat old voice rang out on the phone in the president's office.

"A mecha standard. It's going to be discussed for a day and a night, so if the Imperial people call again. We are not going to discuss two months. Would you like to invite the members of the Federal Council of Management to participate in the discussion?"

President Sieg smiled slightly. Talking into the phone, "What do you think?"

The other end of the phone said slowly: "The mecha is used for combat ground. It doesn't matter what the data is. Two mechs fight. Just look at the results. ”

There was silence in the presidential residence. No one thought of it. This military god who has not spoken to the affairs of the federal government for more than ten years. will actually make their voices loud again for the sake of the new mecha standard. And the method he suggested was so primitive and barbaric that it was even ...... Some are naïve and naïve.

However, no objections were raised, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Myers, stood up. He gave a straight military salute to the phone and said, "Miles reports to the division commander and resolutely completes the task." ”

When the empire was first pursued across the galaxy. Admiral Myers was the battalion commander of the XVII Panzer Division. The god of war, Li Pifu, is the commander of the 17th Armored Division.

At this time, the rest of the generals in the office had already stood upright, listening respectfully to the call from Philadelphia, for the federal military. The call from Philadelphia was not a suggestion, but instructions from above, and they just had to do it.

President Seg stared at the phone in front of him, and didn't feel much of an authority being challenged, although the scene in front of him was a bit ridiculous, the troops of the Federation. There was no respect and obedience to the president to the old man, but he knew that it was caused by history. As long as the old man is alive. The position of the Federal President in the hearts of the military. It can never be as lofty as the Constitution provides.

The national security adviser has been silent. At this time, he suddenly spoke: "Lord Marshal, if you want to have a mecha battle. Nature needs a level playing field. Can the two sides be allowed to arbitrarily select the ground mechanics in the army to operate?"

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The battle for a new federal mecha standard. After a day and a night of mutual disagreement, it was finally resolved because of a phone call. Returning to the tradition of the barracks, there is quite an ancient mecha ring competition, although everyone knows it. This method doesn't fully show the full level of the new mechs on both sides, but it's a relatively fair approach.

Xu Le, who had been in the lounge of the presidential residence for more than ten hours, finally learned the news after going to the toilet several times, and this news was not unexpected by him, and it was also the best way he imagined. Because the mecha data of the Academy of Sciences is indeed superior, but he doesn't know it at all. For mechs to be realized in the battlefield. What kind of struggle and compromise are the big names in the federal cabinet? I don't know that this situation has come to an end. It's still the Philadelphia military god who decides.

Except that Shang Qiu once entered the president's office to elaborate. The rest of the technical team never had a chance to get in. They were going to explain some of the mecha land characteristics to the big guys. But it seems that the big guys don't need that at all. They will only do what they want.

Returning to the 24th floor of the hotel that night, Xu Le looked at the dimming of the presidential residence in the distance. Thinking of the previous instructions with a heavy expression on the president's face, their hearts also became heavy, and this was the last chance they could fight. The mecha husk can't afford to lose.

"The location of the mecha battle was chosen at the Old Moon Base. Xu Le took the teacup. said earnestly to the magnolia beside him: "The time is in three days, and it is too late to make preliminary preparations."

But this place is not good for us. The low gravity environment will magnify the difference in instantaneous output power, and mobility is especially important in the old moon base, so you need to be mentally prepared. ”

Magnolia holds her teacup in both hands. He nodded slightly. Said softly, "Understood." ”

Xu Le turned around, his eyes drooping slightly. I repeat the calculations in my head I don't know how many times. said: "We must force the other party into an overclocking battle, and the self-inspection of the Academy of Sciences is not sufficient." Surely that problem hasn't been discovered yet, the e-jet is overclocked. The longest stabilization time is only three minutes, and if you drag it for three minutes, their Zihai will be wasted for everyone to see. ”

Centralized twin-engine power. I make an instantaneous power jump. This is an operation that can only be used in absolutely tense mech battles. Xu Le asked Magnolia at this time to drag the purple sea of the Academy of Sciences into this state. And to sustain it for three minutes is really a very difficult requirement.

"No problem. Magnolia lowered her head and whispered, "Hearing what you said, my confidence is getting stronger and stronger. I even hope that the pilot chosen by the other party will be Crazy Lee. ”

Xu Le laughed. Shaking his head, he said, "It's too unlikely." The president said earlier that this mecha battle is what Philadelphia Li Jiadi means. Obviously helping us, how could Crazy Li possibly participate?"

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Li Xiuzhu stood by the window with a gloomy face, he didn't know that Xu Le was by another window not far away, looking at the presidential residence in the distance with him, the news that came before. It made him feel a little unhappy. The family spent a lot of money. Only then did he mobilize the National Security Adviser, and use the relationship between the First Military Region and the Territory to threaten with the Empire. made the bigwigs of the federal military firm their attitude, but they didn't expect that all this would come to naught because of a phone call from Philadelphia.

"Don't worry about anything. There was only one energy-saving lamp on in the room, and the light was a little dim, and Lin Yuanhu, the president of the Academy of Sciences, was sitting on the sofa in the luxury suite. The expression on his face was very calm, and he looked at this young nephew and said, "It's just three days later than the scheduled time." ”

Li Xiuzhu turned around. forcibly covered up the displeasure on his face, and said with a smile: "Uncle Lin is good if he has confidence." ”

"I have confidence in the scientific research strength of the Academy of Sciences. ”

Lin Yuanhu's face was slightly gloomy. This afternoon, he and Li Xiuzhu have been waiting in the hotel for news from the president's official residence, because the Federal Academy of Sciences has held a press conference without authorization. The old man knew. President Sieg has a lot of opinions about himself, including the military bigwigs, who have secretly scolded him. It was thanks to the Li family's all-out efforts that he calmed down these angers, and since this was the case, it was naturally inconvenient for him to go to the president's office, so he only sent a vice president as a plenipotentiary representative. But he didn't expect that after waiting for more than ten hours, he finally waited for such an embarrassing result, and the leader of the federal academic community felt a trace of displeasure and vigilance in his heart.

"You rest first. I still have to arrange something. Li Xiuzhu smiled slightly, walked out of the door, just outside the room, he first called his father, and the head of the Li family naturally knew the decision of the president's official residence for a long time. But he had to know if there were any follow-up arrangements on his father's side.

The calm voice of the head of the Li family came from the other end of the phone: "It's none of your business now, Mr. Security Consultant will deal with it." ”

"Yes, father. ”

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At noon the next day, he took turns from the front line. Major Li Feng, who had been staying in the Capital Star Circle for nearly half a year, walked out of the Army General Hospital with a calm face, Zou Yu had already been discharged, but no one informed him. Although with other backgrounds. Even if you rush into the West Mountain compound. No one dared to stop him. But after all, he has to think about his family's honor.

I thought of the call I received earlier from the Ministry of Defense. Li Feng's face became even more gloomy. What kind of mecha battle did you let yourself go to the Old Moon Base to participate in? Or do you represent the old scum of the Academy of Sciences?

Now he knew very well that the one that the husk was mobile had Xu Le's participation. The thought of smashing that kid's hard work to pieces. He had a sense of longing and excitement. But Maniac Li is not really crazy after all, and he knows very well that there are many things hidden behind this phone call.

"Father. What's going on?" Li Feng asked the middle-aged general on the other end of the phone, "I remember what you said last time. The husk seems to have something to do with the lady's side. ”

"The national security adviser mentioned this matter to your grandfather, after all, you are a soldier, so you naturally have to obey military orders. It's hard to say anything at home. ”

Li Feng understood something. Suddenly, there was an urge to beat the gray-haired national security adviser to death. But in an instant, he had a little more excitement. To be able to participate in this matter. It's always good.

His father was silent for a moment on the other end of the phone and then confessed: "Our Li family has a personal friendship in the Federation. But there are no factions, only loyalty. It can only be loyal to the Federation, and the mecha is involved in the major event of resisting the invasion of the Empire. Do your best and pick out the really good one. That's what your grandfather told you. ”