Chapter 26 twenty four

Graystone turned directly back to Government House, and Li.Hunter and six or seven assistants present entered the combat command center together.The room was full of people: Mopurgo, Singh, von.Zeddart and a dozen other military representatives, but Graystone noticed that Lieutenant Colonel Lee, the young naval hero, was not there; most of the cabinet members were there, including Secretary of Defense Allen.Imodo, Minister of Foreign Affairs Jarrion.Parsov, as well as Economy Minister Babre.Dan︱Guides: Those senators came just like Greystone, and some of them looked like Kolchi who had just woken up from his sleep. Senator Husband, Lei Qiao from the Little Renaissance Galaxy, Longqvist from Nordholm, Kakinuma from Fuji, Saban Torrefi from Draco 7, and Peters from Tianjin Three.The interim chairman Danger︱Heite︱Amin sat there with a look of confusion, his bald head shining brightly from the spotlight above his head, while the young chairman of the Internet Council of All Things Council, Ji Peng, was sitting opposite him. The front of his chair, with his knees propped up on his hands, looked extremely ready to go, and the projected image of advisor Elpidus sat on the empty chair facing Graystone.Everyone stood up when Graystone hurried in from the corridor, and when she was seated she waved them down.

Make it clear, she said. General Mopurgo stood up, nodded to an adjutant, the lights dimmed, and the light curtain came on. The image is free, Mena.Graystone snapped: Tell us. The light curtain faded and the lights came back on. Mopurgo looked frightened and dazed. He looked down at the laser pen in his hand, frowned, and then threw the pen into his pocket. President, Senators , Ministers, Chairman and Speaker, distinguished guests Mopurgo cleared his throat, the Ousters successfully completed a devastating assault.Their combat troops approached six or seven worlds in the Ten Thousand Stars Network.

The commotion in the room drowned out his voice, the world of Ten Thousand Stars Network!Several voices called out.People in the political circles, ministers, and other officials shouted endlessly. Quiet!Greystone ordered, all be quiet, General, you have assured us that any hostile power is at least five years away from Ten Thousand Stars.Why is there such a change, and how did it change? The general looked the president in the eyes and reported to the president that as far as we know, all those traces of Hawking thrusters are fake.The Rebels have jettisoned their thrusters decades ago and are heading for their target at less than the speed of light

Excited voices drowned out his voice again. "Go on, General," said Graystone, and all the noise died away again. At speeds below the speed of light, some chaos must have sailed like this for more than 50 years, and it is impossible to detect them. This is definitely not a mistake. Which worlds are at risk?asked Graystone, her voice low and completely calm. Mopurgo looked at the sky, as if looking for video data, and then turned his gaze back to the table, his hands clenched into fists.Our current situation is based on seeing contrails, coupled with the time calculation when they found that they switched to Hawking's space jump thrusters, we believe that the first wave will reach the gate of heaven, the valley of the gods, the boundless ocean star, and Ace Kui Si, Eccleon, Qingdao︱Xishuangbanna, Aktion, Barnard, and Tempe, within the next fifteen to seventy-two hours.

The noise could not be stopped this time.Graystone allowed the yelling and exclamation to continue for a few minutes before raising a hand and restoring self-control to the group. Senator Korchev stood up. How the hell did this shit happen, General?You made an absolute guarantee in the first place! Mopurgo didn't budge, and there was no anger in his voice.Yes, Senator, based on the wrong information, we were wrong, our assumptions were wrong, the president will receive my resignation within an hour and the other generals will resign with me. Fuck your resignation!Korchev yelled.Until this problem is resolved, we'll probably all hang from the pillars of the portal.The question is what the hell are you going to do with this attack?

Gabriel, Graystone said softly, "Sit down, please."That's my next question, General?Admiral?I think you have already issued an order to defend these worlds, right? Admiral Singh stood up and walked over to Mopurgo.Report to the President, we have done everything we can.Unfortunately, of all the worlds threatened by the first wave, only Esquith has a detachment of the overlord garrisoned. In other places, the fleet can rush to support and there are portals available, but the fleet cannot be scattered so far Protect all these worlds, and, unfortunately, Singh paused, then raised his voice to drown out another commotion.And, unfortunately, the redeployment of previously reserved forces to support Hyperion has already begun.About 60% of the 200 fleet units have either entered the Hyperion galaxy through the portal, or have moved away from their original defense position in the Ten Thousand Stars Network and transferred to the standby area.

Mena.Graystone rubbed his cheek, realizing he was still wearing the cloak.Although the high collar was pulled down, she now unbuttoned the cloak and let it fall over the back of her chair.Admiral, what you mean by this is that these worlds will be defenseless, and there is no way to turn our forces back in time.Is it right? Singh stood at attention, his body stiffened as if facing a firing squad.Yes, President. What else can I do?she asked aloud amidst the shouting that had begun again. Mopurgo has taken a step forward. We are using the civilian delivery system to send the Union Army infantry and marines to the threatened worlds as much as we can. Defense weapons in space.

Defense Minister Imodor cleared his throat.But without the defense of the fleet, it would be useless. Graystone glanced at Morpurgo. That's right, the general said: Our troops can only fight in the rear when preparing to evacuate at most⑨ ⑨Rearguard action: It is also a desperate struggle to win. Senator Lei Qiao stood up.Prepare to evacuate!General, you told us yesterday that it would be impractical to evacuate two or three million people from Hyperion, and now you are saying we can successfully evacuate her Pause, look at the comm recorder she implanted Seven billion people, not killed by the Ouster's invading forces?

No, Mopurgo said: We can sacrifice troops to save the select few officials, first family members, and business leaders who are necessary to continue fighting. General, Graystone said: Did our group yesterday authorize the immediate redeployment of Coalition forces to support Hyperion. Does this decision make new movements difficult? Feng of the Marine Corps.General Zedat stood up, yes, President, within an hour after the resolution was completed, the troops had been sent to the standby area.Nearly two-thirds of the 100,000 transferred troops had already entered the Hyperion galaxy before he glanced at his antique timer at 5:30, that is, about twenty minutes before the standard time.It will take at least eight to fifteen hours before these troops can return to the assembly area in Hyperion, and then return to Wanxingwang.

How many overlord troops are available on Wanxing.com?asked Graystone, curling a finger to touch her lower lip. Mopurgo took a breath.About 30,000 people, President. Senator Korchev slapped the table with the palm of his hand.As a result, we not only emptied our battleships, but also removed most of the Overlord's troops. That wasn't a question, and Mopurgo didn't answer. Senator Fedestine of Barnard's star stood up.President, all the worlds mentioned in Minecraft must be warned first.If you're not going to announce it right away, I have to do it. Graystone nodded, and I announced the enemy invasion immediately after the meeting, Dorothy.We will help you reach your constituents through all media.

Go to his media.The little black-haired woman said: I'll send it back as soon as the meeting here is over.Whatever fate befell Barnard's Star, I will be with them, gentlemen and ladies, if the news is true, we shall all be hanged on the doorposts.Fedestin sat down amidst murmurs. Chairman Ji Peng stood up and waited for everyone to calm down.His voice was tense, general, did you say the first wave is what the military used to say, or did you get intelligence that there will be several waves of attacks later?If this is the case, what else in Wanxing.com and Territory World will be attacked? Mopurgo clenched and loosened his hands. He glanced into the air and turned to Graystone. Excuse me, President, can I use a chart? Graystone nodded. The light curtain shows the map they used in the Olympus briefing, which is golden; the stars of the territory are green; the forces of the Destroyer chaos army, with red arrows and blue tails; The transfer is orange, and it can be clearly seen immediately that the red arrow is far from the original track, piercing straight into the space of the Balian like a blood-stained spear with a pointed tip.The orange dots are now concentrated in the Hyperion system, others are scattered like beads on a chain along the path of the portal. Some senators with military experience took a breath when they saw it. Judging from the dozen or so rebellious troops that we know of, Mopurgo still said in a soft voice: It seems that all of them are preparing to invade Ten Thousand Stars Network.Several branches are divided into many attack groups.The second wave will reach the attack target about 100 to 250 hours after the first wave of attack, as marked on the picture. There was no sound at all in the room.Graystone wondered if the others were also holding their breath. The targets of the second attack included Hebron, about a hundred hours later; Renaissance Star, at 110 hours; Little Renaissance, at 112 hours; Nordholm, at 127 hours; Maui︱Covenant, 130 hours; Talia, 143 hours; Tianjin 3 and 4, 150 hours; Draco 7, 169 hours; Liberty Island, One hundred and seventy hours; New Earth, one hundred and ninety-three hours; Fuji, two hundred and four hours; New Mecca, two hundred and five hours; One hundred and twenty-one hours; Luthers, two hundred and thirty hours, and Tianlun Five Center, two hundred and fifty hours. The light curtain disappeared.The silence continued.General Mopurgo said: We assume that the first wave of rebels will have a second set of targets after the first attack, but the transfer time under the Hawking space jump thruster will become the schedule of the standard time Wanxingwang. The time debt is about nine weeks to three years.He took a few steps back and stood still. OMG!A voice whispered a few seats behind Graystone. The President rubbed her lower lip, ready to open the building when most of the family was hiding upstairs, safe behind locked doors, in order to save humanity from what she believed to be eternal slavery or worse, extinction. The front door of the house, let the wolf in.Only now the day has come, and wolves are coming in through every door and every window.She almost smiled at the karma, laughing at her own stupidity for thinking she could get the chaos out of its cage and keep it under control. First, she said: No resignation or self-blame unless I approve.This government is likely to collapse and, really, cabinet members, including myself, will be hanged on the doorposts as Gabriel said.But before that, we are the government of the Balian, and we must behave like a government. Second, I will have a meeting within the hour with representatives from this room, as well as other Senate committees, to discuss the content of the speech I am going to deliver to Wanxing.com at 8:00 a.m. standard time.We welcome your suggestions then. Third, I hereby order and authorize the generals of the Bajun to do their utmost to defend and maintain the people and property of Wanxing.com and its territory, no matter what special and necessary means they take.General, general, I will transfer the troops back to the threatened worlds of the Starnet within ten hours.I don't care how to do it, but it must be done. Fourthly, after I have delivered my speech, I shall call a general meeting of the Senate and the Council of All Things.At that time, I will announce that the Human Confederation and the Destroyer nations are at war.Gabriel, Dorothy, Tom, Echo, you all will be very busy in the next few hours.Get ready for a speech to your hometown, but vote for that.I need the full support of the Senate without dissent.Speaker Gippen, I can only ask you to help guide the debate on the Internet of Everything Council. The important thing is that we must get a vote from the Council of Everything before twelve noon today.There can be no surprises. Fifth, we are going to evacuate those worlds threatened by the first wave, Graystone held up his hand, blocking the objections and clarifications of those experts.We're going to remove everyone we can in the time we can.Several ministers including Parsov, Imodo, Dan︱Giddis, and Krennings from the Transportation Department of Wanxing.com will organize and chair the evacuation coordination committee, and submit detailed proposals to me before one o'clock this afternoon. Reporting and timelines for action.Bajun and Wanxingwang Security Bureau are responsible for crowd control and guarding of the portal. Finally, I would like to meet in my private chamber with Counselor Elpidus, Senator Korchev, and Speaker Gibbon in three minutes.Anyone else have any questions? Startled faces stared back at her. Graystone stood up, wishing everyone good luck, and said: Get to work.Don't spread unnecessary panic.May God save the Alliance.She turned and left the room. Graystone sat in the back of her office.Korchev, Gibbon, and Elpidus sat across from her.There was a sense of tension in the air. They had come from the faintly perceptible bustle outside the door, but it was all the more maddened by Graystone's delay in speaking.She kept her eyes on Advisor Elpidus.You, she said at last, betrayed us. The projection's expression, which seemed to be a smile but not a smile, did not change at all.Never mind, President. Then you have a minute to explain why the Intellectual Core, especially the AI ​​Advisory Committee, failed to predict this invasion? It only needs a name to explain it, President.Elpidus said: Hyperion. Hyperion shit!Graystone slapped the old table with his palm, and lost his temper in a very un-Greystone way.I've had enough of hearing about uncertain variables and Hyperion's predictable black hole, Elpidus.In the end, the intelligence core can help us understand all possibilities, or they have lied to us for five hundred years.Which is it? The committee predicted this war, President, said the gray-haired figure: Our confidential advisors have explained to you and those who need to know that as long as Hyperion is involved there is uncertainty. Nonsense, Korchev scolded: Generally speaking, your predictions should not be wrong.The attack must have been planned decades ago.Maybe it was hundreds of years ago. Elpidus shrugged his shoulders. Yes, Senator, but it is likely that the Ousters were only able to implement this plan because this government decided to wage war in the Hyperion system.We said that there should be no action with Hyperion. Speaker Gibbon leaned forward.You gave us the list of people who must join the so-called Jing Demon God Pilgrimage Group. Elpidus didn't shrug his shoulders again, but the projected image was relaxed and confident.You asked us to make demands on the Jing Demon God from Wanxing.com, which would change the outcome of this war we predicted. Greystone put his fingers together and nodded his chin. Have you decided how these demands would change the outcome of that war? No, said Elpidus. Your Excellency, Mena.President Graystone said: I would like to inform you that judging from the results of the next few days, the current human overlord government is considering declaring war on the entity called the intelligence core.Your Excellency, as the ambassador of that entity, hereby requests that you convey this matter. Elpidus smiled.He stretched out his hands.President, the shock of this dire news must have influenced your silly jokes.Declaring war on the intelligence core is like declaring war on the water like a fish, or like a driver attacking his electromagnetic car because of news of a car accident elsewhere. Graystone didn't smile. Back in Batafa, she spoke slowly and gravely. My grandfather fired six shots at the electric car at home one morning because it wouldn't start.You may step down, advisor. Elpidus blinked and disappeared without a trace.Such a sudden departure may be a deliberate sign of severance. The projected images usually go out of the room first, or gradually dissociate after other people have left, or the control personnel of the intelligence core were frightened by this conversation. Greystone nodded to Kirchev and Gibbon.I will not delay the two of you.She said: "But please make sure of one thing, when I declare war in five hours' time, I hope to have full support. No problem, Gibbon said.The two men walked out. Assistants come in through doorways or behind dark panels, ask questions, and comms recorders seek instructions.Graystone held up a finger.Where is Silveron?she asked, and seeing the blank expression on some of the faces, she added: The poet, I mean, the painter, the one who did my portrait? Several assistants glanced at each other, as if the president had suddenly gone crazy. He is still sleeping.inside.Hunt said: "He took some sleeping pills and no one thought to wake him up for the meeting. I want him to come to me in twenty minutes, Graystone said: Give him a briefing first.Where is Lieutenant Colonel Li?Nikki.Carlton, the young woman in charge of liaison with the military, said: Lieutenant Colonel Lee was sent by General Mopurgo and the Regional Commander of the Overlord Naval Forces last night to be on border patrol. Counting our time, it will last for twenty years.At present, he has just been transferred to the Overlord Alliance Navy Headquarters in Brescia, waiting to be sent out. Send him back here, Graystone said: I'll make him a rear admiral, or whatever rank is necessary, and transfer him here, to me, instead of a government house or administration, if necessary, I will entrust the most important things to him. Graystone stared at the blank wall for a while, and she thought of the worlds she had been to the night before: Barnard's Star, the light through the leaves, the old brick schoolhouse; Balloons, and zeppelin birds flying free towards the morning light; the walk-in-place at Heaven's Gate all these were the targets of the first wave.She shook her head.Here, I want you and Tana and Brindinance to make a first draft of the two speeches against the World Star Network and the declaration of war, and give it to me within forty-five minutes, short and to the point.Look up the files listed under Churchill and Stodanski.Be realistic, but fearless, optimistic, but also pathos.Nikki, I need instant control over every move the military makes.I want a command map of my own to be transmitted by my personal implant, only for the president to receive personally.Barbie, you're gonna go to the senate for me to do some other diplomacy, go there, get the relevant documents, manipulate them, threaten, bait, basically make them know that the next three or four votes are against my will If not, it would be much safer to go out and fight the Ousters. Does anyone have any more questions?Gravin waited for three seconds, then clapped his hands together, all right, let's move, everyone! In the short time before the next wave of senators, ministers, and aides came in, Graystone turned toward the blank wall above her head, raised her finger to the ceiling, and waved. She turned around just as the next group of dignitaries walked in.