Standing next to Zhong Huoyan was the expressionless Mr. Tian. Both of them were wearing ordinary civilian clothes. Behind them were dozens of West Woods military officers in well-ironed Federation uniforms.
The commander of the seventh brigade, Zhou Jin, walked to the front of the formation and saluted with a bang. Then he left, followed by the burly commander of the local defense camp, Wang Meng. These Cillin soldiers, who had sworn to protect the Zhong family with their lives and blood, received their orders and left in front of the eyes of the entire Federation.
Many years ago, one of the ancestors of the Zhong family in the West Woods had left a famous quote for the Federation, "The Federation does not attack the Federation's people." However, the attitude that the West Woods military forces showed to the entire Federation today seemed to be the complete opposite of that quote.
Would the first civil war in the Federation begin? Would the West Woods, which had been neither close nor distant to the capital ring for thousands of years, declare independence in defiance of the charter?
If it was an old man with a gloomy expression who led Cillin's native forces to issue the strongest voice against the capital ring, the Federation society and media would immediately begin condemning him in speech and in writing. They would label him as a maniacal ambitious schemer and a bloodthirsty schemer.
However, the one who appeared in front of the entire universe was an orphan girl whose parents were both dead. Most people began to believe that the explosion of the Ancient Bell was a conspiracy of the federal government. In the face of this pitiful orphan girl who had no one to rely on, it was difficult for anyone to associate her with an ambitious schemer. No one could blame her in the name of morality.
On the contrary, the people sympathized with her and pitied her. Therefore, after the West Woods declaration was made, anti-government protests spread throughout the Federation. There were two more demands: to oppose the civil war and to ask the government to give justice to the West Woods.
The governor of Xixia State arrived at the Capital Special District in a special vehicle. He unfurled a very long light screen banner in Charter Square and then was arrested for violating the Traffic Act. The governor did not resist at all because this was his plan. He believed that when the people of Xixia State saw the image of him being handcuffed, more people would leave their apartment buildings and walk on the streets.
In order to deal with the situation in the West Woods and the increasingly tense atmosphere, the 3rd Military Region stationed at S3 started to prepare for war. However, when a mecha operator requested the Duck Mountain Assembly Base to distribute the relevant components, he didn't get a response.
The Duck Mountain Assembly Base was the largest logistics base of the Federation. The garrison of the base raised their alert level. The two heavy alloy doors slowly closed. Countless heavy firepower groups were ready to fire at any time.
In the conference room of the base, several generals of the Federation rejected the 4th transfer request of the 3rd Military Region without hesitation. In the dim front desk, the idle general who was relieved of his post as Minister of Defense three years ago and sent to the general assembly base turned around and looked at his loyal subordinates.
"It's true that the military shouldn't have its own thoughts, but with the Constitution, the Federation forces … don't fight civil wars. Right now, the Federation is already in a precarious situation. Do we need the help of a person from the Empire to get back on the right track? As a soldier of the Federation, I can't afford to lose face like this. We must save ourselves. "
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As the anti-government forces in Green Dragon Mountain and the Zhong family in the West Woods expressed their unyielding stance, the terrifying shadow of the civil war spread like lead clouds in the sky. The invisible and powerful pressure caused many people to silently change their attitude.
Many of the loyal people who supported the government had become silent. The remaining forces of Pabl in the three major unions in the four states were no longer as passionate and aggressive as they were a few days ago. Some members of parliament had also begun to think about the future.
After a night of intense debate, the bargaining in the procedures finally ended. After three procedural votes, they officially entered the impeachment process.
When they saw the images on the news, the silent citizens who were waiting in front of the Federation TV station in front of the Parliament Hill burst into the most excited cheers and screams. In stark contrast, the President's official residence was silent in the snow.
This wasn't the first time President Pabre was impeached, but the impeachment proposal proposed by Tai Zhiyuan didn't even pass the first reading before it ended miserably. Who would have thought that today's impeachment would actually enter the final stage?
The staff in the President's official residence had complicated expressions. They felt that the snow outside the window seemed to have defeated the temperature control system in the room, and the surrounding environment suddenly became cold.
"The evidence is still being submitted. After a while, the prosecution and defense will have two hours of self-defense time. The defense lawyer and the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Justice have already arranged it."
In the Oval Office, Director Breen looked at the President by the window with a tense expression. His voice became a little hoarse and uneasy.
"According to the research of the foundation, the research lab, and the think tank, as well as the attitude of the senators obtained from the return calls, we now have 41% of the votes in our hands. Theoretically, the impeachment proposal has no chance of passing.
"In the end, all stories have nothing to do with probability. Things that are theoretically impossible often become the most real harm in the end."
President Pabre replied, then raised his arm and motioned for Director Breen to leave.
There was no one in the Oval Office. The President poured a glass of wine, sat on the sofa by the window, and slowly sipped it. He lit a cigarette and looked at the snow and lead clouds outside the window in silence for a long time.
He was the son of a miner in Donglin who was extremely lucky to come to the capital ring. Then he became a lawyer, a public interest lawyer, a poor lawyer, a stupid lawyer who almost couldn't practice anymore. Then he became a lawyer consultant for the three major unions, the darling of the liberal media, a breeze in the political circle of the Federation, and finally the most powerful man in the Federation.
The turning point of this legendary life was when he got drunk in a small tavern. Since then, Pabre rarely drank and never smoked a cigarette again.
"You once had nothing, so what right do you have to be depressed today? Do you want to watch the Federation be led into the abyss of despair by corrupt politicians, greedy families, and soldiers who don't hesitate to fight a civil war? No, Pabre, you have to stand up. It's time for you to make a decision! "
The dark-faced man stood up and stared coldly at the snow outside the window. Suddenly, he slammed the wine glass to the ground and turned around.
The First Lady stood silently by the door. Her eyes moved from the glass pieces on the ground to his face. Her eyes were full of worry, uneasiness, and a touch of sadness and loss.
"I'm not doing this for myself, nor for power. I'm doing this for the Federation."
"You should know how much I love this Federation."
President Pabre pursed his lips in pain. Facing his wife's gaze, he walked to the desk, picked up the phone, and dialed the few numbers he needed to dial.
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The thick clouds of snow were heavy, but they still couldn't completely block out the sunlight coming from the atmosphere. The morning light had already become bright. It was because the light was everywhere that people often forgot about its existence.
Xu Le, whose body was stiff, quietly lay under a huge rock like a stone man. Through the miniature light screen next to his face, he monitored the movements of the military camp on the other side of the mountain.
After observing for a long time on the mountain peak, he still couldn't find Du Shaoqing's barracks. In fact, because the distance was too far, he had to wait until Du Shaoqing walked out of the barracks if he wanted to kill him.
Suddenly, his pupils contracted. His heartbeat, which was forcibly suppressed by True Qi, started to beat rapidly at this moment. Then, it returned to normal.
On the other side of the mountain, there was some movement in the barracks of the Iron Seventh Division.
From the outside, the layers of barracks and the statue-like mechas covered in rain-proof cloth didn't seem to have changed at all. The only difference was that the right foundation valve of the warehouse on the west side was opened. At the same time, the people in the logistics barracks seemed to be moving more densely.
Xu Le had been in the Federal forces for too long. He knew that the right foundation valve was opened to clear the water needed by the energy injection equipment in the warehouse. The fact that the logistics barracks were moving so densely meant that this wasn't a routine action. The energy injection equipment in the warehouse was under the ground. It was responsible for replenishing the energy of the military mechas.
Through these details, he immediately determined that the Iron Seventh Division was preparing for battle. The situation he didn't want to face the most was finally unavoidable!
Sure enough, countless low buzzing sounds of mecha self-checks rang out in the barracks of the Iron Seventh Division. These sounds gathered together and became incomparably dull and shocking.
Xu Le narrowed his eyes and stared at the image on the miniature screen. A moment later, he saw more than a hundred black military MX mechas lined up at high speed like a hundred austere gods. Then, they drove out of the barracks in three different directions.
He noticed that the Iron Seventh Division's mechas were extremely cautious and maintained their formation. Meanwhile, the mechas closest to the mountain quickly spread out to expand the surveillance area. Xu Le's pupils shrank and his body stiffened even more.
The MX mecha's SCC Global Surveillance System was designed by Shang Qiu. Even if he closed his eyes, he could calculate how wide an area the Iron Seventh Division's mechas could monitor. This area was just a few meters below the giant rock, which meant that he couldn't get any closer to the road.
More than a dozen dark green bulletproof military vehicles slowly drove out of the barracks of the Iron Seventh Division. Xu Le stared at one of the vehicles in the middle. He stared at the face that was still blurry under the ACW's terrifying aiming magnifier. It was as if he could see that pair of sunglasses and that cold expression that had been on that face for thousands of years.
Du Shaoqing was definitely in that vehicle. The problem was that the giant rock was too far away from the road. It was beyond the effective shooting range of the ACW. And if Xu Le tried to sneak down and get closer, he would definitely alert the dozen or so powerful mechas at the base of the mountain.
This was the Iron Seventh Division's mecha formation. It looked like a mediocre mecha formation, but it provided perfect protection for the core area. Xu Le firmly believed that with the terrifying military discipline of the Iron Seventh Division, there would be no gaps in the enemy's mecha formation during the 170-kilometer journey to the capital special district.
Xu Le licked his lips as he watched the heavy mechas spread out and silently escort the convoy onto the road. He couldn't help but wonder if the enemy had noticed something.
Right now, he was faced with a difficult choice. If he was just a cold-blooded killer, he would definitely choose to pick up the ACW and quietly retreat. Then he would wait for a better opportunity to shoot.
But he wasn't a killer. What he needed to do was to stop Du Shaoqing and his Iron Seventh Division from entering the capital. He couldn't wait any longer.
Just then, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.
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