The first thousand five hundred and fortieth chapters
The fan hanging on the ceiling rotates rapidly, making a whirring sound. The artificial flowing air blows up the white gauze curtains, revealing the scorching sun outside the window. 23zw. You can vaguely hear the screams of summer cicadas in the shade of trees outside.
Chirping sound.
There was a huge ice bucket placed against the corner. The ice cubes in the ice bucket were half melted, so even though it was extremely hot outside, the room was cool and pleasant.
There was a large oak table in the middle of the room, with several silent people sitting around it.
They all had glasses filled with ice cubes on hand. At this time, the walls of the glasses were already covered with a layer of water droplets.
The light blue smoke of the cigar spread in the room and was dispersed by the wind blown by the fan.
Harrison, who was wearing a new military uniform of the Navy of the Semitic Republic, was deep in thought, shaking a glass filled with amber wine, and the ice cubes collided with each other, making a crisp sound.
A hand stretched out from the side and held down Harrison's wine glass. Someone said irritably: "It's so noisy."
Harrison angrily slammed his wine glass on the table, making a loud "bang" sound. The wine spilled out and splashed on several people nearby, which immediately caused everyone to complain.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Be careful."
"..."
Mero was stroking his forehead and lowering his head in thought when he was awakened by the noisy sound of everyone.
He looked up at the young people sitting next to him, waved his hands feebly, and said, "Okay, don't make any noise. I know everyone is angry."
After a pause, he continued: "This time the responsibility lies with me, it's my fault."
As his hand shook, the all-diamond white gold watch with eight hearts and eight arrows on his wrist reflected a burst of dazzling silver light.
"I misjudged the situation," Mello took a deep breath, straightened his back, and said in a deep voice, "The situation is more complicated than we imagined."
The handsome Morgan clenched his fists, punched the table, and said angrily: "Those stupid old guys, don't they know what patriotism is?"
Joseph and Jonah nodded and said with the same hatred: "I originally thought Chief Parker was a person, but I didn't expect him to be so short-sighted.
Just because Lorraine saved them, will they listen to humans unconditionally?"
Colonel Langley, who was standing next to him, shook his head slightly and said tactfully: "After all, human beings are still too powerful.
Compared with them, our current strength is too small, just like a child standing next to a strong man, as helpless.
A temporary setback is nothing, time is on our black band's side.
By the time the old guys in the council die, many of us probably won’t be able to find girlfriends yet.”
Listening to this curse-like self-deprecation, the young people at the table couldn't help but burst into laughter, and the atmosphere suddenly relaxed.
All the young people at the core of the black band have been gathering regularly at Melo's house.
In this war, the black band played the most important role.
Just like the young soldiers who were dragged into the cage by Prime Minister Madolin of the old government, these ambitious young people are all patriots who consider themselves loyal.
In order to get rid of the enslavement of the Semitic people by the High Priest of the Undead and strive for the independence and freedom of the nation, they did not hesitate to take the risk of confiscating their homes and annihilating the tribe. They responded to each other and cooperated with humans inside and outside, and finally succeeded in driving away the High Priest of the Undead and the lich, and overthrew the
The old government headed by Madolins.
But what they didn't expect was that victory would come so quickly. Even far beyond their most optimistic expectations.
As Mello became the deputy minister of the Lingshan Military Affairs Department, these young people also stepped into important positions.
Now all of them hold great power, are full of energy, and their self-confidence is naturally high. Like all young and successful officials, they often give advice and scold Fang Qiu.
At the same time, they have also become the darlings of the upper class. Youth is their greatest advantage, and each of them has a bright future.
As long as there are no problems, no corruption, no indiscriminate relations between men and women, etc., even if you have to wait for seniority, you can at least retire as a military commander who is in charge of one side.
Therefore, these young people are all arrogant and arrogant.
However, the setback they suffered this time in parliament severely dampened their morale, and almost all political forces in the republican government stood up against them.
The vagaries of politics taught them a good lesson. Although they are all elite elites and brave and fearless warriors, they are still beginners in the political game. They have just emerged from their shells and have egg liquid on their butts.
The rookie.
Melo shook his head and said: "But we have suffered too much this time, and now many people are consciously isolating us."
Several people nodded at the same time, fully understanding this. Ever since Parker, Hawks and President Bullard teamed up to stop him, the direction of Akadelin has changed.
After all, Parker and Bullard, one representing a survivor of the old government and the other a thriving new government, together represent the flash.
Compared with them, black bands are just a minority.
These young people have a profound understanding of what it means to be warm and cold in human relationships and the coldness of the world.
In the past, before getting off work, the people who invited them to dinner would fill the lounge, with the young people of Akadelin centering around them and surrounding them.
Whenever I go to a party, instead of asking the girls to dance, the girls shyly come over and ask them to dance.
When I have nothing to do, I often receive fragrant love letters from ladies. Sometimes, they even come with keys and hookups. Anyway, they are all very pornographic and violent and are not suitable for young people.
But now, it seems that they have something disgusting on them, and everyone immediately hides away when they see them.
In political terms, this is a collusion between the feudal landlord class and the comprador bourgeoisie, joining forces to deal with them.
Melo said solemnly: "This failure will have a huge impact on our reputation. Especially since damn Brad controls the newspaper, and you also know the sinister tone of the newspaper.
This situation cannot continue or we will be marginalized."
The others looked at each other blankly. They also knew that the situation was not good now. They were isolated in the parliament and their reputation among the people was also declining. If things go on like this, when the elections are open in the future, I don’t know who will remember them. Black Band
.
Without votes, they cannot participate in politics and cannot change the status quo of the government.
Of course, if you really want to go all out and be shameless, you can also engage in mutiny or something. But don't forget, this is what the old government Prime Minister Madolins did when he launched a mutiny and came to power. It set a bad precedent for all politicians.
The soldiers, nobles, and even the common people all had lingering fears.
Under such circumstances, people are extremely vigilant about such things and have stepped up their precautions.
Even the failure of Melo and others was largely due to this reason. Politicians were also wary of these young soldiers.
These black band bastards will do anything to achieve their goals, even betraying their country and comrades. Is there anything they can't do?
Therefore, no matter what, we cannot let them gain power~!
"We must find a way to change the current unfavorable situation," Morgan said indignantly: "You are traitors and weak and incompetent speculators who want to control the country in the future."
"Of course not, but what can we do?" Someone said dejectedly: "The government, the army, and the parliament are not in our hands."
Although these young people were brave and resolutely opposed the High Priest of the Undead and the old Semitic government when the situation was unclear, they were not qualified politicians and were helpless to deal with the current predicament.
The sound of wheels rolling came from the window. Mero raised his head curiously and glanced out the window, secretly wondering: Who else would come to the door at this time?
Then, there was the sound of the door opening from outside.
Everyone couldn't help but became quiet and looked at each other: Now that everyone is avoiding people like themselves, who will take the initiative to come to the door?
A few minutes later, a servant knocked on the door of the chess and card room and said in confusion: "Sir, there is a man outside who claims to be the drummer of a band coming to visit."
Melo was stunned for a moment, his face suddenly showed an expression of surprise, he jumped up from his seat and said: "Please... no, no... I will go and greet you personally."
Others had never seen Mello so excited and wondered who this man was. From what he said, they could guess that this man was also a key member of the black band, but they had never heard of it.
After a while, Mero enthusiastically pulled someone into the room.
This man was tall and thick-boned. His eyes were sharp and his expression was firm. He had thick stubble on his chin. His clothes were very old and he looked dusty.
The open collar revealed a hairy and strong chest, with several scars running across it, making the whole person look majestic.
Mero pushed him down on the chair at the head and said with a smile: "Everyone, this is Battusta, the assistant and close comrade-in-arms of Lord Acatrilios."
The others were immediately moved, with both surprise and admiration. This man should be the leader of the rebel army, and the scars on his body were enough to prove his great military exploits.
Battusta smiled implicitly and nodded slightly.
Mero continued: "You haven't seen him because Mr. Battusta has been responsible for the most dangerous work, traveling between the two continents and liaising with Lorraine.
The information we have obtained is all delivered to humans through Batusta. It can be said that without Mr. Batusta, there would be no victory for us."
I don’t know who took the lead, but the young people next to me applauded almost simultaneously to express their respect.
Battusta waved his hands to everyone, smiling very satisfied.
Merlo took out a bottle of Coca-Cola from the ice bucket and put it in his hand, asking eagerly: "Why are you here? What's the matter with the old man?"
Batusta raised his neck, drank the entire bottle of soda in one gulp, exhaled a comfortable breath, then weighed the cold soda bottle, and sighed: "You people in the capital will still enjoy it."
Then his tone changed and he said: "I can't help but come this time. People's hearts are broken and it's hard to lead the team."
"So good?" Mello exclaimed and said, "Isn't the old man leading the team himself? With his illustrious reputation, who else dares to explode the thorns?"
Battusta smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that Lorraine. He sent a group of war fortresses to threaten us and ordered us to retreat to the provincial border.
The old man originally thought that negotiations were about to begin, and he was even prepared to sacrifice himself to find a good way out for his brothers.
But that cunning Lorraine didn't contact us at all. He sent war fortresses to drop leaflets on our heads every day, saying that as long as we go back and settle down, each person will be given thirty acres of land and exempted from taxes for two years.
You know those of us who work hard for a living are not all forced by the land. When those bastards heard about the land allocation, they all ran out like they were herding sheep."
The members of the black band looked at each other and saw the disdain on each other's faces: This problem is easy to solve. Cut off a few heads and see which bastard dares to escape?
An officer can't even do this little thing well?
At this time, Battusta slammed the table angrily and said angrily: "The old man is soft-hearted, saying that everyone is working hard just to let the people have food to eat and farmland?
Therefore, there is no way to stop it.
Everyone runs in the same way, and now we are almost becoming polished commanders~!
How shameless is this Lorraine? He's just about to kill the donkey. Alas..."
Mero and the young men in the black band looked at each other, never expecting that such a thing would happen in Acatrithius.
But if you think about it carefully, this is normal. The old government is gone, and the rebels like them should also disappear.
However, there are a large number of officials from the old era in the republican government, and they have deep conflicts with Acaterimius, so dealing with the rebels has become a troublesome matter.
Unexpectedly, Lorraine actually took advantage of the situation, bypassing the senior officials and officers, and directly used land to buy rebel soldiers.
Although Battusta said something nice and gave Acatetris the reputation, it should be pointed out that he could only do this at the time. If he forcibly blocked it, he would definitely alienate the rebels and lose the support of the rebels.
This move can be said to be a stroke of genius, and everyone secretly sighed that Lord Lorraine, who was known as Pluto's neighbor, had disbanded the rebel army without spending a penny.
"What's even more irritating is," Battusta said with a dark face: "That boy from Lorraine sent a letter to the old man, asking him to come to Akkadelin to be a senator. He didn't even think about the old man being in Akkadelin.
How many enemies does Lin have?
And the old man actually agreed, I’m just here to stand in the front line.”
Mero was overjoyed. Acatrilius was coming, which meant that their black band had another banner figure.
Although the old man has no dealings with the bureaucrats in the government, he has great appeal among the people at the bottom, who make up the vast majority of the population.
Therefore, he consoled himself: "It would be better for the old man to come. Only within the government can he exert his appeal."
Battusta shook his head and said: "I can't trust Lorraine anyway. I had contact with him when he was fighting for the war fortress of the Semitic people. That bastard is doing something secretly..."
The members of his black band couldn't help but cast sympathetic glances: This guy seemed to have suffered a lot from Lord Luo. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so careful with Lord Luo.
Bartus sighed deeply, then suddenly changed his tone and said, "By the way, I heard that you are in trouble?"
Mero smiled bitterly and was speechless.
Battusta continued: "The old man also knows. Before he came, he told me that you have acted too hastily. Human morale is at its peak. It is impossible to gain support by challenging their authority now. To do big things, you must first be patient.
"
Mero said angrily: "It would have been better if I had known this sentence half a month earlier. Now we are being treated like we are not human beings."
Battusta smiled mysteriously and said: "The old man has a clever plan that can restore our current disadvantage and restore our prestige."
Mero was suddenly overjoyed, grabbed Battusta's arm and asked, "What did the old man say?"
Battusta said slowly: "The old man just said two words, Thunder and Flash~!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Mello jumped up suddenly and said happily: "What a great idea."
If you say who Ling Shan hates more besides human beings, ask a hundred Ling Shan people, and a hundred people will answer in the affirmative: Thunder Flash.
As the two most populous tribes of the Semitic tribe, the hatred between Lingshan and Leishan lasted for two thousand years - they already hated each other before the Semitic tribe was disintegrated.
Although no one can explain why the two tribes were hostile to each other in the first place. But this does not prevent the two tribes from hating each other.
For the Lingshan people, conquering Leishan and establishing a truly unified Semitic race is undoubtedly the most prestigious achievement.
And now President Bullard has just summoned 200,000 to 300,000 troops from the governors of various regions. Basically, everything is ready.
Battusta said: "But I have a question, why Lorraine has never attacked Thunder Flash. With the power in his hands, it is very easy to defeat Thunder Flash."
"I know this." Mero said: "The human coalition has just forced the governors of the provinces to surrender. They need time to thoroughly digest the fruits of victory and establish a safe rear area. The human supplies depart from the Caribbean. To reach Leishan, it takes
Over half of the spiritual flash."
"That makes sense."
Melo said: "The question now is, how can we force the government to take the initiative to attack Leishan? According to my analysis, Lorraine is actually more willing to negotiate with the Leishan people. As long as the Leishan people meet his conditions, he is not willing to spend that money."
Use your time and military expenses to defeat the thunder and lightning people."
Battusta said: "Before I came, the old man told me that if you encounter difficulties, think more about what Lorraine should do."
"Lorraine..." Mero pondered for a moment and said: "If it were him, he would definitely not come openly. He should let others tell his purpose. I understand~!"
Melo raised his head, looked at everyone with piercing eyes, and said: "We must first build momentum and arouse people's emotions. Then we will follow the trend."
"Creating momentum? How to create momentum?" Morgan asked puzzledly.
Melo suddenly laughed and said: "Thanks to President Brad, Akadelin now has seven or eight newspapers. We just need to find some gunmen." (To be continued.) (Go...)