But fortunately, this promotion ceremony was just a formality after all, and Yu Lian did not have to force himself and Mr. Pecker to make an excuse for a long time. After receiving a new collar badge, letter of appointment, and a Purple Ribbon Silver Star Medal
After that, he resigned.
The medal is naturally intended to commend his achievements in quelling the Rumina rebellion, wiping out the All Souls cult, and suppressing the pirates in the Far Coast sector.
Of course, it's not just him. There are also Commodore Marklov and Senior Sister Eleanor in the Thirteenth Fleet. There are also officers in other important positions, but they are just downgraded to the Silver Star Medal with Blue Ribbon.
Feifei, who "occasionally passes by" as a military reporter, also has one. Other ordinary officers and soldiers also have at least a second-class Bronze Star Medal.
At least this time, the National Defense Committee was being quite generous.
In fact, in terms of actual performance, if you demolish the imperial fortress, steal new weapons, and kill a marquis, it would be justified even if you get a Diamond Crown and Double Swords Medal. However, this level of military merit medal,
In the current "peace period", which is probably rare once every ten years, in theory, it should be authorized by Congress and a medal ceremony should be held at the same time.
The empire has been greatly stimulated recently, and the situation on the border has become quite tense. In accordance with the consistent style of the community government, it is not bad to be able to secretly commend everyone in the Thirteenth Fleet for their meritorious service. Of course,
It is impossible to stimulate the empire anymore.
Of course, compared to the foreign affairs department, the National Defense Commission has already behaved "magnanimously" enough. No, just when Yu Lian left the National Defense Commission building and was about to go to the officers' mess next to him to spend public funds to fill his stomach, the communication terminal received a call
The prompt came from a deputy director of the Foreign Affairs and Security Division of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
"Assistant military attache to the Imperial Embassy?"
"Yes, the formal appointment letter will be sent to you tomorrow, along with your foreign affairs passport and various certificates. It just so happens that the day after tomorrow, there will be a cultural exchange group from the country to the imperial capital Tianyu.
You can go with them on the ship. Of course, if you have other plans, we will reimburse you for the business class or lower ship tickets, but you must go to the embassy of your country in the Empire before May 20 to report to the Chief
Reporting from Major General Vatrall, the military attaché abroad."
If it were a direct express passenger ship from the solar system, the voyage to the imperial capital would also take forty days. This meant that if Yu Lian had other arrangements, he would not have much time left.
Fortunately, he really didn't have anything else to do. The most he could do was to instruct the two technicians in the Red Star Institute to get in touch with Dr. Zinov who was going to come to work in May.
The 55-year-old Dr. Nikolai Zinov is one of the great talents that Red Star has been poaching. He is not well-known now, but five years later, he was the first to propose the theory of molecular recombination.
A scientific giant. His theoretical research achievements in subspace theory are by no means higher than those of empires and alliances with abundant talents and technological reserves that surpass the community by several blocks.
It is a pity that the academic circles within the community have not paid much attention to his theory.
In another timeline, after the solar system was completely occupied by the enemy, when imperial officials came to him respectfully, asked him to come out, and offered him the position of academician of the Academy of Sciences and professor of the Imperial Central University of Science and Technology, he was in front of these people.
A fierce man who burned down his laboratory and all his research reports while drinking tons and tons of vodka.
The imperial officials were furious, but in order to show the kindness of Her Majesty the Queen, who had just ascended the throne, and her respect for the scientific master, they could do nothing in the end and could only return in anger.
The old gentleman simply ran back to his hometown and became an ordinary middle school physics teacher. However, when the empire's vigilance on him had just relaxed a little, he directly joined the Volunteer Army and became its chief scientific and equipment director.
Although the old man passed away due to an engineering accident within a few years, he did cultivate a large group of engineering masters who could do everything by hand. From this point of view, in addition to his own theoretical research, Dr. Zinov
He is also a very good experimental physicist and engineer.
Speaking of which, Ina, the future master of "Turkish and French military industry", must have been influenced by Dr. Zinov, right?
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In addition, the later volunteer chief tech guru, and now the fledgling tech geek Essen French, has always regarded himself as a disciple of Dr. Zinov. If this fat white man and the doctor were allowed to meet in advance, what kind of consequences could be created?
Where's the spark?
Of course, the historical image and the real image of a person are not necessarily consistent. Yu Lian cannot guarantee that the real person of Dr. Zinov will be as strong and strong as he imagined, but at least he will always be stronger than others.
Somewhat trustworthy.
In short, as long as he is willing to come, he can take a closer look. If he is really sure that he is right, he can leave the follow-up research on the space bubble he passed down to him.
Dr. Zinov decided to join with a large number of assistants and students. This is naturally a good thing. The Red Star Office will suddenly have a group of research teams that can be used immediately. However, so many people come together in big and small bags.
, just moving and settling in took time, so it was postponed until May.
This means that before returning from the empire, there is no way for him to communicate with Dr. Zinov in person.
Yu Lian sighed in his heart, but saw the deputy director behind the communication window pondering for a moment, with a slightly distressed look on his face: "Your appointment this time is partly due to the empire giving you
We have to pay attention to the formal invitation letter sent out... But, Lieutenant Colonel Yu Lian, one moment and another moment! When the empire sent you the invitation letter, those things had not happened yet!"
"What things are you talking about? What are they?" Yu Lian started to get confused.
"That's right, that's the attitude. Last year, nothing happened between us and the Empire. Those so-called things were nothing but nothing! When you get there, you must have this attitude when facing the media and the Empire." The other party continued.
Nodding, he continued: "Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been in a lot of pain recently! We are scolded by the Congress, the media, and the people, and we have to wipe the butt of your military from time to time... But what can we do? We are also very
Desperate! Isn’t the mainstream trend of thought in the galaxy now just peaceful development? There is such a big gap between us and the Empire, can we really start an all-out war? If an all-out war really breaks out, will the Alliance really come to the rescue in person? Anyway, I don’t believe it.
."
Yu Lian heard this with great interest. Today's community political arena is filled with kneeling old people and radicals with bipolar disorder. Rationalists with such clear minds are really a minority among the minority.
"...Uh, I'm sorry, what's your name? The sea breeze was so strong just now that I couldn't hear you clearly."
The deputy director opposite gave a helpless smile: "I'm Morris Rancher...Hey, forget it, it doesn't matter if you can't remember, I don't mind."
These words immediately made Yu Lian feel even more embarrassed, and he quickly said: "Don't worry, I will definitely remember you!"
These words were so impressive that a hint of horror suddenly flashed across Deputy Director Ranche's face, and he hurriedly said: "In short, just treat it as a long and comfortable vacation. When you arrive in the empire, as long as you don't take the initiative to get into trouble,
The empire will definitely treat you like a distinguished guest. My colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been in a lot of pain recently. Several of them have fallen ill due to acute gastroenteritis. I don’t want to follow in their footsteps. My son is only 10 years old, and I can’t
Fall down!”
It's really unpleasant to talk about this hero as if he were some kind of walking human disaster. In addition, acute gastroenteritis is not a terminal disease. These days, even if it turns into advanced gastric cancer, it won't kill anyone.
"Those of us who are serious about diplomacy have not survived through hard study in the cold window. We did not know more than three foreign languages before the age of 20, and we were not familiar with international law before the age of 30. It is not even an introduction. Who wouldn't want to wait for so many years?
Are you going to line up and close down on that battlefield? But now you can only rely on a little shamelessness to maintain such a fragile peace. Really, Lieutenant Colonel, you are a talented person and you speak well, so you must show your dignity.
!”
Mr. Deputy Director-General added: "And, well, yes, His Excellency the Ambassador is also a troubled person... ah no, an overly passionate person. I guess he will appreciate young talents like you, but really, he will definitely
Don’t add fuel to the fire.”
"Look at what you said, I am actually a pacifist who loves Shui Yuejing! Don't worry, this time the Empire and his party really only have their eyes and ears, and they will never cause trouble!"
Well, looking at his tone, it was a bit pleading, so of course Yu Lian had no choice but to give him some face.
After all the talk, what else could Mr. Rancher do? He could only grimace and muttered a few more words, "You can't stop even at this age," and "I've been told that all literati are soft persimmons."
", "The stomach medicine is all sold out at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs" and other difficult to understand words, and then he said goodbye to Yu Lian with doubts.
After cutting off the communication, Yu Lian expressed his apology to everyone at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for three seconds in his heart, and then walked briskly to the officers' mess again.
He can't wait to have a sumptuous lunch now. With his current appetite, he would have to spend two to three hundred yuan to have a relatively delicious lunch in the Eternal City. But right next to it is the Unified Military Command Headquarters
The building and the restaurant next to it are open to all officers for free, so why bother looking far away?
The first floor of the restaurant was mainly occupied by middle and lower-ranking lieutenants. In order not to cause trouble to everyone, Yu Lian found a secluded booth to sit down and ordered one of each of today's four officer set meals.
After confirming the order twice, the orderly sergeant in charge hid a trace of disdain in his eyes and walked away with a smile.
Yu Lian stared at the door of the restaurant in a daze while waiting for today's lunch. However, before the dishes were served, his eyes suddenly lit up.
It was not that he saw a beauty, but that he saw two young officers entering the restaurant hand in hand. They were handsome and heroic. Although they only held the rank of captain, they had a strong sense of presence. It felt like they had met a general.
He doesn't show any timidity. The red-haired young man with a more burly figure has a kind of courage that should be born to stand above others.
"Hi, Horatio, Michel, come over here and sit down." Yu Lian showed his head from behind the screen in the cubicle and said hello to the two of them.
Both of them looked surprised and strode over. However, before they could get closer, Yu Lian suddenly said "Slow down" and pointed to the golden four-leaf clover on his collar badge.
"Both captains, you salute to military rank, not to individuals."
The one with slightly bookish brown hair showed a helpless and embarrassed face, and almost said, "Are you still a child?"
As for the tall red-haired man, he was already gnashing his teeth.