In many places on the huge planet "Light of Hope", the shadows of the joint-tube plasma cannons and large ji light cannons set up at an elevation angle of 45 degrees can be seen. As a cheap and effective ground air defense weapon, the hot energy emitted from their thick cannon barrels is enough to become an eternal nightmare for all warships.

This is the capital star.

Unlike the capital administrative region of the earth, "Light of Hope" is the core immigration star that was finally determined after humans entered the cosmic era. It can be said to be the most prosperous place in the world, with a high level of civilization that humans could not imagine in the old era, and also has convenient facilities brought by various advanced technologies. Due to the huge size of the planet, the similarity to the earth's environment reached 98.61%, and the population of "Light of Hope" has also reached an astonishing more than 360 billion. However, judging from the land area of ​​the planet's surface, which is more than 200 times larger than the earth's surface, the various resources produced are enough to keep this number growing, without the need for population control such as family planning.

Human beings have created brilliant and brilliant civilizations. However, the one who likes to pursue enjoyment the most and is the easiest to fall into the depravity is also the human being. Although any knowledgeable person in the Federation knows that peace will not last long, the war between the border areas and the pan-union may burn into the absolute defense circle one day. However, people on the "Light of Hope" still try their best to enjoy this peace with an almost greedy attitude. The abnormal prosperity on this human capital planet fully witnesses their nearly degenerate luxury. Here is

Any kind of business activity in human history, whether despicable or high-sounding. There is also the dirtiest dirt in the world. Even the most imaginative high-Q genius cannot understand the cruelty and evil that merchants can do everything they can to pursue money. It is like an extremely huge spider, firmly standing on the core of the spider web. It stretches out its eight claws and controls every planet listed on the Internet. It draws nutrients from these attachments, gains weight, and secretes more spider silk to expand the scope of the spider web.

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Located 1,500 meters underground, Zhou Yiming, wearing a dark green wool uniform and wearing a four-star general's rank, sat calmly on the main seat of the conference room. At both ends of the long strip table in front of him were more than a dozen generals with different ranks.

All general-level officers in the capital military headquarters are listed here.

Cigarettes should be the biggest preference of all men except wine and women. Although the ventilation equipment in the conference room is good, a large ball of white smoke lingered over the roof for a long time. It was like an inexplicably chaotic stone, stagnating firmly above everyone's heads.

On the ring-shaped electronic screen in the center of the table, a distinct, huge red angel logo is displayed with a striking white cursor. This military emblem, which is regarded as a symbol of honor by all federal soldiers, has been used since the era of the Great Immigration of the Universe and has a history of hundreds of years.

The theme of today's meeting is to discuss the proportion of additional troops distribution for each fleet in the second half of the year. However, before that, Lieutenant General Yang Shuchen, who served as the commander of the Fourth Fleet of the Capital Military Region, unexpectedly came up with a list of personnel who were requesting promotion.

"According to the promotion regulations, soldiers who have made special contributions and received commendations can be awarded the honor of being promoted in an extraordinary way. I have a certificate issued by the Ministry of Military Law. Since joining the army, the people on the list have performed very well. Captain Ye Tao has provided four escorts to the fleet on the commercial route during his tenure as the captain of the 64th Patrol Fleet. He has successfully defeated a large-scale pirate attack. Based on the existing military merits, he plans to be promoted to the rank of major."

"Captain Yang Wei was appointed as the head of the 366th Infantry Battalion, he trained hard and had excellent results in the entire battalion. He planned to be promoted to the rank of major."

"While Captain Ye Xintong was appointed director of the Seventh Fleet Secretariat Office, he successfully cracked two internal telegrams from the Sixth Army of the Purge. He was once a special second-class merit and was expected to be promoted to the rank of major..."

For more than an hour, Yang Shuchen's hoarse voice that was comparable to ducks echoed in the conference room. All the participants' faces showed a dull and cold expression. They either closed their eyes to rest or lowered their heads to ponder. They were really bored and even began to study the relationship between tea and water in the cup. Until the entire list was read, no one expressed any objection.

This has almost become the opening remarks of previous meetings.

Everyone knows that this is just a scene where the Yang family adds fresh blood to their own forces.

Military rank is the most prominent manifestation of military authority and a symbol of the amount of military power.

Many of the young officers on the list knew each other.

Ye Tao, the captain of the 64th Patrol Fleet, was a commercial route between administrative stars. Every ten light years, there was a medium-sized turret of battalion-level units. The land-based Vulcan cannons set up on it were enough to penetrate the armor of heavy cruisers. As long as it was not an idiot pirate with his head stuck by a door, no matter how much money he had given him, he would never dare to go to such a place. As for the so-called "defeat a large-scale pirate attack." It was just a few thieves who were so angry that they wanted to get ransom after holding two transport ships hostage, they happened to be encountered by the patrol team. There was no suspense in such a battle.

Yang Wei, the chief officer of the 366th Infantry Battalion, just led the entire battalion to conduct an extremely long-distance armed off-road. Regardless of whether such strong physical sports soldiers can bear it, just such a move to change the training subjects without authorization can be questioned by the military and legal departments. But on the contrary, this became his promotional asset.

As for Ye Xintong, the director of the Seventh Fleet Secretariat Room, she is indeed a pretty girl with good looks. She has the qualifications to become the best model in the Federation or the beauty pageant, but if it comes to issues such as cracking secret telegrams... there are thousands of messages every day between the fleets. No one can guarantee whether there is really an enemy information. However, since people have already said that there is something like this, it is best to close your eyes and pretend that you don’t see it.

It is just to raise several lieutenants to majors. In the fortress star field with a unit of tens of millions, there are at least several million people with the rank of majors. It is not harmful to add a few a few slightly.

Yang Wei is Yang Shuchen's nephew. Ye Tao is the grandson of General Mogley, the highest defense chief in the star field. As for Ye Xintong... many people know that the girl's thighs and face are indeed very attractive. As for whether she has had sex with Yang Shuchen, or has an extraordinary relationship with superiors and subordinates... I'm afraid only God and themselves know this kind of thing best.

There are also other people on the list who also have a roundabout relationship with the generals and officers of major fleets. It is really not worth turning against each other for this little thing. Moreover, I can also get some benefits from it.

"That's all I want to say. If everyone has no objection, then this list will be transferred to the Military Order for approval and then implemented."

Perhaps because he talked too much, Yang Shuchen took a sip of the slightly cool tea and continued: "Let's start the vote!"

Almost everyone pressed the green button on the desktop that agreed. Although this is just a response that has no practical significance on the surface, no matter what, it is better than the naked action.

On the electronic screen in front of the participants, green squares lit up in sequence. Just when this thing similar to a progress bar was walking in front of Zhou Yiming, who was sitting in the head, it unexpectedly ended.

Seeing this, Yang Shuchen turned his head in confusion and looked at the other party.

Zhou Yiming is the deputy chief of staff of the Federal Military Department who has just been transferred from the Earth's capital to "Light of Hope".

According to past experience, he never expressed his objection when carrying out this "promotion". But today...what exactly does he want to do?

"I want to add a name to this list."

Zhou Yiming said lightly with a gentle smile on his face.

As soon as he said that, everyone's faces showed a look of relief. It was too normal for the Deputy Chief of Staff to install his own hand. Even Yang Shuchen, who suddenly realized, handed over an electronic highlighter with a smile. However, when he saw clearly that Zhou Yiming had just added the character information at the end of the list, a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes full of surprise.

Zhao Yi is currently the commander-in-chief of the planetary guards of ag64. He is expected to be promoted to the rank of colonel.

"Your Excellency, doing this seems to be against the military system."

Yang Shuchen took a sip of tea slowly and snorted coldly: "If I remember correctly, this person's current military merits and qualifications are not enough. Now he is promoted... I'm afraid it's not suitable!"

He did not intend to violate Zhou Yiming's intentions. As a senior general of the Federal Army, Yang Shuchen was one of the few insiders who understood the relationship between Zhao Yi and the reorganized 81st Division. Regarding the dispute that occurred in the S12 mining area, Major General Ouge, the Third Staff Program Director, made a detailed report on him. Yang Shuchen had a good personal relationship with the Hamilton family and could obtain a large number of "dividends" from the family's business every year. Moreover, those who once wanted to embezzle Zhao Yi's achievements were not only some members of the Hamilton family, but also several distant relatives who worked in the army and were relatively close to Major General Ouge were removed from the army after the incident.

"Don't worry. Now, I want to invite everyone to see something———"

As he spoke, Zhou Yiming, who was calm and calm, pressed the button in front of him. Suddenly, the red angel military emblem on the central electronic screen disappeared instantly and was replaced by an engineering drawing with dense structure and hundreds of details.

Judging from the image, this should be a new type of space fighter. Its appearance is very similar to the G31 type currently being installed by the Federal Army.

"This is a new type of fighter that has just been developed. Its speed is twice as fast as the G31 aircraft, with four missile launchers, and the 30 mm artillery cannon in the head of the aircraft has increased by 800 rounds. In terms of overall performance, it has exceeded the G31 by more than 40%, and may even reach 50%. The old model cannot be compared with it at all. This is a truly high-power combat aircraft, which is likely to change the current situation of war between us and the Pan-United Army. It will even push the Federal Line of Control to the Pan-United Hindustry———”

Zhou Yiming's introduction immediately aroused the interest of all participants.

A major general pointed to the data listed below the screen and exclaimed: "This is really amazing. If, I mean, if the Federal Fleet can complete the replacement of existing fighter jets within two months, we can completely break the confrontation state at the border. At least, we can occupy three immigrant planets of pan-joint forces in a short period of time."

"You're right———"

Next to it, another lieutenant general nodded calmly: "If you are lucky, you may even capture several fortress planets at the border. Of course, the premise of doing this is to have enough new fighter jets."

Speaking of this, the Lieutenant General turned his attention to Zhou Yiming, and shouted with anticipation: "Your Excellency, you should publish the list of R&D personnel for this new type of fighter and give them the highest reward. This is simply a rare talent in the Federation———"

"He is the last object I added to the promotion list. The trusted garrison officer of ag64 star area, Lieutenant Colonel Zhao Yi."

Zhou Yiming smiled, threw down the electronic pen in his hand, glanced blankly at Yang Shuchen, who was in the lower right position with a somewhat ugly face.

This new fighter, named "Firefire", does have excellent performance. From any perspective, this is enough to be a proof of Zhao Yi's promotion.

No one expressed any objection.

The evaluation given by data and computers is enough to illustrate the problem. The generals are also very excited about the new aircraft to be installed. As Gerald said when he handed the drawings to Zhou Yiming----"This new fighter is enough to change the course of the war"... If the inventor himself cannot receive the reward, it would be too unreasonable.

"I admit that this officer did a good job. But, with this alone, he could not have the capital of the colonel."

Yang Shuchen gritted his teeth, frowned, and retorted in a deep voice: "There is no doubt that this fighter has excellent performance. But there is a problem - this is just a drawing. In other words, the research results of this officer have not been truly transformed into physical objects. We are all very clear that the transformation from theoretical stage to reality requires a series of cumbersome and complex experiments, as many as hundreds or even thousands of repeated arguments. Drawings that stay at the level of virtual data cannot be the basis for his promotion. Moreover, according to the military regulations of Article 65, recipients of scientific research and military merits must use physical objects as the criterion. Therefore, I only agree to award him a first-class scientific research medal. As for promotion... Regarding this matter, it is best to make a conclusion after the military department takes out the prototype."

As soon as this statement was made, the participants who originally expressed their agreement turned their attention to Zhou Yiming, who was in the forefront.

Being able to sit in the position of general requires more than ability. At some point, popularity is even more important than one's own quality. Although Zhou Yiming is the deputy chief of staff of the Federal Army, the orders and decisions he issued must also follow the existing rules and regulations. Although Yang Shuchen's opposition is unreasonable, there are also written rules that can be clearly based on. In the case where no party shows an absolute advantage in the dispute between the two, the participants will not make a rash choice.

General Zhou Yiming reached out his hand very casually and took a sip, leaned back comfortably on the chair. His eyes were as sharp as an eagle, but they gave people a generous and gentle feeling, without any sharp momentum. After a few seconds of silence, he turned his eyes to Yang Shuchen sitting on the right and smiled.

"You're right——there's no mockup, there's a lot of things that can't be confirmed."

As he said that, he pressed the control button in front of him calmly, and the image on the electronic screen immediately changed into a dark space background.

In the center of the picture, a new "Fire" fighter jet that was completely consistent with the structure of the previous drawings was ejecting red flames from its tail and rushed towards the five formations of G31 fighters flying in front of them. The dense beams of light fired from its head and missiles dragging the long flame tail accurately hit the locked G31. With the explosion, the broken armor and flames scattered in space. After a series of dazzling rolling and dodging actions, the only picture left on the screen is still the freeze-framed new "Fire".

"Last week, the General Administration of Military Industry has completed all the testing of the new fighter. At present, the new production line is in a hurry. What you just saw is the inspection scenario of the new fighter without manned operation."

No one expressed objection to Zhou Yiming's promotion proposal, and the generals pressed the green buttons agreed by the representatives one by one. Obviously, the new deputy chief of staff did not disclose more information, because it was entirely due to confidentiality needs. But for the fighter designer himself, Zhao Yi, who had just been controversial, even the most picky person, he could not find any reason to object.

Yang Shuchen also pressed the green key in front of him.

There was no expression of hatred or irritability on his face, but he kept smiling. It seemed that this was his most satisfying choice.

It is very unwise to turn against Zhou Yiming on such occasions. Moreover, the other party has already provided sufficient basis. No matter from any perspective, opposition cannot get the result you want. Instead of strong and useless veto, it is better to take a step back and make affirmation. At least, it can leave an illusion with a smile in the opponent's heart.

An hour later, the meeting was over. Yang Shuchen was still sitting in his original position, staring at the space star map on the microcomputer screen with a cold look. (To be continued)
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