Chapter 1635: A War Caused by a Misunderstanding
The door of the mayor’s office opened.
Gao Ruiming walked in quickly and said in a hasty tone, “We have lost contact with the mercenaries that we sent!”
“This is impossible!”
The moment Xiao Hong heard these words, he got up from the chair. The expression on his face was as if he had seen a ghost.
“Boris is our partner for many years, he never fails!”
“However, this time he did! Why can’t you recognize reality?” Gao Ruiming said with a headache while looking at the mayor who was still unwilling to accept reality, “The only good news is that we are sure that Lu Zhou is still on Mars, and he’s at the Security Bureau’s stronghold! At least half an hour ago! Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense for so many people to be stationed at the stronghold!”
As for where Lu Zhou was now.
n.o.body knew.
But one thing for certain was that he probably hadn’t left Tiangong City yet.
However, even so, Mayor Xiao wasn’t relaxed. On the contrary, it caused a drop of cold sweat to appear on his forehead.
There was no news from Boris. Whether he was dead or alive, he would definitely not dare to come back and see the mayor again. Mayor Xiao didn’t believe that those mercenaries would keep their mouths shut.
If the secrets were revealed, they would have to endure the anger of the Pan-Asian authorities…
The corner of the desk suddenly flashed with a communication request icon.
Seeing the flas.h.i.+ng icon, Mayor Xiao reached out his index finger and pressed it.
As the light blue holographic beam rose up, a figure quickly appeared in front of the two of them.
“An emergency report came from the border observatory!”
Mayor Xiao’s heart tightened, and he said quickly, “Yeah, what?”
“According to the information from the border observatory, the aircraft battle group of the First Fleet left the Lagrange point base five minutes ago and is heading toward Mars!”
The moment Mayor Xiao heard these words, his heart dropped, and he sat back on the office chair.
“d.a.m.n it! They are already aware!”
Looking at the mayor, the liaison standing in the holographic beam was muddled.
Gao Ruiming quickly stepped forward, reached out, and pressed a hand down on the desk. He closed the call, then quickly walked around the desk, in front of Mayor Xiao. He placed his hands on the mayor’s shoulders.
“There is no time for us to hesitate, Mayor! There is no prior notice by phone, not even a text message, is this not obvious? There is no doubt that this fleet is coming for us!”
The mayor hadn’t recovered from his shock, so he raised his volume and continued to roar with all his strength, “They need at least one week to come from the Lagrange s.p.a.ce Base to here! If we hara.s.s them with unmanned s.p.a.cecraft, we can still buy another week! Not a single minute of these two weeks can be wasted! From now on, we should mobilize, and we should mobilize everything we can into the war! We still have time!”
Facing his most loyal subordinate, Mayor Xiao showed a wry smile on his face.
“Right now… Do we have a chance to win?”
“The odds of winning are not great, but if we do nothing, we are just waiting to die and to face the trial of the law. I can swear to you, we will spend the second half of our lives in prison!” Gao Ruiming continued, “But if we resist, we may have a silver lining! This depends on your decision! You must make a decision immediately!”
A trace of fighting spirit and the desire to survive rekindled in his eyes. Mayor Xiao took a deep breath and said, “What should we do?”
Gao Ruiming: “It’s simple! Find Lu Zhou and force him to surrender the warp drive technique! Even if our opponent is the First Fleet, as long as we use these two weeks to build an unbreakable line of defense, then use the warp drive to give our fleet wings, the balance of victory will definitely tilt toward us! Don’t forget, we have the largest industrial center and the most complete industrial cl.u.s.ter in the solar system! As long as we fight back, we will be victorious!”
“Send my orders.” Mayor Xiao said in a serious tone as he stood up from his chair, “Tiangong City has entered a state of wartime! Let the guards and militia groups stand by, and they should be ready at any time—”
The floor and windows of the office suddenly trembled and made a m.u.f.fled noise.
Mayor Xiao leaned against the desk. He glanced out the window in a panic, then looked at Gao Ruiming, who almost fell on the ground.
He gulped and stuttered, “What just… happened?”
Gao Ruiming shook his head. He was dumbfounded.
“I don’t know.”
There was a strong feeling in his heart that something terrible had happened…
…
The sky above Tiangong City.
The s.p.a.ce station suspended in orbit around Mars had been taken over by the Third Orbital Airborne Brigade.
Qinling’s speed exceeded everyone’s expectations, and the defense forces on the s.p.a.ce station had not received any information at all. Therefore, Li Gaoliang easily disarmed the security forces in the s.p.a.ce station.
Pa.s.sengers stranded on the s.p.a.ce station were temporarily placed in the resting area, and the communication between the s.p.a.ce station and the outside world had been cut off.
Tiangong City still didn’t know anything.
According to the combat plan, the Third Orbital Airborne Brigade would launch an airborne operation against the town hall of Tiangong City in 5 minutes.
There were two combat objectives.
One was to arrest the rebels, and the other was to rescue Academician Lu.
“I thought that the 22nd century would be more prosperous and more peaceful than the 21st century.”
Lying in the airborne cabin while watching the countdown on the timer, Li Gaoliang spent the remaining time chatting with Captain Deng of the Qinling in the command channel.
“And?”
“And? That’s it. After I woke up, I discovered that even though prosperity is there, this era seems to lack peace. In just a few years, I have partic.i.p.ated in two major battles.”
“Haha, it will be three soon.”
“Yes.” Li Gaoliang sighed. He looked at several targets on the battle map and said with a complex expression, “I hope it won’t be too much trouble this time.”
The feeling of war was not good.
Last time, when they were facing the robots, he could kill them without any hesitation in the battle.
But this time was different.
Even if they were born on different planets, they still had the same blood flowing in their veins, and they spoke the same language…
“It is impossible to keep this lowkey. The only thing we can do is to control the situation before it deteriorates further.”
“You are right… I want to confirm again that we can apply for support on the battlefield.”
“As for support, I advise you to not expect too much. Except for intelligence support, the ground support firepower on our s.h.i.+p is basically useless.”
“Oh well, I wouldn’t rely on you guys to help either.”
Captain Deng: “So, can you do it?”
“Don’t worry, the situation here will not be worse than Guanghan City last year.” Looking at the time on the timer, Li Gaoliang grinned. “My time is almost up. Let’s chat after the battle is over. Oh yeah, please watch the skies, and don’t let the target escape.”
Captain Deng said with a faint smile, “I got this.”