Counterfeit Hero

Boswell! "Bernardo turned to look at McKinley in shock. When he learned of the trap, some people in the alliance's mecha testing team were trapped, but no one told him that the trapped people included Boswell!

Under Bernadotte's gaze, McKinley nodded awkwardly.

After the fall of Canglang Star, he was so anxious that he didn't take a group of scientific and technical personnel into his heart at all.

That was just one group in the Alliance's mecha research project, a small part of thousands of researchers. At the same time, he did not let anyone brief Bernadotte. He didn't think it was more important to have an admiral clamoring to rescue a group of technicians than to think about how to save the entire war.

Moreover, Canglang Star fell suddenly, and the command headquarters was stretched thin at the moment, making it impossible to mobilize troops for rescue.

Originally, this was a normal decision that would not cause any psychological burden. However, after Major General Le Lei Tian Xingjian and his army saved the Southeast War situation and the entire 19th Group fleet in the Longbow Galaxy, this decision seemed so embarrassing.

Seeing McKinley's embarrassed expression, Bernadotte's heart continued to sink.

"Currently, the 13th Armored Division of the Chakna Army and the 51st Mechanized Infantry Division of the Marine Corps are still trapped in a narrow strip of land less than 40 kilometers deep in the Karachi Valley."

Li Fo's fingers gently tapped the electronic deduction platform and said in a deep voice: "Professor Boswell and the dozens of trapped scientific and technological personnel are precious assets of our coalition forces, and there must be no loss. Marshal Li Cunxin, more His status is high and his prestige is high. I believe that the person most capable of carrying out the rescue mission at this moment is none other than Major General Tian Xingjian. With the long bow battle, Major General Tian's troops are enough to be promoted to the first-level army. If this rescue is successful, then the special-level The title of combat unit is well deserved!”

In the war room, it was quiet and only Li Fo's voice could be heard.

The generals had long heard of Li Fo's name. Listen to what he has to say now. Even more awe-inspiring.

Everyone knows. Li Fo managed the army rigorously. The requirements for military discipline are extremely high. Obviously he is not used to being outside the coalition system all the time. A bandit army that is secretive and doesn't obey orders very much. These words. It seems to have given the bandits a great opportunity. But. Think about it carefully. The generals were covered in cold sweat.

Canglang Star is now completely under Xiyue's control. Not to mention its ground troops. It is the space defense line outside the planet. It is not easy to break through.

From the perspective of the headquarters. No one has any hope for the trapped Chakna 13th Armored Division and 51st Mechanized Infantry Division. The last time I received a request for help from these two divisions. It was already forty hours ago. Loss of supplies. There is no line of defense. They have no air superiority. It could be annihilated by the Western Army at any time. There are no eggs left under the overturned nest. Following these two divisions, they defeated Marshal Li Cunxin and his scientific research team on the east coast of Karachi. Nature is not immune.

Under such circumstances. Break into Canglang Star. Perform a rescue. There is no need to carve a boat for a sword. It's like pulling out a tooth from a tiger's mouth. Don't talk about anyone else in the venue. Even Chaknady Rabinski and Machira. I have long since given up any hope. But who can think of it. Li Fu actually proposed at this moment. Let the bandit army perform this mission.

Just for one of their scientists named Boswell

Everyone looked at Bernadotte with different expressions and remained silent.

When everyone thinks about it, refusing is Bernadotte's only option. Who would ruin LeRae's only first-level unit at the moment for an unrealistic so-called opportunity? !

Of course, rejection comes at a cost. Once word spreads that Bernadotte gave up on rescuing scientists from his own country, Leray, who has always appeared as a strong resister in the minds of the people of the Fifa League, will face verbal and verbal criticism from the media. Moreover, even if the bandit army can be promoted to the first-level combat unit, it will be ridiculed by other forces within the Fei League.

More importantly, it undermined the coalition's institutions. You must know that the only ones that can be used now and are theoretically qualified to perform this task are the bandit army, which has just been promoted to the first level combat force. If Bernadotte refuses without being punished, it will be equivalent to opening a hole in the coalition system. From now on, anyone can refuse such military operations.

It is certain that the next rejection will be from the Newton Galaxy or the Galileo Galaxy, which is the only one left in the Leray Federation!

Everyone could only remain silent. The decision can only be made by Bernadotte himself. No one else can take his place, and no one is willing to take the risk of offending this second best general to speak for a country that has nothing to do with him. Li Fo, whether he was famous or met, gave enough pressure to the generals present.

This person is definitely not someone to be trifled with!

"Can you show me the list of the scientific research team and the battle report of Canglang Star?" Bernardo asked specifically.

In the silence, a staff officer quickly brought the documents.

"General Bernadotte, this is Chuckner's mistake. I have asked the country to speed up the assembly of troops as much as possible. You don't have to." Labinski glanced at Li Fu, gritted his teeth, and said to Bernadotte.

Before he could finish his words, Bernadotte stopped him with a wave of his hand.

Boswell, Milan has these two names, it is enough!

"General Douglas Bernadotte glanced at Li Fo, turned to Douglas on the communication screen and said: "Please connect me to Major General Tian Xingjian. "

Reason and madness, just at this thought, the generals looked at each other, and Li Fu's eyes flashed with a trace of ridicule!

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A group of bandit army officers sat in front of the monitor screen, watching the confrontation between Fatty and Humphrey in the holding cabin.

These are two completely different people.

Humphrey is handsome and has an outstanding temperament. Although he is only in his thirties, years of aristocratic upbringing and training have made him exude an elegant charm from his bones. Coupled with his military talent, prominent dukedom and huge wealth, it is enough to make any woman with a Prince Charming complex flutter.

Tian Xingjian, on the other hand, is exactly the opposite. He has an ordinary appearance, a fat body, and a messy temperament. If he had to talk about his temperament, it would be more appropriate to describe his vulgarity with a beating that easily provokes women. Even if he is an official or a general, it seems that he cannot escape the shell of a common man.

"It seems that you won't shed tears without seeing the coffin?!" On the screen, the fat man was furious.

Xiang couldn't help but burst out laughing, the fat man's expression was so lifelike.

The blue veins on his forehead, rapid breathing and helpless body movements revealed the face of a greedy and quick-successful villain. It would be such a waste not to compete for the best actor with such acting skills. .

The fat man had been bargaining with Humphrey for a full hour.

Although both fleets have stopped attacking and left the battle. However, the real war has never stopped. In this small holding cell, Fatty was competing with Humphrey in a battle of wits and courage.

"Since I have been captured, I have the consciousness of being a prisoner." Humphrey was not intimidated by the fat man who seemed to pounce on him at any time, and said calmly: "It is your right to deal with me. Decide what to pay. The price of this land is my right. For me, being insulted and dying are the same outcome. At worst, the fish will die and the net will be broken."

"Don't think I don't dare to strike!" The fat man tightened his grip on the mace, and his eyes turned fiercely, then revealed a fierce light.

Humphrey looked at the fat man's fierce eyes, but his heart became more and more relaxed.

Humphrey himself has extremely high attainments in psychology and negotiation skills. He has always kept in mind a famous saying - what you can't get at the negotiation table, grab it on the battlefield.

In turn, this sentence means that what cannot be obtained on the battlefield should be obtained at the negotiation table.

A good negotiator is more important than a well-equipped armored division. Things that cannot be obtained in battle may be just a few words on the negotiation table.

To subjugate the enemy without fighting is the highest state.

Humphrey has always believed that negotiation and fighting need to be managed separately, relying on each other and inseparable. This time, his trump card is really not very good. Falling into the hands of Fatty put him at a disadvantage from the beginning. Except for the advantage that Feiling and Feiyu fleets still maintained over the Fei Alliance fleet, he had no other trump card.

Fortunately, this trump card was big enough, which allowed him to hold on to his defense! After experiencing the initial threat from the fat man, he discovered that this fat man was no match for him at all. Interpreting a person's psychology from his eyes, movements and expressions is one of his strengths.

In Humphrey's view, Fatty was from Lere, and the bandit army he led was not the main force of the Fei League. Therefore, they urgently needed a large number of ships and weapons and equipment. This is also the main reason why Fatty opened his mouth at the beginning. However, he was too anxious. Apparently, for some reason, he needed to get enough of it as quickly as possible.

As soon as possible, this word often belongs to the losing party in negotiations. The most common thing that the winner does is to constantly use various means to shorten the negotiation time of the loser, so that it finally gives in.

Although the fat man's face was ferocious and the methods he used when shouting were extremely despicable, his body language betrayed him.

Humphrey could completely feel that this silent battle had entered its own rhythm. He just looked at the fat man calmly, guessing in his heart the reasons why the fat man was greedy and anxious.

Greedy is easy to guess. Everyone knows what kind of situation Le Lei is in now. It is obviously impossible for this fat man to produce two elephant-class royal fleets in Mars.

Capturing himself was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him and LeRae as a whole, and he must take advantage of it. If he can't get enough benefits, I'm afraid this guy won't be able to sleep for the rest of his life!

The reason for his impatience is nothing more than the enemy and ourselves.

One is that he feels danger and must complete negotiations before danger comes. This danger may be due to the worry that Binart's fleet will be defeated, or it may be because he knows that a certain Western York fleet is heading here. The latter is more likely. The Jiepen people will not just stay outside the Longbow Galaxy to watch the battle. More than a hundred hours were enough for them to complete all preparations.

Another reason that makes Fatty impatient may come from within their coalition forces.

The strength of Feiyang Republic is known to the whole universe. If the final results of this battle were to be divided, I am afraid that the winner would be the Feiyang Republic. If Fatty wants to swallow the victory, he must hurry up and complete the negotiations before the Feiyang people intervene. Perhaps this was the reason why he was locked up here now, being tossed around and threatened by the fat man without seeing any Feiyang officers.

The thoughts became clearer and clearer as the fat man couldn't suppress his anxiety and anger. Humphrey was in no rush now. He knew that the fat man would soon compromise, and he would be able to return to his fleet before long. Although he lost this battle, he did not end up going bankrupt.

"Wait for me!" The fat man hesitated for a long time, and finally said a vicious word and prepared to turn around and leave.

"If I were you, I would let my prisoner say hello to his fleet." Just when the fat man had reached the door, Humphrey said sincerely: "Especially after he said that within an hour, he The fleet will take action in the event."

"Do you think I will believe it?!" The fat man snorted arrogantly and closed the door.

More than ten minutes later, just as a smile appeared on Humphrey's lips, the heavy iron door of the holding cell was opened, and several soldiers hurriedly took him to a room with communication equipment.

As soon as he entered the door, Humphrey saw the angry fat man.

"Have your fleet stop immediately. Otherwise, I will break up the vote now!" The fat man's small eyes moved uneasily, and sweat broke out on his forehead. On the telescope screen in front of him, the Binart battleship was moving slowly.

"No problem." Humphrey walked to the communication screen, entered the communication identification code, and ordered Officer Binart who appeared on the screen to stop his actions under the surveillance of the guards. Then he turned around and smiled at the fat man gently: "They Will wait another hour.”

"I want the Feather Fleet." The fat man circled in the room, and as Humphrey expected, he lowered his request: "You take your Feather Fleet away. You are not allowed to enter the Longbow Galaxy, and prevent any West York fleet from attacking Our pursuit, this is my final bottom line!”

"General Tian, ​​your asking price is too outrageous." Humphrey shook his head and said in a tone that tried not to anger the fat man: "Even if I agree to such conditions, the fleet cannot agree to them. The most I can do is what I just said. Five battleships and ten cruisers will be added to the land commitment. This is the greatest sincerity I can express."

"You" the fat man turned blue with anger, and was about to curse, but saw the door to the room opened, and Karl rushed in like a whirlwind and said a few words in his ear.

The fat man left quickly. Humphrey, escorted by the guards, returned to the holding cabin. Along the way, he was wondering what happened to make the fat man's expression change drastically. .

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"How is my acting skill?"

The fat man who walked into the monitoring room with Carl proudly asked Fang Xiang: "How long will it take over there?!"

"Three hours.

"Fang Xiang rolled her eyes at the fat man.

Margaret turned her head aside, not wanting to see the fat man's successful face. At this point, she had to admit that Humphrey had fallen into the fat man's trap. This fat man may be about to create a greater miracle than capturing Humphrey - capturing the entire Humphrey fleet!

From the moment he discovered the possible prisoner Humphrey, Fatty never thought of letting go of any Binart battleship. After capturing Humphrey, everything went according to the fat man's plan.

First, in order to ensure that Humphrey's fleet would not implement an armed rescue plan under extreme circumstances, he asked the Douglas fleet to abandon the peripheral battle, join the bandit fleet, and form a defensive formation to confront Humphrey's fleet. In this way, Humphrey's fleet could neither swallow the bandit fleet in one go, nor prevent the bandit fleet from breaking out at the critical moment.

Secondly, the fat man has to delay. Because he has to wait for the arrival of Russell's fleet!

To be honest, Margaret was extremely surprised when she learned that Le Lei had a fleet. Although according to Fang Xiang and Karl, Russell led the fleet to go through all kinds of hardships and narrow escapes before breaking out during the Leray coup. After losing most of the fleet, he finally had to hide in the depths of the Bermuda galaxy. , I didn’t get in touch with the bandits until now. But according to Margaret's intuition, the fleet led by Russell was obviously not just a remnant of Lere's troops.

That fat man has always been weird. This time, he must be lying again!

You know, Margaret is well aware of the military situation of each country in the Fiji League. As far as she knew, after the sacrifice of Schneider and Brown, the main force of the fleet ceased to exist. Even if some were pieced together temporarily, it would not be on a large scale. In Fatty's plan, without a fleet of considerable strength, it is impossible to pose a threat to Humphrey's fleet that is enough to make it surrender!

The third step, and the most important point in the entire plan, is to stabilize Humphrey.

Since the birth of the military rank system on ancient Earth, there has been no saying that capturing a commander will lead to victory. In the modern army, if the top commander is killed or captured, although it will affect the morale of the entire army, a complete command system will naturally introduce candidates to take over the command. This is true whether at the top or at the grassroots level.

Therefore, the decapitation tactics in modern warfare usually involve taking down the opponent's entire headquarters and completing it with a full-scale offensive. What is captured is the moment when the enemy loses command and coordination, and forces it to collapse through a powerful offensive. If the enemy is allowed to calmly establish a new command system, then no matter how precise the beheading is, it will have no effect.

Fatty took advantage of Humphrey's special relationship with the two elephant-class royal fleets. However, he must ensure that the Binart fleet will neither attack nor leave before the Russell fleet arrives.

Launching an attack to the death would obviously do no good to the Feiyang fleet, which was at a numerical disadvantage. And once the opponent pulls away, even if the fat man holds Humphrey, he can't get his battleship. If Humphrey wants to eventually exchange the battleship, he must continue to use the current Binart fleet as his trump card in negotiations and keep it here.

Humphrey's fleet will definitely have an emergency plan in case the commander is captured. And this plan must be based on Humphrey's safety as the first principle. This gives the fat man a chance.

As long as Humphrey felt there was hope, he would not give up. Likewise, in order to secure negotiating terms, he had to keep Humphrey's fleet in place to maintain pressure on the Fifa fleet. In this way, the original problem of the bandits stalling for time and making it easy for Humphrey to notice something bad was naturally solved.

This stalemate situation is like boiling a frog in warm water. By the time Russell's fleet appeared behind Humphrey's fleet, it was the moment when the water was burned to the extreme.

At that time, Humphrey would have no other choice but to trade all his battleships for his life and that of the entire fleet.

Two elephant-class royal fleets.

Margaret felt her heart beat faster when she thought about this result. This will be the greatest victory for the entire Fiji League since the war began. There is no limit to the morale improvement of the countries in the Fei Alliance.

"Three hours." The fat man scratched his neck, then his stomach and back. Very busy. Cursing in his mouth: "Then I have to pretend to be stupid in front of that grandson twice. Let that grandson laugh at me in his belly! What a fucking coward!"

Coward? !

A group of bandit officers looked at each other and laughed. If Humphrey knew that he had three chances to hint to the fleet to fight to the death or simply leave, leaving the fat man in vain, he would probably faint. , I still don’t know who is the coward. There are really not many people in this universe who can play tricks with the fat commander.

I would rather die than suffer a loss, and try my best to take advantage.

A fat man is like an iron rooster covered in sugar. He can't get rid of anything, but he still has to get some back!

"Sir, the communication request sent by General Douglas is from the Fiji Alliance Command, General Bernadotte!"

In front of the communication station, a second lieutenant's report made all the officers stunned.

"Take it."

The fat man quickly straightened his clothes and wiped his face with his hands. When he put down his hand, his face was as iron as steel, his body was straight, and his eyes were resolute. The standard image of an iron-blooded soldier.

On the communication screen of "Rear Admiral Tian Xingjian", as soon as Bernadotte's figure flashed, he got straight to the point: "Allied Forces Command, orders you to immediately transfer Humphrey to the Feiyang 19th Group Fleet and escort Colonel Margaret to set off. Return to Chakna and lead the troops deep into Canglang Planet to carry out a rescue mission behind enemy lines."

"What?!" The image of the fat iron-blooded soldier suddenly disappeared and he jumped three feet high.

"This is Reske's battle report. You should first take a look at the battle report sent by Bernadotte," he said with a cold face.

Opening the battle report, looking at the densely packed enemy labels and unit numbers, and looking at the diagrams showing the situation between the enemy and ourselves, all the officers and soldiers of the bandit army took a deep breath and stared straight ahead.

Margaret, who could read the battle report clearly at a glance, was anxious at that time.

"I won't go back." Margaret stood next to the fat man. At this moment, she did not hesitate at all: "It is impossible for Major General Tian Xingjian to complete this kind of mission. The entire Canglang Planet has been occupied by Jie Pen. Two super fleets plus Suss’s fleet,

The task is simply to die. Who gave this order? ! ".

"It's me!" On the screen, Li Fu slowly walked out from among the generals and said coldly: "Colonel Margaret, please pay attention to your words. This is the decision of the headquarters. Now, where can we rescue Marshal Li Cunxin? The only first-level force is the fleet led by General Tian Xingjian. Of course, they can also refuse, but "

Li Fu snorted coldly and did not continue. The consequences of refusing the command's orders were clear to everyone present.

"Who is this guy?" the fat man asked Margaret in a low voice.

"Alkefort." Margaret turned her head and looked at the fat man worriedly: "I'm sorry, I don't know."

As a Feiyang soldier, it was already instinct for Margaret to safeguard Feiyang's interests. However, even if there were more fights between her and Fatty, it did not mean that she was willing to ruin the army.

Moreover, everything Fatty showed had already shown the importance of this army. It is simply a crime to use such an army to perform that kind of mission! But unfortunately, some things cannot be explained on such an occasion.

The fat man looked at Li Fu on the screen with a sarcastic look.

"Have you made a decision?" Li Fu was very angry at the fat man's almost provocative look. He half-squinted his eyes and looked like a knife.

"Are you an idiot?!" The fat man raised his eyebrows, his words were shocking! All the generals were stunned by the fat man's words. Some people plucked Tao's ears hard, suspecting that they had heard wrongly.

"What did you say?!"

"presumptuous!"

The two major generals next to Li Fu stepped out from the crowd and shouted harshly. Li Fu himself was even more ashen-faced.

"The general is so stupid." The fat man continued to curse unscrupulously.

This time, everyone understood.

For a moment, the generals were all stunned.

It was the first time they had seen Li Fo dare to insult the superior in this way, and he was known to be cruel.

"Say it again!" Li Fu's cold voice came out almost word by word from between his teeth. Awe-inspiring murderous aura, as if it were real. He was really angry.

"If I say it a hundred times, you won't be smarter!" The fat man curled his lips, and suddenly and unexpectedly bowed to Wei Jianshan beside him, and said with shame: "Mr. Wei Jianshan, I apologize to you for the rudeness of our army. Apologize."

Wei Jianshan, who had always been steady, was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and said coolly: "Nothing."

"You have gone too far!" The fat man suddenly turned around, pointed at Li Foyi and said sternly: "I am just an adviser to this unit! The command center can ask Major General Carolina what the relationship between this unit and me is. You know, they are an armed force of the Mars Mutual Aid Alliance, and this time they are just here to help on a voluntary basis."

There was silence.

"I just rescued your Feiyang Nineteenth Group Fleet, and you climbed up the pole and gave them orders. Who do you think you are?!" The fat man's face was filled with hatred for iron and steel, and his hands were trembling. : "You can't even understand the basic relationship, and you still have the nerve to ask me to say it again. If I say it again, you're stupid, you're going to die?!"

As he spoke, the fat man turned his head and said seriously to a group of generals, without looking at Li Fo, who clenched his fists and was trembling all over. It’s better to be laughed at?! Think about it, what the people will think of General Li Fo, among other things, this kind of heartless evaluation is always indispensable!"

In the war room, the generals were silent.

Even though they all knew that Fatty was quibbling, and even though they all knew that the bandits were actually his troops, theoretically speaking, every word he said was tenable and justified!

I don’t know how unpleasant it would be if this matter spread.

After all, the bandit army is not a force of the Fei League in name only, and even Li Fu can't even fight together with eight poles. To command others with a commanding tone is completely self-indulgent and self-humiliating.

When the fat man scolded him, Li Fu couldn't even retaliate!

Moreover, within the Filipina Alliance, Fatty's direct boss is Bernadotte. Even if the fat man scolded Li Fu, it would not be enough to transfer him to a military court. In addition to putting pressure on Bernadotte, Li Fu did not directly deal with Fatty with all his strength. As long as Bernadotte doesn't do anything, Li Fo will be at a disadvantage.

Will Bernadotte deal with the fat man?

Stop dreaming. Just look at the fat old man's sidelong glance at Li Fu, and you will know that he and the fat man are the same.

Some generals who looked down upon Li Fo had to grit their teeth to prevent themselves from laughing.

That fat man is a talent!

"Okay!" Bernadotte broke the silence. He shook his head and sighed, and said seriously: "Even if General Li Fo is wrong about this matter. Since the bandits don't mind, forget it. Major General Tian, ​​look at the list attached to the battle report. That's the list of people we lost on Canglang Planet. The list of members of the scientific research team. More importantly, General Chakna Li Cunxin was also there.

"

Cruel enough! The generals felt sorry for Li Fu. The old and the young in Lelei are not fuel-efficient lamps. Bernadotte's bite on Li Fu was a three-pointer. You’re also rude! He calmly confirmed Li Fu's fault.

While talking, Fatty had already read the list. After just one glance, his expression had already changed.

"I go!"

The fat man's words were like a thunder, making all the generals dizzy again.

"It's impossible for the bandit army to go there. I can take a few people there at most!" The fat man said with a livid face: "Marshal Li Cunxin is my idol. For the sake of our loyal ally, the Chakna Republic, no matter how dangerous it is, I will kill Li Cunxin." Marshal, rescue him!"

Bernardo nodded and said nothing more.

The two looked at each other and cut off communication.

Before the screen went black, Fatty saw General Chakna Rabinski holding Bernadotte's hand and was so moved that he could not speak.

"Give me two and a half hours." The fat man turned his head and looked at Douglas on the other communication screen.

"Okay!" Douglas didn't ask why.

From the moment the fat man saved Claudia, he had decided to be this fat man's lifelong friend!

More than two hours later, the radar operator's report answered Douglas's question.

Outside the window, Humphrey's fleet was in a panic.

Behind them, a huge fleet appeared on the radar.

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. The meeting is over.