Chapter 707: Do you want to be a general?

"Yalan is the core key to safeguarding the Federation's interests in the East Ocean!"

"We need to deploy more naval bases in the East Ocean to build a war network that can cover the whole world!"

"When we have a resolution, a certain phone signal occurs and connects out. Within six hours, the firepower of the federal fleet can cover any place in the world!"

"We are no longer participants in this game of the world, but the makers of the game, and the final referee!"

Lans, standing in the most prominent place in the crowd, seemed to radiate light. The next moment, people in the hall all began to applaud.

Everyone had "heavy" shoulder straps on their shoulders. Here, the lowest military rank was major level, and they could only do service work.

This is not the senator's estate in the suburbs, but the private residence of a big shot in the federal military. Gathered here are all high-ranking generals or representatives of the military.

With the official declaration of war, the whole country entered a state of mobilization and war. The generals had long gathered here. With the final "integration" of the three departments—the Presidential Palace, Congress, and the Ministry of Defense—they would next head to different battlefields.

General Miles brought Lans over, and Senator Cleveland was also very supportive. The relationship between the senators and these military generals can only be said to be acquaintances; it cannot be said that they have any deep friendship.

Politicians' vigilance toward soldiers is higher than their vigilance toward capitalists!

After all, if capitalists want to obtain the political power in the hands of politicians, they must first let the politicians be full.

When they are really full, the conversion of power and capital is also over. It is hard to say whether they have really lost it or falsely lost it.

But soldiers are different. If these soldiers want the power in the hands of politicians, they only need to pick up the phone and tell their officers "you can act," and they can subvert the regime.

There is more than one country in this world where similar situations have occurred: the military subverts the regime and establishes a military government.

Therefore, there will not be a very good relationship between federal politicians and the military. The various military committees specially established by Congress for the military were not established to serve them!

Lans's plan involved the military. If the military didn't agree, even if Congress agreed, although it could be carried out, it would be very embarrassing on the surface.

If another person with a bad brain directly overturned the table, the entire Congress would fall into a passive position.

So there needs to be someone to persuade the military to stand with them. There is so much money that it can be shared together. This can also be considered a contribution made by the political arena during the war to ease the relationship with the military.

Lans carried this responsibility, and it was also an opportunity.

He appeared in the residence of the military generals and said in front of everyone this plan that could make the military profit greatly. Whether it was the navy or the army, they all looked exceptionally excited!

One white-haired general also revealed a hint of excitement on his face. He is a federal army general, but he is very old and is also the president of the Federal Central Military Academy.

Whether it is the navy or army generals here, many of them can be said to be his "alumni."

He can feel that the set of things Lans said has a huge impact on the future development of the military!

Once the federal military has a large number of overseas military bases, they will be less restricted by Congress.

It's not that the old general intends to overthrow the corrupt federal capitalist politics and be the master himself, but being able to not rely heavily on Congress is undoubtedly good news for the military and their own future development.

His son is a lieutenant general, his grandson is a major general, and he also hopes that the descendants of his family will be generals for generations and can contribute to the Federation!

Congress and the federal government have been trying to weaken the military's factionalism, which has always been the thing military generals worry about most.

They are not born generals either, because their family ancestors, that founding generation, were generals, so they are generals.

The military, the identity of a general, is more like a glorious inheritance of the family.

Now the federal government wants to strip these "family glories" from them. How could they accept it?

The contradiction between the two sides itself can also be seen as one of the inducements for the Federation to decide to participate in the war and launch a foreign war.

They don't know how to walk the road in the future, and the distance of the road is also covered by fog, but now, someone is holding a lamp, dispelling the smog on the road ahead, allowing them to see further places.

The old general thought of a lot. He walked to Lans's side and patted his arm. "What you said is very inspiring. How about it, are you interested in joining the military?"

This was not the old general's whim, but a mature idea born after he heard these thoughts of Lans.

At least in the current "think tank team" of the military high-level, no one can think of this method.

They rely on Congress's decisions for everything—the annual military budget, the scale of military maintenance, and even daily exercises must be approved and nodded by Congress.

Of course, Congress will not deliberately make things difficult for them and disagree, but the feeling that this lifeline is always in the hands of others is really not very good!

Once one day the contradiction between the two sides cannot be eased, Congress will directly cut off the support of military spending. Even if those soldiers are willing to "devote their loyalty" to the military generals, you have to pay them wages, right?

People can even give up their lives, but you are not even willing to pay wages, or can't afford to pay, then why should they sell their lives for you?

The overseas garrison theory proposed by Lans, letting the local area provide financial support, can reduce the military's restriction by Congress.

The more overseas military bases they have, the lighter their restriction by Congress will be. As long as the number is large enough, they can even directly compete with Congress on certain issues.

This kind of suggestion that can preserve "family glory" and "inheritance" is very important to the old general and everyone here.

Others can't think of it, but Lans can.

And thinking of it so systematically, it can only be said that Lans is a talent, a talent who can provide them with more value!

Facing the old general's invitation, Lans shook his head with a smile. "It is an honor that you can favor me, but I am sorry, I don't have the idea of joining the military for the time being. After all, I still have my own career to do."

The old general was not angry either, continuing to increase the chips. "Come on, I'll give you a general to be!"

This sentence was said very smoothly, without putting Congress and the Ministry of Defense in his eyes at all, as if the military was opened by his family.

He said he could be a general, so he must be able to be a general.

The eyes of some other generals looking at Lans revealed a hint of envy and jealousy, but they didn't say anything dissatisfied or other negative emotions.

The military is a centralized, dictatorial, and independent system. For soldiers, they can question the orders of their superiors, but they must obey.

Questioning is a matter of questioning. Even if they feel that this order is not right, as long as the superior's order is officially issued, no matter how unwilling they are, they must execute it.

This is the dictatorial part of it. The old general can be said to be the existence at the top of the pyramid in the entire military, although he cannot control the entire military like an emperor.

But the vast majority of high-ranking generals will give the old general face when their interests are not damaged.

So he said he is a general, so he must be a general!

Lans's eyes were a bit stunned. He had such a brief hesitation, but in the end, he shook his head.

"I am very moved, to be honest, but I still have to refuse, because I have my career and a group of brothers who believe in me."

"I am very grateful for your appreciation. If there is anything I can help with, anything at all, I will help!"

"This is my promise to you!"

The old general was not dissatisfied, nor would he invite him again. He just felt a little regretful.

He felt that maybe this matter was quite good, but from Lans's perspective, once he joined the military, he would actually become very unfree, and he was not like the generals here.

They are not military families; the federal military was founded by their ancestors, or they were from the Central Military Academy, with alumni all over the military, and background relationships like "old principal."

Lans is a pure "person." He has no interpersonal network in it. Because he was pulled into the military by the old general's opening, although people will be close to him, they will not be overly close.

The old general looks like he can live for a few more years, but this kind of thing is not certain. It's fine while he is alive now, but what if an accident comes before tomorrow one day?

At that time, he would be very difficult to handle himself in the military.

So it's better not to get involved.

If he could get involved, the federal government would not put military skins on those politicians in the Ministry of Defense, and would not have failed to mix sand into the military until now.

Compared to joining the military and gaining power and status that look bigger but rely entirely on others, being outside might have worse power, but at least it is freer, easier to turn, and safer.

Lans's refusal was not so unacceptable. The old general smiled. He patted Lans's arm again. "I am not as stingy as you imagine!"

He said and looked at others. "You guys need to find someone to record these things Lans said. We need to study them later."

"This war is an opportunity for the Federation, and it is also an opportunity for us!"

This small gathering ended quickly. Of course, Lans did not leave. He, General Miles, and several other generals talked to the old general alone about his idea.

"Provide wine for the soldiers?", the old general looked at Lans's expression as if he were looking at a lunatic, but then he fell into contemplation.

At first, when Lans said this idea, he felt it was not a good method, but as Lans showed again how much "two ounces" was, he felt it was a genius conception!

Two ounces, for him, is like drinking water; he can't feel the feeling of being intoxicated at all, but the feeling of relaxation brought by alcohol is indeed real.

In fact, the military is very unhopeful about the initial performance of this war. The Federation has not participated in such a large-scale war for many years.

The last war with more than ten thousand people in a single battlefield was sixty or seventy years ago. Except for shooting rabbits, these new soldiers have never faced an enemy with the weapons in their hands.

Their think tank also didn't have any very good results when evaluating, and many people thought that the early stage would definitely have poor performance.

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But as the war continues, those soldiers who can persist will become the new "skeleton," supporting the entire military.

At that time, split the old soldiers into the new soldier companies, take on important work, and lead the new soldiers to fight.

Fear, nervousness, anger, helplessness...

They have to face many problems, and the most should still be nervousness and anger.

They actually don't have any very good methods. Now some troops have started live-fire training, and the soldiers are visibly becoming nervous.

On the battlefield, they might become even more nervous.

But if they can provide them with some wine...

The old general looked at others, and these generals were also thinking about this matter.

The old general's seriousness about this matter was much more serious than that of the senators. He looked around and finally his eyes fell on an army general.

"This time your side is serving as the vanguard, so you guys try it first."

"Lans, can you get some samples first so we can actually test its effect on the soldiers?"

Lans nodded. "No problem."

He didn't agree immediately, because for these generals, these soldiers are their chips and their foundation.

They are very cautious.

Although money is very important, only with a foundation will there be money.

If they lose what they have now, even if Lans or others can give them more money, this money will not fall into their hands.

On the contrary, if they can maintain everything they currently have in their hands, then even if they do nothing, there will be people like Huang Si or Hong Si who will take the initiative to send them money!

The army general nodded. "Okay, I will pick a company."

The old general knew that Lans coming to say this must have been agreed by Congress. As long as the people in Congress are given enough money, they wouldn't object even if they were asked to betray the country.

These bastards are always worried about the military having problems, but in fact, it is they who are most likely to have problems!

However, the old general didn't show any dissatisfaction. After all, those statements of Lans were indeed valuable, and they could indeed bring them huge benefits—

Without affecting their basic board, they could fully cooperate.

Lans didn't raise any objections to this either, especially when he communicated this issue with Congress, he proposed letting the soldiers go fight first.

Let them feel the atmosphere on the battlefield. Anyone will feel uneasy and nervous because they can lose their lives at any time.

At this time, they will not protest against including "tension reliever" in the basic military supplies order.

After talking about some more things, the old general had someone send Lans back.

This was not Lans's last battle, because next, the Ministry of Defense also needed him to talk, and this time it was with Major General Bruny.

The Ministry of Defense is a hundred times easier to talk to than the military. After all, these people are just politicians in military uniforms. In their bones, they are no different from those senators in Congress.

It's just that to prevent the military from having an allergic reaction to the Ministry of Defense, they were made to wear military uniforms.

The generals of the Ministry of Defense heard that there was a share of the benefits here, and it was on the scale of tens of millions to hundreds of millions every year, and everyone became enthusiastic.

At least hundreds of people have to get a share of this money, but as long as there is enough money, the number people can get is still an amazing figure.

The Deputy Minister of Defense who received Lans told him directly that as long as there is no problem with the military and Congress, they will include "tension reliever" in the individual military supplies and distribute it to the entire army.

Lans didn't need to go to the Presidential Palace to soak; according to Tom, the majority party leader went over to talk.

There are actually quite a few people in Congress who want to share this money. Of course, the number of people is definitely much smaller than that of the Ministry of Defense. Like Senator Cleveland, he might be able to get one or two million in the early stage, but as the war continues to break out and more troops are invested, his final annual income might be twenty million a year!

With this money, let alone running for president, it's enough for running for anything!

During this period, an interesting small thing happened. The photo of Lans wearing handcuffs was passed back to Jincheng, and some small disturbances occurred in Jincheng.

Some people rumored that Lans had already been arrested in New Jincheng and would soon be prosecuted and sit in prison until he died.

This news caused a huge shock, and some riots appeared in society. Mayor Williams made several calls before he got through to Lans's phone.

After confirming that Lans had no problems, the Lans family cooperated with the police to act quickly, directly suppressing a small group of opportunists.

Their corpses stained a beach in the Bay Area red. Everyone knew what had happened, but no one dared to say it.

After all, the rule of the Lans family is still continuing...

Apart from this matter, it was that Lans opened up some situations in the upper-class circle of New Jincheng. Many people knew that Lans could enter and exit various senators' estates and mansions, and some brokers and opportunists took the initiative to come to the door, wanting to talk to him about cooperation.

There are all kinds of cooperation, such as asking him to help bring people to see the senator, and giving him a sum of money after the matter is done.

There are also those who ask him to find a way to lobby a senator to make concessions on a certain proposal. If it can be done, a large sum of benefits can be given to him.

Lans didn't agree to any of them, but it didn't hinder him from participating in various gatherings that invited him, which could be considered as an initial contact with the circle of New Jincheng.

On January 18th, the federal government announced that the first batch of 200,000 army troops would head to the side battlefield. The whole world realized that the federal government was coming for real this time.

At the same time, the Republic of Dantra and the military alliance declared war on the Federation, and the atmosphere of the entire Federation became a bit nervous.

After all, this is the first time many federal citizens have encountered a war state and war in their lives, and they are somewhat confused about the future...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 708 =====