After the war zone meeting is over, Hathaway's agenda is the Jolly Roger meeting, attended only by senior generals.
At the beginning of the meeting, Hathaway briefly reported the contents of the temporary meeting in the war zone, and explained that she would not cooperate for the time being and was waiting for the decision of the family elders council. Most generals have no objection to this. After all, more than half of the Jolly Roger's military expenditures come from the Winton family, and they are naturally members of the Winton family.
Hathaway originally just made a routine briefing, then asked about the training of the new recruits, and then prepared to break up the meeting. At this moment, a middle-aged general suddenly said: "There are so many soldiers on the front line who are going through life and death, and it's not good for us to hide in the rear like this, isn't it? We can be considered the first-class elite of the Federation after so long. The big one was still in spectator mode, and he lost the fight, so it seemed a bit embarrassing to tell him about it."
Hathaway glanced at the general. She was not very familiar with him, so she silently pulled up his information and looked at it. This general is also a member of the Winton family. He has been serving in the federal army before. In a fierce battle last year, his fleet was almost wiped out. He was seriously injured. After recovering from his injuries, the original fleet designation has been cancelled, and the pirates The flag was resting, so the family cut him off and sent him to the Jolly Roger. Generals like this who emerge from the battlefield will be regarded as valuable assets by all parties, and Winton also attaches great importance to them.
Therefore, Hathaway was not angry, but explained: "The fleets that the war zone wants to assemble this time are all affiliated to various legions. It is difficult to unify the command and have different combat qualities. Just send them to the battlefield like this, just to let them go Die."
The general sneered: "After all, aren't you afraid of death?"
Hathaway said patiently: "Whether we go to war or not is not something I can decide. It has to be decided by the Council of Elders."
"It won't work this way, that won't work either. Are you, the commander of the legion, responsible for training and eating and drinking?" The general said unceremoniously.
No matter how good-tempered Hathaway was, she couldn't bear it anymore. Besides, her temper was always bad. Her face darkened and she said, "My responsibilities are very clear. If you don't know, you can check the regulations. In addition, if you have any doubts about my If you are dissatisfied with the decision, you can complain to the Presbyterian Council, but before a decision is made here, you must obey my orders!"
With a bang, the general slammed the table and said loudly: "What do you mean, you still have to obey? To be honest, I have long disliked you. If you didn't have a good father, could you be in this position? I understand you. I'm afraid of death. If I had such a good background, I wouldn't want to die. But my background is not too bad, why can't I think about it so hard and want to go to the battlefield? "
The general looked around and then said: "That's because all my friends, brothers, and comrades-in-arms are dead! They died beside me, in front of my eyes! I was missing a leg at that time, and I wanted to climb to the gun emplacement. Unfortunately, I passed out and was already in the hospital when I woke up. From then on, I swore that I would take off Xu Bingyan’s head to avenge my brothers! But it’s been a few months since I returned to the army, and every day Besides training, when will we go to the battlefield? If you don’t dare to go, just let me go, and don’t hinder me!”
After that, he spat heavily on the ground and said, "Woman!"
All the generals remained silent, waiting to see Hathaway's response.
Hathaway knocked on the table lightly, and two guards walked into the conference room. Hathaway calmly ordered: "Put this general in a solitary room and wait for further decisions."
The general sneered and said: "You don't need to scare me with confinement, and don't humiliate me. How about you let me go back to the federal army and we can get together and disperse."
Hathaway ignored him and told the guard: "Execute your order!"
Two guards lifted the general up and took him out of the conference room. The remaining generals were a little awe-inspiring, seeing Hathaway's toughness and determination, but many showed disapproval. Now is a time of war, and the emphasis in the military is to be able to fight. Generals who rely on nepotism and politics will naturally be looked down upon. After all, Hathaway is too young. He is the youngest commander of the first-line army in the entire federation. Under normal circumstances, this position must be a general. Lieutenant general is already very rare. However, Hathaway had just become a major general, so it would be unreasonable to immediately promote him to lieutenant general.
On the other hand, most of Hathaway's achievements were in real dreams. Things there were highly confidential, and not many people in the entire Federation knew the meaning of real dreams. On the real battlefield, Hathaway's record is indeed somewhat unjustifiable. The first time she raided Planet 4, her entire army was wiped out, and she was even made a prisoner and needed rescue from her family. The second time he participated in the landing battle on Planet 4, he was paddling and holding Morgan back throughout the whole process. Later, Crassus was defeated miserably, and the Jolly Roger also lost some of its people. In the final analysis, Hathaway does not have a good record at all.
But having said that, Hathaway's background is strong enough. Austin publicly expressed his love for this girl, and Crassus and Hathaway are getting closer and closer. Hathaway's own father and grandfather are the core powerful figures in the Winton family, and their internal and external relations are quite strong. There are only two or three people in the entire younger generation of Winton who can compare with her, so everyone knows very well, As long as Hathaway doesn't make a big mistake
, the position of the legion commander is secure.
But we knew clearly in our hearts that everyone was still very disapproving of retreating to the rear. After all, many of the Jolly Roger generals were honed on the battlefield, and they are not afraid of war even if they are not fanatical about it.
With the general's attacks and disruption, the meeting ended hastily. Hathaway left the conference room and walked to his office. As soon as I reached the corner of the passage, I encountered several school officials and staff members gathered together to discuss. The content of the discussion also mocked Hathaway for being unable to fight, being greedy for life and afraid of death, and would only hide in the rear and dare not go to the front line.
These words happened to be heard by Hathaway and the adjutant who was following behind. The adjutant suddenly became angry and shouted: "Are you guys having nothing to do? When did you need to care about and discuss the army's strategy? You yourself Go to the solitary room to report, and then each person submits a review!"
Several staff officers looked resentful and went downstairs to the solitary room.
Back in the office, Hathaway saw an emergency report, which stated that demonstrations had occurred at the Jolly Roger base in multiple galaxies. Local citizens surrounded the gate of the Jolly Roger base to protest against their non-resistance strategy.
Hathaway sighed, knowing that the theater commander had already taken action, and this was only the first step.
