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"Jingle Bell……"

As the dawn broke, faint light filtered through the gaps in the thick curtains and barely squeezed into the Commander's Mansion.

The quiet morning was ruthlessly broken by a rapid and shrill telephone ring. The sound echoed in the spacious bedroom, seeming particularly abrupt, like an invisible hand that tore apart the original tranquility and awakened the sleeping center of power.

Unreliable opened his eyes, sat up, put on a coat, and reached out to grope for the phone on the bedside table.

When the call was connected, the commander-in-chief's voice was hoarse in the early morning: "Hello, I'm unreliable."

As he spoke, he rubbed his sleepy eyes, trying to wake himself up faster.

"Your Excellency, I am Acheson."

On the other end of the phone, Acheson, the US defense secretary who had just been awakened by the urgent military situation, spoke anxiously:

"The commander of the Second Army Division, Bradley, reports that the Daxia army has landed on the east coast of South Korea. One of its vanguard regiments is already confronting our army."

Unreliable sat up suddenly, his hazy eyes instantly focused, "What? Explain clearly."

"Sir, an hour ago, the Daxia army landed on the east coast of South Korea and immediately headed for our military base without stopping."

Acheson said in one breath: "They directly surrounded a regiment on my front line and demanded that our army lay down our arms and surrender. Otherwise, they would launch an attack in an hour..."

"Asshole, Da Xia Chu is too unscrupulous..."

Unreliable vented his anger into the microphone, then hung up the phone forcefully, pressed the button on the bedside, summoned his secretary in, and ordered: "Call the cabinet members immediately. I want to hold an emergency meeting. There can be no delay!"

……

When Burepu changed into formal attire and stepped into the meeting room, he immediately felt the solemn atmosphere and walked towards his seat with a gloomy face.

"Cough cough."

After sitting down, Burepu coughed twice to clear his throat, and swept his sharp eyes over everyone, "Everyone, the current situation is very serious. The 20,000 troops have been surrounded by Daxia. We must come up with a countermeasure immediately."

"Sir, our army is now isolated and helpless in Yadong. Fighting is impossible. The only outcome is annihilation of the entire army."

As Secretary of Defense, Acheson spoke first: "For now, peace is the most important thing."

"I know."

Acheson's words were like sharp needles that pierced through the unreliable inner defenses.

"Snapped!"

Unreliable slammed the table hard, stood up, his eyes wide open, veins on his forehead exposed:

"I understand everything you said... So, I asked Gonzalez to communicate with Daxia in good faith, but in return, we got Chu Yuchen's three conditions that we couldn't accept."

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, so he yelled, "My slogan is to make Eagle Sauce greater, not to make Eagle Sauce weaker.

Even if I sacrifice those 20,000 people, I will never bow to Daxia."

The conference room fell into dead silence, and everyone looked at each other with different expressions.

Acheson shrank his neck even more, not knowing how the unreliable thing could suddenly explode like a lit firecracker.

"Speak, each of you."

His face was filled with gloom, his eyes flashed with unreliable anger that could not be concealed, and he stretched out his hand and pointed at everyone in the room one by one: "What should we do?"

The cabinet members present carefully avoided Unreliable's sharp gaze, no one dared to speak easily, and the whole room was filled with an extremely depressing atmosphere.

"Melinda, you are the deputy commander, tell me your opinion."

Seeing that no one said anything, Burekabo started to call out the names one by one.

"Your Excellency the Commander."

Melinda, who had a dark complexion, raised her eyes slightly and glanced at Unreliable, and said cautiously: “Sir, although the situation is critical, I think we still need to remain rational.

An armed conflict with Daxia in Yadong would bring us no benefit except greater casualties.

We should continue to seek a diplomatic solution, even a temporary compromise, which could buy us valuable time to clear the desert world of resistance."

After listening to Melinda's suggestion, the unreliable eyes slowly turned to the intelligence director: "MacArthur, have you coordinated with the hoopoe?"

"Sir, the Hoopoe is very supportive of our plan. We are working closely together to increase the collection of information about the rebels..."

MacArthur quickly told everyone about his achievements during this period to avoid getting into trouble.

"time……"

Unreliable had no intention of letting MacArthur off easily, and immediately asked, "How long will it take to complete the intelligence collection?"

"About six months."

MacArthur's throat moved slightly, and he swallowed the saliva in his mouth. Under the increasingly cold gaze of Unreliable, he changed his words and said, "If we speed up the process, maybe we can finish it in 4 to 5 months."

Unreliable frowned slightly, then nodded, obviously not satisfied with the schedule.

He turned his gaze to Acheson again and asked in a low voice, "Have those brothers given any feedback on our request for them to station troops on the desert world?"

Acheson coughed lightly, tried to sit more upright, and then replied:

"At present, most of the brothers are still waiting and watching. Only Niu Niu agreed very readily... But they also put forward a condition, which is that they hope that we can bear all the military expenses."

"Wait and see?" Unreliable sneered, his tone turned cold: "I think they just want to please both sides and don't want to offend anyone!"

"It is indeed possible."

Acheson nodded helplessly, expressing his agreement: "After all, Daxia has been too strong in the past two years... White Elephant Asan, Foot Basin Chicken... even us, every country that has provoked Daxia has been ruthlessly suppressed by it... There are still some shadows in everyone's hearts..."

“Hmph!” Unreliable snorted, his expression very unhappy: “What a bunch of short-sighted guys, they understand what will be waiting for us once the Great Xia people come to Blue Star! - The fate of the chicken in the basin will be our future.”

"Sir, according to my analysis, the main reason why they are so hesitant is actually the financial issue. After all, in the past two years, since the last global economic crisis, no country has had an easy time..."

At this time, Secretary of the Treasury Bryant gritted his teeth and spoke up, reminding:

"Although I know you have a heart to make Eagle Sauce great again...but based on our current financial situation, at least this year, our fiscal budget simply cannot support a large-scale war..."

Hearing this, Unreliable's expression suddenly became uncertain, with anger and unwillingness flashing in his eyes.

After a moment of silence, he finally took a deep breath, squinted his eyes and looked at the State Counselor, and said slowly: "So, Gonzalez, what do you think about this?"

Swish, all eyes turned to the State Counselor who had been sitting there quietly without saying a word, waiting for the words of this best think tank.

There was no emotion on Gonzalez's face. He narrowed his eyes slightly, slowly looked around at everyone in the room, and finally stopped his gaze on the cold face of Unreliable:

“Everyone, as Deputy Commander Melinda said, the current situation is indeed not optimistic. We must remain calm and avoid unnecessary military conflicts.

However, we also cannot agree to Chu Yuchen’s three harsh conditions..."

Gonzalez frowned as he spoke: "This is a vicious circle..."

"Gonzalez, long story short."

Acheson looked anxious and raised his wrist to check: "The time given to us by the Daxia military is almost up."

"What I mean is, since we can't fight, then we can only talk..."

Gonzalez glanced at Unreliable and continued, "Now that we know Daxia's conditions, we will also give our own conditions based on them. Of course, this condition is within our tolerance."

After Gonzalez finished speaking, the conference room fell silent, and everyone was waiting for an unreliable reaction.

Unreliable's face became increasingly gloomy, and his eyes revealed strong dissatisfaction and disappointment. He took a deep breath, as if suppressing the impulse in his heart.

"Gonzalez, what do you mean?" The unreliable voice trembled a little, "Do you think we can bow to Daxia? Where is the dignity of us Eagle Sauce?"

Gonzalez did not directly answer the unreliable question. He maintained a calm tone and continued:

"What I mean is that we should put the interests of the country first. Failure now is not terrible. At least we can completely withdraw from the Yadong region... and focus on the layout of the desert world.

But if we insist on not compromising, then these 20,000 people will be hostages, and will be Daxia's pawns to hold us back.

In the future, if there is any disturbance, Daxia can use them to make a fuss."