Interstellar Reaper

The sudden "death" of Admiral Edley is nothing more than a piece of news on the social pages for ordinary people, but it is a big political turmoil for the top military officials.

For this reason, the military department had to hold a meeting overnight to prepare to solve this problem as soon as possible.

——Or share the upcoming cake early.

Wells is the deputy commander of the Sixth Fleet, and after Admiral Edley became seriously ill, the actual person in charge of the fleet, this meeting is naturally indispensable for him to attend.

"Wells, your chance has come!" Jay, who is also qualified to participate in this meeting, waited at the gate of the military headquarters as soon as he was notified. Seeing Wells getting off the aircraft, he hurriedly greeted him. go up.

"Take back the smile on your face, it's disrespectful to the dead." Thinking of what Skutas said, even though he didn't see the scene at that time, Wells could still imagine the final despair of Admiral Edley.

He doesn't even have the qualifications for reincarnation, and can only be reduced to the envoy's dinner. I don't know if he regrets doing so many wrong things back then.

He lowered his head and looked at his palm. The calluses on the palm and the tiger's mouth were so thick that even a needle could not pierce it. What qualifications did he have to criticize others?

"Wells, what's wrong with you?" Sensing that his friend's mood was not right, Jay restrained his smile and asked.

"It's nothing." With his palms closed, Wells withdrew his gaze, "They are waiting, let's go in quickly."

"Ah, isn't this the young master of the Adnet family?" A strange voice came from behind.

The two people who were about to enter the door stopped and looked at each other, clearly seeing the mockery in each other's eyes.

No need to look, they also know who is coming.In the entire military department, there is only one person named Wells who can be so eccentric.

A thin figure came from behind them and stopped in front of them. The man who was half a head shorter than them had a handsome face but was thin. His eyes were sharp, and his straight military uniform could not conceal his gloomy look. , as if seeing him, there was a dark breath blowing towards his face.

It's almost more like a non-human of the dark department than Skutas, this thought suddenly flashed in Wells' mind, and even he was taken aback by thinking of that guy at this time.

"What? Don't you know how to say hello when you see your superior?" The person who came didn't get the desired response, and his face became more and more gloomy.

Wells put aside the distracting thoughts in his heart, and gave a military salute: "Lieutenant General Bathgate."

Jay also saluted and called people.

The person who came, that is, Lieutenant General Bathgate, looked a little warmer now, but he really couldn't see it unless he looked carefully.

"Major General Adnett, I think you know what this meeting is for? Although I don't agree with your statement, I am still very happy to have the honor to work with an Adnett, I think I will have a lot of time to 'guidance' you. Then, see you in the conference room." After leaving a series of uncomfortable words, the lieutenant general raised his head proudly and went in first.

"He's still so annoying!" When the figure completely disappeared from sight, Jay couldn't help but sneered, "A guy like a clown, really thinks he has a chance to win? It's so annoying."

After criticizing, Jay turned his head and looked at Wells again, "You have to work harder, I don't want such a guy as my boss!"

"……go in."

In the meeting room, it was lively.

The supreme commander of the Sixth Fleet has passed away, and who will take over the Sixth Fleet has become the most important issue now. In fact, this issue has been brought up and discussed many times when Admiral Edley was seriously ill. , but no conclusion has been reached.

Wells is currently the best candidate to take over the position of commander-in-chief in the Sixth Fleet. He is young and capable, and he is favored by all the young officers in the fleet headed by Jay. This young major general is whom they admire and respect. In their view, there is no one more suitable to be the commander-in-chief than Wells.

But the military department didn't think so. They didn't want to see the power of the Adnet family expand again. This family had already mastered a fleet, and there was no need to send another fleet to their arms.

Therefore, even if most people admire Wells, a capable junior, it is impossible for the military department to let him be the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Fleet.

So they put out another candidate, Lieutenant General Bathgate.

Wells is well aware of the concerns of the military, and the Adnet family behind him is even more aware, so when Admiral Edley was seriously ill, the Adnet family did not help them next patriarch.And Wells himself has no sense of competition at all.

Even Jay understands this, but he is not willing to miss such an opportunity. He can be said to be Wells' loyal teammate. If Wells can go further, he will also benefit.

Moreover, he was very dissatisfied with the candidates introduced by the military.

To be honest, Lieutenant General Bathgate is actually a very good general. This Lieutenant General doesn't even belong to any wealthy family. Doubt.

But good ability doesn't mean easy to get along with. Lieutenant General Bathgate's ability is matched by his vengeful and narrow-minded personality.

Lieutenant General Bathgate was the youngest general in the Federation before Wells was promoted to the rank of general due to his meritorious service. However, when Wells appeared, this limelight was completely overshadowed by Wells.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Bathgate couldn't bear to see Wells in particular, and he always opposed him. Every time he met, he would sneer at him, and he especially liked to see Wells salute him.

Of course, Jay is also on Lieutenant General Bathgate's envy list, so if such a person becomes their immediate boss, just thinking about it, the future will be dark.How could Jay let this happen.

However, the opinions of a small number of people cannot be followed by most people. From the beginning of the meeting, no matter how clever Jay's witty words were, they didn't move many people, which made him discouraged.

Sitting back in his chair decadently, Jay listened to these people even start discussing who would take over Lieutenant General Bathgate's original job after he was transferred. Seeing that Lieutenant General Bathgate tried hard to suppress it, but still flowed into it. The smug smile that came out made me feel even more disheartened.

"Aren't you going to say something?" Jay glanced at Wells who was sitting beside him, who was completely unaffected by the atmosphere here.

Wells, who remained silent from beginning to end, acted calmly as if it was just an insignificant farce in front of him, rather than an important meeting to decide whether he could go further.

Jay really wanted to grab his collar and shake him awake, he was the one involved, how could he not say anything?There is still time to approve documents?What is going on in his mind? !

"Say what?" Wells looked up from the file, without any sense of panic that the sky was about to change.

"Have you forgotten what Lieutenant General Bathgate said? When he becomes our boss, he will 'instruct' you well!"

"He's not going to be our boss, at least not today."

Raising his hand to check the time, Wells closed the file, pushed away the chair, and stood up.

His sudden move attracted everyone's attention.

Just when everyone thought he would say something to refute the order of the military department, Wells just tapped the table lightly, looked down at the people sitting there, and said expressionlessly: "Everyone, While you're discussing this, shouldn't you submit an application to Congress first? As far as I know, Congress also has the right to nominate."

As soon as these words came out, the conference room was suddenly silent.

Congress? !Submit an application? !

Everyone looked like they had been struck by lightning, both tangled and annoyed.

Yes, all of them have forgotten that this matter cannot be resolved within the military department, and there is still a Congress waiting to get involved.

Even Jay was stunned, obviously he had forgotten this too.

In fact, they can’t blame them for forgetting that this matter also requires the participation of the Congress. In fact, in the past, the military and the government almost acted independently and did not interfere with each other. Staff transfer within the department.

But this was in the past. Unfortunately, in recent years, there have been many differences between the military department and the Congress because of the issue of military expenditures, and the military expenditures have always been in the hands of the Congress. Bottom line concessions.

And one of the requirements that was just agreed by both parties this year is that Congress can also nominate candidates when there are vacancies in the military above the general rank.

Although you only have the right to nominate but not to vote, they still have that right. You can decide the result without even saying hello. Are you afraid that they will withhold all the military expenditure this year?

For an army, what could be more frustrating than this?

Thinking of this, everyone's faces are not very good-looking.

At the head of the conference table, the chairman of the military department coughed and woke everyone's attention, "Major General Wells is right, this matter is temporarily postponed, Secretary General Jin Sen, I will trouble you about the application."

"Okay, I will rush out as soon as possible." The Secretary-General looked a little embarrassed. It stands to reason that such a report should have been submitted long ago, but it is simply dereliction of duty to be reminded now.

Thinking about the faces of those people in Congress, the Secretary-General felt that he was going to be ridiculed this time, so let his subordinates do it.

"Then, it's getting late, today's meeting is over here, let's leave."

"Wells, did you see Lieutenant General Bathgate's face? It's so funny." Jay couldn't help laughing as soon as he followed Wells out of the meeting room, and when there were no outsiders beside him, " Fortunately, he thought he was sure to win, and now I think Congress is not so annoying, who do you think they will nominate? I think no matter who they change, they will be better than Lieutenant General Bathgate."

Jay thinks that the Congress has always been at odds with the military, and this time it will naturally not stand with them, so it is impossible for the Congress to choose Lieutenant General Bathgate, and will only nominate another candidate. Lieutenant General Bathgate, to be honest, his staff is not very good. If there are other candidates, he may not be able to win.

"If you want to know, check it yourself." Wells threw the document into his arms casually, "Send it back to the office for me."

"Eh? Then where are you going?"

"go home."