Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 378 Change (7)

   "Here, from now on will be your office."

   A group of people stopped in front of the former president's office.

  The original signboard of the 'President's Office' outside the office has been replaced by the words 'President's Office'.

   "Please come in." Joseph, who was very familiar with government buildings, opened the door and invited Boyne, Veraker, and Keating into it.

  The first thing that catches everyone's eyes is a spacious and luxurious reception area, and then the office area is the one that goes deeper.

Joseph has come here many times to talk to François, and he deftly brushes past the things that catch the first-timer's eye, walks up to the desk made of expensive wood, and picks up a stack of papers : "These are the progress reports sent by various departments since the start of our operation. After I vacate the office, I will ask someone to put the documents here, waiting for you to read them."

   "I have to work again just now." Boyin smiled and walked slowly.

   "There is also a bathroom, a lounge, and a wine cabinet..." Verac looked around and sighed, "This is not an office, it's clearly where Francois enjoys life."

   "It's really too exaggerated. This space alone is enough for our main station to build ten offices." Boyin picked up the file and flipped through it, and returned Veraker by the way.

   "You are finally here!"

  Not long after a group of people came to the office as a visitor, Morais, who organized comrades to take over the building and various tasks, rushed over.

   "Morais." Boyin leaned on a cane and greeted the fiery Morais.

   "Is your body okay?" Morais stepped forward and asked with concern.

   "No problem, let's talk about the current situation in the city." Boyin was correct, reading the reports of various ministries while waiting for Morais' report.

Morais glanced at everyone, and immediately talked about the situation: "Let me start with the building. Now the building is under our control, and the former government staff have been resettled. After the situation becomes more stable, we will arrange The people handing over the work to them maintain the basic operation of Laizein."

   "Hmm..." Boyne flipped through the reports on the handling of embassies by independent editors.

"The outside is a little smoother than expected. People from our war department have controlled all important facilities, and the independent mixed division led the guard regiment to maintain public security and basic order. No major disturbances have occurred in these places. The Propaganda Department Bian also sent back news that the public's reaction was not very violent, and with the vigorous publicity and appeasement, the public's mood is stabilizing."

   "That's good." Boyne paused to read the report in his hand, looked directly at Morais, "Where are the sub-stations?"

"The situation in this regard is more complicated. Nearly a hundred sub-stations in cities responded at the same time. It is difficult for us to guarantee that they are all in the same situation. Moreover, the sub-stations are not as powerful as ours, and most of them are still in motion. It should start to produce results after noon." Morais said.

  Verak made a special phone call with Nord, Murphy, and Winston last night to learn about the response plan of the Kip City branch. After Morais reported to Boyne, he looked at the time on his watch and said, "At this point, the comrades in Kip City should be besieging the city hall."

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at the same time

  Kip City, City Hall

  Thousands of people surrounded the city hall, shouting in unison, "Down with the powerful, we want equality", while the gate of the city hall was closed, indifferent to the demonstrations outside.

   "It's the Equality Association, it's confirmed." In the mayor's office, the mayor's secretary hid on the side of the window, watching the several Equality Association flags raised by the crowd outside.

   "Do you need to say it?" Mayor Laika's face was livid, "Where are the reinforcements? Where is the guard? How about the contact with Laizein?"

   "The phone line must have been cut off, the phone call can't be made at all, and the telegrams sent to all parties have never been answered..."

   "Then what are you still standing here for?" Laika glared at the useless secretary, "Why don't you hurry up and find a way to solve the problem and contact them?!"

   "Yes! I, I'm going right away!" The secretary didn't know how to contact the outside world other than these two contact methods, but in order not to offend Laika, he left the office first.

   Laika looked out solemnly, without saying a word.

Some time ago, he secretly instructed a group of people to pretend to be an equal society to make money. Later, because this method can not only make money but also effectively destroy the foundation of trust between the true equal society and the people, President Francois, who learned about the situation, personally rewarded him , and is preparing to implement this plan secretly across the country.

   Later, the group of people under him suddenly disappeared overnight, and then people began to hear that the True Equality Society began to pay compensation to the deceived people.

  At that time, Laika ordered people to search for traces, but failed to find any useful clues. So, he forced himself to believe that this was just a rumor. After all, Kip City had never heard of any members of the Equality Association being active. If there were, it would be impossible for him to send so many people without finding any clues.

   But now, he was dumbfounded.

   To be able to organize nearly ten thousand people to surround the city hall to protest, the Equality Association must have taken root in Kip City long ago!

My eyelids are low, there is a group of people who even Francois can't do anything about them, and I don't know how long and how deep the other party has been rooted in Kip City. The most terrifying thing is their It was so cold today, they came up to surround the city hall, and they were about to capture it in one fell swoop.

   Laika's back is soaked.

  Time passed bit by bit.

  Five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes...

  The secretary did not come back, which means that he still has not been able to contact anyone outside. The people surrounding the city hall were getting impatient for the delay in receiving a response. Some people started throwing and smashing things, and they were about to develop to the point of attacking.

   "Damn..." Laika lit up a cigarette tremblingly, and put it in her mouth with great effort.

   There is a possibility that he does not want to face is eating his brain.

  Even if the guards can’t be contacted, they should have been aware of such a commotion after such a long time, and at the same time arrange people to come over to maintain order and shatter the Equality Society’s conspiracy.

   However, the fact is that none of the government personnel showed up.

Combined with the fact that Equality, which has never been seen before, suddenly appeared with great fanfare, all of this is enough to show that Equality has come prepared this time, and Laika’s largest armed support in Kip City—the City Guard, has also been taken down by them. !

  If this is the case, the situation is as bad as it gets.

  Because even if they can contact Laizein later, even the distant water cannot save the nearby fire, and the fall of the city hall is a foregone conclusion.

  The city hall can't be saved, so what about my own life?

   "Let's rush in! Drive away those who don't treat us as human beings and only serve the powerful!"

  The people outside decided to break into the city hall.

   "Mr. Laika!" The secretary who found nothing had to come back and ask Laika for instructions on how to deal with it.

   "Still can't get in touch with anyone?" Laika tried her best to tense up, otherwise the secretary would find himself getting confused.

  The secretary sighed: "There is no answer to the telegram, and there is really no way to make a phone call. Either we rush out and reconnect the phone line, or we can only wait for someone outside to rescue us."

"Do you need to answer the phone line if you can go out..." Laika always stood by the window to prevent people outside from seeing him, but he could check the situation outside to the maximum extent, "Go and call all the people in the city hall." You must guard the gate and don't let them rush in."

"This…"

   "The Guard Corps will arrive soon. If you don't hold it now, you will be killed by this group of untouchables who are crazy and don't care. Are you willing?" Laika looked at the secretary coldly.

   "Understood!" The secretary strengthened his belief in sticking to the city hall and left quickly.

   After the secretary closed the door and left, the cigarette **** in Laika's hand fell on the expensive carpet.

  In the past, even if a person stepped on a slightly dirty shoe, he would scold him. Now a hole was burned in the carpet so quickly that he didn't bother to take a look, or move his foot to stamp out the cigarette butt.

   "It's over..." Two words popped out of his mouth with difficulty.

  The telephone line is cut off, so people inside can't make calls, and people outside can't get in. This is normal.

   But what about Telegram?

  Kip City City Hall is surrounded by the Equality Association, and the situation is extremely grim. For such an important matter, as long as Laizein receives it, he will definitely reply as soon as possible.

  Why don't you reply? !

  There is only one possibility, and that is that something happened to Laizein.

   This is hard to believe, but it is not surprising when it comes to the Equality Council, which attacked the government building and destroyed the World's Fair that Brecy had been preparing for several years.

   And if that's the case, Kipp City's side will make more sense.

  Why did they dare to attack the city hall of Kip, not afraid of the city guard, and not afraid of revenge from Laizein after the occupation?

   Laizein is about to die, what are they afraid of!

   "Bang bang bang!"

   "Bang bang bang!"

   Fierce gunshots came from outside the city hall, and the rather sensitive Laika immediately moved away from the window and hid behind the wall.

  The Equality Association and the citizens are really going to rush in!

   They still carry guns!

   "It's over, it's over, it's over..." Laika was sweating all over her body, and her eyes finally fixed on the desk.

   There is a gun in the desk drawer.

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  Welland, the capital Roden, the palace

"What?!" The king of Wellland, who was in his prime, with a tough style, Edward IV, almost fainted after hearing that Lezein was captured by the Equality Society and that a large area of ​​Brexi city broke out in a movement, "That's the one. The organization that attacked the Breci government building before?"

   "Yes, they have now announced that they have changed their name to the International Equality Alliance." The Minister of Intelligence nodded.

   "It's been such a long time, haven't they solved this organization?" Edward IV didn't take the Equality Association to heart at all. He felt that this organization caused such a big incident before that it made Blaisey lose face internationally, and Blaisey should eradicate them no matter what. But the result shocked him so much that he thought he was dreaming, and Bresci would fall down for the second time in one place!

"As far as we know, this organization has been very active in Brecy. In recent months, President François of Brecy has introduced various policies and means to suppress them. Although they have achieved some results, they have not been able to Uproot it. The reason why they were able to control Lezein so quickly and easily this time is because the independent mixed divisions and guard corps that François specially transferred back to garrison have defected to the International Equality Alliance, making François When President Van faced the enemy, there was no way to organize effective resistance."

"Didn't that idiot François notice this at all..." Edward IV doubted whether François had a brain, and he didn't even know that Laize was eaten away by the Equality Council, "Our embassy How is the person?"

  The minister said: "The people in the embassy are all right now, but the people in the International Equality League don't allow our people to leave."

"Obviously, they want to contact us in the future. That's fine, you can inform the ambassador later, let them contact this group of people, and ask them to guarantee the safety of our Wellanders in Lazeinli and Brexi." A ray of good news amidst many misfortunes eased Edward IV's mood a little.

"Yes."

   "In addition, I will notify the ministers to come to the meeting. We must find a way to deal with the big changes of the day." Edward IV felt exhausted for a while.

  The international situation is inherently unpredictable, and there are constantly rising new powers trying to grab the cake and challenge Welland's hegemony.

  The war between Wellland and Bash also broke out from this.

   Just considering the surrounding situation, Wellland did not fight Bash alone for the sake of safety, but reached a cooperation with Bresey to form the strongest combined fleet that made all countries fear.

  In anyone's opinion, Welland will win this war. Because it is the world's hegemon and the most powerful country, and this time it has united with the equally powerful Bresci, there is no reason why it will lose to Bash.

   Unfortunately, the final result was beyond everyone's expectations.

  Bash received the secret support of Pruman, and used a large number of submarines to defeat the combined fleet of Wellland and Bresey, disintegrating their original combat arrangements.

  During this period, Edward IV worried about how to counter submarines every day, and how to deal with Pruman, who was more dangerous than Bash.

   It's good now, but I can't figure out a way. The ally's house has changed its owner first.

  How to fight this battle?

  Bressy's fleet will know about this before long. Once they withdrew, Admiral Wellland would bear all the pressure. Coupled with Pullman's imminent move, this expedition would most likely end in failure ahead of schedule.

   The allies Castelia Empire and Sdr Kingdom are inextricably fighting, and it is enough not to ask for help.

  The ally Brexi Republic has become like this again.

  If the expedition is lost again, Nile's interests are handed over to Bash, and it is declared that the world hegemony cannot stop its rise, and Pruman may have new moves.

   "Alas..." For a moment, it seemed that everyone was against him, and Edward IV felt a little powerless.

   "Your Majesty." The Minister of Intelligence bowed and saluted, "There is no need to inform the other ministers, they are already waiting for you outside."

  (end of this chapter)