Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 442 Orlando's Decision
September 2042, 9, at dusk.

The former capital of the European Federation is now the capital of the southern European administrative region, Rome.

In an ancient church, in a quaint dining room, candlelight flickered.

Orlando sat at one end of an old long dining table, and on both sides of the table were eleven senior leaders of the mutual aid society.

Among them are the current vice presidents of the Human Federation of the Solar System, Johnson, Powers, and five senior officials. The other three are also the chairman of a large company that controls the main media of the Federation.

Since Orlando turned the mutual aid society into a real charity, people did not wear masks as they used to.

The same food was placed in front of everyone on the long table, a long loaf of coarse bread and a glass of unprocessed fresh goat's milk, but the deacons had no intention of tasting it.

They suppressed their dissatisfaction and watched Orlando slowly chew and swallow the rough, unpalatable food in front of him, as if eating the last supper.

Orlando finally swallowed the last piece of bread, raised his head, and wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin.

Johnson immediately asked: "Master Chief Deacon, today is not the day for the regular meeting. You have called us here in a hurry. Is there anything important?"

Powes followed up and said: "There are too many things in the federal government now. If so many of us leave Haicheng, people will be criticized!"

The other deacons also agreed one after another.

Orlando sneered and said, "If you are not so busy, there may be fewer things for the Federation!"

All the deacons laughed dryly, thinking that Orlando had made a joke.

Orlando sighed in his heart. After the failure of the Battle of Dawn, his confidence was severely hit, and the subsequent open betrayal of Robin and Hans made him even more disheartened.

He has no intention of taking care of the mutual aid association anymore, let alone participating in political affairs, letting the deacons go about their own business, and he is at home with leisure.

A few days ago, Zhong Cheng found him in a mountain castle in Austria. After analyzing the current situation, he realized that his former subordinates had gone too far.

Orlando said sincerely: "Everyone, I don't want to ask you to do anything as the chief deacon. I just want to be a friend to advise you. At such a critical juncture for the Federation, please put aside your differences, put aside your respective interests, and join hands with the Chinese people to win this battle. A war!"

Johnson, Powers and others exchanged glances with each other.

Johansen said in a deep voice: "Dear Mr. Habs, with all due respect, I don't agree with you. Now is the best chance for our Western civilization to defeat Eastern civilization. In the words of their Chinese people, take advantage of his illness It will kill him!"

"With the current situation, we don't have to wait until the federal election two years later, we can let them go!"

"As long as we are in charge of the Federation, the revival of European civilization is just around the corner. Isn't this your lifelong pursuit?"

Orlando replied: "If it is in peacetime, I have no objection to you doing this, but now we are fighting with the Easterners, and in the end it is only Robin and Hans who benefit, and they will not let us go first. !"

Powers said with a smile: "You are worrying too much. Robin is just a descendant of a farmer, and he can't become a climate. As long as we unify the human federation, it's just a snap of his fingers!"

Orlando woke up startled, and asked tentatively, "Could it be that you have connections with Robin and Hans?"

Johansen replied: "Robin and Hans are old people from the Mutual Aid Society. They also have an unforgettable hatred for the Huaxia people. I think as long as the Huaxia people step down, they will automatically stop the war. They are very satisfied that they can occupy Jupiter and Saturn! "

Although Johnson didn't answer directly, the meaning was already obvious. Orlando was frightened and angry. He never thought that his group of "most loyal" subordinates would collude with the traitors of the Mutual Aid Society without telling him.

Orlando suppressed the anger in his heart, and made a decision without hesitation.

He smiled and said: "Hans can be won, he must have difficulties following Robin, but you must be careful about Robin, he has advantages that we don't have, that is, he has no bottom line and principles!"

Johnson and the others were relieved when they heard the words, as long as Orlando did not object to their affairs, they would have no scruples.

Although Orlando is out of the world now, he has been in charge of the Mutual Aid Society for 30 years, and the awe of him cannot be eliminated in a day or two.

Orlando stopped talking about this topic. He pointed to the dinner plate in front of him and said with a smile, "Sorry, I'll go and make it easier, and I'll be right back!"

He stood up, walked to the door, turned around and said to everyone: "It's getting late, aren't you hungry? I don't have any other food for you, so just force it!"

Everyone looked at the rough food in front of them, and said that they were not hungry, so let's forget about this dinner.

Orlando didn't say anything, turned around and pushed the door out.

A middle-aged man stood in the shadows outside the door. Orlando nodded to him, and then walked quickly into the church hall.

Orlando stood on the prayer platform and recited reverently to the huge cross:

"...we all, like sheep, have gone astray, each has turned to his own way, and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all...they shall bear their own iniquity, and the iniquity of the prophet is as much as the iniquity of the inquirer ..."

Two minutes later, intensive gunfire came from the direction of the dining room outside the main hall, accompanied by Orlando's recitation, which lasted for three minutes.

The middle-aged man just walked into the hall and said respectfully to Orlando: "Master, the 11 guests tonight and their 135 followers have returned to the embrace of the Lord!"

Orlando was sad for a while, and then laughed at himself: "Are you satisfied with this explanation?"

He took a pistol from the middle-aged man's hand, and without hesitation aimed at his left shoulder, blood was flying everywhere, but he remained expressionless.

"Peter, go inform the police to inform the media that rebel spies have attacked the Mutual Aid headquarters!"

……

The vicious attack in Rome on September 9 caused great waves in human society.

Orlando, the president of the Mutual Aid Association, was seriously injured, and 11 senior leaders were killed on the spot, causing a large number of casualties.

Facing media reporters, Orlando angrily accused this of being a targeted murder. It was the traitor of the Mutual Aid Society and the head of the Jupiter-Saturn Autonomous Government, Robin Farias, who dispatched secret agents in order to seize control of the Mutual Aid Society.

All the witnesses and physical evidence at the scene are unquestionable, showing the madness of the rebel government and proving that the rebel organization has hidden a large number of spies in human society.

9 month 9 day.

The federal government of the human race in the solar system held an emergency meeting and decided to impose martial law in all cities on the earth, the moon, and Mars, and prohibit all mass gatherings and parades.

According to the confessions of the arrested spies, the Federal Security Service arrested hundreds of celebrities and public figures as well as some federal officials that night. These people will be charged with espionage or treason.

9 month 10 day.

Due to the vacancies of many members of the Federal Wartime Commission, the Federal Parliament voted to abolish the Federal Wartime Commission.

At the same time, the Supreme Command of the Federation was established to handle all major military and political affairs of the Federation in this solar system war.

The Federal Supreme Command is composed of the Federal President, the Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Army, the Chief of Staff of the Federal Army, the Minister of Federal Armaments, and the Minister of Federal Military Intelligence. It is the highest decision-making body of the Federal Wartime.

Fifty-four days after the outbreak of the first solar system war, the Human Federation really entered a state of war.

(End of this chapter)