Chapter 518 Negotiation

Davis' words were basically an explicit threat.

Obviously, he had an in-depth understanding of the situation here before coming to the Lubion system, so he is very aware of the dilemma currently faced by the autonomous government.

At present, the remaining advantages of the Rubian system's autonomous government may be that they have a combat fleet that is barely close to full strength, and the so-called 'legitimacy' - in theory, they are indeed the legal government of the Rubian system. .

But before that, because they controlled many industrial zones and military enterprises, their military strength was ahead of other forces. After the Atlas Group began to prepare for the transfer of the Renaissance Alliance, it began to steadily decline, and now it is infinitely closer to zero.

If the Atlas Group gets involved more deeply and even starts to provide warships to the Renaissance Alliance, then the autonomous government's only military advantage will disappear.

With the combat effectiveness and expansion capabilities displayed by the current Renaissance Alliance combat forces, Davis believes that without external intervention, it is only a matter of time before the Rubian System Autonomous Government completely abandons Rubion 5.

As for the fleet they have.

Davis even suspected that the Atlas Group would directly intervene with force at an appropriate time. By then, the fleet in the hands of the autonomous government would basically be in vain.

Even the main fleet of the federal navy will suffer at the hands of Atlas, let alone the garrison fleets of these autonomous governments.

By that time, the Lubion Galaxy can basically be said to be completely separated from the federal rule.

This is why, after receiving the request for help from the Rubin Galaxy Autonomous Government, the President and the Minister of Defense finally decided to entrust him, the Secretary of State, to make a personal trip in order to exert 'maximum pressure' on the autonomous government.

While quelling the armed rebellion in the Lubion system, it became an established reality that the federal government would officially intervene in the rebellion in each system, and it also took this opportunity to begin to take back some of the rights of the autonomous governments of each system.

Before that, even if President Brandon and the others were given 10,000 courages, they would not dare to carry out such an operation that might offend the autonomous governments of all galaxies.

But then was before and now is now.

Today's situation is different from the past. It is the autonomous governments of each galaxy that seek help from the federal government. If the latter does not provide assistance to them, the result will be the same as what Davis just said.

The federal government can wait until these autonomous governments are overthrown, and then send troops to quell the rebellion. Although it may cost more and take more time, there is no need to worry about it.

To be honest, President Brandon actually hopes to adopt this 'extreme' approach. In his view, this can greatly damage the power of the opposition party and even allow the currently ruling 'Federal Democratic Party' to occupy absolute power in the future. Dominance.

So he can't wait until these galaxies controlled by the opposition parties are completely out of control.

However, Secretary of Defense Miller and Marshal Trafalgar, who had woken up from the hospital bed, strongly opposed this method at the closed-door meeting, because from their point of view, in the current state of the federation, this would be 'overturning'. The risk is too great.

Especially the naval fleet, which is the main force in counter-rebellion, has been severely damaged in the previous "strategic decisive battle" with the Star Dragon Empire. If the "rebels" in various galaxies are allowed to develop, these "rebels" will become the climate in the future. , whether we can win by then is really a question.

Therefore, in the opinion of Marshal Trafalgar, it is best to intervene directly before the 'rebels' in various places have fully formed a climate, and strangle them in their infancy. At the same time, it can also establish prestige for the autonomous governments of various galaxies, and reluctantly It can be regarded as a 'killing two birds with one stone' approach.

After the previous strategic decisive battle, it could be said that the Admiral was very angry at the rebellion that broke out within the Federation, and he fainted while pointing at Brandon and scolding him.

And the first thing he said to Defense Secretary Miller who was guarding his bedside after he woke up was: "The Federation is now on the edge of the cliff, and one foot has already been taken!!!"

Although Trafalgar himself has not had direct contact with the Atlas Group, he has realized that this rapidly growing giant company is the real one after the Federation has suffered losses at the hands of this private company. The Federation's greatest enemy.

And it is very possible that he is the Federation’s ‘gravedigger’.

To be fair, Trafalgar has actually realized that the current Federation is corrupt and needs to be reborn from the ashes, so he occasionally thinks that it might be a good thing for the old government to be crushed by the wheels of history?

But from another perspective, as the marshal of the Federation Navy, he is currently one of the most powerful people in the Federation, and he also considers himself a ‘patriot’. He cannot accept the demise of the Federation in his hands under any circumstances.

Therefore, regarding the future of the trillions of citizens of the Federation and his own personal honor, the paranoid and proud Marshal Trafalgar chose the latter - he did not want such a big 'stain' to exist in his life.

And these are just disputes between the 'iron triangle' of the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Navy Marshal. If we look at the federal government and members of both parties in Congress, there are countless overt and covert struggles over 'counter-insurgency' matters. Unable to count.

All of the above finally led to Secretary of State Davis sitting in the conference room of the Bresque Government Building, the administrative capital of Lubion 5.

Naturally, he was unwilling to come to this dangerous zone, but the pressure from the Iron Triangle made him completely unable to resist, which also led him to unceremoniously vent his grievances on Vega during the negotiation process.

It's just that the next trend seems to be somewhat different from the result he predicted that the 'autonomous government will eventually' give in.

After the initial panic, Vega quickly calmed down. After staring at Davis' eyes and thinking for a moment, the administrative aide who had just been passive suddenly laughed.

"Mr. Secretary of State was so aggressive at the beginning, and he almost scared me."

"What do you mean?" Davis asked with a frown, and at the same time felt a little uneasy.

Vega: "You have been emphasizing the crisis facing our Rubion galaxy, but you have not mentioned that the federal government is actually walking on the edge of a cliff now~

And whether it will fall in the end seems to depend on the "end" of our autonomous governments, right?

If the federal government is really as "indifferent" as you said, and can wait to reap the benefits in the future, why send you to negotiate with us in person?"

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Davis remained silent, and Vega opposite him continued:

"If the Rubion galaxy is really occupied by those rebels, I believe that the "rebels" in other galaxies will definitely be greatly encouraged, not to mention that the Renaissance Alliance has now begun to secretly contact the "anti-federation" forces in other galaxies

And this is absolutely unacceptable to the federal government, because the current federation has no way to deal with large-scale rebellions, so you will hope to put out the earliest flame of the Rubion galaxy to cool down the overall situation.

Am I right, Mr. Secretary of State?"

In the first round of negotiations, the autonomous government of the Rubion galaxy temporarily had the upper hand.