Chapter 619 Martial Law Begins
"I hereby call on everyone to remain calm and not be deceived by their lies!
We have been working tirelessly for the prosperity and stability of the Federation. Every decision and every action is to make everyone live a better life!
Now, we are facing an unprecedented crisis. We need your support even more. You are the foundation of the Federation. Only when we unite as one can we resist this evil force!"
At the public speech scene constructed by holographic projection technology, Brandon looked grim.
Standing under the spotlight, the strong light made his figure slender and majestic. He sharply accused Democratic Party Chairman Elaine King and Republican leader Thomas White of conspiring to launch an illegal coup. Every word was like a sharp sword, piercing the heart of the opponent.
"Elaine King, Thomas White, do you think your conspiracy can succeed? You are blatantly trampling on the federal constitution and shamelessly betraying all citizens!
For your own selfish desires, you are willing to destroy the peace and stability that the federation has worked hard to build over the years. Your actions will be engraved on the federal pillar of shame and severely judged by history!
You are like greedy wolves, trying to devour the future of the federation, and I, the president of the federation, Brandon, will never let you succeed!"
"Wow, he said such a big crime. Even if the leaders of the two parties did not intend to launch a coup, they have to launch a coup now."
Amber, who was watching the public speech at the same time, couldn't help but say after hearing what Brandon said:
"Now it is in front of the leaders of the two parties. There is only one way to go, which is to turn the table. If they give up at this time, I can only say that they are indeed a bunch of trash and will never achieve anything. "
Isabel also nodded: "But this federal president is indeed a man of means. This move has pulled back a lot of initiative. "
"If he didn't have two brushes, he wouldn't be the federal president~" Amber shrugged and continued: "And it's too early to discuss the results now. Brandon's public speech is the real opening of this drama. I think this kind of "procedural" confrontation between the two sides has come to an end. The next step is to use guns to fight head-on."
And just as Amber said this, the voice of Federal President Brandon suddenly rose in the virtual screen of the conference room where everyone was watching.
"Federal citizens, in order to maintain the free constitutional order, to ensure that the freedom, security and sustainable development of the nation are not affected, and to eradicate the "separatists" in Congress!
As the President of the Federation, I order that from now on, the federal capital system will enter a state of full martial law, appoint the commander of the capital garrison as the "martial law commander", and the capital garrison will enter a state of martial law combat!
At the same time, the federal capital system will begin to implement the following matters:
1. Prohibit the activities of Congress and the autonomous government parliaments of various systems, political parties, and all political activities such as political associations, rallies, and demonstrations.
2. Prohibit all acts that attempt to subvert the current regime, Fake news, fabricated public opinion, and false incitement are prohibited.
3. All speech and publication are controlled by the martial law command.
4. Strikes, slowdowns, and assemblies that cause social chaos are prohibited.
For those who violate the above martial law order, they can be arrested, detained, seized and searched without a warrant in accordance with Article 9 of the Federal Martial Law Act, and punished in accordance with Article 14 of the Martial Law Act."
Isabel: "Amber, you are really good at talking."
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At this time, Elaine King and Thomas White, who were trying to complete the Senate vote as quickly as possible in the Senate Hall, also received the news at the first time.
Thomas White, who was shocked, immediately came to the former, and the expression on his face became more and more serious.
"Brandon has issued martial law. He just doesn't want us to continue voting in the Senate!"
"He not only wants to stop the vote, but he wants to take this opportunity to take the initiative and catch us all in one fell swoop."
Elaine King turned her head and looked at her old opponent, lowering her voice and saying:
"According to the last message from my insider before the loss of contact, Brandon had already entered the bunker just after the speech, and the presidential palace also entered a state of full defense. And the martial law commander at the Capital Guard Command has also begun to take action."
"Then what should we do? Should we continue?" Thomas White asked at last.
"Of course, we have no other way to go."
Elaine King paused, her eyes swept across the messy Senate Hall, and finally fell on the mural on the dome of the hall that recorded the history of the founding of the Federation.
"Thomas, have your people speed up and take out all the troops that can be taken away before the martial law commander notices."
"Got it." Thomas White nodded, "What about here?"
"At this point, it is really meaningless to continue voting, but we must also defend Congress, otherwise we may be killed by the president's people before we leave. Let our people in the Capital Security Command take the troops to the Capitol to establish a defense line. Today, this is the front line."
Speaking of this, Elaine Jinye took out her personal terminal and entered a highly encrypted communication channel.
"Ms. Elaine, you still came here."
"Believe me, I didn't want it to come to this, but unfortunately, it was driven by the President."
Elaine King interrupted the person on the other side of the communication, and then said in a sincere tone:
"General Austin, now all hope is pinned on you. Please order the garrison brigade under your control to enter the Capital District!"
"Are you sure this can save the Federation?"
General Austin did not reply immediately, but asked rhetorically:
"President Brandon or the other two corners of the 'iron triangle' also have many supporters in the military. They will not give up resistance easily. Any wrong step will lead to the complete collapse of the federal government. disintegration, civil war will really break out."
The general's voice was low and hoarse, with a hint of helplessness and struggle.
"General, this is our only choice." Elaine King said, "If these three people are allowed to continue to act recklessly, the Federation will completely decline and democracy will become the dust of history. Every citizen of the Federation is Looking forward to our actions, we cannot betray their trust.”
General Austin pondered for a long time. He stood up slowly and walked around in his command vehicle. Every step seemed to be carrying tremendous pressure.
No one knows whether he is thinking about the democracy and future of the Federation, or whether he is thinking about his side in this political struggle.
But in the end, he nodded slowly: "Okay, I will support you, but this is an extremely dangerous gamble. There is no way back for us. You must also be prepared. Once we set foot on this road, we must go all out." Fight until victory or death."
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Capital Security Command, now Martial Law Command.
In the combat command room, all officers affiliated with the Capital Security Command were summoned urgently. A three-dimensional map of the Capital District was displayed on the virtual sandbox in the middle of the conference room. Some information on the map was rapidly refreshing as time passed. , and important targets such as the Presidential Palace, the Capitol Building, the Ministry of National Defense Building, etc. will also be marked.
Everyone, including Major General Henry, the newly appointed commander of martial law and the commander of the capital's security, stood near the sand table and discussed with serious expressions.
But if you look closely at the expressions of these people, you will find that apart from seriousness, the most common expression on their faces is 'can't believe it'.
No one expected that the ruling party and the opposition party would suddenly unite to impeach the president, nor did they expect that President Brandon would immediately exercise his presidential power and issue martial law.
From a legal perspective, the current impeachments against the President, Secretary of Defense and Navy Marshal have not been passed by the Senate, and all three of them are still in office, so the martial law order issued by Brandon at this time is completely legal.
Major General Henry, who was specially selected from the "neutral faction" to serve as the commander of the capital's security, would have no reason to refuse to implement the martial law order.
Although there were still many doubts in his mind, as a relatively old-fashioned traditional federal soldier, Major General Henry still followed the order and began to assemble the garrison forces in the Capital District.
As for the security force of the Federal Capital District, or the entire Capital Star, it is actually not as strict as most people think.
In the imagination of most ordinary federal citizens who have never been to the capital in their lives, as the "heart" of this behemoth of a federation, it must be filled with garrisons, heavily guarded, with one post every three steps and one sentry every five steps.
But the actual situation is completely opposite to what people imagined.
In the entire capital system, apart from the naval fleets stationed on rotation, the only fleet-level mobile forces are the two capital garrison fleets.
In addition, the strongest defense system is the orbital defense platform surrounding the capital star.
As for the ground troops on the capital planet, there are actually not many. There were only five brigades in total at the beginning.
The reason is also very simple. As the capital of the Federation, it is already under the protection of peripheral systems and naval fleets. If the enemy hits the capital and breaks through the garrison fleet and orbital defense platform, no matter how many troops are deployed on the ground, it will not be enough. significance.
As for the counter-insurgency and counter-insurrection activities that are 'concurrently' with the ground forces in other galaxies, and the activities of throwing stones back and forth with the 'mob', it is difficult to happen on the capital planet.
Because those who can settle and take root on the capital star are the plutocratic families and officials at the top of the federal pyramid. In addition, there are the headquarters of various giant companies and top financial institutions, plus various top universities.
In other words, this is a planet full of "good people" from the Federation.
Under this circumstance, in addition to normal training on weekdays, the most important task of the five brigades on the Capital Star is not to defend the capital, but to conduct military parades during major festivals.
Later, these troops also became a "treasure land" for many federal "good men" to gain experience and gilding. Entering these troops was not so much about learning combat skills as it was about making connections and getting to know each other.
Because of the existence and increasing demand of this, the ground forces on the capital planet have gradually expanded to the current 10 brigades.
Among them, three heavy-duty combined brigades with the title of "Garrison Brigade" are deployed on the periphery of the Capital District. They are also the brigade-level ground forces closest to the Capital District.
These three troops with the best 'gilding' effect are also the troops that the children of plutocrats and high-ranking officials want to join, so they are also the troops with the most complicated internal factions.
And Elaine King was able to convince a senior army general to let him command two of the brigades to head towards the Capital District, which also shows that the Democratic Party's recent infiltration work is indeed relatively good.
Although the combat effectiveness of these gold-plated troops is not worth mentioning, the HCPs and main battle tanks equipped by these heavy-armed brigades are real anyway, and they will be given priority every time new equipment is available.
In the view of Elaine and others, even if the garrison cannot be compared with the field troops, the military and police force used to suppress the Capital District is still enough.
Naturally, the news of the departure of the two large brigades could not be concealed from the Capital Security Command, so Major General Henry soon received the news that the two garrison brigades were rapidly approaching the Capital District.
“The Second Garrison Heavy Combined Brigade is currently 80 kilometers away from the border of the Capital District!
The distance of the Third Garrison Heavy Synthetic Brigade is 65 kilometers!
News also came from the Orbital Defense Platform Control Center. Their ground surveillance network confirmed that the forwards of the two troops had launched an attack formation. Several HCP troops acting as sharp knives were less than 30 kilometers away from the border of the Special Zone! "
"Has their commander lost his mind?! Who gave them the order?!"
Major General Henry did not accidentally join today's 'shocked army', but he, who has always been known for his stability, calmed down immediately.
"Contact the brigade commanders of these two armies and ask them to turn around and return to their base immediately with the order from the martial law headquarters. Also, ask the people of the First Garrison Brigade to test their attitude!"
"Yes, sir!"
The officer who came to report saluted and immediately turned around and left.
At the same time, the commander of the Gendarmerie of the Capital Security Command also approached Major General Henry and whispered:
"We have lost contact with the headquarters of the 2nd and 3rd Capital Guard Regiments, and the two teams of military police I sent have also lost contact just now."
Upon hearing the news, Major General Henry's face suddenly darkened.
"Are you talking about these two groups?"
Before Major General Henry could finish speaking, the gendarmerie commander nodded, and his tone became more serious: "It's very possible, we must prepare for the worst."
After that, he used his falcon-like eyes to scan over the busy people in the combat command room, and continued: "And when we just gathered, there were also a group of people missing from the headquarters. I went to see the monitoring , this group of people left the headquarters before the martial law was promulgated and headed towards the 2nd Guard Regiment.”
"Damn it." Major General Henry clenched his fists instantly, "Has this place been penetrated so badly?"
"There are some things that we cannot guard against." The gendarmerie commander shook his head and finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
But after a while, he regained his energy, adjusted his military uniform and saluted Major General Henry.
"General, no matter what happens, the Capital Security Command Military Police will execute your orders unconditionally!"