From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 579: The Iron Triangle's Concerns
The top federation officials received the battle report on the Rubyon galaxy earlier than the various forces of the Star Dragon Empire. Although the Rubyon galaxy seemed to be out of the control of the federation now, it was indeed within the federation's territory before the war.

But after receiving the battle report, the federal "iron triangle" from President Brandon, Secretary of Defense Miller to Admiral Trafalgar went directly into a state of shutdown.

Marshal Trafalgar's vital signs monitoring device once issued an alarm of "high heart rate", almost making the other two people ready to call the medical staff in the President's office.

Fortunately, the admiral finally recovered. After he calmed down for a while, the three of them looked at each other.

After the communications department reported that the 'Atlas ultra-long-distance communications service' in the Rubion galaxy and surrounding areas was temporarily shut down due to 'technical problems', everyone knew that the navy fleet should have started fighting with the Atlas fleet.

Up to this point, the direction of events was actually within the prediction or control of the federal top leaders.

The 'Iron Triangle' ignored all objections and risked sending out the last of its mobile forces, even bringing with them a proton annihilation bomb of which there were only a few left. Their original intention was indeed to destroy the Atlas Group's combat fleet in one fell swoop.

While resolving the federal "internal crisis" brought about by this giant enterprise, it will also serve as a warning to other restless forces within the territory.

Regarding this battle plan, both Admiral Trafalgar and the other two felt that it was, if not foolproof, at least almost certain.

Not to mention the hard power of the five fully staffed fleets, just the jump-type proton annihilation bomb carried by the fleet can be used to turn the tide of the battle in case of a disadvantage.

And this jump-type proton annihilation bomb finally accomplished its mission of "turning the tide of the war."

It just helped the opponent turn the tide of the battle.
"What do you two want to say now?"

President Brandon slumped in the large presidential office chair, staring blankly at the ceiling of the presidential office, where there was a dome mural titled "The Power of Freedom" painted by a famous federal muralist many years ago.

However, when Brandon looked at the dome mural now, he felt that the sea of ​​people and raised hands representing the "power of freedom" seemed to be about to drag him in and tear him to pieces in the next second.

"We must ensure that the remaining fleet is firmly under control."

The first to speak was Defense Minister Miller. He glanced at Trafalgar beside him and continued:

"The navy fleet is our only bargaining chip that allows us to continue to take the initiative and gain an advantage. If we can't even hold on to this 'bargaining chip', then the three of us should commit suicide as soon as possible."

Admiral Trafalgar, who was standing by, saw Miller looking at him, and continued after Miller finished speaking:

"I have ordered the remaining fleet to gather the ships in good condition and assemble at several secret deep space mooring points. The ships that have completed maintenance and repairs at the dock will also go to these areas to join up as soon as possible. The Federal Navy's Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Navy Intelligence Bureau, and the Military Police will supervise the entire process to ensure that the remaining main fleets of the Navy will not be affected and no mutiny will occur."

"But if we do this, we will lose our deterrence over most galaxies, right?" Brandon frowned after hearing Trafalgar's words. "Those galaxy garrison fleets are not as obedient as the navy fleets. If something goes wrong with the local galaxy autonomous government, the loyalty of these garrison fleets will be questionable."

Miller: "At least we have the remaining main fleet of the Navy in our hands. No one else will dare to do anything to us in the short term, Mr. President."

After this sentence was said, there was a brief silence in the office.

The reason why Brandon, Miller, and Trafalgar have become the most powerful "iron triangle" in the federal political arena is that, apart from the identities of Brandon and Miller as president and defense minister, the federal navy, which is firmly controlled by Admiral Trafalgar with his personal prestige and connections, is the key to maintaining the stability of this "triangle". In this era, the navy, which is large in scale and has deep space navigation, orbital blockade, ground strikes, and can even send land forces to the ground, has long surpassed other arms in status, and can even be said to be unattainable.

Whoever controls the navy controls the country's most important armed force.

And Marshal Trafalgar is the actual controller of the Federal Navy.

Compared with the main guns of battleships, the words of politicians are naturally a little less intimidating.

Therefore, after the establishment of this alliance of political power, military power, and personal connections, Brandon and the other two were in a state where no one could restrict them for a long time - the most dangerous time was probably when the federal military-industrial complex wanted to make trouble. The unprecedentedly united military-industrial complex was able to take advantage of the opportunity that the main forces of the navy were on the front line and do something.

Unfortunately, under the leadership of Mrs. Paris, the military-industrial complex ran into the "Southern Wall" of Atlas without hesitation, and was unsurprisingly hit and bruised, and was blown up and dismembered by this more terrifying enemy.
This was undoubtedly a good thing for the "Iron Triangle", and the three even privately thanked the Atlas Group for cleaning up the "poisonous blood" for the Federation.

However, although Brandon, Miller, and Trafalgar stood at the highest point of the Federation at that time, it also meant that they had to take the lead in facing the threat from the Empire. Only by completely eliminating this "old enemy" could their position in the Federation be completely consolidated.

Unfortunately, the "strategic decisive battle" initiated by Marshal Trafalgar did not achieve the original strategic goal in a sense.

Although they successfully destroyed a large number of the Imperial fleets and even destroyed an artificial celestial fortress, allowing Duke William to return to the sea of ​​​​stars, the final result was that both the Federation and the Empire paid a huge price, but there was not much change in the areas under their control.

In Amber's words, it was a 'waste of time'.

Then, due to a series of events in the Rubion galaxy, coupled with the military intervention of the Atlas Group, the entire federation became somewhat "turbulent" again overnight.

The three of them naturally understood the principle that one must first stabilize the country before fighting against foreign enemies.

In addition, there have been many turmoil and rebellions within the galaxy in the past, so Brandon and his team knew very well that they had to deal with the problems within the Federation at this time, nip all signs of large-scale rebellion in the bud, and then consider the strategy against the Star Dragon Empire.

This is why the three of them finally made a desperate attempt, almost going 'all in' and throwing all their main mobile forces into the Rubion galaxy.

But the final result was not what they expected.

The loss of five fleets also made the Iron Triangle realize that their control over the Federation would decline rapidly in a short period of time, so they had to come up with countermeasures quickly before the news spread on a large scale.
Just as the three of them fell silent and began to think, there was a knock on the door of the president's office.

The only ones who would come to disturb them at this time would be Brandon and his confidants.

Soon, Hafel, the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Office, walked into the room with a serious expression, and the first words he said instantly spread this expression to the faces of the other three people.

"Just now, a large amount of information about the Federation Fleet's disastrous defeat in the Rubion Galaxy appeared on the Internet."

(End of this chapter)