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Chapter 619: Martial Law Begins

“I hereby urge 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 enable everyone to live a better life!

Now, we are facing an unprecedented crisis, and we need your support even more. You are the foundation of the federation. Only if we unite as one can we resist this evil force! "

At the public speech scene constructed with holographic projection technology, Brandon's face was grim.

Standing under the spotlight, the strong light made his figure look slender and majestic. He sharply accused Democratic Party Chairman Elaine King and Republican leader Thomas White of plotting to launch an illegal coup. Every word he said was like a sharp sword, piercing his opponent's heart.

"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 have destroyed the peace and stability that the Federation has worked so hard to build over the years. Your actions will surely be engraved on the Federation's pillar of shame and will be severely judged by history!

You are like greedy wolves, trying to devour the future of the Federation, but I, the President of the Federation, Brandon, will never let you succeed!"

"Wow, what he said is such a serious crime. Even if the leaders of the two parties did not intend to launch a coup, they will have to launch a coup now."

Amber, who was watching the public speech simultaneously, couldn't help but speak up after hearing what Brandon said:

"The only option now facing the leaders of the two parties is to overturn the table. If they give up at this moment, I can only say that they are indeed a bunch of rubbish and will never amount to anything."

Isabel also nodded: "But this federal president is indeed resourceful. This move has helped him regain a lot of initiative."

"If he didn't have some skills, he wouldn't be the president of the federation." Amber shrugged and continued, "Besides, 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."

At the same time Amber said this, the suddenly raised voice of Federal President Brandon was heard from 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 people are not affected, and to eradicate the 'separatists' in Congress!
As the President of the Federation, I hereby order that from now on, the Federation 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 forces will enter a state of martial law combat!
At the same time, the Federation Capital System began to implement the following matters:
1. All political activities, including the activities of the Congress, the autonomous government councils of each galaxy, political parties, political associations, assemblies, demonstrations, etc., are prohibited.

2. All acts attempting to subvert the current regime are prohibited, as are fake news, fabricated public opinion, and false incitement.

3. All speech and publication are controlled by the Martial Law Command.

4. Strikes, slowdowns and assemblies that cause social unrest are prohibited.

Anyone who violates the aforementioned martial law order may be arrested, detained, seized and searched without a warrant in accordance with Article 9 of the Federal Martial Law Act, and may be punished in accordance with Article 14 of the Martial Law Act.

Isabel: "Amber, you really have a good mouth."
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Elaine King and Thomas White, who were in the Senate hall trying to complete the Senate vote as quickly as possible, also received the news at the first time.

Thomas White, who was horrified, immediately came up to the former, and the expression on his face became more and more serious.

"This guy Brandon has declared martial law. He just doesn't want us to continue voting in the Senate!"

"He's not just trying to stop the vote, he's trying to take advantage of this opportunity to preemptively wipe us all out."

Elaine Jin turned to look at her old rival and said in a low voice:

"According to the last message from my insider before we lost contact, Brandon had already entered the bunker right after his speech, and the presidential palace also entered a state of full defense. And at the Capital Security Command, the martial law commander also began to take action."

"So what should we do, should we continue?" Thomas White asked finally.

"Of course, we have no other choice."

Elaine King paused, her eyes swept across the messy Senate Hall, and finally landed on the mural on the dome of the hall that recorded the history of the founding of the Federation.

"Thomas, have your men speed up as well. Bring out all the troops you can before the martial law commander notices."

"Got it." Thomas White nodded, "Then what about here?"

"At this point, it really doesn't make sense to continue voting, but we must defend Congress, otherwise we might be killed by the president's men before we get too far away. Let our people in the Capital Garrison Command bring the troops to the Capitol to set up a defense line. Today, this is the front line."

Having said that, Elaine Jinye took out her personal terminal and entered a highly encrypted communication channel.

"Ms. Elaine, you finally came here."

"Believe me, I didn't want things to come to this, but unfortunately, this was pushed by His Excellency the President."

Elaine Jin interrupted the person on the other end of the line and said sincerely:

"General Austin, all our hopes now rest on you. Please order the garrison brigade under your control to enter the Capital District!"

"Are you sure this will save the Federation?"

General Austin did not respond immediately, but asked in return:

"President Brandon or the other two members of the 'iron triangle' also have many supporters in the military. They will not give up resistance easily. If any step is taken wrongly, it will lead to the complete collapse of the federal government and the 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 we allow these three people 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, and we cannot let them down."

General Austin pondered for a long time, then slowly stood up and paced in the command vehicle where he was the only one in it. Every step seemed to carry tremendous pressure.

No one knew whether he was thinking about the democracy and future of the Federation, or thinking about where he should stand 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 turning back for us. You must also be prepared. Once we embark on this road, we must go all out until victory or death."
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Capital Garrison Command, now the Martial Law Command.

In the operations command room, all officers belonging to the Capital Garrison Command were urgently summoned. A three-dimensional map of the capital special zone was displayed on the virtual sand table in the middle of the conference room. Some information on the map was rapidly updated with the passage of time. Important targets such as the Presidential Palace, the Capitol Building, the Ministry of Defense Building, etc. were also marked out.

Everyone, including the newly appointed martial law commander, Major General Henry, who was also the commander of the capital's garrison, stood near the sand table with serious expressions and discussed the situation.

But if you observe these people's expressions carefully, you will find that besides seriousness, the most common expression on their faces is "disbelief".

No one expected that the ruling party and the opposition party would suddenly unite to impeach the president, and no one expected that President Brandon would immediately exercise his presidential power and issue a martial law order.

From a legal perspective, the impeachment of the president, the secretary of defense, and the admiral of the navy has not yet been passed by the Senate, and the three of them are still in their positions, so the martial law order issued by Brandon at this time is completely legal.

Major General Henry, who was specially selected from the "neutralists" to serve as the commander of the capital's garrison, had no reason to refuse to enforce the martial law order.

Although he still had many doubts in his mind, as a relatively old-fashioned traditional federal soldier, Major General Henry still began to assemble the garrison forces in the Capital Special District according to the order.

As for the Federal Capital Special District, or the security forces of the entire capital planet, they are actually not as tight as most people think.

In the imagination of most ordinary citizens of the Federation who have never been to the capital once in their lives, the heart of this huge Federation must be filled with garrisons, heavily guarded, with a guard every three steps and a sentry every five steps.
But the actual situation is completely opposite to what people imagine.

In the entire capital galaxy, apart from the naval fleets that are rotated and stationed on a regular basis, the only fleet-level mobile forces are the two capital garrison fleets.

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In addition, the strongest defense system is the orbital defense platform surrounding the capital star.

As for the ground forces on the capital planet, there were actually not many of them, with a total of only five brigades at the beginning.

The reason is very simple. As the capital of the Federation, it is already under the protection of outer galaxies and naval fleets. If the enemy reaches the capital and breaks through the garrison fleet and orbital defense platform, then no matter how many troops are deployed on the ground, it will be meaningless.

As for the counterinsurgency and riot control that are "concurrently performed" by ground forces in other galaxies, and the activities of throwing stones at "mobs", these are unlikely to happen on the capital planet.

Because those who can settle down and take root on the capital planet are all the wealthy families and officials at the top of the federal pyramid. In addition, there are the headquarters of various giant companies and top financial institutions, as well as various top universities.

In other words, this is a planet full of Federation "good family members"
Under such circumstances, the five brigades on the capital planet, apart from their normal training, had their most important mission not to defend the capital, but to conduct military parades during major festivals.
Later, these troops also became a "treasure land" for many "good family boys" of the Federation to train and gild themselves. Joining these troops was not so much to learn combat skills as to build connections and make friends.

Because of the existence and continuous increase of this "demand", the ground forces on the capital planet have gradually expanded to the current 10 brigades.

Among them, three heavy combined brigades with the title of "garrison brigade" are deployed on the outskirts of the National Capital Special Administrative Region, and are also the brigade-level ground forces closest to the National Capital Special Administrative Region.

These three troops with the best "gilding" effect are also the troops that the chaebols and children of high-ranking officials are trying their best to get in, so they are also the troops with the most complicated internal factions.

The fact that Elaine Kim was able to convince a senior Army general to let him command two of the brigades to head toward the U.S. capital also shows that the Democratic Party's recent infiltration work has indeed been quite outstanding.

Although the combat effectiveness of these gilded troops is not worth mentioning, the HCPs and main battle tanks equipped by these heavy brigades are real, and they will be given priority for replacement whenever new equipment is available.

In the eyes of Elaine and others, even if the garrison brigade cannot be compared with the field troops, it is still enough to suppress the military and police forces in the capital special zone.
The movement of the two brigades could naturally not be concealed from the Capital Garrison Command, so Major General Henry soon received the news that the two garrison brigades were rapidly approaching the Capital Special Administrative Region.

“The 80nd Garrison Heavy Combined Brigade is currently kilometers away from the border of the Capital Special District!

The 65rd Guards Heavy Combined Brigade is kilometers away!

The orbital defense platform control center also received news that their ground surveillance network confirmed that the two troops' vanguards had deployed attack formations, and the HCP troops serving as the spearhead were less than 30 kilometers away from the special zone border! "

"Has their commander lost his mind?! Who gave them the order?!"

Major General Henry was not surprised to join today's 'shocked army', but he was known for his steadiness and calmed down immediately.

"Contact the brigade commanders of these two troops and have them turn around and return to their bases immediately with the order from the martial law headquarters. Also, ask the people from the First Garrison Brigade to test their attitude!"

"Yes, sir!"

The officer who came to report saluted and immediately turned and left.

At the same time, the commander of the Capital Garrison Command's military police also came to Major General Henry and whispered:
"We have lost contact with the 2nd and 3rd Capital Guard Regiments. The two military police teams I sent over have also just lost contact."

Upon hearing the news, Major General Henry's face suddenly turned dark.

"Are you talking about these two groups?"

Before Major General Henry could finish, the military police commander nodded, and his tone became more serious: "It is very likely. We must prepare for the worst."

After that, he swept his hawk-like eyes over the busy people in the combat command room and continued, "And when we gathered just now, there were a group of people missing from the headquarters. I checked the surveillance and found that these people left the headquarters before the martial law order was issued and headed towards the 2nd Security Regiment."

"Damn it!" Major General Henry clenched his fists instantly. "Has even this place been infiltrated so badly?"

"There are some things we can't guard against." The gendarmerie commander shook his head and finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

But after a moment, he regained his spirit, straightened his military uniform and saluted Major General Henry.

"General, no matter what happens, the Capital Garrison Command Military Police will unconditionally execute your orders!"

(End of this chapter)