Chapter 2677
The Director returned to the Presidential Palace with an expressionless face. His identity as the frontline commander had been revoked.
A supervisor from the Action Division of the National Security Committee became the new commander.
The work that followed would mainly be handled and taken over by the National Security Committee.
"Are you angry?" Lin Qi asked as he handed the Director a cigarette. "Or are you feeling something else, like unwillingness or grievance?"
The two of them stood by the window. Conner was in the adjacent office, coordinating and dispatching the various operations. News that the entire naval fleet had been sunk had already arrived.
The Department of Defense sent a telegram ordering the First Fleet to return immediately. According to the accounts of those currently willing to come back, roughly one-third of the warships had left the fleet.
They had not intercepted them, mainly because they were unwilling to open fire on their own people—especially now that the Pelius Family's principal members had been completely wiped out along with the Second Fleet.
The Navy had deep feelings for the Pelius Family. Perhaps they thought this would leave the family a little... bloodline. But they would never know that once the Federal Government had made its move, it would never allow them to remain alive in this world.
Conner looked delighted now, even excited. With the Pelius Family dealt with, the next issue was the great purge.
The Second Fleet had approached Bu Peien, and their fighter jets had clashed with the Federal Air Force. This proved beyond doubt that the Pelius Family and the Navy had attempted to launch an armed coup.
The Central and Southern Military Region had assembled a large number of organized combat forces and sent them toward the East Navy Military Region.