Chapter 145 Promotion

The highest military decision-making meeting was still held in the conference room yesterday. President Patton appeared early. After Huo Xiu and Eisen found a seat, other committee members also attended one after another.

Because the promotion of a group of outstanding generals after the war needs to be held at 10:30 a.m., the president did not talk much nonsense and directly discussed yesterday's topic.

Huo Xiu put on a face and didn't intend to open his mouth.

He has made his conditions clear - to serve my subordinates, otherwise he will come out with generals who have performed well in the war! However, more than a dozen committee members still have very different differences, and even his own faction have different opinions.

After all, the committee members also have the characters they want to recommend. After Huo Xiu left office, the two colonial stars came out not only from the position of the commander-in-chief, but also the adjustment of other deputy or part-time chief of staff officers. There are seven important positions, and everyone wants to fight for their own people.

But no one has a valid reason.

The noise for two hours was fruitless, and it would arrive soon at ten o'clock. President Patton can only postpone the meeting again and prepare for the all-league live broadcast ceremony at 10:30. This is a ceremony mainly for the promotion of active generals and the latest batch of school officers promoted to brigadier generals.

Because of his highest status, Huo Xiu is arranged at the front.

Ten minutes before the award ceremony began, Huo Xiu is now in the dressing room, sitting quietly with several makeup artists used by the president to deal with the shocking scar on his face. Before that, he had undergone a cosmetic surgery, but he still could not hide his gradually cracked cheeks.

It's like cracked skin in winter, but its effect is ten times worse. It makes him feel more like his whole body is slowly deforming - a precursor to some kind of qualitative change. Like the strange dream in his mind, he feels that the flesh and blood are squirming and the blood is slowly burning. His body must have something more. One day it will no longer belong to him, and one day he will tear off this layer of skin, a strange Things come out of it.

Shake your head and put this absurd idea behind you. He is a normal human being. How can the situation happen as you think?

"shir, what do you think of this effect?" The makeup artist took the mirror in front of him. The scars on the person's face in the mirror had been replaced by wrinkles. His face was older, but it was not so scary. However, the thick bottom of the face is very strange, and the expression can't be too rich. He tried quietly, and once he laughed, he was dozens of years old in an instant.

"It's okay." He nodded, and it was already very good to turn his makeup into this effect. He was worthy of being a master who could turn a monkey into a queen.

After that, he, accompanied by security personnel, came to the auditorium* to prepare. The scene was full of officers and government officials, and reporters set up long guns and cannons at the stage. The meeting was presided over by the Vice President. After reading a brief speech, he began to bring the topic to Huo Xiu.

The introduction of Huo Xiu is very long. After all, he is the person who saved the alliance. Regardless of whether the senior government is biased against him or not, the respect and praise of heroes should not be stingy. The vice president brewed, starting from the ordinary officers before the war, to saving the colonial star again and again, leading the fleet to defeat the enemy, and then fighting with the enemy for the colonial star at the moment of crisis, and finally forcing the enemy to make strategic adjustments to defeat the enemy's highest military leader, etc... The vice president described He is a pivotal figure in the league.

The experience of all the officers present adds up to his legend.

At this moment, at least tens of billion people are watching the live broadcast of the vice president, and it is also the first time to systematically fully understand this great young commander. Whether he likes or hates Huo Xiu, he can't deny his ability to lead the war, and it is also the easiest word to think of - genius.

"The following is the ceremony of His Excellency the President's award to the promotion of Lieutenant General Huo Xiu, a member of the New Military Commission, to the Air Force*." The vice president said a long list and finally came to the point.

Huo Xiu took a deep breath and strode out of the special passage behind the stage. You can feel the focus of the camera and the concentration of eyes along the way. Although this is the first time to experience a major scene, it has made many speeches under the attention of the public, and it is completely no problem to deal with it freely.

He stepped on the red carpet and went up a short staircase. A person's temperament is often reflected in these details. What people see is a confident and naturally noble general who comes to the center of the stage and stands.

President Harrison Barton also came to the stage from the other side. Behind him were two tall ladies of etiquette in cheongsam. One of them lay two "four-star*" epaulettes on the plate in his hand, and the other person's plate contained several medals, one of which was golden trimmed and star-shaped blue crystal engraved in the middle. A seal of the League flag is very special, and I'm afraid few people here have seen it with their own eyes. It is called the "Union Heroes" chapter.

This is the highest medal of honor awarded more than 100 years after the end of the era of Emperor Engao IV, and it is also used to prove Huo Xiu's dazzling achievements to the world. This is not only a soldier, but also a high-level honor as a citizen of the alliance, and few people have owned it in history.

When he saw this once-in-a-century medal, Huo Xiu finally balanced his mind. Whether it is a member of the Military Commission or the Air Force*, it is a kind of rising and secretly falling. The outside world can only see that he not only entered the Military Commission, but also promoted*. Everything is a gratifying thing, but few people think that the colonial star power has changed.

President Patton went to Huo Xiu, took off his three-star lieutenant general's epaulettes, then picked up the four-star * epaulettes on the plate and replaced them for him, and then pinned the three medals to his chest. The short ceremony ended under the attention of everyone. The president smiled and said, "Congratulations, General Huo Xiu!"

Huo Xiu saluted everyone.

He applauded at the scene. A military ceremony lasted for about ten seconds. At that moment, all the glory belonged to him - the youngest air force* of the alliance in a hundred years, a member of the Military Commission.

However, there was no too tedious process. The glorious hero did not speak and returned to * in a low profile after the ceremony, which disappointed many people.

It is impossible for him to speak. It's just a promotion ceremony, not the president's inaugural speech. What does an air force officer join in? Anyway, that's what Huo Xiu thought when he left the venue. He hasn't learned how much people expect from him, but it's none of his business.

Eason Eaton is waiting for him in the aisle. Old Eaton is not interested in attending the next general promotion ceremony. For a member of the Military Commission, he has many reasons to excuse him, not to mention that there are three members at the scene. It doesn't matter whether he is there or not.

"Dunpa!" Huo Xiu stepped forward quickly.

"Congratulations, General Huo." Eisen smiled and nodded to him, "Let me have a good look, um, that's good!" The League Heroes Medal is really the most suitable for you! I didn't expect it at the beginning that it would be extremely insulting you to ask to become a general before the age of 35. Look, I'm just 30 years old. You have overwhelmed me with both power and prestige. How can you let us old guys get along?

Old Eton's half-joking words all showed his pride. Thinking about it, although he found that his grandson was full of talent and had great confidence in him, he could overfulcomplete in such a short time, even reach the peak and stand at the same height as him. If he hadn't witnessed his step-by-step growth, he would have thought that someone had opened a great deal to him. Just kidding!

"You underestimate yourself, Grandpa. I don't dare to show up in front of the commander-in-chief of the Air Force. If I wear my shoes one day, who will cry?

I originally wanted to say it with a smile, but suddenly I found that my smile was ugly.

"Hey, the stinky boy finally knows some rules!" Old Eaton didn't mind Ho Xiu's expressionless jokes. He knew very well that the child had suffered enough to put pressure on him, whether in his career or family. But the old Eaton still skillfully put his hand on his shoulder, and the old and the young walked and talked with each other. Although the guards in the aisle had deliberately suppressed their expressions, they could not hide the curiosity on their faces. They didn't expect that the two powerful military bosses would have such a lovely side in private.

They avoided the lively main door and left the side door in a low-key way. A suspended car with an ordinary license plate quietly parked by the roadside and waited. It was so inconspicuous that no one would have thought that the two committees would do such low-end, old vehicles.

The driver opened the door for them, and the two sat in the back row.

"If you don't go back to the hospital, just go to the airport." Huo Xiu said to the driver.

"Are you really going to leave the hospital?" Aisen asked, Huo Xiu had made it clear this morning that he didn't want to live in the hospital anymore, saying that it was annoying when all kinds of people came to visit every day. If he refused, people would say that they would not give face; if he didn't refuse, he would have peace and simply left.

"I'm all right." Huo Xiu said, "If you continue to live like this, there will be problems."

"I'm afraid you just can't be idle." Eisen said with a smile, but it's the same as his nature in those years. "But it's also good to take a few professional medical staff there and walk more every day. It's also good for you to relax."

"Why don't you just live there!" Huo Xiu said, "I'm sure that the arrangement of my vacant position is not a matter for a while. Instead of being bored every day, it's better to find a leisurely place!"

"Some things that need to be done still have to be done, and I can't say that I will be absent." Eisen said, "What's more, I'm not just a famous committee member. The whole air force is expected to make some minor adjustments recently."

"They don't want to move the Fifth and Sixth Fleets, do they?" Huo Xiu suddenly thought of this, and his unsightly face became a little strange.

"I don't think so." Eisen said that the complex look flashed away. "If you do this, the parliament will be a little too bullying."

"If you really want to say this, I won't be silent again." Huo Xiu's voice is not high, but the vetoable meaning is very obvious. He will not tolerate the weakening of his power by others for no reason. Even if he does, it will take at least one time to ease.

"My identity as the commander of the air force is not for fun." Eisen patted Huo Xiu on the shoulder, "Don't worry, no one can move the earth above our heads at will without even greeting."

"I hope so." Huo Xiu turned his head and looked out of the window.