Armistice agreement

Speaking of mission 3, Lin Fan had a lot of guesses.

First of all, the system would never give out meaningless missions or meaningless rewards.

Last time, it suddenly gave him a personal ability, Mech Piloting. This time, it suddenly gave him a mission and the reward was still Mech Piloting to A.

This was something that Lin Fan was very concerned about.

As a human with a high IQ and brain development, Lin Fan quickly guessed hundreds of possibilities.

However, Lin Fan felt that the most likely scenario was that he would encounter some kind of situation in the future and would need to use the Mech Piloting ability.

However, this was not what Lin Fan needed to consider now. At this moment, he was more curious about the Oxus Empire's army commander mentioned in the mission.

He remembered that the other party told him that there were only ordinary negotiators. However, Lin Fan would not doubt the system. Since the system said so, then it was confirmed.

Soon, both parties entered the temporarily built space station. A long table was set up inside with a row of six chairs on the left and right.

After sitting down, Lin Fan looked at the six Ochs people opposite him and quickly locked onto the person sitting at the top.

It was obvious that he could feel the aura of a superior from him. This should be the Commander Adams mentioned by the system.

Feeling Lin Fan's gaze, Adams looked over with his pair of intimidating eyes.

"This person shouldn't be a negotiator, right?"

After looking at Lin Fan for a few seconds, Adams smiled and said casually, "Don't worry.

"Indeed, he is the commander of the fleet that escorted me here. He is not a negotiator. The five of us are in charge of the negotiation. He is just an observer. You don't have to mind."

Eide, who was also sitting at the top, immediately responded.

However, Eide was still a little surprised. The other party was really sharp. It seemed that the negotiation would not be easy.

"Since you said so, then let's do it! We can start now! "

"Okay, today we are mainly talking about how to deal with the Ninth Prince of your empire."

"Hmph, just say it. What are your conditions?"

"It's very simple. You have already retreated from the solar system. You have already occupied all of our territories in the outer solar system. There is no need to kill us all!"

"That's impossible. If I agree to it today, I'll be executed by the Emperor tomorrow. Change your conditions!"

"The Federation only has this one condition. If something happens to the Ninth Prince, I don't think you can bear the consequences, right?"

"It's still the same. If the Ninth Prince dies, the Emperor will execute me. However, if I agree to withdraw from the Solar System, the Emperor will also execute me. Therefore, it's better for you to change to a more realistic condition. Otherwise, we won't be able to negotiate."

Ai De thought silently in his heart that it was indeed difficult to deal with.

However, from his expression, he did not think that the other party was lying. But if that was the case, then it would be impossible to get the other party to leave the Solar System.

Since they were both going to die, the other party would also choose to die in a way that would give them a good reputation. After all, being threatened to retreat was not a good reputation.

So where was the breakthrough point? Eide felt a headache coming on.

"If that's the case, why don't we change the condition to a ten year truce?"

At this moment, Lin Fan, who was sitting at the end, spoke. Eide and the four people he brought turned to look at Lin Fan in surprise.

"Sorry, we need to discuss this internally."

"As you wish!"

In this space station, there was a room on both sides. It was specially designed for such situations.

Eide signaled to Lin Fan with his eyes and immediately led the way to one of the rooms on his side.

Lin Fan smiled bitterly, stood up, and followed in.

"Lin Fan, I remember you said that you were only here to listen!"

"Uncle Eide, I feel that I need to teach you some knowledge from a military point of view! Otherwise, you will make a wrong judgment! "

"Hmm?"

After hearing Lin Fan's answer.

Ai De's initial displeasure slowly turned into curiosity. Could it be that he had really missed out on something important?

"Uncle Eide, why do you think we can maintain a temporary standoff with the other party?"

"Because six years ago, Liang Xingchen beat them up in the asteroid belt. Therefore, before they are confident, they won't be willing to fight with us in the asteroid belt again!"

"That's right. Then, if the other party agrees to withdraw from the solar system, would the Federation dare to go out from the asteroid belt? If they don't dare, then what's the use of asking them to withdraw? "

"Uh!"

Eide was stunned by Lin Fan's words. Yes, even if the other party withdrew from the solar system, would they dare to go out from the asteroid belt?

Let's not talk about other things, just take the Fourth Fleet of the Federation as an example.

Once they left the asteroid belt, the other party would come back and humans would have no soldiers left to fight.

If they were not in the asteroid belt, wouldn't it be suicide to ask Liang Xingchen's 20,000 battleships to fight against the other party's 100,000 battleships?

In space where there was no environment or terrain to speak of, the two parties competed on the performance of the battleship, the formation of the commander, the ability to attack, and evasion.

If the capabilities of the commanders on both sides were not far apart, the performance of the battleship was the decisive factor. Then, everyone knew that the Federation's battleships were not as advanced as the Oxus Empire's battleships.

This was also why Barnard and the Tianyuan IV had never won a battle when the First to Third Fleet were next to each other.

They could not win in terms of numbers, performance of the battleship, and the experience of the commander was not much. What could they use to win?

Therefore, was it really meaningful to ask the other party to withdraw from the solar system?

It was completely meaningless. Not only that, but it would also waste a card in his hand.

"Uncle Eide, you should know about the curvature engine, right?"

Looking at Eide's expression, he seemed to have understood. Lin Fan continued to speak.

"I know. Because of this, your old man has been showing off in front of me!"

"Uh … So the old man has this side to him. I really didn't know … I digress. So, what we need now is not for the other party to withdraw from the solar system, but time."

"Time?"

"That's right. When our curvature engine is fully installed, it will be the time for our counterattack. Uncle Eide should also know about the industrial robots. When we use them in large quantities, the speed of ship building will increase by several times."

"So, what we really need is time?"

"That's right, time. Everything else is meaningless!"

"Okay, I understand. I'm really impressed by you, kid. You're a monster in military, a monster in scientific research, but your vision is still as monstrous as ever …"

"Hehe, thank you for the compliment, uncle. Let's go out!"

Soon, the two returned to the negotiating table.

"Sorry, I was rude. Let's continue!"

"Sure, but don't mention any more impossible conditions. Otherwise, it'll be a waste of time."

"Then let's do as Lin Fan said just now and change it to a ten-year ceasefire!"

"I can agree to this condition, but when are you going to return the Ninth Prince's side?"

"Naturally, we'll return it after the ten-year period."

"Impossible. What if you use the Ninth Prince to threaten us after ten years?"

"Then what do you think, sir?"

"If you want to return it after the fact, I can agree to five years at most. If you return it now, I can agree to ten years!"

"It's impossible to return it now. What if you don't admit it?"

"Okay, five years it is!"

Lin Fan did not want to listen to the rest of the content. It was similar to bargaining in the market.

After all, whether it was five years or ten years, it did not matter to Lin Fan. Both parties were fighting for the final victory in diplomacy.

If the final negotiation was ten years, it would give the impression that Lin Fan had won the negotiation. However, if the negotiation was five years, it would give the impression that the Oxus Empire had won.

According to Lin Fan's estimation, the final negotiation would most likely be seven or eight years. In the end, both parties would take a step back and reach an agreement.

As Lin Fan expected, the final agreement between both parties was seven years.

However, just as everyone was about to sign the formal agreement, an accident happened again.