Volume 10: Ancient Battleship Chapter 515 Temporary Command Authority
"I'm curious about how Lieutenant Colonel Roland got promoted to this level. Did he just send women to his superiors?" Ke Lan said coldly, "Doesn't he know that sexual bribery is a serious violation of military discipline? Based on this, I can not only demote his military rank, but also make him stay in prison for 20 to 30 months... As for the two of you, if you are treated as accomplices, you should only need to stay in prison for six months."
"Uh, Mr. Ke Lan...your joke...is a bit...not so funny..." The pilot's tone suddenly became a little stiff .
"I suggest you change the name." Ke Lan took the "lipstick" out of his pocket. "Although it has not been sent to the laboratory, you two should know what is in it, right? Then I can completely conclude that someone is trying to use inhaled drugs to affect me. To put it more seriously, this can also be regarded as premeditated murder, right? After all, if this thing is inhaled in its entirety, it will definitely cause irreversible damage to the human body, right?"
The corner of the pilot's mouth twitched twice, and he wanted to complain in his heart: the volatile dose of that thing is strictly controlled, and even if you hold it in front of your nostrils and inhale it for a few hours, it is impossible to cause harm to the body. If you want to cause death, there is only a slight possibility unless you pull out the medicine core inside and swallow it whole... But the problem is that the total amount of this "banned drug" that Ke Lan found under the coffee table has indeed exceeded the threshold of the lethal dose.
The nature of the matter is completely different then.
This is like the "drug trafficking crime" in the old era. If the drug sold by the criminal is cocaine, the sentencing standards for 49 grams and 50 grams are completely different - the former is not enough to be sentenced to death, while the latter is subject to a minimum of more than 15 years in prison, and there are many people who are sentenced to life imprisonment or death penalty.
Especially in China, where drug control efforts are second to none in the world, the government and society basically adopt a " zero tolerance" attitude towards such criminals. Except for a few prisoners who surrender themselves or assist in solving the case, judges generally sentence them as heavily as possible, and there are very few cases of lenient sentences.
The "lipstick" in Ke Lan's hand had obviously reached the level that could be sentenced to "death" - even if he drew his gun and shot the two stewardesses and the two pilots now, he would not have to bear any responsibility afterwards.
The pilot suddenly felt as if the soft leather seat under his buttocks was covered with steel needles. His whole body tensed up and he said cautiously, "Then...then it should be..."
"According to the 'Second Special Situation' in the regulations: when Ke Lan, the head of 'Aguna Kotor', is assassinated, he will automatically obtain temporary command of the entire 'Fleet Zero', and this command has a higher priority than the original fleet commander-in-chief." Ke Lan said, "I think I was just assassinated by two unidentified women, so..."
"So what do you think...how should we deal with this matter now...Sir?" The pilot hesitated for a long time before he uttered these words.
"It's simple. Put the entire fleet on martial law and immediately take Colonel Roland, the captain of the No. 9 frigate, under control." Ke Lan said, "If your performance satisfies me, I can exempt both of you from responsibility in this matter. After all, a higher-ranking official can crush a lower-ranking official. You were also forced by Colonel Roland, right?"
"Yes! Sir, you are right! It was Colonel Roland who forced us! We are affiliated with the No. 9 frigate, and we can only arrange for him to obey--" Hearing that they had the opportunity to be exempted from responsibility, the two pilots nodded hurriedly in agreement.
"Okay, it's time to put an end to this farce." Ke Lan leaned forward, took the intercom off the console and turned it on. The pilot was also very tactful and switched the intercom channel to a shared channel that could be heard by the entire fleet.
"Ahem, hello everyone. I'm Ke Lan, the captain of the 'Aguna Tor'." Ke Lan said into the microphone, "Just now, I was assassinated by an unknown person. Fortunately, the situation has been brought under control in time. According to the authority granted to me in the 'Special Situation No. 2', I am now the temporary commander of the entire Fleet Zero."
Ke Lan noticed that the warships hovering around the "Aguna Kotor" instantly entered combat status - some destroyers were directly pulled into the sky, and dozens of carrier-based aircraft on standby were instantly dispatched; the decks of the gunboats were opened one after another, and the turrets hidden inside the hull rose one by one; as for the frigates with high-power energy shield generating devices, they were divided into two groups at this time, one group surrounded the "Aguna Kotor", and the other group approached with the transport plane that Ke Lan was riding.
"Well, the formation is not messy at all and the training is quite well-trained." Ke Lan nodded and commented in his heart.
Ke Lan paused and continued, "According to the interrogation results, the assassin who attempted the assassination had a close connection with the captain of the No. 9 frigate—"
Before he finished speaking, more than half of the warships in the fleet pointed their guns at Frigate No. 9. Frigate No. 9, which was originally in the center of the queue, was instantly surrounded by its own friendly forces.
"All officers and soldiers of the No. 9 frigate, give up resistance immediately. Also, are there any security officers in the fleet?"
"This is the Security Bureau's 11th Field Agent Team. I am the team leader Cheng Dong. The bridge of the No. 9 frigate and the captain himself have been controlled. Please give instructions." A young male voice sounded in the fleet's public channel.
So the Security Bureau was on the No. 9 frigate? Ke Lan thought to herself, they were probably sent here to protect me. I didn't expect that they would play an unexpected role at this time, saving me a lot of unnecessary trouble.
"Got it." Ke Lan responded, and then said to the pilot next to him, "Board the ship."
"Board... Which ship?"
"Of course it's the frigate number nine. Which other ship could it be?"
"Sir, are you planning to shoot Colonel Roland?" The pilot asked such a question, as if something was wrong with his head.
"Whether to execute him or not is up to the military court to decide. I just want to ask him something." Ke Lan glanced at the two nervous women in the cabin behind him. "By the way, do you have handcuffs or something like that?"
