.Because the incident suddenly and during the summer recess, most federal lawmakers were not in Washington, so the FBI Secret Service had to dispatch a special plane to bring the lawmakers back.

Lindberg went to the House of Representatives first, then to the Senate, and spent half an hour each to state the situation.

After two hours of fierce debate, the Senate finally passed the "Korean-South Korea War Authorization Act" submitted by Lindberg, allowing the president to effectively protect South Korea's national security and national sovereignty in accordance with the commitments made in the "US-South Korea Security Treaty" and the "Korean War Armistice Agreement (Additional Articles between the United States and South Korea)" with necessary means, including military counterattacks.

The debate in the House is even more intense.

Compared with those senators who have a term of six years, work for decades, and are closely related to various interest groups, the term of the Representatives is only two years, and they are not very close to the interest groups. When encountering major problems, the first thing they consider is the interests of their voters, that is, the American people.

Is it worth getting involved in a war that is likely to involve another great power for South Korea?

Although there are not many members of the House of Representatives who question this issue, the US-South Korea Security Treaty is there. As long as South Korea is invaded, the United States will have to fulfill its security obligations. However, on another issue, whether there is a way to resolve the conflict between North Korea and South Korea in a peaceful way, the doubts of the House of Representatives are very obvious.

A few years ago, the South Korean Navy's "Tianan" frigate was sunk by torpedo while patrolling the disputed waters in North Korea and South Korea. Then South Korea found a component of a Russian-made torpedo in the waters where the incident occurred, and it was determined that it was a small North Korean submarine that attacked the "Tianan", and the war almost broke out.

Shortly after that, the artillery battle between the North and South Korea broke out on the Yanping Island, and the situation on the peninsula was once again pushed to the brink of war.

Both incidents almost triggered a war, and eventually the United States, China, Russia, Japan and other countries came forward to mediate to stabilize the situation and eliminate the fuse of the war.

During the debate, the most question the Representatives mentioned was: Has the federal government made all efforts for peace?

It is not only Republican lawmakers who are skeptical, but some Democratic lawmakers believe that the federal government should not mention war too early.

The debate lasts from afternoon to evening.

In order to shorten the agenda time, the Speaker had to ask the MP to keep the speech time within five minutes. It was not until the last MP walked down from the speaker's seat that he entered the voting preparation stage.

At this time, Secretary of Defense Berkshire delivered a fifteen-page speech on behalf of the federal government.

In the first half, Berkshire focused on explaining the doubts of lawmakers, namely whether the federal government has made all efforts for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. In the second half, Berkshire turned its focus to the US-South Korea Security Treaty, highlighting that South Korea has been hit by a military blow, thousands of civilians in Seoul were injured and killed in shelling, and the South Korean army has launched a counterattack, and the United States must fulfill its safeguards obligations.

The members of Congress are very clear about why they need to fulfill their security obligations.

South Korea is an ally of the United States, but not the only ally.

Allies are subject to military strikes, and the United States remains silent or do nothing will inevitably have a fatal blow to the United States' position in the military and political alliance group, and will also encourage the ambitions of potential opponents, so that they no longer take the United States seriously when facing their allies.

A few years ago, the war that took place in the Transcaucasus was a lesson for the past.

Although Georgia is not an ally of the United States, it has close contacts with the United States and has long applied to join the NATO group. In many major decisions, the Georgian leaders believed in the United States' promises and repeatedly teased Russia, which ultimately made Russia unbearable.

After the outbreak of the war, the United States not only failed to fulfill its promises, but also compromised with Russia. Shortly thereafter, several CIS member states, including Tajikistan, who had close contacts with the United States, adjusted their strategic direction and put them into Russia's arms, causing the United States' strategic deployment in the CIS region to face major setbacks.

South Korea has a much higher strategic value than Georgia.

If the United States remains silent at this time, it will not take long before the Western Pacific defense line built over decades will fall apart.

The United States cannot bear such a significant strategic loss and must stand up and support South Korea.

Berkshire's speech fell to the point, and in the final vote, more than 300 members of the House voted in favor.

Because Lindberg had signed the bill when he submitted it, the Senate and the House of Representatives did not make major changes to the bill, and the supplementary clauses could arrange separate vote agendas. So by this time, the Korean War Authorization Act had come into effect and the president obtained legal authorization to mobilize the US military force.

After receiving the news, Lindberg immediately told South Korean President Lee Jong-joo the "good news".

The United States will use military power to defend South Korea!

At this time, the transport plane that Mu Haoyang and others had arrived in Datong Bay and was about to enter North Korean airspace.

"There are ten minutes left." Ma Mingtao walked back from the cockpit. "In order to shorten the walking distance, the skydiving location is on the east bank of Licheng River, about twenty kilometers south of Kaicheng."

"Will it be discovered by the Korean People's Army?"

"Definitely, but there is no need to worry." Ma Mingtao sat opposite Mu Haoyang. When he saw Mu Haoyang, he said, "The People's Army's enemy-and-we-response equipment on the transport plane. The last flight was flying along the People's Army's air route. Even if we were discovered, we would think it was the People's Army's transport plane."

"In this case, the flight altitude should be several kilometers, right?"

"The normal cruising flight altitude of the an-12 transport aircraft is six kilometers away."

"If this happens, it will definitely be discovered by South Korea's radar."

"When returning, the transport plane flew north, lowered the altitude to less than one thousand meters south of Pyongyang, and then turned into the West Korean Bay."

"In other words, will South Korea think it is a North Korean transport plane, and then flew over Kaesong and then flew back to Pyongyang?"

"That's what it means."

"But we didn't land in Kaicheng."

"You boy, you have a pretty comprehensive thought." Ma Mingtao smiled and said, "The situation in North Korea is very chaotic. At least hundreds of fighter jets were launched on time, dozens of transport aircraft, and a large number of other military aircraft were launched in an emergency. If the transportation mission is not carried out, there is no need to land in Kaicheng."

After Ma Mingtao said this, Mu Haoyang didn't ask any more questions.

"Remember, open the parachute later." Ma Mingtao took out a cigarette and said, "You are amphibious special forces and should be very familiar with low-altitude parachute diving. There is a barometer on the shoulder strap of the parachute. The altitude of the parachute diving site is less than 30 meters, and you must open the parachute below 200 meters."

"Why?" Pang Yuelong asked.

"The skydiving location is less than ten kilometers away from the ceasefire line. Although it is night now, the South Korean army has entered combat readiness." Ma Mingtao lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and said, "A few years ago, a Korean soldier who took the wrong medicine shot a civilian flight with a rifle. I don't want to meet such a lunatic."

Pang Yuelong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head.

"Is it okay? Then check the weapons and equipment and don't let time slip through your fingers."

"You can skydiving?" Mu Haoyang picked up the svd placed on the seat next to him.

"Of course, why are you here with you?" Ma Mingtao wiped out the cigarette butts and said, "I'm not afraid of you making fun of it. A few years ago, I was also a special forces soldier, and I can be considered at least half a special forces soldier."

"What?" Mu Haoyang was a little surprised and became interested.

"At that time, I signed up for the Army Special Forces and passed all the assessments. Halfway through the training, I was kicked out for no reason."

"Did Lao Li do it?"

Ma Mingtao nodded, picked up the aks-74u, and was very skillful in removing the gun.

"Do you regret it?"

"It's not a pity. Being an intelligence officer is more challenging than being a special forces soldier." Ma Mingtao smiled. "I have been a child and like to do some challenging things. For example, when everyone is struggling for Tsinghua University and Peking University, I applied to the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and when others are aiming for civil servants, I signed up for the army, and when other officers want to obtain higher ranks, I want to become a special forces soldier."

"Are you a talented student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong?"

"That's more, you need to say, you have a double bachelor's degree and you go to the army halfway through your doctorate."

Mu Haoyang and Pang Yuelong both widened their eyes and looked at Ma Mingtao as if they were seeing a monster.

"You haven't attended college?"

"Does the military academy count?"

Ma Mingtao smiled and said, "You don't know that studying for a doctorate is a very boring thing. I almost lost my way in those two years."

"The army has allowed you to find your life goals."

"I have many life goals and are changing at any time."

"You are such a weird guy, almost like a lunatic."

"You are not the only one who says so."

"I think so too." Pang Yuelong stood on Mu Haoyang's side.

Ma Mingtao smiled and shook his head, assembled and wiped clean aks-74u, while saying, "When people live, they must have goals. When I was in elementary school, I saw a tractor for the first time. I thought the tractor driver was amazing and could play such a big guy around, so I was determined to become a tractor driver. You guys say, if I had always held this ideal, what were I doing now?"

"Most of them drive dump trucks or excavators at the construction site."

"It's so boring to live like that, so the goal of life must change with factors such as knowledge, cognition, environment, etc., and you can't hold on to anyone."

Mu Haoyang nodded thoughtfully, probably Ma Mingtao's words touched him very much.

"To be honest, I envy you very much. You live a very comfortable life like Li Xiaoming." Pang Yuelong sighed, "We are different. We can only hold one of them."

"Sometimes, I envy you very much." Ma Mingtao put aside aks-74u and said, "You are very simple. You don't need to think too much, and you don't need to take on too much responsibility. You do whatever you ask you to do, and you don't need to think about it yourself."

"This is also worth envious?" Pang Yuelong found it difficult to understand.

"One day, when you have to decide on something important alone, you will understand what I mean."

Mu Haoyang sighed, he felt that he seemed very small in front of Ma Mingtao.

"With your ability, it won't be long before that day will come." Ma Mingtao smiled and said, "But we have to concentrate on doing what we are right now. When I start farting, I don't say anything. If it affects your mood, I will be a sinner."
Chapter completed!