"...Thank you, thank you, if it weren't for your country's support, our defensive lines would indeed not hold..."
In a small conference room, on one side were a white-bearded old man and his staff hurriedly expressing their gratitude, and on the other side were the Official negotiators and two Eastern Country Admirals as mere decorations.
Lu Ping'an, as part of the entourage, sat at the back utterly bored. He couldn't understand the local language, but he found the old man somewhat familiar, as if he often saw him on TV news.
The remainder of the Mountainous Country government team came after learning about the arrival of reinforcements; they hurried over without hesitation... The reason it was only part was that not a few among the original "Minister level" had died in the war, some positions were rapidly filled, others less related to the war were temporarily set aside.