Longmen Memoirs

The 34 infected people were individually led by snow monsters who were familiar with the terrain and had more experience, and were divided into four groups. Team B was responsible for feigning attacks and luring the enemy, Team A was responsible for side defense and battlefield reconnaissance, and Team C had the richest combat experience in the concentrated camp. The soldier is responsible for taking over the battle after Team A's mission of luring the enemy is over.

Chen Mo led five soldiers as a quick-familiar mobile team, responsible for connecting the actions of various groups. To put it simply, he had to quarrel about these before, and even planned to fight. There was not much tacit understanding between the two sides. The team covers everything to prevent them from making tactical mistakes at critical moments.

"The above is the specific deployment of this operation. Are there any questions?"

Chen Mo is used to asking.

There was a brief silence. After looking at each other for a few times, a snow monster raised his hand.

"Report."

"speak."

Chen Mo suddenly missed the days of Black Steel. In Black Steel, after the general combat meeting, few people raised objections, especially those issues that could not be called problems.

"I didn't quite understand the retreat route just now, from area A4 to area C3."

"Then I repeat..."

"Report."

"speak."

"If they don't chase us out, I mean, if they see that we have few people and only send a dozen people, then should we retreat?"

"Based on the situation on the battlefield, I will issue an order."

"We are fully capable of directly annihilating those pursuing pickets."

It was Froststar who said this.

"Our goal is not the picket team, but the stronghold. To be precise, it is the materials in the stronghold. Therefore, weakening the strength of the stronghold is the prerequisite for successfully taking down the stronghold." Chen Mo said: "Team C immediately after completing the mission Round with other teams, before the other team comes back for reinforcements, let’s fight first, and then deal with the pickets who come back for reinforcements, understand?”

"We don't have many soldiers from the standpoint of the camp. Personally, I hope you all come back alive, so the first requirement is to obey orders, and the second requirement is to survive and minimize casualties."

The Snow Monsters have never fought this type of battle. They are used to operating with the guerrillas, or serving as flank defense for the guerrillas. It is also the first time for the Snow Monsters to face an entire stronghold picket company alone. Especially under the premise that there is a huge gap between the enemy and ourselves, they can't even get any supplies and support.

But in Chen Mo's opinion, this kind of combat method based on elite squads is very common. The system of the shield guards belongs to the Ursus Group Army's combat plan more than ten years ago. In recent years, with the reforms implemented by the Ursus Parliament, The army's combat plans have also undergone certain changes in response to the international situation and technological development. However, compared to Ursus, Kazdare's mercenaries are better at this type of small team tactics.

In other words, different types of groups work together to penetrate the enemy's combat area and disrupt the opponent's combat deployment to achieve tactical purposes including rescue, beheading, attack, defense, and support, especially Black Steel International.

The mercenary teams within Black Steel International usually have extraordinary tacit understanding and can often face several times the number of enemies or more difficult and dangerous combat environments. They can even obtain small-scale combat area attacks in a short time under the premise that the war situation is unfavorable. enemy advantage.

Except for the tacit understanding of the team members, the Snow Monster team barely meets the standard. Their improvised team can be said to have no merits. Fortunately, the Ursus Infected Pickets are not too difficult opponents. It is better to say that this A group of hooligans who were organized after the great rebellion to hunt down infected people were not even ranked third-rate in Ursus' regular military system.

In Chen Mo's eyes, apart from the guerrillas who could be called qualified fighters, this group of infected people included Tallulah and his group of infected people as well as the Yeti team.

They all know little about the battlefield. Fortunately, so far, they have not faced the front of Ursus' regular army.

If it were in Kazdale, Chen Mo thought that a basic team from Liting would be able to capture this stronghold without any effort. Of course, even now, it would be no problem for him alone.

So when Shuangxing asked how sure he was, Chen Mo didn't respond.

Because he believes that no organization that can truly be independent and tough should be so fragile that it cannot maintain operations without someone. He can bring victory to them on his own, but the path he takes can only belong to him, and They have their own path to walk.

The former belongs to the former Tower of Babel, while the latter is the now reborn Kazdaele.

When a group relies on a specific person rather than a symbol he brings, it is destined that cohesion is only a temporary illusion, and disintegration is the ultimate fate, not surprisingly.

Just like Usas in the era of the first emperor, it gave birth to a great monarch, which attracted everyone's attention and was very glorious, but it was not a great nation. So after the death of the first emperor, its glory and prosperity have since collapsed, and poor Usas The people of Sri Lanka are still immersed in the past glory established in the era of their previous emperors.

Chapter 18 Snow Ridge and Valley ([-]): What makes it hard to turn back is responsibility

Time: unknown

Northwest of Kazdale, outside the battlefield

Light rain, main camp area of ​​Liting Station

A lamp was lit in the room, and the light reflected the shadow of the person on the thick dark gray tent cloth.

The sound of rain sounded from outside, and the raindrops floating in the night wind reflected the swaying bonfire in the camp. A whole team of fully armed men and horses walked into the entrance of the camp against the wind and snow.

The ground was muddy.

The light rain hit the dark ground, but it could not cover up the strong smell of blood on their bodies and the smoke of the battlefield that had not yet dissipated. The blood stains were mixed with the rainwater, like a scab that could not be healed.

Mu Yan, who had just sent away the messenger from the Tower of Babel, opened the tent door curtain. When she saw the scene inside the tent clearly, her steps suddenly stopped.

The words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat. She subconsciously clenched her fingers holding the encrypted letter and wanted to take steps. At this moment, she suddenly felt that her legs were so heavy, so heavy that she felt like she was stuck in the mud.

Chen Mo raised his head and looked at the mud rock standing in front of the door.

The medical soldier slowly took off the armor on his body. Under the armor, the lining was already soaked with blood. The blood stains flowed along the skirt and arms of the bed, and then fell to the ground along the edge of the bed.

His face was pale, and the medic carefully cut open the blood-stained lining. Mud Rock saw that his body was shaking slightly.

"Scout...is there any result?"

He asked in a low voice, his voice weak and hoarse, as if he had to use all his strength to speak.

The blood-stained lining was cut open, revealing the hideous wound on his chest that seemed to cut off the body at the waist. The flesh was rolled out. His hand hanging by his side was tightly clenched, and the medical soldiers were still cleaning the hideous wound. Wound, carefully cut away the charred flesh and blood.

"They are all here. After Hogg and the others collected these things, they immediately sent someone to deliver them."

Mud Rock picked up the letter in his hand.

"That's good." He breathed lightly, seeming to relax.

"Yes."

"You are not allowed to... tell anyone about my injury. Only you know."

He ordered again, lowering his gaze slightly, and Mu Yan watched the disinfectant mixed with blood flowing down.If it weren't for the slight spasm in his body, Mu Yan wouldn't even think he felt any pain.

"Sir..." Ni Yan choked and couldn't help but speak.

His words continued.

"Inform Hogg and wait until the Tower of Babel makes arrangements to withdraw our people."

"Sir, we'll wait until you recover from your injuries to look at this."

She suddenly put the letter in her hand behind her back.

"Send them all to the Tower of Babel. I won't read them this time... and there is no need to leave any copies."

Ni Yan seemed to understand something. She put down the letter and took over the work of the medical soldier. The adjutant lady took off her gloves and uniform, half-kneeling in front of him, but she looked at the hideous wound and the charred skin. , her fingers couldn't stop trembling slightly.

"Why is it hurt so badly?"

There were tears in the corners of Sakaz's eyes, and tears dripped from the corners of Sakaz's eyes. She touched the wound carefully.

When Ming Ming came back, Ni Yan hadn't seen that he was so seriously injured, Ming Ming was fine before.

"It's okay, Hedley and the others... have you made arrangements?"

"They were seriously injured. Our people have sent them to the field hospital in the rear and are contacting Babel to send medical staff."

"After this time, don't continue to look at that group of people. Wherever they want to go and what they want to do, let them go."

"Yes."

"Tell Su Enyang and Karl to prepare for contacting the royal city and the hidden people in the west. Weapons, intelligence, and medicines must be distributed to people before the end of this war. Let him tell them. They The meaning of doing these things, tell them, Teresia’s thoughts.”

"it is good."

"The nobles and the parliament asked Hogg to keep an eye on him to prevent the remaining Pardoners from causing trouble. Tell him that before His Highness makes a decision, no matter what happens, no one is allowed to act without authorization, including the people in the Tower of Babel, except His Highness. No one should heed the orders."

He closed his eyes, perhaps because the injury on his body was too painful, and his forehead was covered with fine sweat. This time he stopped for more than ten seconds before speaking again.

"Then... archive the documents that were left in our hands before and destroy them together. Send the personnel list to His Highness. You will go through the hard work and... do it yourself."

"it is good."

He suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Sakaz's wrist tightly, staring into Mud Rock's eyes: "Remember, there is no mistake in what I said!"

"I remember that, sir."

"Go ahead." He let go.

"The injury to your internal organs is too serious. Please stop talking, sir."

Ni Yan didn't respond. She just silently grabbed Chen Mo's blood-stained hand and held it tightly, as if unwilling to let go. She lowered her head so that no one could see her expression.

"Go on, Mud Rock, I'm fine. Don't forget to control your emotions before going out. I'll leave the outside matters to you. Don't... ahem... don't let the blood of the soldiers be shed in vain, Kazdel, war is... …If it’s over, after the war is over, if you have anything to say, leave it until then... Well, it’s not too late to say it.”

Later, Ni Yan thought that maybe from that time, her commander had never thought about staying in Kazdaele. Maybe from that time, her commander had already guessed what would happen to Kazdaele after the war. to treat him.

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April 12

夜

23:15 minutes

"we won?"

The remaining pickets did not choose to return after receiving the call for help from the stronghold. Chen Mo overestimated the courage of this group of pickets. In fact, the moment they received the call for help, those pickets who went out to pursue the infected chose to retreat.

They have several reasons to excuse their actions. For example, a large number of infected people with unknown origin and a certain amount of armed forces attacked their stronghold. They resisted desperately, but were helplessly outnumbered. The resident commander could only send them for help. However, It was several days before they found reinforcements.

The resident officers fought bravely and died in the line of duty, or even if they took off their picket uniforms, they still had many places to go, which was better than going back and dying.

This group of pickets cannot be called soldiers at all. Just as the Ursus military internally evaluates them, the Ursus army does not bother to spend time searching for infected people who are defenseless. Maybe the Ursus army still There is also the persistence of soldiers, which is why there is such a notorious picket of infected people roaming the countryside.

This group of thugs, organized by hooligans and gangsters, wore Ursus military uniforms. Even the Ursus military police looked down upon them, but when facing the villages in the countryside, this group of people turned a blind eye. People are afraid.

The chief officer of the stronghold is a middle-aged Ussian with the rank of lieutenant. He is responsible for the picketing of the entire stronghold and all villages in this area, including the defense and supervision of the mines. When the empire dispatches tax collectors and mine supervisors, Most of them are carried out by them who are familiar with the local area, and sometimes they also take the opportunity to collect various exorbitant taxes and obtain benefits in this name. Generally, the tax officials turn a blind eye to this, and the benefits obtained by the tax officials and If the pickets divide the population equally, or those who are unable to pay taxes, the pickets will forcefully recruit them to the imperial mines in the name of labor. This disguised buying and selling of people will usually result in them receiving a salary from the mine supervisor. extra income.

Similar things are common in the countryside of Ursus, which is one of the main reasons why farmers in Ursus are so afraid of pickets and infected people.

Because once you get in touch with an infected person, it means you have provoked this group of black bugs who do all kinds of evil, and the picket team is also very satisfied with this result, satisfied with the awe seen in people's eyes, satisfied with their knowledge of affairs, and satisfied The feeling that you can control the destiny of others.

It's okay to let this group of people deal with unarmed farmers, but if this group of people is allowed to set foot on a real battlefield, perhaps many of these people will escape quietly the moment they receive the news.

Ursus domesticated his people with a harsh system, and under this harsh system, the people of Ursus had no way to resist, which stifled social enthusiasm, causing increasingly serious corruption in Ursus, but in Under the premise that the class of infected people exists, despite the serious social problems, there is room for alleviation of social conflicts in Naousus.

This is also the main reason why the infected people in Ursus are treated so harshly. If the infected people in Ursus achieve a certain social status, then for Ursus at this stage, it will trigger greater dangers. more intense social conflict.

This country is so accumulated that no decision it makes can be made without the prerequisite of being infected.

The middle-aged picket officer was hacked to death in his desk, and the Ursus picket flag was burned to ashes by the angry infected.

Chen Mo didn't stop them from doing that.

"I heard you had those dead pickets buried?"

The soldiers were loading the supplies in the stronghold into the vehicle. This battle was too unfamiliar to them, but the ending was good. They had never fought such a battle. It was as if the picket team that was difficult to deal with before was now suddenly It became simpler.

Therefore, they looked at Chen Mo with some other colors, even the Snow Monster team.

This person, who doesn't look like anything special, seems... really a little different.

Under his command, they were able to easily capture this stronghold and defeat a company of pickets. Although they could do the same when Tallulah and the guerrillas were there, if they were in the same situation, they would definitely Not as easy as now.

But for Chen Mo, he just chose his best method to deal with a group of third-rate teams with little combat effectiveness. This result is not surprising.

When Shuangxing found Chen Mo, he was sitting alone behind a barracks in the stronghold, holding the cigarette found in the lieutenant's bag between his fingertips and looking at the photo in his hand.

He turned his head when he heard Shuangxing's words. A white rabbit in a cloak was coming, stopping at the steps of the barracks and looking up at Chen Mo.

"right."

"Why do you do that?"

She asked, her tone calm, as if curious, without any dissatisfaction or negative emotions at all because Chen Mo ordered the burial of the enemy who persecuted them.

"I have many answers, which one do you want to hear?" Chen Mo said, and he handed the photo in his hand to Shuangxing.

The photo shows a mother and daughter. The young wife is holding her teenage daughter. The background is a street in an Ursus city. The sky is blue, the sun is bright, and her smile is warm.

"What was found from the body of the stronghold commander is that he is a father who has a family, wife and daughter in a certain city in Ursus. Maybe they are still waiting for him to go back, but he can't go back because today , one... many families in Ursus have lost someone forever."

Chen Mo's tone was calm.

"Then he can at least have a family and the possibility of going back." Froststar said. "Many of the infected people have lost their families, and they have lost their homes because of these pickets."

"You are right, that's why I led you to capture this stronghold."