Longmen Memoirs

The supplies of the guerrillas are not enough to support long-term consumption. In fact, we are also waiting for the infected people in the camp to evacuate to a safe place.

There is bad news.

After joining the guerrillas, we temporarily lost contact with the camp. The guerrilla radio station was able to work normally, but we never received a reply from the camp. Although the guerrillas kept trying to call, there was no news from the camp.

Did they encounter any accident? Maybe there was just something wrong with the radio.

We don’t dare to think too much about it for the time being, nor do we dare to dwell on the situation in the camp.

Before getting in touch with the camp, the guerrillas still have a tough battle to fight. Many people may be left in this icy snow forever, whether it is us or the Ursus people. 】

Temporary guerrilla camp

Tallulah, who was covered in snow and wind, came in from outside the tent and shook off the snow on her cloak.

The meeting between the Patriots and the Shield Guards regarding the arrangements for the subsequent march continued. Tallulah blended into the crowd, and the conversation did not stop with her arrival.

It wasn't until the Patriots made arrangements that they turned their attention to Tallulah, who had been listening for a while.

"Tallulah, you went near the advance team?"Tell us about what you detected. "

"They set up camp fifteen kilometers away from us. I am sure they know our specific location, but they did not attack. When we observed, their magicians were consolidating their defensive positions." Tallulah said, she Mark the location on the map where the recon team learned.

"Probably the first contact allowed the advance team to have a rough assessment of the strength of the guerrillas. They followed us all the way. Apart from small-scale reconnaissance, they did not choose to attack rashly."

"It's not surprising that any Ursus regular legion, even as an advance force, never underestimates their opponents because of their status. The only way they can evaluate their opponents is through strength."

"It seems they recognize our strength." Tallulah said.

"It may just be because they think that the cost of defeating us is not proportional to the rewards, so they choose a relatively conservative combat method." Patriot replied, and then asked: "What are your thoughts on fighting with the advance team these days?"

"If you mean in the south, we are encountering such strong enemies. I am trying to figure out how to adapt to them. They are indeed much more difficult than the pickets, but we are also gradually getting stronger."

"Strong enemy?"

The patriot looked at Tallulah and shook his head slightly: "No, Tallulah, the advance team is just a servant army in the Ursus Legion. You have not yet seen the real powerful enemy, the Imperial Guards Legion. If they are here at this moment, So, we don't stand a chance."

"You also said it, just if." Tallulah replied: "Mr. Patriot, I don't have any intention to refute your idea. I must admit that your words have a certain truth, but when we faced the picket line, And we need to evade, but now we can have a head-on confrontation with the advance party of the Ursus Legion. I think this is enough to show that we are making progress. "

"The progress you say is accompanied by bloodshed and sacrifice. Who will bear these?"

"I have no right to decide anyone's life or death, but if they are willing to fight for this ideal, then I am willing to be one of them, whether it means bloodshed or sacrifice."

"Are you ready?"

"We have never been able to prepare, Mr. Patriot. When we became infected, we had no way out. If Ursus was willing to give us a way to survive and a place to go, we would not have chosen this way. But Ursus If Usas doesn’t allow it, then this Ussas should be changed.”

Tallulah was very sure that she had not wavered in any way, but just like in the past, she did not see recognition from the Patriot. He did not object or approve, but just like in the past, he did not express any opinion on it.

Tallulah felt that she was used to this, used to the attitude of patriots, and used to having these words on her lips.

She was afraid that she would forget it, or in other words, she was even more afraid that one day she would even start to deny it.

ps: Sometimes, the number of psychological descriptions increases as I write them. Probably because I am also reflecting on Chen Mo’s experience, summarizing his changes, and what I want to tell you is where the problem lies. Why did the contradiction arise? But you may not pay attention to this. I will try to be brief.

Chapter 22 After that...([-])

We all know that something is happening and there is nothing we can do about it. We know that there is a lot of evil going on in Ursus and the infected are just one of many. We know that this country is going through a very important stage. It may directly affect the situation in the next few decades.

Young people stand on the threshold of life, looking at everything around them with their immature eyes. They have enthusiasm in their hearts, which can prompt them to do something about it. However, enthusiasm is not entirely a good thing.

Of course we can understand their thoughts, their love for Ursus and their thinking when facing these problems, but they may not realize what they are doing will bring to them.

In the war between Ursus and the Eastern Kingdom in 1075, the Battle of Blood Peak marked the defeat of Ursus. The new nobles who relied on the origin stone industry to rise and mostly bought titles with money took the opportunity to suppress and eliminate the old nobles who were ennobled by military industry. In terms of military power, the Blood Peak War can be seen as a power struggle between the old and new aristocrats of Ursus. The military aristocrats were unwilling to lose their power and attempted to use a war to consolidate their right to speak in Ursus.

In fact, Ursus did not lose in the Battle of Blood Peak. They won a partial battlefield victory and even had an advantage on the entire battlefield. However, they failed to completely achieve the purpose of launching this war. This was already a sign that Ursus 's defeat.

In fact, after the Battle of Blood Peak, the foundation of the old aristocratic power was not really shaken. What really hurt the old aristocrats of Ursus was the new aristocracy headed by the new emperor and the Imperial Council after the Great Rebellion. In the battle between the great nobles and the military faction who attempted to carve up the power of the Ursus state, a large number of senior military generals were executed or exiled. Only a few generals who did not participate in politics were spared. The new nobles took advantage of this to gain power. The military and the The old military nobles were once closely monitored.

In modern times, the main political contradictions in Ursus were centered on the political conflicts between external expansion and stable development.

The foreign wars launched by the former Emperor Ursus during his tenure maintained the operation of the empire and stabilized the people through continuous expansion and differential treatment of infected people. However, the constant wars also began to make the people, some of the military and the nobles tired. .

Ursus' long-term policy of discriminating against infected people has led to people generally adopting a bad attitude towards infected people. Therefore, there are actually many infected people's movements and resistance organizations in various places.

Now, the current Emperor of Ursus, Fyodor Vladimirovich, re-appoints the peaceful representatives of the Imperial Parliament headed by Islam Witte in an attempt to change the development pattern of Ursus, but is limited by huge constraints. The people's thinking is inertia and it is difficult to move forward in all aspects.

Inside the Ursus Imperial Council.

The peace faction and the war faction have always been two different voices in Ursus. In fact, the war faction in Ursus today is dominated by a large number of young and middle-aged senior officers who emerged after the Great Rebellion, as well as those who are eager for war as a factory. The new industrial aristocracy has access to more cheap labor and raw materials.

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In modern times, Ursus vigorously developed Originium industry and mobile cities and established a fairly complete heavy industry system. However, Ursus' industry relied heavily on the mines on the tundra. Agriculture also lacked agricultural products because it was located in an extremely cold area. Farmers The need to bear heavy taxes resulted in a serious shortage of raw materials and available labor in Usas, which also increased the cost of original capital.

This group of people is a powerful representative of today's main war faction, which also includes the resurgent old aristocracy and the Ursus Army Group represented by young and middle-aged officers.

To put it simply, the main differences in Ursus today are the emerging aristocrats who are eager for military glory and cheap capital. They were once part of the overthrow of the old military aristocratic system of Ursus. Now, the main war faction includes but is not limited to the former The old nobles of Ursus, these people together formed the main war faction within the Ursus Parliament.

The Zhuhe faction even included representatives of the old army nobles who once opposed the emperor.

During the reign of the previous Emperor Ursus, the discrimination against infected people was somewhat restrained due to the need for aggression and expansion. However, during the Great Rebellion, a large number of infected people and infected sympathizers demonstrated and turned into violent conflicts. It did not improve the status of the infected, but instead intensified Ursus' cruel policies towards the infected and the conflicts between the infected and ordinary people.

In Chen Mo's view, if you want to change the situation of infected people in Ursus, you must first change Ursus' own historical origins of the problem of infected people. The key to the problem is how to change the deep-rooted concepts of Ursus as a whole, and how to change them. How to change the current ruling class in this country.

This is bound to be a top-down change, but again, in this change, the infected should be in that position, and the contradictions that are covered up by the infected, when these problems break out at the same time, the infected will How to make a choice.

The focus of the problem lies on the general population of Ursus, not just on the infected people in Ursus.

The snow monsters have a strong desire to learn, but Chen Mo doesn't think he is a good teacher.

The snow monster told Chen Mo that Tallulah had also told them about this, but Tallulah didn't talk much about it. Most of the time, the discrimination against the snow monsters, including the infected, did not have much interest in it. These things were of little interest to them. It is too far away. Even though it is these issues that determine the fate of the infected people in this snowy field, in fact, they do not have any right to choose.

Not because they are short-sighted, not because they are ignorant, but because you cannot expect them to think more when they are struggling to survive.

Tallulah never gave up.

"Tallulah said that we should also learn, understand this country, and understand our current situation. She said that in the future we will also have our own cities, our schools and hospitals, where infected people can receive education and treatment."

The snow monster said so.

"She always likes to say that, but I don't know why. When she said those words, even us felt that maybe one day, even though our stomachs were empty at that time."

Along the way, the snow monsters talked about some things related to Tallulah, from when they saw the young infected person on the snowfield to when they fought side by side.

The snow monsters seemed to trust Tallulah, but they also said that they understood that the words Tallulah said only sounded desirable, and they all knew how difficult it would be to do that kind of thing.

This reminded Chen Mo of Frost Star.

The captain of the Yeti team, Tallulah left her mark on the team. The longer Chen Mo stayed in the team, the more he seemed to understand Tallulah's thoughts.

The same is true for Frost Star. They have hope in their hearts. Although they don't have much expectations for that hope, everyone should have a hope, or a thought. For this group of infected people, their best thought is to be able to Having a piece of land of their own, they actually don't expect dignity that much. Just in order to survive, they have to tell themselves the meaning of their lives.

Maybe this meaning is actually nothing special, but there is a huge difference between having it and not having it.

Tallulah's arrival only ignited the expectations and enthusiasm that already existed in their hearts, including the contradictions and conflicts that Ursus later concealed. Even without Tallulah, it would always explode one day.

It's just that Tallulah brought this group of people and this group of infected people, and they wanted to do something when the conflict in Ursus broke out, or what they thought they could do.

Chen Mo didn't know.

What Chen Mo knows is that Tallulah may not have much expectations for this, because Alina said the same thing. She said that Tallulah has regarded this as her career and mission, and she is not certain about this career. I want to see the day when she blossoms and bears fruit.

She may be ready to sacrifice herself for her ideals. Before this, she had never emphasized that she was a leader or the leader of this group of infected people.

Schratsburg, Outer Ring Industrial Area

"Are we just waiting for them here?"

"If they can get the message, wait here."

"But will they really come?"

Yang Ge asked worriedly. This is an old building close to the industrial area. It is located in the outer ring of the city. From here, you can see the factories lined with industrial areas. There is a road below. Poplar trees are planted on the roadside. In winter, the leaves It had already fallen to the ground.

Cars passed by downstairs from time to time, and this was the unknown number of times that Yang Ge, the snow monster, walked to the window.

They did not carry any weapons, and the military police patrolling Schratsburg and the checkpoints at the docking level also allowed them to blatantly carry weapons on the streets of the city.

In fact, after changing the uniforms of the snow monsters, the snow monsters are not much worse than a normal Ursus. In Chen Mo's opinion, they don't actually need to make much disguise, because the snow monsters themselves are the best Ursas. The common type of people, even if they have been on the battlefield, there is no trace of soldiers on them, they are more like young Ursus civilians, with at least ordinary family backgrounds.

Such people are common in Ursus cities.

Yang Ge seemed a little worried. In fact, after entering the city, he and Big D both showed varying degrees of anxiety. This is probably because snow monsters rarely enter the city and they are better at coping with life in the snowfield, and the city has a negative impact on them. It's a strange place.

"You can try to tell yourself not to be so nervous, Yang Ge." Chen Mo said. He sat on the old chair in the room and looked at the snow monster by the window: "This is actually not difficult at all."

"Just like you." Yang Ge looked at Chen Mo with his legs crossed, and he frowned: "Aren't you worried at all? Chen Mo."

"What are you worried about?" Chen Mo asked back: "We have done what we can. Regardless of whether they come or not, we can only wait. If you are really worried, you can go to the top and ask Big D if he wants to trade with you. ."

"Then forget it." Yang Ge shook his head and added: "Oh, now I understand why you want your eldest sister to stay."

If Shuangxing was here, she would definitely not be able to bear this kind of waiting. Yang Ge understood Shuangxing's character, at least he felt that Chen Mo must have thought of this.

"That's true." Chen Mo did not refute.

"So you really think so?" Yang Ge asked in surprise.

"yes."

"...Elder sister is quite difficult to deal with sometimes." Yang Ge said suddenly. He knelt down and watched Chen Mo take out a cigarette from his bag. Yang Ge waved his hand, saying he didn't know how to smoke.

"But I feel that the eldest sister is a little different now than before. I can't tell. Since Tallulah and the others left, the eldest sister has more things to consider. A few days ago, she was still asking My eldest sister has never mentioned the living conditions of the infected people in our team before."

"Just because she didn't mention it doesn't mean she doesn't know. Maybe she thought about it and didn't tell you."

"Is that so?" Yang Ge asked.

"You have to ask her."

"Huh, I don't dare." Yang Ge shook his head: "The eldest sister is pretty good now, rather she looks a bit like Tallulah. We are still a little worried. The eldest sister is always supported by herself. , and didn’t mention it to us much, we couldn’t help, but I was left behind by my eldest sister, and I still felt uneasy seeing her walking in front.”

Chen Mo lowered his head and lit a cigarette.

&+【)' "Are you worried or are you afraid that you won't be able to keep up with her?" Chen Mo asked. Yang Ge was stunned for a moment, watching as he held the cigarette between his fingertips and blew out a puff of smoke: "I don't understand. You don’t know Frost Star either, but I know that if you don’t want to be left behind, you have to catch up on your own.”

"How to chase?"

"Don't ask me, ask yourself." Chen Mo replied matter-of-factly.

Yang Ge looked strange and stared at him for several seconds.

"Don't you think it's hard for people to understand you sometimes?"

"It's a good thing if you don't understand."

"here we go again."

Yang Ge sighed, he felt that Chen Mo must have done it on purpose.

"Everyone has been asking about you before. You haven't come to the meeting since we came back from the picket base. Although the eldest sister didn't mention it, it can be seen that she is also thinking about it."

Just as Chen Mo was about to answer, there was a knock on the door.

The person who walked in was an acquaintance who surprised Chen Mo. He was standing next to Big D. He was dressed like an Ursus worker and looked like a young man who had just left the factory.

When Chen Mo looked over, a smile appeared on the other person's young face.

"We meet again, sir. It seems that you have found the person you are looking for."

He looked at Chen Mo and then focused on the snow monster behind him. Big D closed the door and Chen Mo held his outstretched hand.

“The collaboration went very well last time, so I hope it will be the same this time.”

"Of course, but I can't promise you that unless you can tell me what you need this time?"

The hands parted, the other person's smile faded, and Chen Mo put out the cigarette in his hand.

"You should be able to tell who we are."

"Infected?"

"Correct."

"My companions recently heard that there was movement in the city where the Fourth Army was stationed some time ago. They sent an advance team, seemingly also for a group of infected people."

"If your information is more accurate, you will know that the group of infected people are called guerrillas. In fact, they have a more eye-catching name called the Shield of the Infected."

ps: Has it been a long time since you wrote Chen’s diary?

Chapter 23 After that...([-])

Schratsburg, industrial area outer ring