Section 6 Abandoned
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There is a road, and outside the city called Gasher, there is a large road that is open. It's not a rough-built road that doesn't even reach the height, but a hardened road that would be up to highway standards even if it were brought to earth. However, the road is quite busy now, as most of the material supplies are carried through this road.
Because the camp is arranged in such an orderly manner, a rough estimate of the number of refugees can be made by visual inspection. Lu Wu calculated that there were about 300,000 people in the entire camp. The entire border of the Banshee Gate, leaning on that part of the territory of the Huiyue camp, is far more than that. In fact, if Kecha Goyat was really ruthless, he could easily eliminate these people who were no longer protected by force.
Of course, this is impossible. The current Lu Wu already knew that the "Supreme Holy Lord" was likely to be Kaicha Goat. Kecha Goat needs these refugees as his followers to provide him with the power of faith, so not only will he not attack them, but he will even protect them from the Stygian faction to a certain extent.
However, this is not bad news for Lu Wu, and it may even be good news.
When he went to the training, Amber set up a tent - not that Amber needed a tent, but to hide Holoera.
This thing has lost its original purpose, and it is no longer possible for amber to enter the "fold of the wall" formed by it and hide in the machine. In fact, due to the non-exclusive relationship between the world itself, Amber can now keep her body in a physical state for a long time, and can completely impersonate an ordinary person. Surprisingly, however, it is still associated with amber. This connection refers to the conversion relationship between electricity and magic.
If you power Holoera, Holoera will still be able to convert the electricity into amber magic. Why this seems to be completely unreasonable, even Amber herself can't tell.
Amber spends the whole day trying to communicate with her body. Although she had failed to communicate before, this did not prevent her from using some of the more complex (and supposedly more effective) spells. Lu Wu didn't bother her for the time being, and turned to understand something more definite.
Two or three hours after returning from the training class, Lu Wu already had a better understanding of the situation he was in.
"Now we only have more than one hundred and twenty soldiers left?" Lu Wu asked.
He was now in a large tent - a conference room for business that could be simply understood. But at the moment, there were only two people in it, him and Hongyi.
In fact, Lu Wu asked this question very stupidly, because even the squadron leader has become the supreme commander, so it is too normal for one or two hundred of the five or six thousand men and horses to remain. In particular, it should be noted that among the remaining 120 or so people, there are fifty or sixty people from the third brigade -- the same people who followed Lu Wu, the squadron leader, before. These people, like Lu Wu, have received military training for that day. Although Lu Wu is young, compared to these people, at least he can be a big brother in terms of age. Because by age, they are only equal to high school students on the planet - they can't be counted as soldiers at all.
In other words, in the real sense, there are only fifty or sixty soldiers with formal training, and more than a dozen of them are wounded and sick. There were only two officers left, one was Lu Wu and the other was Red.
"Yes, that's all, unless we make a supplementary ......" the red coat spread his hands. "However, I feel that there are too many people. ā
The man in red was anything but unusual. In the process of dealing with Growth Heaven, Lu Wu knew this. He knows a lot of secrets, and he has a lot of ability, both combat experience and military quality are first-class. When the red-clothed commander Lu Wu, a group of dozen people named as recruits who were actually civilians, dealt with the hard-skinned monsters, it was a great battle, but there were zero casualties themselves. It was a small battle that could not be put on the table, but it also fully demonstrated his military qualities. Not to mention that in this blocking battle, everyone else is dead, and the fact that one in red can run out with dozens of people is a miracle in itself. Speaking of which, I don't know why, the red clothes don't seem to have any intention of setting up Lu Wu as the boss at all - in the eyes of others (in fact, even Lu Wu himself has to admit it), the red clothes are actually far more suitable than him for this "supreme commander".
"Why?" Lu Wu was curious.
"Lu Wu, we have no money. Hongyi took out another terminal from his hand, and at the same time motioned for Lu Wu to take out his own. One of the most useful features of this otherworldly smartphone is that it transmits information over short distances - similar to broadband, but without relying on routers.
A detailed report was sent to Lu Wu's officer user terminal,
The report is simple but the data is detailed, and Lu Wu is easy to read - maybe it's not that Hongyi doesn't want to be the boss, but that this family really has nothing to do.
The entire Sixteenth Army Corps has in fact been completely annihilated, and all the personnel are dead, so naturally the equipment will not remain. Don't look at the fact that there are only more than 100 people, but there is a shortage of weapons, clothing, medicine, tents, etc., although Lu Wu has gained a lot of envy, jealousy and hatred today, but in fact, the only ones that can be taken out of the table are actually those two cars - and in fact, one of them needs to be repaired urgently because of overuse, and the overworn parts are replaced, otherwise it is estimated that it will lie down if it is a little far away.
But now it's a situation -- not to mention the labor costs for repairs, they don't even have the money to buy parts.
Not only that, spring is coming, and the soldiers have not yet landed in their spring and autumn clothes.
The soldiers - not only soldiers, but also refugees - still have the last money on them. But the problem is that although the officials are giving out some free food, they are only distributing food. Not to mention that the food is not so much about starving as it is about starving.
It is impossible for a person not to need anything but to eat. So, if the idea is played in this direction, then conflict is inevitable.
Lu Wu still remembers that he was forcibly conscripted into the army at that time, and at that time the materials were still abundant, at least all kinds of equipment were distributed to the recruits. But now there is nothing. All the remaining soldiers were on the same basic food as ordinary refugees. Most of them had nothing but a gun (some didn't even have a gun) and the identity of a soldier.
In fact, Lu Wu couldn't understand why such a unit would be retained under such circumstances? It is estimated that even if the disbandment order was ordered from above, no one would oppose it, after all, the squadron leader and squad leader were not taken seriously, and if nothing else, didn't that captain also run away?
Is the establishment of the army irrevocable under any circumstances, or can it only be revoked unless ordered by the Governor-General?
He asked the Redcoat this question.
"Of course not. Hongyi laughed dryly a few times, and answered the question a little awkwardly. "There is a situation in which the army will be abolished, and that is if all the officers are killed or deserted. ā
"All officers ......"
"Yes, you and I are dead," Redcoat said. Or fled. ā
"Escape...... What will be the consequences?" Lu Wu suddenly asked this question. To tell the truth, although he knew that the former captain had become a deserter, he didn't know what the consequences would be if he escaped.
"Actually, there are no consequences, just become a wanted criminal. Hongyi said lightly. "Find a remote place, hide for the rest of your life, or escape to an area controlled by the Stygian faction. In short, as long as you don't get caught, everything is fine. ā
Lu Wu remembered Amber's ability - although it had not been verified, but if a warlock like Amber came to catch someone, he would be caught no matter where he hid, right?
"Don't worry," Hongyi may have guessed what Lu Wu was thinking, "A fugitive of our level will not even have the honor of seeing the feet of warlocks." Unless there is a special reason, the warlocks would never deign to hunt down such a deserter. However, "his voice changed its flavor. "If we get caught," he said, he made a neck-slicing gesture. "It's the only fate. There is no way to reverse the fate. ā
Hongyi's action was simple, but for some reason, Lu Wu felt a cool breath rising from his back.
"That...... Let me ask, past our ...... What's the situation?" Lu Wu decided not to consider the option of desertion.
"Under normal circumstances, we would submit an annual budget every spring, and with the approval of the Governor, we would purchase the corresponding supplies through military shopping channels. Redcoat said. "In the event of war, any legion while in a state of repair shall have the right to submit a provisional purchase plan, which shall be approved by the Governor according to the actual situation. This is also a common situation in Banshee Gates. ā
"But the governor is dead. ā
"So our problems have to be solved by ourselves. Redcoat said. "There are a lot of problems that have to be solved. ā
"That...... Now the Governor is dead...... Will his heir inherit this position?"
"There are no heirs. The red coat had that "why don't you even know this" expression. "Yes, although the Governor is often hereditary, the legal method of succession to the Governor is the recommendation of the previous Governor...... Now that he's dead, there won't be the next governor who will appear this way. Moreover, the Banshee's Gate is now ...... It has largely fallen. ā
As you can see from the map, in terms of administrative regions, the Radiant Moon faction also occupies some of the corners of the Banshee's Gate, such as the city of Gasher, where they are now. But it's just a bit of a corner.
Lu Wu's mind suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and he realized the reason behind the treacherous situation in front of him. To be honest, this scene is quite weird, and it is absolutely impossible to put it on Earth. But now, Lu Wu has already understood a little. In fact, everything is normal, very reasonable, and no different from the earth, but he didn't understand it before.
"Well, Red, essentially," he paused. "We're abandoned, aren't we?"
This time, Hongyi really smiled bitterly (not because of his bitter face being misunderstood). "You're quite right. He gestured to the outside of the tent.
"All of us," he said. "All abandoned. ā