Chapter 14: I'll Take You Home

[[[CP|W:847|H:444|A:L]]] "You idiots haven't taken your troops into the enemy's defense zone for so long?! Do you know how stupid you pig-heads and your pig-headed subordinates are?! ”

As soon as he entered the headquarters, he heard the sonorous voice of Frank, the bastard who had always been very powerful and had never been strained, and made him want to shoot him.

"Because of your incompetence and weakness, my battle plan has been delayed! Because of your greed for life and fear of death, our offensive has suffered a great setback! And it's all because of you and the soldiers who are even more incompetent than you! ”

By this time, half of the officers he had accused, who had been wounded while following the soldiers, and thousands of his soldiers had fallen forever in the city of Ishbal, and the bodies of many of them were slowly decomposing because they were too close to the Ishbal positions to be recovered, and the uninjured pig-headed commander, the well-groomed fellow who sat in the headquarters every day, was blaming them, the soldiers and officers who were fighting on the front line.

This damn stupid pig

"Do you want to kill him?! Kill it now! ”

Several officers around him have already begun to take the initiative, the troops have lost the support of the alchemist, and the future battles will be even more brutal, and if this commander continues to command......

'Will be killed!' We're all going to be killed by this bastard! ’*N

At this time, most of the officers were actually ready and were exchanging glances with the officers around them.

Because a large number of officers were killed in battle, at this time, the commanders of the 12th District, including those who were wounded and could stand up and hold guns, were all in this headquarters.

As long as they have a good discussion. Even if you kill Farrant, there is a way to explain it.

As long as everyone agrees.

'Okay, I agree, you can do it. ’

'To survive, do it!' ’

'! ’

'!'

The biggest problem with this stupid man is that he has cut off all the hope of survival for all his officers, and under his bastard, everyone will die.

This is the consensus that has been reached by the entire force.

With this consensus, it will not be difficult to reach a consensus to kill him.

No one wants to die, to die in this meaningless desert.

Because this idiot killed the scum commander of countless soldiers and officers.

"Click."

With the eye support of most of the officers, one of the officers next to Xiuz pulled out his pistol. The bore fire crept up, and under Frank's pig-like howl, the sound was completely unnoticed by Farrant himself.

This time, Xiuzi's compassion and courage did not attack, for the sake of more people's lives.

Kill him and get a new commander, and there will be hope of being alive. ’

……

"Are they all in meetings? ~What a coincidence~"

Just before the officers were ready to move, the curtain of the tent of the command headquarters was opened.

It was Colonel Estes, the commander of the First District, who walked in

"Colonel Estes? Why did you get here? Didn't you say that it would be there in a while? ”

Originally, he wanted to perfunctory Estes and let her come for a cup of coffee and drive away, but Farrant didn't expect Estes to come when he called a meeting of the officers

"Yes~ I just inspected all the troops in the 12th district, and they are really good troops, but your command is too bad."

"You...... Colonel Estes, you're "

Unexpectedly, the first thing Estes said when he came to his command was to accuse himself, which made Farrant very embarrassed.

"The superiority of the troops' firepower is completely useless, the tactical rigidity and dogma are just a rush to death, neither know how to make flank detours nor call for long-range artillery cover support, and it is meaningless to blindly assault and charge."

But Estes, who walked in, ignored Farrant's embarrassed appearance and continued

"The whole army is permeated with a sense of defeat, and the troops have no central guiding ideology and a mature system for their operations. And these ......"

As he spoke, a slightly chilling gaze fell on Farrant's

"It's all your mistakes."

"What the hell are you going to do?!"

Farrant, who was scolded by the head, was a little angry, even if the other party was a powerful alchemist, the commander who was on an equal footing with him couldn't say the same about him. This is the characteristic of Farrante, a bastard who only recognizes himself and does not recognize reason and responsibility.

"What? Killed nearly 10,000 soldiers, but didn't even complete half of the mission, isn't the pig-headed commander poor in command? If you really want to say anything, it is not appropriate to describe it as waste. ”

"Colonel Estes! Here's my command if you want to"

"Your Command?!"

Interrupting Farrant's words, Estes changed into a dumb and cute look and tilted his head to look at her in surprise

"My headquarters, of course! If you don't respect me, I'll have to ask you to leave! ”

In front of so many people, they are all subordinates, and Farrant just happened to be a good example of Farrant.

"No, Brigadier General Farrant."

With that, Estes approached Farrant and patted him on the shoulder with a smile

"It's mine from now on" "Poof! ”

Before Farrant could burst out, a slender jade hand pierced directly through his chest without warning, with a surprised expression, a big mouth, and a dead look slowly holding Estes's hand and looking at her puzzled.

Not only Farrant, but all the officers in the command at this time looked stunned, they didn't expect that such a beautiful young officer as Estes would be so ruthless and fierce, just inserting his hand into Farrant's chest at once, and pulling out his heart......

'Relieve your anger! It's really a relief for M! ’

This is the voice of the officers who hate Farrant so much that their teeth itch

"Bullets are used against the enemy, you are not worthy of this waste, the saber belongs to my father, your dirty blood is not worthy of defiling the gift he gave me, although it is a little disgusting, but I will reluctantly send you to hell with my hands."

Looking at the heart on the ground being pulled out and Farrant who could no longer die, Estes looked at this corpse with contempt, this bastard scum who had killed countless excellent soldiers and countless soldiers, and his eyes seemed to be looking at a pile of garbage.

No, not as if, but just a pile of garbage.

"Poof!"

As he spoke, he pinched the other party's heart with one hand and completely crushed it. Then, ignoring the blood on his body, he looked at the officers in front of him with a smile

"Hello everyone~ My name is Estes, and I am the annihilation commander of the first region next door to you, and from now on, I will act as the commander of the twelfth district, please take care of me~"

A very bright and reassuring smile, how long has it been since these commanders have felt this reassuring smile? In this cold and hot desert. The inhuman pig-headed commander's subordinates have not felt such a comfortable feeling?

Just a smile soothes the officers, is that the benefit of a beautiful officer? It doesn't seem to be more than that.

"Someone will throw this pile of garbage into the wild to feed the vultures, and they are not allowed to bury it, let alone bury it, just find a place with a lot of wild beasts and throw it away."

There should also be a temperament, a strong and confident temperament, that strength that is so strong that it is reassuring, that strength that is so strong that it makes people shudder......

"The decision made by that waste in the past will be canceled from now on, the commanders can give full play to their command talents, I will not interfere too much, there are only three things I bring to everyone."

It is the temperament of a young queen exuded by the girl in front of her.

"Efficiency, hope, and myself."

As soon as they entered this headquarters, they instantly stabilized the atmosphere in this room, making the commanders feel at ease and reliable from the bottom of their hearts.

"For a week from today, the units of the 12th District will take turns to recuperate, review the previous wrong tactics, cancel the inspection team system, and let all the wounded and sick be admitted to the field hospital for treatment. At the same time, let the artillerymen suppress the old fire in the area of the city according to the coordinates I brought. ”

It's an insider's talk when you hear it, unlike Farrante's bastard, whose head is full of red wine and fat

"Commander! I have to mention yΓ¬! ”

Feeling the difference between this commander and Farrant's pig's head, the officers who had been holding back for a long time began to express their opinions

"Please, Major Mandonik."

"Huh?"

Mandonik didn't know how Estes could tell her name and rank, and he didn't seem to know her.

"Major Mandonic, commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 371st Infantry Regiment, am I not right?"

It's still that reassuring smile, but the strong confidence contained in this smile is too powerful.

"I have been to your regiment just now, your battalion is the least casualty unit in your regiment, and the morale is still maintainable, I wonder if you are willing to share your successful experience with your colleagues? ~”

A truly good commander is not a word, but a commander who knows how to give full play to the strength of his subordinates, brainstorm ideas, absorb the excellent ideas of his subordinates, and improve his own plan.

Estes is the kind of person who is good at learning, and at the same time very confident in his own judgment. Otherwise, she wouldn't have worshiped so many teachers.

"No problem! Commander Estes! ”

In fact, Mandonic has long wanted to say all his opinions, but he has never had the opportunity to say it, but this time there is a way.

"Then please organize your thoughts into articles, and we will have another meeting here tonight, and ...... at the same time"

As he spoke, he looked at the other officers

"If you have anything else to say, the experience and lessons you want to sum up, let's start after eating here at dinner tonight. You must have a lot to say in two months, and you want to sum it up, right? ”

Somehow, watching this commander who spoke so intimately to his heart...... Probably because the happiness came too suddenly, the gap between the two commanders before and after was too great, so that a group of officers who had finally escaped from the suffering shed tears of excitement.

"For more than two months, everyone has suffered all kinds of hardships, and they have lost so many excellent officers and soldiers in vain, but even so, everyone still insists on fulfilling their duties at their posts...... I have also heard of the brutality and tenacity of the 12th arrondissement, which was able to sustain two months in such a desperate environment...... Ladies and gentlemen, it's been a great job~"

"Woo ......"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Damn it...... Damn ......"

"Tears...... Tears can't stop ......"

Being so gently by Estes, the officers in the command remembered their past two months, the brother who was killed by the order of the idiot, and the pain that although he had something to say but had nowhere to redress. Thinking of his comrades-in-arms, those robes who had not had time to collect the corpses in front of the enemy, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"I knew it earlier...... If I knew you were there, we would have done it a long time ago......"

Many people are thinking about nothing else now, just regretting why they didn't kill Farrant earlier and invite Colonel Estes over.

"Your business, the situation of your troops...... I saw it when I went to inspect it just now...... You guys...... There is an urgent need for replenishment and recuperation, as well as for replenishment of troops and medical ...... Your troops ......"

Looking at these officers, who were crying with joy and too excited, Estes suddenly felt a little sad and a little emotional.

Obviously such a good officer and unit, the proportion of casualties in the troops is generally more than 60%, and one-third of the officers are killed, but there are no troops in the 12th District who have escaped and mutinied en masse, and they have endured it for so long without playing the Farrant Black Gun, which makes Estes feel a little incredible.

They are all good soldiers and officers who are loyal to their duties. Loyal and upright soldiers.

"Your troops, with heavy casualties and need to be repaired, will ask their superiors to give priority to replenishing your troops, and try to deploy as many artillery and heavy weapons as possible to support your operations. From tomorrow I will follow the front-line troops to attack the enemy. The soldiers will no longer be left alone at the forefront. ”

Is this the gap? Is there a gap in officers?

Looking at Estes's lightly moved expression, Xiuz stood in the crowd and looked at her silently, thinking.

Obviously, it only takes one officer to change this unit to be rescued, and thousands of lives can be saved, even if it is a violation of military orders, then in order to protect the lives of most people, the culprit is also damned, right?

…………

"These people don't deserve to die, they didn't disobey military orders!" "Anyway, it's not right to kill your own people!"

In the past, Xiuz said this in a cafΓ©, when he was so superstitious about military orders and military discipline

"If someone has done something that harms the interests of the country and the army without violating military law, shouldn't it be sanctioned? …… Is it really a sinful thing to make some jerks who are harmful to the country and society disappear? ”

Esdes once asked himself this question, but his answer was no.

And today......

Looking at Farrant lying on the ground, who was killed by Estes in violation of the military order, Xiuz couldn't feel a trace of 'Estes is guilty' in his heart.

It's strange enough to feel like you've suddenly changed your role.

"You don't need to care about the rules and regulations on the battlefield, because that's the only way to survive......"

The meaning of Estes's words, and now Xiuzi, who has been on the battlefield, understands it thoroughly.

Indeed, as she said, you can only survive by trying your best.

Even if it is a violation of military discipline.

The person who stands in front of him in a military uniform is not necessarily his own person, but the nightmare of being afraid of himself all day long may be someone who is really interested in saving his life.

And that's what Xiuz is facing now.

Obviously he swore that he would never see Estes again, and before he went to war, he prayed that he would not be assigned to the cruel cold-blooded witch who was unscrupulous to his own people.

I longed to be assigned to a good commander who strictly carried out military orders.

Outcome......

Huz got his wish and was assigned to Frante, a stinky bureaucratic executioner who was stubbornly defending the military order but had no feelings for the soldiers, and Estes came and quickly completed the task with the First District to protect the lives of his soldiers.

And now......

"Everyone has been working hard for a while, and here, Estes does not dare to say anything else, because the war is not over yet, and I have only one thing to say"

His life was indeed saved by this cruel girl who he never wanted to see the most

"Follow me, I'll take you home alive~"

Follow her, because she is right, and in the cruel reality, she has already understood the truth on the battlefield and in politics.

Superstitious dogmas and ordinances simply do not make sense.

Only by living, allowing as many people as possible to live happily is the ultimate and unchanging truth.

This is the experience and lesson of Hutz, a good man who is nosy, and sympathetic is overflowing, with three wounds.

The brutal battlefield made Xiuzi understand that he was once naΓ―ve, and he had not seen the real cruel naivety.

And the ...... of the parties Estes has seen hell.

I was wrong, I was very wrong.

"Huh?! Isn't this Lieutenant Shutz? You're in the 12th arrondissement, aren't you? ”

At some point, the aqua blue hair, jewel-colored eyes, came to Xiuz's side......