Chapter 4: Dragon City
Many people think that it is comfortable to be an officer and a soldier - there are probably some comforts, but officers during the war years were not so easy to be.
Military schools will teach officers how to command troops, how to lead troops, how to be loyal, and then at most how to strengthen their own mental qualities and how to remain calm in the face of heavy casualties.
I will never teach or teach how to let the officers get out of the shadows after facing the heavy casualties of their subordinates, and this thing cannot be taught, so I can only rely on myself to grope, and if I have groped, I am a qualified officer, and if I can't find it, then terminate the career of the officer.
The education that the officers of the imperial army received since childhood allowed them to see a wide range of things and then think more, so the officers of the imperial army also ranked first in the world in the case of mental abnormalities - there was once an imperial major general who led his subordinates to attack the enemy for several months, perfectly held the defensive line and waited for reinforcements, but the major general himself was too tight because the strings were too tight, and finally collapsed......
It's a pity, isn't it? This is the case with Ye Xiao, fortunately he finally got out of the hell he built for himself, returned to the world with obsession, and became a qualified officer.
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Meimei slept for a day and a night in the military guest house, and at five o'clock in the morning the next day, Ye Xiao opened his eyes accurately, and after cleaning up his personal hygiene in a very military way, he began to pack up his clothes, and today he was going to participate in the flag-raising ceremony on the martyr's square.
The soldiers who raised the flag in the Imperial Square raised the flag of the empire in front of the sun, while the soldiers of the Dragon City Garrison Corps on the Martyrs' Square raised the flag in front of the sun, representing the imperial flag of the Yulin Army, the Wehrmacht, the Armed Guard, the Navy, the Air Force and the Imperial Guard.
By the way, on the military flag raised in Martyrs' Square today, the badge of the Black Flag Army is marked, that is to say, from now on, the object of this military flag represents one more Black Flag Army.
More than 300 years ago, with the cancellation of the establishment of the Black Flag Army, the last dragon blade unit with the blood of the Black Flag Army was drawn into the establishment of the Yulin Army.
But today, more than 300 years later, the unique military flag has finally added a black black flag army badge, which also means that from today onwards, the Longcheng military flag has begun to summon the soul of the Black Flag Army again.
It was a very special day, especially for the Black Flag Army.
Ye Xiao carefully rehung the military rank, put on the most solemn military uniform, and then walked out of the room with a solemn face, and walked towards the direction of Yingli Square with the most standard military steps.
Martyr's Square is located outside the east gate of Dragon City, except for the flag-raising ceremony, all the conjuring ceremonies are held in Martyr's Square, plus there is a conjuring ceremony of Dragon City today, so at this moment the square is already crowded with people - but everyone consciously kept silent, there was no mess, although it could not reach the point where the needle could be heard, but if someone who didn't know suddenly appeared in the Martyr's Square, he would definitely think that he had encountered the legendary Yin soldier crossing.
Dragon City does not restrict anyone's arrival, but anyone who visits must wear a military uniform, as Dragon City only recognizes military uniforms.
Nearly 100,000 people in the Martyrs' Square, all kinds of military uniforms, the earliest and even more than 70 years ago, wearing it is an old man, no recognized military rank, so that a chest full of medals, badges, so that the people around the old man are in awe.
Ye Xiao did not wear his own medals and badges, but only expressed his most pious respect with a grand military uniform.
He looked very ordinary when he was integrated into the 100,000 people, but when the flag guards stepped out of Dragon City with the flag-raising class, Ye Xiao's breathing became rapid.
From today on, that special military flag will be engraved with the badge of the Black Flag Army, which is the honor that the soldiers of the Black Flag Army have exchanged for their lives, and there are also his subordinates.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
Like an explosion but the sound of extremely neat footsteps is getting closer and closer, after the beautiful and murderous salute, the flag guards stood around the flag platform, the flag-raising squad stepped into the flag platform, and then raised the imperial army flag - the red battle flag.
Ye Xiao's gaze passed through the countless crowds, and he seemed to clearly see the black flag military badge representing killing on the corner of the military flag, and two tears silently slipped from the corners of his eyes.
In the sound of military music, the military flag slowly rose along the flagpole, and when it was fixed on the top of the flagpole fluttering in the wind, the flag guard unit and the flag-raising squad shouted at the same time:
"The soul is back! The soul is back! ”
The military flag on the Martyrs' Square is for the purpose of summoning spirits, but it is not called the Soul Flag, its name has always been called the Imperial Army Flag!
"The soul ......returns," Ye Xiao muttered softly, as if calling for those subordinates who sacrificed on the battlefield of the land bridge, as if he saw those loyal, bloody, fearless and brave subordinates, who crossed the limits of time and distance, appeared in the sky above the Dragon City with boundless loyalty, and then walked into the Dragon City with a proud face, defending the empire forever.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Not long after the call of the conjuring ended, the sound of war drums was heard from a distance, and with the shout of war drums, the roar of the march came from afar.
As the sound of footsteps beating with the heart approached, a square team escorted eighteen warriors to the Martyrs' Square, holding black square plates with varying numbers of nameplates.
When stepping on the martyr's square, there is a conjuring flag raised, the body of the conjuring flag is composed of two war spears in the form of a cross, representing the meaning of the war spirit, and the words "283 people of the second special investigation team" are written on the flag, and the last payment time is March 3, 662 in the imperial calendar.
This is the nameplate of the 283 soldiers who died in the 303 incident, although these nameplates are only secondary plates (the soldier nameplate has one positive pair and two copies, one is hung on the soldier's neck, and the other is recorded and stored, and those who enter Dragon City are all secondary plates, and the main plate will be sent to the local martyrs' cemetery. But these nameplates represent the 283 soldiers killed in the 303 incident!
Although Ye Xiao knew that the 303 incident was resolved by the empire, and the second team of special detectives was not killed, what if there was no Ye Xiao?
The second team that began later was the nameplate of the 8,832 heroes of the Air Force.
After the outbreak of the war, the Imperial Airborne Forces attacked bravely, and 4 airborne divisions were airborne behind the middle of the Crusader Line, opening the passage for the heavy group, and in just three hours, the four airborne divisions lost 8832 soldiers, although the road was opened for the assault group, but 8832 soldiers were buried on that land!
There are constantly escorting the phalanx of heroic nameplates to the Heroic Martyrs' Square, each phalanx represents a difficult and outstanding battle in the "Breakthrough Campaign", and those seemingly fluttering nameplates represent a dissipated life.
Someone once said that life is the most worthy of respect and fear, because an adult has to go through ten months of pregnancy, and then from the croaking to the ground to Yiyi, from childhood to teenagers, and then to adulthood, it takes eighteen years - that piece of nameplate, how many families' hopes? How many elders are looking forward to it?
What a loyal and hot-blooded warrior!
The 42nd phalanx, the raised spirit banner reads: 875 people from the 222nd battalion of the Black Flag Army.
Ye Xiao saluted vigorously, and then wanted to chatter but found that he had already choked up......
Those were his subordinates, the soldiers he brought out before the war, the soldiers he brought to the battlefield, but he couldn't send them home, so he could only watch them enter the Dragon City here and become the soul of the Protector Army......
Ye Xiao's tears broke the embankment.
The man has tears and does not flick, but he has not reached the sad place!
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In the breakthrough battle, the imperial army's achievements were remarkable, and the people were not disappointed, and the results of destroying 1.588 million enemies made the imperial people very happy, but before experiencing the spirit of Dragon City, who would have thought that although the 1:17.3 casualty ratio was gratifying, what did the casualties of 90,000 people mean?
That's a full 74 phalanxes, 78,907 deputy soldier nameplates, and 78,907 living people who died in battle!
This was not a military parade, but the 74 phalanxes walked from the end of the flag-raising to 10:21 a.m. before all entered the Dragon City.
This is a grander display than the military parade - the parade shows the invincible military might, but it can summon the soul, but it is the mourning and tracing of the heroic soul by the living, and it is also a kind of spiritual sustenance.
It is true that the spiritualist ceremony is very low-key, and even the mainstream media of the empire will only mention this spiritualism a few days later, probably saying that "Dragon City held a spiritualist ceremony for the heroic spirits of the breakthrough battle", such a brief report is even sorry for the efforts of the heroic spirits, but for the living, this is enough.
When we set foot on the battlefield to fight bloodily, we don't want to be famous through the ages, not fame and fortune, but to let the empire continue to prosper!
As the unsung hero said: I firmly believe that the war will be won, I never doubted it, but by the time the war was over, I had already fallen in some unknown corner, turned into dirt......
Ye Xiao walked into Dragon City like a pilgrimage.
He had been to Dragon City more than once, but every time he entered Dragon City, he was more sincere than the most staunch fanatics, not only his faith, but also the backbone of the entire empire.
As long as Dragon City remains, the empire will always remain!
For fanatical believers, the Holy See's Divine Mountain of Light or the Dark Mountain Range of the Demon Temple is the only holy place in their hearts, but for the soldiers of the Empire, Dragon City is their root, their soul, and the Pure Land in the deepest part of their hearts!
Ye Xiao silently walked into Dragon City, and what he saw was the immortal martyr's monument.
The Empire is mighty! Imperial Martial Arts!
The eight big characters are as vivid as blood on the black heroic monument, which has gone through the baptism of the years but has never faded, which is the slogan of the imperial army and the foundation of the empire!
The empire should be mighty, and the imperial army should be mighty by force!
After taking a deep look at this immortal monument, Ye Xiao took another step, stepping firmly on the land of Dragon City step by step, tracing the steps of the martyrs and the steps of the war spirits.
The Hall of War Soul, the Hall of Martyrs, the Hall of Heroic Souls......
In every giant hall, Ye Xiao has stopped and gazed at the bearing of his ancestors.
The Dragon City is very large, the big one is almost marginal, and the Dragon City is very small, because its interior is full of too many military souls, and every step Ye Xiao takes, it seems to touch countless heroic souls who have sacrificed for the country.
"I Love the Empire......"
When Ye Xiao walked into the main hall of Dragon City, he suddenly murmured in a low voice.
Palaces are in the world, either where gods live, or where the pinnacle of power live, but in the empire, there is only one place for palaces - that is, Dragon City.
His Majesty Emperor Wen and the other five emperors created the foundation of the empire, but His Majesty Emperor Wen said in front of the Dragon City: "I don't need a palace, and the head of the empire doesn't need a palace, the palace of the empire can only let these heroic souls who have given their lives for the country live!" No one but them! ”
When Ye Xiao was in Ye Village, he heard the old people often chant about His Majesty Emperor Wen, the man who single-handedly created the great empire, how big of a heart did the man who said such things have?
With such an empire, why should you give everything for her?
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"Lieutenant Colonel, the general is invited." When leaving the Soul Burning Palace in the main hall of Dragon City, a sergeant wearing the uniform of the Dragon City Garrison Corps stood in front of Ye Xiao.
The military uniform system of the garrison regiment is too old, it is the style of the first generation of military uniforms in the empire, and it is also the first military uniform in the entire world, Ye Xiao nodded to the sergeant who was blocking him, and silently followed his pace.
The sergeant's size is disabled in the empire, where the average height per capita is more than 174, but Ye Xiao feels that the sergeant in front of him is a tall mess - this is a strong man who is not weaker than himself, but he is willing to live in Dragon City, with the rank of sergeant, guarding the backbone of the empire, and is unknown.
Is it okay to be yourself?
Ye Xiao asked himself, but gave himself a negative answer, if there was no war, he would end his military career and then travel all over the world, this is the dream he was instilled by Ye Zhan when he was a child, and it has never been extinguished.
I will definitely not guard Dragon City in obscurity!
This is a group of heroes who are ready to sacrifice for the empire, but they are never able to sacrifice and then are withered by time!
Some people say that since ancient times, hardship is death-but Ye Xiao, who was rolling on the battlefield, scoffed at this.
It is really too simple to die on the battlefield, and under the harsh climate conditions, the veterans are eager to die by themselves, and they will die a hundred! However, they must live humbly, for the sake of the empire, only alive can they fight the enemy, it is right to be a hero when they die, but what about the vocation and mission?
These great warriors live in obscurity, with the determination to die at any time......
When he saw the old man again, what Ye Xiao saw was an imperial general wearing a general's uniform and full of authority, not the old man who would always listen to him, the old man and Qin Siwu were the same person, but General Qin Siwu at this moment was definitely not the old man.
"Lieutenant Colonel Ye Xiao."
"Here!" Ye Xiaohong's bright answer shouted.
"Your vacation is in vain," Admiral Qin Siwu stared at Ye Xiao with tiger eyes: "There is a very difficult task, after thinking about it, I decided to hand it over to you." ”
The deputy chief of general staff consulted Ye Xiao's file yesterday, perhaps because he had been determined to take over as the chief of the general staff of the Third Joint Staff, General Qin Siwu had the authority to know the most top-secret file, he carefully read the war trend information provided by Ye Xiao, and in his mind came up with the war career of a special soldier, from the statement provided by Ye Xiao, he saw Ye Xiao's life in the war, and was stunned to find that the most suitable candidate for the long-term difficult problem was Ye Xiao in front of him.
So General Qin Siwu summoned Ye Xiao over.
"Please give the general an order!" Ye Xiao did not hesitate, it was very much in line with the general's taste.