Chapter 19: The Broken Flag of the Battlefield (2 in one)
Once the history of the Black Flag Army is revealed, in addition to the infamous massacre, it will be full of bloody glory - this is the reason why lawmakers now oppose the Black Flag Army and demand that the Black Flag Army be abolished.
The history of the world is wrapped in bloody civilization because of the empire - the powerful universal values of the empire, which imperceptibly make the world realize the importance of "civilization" and make the world yearn for civilization, but who the knows that the cornerstone of imperial civilization was laid by the Black Flag military massacre?
Perhaps the people who are clamoring know it, so they want to make the color of the cornerstone extremely pure, and then let people see their right to speak - so the Black Flag Army, which has only been reconstituted for a few years, has become the object of verbal criticism from parliamentarians and small and medium-sized political forces.
The politics of this dog day is like this, the six royal families supported Lieutenant General Long Xiaotian to form the Black Flag Army, which was recognized by the top political forces in the empire, but there are always people who run out to find fault for the sake of damn interests, and the Black Flag Army can only be kneaded like a wronged little daughter-in-law before it proves its worthβand it will be described as a notorious demon.
Of course, the Black Flag Army is unwilling to do this, and in order to fight back, the Black Flag Army needs heroes and achievements to make the domestic people recognize it, and then shut up the parliamentarians who are jumping up and down!
It just so happened that the Central Theater had formulated such a plan, and the military leadership, in order to slap the legislators in the mouth, agreed that the Black Flag Army would play the tragic hero.
There is nothing more glorious and respectable than a group of heroes fighting for their country, winning victory, and then weeping blood to the death in a siege.
This is the sad card in Zheng Yingqi's mouth, a sad card made of the blood of countless imperial soldiers.
The major general looked at the staff officer in front of him, and did not become angry after being told about it, nor did he reprimand him angrily, but said in an incredible tone: "Is this the fact you see? β
Zheng Yingqi stubbornly stared at Major General and nodded without hesitation, isn't it?
"You get out!" The Major General ended the conversation with authority.
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Shi Kai finally found a gap and asked Ye Xiao in a low voice: "Yingzao, can we prepare for the retreat?" β
Fall back!
That's right, in Shi Kai's opinion, the 2nd Battalion can already retreat, in any case, the 2nd Battalion has paid a heavy price for holding its position, and the enemies annihilated are countless, even if they abandon their positions, the people of the 2nd Battalion in the military court can also pat their chests and say, "We are worthy of the battle flag of the Empire!" β
Even if there is a mistake, the fault is in the higher level of the headquarters, we have no reinforcements, and we have killed countless enemies alone, even if we retreat, there is nothing wrong.
This is Shi Kai's opinion, in fact, such an act, even if it really goes to the military court, no one can convict the 2nd battalion - soldiers are dedicated to the country, but they can't be put to death, right?
Isn't it wrong for the troops to flee after more than half of the battle are killed?
"Retreat?" Ye Xiao seemed to have heard a big joke and stared at Shi Kai: "I hate being treated as an outcast, I hate and hate this damn behavior, but as a soldier, when the military order is not lifted, why should I retreat?" Admittedly, in your opinion, this kind of sacrifice is the least worthwhile, and it is even treated like murder with a knife. β
"But a soldier must not disobey military orders because of dissatisfaction, resentment, and complaints!"
This is Ye Xiao's sincere words, he can see that his 2nd Battalion and even the entire 2nd Brigade are regarded as outcasts, and he also understands that he and all his subordinates and colleagues will face the final result, can he disobey the military order because of this?
Well, although he had a criminal record when he was in Jecheng, how many times did Ye Xiao study the cause, beginning and end of the entire Jecheng incident and various plans in his dreams? He was too aware of the consequences of following the usual countermeasures, but even so, he was ready to be shot - he should be shot if he disobeyed military orders and kidnapped Shangfeng!
As a soldier, what you are most afraid of is the appearance of self-righteous and taken for granted thoughts, which may seem absolutely correct behavior in your opinion, but after looking at the overall situation, your correctness is definitely a nightmare for the overall situation!
Ye Xiao is a soldier, he has resentment and unwillingness to become an outcast, but he feels that he can't disobey military orders because of resentment and unwillingness! Withdrew from the battlefield with his subordinates in flagrant disobedience to orders.
There are too many abandoned sons on the battlefield, so many that Ye Xiao doesn't dare to pat his chest and say "don't abandon or give up", he doesn't even dare to instill this concept in the whole battalion, because Ye Xiao understands that as a commander, he will never dare to have such an idea, a soldier can think like this, but "official", absolutely not!
In order to save a person, do you pay ten times the value of generation?
Some say it's worth it.
Is it really worth it? Ye Xiao, who was the commander of the special forces in the dream, encountered such a situation, he did not choose to give up his teammates, but for the safety of the whole team, only one group was left - the final result was that this group was also put in.
A reason, since the above regards you as an outcast, it is not unreasonable to stand in the overall situation, but if the outcast feels that he is innocent and should not be given up and has a rebellious mentality, what will be the final result?
A good general should have a heart like iron, of course Ye Xiao understands this truth, and he also understands this truth, the battlefield has always been a place where you live and die, for the sake of victory, there is nothing that cannot be abandoned! Since he has become the abandoned outcast, he must have the consciousness of the abandoned son, he can roar angrily, he can roar unwillingly, and he can vent his dissatisfaction frantically, but the abandoned son must not make his own decisions and play smart.
"Do you know what kind of situation our retreat will cause?" Ye Xiao said to himself: "Once the 2nd Battalion becomes a deserter, there will be a chain reaction in the defense line of the whole brigade, some people will take us as an example and rush to escape, and finally the defense line of the whole brigade will be broken by the enemy, and the enemy will successfully surround the assault cluster in reverse, and end this situation of being surrounded!" β
"Perhaps the imperial army will break the encirclement at a greater cost, and it is more likely that the strategic intentions of the imperial army will fail, and the entire assault group will be in danger, or even annihilated."
"We don't have a choice!"
Ye Xiao spread his hands, helpless.
With such a choice, can Ye Xiao choose? Do you dare to choose?
If such a situation occurs, the entire 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade and even the entire Black Flag Army will be the sinners of the Empire!
"We can only fight to the death, only to fight to the death." The wolf warrior walked in from outside the camp headquarters and picked up Ye Xiao's words: "Like your battalion commander said, now we only have to fight to the death!" Fight to the death! β
Shi Kai was very embarrassed, in order not to let the embarrassment continue, he chose to add something else, this villain is not easy to be a ......
And after Ye Xiao saw the wolf warrior who came alone, he asked with a solemn expression: "Is the situation very bad?" β
The wolf warrior is the chief of staff of the brigade headquarters, and there is a guard squad in the brigade headquarters guard company that is responsible to him on a full-time basis.
"It's bad," Wolf Warrior smiled bitterly: "The brigade headquarters has no soldiers to send, so I can only come over, but you kid has a kind of ah, you grabbed 2 companies in a daze!" β
Ye Xiao shook his head and didn't explain, he still felt a little incredible, but now is not the time to say this, he glanced at the military flag fluttering in the distance, and said, "I'm going to break the flag!" β
"Broken flag?"
"Hmm."
The wolf warrior is the first person who has seen Ye Xiao pull the tiger skin to pull the banner, the old fox elder who was in the Jicheng Grass Emperor Group was stunned by Ye Xiao, and the Grass Emperor, who had harmed the empire for more than 300 years, was cured because of this, and now when he heard that Ye Xiao was going to break the flag like the legendary Hell Army, his first reaction was that this guy had a conspiracy!
"What kind of plane do you want to build?" The wolf warrior looked at Ye Xiao and wanted to see the flowers on Ye Xiao's face, but obviously, this was delusional, Ye Xiao was now gray and black-faced, how could there be any flowers on his face.
Ye Xiao understood that the wolf warrior had misunderstood, and explained: "Don't you think that having a chilling army on the battlefield is a good deterrent? β
Deterrence!
That's right, that hell legion, the disbanded Black Flag Army used to be the ultimate deterrent force of the empire, especially the legend of cutting off the Black Soul Eater Banner, which made the forces that wanted to be hostile to the empire can't help but weigh it - from the founding of the empire to the dissolution of the Black Flag Army, there has never been a terrorist force that harms the empire, why? Especially after the seizure of power conference in 213, the empire entered the era of civilization, which can last for more than a hundred years, and there is still no terrorist force to harm.
You must know that before the destruction of the Grassland Imperial Kingdom, there were quite a few empires destroyed, and the empire's territory was all destroyed!
It was precisely because of the deterrence of the Black Flag Army that any force or remnant dared to attack the civilians, and the Black Flag Army that exterminated the clan and burned the temple would definitely make them regret their sloppiness in the first place after they went to hell.
What if there was a deterrent like the Black Flag Army on the battlefield now?
Wolf Warrior always feels unreliable, but anyway, the situation of the 2nd Brigade is so bad that it can't be worse, why don't you give it a try?
"Anyway, it won't affect the Imperial Army if you try it, if you can really gradually revive the deterrence of the Black Flag Army, it will be a good thing." Wolf Warrior thought so.
Of course, Ye Xiao knew that it was useless to break the flag now, and even the Black Soul Devouring Flag was no longer the military flag of the reorganized Black Flag Army, but for some reason, he just wanted to give it a try, and wanted to make the prestige of the Black Flag Army reappear in the world.
"Flag Guarding Class! Broken flag! β
Ye Xiao ordered.
It is said that it is a flag protection squad, in fact, it is a person guarding the military flag, and it is located more than 500 meters away from the front line, after all, the 2nd battalion is now short of manpower, and everyone feels that it is a waste to guard the flag in one squad.
The soldier guarding the flag is called Zhang Qiang, and he is a sniper - he can also play a role near the flag, so he was transferred as a flag protection squad, according to the requirements of the imperial army, the battle flag must have a squad guard.
After receiving Ye Xiao's order, Zhang Qiang was stunned for a moment, and then realized what kind of order he had received, if it was other troops of the imperial army, the flag protection squad would definitely ask once, but this is the Black Flag Army, even if there is no longer a saying that the flag is broken, but which Black Flag Army soldier has not heard of the blood style of the ancestors of the Black Flag Army?
After the broken flag! I'm invincible!
Thinking of this, Zhang Qiang suddenly had a feeling of blood surging, and stood up desperately to cut off the military flag, but there was no saber, just relying on the dagger to break the flag, it would definitely make the coffin boards of the ancestors bounce up.
What can do the best thing is the sniper rifle in his hand that is worth a year's salary, Zhang Qiang gritted his teeth and roared:
"It's done!"
After yelling, he slammed the sniper rifle at the thick flagpole at the bottom of the bowl, almost using all his strength.
Ka!
Ga!
The gun was broken in two, but the flagpole was also broken, and the flag, which was riddled with bullet holes, fell with the wind.
It's a pity that the rebuilt Black Flag Army did not always pay attention to the great military flag as its predecessors, and the moment the military flag fell, no one even noticed that this blood-stained battle flag fell.
"Before the empire was established, His Majesty the Shura Emperor raised troops in the blood grassland," Zhao Xiaohu took the only three remaining soldiers in the class to guard the battle line, and the enemy launched a confrontation, and suddenly the voice of Ye Xiao from the communication system came, which made Zhao Xiaohu, who had been with Ye Xiao for a while, stunned, and what Ye Xiao said had nothing to do with the current war.
"When Emperor Shura raised his army, he was accompanied by only thirty-eight slaves who had been rescued from the steppe tribes, and they used a cloth stained with enemy blood as a battle flag, calling themselves the Black Flag Army."
"From that moment on, the military history of the Black Flag Army began, and that flag was also called the Black Soul Eater Banner."
Hearing Ye Xiao say this, Zhao Xiaohu subconsciously retracted his head, and turned to look at the fluttering military flag in the trench, although he knew that their military flag was no longer the famous black soul devouring flag, but Zhao Xiaohu just wanted to see it.
Countless flares camouflaged the dawn sky as daylight, but Zhao Xiaohu didn't see the black soul devouring flag in this pseudo-day!
What about flags?
"In the first 11 years of the imperial calendar, the Shura Emperor led 20,000 black flags against 100,000 enemy cavalry, and before the battle, the Shura Emperor cut down the black flag in front of the whole army, saying, 'After the flag is broken, either I will die the enemy or the enemy will die and I will live!' β
"In the 7th year of the imperial calendar, the Holy Dynasty General Zhengxi slaughtered Penang, 110,000 civilians were killed, and the Shura Emperor broke the flag again, saying, 'After the flag is broken, there will be no death!' , 230,000 people in the Western Army, none of them were spared, and they all died under the black flag! β
Zhao Xiaohu's blood was full of blood when he listened, and he couldn't help but think of all the things he knew, the invincible army known as the Hell Army by the world!
They have been defeated, but since the founding of the army, there have been no more than a thousand captured soldiers, and they have lost, but even if they have lost, they still do not dare to humiliate their remains, even if they are enemies.
There was once a flag-carrying squad of the Black Flag Army, holding the battle flag and attacking the 100,000 army with the number of dozens of people.
That's the black flag! Invincible Black Flag Army! The undying Black Flag Army!
"More than three hundred years ago, the Black Flag Army was considered to be the army of hell, which violated the spirit of the empire, and after completing the historical mission, it was revoked, and 200,000 Black Flags were unarmed, only the dragon blade survived!"
"Two years ago, Long Xiaotian stepped down from his post and served in the army as a lieutenant general, and then built the Black Flag Army, but after all, we lost the spirit of our predecessors, and even the Black Soul Devouring Flag did not become our military flag!"
"Today, the second battalion of the second brigade of the second group army of the Black Flag Army is broken here!"
"I will take you to fulfill the oath of the Shura Emperor: 'Either I die or I die!' β