Chapter 223: The Unscrupulous One
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Along the way, I thought about the situation I was facing, and soon realized what it meant to hold on for a while.
That's when the anger came into play.
"You want the brethren to stick the devil so that the fleet can launch strategic weapons, right?"
In the face of my anger, Verelli was quite calm.
"That's right, only in this way can they be annihilated in one fell swoop, and we ......"
"And I can become a general as quickly as I can, and I can speak for the Martian authorities, right?"
Facing my direct gaze, Verelli looked away for a moment, and when he stared at me again, his gaze was clear and insistent.
Maxim, Zach and others around us looked at the two of us. Their expressions were not alone, and it seemed that all of them were aware of the implications of Verelli's strategy.
"That's not wrong if you want to think about it, but ......"
"There is nothing, I will not sacrifice other people's lives for my own promotion, not to mention that I don't want to be this Lao Tzu's general!"
The anger in his heart jumped and jumped, and he surged more and more because of Wei Leili's playful expression.
I tried to restrain my anger and tried to speak to Verelli in a calm tone.
"I don't need to say anything about it. The detachment set sail now, the infiltrated units immediately retreated, and the Wanwang received the berth of the assault boat group during the voyage. Order Jasmine and Gru of the frigate group to discuss a way to get excited and stop the enemy. I ask the frigates to block the reinforcements as much as possible on the premise of ensuring their own safety. ”
"Wait!"
Verelli stopped the communication non-commissioned officer who wanted to send the command.
He walked up to me, the expression on his face changing from serious to sad.
"Sir, war is bound to kill people, and you can't kill the enemy and retreat with all your body."
"I can retreat with fewer kills, and in the face of such a large detachment, we will not be blamed if we deliberately avoid the battle."
"No, you're going to be blamed, you're only a colonel now, and there's a fierce Faisal up there, he's going to make a big fuss about it."
"Then let him make a fuss, it's a big deal that Lao Tzu won't do it!"
I feel that I am free enough, colonel is a lifelong goal for many people, and I also relied on countless births and deaths to get this promotion, but I am like this, contemptuous of power and false fame, once things touch my bottom line, this kind of thing is abandoned.
Wei Leili's expression became heavier and heavier. Maybe it's my delusion, how it seems that Maxim and Zach and the people around them are frowning.
"So what do we do?!"
His words were slow and heavy, and I could feel the pressure, and the ease of the dish was gone.
I wanted to reply, "cold salad", but in the heavy topic that people can't straighten up, there is no gap for jokes to intervene.
“...... However, if I do what you say, at least more than half of the 20,000 people can't go back, what's the difference between this and me not daring to turn around and leave my job? No, it's a big difference, I'll bring these people back, even if I don't do it myself, at least everyone is still alive......"
"Everyone is still alive, but they won't live long."
“.......”
Wei Leili's snatching made me speechless for a while.
"Do you think that after losing the chief officer, we will live peacefully until the end of the war, and then everyone will happily return to their families? You're wrong, we'll just be used as cannon fodder and die in the next battle. Because we are a group of soldiers without a commander, the commanders will go to preserve their strength, and the first batch to be used as cannon fodder is obviously the 20,000 people who lost you. ”
“...... However, even if they stay here, most people will still die. ”
I myself felt my tone weaken, and the anger in my chest was turning into fear.
"After all, someone can survive, believe me This kind of thing is the same everywhere, in our imperial fleet, this kind of tilt will appear in a more violent situation."
Maxim stood up, this cunning fellow like a fox, at this time he really had the face of a big brother who had come over.
"Sir, if you abandon everyone for your own safety, or for the sake of promotion, it is understandable, at least you will get benefits, maybe you will survive, and you can live your protection. But on the contrary, you abandon us just because there are fewer people on the battlefield, at least for me is unacceptable, because no one will benefit from this, and we who are abandoned by others may die on the battlefield in a few hours. Why do you insist on that? ”
Maxim was like a seductive demon, his words were not sharp, nor did he have the weight of Verelli, but he shook my heart all the time.
"I agree with Maxim that you can only and must think about your own promotion, so that the results you get are good for everyone."
"But...... In that case, what difference am I from those ugly fellows who climb to the top on the corpses of their comrades? ”
"Haha, the difference, why should there be a difference, you only have to be such an ugly guy, everyone can be better, our family can be better. Maybe then you have mercy, and our entire Martian survivors will be better. ”
Zach, who has always looked at me unpleasantly, sarcastically mocked me with extreme bitterness, as if he had been looking at me unpleasantly since the last infighting, and I ignored him for some reason. This time, his words were extremely heavy, and they were the most swaying words of the three. I suddenly realized the reason why I had allowed Zach to live there all along, and his personality was in some ways very similar to my previous self.
"Do you have to be ugly to protect everyone else? What an irony! ”
Turning my head to look at the corner of Guangyu's monitor, the direction with the deep starry sky, I felt that my world was changing, the dark part of the starry sky was spreading to my body, and I wanted to turn around and run away, but I saw the gaze of my comrades Xiyi, and after a while, their images were blurred, I saw Karin's figure, and after a while, it was Teresa, then the deceased Yukiyo, and finally the blonde girl who died in my hands drove the heavy infantry.
"If I become the unscrupulous kind of thing, can I save them?"
I was talking to myself in a voice that only I could hear.
There is no answer to this question, and the conclusion can only be found by yourself.
"As a result, you can only become an unscrupulous villain."
"What? Sir, what did you just say? ”
"Nothing, take back the previous order! He ordered the Wanwang to join up with the escort ship group and wander on the outside of the battlefield. Let the reserve team board the ship, infiltrate the troops to stop the blasting operation, and immediately begin defensive preparations. We're here to take on the Devil Marines to see if they're still that arrogant. ”
No one had an opinion on my order, and everyone saluted and went to their posts.
"Sir, the shuttle is waiting for you, and I think you'd prefer to stay with the Marines."
Verelli stood behind me, and for the first time I had heard him use honorifics to me.
I regrouped my mood, shook my head, and threw away the distractions in my mind.
"That's right, I need to be with the Marines. But you have to stay on the Kings. I can't trust Maxim, I need someone who can check and balance him. ”
Verelli wanted to say something, but finally chose to bow his head and accept my orders.
On the way to the shuttle, the two Marine regiments of the reserve were assembling and I heard the officers shouting at the soldiers, telling them that the big war was approaching and that the colonel would be at the forefront of the battle with everyone.
The door of the shuttle slowly closed, masking the cheers of the fighters.
It's really strange that they are excited about a battle that is bound to be tragic, and they are confident that they will not die? Or is it simply ignorance?