"Retreat?" The fox put down the cup in his hand and looked at Viola with the telegram, "Seriously? No, he's really? ”

"It seems so." Viola sighed, "What are you doing, this side has just fully rolled out the propaganda according to his instructions." This is about to start retreating, isn't this tantamount to slapping yourself in the face? ”

"But why retreat?" The fox was still puzzled, "Didn't he say it in the telegram?" ”

Viola shook her head and threw the telegram onto the fox's table. The fox picked up the telegram and looked at it, then shook his head as well.

"It's strange, but judging from what happened before and after, it should be because of the telegram we sent him." The fox stood up and picked up the fruit on the table.

At this time, Viola said, "You eat like this, be careful and hold on again like the other day, and roll on the ground in pain." ”

"Last time, it was because I ate a biscuit that would swell my stomach, who knew that the biscuit was so powerful and so terrible." The fox began to nibble on the fruit nonchalantly, "Besides, even if I eat again, won't you help me pick my throat, just spit it out." ”

"You threw up me last time, and I still feel sick when I think about it. I'm definitely not going to help you pick your throat anymore to induce vomiting! Never! Viola said categorically, "If you want to pick yourself, you can vomit!" ”

"Eh, don't put your hand in your throat like this, it's scary!"

"You're an innocent girl pretending to be a fart in front of your mother!" Viola went crazy directly, and it seems that the psychological shadow left by last time is really powerful.

The fox pouted.

"Cut, the yellow-haired girl who is not yet twenty years old even calls herself an old lady."

"I'm not yet twenty years old, but I'm a mom too!"

Viola's words always make people feel that Lin Youde is really guilty.

The fox waved his hand: "Okay, okay, let's stop this topic." Back to the point, why do you think Lin let the troops retreat? ”

Viola still had an angry expression, but she still answered the fox's question seriously: "I think...... I think he may have made the same judgment as you. ”

"You're saying that he, like me, thinks the Russians are mobilizing a new god to the battlefield?"

"When you put two things together, that's the most likely, isn't it? It is likely that he will withdraw his troops in order to avoid the loss of our troops. No, considering that he telegraphed us to keep the withdrawal of troops strictly secret, I think that's what happened. In order to avoid the loss of the troops in vain, we withdrew most of the troops, leaving a small number of dead soldiers to fight to the end, and then concocted a singing and weeping story of the Russian army dispatching Shenji to massacre our soldiers, so as to cover up the fact that we automatically gave up Saraj. ”

Viola's expression darkened a little after she finished speaking.

"Giving up an army or something, he can do this kind of thing." The fox nodded repeatedly, then reached out and patted Viola on the shoulder, "Don't do this, if all the troops are withdrawn at once, and the Russians find out that it is an empty door, the Russians will not send out the Shenji, so that the fig leaf we used to cover up will be gone, and the people and our lovely British allies will know that we have voluntarily given up our defense." Lin is just striking a balance between sacrificing numbers and our interests. As a leader, sometimes you have to treat human life as a simple number like this, otherwise you will not be able to govern the country at all. ”

Viola sighed.

"I understand this reason, I would probably make the same choice if I were different, I'm worried about whether Sissi will agree to his approach."

"Ah...... Ah...... "The fox frowned, "that's right, for such a purpose, he sacrificed some of his troops knowing that he would be tortured and killed by the gods, and he sacrificed them when it was possible to save them...... Indeed, I have violated the knight's chivalry. ”

Next, the two fell silent together. After the silence lasted for a while, the fox clapped his hands and said, "It's useless for us to think about this, let's be honest and do a good job of backup." I think that if I want to fool the Russians, I should start to release some false information and create a situation of a decisive battle with the Russians in Saraj. Domestic propaganda should also keep up, swear to defend Saraj or something, and then let the previous dear use that movie to make a few celebrity girls take a group of photos of girls encouraging their husbands on the front line to fight bravely to kill the enemy, well, there can be. ”

"Well, I'll start sending things to the front line to make fake cannons, fake machine guns, and dummies, and drop them directly to the area around Saraj by plane, without passing through the eyes of the British—uh, Saraj has the British's army of warriors, so it's troublesome......"

"You might as well send a soldier's letter and condolences directly to the front line, mixed with propaganda materials encouraging Saraj to defend him, so that he can also help the dear British warrior who paralyzed Sarai."

"Well," Viola said reluctantly, accepting the fox's offer, "you're right. ”

Then Viola stood up and looked at her watch, it was past ten o'clock in the night.

"Lately, I seem to have gotten used to working late into the night."

Viola's words made the fox laugh: "Yes, think about it, I haven't enjoyed the colorful nightlife for more than half a year, and if this war can end sooner, we can also be idle sooner." Viola must have wanted to make out with her dear, right? ”

"Well, I do envy Sissi a little...... What nonsense are you talking about! ”

"Ahahahaha, I obviously picked out your heart directly! What nonsense! ”

**

On the other side, it was also Saray late at night, and Lin Youde looked at Sissi with a nervous expression.

If Sissi was against the plan, it would be less pleasant to execute.

Miss Knight's expression is not very good, it seems that leaving a part of the troops to die and cheating the British army war queen These two behaviors have indeed touched her bottom line.

Sissi lowered her eyes and looked at the floor, and her hands on the table were clasped together with her fingers, twisting them together, looking tangled.

Lin Youde wanted to say something to persuade him, and he was moved by emotion, but after thinking about it, he felt that this might make the situation worse, so he simply shut up and waited for Sissi to make a statement.

Finally, Sissi raised her head and looked at Lin Youde: "Didn't you feel guilty in your heart when you made these decisions?" ”

Lin Youde opened his mouth and wanted to answer, "Of course", but Sissi's direct gaze made him change his mind, and he decided to tell the girl his true feelings.

"No, not at all. I have already reduced my sacrifice by doing so, and without my decision there would have been more deaths under the butcher's knife of the gods, and if we had not left these troops behind and not deceived the British warrior girls, the losses we had suffered could have a ripple effect and indirectly lead to more people's interests being harmed. There is no perfect solution to most things in this world, everything is flawed, and we can only choose the solution with relatively small defects as much as possible. ”

After Lin Youde finished speaking, he calmly responded to Qianqian's gaze, waiting for the girl's response.

"Isn't there any other way?" Sissi changed her tone of hope, "For example, to release the information that me and my magic armor have been transported to Saray......"

"That will only make the Russians more determined to devote themselves to the goddess. Because you're in Saraj, it means it's impossible to capture the city with the help of the warriors and regular troops. In the history of world warfare, it is not uncommon for one side to throw the god queen into a city that the other side has to seize to garrison, thus leading the war to escalate to the stage of the god queen war. Lin Youde paused, "Originally, I may have misjudged, the Russian army didn't want to use Shenji to launch a surprise attack, but if you do this, the Russian Shenji will definitely kill it." ”

There is a tradition in the world that if the gods of both sides of a war are treated as a deterrent and watched from the sidelines, then the war will be seen as a conflict of medium intensity, no matter how fierce the fight is, the two countries will not see it as a complete and complete reversal, and there is a possibility of negotiation and a truce at any time.

And if the gods of the two sides face each other directly, then the war may be regarded as a full-scale conflict between the two countries, and it will develop in the direction of a war of annihilation on both sides.

-- Of course, it is only possible that if neither side is involved in the former situation, it will never turn into a full-scale conflict.

With the increase of conventional force, this tradition will gradually change, but for now, it is clear that there is still a market for this concept that has lasted for more than 300 years in the modern Western world.

That's why Russia and Britain and Germany were able to "play" in Turkey so happily in their vests.

Lin Youde felt that Russia should deliberately avoid contact between the Russian god and the British and German gods, but if the Russians were forced to be in a hurry, he would not care about anything anymore - the rabbit would bite people when they were in a hurry, let alone the Russians who were known as a fighting nation.

And Lin Youde doesn't want Sissi to fight with the Russians, the reason is very simple: he is too young and too precious, and all of them are his beloved sisters, and they will feel distressed if they are hurt.

Lin Youde didn't say this to Qian Qianming, but Qian Qian should also understand.

The girl lowered her head again and looked at the table top of the map table.

The room of the three of them, with only them and a Nia, fell silent again, and the sound of Nia's breathing seemed so clear as she was sleeping.

Finally, Sissi shook her head.

"I feel very sad." Sissi's expression was in sync with her words, and Lin Youde's heart twitched—he began to worry that he might lose the loyal knight that he had spent fourteen months for.

Sissi sighed, her eyes moistened.

She unsheathed her saber from her waist and placed it on the table.

"I ...... He is not a qualified knight, and he can no longer wear this sword, which represents chivalry. She looked up at Lin Youde, "So, I can't be your loyal knight anymore." Allow me to continue following you as a regular follower. ”

Lin Youde let out a sigh of relief, and said in his heart, "Don't scare me."

However, Qianqian's expression was too sad, and he couldn't show his inner feelings too obviously, so he could only look stern.

"I accept your request to allow you to continue following me as a regular follower. At the same time, I sincerely apologize for my actions that forced you to betray your creed. ”

Sissi shook her head.

"You are not responsible, you made what you think is the best choice. And it was my own choice to abandon the knight's creed in favor of you, you don't regret your decision, and I don't regret my choice. After speaking, Qian Qian gently pressed her chest with her hand, and looked at Lin Youde with both eyes, "I, Xi Qian?" Conrad, because of love and respect, chose to continue following you, and I have no regrets. ”

Lin Youde stared at Sissi's face for a long time, and this time, Sissi actually said the word "admiration" directly, but she was not shy at all, which made Lin Youde feel that he had seen another side of this girl.

"Then, Sissi, my love, help me to devise a complete plan to deceive the enemy—a plan to deceive both the enemy and our British allies, I should say."

"Yes, I'll be happy to assist you."