Claudia looked into Luo Hanlin's eyes, and in the face of this powerful thunder god, she did not flinch in fear, but said deeply: "This war is a duel between our soldiers, and it has nothing to do with civilians. ”

Luo Hanlin sneered and said, "Okay, in that case, you take all the civilians away, and then come to attack, and we will face each other in a dignified manner." ”

Claudia's eyes began to droop, and she seemed to be a little weak, and said faintly, "I hope so, but some Federation commanders don't think so. ”

Luo Hanlin was a little impatient, and his voice was like a roaring lion: "What do you want?" ”

"The command of the federal forces has been taken over by senior officers, who ordered our ministry to issue an ultimatum." Claudia slowly raised her head, her eyes revealed sadness, her voice was not loud, but it was carved into everyone's ears like a knife and axe, "In order to ensure complete control of Sadness Ridge, in an hour, our army will carry out a scorched earth operation, a comprehensive bombardment of land and air, and drop napalm on the enemy-occupied area of Sadness Ridge. ”

Coincidentally, in the Northern Expedition War that collapsed for 7 years, Leng Kite also used napalm bombs, which will splash burning oily liquid when they fall to the ground, they are like thick pig paste, as long as they are on the body, they can never get rid of it, whether they are slapped with their hands, wrapped in clothes, or rolled on the spot, or escaped into the water, the flames will only burn bigger and bigger, until the attached things are completely scorched.

As soon as Claudia said this, the simple villagers did not understand the military terminology, but every soldier knew what it meant.

The Federation was blocked in the Sorrow Ridge for four days, and they were also in a hurry, now that the front line of the Imperial Army was defeated, and a large number of troops returned to Chang'an, if they did not take advantage of this to attack the interior, in case the Empire stabilized the rear, reorganized the new force, and used the strategic buffer of the vast territory to drag the war into a tug-of-war, it would be a disadvantageous thing for the Federation to enter the Imperial territory to fight in other places.

Therefore, the Federation must capture Sorrow Ridge as soon as possible and transport the army from this shortcut to the interior of the empire, and it is the thunder god Luohan Lin who stands in the way.

The meaning of this ultimatum of the Federation is already obvious, that is, to persuade Luohanlin to surrender, if you directly launch a bombing, it is likely that you will not be able to kill an evolutionary of Luohanlin's level.

Therefore, the best solution for the Federation is that Luo Hanlin gives up resistance and leads his troops to surrender, and the bargaining chips to persuade surrender are these civilians.

After hearing this, Luo Hanlin raised the thunderbolt in his hand, pointed to the sky, and exploded with a thunderous bang, which frightened Claudia and others to quickly enter the battle state, but the expected blow did not come, the veteran held the thunderbolt in his hand and aimed it at the face of the young Federation soldier, and said in a deep voice: "Go back, female doll, as long as I am alive, no Federation soldier can pass through the Sadness Ridge." ”

Claudia and her companions glanced at each other, they had come to warn of Operation Scorched Earth, and they had brought valuable survival supplies, which was already a matter of benevolence, needless to say.

The propulsion devices of the two Valkyrie companions burst into flames, and when they lifted into the air, Claudia also took off, and before leaving, she took one last look at Luo Hanlin and the civilians in a daze, and said faintly, "If I were the commander, I would not use such cruel methods, but I am a soldier and must obey orders." I'm sorry if I've done something wrong. ”

After Claudia and the others disappeared into the sky, Luo Hanlin pointed the war hammer outward, and said in a deep voice: "Spread them all out, try to disperse them to the line of fire, it is relatively close to the federal army, they don't dare to throw too many napalm, we can..."

"General...", an old man walked up tremblingly, this is the head of this village, he looked at Luo Hanlin with moist eyes, and said in a trembling voice, "What should we do?" ”

Luo Hanlin was silent for a moment, bowed deeply to the village chief, or to all the villagers, bent his waist almost 90 degrees, and said in a deep voice: "I am entrusted by General Leng Kite to defend the Sorrow Ridge for 7 days, until the last person, and I implore my fathers and fellow villagers to die with me." ”

"Dead? I don't want to die! A male villager couldn't sit still, he wiped the food scraps from the corner of his mouth, ran up and said in a panic, "My life is my own, not yours, you can't make decisions for me!" I want to live, I don't want to die! I'm not a soldier, what's wrong with not wanting to die? ”

Luo Hanlin still maintained a 90-degree bow posture and said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, the Federation has made it clear that it will only accept the surrender of all members, and will not accept the individual surrender of civilians. ”

"Then you will surrender!" The male villager's words shocked many soldiers, he looked at Luo Hanlin in bewilderment, and shouted, "The duty of a soldier is to protect civilians, if you don't surrender, you will kill civilians, then surrender, do what they say!" ”

"You!" Luo Hanlin straightened up and glared angrily, if this person was a soldier, he would have been executed according to the law at this time, so he could shake the heart of the army?!

Luo Hanlin just wanted to reprimand, but found that the villagers had already gathered around, and thousands of surviving villagers knelt on the ground together, kowtowed to Luo Hanlin, and shouted in a trembling voice: "General... Come down..."

A soldier of the Wilderness Expeditionary Force ran over, saluted Luo Hanlin, and said with an ugly face: "General, this is a petition for all the people. ”

Luo Hanlin really wanted to smash this soldier to pieces now, but now the soldiers were really not enough, killing one less and one less, he could only hold back the killing intent and roared angrily: "I am entrusted by General Leng Kite to fight to the last man, you coward, you actually want to surrender?!" ”

"You are willing to sacrifice your life for the country, why am I not!" The soldier angrily tore off his tattered military uniform, revealing a scar on his body, both new and long, his rank may not be high, but this scar is all proof of dedication to the country, he shouted, "If there is a glimmer of hope of victory, I will fight the enemy to the death!" But an hour later, after the bombardment, how many people will be alive? Even if you are alive, it is only the 4th day, how can you complete the task of defending the 7th day! If you know that it can't be done, why do you want to send so many civilians to death in vain?! ”

Another soldier also walked up, took off his clothes, revealed a scar on his body, and said resolutely: "General, we are not greedy for life and afraid of death, it's just that dying in vain is meaningless, the husband can bend and stretch, he should keep a useful body, and try to serve the country in the future!" Not to mention that there are so many innocent fathers and villagers! ”

Luo Hanlin just made up his mind and was ready to execute the two to stabilize the morale of the army, but who knows, this is not just a personal idea, more and more soldiers came over and took off their clothes, they have knife wounds, bullet holes, and fierce beast claw marks, each scar has a meritorious service for the country, everyone looked at Luo Hanlin so deeply, even if he didn't say a word, but his eyes had already expressed his willingness to surrender.

At this time, the village chief hugged a little girl, knelt in front of Luo Hanlin, and said in a trembling voice: "General, I am already a person who has half a foot in the coffin, it doesn't matter if I die or not, but there are still many children here, they have never even seen the world outside the village, you can't take away their future..."

"Grandpa..."The little girl had shrapnel wounds on her body, which was already bad, but Claudia sent the supplies in time, and the medical officer took out the shrapnel in time to control the infection, but she was still dazed, her little hands covered the wound on her stomach, and she sobbed, "Grandpa... It hurts here..."

The scene of watching the sunset at dusk and the rice fields devastated by the war melted together, lost in the little girl's sobbing, for a while, Luo Hanlin knelt on the ground weakly, his fists kept smashing the ground, smashing his hands full of blood, as if something had collapsed in his eyes, and the whole person was in tears, crying: "Hey... You want me to be a sinner for the ages! ”