Chapter XVII: The Republic and the Union

PU's largest territory is in North America, and the deployment of combat power is actually very scattered, compared to the military bases they deployed in the world in the last century, that is too few.

The 3rd Motorized Infantry Squadron is also the strongest existing GUN, with nearly 40 upgraded Assault 21-A/B-HW, and this unit is located in Alaska.

It didn't take long to fly from New York to Alaska, not to mention that Geralt didn't plan to take a military plane, he was only instructed to arrive before then, so he had already calculated the time to fly directly to a regular airliner.

The military base he's going to is codenamed "Polaris" and is where the 3rd Motorized Infantry Squadron is located, but the passenger plane will stop at the historic Anchorage City Airport.

Geralt had been looking forward to this welcome party before, but he would have known that this so-called welcome party was actually an invitation to watch a motorized infantry match, and the two sides of the battle were the captains of the second and sixth squads, and the motorized infantry they were riding were Assault 21-A-HW and Assault 21-B-HW respectively, and there was no doubt that the side driving Assault 21-B-HW won, and it was almost a crushing battle.

After watching the show and dealing with what he had to do, he wanted to drive the second-generation motorized infantry around the base again, but the communication from afar made him give up.

Geralt learned through his communication with people who knew that after he was rescued unexpectedly, PIN's agents monitored his every move day and night, although he himself knew that he was being watched, but he didn't expect that the news and intelligence about himself were so blocked and erased.

Geralt's nightmares have increased again, and the ochre cloak may become his second shadow.

The next day, he was invited by Brigadier General Declair Sauer, the current supreme conductor of the Northern Starlight, to Geralt's surprise that he was alone at the Brigadier General's private residence.

"Greetings Brigadier General Declair."

"Come in and sit down."

Geralt couldn't imagine that the general would behave so casually, he walked straight to the couch and sat down, and then carefully observed the surroundings, including the commodore general's expression and small movements.

"Major Geralt, you look quite alert." Declair was relaxed, and he said as he poured the tea, "But it's normal, normal soldiers do this." ”

"Thank you for your understanding."

Both of them sat on the couch, one in the middle and one on the left, and both of them were silent at first, but Geralt couldn't stand the awkwardness for so long.

So he immediately asked, "Your Excellency, what are you looking for me?"

"Let's talk about it." He picked up a paper book that had been on the table for a long time and opened it casually, then looked up at the young man in front of him, "I heard Newberg say that you are the only driver who survived. ”

"Yes." Geralt replied in the affirmative, and he also noticed the paper book in Declair's hand, although he had seen it earlier, but he didn't think much of it at the time.

Declair also saw through Geralt's thoughts, he put the book back on the table, pushed it over, and then spoke: "A Brief History of Human War in the Old Ages" (1)."

"Note (1): Written in 2110 by former professor of history at Waran College, Sinn Kazan, the book was a sensation at the time, because it was a history buried by a lot of world wars, so it was quickly blocked by governments around the world, and he himself was assassinated."

"What used to be a banned book, or a paper book, is now impossible to find even a collector or a black market with such a complete set of books." Geralt took it in his hand, and he looked a little surprised, "But how do I feel that this paper has just been printed not long ago?"

"I found someone to print it, I kept the original books, and of course I kept electronic documents and other things." Declair said these words without any concern, he was now very interested in the reaction of the young man in front of him after seeing such a book, "Maybe after reading this, you will have a lot of new understanding." ”

Geralt didn't understand why the brigadier general was reading him such a book, because it not only had a dark history about PEN, but even enough to influence the foundations of the current government.

"The country that PEN should fear most is the East Asian People's Republic, and it has always been a mortal enemy......" Geralt read the words on the note in the book, "Brigadier General, did you write it?"

"Yes." Declair's face remained unchanged, he looked at Geralt and continued, "Do you know why we lost the war 5 years ago? ”

"I'd love to know."

"The anger that the Republic has accumulated for nearly 300 years has been unleashed in two years, and it is the strength of a strong and cohesive nation."

The two-year war between BANG and ROEA ended on May 9, 2145, when the army and motorized forces were crushed and fled to coastal cities, after which they were driven out of ROEA's territorial waters.

At the beginning of May, the military base in Japan's Hi-Tech Heavy Industry Zone was also attacked by ROEA's long-hidden submarine carriers, which directly caused PEN to lose most of its fleet at that time.

"But the current national strength of the republic is not much better than that of PU, and there are even rebellions in some areas in the south."

"No, no, the East Asian People's Republic is far from as simple as you think." Brigadier General Declair shook his head and began to tell Geralt the truth, "To this day, even Fipoulos does not dare to take action against the East Asian People's Republic lightly. ”

No one can really tell what kind of existence the predecessor of the East Asian People's Republic was, but there are many things that can be interpreted from fragmentary historical sources.

For example, the discovery of the E-carbon material is actually a legacy of the black history of the old East Asian People's Republic, as well as the first generation of motorized infantry and the MSV series of motorized infantry, as well as the Egma coordination system developed in 2145 from the black historical heritage.

During the period when the extreme Bolshevik party was in power, the old East Asian People's Republic was the only one that could openly speak out to the whole world, and there was hardly any country to compare it with.

In fact, the artificial new human project is only one of the many projects of the old East Asian People's Republic, and the old E department is actually supporting the republic.

The space development race that began around 2075 saw the United States and the United States jointly build the first resource satellite, and after that, there were nearly 30 satellites of various types, most of which were destroyed around 2095.

If it is said that it has been preserved for a long time and is famous, it is the D28 resource satellite, this satellite is the ultimate weapon of PU, but this is only to contain the same kind of weapon in the old East Asian People's Republic.

East Asia suffered a lot of losses during the decades when the violet virus was raging, but it was also one of the best places to deal with it, such as the development of SLM inhibitors.

"There's an old saying in East Asia that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse."

"What you mean is that even if East Asia is in decline now, there are many inherited black historical legacies that cannot be handled, and there are still a lot of killer moves that have not been used."

Declair finally nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Listen to what I said, do you think that the East Asian People's Republic of the old era is very dark, and the Bolshevik government that has gone to the extreme is doomed?"

"However, we, the United States, which symbolizes freedom and equality, are not actually good birds to fool the people with the so-called concept of the victory of human rights."

"Your Excellency, why are you ......?"

Geralt couldn't understand how the active Brigadier General of PU could say such a thing, but spoke to him.

"If you want to talk about differential treatment and speciality, the old PU government can be said to be the first." Declair's tone was a little sad, "During the decades when the purple light virus was raging, there was no other place more cruel and ruthless than PEN. ”

During that time, everyone was afraid of the consequences of the SLM virus, and countless infected people, even if they were mildly infected, would be immediately quarantined, but they were actually sent to prison and imprisoned.

Even if some people recover from mild infection, they will be labeled, whether it is a job search or medical treatment, they will be discriminated against, and even affect a family relationship.

At that time, if one of your family members was infected with SLM, it was better to hand it over to the government (chronic killing), otherwise your family would have been destroyed.

Once an SLM infected person before parting, his family wanted to buy painkillers to let the patient leave peacefully and quietly, but was rejected by the hospital, sedatives could not be provided at all, even morphine and other drugs with side effects refused to provide, which shows how serious this contempt is, and finally treated with alcohol in the clinic, but the effect is very bad, and his family can only witness the painful death of the patient.

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Geralt and Declair talked a lot about it, and they talked about the content of the forbidden book.

"Your Excellency, I still don't understand what you're looking for me?"

"Tell me about ochre, tell me the truth."

He was relieved to hear such a question, Geralt didn't really intend to tell that kind of past, but the person in front of him was a brigadier general, and he had to do his best to say everything he knew.

And in order to guide himself to say such a thing, Declair said a lot of irrelevant things, which is also something that Geralt doesn't quite understand.

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22 p.m.

After receiving the coffee from the adjutant, Decley sat alone in his studio and looked at the documents, which he flipped through very quickly at first, but stopped when he reached the end of the page.

"Le Ho Huais, born in the Republic of Tarroska (2), is currently an active colonel in the East Asian People's Republic, serving as the leader of Special Support Team No. 43 and the head of the Special Operations Department of the Third Cluster Army."

"Note (2) The Republic of Tarloska is an island formed by the movement of tectonic plates in the last century, and the island nation was established after that, and it has been dependent on PUN for its survival, and then it was destroyed in the war between BANG and ROEA, and became one of the many victims."

"Are you all that old now, boy?" The brigadier general smiled and muttered something in his mouth, took a sip of his coffee, and then walked out the door and said to the adjutant, "Prepare your trip, I'm going to go to Dawning Technology Company later." ”