"You're finished, this tree is about to fall, why do you hold on to it? My dear brother? ”

Hutt Gurals sat on the bed of his older brother, Thomas Gurakos, the head of industrial production at Elena, and looked at his own brother, with a tone of seven points of affirmation and three points of ridicule. His brother stood in front of him, dressed in the same plain gray uniform as all Elena soldiers, with only a brass badge on his shoulder, which attested to his Elena leadership.

"The revolution will not be lost."

Thomas Gurakos's voice was muffled, and Elena was being caught between things and was about to be unable to defend it. According to the unified arrangement of the council, he had an hour to go back to the dormitory to pack his things and prepare to go up the mountain to guerrilla, but he didn't expect to run into his brother not long after leaving the factory, so he had to lead him to the dormitory.

"Hehe", Hurt laughed twice, "the revolution will not be lost, so what are you doing now?" ”

"You don't need to know that much", Thomas Gurakos glanced at Hurt, and there was suppressed anger in his eyes. Although he is a brother, he still can't accept his brother's slander of the revolution, "It's you, since you think you are going to win, why do you still come to me?" Do you know that if I shout, the guards outside will arrest you and behead you at any moment? ”

"My own brother, since I was a child, you have not been such a ruthless person, so you can't scare me", Hurt was not intimidated by the threat of Thomas's beheading, "I came to you, didn't I come to you for the sake of the love between our two brothers, and give you a chance to soar and serve the motherland?" ”

"Which motherland?"

Thomas began to pack his things, he took out his notes from the past few days, looked through them presumably, and put them in his backpack.

"Negru, of course, my dear brother," Hurt said with a fake look of surprise on his face, "have you forgotten your country because you've been working with that damned Gastens, that hairless young man for a year?" Do you need a reminder from me? We are all Neglo people, Neglo Republic! ”

"No, we are the people of the Tulucas Kingdom, and the Tulucas Kingdom, has disappeared."

Thomas pulled a box from under the bed and began to pack his clothes. Guerrilla fighting is not a trip, and he can't carry too many personal belongings, so he is going to pack only a few durable clothes and leave space for other things that are more valuable.

"Isn't it Anken Rein who can destroy Tulucas? You're still working for Anken Rein?! Don't you think it's stupid to do that? Hurt shifted to give Thomas more room to tidy up.

"It was the Emperor's Ankenrein who eliminated Tulucas, not our Ankenrein. Communism will inevitably replace capitalism, and this is a truth that history has proven. And if we the working class want to be truly happy, we must stand with communism. Gastens and Elena, led by Gastens, are the only forces in the world that can push communism to victory. If I don't join this team, what am I going to do? If I don't do this opportunity to completely change the interests of the working class, will I go with you to work for the capitalists? ”

"Working class?" , Hurt sneered twice, "I'm afraid that in the eyes of that Gastens, you are not as thick as a finger of those old peasants, right?" Look at how many of your high-ranking people who love Elena, how many of them are from workers? If you look at the few people in charge of the core positions, they are either serfs who follow Gastens to fight the world, or his woman, or his woman's father. How many are like you, workers? Yes? You still point to him to speak for the working class? If you want me to say, he himself was born as a mud-legged serf, and he must have intended to use the working class as a tool, and first emancipate his own mud-legged brothers. As for the emancipation of the working class and the realization of communism, they are all fooling you. Otherwise, how can you explain that there are so many serfs around him, but you are the only worker? ”

"That's because he was in the death squad at the beginning, and he knew all serfs, and when he fought later, most of the people he met were serfs!"

Thomas Gurakos was a little upset by Hurt's remarks, and his voice became louder. He rolled up a coat and stuffed it into his backpack.

"I said Hutt, Elena's team is the structure it is in for a reason, not because of the chairman's selfishness. He has also been trying to expand the voice of the working class. It's just that this is a time of war, and the army is naturally of great importance, and it is not a bad thing that we have more brothers from serfs in our ranks. If you continue to do this, beware that I will actually have you arrested! ”

"Tut-tut-"

Hurt sighed and stood up from the bed, "My brother, although we haven't seen each other for many years, you and I both know that you won't do anything. I'm not here to sow discord or humiliate you, what the hell is your love for Lena's revolution, can you win it or not, and now it's like this, you don't have a number in your heart? ”

Thomas Gurakos did not reply. He packed his clothes and began to load the book. Elena doesn't have a lot of books, and most of them are in public libraries. All he had was three books on mechanics that he had turned over. He carefully took out the three books and packed them into boxes.

"Brother", seeing that Thomas didn't reply, Hurt accentuated his tone, "Elena's ship is already sinking!" Do you really think that fighting guerrilla warfare can give you a life? You're thinking too simply! You're strong because of the advanced weapons that Gastens has designed. If you don't have these advanced weapons, and you don't have the equipment to produce them, what will you do with us? What to fight with that Paul Gibson? The battles of the past few days have proven that without Gastens and his advanced weapons, you would not be able to defeat us, nor Ankenrein's army! Now you are going to go up to the mountains to fight guerrillas, are there factories in the mountains? Is there a steam engine in the mountains? Is there a lathe on the mountain? If you don't have these things, you can't make advanced weapons, what kind of revolution do you have? Fate? ”

"The most important thing for a revolution is always people."

Thomas Gurakos quotes a phrase that Gastens has repeatedly mentioned. As for the dependence of the revolutionary contingent on advanced weapons, Gastens saw it early on and has been vaccinating everyone. So, Thomas knows how to answer Hurt's question. It's just that in his heart, he is also faintly worried and worried. As Hurtt asked, without advanced weapons, can they really win the revolution with the rest of Elena alone?

"It's a human!"

Hurt made no secret of his disdain for Thomas's answer, "If it's really human, then don't use any guns like the Thunder One and the Luoshan One, if you have the ability, you let your soldiers use the same guns as us!" The Battle of Naksan was like this, right? Look at what you guys are like, didn't you lose Luoshan in the end? Brother, let me tell you, without advanced weapons, he Gastens is not even a fart! You don't know yet, why didn't he come back for a long time, why did he let you sacrifice so much, watching Elena be eaten by us step by step? That's because we've already him down!!! Isn't he a god of war? Wasn't he a revolutionary leader? Wasn't he the founder of guerrilla warfare? In the face of our tactics and army, his production brigade and guerrilla brigade are not a mess of losing, even losing underwear? It's not that he doesn't want to come back, it's that he simply doesn't have the capital to come back! He came back without a face! Didn't he say that the most important thing in a revolution is people? But if you look at the battle he fought outside, all the people are dead!! He's a bare-ass commander now, don't say he can't come back. Even if he comes back, he can't save Elena, a light commander, want to save Elena? What does he rely on? Ah, my brother, you tell me that he is not an archmage, there is no archmage in this world anymore, he is an ordinary man, a fool who killed all his troops, what does he rely on to save you Elena, and what does he rely on to achieve your so-called revolution?? Yes? You are talking?!!! ”

"Shut the fuck up for me!"

Thomas was finally outraged. He leaned sideways and struck Hurt hard in the face with his left hand, but Hurt deftly dodged it, and reached out to block it, pushing him down on the bed.

"My brother, my dear brother, since I was a child, I will move my fist every time you say that I can't, do you think I don't know?"

Hurt stood beside Thomas and looked at him condescendingly, "It's useless for you to do it, it's useless for you to be angry, it's useless for you to do anything." Elena is finished. If you really abandon Elena's factories and industrial base to fight guerrillas, you will be nothing more than a bunch of roguerrins. Unless you give up Elena's industrial base and factories, you will be wiped out by us or become our vassals. You have no other way, and you have no other hope. Gastens is finished, and so is Elena. Brother, don't blame me for being straightforward, you guys are really, thoroughly, it's over! ”

"We don't have !!!!!"

Thomas roared at his loudest voice, then got up to punch Hurt. But Hutt had already guarded against him, and he dropped him on the ground again in three or two strokes. Thomas's guard, Dmitry Metcalfe, heard a sound and pushed the door in, but Thomas stopped him.

"You go out and wait outside the door, my brother and I have something to say."

Medcalfe looked at Thomas with some concern, and then at Hurt. Thomas emphasized it to him again, and then he was relieved to close the door and wait.

As a result, there were only two people left in the room.

"Brother......", Hurt got down from Thomas, reaching out to pat the dirt on his body, "I won't fight with you, you will know what Elena will become in the future." Whether you don't admit it, or you admit it, it won't change the outcome of the matter. We're all limited in time, you have to remember to run, and I'll have to convince you before we get in, so let's stop fighting, brother. For the sake of you and my brother, for the sake of our parents, can you listen to me with peace of mind? ”

Thomas got up from the ground, glared at Hurt, and sat down on the bed.

"Say it", his voice was muffled, as if his nose was blocked by something.

"It's easy," Hurt walked over to Thomas's packed luggage, picked up a copy of The Principles of the Steam Engine, and flipped through it, "We're brothers after all, and even if Elena finishes, I won't watch you finish with him." You are now the head of the factory and the head of technology at Elena. If you can find a way to keep a copy of all the blueprints of your advanced weapons, wait for our troops to come in and give them to our generals. I will ensure that you will be prosperous and prosperous for the rest of your life, and you will have no worries about food and clothing. ”

"Glory and wealth, food and clothing?"

Thomas sneered twice, "My dear brother, if this is what you are pursuing in this life, then please let my brother say a word, it is really too vulgar, too vulgar." ”

"You do whatever", Hurt was not provoked by Thomas's deliberate humiliation, "we have won." Without the Los Angeles crossing, without Gastens, without advanced weapons, you can't defend Elena. You're all planning to run away, so how can you keep Elena? Even if you don't give us the drawings, you can't take the factory and equipment with you, right? Our technical strength is not vegetarian either, and it doesn't take much effort to get your equipment and copy those weapons. When the time comes, whether you give the drawings or not, we can all make those weapons of yours. When the time comes, the army of the Negru Republic will reign over the world, and you, my dear brother, if you choose the wrong path, may still be fighting guerrilla warfare on some mountain, right? ”

"It's not negotiable," Thomas stood up, "I've heard you say it for so long, and I know what you want to say, and I know what you want." Although we are brothers, we have different philosophies and different paths, and we can't go together after all. You think that our revolution is over, and that is because you think, as you said, that time will eventually prove you and me right or wrong. But if you want me to betray the revolution, there is none. I, Thomas, am not a great person, but I am a man who knows reason and is good. The path of Gastens is my path, the path of Elena is my path, and the path of communism is my path. The death of the individual and temporary setbacks will not change the result, my dear brother, if you can live to that time, I will take you with me to see the realization of communism! ”

Hurt let out an exaggerated sneer, and after the laugh, his expression turned serious.

"My brother, it seems that I can't convince you anymore. But as a brother, my advice to you is always valid. When I'm gone, when you've figured it out at any time, go to our general with the drawings and put my name on it, and what I promised you will still be there, and it won't change. Anyway, we're all brothers, and I'm not going to watch you go to a dead end. ”

"Me too," Thomas smirked, "and when the revolution is victorious, I'll give you a place, my dear brother." Moreover, I don't want your drawings, nothing. ”

Speaking of which, Hurt knew he couldn't talk anymore. He and his brother turned to take their leave, opened the door, and walked away under the watchful gaze of the guard. The evening sunlight pulled his figure into a long, black shadow on the ground. The shadow moved slowly with his movements, gradually turning into an unrecognizable black strip.

"Factory director, who was that person just now? Do you want to arrest him? ”

Seeing that Hurt was gone, Dmitry Metcalfe pushed the door open and came in to ask for Thomas's opinion. Thomas, who was sitting on the edge of the bed with his head bowed, looked up at the sound and was stunned for a moment before waving at Metcalfe.

"That's my brother, don't worry about him."

"Oh", Metcalfe nodded, and stood in the doorway for a few seconds, asking again with some uncertainty.

"Can we win?"

"Of course."

Thomas replied immediately. Metcalfe got a satisfactory answer and closed the door. Leaving only a lonely figure in the dim daylight, in silent thought.

Can we really win?