The Quartet gathered in Elena just to ask for news of some new weapons, but they did not keep it absolutely secret. Soon, His Majesty the Emperor Paul Gibson of Anken Rein learned about it.

In Roseville's palace district, Emperor Paul Gibson, dressed in civilian clothes, stands by a bookshelf in his study, holding a copy of the recently published "Fluorite." His sixth son, Eliot, Henry Claflin, Grand Duke of the Golden Lion, military staff, Filas Navley, Sergeant of the Royal Police, Billy Auduye, director of the Royal Academy of Arms, and Prime Minister Emile Owen Qiqi stood beside him, bowing their heads and saying nothing.

"So, you're telling me that this former founder of "Fluorite", a small serf who was sentenced to death for a felony, is the mastermind behind the current "Fluorite"?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," Filas Navlay knew that the question must be answered by himself, "and all the evidence points to Elena, and the Fluorite, which is currently circulating in the country and in the territory of the Third Republic of Fern, has been ascertained by our careful investigation that it was printed in Elena's printing factory. The printing equipment at the factory was produced by Gastens himself using the equipment of the Elena factory, and the main person involved in printing and writing was the head of Elena's housekeeping and media, Daisy Richardson. Her father, William Richardson, was a director at The Paper and was instrumental in Gastens' early development at Elena. ”

Paul Gibson was silent, he flipped through the "Fluorite" in his hand, looked at the above report on the latest international and domestic situation, as well as the analysis of class contradictions, and read a few glaring sentences.

“…… The root of the civil war that broke out in Ankenrein was the power struggle within the feudal forces and the internal contradiction between backward production relations and backward production relations. Whoever wins or loses will weaken Ankenrein's feudal power and provide more fertile soil for the development of the bourgeoisie and proletariat......"

"My lord," said Emile Owen, "is already clear about this. Gastens of Elena was the leader of the communist movement and ideology in the country during this period. Moreover, the Elena Plains under his command have begun to promote land reform in the province of Enspan, and have a certain military force and advanced weapons. This is already a cancer that endangers national security, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to show you how to deal with it. ”

"You think I didn't know he was a cancer?" Paul Gibson patted the newspaper in his hand and looked at his son, "Liu'er, Liu'er, how many times have I told you, don't recruit anyone." This man, you say, let him be hanged in the first place, or die in the death squad, how much trouble can we have now! ”

"Father, the minister is wrong."

Eliot fell to his knees and touched his head to the floor, apologizing. Paul was still angry, ignored him, and let him lie on his stomach. Seeing this, Henry Claverly, Grand Duke of the Golden Lion, opened his mouth to speak.

"Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, it will not be difficult to destroy Elena. His core force is nothing more than what has now been expanded into a brigade, and most of the soldiers of the production regiment that were taken from the Third Guards Army and the Sixth Army Corps are ours. There are only 3,000 dead in a brigade, and even if all these 3,000 are armed with the Valiant rifles, or the better Thunder 1 rifles they use internally, they are still only 3,000 men. The results of the Battle of Fort Curtiss and the Battle of Thorn Hills have shown that we can destroy this unit equipped with new weapons in formation, provided that we have sufficient numerical superiority. ”

"Can they copy that gun now?" Paul Gibson looked at the director of the Royal Academy of Arms, Billy Auduye.

"It's hard, technically it's not complicated as long as you understand. The hand-made trial production is almost possible, too. But we have not yet mastered the materials and processes of high-pressure gas cylinders. ”

"How long will it take to reproduce it?"

"It's hard to say, it may take some time to reproduce it as it is. However, if we just adopt his concept of breech loading and cylinder shooting, a similar weapon can be produced, but it may not be as good as the original in terms of ammunition storage, portability, and stability. ”

"So, it's better to get the blueprints, right?"

"That's nature."

Paul Gibson got the information he wanted to know and looked at his son again, "You said that you were actually stuck by a former subordinate by the neck, and you went to beg him to sell you a gun." Don't you know that the more guns he sells you, the greater his own power and the greater the threat to us? ”

"My son just doesn't want to lose the war on the Eastern Front," Elliot bowed his head again, "this time my son doesn't plan to do what he wants." If it goes on like this, we will all be controlled by him. ”

"Finally you recognize the problem," Paul Gibson nodded, making a decision.

"As he said, the east and west fronts are now wars of our backward production relations, internal contradictions. Using their communist contradictions, the priority now is to resolve the fundamental contradiction between us and the communist movement. I've decided to make the elimination of Elena and their weapon technology the first priority, what do you think, you can say! ”

"Father!" Elliot was the first to speak, "My suggestion on this matter is this, if we can contact the Western Military Region and ask them to help, we can ......"

The people in the study listened to Eliot's plan, began to wonder, and then began to nod. Sometimes they ask questions, sometimes they add to them. Soon, a plan of action for Elena gradually emerged.

"This plan is called burial", Paul Gibson gave his own answer after finalizing all the details.

"Bury these things that shouldn't appear, so that communism will never see the light of day!"

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At the beginning of June 848, the Battle of the Thorny Hills Defense Line broke out again, and the Western Military District and the army of the Negru Republic broke out in many battles, suffering heavy casualties, and were forced to abandon the Thorny Hills Defense Line and retreat to the line of the two large cities of Tulucas near Ryrin, Lorraine-Rennes. The forces of the Negru Republic pursued the victory, regained lost territory, and advanced to the Lorraine-Rennes line, where they could attack again at any time. The commander of the Western Theater of Operations was in a hurry, and repeatedly sent letters asking His Majesty the Emperor Paul Gibson to send troops to support. However, while the situation on the Western Front was severe, Charlie Ronin and his direct forces also launched a counterattack from the province of Caranglyote, and a series of battles broke out with Eliot around Oridry, with heavy casualties on both sides. On the northern front of the Eastern Front, Prince Wenfeng's troops were routed by a series of assaults launched by Karim Ronin, lost the defense line of the Zidai Plain, and retreated to the outskirts of Neisam again.

All of a sudden, the whole of Ankenrui was in danger on the eastern and western fronts, and His Majesty the Emperor seemed to be overstretched, and could no longer draw up enough troops to deal with the increasingly frequent wars.

It was against this background that the envoy sent by His Majesty the Emperor, Minister of National Defense, Samuel Oldman, led a team to Elena.

“…… In view of the recent grim situation on the eastern and western fronts, and hearing that the production brigade stationed on the Elena Plain was extremely powerful, it successively defeated the front-line large-scale rout and the front-line combat units of the three guards armies with a small number of troops. He is hereby ordered to hand over the defense mission of Elena to the Fifth Army Corps in the Western Theater from now on, and go to the battlefield on the Western Front to resist the invasion of the Negru enemy and contribute to the peace and security of Anken Rein's homeland! The logistics department is responsible for ensuring all related military logistics matters to ensure that the production brigade can be put into battle in the fullest state. Compensation for soldiers killed in war......"

Gastens fell to his knees and listened to the decree read by Secretary of State Samuel Oldman. Behind him, the deputy commander of the production brigade, Ivan Warren, the head of the plant, Thomas Gurakos, the head of the housekeeping of Elena, Daisy Richardson, remained in the same pose, and all were silent.

“…… In view of this, I hope that all of you Aiqing will take the country as their home, share the worries of the country, and defend the land and people of Ankenrein from the invasion of the enemy country. ”

The content of the decree is not long, but it is read slowly with Muir Oldman. When he had finished, he put away the decree and handed it to Gastens.

"Colonel Gastens", in the holy decree, the emperor promoted Gastens by two ranks, titled Colonel, "Congratulations, please accept the decree." ”

Gastens saluted and stood up, respectfully accepted the decree, and looked up to speak.

"Gastens will not disappoint His Majesty the Emperor."

"That's good, I still have something to do, so I won't stay here any longer. In the event of the subsequent transfer of the defense work, Mihai Azma, commander of the 6th Division of the 5th Army stationed in Enspan Province, will contact you directly to ensure that the factory is foolproof. ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern", Gastens saluted again, "We will definitely do a good job in the defense of Elena, so that production and combat are correct, and solve problems for Your Majesty!" ”

"That's good, it seems that Your Majesty is not wrong."

The Secretary of State for Defense, Samuel Oldman, was unusually polite in front of the tiny colonel Gastens. He chatted with Gastens for a few more words, and then got up to take his leave. Gastens and Elena's top brass warmly hosted Oldman for lunch, sent him away from Elena, and immediately convened an emergency meeting of the Communist Party.

"What do you think about this?"

In front of the seven members of the party's council, Gastens began to listen to everyone's opinions after seeing and introducing the causes and consequences.

"An absolute trap!" Ivan, as the deputy commander of the production brigade, directly objected, "As soon as we leave Elena, Elena will immediately be taken away by those people." Factories and weapons will be snatched away, and without these, close to the production brigades, we will not be able to push the revolution at all! ”

"That's true," agreed Zink, "we thought the attack would come from Eliot's side, but we didn't expect it to come directly from His Majesty the Emperor. Does this mean that the enemies have colluded to destroy us, I have this doubt. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are printing Fluorite, and it is estimated that the Emperor already knows about it", Daisy added new information, "The distribution point we set up in Fort South Forlins was raided by the Royal Police four days ago, and all 17 comrades at the scene were arrested, and their fate is unknown. ”

"This explains why the Emperor decreed," Gastens added, "Fluorite is a very reactionary communist newspaper, and the ruling class did not know that we printed it, and our conflict with the ruling class was limited to independence with Eliot, which would not change much as long as we were supplying Eliot with the Valiant rifles." However, if the emperor has confirmed that we are the initiators of "EZVIZ", then we are facing the key contradiction between the communist movement and the feudal forces. There is no solution to this contradiction, and only by eliminating one side can the other side survive. ”

"Our new weapons have been annihilated by the enemy twice recently, which may have made them objectively realize our shortcomings," said Gurakos, who is the head of the factory, but he has put a lot of effort into weapons, "After we defeated Pal Cross with more and less at the beginning, the power of the new weapons was suspected of being exaggerated." Now that all the brave fighting units on the Eastern and Western Fronts have been annihilated, the enemy has also seen the way to destroy us. ”

"Pure numerical superiority," Ivan smacked disdainfully, "not at all technical." ”

"You don't care if you have technical content or not, winning is the last word", Gastens began to move on to the topic of recycling, "The cause and effect are almost analyzed, what should we do now?" ”

"The second season of potatoes has already been planted, the yield of the first season is very high, and the comrades in the plain are not under pressure at all in terms of food security. If the new serfs in the province of Encspan who have already participated in the land reform are to be guaranteed, it will not be a big problem to hold out until the autumn harvest. ”

Charlie Harry Warren provides information on food.

"What about the militia?" , Gastens looked at Ivan.

"Recently, more and more people have come to Elena, and our total number has exceeded 30,000. If we launch a first-level combat readiness mobilization, we can come up with a team of 10,000 people, a division. However, the team's previous training was mainly platoon tactics, and there was little contact with the new skirmish tactics. ”

"The troops are a little nervous," Daisy interjected, "what about the new peasants in Enspen, can they be mobilized?" ”

"Everyone can participate in the land reform, and there should be 70,000 or 80,000 people now, right?" , Gastens looked at Charlie Harry.

"Well, there are about 80,000 new peasants at present, and if we really want to fight, saying that the emperor wants to take back the land and identity we have allocated to them, it is not a big problem to mobilize 20,000 people. However, the 20,000 people have not received much military training. ”

"It can only be regarded as a second-line army", Ivan nodded, "Anyway, that's probably it, a division of first-line troops, platoon gun tactics." The Sharp Knife Company is now a Sharp Knife Regiment, equipped with the Thundering Type 1 and the Luoshan Type 1. In addition to this, there is also a production brigade that uses the Valiant rifle, which can be reloaded with the Thunder One at any time. ”

"A division plus a brigade, plus a regiment of sharp knives with the highest combat effectiveness", Gastens repeated, looking at his comrades.

"What do you think?"

"Let's fight, there's no way. If this step is granted, Elena will not be there. ”

Ivan was firm.

"Agreed." Daisy raised her hand.

"Agreed." Sink Warren seconded.

"I'm okay with that." Charlie Harry nodded.

"It's okay with the factory." Gurakos clenched his fists and smiled.

"I'm okay with that." Bimpo Bobruff taps his index finger lightly on the tabletop.

"Me too." Eddie Warren was the last to speak.

"Okay", Gastens stood up, "Fight and fight, sooner or later." Now, let's discuss how to fight! ”