"Chairman Lonergan, the statistics for our current conscription are out", standing in front of Cassie Lonergan, the deputies of the armed forces of the Chisha Foundry, Tara and Hansen, holding a small notebook, their expressions were not relaxed.

"How many?" Although a week had passed since the battle with the 1st Brigade, Cassie Lonergan felt like he was still on the battlefield that day. Flying bullets, long-swinging knives and scimitars, and sporadic feathered arrows in the air filled all his vision. In the latter stages of the battle, he, Tara, and Yarrow Lynch from the Textile Mill had already gone into battle with all the weapons at their disposal. At a time when tactics are inferior to the enemy, training is inferior to the enemy, and weapons are inferior to the enemy, the only thing that these revolutionaries can rely on is the belief in communism and the courage to sacrifice their lives for it. It was a battle like Cassie Lonergan had never experienced, and his comrades had never experienced it. Blood and screams bloomed in front of these workers who rarely saw blood, like blood-colored flowers. The enemy's brown uniforms and black guns, as well as the red-hot water vapor that erupted from the muzzles, turned into a thick fog, obscuring the cruelty of the battlefield. I don't know how long I fought, and I don't know what time it was, but at some point in time, Cassie Lonergan suddenly realized that there were only corpses left on this battlefield, except for himself and his comrades.

"Less than a thousand," Tara Ji's voice was low, "those who were willing to make a revolution before have joined the revolution, and now those who have been recruited have already brought in all those who can be recruited and have some intentions." If you recruit again, you can only force conscription. ”

"Forced conscription?"

Cassie Lonergan subconsciously repeated, feeling a little resistant. Communist revolutionaries should be revolutionaries who believe in and believe in communism, not strong men who are caught from the streets. How can such a person become a member of the revolutionary ranks? How could his revolutionary ranks, if they join such people, be called a real revolutionary ranks?

"Yes, if we don't enforce conscription, we won't be able to hold Evadrun", Yarrow Lynch of the Rawaderen Textile Factory rarely stood with Taraji, "The casualties in the last battle were too heavy, our team of more than 5,000 people, nearly 3,000 people died, and the death rate was more than half!" And the enemy has not yet left, their military camp is in the east of the city! Eyeing! If we don't recruit in time, if we don't recruit quickly, the next time they call, we won't have enough soldiers to go on! ”

Did 3,000 people die?

Cassie Lonergan didn't reply immediately. His consciousness was once again drawn to the battlefield by the conversation between the two, death, screams, blood and corpses, those he once knew, those he once didn't know, all died on that land. And that land was not even strange to him.

"Chairman Lonagan!" "Time is of the essence, and more and more people in the city are starting to flee. If we don't take any more measures, people will run away, and the forced conscription will not find anyone! ”

"Those who ran away are not revolutionaries, right?" Cassie Lonergan asked, "They ran away, didn't we save the effort to guard against them?" ”

"But with the revolutionaries alone, we can't hold Evadrun!" Yarrow Lynch's voice was louder, "Chairman Cassie Lonergan, we are not facing a question of bread or meat, we are facing a question of life or death!" The enemy has fought this battle with us, and will definitely ask for reinforcements, we will face more and more enemies! And our own soldiers, now there are not even three thousand! How do we fight them! The citizens of Evadron continue to flee, and you don't let you care! They're all running out! When they run out, what will we do to fight the enemy! ”

Cassie Lonergan didn't speak, he walked to the window and looked at Ryvardron in the sun, a little dazed. He once thought that revolutionary struggle was the most correct path. But at that time, he didn't realize that the so-called revolution was so cruel and bloody. Compared to Caber Luya, who had already died on the gallows, Cassie Lonergan felt that he was not much luckier because he had chosen the right path.

"What about the workers? Communism is for the workers, and there are more than 30,000 workers in Evaderen, and only so few people stand up? ”

Perhaps not wanting to go to the point of mandatory conscription, Cassie Lonergan is still struggling.

"They're all a bunch of cowards!" Speaking of other workers, Tara and like a ignited pyroxene, all over her body exuded an aura of anger, "These people are all there when they receive things and distribute money, and when they talk about conscription and fighting, they are all fucking gone!" It's still communist! Give these people communism, there is a use for! ”

"Yes, Lonagan!" Yarrow Rose stepped forward and stood with Cassie Lonergan and looked out the window at Ryvadron. Although this small town is small, it was once bustling with people. But since the uprising, the population of the city has been lost, the management has tended to be chaotic, and the entire urban area has lost its vitality and is gradually dying.

"The choice now is a matter of life and death, and if you want to win, if you want communism to win, we have to restrict the citizens from leaving Evadrun and force conscription. Only in this way can we have enough troops to fight the enemy, to defeat the enemy, to spread communism! ”

"Is that all?"

Cassie Lonergan picked up "Fluorite" on the table and flipped through it. For a long time, this newspaper gave him the direction and confidence of the revolution. But now, when he desperately needed answers, he couldn't find guidance in this newspaper.

What am I going to do?

"Cassie!" Tara was really anxious, "The enemy may come at any time, we must make a decision!" ”

"Then let's levy it......"

Cassie Lonergan bowed her head. If you want to live, you have to give up a lot of things. He once understood this very well and was willing to be an oppressed and exploited worker. Later he learned about communism, about exploiting and being exploited, about surplus value. At that time, he believed that a communist society was his goal. But after only one battle of the uprising, he became suspicious of this goal.

Was the victory of the revolutionaries really the victory of the revolutionaries by means of compulsory conscription?

Neither Tara nor Hansen nor Yarrow Lynch cared about Cassie Lonergan's struggles and moods. They left the conference room as soon as they got permission from Cassie Lonergan. Conscription is of the essence, and they must immediately convey their spirit and begin compulsory conscription. It's been a week since the last battle, and the enemy could come at any moment. If we don't expand the ranks, not only will the revolution fail, but they will probably die!

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Cassie Lonergan knew what his two comrades were doing, but he was powerless and unable to stop it. Even he himself could not find a way to replenish the army and confront the enemy in addition to compulsory conscription. He sighed softly, remembering something else.

The rapist in the previous team is still in the process of being identified, and perhaps, he should go and see.

If you can do justice to the people who are being bullied, if you can do this, your own career shouldn't be too bad, right?

Feeling a little depressed and bored, Cassie Lonergan followed his own idea to the location of the law enforcement team, the original Rui Walderen Square. Victims from all over the city have been here for more than ten days, identifying the soldiers of the revolutionary ranks one by one, trying to find the rapists.

"Chairman Lonergan, are you here?"

Cassie Lonergan's arrival alarms the captain of the enforcement team, Ethan Marchet, a worker from the Chisha foundry. He shook his muscular body to meet Cassie Lonergan and gently hammered him on the shoulder.

"Well, I'll take a look, how's it going?"

"You're just in time, you're basically looking for it."

Ethan Marczett said as she dragged Cassie Lonergan into the law enforcement team's camp. The camp is all pitched in tents, and there is no obvious pattern. Tents are placed haphazardly, dividing the large square into winding paths. At this point in time Cassie Lonergan arrived, the tents were mostly empty.

"A lot of my brothers are dead, and the tents haven't had time to be collected," Ethan Marchet quickly explained when he saw Cassie Lonergan looking at the tents, "and some of them have gone home, and this battle is a bit miserable, and everyone wants to see their families." ”

"Do you have enough people to maintain order?"

"It's okay, there are still many brothers who insist on it, didn't you order, this case must be investigated to the end, we are all busy with this matter. It's a coincidence that you're here, we've already found the culprit. ”

Ethan Marcette introduced as she led Gastens to the middle of the square. There were quite a few soldiers gathered here, some of them still wounded. They stood in a row and walked past a dozen veiled women standing on the other side of the center and asked them to confirm their faces and whether they had participated in previous acts of rape. The soldiers' expressions were tired, exhausted with helplessness and a hint of nervousness. And those women don't seem to have an easy time.

Cassie Lonergan looked to the right side of the center of the square, where he saw three or four tied soldiers. Ethan Marchett followed his gaze and hurriedly introduced.

"These are the prisoners, they have all been recognized, we will be tied up, waiting for you to be released."

Cassie Lonergan walked up to the soldiers who were tied to the ground, looked at them, paused for a moment, and then asked.

"Did you do it?"

The soldiers were silent, and after a while, a small, thin man answered.

"What's wrong? Lao Tzu fucking gave you life and death, because of a few women, you are going to kill Lao Tzu? ”

Cassie Lonergan didn't like this guy, he didn't like the way he spoke, and he didn't like what he said. Maybe it was finally finding an outlet, and when Cassie Lonergan opened his mouth, his voice was unusually angry.

"They are just like you, they are the wives and daughters of ordinary people! We launched the revolution to liberate the toiling masses, not to oppress them! What is the difference between you and robbers and bandits! ”

Cassie Lonergan's voice caught the attention of many people in the center of the square. The slow-moving ranks of soldiers stopped, as did the women who were identifying the soldiers, and all eyes turned to Cassie Lonergan, to the tied soldiers.

"It's a fucking thing to talk about!" , the thin soldier's voice was unusually loud, "In the battle last week, most of Lao Tzu's brothers died!" Not a single deserter, not a single coward! Lao Tzu didn't even want his life for the revolution, and now you want to find us because of a few women? To tell you the truth, there were more than 20 people with me at the beginning, and now there are only six or seven people left. They're just like me, and they're cool with a few. They're just like me, playing with those idiots on the battlefield! They're dead, Lao Tzu is alive, we're all fucking heroes! They all fucking sacrificed their lives and shed blood for the revolution! Are you going to Lao Tzu now? For how many women? Turn your head and ask those girls, can you fight with them? Can you win? If you can't win, where the hell did you get the revolution?! ”

Hearing the thin soldier's words, Cassie Lonergan calmed down for some reason. He sighed softly and answered him with a calm anger.

"Soldiers, we are revolutionaries, we are communist troops. We revolt to overthrow the bourgeois government that oppresses the workers, not for pleasure or women. I am very excited and touched by the hard work you have fought for. But aren't all the people in our team working so hard? Everyone is desperate, why do you have to rape other people's wives and daughters? Did you join this revolutionary contingent for personal selfish desires or for the communist cause? Yes? If it is to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune, if it is for your own enjoyment, then even if you die, you are not worthy of being a revolutionary! ”

The skinny man smiled, and he looked up and pointed his chin at Cassie Lonergan.

"Talking so much nonsense, you kind of kill me? Now there are so many soldiers, you officials and masters, and you still point to us to help you sell your lives and help you revolution! You kill me, who helps you kill people, who helps you revolution? ”

"You were wrong", Cassie Lonergan's voice lowered, "I appreciate everything you have done for the revolution, however, you were wrong from the beginning. The vast majority of us here, all of us who participated in the revolution not for me or anyone else, but for ourselves and our own beliefs. It's not about 'helping me revolution', it's about revolutionizing for myself, for everyone like me! Revolution not to satisfy one's own selfish desires, but to make a good life for all workers! If you don't see through this, even if you join the revolutionary ranks, you're just a bandit! ”

"It's not for yourself!"

The man was still quibbling, but his tone was much weaker. Cassie Lonergan didn't want to be with such a person anymore. He asked Ethan Marcette to call the executioners of the law enforcement team, and finally confirmed the identities and crimes of the men, and brought them to the center of the field. In the process, these people cursed and screamed, but they couldn't change Cassie Lonergan's decision. When they stood in the middle of the square and saw the eyes of the soldiers and people around them, they suddenly realized that death was near. They broke down and began to cry and beg for mercy, but still did not affect Cassie Lonergan's decision.

"Damn you!"

He said a few words briefly and gave the order to shoot. After several gunshots, his own soldiers, who had just been begging for mercy and insulting, fell. The other soldiers and victims looked at the corpses, their eyes flashing with emotion. Cassie Lonergan didn't know what the emotion was, but he knew it.

That emotion, much like hope.