Chapter XXXIV. The War That Ends All Wars
Any army that is in war is desperately lacking in capable officers. The promotion environment in which Durala was promoted in peacetime, in which they used their brains to climb up for a high position, could not have appeared in an army that was constantly defeating. Well, the kind of victory that the US imperialists bully their children is not a war, but a unilateral massacre.
On the bridge was Ren Di's first solo battle, in which he commanded four artillery teams, three long bow artillery brigades, and ten infantry bow teams including grenadiers and fire # spearmen. Called the Celestial Tank to fight. With such a large number of objective firepower, in the past, it was only in the princes and generals who led a city-state region of Van Si that they were qualified to command the army.
After Monti Lagula reorganized the army, Giacomo applied iron-faced and selfless military discipline to his own troops, and laid down the rules of equal rewards and punishments in the army, and the many allies of Miyana were not making themselves uncomfortable in this alliance. As the most militarily powerful force in the alliance, Miana didn't have to use his lineage to curry favor with others. Rather, it was to remove the talk of Miyana from the alliance.
If it weren't for the previous Monti Lagu, who did not shy away from the problems of his own army, he directly opened the whole army. Three days earlier, Di had been ordered to command a huge army to fight the governor on the bridge. The top of Miyana will be questioned about cronyism. Rendi's qualifications could not be lower than those of the knightly officers of Condottiari, the veterans of Perata, and the generals of Friglobatario and the leader of the rebels of the wasteland. The family of the little nobleman has only been in the army for a year, and in the eyes of a group of generals who have been fighting horses for more than ten years, Ren Di's identity in the legendary continuation world at this time is milky and undry.
It can be said that Miana killed many soldiers and officers who did not perform well in the face of land sea snakes in the Great Reorganization Army, in order to give his excellent officers a chance to stand out. This is a conspiracy above board. Ren Di, who was entrusted with the important task, of course understood that he had been selected, and he must not lose in the battle of the bridge, even if the gas smoke screen swept over, Ren Di had to stay in front and command the army to retreat, and then wait for the machine corps to come up, and then retreat by himself. Stay on top of your army on the front lines of the harsh battlefield. Didn't give any break in the line of their own defense. The tight defense allowed Governor Venucci, the veteran to find no mistakes.
Ren Di didn't know what kind of treatment he would have if he won, but he knew that once he was defeated, no one would have a chance to explain to him, so Lianlana waited for this opportunity to fall into the well.
By the time the Venucci Legion had captured two-thirds of the bridge, in the city-states on the southern bank of Lanconi, the military chiefs of the Pala Tavinsha and Condoti Ari were already questioning Rendi's strategy of exchanging space for time and preserving living forces as escapism. Ask for Ren Di to be replaced in the front line. Even Giacomo began to sway. But there was one person who helped Ren Di vouch. That's General Kaniri.
In the legendary continuation game played by Ren Di, each plot battle series can recruit the heroes subdued in the plot, and when he came to this world, Ren Di understood that the heroes of each game represent a military leader. A minor warlord who obeys the main character, Giacomo. It's the same as the old Beiyang on the earth, and the relationship between the Beiyang generals led by Yuan Datou is the same.
Kaniri Baorendi's reason is simple, it is to allow Miana's people to climb up in the army. may feel that Ren Di is reliable, Ren Di was the first to be selected. On this layer of relationship, Andrew reacted earlier than Ren Di. After understanding what was going on, in addition to jealousy, it was full of assistance. Throughout the campaign, Inoue responded to Ren Di's logistical requirements. Andrew is either helping Ren Di or showing his more active role in the battle. Directly blew up the steam fortress where Venucci dominated logistics on the north shore of Lanconi.
Andrew and Inoue understand that Ren Di's opportunity this time is also the beginning of their opportunity. As long as Ren Di can fight this battle well. Miyana has more say in letting Miyana have a lower level of capable officers to break through the restrictions of social status and seniority and command a larger number of troops.
This is a military reform, and it is precisely the capable officers at the bottom who benefit. Very rare all the traversers huddled. Because the traversers who have survived until now are all capable people. Whether it is Andrew, Inoue, or Ren Di, they are all "talents" cultivated by national compulsory education and takeaway universities on the earth. In the 21st century, this kind of schooling that takes 20 years at every turn seems to be no big deal. Some even say that these useless education wears out human talent.
However, if high school students in the 21st century are put in the college entrance examination room for the first year of 1978, it can be said that there is no need for the imperial capital hukou, and Peking University Tsinghua University is trivial. If you put people with this level of education in the early days of the industrial revolution, there is a huge room for twenty years of hard work. It will show the effect of standing out from the crowd in that era.
The Celestial Tanks crushed the troops of Governor Venucci that had expected to breach the bridge back to the position they had taken three days ago, and entered forty high-quality combat units, mainly mechanized artillery, into corpses and wreckage, or crushed into discus by tank tracks, or pushed into a pile of obstacles blocking the bridge by the front of the tank.
The voice of Ranconinan's questioning voice was suddenly silenced, and no one could deny this victory, and the Governor of Venucci, an evil existence that needed to be fought by all the "righteous" forces in the entire Van Xi, suffered a big loss at the hands of a little-known hairy boy.
The bald uncle, General Kalini, rode to the front line of the bridge, and the mechanical prosthetic leg of the lower body made the unique sonorous footsteps of soldiers on the bridge. Along the way, the gray-faced soldiers saluted General Kalini, and Carniri smiled back. Greet the wounded soldiers. These soldiers were not exclusively Miana, and about two-thirds came from the various city-states of Miana in Fansifi.
After a morale-boosting speech, General Kalini saw Ren Di coming, walked down and grabbed Ren Di's hand and walked to the podium, raised it high and said: "Say it loudly, we have won this battle, and in an hour, a huge army of eight robot teams, four steam spider teams, 32 infantry teams, six artillery teams and four Celestial tanks will pass through the Lanconi Bridge." The Venucci can't stop us, and you've kicked them in the ass for three days. Victory belongs to you and to your Ensign Rendi. ”
The soldiers on the bridge cheered in response, and under this kind of unstinting praise and the love of many people, the character weakness of Ren Di's little people was revealed. If it was Andrew, he would have been generous and performed very well. Ren Di's face stiffened in response to everyone's supportive eyes.
Kanery whispered softly in Rendi's ear, "Naturally, boy, as the victor, say a few words." Ren Di turned his head and asked gently, "General, what should I say?" General Kaniri said, "What should be said in this scene." ”
Ren Di, who has been a class worker since he was a child. Goosebumps on the scalp itch for a while. What the hell is to say about this? The so-called people are forced out. Look at the eyes below that look at you one by one. Ren Di said: "Comrades-in-arms, we, cough cough" paused. "We ,......," looked at Ren Di embarrassed, Kaniri frowned and wanted to save the scene,
At this time, Ren Di gritted his teeth and said: "We have been fighting this war for nearly a year. Countless comrades died in this battle, but we must remember the origin of the war, a year ago the Governor of Venucci in Van Lhasa, the despicable and shameless attack on our king of Miana. Ten days later, the intention was to blockade Pyrata, split Pelata, and instigate a civil war in Pyrata. Two months later, with the support of Venucci, Fliglo and the dictator of the wasteland, with great ambitions, provoked a war in Van Si in order to submit the various city-states that did not obey them to their rule. We have been forced to take up arms in the fight. The war began with them, but the end of the war, they don't count. ”
Ren Di's words became more and more smooth, and he gradually substituted the emotions he had experienced in the war for a year, and accidentally got distracted. Ren Di looked at the soldiers waiting for him, and said slowly: "No one likes war, no one likes death. We're tired of killing. But there are some rights and wrongs that need to be made clear to the initiators of war. Ahead is Venucci. ”
Ren Di waved his fist and said, "Defeat Venucci and judge Arisadro (note: the name of Governor Venuschi)"
"Defeat Venucci, judge Arishadra" The overwhelming roars of the soldiers catered to Ren Di's slogan, and under Ren Di's slogan, the soldiers seemed to find the cause of the painful experience of nearly a year of war. All his resentment was directed at Governor Venucci.
The frenzy of the soldiers stunned Kalini, who had seen many speeches by the king of Miana, and many times when the kings of other city-states had inspired their armies. However, the effect is difficult to compare with the situation in front of you.
The great nobles of Fanxi, the speeches before the war were almost all the glory of their own representatives, and their correctness was the beginning, inspiring the soldiers to win. The battle that swept across the land of Van Si this time, the level of firepower, and the time span were unprecedented. The last time the Van Si was unified was the glory of the knights of Condottiari. In this battle of unification, the psychological damage to the soldiers caused by the firing of pure firearms and the ploughing of heavy artillery was unimaginable to the upper nobility.
Take the First World War on Earth as an example, a few years of war, which allowed soldiers to spontaneously cease fire at Christmas without orders from the generals of both sides. This phenomenon is the most emotional about the greatness of human nature in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of the high-ranking people during the First World War, it is a terrifying situation for them, and the army's insurance for maintaining the violent rule of the country has expired, just like two swordsmen fighting each other and finding that the long sword in their hands does not obey the command. Coupled with the establishment of the Soviets a few years later, all the capitalist countries found themselves at any time at risk of being abandoned by the people and the army, and the ruling class found that the money they possessed was no longer a universal treasure. It was the strangulation of extreme fear of Soviet power.
If it weren't for the soldiers, how could Ren Di, a person from the era of peace, experience the cruelty of war, Ren Di said the soldier's heart, war is painful. Soldiers are human beings, and people who suffer are subconsciously opposed to it. Ren Di directed his opposition at Governor Venucci.
In the past Venucci Wars, when the nobles wanted to execute another nobleman, it was all revenge for the sake of family hatred, that is, killing the nobles for the sake of the nobles, and killing a nobleman for the sake of the dead commoners, which was a vexatious saying in the aristocratic circles.
Ren Di was shouting that he was going to judge a great noble lord who made himself miserable. The tyranny of the soldiers, who had been suppressed by death for a long time, broke through the previous definition of nobility and lowliness instilled by the aristocracy. Shouted out.
Ren Di didn't know this deep-seated reason, and Ren Di didn't want to encourage soldiers to play a rebellion game in this world, he just wanted to end this war as soon as possible. The reason for this situation is that Ren Di was born in the post-capitalist and socialist era of the earth, and although there is still inequality in that society, it is much more equal than this world. Superpowers wage war under the guise of human rights.
Ren Di came out of the crowd and said to Kalini: "General, what I said is okay? Kanery looked at Ren Di and nodded, "That's right." Then he asked Ren Di: "Lieutenant Ren Di, you said that after this war, there will be a war in Fanxi, are you willing?" ”
Ren Di's face stiffened, and then he said tentatively: "General, if we take the initiative to provoke a war, it will be difficult for there to be soldiers fighting for us." Everybody's tired of it. Kaniri asked, "Is that you?" Kalini's eyes pierced into Rendi's eyes like a sharp edge. Ren Di felt that in this state, any of his lies could not hide from him. Ren Di immediately calmed down, because he didn't need to be afraid, Ren Di met Kalini's eyes and said: "General, once a general is successful, ten thousand bones are withered, if you look at it purely in my interests, now the lives of these soldiers are just the nutrition for me to become a general." But after Venucci was taken, I couldn't think of any way to get them to go to war willingly. Money doesn't work, I don't dare to whip them, kill people with bayonets to intimidate, I'm afraid that there will be a mutiny in the night. ”
Under Kalini's cold eyes, Ren Di's eyes were nervous, free, and the flickering gradually disappeared, leaving behind a bite of determined toughness. Carlini finally looked away and said, "Is this the mentality of the soldiers?" Ren Di said: "We have finished the wars that we have not fought enough in the past 20 years, and the wars that we have not fought in the next 20 years, in this year." All the stupid soldiers who fought for us all the year -- all the soldiers who fought for us are dead. ”
Hearing Ren Di's change of words, Kalini smiled and said, "That's right, all the fools are dead." You're a truth-teller, and Miana needs someone like you who can spot a crisis. ”
Ren Di said: "After the general's battle, our king occupied the righteousness and led Fanxi as the leader of the alliance. The other lords of Fanxi want to upset this balance and take the initiative to break the peace with war, their army is in injustice, our army is in righteousness, and even with less than half the number of troops, they can defeat those who challenge us. As long as we don't step on the line. ”
Kalini sighed with emotion, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I just miss the end of this magnificent war, I have been through six battles in my life and lost my leg. This may be the last war for me, a veteran soldier who has been fighting all my life. ”
Looking at this Xiao Suo's bald head, Ren Di's eyes were glazed, and he felt that this guy was born for war, the kind of person who knows nothing but war in this life. This old man was a natural warmonger.