Marne plain, the Allied general command.

"Chief Officer, do you have anything else to add to my plan? You ...... today, Seems to have something on your mind? ”

In the afternoon sun, the Allied triumvirate, the girl and Shainin, accompanied de Gaulle on the tree-lined path.

After two days of plenary meetings, the Allies finalized their plans for the final battle, in which the Allies would launch a decisive attack on the barbarian lines with the Eighth Route Army of the Empire as the vanguard. Try to finish the battle and defeat the enemy in front of you.

If progress is good, the barbarians will no longer be able to compete with humans in the Western Continent. Subsequently, the recovery of the Western Continent and the total destruction of the barbarians will only be a matter of time - and the Second World War will also end in the glorious victory of mankind.

So, although the girl looked a little tired, her face was full of joy, and she looked at de Gaulle and asked.

……

"What's on your mind, just figuring out your plans - as wonderful as ever."

De Gaulle nodded and smiled, but there seemed to be a hint of worry and a hint of forced laughter in his smile.

"General Lin, I fully trust you. After these battles, your performance has amazed us, and at the same time, I am sincerely glad and proud of my choice. ”

De Gaulle hid his expression well, he hid his face in the shadow of the tree, but smiled at Lin Han again.

The girl and the young man smiled as well, and they looked at each other behind de Gaulle, already smiling knowingly.

"By the way, General Lin, and my Excellency the Deputy Commander."

De Gaulle's brow twitched slightly, but he stopped as if he had made up his mind, and he turned to look at the young man and the girl again.

……

"The day before yesterday, a member of my family asked me a very interesting, but also very confusing question, I wonder if General Lin and His Royal Highness King Yong can answer it for me? You know, I even suspect that there is no one on this planet and even in the intelligent life I know more intelligent and beautiful than General Lin, and there is no one more extensive than His Royal Highness King Yong. ”

He smiled again at the youth and the girl.

"What's the problem?"

The girl suddenly asked curiously.

"If ......"

De Gaulle groaned, as if he were weighing his words.

"What if...... To save a hundred people, having to sacrifice one person can even cost him his life. And that person is our friend, and the hundred people are just strangers of the same race as us - what should we do? ”

He looked at the young man and the girl with burning eyes.

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"This question...... I'm afraid it's hard to say......"

As soon as the young man fell, he already smiled slightly bitterly.

"But if you have to make a choice, you have to know the answer?"

De Gaulle asked urgently, and his voice seemed to carry a hint of urgency.

The young man gave him a strange look, but he was contemplating with the girl.

After a long time, the young man looked at the girl again: "Your answer?" ”

The young man asked with a smile.

"It should be about the same as you."

The girl wrinkled her nose and smiled smartly.

……

"Okay, then I'll talk about it."

The young man smiled and shook his head, already looking at de Gaulle, who was looking nervously at them.

"First of all, we don't need to separate intimacy, in the face of life, intimacy is no longer meaningful. But what we have to be sure of is: Is that person willing to die for it? If so, I would allow him to do so, and if not, then I have no right to take the lives of others - even for the sake of a hundred people. ”

The young man said with a smile.

"Yes."

The girl suddenly glanced at the young man again: "Just as in war, we often have no choice but to order a small army, or even the most trusted and close to the commander, for the safe evacuation of the large army, they are very likely to die all, but in exchange for the safe exit of the large army-this is a very normal thing." But the small forces we send must be voluntary, not forced by military orders. ”

De Gaulle was silent for a long time.

……

"What if that person is unwilling, but the situation is too critical to consult him, and a decision must be made immediately?"

He suddenly asked again.

"Then, we have no right to make any decisions, and no one can forcibly take away the right to live except for voluntarily giving it up, otherwise, it is a crime."

The young man nodded, and he spoke again.

"But if we don't sacrifice that one, the hundred will inevitably be sacrificed, is that okay?"

De Gaulle's expression was already full of frustration, and he asked in a low voice.

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"Yes, because we can't force anyone to pay for someone else's life. The right to life is a sacred right that has been supreme since birth and can be taken away by no one. It is the business of the hundred people who are in danger, and he is not obliged to sacrifice for it, as long as it is not caused by that one person. ”

And even if it is caused by that person, we have to look at the severity of the situation, and whether he voluntarily atoned for his mistakes, rather than forcing him to die for it. Of course, after the fact, we will inevitably investigate his guilt in the form of law. ”

"It's like a man who accidentally catches fire and traps a group of people in a house, unless he voluntarily, can we force him to sacrifice his life to save people? Obviously, no, we can only see whether he did it voluntarily under the condemnation of his conscience, and we can only hold him accountable for killing a hundred people after the fact - and if it was not his fire, we would have no reason for him to sacrifice himself to save people. ”

Xie Ning nodded again, he seemed to have sorted out his thoughts, and he was already talking. What he didn't notice was that de Gaulle's expression flashed more and more with his gushing, a subtle dark color.

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"Yes, it's the same old saying, whoever gives this order is guilty of a crime unless it is voluntary. Of course, if that person wanted to, I would hesitate, but it would probably end up giving an order or allowing him to do so—after all, a hundred and one can tell the difference. ”

Lin Han also added.

The two men who seemed to be able to understand each other at all times and everywhere smiled again, but de Gaulle's expression was already cloudy, and he nodded noncommittally.

"The answer to this question seems to give me a chance to relay it to my family. General Lin and His Royal Highness King Yong's analysis is indeed very reasonable. ”

He forced a laugh.

……

Then, as if he had made up some kind of determination, he tried to adjust his expression.

"By the way, General Lin, and His Royal Highness Xie, the Grand Chief of the Tribe and our Speaker jointly invited you and Her Highness the Goddess to go to the capital of the Southern Continent to participate in the celebration banquet and victory celebration, when did you decide to leave?"

He asked suddenly.

"Is it really needed? Haven't won yet...... It's not too late to wait until the battle here is completely won. ”

Lin Yan frowned.

"That's too late, my general." De Gaulle smiled.

"In the beginning, it was only out of tactical necessity to conceal your existence, and not even let our army and people know about it, but also to prevent the leakage of secrets. And now, we have won such a big victory, and we have saved the situation, and the barbarians are even more defeated. At this time, if we don't let our people know our three heroes, we will all be ashamed of our poor hospitality. ”

"Our tens of millions of refugees and people of the Southern Continent are also looking forward to seeing you. They had been terrified for so many days, and they were ecstatic to hear the news of the victory at the front, and they couldn't wait to meet the heroes who brought them hope and light. ”

De Gaulle smiled.

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"But the front line ......"

Lin Han was about to speak, but her hesitation was interrupted by de Gaulle: "General Lin, you have to believe your two deputy chiefs of staff, the front line is still resting, after all, the soldiers are tired after months of fighting." After that, we will launch an offensive campaign after we have completed our deployment, and there will be at least a few days of deployment campaigns. ”

"You just need to go back for a few days, and nothing will be too much of a problem. We'll only go on the offensive when you come back - after all, without Chief of Staff Lin in charge, we don't have to worry about letting them fight Long'er, right? ”

He smiled.

"But we still have the heavy responsibility of commanding the Eighth Route Army, so leave them at this time...... In case there is any unexpected event on the front......"

Xie Ning was also suspicious.

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"The Eighth Route Army will also be placed behind us for a few days of rest - they are tired from months of wandering at sea and after a series of battles. And they will in turn become the arrowhead troops of the next big war. At this time, they were also put in charge of the defensive line, so that we, who were generously supported by the Empire, were embarrassed? ”

"Rest assured, my deputy chief, the barbarians are at a disadvantage and are no longer able to launch a large-scale offensive. Even if there is a little trickery, we can deal with it enough, you can come back at any time, and the Eighth Route Army has two deputy commanders under command, and they are not leaderless, and they are ready to respond - but for now, let them retreat and recuperate, all for the sake of future victory. ”

De Gaulle laughed again.

"Uh...... It's good. At this time, it is indeed a period of recuperation, both sides are exhausted and recuperating, and there is really nothing major to happen. A few children asked me to take some pictures of the land on the other side of the sea and go back to show them, as long as there is no problem on the side of the Eighth Route Army, I personally have no problem. ”

"Yes, you can do that. I'm tired of commanding the big battles again and again, so it's better to rest and command the final battle in the best condition. ”

Xie Ning and Lin Yan thought about it, but they both nodded. (To be continued.) )