Chapter 5: A Strange War
Don't expect too much food on the snowy fields, for those congressional lords, this base is a dispensable existence. If it weren't for www.biquge.info expensive OBJECT here, maybe even forgetting to hand out supplies might have happened.
This is no joke, Lunas, who belongs to the gendarmerie agency, knows better than anyone how much oil and water are in the monthly rations. Not to mention anything else, the army's food standard is that each soldier has a daily caloric intake of no less than 3,500 calories, but what is really distributed are all pieces of compressed biscuits........
Well, eating so many compressed biscuits is estimated to be able to barely pile up to 3,500 calories........ Right?
That being said, Lunas really has nothing to complain about, didn't he see that even the supreme commander of this base, Floretia, obediently endured it?
In fact, there are only two main reasons for such a thing as war, those who are hungry and hungry, and those who are full.
When a large amount of industrial manufacturing capacity cannot be vented by the corresponding market, the disadvantages of capital will gradually be revealed. At this time, a war of the right scale is very necessary.
As for the outcome of the war? There is no need to care too much about this, anyway, in the end, no matter which side wins, the money has already gone into the pockets of those capitalists.
And as an officer, Lunas's food is quite reasonable, although the thick taste of artificial meat in the meal is really disgusting, but on the whole, it is not reasonable. In such a situation, Lunas has no reason to find fault.
In fact, as the main reason, happiness is comparative, and after visiting the soldiers' canteen, Lunas feels that his life is already very happy.
The end result of the army's own procurement of supplies is that all the equipment on the soldiers is barely usable but the cheapest equipment. Don't you see that the body armor worn by American GIs now is all printed with MadeinChina?
"Damn the Hari bourgeoisie!" Lunas muttered.
Although I was scolded, but there were those two substitutes for the dead ghosts, and the result this time was quite a bumper harvest, at least I could eat a real meal of meat, not the kind of artificial meat that wasn't even luncheon meat.
Lunas was sure that if he mustered up the courage to scan the main ingredients of those artificial meat with the Boundless Pupil, the result would definitely be that he would never dare to touch any artificial meat again for the rest of his life.
When the sun goes down, it's time to eat.
Instead of heading to the restaurant, Lunas rushed outside into the snowy field. Tonight's barbecue was made up of deer-hunting Curvinser and Hevia, and the compassionate subordinate chief, Lord Floretia, who seemed willing to condescend to eat with them.
…… It seems that everyone finds the war dominated by the super-large weapon OBJECT boring. If you had told the nearly 800 soldiers in this camp about tonight's event, probably all of them would have come, and the food of the army would be absolutely hated by all the soldiers. But Mistress Floretia wanted to keep the matter a secret for the four of them, as the amount of meat was limited.
So there were only four people at tonight's barbecue.
The venue is in the camp in the maintenance base area.
The base area was made up of many large base construction vehicles, so they found a place surrounded by facilities on all sides, which could best shelter them from the cold wind, and secretly gathered to light the fire and erect iron plates.
BY THE WAY, THIS STEEL PLATE WAS STILL PICKED UP BY LUNAS FROM THE MATERIALS REMOVED FROM THE OBJECT IN THE MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP JUST NOW, AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE FIRE RESISTANCE OF THE PROTECTIVE ARMOR THAT CAN USE A LARGE-CALIBER HOWITZER AS A TICKLE MUST BE VERY GOOD, AT LEAST AS A BARBECUE BOARD IS ENOUGH.
The first to come over to heat up the fire Floretia (actually the one who is most looking forward to dinner?) Reach your hands towards the fire under the iron plate:
"Even if you warm up like this, your body will slowly get colder. I really want to eat the fatty meat as soon as possible and warm the whole person from the inside of the body. ”
"That's what you're wearing....... aren't you?" said Lunas, glancing at the short skirt and stockings on Floretia's legs.
In this place where the highest temperature of the year never exceeds -15 degrees, this woman is indeed crazy enough.
"Thank you for your hard work, thanks to your efforts, the runway can now take off and land at any time. I believe that those in the STOL Aviation Forces must be very grateful to you. ”
"Hey, hey. Heck, that's not a big deal. ”
"But the truth is that I don't need those aviation units at all. Anyway, it's just a bunch of cowards who disarm themselves in pursuit of agility and stealth, saying "I'm afraid that the enemy with force will think it's necessary to shoot down". They are embarrassed to claim to be a special reconnaissance unit, but the problem is that almost all the information of the enemy OBJECT is brought back by Her Royal Highness the princess herself. Floretia unceremoniously proclaimed the Army's red deer's contempt for the Air Force.
"Damn!! I didn't think there was any point in shoveling snow, but it was even more irritating when I was told by others!! Besides, according to this view, eighty percent of the runway will be buried in the snow again tomorrow morning!! ”
"Ever since bombers were equipped with oxygen-iodine chemical lasers, fighters have been in decline........ Because the laser component is too large, it cannot be installed on a small fighter. When "optical weapons" appear, it doesn't matter if you fly or not. At this time, there is another OBJECT, and it is also equipped with a variety of different kinds of lasers, and you can shoot and strafe as you like. It is really difficult for a strong man to fight with fighter jets in this way. So the only thing the aviation forces of this era can do is to send hot pizza from the "security country", right? ”
"But why every hot pizza? None of them have my share?! Lunas immediately protested.
“......... Hey, that's 700 meters. Although it was a short runway, the two of us shoveled 700 meters of snow.......!!! Hevia wailed.
"That's just a testament to your lack of intelligence," that's it, Lunas still unwilling to give up the blow to this hapless kid, "Actually, you just need to pour aviation kerosene on the snow and set it on fire, I don't know how much of that kind has been stored in the hangar of the Air Force." Under the snow is the flight runway, which is made of all-metal, so you don't have to worry about the fire spreading or burning the runway........"
"Abominable !!" Hevia was even more grieved and indignant, "You hateful sir, you didn't tell me until now, you must have done it on purpose, right?" ”
Lunas shrugged his innocent shoulders, and the look of pity at Hevia was the best silent mockery........
"By the way, I heard that you had a chat with Her Royal Highness the princess outside the base area?" Floretia asked, turning to Lunas.
"It's just a little curious, what kind of people they are." Lunas recalls the figure set against the backdrop of a snow-capped mountain, "a group of people who have the ability to destroy a city with ease, but still strictly follow the orders of that little radio station........
"The people in the medical team always said that they were afraid that she would get worse and not have any mistakes, and as a result, the rations were even worse than ours........ To be honest, even if there is no problem with nutrition in this way, the mental stress will crush her. Floretia was also quite emotional.
"Isn't there an exclusive entertainment facility for the princess who is ELITE? I heard that there is a digital device with healing effects. "Lunas has seen the healing equipment himself, and in a world dominated by conventional weapons, these things are definitely black technology.
Floretia, worthy of the Hari tribe, took a piece of roasted venison with chopsticks and replied:
"That kind of thing is just a waste of money, and it doesn't come in handy at all. Do you have a way to have fun with the textbooks given by the teachers at school? The real situation is that Her Royal Highness the princess only stopped by once, and never went again. ”
No matter how much you can't hide it, you can't hide that Her Royal Highness the princess who seems to be beautiful is actually the essence of a killing machine........
Lunas didn't really hate war, but it was a bit too cruel to push these immature children into battle.
"Has Miss Floretia ever lost a battle?" Kuwenser asked suddenly.
"Absolutely."
Floretia wrote on her face, 'You want to eat meat with beer,' and replied very dryly:
"I lost three times when I was commanding from a distance, and I lost once with the troops I was stationed in. Alas, it's terrible. It's okay to lose the battle itself, but the main thing is that when you return to your home country, you will be criticized by the whole country. However, OBJECT is a state-scale tactical weapon after all, and there is no way to lose it and be criticized. ”
"Huh? But OBJECT is synonymous with war. WHAT SHOULD I DO IF AN OBJECT IS KILLED BY AN ENEMY? I don't think there is anything that can be done with ordinary tanks, fighters. ”
Hevia seemed interested, and Floretia replied with a disapproving look, "It's easy. Just raise the 'white flag'. ”
"Huh?"
"Modern warfare is not a total war. Once one side of the OBJECT is destroyed, it means that the winner is divided, and the winner has no time to pursue the weak infantry unit. This was a basic tacit agreement, but no formal treaty had been concluded. As long as the losing side quickly withdraws its troops and cedes territory, it will not let the war situation fall into a "stalemate". This is the basic principle of modern warfare. ”
Seeing the two rookies, ah no, to be exact, the three rookies were stupid over there, and Floretia smiled brightly.
"Haha, no wonder you're surprised. In order to prevent you from slacking off during training, of course I won't let you know about it. But look at me, I have been in the army since I was thirteen years old as a young soldier, and I still have not half of my old wounds. OBJECT is a clean oversized weapon capable of concentrating all forces in one place and not spreading out at will, which can reduce unnecessary casualties. It shelters this, a safe battlefield: my beautiful skin is the best proof of this. ”
Floretia gently turned the chopsticks in her hand:
"You know what? The biggest reason why a soldier leaves the unit is not because he was shot by the enemy in a shootout or accidentally stepped on a mine........ It's the relationship between men and women in the base area. On the modern battlefield, emotional problems are much more terrible than bullets. You know how safe it is now, right? ”
Kuwenser, who was almost about to accept this statement, suddenly had a question in his mind:
"Strange? BUT IN THE AFTERNOON, MISS FLORETIA SEEMS TO HAVE ORDERED OUR OBJECT IN THE PACIFIC TO CARRY OUT A DIRECT ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT OF THE ENEMY'S STRONGHOLD........."
"Good focus, Kuwenther. It was not a 'war' between regular troops. Attacks on guerrillas or terrorists are repressive "activities" and therefore do not apply to this principle, just as the police use special bullets that are prohibited by war treaties...... LISTEN, REMEMBER: THIS IS THE WAY TO USE OBJECTS EFFECTIVELY. The mechanism of operation of the great powers also includes the structure of skillfully eliminating hostile forces. ”
"Having said that, the guns are so convenient now, and my previous target shooting results are absolutely miserable."
"Recent rifles are not only optical sights, but also equipped with infrared cameras and search microphones that can look for targets from various angles."
But war is the work of OBJECT, and such a good rifle is simply a waste of public money. Hearing Hevia's addition, Floretia also moved her chopsticks while echoing:
"As long as the base area and supply routes are still there, as much food as possible can be brought from the country; As long as there is an OBJECT, the base will not be fine at all. So the method of hunting animals is something that I learned and didn't seem to have learned as a recruit. At least for you as a sapper, it's not a necessary skill. ”
"Sapper........ Yes. I always feel that I am still not used to this title. ”
"After all, the operation of the base area is maintained by the state's tax revenue. So even if you let future academics come in and hang out, you have to find a job for you to do, otherwise it will affect the votes of those politicians. And the "home" side is about to enter an important period for the election of councilors........ So the current Fred councillor and others are nervous. ”
"It's like you've got twenty-two bullets worth thirty-seven dollars a piece, and you've only got one deer." Lunas flipped the flesh on the steel plate, "Constantly reducing the expenditure of the army, but requiring the army to maintain its combat effectiveness, whoever can squeeze the hardest can be used as a political achievement, and we are destined to fall victim to such a boring political game here........"