Revised Edition, Volume 16, The Resurgence of the Storm, Chapter 8, The Legacy of Raising Tigers. Luring the Wolf into the House (Part I)

Hojo-Kamakura's promise was swiftly implemented. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe night I left Kamakura, the political forces in Japan, Europe, and the Americas began to reshuffle. Adams and his party were horrified to find that the territory they had run for many years was actually built on a crumbling swamp, and there were Hojo's forces everywhere, and the Roman Order also sent out an all-out power to "reverse Asia". The media, the Internet, the military, the parliament, and other key areas are receiving news of drastic personnel changes at every moment, and of course peaceful evolution will not be so smooth sailing, and it is unrealistic to achieve earth-shaking results in such a short period of time.

In this political upheaval, the changes in Xinjing appeared to be uneventful, and everything was carried out as if it were a rehearsed drama, without causing a little unnecessary riot. Under the influence of the big men behind the scenes, all the key officials of the provisional government who had just overthrown Han Han and came to power disappeared, and only Naoki Nao, who had only been prime minister for two days, was pushed out to take all the responsibility, and ended this coup d'Γ©tat that absolutely satisfied the will of the people and completely violated the law by committing suicide at the prime minister's official residence. Of course, it was advertised to the outside world, but in the actual situation I heard, Nagao's death was not beautiful at all. How could a weak opportunist like him face death with his head held high? In fact, under Kamei's aggressive coercion, he still stiffened and hesitated, struggling all day long, unwilling to die, wanting to delay time and wait until the sky changed again. As a result, even a man like Kamei Shou, who is hard to find in the world, was dragged impatient by him, and ordered the public security officers to use a shotgun to blast a big hole in the gate of the temporary prime minister's residence, and threw a rib into it and ordered him to disembowel. When Nagao's last trace of disillusionment was shattered, he still twisted and twisted on the details of his suicide, and once again refused to use a knife to cut his abdomen, on the grounds that he was afraid of pain - he chose to shoot his heart with his own point 32 caliber pistol instead, but after spending half an hour in advance on the basis of drawing circles in the heart position, he actually did not shoot accurately, the bullet passed through his chest, bleeding all over the ground, and he rolled on the carpet for ten minutes and shouted "help" is not death. Kamei Shou couldn't bear it anymore and fired three shots at Nagao through the hole in the gate with his own hands, finally ending his dog's life. This is the first time since the end of the Great Era that a global head of state has suffered such a fate. In addition to sighing at the European and American traitors, Kamei Shou was given a nickname that was not very elegant but accompanied him for life: "KingslayerKamei", referred to as kk, and most people who don't know it will think it is a nickname given to him by someone close to him at first glance.

Compared with the backwaters of Xinjing, the armed conflicts in Los Angeles and Atlantic City were astonishingly intense, rising to the highest level of human use of conventional weapons since the Great Era in a single day. The conflict between the old and new forces in Atlantic City is fierce, but the armed forces at the seat of government are not strong, and they can not withstand it for only two days. Old Adams ran out of ammunition and finally had to come out and surrender, only to be stoned to death by the fanatical Roman Order, and Atlantic City continued to be in chaos for a month.

The most tragic was the Los Angeles Rebellion. More than 60% of the Adams family's property is here, it can be said that this is the city of Adams, most of the people's blood or work life are more or less related to it, one is prosperous, one is lost, so although the scale of the riots here is not as large as that of New Rome, the scene is the bloodiest. After the West American Mobile Force, which was controlled by the Hojo forces, was stationed in the city, the helicopter gunships were repeatedly shot down by anti-materiel sniper rifles while hovering and suppressing fire, and the armored vehicles were constantly subjected to quasi-suicide attacks. Their resistance lasted until the very end, even after the end of "Hell May" in Atlantic City, for five days.

The demoralization of the mobile units, which had suffered heavy casualties, had also accumulated deep resentment, and by the later stages of urban warfare, the casual harm to innocent civilians had become an open fact. The only thing that kept them looking normal was their constant chanting of the slogan: "Let Little Adams the Turtle Talk", but when they conquered the last bunker, they discovered a ridiculous and sad fact: Little Adams, the number one target of the operation, had long since been speechless, and the guy was lying in a coffin, already emitting a foul smell, and had been dead for more than a month by forensic visual examination. In other words, the date of his death was around the time of this upheaval. This was also proved by the subsequent search - the mob's diary confirmed that Adams the Younger had a mental breakdown and committed suicide by poisoning himself after hearing the Order's telegram from Rome. However, his sworn friend was unwilling to accept the facts, concealed his death, and continued to raise the urban war that lasted more than a month under his name. According to the official statistics after the incident, more than 400 casualties were suffered by the mobile squad and the "justice police", and about 1,600 casualties were suffered among the rioters and civilians. According to the practice of GDI to this day, this kind of number is multiplied by ten or even twenty to basically get the true face of the event. The multiplied numbers are indeed shocking, and they can be regarded as one of the few major riots since the great era. The ridiculous thing about this riot is this: Adams Jr. died so quickly that from the outset, the actions of the army and the resistance of the mob made no sense.

However, there are countless meaningless acts of violence in human history, and this one is nothing. Even so, the truth of such a tragic incident caused the parliament, which has always shouted "democracy and freedom, public opinion to be open," unanimously passed a bill to block the news. It wasn't until ten years later that people gradually dared to conduct in-depth investigation and criticism of this matter, and the topics were mostly "On the Bad Roots of Human Belief in Killing", which was once very hotly discussed, but it had nothing to do with me anymore.

These riots have not hindered the overall trend of changing flags around the world. Under Hojo's leadership, Ovimars and I have taken over key positions of power in the global parliament and local councils and governments. On April 27, Overmars arrived at the Space Cross, where the former Space Fleet was located, and since his arrival he has been busy meeting people from all walks of life there, and has not contacted me. It doesn't matter if he doesn't contact him, I don't know how to talk to him if we actually meet. Although Hojo agreed to my proposal of "completely changing blood and purging the world", Hojo's specific actions were almost one-sided in favor of Overmars and put his men in power. It's a pity that Ovemas ran back almost naked this time, and there was only one general around him, Han Zeng, who had to send the adjutant, the captain of the guard, and even the chef to be officials, which was really a bit of a duck on the shelf. So the transfer of power that Hojo gave him was more like a nominal succession, and most people showed him loyalty under Hojo's arrangement, but how much this loyalty could guarantee, Overmars himself did not dare to pack the ticket.

Of course, I can also delude myself into thinking that China and Europe are already my territory, and that Hojo is trying to find a balance - in fact, of course, this is not the case. Huaxia is currently making a mess for me, even if I devote myself wholeheartedly, I am afraid it will take more than two or three years to clean it up; And Titus is not alone in Europe, and this person is no longer the subordinate who was under my command for the sake of his ideals. He has always had great ambitions and has made his own world. Although he still said that he would obey my orders at this time, how much of this commitment came from the heart, and how many years and distances could it withstand? With my age and experience, I would no longer believe in that kind of loyalty that will not be surpassed to death. Of course, that kind of thing may still exist in this era, but first, it will not appear in a person like Titus, who is inherently ambitious, and second, I myself cannot afford to do so.

This kind of problem is not only visible to me, but in this position, there are naturally many people who are smarter and harder than me who see it and make it impossible for me to ignore reality. On the night of my trip to Kamakura, when I returned to Nandu, I was already waiting at the airport one step earlier. As soon as they saw me, they said very formulaically: "There are a few big things that must be done now, how do you think the arrangements will be distributed?" The first is to control the pan-Chinese region, the second is the strategy of Titus, the third is the subsequent distribution of power, and the fourth is to prepare for war. ”

Any of the four things she said must be done by someone with great wisdom and courage. Taken together, it made me, a person whose intelligence and courage didn't seem to be very qualified, have a headache, tilted his head and thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, according to Lei Long's example, you can be the general's assistant or acting general, and take care of the first ...... for me."

Han Han was furious when he heard this, his eyes turned red, and then he burst into tears: "General, now is not the time to laugh!" ”

Her roar frightened me, and I almost wanted to find a corner to hide, but finally I easily held back, and asked in the face of her anger: "Why are you so outside, did you call me that before?" What to call or how to call it, let's not see each other. ”

"I didn't come back to you to brag and chat." Han Han said categorically: "I gave up everything to follow you, and you should give me the corresponding sincerity!" ”

I'm afraid of serious people. People like Han Han usually joke about it, but it's really scary to get serious! After I was annoyed by Hojo's affairs, she told me not to rest for a moment, but I couldn't answer it. I shrugged and said, "TBD." ”

This kind of answer will trigger the anger of serious subordinates than no answer. But no matter what Han Han thinks of me, I really don't want to do too much at this point. It has been decided that Hojo will fully support Overmars, and it may be futile to do more. Do you want to consolidate your territory in China and build an unbreakable alliance with Titus? It may be possible, but how much time and effort does it take? Do I still have enough time?

I have been thinking about these disturbing things since I returned from the front line, and I have not reached a conclusion so far, and naturally there will be no results in the past two days. So, I made a very shocking choice: at this earth-shaking moment, instead of actively trying to take advantage of the chaos to expand my territory, I shrunk, and the only active action was only to install the forces of Huo Shuxiang and Yang Husheng into the Nandu government. Later generations of analysts made countless speculations about this, and the final mainstream opinion was that "Huang wisely avoided direct conflict with Overmars and consolidated the fragile alliance between the two", and only a few people insisted on criticizing me for "having no ambitions, doing nothing, and prospering". The latter are very few in number and speak in a difficult way, but they may be closer to reality.

It's impossible to fool Han Han with "do nothing" and "don't want to act", in fact, I'm not that cowardly. I've been manipulating politics for years, but I've never been interested in it. Three of the four major events that have come to me now are political work, and I have a headache when I see it.

The next day, I decided to face the reality instead of running away, and summoned Han Han to ask: "Titus is not easy to arrange, so let him continue to manage Europe, anyway, if you ask him, you may not be able to give it, and there is no suitable place to place it when you call him, what do you say?" ”

Han Han said lightly: "Although there is no way to do it, you don't want to make a breakthrough in this area, it is written on your face." ”

"Don't show that look like you face a man who doesn't have a good life." I smiled slightly: "It's not easy to do it here in Huaxia, Huo Shuxiang and Yang Husheng are okay as governors and district commissioners, and there will definitely be chaos if they are in charge of the country for a long time." Tan Kang can't contribute to the work now, and many jobs are actually presided over by the little lewd thief, which is not too reassuring in the end. Are you interested in taking charge of Huaxia? You have the ability, and I believe in you. ”

"Let a Chinese person take charge of Huaxia, your brain is broken?" Han Han shook his head: "Besides, the defeat of Heguo has already discouraged me. Rather than getting involved in politics, it would be better to focus on military affairs, as in Leilondo, when he was governor. ”

I shrugged my shoulders and said, "You and I are fundamentally close, except that you are more willing than me to touch the things that you don't love in your heart." Huahe relations will be so stiff that it will become an obstacle to the best personnel arrangement, although I am not the initiator, but my role is definitely second to none, it is really ......"

"Don't talk too far, is the current strategy to go all out against Yu?" Han Han interrupted my exclamation: "If that's the case, it's okay to hand over the rear to these people for the time being, after all, it's more important to come over there." I asked to go to the front line, whether it was combat or logistics, what to do. ”

"Okay, I'll give you access to all the materials, and I'll leave it to you to prepare for the Yu War."

Han Han nodded, and when he turned to leave, he suddenly stopped and asked, "Then you pushed everything away, what did you do?" You won't go to find a little girl to play with you on the road, right? ”

When she said this, it was really a ghost, and I was sitting in a chair and suddenly my body shook violently. The air between the two of us froze for half a minute, and then Han Han hesitated and asked, "Did I say something wrong?" ”

I finally reacted, smiled and said, "It's nothing, but I suddenly remembered the Tyrannosaurus Princess who was wearing a suspender dress and a mask on her face to accompany me shopping." Before the Second Battle of the Highway of the Revenant, she was fighting on Nebuchu, and it had been a while since she had been cut off, so she didn't know what was going on now. No matter how long I've been the captain of the guard, now that I'm going to go shopping again, I can't help but have the hurt of 'peach blossoms with a human face'. ”

Han Han pursed his lips and said, "It's an old problem - you always fall in love with someone you shouldn't love at all, I really want to see how your love life ends up." ”

I waved my hand and said, "Nonsense, don't make assumptions about non-liability based on a few credit card bills paid for her." You go about your business. You reminded me that it's time to meet the leader of the Celestial Army. It's easy to send this guy away, so if they want to be obedient and obedient to us to fight on the front line of the universe, I don't know how much effort it takes, isn't this the job of General Ben? ”

It's not so much a job as an excuse to excuse one's laziness in front of his subordinates. An hour after receiving the news of Overmars' return to the Grand Cross, I went to the Celestial Army barracks in Yuhuatai to hold a meeting with their leader. Looking back at the history of the Great Era, I should be the first person in the world to come into direct contact with them in an official capacity in the past 70 years. Without paying attention, another historical record was created.

Although I had personally been to the Longtan Tiger's Den in Xuzhou, the metropolis of the Heavenly Realm, and had already learned the military might of the Heavenly Realm Army, when I arrived at Yuhuatai, I was still breathless by the overwhelming vast army. Stationed here was the Li legion of the Wuji Army, with 50,000 soldiers and horses; The Wuji Army, which also had 50,000 soldiers and horses, was stationed in Jiangpu, but sent senior officers to meet me. After they ravaged and expelled the Jianghuai army at a very small cost, they were stationed in the south and north around the southern capital. From the worst aspect, the current situation is definitely not that I have seized the southern capital and occupied Huaxia, but that I have taken over Lin Tiefeng's position surrounded by them.

A small number of the people who greeted me were of different colors, and they were representatives of the Northern Legion of the Taiyan Army. For more than a hundred years, the only task and heaviest burden of the Northern Army was to resist the expansion of the Mowgli Army, and the relationship between the two is difficult to describe as "friendly". But now that they were all standing together to greet me, I suddenly felt a little trepided: I have indeed changed history deeply, and where will I lead it with my own strength? Hojo Kamakura's criticism of me was harsh, but it was not unreasonable: I really didn't plan anything for the future other than that arduous and distant "victory". It is probably more dangerous for a person who does not have a grand goal to sit in such a high position than a careerist.

After a brief pleasantries, we came to the big tent. A feast has been set up in the tent, and I sit at the top, and the generals of the Taiyan Army and the Wuji Army sit down to hold a table meeting while eating and talking. Looking around at the celestial generals with swords in the Dutch armor, my mouth was slightly dry, and I made up my mind before I said in the celestial language: "You have put aside old grievances, put the common cause of mankind first, galloped to the aid of the starry night, cooperated sincerely, and completed a great battle, and this cabinet is very grateful." β€œ

Before I finished speaking, Hongda, the general of the Northern Army of the Taiyan Army, who was sitting at the bottom of the left side, laughed first: "The general is really polite. It's a surprise that the Great General's Celestial Dialect is so good, and it obviously has a Taiyan accent, don't you think? ”

What is the abandonment of old grudges and sincere unity? This is where the intrigue begins! I cursed in my heart, but I still had to put a smile on my face, and I spoke first to suppress the dissatisfaction of everyone in the Wuji Army: "The prince of Taiyan has held an important position in my shogunate for eight years, and he has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and he has a heart-to-heart relationship with this general. The princess of the Mowgli Army came a little later, and it has been seven years, during which she has sacrificed her life and forgot to die many times to save the life of the general, and it is also a life-and-death friendship. I am inseparable from the support of the two of them and all of you behind them, so I would like to thank you very much, and I would like to ask you to continue to work together to create greater brilliance in the future - for the sake of the grand goal, please drink this cup together! ”

A possible quarrel was gently resolved for me, and the atmosphere became warm and harmonious, and even I felt a little proud. After two rounds of drinking, Li Jing, the commander of the Li clan of the Wuji Army, stood up and toasted me, saying: "General, when you see the style today, it really deserves its reputation, and the appearance of the overlord is also admired, and I am willing to serve the work of dogs and horses in the future!" I have been in confrontation with General Hongda for many years, and today I can gather together to drink and talk, I really can't imagine that there will be such a harmonious scene in the past. Originally, this kind of atmosphere really shouldn't talk about military affairs, but the general has a doubt in his heart, if he doesn't ask the general for advice......"

I smiled slightly: "You just say it." ”

"General, the population of the Heavenly Realm is not prosperous, even when my Wuji army is at its strongest, it can only raise less than two million standing troops, and the Taiyan army is also the same when it is the strongest, but there has been nothing in the world for decades, and it has probably been reduced a lot, right?"

As he spoke, his eyes looked at Hongda. Hongda smiled bitterly and said, "You know these situations better than me, ask me what to do?" To say it is a leak of military information. Anyway, the general is here, and I won't hide it. Today's Taiyan Army, up and down, the four major army corps plus city defense, internal affairs, and garrison troops, a total of 694,000 people. ”

"That's it." Li Jing nodded: "General Hong told the truth, and I will also hand it over to the end, the army that the Wuji Army can put into battle, a total of 1,267,000 people." Due to the vastness of the territory and the difficulty of assembly, a general mobilization has not been carried out for many years. The most recent large-scale operation was the Battle of Canaan, in which only three legions and 150,000 men were invested, which was quite a rare large-scale operation. General, the facts are in front of us, and it is natural to mobilize us to suppress the Jianghuai army and its ilk with more enemies than others, and it is not a problem to have an armed but unpopular and poorly trained army, but if we have to go to a distant alien planet to fight against a large number of enemies who occupy a geographical advantage, I am afraid that the military strength is still insufficient. What's more, the Heavenly Realm is not the Heavenly Realm of our two families, and once the garrison forces draw space, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no local wealthy clans and small border countries that will make waves and infringe on the fundamentals. In my opinion, although the Wuji Army and the Taiyan family have expressed their full support for the general, the number of troops they can provide is limited, and it is not easy for the two families to have a total of 1.2 million, and if there is a change in the place, they will definitely demand the withdrawal of the descendant troops. Dare to ask the general, is this 1.2 million troops enough? ”

When Li Jing said this to me, the generals present stopped to listen. After he finished speaking, they immediately nodded their heads in agreement and began to discuss with each other. I waved my hand, suppressed the discussion, and said, "General Li is really thoughtful, and he has gone beyond the thinking limits of the commander of the first army, and he must have a lot to do in the future." Yes, the Celestial Army is definitely not enough. According to my estimates, if Nebuchu is to be completely suppressed, there should be more than 5 million conventional troops with hot weapons in the world, and we still have to watch. But now it's different, presumably you know the 'swordsman regiment' that Princess Jingwei built for me? ”

The commander of the Wuji Army, Feng Liqu, said: "I have heard a lot. In fact, this kind of army formed by Princess Jingwei is not a new creation! The Mowgli Army had this consideration fifty years ago, but in the end it was not implemented. For no other reason, equipment and maintenance are ridiculously expensive! Although the Taiyan family is the richest man in the Heavenly Realm, I am afraid that they will not be able to support the kind of troops of an army. ”

Hongda shook his head again and again and said, "I can't afford it, I really can't afford it." ”

"That's right, indestructible weapons, invulnerable armor, if this kind of thing is so cheap that middle-class families can afford it, then the world will be in chaos, I'm afraid everyone has to wear a demon armor to buy vegetables in the market, and they have to practice kendo self-defense from an early age." When I saw that the generals below were all laughing, I also smiled and said, "So this kind of army can only be used as an elite unit, and it is impossible to popularize and use it on a large scale." However, this has given us a kind of reverse thinking -- can we take high defense and high close-range combat capability as the first consideration in the new stage of warfare? Therefore, I am going to use the Celestial Army as a teaching force to teach and lead a large number of human cold weapon troops to fight. There are few people in the heavenly realm, it doesn't matter, there are many people in the human world. There are now a variety of inexpensive infantry equipment, similar in style to the Celestial Army. Although the performance is far worse than that of the original swordsman regiment, and slightly worse than the equipment of your ordinary soldiers, the price and weight are enough to be acceptable. ”

Li Jing looked at me in disbelief: "The general is saying that he wants to drive civilians wearing armor and carrying swords and guns to fight on aliens?" ”

I nodded and said, "It's not as scary as you say, but it's not far off." But I believe that with a little training, you should have the strength to fight. Armies are all trained in a sea of blood, and we don't have that much time to raise and train, so your task is heavy. Combat and training must be carried out without interruption, and the future will get rid of you. Well, can I still satisfy everyone with my answer? Then drink again, drink! ”

"General, I still want to ask!" Li Jing stood up again: "How many human allied troops will we have?" ”

"You know the situation at the front, there are only 30,000 troops of Simba now. That kind of firepower science and technology troops will be very small in the future, because there are not enough resources. I pondered for a moment and said, "How many there will be, we have to walk and see, there will be no less." My assistant is planning a pre-war preparation plan, the content of which is not yet known, and the title is 'Billion Mobilization'. ”

"Billion!" The generals present were stunned, and after a while, they reacted one after another, showing excited looks to each other, and said in unison: "I am willing to serve the general!" (To be continued.) )