Chapter 245: Mobilization and Propaganda
If the vast universe is compared to a vast ocean, then the green star is just a small drop of water, not even a drop of water. Although the Green Star is too small to be taken seriously to the entire Southern Alpha System, it is a huge planet for the humans and unique people who live on it. Even for the larger, silicon-based creatures, Green Star is too big a planet to be underestimated.
On this huge planet, there are countless villages scattered around.
Because of the special living habits of the independent people, there are no cities on the green star, even man-made buildings are very rare, and some are just independent settlements, that is, those villages that are hidden in dense forests, completely integrated with the natural environment, and difficult for outsiders to find.
When it is said to be a "village", it is actually just a habitual name for human beings.
For the Dumen, this is just a settlement, to be precise, a settlement of ethnic groups.
For thousands of years, the Dumen have lived in ethnic groups. Traditionally, when a single male becomes an adult, he or she has to leave the place where he was born and spend years, if not decades, making his first trip in search of a new home. The trip will not end until you find a new home and be accepted and recognized by the local people. Many of the male families will settle down as permanent residents of their new homes and reproduce their offspring once they have found a mate. It is precisely because of this that the backbone of each ethnic group is women, not men. Although the power of the community is in the hands of men, it is the women who determine the future of the race.
In fact, this female-dominated way of living is also the root of the unique culture of the independent ethnic group.
To put it simply, there is an "old grandmother" in every ethnic group, and these "old grandmothers" who have never left the ethnic group since birth are stubborn, do not like change, and attach great importance to tradition. Even tradition is used as the basis for maintaining the existence of ethnic groups. As a result, under the influence of these "grandmothers", not only women who inherit traditions, but also men who break them become stubborn.
It can be said that it is a miracle that a unique person can evolve into an intelligent being.
To know. Whether it is human beings, or other advanced civilizations, even the seven top civilizations, they all evolve in constant change, and gain wisdom from this. There can be no evolution without change, and without evolution there can be no intelligence, and therefore no intelligent beings.
Of course, this also proves what Elder Curtis said, that is, the unique people evolved their wisdom by relying on the naturally existing primordial crystals on the green star. If you don't have those preforms. In particular, the supernatural phenomena produced by the protocrystals are absolutely impossible for a single person to become an intelligent being.
This tradition is the root of the unsuitability of the Dumen to fight.
To put it bluntly, the Dumen clan is a plate of loose sand.
Although after several Greenwich wars, especially the threat of extermination, the Independence Clan has made progress, such as the establishment of the Council of Elders, and the Council of Elders decides the major affairs of the whole clan. It has the basic conditions of a modern state, and thus has been accepted by the Galactic Alliance. But the Council of Elders can only decide on "matters of state", and has no right to intervene in the small matters that affect each individual.
Take war mobilization as an example, although before Yang Yi and other human soldiers arrived, Curtis had already issued a mobilization order, requiring all races to send adult male Dumen to join the legion according to the size of the population, but it was not until the Silicon Charm army landed on Green Star. Landing grounds were established, and there were many clans that did not send people to join the legions. It's not that these groups don't have enough adult males, it's that these communities don't take war seriously at all.
To put it mildly, the vast majority of independent people only care about the affairs of their own ethnic group and the outside world. Even the rest of the race is apathetic.
If it weren't for Curtis's high prestige and great help to the other elders, including providing an Origin Converter that can enhance the vitality of the elders, so that these elders would only be able to follow his lead and dare not neglect his orders, I am afraid that those dozens of legions would not exist now. That is, the dozens of legions mobilized were all from the Elder's clan, and they were the largest of the Clans.
It's just that, compared to the entire Duke clan, the group of dozens of elders is only a small part.
Relying only on the unique people of these races, it is obvious that they will not be able to defeat the powerful Silicon Charm Army.
It is precisely because of this that carrying out extensive and comprehensive war mobilization has become an urgent task at the moment, and it has also become a difficult problem facing Yang Yi and others.
"Actually, we've tried, but the effect is not obvious." Mendozo was also depressed, after all, it was a less glamorous thing. You know, it was the Green Star that was invaded, the Dumen who were threatened with extinction, and the human soldiers who fought bloodily against the enemy. Although dozens of ethnic groups mobilized and formed dozens of legions, many more remained indifferent.
Yang Yi nodded slightly, indicating that he understood what Mendozo meant.
Before Yang Yi and the others arrived, Curtis not only issued a mobilization order, but also summoned a group assembly, clearly telling the elders of all races that the menacing enemy would occupy Green Star, destroy Green Star's environment, and even completely destroy Green Star, and the Lone people must unite and must go all out to defeat the strong enemy and keep the only homeland. It is a pity that only a few dozen elders who serve in the Council of Elders have followed Curtis's orders.
"We have to step up our publicity." Shen Chengwen said.
"We've publicized it, and we've been publicizing it." Mendozo sighed and said, "It's useless, even if you know that the enemy will destroy the environment in which the Dumen live, those who are far away from the landing ground and have not been devastated by the war are still indifferent. ”
Shen Chengwen also sighed, not knowing what to say.
"Obviously, the previous propaganda was done in the wrong way."
"What do you mean?" Mendozo looked at Yang Yi.
"If I'm not mistaken, you've been propagating the brutality of the enemy and the possible consequences of Green Star being captured by the enemy."
Mendozzo nodded slightly, indicating that this was what he meant.
Yang Yi smiled reluctantly and said, "So, who would believe it? ”
"The enemy has landed on Green Star and has built a landing field. The facts are in front of you, as long as you are not blind......"
"Did they see it?"
Mendozo was stunned for a moment, and then closed his mouth as well.
"Obviously, it is from you that the people of the Stranger know the enemy, and how brutal the enemy is, not to see it with your own eyes, let alone experience it yourself. What's more, in the past thousands of years, the Green Star has not been invaded, has not been devastated by war, and the Dumen have never participated in combat operations, at most they have only provided support and assistance to the legions of other civilizations in the rear. To put it mildly, before that, don't talk about those who have never left the place of birth, not even you elders, who have never been on the battlefield or fought against the enemy. Yang Yi shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Don't forget, before that, you always thought that the war with the Silicon Charm Alliance had nothing to do with the Dumen, which is why you were hostile to humans, thinking that it was humans who caused the war and destroyed the peace. ”
Mendozo lowered his head, and what Yang Yi said was the truth.
"Other unique people don't believe in propaganda, so is propaganda still useful?"
"So what to do?" Mendozzo asked directly.
"A different way of publicity."
Mendozo was stunned for a moment, and looked at Yang Yi incomprehensibly.
"Don't advertise how brutal the enemy is, don't advertise what Green Star will be like when it is overtaken by the enemy, and don't advertise that the Duclan will be wiped out. From now on, you must clearly tell those who have not been on the battlefield and do not know what war is, that they can defeat the invading enemy, that they can defend their homeland, that they can continue to reproduce on this land. ”
"This ......"
"To put it simply, it is to give other unique people the confidence to defeat strong enemies. Of course, it is also necessary to publicize the major victories achieved and the strong combat effectiveness of the unique army. ”
Mendozo was still very confused, as if he didn't believe that Yang Yi's method would work.
"Trust me."
Mendozo let out a long breath and said, "Okay, I'll do the propaganda the way you say, and I hope it will have an effect." ”
Yang Yi smiled faintly and said: "Not only to publicize, but also to send people to various ethnic groups, so that those frogs at the bottom of the well who don't know how big the outside world is, can open their eyes." ”
"What do you mean?"
"Mendozo, what do women of the independent clan care about the most when choosing a mate?"
Mendozo was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Yang Yi asked this question.
"Of course, if it's inconvenient......"
"Vitality." An elder next to him answered Yang Yi's question.
Yang Yi looked at the elder and asked him to make his words clearer.
"Simply put, it's about whether she's strong, whether she's healthy enough, and whether women can produce the seeds that they can thrive."
"So, how do women of the unique clan judge the vitality of men?"
"This ......"
"Actually, it's about the same as you humans." Mendozzo smiled reluctantly and said, "The main thing is to look at the outside, that is, whether the male body is strong enough. It's not quite the same as it used to be, but more than a thousand years ago, only the strongest men were accepted into the community. In fact, this is also the reason why men of the independent clan must leave the place of birth after adulthood and wander outside for years, even decades, before they can find a home, because only men who have experienced and overcome all the hardships and dangers are strong enough to win the hearts of women and be accepted by other groups. In addition, the long wandering is enough to knock out the weak males. ”
"In that case, we need to let the warriors of the Legion, especially the tough soldiers, show the short-sighted and unique men the charm of men."
Mendozo was startled at first, but then he understood what Yang Yi meant.
That's a real idea, and it's a good one. (To be continued......)