Chapter 1538: Conscription (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
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On the afternoon of August 23 in the Julian calendar, it was sunny.
Because, on this day, Bill 108, which was personally submitted by President Bullard the Great, finally passed through the Senate and the House of Representatives after half a month of open and secret fighting.
It was a day of great significance for the newly formed Lingshan government.
You know, this is the first bill that has been proposed, deliberated, and finally passed by the new government since the establishment of the new government.
The rest of the bills were either manipulated by the commander of the human alliance, the Count of Lorraine, and passed through the council. Either the Lingshan people submitted it themselves, but it was aborted because of the prevarication of the parliamentarians.
Before the government left work at 5 p.m. that day, President Bullard personally signed the bill, making it a legitimate government official and making it a priority task of the government for the year.
The presidential office quickly sent the military expansion plan to various departments, and the republican government, the state machine, was put into operation.
In order to ensure the implementation of the force, President Bullard also issued an important directive, and the completion of this task will be linked to the year-end evaluation of officials.
As soon as this order was issued, it immediately caused a burst of chickens and dogs to jump in various government departments.
Lingshan has been turbulent in recent years, and it can even be called 'big waves and sand'. Everyone's official positions are not easy to come by.
After experiencing the unique agitation and collision of this great era, almost everyone is scarred on their bodies, or they have been killed from the sea of corpses and blood. Either that or the horrific purge......
It's easy to live a stable life for two days now, and I plan to focus on my old business. Accept stolen goods and bribes, but Brad gave such an unconscionable order.
In order to keep his seat, the car, the horse, and the ticket, all of them were secretly cursing the old guy at the moment, and they stepped up their actions. I am afraid that if I take a step slower, I will lose my official position.
According to President Bullard's grand blueprint: the Semitic republican government planned to conscript 300,000 troops and form a well-equipped army in a few years. A well-trained new army to maintain order and peace in the Semitic continent.
The combat effectiveness of the army must be at the average level of the Rumandi ** team.
The ambitious President Bullard plans to equip them with new artillery, machine guns, steam-powered warships, and even a squadron of war fortresses.
As soon as this grand goal was announced, it immediately greatly stimulated the patriotic heart of Lingshan.
With such a strong army as its backing, Lingshan will inevitably become one of the world's major hooligans in the future...... Phew, Flop will inevitably become an indispensable and important force for maintaining world peace in the future.
and even became a few hooligans in the United Nations...... It is not impossible to have several permanent members of the United Nations.
President Bullard's popularity quickly rose with the release of the military expansion plan.
In the previous words. When it comes to the president, everyone knows that he is the cheap old man of the terrible flying eagle god of war of mankind. And now, when the president is mentioned, everyone will wake up to the truth: Oh, the old guy who proposed the conscription plan.
In order for the conscription work to be carried out smoothly, the first pilot areas for conscription. It was set in the capital city of Acadherine and the surrounding area.
As the capital of Lingshan for thousands of years, Arcadherine is known as the best place in the world, and the surrounding area is densely populated, rich and prosperous, and the average education level of the common people is the highest.
Because the new army has to abandon the swords of the past. and switch to the new firearms of human beings, hence the above. Soldiers must have a certain level of literacy. Only in this way can we master new weapons to the best of our ability and establish a combat system that is in line with modern warfare.
Lord Lorraine once said that modern warfare is a war of technology and civilization.
And the rural people in Lingshan are basically illiterate, living a life of herding sheep, marrying a daughter-in-law, giving birth to a baby, and then letting the baby herd sheep, then marrying a daughter-in-law, and having another baby...... This simple and primitive, almost infinite loop, but yet happy and happy life.
Only, and only in the periphery of big cities, can we reach a large number of young people with basic education.
In addition to this, there is a more important reason, which President Bullard did not say, that the conscription of young people near the capital, Akadraline, would help to strengthen the control of the republican government in the capital region.
Imagine if a young man in his family joins the army and joins the republican government, his parents and wife will become supporters of the republican government, and the government will receive support from the people.
In Leo's words, it's called tying up a thief ship.
Everyone in the government understands this, but they just know it.
If you want young people to join the army, you must first tell them about the benefits of joining the army and set an example for them to envy.
This glorious task naturally went to the head of the Republican Model Army, the 4th Caribbean Division.
As the government's Guards and President Bullard's most trusted unit, the Caribbean 4th Division is unique in its position within the Semitic and Allied forces.
Not only were they the best armed, the best sustened, and the highest salaries of the entire Free Army, but even they were stationed in the city of Akadrine, but also in the barracks of the former Praetorian Guard, next to the former palace, now the presidential palace and the parliament.
Early that morning, when it was just dawn and most people were still asleep, a soldier with a brass trumpet under his arm and a narrow smile on his face came to the front of the barracks, and then blew the trumpet with all his might.
"Toot, beet......" The rapid, loud and shrill sound of the horn sounded in front of the barracks.
The door of the dormitory of the 6th Company and 3rd Team of the 71st Regiment of the 4th Division was violently kicked open, and the officer jumped into the room and shouted in a king-sized voice: "Get up, you lazy people, gather in the playground in three minutes, and there will be no breakfast for those who are late." β
In the barracks, chickens and dogs jumped, and there was a great chaos.
The soldiers rolled over and sat up from their beds.
Due to the long-term training, they are all extremely sophisticated, and they curse loudly in anger. While reaching around and touching his clothes.
"Where's my pants?"
"Which of you wore my socks again. β
"Hell, my panties just washed and haven't dried. β
β......β
In the midst of a burst of complaints. The soldiers put on their clothes, put on their boots, grabbed their guns against the bedside, and hurried out of the dormitory and into the crowd on the playground.
Immediately, amid the angry scolding and kicking of the officers, they were hurriedly lined up.
General Melon stood on a table at the front of the queue, moved his jaw, and forced the urge to yawn. Try to keep your eyes open and gaze at the dense crowd in front of you.
Within five minutes, more than 10,000 people of the division had assembled and formed a neat phalanx. The entire playground was silent.
General Melon nodded, pleased with the speed with which his men had assembled, and cleared his throat. shouted loudly: "You blessed, you pups, come to the door and ask you to go down to engage in conscription propaganda." β
There was a commotion in the crowd, the soldiers whispered, Rami stabbed Amu beside him, and said suspiciously: "What do you mean by our confused boss?"
Amu thought for a moment and guessed: "It seems that he wants us to go down and fool others to become soldiers." β
"Hahahaha......" Rami burst out laughing. said: "Don't be stupid, who would be stupid to be this unlucky big soldier." β
Anderson next to him also looked disdainful: These officials have all their brains, right? Good iron does not shoot nails, good men do not serve soldiers, this is a thousand-year-old ancient precept.
The officer in the front row turned to glare at them and said sharply, "Silence." Silence~!"
With the reprimand of the officers, the whole phalanx immediately returned to calm.
General Merlun paused. Then he continued: "So stinky boys, wash yourselves, put on your most beautiful clothes, and wipe your military medals so that you can blind the eyes of others, and let the young man of Akadrine see, and we will make their envious eyes drip blood." β
The soldiers burst into laughter, and someone shouted excitedly, "Yay, give them some color." β
General Merlun smiled, remembering what Fiona had confessed to herself yesterday, and said seductively: "You all know, no, I think everyone in the coalition army knows that the famous Corporal Amu of our division took shit luck and deceived a beautiful girl. β
The soldiers present burst into laughter and looked towards a certain place in the middle of the line.
And Amu, who was standing there, blushed even more, rubbing his head indiscriminately by the envious and jealous companions around him.
General Merlun waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then continued: "Don't just know that you envy Amu. If you dress up a little more energetically, you might have a chance to trick a girl back. You must know that this is Akadeline, and that capital account alone is worth 30,000 gold coins. β
Hearing this, the excited eyes of these over-energetic young people glowed green, and they were quite resistant to this work, but now they became impatient again.
There were people in the queue who kept 'howling' and learning to howl.
For a while, the whole square was crying and howling, and the noise was boiling.
Seeing that the morale was instantly high, General Melun smiled contentedly, waved his arm vigorously, and shouted: "Disband, dogs, give you an hour to prepare." β
Rami and Anderson turned and ran back without a second.
Like them, the soldiers of the same class roared like wolves and rushed into the dormitory, and as soon as they opened their suitcases, they pulled out all sorts of things.
Amu slowly walked back to the dormitory, and saw Rami and Anderson fighting for a clean shirt, and the two of them stared at each other and kept arguing like a vicious dog robbing.
Amu sneered and said, "As for you, you ......"
Rami and Anderson turned their heads at Amu at the same time and yelled, "Shut up." β
"You are a full man, you don't know that a hungry man is hungry. β
"We're going to the countryside. β
"I didn't know there had been a war here, and there was a shortage of men as strong as me. β
"That's an Arcadherine hukou, buying a house and dividing land, and your children go to school several levels higher than your hillbilly. β
"If I can fall to Akadeline, my son may be able to go straight to the government in the future. β
β......β
An hour later, the soldiers of the Caribbean Division were in a neat line dressed in new uniforms, their boots shining as mirrors, and their shiny rifles on their shoulders. Walked out of the barracks in good spirits.
Amu's destination was a small town ten miles outside of Acadrin, close to the main road. It is very prosperous, and the town has a population of almost 10,000.
When he arrived in the town, Lieutenant Sylvie brought a few tables from the mayor's house, hung a banner, and put up a stack of registration forms, and sat there waiting for the door to come to the door.
And Rami, Amu and Anderson were sent out to put up flyers for conscription.
A group of heavily armed soldiers appeared in the town, and the first reaction of the local residents was not to come up and watch, but to hide back in their homes. The streets suddenly became deserted.
A hot wind blew, and there was not even a dog on the street, and several people were dumbfounded. Rami's plan to hook up with a little girl also fell through, and only Amu laughed without conscience.
Sylvie pulled the mayor out of the house and asked angrily, "What's going on?"
The old mayor carefully accompanied the smiling face and said, "This is not the arrival of the military master, they are afraid of your military might." Actually, it's okay, it's out when you scream, it's out......"
"Then you don't go quickly, if you delay the great cause of the president, don't be the mayor of the town. Sylvie threatened him: "We were sent directly by the president." β
They Caribs are the president's hometown, and there is no pressure at all to use the president as a shield.
The mayor also knew that there was no High Priest of the Dead and no Prime Minister right now. The new emperor, a Caribbean named President Bullard, ran home in fright, called out to his son, banged a gong, and shouted down the street.
"Boom Boom ......"
"Come out, folks. The military men do not grab food. β
"Boom Boom ......"
"Come out quickly, fellow villagers, the military masters also rob women......"
"Boom Boom ......"
Sylvie suddenly heard this. With his nose crooked, he asked Rami and Amu to snatch the mayor's gong and promote it around the town for him.
An hour later, the local people saw that there was no movement outside, only two people kept shouting in foreign accents such as "the Free Army has been recruited" and "good salary, limited places" or something, the townspeople's doubts gradually disappeared, opened the gate and walked out, far away, curiously observing Sylvie and his party.
Seeing that the work was finally making some gratifying progress, Sylvie ordered Amu and them: "Laugh, smile at me, bring out your friendliest side to me." β
Several people smiled and waved their hands to the surrounding people at the same time, and said loudly: "The Free Army has conscripted, and the villagers have come to take a look." β
"Don't miss it, it's over this year. β
A few people shouted hard, and finally a few brave young people came over.
With the simple smile of a village teacher, Sylvie handed them a few leaflets and said, "Come and see the Free Army, we are fighting for the freedom and nation of the Semitic people. β
The young man looked curiously at the rifle on Amu's back and asked, "This is your magic weapon, I heard that it can kill a tiger." β
Sylvie was overjoyed, and his heart was playful, so he nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, this is called a rifle, and it is the most powerful weapon in the world now." Amu, be a teacher for them. β
Amu put down the rifle on his back, stuffed a bullet into it, pushed the bolt of the gun with a bang, and aimed at a big tree on the side of the road where the two of them were hugging each other and pulled the trigger.
The loud gunfire startled a few young people, only to see a few pieces splashed on the trunk, they walked in and found that a hole as big as a teacup mouth was exposed in the middle of the trunk, which was a circle deep, and several young people couldn't help but let out an exclamation, if this hit a person, it was enough to penetrate a person.
Sylvi struck while the iron was hot, and said demagoguingly: "Now that I join the army, everyone will be issued this rifle, six sets of military uniforms per year, a minimum of two gold coins per month, one day off a week, seven days off in the New Year, food and lodging, and car pick-up." β
Rami was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, looked at Amu and asked quietly, "When did we have a holiday?"
Amu thought for a moment, then shook his head honestly.
Sylvie turned his head and glared at Rami fiercely, and then said: "Every day, we stand guard, patrol and patrol, there are cannons and war fortresses in battle, so we don't need to go to ......."
"It's really not," Rami said in a weird voice next to him, "It's just that when it's okay, you have to jump down from the sky at 800 meters." β
Several young people exclaimed in fright and said, "What~!"
Sylvie raised her head and slapped Rami the head, scolding, "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a dumb person." β
Rami protected his head and muttered, "But you can't lie to anyone, boss." β
"Shut up~!" Sylvie slapped again angrily and said, "I read it according to the conscription leaflet, and if you want to deceive, the government will deceive people." β
The young people were not interested in the welfare package advertised by Sylvie, but they were interested in Amu's rifle.
Just as they were carefully surrounding Amu, a few old men and old ladies rushed out of the side, dragged them out as soon as they grabbed them, and scolded at the same time: "You little rabbit cubs, your family has just divided dozens of acres of land, why don't you learn, you have to go to the army, go back to study hard, and take the civil service exam next year." Even if you can't pass the exam, it's better to be a petty business than to be a soldier. β
Sylvie saw it and couldn't help but shout anxiously: "Hey, I said, don't go, fellow, don't go, I haven't finished talking yet." Joining the army has many benefits......"
Before he could finish speaking, the young men had already been dragged away.
At this time, the people of the town, seeing that they were indeed no threat, came out of the house with the courage to go about their workβno matter what, they had to live their own lives. Hiding at home and not working, but no one gave him a copper plate.
However, when I passed by Sylvie's recruiting point, I was far away.
A few young and beautiful girls curiously hid aside to observe them, Rami Chun's heart was overflowing, and she took the initiative to step forward, put on a smile that she thought was the most handsome, and said, "Hello ladies, are you free, I will invite you into the city for a drink in the evening." β
The girls hugged each other and giggled and laughed, they didn't look at Rami, they leaned into each other's ears, and said, "This person is so dirty." β
"What a strange taste he speaks from the country?"
"At first glance, he looks like a poor ghost, and he must not be able to afford a house in the city. β
"His eyes are so obscene, go quickly, be careful that he snatches you away to be your daughter-in-law. β
"You've just been robbed by this ugly bastard. β
β......β
Although it was a whisper, their voices were loud enough for Rami to hear.
No matter how stupid Rami is, he knows that he was despised by other girls, so he turned around and walked back with a black face, and Amu and Anderson were all gloating at the moment, and their stomachs hurt from laughter.
Sylvi didn't bother to pay attention to these ruffians, but found the village chief and asked with a calm face: "I don't think the enthusiasm of the people in the town to join the army is high, what's going on?"
Don't they know that joining the army is to defend their allotted land in the future, to prevent the undead from coming back to enslave us?
It's really not patriotic at all.
How did you become the mayor of the town?"
The mayor smiled bitterly and said, "This military master, the problem is in this land.
We have 40,000 acres of land in our town, more than a dozen Zhuangzi, which originally belonged to a big nobleman, but was later blown up by humans, and this land was also distributed to us, we are naturally grateful for the good of Marshal Lorraine, Director Leo and President Brad, I have also met Director Leo and his old man's teachings.
But if you think about it, in the past, everyone was poor, and they couldn't eat three full meals a year, and they were soldiers for a way to live, but now they have one or twenty acres of land in their hands, and they can't be hungry even if they are diligent. β
Sylvie was stunned for a moment, gritting her teeth angrily, the truth is this, but this land was all fought down by their Caribbeans, and as a result, Acadherine took advantage of it, which would be even more lazy to do, only enjoying rights, and not burdening any obligations.
Sylvie scolded hatefully, "These ungrateful fellows. β
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