In the later channel, Mycroft also instructed the radio and television people to start playing on a loop some of their summary of self-rescue and evacuation knowledge.

At the same time, they began to inform them about the location of the nearest civil air defense facility.

After doing all this, he went to the front line to supervise the battle in an empty boat non-stop.

Since those monsters came out of the sea, they would inevitably land on the coastlines.

A large part of the army will be mobilized there.

With his departure, President Yalian's impromptu off-script speech gradually fermented throughout the country.

To McCroft's surprise, however, the presentation was very effective.

After a brief silence, and while people were equally panicked, order did not collapse.

The large-scale riots he had expected did not materialize.

The lack of communication system not only limits the speed of refuting rumors, but also limits the speed of the spread of rumors.

Because it was announced on the day of the enemy's official invasion, there was actually a time difference.

But many people have also poured out of the city.

Instead of rushing to a shelter in the city, they planned to return to the countryside and stay with their families.

So this has led to road congestion in various streets.

However, there are also military transportation mainly relying on railways, so although it has an impact, it is actually not very large.

Now in this world, Britannia has been ruled and revolutionized by Arthur and Mordred, and is completely different from the colonial nation that remained in this land in another world.

Political institutions shape social culture, and social culture shapes social cognition.

In the other world, the early state was a belt of thirteen colonies, which were independent of each other, and the landlords and social elites formed the state legislatures, and later fought the war of independence, and the state legislatures elected representatives to form the continental councils.

Although Washington was the commander-in-chief of the Independence Army, the money he spent fighting the war was actually raised for him by the landowners of the Continental Congress.

After independence, the landlords were almost equal in strength, and no one could rule over anyone, so they got a president, who was both the head of state and the head of the government.

The landlords, fearing that the president would become a tyrant, set the term of office, and later added the rule that he could only be re-elected once, and later added the legislature and the judiciary to check and balance the president.

The states also have to watch out for each other, and the legislature is divided into two chambers.

Since they are not subordinate to each other, then naturally all of them have to be elected, the president for four years, the representative for two years, and the senator for six years, which involves all kinds of entanglements of interests, who is the person and who is the supporter.

The end result is a national election every two years, and with the caucuses to build momentum, there is only one year of real work.

The underlying logic of power in this country is to oppose centralization and encourage checks and balances and confrontation.

In essence, the state system was created to ensure the interests of the landlords, but now the landlords have become capital.

What landlords and capital fear most is the intervention of a big government, so they need a loose government.

Including the universal values they promote, what "freedom" and the protection of "privatization" and so on are essentially to protect capital.

Absolute freedom also means the absolute oppression of the weak by the strong, giving capital a legitimate reason to "plunder", and the winner takes all.

One of the interesting things about that country is that the proportion of their urban population is more than 80 percent.

Why?

Because the poor have no land, they can't say the phrase "it's a big deal to go home and farm", so they can only gather in the city and become those wandering "zombies".

So, won't these poor people rebel?

This capital can be said to have put a lot of effort into this.

Although education is compulsory, the poor people read the school of happy education, play all day long, and come out to move bricks happily after graduation. The rich, on the other hand, attend expensive private schools and go all the way to expensive universities.

At the same time, they began to create all kinds of labels, white, black, male, feminine, LGB, and so on

Let these poor people at the bottom pit each other, cut the society vertically and prevent social cross-cutting, and replace the class narrative with the narrative of race and gender.

Capital, on the other hand, sat upstairs on Wall Street, holding wine glasses and laughing, and these low-level people held signs and marched angrily on Wall Street.

Sometimes, of course, in order to appease these poor people, capital will also give them a small part of the wealth plundered from the world through "freedom" to appease them.

But it is obvious that this model cannot be sustained, and there will always be a time when capital will not be able to plunder the money. Then what happened at that time was naturally a zero-yuan purchase.

This is like the "exhaust valve" on the top of the pressure cooker, when the pressure in the pot reaches a certain level, the "exhaust valve" will be pushed up, allowing the gas to leak out, which can prevent the pressure cooker from exploding.

The "zero-dollar purchase" activity has a complete set of mechanisms. It is within the scope of insurance, most shopkeepers, calmly watch the loot walk away, calmly keep the evidence of the scene, afterwards, all losses are compensated by the insurance company, as for the insurance premium, the wool is out of the sheep, are paid by the consumer. To be precise, the buyers of zero-dollar purchases are the broad middle class, not the ruling class of the country, let alone the poor at the bottom.

Of course, "zero yuan purchase" is just a configuration in this pressure relief system, and the king of the pressure relief mechanism is an election every four years.

It's also a super-sized performance art performance that takes place every four years to make these poor people feel like they are the masters of the country.

Parties control the media, put out the candidates they want to promote, and let them vote within the limits they define.

Of course, the rest of the candidates can also run, but they obviously can't get the media to overwhelm them.

And ordinary people, who are overwhelmingly unaware of politics, only learn about candidates through media channels.

So if you watch these election performances on a regular basis, you will be asked a visceral question, "How are you going to be elected or these people?" ”

The poor people held their ballots and excitedly voted for the candidates they "supported" to see their candidates become presidents, so they were satisfied, felt that they were the masters of the country, and after the election, they continued to move bricks and leaves.

Is there freedom there?

Freedom, of course.

Is it heaven there?

Yes, definitely.

But it is a paradise for the rich and has nothing to do with the poor.

The rich man takes a plane to Loli Island, while the poor man sends his daughter to Loli Island.

This kind of loose political system, which encourages confrontation, naturally makes it difficult to centralize power, and the deep contradictions between the people naturally make it difficult to unite.

Unfortunately, in Char's world, this kind of social culture occupies a part of the mainstream.

And now, after a series of operations by Char behind the scenes, the main country of this world has changed to another social culture, which has also led to the current union.

Although there are still voices of opposition, humanity today can indeed be well prepared to meet the enemy

"Hurry up, get the weapon! Each squad carries an ammunition box, a set of individual radio equipment! There are also mecha troops, hurry up and drive mechs! ”

In a military camp in West France, the regimental commander began to roar and rally his troops.

Some of the soldiers were covered in ashes from the earthquake, and some were still shaking their heads, but their bodies had already reacted one step ahead of their minds out of instinct, and they all started running. In front of the trucks and armored vehicles, the fighters of the whole regiment gathered one after another.

And the mechs docked on the other side were gradually driven by these soldiers.

"Check the condition of the vehicle, check the fuel level, all the people get on the car, all the people get on the car!"

The regimental commander followed the guard, twisting his still sore arm, taking the helmet from the guard as he ran, and then rushed into a jeep with a Gatling on it.

"Let's go! Let's go! Can't wait! ”

The bugle sounded again, and the first military vehicle whizzed past after a dozen seconds.

…… As a mechanized infantry regiment, there are nearly 100 large and small vehicles that can be put into use in the entire barracks, and the resonance generated by the heavy armored vehicles driving on the road makes the people around them think that the earthquake has happened again several times.

And the soldiers who couldn't get on the car at the first time naturally also had them, and this part of the soldiers grabbed the mecha troops that were launched later and let them leave with them.

Mech troops' mechs need to be warmed up, so it takes more time to activate.

At the entrance of the barracks, Rahman stood on a mecha and watched the army quietly go away, his gaze gradually deepening.

Many of the veterans of the world war in this army are very strong.

Many of them are his comrades-in-arms, so his mood at the moment is also very complicated.

When he was in the Egyptian Empire, he had seen a video of dragons recorded by Ramses.

He knew very well that after this army went out from here, it came back again, and he didn't know how many were left

Or rather, the people of this army are equally aware of this.

Because when he called them back, he had already told them the truth.

They know what they are up against, and they are equally clear about their future.

But even so, they still did not hesitate to go to the battlefield without hesitation at the moment they received the order.

The reason is the same as the reason they set foot on the battlefields of West France and Germany.

For the people, for the country, for the future

It may sound like a cliché reason, but Rahman is well aware of the heaviness of all three.

Many people think that life is the most important thing, but there is always a group of people who feel that there is something more important in this world than life - other people's lives.

At the most critical moment, there is always such a group of people who never give up, who assimilate their physical bodies with their beliefs and turn them into karmic retribution. Although they are human beings, they surpass them with extraordinary perseverance and achievement, and gaze into the future with inhuman eyes.

Rahman had no doubt about the fear that welled up in their hearts as they headed to battle.

But this is also the strength of human beings.

With fear in his heart, he walks forward with fear, burning himself in the darkness to light a way forward.

Humans have been like this for thousands of years.

Raman took a deep breath and spoke to the man who was wielding the mech.

"Let's go too."

"Yes!"

The mecha began to drive slowly, but as he followed the end of the army towards the mainland, he saw a familiar figure.

In front of the army, seven or eight middle-aged men who looked to be forty or fifty years old, dressed in the military uniforms of West Farland from the past ten years ago, and people with shotguns behind them were communicating with a group of soldiers.

"I'm sorry, sir, we can't prove that you are veterans of West Farland right now, if you want to answer the call to join the army, please go to the official channels to sign up."

"Just let us follow." A middle-aged man at the head said calmly, "We have brought our own weapons and ammunition, and we can also operate mechas. ”

"This" The soldier was obviously a little embarrassed, he looked back at the large army that was gradually moving away, and then said helplessly, "Please don't embarrass us. ”

The middle-aged man at the head frowned, and as if he was about to say something, he heard a familiar voice from the side.

"Why do you want to come back when you've already chosen to leave West Farland?"

The middle-aged man slowly turned his head, and saw a tall mecha slowly approaching them.

On the mecha, Raman stood on it and looked at these soldiers condescendingly, especially the middle-aged man standing in front.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Leyden."

Perhaps unfamiliar to many people is the name of Daniere's father and former lieutenant of Joan of Arc.

After Joan of Arc was captured, he even infiltrated Germany with a group of West Francis soldiers in an attempt to rescue Joan of Arc.

Of course, the end result is obvious.

He was surrounded by people who had infiltrated Germany with him in the first place to save Joan of Arc.

After being released by Germany, they went back, but they never returned to West Francis since.

Layton stared at Raman silently, and he looked at Lyman's briefing, "It looks like you've inherited your father's place. ”

"If you hadn't left, you'd be a general by now." Raman said.

Layton raised his head slightly, "I've never regretted it. ”

Raman smiled, "In that case, why are you coming back?" ”

"When I joined the army, I joined West France and the people of the land under my feet." Layton stared into Raman's eyes, "And when I left, it was also for the sake of West Francand, a government that even heroes can't protect, and there is no reason for me to be loyal." And now I'm back, still for West Farland. ”

In fact, he was preparing when he received the news of the conscription, and his son was a magician, so naturally he had a clearer understanding of the changes in this world.

That's why he chose to return to West France.

However, his physical strength was too poor at that time, so he stayed in the ranch for a period of recovery training on his own, and then came to West Farland.

Raman smiled disdainfully, then jumped off the mech and came to Layton.

He is about the same height as Layton, but his years of high positions have given him an air of non-anger and self-arrogance.

He and Layton looked at each other in an unfriendly look that made one wonder if there was a contradiction between the two in the past.

But suddenly, Raman stretched out his hand, and Leiden also reached out very tacitly, and the two sides grabbed each other's palms and bumped each other's shoulders.

"Welcome back." Raman whispered.

After a pause, Raman patted him on the shoulder and continued.

"You have more courage than I do. Actually, I wanted to follow you to Germany."

He laughed with a deep look in his eyes.

"Perhaps, she laughed at my cowardice down there, too."

Layton fell silent, and he looked at Laman, and for a moment he was a little speechless.

Raman saw Layton's emotions and asked suspiciously.

"What's wrong?"

(End of chapter)