Text Chapter 2 Sending Letters
Four years of war life gave Locke the habit of eating quickly, and after a quick meal, he wiped his hands and said to Hans on the side, "Hans, let's go."
Locke came to the quartermaster camp again, it was noon, most people were either sleeping or soaking in the tavern, Locke went straight to the rear post of the quartermaster barracks, took Hans's money bag, and walked into the station.
"Warner, Warner!" Locke shouted.
"You're going to die! You're going to die! Damn Locke, I hear you, you don't get a good night's sleep, you damn thing!" Warner, who was in charge of the station's communications obligations, came out of a room in the middle of the station, and complained, "Send money to the family again? Come on, give it to me!"
"Here, it's mine, it's my guys, don't mess it up!" Locke admonished.
"I know, I know, it's not the first time I've sent you money, no other team has a mother-in-law like you!" Warner still complained about Locke waking him up to take a nap.
"You kid, if you get confused, I'll clean you up. Locke gritted his teeth at the lucky guy. said that he was lucky, because the person in charge of his post station not only enjoyed the salary of a third-class soldier, but also the most important thing was the safety of this post, after all, anything can go wrong, but logistics can't go wrong. And there is no need to look at people's faces in this position, and the average team leader really doesn't dare to mess with Warner. However, there is no way to be promoted here, Warner was in charge of the post station when Locke was a third-class soldier, and now Locke has been promoted to a private for more than a year, and he is still here. However, I heard that he is related to the baron's butler, and I think he will have a way to go in the future.
"Mmmmmmmm, do you have any other requirements? Warner hadn't been dealing with Locke for a day or two, and he knew that this guy would always bring two words home every time he received his military pay and sent the money back.
"Yes. Bring a message to my parents to ask them to pay attention to their health, as well as my sister, so that she doesn't have to save money, buy whatever she wants, and I don't lack that money now. Locke had already thought about what he was going to say, and he believed that his sister knew what she wanted her to buy, a silk scarf with her hair tied up, which was Locke's obsession.
"Well, I know, the caravan sent back to our Kaidozi will set off tomorrow, first to the occupation zone of the eastern province of Tyre, to the royal capital of Flor, and finally to our southern province of Del, and it will be sent back in 20 days at the latest. Warner said. After a brief exchange of pleasantries with Warner, Locke took his leave. He didn't bother Warner's lunch break either. Don't look at Warner now, Locke is quite lonely, and it will be lively in the afternoon. Because, today's salary.
Exiting the inn, Locke led Hans back to their squad's tent. "Hans, what do you think our village is like now?" On the way back, Locke and Hans chatted. They are from the same village, and their two families are neighbors.
"It's still the same. The maple tree at the entrance of the village should be bigger, my brother has a son this year, I now have three nephews, the family's land will not worry about the future, this year's harvest is said to be very good, the village killed a pig for our military household, each family has a share, and... Hans was usually a stuffy man, but as soon as he opened the clip, he could not contain it, and kept chattering until the two of them returned to the camp.
"It's been four years since this battle was fought and it's almost over, so I really want to go back soon," Locke sighed.
When Locke and Hans returned to their squad's tent, the rest of the squad was on a lunch break, except for Phil, the servant on duty, and those who had been on the battlefield knew that having plenty of energy could make you live longer on the battlefield.
Locke walked to his bed, took off his coat, and went to bed, but he wasn't asleep, he was thinking about how he could operate and be promoted to private as soon as possible. The army of the Kingdom of Faustin has its own set of promotion system: servants, cannon fodder on the battlefield, after two months of training; third-class private, the main combat force in the kingdom's army, requires more than two years of military experience (more than one year in wartime) and must have the strength to deal with three servants; second-class private, as a 10-person squad leader in the army, needs more than three years of military experience (more than two years in wartime) to have the strength to deal with three third-class soldiers; first-class private, the ace combat effectiveness in the army, to serve as the leader of a hundred squadrons, needs more than four years of military experience (more than three years in wartime), and has the strength to defeat at least three second-class soldiers, yes, defeatAs for the promotion of a first-class soldier to a knight, there is no clear statement in the army, and it is not clear that if you do not reach that level, you will not be public.
Locke knows his strength, dealing with three privates of the same level as himself, if he is desperate, it is no problem in a short time, and his military age is enough, but he has no idea whether he can be promoted, and there are many people with similar strength in their military camp. Because of the battle two months ago, their battalion suffered one-third casualties, and the captain of the third squadron and the deputy squadron leader of the fourth squadron were killed.
Thinking of the battle two months ago, Locke also shuddered, this is the battle that Locke has experienced second only to the bloody battle of Gordon Heights, in order to take the Filmer Grand Canyon that leads to the hinterland of the enemy country, the three major legions of the kingdom are filled up with their lives regardless of casualties, in order to break the stalemate, the three legions take turns to attack the canyon heights with wheel warfare, and the enemy defending the canyon is said to have only one legion's strength, how can it be defended. This battle was extremely difficult, the enemy army was desperate to hold this last front, and Locke experienced more than one time that the enemy soldiers who were seriously wounded after being surrounded by his own side, desperate and frenzied, was this to protect his homeland? Locke asked himself, if his kingdom was invaded, would he do so? Remembering that his army successfully defeated the large army of the Charlotte Kingdom last year, and what he did in the Charlotte Kingdom after capturing the Peters Territory, burning, killing and looting, and the family of a person with a little wealth was reduced to slavery, and the beautiful woman was either seized by the aristocratic lord or used as a military prostitute, and remembered his simple parents and kind sister, Locke also understood these opponents, because under the same circumstances, Locke would do more ruthlessly.
In the face of such a bloody opponent, Locke's heart was full of respect, but he did not relent. It's war, and his brother is also being killed and wounded.
It took nearly a month for the three legions to take the Filmore Grand Canyon. Their battalion belonged to the Eagle Legion, and it was the fifth brigade of the Second Infantry Regiment of the Eagle Legion, and the Second Infantry Regiment was the vanguard of the whole regiment in that battle, and the third and fourth squadrons of their brigade were the vanguard of their battalion. From time to time, a fireball or lightning streaked across the sky, which was said to be the power of magic, staining the sky red with blood.
When it was Locke's turn to participate in the attack, the third squadron and the fourth squadron that their battalion had withdrawn had been reduced by nearly half, which caused a lot of panic to the soldiers in the barracks, but Locke, who had fought for four years, suppressed the panic in his heart, and Locke, who had lived on the battlefield like a meat grinder for four years, understood a truth, you can't be timid on the battlefield, the more afraid you are, the faster you will die. In that battle, their team was under the command of Locke, dodging several waves of magic bombardment, in the enemy, Locke did not fight hard, this kind of enemy with the will to die is the most difficult to provoke, he chose to suggest that the squadron leader Uncle Yoshak participate in the war on the flank of the canyon, where there are many dangerous walls and strange rocks, easy to dodge bows and arrows and magic attacks, the enemy garrison is not much, it is a soft persimmon, and occupying the commanding heights on the flank of the canyon is a credit.
War is war after all, and Locke's team still killed two people, Private Gree, a sword and shield hand with a lot of strength, and Servant Garr, a humorous little boy who is only 16 years old. In this battle, Locke personally captured a lightly wounded private, a private, and five or six servants, at the cost of a stab in Locke's right chest and a number of minor injuries. The final result was that their squad killed a total of 1 private, 5 privates, and more than 10 servants, not only because their battles were fought from beginning to end, but also because their squad had strong cohesion.
After killing the enemy, you can use their waist cards to exchange them for military merit in the camp, and the servant will account for 1 point of military merit in the army, 5 points for the 3rd class, and 10 points for the 2nd class. Locke's military exploits are now almost 50 points. Military merit in the barracks can be exchanged for promotion, 100 military merit can be exchanged for the rank of first-class soldier; there is also as a currency, soldiers can buy everything they want in the quartermaster camp through military merit, which is more versatile than silver deleuer, and the purchasing power is also stronger; and finally it can be exchanged for money, 1 military merit for 1 silver delek. This is the choice of most soldiers, the kingdom of Forstan has experienced two years of drought, food prices remain high, most of the soldiers are in order to keep their families alive, the money exchanged for military merit The nobles and the military department dare not be corrupt and cannot be corrupted, the money is sent back to the family, and their relatives can live.
Locke had always exchanged his military exploits for money, but after he experienced the bloody battle of Gordon Heights last year, he changed his mind, how could he make his family better if he couldn't survive. The one who died the most on the battlefield and the fastest was the cannon fodder at the bottom, and the servants died the fastest in the high-intensity war. After that bloody battle, his strength improved a lot, and with the help of a large number of captured enemy waist cards and the care of Uncle Yoshak, who had also survived and had been promoted to squadron leader, he became a squad leader and got out of the category of the big head soldier.
Locke considered that his current strength should be in the middle of the competition among these people, although his military merits are not necessarily the highest, but they must be higher than the vast majority of people, whether he can improve his rank this time There is still a certain chance, I believe that Uncle Yoshak will also help him.