Chapter 940 The First Brick of Collapse
Chapter 940 The First Brick of Collapse
On the north bank of the Battoa Province, the 1.17 millionth Army is stationed.
The soldiers digging trenches were in low spirits, and their morale had hit rock bottom.
Across the sea was the Willant Province, their common homeland of body and soul.
They didn’t understand why they were pointing their guns at that side, and they didn’t understand what their superiors were thinking, and what they were guarding against.
If the Alliance wanted to land, wouldn’t it be closer to go ashore from the southwest coastline?
Going around a long way to come here is equivalent to putting the logistics supply line under the nose of the Southern Legion.
In addition, what puzzled them even more was the actions against civilians.
Even if this was to avoid civilian casualties, the elderly, weak, women and children were temporarily evacuated to the north before the war spread to the mainland. The entire evacuation plan was a bit sloppy…
The currents of the Whirlpool Sea are not from south to north, but circular and detours.
If there were bodies washed up on the north shore, it meant that there would be bodies washed back…
In the defense area of the 1.17 millionth detachment, a dozen people were gathered on an unknown beach.
They carried rifles on their backs and engineer shovels on their waists. In front of them was a body swollen by the sea water.
The man with the rank of centurion had a cigarette butt that was about to burn out in his mouth, and the grooves in the corners of his eyes were twisted into a ball of hemp rope.
They all felt that this man looked familiar, as if they had seen him on the dock the day before yesterday, but they didn’t expect to see him here.
The body was washed here, obviously it fell into the sea not long after leaving the dock.
In fact, there was nothing strange about this.
After all, it was just a raft tied with ropes, and it was reasonable for it to be overturned by a bigger wave.
Looking at the swollen body, no one said a word.
No one said a word.
Until a young man suddenly took off the helmet on his head, it completely broke the oppressive silence.
”Damn it! I quit!”
He threw his helmet to the ground with a look of despair, then pulled off the gun on his back and threw it on the beach.
”We are not fighting the Alliance at all! We are fighting the Willant people! I haven’t seen a single Blue Gopher in all these days, they are all our own people!”
Seeing this young man suddenly go crazy, the comrades around him were all stunned.
The soldier next to him quickly grabbed his arm and yelled at him with wide eyes.
”Are you crazy?! Do you know what you are doing!”
Throwing away weapons is a deserter.
This is a capital crime in the Southern Legion!
He can’t just watch his comrades who have been through life and death with him act stupidly.
However, the young man did not appreciate it, and yelled hysterically, trying to break free from the hand that was holding his arm, and yelled at his comrades who were trying to stop him.
”You are the one who doesn’t know what you are doing! It’s you! All of you! Open your eyes and look at that face! Who killed him? It was us!!!”
The incoherent voice echoed on the beach, but no one could respond to his roar.
The centurion who led the team walked up to him, pulled out the pistol from his waist and loaded it, staring at his face.
”You want to be a deserter?”
The young man stopped shouting, but still stared at the officer unconvinced, his chest heaving violently.
The two sides stood in silence for a full five minutes.
The centurion put away his pistol, took off the extinguished cigarette butt, threw it on the ground and stepped on it.
”Bury the man.”
We can’t let this poor man soak in the sea forever.
The young man didn’t say anything, but nodded, agreeing with what the officer said.
The group carried the body away from the beach, found a tree as thick as a thigh on the shore, buried the body under the tree, and hung the deceased’s personal belongings on the tree.
No one said a word during the whole process. Everyone was silent, holding back their complaints, confusion and dissatisfaction.
On the other side, at the camp next to the beach pier, the queue at the entrance of the camp formed a long line.
This is the camp area in charge of the 1.17 million-man team.
Several other 10,000-man teams are responsible for pulling the survivors here, while they are responsible for loading the ship.
Whether it is the people entering the camp or the people coming out of the camp, their faces are full of anxiety and fear.
Stopping at the entrance of the camp, a man carrying a suitcase looked at the soldiers on duty at the door and asked loudly.
”Where are we going?”
The soldier holding a rifle did not change his expression. He held his head high and repeated his superiors’ orders like a repeater.
”Wait for the ship to dock here, and then take a boat to the Willant Province.”
The man looked at the soldier in front of him with a collapsed face. This was the answer he got all the way.
”But where is the boat? I haven’t seen any boat at all! Also, I don’t want to go, can you take me back?”
And the soldier’s next sentence was exactly what he expected –
”I’ll be there soon.”
The incident at the entrance of the camp did not affect the operation of the entire camp. The man who insisted on going home was quickly taken away.
At the same time, at the dock not far from the camp, General Offrey, the captain of the 1.17 millionth corps, was frowning at the rafts sent by the 100,000th corps of the vassal army. The
workmanship of these rafts can only be described as difficult to describe.
Many of the logs tied with hemp ropes were just cut down, and the bark and branches were simply scraped off. Not to mention soaking them in waterproof oil, even the most basic drying steps were omitted, and some of the wood even cracked.
The engineer in waterproof boots walked back to the shore and shook his head at General Offrey with his hands behind his back.
”These rafts are substandard. They will surely disintegrate on the way within 20 nautical miles.”
Overe looked at the bearded man standing beside him.
The man’s name was Moore, the captain of the 100,000-man detachment of the vassal army.
”You heard it, these rafts are substandard.”
Facing Overe’s questioning, Moore had a nonchalant expression on his face.
”Do you think these things grow out of the ground? It takes our soldiers half a day just to cut these woods and tie them together with ropes. We have to hand in 800 rafts every day and they have to be up to standard. Why don’t you try it yourself!”
Overe stared at Moore with a gloomy face.
Since the situation on the front line became increasingly unfavorable to the Southern Legion, these vassal troops who had been obedient to them began to become restless.
Looking at Overe who was speechless, Moore suddenly smiled and looked at the people queuing in front of the dock.
”Anyway, you are just throwing them into the sea to die, why bother about the quality of these rafts.”
Overe stared at him with murderous eyes, and the guards standing by tightened their guns.
”Say it again.”
Looking at the murderous look on his face, Moore sneered with disdain.
However, perhaps due to the black holes of the guns, this man who knew the situation finally did not act rashly. He just said, “I will send you another batch later,” and turned around and left without looking back.
Looking at the murderous captain, the adjutant on the side came closer and said hesitantly to the commander.
”Do you still want to let those survivors get on the ship?”
”…” Overe did not speak, but just cast his eyes on the group of people standing in front of the dock.
Those people were old, weak, women and children. They shivered in the cold sea breeze, and their faces were full of panic, like rats that were cornered.
They might be someone’s father, someone’s mother or even a child.
Their relatives had sacrificed their lives for the Southern Legion on the front line and expanded the territory for the Legion, but now the Tyr Legion Commander wanted them to sacrifice themselves.
So what was all this sacrifice for?
Where is the end of this war?
Why has Triumph City become an opponent now?
Offrey clenched his fists involuntarily, and the blood vessels on his arms bulged outwards. Suddenly, he squeezed out a sentence from his mouth.
”…What are we doing?”
The adjutant on the side looked at him in a daze, and a shameful expression gradually appeared on his face.
Having made a decision in his heart, Offrey strode to the dock and shouted at the long queue of people.
”Today’s flight is cancelled! Those ships that are not going to the other side should go back to the camp.”
He knew what it meant to do this. If he
failed to complete today’s target, the Tyr Legion Commander would not let him go.
Not only that, the more than 10,000 refugees stranded in the camp will continue to occupy beds in the camp, and the people behind are still pouring in, and the troubles he faces will become greater and greater.
However, no matter what, he can’t push these compatriots in front of him into the sea and watch them die.
Hearing the “pardon” of the commander, the crowd queuing in front of the dock made a sound of relief.
Some people applauded, and others shouted “thank you” and “good job” to him.
Looking at the faces that have regained their color, General Ofre couldn’t help but smile, then turned back to look at his adjutant and ordered in an irresistible tone.
”Burn all the rafts on the beach!”
The adjutant looked at his superior with awe and saluted solemnly.
”Yes!”
As General Ofre’s order was issued, the civilians gathered in front of the beach were quickly taken back to the camp.
The soldiers poured gasoline on the rafts piled on the beach, and then lit a fire.
The blazing flames burned on the beach, becoming the first light before dawn.
On the deck of the destroyer, Captain Mallock held a telescope in his hand and witnessed everything that happened on the beach. His eyes, which were filled with anger, also rekindled hope.
When he saw that the soldiers on the shore did not force the civilians to board the ship, but burned the raft and let them go, he excitedly punched the guardrail on the side of the ship.
”Well done!”
He saw everything that happened in the past few days and was anxious in his heart.
Although he wanted to order a cannon to bombard those sons of bitches more than once, Triumph City did not declare war on the Southern Legion after all, and he would not solve any problems by provoking this war.
Those civilians will die.
And more people will die.
Fortunately, the soldiers on the opposite side woke up in time and took the initiative to stop this farce!
It seems that the compatriots in Battoa Province are not like Tyr, who are all completely crazy!
Some people have woken up-
they have hope!
Just as Captain Mallock was thinking this, the situation of General Offrey, who was far away on the shore, was not optimistic.
His presumption caused 10,000 fewer “cannon fodder” to be sent to the province of Willant today.
This not only affected Tyr’s plan, but also added 10,000 mouths to the “front line” in the north of the province of Battoa.
That night, a hundred soldiers wearing exoskeletons arrived at the camp in charge of the 1.17 millionth troop.
Looking at this team of well-equipped soldiers and the crossbow-shaped badges on their arms, almost all the soldiers and officers in the camp showed solemn expressions on their faces.
”Iron Crossbow” Rapid Reaction Force!
The ace of the Southern Legion’s airborne troops!
Not only that –
these guys are all the personal guards of Tyr’s army commander! It is said that every soldier is an awakened person who has been injected with an induced evolution potion!
Looking at General Offrey standing at the door of the barracks, Heins did not remove his mask, but said expressionlessly.
”General Offrey, I need an explanation why no ship was sent out from the camp you manage today.”
General Offrey looked at him indifferently and raised his chin without giving in.
”Because we didn’t see a single ship.”
”This is different from the intelligence I learned,” Captain Hines took out a tablet from his waist, tapped it twice with his index finger, and several photos appeared on the screen, “These are the photos submitted by the 100,000th vassal army. They claim to have delivered 812 ships to you.”
Looking at the pictures on the screen, Ofley felt a ball of anger rising in his heart.
He wanted to crush this thing into pieces and smash it in this guy’s face.
”You call this bunch of wood bundled in a row a ship? Why don’t you go up and try it yourself to see if you can use this thing to cross the whirlpool sea?”
He roared angrily, staring at Hines, and then pointed at the gas mask on his face.
”Also, what does this outfit mean? Biological and chemical warfare equipment? Don’t tell me you forgot to take it off during the exercise!”
”This is confidential,” Heins had no intention of explaining, but just looked at him expressionlessly, “And now I’m asking you, General Ofrey, you should explain to me.”
General Ofrey smiled coldly.
”I have nothing to explain. Before I see a ship that can cross the sea, you can’t expect me to drive a person into the sea!” Heins
’ pupils narrowed slightly.
The murderous sight penetrated the tactical eyepiece, and General Ofrey’s heart was chilled.
Sensing the murderous aura, the guards standing behind General Ofrey couldn’t help but put their hands on their waists and grasped the submachine guns hanging there.
The atmosphere between the two sides was tense for a while, as if they could fight at any time!
”General Ofrey,” Heins raised his chin slightly, “Since you refused to follow the order of the Tyr Corps Commander, I have to take you back to Avent City to listen to the consequences.”
After a pause, he looked around at the officers around him and continued in a slow voice.
”As for the 1.17 millionth troop, I will arrange a new commander to take over.”
General Ofrey squinted and stared at him.
”What if I say no?”
Hines sneered.
”It seems that you are going to disobey orders.”
”I don’t need to obey orders from unknown sources,” General Overely also sneered, “If you want to order me, then go through the normal procedures and let someone with a higher rank than me do it!”
He was not afraid of this guy at all.
The name of the Iron Crossbow Quick Reaction Force sounds intimidating, but these guys are special operations troops. If they really fight, it is not certain who will win.
Besides, he has more than 10,000 people under his command, and even if one person spits, they can crush these hundred grasshoppers to death.
”It seems that there is no need for us to talk anymore.”
Hines chuckled, and suddenly seemed to be subdued.
He waved his hand behind him, and then led a group of soldiers wearing exoskeletons to walk out of the camp without looking back, as if they had never been there.
Looking at the figure disappearing at the door, the adjutant standing next to General Overely slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he was not afraid of these people, if a fight really broke out, there would inevitably be casualties.
However, looking at General Offrey, he showed a bitter smile on his face again.
”You have offended the commander of the Tyr army to death…”
General Offrey laughed.
”If I was afraid of offending him, I would not disobey his orders.”
At worst, I would go to the military court after the battle.
He had already made up his mind not to be the commander of ten thousand men.
Thinking of this, he was about to walk back, but a crisp sound of breaking through the air rushed over his head.
General Offrey had not yet reacted to what happened, and the boiling fire and roar hit his face.
In an instant, his whole body flew out and fell into a pool of blood like a rag.
The amount of bleeding was undoubtedly dead.
As for whether it was a fragmentation missile or a mortar shell with a seeker that killed him, it was unknown.
The equipment level of the Iron Crossbow Rapid Reaction Force is benchmarked against that of enterprises.
Just as Offrey thought, their frontal battlefield combat effectiveness was not strong, but their decapitation ability was first-class.
But he never expected that the respected commander of the Tyr army would attack him without even saying hello.
In normal times, such a thing is almost unimaginable…
The deafening explosion alarmed the entire camp, and the guards on duty quickly rushed to their combat posts and evacuated the survivors gathered at the southern gate of the camp.
The unarmed civilians shouted from the south side of the camp toward the sea, trying to stay away from the battlefield.
At the same time, the cold voice passed through the crying of babies and the shouting of adults and floated from the south side of the camp.
”Attention, the 1.17 millionth troop, your ten thousandth commander refused to execute orders and intended to disobey orders with arms, and has now been dealt with by military law.”
”Now you have only two choices-”
”Put down your weapons, walk out of the camp, surrender and accept the reorganization of the 100,000th troop.”
”Or continue to be stubborn and take the humiliation to the grave as a traitor.”
The cold voice kept echoing in the south side of the camp, stimulating the eardrums of every soldier of the 1.17 millionth troop.
They stared with unbelievable eyes, and the emotions in their pupils were stunned at first, and then gradually turned into anger.
General Ofre is dead.
The Tyr army commander disposed of their general just like throwing away a dirty rag, and now he had to change someone to command them to kill each other.
The centurion squatting behind the bunker cursed “Fuck it” angrily, took off the cigarette butt that he had not finished smoking, smashed it on the ground and stomped it out, as if he wanted to vent his anger on the ground.
The young man squatting next to him had completely red eyes, the gun in his hand was constantly shaking, and only one sound was left between his clenched teeth.
”I’m going to kill you…”
On the other side, the adjutant who was affected by the explosion finally struggled to climb up from the rubble.
He staggered to the side of General Offrey, but saw that his respected centurion had turned into a corpse.
Anger and sorrow rushed to his head in an instant.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he stared at the dark night outside the camp.
Traitor?
Who is the traitor!
Without waiting for the broadcast to repeat, he grabbed the communicator that fell on the ground and let out a hysterical roar.
”Attention, all units!”
”The headquarters of the 1.17 millionth corps was bombarded by the enemy! We will never surrender!”
”Everyone, take up your weapons and prepare to fight! Fight them to the end!”
At the same time when the adjutant of the 1.17 millionth corps took over the command, Hines, who was standing about a kilometer outside the camp, put down the communicator in his hand, waved to the soldiers holding the loudspeaker, and signaled that they could stop.
The work of persuading surrender ended here.
Judging from the attitude of the other side, they were completely unwilling to cooperate.
Hearing the gunshots from afar, Hines looked at General Moore, the commander of the 100,000th corps of the vassal army, standing aside, and said in a voice without any emotion.
”These people are left to you.”
Afterwards, this conflict will become an internal conflict between the 1.17 millionth corps and the vassal army, but the liquidation of the vassal army can be postponed a little bit, after all, the commander of the Tyr Corps still needs them.
In any case, the plan to transport refugees to the north cannot be interrupted. They have no time and no ability to persuade those “striking” soldiers to continue working. The
moral pressure tolerance of those soldiers engaged in “end work” has reached its limit. Mutiny is a matter of time, so it is better to deal with them as soon as possible.
Besides,
who knows, the traitors in the north may see this as an opportunity and take the opportunity to attack.
The death dose has already fermented within the Southern Legion. The longer this war drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for them.
Since we have to fight sooner or later, we might as well fight now
. Captain Murwan, who doesn’t know that he has been used as a pawn, has a bloodthirsty grin on his face.
He is ready to show off his skills to the Tyr Legion Commander, and his fists are creaking.
”Leave it to me with confidence.”
”I will definitely not let that lord down!”
…
At the same time, in the Glorious Courtyard of Triumph City.
A guard strode into the office of the Archon, which had just been opened not long ago, saluted solemnly, and reported to the Pangolin who was reviewing the documents.
”A military conflict has occurred on the north bank of Battoa Province!”
The battlefield atmosphere team sitting at the desk was stunned for a moment, and the whole person sat up straight from the chair.
”What’s going on? Didn’t I order the front-line troops not to clash with the Southern Legion?!”
The guard hurriedly explained.
”It’s not our people who are in conflict with the Southern Legion, but they have their own internal strife. Intelligence shows that the 1.17 million troops stationed on the north bank of Battoa Province have mutinied and engaged in a firefight with the 100,000 troops of the vassal army. As for the cause of the incident, it seems that Tyr’s guards beheaded their general, Captain Oflewan.” The
battlefield atmosphere team frowned slightly.
”Beheading? At this juncture…”
The guard continued.
”It is said that it was because Captain Oflewan refused to carry out the order of Tyr’s legion commander. Our front-line troops saw that they burned the raft used to cross the sea that day.”
The leader of the Lei Ze legion standing at the desk said in a deep voice.
”It seems that not everyone is willing to accompany this madman to play around. If we launch an attack now, it would be a good time. Maybe some people will respond to us, but it may also develop in a direction we did not expect. After all, it is not ruled out that this may be a flaw that Tyr deliberately sold to us… What are you going to do?”
The battlefield atmosphere team closed their eyes and pondered for a long time, then opened their eyes.
”Has the fleet of the New Federation arrived at the Whirlpool Sea?”
Legion Commander Lei Ze nodded.
”It will probably arrive tomorrow morning.”
”Send a telegram to the 1.17 millionth detachment and tell them to hold on until dawn!” The battlefield atmosphere team said firmly, “Also, notify the army of the New Federation to wear three-defense equipment, vacate the deck of the battleship, and prepare to take our compatriots across the sea!”
(End of this chapter)
