Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 88
As night fell, a raging bonfire was lit in the camp.

Although the military rations brought by Yang Yi and the others were not delicious, they were absolutely delicious for these refugees, especially children, who had not had enough to eat for a long time.The key is to have a large quantity, so that everyone can have enough to eat, and there is no need to compete with each other because of insufficient food.

Waiting patiently will naturally pay off.

Before dark, Maria gave an answer, willing to assist Yang Yi and others to fight against the occupying forces, but the safety of civilians must be guaranteed.

This request was reasonable, and Yang Yi immediately agreed.

Considering that the occupying forces would retaliate wildly after the advance base was destroyed, Maria decided to leave here the next day and camp elsewhere.Because of the long journey in the desert, Yang Yi proposed to let everyone relax, especially those children who have been hungry for a long time.The food was brought by Yang Yi and the others, and Maria did not object, and without enough physical strength, the refugees could not go far.

Through Maria, Yang Yi knew that Paul was the main fighter.

If it wasn't for the fact that the occupying army was very strong, and his own manpower was not enough, and there were still many old people, children, and women who had no combat effectiveness in need of protection, Paul would have taken a group of men to attack the occupying army.Besides, those militiamen who followed Paul wanted to have a good fight with the occupying forces.

It didn't take much effort, Yang Yi and Jackson got into a ball with Paul and began to call each other brothers.

Paul is only two years older than Yang Yi, but has served in the militia for four years.Although there is not much actual combat experience, the militia has two one-month training sessions every year, and occasionally conducts actual combat exercises, so the basic quality of Paul and other militia is not bad.

After getting acquainted with Paul, Yang Yi has a better understanding of what happened on Shennong.

Paul and the others are inevitable residents of Dwenk City, and Maria is the mayor's wife.Although Shennong Star is within the jurisdiction of the Third War Zone, at the end of the Fifth Greenwich War, the federal authorities did not clearly delineate the jurisdiction of the Nine War Zones.Like other similar colonial planets, before Shennong was placed under the jurisdiction of the third war zone, there were already aboriginal people, many of whom were Saxons.In order to facilitate management, after the Shennong planet was under the jurisdiction of the third war zone, the Saxons were concentrated on the barren grass continent.It is also true that the residents of the barren grass continent are mainly Saxons, while the Huaxia people who dominate the Shennong planet are in the minority.

Like other towns on the Wild Grass Continent, Dwenk City is a small town with less than [-] permanent residents.

When Shennong was blocked, the mayor Alex called the militia and asked Maria to take the old people, children and women to the outskirts of the farm for shelter.After the occupying army came to Dwenk City, they first claimed to be the third theater garrison, and asked Alex to hand over the key to the granary, and asked the citizens to gather together to obey the command of the occupying army.Alex did not agree, but asked the occupying army to show the approval of the theater command and federal authorities.As a result, the situation got out of control, and the occupying forces arrested Alex and declared martial law throughout the city, prohibiting citizens from going out.In order to prevent the news from spreading, the occupying forces also controlled the communication center, cut off the communication lines, and carried out electromagnetic interference in the whole frequency band.

Paul was not in the urban area when the incident happened because he was escorting Maria and others to the farm in the outskirts.

Returning to Dwink City, he found that the mayor was arrested by the occupying army. Paul immediately contacted other militiamen, and then sneaked into the city hall from the sewer.The occupying forces were heavily guarded, and Paul and others were found when they escaped from the city hall with the mayor.During the battle, the mayor was hit by a stray bullet.

Although Paul and other militia escaped by chance, it was impossible to drive away the occupying army with only a few militia.

Upon learning of her husband's tragic death, Maria activated the granary's self-destruct system in a fit of rage, burning hundreds of thousands of tons of grain without leaving a single grain.

Fearing retaliation by the occupying forces, Maria left the farm with the escaped citizens.

The coastal areas have been controlled by the occupying forces, and the refugee team can only go to the inland desert to take refuge.Although only half a month has passed, more than half of the refugees either died of hunger, disease, or sudden attacks by the occupying forces, and those who survived were living like years.

Apart from Dwenk City, similar tragedies happened in other towns on the Cangcao Continent.

According to Paul, only a few towns surrendered to the occupying forces, but the lives of the residents of those towns were also very difficult.The occupying army not only strictly prohibited the residents from going out, but also implemented extremely strict controls, and even daily necessities were rationed according to the population.

The occupying forces never show mercy to those who resist.

At the beginning, Paul's team had more than 50 militiamen.After a few battles, there are now only 23 left.

In order to prevent local people from secretly supporting the resistance organization, the occupying army not only prohibits free trade, but also severely punishes civilians who sympathize with the resistance organization.As a result, it is difficult for the refugee teams leaving towns to obtain daily necessities through normal channels, and sooner or later they will succumb to the occupying forces under the pressure of hunger and disease.As far as Paul knew, many groups of refugees had returned to their original towns and were forced to surrender to the occupying forces.

If Yang Yi and the others hadn't arrived, Maria's team might have succumbed in a few days.

In the desert, let alone food, there is very little fresh water.What is more serious is the injury, and many wounded died because of lack of medicine.

Prior to this, Paul and others had always believed that the federal authorities and the theater command would not sit idly by.

Although the arrival of Yang Yi and others gave Paul their hope, Paul didn't know that the theater command had no plans to send troops at all.As for the federal authorities, because Shennong Star is the food production area of ​​the third war zone, it has always been under the jurisdiction of the third war zone, and they will not send troops.Besides, the federal authorities have no soldiers to send.If it weren't for the nine theaters, especially the first, second, and third theaters to form a three-legged force, no one would be able to hold the power alone, and a central agency would be needed to coordinate the relationship. There would be no need for the federal authorities to exist at all.The only thing the federal authorities can mobilize is the police force to maintain the law and order of the home galaxy, and they have no ability to come to Shennong to quell the chaos.

Yang Yi didn't want to hit Paul, so he didn't say these things.

Although Paul did not mention the situation on the other three continents, and after the arrival of the occupying army, the residents of the barren grass continent could not go to other continents, but it is certain that the situation on the other continents is the same.Even if some residents are unwilling to bow their heads to the occupying army, it is difficult to cause a big storm because of the disparity in strength.The occupying forces only controlled the main towns and did not wipe out the resistance organizations on a large scale, which showed that they did not take the resistance organizations seriously at all, and did not plan to occupy them for a long time. Controlling the important towns was just to stabilize the situation.

After the bonfire party, Yang Yi called Jackson aside.

"Brother, what do you think?"

"The Luo family is confident." Jackson said with a sigh of relief, "However, it's not all bad news, and the situation is not very bad."

Yang Yi didn't say a word, waiting for Jackson to continue.

"According to what Paul said, the occupation army will not have too many troops. There are only a few hundred people in Dwenk City at most, and there are only tens of thousands of officers and soldiers on the whole barren grass continent, which is equivalent to a full army. If the situation on other continents is the same, Then the total strength of the occupying forces will not exceed 20."

Yang Yi nodded slightly. "Even so, it's still a force to be reckoned with."

"It depends from which angle you look at it. There are 200 militiamen in Devinke City. If the militiamen in other towns are similar in size, there are at least 40 militiamen on the Wild Grass Continent, and about 20 in the entire Shennong Planet. Even if only half of the militiamen are still there Resistance also has [-]." Jackson paused for a moment. "Of course, we can't count on these militiamen. Even if they have the morale to fight the enemy, they don't have enough capability and lack heavy equipment. Fighting an occupation army armed to the teeth is tantamount to death. Besides, in a short time, we It is impossible to gather all the militias, let alone get all the militias to obey our command."

"so what should I do now?"

"surrender."

Yang Yi froze for a moment, then looked at Jackson in disbelief.

"Paul made it very clear that as long as they surrender, the occupying forces will be lenient, and many refugee teams have already surrendered to the occupying forces."

"Brother..."

"Only in this way can we return to Dwenk City, and we will have a chance to catch the officers of the occupying army and find out the situation of the occupying army."

Yang Yi's brows twitched a few times, telling Jackson to continue.

"More importantly, we have to figure out the purpose of Luo Zhenyu's sending troops to occupy Shennong Star. If it's just to deal with us, there is no need to go to war like this. Just block Shennong Star. No matter how powerful the Luo family is, they will use 20 troops to occupy a colony. The planet is also a loss-making business. Besides, if this matter becomes serious, for example, Lin Xiaoting is forced to ask Du Wantu for help and ask the Third Fleet to quell the rebellion, Luo Zhenyu will lose money."

"You mean, Luo Zhenyu's real purpose is not to deal with us?"

Jackson nodded slightly, and said: "Although this is just my guess, it is very likely. The point is, we still don't know what Luo Zhenyu's real purpose is. You have a saying that it is better to catch a tiger in a tiger's den. If you want to find out Luo Zhenyu's real purpose, the best way is to go to Dwenk City, arrest an officer and ask him about it. Maybe there is still a chance to sneak into the occupying army."

After pondering for a while, Yang Yi said, "Okay, let's talk to Maria."

Although he felt that surrender was not feasible, Yang Yi did not deny Jackson's judgment.The Luo family went to war not just to deal with Yang Yi and Lin Feng.Besides, Luo Zhenyu might not take Yang Yi and Lin Feng seriously, even if he wanted to avenge Luo Zhankong, it would be just a gimmick.If you don't even understand the purpose of the Luo family, no matter what you do next, it will be half the effort, and there will be no good results.

(End of this chapter)