Hammer 40k: Far East Storm

Chapter 351 Dilemma (1/2)

An excellent agricultural planet can provide the war group with far more than just abundant agricultural products. A good agricultural planet can provide the war group with the most basic and most important materials, that is, a large amount of abundant food. As long as there is sufficient and abundant food in a peaceful and stable environment, the world will soon usher in an explosive growth in population.

Human resources are the most important resource of the war group besides the gene pool. Without excellent and outstanding talents, everything is nonsense. No matter what kind of war, it is ultimately consumption. Even excellent talents are consumables in war, and such consumables are extremely rare. Without a large population base, there will not be enough talents. Without enough talents, the war group will become weaker and weaker and eventually destroyed.

So even in the interstellar era, there has been no change in the infrastructure. Li Xian can only work like a medieval lord now. All he can pursue is more food, more population and more talents.

Only with more food can there be more population, and more population means more young and middle-aged people, more warriors, more geniuses and more heroes.

The decree was quickly issued, and several large companies in Reach, far away in another galaxy, would soon receive Lee's orders. In recent years, Lee's work in Reach has been quite effective. Although he has not been able to make big steps in technology under the threat of the Mechanicus, he has been improving some details and processes, and a complete, all-round structure has been completed. Therefore, the mission that is completely impossible for Roland is just a little troublesome for Lee.

The most urgent problem facing the war group now is to rebuild the Golden Plains.

The refugee problem has become an insurmountable barrier in front of the war group. After the war, there was grief everywhere, and those refugees who escaped death are now facing the threat of hunger and cold. To be precise, this should be considered an internal affairs issue, which has nothing to do with the daily work of the knights of the war group. Lee's knights are all top masters of destruction, and their training is almost all about killing enemies, blasting, and activities behind enemy lines. If they were asked to rush out of the chapel and slaughter all the refugees, they could complete the task as quickly and effectively as cutting wheat, but it would be too difficult for them to find a way to keep these people alive.

Moreover, it was already the end of summer in the Golden Wilderness, and the refugees who had lost their houses would not have too many problems for the time being, but it would soon be autumn, and they could still hold on in the simple straw huts with gritted teeth, but in a few months they would enter the cold winter, which was not something they could survive with gritted teeth. If they were left alone, the cold would take away the temperature and countless lives after entering winter, and the refugees would die in large numbers. This would undoubtedly be a huge loss for Li and the regiment.

Therefore, the first thing was the most necessary disaster relief supplies, in short, food, tents and medical supplies.

If it is to be transported from Reach, it is not impossible, but interstellar transportation is very expensive. On the other hand, in the face of such a huge demand, the transportation capacity of Li's two ships seems a bit too small, which is just a drop in the bucket for the predicament of the Golden Wilderness. Moreover, the location of Reach is still outside the glory of the star, and the road is not very convenient.

Li frowned. Like his knight, Li can easily face the terrifying knight, but he can't turn into food and tents.

Of course, there is a place that has all the things that Li lacks. As long as he can open the door of that place, Li can easily get a lot of food, tents and medical supplies.

It's just that the other party may not cooperate.

Li's idea is naturally the warehouse of the defense army. The Golden Wilderness used to be the support point of the battle. Here, there were piles of food and various military supplies. These military supplies can provide sufficient support for the large-scale battles launched on the three planets. The quantity can only be described as massive. Although after the war, the Golden Field was no longer a strategic support point, the Defense Force Command completely abandoned this exposed support point, and the Defense Force had been moving their military supplies away, but this was a huge amount after all. Even the Earth Defense Force did not have enough transportation capacity to completely transport the military supplies they stored here in a short period of time.

Two plans quickly appeared in Li's mind, first courtesy and then force.

The first thing to implement is naturally courtesy first. If the other party can talk, then it will naturally be the best result.

Li quickly summoned Roland to his office. After a while, Roland stood in front of Li. His eyes were a little evasive. Li didn't care too much. In Li's opinion, it should be because he was not in the battle group during this period, and the turmoil caused by his unknown life and death was not a problem for Li. The battle group was established not long ago, and the composition of the top leaders was complicated. If he was not there, people's hearts would naturally be unstable. This is a normal phenomenon, so Li didn't say anything about this. He directly asked Roland about his work situation.

"To be honest, with the dilemma in front of me, I naturally thought of the defense army's reserves. But then I thought, Roland, you are also a smart man, you should have thought of this aspect, but the problem is still not solved, so I want to ask you what is going on."

"I did find the person in charge of the defense army here," Roland replied: "The person in charge of the defense army in the Golden Field is their political commissar Yegorov, a very rigid guy. He doesn't talk to me at all, saying that I am not a soldier and I am not qualified to discuss anything with him. I suspect that he has already understood my purpose, but he has no intention of cooperating, so he directly uses his power to block me."

"Your The speculation should be correct. If it is me, the leader of the Star Wars Corps, who goes to negotiate, the authority is enough, but there should be other explanations. "Li smiled and said, "But no matter what, we can't take it without asking. Roland, accompany me. We are going to the current station of the defense army. I want to have a good talk with this political commissar Yegorov. "

Political commissar Yegorov's office is in the fortress city of the Gate of the Wilderness. More than a year ago, this fortress city was besieged by the Eldar Legion. Li led the Knights Templar and part of the defense army to make a desperate resistance here. In the battle, although the Eldar people destroyed the surface buildings of the entire city, they still couldn't take down this solid fortress in the end.

Now, a year and a half has passed, and the Gate of the Wilderness has been rebuilt. Various new buildings stand in the city. Walking on the street, you can still smell the drifting paint.

Walking on the street, sometimes someone would suddenly salute Li Li. These people were veterans who had experienced the battle of defending the city. At that time, Li was the morale and confidence of the entire city. Almost all the soldiers knew that as long as the beautiful girl Victoria was standing next to this seemingly weak and beautiful man, the Eldar people would not be able to break through this huge city with a Star Wars regiment to assist in the defense. Whenever encountering such a situation, Li would also raise his hand slightly to return the salute.

After a while, Li came to the defense headquarters of the Golden Field in the city. This was not the first time Li came to this place, but at this time, there was no longer the busyness and tension of the war, but it became a little deserted.

A soldier in charge of reception in the hall saw Li and Roland, who was like a giant wearing gorgeous silver armor and a red cloak behind Li, and immediately jumped up as if his butt was equipped with springs. He saluted and said, "Captain Carter reports to you."

"Oh, you know me?"

"Captain Li, anyone who has participated in the Golden Field Defense War knows you?" Carter said, "Even if they don't know you, they know the soldier behind you wearing power armor."

Li's eyes swept over the captain, who was a good veteran. He asked with some doubts, "You are a captain, and you are still... Participated in the Golden Fields Defense War, how could he be here for a reception? "

Carter smiled bitterly and replied, "I don't know the details."

"Have you followed General Andreevich?"

"I used to be the squad leader of the old general's guard squad."

Li smiled. Sure enough, it was still those factional things. Even when the Eldar army was at the gates of the city, Victoria still shot her general to death. Now Victoria, a little woman, has become very successful. She returned to the Earth Sphere with victory. Naturally, it is difficult for these subordinates who were once her "enemies" to end up well. But at this time, Li didn't want to talk about these periods, "Well, I'm here to find Political Commissar Yegorov. Is he in the office?"

"I'm really sorry, the Political Commissar is not in the office now."

"Where is he?"

"The Political Commissar is handling emergencies in the barracks," Carter said, and then added in a low voice: "The Political Commissar is executing a shooting, and several poor unlucky people were caught by the Political Commissar."

"Then where is the barracks?"

"I'll take you there now."

"Is it okay for you to be absent from duty?"

"It doesn't matter, it's lunch time now, I'm not absent from duty."

Led by Carter, the two quickly arrived at the barracks. The soldiers on duty at the gate naturally couldn't stop Li. When Li walked to the parade ground, he saw three soldiers who had been stripped of half of their clothes and were tied in an x-shape facing forward in the parade ground. The three were tied in a row and were about to be punished.

In front of the three people, there was a large group of soldiers lined up in a square. Obviously, Political Commissar Yegorov wanted all the soldiers to see the execution of the punishment. This was the usual practice of the political commissar, using punishment to deter these soldiers, let them see and feel the iron discipline, and let them understand the consequences of violating the discipline and be afraid of it.

Political Commissar Yegorov also saw Li who came in. He didn't know Li, but he knew the armor of Roland behind Li, so Political Commissar Yegorov didn't say anything to the three people who suddenly entered the parade ground, but continued his speech to the soldiers lined up in a square.

"You were all once glorious warriors, the hammer of the Holy Emperor. You fought bravely not long ago and were lucky enough to survive the war, but what about now? Look at you, are you still heroic soldiers? No. , No! You are just a group of cowards who survived by the bloodshed and sacrifice of war. Look at you, you have been corrupted and you have become vulnerable. I found out during the surprise inspection at 3 o'clock in the night. What? I found these three people, these three people who were supposed to be on patrol," Political Commissar Yegorov pointed at the three people tied up behind him and said, "The three of them did not follow the instructions when they were performing the task. Patrolling the designated route, but going to the guard room to drink and gamble. This is murder. This is an unforgivable crime! Just imagine, what would we do if an enemy attacked at this time? Because our patrol officers all went gambling and drank too much! This is a heinous dereliction of duty, this is murder of all soldiers, this is a disregard for military regulations, and now, I want you to know clearly that there are some things. It cannot be violated.”

Political Commissar Yegorov's voice was like cold steel. Even in the still hot late summer, the soldiers could only feel the cool breeze blowing from their hearts. , the cold spread throughout the body.

They are all soldiers, old soldiers who have experienced brutal wars and survived, so they all know that the three guys tied up in the center of the school field are just three unlucky guys. What will happen if the enemy attacks? ? Isn't this bullshit? Where do the enemies in the current golden field come from? Are they the refugees who are like beggars?

Besides, these three unlucky guys are just the ones responsible for patrolling the city. If the enemy has already reached the gate of the Wilderness Gate and the soldiers are still unprepared, it will make no difference whether there is anyone patrolling at this time.

Everyone knows that these are all nonsense. The real situation is that Political Commissar Yegorov is very unhappy. He was sent to this planet without war and was only responsible for handling some aftermath of the war. He was already very unhappy. , and most of the soldiers are veterans who have experienced the war, and they are somewhat unruly people. Not many people have a good impression of the political commissar who suddenly landed in the air. Now the political commissar naturally wants to seize this opportunity to erect his The prestige comes.

But the political commissar was right. Military law is like this, although not many armies will enforce military law so strictly during non-war times.

Political Commissar Yegorov seemed to feel that he had said enough, so he decided to end the farce. He asked loudly: "Military judge, according to military law, what kind of punishment should these three people receive!"

The military judge stepped out of the queue and shouted loudly: "Hades, Sergeant Humas, Jack and other soldiers, the three of them violated military regulations and gambled. According to military regulations, anyone who gambles in any form will be whipped and punished if found." Confinement for a certain period of time. "Drinking while on duty is in accordance with military regulations. Anyone who consumes alcohol or other alcoholic beverages while on duty will be punished with whipping first and then shot."

"Then I will make a fair decision in accordance with military regulations, but before making a decision, I want to tell everyone that the holy emperor is merciful, so he specially exempted them from confinement. First, the whipping! Three people , fifty lashes each!"

With that said, the three soldiers responsible for carrying out canings walked to the school grounds, and then loud cracking sounds were heard in the school grounds. After a few blows, blood began to splatter, and the military punishment whips were all used. Damn it, basically until the end of the beating, every whip can open a blood groove in the human body, and the long whip will take away a piece of flesh and blood in a short time. The three people who were beaten couldn't do it even if they wanted to faint. Once When they were unconscious, someone would pour a bucket of cold water over them, and then the execution would continue.

After the beating, Political Commissar Yegorov walked up to the three beaten and bloody soldiers and asked loudly: "Do you already know your mistake?"

After being beaten like this, how could the three of them not know their mistakes, and besides, it was their fault in the first place. The three of them hurriedly expressed that they knew they were wrong and would never do it again.

Political Commissar Yegorov nodded and said: "I'm very pleased that you already know the mistake, but you have no chance to make it again." With that said, Political Commissar Yegorov pulled out his pistol from his waist. , said: "Continue to confess your mistakes when you go to hell. Military regulations are not a joke."

Bang bang bang!

He blasted the heads of three people neatly.

"I hope you will take this as a warning and not make any more mistakes, otherwise the military regulations will be ruthless! Each squad leader will lead the team and go to the cafeteria!" After saying that, Political Commissar Yegorov turned around and walked towards Li and his party before he got close. , the political commissar asked loudly from a distance: "Who are you? Why did you enter my military camp! You must know that breaking into the military camp without notification is a capital crime. Even if I shoot you here, I will not Someone said I made a mistake!”

Arrogant, really arrogant, but this is too arrogant!

After all, he is the top leader of the Golden Fields Defense Force, how could he not know Li? The leader of the Knights Templar, the current real master of the Golden Fields, even if he has never met him, he should have seen the photo. Even if you really don't know Li, you should still know Luo Lang's power armor. The silver-white paint of the Knights Templar is so obvious that even a soldier can see it at a glance. It's too fake for a political commissar like you to ask who you are!

Roland's face suddenly fell. He took a step forward and was about to attack, but Li Yi stretched out his hand and blocked him.

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