Tomorrow's Ark, the journey of hardcore and ruthless people

Theoretically speaking, in contemporary Terra, the absolute main forces of land warfare are land battleships and mobile cities.But the problem is that the weakness of Kazdel's country makes land ships and mobile cities more precious than pure gold to any army on both sides of the civil war.Except for rifles, staffs and human heads, the current Sarkaz army lacks everything.

Lack of land ships, lack of artillery, lack of even mortars.In this way, water-cooled heavy machine guns and smokeless gunpowder magazine bolt-action rifles have become crucial "weapons of victory."In the case of insufficient firepower, the assault force can only be provided by manpower.Officers on either side could have predicted that in this environment, the war would become more cruel and bloody.Whichever side wants to break through the opponent's defense line, they can only invest a large number of soldiers in an open area to charge, and after bearing the opponent's fierce firepower, they can crush the defense line with their corpses and make a breakthrough.

This must be a brutal war.

Neither Teresia nor Teresis is an idiot, and they quickly deduced that Atlas and the guys who promoted new weapons had bad intentions: Think about it, Atlas’s all-inclusive Kazdel area weapon products Requests from any Sarkaz leader were ignored.

Teresia has a military advantage, and Teresia has an advantage in comprehensive national strength.Selling weapons to both sides at the same time must be a calculation to make the civil war between the brothers and sisters fall into a stalemate.

At that time, both sides will continue to purchase new infantry weapons from Atlas.You must know that the new infantry guns can indeed transform the infantry. If one side equips them in batches and the other does not, the balance of the war will be greatly tipped.In order not to be overwhelmed by each other in the civil war, Teresia and Teresis will definitely grit their teeth and bite the bullet, almost draining their own treasury to buy advanced weapons and equipment from Atlas.

At that time, Atlas will definitely come up with new weapons with excellent performance that can overwhelm bolt-action rifles and water-cooled machine guns.The price of those things is sky-high now, and it will only be slightly cheaper so that Sarkaz can barely afford it.

Although the prices of these new gadgets are the same, who dare not buy them, Teresia or Teresis?By that time, Kazdel's two major groups will inevitably evacuate their treasury and throw it to Atlas in exchange for valuable automatic rifles.Even more insidious, when the time comes when the princess or the regent really has no money, Atlas can still provide the poor ruler with a big loan to deal with the aftermath, using the future new Kazdel customs tariff as collateral!

The truth is this.That's the thing.At the level of Theresia and Traces, they both naturally came up with such thoughts.

Originally, they were deeply suspicious of the idea of ​​launching a full-scale civil war again. After all, Teresia was losing a lot of hair because of financial problems, and Teresia was extremely worried about her dual disadvantages in conventional troops and high-end combat power .Even if the outside countries have their own troubles, they will inevitably want to take advantage of the fire to rob Kazdel.Now add a mysterious and unpredictable high-tech organization sharpening their knives outside, and this is...

Both sides were hesitating, so the largest civil war in the history of Kazdaele was being delayed day by day.

And now, with Atlas' immediate end, this terrifyingly powerful fleet further confuses Kazdel, a pool that is shallow and full of kings.

All forces of the two major groups are working hard to collect information about Atlas.

Under the calm conditions, the entire Kazdale was in chaos.

This "all forces" is really not a simple thing.Kazdale's two major groups are Tracy and Teresia.Teresia is the leader of the "Kazdel Military Council", nominally the supreme commander of the armed forces of the Kingdom of Kazdel; Teresia is the speaker of the Council of Kings and the owner of the bloodline of the Sarkaz Demon King. Nominally the head of state of the Kingdom of Kazdel.

Tracy is a soldier, and a hero at that.The royal courts, representing the superheroes of Sarkaz, most supported him.Regardless of the bloodthirsty lord who broke the army alone, the literal meaning of bloodthirsty; the sinner of the secret intelligence and assassination organization;

In addition, among Kazdaele's conventional armed forces, from the fleet to the army, Trexis occupies a slight advantage in quantity and quality.This is also important, because war can no longer be solved by the reckless actions of extraordinary heroes.To put it bluntly, those superheroes who can "break an army by one person" are precious non-renewable resources, and it is basically up to God's will to replenish them.At this level, they all have to be the leader of the Sakaz Royal Court, the chief knight of the Casimir family, and the inner guard of Usas, those heaven-defying things.Going any further would be almost meaningless.

In an era when wars are mainly determined by such high-end combat power, and ordinary people mainly fight, a country's military strength has become determined by chance, talent, and character.Because of this, the wars of that period formed a customary rule: war competition.Extraordinary elites do not kill after they are defeated and captured, and return home after the battle is over-all rulers realize that it is beneficial for all countries to form an atmosphere that protects the lives of extraordinary heroes.

But with the arrival of new technologies represented by universal origin stone circuits and land-based battleships, the most astute military strategists and politicians immediately realized that a force that could replace the role of extraordinary heroes on the battlefield was born.

In all fairness, the combat efficiency of land battleships and regular warlocks is far inferior to that of extraordinary heroes.Compared with the former two, one is a tortoise that can only wriggle on the plains, and the other is instant cannon fodder with an average strength of about 0.5 holding a mass-produced rough staff.The combat power of extraordinary heroes is at least equivalent to carrying a large-caliber artillery.

However, even the most complex and expensive land-based battleships among various technical weapons can obtain new products relatively stably after they are put into production as industrial products, which is much more reliable than extraordinary heroes.Therefore, mortals and warships in the new era have fewer worries when using them, and need more industrial strength that can be built and mastered.

Just like the phalanx of Ursus had withstood the warlock groups of Letania, the steam gunboats of Victoria, and the papal cavalry of Lateran in foreign wars, but in the end, Ursus instead engaged in The most active person in the land fleet, Big Daddy, said personally that although he was not polite when he boasted about holding up all kinds of powerful toys, when the phalanx faced all kinds of firepower, Ursus The shield guards were in a very uneasy mood.

Therefore, since the mobile city began to drive on this land, "mortals" have gradually become the main force of the war, while superheroes have become more of a small elite assault force, and even a strategic deterrent force.

Teresia has a big disadvantage in this regard.The only Sarkaz royal family who supported her was the banshee family.And her regular troops, whether it is the land fleet or the army, are three points inferior to Teresis in terms of quantity and quality.

But she has many advantages.As the orthodox demon king of the Sarkaz group of "demons", and also a war hero for 200 years, the Sarkaz leader's popularity in Kazdel has been so high that when the warriors of Tracys mention her Call him "His Royal Highness".

And she also has financial advantages.Although Kazdaele's industry has been almost destroyed in the 200-year long war, and although the country has been drained of almost the last blood, wealth and materials in the long civil war, Theresia has a larger population. , the area is larger, and Theresia is indeed stronger than Tracys in economic construction.

Therefore, the conclusion is actually very clear-this full-scale civil war in Kazdel is likely to fall into a long stalemate that no one wants to see.

In fact, contrary to what the two Sakaz leaders thought, Atlas was also among those who did not want to see this happen.

Chapter 11 The Road to the Future

The morning light shone in half of the sky, but the land of Kazdaele Kingdom was still shrouded in darkness.

The fleet in the distance is like a steel mountain range, rising up in the deserts and plains of Kazdaele.In this huge city composed of land fleets, the officers and soldiers of Atlas once again started their morning exercises in the desert, running around in large circles around several land fleets.

After contact and short-term talks with the Kazdaele Theresia Group, the Atlas Kazdaele Column quickly distanced itself from Theresa’s base camp, the mobile city Kazdaele City - this is very normal , Atlas originally claimed that it would deliver the goods to your door. 20 individual automatic weapons are a huge amount of wealth in this land. Theresia can definitely imagine that Atlas will send a strong escort force.

But who would have thought that the landships in this escort force are equivalent to one-fifth of the landships in Kazdaele!

After driving nearly a hundred kilometers and maintaining a considerable distance from Theresia's capital and industrial cities, the column set up camp on the eastern border of Kazdaele, in the Oder River Basin adjacent to Ursus. Establish a relevant base to support operations in the Kazdaele region: the Usas-Kazdare Border Base.

There was a lot of noise in the distance, but the people here didn't notice it.

A small truck full of garbage drove to the garbage dump outside the station.

Kazdale's Column hadn't started to employ local people yet, and the domestic waste problem had to be taken care of itself.The Sarkaz and Ursa fighters sitting in the cab frowned at the smell coming from the back of the truck, feeling very distressed that they were actually on duty for such a bad job.

Ursus parked the car next to the garbage dump not far away, and Sarkaz got out of the car to check the surroundings, and then kept vigilant.The dump truck started dumping.

Domestic garbage raises dust into the sky.The Ursus soldier in the cab was bored as he operated the truck body and returned it to its position. Thinking of the dirty work of rinsing the truck body with the faucet later, he didn't even want to eat breakfast——

Suddenly he heard the sound of an automatic rifle being cocked.

The Ursus fighter grabbed the 95G automatic rifle next to his car seat like a whirlwind, and asked loudly, "What's going on?"

The Sarkarz warrior replied slowly: "Nothing."

It's no different from the demon guy who is in the same class as me and doesn't like washing socks.The Ursus warrior leaned his face closer to the car window, and saw the Mozu man put his gun back on his back and stood silently beside the garbage dump.

The Usas soldier doubtfully opened the door with his rifle and jumped out of the cab, walked towards the Sakaz soldier, and immediately became speechless.

Heaps of rubbish were dumped and filled the sky with dust.Before the dust dispersed, several dark shadows slowly moved towards the garbage dump he had just dropped, like a few stones rolling on the ground.They were a few scavengers who had just discovered this "treasure land" recently, including men, women and children.They were slow because the country that had fought for 200 years was dying of starvation.

The camp was quickly noticed by the hungry, green-eyed Kazdelians, who were bouts of small-scale famines.Of course, even the most ignorant Sarkaz knows the huge fleet and the soldiers wearing exoskeletons and holding automatic rifles.Few people had the idea of ​​storming the camp, but soon some people focused on the camp's domestic garbage.And they can basically find good stuff.

Although most of the military and civilian members of the Kazdel column are unlucky people on the land of Terra, they were in the same situation as these unlucky Kazdel people not long ago, so there is never leftovers when eating, and the army never tolerates food waste.But coupled with the kitchen waste in the cafeteria, protein can always be found in the garbage dump.

There was a commotion among the scavengers. Someone picked up half of the sausage. He quickly stuffed the sausage into his mouth and chewed it forgetfully. The others stared at him blankly.This brief sluggishness lasted for a few seconds, and under this "encouragement", people searched carefully in the torn garbage bags.

In their starvation-numbed consciousness, the food in the garbage was brighter than the rising sun.

The young Sarkaz warrior was silent.The above has just recently issued a case of a patrol team distributing food out of mercy, which resulted in a mass incident that almost killed a person.Therefore, it is not easy for everyone to do anything for the time being.

...in theory.

Among the scavengers was a middle-aged man with ragged clothes and disheveled hair.He kept staring at the truck and the Atlas soldiers. He obviously wanted to find food from the garbage like everyone else, but he didn't move his eyes down to the torn garbage until the remaining food was almost gone. On the bag, this movement is very slow, as if a garbage truck and the two people driving it are strongly attracted to him.

So he only found an open fish can, grabbed a few fish bones inside, chewed them, and then swallowed them with difficulty.He wanted to get up again to look for it, but slowly fell down.

At this time, the scavengers can only move slowly.The Sarkaz fighter couldn't bear it anymore, handed the weapon and the tactical vest to the Ursas comrades, grabbed a bottle of warm milk from the cab and ran over.

As soon as the mouth of the bottle was placed on the middle-aged man's mouth, he hummed twice and struggled to open his eyes.

"Drink some!" the warrior said into the ear of his fellow man.

"Ah?" The middle-aged man barely opened his eyes.Seeing that he was sitting on the ground, he retracted his legs and wanted to stand up.

"Drink some water first, don't be busy." The soldier let go of his hand and said at the same time.

The middle-aged man smiled shyly, looked around, held the small bottle of milk tightly with both hands, and sucked it in mouthfuls.After slowly drinking the milk, he looked at everyone again: "Hey, please everyone! I'm cold and hungry, so I'll lie down right away, it doesn't matter."

The tone was very gentle and friendly, and it really didn't seem to come from that bearded mouth.Although the face of the middle-aged man is so thick with mud, the gentle smile makes everyone seem to see a gentle and fair face.

He wanted to stand up again, but the soldiers and scavengers carefully supported him, and gradually let him go with great hesitation.In the end, he stood still and stared intently at the Atlas employees opposite him.

The two Sarkaz looked at each other in silence.This is an overly stark contrast.The man in the camouflage uniform has full muscles, bright skin, and a pair of big eyes under the bushy hair. His movements just now are strong and brisk, bringing a strong vitality into the crowd beside the garbage dump.

And the middle-aged man's Mediterranean-haired bald head was covered with thick dust.He was wearing Kazdel's characteristic clothing in recent years-a large piece of cloth, his broad-boned but scrawny body seemed to be unable to bear the weight of the cloth, bent like an old branch .The conditions in Kazdale are quite good. Those hungry children have big heads supported by thin necks, their limbs are as thin as tree trunks, their stomachs are bulging due to stagnant water, flies are on their faces, and they are growing on their bodies. sore......

"Thank you." The middle-aged man's voice was gentle, but with a sense of weakness.

The Sarkaz warrior nodded and replied in blunt Sarkaz, "What's your name?"

"Ernst Thälmann."

It seemed to be trying to attract attention and get more food if possible, and someone beside him answered in Ursat: "This is the leader of our group."

The Sakaz warrior, who was born and raised in the northwest tundra, smiled apologetically at Thalmann, turned his eyes, and asked in fluent Usasian: "Who are you?"

The scavenger, who spoke Ursus, wore glasses and a scraggly beard.He replied calmly: "I used to be a professor of Ursus literature at Kadsdale National University. It is the 200 years of civil war that made us lose all our dreams and ended up like this."

The professor pointed to the other scavengers who were still rummaging through the garbage. When Thalmann reluctantly got up, they immediately pounced on the pungent garbage pile: "I know five languages, but the only thing I know now is My dream is for you to throw out some of the leftover wine.”

The young Sakaz warrior remained silent, realizing the weight of reality as never before.

A calm female voice came from not far away: "So let me inform you of something."

The Sakaz warrior turned around, stood at attention neatly, and saluted——

The visitor was a very lovely girl with two long blue ponytails.Like the Sarkaz warriors, she is alive and well.

But her camouflage uniform has two stripes and a star pinned to the collar patch.

The female major said quietly: "We want to recruit workers and recruit staff. There are also free medical activities on site."

Thalmann raised his head, looked at the fleet in the distance, and licked his dry white lips. There was something burning in his eyes in the morning light, a mixture of longing, pain, and fear: "Really? "

The professor said: "That's a really good thing. I hope the war will end soon, otherwise you won't be able to open factories or do business here. The war should end. The people of Kazdaele are already tired of war. This country is now It’s a pile of loose sand.”

The female major smiled wryly: "How can a mess of loose sand be able to fight a civil war?"

The professor was silent.

"...We don't care about the princess and the regent, we just want to have food to survive." The voice of the middle-aged man came from behind the major.

The major turned around and looked at Thalmann who had just spoken: "Then why not go to a big place like Kazdale City? Personally, there may be more food there."

Thalmann smiled: "His Royal Highness Teresia is very popular - but she can't use spells to conjure food. Whether it is Teresia or Teresia, only the main force can ensure that the whole family is fed Officers, soldiers and key factory workers. None of these people have such skills, and they can only barely starve to death like ordinary people there.”

"This is a more remote and sparsely populated place." The female major's eyes were sharp.

Thalmann pointed to the fleet in the distance, still smiling: "Yes, but you are here. The outsiders who came to Kazdel have never thought of Kazdel, they just want to grab it from here. What. But we don’t care about these. We consider ourselves Kazdel people, but there is no local government in Kazdel that can protect our rights and interests. You have sent such a large-scale fleet, whether you have a big plan or ulterior motives, we We don't care, we just hope to sell our little life for a price—at least, we will die after we are full."

The major did not answer, and kept silent until the disappointed people searched the entire garbage dump and gradually walked away under the leadership of Thälmann. Then he said loudly: "You must come in three days!"

The garbage truck was delayed for a moment because of this incident.Aurora had no intention of taking a ride, so she chose to walk back to the base on her own.As she walked, she wrote her name in her notebook:

"Ernst Thälmann... Is the name good or bad?"

**

At the weekly meeting of the current working form, the first sentence when Comand put down the briefing in his hand was as follows: "So, whether it is Teresia or Teresis, neither side is doing anything now, and it is a bit of a fight. It means not moving."

The cadres of the Kazdel column present here have complex expressions, and their emotions are not very high.On the contrary, Comand is quite satisfied with this performance: "Very good. Everyone's conscience has not been completely wiped out, which is beneficial to our next work. Without empathy for the local people, it will be difficult to do a good job in the next work." .

"As far as the current state is concerned, it is difficult for us to say what is the situation of the decision makers of the two major groups of Kazdel. We cannot clearly know the specific attitudes of Tracys and Teresia towards a full-scale civil war. This point we Next, it will be judged through economic proposals. The first thing we need to know is the main internal power branches of the Teresia and Teresia groups."

Tallulah next to her finished placing the whiteboard, then turned and stepped aside.Commander stood up and pointed to the magnet nameplate under Theresia's photo: "The absolute main force of The Theresia Group now is of course the armed forces. And the armed forces are mainly divided into the following forces.

"First of all, among the current top ten royal courts in Sarkaz—note, the 'top ten' is already an imaginary number, the last Wendigo is sitting here—these royal courts are willing to participate in this Sarkaz There are not many civil wars in Katz. And most of these royal courts that rely on extraordinary force to maintain their status tend to their familiar routine of establishing a country with force. So most of them fell to Teresis. Teresia's side The royal court in the palace has only the banshee family.

"So, extraordinary combat power is a problem we have to face. But in this regard, everyone can rest assured that if there is really no other way, the superiors will take action to ensure that the whole family of the Wangting who are jumping high to death can lie down neatly.

"In terms of conventional troops, Teresia's disadvantage is smaller. Tracy's 'Royal Court Army' is a regular armed force under the command of the Military Council, and it surpasses Tracy in terms of equipment, training, experience and discipline. Ya's troops.

"There is a hidden flaw in Theresia's side. Because although the regular troops of the two are mainly from the private soldiers of the Kazdel family, but as the head of the army, Teresia can completely deprive the military power. The speaker of the royal court is not easy to offend the dead family. The force she can fully trust, except for her own queen's guards, is the small-scale elite troops of the 'medical organization' Tower of Babel.

"There are complex contradictions at the top of The Theresia Group. In this environment, we must be highly wary of sudden outsiders - such as us. Not to mention participating in strategic decision-making, it is difficult for us to even go to the front line as an organization in a short time. Even if we do this, it is just to gain access to our advanced equipment. Therefore, the current main working method of our Kazdaele Column is still to follow the mass line.

“As for taking the mass line, in the current environment in Kazdaele, there are two main directions: