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

There was a brief silence between the three.

Mephisto coughed twice, and continued: "So I always feel that the situation is not right. She is a dazed person who wants to grind her arm with sandpaper to bleed because she accidentally touched the origin stone equipment. Know how she got involved with ex-infected people like us. The problem is that I can't ask directly, right?"

"That's right." Tallulah replied in a low voice.

"Yeah." Comand raised his index finger. "How long has it been since the word 'infected' was used in our own territory? But outside, it is still the biggest chronic disease in this land. We have come to the same place as our daily life. It’s a very different environment. If you want to change this place...you have to understand it deeply.”

Mephisto cautiously: "It's natural. So, the problem between the two of them is..."

Commande looked back at the young girl who had already started to look at her: "Tell Faust, what to do, I don't have time to care about your little brats' puppy love. As long as you don't kill anyone, you can talk about everything else." .”

Mephisto showed a bad smirk again: "Do you mean that the number of human lives has decreased or increased?"

Commander and Tallulah looked at Mephistopheles gravely, then looked behind him together.

Mephisto looked back at the expressionless Faust behind him, then rushed out of Rhodes Island's cafeteria.

Chapter 23 Competition beyond the battlefield 1

The reason why making a revolution is difficult is that it requires the largest and deepest changes to the entity of human society.

Like Teresia and Babel now.

Are they great?

Enlightened despots and medical-public health service-military contracting hybrid industrial trusts.

Are they screwed?

Look at this piece of land full of insects, it's really good.

The logic on "this land" is not only cold, but also naked.Its "international relations" are essentially disorderly and the law of the jungle where the jungle preys on the strong; its international society is still in a state of anarchy.

As far as individuals are concerned, once a person suffers from ore disease, if he has no power, power, or money, he will inevitably fall into slave labor mines, slums, prisons, or even be expelled to the wilderness to fend for himself.What is even more cruel is that the discrimination against the infected is not only the policy of various political entities, but also the consensus of the "broad masses" and "public opinion."Few people will give you a job, you will starve to death on the street, and no one will sell you bread, even if you can actually shell out money.

To put it simply, on this land, a poor infected person is not even a "human". They are another species that should die directly, an animal with two legs.In this land, except for Rhode Island, no organization will treat infected people as human beings. Infected people are just street rats that everyone shouts to beat.

In this environment, Theresia is willing to choose more peaceful slogans, principles and policies. In the Tower of Babel/Rhodes Island, patients can be treated for free, and patients can sell their labor in exchange for the best ore in the entire Terra. In providing medical services to patients, even if you are just working as a clerk to sort out written materials, as a maintenance worker to handle chores, or even just washing dishes in the Rhode Island cafeteria, Rhode Island is willing to do its best to protect the life safety of every patient and strive to create a Relaxed atmosphere and friendly relations inside.

If you compare people, you will die, if you compare goods, you will throw them away.If there is no unity between Teresia and the Tower of Babel, who should we unite with?Is Teresis, the regent of Daxi, or the Ursus Empire, which combines the shortcomings of the last regimes of the Russian and Soviet dynasties?

Teresia and Rhode Island are indeed progressive.Their pursuit of good things is also relatively sincere, which makes the cooperation between Renren/Integration Movement/Atlas and them temporarily feasible.

This is because of Atlas's "non-discrimination against infected people", strong industry, advanced technology, correspondingly has the ability to assist them to achieve phased goals and long-term plans, and also has a strong desire to achieve "development" and promote "modernization" determination and concrete action.

This also means that according to "common sense", Atlas has great potential for development.

Not only can this opinion not be wrong, it can also be said to be quite correct.

The only problem is that they underestimated Atlas and the vanguard of the new forces that Atlas represented.

Atlas's purpose goes far beyond "eliminating discrimination against the infected on this land and the harm of ore disease to Terran humans."

Just like Rhodes Island, which is troubled by the huge expenditures caused by its public welfare treatment methods, and can only find ways to make money from the sideline business; all profits are handed over, and the expenditure depends on the approval of the budget by the superior, and the accounting department directly reports to the internal affairs of the 113th Division of the People's Federation of Foreign Affairs Corps It is difficult for the Atlas in charge of the Ministry to understand each other.Teresia and the Tower of Babel, it is also hard to imagine what kind of future the 113th Division of the People's Federation of Extraterrestrial Corps has planned for this habitable planet with "some development value".

The people the 113th Division hopes to accept must be people who "win with whoever they follow."Rather than "whoever wins, they follow" people.This kind of person doesn't "think this force can win", so he goes to this force; it's because they choose this force, so this force can win.In layman's terms, we are looking for Paul Korchagin, someone who is "moral, ideal, capable and responsible".

In comparison, Theresia and Kelsey are more like Tonya.

But Tonya is all right.

Tonya later saw Paul fighting on the railway line.Expressed surprise and no small regret.That's where her level is.But Tonya will also be a law-abiding citizen under the Soviet regime, at least "follow whoever sees who can win", and she's right in her judgment, which is already infinitely higher than the average level of their group of high-ranking Russians Multiple Vlasovs too.Compared with a certain Paul's former neighbor, who later married a Bo-Bo diplomat, and smoked flour in a luxuriously decorated train car, that Tonya really didn't know how tall she was.

You can't demand too much from people like Tonya, and you can't judge everyone by Paul's standard.It is impossible for everyone to be Paul, if you can't do it, you can't do it.The People's Federation itself has also auditioned various Pauls through dark corridor tests and other means throughout the galaxy.Facts have proved that even if human beings have developed to the No.40 two millennium, the proportion of such people is too small and too small.

Most people in a country are destined to be Tonya, or even worse than Tonya.Under such circumstances, the new regime still has to work hard to change the world through revolution, and then maintain long-term stable operation - not only stable, but also able to continue to develop, and maintain its main line of progress and development.This is a very technical thing.

Going back to the actual work, let’s talk bluntly, whether we can correctly face groups like “Theresia”, handle the relationship with “Theresia” correctly, and treat “Theresia” correctly. "Guiding and reforming is the most important part of the 113th Division's social work in Taila.

To rudely attribute Theresia to the enemy is to push the forces that could have been united to the opposite, strengthen the enemy, and weaken oneself; let alone let it go, thinking that Theresia and the others are fine, so what are you talking about changing the world?

Facing Theresia was no easier than facing the minus thirty-degree cold of the northwest tundra and the shrapnel from Ursus artillery.To deal with Theresia, you must be smarter than her, and at the same time, you must not change your principles and bottom line.You have to make yourself stronger than you were on the battlefield.

Because this will determine whether the transformation of "this land" by the People's Federation is a fluff or a success; it will determine whether the ending of the planet Terra is a mess from scratch after the orbital bombing of the world's enemies, or a thriving new world.

**

"I've been looking forward to it for a long time." Comand stretched out his hand.

"Where is it?" The doctor also stretched out his hand.

As the de facto Chief of Staff of the East Kazdale Alliance, it is really strange that the Doctor left the East Kazdale Alliance General Staff in Kazdale City and went to the front line city Hamburg Industrial Zone.

What's even more strange is that Teresia directly arranged for Commander to meet with the doctor, and planned to organize a three-person discussion.

"So, Ms. Teresia, what issue do you want us to discuss?" Comand asked.

Teresia turned around and pressed the remote control.The translucent display screen on the wall of Rhodes Island's cabin directly showed colorful color blocks, densely packed contour lines, and crowded unit team pacesetters.

The doctor's cold voice came from Comand's side: "Considering that the two sides have not established a cooperation mechanism and information exchange mechanism with a high enough level of mutual trust. The current battlefield situation makes us feel very disturbed. We hope you can express your opinion."

Commander straightened his back slowly.Although he has always restrained his demeanor in public with the standards of regulations.But at this moment, his expression changed from routine to sharp and capable, like a cheetah that saw its prey.He stepped forward and said to the doctor:

"I don't even have a legend for the team logo. What kind of battle situation do I see?"

......

Commanding a large-scale military campaign is a test of one's brain power to the highest degree.To put it bluntly, throughout the history of the twentieth century, only a handful of the billions of people in the entire human race are qualified for this job.

Don't you see that "Hearts of Iron", one of the four favorites of the P company, was extremely popular when it was released to 2, but players generally reported that the map was too small and the army structure was not real, so it was not fun to play.Therefore, the manufacturer followed suit and added a relatively real chain of command system, a relatively complex supply system, and a relatively simple organization system in the sequel "Hearts of Iron 3", and greatly refined the map grid, setting the minimum unit to At the regiment level, it is possible for players to command millions or even tens of millions of troops.

Then the players who yelled that the previous generation was unreal and too simple, most of them spent an hour or two and couldn't figure out the establishment of the 36-year-old German three.The overly large map makes the player's defense line full of loopholes, and the game AI with an IQ of less than 25 makes dumplings every day.

The manufacturer learned from the experience, reduced the map, canceled the establishment, canceled the chain of command, further strengthened AI delegation, greatly reducing player manual operations; at the same time, it highlighted the core "national policy tree" of the entire game, and officially transformed into a large-scale map coloring and keying X Leather girl Galgame simulator.Strategic decision-making, industrial organization and administrative implementation have completely become a national policy that can solve everything. In essence, it is no different from Galgame where beautiful girls will stick to you as long as you make a choice.

As in reality, everything needs people to do things. Whether it is rectifying the administration of officials or clarifying taxes, a large number of professional and loyal people are needed to spend their lives on it.

Is there something wrong?Actually no, this is a game.Sure enough, this generation of products has become a hit, and various MODs will grow on their own when placed on the steam platform, leaving a certain dog-eating manufacturer to make money without making progress.

In all fairness, if you can match the frequency, "Hearts of Iron 4" is not as good as "Hearts of Iron 3", but for most people, "Hearts of Iron 3" is really hand-operated, hehe...

If we talk about starting a game and spending a whole morning sorting out the organization form from the division to the front army/army group, and redoing the disrupted deployment in every large-scale battle, there are only a handful of people who play from dawn to dawn It can be counted, and it does have strange and sensitive words that ordinary people do not have.Then the actual battle command must invest more terrifying energy, longer endurance and stronger mind.

"Hearts of Iron 3" is used here as an example to introduce the difficulty.The actual command and organization of the campaign, and even from the supreme commander to each regiment leader cannot be undertaken by one person.However, this does not mean that it is easier to be the chief of staff or the supreme commander in reality.The supreme leader and the chief of staff personally invited Comand to express his opinions on military affairs and listen to them in person.Teresia does have an impressive emphasis on Atlas.

While Comand was concentrating on Kazdel's military map, the entire cabin fell into silence.The doctor and Teresia hardly moved or made any sounds, and the few attendants on both sides could only breathe.

Around today's Hamburg Industrial Zone, the team marks of Wang Tingjun and East Kazdale Allied Forces are densely packed.The two sides have already deployed nearly [-] divisions in the area equivalent to a prefecture-level city, and most of Theresia's elite also gathered here to confront Wang Ting's army.

Strangely, Wang Ting's army neither retreated nor attacked.And Tracy is the party who can't drag on.Not just an overall economic issue, Hamburg is currently the largest industrial area in Kazdale.Although it is largely similar to Showa Industry, where a large number of workshops gather to cooperate with large and medium-sized factories, it is also an important industrial area in the entire Kazdale.

Teresia's sudden attack can turn the industrial area that was originally divided into half and half into one side's monopoly. It has already taken a lot of advantages, and the advantage is still getting bigger and bigger.Even though Atlas's artillery is very threatening, its firepower output is still limited after all.If Wang Tingjun's logistics and command departments choose a decentralized deployment, and the troops launch a well-organized large-scale attack, the twenty gun barrels will be blocked by five plugs and eight holes, which will not be blocked at all.Furthermore, although land-based battleship-level vehicles are also difficult to resist the firepower of the 155mm howitzer, if the mobile city module is modified to open the way, and the city defense guns equipped with the mobile city module are used, then the Wang Ting Army can still fight in terms of long-range firepower. of.

On the other hand, for Wang Tingjun, the industrial zone is an extremely valuable target.Even if it can't capture the productivity here, as long as it can interfere and destroy the production activities in the industrial area and negatively affect the weapons production in East Kazdale, it will make a lot of money.

In the end, just as the East Cadsdale coalition forces can go straight to Bonn as soon as they cross the actual control line before the war in the direction of Hamburg, as long as the Wang Ting army achieves a breakthrough in the direction of Hamburg, it can also directly threaten Kazdale, the capital of the East Cadsdale coalition forces. city.

It is really unreasonable for Wang Tingjun to be so passive and conservative and hardly take any campaign-level actions on the Hamburg-Katzdale axis.

Looking at Teresia's rear, the main force on the entire front from south to north is concentrated in Hamburg on the center line, and there are only newly built and trained troops from the front line to the base camp of Kazdale City.However, Teresis, who has a more militarized regime, has formed troops with higher quantity and quality in his rear, but these troops have been standing still. Why?

The war appears to have descended into a World War I trench warfare standoff.But the situation is completely different.The reason why the Western Front of World War I became a trench warfare was because there were more than a dozen armies of Germany, France, Britain, and the United States with millions of people and hundreds of thousands of artillery, tanks, aircraft and other technical weapons on this front. .In the face of such a huge number, the 650-kilometer front from the English Channel to the French-Swiss border can be called "only".

On the Western Front in 1917, the German Army alone had 148 divisions.Under the premise that neither side has the strength, firepower and mobility to completely overwhelm the other side, so many troops and firepower are packed in a small area like sardine cans, so that neither side can intersperse, turn around, space for mobile warfare.So the result is that both sides have to fire tens of thousands of shells in order to advance several kilometers, hundreds of meters or even several meters, and lose the lives of thousands of soldiers.

The railway system enables the army's logistical supplies to maintain the huge consumption of modern warfare in general; but at the tactical level of the campaign, the mobility and logistics of the army itself are still manpower and animal power, and the mobility and logistical support at the tactical level are completely unable to meet the needs of rapid development. The need for a breakthrough requires dense troops, intensive firepower, narrow front width, and small battlefield space. Therefore, World War I on the Western Front became a rotten battle.

The situation in the Kazdel Civil War is completely different.Whether it is the wasteland north of Hamburg or the "Black Forest" to the south, there is a vast space for maneuvering...

Comand instinctively produced the vigilance and alertness necessary for a soldier.

Chapter 24 Competition beyond the battlefield 2

He turned around: "What's your judgment on Tracy's next step?"

"The coalition generals are making a lot of noise." Theresa replied, "We have seen all the weirdest claims."

So Teresia means this: Comand can speak with confidence.

"From the perspective of troop deployment, most of the main force of your army is concentrated in the Hamburg industrial area, and the conditions are not very good in terms of front or depth. However, our reconnaissance means pointed out that since the beginning of the war, Teresis has newly formed as many as The troops of the five divisions are obviously a reserve team, but they have not been moved yet! The troops of the Wang Ting Army on the front line in Hamburg are all old troops that have been on the front line since the beginning of the war, but Teresis has no intention of letting them withdraw and make up for it .”

Comand waved his right hand calmly and powerfully: "Since Ms. Teresia said so, then I will boldly assume and verify carefully. Teresia's economic conditions make it necessary for them to make quick decisions instead of fighting a war of attrition." However, he placed nearly ten divisions of the main force of the Wang Ting Army on the opposite side of Hamburg, with an average of one division every fifteen square kilometers. Plan, is it just to maintain the threat to the industrial zone?

"I estimate that this is to attract all the main force of your army to the center line. If this judgment can be established, there are extremely sinister strategic intentions hidden in it. With Tracys' mobilization system and Sarkaz's various In terms of these conditions, even if it is a newly built unit, its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. Right now the center line is tight, but reliable intelligence confirms that these five divisions have no signs of going to Hamburg for reinforcements."

The doctor spoke, his voice was as divisive as ever: "You mean, Tracys wants to engage in a large-scale detour at the strategic level to break the deadlock?"

"Yes."

"...I think so too." The doctor replied, "Although we won successively in the early stage, we have not been able to encircle and annihilate the enemy's heavy army group. It far exceeds the rate of consumption on the battlefield. The enemy is fully willing and capable of organizing large-scale campaign operations."

"Then..." Comand looked at the main force of the East Kasdale coalition forces gathered in the industrial area on the map. "You guys know everything, why don't you go..."

"The gatekeepers have a strong demand: don't let their territory be invaded by the enemy." Theresa said calmly, "So they only accept that their troops are deployed in the current gate of East Kazdale, in the Hamburg industrial area .After several times of hard work, almost no results have been achieved. As the main force of the previous war, the troops that obeyed my orders either suffered heavy losses and needed to be recovered, or were new troops with little experience...verdammte!"

Teresia finally managed not to hold back, and punched the table with loud curses, and the thick wooden table creaked under the heavy blow.Her good upbringing has left her with a very limited reserve of indecent vocabulary, and the most indecent vocabulary is nothing more than "damn".

The doctor said calmly: "So we must propose a new service contract to you—ask your long-range medium-altitude drones to establish reconnaissance screens in the south and north of the front."

"Aerial reconnaissance is not about opening up the entire map, it will be subject to many restrictions. We are still not sure whether the divisions behind Tracys are real. More actions are needed against them."

Comand turned around from the electronic map: "If you are willing to establish a higher-level mutual trust mechanism with us, then both sides will be able to carry out the next step better. We are willing to cooperate with both sides on strategic and operational intelligence issues. At the same time, please refrain from spying on our advance battle group."

The doctor remained silent, Theresa remained calm.The silence made both parties feel slightly embarrassed.It was finally broken by a faint explosion in the distance.Commander walked to the porthole and saw black smoke rising in the direction of the distant artillery position.He looked at the information window that popped up on his electronic eye mask display and added calmly: "Oh, it seems that it's not only your side that is spying on our artillery positions, but also the power of Tracys."

**

The contest with Tonya is complex, long and full of pitfalls.

But that doesn't mean galloping a horse into a White or Polish machine-gun howitzer is a wholesome activity.

To put it bluntly, the Imperium of Man and the universe it resides in are a cesspit.From star gods to ancient sages, from necromancers to spirit races, from humans to chaos, everyone has experienced "origin-development-thriving-prosperity-being overwhelmed by subspace stuff or something else-halffall-sent/OK Death is worse than life." Everyone was forced to bite the bullet and debate in this membership-only high-end restaurant.The nascent Tau Empire next door is essentially just getting up and not getting to that stage yet.

Under this environment, the human empire is indeed cold-blooded and cruel in many cases, and these are not unreasonable at the same time.

The Empire has three major enemies, Chaos, Heresy and Aliens.Destroying the enemy and believing in the Emperor is the foundation of the Empire's ideology.Therefore, as long as you destroy the enemy and believe in the emperor, then you are a part of the empire.Even if you are a Beastman who is more mutated than Ogryn and Leitlin.

People's Federation's ideology and judgment criteria are similar to these.This is also the theoretical basis for the 113th Division not to directly clear the mobile city with a wave of orbital bombing, and then land and colonize.Terra's cities and businesses reject the infected, and Division 113 doesn't care. All of its members are not afraid of ore disease. Why do they have any fear of ore disease?

It can even be said that infected people are more at ease in using it than ordinary people.

First of all, discrimination against infected people does not exist in the 113th Division and its fur organization. Si doesn't care about ore disease at all, and it doesn't matter whether he has ore disease.The realm is high, but Atlas chooses not to be in crisis.

Secondly, in terms of remuneration, the profitability of Atlas belongs to the first echelon in this land, but in fact, the productivity supporting Atlas is completely beyond the scope of "this land".Therefore, the personnel treatment given by Atlas, not to mention the infected, even the mobile cities in the most developed regions of Terra countries can attract a flood of applicants, which is basically unmatched in Terra.