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

Then a bullet was fired from the rear and above, lifting the upper half of the Pardoner's head and half of the sheep's head mask into the sky, before spinning down the side of the ship.The body slumped heavily on the deck.

The shield guards believed that this must be the work of Froststar.They spread out and quickly repaired the corpses on the ground.

The enemy convoy is fleeing desperately.I don't know how many people have successfully withdrawn.But successfully withdrawing to the vehicle is not a good thing either—the weapons of the escort ship will not remain silent now, and those off-road vehicles have disappeared into the smoke screen of the ship's artillery grenades.

All enemies are dead?

The answer is of course no.For example, the king of the scavenger, this guy's group can absorb the strength of the enemy by eating the corpse of the enemy, and he is the longest living scavenger so far.

Even if this guy jumps directly, he can still walk back on foot.They may even continue to lurk on the ship, waiting for opportunities.

What Bojocasti is thinking about now is to arrange for the micro-drones to inspect the exterior of the ship's hull and arrange for the safety inspection of the entire ship.

**

"Cazdale City Office; Advance Battle Group Artillery Battalion; Advance Battle Group Fleet."

Comand stared at the time and location of the incident marked on the holographic map, as well as the briefing on his electronic eye mask display.

Thanks to the well-trained and strict discipline of the commanders and fighters of the army, the mature regulations and rich experience in security work, and the information advantage from "high-dimensional intelligence", Wang Tingjun's series of infiltration and attacks all failed.

Even on the entire Hamburg front, they stuffed another division into the Allied defenses of East Casdales and the artillery fire of the Atlas advance battle group, smashing their own troops to pieces in vain.But nothing worth mentioning was achieved.

"But I don't think Tracy will stop making small moves because of these failures." Comand said to his comrades at the table, "As a soldier and war hero, his will is tough enough; as a spy in war However, the success of these penetrations and sabotages is only a relatively minor factor; as a loss, the extraordinary combat effectiveness of the Wang Ting Army has not been greatly depleted by it.

"I think there is no reason for our judgment to change because of these small victories; Tracys is still accumulating strength and may launch a violent attack at any time to change the situation on the battlefield!"

Chapter 26 The Death of the Black Forest

Kazdel is located in the eastern part of the Terra continent, along the coast of the southeastern region.Therefore, its climate and vegetation status have some logic to follow: for example, the large temperate continental climate wasteland adjacent to Usas in the north; "Large tracts of temperate forest vegetation.

Somewhat similar to another universe of the same name, yet different.

Kazdel is facing east and west now, but each province and town of her has its own life.For example, the largest province in South Kazdel, and the main distribution area of ​​the "Black Forest", Bavaria Province of the Kingdom of Kazdel.The most famous specialty here is her beer—because Bavaria has developed agriculture since ancient times and is rich in products, which is different from the bitter cold place in the north of the kingdom that only produces mercenaries and the like.Although they are also of the Sarkaz ethnicity, people agree that compared with the cold, fierce and murderous Sarkaz in the north, the Sarkaz in the south who grew up nourished by beer are cheerful and warm-hearted.

It was the same even when the Allied Forces of the Four Nations invaded Kazdel: a Victorian unit confronting the Bavarian army found that these enemies not only allowed themselves to treat the wounded lying between the two fronts at will, but also sent gifts during the festivals and greetings.And when the Bavarian troops were transferred away, they also specially informed the people of Victoria: The Brandenburg troops who came to take over the defense were more cold-blooded than them, please be careful.

Why is there such a big difference between Sakaz and Sakaz?From the perspective of the redheads' theory that "the economic base determines the superstructure," this difference between the north and the south is nothing more than the difference between mercenaries and self-cultivated fields, the difference between large-scale factories and individual workshops, the difference between all-people soldiers and the small-peasant economy. Differences between Kazdel's traditional militarized society and agricultural producers.

The actual division of Kazdel has a history of 200 years, enough for a generation of Sarkaz to complete their own life.The Bavarians were not zealous members of the civil war into which the Yankees rushed into the civil war, begging the brother or sister of a brother-and-sister pair.After all, the mass martial arts and militias here are not well developed, but the population is large and the agriculture is well developed.The two crucial factors to maintain the war, population and food, are here.

What's wrong with the Bavarians?They just want to farm and drink beer.

Whether it is not taken seriously, or whether it pays soldiers and taxes to both sides, with the "Bavarian Demilitarized Zone Treaty" of Theresa and Theresis, the Bavarian people still continue their way of life without being disturbed by the flames of war.The status of beer in Bavaria is of course unshakable, but its two derivative products are also indispensable to the broad masses of Bavaria: one is the beer hall, that is, a place to drink beer and talk nonsense; the other is beer In the restaurant, the waitresses with braids and elegant black and white low-cut dresses... ahem.Although a great revolutionary teacher's ingenious analogy to the "dragon cavalry" of the opposite sex in a certain country often takes effect in other worlds.

However, the Bavarian Demilitarized Zone did not have enough force to maintain its own neutrality.As we all know, force is the most powerful backing of peace, so it is only a matter of time before Bavaria is broken from its neutral state, shaken out of its own little days and involved in the vortex of war.

"Aw...we're the only ones patrolling the damn weather when everyone else is sitting in the beer hall flirting with the waitresses!"

Platoon leader Hans Hausser of the 337nd Platoon of Company B of the 2th Battle Group of the Bavarian Border Guard raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead that actually leaked out in the early spring. He looked back at the young men under his command who were slumped down. The ground sighed.He was about to drink some water to moisten his throat, but found that the water bottle on his waist was empty. He had to lick his lips, wait for these lazy donkeys to rest, and then continue to lead his platoon of militiamen, one foot deep and one foot deep. Walking shallowly on the bumpy mountain road.

——Bavaria is not highly armed, with only a bunch of militia and police.The so-called "frontier defense combat group" is essentially just a group of high-ranking dwarfs in the border towns who pick out service personnel from disciplinary units with a high enough level of training...

A militiaman with a long term of service.

Relying on his useless culture, Hausser was promoted to the rank of platoon leader in the frontier defense combat group, leading a group of recruits to practice.No matter how you look at this army, it's not very good.The very low technical and tactical literacy made it impossible for the militiamen in the patrol squad to ensure that their vision complemented each other, and blind spots of sight were everywhere around the formation; the even lower subjective will made the militiamen almost unwarranted.At this time, these militiamen, who were used to doing farm work and should be alive and well, were disoriented and weak at the moment, and they were very resistant to patrol tasks.

Hausser turned his head and looked at the town still in sight with a sad face, really unable to think of how to complete this patrol mission next.

The Bavarian Regional Assembly has the characteristics of an overly "typical" voting system: it can indeed alleviate some social conflicts and limit the exploitation of the people to a certain extent; at the same time, the assembly is loose, chaotic, inefficient, and its decision-making results cannot be said to be satisfactory. To be efficient.And despite the endless wrangling and debate among the lawmakers, one of the few consensuses is that they are wary of any armed standing army.

Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Border Defense Combat Group are treated uniformly - uniformly fucked.The enthusiasm of its officers and soldiers can be imagined.

However, now in the cold wind of early spring, someone must go out to patrol; although the salary of the border combat group is meager and often in arrears, the militiamen depend on it after all.

It was not comfortable walking in the vast black forest outside the town against the cold spring breeze.However, before long, everyone will get a great encouragement: a scream suddenly breaks out next to them.

——The militia soldier at the head of the platoon had a knife tip protruding from his chest, and he fell softly to the ground.A strong man wearing the uniform of a Royal Court Army scout stood at the front of the queue, staring eagerly at the group of militiamen.

The rest of the militia fighters hurriedly picked up their single-shot rifles, and the guy immediately jumped up and down and disappeared into the nearby bushes, without even catching him with a few bullets.Before the militiamen could fully react, another bush suddenly exploded from the middle, and then a person jumped out from inside, holding a bright Sarkaz sword in his hand.The Wang Tingjun Sarkaz swordsman rushed forward, slashing horizontally with both hands.After a flash of cold light, another militia soldier also clutched his neck and throat and gurgled, then fell on his back and stopped moving.

All this happened so fast that before the company platoon leader Hausser had time to react, a third soldier of the Wang Ting Army rushed out of the bushes and rushed up fiercely with a bayonet!

Hausser, who was also a rookie, drew out his revolver without hesitation, raised the gun and pulled the trigger. Fortunately, he was hit, and the bullet burst into a flower of blood on the opponent's chest... However, the Bavarian militiamen The situation has not improved.More enemies rushed out of the forest with cold weapons in their hands, and silently charged the militia platoon that was caught off guard.

These Wang Tingjun scouts with cold weapons fought unannounced and attacked suddenly. Although they had the advantage of suddenness, their combat effectiveness should not be overestimated.After the initial panic passed, the soldiers of the militia platoon did not disperse in a crowd, but under the command of the veteran squad leaders, they fired their guns one after another and fired continuously.The blows caused branches and leaves to fly in the woods, and earth and rocks splashed, causing several enemies to fall on the way to charge.

Mr. Hausser, the platoon leader, after firing all the bullets in the runner, threw out a handful of grenades in the entire platoon...but this did not succeed in delaying the enemies coming in like a tide.

Immediately afterwards, there was loud gunshots in the mountains and forests where the Wang Ting Army poured out in groups, and the militiamen who lined up and fired among the trees fell down one after another—the follow-up troops of the Wang Ting Army followed up!

As soon as the large number of automatic weapons started firing, they immediately knocked out the militia platoon.After leaving behind five or six honeycombed corpses and more wounded, the militiamen broke up and began to flee on two legs in the direction of the town.

After the last futile efforts failed to regroup the disintegrated militia platoon, Hausser also ran desperately, regardless of his head.Originally, he was not in the best physical condition after a long walk in the woods; but when he thought of the big sword and automatic rifle in the hands of the enemy, he suddenly regained his strength.When he realized it, hey, he was already standing at the entrance of the town!

Panicking and panting, Hausser finally came to his senses and began to scan his surroundings... Then he saw the flag of the Royal Army flying high above the buildings at the entrance of the town.

The winding two-way column came slowly from the road.The soldiers of the Wang Ting Army did not walk in the middle of the road, but marched along both sides of the road, with big ear-rim helmets on their heads, rifles with bayonets in their arms, and huge marching backpacks on their backs.They walked into the town non-stop, passing through the town, and everyone cast different glances at these dazed idiots.

Hausser was sweating, pale, and weak.He looked weakly at the long queue of enemies, then at the town where he grew up, and finally sat down.The few militiamen who had been following him also collapsed one after another. Some directly knelt on their knees, leaned back, looked up, with their eyes closed and grinning; the other was bent over, trembling like an old man .

As for Hausser himself, there was a deep bloodstain on his originally manly face. Because he had no time to stop the bleeding, half of his face was stained with blood, making him look extremely hideous.The strong smell of blood attracted a few flies to linger around.

There is also the half-sized boy who is the smallest in the platoon, this naturally rigorous militiaman stands at attention in a daze. He has a lot of helmets, backpacks, bullet bags, and water bottles, but the most important rifle is missing...

Until soldiers from the Wang Ting Army came to collect the remaining weapons of the militiamen and pushed them away from the roadside, the marching column of the Wang Ting Army did not stop.On the contrary, it has been densely packed, from two loose columns to a four-way marching column in a hurry...

Following Teresia's undeclared war and surprise attack, Teresis ignored the Bavarian demilitarized zone agreement signed by the two parties and the Bavarian region, and ordered Wang Ting's army to enter the Bavarian region forcibly, implement a major detour on the southern line, and attack from the south East Catsdale area.

The Kazdel Civil War expanded and complicated.

**

1093 4 Month 1 Day.

Command set off from the advance battle group fleet and then blocked the road leading to the east from the Ruhr city.

The long crowd of refugees squirmed slowly on the road, making it impossible for the Atlas convoy to walk on the road.

If you can't take the road, don't take it. Wheeled infantry fighting vehicles and armored off-road vehicles can still travel quickly in the muddy fields on the roadside.But when the convoy arrived at the train station in the eastern suburbs of the Ruhr city, it really couldn't move.

The station was full of wounded soldiers and civilians. People waiting for the train desperately threw themselves and their luggage onto the train. Even before the people on the train got off, the armed guards used a human wall to separate stretchers every time the wounded were transported into the train. channels, even firing shots and using force against the sky.Even so, outside the station, a large number of ordinary people carrying luggage and dragging their families are trying to cross the blockade formed by soldiers.

The commanders of Atlas couldn't help being speechless. This intuitive scene gave them a feeling: the actual situation on the front line was worse than the bad news on the electronic map and aerial pictures.

At this moment, a low and powerful hum came from afar, and clouds of dust were shaken from the buildings on the side of the road.In the days of the siege of the industrial area, these shocks had always come with perfect punctuality.The vibration seemed to come from the depths of the earth, thick and violent, and the whole city was buzzing.

This vibration was caused by a city defense artillery shell hitting the outer defensive area of ​​Ruhr City, with an interval of one hour each time.This is the standard rate of fire for Tracys' city defense gun equipped with a mobile city module chassis for long-term continuous shooting.At this rate of fire, factors such as combat efficiency and system heat dissipation are fully considered, allowing the city defense artillery to fire continuously for months.

During the two weeks that the city had been bombarded, the shock had occurred twelve times a day, at regular intervals, like the chime of a gigantic towering clock.This unprecedented way of counting time was the time of another power, the authority of Theresis; compared with it, everything Therecia used to cheer people up sounded weak and feeble.

"What is your ideological orientation now?" Comand asked the major officer who was in charge of the reception and just sat in the back row of the off-road vehicle, "What are your plans?"

"This time, His Highness is here to inform you about the situation and coordinate our actions." The major of the East Kazdale coalition immediately replied, "It's just that our retreat has just begun, and the troops have not officially started to retreat. Because Your Highness Insist on prioritizing the evacuation of wounded soldiers and civilians willing to leave."

Comand nodded.Meanwhile, the off-road vehicle followed the convoy past the crowd near the train station and continued on its way.

For the first time since the outbreak of the civil war, crowds of this size filled the streets of the Ruhr.It's just that these people with the old and the young are all heading in the same direction, all carrying big bags and small bags.But there are also many people who are standing in front of their houses or shops, or leaning on the windows to watch the situation on the street, and it seems that they are not ready to leave their homes.

At this time, the major officer who came to greet Comander took the initiative and said: "The people who chose to leave the Ruhr city are the wealthier citizens. They are afraid that Therese's soldiers will loot the city."

Comand nodded without speaking, continuing to stare out the window.The officer, who had already started talking, continued: "A few blocks away is an industrial area, and the situation is different. There are red banners hanging everywhere, with the words 'armed to defend the factory' and 'defend the fruits of labor' written in white letters. Slogans like that, the national self-defense army formed by those workers is building barricades and conducting training...Mr. Commander, do they really plan to use those simple weapons and equipment to fight against the Royal Army..."

Comand turned around, with a clear expression of satisfaction on his face, but his tone was calm and stern: "Mr. Major, as a soldier, your first reaction is not to praise their courage, but to laugh at them? Anyway, they all Showed courage, and as a soldier, shouldn't you applaud that?"

The receptionist major was stunned for a moment, and after a few seconds of silence, he replied awkwardly: "Uh, yes, you are right."

Comand was about to stop talking, but when he noticed the major's lip curling in the rearview mirror, he spoke again: "And what they did was not meaningless."

The major suddenly sat upright again, assuming a posture of listening carefully.No matter what her actual attitude was, Theresia had always shown courtesy to Atlas.

Command continued: "Of course they cannot change the tide of the battle. Victory will not be achieved primarily by them. However, every second they resist the enemy's fire, they are draining the opponent's resources and weakening their strength. National Guards They are exchanging their lives for more things. They will make the enemy have to pay more to capture this city, and will buy the East Kazdare coalition valuable time to reorganize the front. No matter how you look at it, what they are doing is They are worthy of respect and gratitude, and you should apologize for any disrespect you have shown them."

The major answered succinctly "Yes", and one could tell from his voice that he was not convinced.

...It is obviously impossible to expect to change the minds of these regular armies all at once, even if Atlas has already used advanced technology to show off their faces.

Command didn't say anything more, just waiting for the moment when the convoy arrived at the East Kazdale Coalition Front Command.

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Chapter 27 Retreat

The front headquarters of the Kazdale East Coalition established its offices in a typical baroque manor on the eastern outskirts of Hamburg.The large garden in front of the mansion has become a location for headquarters equipment and a position for security forces. Comand sitting in the off-road vehicle and looking out the window can see dense antennas and vehicles.The lawn, which was originally trimmed neatly and beautifully, has long been crushed beyond recognition by cables and wheels.

When Commander led Talulah up the stairs, the Sakaz soldiers on both sides of the gate saluted them with their guns.Commander, on the other hand, kept walking, returned the gift neatly with his hands, and quickly walked into the door.

"We are currently having a meeting to discuss the defense of Hamburg." The major introduced hurriedly from the side. "There is a lot of noise inside. Please wait here for a moment..."

Before the major finished speaking, the group of people had just walked into the foyer in front of the meeting room door, when the door opened with a bang.

Teresia, who had a frosty face, stepped forward, followed by the East Casdale coalition generals with different expressions.Sarkaz's demon king nodded to Comand with a blank expression, motioning him to follow.The moment Comand turned around, various buzzing noises sounded behind him.

Teresia didn't go far, and walked directly into a small room on the side of the hall, nodded slightly to Commander with a livid face, and signaled him to come in.

Commander came in and looked at the door.Theresia waved her hand: "No need."

"What kind of decision did you make?" Comand glanced at the overlapping figures outside the door from the corner of his eye. These generals and school officials were still discussing.

"Retreat, abandon this city." Theresa aggressively took a step forward, but Comand poked in place without any intention of retreating.She had no choice but to change direction and stride around in this small room, "The generals and staff mostly insist on organizing defenses in Hamburg, but I don't think this will work. Tracys' detour troops are approaching Hamburg from the side, The logistics supply line here may be cut off at any time; the city defense artillery newly entering the battlefield is also smashing the outer defensive positions little by little.

"Although we are trying our best to block the bad news, the enemy's heavy artillery and circulating rumors are seriously damaging the morale of the troops. On the other hand, Trexis is strengthening the frontal force in the direction of Hamburg. I think that holding on to Hamburg will only make precious living forces in the The city was directly surrounded and annihilated by the enemy."

"So you convinced them?"

"No, I overwhelmed them." Teresia's extreme displeasure could be felt from her actions to her demeanor to her tone, "This feeling is very...unpleasant."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Those generals are from powerful families and they definitely don't want their own territories..."

"I feel terrible because I have to abandon countless people who choose to follow me!" Theresia suddenly roared at the top of her lungs.

The expression was distorted and the eyes were red, completely ruining the beautiful appearance of the Sakaz woman.But Theresia's eyes were full of tears: "In order to ensure the retreat of the troops, I must abandon the National Guards in this city who are fighting to the end! Don't you understand this feeling? Yes, you definitely don't understand, because You mercenaries, come and leave as you please! These people are not your comrades, comrades and people!"

Commander froze, then began to feel ashamed.

At the beginning of Theresia's rant, his first reaction was that Theresia was using her negotiating methods, and he really didn't think in this direction at all.Although he spoke for the Hamburg workers in front of the major, he did not take them to heart.

This was the first time that Commander saw Theresia's tears.Although he knew that this was an old monster who was more than a hundred years older than him, he was still a little at a loss when he actually faced the glistening eyes of the Sakaz girl.

But Teresia restrained herself first.She turned around to wipe her cheeks, and when she turned around, she had recovered the elegance and gentleness of the Sarkaz Demon King: "Sorry, I lost my composure."

"It is understandable... However, the ammunition of our artillery has begun to run short, and the state of weapons and equipment has declined during the long-term high-intensity operation; the enemy's city defense artillery fire may also threaten our artillery. Considering the current battlefield situation We need to remind you that the relevant contract between the two parties on artillery support services has ended. In order to avoid unnecessary loss of our valuable assets, we will immediately withdraw from the advance combat group. Of course, we welcome You proposed a new cooperation intention and signed a new contract."

Listening to Commander's solemn official language, Teresia sat down slowly, and waved her hand weakly, interrupting Commander's voice: "In short, you are going to run away. Are you?"